Movie Reviews: A Critique

In today’s media based culture many facets of everyday life come under the revision of a critic. Moreover people tend to base daily decisions on the opinions and views of these critics. Movies no exception by and perhaps better considered to be the best example of this trend. The critique of theatre goes back to the days of Athenian drama, where if actors put on a poor performance they were banned from the stage for life. Worse yet for the playwright, if their script was not seen as a good representation of what the people demanded, the script was destroyed, along with the playwright. The movie critics of today are not quite as harsh, but they come close. Movie reviews tend to isolate there criticism on specific area of the movie, which they feel the public must understand in order to understand the movie. Movie reviews are biased to no end and can be quite confusing in not properly comprehended. It is the purpose of this report to identify and explain the basic elements of a m...