Edit: I’m not actually opposed to watching movies with directors cuts. Just realized I love watching ridiculously long video essays about movies, but almost never watch directors commentaries. Not sure why, probably availability.
Also I heightened the phrasing for comedic purposes ;)
Idk what it is, but I love super long YouTube videos. Like 1-2 hours of commentary. But I don’t really like sitting though a movie. I’m not entirely sure why that is. It’s not like I watch YouTubers that scream and are hyperactive the whole time.
For me it’s because you can do something else while watching the video. Like play a game.
If I miss a part on commentary, I lose out on the video explanation. If I miss part of the movie, why the hell are these people trying to kill each other. Different levels of impact where rewinding just a few minutes and not going back to the beginning for exposition and reparsing it all back together.
For me the opposite is true. I can’t stand youtube(rs). I just discard links to videos.
Have watched the commentary tracks of all of the LotR movies multiple times over, and I still pop them in once in a while. Highly recommend.
Why would anybody listen to a random youtuber over the actual director when it comes to a film?
In the case of movies like the Star Wars sequels, because the directors and producers sniff their own farts and don’t realize their movies are terrible.
Same, I do not feel this post at all. If you as a YouTuber can’t do some good research and write a longform essay (like Lindsay Ellis), I will pick director and crew over any random youtuber.
I did heighten the phrasing for comedic purposes. I mean essayists like Lindsay Ellis ;)
when I’m not sure if i want to watch a movie I watch those movie summaries to decide. It’s like the whole movie in 5 min
Praise the Longman.
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Neither. If your film didn’t convey your message well enough when I watched it then you screwed up as a filmmaker.
Plus I’m not going to spend more than maybe 20 minutes max on a single YouTube video. I’m busy.
