Difference between revisions of "Critiques"
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*seemed to drop metaphors and themes in mid stride | *seemed to drop metaphors and themes in mid stride | ||
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| + | ==Emporers New Groove== | ||
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| + | Good stuff | ||
| + | *Good moral | ||
| + | *Got the serious/goofy mix just right for the genere | ||
| + | *Incredibly quotable | ||
| + | *Dynamic archetypical characters | ||
| + | *Clear plot, convoluted into an interesting story | ||
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| + | Bad stuff | ||
| + | *Permissive/lying/stupid father figure | ||
| + | *Poorly resolved moral tone? | ||
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| + | =Books= | ||
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| + | ==Dragon Spear== | ||
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| + | Good stuff | ||
| + | *uneducated main charcter (makes exposition easy) | ||
| + | *Main character isn't a jerk, but also isn't a manly-woman | ||
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| + | Bad stuff | ||
| + | *Friendly dragons. | ||
| + | *Farmer dragons. | ||
| + | *Generally good dragons. Better than most people even... seriously | ||
| + | *elementery style and vocabulary | ||
| + | *Too much repitition | ||
Revision as of 04:15, 18 October 2009
We seem to be really good at finding things we dislike in many different stories and situations so I figured we could compile them into a list so we ourselves don't make the same mistakes... or at least have something we can beat ourselves with afterwords.
Movies
9
Good stuff
- set some ideas up about teamwork
- complete setting
- simple story
Bad stuff
- half constructed metaphors
- schizophrenic themes
- So surreal one couldn't connect
- screaming bad guys
- consistent repetitive omnipresent human failure
- plot holes
Tale of desparouxque
Good stuff
- metaphors seemed to be really awesome and complete
Bad stuff
- seemed to drop metaphors and themes in mid stride
Emporers New Groove
Good stuff
- Good moral
- Got the serious/goofy mix just right for the genere
- Incredibly quotable
- Dynamic archetypical characters
- Clear plot, convoluted into an interesting story
Bad stuff
- Permissive/lying/stupid father figure
- Poorly resolved moral tone?
Books
Dragon Spear
Good stuff
- uneducated main charcter (makes exposition easy)
- Main character isn't a jerk, but also isn't a manly-woman
Bad stuff
- Friendly dragons.
- Farmer dragons.
- Generally good dragons. Better than most people even... seriously
- elementery style and vocabulary
- Too much repitition
