Friday, August 17, 2001

A Movie Critic Repents

It reminded me of the rushed judgment
this job entails: Most of the time you see something just once
before passing judgment on it, and often that judgment must be
passed faster than a spacepod through a timewarp. Opportunities
to reflect and ruminate, processes which are elementary to good
criticism, are rare as white buffalo. Even the opportunity to
think clearly and intently about a movie is constantly threatened
by the intellectual gridlock that typically occurs: Any given
week your head may have anywhere from three to six movies competing
for quick judgment, and at a time of your life—or mine anyway—when remembering your keys is challenge enough.

—Geoff Pevere, "Okay,
I admit it, I went ape too soon," The Toronto Star
(August 17, 2001)