Outrageous Quotes of the Week

[Birdland]

Child, I think we are all going to have to prepare ourselves for a backlash against P.J.'s second film. When he was the plucky unknown Kiwi film maker who took on the Hollywood system to make a great epic, then the media elite were probably more on his side. <P>But now he's a hugely successful director whose film has grossed almost a billion (that's not a exageration, FoTR has grossed something like 980 million dollars to date for New Line!)<BR> <BR>So we should all get ready for the "tearing down of P.J." There is a class of critics out there who are bound and determined not to like anything that has been embraced by the masses. They are so frightened of being tarred with the brush of "ordinary" that they feel it is their sacred duty to belittle and demean anything that smacks of being "popular". <P>Also be prepared for the conceit of sending out journalists who do not like the fantasy genre to review the film, in order that it might be "judged on its own merits". (Never mind that this makes as much sense as sending someone who doesn't like football to cover the game.)<P>So take a deep breath folks, and count to ten. You are going to read many more negative, belittling reviews of P.J.'s "sophmore effort". And the higher the critic places himself amongst the heights of "coolness", the nastier the review will be.