Scott’s piece essentially breaks down what it’s like to be a “critic” in this day and age.  Just as the title states, everyone should be a critic, and that’s how it really should be.  That would be just too easy if it were the case. Being critic himself, he finds seems to find it rather amusing that people are so open to having other’s think for them.  Year in and year out, people look at the Oscars as some sort of be-all and end-all of being successful in the film industry.  People hardly ever look past what is handed to them and assume that everyone who takes part in deciding what is to be deemed “good” or “bad” as being the definitive way to judge something.

He goes deeper by saying how this era makes it harder to think on your own.  With all the opinions that now present themselves more than ever, we fail to utilize our “fundamental human attribute.”  Something that separates us from all other living things is now being diluted by the ever-growing use of social media and reliance on ratings.  Many of these sites like Yelp would not even exist had it not been for the demand for other people’s opinions.  A role that was once relegated to select individuals is now open to everyone through many platforms.  Yet, many people still choose to not think on their own, not cater to their own tastes, or realize that there is so much more than just formulating a “personal” opinion based on many others.  Everyone’s way of thinking is something that is unique to themselves, a way for people to differentiate themselves, and yet everyone is so willing to let others do the thinking for them.  Perhaps it is just as he says, being a critic is a soldier, and some people just don’t have the soldier within them.