Conversely, stating a certain film "won too many Oscars" without actually considering what categories the film won.

I saw someone bitching that Black Panther won too many Oscars because the movie was actually mid and the final fight was terrible. Do they stop and consider that the film didn't win best picture, or best screenplay, or best direction, or best visual effects, but instead won in categories that were fairly well deserved against that year's competition,? Nope. Just too many Oscars because the movie was just okay.

There's this misconception sometimes that if a film wins an Oscar that means the film as a whole has to be fantastic, when really it just needs to be exceptional compared to the competition in that specific category.

I keep seeing people say they should have cut the climax of the film (in the flooded arena). You know, the part that fulfills the film's largest theme regarding the dichotomy of vengeance vs justice and brings the main character to a point of realization they likely wouldn't have reached if the Riddler hadn't gone too far.

I saw someone so desperate to prove superiority over the new Avatar that in the middle of an absolute word salad of a review they called the plot " incomprehensible." The film was many things, but the plot was incredibly straightforward. Trying to intellectually take down this particular movie by calling it "incomprehensible" is almost telling on yourself.

Anytime someone claims the writing in a movie is objectively good or bad and does nothing to elaborate on that, I just assume they're insecure in their own opinion and want to frame it as the only possible correct take.

I'm an actual fan and I quite enjoyed it. Read through the main series every 2-3 years and have read The Silmarillion twice.

But how do I know a show is popular if uninteresting Redditors don't quote it in unrelated threads?

Disagree. I find it just as good, and even a tad warmer/cozier to watch.

Do you guys not do pile-ons?

This is why I stopped watching Archer. I know they're out of the coma stuff now, but I just can't seem to bring myself back.

But you see, that was a show I liked, so it couldn't have been shilling.

Probably The Last of Us, hopefully with Succession S4 close behind.

Do you get annoyed when you go to public places and black people exist? I'm picturing you running up to every black person you come across and asking them why they're there.

"I counted 3 white people and then saw you. It just feels a little forced, you know?"

Actually I'm starting to see why there are so many videos of Karens doing exactly that.

What gets me is that every article posted about Rings of Power is labeled astroturfing. Meanwhile there's like 5 different HoD articles on the frontpage and nobody in those comments has the same complaints.

>in a jarring way

What does that even mean?

"Oh look, a few of the Southlander men are black. And as we all know, if a character doesn't justify being black in the world, they shouldn't be there."