Kris is taking some heat in some quarters for his comments on “WALL-E,” and while he has never said it was a bad film, he didn’t fall over himself seeking superlatives for it either. In fact, the movie did not do much for Kris, which is an unpopular sentiment, given the critics awards and rave reviews for the film.
Why is this not okay with some people? Similarly, why is not okay to say that one does not feel “Citizen Kane” is the greatest film of all time? I don’t think it is and you have no idea the heat I take for that. Kris made a bold decision, one he believed in, one he felt was right, one that was honest.
When will people realize that at the end of the day we are all critics with an opinion, but some of us are fortunate enough to do it for a living? Does that set us apart? Not really.
Watching a film is connected to the oldest of rituals, similar to the ancient Greeks filing in to see a play and watching with rapt attention the players on stage. They then left the play and discussed it, just as we do today with cinema. Maybe we like the film, maybe we don’t…it is all opinion-based and at the end of the day, no one is really wrong.