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Each blurb is meant to apply to multiple films, not just the one it currently comments on. Please, feel free to suggest more.
This list was conceived a tool for Letterboxd users- myself included- to improve their writing.
Read the notes!
Each blurb is meant to apply to multiple films, not just the one it currently comments on. Please, feel free to suggest more.
This list was conceived a tool for Letterboxd users- myself included- to improve their writing.
"Will forever change the way you view X"
"The best studio comedy since X"
"The funniest movie since X"
"The best horror film in years."
Or, generally commenting on how a horror film good in spite of its genre (as if good horror films do not come out all the time).
"Like if unrelated film met another unrelated film."
Backhanded criticism aimed at adult-oriented animated films due to the misconception that animation is for children.
"Auteur filmmaker's most recent work is good, but not nearly as good as auteur filmmaker's widely regarded masterpiece."
"The best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back."
"X Franchise Tentpole is the Empire Strikes Back of the series."
"I grew up with X"
"Ruined my childhood!"
Comparing any film about BDSM or non-traditional sex to Fifty Shades of Grey.
Basing an entire review of an adaptation on the adaptation's proximity to the source material (see also, The Shining).
"The definitive film about insert minority group here."
Implying that years of non-white, queer or non-hegemonic cinema no longer matter and that every minority voice on film is essentially the same.
Incessantly bringing up Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Cinemascore, etc; positively or negatively.
Exaggerating bodily reactions one has during/after watching a film...
FROM MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL BLOG:
"I get a massive adrenaline rush after watching a good movie."
"Objectively..."
"Insert coming of age movie here is bad because it doesn't accurately reflect my childhood."
"Insert coming of age movie here does nothing new to re-invent the genre."
Basing all criticisms of these kinds of films on John Hughes.
"X is Y on insert recreational or hard drug here."
Basing reviews of television miniseries on whether they should, or should not, be included on the site.
COMMENT BONUS: Getting upset about a user taking issue with the work of a problematic figure because you personally "separate the art from the artist."
"Without spoiling the entire film, sentiment that inadvertently spoils the entire film"
"A masterclass in..."
"Bee Movie is a 2007 film starring Jerry Seinfeld and directed by Simon J Smith. In Bee Movie, a young honey bee named Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) has recently graduated from college and is about to enter the hive's Honex Industries honey-making workforce alongside his best friend Adam Flayman (Matthew Broderick). Barry is initially excited to join the workforce, but his courageous, non-conformist attitude emerges upon discovering that his choice of job will never change once picked. Later, the two bees run into a group of Pollen Jocks, bees who collect pollen from flowers outside the hive. The Jocks offer to take Barry outside the hive to a flower patch, and he accepts. While on his first pollen-gathering expedition in New York City, Barry gets lost in the rain, and ends up on the balcony of a human florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). Upon noticing Barry, Vanessa's boyfriend Ken (Patrick Warburton) attempts to squash him, but Vanessa gently catches and releases Barry outside the window, saving his life.
Barry later returns to express his gratitude to Vanessa, breaking the sacred rule that bees are not supposed to communicate with humans. Barry and Vanessa develop a close bond, bordering on…