Otis Ferguson: Film: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Link
1. Critics
A. Otis Ferguson: Film: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Link: https://newrepublic.com/article/80908/tnr-film-classics-mr-smith-goes-washington-1939
Otis Ferguson expresses his utter distaste for this film in his biting review that criticizes the director as Ferguson compares this film to Capra’s earlier cinematic works. The critic also uses comments from another critic, Alistair Cooke, to support his assertions.
B. Andrew Sarris: Film: Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace Link: http://observer.com/1999/05/the-phantom-menace-misfires-the-force-is-with-julia/
Initially, Sarris compares The Phantom Menace to Notting Hill, two films at the box office at the same time, and then embarks on a brief history of the careers of the actors in Notting Hill. The latter half of the critique compares The Phantom Menace to Star Wars: A New Hope with comments on the actors’ …show more content…
Wesley Morris: Film: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Link: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/annie-hobbit-battle-of-the-five-armies-reviews/ Morris begins by looking at the trilogy of Hobbit films, which are in his opinion long and uneventful, and how the actors reprised their roles in the dramatic climax, The Battle of the Five Armies. Morris further evaluates the film as attempting to do “too much” in the span of the film, trying to make up for the slower pace of the previous films.
G. Robin Wood: Film: Diary of the Dead Link: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/fresh-meat-diary-of-the-dead/
Wood presents the five works in Romero’s The Living Dead series as critiques of modern society, focusing centrally on the meaning expressed in the latest, when the review was written, of Romero’s films, Diary of the Dead, and how it relates to the other four films. At the end of the critic, Wood expresses his distaste of the ending and his desire for how the film should have ended, then speculates on how the film will be received as compared to the reception of the other films in the
A. Otis Ferguson: Film: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Link: https://newrepublic.com/article/80908/tnr-film-classics-mr-smith-goes-washington-1939
Otis Ferguson expresses his utter distaste for this film in his biting review that criticizes the director as Ferguson compares this film to Capra’s earlier cinematic works. The critic also uses comments from another critic, Alistair Cooke, to support his assertions.
B. Andrew Sarris: Film: Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace Link: http://observer.com/1999/05/the-phantom-menace-misfires-the-force-is-with-julia/
Initially, Sarris compares The Phantom Menace to Notting Hill, two films at the box office at the same time, and then embarks on a brief history of the careers of the actors in Notting Hill. The latter half of the critique compares The Phantom Menace to Star Wars: A New Hope with comments on the actors’ …show more content…
Wesley Morris: Film: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Link: http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/annie-hobbit-battle-of-the-five-armies-reviews/ Morris begins by looking at the trilogy of Hobbit films, which are in his opinion long and uneventful, and how the actors reprised their roles in the dramatic climax, The Battle of the Five Armies. Morris further evaluates the film as attempting to do “too much” in the span of the film, trying to make up for the slower pace of the previous films.
G. Robin Wood: Film: Diary of the Dead Link: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/fresh-meat-diary-of-the-dead/
Wood presents the five works in Romero’s The Living Dead series as critiques of modern society, focusing centrally on the meaning expressed in the latest, when the review was written, of Romero’s films, Diary of the Dead, and how it relates to the other four films. At the end of the critic, Wood expresses his distaste of the ending and his desire for how the film should have ended, then speculates on how the film will be received as compared to the reception of the other films in the