A little about me and how I review stuff
My name is Austin, and I'm eighteen years old. Ever since I was little I was always very critical of video games, movies, and books. I always took the time to analyze the good parts, the bad parts, and so on. I enjoy reading, watching movies, playing video games, and of course, listening to music. Much of my spare time revolves around those four things. I always take the time to rate and review online flash games I have played. I also take the time to read other reviews. This is why I've created this review website, a lot of reviews that I read make me mad, for many reasons, some including: False statement about the movie/book, completely biased review on book/movie, very brief reviews that don't make much sense, bashing/flaming the movie/book simply because it contains offensive content, giving a horrible review when something is it out of your league, (Example: A person who loves Rap music goes and rates a new country album 1 out of 5 stars just because he doesn't like that type of music, when he knows nothing about it to begin with.) And the list goes on forever. This is how I write reviews: I write reviews very thoroughly, analyzing the movie/book/game completely. (This is not always the case, I tend to write lots of overviews as well). I will state my own opinions absolutely, however, I will make it clear now that just because I don't like a certain movie, doesn't mean it's NOT a good movie, it's just not my cup of tea. And although there may be a certain book I enjoy, that doesn't make it a GOOD book. The main idea is that I will state in each review how good of a movie it actually is, and also what I think of it. Keep in mind that personal opinion and how good it is are two different things. How good it is will be based on acting skills, storyline/plot, interest, and so forth. I will mostly review movies, but I will also review some video games, books, and maybe even some music. I plan to be completely truthful and honest in each and every one of my reviews. These reviews are to counter so MANY of the annoying, factually incorrect, totally biased, reviews. Welcome to my website, you are reading The Right Reviews.
Here is a list of rules I follow (or try to follow anyways, no one is perfect) when watching and planning my reviews for movies. These are good, simple tips that any reviewer should keep in mind before reviewing!
1: Don't get into such a state of mind of trying to intently observe the movie that you forget a very important factor, to enjoy it! I sometimes take notes during the viewing of films of my current thoughts on it, but I always just sit and watch the movie like anyone else. You'd be surprised that you actually begin to notice more elements about the movie you may want to implement into your review when you're not trying so hard to observe and judge every little detail!
2: Know your facts! By this, I don't mean to remember the main characters name and spell it correctly. I mean to make sure you are judging, reviewing, or giving your opinion of a movie on solid grounds. For further example, I know many reviewers who will give a negative review of a movie by reason that they make the movie out be something that it's not, or conjure up their own expectations and base the review completely off of that. I always try to learn as much as possible about a movie before watching, to know what I am getting into, without spoiling it for myself.
3: This is a more obvious rule, but one of the most important. Keep your reviews as un-biased as possible. Everyone has a different opinion, and sharing that opinion doesn't always do good. I know people who hate and write negative reviews for great blockbusters such as 'Star Wars, or 'Lord of the Rings'; and also many people who love and write positive reviews for lesser-known, cheap movies. That is why you cannot place any faith into completely opinionated reviews. To state your opinion in a review is completely fine, just make sure you are making clear to the reader that it is your own personal opinion. It is just plain ridiculous the hatred and verbal wars that are caused by the simple difference in opinion among online reviewing sites, forums, et cetera.
4: Keep your reviews honest! I've read more reviews than I can count that completely over-exaggerate facts of a movie and sometimes twist them into a complete lie. One of the reasons people do this is because they are expressing too much personal opinion! Just because there was a particular scene in a horror movie that didn't phase you or make you jump at all, doesn't mean it's right to say: "That was the lamest scene I've ever seen! It wasn't scary at all, in fact, The witch from the Wizard of Oz is more scary than that movie!" See what I mean? (And yes, people will actually do that)
5: Don't play with comparisons too much in a review! It's very easy to compare movies and say which one is better. But the simple fact is that there is always going to be a movie better than that one, and a movie worse than that one. It's not wrong to compare movies in this sense: "This movie reminds me slightly of..." or: "This movie contains many elements of that other movie, making you wonder if it's kind of a rip-off..." but it IS wrong to judge movies based on how good other movies are that have similarities or a 'box-office competition'. Review the movie for what it is on it's own premise.
Here is a list of rules I follow (or try to follow anyways, no one is perfect) when watching and planning my reviews for movies. These are good, simple tips that any reviewer should keep in mind before reviewing!
1: Don't get into such a state of mind of trying to intently observe the movie that you forget a very important factor, to enjoy it! I sometimes take notes during the viewing of films of my current thoughts on it, but I always just sit and watch the movie like anyone else. You'd be surprised that you actually begin to notice more elements about the movie you may want to implement into your review when you're not trying so hard to observe and judge every little detail!
2: Know your facts! By this, I don't mean to remember the main characters name and spell it correctly. I mean to make sure you are judging, reviewing, or giving your opinion of a movie on solid grounds. For further example, I know many reviewers who will give a negative review of a movie by reason that they make the movie out be something that it's not, or conjure up their own expectations and base the review completely off of that. I always try to learn as much as possible about a movie before watching, to know what I am getting into, without spoiling it for myself.
3: This is a more obvious rule, but one of the most important. Keep your reviews as un-biased as possible. Everyone has a different opinion, and sharing that opinion doesn't always do good. I know people who hate and write negative reviews for great blockbusters such as 'Star Wars, or 'Lord of the Rings'; and also many people who love and write positive reviews for lesser-known, cheap movies. That is why you cannot place any faith into completely opinionated reviews. To state your opinion in a review is completely fine, just make sure you are making clear to the reader that it is your own personal opinion. It is just plain ridiculous the hatred and verbal wars that are caused by the simple difference in opinion among online reviewing sites, forums, et cetera.
4: Keep your reviews honest! I've read more reviews than I can count that completely over-exaggerate facts of a movie and sometimes twist them into a complete lie. One of the reasons people do this is because they are expressing too much personal opinion! Just because there was a particular scene in a horror movie that didn't phase you or make you jump at all, doesn't mean it's right to say: "That was the lamest scene I've ever seen! It wasn't scary at all, in fact, The witch from the Wizard of Oz is more scary than that movie!" See what I mean? (And yes, people will actually do that)
5: Don't play with comparisons too much in a review! It's very easy to compare movies and say which one is better. But the simple fact is that there is always going to be a movie better than that one, and a movie worse than that one. It's not wrong to compare movies in this sense: "This movie reminds me slightly of..." or: "This movie contains many elements of that other movie, making you wonder if it's kind of a rip-off..." but it IS wrong to judge movies based on how good other movies are that have similarities or a 'box-office competition'. Review the movie for what it is on it's own premise.