Comments on: Our Karlovy Vary Film Fest Reviewer Experiences A Personal Epiphany At Mark Cousins’ ‘What Is This Film Called Love’

By: Barney Stinson

Barney Stinson — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:07:18 +0000

Jake, I salute your perspicacity: he really doesn't have the heft.
Adam, give up patronising people by reviewing the way you write. You ain't all that yourself

By: Adam Whyte

Adam Whyte — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:07:18 +0000

This is a really good review and it's almost completely ruined by the idiotic insistence (by your editors?) to stick to the first person plural. It's a personal review from paragraph one, and people don't mind reading it that way. You 'lapse' into using 'I' only to tell us what you've told us through the whole review, but using more honest language. Critics using 'we' when they mean 'I' is fucking infuriating; it's strangely condescending to the reader and belittles your personal response by shrouding it in party-line assimilation. You are not speaking for your website; you're supporting your website by speaking for yourself. 'We' in this context is only ever appropriate if you're a member of the Royal Family, or you have lice.

By: TheoC

TheoC — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:07:18 +0000

Fantastic meandering review which probably captures all the madness and ambiguity of the film. Can't wait to not see/see this, if the film is as interesting as this review I'll probably be mildly intrigued. Maybe. Great work

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:07:18 +0000

Loved your review but not the film. C-. He's just not likeable on camera nor enough to carry a film. Feels like a desperate calling card to be the new Herzog without the talent.

By: James Cameron

James Cameron — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:07:18 +0000

wow, you seem really afraid to call this a good movie.