Miller Jason is branching out:
I thought it was generally accepted if you review films for a living, you do it because you like movies, and therefore have watched a lot of movies in your lifetime and career. Even if you’re not formally educated to analyze and critique them, a lifetime of watching movies is still a pretty valid informal education in the field.
But since we’re throwing all that out of the window, you don’t need to understand the medium you are reviewing I would like to welcome you to my film review section we’re going to be running!
We’re gonna start off with a classic Schindler’s list:
I sat down to Schindler’s List not knowing what to expect. As a guy who mostly watches buddy cop comedies and Disney movies, I wasn’t a huge drama movie aficionado, but I had heard that List was a solid entry in the genre by my friends who watch more drama than I, so I was tentatively excited.
For a movie about such a simple premise, a list, the movie takes a lot of dialogue to get across the point. I couldn’t really follow all the conversations, especially because some of them were in some other language (I guess the director never heard of dubbing?) and I had to read along on the subtitles.
This makes the movie less visually appealing, and it’s already skirting the boundary with it’s lo-fi black-and-white art style. 3/10.
Actually, I have to confess that I would enjoy reading this sort of movie review. They would be more entertaining than the average movie these days.