It used to be said that everyone was in two business, their own and show business. As such, everyone wants to be a critic. It's not surprising then that some movie apps are now crowd sourcing criticism, right alongside Rotten Tomatoes.So what are people actually seeing? What are they criticizing? Does the public really know good from bad, and is there truth to that old adage that if it’s popular, it can’t be any good?
After all, some movies that have failed at the box office have garnered critical praise, and some with great financial success have been panned.
All of this begs the question, are there objective standards? Are there a set of rules or facts that can define good and bad in filmed entertainment?
Ann Hornaday thinks so. She is the chief film critic for the Washington Post, and the author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies
.My conversation with Ann Hornaday:
