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> Critic reviews are prescriptive: what they think the masses should watch. I think this really depends on the critics. Lots of critics never explicitly artic
by JadeNB 5y ago
> Critic reviews are prescriptive: what they think the masses should watch.
I think this really depends on the critics. Lots of critics never explicitly articulate a philosophy—or, if they do, I don't bother to seek it out—but, for one notable example, Roger Ebert explicitly subscribed to the philosophy that you should review a movie based on whether it achieves its goals, not on whether its goals are the same as your goals.
- jdougan 5y agoI miss Ebert. He never cheated and was clear as to which standard he was judging a movie by.
- WalterBright 5y agoI rarely agreed with him. But I enjoyed his reviews. The best part of his show was when he'd bicker with Siskel.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoOk, but he did also penalize films for having bad goals. Case in point The Human Caterpillar.
- the_af 5y agoCentipede. I... think I just won the prize of most useless nitpick ever.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agohah, well just goes to show Ebert's 0 star review worked and I never watched it.