Dear Mr. Critic, let me give you ur job discription which you might dont know or rediff management has not explained you properly. 1. Critics are not just for finding fault in a movie as u mentioned in your review
2. You have to diplomatically mention plus & minus of movie & avoid ur PERSONAL COMMENTS on movie.
3.You should not try to predict Box office fate of any movie while doing review
4.Rediff is not any dedicated ART MOVIE website but is a website 4 common public so give general information abt movie and cast, PLEASE dont try2 prove you are best critic(best in finding all sort of faults). " Always remember in history of Indian cinema only 02 Indian movies were nominated for Oscar so not a single movie will be faultless"
5.Sometime u can appreciate the efforts of people making the movie, dont just condem then as they are also human & can make mistake.
6.Its now 01 year i m reading movie reviews on this site and watch all movies but not a single movie is as per the reviews you give out on this website.
Hope above guideline will help you in reviewing future movies & quality of reviews will improve.
With Best Personal Regards Critic of rediff critic
RE:Dear Mr. Critic
by Preeti on Apr 22, 2005 11:54 PM Permalink
And that is precisely the reason why Indian cinema is still languishing. We do not sufficiently criticize the movies and consequently the movie studios shove the same unimaginative, recklessly melodromatic, mind numbing films. Feedback is essential for the advancement of any art form including films.
The critic is free to express his views and opinions. If you don't like it, either constructively oppose it or just ignore it, its that simple!
RE:Dear Mr. Critic
by Jk on Apr 23, 2005 01:39 AM Permalink
Whoever said that films nominated for the Oscars are faultless. Most of them are flawed. The myth that the Oscars are given to the best movies in the world have become a truth now. It is just a desi award of the Americans given to mostly American movies which lobby very well and have some artistic value. But the Americans are so good at publicity that the world is hooked on Oscars and winning one has become a matter of national pride for countries like India. We will get an Oscar when we make a tailor made crossover movie like 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' which will appeal to the American audience and critics and also make decent money at the American box office. My point is that the Oscars are not the benchmark for cinematic excellence as they are generally thought to be. Look at the number of great directors who never got an Oscar, Kubrick,Hitchcock,Scorcese to name just a few. They aren't merely the so called 'art movie' directors either, they pull in box office numbers too. But soemhow the shortsighted Academy never honoured any one of them.Its not just oversight, it has been a continued practice.The Oscars are a mediocre award at best.
RE:Dear Mr. Critic
by Subhojit Sanyal on Apr 23, 2005 09:21 AM Permalink
Dear Mr Who ever you are,
I have not seen Waqt and so I am not going to comment whether the film is good or bad or whether the critic has done his job right, but all that I would like to tell you is that according to the Websters Encycolpedic Dictionary of the English Language, a critic IS defined as a FAULT FINDER.....
I think you will agree with me when I see that that is a far better source of explanation of the term than you can ever be!!
A film should be reviewed for what it is and not for whom it is aimed at. When you are evaluated on your physics answer paper, you are marked as to how you have answered your paper and not how well one particular teacher would havefound your answers!
