Let's start with the facts. Is Chris Bores a good comedian/reviewer/whatever he's trying to be? No, he isn't. His biggest problem is that he simply can't act well enough to sell most of his jokes (and not to be mean, but his baby face does not lend itself to expressions of anger). When he's trying to just be informative, he gets his facts all wrong. Every character is played by him, his release schedule is terrible, and he seems to believe that he must call every product he reviews "bad", even if he's been shown to enjoy or at least be indifferent to it earlier in the video. He doesn't seem to know where he's going with his poorly-written storyline either.
I'm undecided as to whether Bores is just unfit for what he does, or if his style just never "evolved", in contrast to say, The Nostalgia Critic. His Back To The Future review, while not anything original or off-the-charts hilarious, isn't terrible for 2007. It's just that while superior reviewers improved their schtick and changed over time, Bores either didn't realize he needed to, or couldn't be bothered.
All that said, the sheer amount of foaming at the mouth, seething hatred the Internet seems to have for this guy comes across as overkill. His being a poor web reviewer hardly makes him deserving of such attention. Is Chris Bores a bad person? Beats me; I honestly don't care either way, since I'm only concerned with what he delivers.
Final verdict? Bad. Not scum of the earth horrible, just bad.
Understand the hate, but don't share it.
Let's start with the facts. Is Chris Bores a good comedian/reviewer/whatever he's trying to be? No, he isn't. His biggest problem is that he simply can't act well enough to sell most of his jokes (and not to be mean, but his baby face does not lend itself to expressions of anger). When he's trying to just be informative, he gets his facts all wrong. Every character is played by him, his release schedule is terrible, and he seems to believe that he must call every product he reviews "bad", even if he's been shown to enjoy or at least be indifferent to it earlier in the video. He doesn't seem to know where he's going with his poorly-written storyline either.
I'm undecided as to whether Bores is just unfit for what he does, or if his style just never "evolved", in contrast to say, The Nostalgia Critic. His Back To The Future review, while not anything original or off-the-charts hilarious, isn't terrible for 2007. It's just that while superior reviewers improved their schtick and changed over time, Bores either didn't realize he needed to, or couldn't be bothered.
All that said, the sheer amount of foaming at the mouth, seething hatred the Internet seems to have for this guy comes across as overkill. His being a poor web reviewer hardly makes him deserving of such attention. Is Chris Bores a bad person? Beats me; I honestly don't care either way, since I'm only concerned with what he delivers.
Final verdict? Bad. Not scum of the earth horrible, just bad.