Samuel L. Jackson Slams ‘Avengers’ Critic On Twitter

Samuel L. Jackson is an actor who obviously reads reviews — and cares about them.

He took to twitter today to target New York Times critic A.O. Scott for negative comments in his review of Marvel’s The Avengers, in which Jackson stars as eye-patch-wearing S.H.I.E.L.D. commander Nick Fury.

While seeming to enjoy aspects of the film, Scott says its “failures are significant and dispiriting. The light, amusing bits cannot overcome the grinding, hectic emptiness, the bloated cynicism that is less a shortcoming of this particular film than a feature of the genre.”

Tweeted Jackson: “#Avengers fans,NY Times critic AO Scott needs a new job! Let’s help him find one! One he can ACTUALLY do!”

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