Jenson71
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Post by Jenson71 on Mar 3, 2010 23:47:53 GMT
Here's an article for us internet people who watch/discuss/critique films. chronicle.com/article/The-Death-of-Film-Criticism/64352/The Death of Film Criticism By Thomas Doherty "It sucks," decrees an Internet movie critic, sharing the most common aesthetic reaction in contemporary film criticism. In the viral salon of bloggers and chat-roomers, the finely tuned turns of phrase crafted by an earlier generation of sharp-eyed cinema scribes have been winnowed to a curt kiss-off. In cyberspace everyone can hear you scream. Just log on, vent, and hit send. The transfer of film criticism from its print-based platforms (newspapers, magazines, and academic journals) to ectoplasmic Web-page billboards has rocked the lit-crit screen trade. Whether from the world of journalism (where the pink slips are landing with hurricane force) or academe (which itself is experiencing the worst job market since the Middle Ages), serious writers on film feel under siege, underappreciated, and underemployed. The ballast of traditional credentials—whereby film critics earned their bones through university degrees or years at metropolitan dailies—has been thrown overboard by the judgment calls of anonymous upstarts without portfolio but very much with a DSL hotline to Hollywood's prime moviegoing demographic. In film criticism, the blogosphere is the true sphere of influence. . . .
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Post by ronnierocketago on Mar 4, 2010 2:46:17 GMT
I think Capo once said I was a walking example of this Death. But hey, at least I'm walking.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Mar 4, 2010 5:45:43 GMT
Look, film criticism is like anything else: the normal turds stay in the bottom while the floaters come to the top.
The concept of the profession itself is ridiculous. If done right, it's just a guy who's seen alot of movies, knows more about the production process and gives his thoughts on the film. They're only necessity is to enlighten viewers onto hidden treasures. Remember that shitty motto of mine? "Everone's a critic?"
Well they are. Some thoughts are more educated than others. That's where the Eberts and Amy Taubin's come in.
Examine film too much though, and I think you lose something: that mere taste of discovery or just entertainment; there is an art to simple story telling without existential motifs or great conflicts.
Film criticism in the end is a necessary yet ridiculous job. The more we all realize it, the better we'll be.
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Capo
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Post by Capo on Mar 4, 2010 22:57:37 GMT
Let's all be honest here; Wetdog and Kino are the best film critics we know.
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Post by Capo on Mar 4, 2010 23:00:51 GMT
^^^ Above Ebert and Taubin by the way.
"Existential motifs or great conflicts" are not paraphrasable as examining a film too much. That's absolute horse radish.
Film criticism isn't ridiculous in the slightest; though many who criticise films sound ridiculous.
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Post by ronnierocketago on Mar 5, 2010 11:35:39 GMT
Let's all be honest here; Wetdog and Kino are the best film critics we know. You ok buddy? How much did that pain you to say?
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