Life Reviews
In reading from National Newspapers Core and rogerebert there was a big difference between the two reviewing sites. To start, the review in rogerebert by Glenn Kenny had all the information about the movie. The cast, director, writer, cinematographer, editor, and composer was included in the review plus the rate of the movie and how long it is. While the other review in National Newspaper Core by Joe Morgenstern was more of a summary with some of his comments included about the movie.
Glenn Kenny was very honest about his opinion even saying, “As such, “Life” struck me as several cuts above “meh” but never made me jump out of my seat.” Many people wanting someone’s honest opinion on the movie would go here because of the authors opinions and saying it as it is. Kenny sounds more aggravated than anything because he feels the movie was not as good as other sci-fi movies, in his opinion, “What the filmmakers don’t understand is that when you try to add overtly cerebral notes to ruthless B-picture scenarios, you actually wind up making your final product dumber than the movies you think you’re transcending.”
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He wrote about what happens in the movie, then at the end writes how repetitive the scenes were. To quote Morgenstern, “They do what they can here, but it isn't enough; clever chatter and perfunctory characterizations can't compensate for a repetitive narrative in which Calvin's predations take him outside the station, then back in, then outside again, and always to the accompaniment of relentless orchestral blasts.” He is nice about it instead of being rude and just ratting on the movie, that is completely different then Kenny’s