REVIEW TEXT

What is Review text ?

A review text is a flexible genre which may vary according to the nature of the creative work being worked on, the intended audience, and the aspects of the work considered worth commenting on.

The purpose of review text is to analyze and evaluate some creative works, and to inform people about its strengths and weaknesses.

The basic structure of a review text consists of four parts or components, they are:

1. Title
 

Briefly identifies the subject of the review in some interesting way, and generally is linked to the reviewer’s name.

2. Identification of the work
 

Identifies:

• The name of the creative work which is the subject of the review.
• What kind of work it is (such as film, movie, novel, research investigation, books, cassette etc)
• Its author(s), publisher or producer, and date of production. Not all these details are necessary.

3. Evaluation of the work
The reviewer describes particular aspects of the work, and offers their opinion regarding them, their quality, effectiveness, and so forth.

4. Conclusions/ recommendations
The reviewer summarizes their assessment of the value of the work, and makes recommendations regarding how others should regard the work.

Example Of Review Text :

A Site from Reog Boy

It has been appearing. It calls its self gusblake. It is a site of a boy from Ponorogo. If you have not known Ponorogo yet, it is one of regencies in East Java, Indonesia. Recently, this town has appeared as public issues because Reog Ponorogo, one of its local genius traditional dances got on the stage in Malaysia as its icon. I am not going to talk about this traditional culture. Instead of it, a site which has been built by a young boy with with this local reog spirit has attracted me much.
This site is trying to attract to the world. With its physical design, it is simple but easily eyes catcher. Each of the pages is divided into three columns with different size. The left wider column is for main content. The central positioned column is seemingly designed for monetizing and SEO tools. The rest column which takes place in the right side is taken place by archives, content summary and blogging community
This site concentrates to several topics, namely health, information, tips, trick, thought, personal sharing, technology, refreshing, travel and other topics. The author named Sofyan tries to present these topics seriously but in nice way.

Another Examples Of Review Text :

• Review Text (Ringkasan Materi)
• Contoh Review
• Harry Potter
• The Princess Diaries
• The Story To Kungfu Panda
• Music And Liric Moview
• The Last Emperor
• The Films Intact
• Mengejar Matahari

Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

J.K. Rowling

Bloomsbury 1997

Paperback

ISBN 0747532745

223pp


Judging by this first volume, the Harry Potter books are a fine addition to

English children’s fantasy literature. Harry Potter, orphaned when his parents are

killed by the evil wizard Voldemort, is taken in by his aunt and uncle, who are

Muggles — ordinary, non-magical people. Harry is rather out of place there, but

things improve greatly for him when he goes to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft

and Wizardry — except that one of the staff is in league with Voldemort.


Part of the attraction of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone comes from

the familiar but at the same time exotic setting of an English public school,

complete with houses and schoolboy adventures, in which Harry and his friends Ron

and Hermione struggle to save the world and win the house cup.


So Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will be a great Christmas present

for kids who haven’t read it yet — and it is a book that adults (at least those

without stunted imaginations) can read as well.


A book review by Danny Yee © 2000

The Princess Diaries

THE PRINCESS DIARIES

Meg Cabot

Harper Collins

Young Adult

ISBN: 0380814021

304 pages

As the hilariously funny tale called The Princess Diaries begins, Mia

Thermopolis is just a regular high school freshman at Albert Einstein High School.

Well, as regular as you can be when you live in a loft in downtown New York with

your flighty artist Mom. And as regular as you can be when your best friend is

Lilly, a punky and spunky militant who produces her own TV show.

As readers can guess from the title, this book takes the form of a diary, written

by Mia. Over the span of a month, she relates her daily woes and embarrassments in

heart breaking detail. As with most teenaged girls, Mia thinks she is hopeless,

looks-wise. She’s tall — 5’9″ — and klutzy, and not so gifted in the chest

department.


Then there is school. One of Mia’s biggest problems is the fact she is

flunking Algebra and, to make matters worse, her Mom has begun dating her teacher.

Gross.


In the boy department, the cutest one in school has the locker next to hers,

but doesn’t even know Mia exists, even as his snooty girlfriend Lana, a popular

cheerleader, torments her. And to top it off, Mia is developing some sort of weird

crush on Michael, Lilly’s computer nerd brother.


Then one day, Mia finds out she is a princess. Okay, I know that doesn’t sound

bad to most girls, but Mia hates the idea instantly. How does this fairy tale come

true? Her father is ruler of the principality of Genovia and since Mia is his only

child, she is next in line to the throne. Her dad sends in the big guns to convince

Mia that being a princess is what she is meant to do: her formidable grandmother

comes to New York to give Mia “Princess Lessons”. And as the word spreads around

Albert Einstein High School that Mia is royalty, her life just gets more crazy.


The ending of The Princess Diaries is a twisty one and will leave you joining

for more stories of Mia and the rest of her friends.


Reviewed by Jennifer Abbots


Taken from www.teenreads.com

The Story To Kung Fu Panda

The story to ‘Kung Fu Panda’ is nothing really new, but it is told so well as

to actually pack an emotional punch. And it never comes off as laughable, which in

lesser hands could easily have happened. Speaking of laughs, there are many to be

had here as well. ‘Kung Fu Panda’ works on just about every level a family movie

can.


The cast features Jack Black as Po the Panda. The furious five, the most

feared group of warriors in all of China, consists of Tigress (Angelina Jolie),

Monkey (Jackie Chan), Mantis (Seth Roger), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (David

Cross).

Their master is Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), a fur ball creature who is a legendary

teacher of Kung Fu. Escaped from prison and on hi way to claim the Dragon Scroll,

which will make him the all powerful Dragon Warrior, is the good gone bad Tai Lung

(Ian McShane). But first, he’ll have to muscle his way around 400 pounds of panda

to get to it.


‘Kung Fu Panda’ is a damn good time at the movies. This was the movie that

Dreamworks Animation so desperately needed after the disappointing ‘Shrek The

Third’. With gorgeous animation, spectacular action, a great cast and dramatic

weight of an Akira Kurosawa film, Kung Fu Panda is one of the favourite movie of

the year.

Music And Lyrics Movie Review

Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a washed-up 80’s pop star who’s been reduced to

working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic

and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman

(Haley Bennett) invites him to write and record a duet with her, but there’s a

problem–Alex hasn’t written a song in years, he’s never written lyrics, and he has

to come up with a hit in a matter of days, enter Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore),

Alex’s attractively quirky lady, whose fl air for words strikes a chord with the

struggling songwriter. On the rebound from a bad relationship,

Sophie is reluctant to collaborate with anyone, especially commitment-phobe Alex.

As their chemistry heats up at the piano and under it, Alex and Sophie will have to

face their fears–and the music–if they want to find the love and success they both

deserve.


Casts : HUGH GRANT, DREW BARRYMORE, KRISTEN JOHNSTON, JASON ANTOON, BILLY GRIFFITH


Duration : 96 minutes


Directed by : MARC D. LAWRENCE


Written by : MARC D. LAWRENCE


Producer : NANCY JUVONEN, BRUCE BERMAN, HAL GABA


Production Company : WARNER BROS. PICTURES

The Last Emperor

Don’t go to see Don’t go to see The Last Emperor if you are expecting a history

lesson. Bertolucci’s epic about the rise and fall of Pu Yi is hard to follow and

confusing at times. But he has done a remarkable job of portraying the Chinese

culture, and he has captured China in stunningly beautiful images. There are some

touching scenes, as when the young Pu Yi’s nurse is taken from him. Unfortunately,

the movie is too long and tends to drag at times.

Films Intact

Frederico and Sam are two lucky men, Frederico survived an earthquake and has

the power to wrench fortune from those around him: he has the gift, Sam is a

survivor of the Jewish holocaust and manages a casino in the middle of a lava

desert. One day, Frederico challenges Sam who expels him from paradise, taking his

gift from him.


Years later, Frederico thinks that he has found in Tomas, the only survivor of

an air accident, the instrument of his vengeance. By teaching him to control

fortune, he can use him to return to the casino and challenge the God of fortune.

Together they begin a journey of initiation, a succession of ever more strange and

difficult tests in which the highest bet is the luck of others; luck, which in this

game is captured in a simple photograph. Everything goes well until Sara, a

policewoman who survives a car accident which kills her family, becomes obsessed

with discovering what is behind these clandestine games in which death and luck

become enmeshed. In which only one ca remain intact. This film is really worth

watching.

Mengejar Matahari

Another Indonesian romantic drama feature film by a young and talented director, Hanung Bramantyo, will soon be released director, Hanung Bramantyo, will soon be released this year. Fans of Marcella Zalianty, Bucek Deep, and Arie Untung Kuncoro will be able to see their idol acting in the movie titled BROWNIES. The film is produced by SinemArt, which also produced: Mengejar Matahari".
The theme is simple; it's about love. Love-with its bittersweet story-becomes the highlight that enriches the movie plot. The reason is quite obvious, love theme always attracts more audience to com to the cinema.
Mel (Marcella Zalianty), a copywriter in an advertising agency, has a life that's focused on her job. Although Mel is engaged to Joe (Philip Yusuf), Didi (Renia)-her close friend-questions if Joe is really Mel's kind of guy. Later in the story, Mel finds out that Joe has been going out with another girl all this time. Then, Mel, meets Are (Bucek Deep), a young artist who writes, owns a bookstore, and makes brownest! Are even has a small brownest shop that Mel loves to visit. Are's artistic attitude and Joe's betrayal have clearly affected Mel's life.
BROWNIES is the first Indonesian movie that is shot using Panasonic High Definition cameras, which results in a film that looks as if it's recorded on standard celluloid film, while squeezing production cost.

(taken from; C'nS magazine vol. 4 no. 27) Spoof Text

Eden Lake

Good Points:

Impressive acting, perfect setting (in England!) and a very strong story that builds up throughout, Great Directing and builds up so much suspense... Overall a very well made film!

Bad Points:

However I personally do not like the storyline...

General comments:

Eden Lake was possibly the most depressing film I've ever experienced.. I've never come away from a cinema with such a 'low - down' feeling. I wont give anything away, but basically the storyline is a man and women, deeply in love, go away on a break... some naughty teens start to cause some trouble with them and one thing leads onto another, ending up with a lot of torture, pain, loss and upset. But the aspect of the film that got me, which was clear, was Eden Lake was not actually a 'normal' horror... for example, I didn't find one part a 'on the edge of your seat' experience, or 'jumpy', or even scary... it was basically watching a prefect couple get completely ruined in such a twisted way... and then the film just ends with no uplift, just depressing in my opinion. Eden Lake is definitely not a film to go on and see on a first date, believe me! More of a film to watch before planning to kill yourself!


(taken from:www.reviewcentre.com)

Review

Purpose:
to critique or evaluate an art work or event for a public audience

Generic Structure:
1. Orientation
2. Evaluation
3. Interpretative Recount
4. Evaluation
5. Evaluative Summation

Language features:
1. Focus on specific participants
2. Using adjectives
3. Using long and complex clauses
4. Using metaphor