The Film review...again!

According to the article from Stanford University that I mentioned a couple posts ago, Film reviewing is a form of "consumer reporting,"(what the movie's about), a account about how good the movie was, a teaching opportunity ( how is this an example of a drama, comedy, thriller…etc.), and a form of entertainment. So, ideally, the review is essentially something that enlightens, entertains, and answers whether you should see the movie or not. But each (as was stated in many of my blogs) can be objective or subjective. The “consumer reporting” aspect of the review is mainly objective because you are only telling the reader about the film. The account about the movie (if it was good or not) can usually be very opinionated, which, in some cases, is to be expected. People have their own preferences about certain things in life, and if something isn’t good, I’m sure you’ll hear about it. The teaching portion of a review can either be objective or subjective. As you know, there are good teachers and bad teachers, and if the movie isn’t portraying what it really should be, then the teaching is obviously off.

But, if the writing is good in a review it is pleasant to read and because film reviewing is the least formal out of all journalistic writing, subjectivity is much appreciated.