Post by medjay on Jun 3, 2017 20:16:11 GMT
True, but at the same time... i don't really pay attention to critics as after you have seen plenty of movies you can generally tell what your going to watch and what your going to avoid.
but i guess there is probably a portion of the public that relies on critics to say what's worth watching and what's not(?) as i would imagine many people have a limited amount of time to watch movies and unless they seen a lot of movies and know what they generally like etc then they probably need some way to figure out whether a movie is worth spending their limited amount of free time on.
Yes, critics are very helpful for the general public.
Critics are also very useful when looking for old obscure movies, especially foreign language films. There is such a vast amount of movies out there that if it weren't for critics I would even know where to begin. Siskel & Ebert's Top 10 lists for example is a great resource, as are critic's lists of the greatest movies ever made.