It is an established fact that
everyone has an opinion to almost everything and are entitled to it. You either
agree, disagree or agree to disagree. A new movie is out and there will be
innumerable people talking about it. Some might mention it on Twitter or
Facebook, some others might take to blogging about it apart from those reviews
printed in the news media. It is not essential that the review on a personal
blog is not as reliable as that given in news media. Instead, there have been
several occasions where personal blogs have been more critical of a movie and
more accurate with their observations. While interpretation of a subject can be
different, it's credibility can be judged by the facts and reasoning that
support it.
It made me wonder after all, why
criticism is necessary if everyone is going to have their own opinion about
everything that is thrown at them. Deciding for the people about what to watch
and what not to is downright dictatorial but there are certain things that we
must understand. Our education system has been kind enough to teach us how to earn
our daily wage and to evaluate whether something is worth our time and money.
However, it hardly ever laid any emphasis on if we really do need it and is not
simply a funda of following the herd.
The amount of information
available to be processed today is simply mind numbing. It becomes the
responsibility of the media professionals who possess more information than a
lay person to tell you what is worth consuming and what is not considering they
are aware of how to critically analyse the subject in question. It would be
great to know why I shouldn't be wasting my time watching a movie like
Housefull 2 but rather not miss a movie like Lunchbox.
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