Comments on: Culture Warrior: Responsible Film Criticism and the Case of ‘Antichrist’ http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/culture-warrior-responsible-film-criticism-and-the-case-of-antichrist-lpalm.php A Website About Movies Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: adamcharles http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/culture-warrior-responsible-film-criticism-and-the-case-of-antichrist-lpalm.php/comment-page-1#comment-153842 adamcharles Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:23:45 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=54819#comment-153842 Any time I see a *spoiler* alert I automatically avoid the review, and any time I notice a reviewer has a penchant to spoil plot points I avoid their writings from that point on. There's just no reason, ever, to include it in a review. It's just downright lazy to point directly at something in the film that supports your argument one way or another instead of finding an interesting way to allude to it w/out exposing it. There's really just no reason to do it, and it only helps support the argument of people who think that anyone can be a successful critic of anything.<br><br>I can see it slipping through from time to time on a first draft if the critic had a conversation about the film with someone else before they sat down to write the review, and their mind was fresh on the argument - but that should be immediately caught during a first edit and re-written, or removed if it has no place in the review as a whole.<br><br>Just my thoughts. Any time I see a *spoiler* alert I automatically avoid the review, and any time I notice a reviewer has a penchant to spoil plot points I avoid their writings from that point on. There's just no reason, ever, to include it in a review. It's just downright lazy to point directly at something in the film that supports your argument one way or another instead of finding an interesting way to allude to it w/out exposing it. There's really just no reason to do it, and it only helps support the argument of people who think that anyone can be a successful critic of anything.

I can see it slipping through from time to time on a first draft if the critic had a conversation about the film with someone else before they sat down to write the review, and their mind was fresh on the argument – but that should be immediately caught during a first edit and re-written, or removed if it has no place in the review as a whole.

Just my thoughts.

]]> By: adamcharles http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/culture-warrior-responsible-film-criticism-and-the-case-of-antichrist-lpalm.php/comment-page-1#comment-149212 adamcharles Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:23:45 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=54819#comment-149212 Any time I see a *spoiler* alert I automatically avoid the review, and any time I notice a reviewer has a penchant to spoil plot points I avoid their writings from that point on. There's just no reason, ever, to include it in a review. It's just downright lazy to point directly at something in the film that supports your argument one way or another instead of finding an interesting way to allude to it w/out exposing it. There's really just no reason to do it, and it only helps support the argument of people who think that anyone can be a successful critic of anything.<br><br>I can see it slipping through from time to time on a first draft if the critic had a conversation about the film with someone else before they sat down to write the review, and their mind was fresh on the argument - but that should be immediately caught during a first edit and re-written, or removed if it has no place in the review as a whole.<br><br>Just my thoughts. Any time I see a *spoiler* alert I automatically avoid the review, and any time I notice a reviewer has a penchant to spoil plot points I avoid their writings from that point on. There's just no reason, ever, to include it in a review. It's just downright lazy to point directly at something in the film that supports your argument one way or another instead of finding an interesting way to allude to it w/out exposing it. There's really just no reason to do it, and it only helps support the argument of people who think that anyone can be a successful critic of anything.

I can see it slipping through from time to time on a first draft if the critic had a conversation about the film with someone else before they sat down to write the review, and their mind was fresh on the argument – but that should be immediately caught during a first edit and re-written, or removed if it has no place in the review as a whole.

Just my thoughts.

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