Critics

As the old saying goes, "Everyone is a critic." A critic can make or break a film. If the movie receives bad reviews across the board from individuals than more than likely that movie the people are reviewing will not do well financially. A good example of a film doing well because of critics is Napoleon dynamite. This was a movie that started as an independent film that only cost 10,000 dollars to make but ended up becoming a 100 hundred-million-dollar award-winning film. The other surprising feat Napoleon Dynamite accomplished was becoming the #1 box office movie nearly one month after it had been released. This is a rarity in the film industry because movies will usually hit the #1 spot for only one to two weeks and only right after it has been released. Napoleon Dynamite became #1 due to critics of the film. Four to six weeks after the opening the movie was being sold at theatres everywhere. This is a great example of how critics and word of mouth can make a movie just another film or one of the classics.

I personally feel everyone is entitled to their opinions, but here is a random list of my personal favorite movies and the reasons why:

1.) 300: The true story of the epic battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartan soldiers lead by King Leonidas take on the largest army ever assembled. A graphic novel written by one of the great comic book writers of all time: Frank Miller. The movie made the comic come to life; making fantasy into reality and reality into fantasy.

2.) The 40-Year Old Virgin: Judd Apatow's coming out party setting off a new breed of R-rated college humor comedy.

2a.) Any Judd Apatow produced or directed comedy. Again the new breed of comedy students are lining up to watch. Almost everything he helps produce or direct is guarenteed to make 100 million dollars at the box office.

3.) Black Hawk Down: This is the true story of 123 elite soldiers dropping into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. "No man left Behind!"

4.) Any Marvel Production Studios movie i.e Spiderman trilogy, X-men trilogy, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, with the exception to this claim being Ghostrider. Marvel decided to gain control of their own comic franchise and make sure their comics weren't being subjugated to ridiculous storylines i.e. Ang Lee's The Hulk.

5.) Batman Begins and The Dark Knight: The Nolan brother's screen adaptation of the DC comic Batman have become two of the highest grossing films of this generation with The Dark Knight being the 2nd highest grossing film of all time at over 550 million dollars to date: also one of the highest rated movies of all time according to imdb.com. The realistic adaptation of Batman and his nemesis' has audiences of all ages captivated and eager for more. Watch out everyone Johnny Depp is rumored to be the new Riddler.

6.) The Usual Suspects: Who is Kyser Soze?

7.) Fight Club: It's great to know that a little male aggression can go a long way into bringing down international corporations, because after all How much can you really know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

8.) Sin City: The ultimate graphic novel to movie film adaptation. The one movie that if you read the comics you do not need to see the movie and vise versa. Everything in this movie feels as if you were actually living in the comic book. Also Frank Miller's first atempt at directing and definitly will not be his last.

9.) I am a sucker for Pixar films such as Toy Story, Shrek and The Incredibles. Movies made for both children and adults. Great for kids with the cartoon aspects but also enough adult humor and stunning computer graphics to keep all ages wanting more.

10.) The Princess Bride: This movie has a special place in me. It was the movie my mom and dad always watched with me when I was a child. It is the movie my family always quotes and believes one of the funniest movies ever: which it really is. It is also however a very critically acclaimed movie that has been dubbed a classic fairytale love story.

"Everyone is a Critic."