Haha, trying again, huh? Well, I'll just copy and paste from the other thread:
They consistently don't represent the mainstream American audience preferences in films.
I'll point out the same thing from the other thread. The top ten grossing movies of all time, and their Rotten Tomatoes ratings:
1) Avatar - 83%
2) Titanic - 88%
3) Marvel's The Avengers - 92%
4) The Dark Knight - 94%
5) Star Wars Episode I - 57%
6) Star Wars (Episode IV) - 93%
7) The Dark Knight Rises - 88%
8) Shrek 2 - 88%
9) E.T.: The Extraterrestrial - 98%
10) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - 89%
If you want I can do the same thing for individual years. The only one on this list that isn't a very high score is Star Wars Episode I, and that's generally regarded as not a great movie, even by the public. It just made a lot of money because of the anticipation factor.
Let's take a quick look at last year. The top 5:
1) American Sniper - 73%
2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I - 65%
3) Guardians of the Galaxy - 91%
4) Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 89%
5) The Lego Movie - 96%
Every one got a good score. All but one got very good scores. Now let's go back to one of your first comments:
The critics feedback on 'Do You Believe' and other Christian films is a perfect example.
It's pretty much your only example, but it's not a good one. As we can see, critics tend to agree with the masses when it comes to the biggest movies. These Christian movies aren't anywhere near the biggest. They're popular among a small group who are passionate about them. The problem is they're not good movies; they're only good for their target audiences.
If there were ever an example of social misfits banding together to condemn mainstream tastes in art, this group is it.
If that's what they're doing, they're doing a horrible job, considering they have praised almost all the biggest movies.
Realistically, what America needs are film critics that reflect mainstream consumer tastes
So, the film critics we already have. Of course, we don't want critics who like everything that's popular and don't like anything that isn't. Then they'd be pointless. Their job is to judge a movie based on standards like acting, directing, storytelling, etc. Their job is not to watch a movie through the eyes of the target audience, although most of them will acknowledge whether or not the movie seems like it works for that audience, too.
We've seen this with award shows that also try to sell the public on the idea of supporting films that barely had audience attendance, and ignore blockbusters the public loves.
Yeah, it would be so much easier if they just gave all the awards to the biggest movies of the year. That would be perfectly useful.
They don't ignore blockbusters. They consider them for appropriate awards, like special effects, costumes, sound effects and that sort of thing. They don't consider them for the major awards because they're not appropriate for them. The big, popular movies tend not to be about acting and plot and all the stuff that awards are given for. They're more about action, comedy and fun. That's why they're so popular: they appeal to a wide range of people. You don't seem to understand the fact that making a lot of money isn't about being a great movie with great acting and great storytelling. Those things help, but the key to making a lot of money is the action, explosions, comedy and fun factor.
It's time for the public to vote, and those votes would then recommend what is good and worth watching.
You mean like they do on here and on Rotten Tomatoes? Oh, that's right. You don't mean "the public". You mean "The public who agrees with me". We're back to the fact that you already have what you want. Even if you want to disregard the critics who actually tend to give popular movies good ratings, Rotten Tomatoes still offers exactly what you want: the public's opinion. And they even tend to agree with you, giving movies like God's Not Dead and Do You Believe very good scores. In other words, your complaining is stupid and pointless.
Again....my solution is for a new Christian film and TV program review site to be created. This site would need to be governed by adults that are fair with films and television shows, and not overly harsh in their judgments.
In other words:
"It would be a site where they praised Christian movies, even if they're really bad like God's Not Dead and Do You Believe, because I like them, so critics have to like them too."
Why not just stick with the audience reaction from Rotten Tomatoes? They give you exactly what you want: a high rating and shared opinion of these movies. That's because they're mostly from the target audience, just like you.
And despite the troll accusations, I don't recall advocating that Rotten Toms be dissolved, nor am I aware of any legal means of doing so.
I'm not sure why you'd need to do that to be a troll. Being a troll is about posting inflammatory material simply in order to get a rise out of people. If that's not what you're doing, you might want to rethink your posting, because that's how you come off.
Two childish trolls are blocked by me since they've admitted to being on this Christian board purely to ridicule Christians. Their views on this thread aren't welcome or requested. The thread is opinion, and not proposed legislation, so grow up.
Aw, you're not going to read this? I guess we'll see. At least it's out there for anyone else. And no, I didn't say I was here to ridicule Christians. I said I was on your threads to correct you. I'm sorry you don't welcome opposing views, but you can't dictate what's posted on which threads. Sorry about that. Maybe you can find that new Christian review site where they can ban anything they don't like on their boards.
And yes, it is opinion, which is fine. You're welcome to your opinions. But when they're based on faulty or ridiculous logic, don't be surprised when that's pointed out to you.
Lastly, it's seriously funny to watch someone who calls film critics "social misfits" and who whines about mean old people criticizing movies he likes tell others to grow up. Maybe clean your mirror before criticizing others.
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