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psmith2.0
Mr. Vieira
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
 
2019-12-15, 10:14

Okay, here we go...a nice breakdown between the same scene as it happened in 1984 and 2016, illustrating the exact things we’ve talked about above (unfunny, point-missing, trying-too-hard, obnoxious performances, treating the audience as stupid children, trying to “improve” in something handled far better decades earlier, the “tell, don’t show” lack of economy, etc.

Scene comparison between 1984 and 2016.

And, most importantly, none of the criticism or analysis hinges on gender. It isn’t some foaming-at-the-mouth dipshit or “woman-hater” neckbeard YouTuber, squawking about “women ghostbusters” as any sort of negative.

This video, like my points above, talks only about the writing, dialogue, acting and general unfunny, needlessly heavy-handed and obnoxious approach. And bear in mind, this is just one scene...the guy could, if he wanted, do another 5-8 videos like this, easily. The differences are that stark, throughout.

The movie plays like a dumb, Thursday night ABC sitcom, wallowing in its obnoxious, dumbed-down tone from the opening frames to its closing credits.
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