#1 Dislike: Obviously young and not very knowledgeable writers/columnists and their annoying "off the cuff" blog-like writing style.
# 2 Dislike: Steven King's column. A great idea, but the man rants on and on about....well, I actually have no idea what. Certainly not movies, for the most part. They let him 'cause he's "Stephen King."
#3 Dislike: Lisa Schwartzbaum...now, I have nothing against her personally, but it seems like in all her reviews she's trying to purposely give everything a
C even though it doesn't deserve it just so she can look "unique" or "smart."
She gave Meet the Robinsons a
C without naming ONE good thing--no, not one-- about the film, just saying that "Disney's no Pixar." She talks about how "This is what happens when a seven--
seven! writers all work on a film..." etc...etc..." So funny, someone should tell her that 5 of those writers are story artists who were given writing credits and that all animated films work that way, with story artists acting as writers as well, even if not credited. Oh, and she gave Cars an
A- of course--the woman swoons over Pixar. I totally agreed with her other positive assessments of Pixar films--like Nemo and Incredibles--but her review of Cars is just so bogus, basically a love letter to Pixar, ignoring ALL the flaws of that film while she tears other, more deserving films apart....
(BTW she gave OTH a B+, so I'm not saying she's totally bias.)
#4 Dislike: The mag is supposed to be about movies, with some stuff about TV, the web, books and video games....the mag is almost all TV now. Pick up a copy and tell me I'm wrong...
TV is "cooler" than movies right now, and they know they can make more money that way. It's that simple--and sad.
