Lisa Shwarzbaum on Movie Criticism and Credibility

"Professional movie criticism is being viewed more and more as a rude, elitist intrusion on the popular preferences of a public with greater opportunities than ever before to be your Own Best Critic and let the world in on your thoughts."

"Both “overrated” and “underrated” stink up the place with egotism. “Disappointed” and its cousin in pain and self-regard, “I’m sorry to say,”  do something creepier still: The phraseology is a tip-off that the whole review is rigged."

http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/07/19/inception-that-ending-movie-critics/