This thesis aims to explore theories in aesthetics and philosophy of criticism,in order to understand why disagreement occur in film evaluations and possible reasons. Subsequently, the relationship between subjective preferences and objective properties in film evaluations will also be explored. In the first section of the thesis, a theoretical foundation will be provided for context. Malick as a director will be introduced, together with theories regarding intention, value, objectivity, and aesthetics. In the second section, three film reviews with different ratings from three film critics will be analyzed, to distill the essence of film evaluations. This thesis will show that there is reason to believe that objective properties exist in film objectsand that there are ways to evaluate these properties. The results will also show that an evaluation has several components, and that it is possible to judge one evaluation to be more or less justified than another, based on the strength of this reasoning and inclusion of the different components.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118723 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Simonsson, Pierre |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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