Starke said:
Kurokami said:
As said above, with a bit more elaboration, Yahtzee is here to be an arse, he's here to be a dick. Perhaps he's here to be some other form of genetelia too, but the point is he's meant to entertain via being insulting. Bob on the other hand is here to review and discuss movies.
I agree that insulting people over taste is stepping over the line, but its no reason to raise pitchforks. Apparently this movie pressed ol' Bobby's buttons and he was just plain angry, I doubt he meant to insult everyone who's enjoyed it.
If I may, the other thing about Yahtzee is; his criticisms are constructive. Even when he's being incredibly dickish about it, he's bringing up failures of the game and making them the center stage for the mocking he indulges in. Contrast to this, where Bob basically throws a tantrum for the length of the review without offering any concrete reasons.
I agree with this, if you go back and ask "Why?" Everytime he states something negative, you'll notice it never gets answered. This is not a review, this is a temper tantrum. He urges people to ignore this movie and go watch something else instead, but leaves us with no valid reason behind why we should take his advice.
I was instantly reminded of those internet trolls from that Jay and Silent Bob movie when I watched this, and that's pretty sad.
I don't mind having personal opinions or emotion in reviews or writing, but if you forget the basic fundamentals of what you're supposed to be doing then it's time to step back and take a moment to breathe. I know nothing more about the movie after watching this "review" than I did coming in except for "Bob didn't like it."
He's also still showing his anger about SP not doing well... What did you expect? The trailers and commercials for it were horribly unappealing! If some one is watching a commercial and says "Hmm that looks awful." They're not going to hop over to their nearest computer to research it to confirm their opinion based on first glance, they're going to continue on with their day and forget that movie ever existed.
Is that unfair? Yes, but you can't expect everyone to do a little research on things they hold no interest in. That's the commercials job, and when it fails to do that, you're in trouble.
As for the whole sheep thing, that part just didn't make sense to me, it just seemed like Bob was looking for an excuse to insult everyone that went and enjoyed the movie while he didn't.
It is indeed common for people to try something, not like it and then show distaste for those that are having a good time. They do this because it makes them feel better about themselves, and I believe that sums up the situation here with Bob.
Ahh well, I'm sure Bob's going to say something about this either his writing or his next "review." All I can say is if this keeps up then he's going to lose me as a viewer.
"Oh dear Bob lost a viewer, his world is gonna end!!!" Yeah... No, I know there's some one out there that just thought about responding with that, don't. I'm not making threats, just pointing out my opinion and general distaste for the way he's acting. Which by all means, I am allowed to do here. Watch his review of Splice and then watch this one again, you'll see where my point is coming from.
Have I seen either of these movies? Nope, but if I'm a bad people for admitting that I would probably go see the Expendables instead of Scott Pilgrim, then you are probably the worst kind of person. Though this has nothing to do with movie preferences, what bothers me is when bitching over the internet can be titled as a review.
Stop telling us what we should and shouldn't like, and start telling us about the movies again. For some one who considers everyone sheep, you're trying to do an awful bit of herding.
Apparently this movie pressed ol' Bobby's buttons and he was just plain angry, I doubt he meant to insult everyone who's enjoyed it.
If he actually did some explaining, I don't think anyone would really give his insults a second thought.
