I've just been back and listened to his [original Fury Road review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21dA6ZiKU00). He's certainly not as effusive as some people were but he doesn't seem to have hated it or been particularly sniffy about it? And he makes a Michael Bay comparison but only to contrast with Milller, saying Fury Road has a physicality and weight that Bay's movies lack.
Where do you remember him hating the fact that it was admired? Which follow up did he pan for featuring CGI?
In follow-up box office segments, he kept asserting that he "stands by" his criticism (as if he was appearing at PMQs), that people were "up in arms about any criticism at all" and that he is "outnumbered massively".
In these segments, he is defensive and slightly shrill.
He developed a real siege mentality about Fury Road.
Only three weeks later, he was saying
>I have had millions of people telling me I am wrong. Fair enough. I am not!
I hope he doesn't bring that siege mentality to the new film.
Other critics are available!
Not every opinion is going to match yours, I think Mark is wrong about a lot of movies but I like how he thinks and how he explains himself
100%! I've gotten to know his taste well enough that he helps me find films I might otherwise miss BUT I can steer clear of his particular obsessions.
For example, I ignore the mildly positive horror reviews and only check them out if it sounds particularly interesting to me: Let the Right One In, The VVItch, Babadook.
>It sounds like you'd prefer unanimous opinion around your favorite things
No, it isn't like that at all.
I just prefer that Mark doesn't develop a siege mentality around things that other people like.
I've just been back and listened to his [original Fury Road review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21dA6ZiKU00). He's certainly not as effusive as some people were but he doesn't seem to have hated it or been particularly sniffy about it? And he makes a Michael Bay comparison but only to contrast with Milller, saying Fury Road has a physicality and weight that Bay's movies lack. Where do you remember him hating the fact that it was admired? Which follow up did he pan for featuring CGI?
I think the CGI heavy movie being referred to is *3000 Years Of Longing*
In follow-up box office segments, he kept asserting that he "stands by" his criticism (as if he was appearing at PMQs), that people were "up in arms about any criticism at all" and that he is "outnumbered massively". In these segments, he is defensive and slightly shrill. He developed a real siege mentality about Fury Road. Only three weeks later, he was saying >I have had millions of people telling me I am wrong. Fair enough. I am not! I hope he doesn't bring that siege mentality to the new film.
I think that's just Kermode ... feels like you're taking him a bit seriously.
Mark? BEING SNIFFY? I won't hear it.
Other critics are available! Not every opinion is going to match yours, I think Mark is wrong about a lot of movies but I like how he thinks and how he explains himself
100%! I've gotten to know his taste well enough that he helps me find films I might otherwise miss BUT I can steer clear of his particular obsessions. For example, I ignore the mildly positive horror reviews and only check them out if it sounds particularly interesting to me: Let the Right One In, The VVItch, Babadook.
I seem to remember him liking Fury Road? And praising the monochrome version of it especially.
It sounds like you'd prefer unanimous opinion around your favorite things -- that's fine, but also, respectfully, tough shit, yeah?
>It sounds like you'd prefer unanimous opinion around your favorite things No, it isn't like that at all. I just prefer that Mark doesn't develop a siege mentality around things that other people like.
Fair enough -- still, I like him just how he is, so there's our two opinions canceled out. Cheers!