Leeper's Three Laws

[beamjockey]

In the latest issue of MT VOID (volume 31, number 48, whole number 1756*), in the context of a discussion about "spoilers," Mark Leeper offers advice on film reviewing. I love reading Mark's reviews, so this caught my attention.

One can see that Mark has been influenced by a combination of Hippocrates and Isaac Asimov.
And you are right about

Comments

[eub]

A lot of the 'payload' of a review seems to falls under the Third Rule's "tell the reader what you think about the film." For example, if the review wants to communicate who may and who may not enjoy the movie. Just as one reader of reviews, I'd be in favor of balancing this against the First Rule rather than subordinating it absolutely.