Quote from: Predaker on May 26, 2017, 10:45:12 PM
You can do that all you want but it won't change the fact that you're still coming from a place of ignorance.
Am I? I know the plot, which the reviews are constructed around. And often-times, these individuals use arguments aimed at explaining the film to people who haven't seen the film. They're designed to be seen and understood by individuals who are, as you put it ignorant. If this is true, I, as an ignorant person, should be able to critique their so-called review based simply on its contents. Whether or not I've seen Covenant is irrelevant, as a result, as is my so-called ignorance.
Furthermore, if I can dismantle an argument from a place of ignorance, what does that say about the argument, itself?
For example, people say they like Aliens; the same individuals say they hate Covenant, because it has stupid behavior in it. Their statement makes no sense, in that form, because Aliens also has stupid behavior in it, in spades. They would need to expand their thesis to something along the lines of, "Aliens' stupid behavior doesn't get in the way of it being entertaining because [insert argument, here]" but if they don't, their argument is weak. Without having seen Covenant, I can point this out. Seeing that film isn't necessary for another reason--that is, because the argument of "stupid behavior" will revolve around plot points, which I am familiar with, again, without having seen the film, because the reviewer has told them to me in order for me to be able to understand his so-called argument. The reviewer is required to explain the film in some shape or form to even make his points, to begin with, which I can attack based solely on what he provides.
So, in regards to attacking an argument that the critic makes, I am not ignorant at all. Rather, I am armed by this person with the very tools needed to defeat him. Anything else that I could be ignorant of, in regards to the film, simply doesn't matter, as I only need to know enough to point out the flaws in his argument, which he will have provided for me ironically in order to understand him. So, your statement, while it may be true, is still irrelevant and utterly pointless in regards to what I am doing with critics.
Also, $20? Bitch, please. Triple digits, easy.