I cannot say that I am happy with the Arts and Entertainment editor of ICC's Harbinger student news paper. My review for "
Zombieland" is the second one in which he has cut out my introduction (the other being my review of for "
Inglourious Basterds"), and after reviewing the finer points of my last review also, he does not feel it necessary to include my knowledge and personal opinions to further rave about why one should see the films.
If my reviews were over a page long, I'd understand. Heck, I cannot say that I'd be miffed if he cut out 46 words to make it an even five hundred. But without incite into my incites, my reviews are no better than those of quote whores (since he also decided to omit mentioning that I wrote a negative review for "
The Informant!") and as bland as the reviews the Journal Star pulls off the AP wire to simply have movie reviews.
And I believe that what is omitted is done to allow an image that takes up too much space in the paper that is relative to the film. It was a virtual spread for Brad Pitt in my "
Basterds" review that did not share the page with any other stories in it's issue. When it comes to my "
Zombieland "review, it seemed unnecessary to put the image featured in the review when it was already used on the front page of the paper.
Check out the rest of review at "Ninety For Chill: A More Acceptable Runtime.
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