
Remember when people here gave me grief here only a few weeks ago for saying Rosenbaum is just an Armond White with tastes they agree with more often?
You know what else is Trumplike? Making a willfully ignorant social media post and then passive-aggressively backing down when challenged.domino harvey wrote:Oh, and here's the Trump comparison Bordwell objects to:
It's a shame, because there's quite a lot of really good film criticism on youtube these days, and I'm sure these assholes get far more views than (eg) Every Frame a Painting. I didn't love Kong, and it's a shame they baited Vogt-Roberts into responding on the same agonizingly pedestrian and dull level that represents their specialty, but his attack on them conceptually is absolutely correct- even if every little comment one of their videos made was technically accurate, it would still be stupid and tell you nothing about the quality of the film they're doing.mfunk9786 wrote:I just found out about this Cinema Sins garbage today thanks to this Vogt-Roberts tweetstorm and holy shit, it might be the stupidest thing to come out of online film culture I've ever seen, and that's including Ain't It Cool News and Hollywood Elsewhere. What a misguided, mean spirited, obnoxious thing it is. Nauseating that Vogt-Roberts even needed to take a moment out to distinguish it from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
So they folded but still want to make it sound like they're pulling strings to kill stories?We’ve had productive discussions with the newly installed leadership at The Los Angeles Times regarding our specific concerns, and as a result, we’ve agreed to restore access to advance screenings for their film critics
Worse yet, in that piece he refers to people with disabilities as "defective creatures". Fucking disgusting.Big Ben wrote:Check it before it's gone!
Masterful reviewer Rex Reed awards The Shape of Water one star. It's drivel apparently and is directed by the much loathed cinematic troll...Benecio del Toro.
As someone who is disabled it's rather disheartening to see but it's unfortunately a lot more common than you'd think. That being said it appears some of the plot described in the review is flat out inaccurate which is apparently something Reed has done before. From Wikipedia:solaris72 wrote:Worse yet, in that piece he refers to people with disabilities as "defective creatures". Fucking disgusting.Big Ben wrote:Check it before it's gone!
Masterful reviewer Rex Reed awards The Shape of Water one star. It's drivel apparently and is directed by the much loathed cinematic troll...Benecio del Toro.
I saw him getting roasted online by other critics and even del Toro himself struck back. I don't understand how this man is still writing and is taken seriously?Reed's 2012 review for The Cabin in the Woods attracted controversy, due to significant factual inaccuracies in his summary of the film, and his dismissive attitude towards anyone who disagreed with his negative opinion. The L Magazine's Henry Stewart noted "his review is literally about 50 percent inaccurate—factually, objectively wrong." His professionalism was also called into question when, in addition to the factual inaccuracies, many felt he was needlessly insulting and mean-spirited towards those who enjoyed the film.