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Most of the critic (and user) reviews are what I think of as "easy mode" ones. They don't really teach you anything about the film, just say whether they liked
by qrendel 11y ago
Most of the critic (and user) reviews are what I think of as "easy mode" ones. They don't really teach you anything about the film, just say whether they liked it or not, using the most colorful language they can possibly muster. The FF quote seems like a typical example.
Alternatively there are some that really dig deep into the meaning and execution of the film and analyze it in ways I would never think of, not having a PhD in literature or having been to film school or anything. An example I like a bit is Film Crit Hulk[1], which range from simply explaining why the film's execution didn't match its themes (Jurassic World) to borderline philosophical treatises on the meaning of film (Birdman). (Imo, obviously.)
For getting a quick rating to see what soared/bombed, stuff like RT and IMDB serves its purpose, but I wish published reviews would do more of the deep dives into film analysis, rather than just letting some random journalist vent their opinion for pageviews.
[1] http://birthmoviesdeath.com/author/film.crit.hulk http://birthmoviesdeath.com/author/film.crit.hulk
- cooper12 11y agoThe site you linked is unreadable because they write everything in all-caps. Unfortunate considering that the titles sound interesting and that there's lively discussion in the comments.
- qrendel 11y agoI forgot to mention the part where all Film Crit Hulk reviews are written in the first person as the Incredible Hulk - hence the all-caps. Certainly a valid criticism. Other authors on the site use proper capitalization. I never found it that big a deal, mildly distracting at best, but I can understand where it turns off others. Seems the design decision for gains in immersion(?) caused a larger tradeoff in readability. Some of his posts do recommend convertcase.net at the top, though that requires copy-pasting to a separate tab. They would really be better off enabling it themselves with a script + html button, imo.
- cooper12 11y agoAhh, thanks for the explanation. Probably takes getting used to. The converting website you linked was a big help. Now that I'm actually reading the content there is some great discussion of the topics.
- mixmastamyk 11y agoWorked for me: article { text-transform: lowercase }
- icc97 11y agoAh what we need is film reviews from Terry Pratchett's death.
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- crdb 11y agoThanks for the recommendation. These (FCH) reviews are awesome. Do you know any other such critics?
- qrendel 11y agoUnfortunately, no. I came by them mostly by accident (recommendation on another forum). I too wish there were more like them, though. They're a very different style of review to the ones Rotten Tomatoes seems to aggregate, or that you would see in the typical "Arts" section of a paper or magazine.
- 7Z7 11y agoThe Plinkett reviews, on Red Letter Media? http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/ http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/ http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-trek/ http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-trek/ http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/other-movies/ http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/other-movies/