When I wasn’t sure whether to go watch the movie ‘Central Intelligence’, I decided to look up and read a few reviews on it. Movie reviews cause two reactions either it motivate one to go watch the film or it makes us not want to watch a single second of the movie. As I looked through the multiple reviews of the film, I ran into the same problem as always: Which movie review should I listen to? I always find it hard to decide if I should listen to a newspaper article or if I should listen to the blog. These are two completely different genres that have the same purpose but have a different style, tone, and diction. I personally argue that a blog is much better at reviewing films than newspaper articles. The New York Times article that
…show more content…
Everything in this article is formal. The writing style follows a simple formula: the introduction of film main characters, main problem, and criticism. It seems very stiff in a way that I feel that this article has very specific set standards for what type of films are good. The intended audience for this type of genre is older educated people. This is apparent when the reporter Catsoulis writes “An odd-couple caper of staggering dopeness that makes you long for the snap and sizzle of the buddy movies of the 1980s”. Here it’s evident that the audience is supposed to be old enough to remember 80s movies. This line also uses pathos by making the audience remember the old movies when humor was something else. The writer also chooses to use more sophisticated diction which promotes a more formal and biased tone. “ A majority of studio comedies have been written at an eighth-grade level or lower for so long that it’s astonishing how resilient our hope for greater sophistication is.”(Catsoulis). With these word choices, it is clear that Catsoulis does not believe this film to be good or in any way something that people should …show more content…
The style in this blog is more expressive and free while keeping it informative and insightful about the movie. The write Paul Preston starts with background on the actors from the film. Then he goes into detail about the plot of ‘Central Intelligence’. The intended audience for this type of report would be younger adults. It is clear when Preston writes, “The Movie Guys encourage you to take part in what we’re calling “The Summer of Ike”, as Central Intelligence was co-written by Ike Barinholtz, who is appearing in Neighbors 2 and the upcoming Suicide Squad, as well as voicing a character in The Angry Birds Movie.” Here the write connects with the younger public by listing movies that younger people would be familiar with and connects it with something that those films and this film share, which is the writer. The blog also uses more informal, humorous light diction which promotes an informal tone. And you’ll laugh a ton at this movie. With lines such as “ After being an instigator to Ice Cube in the very successful Ride Along movies, it’s fun to see Kevin Hart play the straight man, and this opens up Johnson to a whole new world of comic acting, which he jumps into 100%”(Preston). This here should the light langue which is easy to understand and fun to read. It does not use overly complicated words and use more humor type of language which appeals to me in pathos type of way. The blog is
Everything in this article is formal. The writing style follows a simple formula: the introduction of film main characters, main problem, and criticism. It seems very stiff in a way that I feel that this article has very specific set standards for what type of films are good. The intended audience for this type of genre is older educated people. This is apparent when the reporter Catsoulis writes “An odd-couple caper of staggering dopeness that makes you long for the snap and sizzle of the buddy movies of the 1980s”. Here it’s evident that the audience is supposed to be old enough to remember 80s movies. This line also uses pathos by making the audience remember the old movies when humor was something else. The writer also chooses to use more sophisticated diction which promotes a more formal and biased tone. “ A majority of studio comedies have been written at an eighth-grade level or lower for so long that it’s astonishing how resilient our hope for greater sophistication is.”(Catsoulis). With these word choices, it is clear that Catsoulis does not believe this film to be good or in any way something that people should …show more content…
The style in this blog is more expressive and free while keeping it informative and insightful about the movie. The write Paul Preston starts with background on the actors from the film. Then he goes into detail about the plot of ‘Central Intelligence’. The intended audience for this type of report would be younger adults. It is clear when Preston writes, “The Movie Guys encourage you to take part in what we’re calling “The Summer of Ike”, as Central Intelligence was co-written by Ike Barinholtz, who is appearing in Neighbors 2 and the upcoming Suicide Squad, as well as voicing a character in The Angry Birds Movie.” Here the write connects with the younger public by listing movies that younger people would be familiar with and connects it with something that those films and this film share, which is the writer. The blog also uses more informal, humorous light diction which promotes an informal tone. And you’ll laugh a ton at this movie. With lines such as “ After being an instigator to Ice Cube in the very successful Ride Along movies, it’s fun to see Kevin Hart play the straight man, and this opens up Johnson to a whole new world of comic acting, which he jumps into 100%”(Preston). This here should the light langue which is easy to understand and fun to read. It does not use overly complicated words and use more humor type of language which appeals to me in pathos type of way. The blog is