I used to be a bigger fan of BB around the first time he came out. Sure the acting wasn't the best, the camera quality was subpar, and there was a lot of the faux-screaming that many young reviewers seem to utilize often, but that how all the greats started. He also had genuinely good criticisms and had a few funny jokes.
I think the turning point for me was his Star Wars prequels. I am by no stretch a fan of the prequels, but he took forever to get to the review and had nothing new to say. "Oh, Jar Jar Binks is a bane on the whole Star Wars franchise? Join the club."
And the whole arc leading up to and during the reviews fell flat for me; it was uninteresting, derivative, and went way longer than he should have. His actual reviews of the movies only lasted a little over a minute.
Unfortunately this introduced a new trend in his reviews, or at least one I just began to notice, overly long gags/skits and formulaic writing.
Erod hates a movie, he wants to bust it, he can't use his hammer for whatever contrived reason, he grimaces and mugs, smug villain of the month appears, Erod defeats them, dramatically smashes the DVD, and catchphrase.
Many times during his reviews I want to yell, "Get on with it!" whenever he deviates from the review or explains the joke.
Take his review of Inspector Gadget and the lunatic character, his shtick is that he's "crazy" and points out the obvious joke. Did he really need another character for this running gag; for that matter, did we even need this running gag? A joke that could have taken three seconds to make becomes a whole production. He also has this habit of being extremely fixed on a certain version of a character or franchise, see his Beastly rant.
For all my negativity I do like it when he shows his research and is knowledgable about the subject. He does nitpick, but I just consider that a part of his character. He's not horrible, but he's not great either.
I've unfollowed him, but I do check on him once in awhile to see if he has reviewed anything interesting.
My advice: skip through the opening narration, the character interactions, and the skits.
Eh, has his moments
I used to be a bigger fan of BB around the first time he came out. Sure the acting wasn't the best, the camera quality was subpar, and there was a lot of the faux-screaming that many young reviewers seem to utilize often, but that how all the greats started. He also had genuinely good criticisms and had a few funny jokes. I think the turning point for me was his Star Wars prequels. I am by no stretch a fan of the prequels, but he took forever to get to the review and had nothing new to say. "Oh, Jar Jar Binks is a bane on the whole Star Wars franchise? Join the club." And the whole arc leading up to and during the reviews fell flat for me; it was uninteresting, derivative, and went way longer than he should have. His actual reviews of the movies only lasted a little over a minute.
Unfortunately this introduced a new trend in his reviews, or at least one I just began to notice, overly long gags/skits and formulaic writing. Erod hates a movie, he wants to bust it, he can't use his hammer for whatever contrived reason, he grimaces and mugs, smug villain of the month appears, Erod defeats them, dramatically smashes the DVD, and catchphrase.
Many times during his reviews I want to yell, "Get on with it!" whenever he deviates from the review or explains the joke. Take his review of Inspector Gadget and the lunatic character, his shtick is that he's "crazy" and points out the obvious joke. Did he really need another character for this running gag; for that matter, did we even need this running gag? A joke that could have taken three seconds to make becomes a whole production. He also has this habit of being extremely fixed on a certain version of a character or franchise, see his Beastly rant.
For all my negativity I do like it when he shows his research and is knowledgable about the subject. He does nitpick, but I just consider that a part of his character. He's not horrible, but he's not great either. I've unfollowed him, but I do check on him once in awhile to see if he has reviewed anything interesting.
My advice: skip through the opening narration, the character interactions, and the skits.