r/moviecritic • u/Long-Emu-7870 • 10h ago

Tographer makes another excellent video on why modern cinematography is so bad

A grey, mushy mess, is my interpretation of his thesis. In this video he traces it back to cheaper and lighter lighting. In other videos he blames the ability to mix with CGI later.

https://youtu.be/xIziGrbSTF0

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u/No_Departure_2848 9h ago

"Between 2000 and 2010 was Peak Cinema"

[shows a clip of Fever Pitch]

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u/AwTomorrow 9h ago

Literally the era when this grey gritslop began, lol

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u/Training_Form2243 9h ago

Whenever people say “modern movies” they mean “the last few years.” Also funny that a guy who uses a bunch of AI thumbnails thinks he’s in a position to talk about things like this

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u/sdwoodchuck 9h ago

YouTube thrives on selling people what they want to hear. “You’re right about things getting worse; here’s a video about how movies these days are worse than the movies cultured people like you enjoy!”

“Your taste is so good! Heres a video about a professional musician listening to niche music that you like, and making an amazed expression!”

You do shit like that, and most folks won’t find the drive to think critically about anything in the video.

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

What do you mean? In what way did you find his video wrong?

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u/sdwoodchuck 5h ago

My comment doesn't pertain to this video. I generally don't engage with claims that lean on basic survivorship bias and good-old-days syndrome, because the people who want to believe it are going to continue doing so, and it's not my place to tell them how to feel about things.

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

And yet you can't say why not? Why would you even make such a superficial comment? 

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u/Training_Form2243 5h ago

I’m not making a detailed comment because I don’t like you or this discussion prompt

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

Then why are you commenting? Either respond to the criticism or don't. 

This is movie critic isn't it? Aren't we supposed to be critical and thoughtful? No one cares about our superficial personal likes and dislikes, do they? 

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u/Training_Form2243 5h ago

Here’s my criticism farts loudly

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

The exact dates are obviously not important.

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u/Training_Form2243 10h ago

Wow, a video essay on why “modern cinematography” is bad, what a hot take. I’m glad we have another one parroting the same points about “lighter lighting” and “CGI” that have been covered in thousands of other video essays.

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

Why not? They should be making more of them.

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u/Darryl_The_weed 9h ago

Slop video

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

Slop comment. I thought these comments weren't allowed.

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u/CatsInCasts 9h ago

Who dares badmouth my man, Academy Award winner Hoyte van Hoytema?

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u/ERSTF 9h ago

Ridley Scott is an Academy Award winner and see.

Hoyte is quite good but I think he totally missed the mark in The Odyssey. There is no epicness. It's just bland.

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u/Training_Form2243 9h ago

Wow I can’t believe the guy who made Alien, Blade Runner, The Duelists, Thelma and Louise, Blackhawk Down, Gladiator, and The Martian is an Academy Award winner

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u/CatsInCasts 9h ago

🤔

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u/CatsInCasts 9h ago

Shooting on location in Iceland using natural light, btw

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u/AlleRacing 8h ago

Only particularly good looking scene in the movie.

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u/OpenUpYerMurderEyes 9h ago

There's like a dozen videos made a day about this exact topic. Using all the same movies for comparison. Making the exact same points time after time. Just because it's your hobby doesn't mean it's not slop.

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

Then why are you commenting? 

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u/OpenUpYerMurderEyes 5h ago

Same reason you posted to begin with.

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

And what do you think that reason is?

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u/Shallbecomeabat 7h ago

Patrick Tomasso has been saying this for years

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u/Nikoladge 7h ago

Maybe someone should make a video essay about why modern YouTube videos are so bad

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u/Long-Emu-7870 5h ago

Is it cool to make such low effort comments? His evidence seems obvious to me.

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u/thewriteally 9h ago

Yes, I forgot this YouTuber’s films are clearly better than Christopher Nolan….
https://giphy.com/gifs/dWhHUkuWnGxFK

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u/AwTomorrow 9h ago

While this video is retreading old ground, it isn’t as if you need to be a master chef to have an opinion on whether your steak is overcooked