Upon arriving at Screen Rant I found an aesthetically simple, easy to read to read website. The content is mainly reviews, news and commentary involving various forms of entertainment, mainly TV and movies.
The author, Brian, is conscious of his reader, usually letting them know if there will be *spoiler* content within the review. Which is great…there is nothing worse than reading a review to see if it worth watching only to read the movie ends in the first paragraph.
As the website subtitle title says there is little ‘sugar coating’ within Screen Rant’s content. Brian writes straight-forward, down-to-earth prose which allows for a highly accessible and easily digestible content. Screen Rant’s articles are at times reflective, such as in this entry, which I couldn’t agree more with entitled ‘Talking in Movie Theatres’. (Indeed! My Gawd people shut-up!) There are also many thought provoking entries such as ‘The End of an Era?’ or ‘Is Hollywood really this bereft of ideas?’ or his personally introspective review of the Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’. To balance the serious, there are also some amusing entries such as ‘What would Simon Say?’ or ‘Green Lantern… a comedy??’.
There wasn’t a whole lot of content in the earlier months of Screen Rant but the author seems to have found his writing mojo in the past 2 or 3 months. The Sci-Fi reviews, movie content and commentaries are the most interesting entries… the numerous entries about American Idol were not… I would have preferred to read more reviews, articles or commentary other than another article on one of the various over hyped ‘Idol’ shows. The Michael Moore bashing also gets a little tiresome – ok, I get it – you don’t think Fahrenheit 9/11 is a documentary.
On the whole, there is a lot of great content at Screen Rant. There are even some embedded movie trailers and images that compliment the text and entries. If you’re looking for ‘another’ opinion on a film before you see it, Screen Rant is a good stop prior to renting or going to the theatre. The ‘topics’ link sorts things quickly and allows quick access to the meat of the site, the reviews. Well worth a bookmark to get some insightful entertainment talk.
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