
I loved Ebert for a very specific quality: he was a thoroughly selfless critic. Instead of focusing entirely on his own opinions about a movie, he tried to examine movies from the perspective of its target audience. He focused on what the movie was trying to do and for whom, and then scored it based on how well it succeeded.I haven't religiously read any critic since he passed, but of those that I have, none seem to have this particular approach to reviewing. As far as I can tell, most critics these days score movies based on what they think it should be doing rather than examine the movie on its own terms.So yeah, any recommendations about which reviewers write more for the movie's audience than for their own readers?EDIT: I'm not arguing that he didn't offer up his own biases/opinions. He did that all the time. Just saying that his own biases/opinions weren't his primary/driving motivation when reviewing. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/35lT0Vg
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