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Critic Rex Reed Says Mean Thing About Games In Inception Review

by Jeff Cork on Jul 16, 2010 at 04:26 AM

What is it with movie critics and video games? While not exactly following in the footsteps of his contemporary Roger Ebert, the New York Observer's Rex Reed at least seems to be looking in the same direction. In his scathing review of Christopher Nolan's new film Inception, Reed lets loose with what I'm sure he thought was a deliciously low blow.

"I have no idea what the market is for this jabbering twaddle-probably people who fritter away their time playing video games, which I'm willing to bet pretty much describes Christopher Nolan."

People who fritter away their time playing video games? Can we get over the lame idea that video games are somehow shorthand for childish, idiotic entertainment?