A review of a film review? Film-review-ception much?Anyways, I read a Silver Chips (yay!) review of "The Expendables 2" (2012). This reviewer did not like the film but was able to review it in a humorous and lighthearted way. The author briefly summarized some important elements of the plot and went on to elaborate on their specific opinion when it came to certain points in the movie. Though the piece included all of the necessary parts of a good film review, it did not follow a cookie-cutter structure. That is not to say that the author was disorganized in their writing style. The ideas were adequately grouped and flowed nicely.
I think we should have the freedom to write our movie reviews in a way that works for the specific film we watch. The author of this review was able to put forth they're ideas on this film while writing in a format that worked for him/her. We should have a list of elements we must include in our movie review, but having a fully developed structure is not going to work for every film.
Even though its not the morning right now, I have to quote one of my favorite movies to close out this blog post:
"Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" - The Truman Show
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