Originally posted by: CDlove
I have written this in another post so copying and pasting some of the parts here.
If constructive criticism cannot be taken in the proper manner and we are being forced to restrain ourselves from voicing our opinions, I think the forum is no longer a place where we can freely share our views.
Negative criticism is never pleasant. It doesn't come wrapped in wreaths of flowers with pretty bows hanging from the sides. It's harsh and that's how reality works.
Here's a few examples of movie reviews which are nasty to say the least.
| Actor, Pearl Harbor (2001) |
| Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale give performances of such somnambulist awfulness that the three of them achieve an almost zen-like state of woodenness. This is bad acting above and beyond the call of duty; this is Purple Heart bad acting. (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian) |
| Affleck, called upon to play someone stupider than himself, goes even deader behind the eyes than usual, and when emoting resorts to the kind of facial spasms that won him jeers of joyous derision at screenings of Pearl Harbour. |
| (Chris Tookey, Daily Mail) |
| Ben Affleck's goose is cooked with Surviving Christmas, a movie that makes Gigli look like one of the crowning moments in his career. |
| (Jami Bernard, New York Daily News) |
| Jennifer Aniston |
| Actress, Picture Perfect (1997) | | Friends star Aniston will need all the friends she can muster when this grisly mess haunts her on late night TV where it deserves to be missed' Rock Hudson and Doris Day used to do this kind of fluffy romantic comedy fluff in their sleep. Aniston and Mohr do it badly, in other people's sleep. | | (Alan Frank, Video Home Entertainment) | |
| Christian Bale |
| Actor, Terminator: Salvation (2009) | | Bale's belligerent, resentful facial expression is that of a stunned ox, or a vexed moose, or a rhino that thinks it's overheard someone calling its mum a sl*g. | | (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian) | |
| Jennifer Lopez After four unsuccessful previous nominations for a Razzie, J-Lo won the 2003 worst actress award for Gigli. Her performance in this film makes her an early front-runner for 2005. |
| (Chris Tookey, Daily Mail) |
This is just a taste of how criticism works in the real world.
When someone say anything remotely close to negative criticism, the post is termed bashing.
What amazes me is how our displeasure cannot be shown if the actor has not groomed properly or his/her expressions were not up to mark or his/her PR skills need some boosting etc when thousand posts that scutinizes Barun's pysical aspects in a very scandalizing and degrading manner can be hailed and deemed the best post in the forum.
Had a man centric forum did the very same to Sanaya and her bodily attributes, they would have been cursed to oblivion.
There are double standards in this forum. Enugh said.
People who cannot take a few negative points regarding their favourit actor/ show reports the post without thinking much becuase they simply cant bear to hear anything negative about them.
But the forum moderators need to be more vigilant when they deal with these report posts because just because some people cannot take a point of view, it's not bashing.
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