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I chose Bruce Diones review of, "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/sherlock_holmes_a_game_of_shadows_ritchie 

            When I first opened this Review, I thought to myself, "This is it?" I chose this review because it is short, lackluster, dull and to the point.  Either the writer was in a hurry or hated the movie so much that a more in depth review wasn't worth his time. The first and only paragraph explains the actors and their roles, the plot and the relation to the first "Sherlock Holmes."  All in 1 sentence. He goes on to bash the movie and imply that the Director, Guy Ritche, spends more time on special effects rather than dialogue. He even calls the movie, "Complete Trash," this guy really hated this movie.  He talks about Guy Ritchie's first Sherlock Holmes and implies that it is basically the same movie just a different story and villains. The review includes many puns such as "flinty play by play" and "insistent mugging."  Diones is very sarcastic in his review and basically makes fun of the film the entire time.

           

The review pretty much sums everything up about the movie, but in as little effort and words possible.  He didn't care what audience he was writing for or if  anyone read his review at all if you ask me. In retrospect, I probably should have picked a different review of the film. I researched Bruce Diones and apparently all of his reviews are short, filled with puns and sarcastic.  Perhaps that is what some people would rather read, a short summary of a movie rather than a 3 page description.