'I was most surprised to learn...people get paid to review films'
Before we get on with reviews of films by myself and Salil, I want to talk about 'reviews' in general. I was most surprised to learn when I was in my teens that people are paid to review films! They get free tickets, they see them, write about them and get paid. And mostly, if you are in newspaper you will get believed too. Wow! Imagine the fun. So as I grew I could see their role only increasing; even directors and producers care about reviewers (better known as critiques).
Then came social media and gave power to everyone of us. Power in good and bad hands. There is an e-uproar for movies as they release. Many of us write reviews and many become part of little voices, shouts and screams in the form of facebook likes and tweets.
I will try to put down links to some credible sources and some interesting stories.
One that I can think of on the top off my head is that a critic gave bad review to the upcoming batman sequel- The Dark Knight Rises, on Rotten Tomatoes, result: fans threatened him to the extent that Times website posted this article- 'Critic Faces Death Threats over Bad Dark Knight Rises Review'
Dark knight save the poor guy!
Before we get on with reviews of films by myself and Salil, I want to talk about 'reviews' in general. I was most surprised to learn when I was in my teens that people are paid to review films! They get free tickets, they see them, write about them and get paid. And mostly, if you are in newspaper you will get believed too. Wow! Imagine the fun. So as I grew I could see their role only increasing; even directors and producers care about reviewers (better known as critiques).
Then came social media and gave power to everyone of us. Power in good and bad hands. There is an e-uproar for movies as they release. Many of us write reviews and many become part of little voices, shouts and screams in the form of facebook likes and tweets.
I will try to put down links to some credible sources and some interesting stories.
One that I can think of on the top off my head is that a critic gave bad review to the upcoming batman sequel- The Dark Knight Rises, on Rotten Tomatoes, result: fans threatened him to the extent that Times website posted this article- 'Critic Faces Death Threats over Bad Dark Knight Rises Review'
Dark knight save the poor guy!
Ha, i felt exactly the same way when I found out! I used to think it would be the greatest job ever. Until I worked as a reviewer myself and was forced to watch and review tons of extremely bad and unwatchable movies.
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