tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27696312.post114788914004426357..comments2023-08-29T03:30:31.733-04:00Comments on Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Frosty Critical Reception to Da Vinci CodePhilip Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15082363500641853690noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27696312.post-1147912515210223372006-05-17T20:35:00.000-04:002006-05-17T20:35:00.000-04:00Thomas -- I thought King Kong was an amazing spect...Thomas -- I thought King Kong was an amazing spectacle of a movie and probably the most entertaining movie of the summer, but certainly not the best film of the year. Maybe he's just gone soft, like Ebert.<BR/><BR/>DanielK -- sounds like Wolf was warming up for a blurb quote. My brush with movie-crit celebrity: When I lived in NYC during the summer of '85, studying at NYU, I wormed my way into a freelance deal reviewing movies for a small paper there. I found myself on an elevator with Rex Reed, on the way to a screening of The Man With One Red Shoe. What a thrill. okay, not really a thrill.Philip Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082363500641853690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27696312.post-1147911026405389822006-05-17T20:10:00.000-04:002006-05-17T20:10:00.000-04:00I used to run a movie theatre in Westwood, and I w...I used to run a movie theatre in Westwood, and I was watching critics leaving a screeing of "WOLF", the Jack Nicholson vehicle. One of them asked Jeanne Wolf (no relation) what she thought of the movie, and she shot back "It's Wolf-a-riffic!" Don't remember seeing it the ads - maybe she got cold feet at the last minute.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27696312.post-1147902628733566012006-05-17T17:50:00.000-04:002006-05-17T17:50:00.000-04:00Lumenick has been finding himself on the wrong sid...Lumenick has been finding himself on the wrong side of many movie critics lately. <BR/><BR/>I think he gave King Kong four stars and said it was the best movie of 2005. <BR/><BR/>I prefer Kyle Smith's reviews in the NYPost.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044951242081570558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27696312.post-1147895384765754182006-05-17T15:49:00.000-04:002006-05-17T15:49:00.000-04:00Critics were right in this case, I think.Despite t...Critics were right in this case, I think.<BR/><BR/>Despite the hype overkill, and even though I hadn't read the book, I went in to the movie with high hopes that it would be a good summer thriller, and maybe even kind of provocative.<BR/><BR/>I was disappointed on both counts.Philip Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082363500641853690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27696312.post-1147895122170870022006-05-17T15:45:00.000-04:002006-05-17T15:45:00.000-04:00Interesting it's not getting the rave reviews I th...Interesting it's not getting the rave reviews I thought it might already.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I never trust critics!orangejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942057967557940025noreply@blogger.com