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So you've started reviewing more popular movies with High School Musical, but you also review obscure ones. You review movies you like and movies you hate. Is there anything you WON'T review? (apart from non-musicals)
While I have dropped my rule of not reviewing anything the Nostalgia Critic has already reviewed–I’ll be looking at Labyrinth this coming June for its 30th anniversary–there are definitely some things that I won’t review.
The biggest thing is that I won’t review any movie where I don’t think I could add anything new to my review. This includes pretty much any movie that has been talked about to death already. Even though I have begun reviewing more popular movies, I don’t think I will be reviewing movies like Singin’ in the Rain or The Wizard of Oz because they are considered classics and have had so many videos made about them. (I might review Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, The Wiz, or one of the two anime Wizard of Oz movies, though.)
Also, part of the reason I originally had the rule of never reviewing anything the Nostalgia Critic has already reviewed is part of the same reason as above. For example, I doubt I will ever make a review of Mamma Mia! because I don’t think that I could say anything about the movie that the Nostalgia Critic or Musical Hell didn’t say in their reviews of it. Obviously, the other reason I created that rule is because, well, I don’t want to accidentally make the same jokes as other reviewers.
But no, apart from that, there isn’t much that I wouldn’t review, as long as it isn’t still in theaters and I actually do have the clips for the video. Hell, next month, I will even be making a crossover review of a movie that’s still massively popular right now.
Thank you for the insightful answer to my question. I was very conflicted, but that's definitely a good way of thinking about it.
Hi, I'm curious about your opinion on something. Sia has recently revealed in an interview that she has autism. As a fellow autistic individual (who DESPISED her movie Music), I am... seriously conflicted on how to feel about this one. Do you think she deserves any forgiveness or less harsh treatment for her movie, or do you think this is no excuse?
(I've had a couple asks about this, so just addressing it all here)
Honestly, I don't know enough about her specific situation to evaluate how it might have affected the movie's production. Depending on how her autism presents, she might have had problems understanding why people had issues with the characters and story, or she may have had difficulty articulating what she was going for or phrasing her responses to criticism in a way that wasn't as confrontational as it was.
That said, while it might explain some things, I don't think it's a justification or an excuse for the results. It's entirely possible to be part of a marginalized group and still contribute to that group's marginalization (source: I am a white woman).
Also, just the mere fact that conservatives are getting up in arms about Green Day, freaking Green Day of all bands, getting political?
Like... did you guys miss the memo on what American Idiot was about? Or "Minority" before that? They've been political for ages. Same with Rage Against the Machine. This isn't some recent thing.
Reminder that Tom graduated from Harvard with a degree in political science and Chaya has... a real estate license.
Obligatory:
you know what dad? maybe i don't wanna be the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned. it's a lot of pressure to put on me and honestly i've been feeling stressed recently because of it