Bridesmaids
The review of
Bridesmaids on Rotten Tomatoes was structured very well. It clearly had
expert ratings and audience ratings right next too it along with Top Critic
reviews when you scrolled down. It was very easy to navigate and it was all
right there on the page you didn’t need to click on anything to get what you
were looking for. Metacritic's review had a very similar structure as
Rotten Tomatoes; they were practically identical. Therefore, it was very easy
to navigate as well. In the review I read on Rotten Tomatoes the writer, David Denby, described the humor in the movie
and provided examples from the movie. For example, Denby references the scene
where Kristen Wiig is drunk on the airplane. He also adds more funny bits of
the movie that further support his argument that this is a hilarious movie. In
the second review I read by Elizabeth Weitzman she argues that
Bridesmaids isn't like any other stereotypical date movie. She supports this by
stating that although it's about a woman who can't find love it is extremely
exaggerated with out of control events, which makes it humorous and unlike
anything before it.
The tone of
both reviews is light hearted. Since they both liked the movie neither were
negative or seemed angry. They were fun, because they highlighted funny parts
in the movie, making the tone more fun. The vocabulary used in both reviews was
somewhat odd. I felt they used too big of words for the movie genre and audience
it attracts. The movie is a simple and funny movie, yet they were describing it
in elaborate ways that, I felt, were unnecessary. Such words and phrases are
appropriate for a review of a more educational or intense movie, but I felt it
was unnecessary in this context.
In the review
by David Denby he focuses on the plot and explaining the movie. He gives a play
by play of what the movie is about and who the characters are. However, he does
it with minimal detail in order to not spoil anything. Elizabeth Weitzman, on
the other hand, discusses a lot of background info on Kristen Wiig and the
director. Although she later discusses the plot line and characters further
down in her review. She also talks about the plot and characters in greater
detail than Denby, and also discusses the director and further discusses Wiig
and her unique role. In this review she referenced how Kristen Wiig and Maya
Rudolph aren’t your typical starring roles. They aren't fake or plastic, playing
real best friends and looking like real best friends. She contrasts the two
from the lead best friends in "Something Borrowed", and basically says
they are no Kate Hudson, yet the movie was still a hit. And, she feels it was a
hit because of how real they were in it. The review by Denby referenced Wiig's
time on Saturday Night Live, but other than that there weren't very many
references.
In Denby's
review I loved the quote "In this new comedy, Kristen Wiig, a “Saturday
Night Live” regular since 2005, gives a largely realistic performance as a
woman without any ego at all", because I greatly agree with it. One of the
reasons I enjoyed the movie so much was because I didn't feel like I was
watching a movie, instead I felt like I was watching two friends interact with each
other. Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph were so natural that it didn't seem
scripted or like a movie, and that’s why I feel so many people enjoyed it. I
feel Denby hit this point perfectly with this quote. In Weitzman's review the
quote I connected to the most was "Wiig and her co-writer, Annie Mumolo, were clearly
determined to make a movie that actually reflected reality, albeit in the most
exaggerated manner imaginable, and with as much alcohol as possible." Like
I said earlier the reality of the movie is what makes it great, however I like
this quote, because the extremely crazy and exaggerated situations the girls
find themselves in are what makes the movie so hilarious. This quote does a
good job of addressing that aspect of the movie, which is why I like it.
If I had never seen
the movie, Weitzman's review would be a lot more convincing to me. I feel this
way, because she didn't just talk about the movie, but she had a lot of
background knowledge and a lot of knowledge in other areas. Denby, on the other
hand, only talked about the movie plot and characters. Therefore, it felt although
he just watched the movie and wrote about it where it seems although Weitzman
did some research and had prior knowledge of the movie. Therefore, she was more
convincing.
