Critiques

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