Film director Alex Proyas blasts GODS OF EGYPT critics.

Alex Proyas, a filmmaker who has an eternal asterisk by his name for directing THE CROW--a film shot in a non-union state which had an accident resulting in the premature death of its star Brandon Lee, recently said this about criticism of his latest, GODS OF EGYPT on Facebook:
Now that anyone can post their opinion about anything from a movie to a pair of shoes to a hamburger, what value do they have – nothing.

The late Roger Ebert, who loved loved loved Proyas' cult film DARK CITY, gets a pass from Proyas:

Roger Ebert wasn’t bad. He was a true film lover at least, a failed film-maker, which gave him a great deal of insight. His passion for film was contagious and he shared this with his fans. He loved films and his contribution to cinema as a result was positive. Now we have a pack of diseased vultures pecking at the bones of a dying carcass.

Here's a Flickering Myth article with Proyas' entire tirade:

http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/02/gods-of-egypt-director-alex-proyas-unleashes-tirade-against-film-critics.html

And then, there was Proyas' second round on Facebook:

SJW means "social justice warrior" and is the new hot, hip synonym for "politically correct."

Perhaps the only mitigating factor in the GODS OF EGYPT controversy--where Proyas, as with Ridley Scott's EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS, opted primarily to cast white actors as Egyptians (except for Chadwick Boseman)--was Proyas (Australian, but Egyptian-born) being willing to own up to the misstep in advance, unlike Scott:
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/upcoming-movies/gods-of-egypt-director-apologies-for-lack-of-diversity-in-casting/news-story/de9c8bd87edbb10f2131817bd2701f97

Jesse Eisenberg works out his film-critic aversion issues in THE NEW YORKER.

Actor/author/playwright Jesse Eisenberg just had his intended-as-humorous piece about a film reviewer as hapless-wannabe-loser in THE NEW YORKER:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/an-honest-film-review


Here's a link to a past encounter between Eisenberg and a Univision reviewer Romina Puga on a film junket for the first NOW YOU SEE ME:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya-CrS3eKMM

From the same junket with MTV Canada's Rich Wilkinson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytY6DZNGCUU
And here's Eisenberg displaying discomfort with Comic-Con (using the word "genocide" which he later walked back) while doing press for THE END OF THE TOUR (plus a dig at the press):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqOeRLfG5MM

It's understandable that actors can be irritated when junketeers either insist on doing personality schtick or want to throw out "gonna getcha angry" inquiries.  Or if they feel print reviewers are inadequate and/or know next to nothing about films/film history/the particular film of the actor being reviewed--or, as implied in Eisenberg's NEW YORKER piece, desire to be secretly unethical.

But few of them get the privilege of having smirky ripostes published in prestigious magazines.

RIP Roger Ebert.

"When critics like Roger Ebert or Janet Maslin talk about film, they
demonstrate a deep knowledge of and respect for their subject, a
respect for filmmakers regardless of the specific blunders made on a
particular film, and a genuine unwavering joy at the magic of cinema.
Even when they don't like something of mine, I respect the source.
They make me want to try harder."--James Cameron in 1998, in the midst
of his rebuttal to Kenneth Turan's negative review of TITANIC.

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