On the Future (or Lack Thereof) of Proper Film Criticism

[jetpack_monkey]

This just makes me sad.

Although, someone in the comments makes the point that traditional film criticism isn't dying so much as its moved -- to the Internet. Of course, you have to know where to look (and try to avoid the sites that are even worse than the soundbite-crazy print newspapers because they don't bother with fact checking).

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[bow2themaow.livejournal.com]

Roger Moore, the film critic for the Orlando Sentinel, has an equally depressing article on his website where he basically admits that he tells anyone that dreams of being a film critic to find something else.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2006/11/the_dying_speci.html

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I think part of the reason I'm in the IT industry is that the only thing I ever wanted to be growing up was a film critic. And there's just no way to do that as a career anymore.