This past Saturday, I decided to see a couple movies and one of them was The Raven. Knowing that the story is a fictional account, I decided to go in and just take the movie for what it was and not analyze it over historical misses or other such things that critics seem to hate. I live in Baltimore and love Edgar Allen Poe and have even been anticipating this movies release.
Throughout the whole movie, I was enthralled with what I was witnessing on the screen and never once looked at my phone to check the time... a key sign that I am enjoying the movie. In fact, the only ambient influence that I noticed was the crowd reaction, which came at appropriate times for their given reactions. When the credits started rolling, there was even a small clap... a rare event at movie theaters these days.
So, in closing, I would say not to listen to the professional critics who are often so full of themselves that all movies are beneath them anyway. Perhaps they just didn't like the death of a particular character in the movie (You'll have to watch it to see who... I don't want to spoil anything). But for me, this movie left me fulfilled and wanting more. The only disappointment was that my favorite Poe story was absent... The Black Cat.
Throughout the whole movie, I was enthralled with what I was witnessing on the screen and never once looked at my phone to check the time... a key sign that I am enjoying the movie. In fact, the only ambient influence that I noticed was the crowd reaction, which came at appropriate times for their given reactions. When the credits started rolling, there was even a small clap... a rare event at movie theaters these days.
So, in closing, I would say not to listen to the professional critics who are often so full of themselves that all movies are beneath them anyway. Perhaps they just didn't like the death of a particular character in the movie (You'll have to watch it to see who... I don't want to spoil anything). But for me, this movie left me fulfilled and wanting more. The only disappointment was that my favorite Poe story was absent... The Black Cat.