I never read reviews until after I have seen the film, I dont read the back of
the dvd cover, or the back of a book either. go in fresh and see if you like
it, is (one of) my motto(s).
Ari
--- On Fri, 17/7/09, Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com> wrote:
> From: Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com>
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Did the reviewers spoil BRUNO?
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Received: Friday, 17 July, 2009, 12:32 AM
> Critics are getting increasingly
> lazy. The real skill of a critic is to be able to review a
> film without giving away major plot points and/or appending
> a couple of paras of opinion to a synopsis.
>
> Then they have to learn the most difficult thing of all -
> review they saw, not the film they thought it should be.
>
> Phil
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "McDaniel Kirby" <ki...@movieart.net>
> To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:02 AM
> Subject: [MOPO] Did the reviewers spoil BRUNO?
>
>
> > The fact that I laughed my head (read ass) off in
> BORAT made BRUNO a know-brainer
> > for me. The problem is that I know too
> much. Not because I'm "in the life." Yes, I
> know,
> > I know a lot of STARS (in the poster biz, naturlich)
> but that because I was interested in
> > Baron Cohen and the movie, I read a lot about
> it. The reviewers have given the whole damn
> > thing away.
> >
> > If you want to go, I'd advise reading about it
> afterwards.* The film is only 88 minutes long.
> > I had no huge laugh moments because I found that I
> pretty much knew what the major set pieces were.
> > This is too bad because I do think it's pretty funny
> at times. Yet the audience at the near sold out
> showing
> > at 9:15 on a Wednesday nite gently laughed their way
> thru it. Where were those guys (gays) rolling in
> the
> > ailes?
> >
> >
> >
> > *In fact this is a good idea with most movies.
> >
> >
> > Kirby McDaniel
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