Shug on 24/11/2010 at 13:31
Ahaha, quality derail on Crouching Tiger.
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt 1: Good lesson in why novels need to be adapted to screenplays
theBlackman on 25/11/2010 at 12:48
American Pop History of American popular music from the 1920's to 1980's
Pay it forward A damn good idea but patently unworkable.
Scots Taffer on 25/11/2010 at 13:35
That first one is more like a one line synopsis tbm.
The Social Network: best movie this year.
demagogue on 25/11/2010 at 14:20
One line movie reviews - You all keep doing it wrong! :mad:
The Graduate - Plastics. was probably a lot funnier in the 60s than it is now.
theBlackman on 25/11/2010 at 19:10
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
That first one is more like a one line synopsis tbm.
The Social Network: best movie this year.
True, but a one line synopsis is not a lot different than a review. :)
Kolya on 25/11/2010 at 20:51
Synopsis - A short & factual description without evaluation.
Review - Journalistic text usually containing a qualitative assessment of the object being reviewed.
demagogue on 25/11/2010 at 20:59
I'm with tBm. Sometimes the most you can say about a movie is: it does what it says on the tin.
Saying a movie does the history of American popular music and leaving it at that... What more do you really need to know? Do you like the history of popular music? Then you'd probably like it. You don't; you probably won't. A synopsis does the job so well it serves as a review in itself.
Cf:
Waterworld - Water. World. Any questions?
SubJeff on 25/11/2010 at 21:27
Quote Posted by theBlackman
True, but a one line synopsis is not a lot different than a review. :)
Poppycock. A synopsis is a summary, a review contains embellishments on the quality and one's opinion of a thing.
Scots Taffer on 25/11/2010 at 22:03
Quote Posted by demagogue
Saying a movie does the history of American popular music and leaving it at that... What more do you really need to know? Do you like the history of popular music? Then you'd probably like it. You don't; you probably won't. A synopsis does the job so well it serves as a review in itself.
I wasn't really criticising tbm's contribution seriously but I will happily do so here: how can you not see the difference between the following objective assessment mixed in with the synopsis...
American Pop History of American popular music from the 1920's to 1980's fails to make any statements of its own but instead bombards us with music videos through the years and makes broad comments about the trends in changing musical taste
American Pop History of American popular music from the 1920's to 1980's that encapsulates the various influences of each genre in its time and place, insightfully pulling apart the glamour and exposing the hidden side of the music industry
Pretty silly to think that a synopsis alone captures those distinctly differing viewpoints.
SubJeff on 25/11/2010 at 22:32
Have you got me on ignore or something, you boundering cad?
