I really don't like this guy, which is a fact I've never hidden, but I'll try to list his strong a weak points.
PROS:
He has a really good presentation set up. I like it when he keeps a measured, professional tone, and I like his visual style. It manages to be both entertaining and thoughtful at the same time. He's also capable of putting out a large amount of regular content.
CONS:
Unfortunately, I find that he's heavily biased in several ways, and he allows those biases to color his review in negative ways. I'll get politics out of the way early. He's a heavily liberal figure who lands pretty far to the left. And that's completely fine. Unfortunately, on the scale of what matters, he gives the undue weight. He cares more about the message then he does about the actual quality of the movie being produced. As a result he gives films like Whitehouse Down and Elysium a glowing review, while damning anything that bruises his liberal sensitivities. Never mind that said films were heavy handed metaphors with poor acting and 2-d plots and characters, and that they lacked all subtlety. They supported his beliefs, and that's what matters. And this highlights my whole issue with him. He always seems to have an agenda. It may not always be political, but it's there. As a result, I don't feel like I'm watching a fair review of film making. I feel like I'm watching some form of propaganda. I may as well watch Fox news.
His second type of bias is what I like to call fanboy bias. This tends to color his reviews of Marvel and DC films, as well as popculture films in general. This isn't quite so bad, but it does seem to warp his opinions in sometimes strange ways. A recent example would be the assertion that Christopher Nolan criticized Marvel for having post credit scenes. In fact, he never said anything of the sort, as he was misquoted, and even the misquote never mentions Marvel in name. Unfortunately, many feared that this irrational, perceived slight colored his review of Interstellar, which may or may not be true. The mere fact that this was taken seriously, however, is itself worrying. Which leads to the next point.
The quality I mentioned before is slipping. He pads his videos more and more, and often has less to say. His articles are driven by click-bait more then ever. He also seems more likely to get angry and jump on a soap box. which leads to the final point.
He's becoming increasingly unprofessional. His writing is more toxic then ever, and he seems to really hate his audience. His twitter feed is really nasty, and he fully admits that he can be toxic, biased, and stubborn, so long as he pushes his ideas forward. It just feels like he has a massive chip on his shoulder, and he's always angry. While it's clear he holds his audience in contempt, he shouldn't be allowed to conduct himself in this manner in the public eye. A professional would never behave this way. He should hold himself to higher standards.
