Udvarnoky said:I haven't watched this, but I've always found these online eviscerations to be obnoxious, and they end up prompting me to come to the film's defense because they tend to focus on the wrong things. The problems that Crystal Skull has are rarely the ones brought up on forums and snarky Youtube videos.
There's an endlessly parroted laundry list of damning "flaws" that gets rattled off: CGI, Shia, aliens, flying fridges, prairie dogs. But the movie's real problems aren't those things.
Toht's Arm said:If you watch the video, I think you'll find that it DOES focus on the real problems. Red Letter Media's got a pretty good track record on that count, IMHO - its dissection of the Star Wars prequels was spot-on - though you might find the delivery a little obnoxious.
kongisking said:Nah, Udvarnoky is right on this. I've gotten completely fed up with RLM's reviews precisely because they are the most obnoxious form of "Accentuate the Negative". That, and their completely blatant condescension and sometimes outright mocking of people that appreciate the good things in the prequels. To paraphrase a nice line, "we're either with them, or we're their enemy." They're the epitome of smug, pompous snob hater culture, so I'm done with them.
Any good points they have (and I fully admit, they DID have some absolutely true points to make) are drowned in a sea of arrogance and snide contempt.
Lance Quazar said:The only issues I have are the deeply disgusting and misogynistic humor that is inserted for no reason. The KOTCS one thankfully doesn't have actual shots of captured women, but it has the most disgusting, needless visual joke that I've seen.
That said, I've never gotten the snobbery you're describing here. In fact, in just about every case (prequels aside), they go to lengths to talk about the things they DID like.
In the KOTCS one, he defends the Mutt character, talks about his fondness for the diner scene and motorcycle chase and spends a good five minutes talking about what he thinks of as the movie's few good points.
Aside from the awful humor, I always found the tone cheerful and inclusive and from the perspective of a fan - someone who truly WANTS to like these movies but can't.
kongisking said:I will give them credit for the KOTCS one, that was more fair and not so much "urggh, this is total crap" but more "dang it, it could have been so much more." I find snobbery and condescension in their remarks from the prequel reviews where they mock people that like some aspects of them, and act like the movies are totally iredeemable garbage. And in their Half in the Bag videos, there's a heavy implication that they just don't take movies seriously, acting like they're just fodder for their snide sense of humor. This devolves into them nitpicking beyond belief. It's the weird combo of pretentiousness AND lazy lack of respect for the medium that angers me.