Jeffrey Lyons, "Critic", on I'm Not There
The brilliance of this man...
Really, nobody else need ever write another word about the movies. Put
down your quill J Hoberman. Stop typing Armond. Don't even think about
it Nick Davis (I saw you thinking about it). For what is there left to
say? And another thing: Can something be done immediately about this
Alison Bailes woman? Who does she think she is with her high falutin'
"cinematic references" talk. Stop her!!! [/sarcasm]
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16 Comments:
At 7:16 PM, Blogger John T said...
Yeah, but why stop at asking Todd Haynes to learn filmmaking
from Ray. I'm sure that those hacks like Welles, Bergman,
Godard, Scorsese, and Polanski could sure learn a thing from
watching the great modern filmmakers like Paul Haggis.
At 8:24 PM, Anonymous amir_uk said...
WTF? Amazing. And they get paid for that.
Even sadder is the fact that Ray got nominated for Best
Picture. I'm Not There most probably will not.
At 9:12 PM, Blogger Moviezzz said...
Bailes used to be the host of the news show on IFC, but can be
a bit too "filmy" (like calling JUNO, "Jason Reitman's JUNO"
instead of Diablo Cody's).
This clip doesn't even show the worst part, he always talks
over and talks down to her. Every review where they disagree,
it turns into his telling her "You are so wrong on this one".
And, to add another point, when Bailes was on maternity leave,
Jeff brought his son on to fill in for her. I guess he works on
E! but still, weren't there any New York critics available?
Although the show gets buried in the middle of the night in
most markets, so no one is watching.
At 9:53 PM, Blogger Nick M. said...
The only time I see Jeffrey Lyons is when I'm taking a long cab
ride and he pops up on the monitor. He's irritably idiotic.
Oh, and his son...well, here's a story about little Ben Lyons.
Last year he was covering the Globe Globe nominations for E!
and in the post-nomination discussion, he seemed baffled and
disappointed that one of his favorite movies of the year, The
Da Vinci Code, was snubbed. Now, I suppose I can deal with an
entertainment journalist enjoying trash like The Da Vinci Code,
but do some research buddy! Is it that hard?
Nepotism is the worst--especially when the patriarch is barely
qualified as well.
At 10:53 PM, Blogger Rural Juror said...
Him and his son should be banned from film criticism. I hate
them both.
At 11:06 PM, Blogger JS said...
Someone should show him Ellen Burstyn's "I'm old!" scene from
Requiem for a Dream because his protests are sounding an awful
lot like it.......
At 11:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
You know what: I think all you film snobs are forgetting one
thing FILMS ARE SUBJECTIVE> Can't you get that through you're
thick HEADS> Damn. I happen to like Ray and I didn't like I'm
NOT There. I will relinquish in joy if I'm Not There is NOT
nominated.
At 11:22 PM, Blogger Deborah said...
He's whining. In a whiny tone. Whiny whining. Is that
considered criticism now?
"But I wanted it to be that..." What? What? Watch the movie
you're watching, and like or dislike it based on its own
merits, not based on the movie you wished you were watching
instead.
At 11:38 PM, Blogger NATHANIEL R said...
anonymous -- i didn't love I'M NOT THERE and I can understand
why it turn some people off.
... but the point is that Lyons is not even trying to do the
job of film criticism. he's not engaging with the cinema at
all. he's just complaining.
At 12:13 AM, Anonymous bryan said...
she should have said something like, "so you're a member of
BFCA then?"
At 3:55 AM, Blogger adam k. said...
Just... why is it people like THIS who have the jobs? Why?
And is it totally cynical of me to suggest that perhaps the
woman's contrary opinion was driven more by a need to have the
show be interesting and have the two argue than by her
genuinely engaging with and loving the film? She just didn't
seem that passionate in her defense... more like she was
playing the role of "real critic" to give some drama to the
dialogue.
Oy.
At 10:11 AM, Anonymous noho said...
Well I didn't really care for "I'm Not There," either, but why
should Jeffrey Lyons have anything against nepotism? This is
his dad:
http://tinyurl.com/3aq99k
At 2:00 PM, Blogger El Gigante said...
I don't know whether to be embarrassed or horrified by this
lazy piece of "criticism." It's fine that he doesn't like the
movie but saying because it's not like Ray is an incredibly
weak argument.
At 11:12 PM, Blogger MRS said...
Lyons doesn't even understand what Haynes' is trying to do. He
doesnt try to. Hate the movie? Great. But show some level of
intellectual rigor when you trash it! It's strange that this
"official critic" gets paid for his job when far better film
criticism is made by bloggers like yourself and countless
others. Lyons is just a bozo. The popular ones usually are.
Ever try reading Ebert's reviews? Drivel. Not as egreiously
awful as Lyons but schockingly bad from a person who for most
Americans IS the face of film criticism.
At 5:30 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
Lyons is the biggest tool. Ever.
At 5:31 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...
And just for the record, Armond White is utterly useless with a
Spielberg fetish bordering the pathological.
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