#because its much easier to publically dislike something than to like sth
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you ever see a film critic's backlog and want to scream
do you even like movies bruh?!?
#i am resisting the urge to leave an outraged comment on an article so hard rn#you have no idea how good im being#i had to unfollow that person even though i like their content otherwise#but i was getting Real Tired of the weekly#this movie is dumb#kind of film reviewing#not just because i happen to like some of the movies they said were trite garbage#but because that style of film critique for random online publications feels very#hmmm#performative?#you know how bad reviews do better numbers on youtube than good#because people love listening to someone roast something way more than they like listening to someone say why they enjoy sth?#and its not just youtube#bc obviously you can be a lot more pithy and snarky and funny when you're absolutely wrecking a movie in a review#and its not just that you do higher numbers when doing that#so people tend to do it more and then they get locked in an audience response loop#watch things specificaly in order to find things wrong in them so you can later go online and be amusingly mean about them for an audience#but also to me after a while of going through a reviewer like that's archive#it starts feeling like they're doing the easy thing#because its much easier to publically dislike something than to like sth#its much less vulnerable to snub everything and find things wrong with everything#standing up there and saying#''i like this thing. it touched a part of my mind and soul. i think it existing is good and valuable''#opens you up to much more criticism and reveals a lot more about yourself qnd what affects you#and if you get criticism for liking things that hurts!#whereas if you get criticised for NOT liking something you can just fall back on#''oh im too advanced to like this. all the rest of you are just simple sheep easily affected by media.#you all are too stupid/uneducated/naive to GET my critique''#and no offence to critics but getting too deep and comfortable in that sort of attitude make you a Really unpleasant person to be around#imo if i could create a rule i would make it obligatory for every review to have at least 1 positive comment no matter how shit the film
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