In the review by Ty Burr, for the Boston Globe, I feel like
he is focusing too much on the animation of the movie and makes his strategy
one of pathos. I chose this review
because the author uses many strategies to get to a broader audience. For instance Ty says “the company (Pixar)
dares to treat kids like adults and lets the grown up relocate their inner
kid”. This makes me think that wow not
only will kids enjoy this movie but grownups as well. Although he makes this movie sounds
interesting it isn’t long before we see that he is trying to bash it as
well. He describes it as awkward,
adolescent, and never less than weird.
In the plot the author does put a spoiler alert and I do believe that
there is a purpose behind this. After
his spoiler alert he emphasizes “..stop reading. I mean it…”.
This is certainly an alert that would make the audience want to keep
reading instead of doing as told. It’s
like telling a child not to grab a cookie from the cookie jar, simple reverse
psychology.
I feel as though the author of this review was expecting
more out of this film. Ty does describe
many details of the animation. Ty
mentions that he expects this type of animation from DreamWorks, FOX or Disney,
but simply just too ordinary for Pixar.
I certainly don’t think that a broad audience would appreciate the way
Ty glorifies Pixar but expects less of other animation networks. Especially since I would like to think that a
broader audience would worry more about the comedy of the animation. Overall this to me seems like a credible yet
confusing review. He does point out many
bad sides of the film but also points out the good. Ty’s review focuses mainly on what went wrong
with the film. I wish he would have
focused a bit more on something other than the animation quality.
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