Critic dickswinging alert!
So the avuncular Peter Travers of Rolling Stone got an early peek at “Dark Knight” and has dropped some effusive praise on the film, right? Jeffrey Wells says, not so fast, the man is untrustable. “There’s no trusting Travers. About anything. Especially when he’s the first one out of the gate,” Wells cautions.
“He’s responded in his usual eager-beaver town-crier way, applying lotsa passion and saliva and goo-goo gah-gah.” Damn, Gina! Did Travers steal Wells’ wife or something? Is someone just jealous they didn’t get to see the movie that early?
Wait, what about the guys at AICN that have also had an early sneak peak? Wells, doesn’t give them the time of day. Either way, critic battles always amuse us. As you were. [HollywoodElsewhere]