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Educated movie/book reviews from critics: Fact or Opinion?

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Q&A: Educated movie/book reviews from critics: Fact or Opinion?

I had this argument with my boyfriend last night.
I think that if someone’s job is to review and critique movies or books, they can’t say things based on their opinion because then you’d imagine looking in the newspaper and they say something like
“l00l, i didnt like this movie cuz i only liek action movies if you like action movies like me, go sees it”
But instead they go into detail if the characters are well developed and 3D, if it really goes in depth about certain parts of the movie to get a better understanding of the characters or setting etc, and if the plot of the movie actually seems like a plot.
And that would make a movie “good” but possibly not enjoyable, because those can be considered 2 completely different things. I’ll use Twilight as example (lol) It can be fun to read because its romance, and i’m a girl, but if I critique its writing, it’s just plain bad; the characters are boring, and VERY lifeless, there honestly isn’t much of a plot for the whole movie and book, just a few minor events in a row. I can’t call that good no matter how much I enjoy it (I don’t by the way, its just a great example)
Maybe fact is too strong of a word, but they definitely can’t be based purely on opinion or it wouldn’t be a good knowledgeable review. Does anyone see what I’m getting at?

(btw its in the movie section because we were arguing about movie reviews at the time, but it works for books and movies)

ANSWER:

Answer by stephen k
But it is still an opinion, based on yur framework of what you like and what works. Rare is the critic who can step back and go, I didn’t like it, but that doesn;t mean it’s bad

Answer by artistry_in_motion
all reviews are just glorified opinions.

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