@eugenenovikov Nothing wrong w…
Thursday, December 4th, 2008@eugenenovikov Nothing wrong with writing about how a film has been received. Just don’t call it a “review.” (Semantics!)
Archive for December 4th, 2008
People who write reviews focus…
Thursday, December 4th, 2008People who write reviews focused on how “overrated” a movie is = not real critics. Review the movie, not other people’s reactions to it.
Remember Snider’s Law: If you …
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Remember Snider’s Law: If you ever have to ask yourself, “Are people really that stupid?,” the answer is always yes.
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Inspector Gadget’ (1999)
Thursday, December 4th, 2008It’s generally held that 1999 was a great year for movies, but there were some notable exceptions. One such misfire was “Inspector Gadget,” which is the subject of this week’s edition of Eric’s Bad Movies at Film.com. I actually remember seeing this in the theater. I had just started writing reviews for the newspaper I worked for, mostly on my own time and at my own expense, and I must have written a brief, capsule-length review of this one. Alas, those mini-reviews have not survived into the digital age, so I don’t know what I said about the movie at the time. My feelings were probably no more charitable then than they are now, though.
Next week we’ll be getting into the Christmas films, starting with a family flick that sounds terrible as soon as you hear its premise. It shares a title with a completely unrelated movie of a wholly different genre. Guesses?
