I usually don’t
read film reviews and hype articles for upcoming movie premieres, because I
like going to the theater to watch a movie and deciding myself, whether I enjoyed the movie or not, especially if it’s a
movie I really want to see.
However, these pieces on movies that I have stumbled upon in the past,
have been great examples of journalism on their own, especially reviews online
which can include many types of media on one movie/story. This was the exact case for the article
I found on Yahoo! Movies, “’Insidious: Chapter 2’ Jolts Expectations With $41M
Haul.”
The
different forms of media used in this great article are print, video, and
interactive. To start, the writing
of this review and financial update is very informative, as it should be, but
it also gives the reader enough context and backstory to possibly want to, in
this particular case, see other films by the same director. At least this is how it affected
me. And although I have not seen Insidious
Chapter 2 yet, I intend on seeing it because the director, James Wan, also
directed The Conjuring. I had seen
that movie and thoroughly enjoyed it and the style in which Wan approaches the
horror genre. A link is provided
in the middle of this article to another one on The Wrap, another online news
source but one that is mostly focused on entertainment, where Wan’s horror
movie expertise is better explained.
The name of this article is, “How ‘The Conjuring’ Propelled Director
James Wan From Torture Porn to Vin Diesel.” It reads, “The movie — which stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as
married ghostbusters brought in to investigate strange doings at a rickety
house – steadily builds tension, scaring people with visual and aural
trickery. The camera movements and music are as chilling as any stabbing could
ever be.” And that’s exactly what
I enjoy about Wan’s take on horror; something that keeps you on edge just
enough to be looking all over the screen for things in the background or biting
your fingernails, can most certainly be as scary, if not more, than seeing a
gory, murderous, act.
As the original
Yahoo! article moves on, it merely reports the past weekend’s earnings of other
movies playing that weekend and compares a few to how much money was spent to
make it. After this however, there
is a video relating back to the original story about Insidious Chapter 2. The video shows a few quick clips from
interviews done with members of the cast and crew, montaged along with various
clips from the upcoming film. And
even though I am planning on seeing it anyway, these few clips and short
interviews actually got me even more excited to see it.
This piece of
journalism was actually very informative and better than I expected when I
think about movie reviews and articles, especially because this is the first
one that I’ve probably read with a purpose and enjoyed it. I love the horror genre and the
background info about the director and everything else I was able to access on
this one page article was helpful in getting different perspectives and
information about things related to the main focus of the piece.
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