You're kind. I knew, given Spielberg's large body of work, that people would look for little hints of it in this piece, particularly since it's a movie about Spielberg's own life, how he got his start to become the director whose movies so many have seen.
Glad you like the writing. I try to pull people in. My main goal is to get people to watch a movie for themselves, in a theater or online, and then go TALK about it with friends, family and coworkers. Reading MovieStruck is, I hope, a catalyst.
I want readers to develop their own opinions about a movie and build up in themselves a capacity to both think about a movie and talk to others ABOUT their thinking. That way both people get better at watching, then thinking and talking about movies. Put another way, I hope readers will become more confident about their own judgments. And you do that, of course, by seeing MORE movies! That's what, every week, I'm trying to encourage readers to do.
Your comments are spot on and reflective of what a movie critic looks for in all types of movies.
I liked how you used most of Spielberg's titles and words from his films in your analysis. I wondered how you were going to get ET in there, but you did! I'm still looking for your words from the Color Purple and Schindler's List (I'll have to read the critic again). Raiders of the Lost Ark was ingeniously placed in the write-up. Ivan you are an amazing writer! You haven't lost your edge my friend.
You're kind. I knew, given Spielberg's large body of work, that people would look for little hints of it in this piece, particularly since it's a movie about Spielberg's own life, how he got his start to become the director whose movies so many have seen.
Glad you like the writing. I try to pull people in. My main goal is to get people to watch a movie for themselves, in a theater or online, and then go TALK about it with friends, family and coworkers. Reading MovieStruck is, I hope, a catalyst.
I want readers to develop their own opinions about a movie and build up in themselves a capacity to both think about a movie and talk to others ABOUT their thinking. That way both people get better at watching, then thinking and talking about movies. Put another way, I hope readers will become more confident about their own judgments. And you do that, of course, by seeing MORE movies! That's what, every week, I'm trying to encourage readers to do.
Your comments are spot on and reflective of what a movie critic looks for in all types of movies.
I liked how you used most of Spielberg's titles and words from his films in your analysis. I wondered how you were going to get ET in there, but you did! I'm still looking for your words from the Color Purple and Schindler's List (I'll have to read the critic again). Raiders of the Lost Ark was ingeniously placed in the write-up. Ivan you are an amazing writer! You haven't lost your edge my friend.