Why early criticism is the worst

            One of the worst things some people do is criticize something that has not been released yet.  It is most noticeable when it comes to Marvel Studios and their movies.  Yes, it happens in all entertainment industries, and I will get to that later, but as a Marvel fan I see more criticism towards the movies than anything else.  The biggest criticisms towards the movies that I have seen are about how the movie is going to turn out.  The best example for this is the movie Ant-Man.  The movie itself has been in some kind of production for the last 10 years or so, with the director Edgar Wright involved with it for a good majority of the time.  Then the studio made the movie official in the beginning of 2014.  When he left the project that summer, Marvel Studios hired Peyton Reed to direct the movie.  When the hiring was announced, many people already wrote off the movie as a bust.  This was even before the movie had even started shooting.  Today, after its July 2015 release, according to Rotten Tomatoes, Ant-Man has an 80% approval rating from critics and a 90% rating from audiences.  The movie was so well liked that audiences are now asking for a sequel Ant-Man movie.

            Another good example would be the Guardians of the Galaxy.  When the movie was announced, people wrote off the movie only because it was not a well-known franchise.  This time, when the trailer came out, those same people were critical about the movie.  The movie has a 91% approval rating from critics and 92% approval from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes- some even claiming the movie the best of 2014. 

            With this in mind, being a Marvel fan, I have learned to trust Marvel.  They have yet to make a bad movie, so it is surprising that some people in this world have not been so trustworthy as well.  This brings me to the point of this post, which is to hold off all criticism until something is released.  The most criticized item now is the game Star Wars Battlefront.  The game will be released in November of this year.  The reason it is getting the criticism in the first place is that Electronic Arts is publishing and distributing the game.  EA is seen as a money first type of company to many players.  They also criticized the game after a report came out stating that EA would be taking outsome beloved game modes that appeared in previous Battlefront games.  There should be no worries in the first place, though, because Disney would not let just some random company publish a game based on one of their properties.  Any one intelligent would know Disney is working side by side with EA to develop a quality game for Star Wars fans.  Early criticism is nonsense.  The only time for criticism is when an item is actually available for purchase, not when it is being developed.