Friday, November 7, 2008

Due 11/10 or 11/12 - You the movie critic.

You are either going to write a positive or a negative review of the movie "Clash of the Titans" which is based on the story of Perseus. Since we've been looking at how our expectations of an action movie have been added to the more traditional Greek movie, you will need to emphasize these specific changes in your review.

An example from a positive review:

The addition of the wise and funny side-kick Ammon, provides necessary comic relief and...

An example from a negative review:

The addition of the cool gadget Bubo, a mechanical owl, make it difficult to take the film seriously...

Notice how in each case I identify one of the action movie characteristics from our list and use it to review the film.