Poll: Do you like Moviebob's material?

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I say yes. The man deserves to have an opinion, and he has been given a voice here. You may not like it sometimes but he's well within his rights to rag on, complain about, comment on or just generally opine about whatever.
Yes, he's a film buff and in the right age group (from what I can tell) to also be a gamer thats been around. It gives him a wealth of experience and knowledge to draw his opinions from.
And yes you all have rights to complain about him too.
But are you complaining because you disagree, or because he tickled a raw nerve? And are you doing a gut reaction or are you thinking your response through?
Also, I tend to enjoy Bob's work, even if I don't agree with him. It does get me to think, to see how someone else sees things and I can file that away for future reference. A good opinion, one that isn't just dismissal but has reason behind it and not malicious is valid even if it disagrees with my own.

 

[Xdeser2]

I like what He does on movies and the history of Film, but his opinions on gaming are kinda shit

I mean, to each his own, your opinion is okay no matter what and all that stuff, but his game overthinker stuff just shows he has no idea whats-what when it comes to gaming.

So, For what he does on THIS site, chalk me up for a like because he sticks to Film.

 

[Yojoo]

The only issue I have with Bob is constantly bringing back up his views of previously reviewed material, especially when it's controversial. Referring to something as universally reviled as Green Lantern is a safe bet, and even the constant Expendables comparisons didn't bother me so much personally... but this current stretch of Dark Knight Rises put-downs is wearing thin. It received great reviews by most critics, earned top marks from viewers, and made a bundle of money. I thought Tom Hardy as Bane rivaled Heath Ledger's Joker, and I've seen it mentioned across several forums that Tom Hardy acts better with his eyebrows than most other people act with their entire bodies.

But that's really the only problem I have with Bob. His reviews are an effective blend of information and entertainment, and if he's more biased than other critics, at least he has the decency to admit it. After all, he's a feature on The Escapist, not a newspaper.

 

[tthor]

I kinda enjoy his movie reviews, but I generally hate his opinion pieces. He just comes off as a standard run of the mill internet troll, not much different than you or I, with no more intelligent of views; the only difference is he has a platform to vent his views loudly and a complex to encourage him.

 

[AvsJoe]

Yes I do.

I maybe only agree with his opinion in Escape to the Movies about 2/3 of the time, but I still find him to be the most entertaining movie reviewer that I watch on a regular basis. As for Big Picture and Intermission, well, some of his jokes are a little flat and I know fuck all about comics and comparatively little about television so I often don't care much when something is dedicated to those two subjects but otherwise I really do like his stuff. I'm also very thankful that he explains the contexts of his arguments about comics and TV so that people like myself can understand what the problem is, where he's coming from, and where the solutions may lie. Though I like Yahtzee, Jim, and the guys and gals from LRR (and Cory and Grey, and the Escapist staff, and Ginx, and you idjits who populate the forums...), it's MovieBob that has kept me a regular on this site for so long.

 

[Little Woodsman]

I've only ever seen his work on the escapist, so that's all I can comment on.
I came to the escapist for Yahtzee, stayed longer for MovieBob and continue to stay for the forums.
I don't always agree with MB, but I almost always find his input/perspective valuable.
He talks about a lot of things that I love, and brings things that I had not known of to my attention.
He does sometimes keep harping on about pet peeves too often, but in his position I'd probably would too.

 

[Dangit2019]

I don't think he changed, he's just letting his stronger(and more provocative) opinions go loose. I wish he could just deal with the fact that people have different opinions rather than point to them as "boring", but that's what he believes, and when you give the guy a soap box, that's what he's going to voice.

 

[The Hero Killer]

I like his Big Picture episodes, I find them informative and can believe he knows what hes talking about and I watch his movie reviews more to learn about the basic premise of the movie rather than listen to his opinion because it differs greatly from mine.

Many a time he has said a certain actor will be known as the best of the year for their performance or some movie will be the best in its genre for the year and that's simply not the case.

 

[Nexxis]

I like his stuff. I don't always agree with him, but he's amusing to me. If you don't like him, don't watch him, or let him know what you don't like. Doesn't mean he'll listen or change to suit any 1 person's tastes.

 

[zenoaugustus]

Most of the time I think he brings up some poignant shit. Sometimes he pulls that shit right out of his ass (some puns deserve life) and obviously you question it. Like anyone, you take what they say and use some critical thinkings, and if it's bueno with you, than yay! If it's mal, than booo.

Regardless, one thing about him that I dig is the fact that he isn't afraid to call out trendy opinions (and even the counter-trendy opinion). He often is just trying to be logical. So yeah, overall he is on point.

 

[Treblaine]

I don't like how often he includes (warned) Spoilers in his videos.

Because that makes his reviews WORTHLESS.

Spoilers from the start mean the only people who should watch his review are those who either do not care about the film or have seen it already... when it is precisely people who HAVE NOT SEEN the film and DO CARE about it that want to watch the review.

NO REVIEW should have such critical spoilers in it. I'm not saying remove the spoiler tags, I'm saying DON'T PUT SPOILERS IN YOUR REVIEW!

It's movie criticism 101, tell us about the movie without ruining it.

Spoiler tags don't solve anything, they just waste people's time going through a 30 second add and waiting for video buffering only to have immediate spoiler warning so you switch off. In future I just will not bother loading the video nor any other content.

A retrospective is a DIFFERENT matter, there spoilers are to be expected. But movie review? Advising people about the film? Shouldn't have to have the audience dance around your spoiler warning or worse "Minor spoiler" warnings. What the hell kind of warning is that?

 

[bounty90]

I liked him as the game overthinker and his movie views are good too.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

Ugh, he can be informative and he definitely knows his movies well but most of the time the price you have to pay to watch his videos is just too much for me. His voice is nothing short of irritating and his overall tone just comes across as pretentious and smug, with absolutely no humility. He doesn't seem to be very tolerant of the opinions of others either, which makes his air of superiority that much more unbearable to be an audience to.

 

[Colour Scientist]

Yes I do.

I maybe only agree with his opinion in Escape to the Movies about 2/3 of the time, but I still find him to be the most entertaining movie reviewer that I watch on a regular basis. As for Big Picture and Intermission, well, some of his jokes are a little flat and I know fuck all about comics and comparatively little about television so I often don't care much when something is dedicated to those two subjects but otherwise I really do like his stuff. I'm also very thankful that he explains the contexts of his arguments about comics and TV so that people like myself can understand what the problem is, where he's coming from, and where the solutions may lie. Though I like Yahtzee, Jim, and the guys and gals from LRR (and Cory and Grey, and the Escapist staff, and Ginx, and you idjits who populate the forums...), it's MovieBob that has kept me a regular on this site for so long.

A sporadic regular! Well, after you hit 10k anyway.

OP: I still like him. I don't watch his videos as much as I used to but that's mostly because I stopped watching the videos here when my laptop broke. The videos aren't really iPad friendly.
He's pretty clever, we disagree on a lot of things but if we had the same opinions watching his videos would be incredibly boring.
The only negative thing I have to say about him is that he could handle some criticisms better, or at least directly, rather than bitching about it on twitter. That doesn't have much to do with the content of his shows though.

 

[Sylocat]

Wow, 60 days since I've seen one of these "Do you like or dislike Movie bob" thread. At one point, they were so regular you can almost set your watch to them. I was wondering when somebody was going to get upset about his opinion of something yet again.

For the record, no I've never been tired of Bob's opinions because I do it right. I never take it personally because I know he's entitled to it as much as I am mine. I listen to his opinion, check how it gauges with mine of the subject and evaluate. If they mesh, they mesh. If they don't, they don't.

If you are sitting there crying because he calls one of your sacred cows a useless and boring argument, you are doing it wrong. The correct answer is saying "Nice to know that he sees no use out of 'Han firing first' argument so I won't bring it up with him."

Wow. Someone here with a brain.

 

[Myndnix]

Yeah, I like his material and the 'direction' (though I wouldn't call it that) he's taking it in.
I find him to be very entertaining and insightful, and I can safely say I've learned a couple of things about pop culture from him. I don't always agree with him about stuff, but I can respect his opinions because he explains them so well.
We'd disagree on a few things but I'd treat the guy to a beer anytime.

 

[TecnoMonkey]

He's alright. I only watch what he makes based on the title though, if he's going to talk about something that I know I'm going to be interested then I'll listen to his opinion. Most of the time I tend to disagree with what he says.

 

[anthony87]

I like his material even though I disagree with his views on certain things (Amazing Spider Man was awesome. Bob is totally wrong on that matter). Lately it seems like he's been getting an awful lot of flak for....well, anything, and I can't help but wonder if it's not just ill-will stemming from his Other M and Mass Effect videos.

EDIT: What "new direction" are we talking about here anyway? It's same old Moviebob as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Dr Jones]

F*** me, can anyone actually tell me about this supposed new direction? All I've heard is people coming up with broad strokes of change that really don't mean he's taking a new direction. Can anyone give me a clear example of direction-change? A comparison between new & old material would be apt here.

Until then I'll just say I find Bob "OK". I just watch is videos for the entertainment and they're decent. I do dig his "Big-Picture" when he delves into educational matters such as Hollywood and the Golden Age.

 

[Duffeknol]

The guy knows his shit. I barely ever agree with the guy's opinion, but that's not the point. I watch his vids cause they're informative, and he usually adds some stuff that interests me even if it's about something I dislike or disagree with. If I want a movie recommendation I'll watch Half in the Bag, since I know they've got the same taste as I do, and look for the same things in movies.