What do they say?

While we are discussing the influence of social media on film reviews, I would like to share this article I found on the CNN entertainment website: Are social media killing film criticism? The link to article: bit.ly/oiMfzf 

The article has insightful interviews, perspectives, emotions and drama. It has suggestions for people seeking and writing reviews. It has comments from the horses' mouth (yeah sometimes there are multiple horses.) newspaper editors, editor-in -chief of rotten tomatoes, film critics, people from marketing and advertising industry, Time magazine's writers and of course bloggers. 

A sneak peek into the article which opens with the words - 'Everybody's a critic.'

Sean P. Means, the Salt Lake Tribune's movie critic, has kept a list of all the movie critics who have lost their jobs or been reassigned since 2006. Those professionals serve a function, he says.

"My initial point was every time a paper loses the movie critic job ... they lose a voice, and they lose a voice that's unique to that paper,"

And there are some positive and motivating comments like: "I'm feeling good these days. ... I know good movies are valued everywhere, and good writing," he (Chicago Sun- Times film critic) wrote, singling out several bloggers and contributors.

You can find how Roger Ebert reviews and writes on his website http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/