Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer debuted in the number one position with $57.4 million in receipts, representing an increase of $1.3 million over the first Four film’s opening weekend two years ago.
One might look at this as a giant "screw you" to the movie critics, who, of course, are used to it by now. That’s how elitism works.
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Did you mean anti-elitism? The general public sees critics as elitists; therefore, the general public will go see a movie to spite the critics?As a rule, I try not to associate with the general public.
Makes it kind of hard to go to the movies, doesn't it?
Really?… It got a very positive review in the Toronto Star
And on ComicMix.
I seldom go to the movies. When I had HBO and Cinemax, I'd watch them on television. Now, I have to rent them.Watching movies so much later than the movie going public is like waiting for the trade in comics—by the time you see (or read) it, you know enough of the details that it takes some of the fun out of the experience, but it is cheaper.