Uses and Gratification: Information

This youtube movie review for 'Elysium' is very informative and shows the good points to the film as well as the bad points, for example he highlights Matt Damon for being an amazing actor in the film and really living up to the expectations of the film and the hype. However the actress Jodie Foster does not. This is a very good review because it helps the audience decide if the film is worth seeing or not. The youtuber himself, Chris Stuckmann, has over 60,000 subscribers so this shows that he is a respected movie reviewer, this could have been cause by the 2 step flow theory which is passive, he could have got so popular by people telling their friends about him. As well as this, Stuckmann makes the film sound very good, and because of this it could make his audience want to go see the 'Elysium'. He uses pictures of the film so the audience can visualise the points he is talking about. He provides a lot of information about the film, which is a main point of uses and gratification.