Have blogs and online film reviews changed film criticism?

Have blogs and online film reviews changed film criticism?

Blogs and online film reviews have definitely changed the medium of film criticism, because now it's really in the hands of the people. People can read all types of reviews anytime they want to, they can really get an advance buzz on a movie really early on, and find out where movies are playing, find out if it has bad or good buzz, because there are all sorts of people out there seeing these movies. Some of them are bloggers who are actually now invited to the screenings, and some of them are secret spies who go to a screening and then post, "This movie isn't all it's cracked up to be, stay away from this one", or "This movie's fantastic, it's really a surprise." So people really get a sense now early on what's good and what's not, and also these reviews are being written in a way that's very accessible to everybody. People can go online and get really honest, unadulterated opinions. Now they may not always be the most intellectually written things, but people are certainly responding.