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I'm enormously relieved I wasn't singled out for my writing style and/or judgments by Defamer's Stu Van Airsdale in his annual Listys Awards, which are basically about slapping around critics who, in VanAirsdale's judgment, have written about '08 movies in a "mystifying, patience-testing and all-around terrible" way.
Today's Top Five starting at #1 are Fox 411's Roger Friedman , Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum, the Baltimore Sun's Michael Sragow, MTV News critic Joe DeShano, and In Contention's Kris Tapley . The only thing worse than being dissed is being altogether ignored so at least these guys aren't suffering that fate.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 8, 2009 at 12:20 PM
comment #1
Sabina E
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Hahaha. but someone wrote an article making fun of you last week. Let's see if I can try to find the article so I can post the link here
Posted by Sabina E
at January 8, 2009 12:33 PM
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Wiggumx
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Jeff linked the article himself, so I'm fairly certain he read it.
Posted by Wiggumx
at January 8, 2009 12:35 PM
comment #3
Geoff
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Wow. Tapley really exploded in his pants when he saw The Incredible Hulk. Incredible.
Posted by Geoff
at January 8, 2009 12:42 PM
comment #4
Sabina E
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oh ok, never mind then.
Posted by Sabina E
at January 8, 2009 12:43 PM
comment #5
Gordie Lachance
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Jeff got props yesterday at firstshowing.net for his Hurt Locker quote.
Posted by Gordie Lachance
at January 8, 2009 12:50 PM
comment #6
actionman
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Roger Friedman is such a tool.
Posted by actionman
at January 8, 2009 1:00 PM
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Kristopher Tapley
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Douche bags will be douche bags. There's a reason the guy had to settle for checks at Defamer. And there isn't a day goes by I'm not happy for declining the same offer to whore myself out over there. But hey, I'm glad he's scraping by, now that The Reeler is in the abyss it deserved from the start. It won't be long before he can steal David Poland's perch as bitchiest writer on the planet.
And yeah, I dug "The Incredible Hulk." Sue me.
Posted by Kristopher Tapley
at January 8, 2009 1:25 PM
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Kristopher Tapley
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And by the way, I was actually hoping to make this list. Is that weird?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley
at January 8, 2009 1:27 PM
comment #9
Chase Kahn
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I saw this yesterday and wanted to unchain Javier Bardem on the guy -- what a douche.
'The Incredible Hulk' didn't even make Tapley's Top 10, so it's technically innaccurate, and god forbid somebody backs a film that isn't widely praised across the board or by the almighty Stu Van Airsdale. What a little bitch.
Posted by Chase Kahn
at January 8, 2009 1:34 PM
comment #10
clancy
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I'm with Tapley - It is so bizarre that there is so much sniping from one blogger to another.. it takes a pretty arrogant motherfiucker to sit in judgment of all the other arrogant motherfuckers --- and almost all the guys Stu whateverhisnameis writes about, are better writers than is he.
Posted by clancy
at January 8, 2009 1:35 PM
comment #11
Sabina E
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hahhahahahaha
you guys are hilarious
Posted by Sabina E
at January 8, 2009 1:38 PM
comment #12
raygo
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Jeez ... what about The Village Voice ... worst film reviews always and forever.
Posted by raygo
at January 8, 2009 1:50 PM
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JUSTIN
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Criticizing critics is like Malkovich crawling inside his own head in BJM.
Posted by JUSTIN
at January 8, 2009 1:55 PM
comment #14
George Prager
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What about Stephanie (the ignored romantic comedy "Ghost Town") Zacharek? She's pathetic.
Posted by George Prager
at January 8, 2009 2:08 PM
comment #15
swordandpen
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Maybe in 2009, critics can spend more time criticizing movies instead of criticizing one another.
Posted by swordandpen
at January 8, 2009 2:34 PM
comment #16
actionman
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Can't you all just wait for next-year-this-time when all the critics will be compiling their Best of the Decade lists?
Posted by actionman
at January 8, 2009 2:54 PM
comment #17
Chase Kahn
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Armond White, anyony?
Posted by Chase Kahn
at January 8, 2009 2:57 PM
comment #18
George Prager
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Armond White is in another league altogether. He doesn't review movies, he reviews his hallucinations.
Posted by George Prager
at January 8, 2009 3:05 PM
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George Prager
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Or as Simple Jack might say, he reviews his "head movies."
Posted by George Prager
at January 8, 2009 3:16 PM
comment #20
Marty Melville
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"Jeez ... what about The Village Voice ... worst film reviews always and forever."
I think Hoberman is one of the best writers on film today and for the last couple of decades.
Posted by Marty Melville
at January 8, 2009 3:19 PM
comment #21
Chase Kahn
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I actually like Wilonsky (Village Voice), he's a local critic here to DFW, though -- I'm partial.
Posted by Chase Kahn
at January 8, 2009 4:59 PM
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