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Samuel L. Jackson Slams New York Times Critic for Negative Avengers Review

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8:26 pm, May 3rd, 2012

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Samuel L. Jackson lashed out at a New York Times film critic on Twitter Thursday for writing a negative review of The Avengers.

Jackson, who plays Nick Fury in the Marvel Comics adaptation opening Friday, took issue with A.O. Scott‘s article, which criticized “the overblown, skull-assaulting action sequences,” among other aspects.

Scott, who wrote that the movie is “hardly worth raging about, [and] its failures are significant and dispiriting,” also described Jackson’s acting as “more master of ceremonies than mission commander.”

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Jackson, unsurprisingly, was none too pleased.

“#Avengers fans,NY Times critic AO Scott needs a new job! Let’s help him find one! One he can ACTUALLY do!” the actor wrote on Twitter.

When Jackson got some push-back from followers, one of which accused him of being “irrational,” he insisted he was only sharing his “opinion.”

“What’s irrational about it?” he wrote, adding, “They aren’t going to fire his jaundiced ass & You & I Know It!”

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Scott issued a response via statement, saying he didn’t think Jackson was seriously campaigning for his firing, and acknowledging that “actors and filmmakers sometimes respond angrily to negative reviews.”

“I can’t say I blame them,” Scott told E! News, adding that “rallying ‘fans’ against skeptical critics is a time-honored tactic, and I don’t take it personally.”

What do you think of Jackson’s comments and Scott’s response?

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  • Yace

    i fucking hate film critics they ruin everything they make the jobs of these people look like shit specially when they dedicated themselves months weeks days and hours to do these films for some jackass to push their nasty opinions onto the public and ruin the films chances to do great in the box office ive seen many films that critics have trashed that were really good entertaining films but these jerks just enjoy trashing and bashing cause they think they know better when they actually dont, for me life would be better if no film critic existed so then the public can focus on being entertained which is the reason all films are made, for the public entertainment

  • Xedos

    i want some one to give one of these critic a chance to write and direct a movie

  • Vampangel_95

    Yay u show them moving was fucking bad ass and they should fire his ass cause as a movie critic he suckess!! I bet you he dosent even know a good movie if it bit him in his asshole!

  • Vampangel_95

    I meant movie stupid auto correct LMFAO

  • Anonymous

    exactly!

  • Apogee

    Well, SLJ just got his movie that much more attention. :-) When someone writes a review about a movie about comic book characters and uses the words “…failures…are dispiriting” you’ve got to wonder either what he was watching or what he was expecting. It’s supposed to be fun!

  • Chloe

    Well I haven’t seen this movie but, I agree with the movie critic this time. There is a lot of hype about this movie but honestly whenever I see any of the trailers, regarding this movie it just does not interest me and has a big corny feel to it.

  • Lferullo31laf

    Really now if you ask me this whole thing is such bull shit right out of their MOUTHS, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE HAVE NO FEELING AT ALL and THEIR DON’T CARE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT VERY GOOD PEOPLE SO WITH THAT ALL OF THOSE NASTY ASS CAN STICK THEIR HEADS UP ALL OF THEIR ASSES…..

  • Regina1180

    I think that’s also sort of the point. The trailers don’t make it seem like it’s some masterpiece. I will never understand why a movie critic goes into a movie basically knowing exactly what they are going to get, but then goes and cries about it.

  • Leesh

    I don’t think you can really agree with him completely until you have seen the movie. Not trying to be rude or anything but it’s like saying a book was horrible because the cover was really flashy (or something like that), but you didn’t even read it yet.

  • Indy

    Please explain “jaundiced ass” seems completely irrelevant

  • just me

    who cares what critics say. i am sure most of them even don’t watch the movies they write about:)

  • Loripinkleton

    A.O. Scott has the worst insight and perception of what a good movie is….I won’t even read his reviews any more that I receive from New York TImes every Friday. They are never very accurate and are quite cynical….New York TImes should find someone worth reading…

  • Chloe

    I get what you are saying and you are right. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. I guess what I was trying to say… there is nothing that I have seen that makes me want to see the movie. But, hopefully I’m wrong and I do hope it does well.

  • Anonymous

    saw movie today. very boring, predictable and totally overhyped. not my cup of tea

  • Anonymous

    I can’t believe this. How can so many of you take Samuel L. Jackson’s side? This kind of behavior from someone is just astonishing. I have never heard anything like this. How can you possibly support this childish behavior? The man was only doing his job for God’s sake! A critic should never lie about how he feels! He should TELL – THE – TRUTH!

    I’m serious, I have lost a lot of respect for the human race, hating a man solely for doing his job well. Frankly, I’d hate A.O. Scott if he hated The Avengers and gave it a positive review.

  • Anonymous

    You don’t have to be able to write a good movie to tell a good movie when you see one. I can’t believe people are so low they’ll hate a man just for doing his job just because they can’t respect other people’s opinions!

  • Anonymous

    What the fuck?

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, critics are always out to ruin a good movie’s success! That’s why The Avengers has 256 positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, and only 17 negative reviews!

    You see, critics are generally good people trying to do a good job. They subject themselves to garbage just to keep you from having to experiencing me (and the money, of course, which is THE REAL REASON ALL FILMS ARE MADE).

  • Anonymous

    10 fucking likes. It’s official, I am the only sane man in the fucking universe.

  • Anonymous

    I meant “experiencing it” or “experiencing them”.

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