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r/GamingLeaksAndR… I consider myself to be above the average film goer but not much more. I find that writing down thoughts on the movie
as well as rewatching it really helps me get somewhere, but can I become so good that a one time watch is enough to
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r/RG35XX I find that I struggle with being to literal. Example: I thought Uncut Gems was about greed, and never really thought of it How do you learn to read film language?
as a movie about chaos. I also didn't really understand Parasite. So it's a family employing themselves to work for another
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r/fightsticks family? What am I supposed to draw from that? That they are like a parasite? Yeah sure! Does that make it the best movie
of the year? Not for me..
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These are just examples to try to illustrate where I'm struggling when interpreting a movie, but it really bothers me that I
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portraying a situation resulting from an economic system that creates a large wealth gap and drives people to
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English / Global Read more criticism, especially long-form criticism. The more time you spend seeing how others formulate an
opinion and arrive at an argument, the better-equipped you'll be to do the same. I recommend starting with [FRESH VIDEO] Adrianne Lenker -
Deutsch Lindsey Ellis's thesis-level work on the Transformers franchise, "The Whole Plate" where she literally does a ruined
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review/analysis of the 04 Transformers movie from an auteur perspective, queer perspective, feminist
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Español perspective, etc. It's really insightful into how one very bad, obvious blockbuster movie can be analyzed and
presented a multitude of ways.
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Write reviews! Even if you don't share them anywhere the more you articulate and extrapolate on your thoughts
the more analytical you'll become.
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Also listen to directors commentaries and watch behind the scenes documentaries. Seeing directors making How would one begin to learn about movies?
decisions and putting the films together is the best way to understand what the films are about. Understanding
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the process of making a film makes it a lot easier to analyse them going forward. Seeing Steven Spielberg (for
example) direct actors and discuss blocking/framing is a great insight into how to analyse all the different
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elements that go into the production and what their purpose is.
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2021; any tips on watching films critically?
Find a film-analysis/appreciation podcast you like. I can’t tell you how much it’s upped my game for picking up 5 upvotes · 11 comments
on themes and ideas when watching a picture for the first time. Don’t look at any reviewer or critic as scripture,
but use it as a jumping-off point. You’ll pick up the tricks through osmosis. The main thing is just to focus on the
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film you’re watching, and ask yourself what it makes you think of during and after it.
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and just let the film work. That itself also helps with analysis because afterwards you can think about why you
felt certain emotions at key moments and the overall affect of the film. As Kubrick said, film is more like music
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What helps me the most is learning more about the themes of the movie. For example, "Women without Men" is
set in 1953 Iran, so I did some research. It was easier to analyze—let's say—the representation of American Nothing But Trouble (1991) is a
invasion in one single character. horror comedy that's free on…
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Also make sure you know the salient techniques. For example, a low angle most of time time conveys power, 462 upvotes · 105 comments
some film makers play with this notion and create confusion by showing a powerless character from this angle.
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I have been meaning to ask something similar, and I wanted to post about it but had trouble coming up with
the right words. I always have an internal dilemma when I'm ready to analyze a film and write a review on Thoughts on Chinese films
LetterBoxd , which I do religiously. How do you balance what is your own analysis and viewpoint after you digest 105 upvotes · 191 comments
other reviews and takes first? In a perfect world, I try to not ready any other takes so that whatever I come up
with is truly my own, but that isnt always the case. I will read many other reviews or reddit posts that enlighten
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me to what I had witnessed (not always, sometimes) and then I will find what I most resonate and agree with
and personalize it with my own thought from there. What I'm trying to get at is, if I take use an insight/review of Great films that shift in tone.
a film as the foundation and then give it legs of its own with my own takes integrated in, is that truly my own 150 upvotes · 201 comments
analysis? Is it original? Does it even matter? lol

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big_internet_guy • 3 yr. ago 29 upvotes · 24 comments

I agree with what people have said about reading about the world. I also think listening to or reading film
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criticism helps because you realize a view point you may have missed. After awhile you just start to....pickup on
things. It’s also worth just educating yourself on basic themes and lessons people try to convey in stories, usually Any good philosophy books that I could apply
they repeat themselves. to characters?
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Also worth remembering each person can get different things out of a film. Just because one person read it one
way doesn’t mean it’s the “correct” way.
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How is Stanislavsky’s method viewed? Is it
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consume a lot of media. movies aren't only influenced by other movies. on top of that, movies do more than
what's seen on a surface level. there's more to parasite besides one family working for another family. there's a r/blankies
lot to that movie and wealth inequality is just one of the themes that makes up parasite.
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in general, here's what i think has helped me out the most when it comes to reviewing/analyzing movies:

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i regularly try to watch movies that are outside of my comfort zone

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Watch YouTube videos, seriously. Most people either won’t admit this or don’t know enough to realize it but a
great director is putting so much more into a film than the majority of viewers realize. There’s a video on TOP POSTS
parasite out there that was 10 minutes full of incredible Insights, none of which I was close to realizing when I
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I like to read about movies to see what other people have to say about them. I’m not saying that movie critics
should dictate what you watch and don’t watch but reading professional reviews is a good start. You’ll probably
find a critic who pretty consistently has interesting things to say. Also, start to think about how the movie was
made, the different elements of how a film is put together. Not just the story but also the editing, the music, the
cinematography, etc. Ask yourself, how was the story told?

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