It seems that James Berardinelli is indeed professional movie reviewer. Berardinelli started the review of Avatar with superlatives such as most. I think by doing so he is laying down his credentials as a reviewer. He mentioned that the filmmaker of Avatar James Cameron is also known for other popular movies. Moving on to the second paragraph he talks about traditional film elements of Avatar. These elements such as story, character, editing, theme, and emotional resonance are decisive in reviewing 2D movies. Avatar even though it’s 3D property is what makes it so special, the reviewer thinks considering those elements the movie would still be good experience even if it were 2D. He also mentioned and compared previous productions of the filmmaker of Avatar to this movie. That might be helpful in introducing the filmmaker as someone who had a very good reputation. Berardinelli then continued with introducing a plot in the movie. I don’t think this was too much detail because that only gives brief experience of the movie. Berardinelli has discussed the assumption that 3D movies are gimmick, I think he is right because I happen to be one of those who think they are gimmick. But the reviewer witnessed this was not the case in the Avatar. In Paragraph six the review points out that the movie resonates with audience because it includes some of the hot topics of our time such as humanity and environment. I found it interesting how Berardinelli went over to talk about the expectation amid describing and introducing some characters. By evaluating the genre conventions the reviewer has shown that he is not mixing and comparing irrelevant films. Following the expectation of audience with this kind of films some critiques were discussed, this makes the review broad in terms of ideas and opinions. I think not only a film review but any kind of review needs to include both positive and negative reflection in order to be complete and that is exactly what he does in the last paragraph before conclusion. Finally Berardinelli concludes his review by summarizing his active experience of the film Avatar, again the reputation of James Cameron and that it was worth waiting long time since his last product Titanic. I thought it was great review in general and it was effective way of conclusion because he mentioned how engaging the film was, he describes details of his experience watching the movie, he also talks about the producer’s credentials. In doing so he is showing how much of experience he has as a reviewer. It was entertaining and if I ever decide to watch the movie Avatar it is probably because of this review.
Reference: http://sciencefiction.com/2012/06/26/james-cameron-shooting-three-avatar-sequels-at-once/
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