4.26.2009

The problem with the review.


In recent posts I've been using the article from Stanford University. Because it is an informative essay about the movie reviewer, I will use it again for the last and final time. One of the biggest problems of the movie reviewer are the different ways of seeing a film and for reviewers to become authoritarian in their writing. Reviewers see over 100 more films then their readers do a year, which creates the way the reviewer responds to the film. The reviewer sees technical problems in film, as well as seeing the technical improvements in films. They see the small things that most viewers don't see (like the general public don't recognize as often as the reviewer does). Such as when a person has a different hair style one second and then the next second looks completely different. Of course this information is useful to the reader and essentially enlightens the audience but it also helps in the reviewer becoming cocky over their work and looking down on their readers. This leads to the authoritarian writing in their reviews. At some points reviewers start to become self-important in the writing, and the begin to tell the reader how to think and this generally makes the reader feel insulted. So, when writing a review, make the reader enjoy your writing by sharing your opinion but not in the "if you don't listen to this review, you are not worth liking movies," way.

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