With the discharge of any piece of artwork, there are all the time going to be conflicting opinions concerning its high quality. Whether or not any given film is “good” or not will all the time be debated, and whereas followers and critics alike will come to some form of consensus, it’s typically not the identical factor.
It’s removed from unusual for the consensus of movie critics to vary vastly from common film followers. A number of the largest field workplace success tales are movies that critics hated. However which motion pictures did critics actually and actually get fallacious? A current Twitter put up asking that query has gone viral, and even talking as an expert critic, I can’t disagree with selections like this one:
Few will ever be as (virtually deliberately) misunderstood as Starship Troopers. pic.twitter.com/98tmetEcNWAugust 12, 2025
The diploma to which everyone, critics and viewers members alike, broadly misunderstood Starship Troopers is fairly broadly recognized at this level. The film is a harsh satire of militarization, which fits immediately towards its personal supply materials. Maybe this battle was the explanation that many merely didn’t see the satirical components initially and skim Starship Troopers as a pro-military story. At this time, most perceive what the film was going for, whether or not or not they suppose it succeeded.
One other standard film talked about within the thread is Pace Racer. The film has undergone a reasonably vital reappraisal lately that sees the Wachowskis’ adaptation of the favored anime as a film that was thus far forward of its time that critics, and even many followers, merely didn’t perceive it. On the time, that meant the film obtained dangerous critiques, however right now, many like it, like this individual:
One of many motion pictures that was introduced up by multiple individual within the replies was Disney’s John Carter. The variation of The Princess of Mars is certainly one of Disney’s most well-known field workplace bombs, although that has extra to do with the film’s huge prices relatively than its lack of a field workplace take.
John Carter. Sure, it was dangerous advertising and marketing, however critics considering it was a rip-off of Star Wars obtained all of it backwards. A Princess of Mars was the pioneering story. pic.twitter.com/4V9se5o14WAugust 13, 2025
At the same time as any person who likes the film, I’d nonetheless argue it isn’t nice. The flick clearly had some problem find one of the best ways to adapt its supply materials. Nonetheless, there’s rather a lot to get pleasure from about it. Nevertheless, sadly, its failure clearly killed any franchise potential, and that’s an enormous loss for all of us.
Of all the films talked about, nevertheless, one which I’m being attentive to is A Knight’s Story. Whereas I wasn’t a critic again when the Heath Ledger film got here out, I keep in mind not caring for it once I noticed it upon launch. I haven’t seen it since, however I’ve heard multiple individual not too long ago speak about the way it’s really actually nice.
When most individuals consider Heath Ledger they consider The Darkish Knight with him taking part in the Joker first however I personally additionally consider his portrayal of William in A Knight’s Story as nicely, however imo that is clearly underrated by the critics . . .59% 🍅 /🥫pic.twitter.com/lyFSATDDB8 https://t.co/8PRPss2J4zAugust 12, 2025
There are such a lot of nice motion pictures being added to the listing that it is virtually troublesome to maintain observe of all of them. Robin Williams’ grown-up Peter Pan film Hook is there. The film did not get nice critiques upon launch, however the film has actually achieved a degree of recognition right now among the many viewers that grew up with it.
After which there’s the inclusion of Blade Runner, a movie that no one appeared to love in 1982, with it getting blended critiques from critics and seeing a tough field workplace take. The film is usually regarded right now as probably the greatest science fiction motion pictures ever made.
All of us have these motion pictures that we love that critics didn’t take care of. Whether or not it’s as a result of the movie speaks to us in another way or that critics simply “didn’t get it” isn’t actually that vital. Nonetheless, generally it’s clear in hindsight that critics actually did miss the boat.