DVD Talk Reviewers: Have you ever changed the "Advice" for a review of a DVD?
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DVD Talk Reviewers: Have you ever changed the "Advice" for a review of a DVD?
If so which DVD's and from what advice to what advice? or even just changed your opinion of a movie later, but not necessarily changed your "Advice" on a review.
I think this is an interesting topic...
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The only one I can remember off the top of my head? The very first one I wrote, for Monty Python's The Meaning of Life back in September 2003. There were a few authoring problems with the first pressing of the disc---enough to make my first review a real headache to update---and the original rating went from "Collectors Series" allllll the way down to "Recommended". It was a great disc (when finally done right), but Universal's God-awful quality control really spoiled the party.
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I really don't think I have, or at least I don't remember (I've written over 2,000 in the span of 7+ years). I have changed my opinions of movies or presentations when it comes to multiple reviews of a title over a span of time. I may not feel as strongly/feel more strongly about "Movie X" when it was originally released a few years ago as I do when reviewing it now.
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I have never changed my recommendation after I've submitted the review. There are several times that I've written a reveiw and then sat on it over night to see if I still felt the same way the next day, and I have vasilated back and forth several times, but when I finally submit it, I consider it done.
There are several reasons for that. The main one is I don't want to feel the need to rewrite my reviews constantly. Beleive me, I could; add a sentance or two about the music, rewrite a paragraph here or there, I could constantly re-edit my work. Then I'd never get anything else done though.
I will change a review to correct typos or factual errors, or to include interesting information that I find out about from readers. None of these has made me change my mind about my recommendation though.
There are several reasons for that. The main one is I don't want to feel the need to rewrite my reviews constantly. Beleive me, I could; add a sentance or two about the music, rewrite a paragraph here or there, I could constantly re-edit my work. Then I'd never get anything else done though.
I will change a review to correct typos or factual errors, or to include interesting information that I find out about from readers. None of these has made me change my mind about my recommendation though.
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I think the only times I've changed something, it was because I found out something more about the technical details (or discovered a mistake). For instance, I originally gave a "rent it" to Harvie Krumpet, but at the time I thought it was not presented in its original aspect ratio. Afterwards, though, I discovered that it really was in its OAR, so I adjusted the video score, and decided that, overall, it merited being "recommended" now instead of just "rent it."
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Originally Posted by scott1598
If so which DVD's and from what advice to what advice? or even just changed your opinion of a movie later, but not necessarily changed your "Advice" on a review.
I think this is an interesting topic...
I think this is an interesting topic...
The topic has been fresh in my mind though since I started posting some "retro-reviews" of titles I reviewed elsewhere that were released back to me a few years ago (long story). Like Aaron, I've reviewed a lot of titles and my style has improved a whole lot over the years but looking back at those reviews, I find a fresh outlook that is sometimes more appealing to me than my more jaded newer reviews.
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Never, but I do allow some time to pass between watching a DVD and writing the review of it...usually 1 to 3 days. This is so I don't give a movie I really liked a higher rating than it might deserve or give a film I really hated a rating lower than what it might deserve. And yes folks, I still think Daredevil is great and I still think The Hulk sucks.