I'm looking for websites that have an archive of movie reviews and
commentaries (actually, it's not so much the movie review I'm after,
but a commentary, response, article or essay on certain movies. I want
to study peoples thoughts and reflections on box office movies that 
they have seen). Specifically, for the movies "The Gladiator",
"Remeber the Titans", and "Best Seller".  A movie review by Siskel an
Ebert is easy to find on the web, but I'm looking for review or
commentary that examines the movies I stated above in a deeper more
thoughtful way.

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Request for Question Clarification by webadept-ga on 18 Jul 2002 22:38 PDT

Hi, 

You are looking for a movie buff/critic forum? Or something more
"edited", meaning a website that publishes several critics after
reviewing the posts.

Thanks, 

webadept-ga

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Clarification of Question by dedios-ga on 19 Jul 2002 00:05 PDT

I think websites to both would be helpful. I'm sure one of the two
catagories you mentioned (buff/critic forum and a website that
publishes several critics after reviewing the posts) would provide
information on the movies I'm looking for.

Hello Dedios,

A huge resource with user-submitted commentaries and reviews is the #1
online reference for movies.

IMDB - Internet Movie DataBase
http://www.imdb.com

Entering the movie title in the box on the left will bring you to many
movies, like:

  Gladiator - IMDB
  http://us.imdb.com/Title?0172495

On the bottom of the review, you will find the link "read customer
reviews at Amazon.com".
Amazon.com provides user comments along with the shopping:

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com

  Gladiator - Amazon.com
  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CXE7


These two sites should give you a good feeling on people's thoughts on
a movie.

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One of the top sites for archived movie reviews in general is:

RottenTomatoes.com
http://www.rottentomatoes.com

The search box in the upper right provides easy access to the movies
you mentioned:

  Gladiator - RottenTomatoes
  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Gladiator-1096836/

  Remember the Titans - RottenTomatoes
  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/RemembertheTitans-1100188/

  Best Seller - RottenTomatoes
  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/BestSeller-1002197/preview.php

First, you can see an overview of reviews with a quote and source to
click on. RottenTomatoes acts as portal site to reviews, so their
content is often outside of the site itself; reviews of other sites
will open in a right-hand frame, with the navigation to the left.

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When I'm seeking background information on a movie, I also enter the
title (enclosed in quotation marks) at Google. For a given movie, you
could couple the title with the keyword "review", e.g.:
    "remember the titans" review

Above search brings you to pages of sites like:

    All-Reviews.com
    http://www.all-reviews.com

    PopMatters.com
    http://www.popmatters.com


Hope this helps!


Search strategy:
    (I knew the sites mentioned)

researcher was very clear and informative.

Dedios,

Other general movie sites worth a look:

   MovieWeb
   http://movieweb.com/

   Reel.Com
   http://www.reel.com/

They hurt so good:

   Bad Movies.Org
   http://www.badmovies.org/

Headed your way:

   Corona - Coming Attractions
   http://corona.bc.ca/films/main.html

The Immortals:
   
   Library of Congress
   Motion Picture and Television Reading Room
   http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/

   Reel Classics
   http://www.reelclassics.com/index.html

   The Greatest Films
   http://www.filmsite.org/

   Turner Classic Movies
   http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/

They did it first, and often better:

   Silent Ladies & Gents
   http://silentgents.com/Gents.html

Enjoy,
huntsman

This contains summaries and links of many reviews for each movie (video/music/game)
http://www.metacritic.com/

"Gladiator" had 34 reviews.
http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/gladiator

This one might also be helpful for the "The Gladiator" portion of the paper.
http://www.filmanalysis.com/film/gladiator.htm

Good Luck!

Thank you for your helpful comments. You provided me with helpful options.

hi dedios,
 
if you don't mind the ads at epinions.com, they have quite a number of
film reviewers worthy or your time.  some names I read consistently
are Grouch, sloucho, mangiotto, Curtis_Edmonds, and Donlee_Brussel. 
these are mostly regular guys who review films for the love of it and
who happen to write well and thoughtfully.  sometimes I think their
love of cinema may border a bit on the obsessive but we all have our
hobbies. ;-)
 
here are a couple of Grouch's on the films you mentioned. (used with
permission)
Remember the Titans:
http://www.epinions.com/content_18361978500
Gladiator:
http://www.epinions.com/mvie-review-7D75-1A67EEE-39176974-prod1
 
here are several other film sites definitely worth a look:
 
http://www.culturedose.com
http://www.filmfreakcentral.net
http://www.txreviews.com
http://www.allmovie.com
 
for foreign films, I've found these guys especially helpful for their
in depth analysis.
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/nathan_wolfson/reviews.html  **check out his
"Wings of Desire" essay if you're a Wim Wenders fan.