PSA: both Romancing the Stone AMD Jewel of the Nile are on Hulupic.twitter.com/4EHO8rAE9c
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The original NYT review of Romancing the Stone called it “elaborately produced, mostly charmless.”https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/30/movies/screen-romancing-the-stone-action-comedy.html …
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The reviewer criticized Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglass for lacking screen appealpic.twitter.com/IonZlxVBJ1
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The real takeaway here is my GOD look at that ad stackpic.twitter.com/p8CgQoVcWC
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It’s got an 84% at Rotten Tomatoes out of 50 reviews, so the NYT was an outlier. Ebert liked it!pic.twitter.com/cTP7hft9Xp
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This same NYT reviewer HATED the Exorcist when it came outpic.twitter.com/rad8RDIPkp
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HE ALSO HATED ROCKY!! Called it a “sentimental little slum movie.” https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/22/archives/film-rocky-pure-30s-makebelieve.html …pic.twitter.com/gRrJ4xzlQI
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He ALSO hated Alien https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/25/archives/screen-alien-brings-chills-from-the-far-galaxya-gothic-set-in-space.html …pic.twitter.com/rGVLuJx6q9
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Replying to @mccanner
In my memory, he never liked anything that had anything resembling a box office.
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I’m deep in his archives now and that does seem to be the takeaway
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Replying to @mccanner @Karendipitee
Pauline Kael nearly defines me. Her reviews simultaneously instructed readers in ways to practice critical thinking. Not only do I understand films better, but I can appreciate where and how I part ways with the reviewer.
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