LogFAQs > #955214635

Oh boy, where to begin?

The obvious flaws first: they tend to speak with a really strange cadence, pausing before the final words in their sentence as if that adds clarity or emphasis to their point. "Wonder Woman 1984 is... wonderful."

They also have a remarkable habit of plastering their current talking point in huge white letters. Oh, good thing they wrote "DIALOGUE" on the screen, otherwise I would have no idea what they're focusing on!

But a bigger trend I've noticed is that they all hide behind the catchphrase "this is just my opinion". They're scared stiff of commenters disagreeing with them or pointing out flaws in their reasoning, so they either focus entirely on their subjective feelings about the movie, or worse, make totally non-subjective arguments but preface with "and this is only my opinion". "In my opinion, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is 152 minutes long."

On the subjectivity thing... do I really need a dozen video essayists telling me how exciting Avengers: Endgame was? I guess I just don't see the value of the content if they only talk about their personal experience with it. Shouldn't the job of a critic be to point out the technique, the craft, of the thing they're criticizing?

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