Not really. He's okay at articulating why he likes a movie, but his tastes are really nostalgia driven, something he kind of wears on his sleeve, but it doesn't really change the fact it affects him to a fault. His criticisms of most new stuff are... well he seems to echo the sentiment of most people moderately into film, so he likes good things and doesn't like bad things. Which is fine, fine enough to be a moderately successful film critic, but nothing remarkable.
He can explain why he likes something and you can come out of the review thinking you won't like it, or why he dislikes something and you can come out of the review thinking you'll like it, and this is the most important skill I want from a movie reviewer.
That said, he's really only good at movie reviews. His attempts to do some sort of long-form movie criticism (like his Really That Good series) were tiresome, and his understanding of politics is... yeesh.
Not really. He's okay at articulating why he likes a movie, but his tastes are really nostalgia driven, something he kind of wears on his sleeve, but it doesn't really change the fact it affects him to a fault. His criticisms of most new stuff are... well he seems to echo the sentiment of most people moderately into film, so he likes good things and doesn't like bad things. Which is fine, fine enough to be a moderately successful film critic, but nothing remarkable.
He can explain why he likes something and you can come out of the review thinking you won't like it, or why he dislikes something and you can come out of the review thinking you'll like it, and this is the most important skill I want from a movie reviewer.
That said, he's really only good at movie reviews. His attempts to do some sort of long-form movie criticism (like his Really That Good series) were tiresome, and his understanding of politics is... yeesh.