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| Topic Started: Jan 2 2006, 08:15 PM (1,347 Views) | |
| Post #1 Jan 2 2006, 08:15 PM |
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Please: 1. Start one thread per movie. If you see a movie that someone else has reviewed, add your review to their thread. 2. Review only movies you have seen recently (within a day, two at most). Exception: If you have just joined the site (or this thread just opened), you may post reviews you had already written for another site. Again, do this within a day or two. 3. All rules of civility apply. Negative comments are to be expected in reviews. Just remember to direct the negative comments at facets of movie-making subject to criticism and support those negative comments. Do not insult for the sake of insulting, insult to be clever, or insult a person. Comments should always be directed at what people say and do, not at the persons themselves. A good rule of thumb when talking about a person is to ask whether your comment would help that person improve (if he was so inclined) or just make him feel bad. Other than that, rip and tear--or rave. |
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| Post #2 Jan 3 2006, 04:09 PM |
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Why the 2-day rule? Here's what I would like to say about movies in general. They're not worth my time. Nor is television. Having said that, let me ammend it a bit. Most movies/television are not worth my time. Fact is, I'm not willing to wade through the muck to attempt to get to the 2-4% that IS worth my time. The last movie I saw in the theater was "Ray". Before that - "The Passion of the Christ". I found a couple of movies on my desk over the holidays and late one night I wanted to see if my stance was still valid - to me at least - so I put the first one in the computer. It was "Napoleon Dynamite". I watched about 20-25 minutes before I thought to myself that this was one of the most inane films I have ever seen. I ejected it and put in the other - "Wrong Turn". I think I lasted about 25-30 mins. with this one, but when a young girl started to get strangled with barbed-wire, I had to turn it off. Point proven again - not worth my time. |
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| Post #3 Jan 3 2006, 06:25 PM |
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Two days is a rule of thumb. I am not going to ban you for reviewing a movie you saw three days ago. (Well, in your case, probably not.
;) ) Since reviewing cultural events is part of civil discourse, I am trying to make a forum where, after you see a movie and you want to tell people about it, you can post it here. Feel free to review movies you walk out on! If you want to review "Passion," go for it. You may want to rent it and view it again, first. However, that is up to you. |
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