Why Is There So Much Negativity on these Boards?

Well, obviously everyone has their own personal tastes, so not everyone is going to like every film. But it is generally regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time

I, myself, never found Kubrick's movies to be all that, so I can't judge you for hating one of the greats, I'm guilty of it too. Actually, I think the mark of a true movie nerd is someone who can form their own opinions and doesn't just like whatever he thinks will make him look intellectual

But watching Taxi Driver was a life-changing experience for me. I saw it as a teenager, I checked it out from the public library because the name seemed vaguely familiar. I was already a film geek then, but after seeing it I think it became a sort of chasing-the-dragon type of thing, where I obsessively watched movies trying to come close to that same feeling of watching it for the first time

I dunno what it says about me. John Hinckley Jr. the lunatic who stalked Jodie Foster and almost killed Reagan, was also obsessed with it. But I have to say, the man had my kind of taste in women (Accused era Jodie, not Taxi Driver era, that'd be creepy)

Don't know who you are, but I pretty much agree with you 99%

I use RT because I'm lazy and want an easy way to know whether I should go to the movies or not. But yeah, most RT scores are WAYYY off. Get Out and Black Panther obviously didn't deserve to be near 100%. And so many very good movies have gotten mediocre scores. But yes, film criticism has become a joke. One example was the Death Wish remake by Eli Roth. Normally, I don't like Roth too much. And the movie was definitely not amazing or anything, but almost ALL of the reviews focused on how it was "inappropriate" in a time of increased gun violence, blah blah blah. That makes me sick. Every work of art should be judged based on its own merits. Movies should be judged based on how well they tell a story. Roth's Death Wish was a decent watch if you have nothing better to do and maybe get plastered drunk. It had its moments. But it has a ridiculously low 17% on RT just because it's about vigilantism. The Avengers are ALL vigilantes who kill bad guys. But you replace lasers and boomerang-shields with a pistol and suddenly a movie becomes morally-abhorrent. It is hard being a movie fan in modern times

And yeah, I feel more or less exactly the same way about Endgame as you. It was a lot of fun, but also confusing. But then again, I've never gone into an Avengers movie expecting them to make any sense. I personally liked Endgame more than IW, but only because it focused more on the Avengers that I like: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Ant-Man. Only Doctor Strange was missing from my whitelist

Yeah, I only spent a small amount of time on the IMDb boards before they were removed, but I am aware that IMDb did so because of how toxic the forums were. And I am not one, usually, to complain about toxic fandom

And I totally agree. I do not care about box office results. I sometimes look them up just to shut up bitter assholes claiming that EVERYONE (which actually means just a small contingent of rage-filled geeks) hated a movie.

And yeah, most posters here have no respect for artists. They have a weirdly stubborn sense of entitlement. They think that if a movie wasn't EXACTLY how they thought it should be, then it was bad and twenty negative threads should be made about it. They don't understand how complex the film industry is. You have producers, writers, directors, actors, and studio execs and they ALL have an opinion on what a film should be. You have millions of dollars invested into even low-key dramas. And no matter how good a film is or isn't, ultimately the only thing that matters is how much profit it makes or doesn't make. No movie is ever going to please everyone. No movie will ever be flawless

I signed up because I like movies too much and can't find enough people in real life to have deep discussions with about them. But I can see that this website is not the answer to my problem. It makes TOTAL sense to my why IMDb got shut down

Hm, not quite sure about that. Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean (after the first one), the DCEU movies, Spider Man 3, etc. There are tons of big-budget movies that have awful reviews

I mean, some critics probably do get bought off, and I do find it a little suspect that every single MCU movie has received overall positive reviews, since at least a few of them sucked, IMO

And yeah, I liked Fat Thor a lot, but many people here think it totally ruined the character

Thanks!

I wouldn't want to go to your inferior party when there are vastly superior parties to attend