Movie Film Review

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Standard Technical requirements for writing a film review are as follows:

Purpose:
Your paper is going to be a claim-based argument. Pick a movie which you have strong feelings about. Find three critical sources such as professional reviews of the film. (You might wish to use the Movie Review Query Engine at Movie Review Query Engine.) Using testimony from those sources, write an Argument to your classmates explaining why that movie is worth viewing or not. Be sure to use the evidence from the sources fairly and reasonably as the support for the claim you are making.

Your claim should look something like one of these:

Shrek, the first animated film to win the Oscar for best animated feature film, is an excellent film because it has a great cast, stunning animation, and a simple but powerful story.

If you like great acting and hilarious dialogue, you will love Forrest Gump.

Due to its violent nature, foul language, and flat acting, The Matrix will not be enjoyed by any intelligent viewers.

Be sure to include an Introduction which will draw the reader in (and ends with your claim), a bit of background of the film (but not a total summary), your reasons for seeing the film, and a rebuttal explaining why some viewers might disagree with your statement (but be sure to say why they are wrong). End with a short, simple conclusion which sums up your argument and restates your claim.

Note: you may substitute a book, restaurant, TV show, automobile, sports team, etc. for the film. You may also write a comparison/ contrast paper which bases its claim on the shared values of the readers and the writer such as the sample paper #2 you'll find in Shared Files.

How to Write Review a Movie

Introduction: This paragraph introduces your Pick a Movie. It should begin with a good hook that draws the reader into the paper. An effective example, a shocking bit of statistics, an intriguing quotation: either of these would make a good hook. This paragraph MUST end with a clear enthymeme. (The remainder of these outlines will assume that you've written a solid enthymeme with three distinct reasons.) That means your enthymeme will seek to define a controversial term. That means that your enthymeme will seek to evaluate some aspect of your Pick a Movie. Note: the first two papers must not contain a "should" (or the idea of making a change). For the third paper, your enthymeme must include a "should" (or at least the idea of one) that demands that something be done in response to your paper.

All papers will need a second paragraph that establishes the background of your Pick a Movie. Here is where you'll present the reasons why your argument is necessary and where you'll discuss legal precedence, current law, current practice, history, etc. For a paper about why we should all drive hybrid automobiles, for instance, you'd need to define your terms here; you'd also need to give a bit of history on the drive-trains in those vehicles. Give this background BEFORE you begin arguing your case so that the reader will have a solid foundation of the Pick a Movie before you demand that she picks a side.

Body Paragraph 1: This paragraph deals with the first reason you express in your enthymeme. It must include not only a clear discussion of that reason but also a good bit of outside source material (quotation or paraphrase) which supports your point about that reason. Every body paragraph should include at least one outside source.

Body Paragraph 2: This paragraph deals with the second reason you express in your enthymeme. It must include not only a clear discussion of that reason but also a good bit of outside source material (quotation or paraphrase) which supports your point about that reason.

Body Paragraph 3: This paragraph deals with the third reason you express in your enthymeme. It must include not only a clear discussion of that reason but also a good bit of outside source material (quotation or paraphrase) which supports your point about that reason.

Rebuttal: A rebuttal is what we call the other side of your argument. In your rebuttal paragraph, which will usually come right here before the conclusion, you MUST address the other side of your argument and explain to the reader why that side is not as correct as you are. Note that I didn't simply say prove the other side wrong. (Of course, if you can prove them wrong, please do.) What you're trying to do is win the reader to your side; however, you should be writing about a Pick a Movie that might have more than one appropriate response, and you should treat you reader like she has enough sense to know that the other side isn't ever going to be completely wrong (if they were, you wouldn't have another side to deal with). So be respectful as you kick the other side's butt.

"How will the world be better?" paragraph: For the third paper, the proposal that will make the world a better place (at least your small part of the world), you need a paragraph just before the conclusion (and sometimes to replace the conclusion) that will expressly tell the reader how your proposal will improve some aspect of the world. This paragraph is your opportunity to sell the reader on the effort it would take for your proposal to work.

Conclusion: Here you will close out your argument. Restate your enthymeme; also, restate a couple of your main points to help "seal the deal" with your readers. Don't end with a quotation.