Originally Posted By DAR His name is Armond White. If you look at him on Rotten Tomatoes if there's a movie getting praised he's the one giving a bad review. Or if it's getting lambasted he's the lone positive voice. Sometimes he does agree with his fellow critics but this link is a sample of movies he liked and disliked. <a href="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1897/armondwhiteisntinsane.jpg" target="_blank">http://img8.imageshack.us/img8...sane.jpg</a> Now to be fair there are some on each list that I would agree with him on.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 I can only agree with one of his "good" movies. The man is obviously insane though. He has Gran Torino listed under "bad".
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I read this guy in a free paper they give out here called the New York Press. What I can't stand about him, is he can rarely review a film on its own merits. He is continually comparing the film he's reviewing to other films, and showing up his "encyclopedic" knowledge of Film (capital F). It's quite obvious he's trying to show off - that He Knows More Than You. And yes, he loves to be a contrary cur. Trashing what most critics like (and not-so-subtly hinting that the fact that they like it means they're bad critics, while he's a good one who sees this piece of crap for what it is), and praising what most critics trash (and not-so-subtly hinting that the fact that they don't like it means they're bad critics, who can't see this unappreciated piece of Film for what it is). He's annoying as hell.
Originally Posted By ecdc Is this the joker that never does a top ten list at the end of the year, but instead does a "better than" list? For example, G.I. Joe was better than Star Trek? Cause if so, I'd kinda like to smack him.
Originally Posted By DAR This is a picture of Mr. White <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2725_profile.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/bostongl...file.jpg</a> The words smug and arrogant come to mind.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby I thought this topic was going to be about Jeffrey Lyons and/or his son Ben. I'd have to agree with him on "Gran Torino" though ...
Originally Posted By Mr X Pity the joyless man. That's the thought that sprang to mind reading this, even though I've not even taken a glimpse at the guy or his work. I can only assume from the comments that he's found a niche trashing stuff...he's not the only one. Maybe he can find another line of work, like editing crappy films and making them better or something. There's always a critic, anyway. Hell, I've read "bad reviews" of The Godfather and Beethoven's 6th. Go figure. I even found a Facebook page entitled "A tale of two cities SUCKS", comprising 16 members talking about "the most horrific book in the world". There's always a critic.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I can image what those 16 members write about. "It was the best of times, it was the worse of times." "Well, those statements contradict themselves. I'm not reading this crap. Who's with me?"
Originally Posted By Labuda For you it was a typo, wahoo, but for them, it would be what they thought it said.
Originally Posted By Spooky Ghost I did enjoy his Lovely Bones review, trashing it expecting it to be embraced by his fellow critics, only to happen to agree with them. But in reading his review of the film with all his pretentiousness and him clearly having a thesaurus readily available to be as obnoxious as possible. I noticed that he misunderstood the title of the movie itself which is quite clearly explained in the the closing scenes. I really do enjoy Mr. White and hope he doesn't go away any time soon, far too entertaining.
