I realized that the movie was “It’s a Wonderful Life” within the first paragraph. Consider adjusting your estimates of readers. Also, an imdb review that gave me the plot of a movie would not be a good review. It would be a synopsis. That review told me that the acting was good and the story heartwarming. I don’t think that it is a good subject for criticism of specificity.
Thanks for letting me know you found it out so quickly.
By specificity for the review, I didn’t mean that it should summarize the plot. Instead, when some general statement is made, there should be some connection to the movie that supports it. Jimmy Stewart has boyish charm? When? What scenes? What about them?
Even the corniest scenes in the movie—those galaxies that wink while the heavens consult on George’s fate—work because they are so disarmingly simple. A more sophisticated approach might have seemed labored.
This is a specific example supporting his statement at the beginning of the paragraph that, “”It’s a Wonderful Life” is not just a heart-warming “message picture.”″
I realized that the movie was “It’s a Wonderful Life” within the first paragraph. Consider adjusting your estimates of readers. Also, an imdb review that gave me the plot of a movie would not be a good review. It would be a synopsis. That review told me that the acting was good and the story heartwarming. I don’t think that it is a good subject for criticism of specificity.
Thanks for letting me know you found it out so quickly.
By specificity for the review, I didn’t mean that it should summarize the plot. Instead, when some general statement is made, there should be some connection to the movie that supports it. Jimmy Stewart has boyish charm? When? What scenes? What about them?
Contrast to Roger Ebert’s review. An excerpt:
This is a specific example supporting his statement at the beginning of the paragraph that, “”It’s a Wonderful Life” is not just a heart-warming “message picture.”″
This clears up your point wonderfully.