Posted by Hibernian Psycho at c480626-a.hrvy1.il.home.com on November 09, 2001 at 01:46:37:
In Reply to: Something I want to get off of my chest........ posted by KarlaC on November 09, 2001 at 01:13:48:
... a lot of critics copy off each other in order to validate their existence. Also, Miramax has recently taken the whole Freddy Prinze attitude to "good films" and with the recent history of their product, most critics blindly pummelled J&SBSB, hopping on the bandwagon.
A lot of the younder-generation critics who were brought up on Merchant-Ivory style films aren't big fans of the series anyway.
Also, the film is a good film in its own right but a great film if you get all the references. So in closing, it was made for aonly those who would understand it - and critics be damned!
Donnacha the handsome non-geek