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I would think film criticism is dying as well. Was there a true successor to Ebert? When I think of film criticism now I think of YouTube reviews and not writer
by havblue 4y ago
I would think film criticism is dying as well. Was there a true successor to Ebert? When I think of film criticism now I think of YouTube reviews and not writers who eloquently describe what makes a good movie good.
- mc32 4y agoMr Plinkett is not everyone's cup of tea for various reasons. But it does some deep dives into some key movies.
- havblue 4y agoThe rlm guys are very insightful and have great taste in movies. I think the difference is that they do a great job explaining why a movie is entertaining while Ebert was great at explaining why a movie is art.
- gota 4y agoRLM guys (at least the main ones) seem great at pointing out when a movie sucks, mostly because of: - poor structure. Bad setup/payoffs, useless sequences, confusing narrative without any merit behind it - poor pacing. Too much "brain-off" action, shitty dialog, too fast/slow for the theme - uninteresting characters, with no redeeming characteristics (e.g. a great actor or enough plot quality to compensate) These in decreasing order of importance for them - They will certainly critize other things (plain scenes, bad framing, technical flaws, bad lighting, etc.) but I don't think I've ever seen them give a purely negative review based only on these. If any of those three criteria above are met, though, (and god forbid all three) they will absolutely pile on a terrible rating with complaints on how the scenes are ugly and general filmmaking is lazy. Oh, and also, they'll point out most editing errors, seeing as they are editors too. And insert pointless Star Trek references no matter what, of course
- standardly 4y agoCould someone kindly establish what "RLM" is? Some of us have a enough acronyms in the database already.
- staticman2 4y agoPart of the joke with Mr Plinkett is nobody sane would do the sort of "deep dive" he is doing. It's not really meant to be an example of film criticism at its best.
- messe 4y agoI think Half-in-the-Bag (also from RLM) is closer to the Siskel and Ebert style reviews than Plinkett.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoCritics are on YouTube (for better or worse). I rather like "Terry Talks Movies" but he rarely talks about current films.
- karaterobot 4y agoThere are plenty of good film critics and film reviewers. I'm actually pretty happy about that. It's just that they're all on places like Youtube, or Letterboxd, among others. Ebert commanded attention and ultimately became the go-to reviewer to reference because he had a major newspaper column and one of the only film review television shows, but now there are so many options that nobody can really be that anymore. While there are plenty of good critics and reviewers, there are even more terrible ones. But that's just the basic problem of content on the internet recapitulating itself.
- et-al 4y agoIn addition to YouTube reviewers, I enjoy reading Emily St. James'critiques. E.g. Hollywood’s hot new trend: Parents who say they’re sorry https://www.vox.com/culture/23025832/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-parental-apology-fantasy-turning-red https://www.vox.com/culture/23025832/everything-everywhere-a... https://twitter.com/emilyvdw https://twitter.com/emilyvdw