RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Harry Potter

["Heivilin, Jim" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Harry Potter
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Heivilin, Jim wrote:
> 
> > And just to hijack the thread, what exactly, are the 
> > qualifications to be a "film critic"?
> 
Not a bad answer to a basically rhetorical question.  I used
rottentomatoes as a fairly accurate barometer personally.  

> Here are the criteria from RottenTomatoes (the site I referred to):
> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/pages/critics#film_critic
> They require
> (1a) Active membership in one of the following film critics 
> societies/associations [snip]
> 
So what do many of these societies require for membership?  I certainly
*hope* it's more than 'paying dues'.  

> OR
> 
> (1b) current employment as a film critic (i.e. NOT freelance 
> or a staff reporter) by an accredited print publication 
> (newspaper, magazine, etc...) from US, Canada, UK, or 
> Australia with a minimum of fifty published film reviews
> 
Which leads us to 'what does a print publication require as
qualifications for their "film critic"'?  I ask this knowing full well
that publications with a good reputation may require more than "sex with
the editor". ;-P 

> (2) Film reviews to be included on Rotten Tomatoes must be 
> 300 words or longer.
> 
> (3) At least fifty film reviews should be freely available online and 
> published by accredited publication/source
> 
> 
> Basically, the answer to your question is that to be a film 
> critic, you have to write a lot of respectable film reviews.  
>
And what makes a review "respectable"?  That the readers agree with it?
That the box office proceeds validate it?  Originally I asked the
question to point out my belief that film critics are people who didn't
make it as directors but it seems that there's more depth to the
question than my rhetoric indicates. 

Jim 

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