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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago

CinemaSins isn't "critiquing" obscure French or Soviet film. They're mostly just chasing after slop that people remember. Their most recent "reviews" include Dodgeball, Alien: Resurrection, Mean Girls 2024, and the Garfield movie.

[-] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

ah, I've never watched a CinemaSins video. it sounds like something I can safely avoid because I don't like review shows that only exist to shit on movies they hate

I guess RedLetterMedia got big by doing that but at least they also sometimes talk about stuff they actually like

edit: also I don't think only obscure foreign art films count as works of art, I'm a horror fan so a lot of my favorite movies are very schlocky but still have artistic merit IMO

[-] fox@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

CinemaSins got their start making videos about continuity errors and such in movies, and degraded over the years to where it's a bare minimum effort unscripted first-pass nitpick of a movie, such as "has opening credits", "kid's bedroom has toys in it", "they haven't introduced this character yet" when that character is being introduced. It's one of the most lazy productions I've ever seen.

[-] MaeBorowski@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

ah, I've never watched a CinemaSins video. it sounds like something I can safely avoid

It is not just something that can be safely avoided, it is something that you should avoid if you value having braincells. That said, you would definitely be missing out if you didn't sample some of Shaun's (leftist skull boy) videos exhibiting just how bad CinemaSins really is.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB8NXe_on1cV3bJvw_FA1FX-FI7PGZnV_ Same playlist and videos, but invidious frontend: https://invidious.fdn.fr/playlist?list=PLB8NXe_on1cV3bJvw_FA1FX-FI7PGZnV_

For those who don't already know Shaun, I'd also recommend his more serious work on topics like the US dropping of nuclear weapons on civilians in Japan, The racist and ableist origins and continued racist/ableist use of The Bell Curve, his series on BBC's Transphobia, etc.

[-] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

I will watch the shaun videos because watching good youtubers calmly dunk on popular bad youtubers is a guilty pleasure

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