Largely, it feels like it could've been 2-3 YouTube videos, with very little actually tying everything together. I feel like the main conceit of the marketing/"why I made a movie" statements were "I got a ton of inside footage of Jan 6," so only for it to be revealed that he had covid during that time and little of the movie actually focuses on the events of Jan 6th was disappointing. You do get a very satisfying arc where one of the main Q guys gets confronted about being a convicted pedophile after calling everyone else pedos. I think one of the main interactions that will stick out in my head is
Immediately after confrontation "Do you know what projection is?"
"Yeah Hilary Clinton does it all the time!"
Which was just great. Still, it feels like we get to see more of Andrew's directorial/production chops and they're, a bit lack luster. He narrates the movie much more than he ever did any of the YouTube videos, I'm not sure if he felt his usual style wouldn't fit a feature length movie, but 1. Incorrect take, see Harlan County USA 2. His observations are.... very surface level. The whole point is basically just "99% of media is grifters" which while true, is a message he directly posits from since he casts himself as a sort of alt-news/media guy. I feel like you need a more profound take when you directly profit from that conclusion.
Overall, as I suspected, it suffers from being focused on 01/06 as a hook, but I'm sure that was what got HBO etc interested. Might be useful as something I could show to my semi-chud dad.
you do see a Q family somewhat deprogram, seemingly mostly out of love for their (very young) children, which is sweet, but its like, i would've rather it been the entire focus of a 30 minute youtube video rather than 15ish minutes of them over three segments, which is how i felt the structure of the program overall.
yeah I don't think the longer format really plays to his strengths, otoh I'd like to see him try again and see if he can hone his approach maybe