Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26298997-20180527013846

I'm of the view that there's a certain snobbery surrounding mainstream criticism of movies. A visually dull tale about sad people living their sad lives with very little of consequence happening will be seen as inherently better than a goofy epic adventure film which puts emphasis on fun and just plain old coolness. It's not about the fun. It's not even about the art. It's about seeming grownup. That's stupid. One of my all time favorite movies has got to be Hugh Jackman's modern classic Van Helsing. Sure some plot elments seem a little tacked on but it looks great, it's funny. it's frightening enough, has great performances and for me at least succeeds in doing everything it set out do. It's very critically panned and because of this a lot of people will never even get it a chance. What are some movies are books etc which you really enjoy that the critics like to attack? 