My Thoughts on Film Criticism

     Hey folks, today I want to write a post about something that's been on my mind this past week. That is, the topic of film criticism. I've been watching several YouTube videos on the subject, and I thought I would share my thoughts on it. I think, that just within the past several years, the nature of film criticism has changed. When I was younger, whenever a new movie that me and my family wanted to see came out, my dad and I would look at the written reviews that were possibly written by professional critics for that movie on the internet.

    Nowadays I can just get on YouTube, and look at videos of average ordinary movie buffs sharing their basic thoughts on the latest blockbuster. In fact, Roger Ebert once said "Film Criticism is important, because films are important." And, I think that is true Because, I don't think that all of people on YouTube (and other websites) that review movies, are real critics. And yes, I know that I'm not a real critic either. I think that a person who does movie reviews, their obligation is to basically guide people's choices at the box office. For example, I think I do that when I do review, and I give parents a basic recommendation of whether or not they should take their young ones to that movie.

Here are some tips to doing a movie review:

     When it comes to doing a review, you should start out by picking a movie that you are interested in seeing (aside from the big blockbusters from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, etc.), Then when you do your review, provide a basic plot synopsis of the movie, and then your thoughts on the movie. DO NOT, go into anything unnecessary. For Example, you don't need to go into any detail about whatever scandal that either the director, producer, stars, or anyone else that helped make that movie got into. That's called gossip! Don't do it! Years from now, people will look at your review and be like: Wow dude, you hated that person? What about the movie he/she made? Did you like that?"

What are your thoughts on Film Criticism? Let me know on them!