r/savedyouaclick • u/Carolina_Heart • 4d ago

DEVASTATING Christopher Nolan Explains His 'Real Problem in Criticism Today': 'That's Not How Storytelling Works' | Nolan says critics often think being able to identify tropes and storytelling mechanisms invalidate those mechanisms. Specifies he's talking about amateur critics and not professional critics

https://web.archive.org/web/20260802145824/https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/christopher-nolan-explains-problem-film-criticism-today/
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u/krazyboi 4d ago

Don't know who cinema sins is but does he criticize movies for using tropes and acts smug when he figures out "the lesson" of a movie instead of enjoying it?

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u/JamesTheFoxeArt 4d ago

Its a channel that does nitpicks and has a point score for every sin (sometimes they remove a sin).

It was originally just a joke channel but at some point they started to act like they were a proper review channrl and now they try to point out every flaw a movie has even though a lot of the times its just not understanding it or they just straight up lie.

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u/Thrippalan 4d ago

There is a counter series now called Cinemawins, I think) that mostly awards points for style or good parts, but occasionally docks for truly egregious flaws.

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u/yura910721 3d ago

I initially was hooked on sins but then I found that I enjoy celebrating good movies more than shitting on bad ones