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Five characteristics of good movie criticism
First off, “Your Movie Sucks” is a compendium of zero, half, and one-star reviews. And they are hilarious. I imagine that giving a movie a terrible review is an awful job. It’s necessary, but how dry and boring to rattle off the reasons why a movie sucks. Newspaper criticism is not just providing data, it’s entertainment. It’s also much more memorable if it’s entertaining to read. That matters, and this leads into the second thing:
Second, “Your Movie Sucks” taught me a lot about movies. Many of the bad reviews are educational. Ebert explains why these movies are so bad, and in doing so, he helped me learn a little more about movies in a way that lets me enjoy the good ones more. Bad reviews can to do more than steer readers away from clunkers, they can help them get more out of the movies worth seeing. More...
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