History WebVideo / PatrickHWillems

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: [[invoked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voxRYbqrrzg He feels this way]] about Film/TheViewAskewniverse. While he still thinks that Creator/KevinSmith in his prime was a good screenwriter, and his portrayal of people with nerdy interests as cool was downright revolutionary, his direction was flat to the point where it detracted from the story (with the exception of ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', whose documentary style gave it a "hangout" feel and which he thinks is the only movie in the series that's still good). He also laments Smith's refusal to grow as a filmmaker, especially after being burned by the failure of ''Film/JerseyGirl'', a film that Patrick thinks is severely underrated and is in fact Smith's best film. He refers to Smith as a "gateway director", a filmmaker who people discover in high school and get interested in filmmaking as a result, and believes that Creator/JuddApatow and Creator/EdgarWright made Smith redundant by taking what worked about his writing and adding actual directorial chops to go with it.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: [[invoked]] "What Is The Most '80s Movie Ever?" is about determining exactly that, graded on the basis of their aesthetics, their music, their politics, their cultural outlooks, and how much they reflected the big film industry trends of the time. His list of ten contenders came down to ''Film/Breakin2ElectricBoogaloo'', ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'', ''Film/InvasionUSA1985'', ''Film/PurpleRain'', ''Film/RockyIV'', ''Film/Scarface1983'', ''Film/TheSecretOfMySuccess'', ''[[Film/SaturdayNightFever Staying Alive]]'', ''Thrashin[='=]'', and ''Film/TopGun''. [[spoiler:He ultimately gave the award to ''Rocky IV'', not just because it decisively won on points but also because, when put side-by-side with [[Film/{{Rocky}} the original film from 1976]], it demonstrated exactly what had changed since then: what had once been a gritty, low-budget story about a [[WorkingClassHero working-class]] [[TheEveryman everyman]] who beats the odds became a live-action cartoon about a superstar athlete winning UsefulNotes/TheColdWar by beating an evil Soviet super-athlete in the ring.]]

* SoBadItsGood: Discussed with regards to Film/TheGreatestShowman, whose plot he criticizes for being confused and oddly structured; however, the movie manages to be fast-paced and flashy enough that, when watched in the right mindset (i.e. drunk) and with friends, it's an enjoyable experience.

-->'''Patrick:''' And the Vito goes to... ''[Opens the envelope and reads. Looks up at the camera.]'' You know what? Fuck it. ''[Tears the envelope in half and throws it away.]]'' They all win! I make the rules here, I think they're all great, so it's a tie!

The channel started back in 2011, but it really took off due to two videos: [[https://youtu.be/UngE0qn3VRY "What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?"]] and [[https://youtu.be/hpWYtXtmEFQ "Why Do Marvel's Movies Look Kind of Ugly?"]], a video about the color grading in MCU films. Since then, his channel has mainly been focused on creating two kinds of videos: video essays that talk about some aspect of filmmaking and Hollywood (like [[https://youtu.be/tdR_GU3Hi9U "Robin Hood, King Arthur, and Hollywood's Problem with Public Domain Properties"]]) and the "Patrick Explains" series, which started with [[https://youtu.be/MolWjT2eDuc "Patrick Explains THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (and Why It's Great)"]], where Patrick sits down with his parents and tells them about a movie[=/=]franchise[=/=]show and why it's great. During the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, while Patrick was stuck at his parents house, he also shifted the format to make a "Quarantine Talk Show." Both the video essays and "Patrick Explains" have a slow, long-running MythArc that began in January 2020 and will conclude very soon.