On February sixteen, Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times and “Starz Inside” gave University of Central FL students a piece of his mind when it comes to literature and the upcoming Academy Awards. Roeper was consistently candid in his opinions, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Roeper’s views on movie critics standing behind their views were perhaps most influential to the welcoming audience. Article resource – Richard Roeper pulls no punches with 2011 Oscar picks by MoneyBlogNewz.
Everyone can write, Roeper states
An iPad was used by Roeper. He said "Now, everyone's a writer" to anybody who would listen. Everyone can blog or tweet their opinions; the trick is finding somebody willing to pay for it, said Roeper. Part of this involved discussing the Academy Awards. The movie critic wrote about which movie would get the Best Picture Oscar. "Inception" was nominated for Best Director. Nevertheless, the Christopher Nolan film was Roeper's favored. Traditionally, such a snub indicates the movie in question won’t win Best Picture, though “Inception” is nominated in the category.
Best Picture: A two-horse race
At the 2011 Academy Awards, Roeper thinks that Best Picture should go to David Fincher's movies about Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) called "The Social Network." It’s a movie that has great performances and an excellent script while being great enough to be put next to "Inception". Roeper believes that "The King's Speech" will do well. It will come really close if not win the Oscar. Roeper explained the movie that is all about Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) and King George VI of England (Colin Firth) is “what the Academy loves: British actors talking about British things.". In other words, he sees it as a more genteel movie that will appeal to the mild, old majority of Academy voters. Only a groundswell by younger voters could send “The Social Network” to the top.
The great and poor writing out there
Roeper impressed upon the aspiring youthful film critics and filmmakers in the audience that film criticism is entirely subjective. Richard Roeper says there is only one thing that changed whether a movie is universally great or universally bad:
“What makes a really good movie is the script,” he said. “There’s no chance for a good movie without one.”
Citations
Central Florida Future
centralfloridafuture.com/cab-hosts-an-evening-with-richard-roeper-1.2474306
Orlando Sentinel
articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-02-22/community/orl-ucf-richard-roeper-speaks-on-film-critique_1_young-critics-richard-roeper-film
Richard Roeper’s pick for best pic
youtube.com/watch?v=U3GHF03Klao
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