Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Review of the Reviews

1.I decided to do the movie Inception. This movie, I loved. All the thinking it made you do, all the beautiful CGI, and the brilliant acting made it terrific. Not everyone agrees witht his. http://djardine.blogspot.ca/2012/07/inception-usa-2010-christopher-nolan.html This person relates the movie to CHristopher Nolan's breakout film, Memento. He says it has the same structure with a unusual premise, but he says that the plot to Inception doesn't make sense. He says that some of the information stated in the movie about our minds is false. The tone of this review was fairly demeaning. He focused mainly on the plot and how it didn't make sense.

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Inception-1719086.php This review was a raving review. She went crazy for this movie. She talks about what the movie is about then talks about what she loves about it. The mind blowing plot. The tone is very excited as if she was a child on Christmas morning. She was focusing on the plot and how it made you think and she loved that. She, of course, referenced Memento because they both have twiat plots.

2. In the negative review, I agreed with something he said. "In the third place, and most of all, the psychological premise of Inception is based on an utterly false model of the human mind. The unconscious is not OFF while we are awake and ON while we are asleep." That's what I was thinking while watching. I thought your subconcious was always on, therefore this is a false statement. In the positive review I agreed with her when she said "it's only the latest indication that Christopher Nolan might be the slyest narrative tactician making movies today." She is not just praising the movie, she is also praising the director. I agree with this because Nolan has tremendous talent and great story telling techniques.

3.The negative review would be more convincing because he uses facts and his own opinions even sound like facts, while the positive review is just raving about the movie, which could get annoying.

4. I would first start out with the summary of the movie, letting the readers know what it's about. Then I would tell my opinion on the acting, the plot, the directing, the cinematography, etc. Then i would give my overall rating of the film. I would try to leave out any bias.

1 comment:

  1. Good start here Dan. As this is, B. If you want to move it up, I'd be a little more thorough, analyze the reviews with more detail, and add some more of your ideas as well. Good work.
    Mr. D

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