Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 26, 2015

It must be a Michael Bay film.

Was Adam Sandler in it? If so, let’s just hit him with a stick.

Some critics do the same as Rat.

Gene Siskel Rat ain’t.First rule of movie criticism (at any level): see the film!

Hmmm, sounds like most film critics. Rat’s finally found his perfect job.

“This is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” accredited to Dorothy Parker

Rat should coach people on doing interviews. He’s obviously great at getting jobs that he’s lousy at.

is it better than reds? that is 3 hours you will never get back.

We always criticize what we don’t understand. Which is a really stupid and trite cliché. It has too many words and who really believes in its “message” ?; )

What Rat should really be hitting with a stick is the newspaper and TV ads touting films that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual movie. I’ve been repeatedly misled about the content and rented or gone to see movies in which I was not interested.

Most directors need to be hit with a stick. Also politicians, journalists, used-car salesmen, lawyers, billionaires, diplomats, activists and — at the risk of repeating myself — con artists.

Hit the director with a stick, I’d go see that.

There are very few films out now where the director should not be hit with a stick.

Is this how Joe Bob Briggs got started?

Rat is no Tommy Edison on YouTube.

I’d like to see Rat write a review on the movie “Ratatouille”

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I might be swayed by a critic whose reviews have generally agreed with my own thinking, otherwise I just see the film. No one is a better critic than I am (or you are). The others may know more film history and technical terminology, but that doesn’t help me while I watch Robin Williams tell Matt Damon it’s not his fault. I get emotional no matter what any critic may have said.

Wasn’t Rat a movie critic once before?

me? standards? lower? hee,hee…ha,ha,ha///BWah hHA,HA,HA

If you hit the director with a stick, it will encourage her to do a better job the next time.

Guys I think you’ve got it all wrong, he’s probably reviewing something by Michael Bay or M. Night Shymalan.