The curious case of Benjamin Button review task

Is the critic positive or negative?
- Negative
• What angle does the article take? (What is it discussing?)
- Plot and how it makes no sense at all
• Which elements of the text do they like/dislike?
- They liked the special effects (make up dept)
-disliked pretty much everything
• Do they make reference to any other texts?
-The Notebook- mentioning characters, authors, and directors
• Who it the critic – could this affect their position?
-Peter Bradshaw-the Guardian newspaper
• What is the original source (not Rotten Tomatoes) is this reliable?
- The Guardian newspaper- it’s seen as very reliable
• Could this affect the comments?
-it will only give the of the type of audience which read that paper (intellectual, middle class)
• Did you find the comments useful?
-it gave me an insight of what the plot is about
• Have you learned anything from the critics’ comments?
- Yes, the pros and cons of the film and if it is worth watching

Is the critic positive or negative?
- Positive
• What angle does the article take? (What is it discussing?)
-discusses the role of the actor Brad Pitt and how significant it is
-the plot
-why he thinks the director did what he did
• Which elements of the text do they like/dislike?
- The story line, about how the technological level fascinates him
• Do they make reference to any other texts?
-Thelma and Louise (1991)-compared Pitts acting in both films
• Who it the critic – could this affect their position?
- Sukhdev Sandhu
• What is the original source (not Rotten Tomatoes) is this reliable?
-Telegraph is reliable because it is a well established newspaper
• Could this affect the comments?
- As in the guardian view, not a lot of people read the telegraph; it has its own audience. So would not give it on a objective perspective, but rather a subjective one
• Did you find the comments useful?
- Yes, I found these useful because the reviewer went into the technological levels of this film and demonstrated the significance of some issues
• Have you learned anything from the critics’ comments?
- I have learnt about similar text and the way the directors other films are and that this one is totally opposite to what he usually directs

Is the critic positive or negative?
- Positive
• What angle does the article take? (What is it discussing?)
-comparison of actors in similar films and how they contrast
• Which elements of the text do they like/dislike?
- Digital and prosthetic de-ageing techniques
• Do they make reference to any other texts?
- Forest Gump
- Titanic
• Who it the critic – could this affect their position?
- Ian Freer
• What is the original source (not Rotten Tomatoes) is this reliable?
- Empire magazine- within the film industry yes because its main focus is cinematic
• Could this affect the comments?
- I think it can, because it has to cater for many audiences, it gives both cons and pros to make it as neutral as possible but then gives its own opinion at the end allowing others to give their verdicts to
• Did you find the comments useful?
- In this case no, because everything for and against the film has been discussed
• Have you learned anything from the critics’ comments?
- I got an insight into emotional factors involved the creation of the film, in the sense of how it was designed.