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Is the Wikipedia page of a movie as much the meaning of life as the movie in question?


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Alien Covenant is currently filming, and when it gets released it'll be reviewed and perhaps be praised or criticised - either way, will its Wikipedia page be as much meaningful?

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Alien Covenant is currently filming, and when it gets released it'll be reviewed and perhaps be praised or criticised - either way, will its Wikipedia page be as much meaningful?

 

 

Well that's like asking if an art critic's review of a painter's exhibition is as meaningful as the art. Or if Rolling Stone's Magazine's review of a newly released album is as meaningful as the music itself. The answer to both of those is no.

 

You also asked to different questions, right? I mean, is the Wikipedia page REALLY a critical review? I would have to say that whenever I have read one on a movie or a piece of music or a painting even, they indeed were NOT so much as subjective reviews as they were objective (pretty much) descriptions of the item in question. Usually with a bit of history and context, such as listing the genre. They seem to be more along the lines of an Encyclopedia entry than a critical review. And I believe this is the intention as well.

 

Strange question you ask, I must say. But thanks. (are you currently doing some sort of school project or essay on Art Critique? I ask this in light of some of your other questions this past week.

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Thanks for replying. I just mean that a Wikipedia page is as much reality as a movie it's based on, therefore could people regard the page (even if the page isn't one of criticism) as being as meaningful as the movie itself.

 

I think I'm trying to say that Wikipedia pages about movies make me regard movies as less meaningful.

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