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The reason why you hate the bad stuff because like a parent your not angery you just want them to do better you know. They can do better once you bring there flaws to he surface not. Out of spite or hate but because you care.
We focus on failure because we instictively want to learn from them. If we can understand where it went wrong, and how it should have gone instead, there's a lesson to be learned. So to make critisism whole and satisfying, the solution is to dissect how a piece of media failed, and how to fix it.
So true, thinking about how I would "fix" a flaw, inconsistency, or issue is one of the first things I do when I start to criticize any media Especially if it had great ideas, but terrible/flawed execution
True, as one can easily see by how often critics try to give solutions for writing problems of many movies. Some even put the effort in to fully rewrite certain movies to show a way on how this and that movie could have been much better. This is not negativity, far from it. It shows the passion of the critics who just want the movies to be good.
Stuckman has joined the elite filmmakers without being invited in. He honestly comes off like he's above the plebs since he made a film. That he didnt even pay for..
It's not Chris's argument I have a problem with, it's his hypocrisy. His popularity was derived from him crapping on other people's work(see his SW prequel videos) but now that he's making his own movies and he realized "Oh crap people can do to my work what ive been doing to others work" then suddenly NOW he's against harsh criticism of film.
Every Frame a Painting was very popular while it was around. People are extremely enthusiastic to celebrate greatness. We're just in a period where even mediocrity is too high a bar for Hollywood, so there isn't much to celebrate.
Feedback and criticism help people get better. Consider the movie 12 Angry Men: everyone in that room strongly disagreed with each other, but they eventually worked together. Feedback and criticism helps individuals improve, whether it’s personal or related to their work.
The reason negativity is interesting is because most media is either okay or pretty good, which is nifty but there's not a whole lot to talk about. There are more things that are 1-4/10s than there are masterpieces. Also, most great things people agree are great (unless they pull out the "it's overrated because I found it boring" which just means it's not for you because your subjective boredom is not a concrete flaw) but a lot of bad things people back into corners to defend their precious goo so as a result its nessecary to explain the ways those things mess up.
I’m really liking your arguments! To sort of counter, but more so agree, all I can share is my experience: I did not enjoy Greatest Showman. I hated it. I loathed it entirely. I left the theatre expecting my friends and family to feel the same. They didn’t - every one of them loved it. I was shocked, and totally alone in my feelings. I found others online that shared my sentiment and frustrations, and felt better. I had my reasons, and I cared a lot about why my expectations weren’t met. I appreciated feeling heard in my frustrations. However, because I was immature, I was also acting like a jerk. It started with frustration, but turned into hate. Others enjoyed themselves with the film. I thought they were stupid for doing so. “They just don’t know any better, they’re just literal children with child-brains, etc.” But no matter how hard I tried to convince them that it was bad, whether I succeeded or whether I failed to do so, I didn’t feel better about myself. I kept feeling angry, and I kept not enjoying myself. THAT I think is the real negativity to combat. That is insecurity. And yes, those are strong emotions that others use art forms to create with. And it is natural to feel those emotions. But it controls the artist rather than the other way around. That being said, I agree with this video. There are clear ways to express frustrations, and that can bring about a lot of good (it sure helped Martin Luther, for example) but I guess what I wanted to add is that there’s a drive of hatred I believe for some that make matters worse. People who critique film criticism itself just need to recognize the difference.
One thing to add (because I can’t edit for some reason), I didn’t realize this was a counter video to Chris’s - I didn’t watch it beforehand, so now I understand that you were more so combating his arguments
I also have the experience of hating a movie that most others I know loved. I find that I spend a lot of time frustrated, trying to explain and rationalize why I found the movie awful. I do try to find someone who doesn’t mind me talking negatively about the film, because as you said trying to convince people who loved a film that they should hate it is mean-spirited. When I find someone methodically voicing all the same criticisms I had, I find it cathartic. It removes a lot of the frustration and disappointment I had from the film.
I won't stop speaking truthfully for anyone. I won't encourage other people to stop speaking truthfully. But you are entilted to not do it, whatever allows your conscience to sleep at night. I encourage you and anyone to speak your mind and in good faith, gathering the most amount of accurate information you can, with the best logic you can think of. It's not about perfection, it's about striving to the best possible good one can accomplish. Good luck.
I used to feel bad for my amateurish writing, but looking at current Hollywood, I realized that maybe my skills are slightly better than most of these overpaid clowns.
Thank you for this. On top of what you’ve said, criticism is also a form of helping people improve. It’s hard to know what you may have done wrong when looking at your own art, so having people give tips on what to change and why, is the best way to help them get better! Praising everything just because it’s “more positive” does more harm than criticism- by ignoring the flaws, it is more likely for those flaws to show up in the future
Something I would add is that one of the reasons we more frequently gravitate towards the negative is because it's simply easier to point out why something didn't work for you. The moment something negatively impacted you, you noticed. The more these moments pile on, the more your brain starts compiling a list and even looking for more problems. If you're enjoying a movie and it does a lot of good things, then there's the possibility that you won't ever stop to think why you're having such a good time (which is also why positive praise and positive criticism tends to be so bland and repetitive. If you're a video gamer, you've probably heard the term "visceral combat" used even when no viscera is present in the combat). However, by reflecting on what you dislike, you can start to look to the things you like and think "Wait... why DID I like that so much?" Especially if, after several rewatchings, you start to notice the little issues and flaws. By understanding what we don't like, it helps us understand what we like, and even understand our own biases and what we're willing to forgive. There's also one additional factor that you pretty much touch on towards the end there: if you disliked something that seems to be getting endless praise everywhere else, creating that negative critique can not only be cathartic, but can also create a sort of oasis for others. "Oh, man, I thought I was the only one who thought this way! I'm not crazy after all!" That, itself, is incredibly valuable and, as you noted, can turn negativity into something positive. Admittedly, I've been trying my hand at this criticism thing long enough that I prefer analyzing things I enjoy over critiquing that which I dislike, BUT I even have negative criticisms of what I like so it's not all brainless praise, AND I've been trying to critique things for nearly 20 years and these old man bones are tired. However, I kind of appreciate people critiquing movies I'll never see and breaking down their negative attributes because the critique itself is often informative, plus it creates a window into that individual. You and Little Platoon/LostChord will watch and discuss movies I'll never see, but I don't watch you for the sake of hating on something. These days I'm even apathetic to the films you discuss. It is your brains I'm more fascinated in. Which, again, is a positive. In these times of depression, economically, politically, and every other-ically way conceivable, escapism is good, but so is connection. If the wealthy elite in charge of the arts are doing a poor job with their escapism, then the consumer has the right, privilege, and one could even argue duty to let those wealthy elite know they're failing. If the criticism creates connections between humans, then all the better, because it's better for people to feel as if they're understood than isolated and alone. Thank you for the video.
I think a lot of negative criticism does come from passionate fans. We like to dunk on movies because it’s fun, yes, but at the same time I don’t think fans of a franchise should settle for less than what the studios are capable of. At the same time certain people take it too far where they eventually enjoy the negative discourse more than the media itself.
Damn, you have a real knack for this: both the visual design and putting thoughts into words. I completely agree with your assessment surrounding the whole "people are too negative" whining. Just because lots and lots of people are critiquing the absolute state of modern Hollywood doesn't mean that there is no reason to do so. In fact, be glad that they do, it means they still care; the true death of cinema is apathy. Keep up the good work :)
19:19 I think you put it perfectly. It’s easier to make videos on bad movies because you want to have a good experience from the franchise you love. And the only way to get that is by creating your own art discussing it. So it does create a paradox where negative criticism acts as a catharsis for positive emotions.
One thing I found interesting in the GRRM quote is that he asserts HE was 'criticizing right' and everyone who says bad things (about his product is implied) is unqualified and 'doing it wrong'.
To accept criticism is to learn from our mistakes. I don't think GRRM has been told "no" or "that wasn't good" enough times since he was surrounded by money... and I think it is common among the extremely successful, they forget the importance of people like editors (whose job is to criticise their work) or managers (whose job it is to tell GRRM "to write the Winds Of Winter ffs George") so when they hear someone say it they take it personally. Stuckman on the other hand is just a coward.
Lately I've only experienced movies through your lens by way of your channel. I'm more into rewatching science fiction television than engaging in the current state of movies. Great work Nutsa!
Simple: people really just want most things to be good enough. We know most things won’t be incredible. There are only a few masterpieces; only a few supermodels; only a few real heroes. We know most things will just be alright, and that’s good enough for us. So when someone comes along and makes bad or subpar things, it genuinely ruins our day. We’re not asking for everything to be great; we just want things to not be bad.
People who complain about negative media discourse tend to forget that the number of consumers who are discussing media and care about it is not that high. The internet might come together and agree that Fast and Furious or Transformers movies are bad but the vast majority of the general public would easily give those movies an 8/10 or something - and rarely think about it again. Ask your family and relatives what they think about that plainly silly blockbuster movie and they'll probably have liked it and thought it was good, which is fine - not everyone needs be nerdy about storytelling - but you can see what that entails in scoring. Most shows and movies you see on IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, etc, books on Goodreads or games on various plataforms are rated a lot highers than we, who are nerdy about this stuff, would rate them. The reaction to this overwhelming, almost default positivity that normies have when experiencing any piece of media is to try to breed more critical discourse surrounding it, which will often go negative. The reality is though, no matter how much people on Twitter, RU-vid and Reddit hate on something, the vast majority of the reactions to it tend to always be overwhelmingly positive, so complaining about criticism always seem like talking about a smaller issue to me. Yes, I wish most people, most consumers would give a second thought to what they put their money into instead of just buying the 90th Sims 4 expansion pack or lining up to watch the 60th Marvel movie. If that was the case, those who care about media, beyond quick entertainment, wouldn't have to overcompensate for this, often, complacenct positivity towards poorly made movies, shows, games, books, etc, but that not our situation right now. Does that mean we should only embrace negativity in this circle? Well, no. Breaking down how solid, good or great something is has the same value. It's simply that the positive reception *is* the norm, despite what spending a lot of time on the internet might lead you to believe.
I was never huge on Transformers, but I used to be a fan of Fast & Furious (I was a car kid), I still like the first 3 or 5 movies, but I see no point of continuing the franchise beyond Paul Walker's dead (coincidentally he died in a Porsche, just like James Dean), now it's all like a mix between Marvel and Transformers, it's Mission Impossible but with cars, and I'd rather watch M:I for that.
This is not directly related but this is similar to why in fandoms (especially shipping fandoms) it's important for people to have spaces to talk about those things they hate, whether it's a ship or a character. I'm talking just about a space, not attacking people who do like what you hate (that is unnecessary harrassment and an asshole move), because it's unrealistic and frankly not healthy for people to contain their negative emotions. It's much more catharthic to give people a space to rant maybe even interact with others just as angry as them to channel that and express themselves to let it out of their chest. We have tags, we have content warnings, there's way for people who don't want to see that to avoid us! As long as I'm not personally attacking someone for having a different opinion, why shouldn't I talk about how much something sucks? It's easier for me to coexist with the rest of the people, knowing I have that space to do so, than if I didn't.
What's ironic is that all of Martin's writing is him criticizing Tolkien, general novel writing, and at one point: his own imagined readers (but he's probably just projecting there).
Man, I'm pretty sure George R.R. Martin's just looking for excuses not to write at this point. Like, I feel like he's just saying this kind of stuff to bait a reaction so in a year or so he can say some nonsense like "Winds of Winter was supposed to be out by now, but the harassment from fans made me afraid to release anything". I was firmly in the camp of cutting Martin some slack but when he released that blog talking about anti-fans and how he's spending all his days watching politics and news on tv, I lost quite a bit of faith in the man.
There is an interesting thing when it comes to how humans interact with the world. We don't praise anything when it does what it expected to do. When that thing performs its function there is nothing extraordinary about that. Criticisms can be levied to make that thing better than what it was, but it takes people who are highly invested in that thing to try to improve upon it. The rest of the population doesn't bother with that though because it fulfilled its function to satisfaction. When it comes to media criticism, this same standard applies. I've seen thousands of movies (I'm gen X). The movies that I will gush about for hours and watch every reaction or commentary video I come across over those movies are either insanely good or insanely bad. To me, Casablanca is one of the few perfect films. I will drone on and on about it if given a chance. At the same time though, I'll do the same thing for an Ed Wood movie despite his utter lack of skill or talent when it comes to making movies. It is the properties that fall sort of mediocre, in either direction, that cause us to question, criticize and praise. Why would I want to bother droning on and on about the John Candy movie "Delirious?" It isn't Candy's best work. Its serviceable and entertaining, but not perfect or horrible. It is precisely what it is supposed to be. There may be some people that have it as their favorite movie, but rare few will ever say its underappreciated so it will likely be lost to the annals of time.
People learn more from failure than from success. Especially when someone points it out. Well, that's how it's supposed to work (looking at you, Hollywood).
Humanity has always been the same. People have always been attracted to negativity, it's just that the internet has brought it to light, especially to those who don't want to see it
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I always pondered why we tend to criticize and see negative stuff so easily but also why doing the opposite is so difficult, I came to the conclusion that we as human being see good as a normal natural thing that should happen always, being a good person should be the norm, having a job that pays well based on the amount of work you do should be the norm, consuming entertainment should always be good, there might be different types of if that we may enjoy and others that we dont but just because of that we dont see it as a bad just not of our preferences. So when something is out of that norm it falls into the not good as result the negativity and criticism comes in, this shouldnt have been like this, it only they would changed this aspect, how did they even think this is acceptable etc etc etc, however one thing that I notice is that there are like 3 tipes of people when it comes to criticism, 1 the ones that care too much, 2 the ones that dont care and 3 the ones that have a sheep like mindset in which everything related to said thing is always good because they like said thing The people who care too much are always the vocal ones, they have passion they want to see it better over time and it hurts when it objectively isnt therefore they go out and make their grievances known The ones who don't care just forget about it, dont pay attention, cant get into it and move one The ones who have the sheep mentality tend to be very immature and have some sort of weird loyalty to the brand more than genuine love over be it writing, game design, music composition, they are just there cuz "I like this because reasons and I devote myself to it" who endup clashing a lot with the ones that care too much
Brilliant video! You are absolutely right on every point you make! The reason why youtube users watch more and more movie criticism is badly written movies, and since there are so many bad movies the only way to get fun out of movies is to watch videos of good critics dunking on those movies. So basically those people consume the critical videos out of love for movies. Well, and for the humor of course ^^
Okay, life is about the balance of all things. Yes, it’s natural that we’re attracted to and fascinated by tragedies, negativity, etc. But I fear that we are perpetuating the amount of negativity and hate to an unhealthy level, thereby tipping the balance too far in the wrong direction. Thoughts?
When you have studied religion & filosofi for years at the university, had hundreds of student, gone of to war, started family and suddenly find a random young Georgian (Afghanistan GRG troops cheers 🍻) on youtube and she tells you some great filosofi. F-Yeah 💪 Awesome channel! Keep at it! And dont be to mad a Stuckmann, he"ll come arouns after being in the movie buissness long enougth to understand the value of criticism. ❤
It's always a happy and sad occasion to see one of your video pop up. Happy because I know I'm about to watch a video of quality but sad because it will take a month or 2 before I get to see another.
Looking at film criticism, what makes someone think negatively about a movie? Something about the movie made them feel that way after watching it. It’s insane how society can turn such a simple question and answer into such a problem. I’m just thankful for the small handful of people here on youtube, (like nutsa) who address this.
What I find crazy is people not realising everyone does that, and I'm not speaking about spreading negativity, but about talking about (or using for "profit" of all kind) negative experiences. I take the story-teller cap to explain my shenanigans, and my personal style is to recount the events in the funniest way possible. Not to avoid/hide the true emotions I felt, but to make it something positive. It's also how we learn and teach. Negativity is an integral part of the human experience. It's inevitable. Pretending it's not there won't make it go away. Embracing it and trying to elevate it to a nice experience though... Now THAT's interesting, imo.
Martin’s comment is true but there is another problem and it is a deeper one. We are in an era where those who create media for financial reasons do so without financial mindsets. They make personal or pet projects and act like we are supposed to applaud things most writers have outgrown or refined by the time they are at that level. Deus ex machinas, plot contrivances, self insert characters, two dimensional villains, being able to see who the final boss of the story is either by recognizing the kind of person who bullied the writer in high school or someone the writer wishes they could be if cultural morality wasn’t in their way. These perpetual children who failed upward but never spent the hundreds of thousands of hours of their life building worlds and stories that never were “good enough” to make it to the page. Some of us bleed for our passioncraft. Back in the day, a small but passionate percentage of us would squeeze their way into the spotlight and past corporate suits to make something truly majestic and breathtaking and then become the new sultans of the realm. That doesn’t happen anymore. Now giant children who don’t care what their audience thinks or feels go out of their way to be petty and snipe at people who don’t agree with them because they were never forced to forge a villain so damned good that despite disagreeing with every single stance and belief they had, you still gave a damn about them as a person. Or one so truly deliciously evil that they pull all the strings of your humanity while seeming to have none of their own. They aren’t self aware They aren’t self critical Their compassion is token and hollow. They do not breathe the fine complexities of political intrigue that never needs to be told directly to the audience. And since these modern writers lack this or cut it from their budget because the suits told them they needed more CG or political messaging from Hollywood… It becomes pointless and hollow. No one in the industry cares and we want them to be forced to care. We celebrate because it proves that we can still punish apathy and reward passion. But it is short lived these days. When you endlessly attack the fans… they attack back. Especially if you won’t go away. So that’s my assessment
No you have a lot of great points and if you need to call a lot of these ego centric narcissists adult children, go ahead because they certainly act in the same manner
@@Thomasmemoryscentral I’m not calling them that. It is what they are. I wish I was wrong and I wish the stories we parade with inflated budgets were worth what was paid on them. But we are not in that era anymore. And I am writing for me but hoping that even if I never see the success of my stories that I do enough to impact my passioncraft so others can build something from the pieces I leave behind.
I agree with you 100%. BUT It does bother me when casual viewers leave nothing but negative comments and vitriol for otherwise good shows. I first really noticed this reading what people have to say about House of the Dragon (specifically S2). It’s an amazing show, one that brings back everything we all loved about GoT, yet people are ripping into it, giving it one star and horrible reviews, because there weren’t enough DRAGONS. 🤦♂️ People like that are the reason we can’t have nice things. But you’re right when it comes to creators, art, and human nature. I just think good shows - REALLY good shows, objectively good shows, especially in context with other releases we’re seeing - need to be recognized for what they’re doing right. Otherwise, we can’t really blame the studios for not delivering consistency. How could they? Just read the comments for HotD and you’ll be as confused as the studio probably is. I just hope they stay true to their vision.
Critiquing others and their work pointing out those flaws helps use and others see those flaws in ourselves and help overcome them and not make the same mistakes, that's my take anyway
I think part of the reason YT film criticism is so... Critical, is because it's an entertainment sector unto itself. Some channels are doing legitimate deep dives like a film analysis course, while some are simply having a good time to entertain their audience. The mistake film creators make is believing that they own the audience and any criticism is pulling audience away from them. In reality, a lot of the RU-vid audience was never going to watch the Bad Movie in question, they are here for an entirely different style of entertainment. Both are ok.
People who are terminally online were reacting to Stuckman's positive Madame Web video and Martin's comments on how fandom these days is all negative. These two things created a lot of buzz on X and other social media platforms.
YT seems to have deleted my comment so here goes again. Stuckman released a positive review of Madame Web and Martin made comments about how fandom is mostly negative these days. If you're not on social media, you probably didn't experience the reactions.
Im not even like Movies that much ...i mean, the ones you talking about. So i was just popping in for wasting time, but i watched in the end the hole thing. So, good Job! :) Keep the good work coming!!! Love from Berlin :)
Nothing has inspired me to want to write fiction with real genuine excitement more than a 5 hour criticism of The Multiverse of Madness, but the things that have come close? Other criticisms.
I point out the flaws b/c i know it could be better, to not point them out it to say its okay that its bad. not b-movie bad, but obj bad. The fight scene in TLJ was flashy and all, but it was bad. if they had taken the time to make it good, to make sense and be flashy. id praise it.
The majority of stuff that gets a lot of heat is well deserved imo. I think it's not about spreading negativity to attract people because it's not a mass media or professional journalism, it's a personal opinion of a single person. I view criticism as a demonstration of dissatisfaction and disagreement between the audience and company, government whatever. And shills who defend those shows and movies are the type of people who say "leave the multi billion dollar company alone" lmao. So speak, speak your truth
monalisa is actually a very average painting of some random woman, i dont even know whats the whole craze behind that thing is. there was better stuff painted on the walls inside the pyramids thousands of years ago
G.R.R.M. i do believe is being disingenuous. It seems that he doesn't know how to end his series. He also is a very smart man, who understands politics in the small and big "p" sense of the word (as shown in his work). I do think, given his understanding of politics, that he knows he is in trouble. It is convinient for him to believe that "negativity" is a bad thing at the moment. Was GRRM an 'anti-fan' for asking about Aragorn's tax policy? This is obviously a nitpick, given that economic policy is not the point of Lord of the Rings, it is a mytho-poetic work. Yet his whole work according to him was experienced by this nit-pickyness My other 'conspiracy theory' is that GRRM's attitude towards 'anti-fandom' has to do with finishing his series and the reception of season 8. I think that Bran King and Daenerys burning down King's Landing were in the notes he gave D&D. Of course they fucked up. But it seems that even he has had difficulty to move the pieces to create a satisfying ending, even before Season 8, and him watching the reaction has made him extra cautious and resentful of his fanbase. This is to indicate that if we adopt the frame, that everyone is a bad actor, it is seems that the "other camp" is generally more established or trying to be (Stuckmann). Therefore the are pro-status quo, because it is convinient. It is a tactical positivity. They will, of course, complain but they can blame George Positive Guy for teaching me this mode of thinking, through his work 😛
This is an interesting perspective. The way I see it people often look at Negativity as Offense and Positivity as Defense. A lot of this is a semantic issue. No one ever feels "attacked" for what they would consider a "positive" review. People complaining about "negative" reviews are often "defending" a movie they enjoyed. It's less about the content and about the way it makes people feel. If I wrote a scathing review in the form of a satire so that it was less clear in what ways I am criticizing the movie people would be less likely to call me negative. If I wrote a review but praised only the good things and then left the score a 1/10, people would be less apt to call me negative (they might call me other things though). There are a million other factors that go into why we act the way we do online but tribalism and parasocial relationships play a part. I could make the argument that perhaps using the internet as therapy isn't the healthiest way to conduct ourselves any more than lashing out at someone who is giving a movie a bad review. The internet is not something any of us are and probably will be within our lifetimes equipped to deal with.
I been trying to come to terms with my disappointment in my favorite films. Star Wars sequal Trilogy has been hard for me to rectify with. I defended Episode 8 for years and it was an experience that brought me to tears because I thought so much of it and it really was not. I have been trying to figure out this longing for a satisfying fulfillment of my fandom. It's a childhood cup that can never be full again. I have mostly turned away from star wars now. Which is crazy when people know the kind of fan I am. I use to consume everything. Not anymore. I have moved on. I found the satisfying fulfillment in Dune part 1 and 2. That was the craving I been having for so long that finally got me to feel that I should celebrate By partying in the street. Avengers Endgame got the epic conclusion that truely felt we had seen the peak of super hero films. And now we can only remember what the good times were. I have debated on starting a youtube channel talking about this. But I Don't know what I can say that already has been said. Soo... I started writing my own science fiction fantasy epic. Maybe I can have this made one day. But I hope I can at least write my own novel and celebrate my own creativity.
I first became aware of you on EFAP. You are getting very, very good at this. It's exciting to have a new voice out there. Please find an easier way for me to give you $$$ as I don't like signing up for things like Patreon.
Another fantastic vid Nutsa, you make some fantastic points here. I have found that terrible writing/production makes me value the standouts even better; I was re-listening to the efap she-hulk videos and realized how lucky we were to get Daredevil seasons 1-3 or even classics like Hill Street Blues. The idea that we should only talk about things we like is asinine because identifying good things in a work inevitably contrasts against bad things in another work.
Great video! I've had Note to Self stuck in my head since your last one and I'm delighted that I've been entertained by another video of yours so soon. 😊
Space Odyssey intro was worth it, my very first thought was “oh, sick as hell!” And my very second was “how long did that take?” Hilarious with the glowing youtube bubble. Nutsa are cinema. Nutsa sure edita like it’s-a movie.
I think part of this has to do with the boss syndrome or what I like to call the boss syndrome which is just say that if you had a job and you were expected to get your work done and you got 90% of your work done you would not get praise for the 90% that you got right you would get criticized for the 10% you got wrong or didn't do. Because the work being done is the expectation you don't get praised for doing the work you just get to keep your job then. Now if you do your work and then go above and beyond on top of that that's a different matter and that will likely get you praise but doing the work is the expectation not doing the work will get you scolded
I've been watching your content since that initial boom and this was your first subjectively bad video so I will allow myslef to spread bit of negativity and criticism upon you. First of all, successes and positivities are sometimes celebrate and we indeed should do it more often whenever its possible. Obviously not in stupid forms like clapping when plane successfuly lands. But instead in forms of how Avengers Endgame was praised when it delivered on the built up hype pretty well. Or how new Puss in Boots movie got praised when it surprised us all how superior to any new cartoon it was. Criticisng absolutely does work and its why we call them "critics" and not "praisers" People are absolutely more overall inclined to focus on usually unexpected outcomes like hyped movie flopping. But the point is that this should not blind us to only criticise and never praise as you do. Criticise when its just, but frankly, giving some good movie prop-up sometimes would really be refreshing content on your channel after all this time. Its indeed in our nature to be interested in "titanics" but we humans are unique because we can overcome our primitive nature. Just how we can against all odds master completely counter-intuitive logics and mysteries of science, we too can master our emotions and give a shot to heavily criticised movies and discover that may be actually great. I will put Napoleon as example. How much hate it got for being historically inacurate and how terrible movie it was. Yet I would say the innacuraces are mild at best and Napoleon himself is very well depicted, all within very intense and visually stunning movie, full of action. (unlike so praised either parts of Dune which I wrestled not to fall asleep to) Its even more ironic considering how Gladiator movie is so praised while being way worse offender of historical innacuraces. But Napoleon was made during times of endless horde of internet critics who was quick to point out any and all mistakes of it, while Gladiator is not relevant enough to be similarly tharshed nowdays while known enough to be praised as "great" movie. TLDR: I simply dont agree. Negativity sells. Whether you know it or not, you and many others like you take a full advantage of it and get famous for spreading it. But positive emotions could also be well recieved and put into well constructed videos that would be more than enjoyable to watch ... buuuuut for that you'd have to spend less time making visuals and more writing a script as its far easier to criticise than to praise :) (which is exactly that allowed me to make this long ass comment and turn myself from fan to jerk so damn quickly)
I really tried to like Napoleon, the film looks stunning, costume and set design, I can say I enjoyed it, but ofc if you read more profoundly about Napoleon, you're gonna hate it, but it truly had the tools to be far more great, I fell the film too short for the story it wanted to tell, maybe the extended cut improves it (as usual with Ridley Scott, a living legend but also a hit or miss by now). Also, Gladiator is one of my favorite movies ever, I'm very aware of it's innacuracies, but that dosen't put the movie down, it already had a great story, characters, actors, set, battles, photography, score, etc... Same with Indiana Jones to me, I never stopped loving it because of it's historical innacuracies, Indy, just like Maximus, is ficticious, I can forgive those flaws, I like to think they're an alternate universe to ours.
@@jesustovar2549 so why cant you do the same with Napoleon as with Jones or Gladiator? But yes, I am quite confident that extended cut will be an improvement, especially in story pacing for Napoleon, but its already above any average movie from current times
Internet criticism hasn’t ruined film, but it certainly has hurt the utility of critique. Much of the critique one finds on the internet, isn’t a critique of film ( or most art ) based on the work itself or even from any knowledge, but rather the thing being critiqued for not being what the vlogger wanted it to be, or because it didn’t align with their ideology. Heck, you’ve even got people criticizing films because the “wrong people’ happen to like the film.
Stuckmann never had anything resembling insight, analysis, or critical thinking in his "reviews." He never contributed anything useful or interesting even when he was willing to give negative ratings.
7:14 If your big into navel history, especially US WWII naval history, You get very happy when you see a ships fate is "Preserved as a museum ship" instead of scrapped....
What these people who are trying to shut down RU-vid critics don’t realize is it is like therapy for us who are upset at the atrocities that have been done to our favorite IPs and the world would be a worse off place without having this as a place to listen to someone vent who we agree with. If we didn’t agree with you at some level, we wouldn’t listen. They must think we’re pretty stupid if they think you’re manipulating us.
George R.R. Martin, who talks about how J.R.R. Tolkien's and C.S. Lewis's works suck because they aren't like his works, is telling us to be less negative?
He complained about things like how Tolkien didn’t go into any detail on Aragorn's tax policy. Maybe he didn’t say that they suck, I was exaggerating a bit, but he does complain about how they didn’t write how he writes.
@@christiandevey3898I think you missed the point and context of George's comment, specifically Aragon. George isn't saying Tolkien or LoTR are bad, but certain aspects he thinks aren't well developed or explored. He has talked about how Gandal The White isn't a very compelling character by virtue of being "just Gandalf but better because he resurrected" (thinking his death was powerful and kind of undermined) and Aragon being stated to be a great leader, but never shown to be a smart political figure to rule a continent. In fact, George has stated to have reread the book multiple times and consider it one of the greatest works of fiction. He just has certain disagreements with some elements. But he knows these are just his opinions.
