Movie Criticism: Gene Siskel And Roger Ebert

Movie Criticism American film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert use a form of criticism that “considers the organic unity of the unique work” to review the 1978 horror film Halloween (Mays 1974). The form of criticism used, is a sub category from Emphasis on the Text, which is called New Criticism. Ebert stated that, “there is a difference between good and scary movies” before discussing with Siskel why they appreciated this movie. According to Siskel & Ebert, this film was “directed with a great deal of artistry and craftsmanship.” They discuss how the woman was portrayed as independent, intelligent, spunky, and interesting. Siskel made a great point about how he “placed himself in that closet” in the place of the woman. He confirmed that all of the details of the movie helped you imagine as though you were the one in the movie, it made you feel “up and jumpy, rather than depressed and feeling sorry.” The music and the lighting coming through the slats in the closet helped you feel as though that was you in the movie. All of these small pieces of information were put together, allowing this film to become such a great horror film. This review focuses on
According to Mays, “A deconstructionist might read “First Fight. Then Fiddle.” in a manner somewhat similar to the New Critic’s, but with even more focus on puns and paradoxes and on the poem’s resistance to organic unity” (Mays 1977). This is true because the Screen Junkies referred to the creator of the film, Frank Miller, as the “guy who made batman comics cool again” and referred to the director, Zack Snyder, as who “made batman movies suck again. At one point in the review, the speaker mentions that the Spartan society was built on reason, sit-ups, and child abuse; this sarcastic humor is an accurate depiction of