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To: wideawake

He’s taken to doing that a lot. It’s the first sign of a bad critic. Before the M.A. exam in English we were warned that plot summaries would get you a big ole F.


6 posted on 12/07/2007 11:41:22 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges
I don’t like movie or book reviews that are designed to give a synopsis to prove that they read/viewed the work as opposed to describing what they liked or didn’t like about the work.

“this happened and then this happened and then this happens...”

as opposed to “...another entry in the What-Hath-Jackson/Tolkien-wrought genre of computer-intensive epic fantasy adaptations, if you were lost watching ‘Dune’ then perhaps a more traditional buddy copy film or romantic comedy will be more your speed. Meanwhile the era of geeks and fanboys has finally come and this offering should please the usual crowd while offering some new twists with a story that incorporates an allegorical argument against organized religion...”

17 posted on 12/07/2007 12:34:02 PM PST by weegee (If Bill Clinton can sit in on Hillary's Cabinet Meetings then GWBush should ask to get to sit in too)
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