The Fault in Our Film Review

The film review I read was on The Fault In Our Stars, by James Berardinelli. The movie was based off of the best selling YA novel by John Green that, even after watching the film at least 3 times, was still an outstanding interpretation of the book.  This review did give it's readers a decent understanding of the film, with few difficulties that may have caused "spoilers".

Through out his review, James very successfully states the plot of the film, without giving away too much information. As well, he accurately describes the important characteristics of each character, while giving the reader a well preserved idea of the actors.  He states that calling the film " a 'teenage cancer romance' is an understatement of the film's laudable qualities" which I agree is an excellent point.  He puts his own opinions of the story into his review, without sounding biased, which I believe is a extraordinarily important aspect of an effective movie review.

Avoiding giving away too much information regarding the plot of the film is an important part of a movie review.  For most, when you read a review of a movie, you are only reading it to get an overall idea of how well produced, or interesting the film is.  If you give away all the details in your review, then whoever has read it, will begin to see absolutely zero reason to actually take the time to watch the movie.  They will feel like they have already seen it, and that is not what you want in a well written review.  That is not the point of a review, you just want to readers to have a good understanding of the films qualities, not the whole film itself.

Taking the time, in a review, to explain the characters effectively, is another critical aspect of a film review.  You want your readers to understand the quality of acting, as well as how well the characters were produced.  Especially in a review, that has been written about a novel based movie, you want to satisfy the books readers, by providing them an idea of how strong the actors portrayed their characters.  For me, I found that the review written by James gave a decent idea of the characters.  He did not state too much involving the acting, except that is was "top-notch".

My favourite genre of film would be thriller, or science fiction.  I enjoy these types of films because they provide me with a feeling of suspense, as well as allowing me to explore some creative worlds and ideas.  If I could write a movie review on any film, I would choose to write one on the movie "Angus, Thongs, And Perfect Snogging" because it is one movie that I found I enjoyed a lot, while still being able to give a critical response also.  The film is one that I have watched countless times, so I believe I could write a very effective, well summarized, review for it.

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