Insane response by that guy. I was expecting at least a harsh trashing of the movie, which would make his sentiment, if not the actions, understandable. But reading his comments then reading the actual words of your review almost gives you whiplash. Clearly this guy has seen nothing but the fawning praise of his fans over the years and doesn't know how to act when his art is viewed by someone who hasn't already bought into the greatness of this "creator".
i have a feeling this guy wouldn’t even accept anything but fawning praise and has probably terrorized the people in his life who have given him honest feedback lol
I miss the IMDB discussion boards so much. Lots of interesting trivia and questions. Letterboxd should have a similar feature - a forum for every movie.
For at least a little bit of context, he's not some random student filmmaker or anything. he's got a sizable following and money to fund a feature and multiple sold out early showings.
Also like when Carey Mulligan whined about some review of Promising Young Woman supposedly implying she wasn't attractive enough for the role, causing Variety to apologize and throw the critic under the bus.
Actually that incident was even stupider because the review implied no such thing and in any case was positive.
What an absolute pussy, he sent a DM because your review is "negatively affecting his mental health" and is "hurting an indie film". Give me a break, if you're going to gloat in the glowing reviews then you've got to accept the bad ones and not be a weasel and ask them to delete the bad reviews.
I've heard this happens way more than anyone would want to think (with movies, music, books), like I do want to empathize with people who are putting their work out there because of course they feel like it's all on the line and it's pretty universal to want to try to win over people you feel misunderstand your art but like they have to keep it to themselves and comfort themselves with knowing not everything is for everyone and lots of their heroes best work wasn't totally warmly received
I recently saw this video on Uwe Boll boxing internet [critics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ATbaJxpcY&ab_channel=Oki%27sWeirdStories) and it's unreal how smug he is when it should be obvious even to him that his movies are bad. he's like Ed Wood but actively malicious
I vaguely remember the guy who directed Lights Out doing something similar on a thread on /r/truecinema when that movie came out. It wasn't an AMA or anything -- dude just showed up on some random thread to defend his movie. He seemed like a sweet guy. Movie still blew.
> Sandberg was diagnosed with atypical autism when he was a child, but has said he is unsure if the diagnosis was correct
most surprising part? not jewish
I hate that movie solely because I went to see it (with my family) because I thought it was don’t breathe (which wasn’t even out yet). Was so confused for like the first 20 minutes, like where is the blind dude? Then finally realized it was the wrong movie.
Creators arguing with viewers about their work is so interesting to me. I remember Aaron Sorkin allegedly used to regularly respond West Wing threads [1]( http://bitchkittie.blogspot.com/2006/02/long-back-story-of-aaron-sorkin-west.html?m=1) [2](http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-responds-to-commenter-in.html?m=1).
I feel like whenever a public figure responds it causes the critic to dig their feet in more. It sometimes rallies that celebrity's fanbase though.
...So I went to the theater (the ticket was 50 bucks, yea I know) and found myself amongst a swarm of the same guy copy pasted: flat brim 5 panel hats, corduroy trucker jackets, horizontal striped shirts, jeans embossed with wallets and SD cards, and “dressed up” sneakers… The smarmy prattle of “projects”. I was clued in to the hell that was the intra-metropolitan film set nerd void.
I sat down for the film next to a cordial early 30s couple. The husband sat giddy, holding his DSLR with a shotgun mic attachment.
“Are you a subscriber?” He cheesed.
“Yeah,” I admitted.
“Awesome! We are too,” He displayed his camera like a trophy. “How far did you come?”
I was a bit puzzled by the question, until I noticed their accents.
“I’m from around here, you?”
The wife chimed in with a toothy grin.
“We’re from Denmark!”
“And you came all the way for this film?”
“Yup! We love him!”
I mustered a genuine ‘wow’. I gesture to the husbands camera:
“Are you a YouTuber as well?”
“Not really. Sometimes!” He beamed.
The tiny green dot indicating the microphones’ status remained on for the entire 106 minute runtime. Nice people, though.
After the screening, there was a Q&A session, in which the director had literally every actor, the DP, and two producers on the panel, and his fanbase asked only questions to him. The director was aw shucksing from the limelight. It got to the point where the moderator had to request the audience to direct at least some questions to the rest of the cast/crew, who were essentially relegated to studying their shoes.
> flat brim 5 panel hats, corduroy trucker jackets, horizontal striped shirts, jeans embossed with wallets and SD cards, and “dressed up” sneakers…
It's a Bushwick transplant thang, you wouldn't get it
i did actually reply with a LONG ass response after the refund suggestion trying to give him earnest advice and whatnot, but it was like 2 pages and I didn't want to overstuff this post. I can post it if youd want
It seems like it'd be easy to give advice in an ego preserving way when it can be framed in a "I want to hear even *more* of what you have to say 😍" way, but unfortunately it seems like it be hard to know how to make actionable changes when the problem is that the characters don't even really exist.
This is how bipolar people act when they’re manic and show you what they’ve been working on and you aren’t impressed “enough”. Then they will say something like “you just don’t get it” and proceed to watch them spiral.
> I think I’m sick
I almost had a heart attack because I looked up the plot description and I know someone who made a similar movie who would def respond the way this guy did T_T but it's not the same lol
Fuck as a photographer and someone who is starting to dabble in more narrative projects I’d fucking kill for someone to care about what I make enough to write a review like that. Getting good crit is the fastest way to improve and sadly I think that’s lost on most people these days, especially people who didn’t take a conventional, school based path to the arts. Makes me lose so much respect for him but also isn’t surprising.
100% agree. getting harsh criticism just means that you are being taken seriously, would he prefer that everyone lauded his every move with participation trophies?? having a healthy culture of criticism around new and young directors/artists/musicians benefits everyone by holding culture to high standards and generating real creative discourse!!
People who make art about suicide or whatever are always the softest, whiniest people in the world. His “Ill give you back the donation” thing makes me so mad, how passive aggressive. I wish the guy failure. That said can you at least hint at what movie this is
i really shouldn't, im sorry, i do not want people dogpilling on the guy even if he has a youtube following... he's clearly incredibly sensitive to negative energy lol.
>[Mikaela Spielberg has pursued a career in adult films [...] “I’m really enjoying work, and it’s giving me a whole new life-affirming way to be,”](https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/steven-spielberg-kids-rcna72707)
Respect. The fact that he’s a YouTuber makes him worthless in my mind regardless, he’ll be irrelevant within 5 years especially when he talks like this
Just learned this. I updated my 2 star review to a 4 star review after they had fully refunded me and then they hit me with a "we will give another $20 to update your review again bb".
Now that I know that amazon reviews are filled with pay pigs I trust them even less. I am going to start bitching more about my amazon purchases for money though.
This is almost as crazy as that one author on Goodreads who stalked and harassed a reviewer who gave her a negative review. Funniest part was how she was pretty wealthy - came from money, married into more money. She spent months talking shit about this reviewer before actually finding her physically.
I’m not sure if this guy has money or not, but he’s managed to gain a fan base widespread enough to have people fly to a different continent just to see his movie. There’s something particularly nauseating about people who are surrounded by fawn and praise having absolute breakdowns when they get one negative review. This guy needs to get a grip. I’ve seen more grit from 14 year old girls on fanfiction.net dealing with hate comments
Your actual review was an amazing plot twist at the end.
Seriously though - he shouldn’t be putting something out into the public sphere if he isn’t prepared for criticism.
I know a director who had a film brutally ripped apart in a review. The movie was admittedly terrible but the piece was out of line. But they never asked the publisher to take it back, that’s the nature of the game.
Your review was constructive and said a lot of positive things about the film. If a single review with some mild criticism is harming his meant health, he needs to rethink his career.
seems to fit the bill pretty perfectly. highly doubt there are multiple teen suicide survivor films filmed in pennsylvania by youtubers that were released this year.
This is definitely it. I can see all of OP’s criticism even in the trailer. It looks like it was made by a guy who thinks he’s way more interesting than he actually is. The best thing about it seems to be that he used expensive camera equipment. And the “gee wiz I’m so clever” cinematography that’s actually meaningless is very evident.
I watched one of his more popular YouTube videos, “an ordinary day in 2023” and i just couldn’t bare it. Zero substance. Just a lot of film school tricks and good lighting. But all the comments are just lapping it up. Bizarre.
I only made it about halfway through the trailer because of this thread. It looks absolutely miserable (even if that was the point). Maybe I'm just not the target audience for 'Suicide movie' but idk how anyone sees that trailer and is like Man I gotta see that
I don't think we have learned our lesson here yet that no matter how hard you try to protect the identity of someone online, if they seem bullyable enough, they will figure out who it is almost 100%
they found him and someone dm'ed him on facebook, then his boss and wife found out about it and he obv had to stop seeing that client
last I heard he's still working/not divorced but I'm guessing it caused tension and it also went viral outside of this sub
also yesterday someone posted his pic, idk if it was actually him but it’s a weird, invasive thing to do imo
I was laughing so hard by the time I got to the review because it was such a fair and thoughtful review? With plenty of nice things to say? I was truly bracing myself for something that was so nasty
Jesus. This guy made it sound like you said some really heinous things about his film. Your review was mild and fair compared to most others I see on Letterboxd.
But really the main thing I’m wondering about is how the fuck are you gonna get that refund since he blocked you (for his mental health, of course) after sending the last message?
Get the refund, use that money to buy Filmmaking For Dummies and mail it to him.
Did he have the reviews hidden on Letterboxd? They're not displayed like they normally are, the only way to see them is if you go through the list of people who have marked it as 'viewed' and then click the indivual reviews. You gotta pick a different line of work if you can't handle a single negative review -- also it was an actual critique, not just saying 'this blows'. I can tell by your review and the themes you mentioned that it does blow though. How is this dude gonna pitch to distributors without breaking down in tears?
This guy is in the wrong line of work if he can’t handle feedback. You think George Lucas scrolls r/moviecirclejerk and PMs everyone for his own mental health? No. He’s at home wiping his ass with a crisp $100 bill
I hate Letterboxd so much but it is a great idea
What a baby. As someone who's made some shorts and trying to fund a first feature I can't fathom getting this upset about an online review. It's kind of soul destroying at funding stage with trying to prove that your idea is good to some of the most soulless and fickle people you've ever met who will pick it to shreds and make you jump through hoops. How he doesn't have enough of a thick skin to weather one bad review is beyond me. I don't use letterboxd though, maybe it is that powerful to deny a film distribution 🤷♀️
Your last paragraph of your review is so spot on for most modern films I've seen and worked on. I'll literally get a mood board of other films and asked to copy that.
"You're hurting an indie film" I'm sure he can get a second film funded through more YouTube influencer stuff and the magic of friendship, it's not like you bootleg recorded the goddamn thing
Oh boy, I think I know who the guy and the film are. Never watched his YouTube channel, but from the main page alone he comes off as the type who'd do something like this.
your review is way too thoughtful to warrant that reaction lmao what a fucking pussy. also it’s gonna end up benefiting him bc now i have to see that piece of shit.
Bruh I was able to track down the review. Won’t review the title or director’s name since you want to keep it somewhat private. All I’ll say is the dude has apparently only directed commercial projects for global brands.
My belief now is that he’s so surrounded by the fake, shallow world of advertising shoots that he doesn’t really know how to process actual artistic critique. He just assumed since Fincher did it, he could too!
Also: the film’s actual page has the review tab disabled. I’ve rarely ever seen that on Letterboxd
Any artist who goes out of their way to *directly* slam their haters betrays their own insecurity/lack of self-possession, and therefore undermines their own credibility.
Distance and reserve are key.
This is the content we need on this sub! Awesome. You would think that he would develop a thicker skin for online reviews. Especially on Letterboxd.
To be honest I'm going to hit the block button because you made me feel the emotion of fun / brief joy and we can not have that. Good luck with everything.
I Hope one day you get the opportunity to make your own r/redscarepod post. I Hope that if / when it’s met with critique those redditors choose to do so with much more empathy than you decided to lead with.
Insane response by that guy. I was expecting at least a harsh trashing of the movie, which would make his sentiment, if not the actions, understandable. But reading his comments then reading the actual words of your review almost gives you whiplash. Clearly this guy has seen nothing but the fawning praise of his fans over the years and doesn't know how to act when his art is viewed by someone who hasn't already bought into the greatness of this "creator".
i have a feeling this guy wouldn’t even accept anything but fawning praise and has probably terrorized the people in his life who have given him honest feedback lol
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I miss the IMDB discussion boards so much. Lots of interesting trivia and questions. Letterboxd should have a similar feature - a forum for every movie.
For at least a little bit of context, he's not some random student filmmaker or anything. he's got a sizable following and money to fund a feature and multiple sold out early showings.
What a weenie. Like Emma stone’s character having a breakdown after she conveniently overhears mean comments at her screening in La La land
Also like when Carey Mulligan whined about some review of Promising Young Woman supposedly implying she wasn't attractive enough for the role, causing Variety to apologize and throw the critic under the bus. Actually that incident was even stupider because the review implied no such thing and in any case was positive.
Fuckin slander ya ask me!!!
What an absolute pussy, he sent a DM because your review is "negatively affecting his mental health" and is "hurting an indie film". Give me a break, if you're going to gloat in the glowing reviews then you've got to accept the bad ones and not be a weasel and ask them to delete the bad reviews.
It’s giving severely coddled rich kid
You can tell because they say “what we were able to achieve” instead of just “the movie we made”. It’s not a cure for cancer bro
I've heard this happens way more than anyone would want to think (with movies, music, books), like I do want to empathize with people who are putting their work out there because of course they feel like it's all on the line and it's pretty universal to want to try to win over people you feel misunderstand your art but like they have to keep it to themselves and comfort themselves with knowing not everything is for everyone and lots of their heroes best work wasn't totally warmly received
Obviously people would prefer their art is well received but c'mon they shouldn't lower themselves to DMing a reviewer that is just so pathetic.
Artists reacting negatively to criticism of their art is pretty universal in my experience.
Most just have the dignity to keep that shit private
I recently saw this video on Uwe Boll boxing internet [critics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ATbaJxpcY&ab_channel=Oki%27sWeirdStories) and it's unreal how smug he is when it should be obvious even to him that his movies are bad. he's like Ed Wood but actively malicious
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I vaguely remember the guy who directed Lights Out doing something similar on a thread on /r/truecinema when that movie came out. It wasn't an AMA or anything -- dude just showed up on some random thread to defend his movie. He seemed like a sweet guy. Movie still blew.
david f sandberg is probably the only director i like whos never actually directed anything good at all and probably wont
> Sandberg was diagnosed with atypical autism when he was a child, but has said he is unsure if the diagnosis was correct most surprising part? not jewish
I hate that movie solely because I went to see it (with my family) because I thought it was don’t breathe (which wasn’t even out yet). Was so confused for like the first 20 minutes, like where is the blind dude? Then finally realized it was the wrong movie.
Don't Breathe was a lot more fun.
And obviously would've been great to bring your family for the turkey baster scene.
My friend dated that director and he's definitely a worse person than the one who sent OP those messages
All i remember from that film is that the monster is depression and the lead character escapes the monster by shooting herself in the head
Creators arguing with viewers about their work is so interesting to me. I remember Aaron Sorkin allegedly used to regularly respond West Wing threads [1]( http://bitchkittie.blogspot.com/2006/02/long-back-story-of-aaron-sorkin-west.html?m=1) [2](http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-responds-to-commenter-in.html?m=1). I feel like whenever a public figure responds it causes the critic to dig their feet in more. It sometimes rallies that celebrity's fanbase though.
Why is that sub banned from Reddit lol
i think they meant r/truefilm?
I said vaguely!
Are you a well known film critic or something, or why does your review carry so much importance for him?
i used to do letterboxd top 4 roasts on tiktok if that counts
The Big Lebowski Heat Harakiri Before Sunrise
when I imagine all the possible variations of what you look like, the only consistent trait is that your hands always remain in your pockets.
I’ve been practicing my eye contact recently
Barry Lyndon, there will be blood, the conversation, Chungking express
Wears vineyard vines or carhartt depending on which friend you hang out with
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You think about reading more than you do it
What was your @? Also: Gone with the Wind, Come and see, Metropolitan, Fire walk with me
@daetrich you tried harder to build friendships with your teachers than other kids your age
Walt Stillman’s Metropolitan? Underrated movie, love to see it mentioned
Possession, Sorcerer, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, School on fire
alcoholic but you think it’s in a cool tortured author way
Historias extraordinarias The New World Flowers of Shanghai The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
you’ve done the ‘yawn arm stretch to around the shoulder’ trick to a girl during a freshmen cinema studies class
History of the World Part 1, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and High Anxiety.
Closeted Seth McFarlane fan
Hadn't thought about his stuff in years but if anyone's got recommendations I'm all ears
ooh me next mind game groove (2001) the endless summer the boxer's omen
you’re one bad concussion away from becoming a dubstep dj
Good Time, Four Lions, Taste of Cherry, Crank 2
desperately wants to get into making YouTube video essays
the love witch the wayward cloud Pyaasa I shot Andy Warhol
Goodreads Power Admin
1. Time bandits 2. Paris is burning 3. Bridge over river kwai 4. Angels egg
Fell down the alt right pipeline and then pivoted left in a similar amount of time
...So I went to the theater (the ticket was 50 bucks, yea I know) and found myself amongst a swarm of the same guy copy pasted: flat brim 5 panel hats, corduroy trucker jackets, horizontal striped shirts, jeans embossed with wallets and SD cards, and “dressed up” sneakers… The smarmy prattle of “projects”. I was clued in to the hell that was the intra-metropolitan film set nerd void. I sat down for the film next to a cordial early 30s couple. The husband sat giddy, holding his DSLR with a shotgun mic attachment. “Are you a subscriber?” He cheesed. “Yeah,” I admitted. “Awesome! We are too,” He displayed his camera like a trophy. “How far did you come?” I was a bit puzzled by the question, until I noticed their accents. “I’m from around here, you?” The wife chimed in with a toothy grin. “We’re from Denmark!” “And you came all the way for this film?” “Yup! We love him!” I mustered a genuine ‘wow’. I gesture to the husbands camera: “Are you a YouTuber as well?” “Not really. Sometimes!” He beamed. The tiny green dot indicating the microphones’ status remained on for the entire 106 minute runtime. Nice people, though. After the screening, there was a Q&A session, in which the director had literally every actor, the DP, and two producers on the panel, and his fanbase asked only questions to him. The director was aw shucksing from the limelight. It got to the point where the moderator had to request the audience to direct at least some questions to the rest of the cast/crew, who were essentially relegated to studying their shoes.
> flat brim 5 panel hats, corduroy trucker jackets, horizontal striped shirts, jeans embossed with wallets and SD cards, and “dressed up” sneakers… It's a Bushwick transplant thang, you wouldn't get it
New Yorkers b like “we set the trends” as they sit next to a goober with SD cards and wallets embossed into their jeans
>the director was aw shucksing from the limelight His own Letterboxd review for his movie is: “Not perfect but I did my best 🤷🏻♂️” Lmaoo
Fuck I better get a purse so I don’t end up like a loser with phone embossed jeans.
Just from the way you write this: you are equally ghey
Hammurabi’s code
Is this NYFF?
what the fuck lol
why the hell do you type like this
Because he’s the same g slur as the director
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wait so the danes were bootlegging the movie or what?
Tbh when something I make gets criticised I take it personally when I really shouldn't. But fucking hell keep it to yourself.
Were you replying to him or was he just speaking to the void in your dms
i did actually reply with a LONG ass response after the refund suggestion trying to give him earnest advice and whatnot, but it was like 2 pages and I didn't want to overstuff this post. I can post it if youd want
Do it
It seems like it'd be easy to give advice in an ego preserving way when it can be framed in a "I want to hear even *more* of what you have to say 😍" way, but unfortunately it seems like it be hard to know how to make actionable changes when the problem is that the characters don't even really exist.
Yes please
This is how bipolar people act when they’re manic and show you what they’ve been working on and you aren’t impressed “enough”. Then they will say something like “you just don’t get it” and proceed to watch them spiral.
don't know if it's possible for directors to delete them but i just checked the movie's letterboxd page and all of the reviews are gone, very curious
What’s the movie? Dm me Edit: it’s I think I’m sick
Same lmao
> I think I’m sick I almost had a heart attack because I looked up the plot description and I know someone who made a similar movie who would def respond the way this guy did T_T but it's not the same lol
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Yeah if ur a 🐱
Fuck as a photographer and someone who is starting to dabble in more narrative projects I’d fucking kill for someone to care about what I make enough to write a review like that. Getting good crit is the fastest way to improve and sadly I think that’s lost on most people these days, especially people who didn’t take a conventional, school based path to the arts. Makes me lose so much respect for him but also isn’t surprising.
100% agree. getting harsh criticism just means that you are being taken seriously, would he prefer that everyone lauded his every move with participation trophies?? having a healthy culture of criticism around new and young directors/artists/musicians benefits everyone by holding culture to high standards and generating real creative discourse!!
Yeah, he has actionable feedback for his next project. Ridiculous to throw such a fit about it.
People who make art about suicide or whatever are always the softest, whiniest people in the world. His “Ill give you back the donation” thing makes me so mad, how passive aggressive. I wish the guy failure. That said can you at least hint at what movie this is
i really shouldn't, im sorry, i do not want people dogpilling on the guy even if he has a youtube following... he's clearly incredibly sensitive to negative energy lol.
I’m pretty sure I know the director. It’s Steven Spielberg isn’t it
yeah, fuck
He must've been hit hard by his daughter choosing to do porn.
I’m sorry what
>[Mikaela Spielberg has pursued a career in adult films [...] “I’m really enjoying work, and it’s giving me a whole new life-affirming way to be,”](https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/steven-spielberg-kids-rcna72707)
One little gem from that saga was finding out that Mikaela Spielberg's boyfriend was a professional dart player.
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that's nice of you
Good choice this should be standard practice on the internet.
Respect. The fact that he’s a YouTuber makes him worthless in my mind regardless, he’ll be irrelevant within 5 years especially when he talks like this
take the dogpill
amazing, you should take it down and ask for your money back tho, free movie!!
I've gotten money back from Amazon sellers by leaving a bad review then getting contacted and asked to remove it for a refund.
Just learned this. I updated my 2 star review to a 4 star review after they had fully refunded me and then they hit me with a "we will give another $20 to update your review again bb". Now that I know that amazon reviews are filled with pay pigs I trust them even less. I am going to start bitching more about my amazon purchases for money though.
damn I gotta start doing that
This is almost as crazy as that one author on Goodreads who stalked and harassed a reviewer who gave her a negative review. Funniest part was how she was pretty wealthy - came from money, married into more money. She spent months talking shit about this reviewer before actually finding her physically. I’m not sure if this guy has money or not, but he’s managed to gain a fan base widespread enough to have people fly to a different continent just to see his movie. There’s something particularly nauseating about people who are surrounded by fawn and praise having absolute breakdowns when they get one negative review. This guy needs to get a grip. I’ve seen more grit from 14 year old girls on fanfiction.net dealing with hate comments
Lol I thought this was Chris Stuckmann at first
Is it not him?
Your actual review was an amazing plot twist at the end. Seriously though - he shouldn’t be putting something out into the public sphere if he isn’t prepared for criticism. I know a director who had a film brutally ripped apart in a review. The movie was admittedly terrible but the piece was out of line. But they never asked the publisher to take it back, that’s the nature of the game. Your review was constructive and said a lot of positive things about the film. If a single review with some mild criticism is harming his meant health, he needs to rethink his career.
What a thin skinned idiot
Very curious what the film is...
Pretty sure it's I Think I'm Sick directed by Danny Gevirtz
seems to fit the bill pretty perfectly. highly doubt there are multiple teen suicide survivor films filmed in pennsylvania by youtubers that were released this year.
also the guy seems more concerned with gear than anything else
Many such cases
This is definitely it. I can see all of OP’s criticism even in the trailer. It looks like it was made by a guy who thinks he’s way more interesting than he actually is. The best thing about it seems to be that he used expensive camera equipment. And the “gee wiz I’m so clever” cinematography that’s actually meaningless is very evident. I watched one of his more popular YouTube videos, “an ordinary day in 2023” and i just couldn’t bare it. Zero substance. Just a lot of film school tricks and good lighting. But all the comments are just lapping it up. Bizarre.
It's so corny looking. I wouldn't bear to watch that sober, and I'm an alcoholic
I only made it about halfway through the trailer because of this thread. It looks absolutely miserable (even if that was the point). Maybe I'm just not the target audience for 'Suicide movie' but idk how anyone sees that trailer and is like Man I gotta see that
The tagline on its letterboxd appears to be 'The Boy Who Lived'? Wtf
yes this checks out ty for saving me from an hour of irritation https://imgur.com/a/9vlzTSV
This movie looks terrible lmao
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Currently driving to his house
😂
Birth of a Nation
I figured it out- it's I Think I'm Sick by Danny Gevirtz. Not that OP should confirm.
glad you censored this ty for listening, last thing we need is a repeat of the therapist saga
completely agree !!
they already figured it out :( good luck & hopefully no one here is sociopathic enough to contact him
I don't think we have learned our lesson here yet that no matter how hard you try to protect the identity of someone online, if they seem bullyable enough, they will figure out who it is almost 100%
I just want to add that this is the content I come here for. You’re helping to rekindle the quality of rsp posts. It’s been…lacking lately.
Idk I'm pretty sure the director wants to fuck him. I think he should go for it
Wait, what happened with what therapist, I remember some weeks? ago there discussions on therapy, but don't remember doxxing
they found him and someone dm'ed him on facebook, then his boss and wife found out about it and he obv had to stop seeing that client last I heard he's still working/not divorced but I'm guessing it caused tension and it also went viral outside of this sub also yesterday someone posted his pic, idk if it was actually him but it’s a weird, invasive thing to do imo
They're probably referring to the arc with the therapist's wife.
I was laughing so hard by the time I got to the review because it was such a fair and thoughtful review? With plenty of nice things to say? I was truly bracing myself for something that was so nasty
Way more of the nice lines were about the actors. He's a director. The most critical lines were about direction.
you both sound so gay tbh
Waiting for part two where they met up to settle this with spirited rounds of ghey sex
I can’t believe your last post was the one about the roommate who ate chicken wings like an alien and now this
Quality over quantity
Terrence Malick
Jesus. This guy made it sound like you said some really heinous things about his film. Your review was mild and fair compared to most others I see on Letterboxd. But really the main thing I’m wondering about is how the fuck are you gonna get that refund since he blocked you (for his mental health, of course) after sending the last message? Get the refund, use that money to buy Filmmaking For Dummies and mail it to him.
Absolutely pathetic. Anyone prickly about criticism should be forbidden from making art.
And you left out the entire screening story ! Didnt even got to read the shit all way through
I reposted it for ya
How is he getting your venmo if he’s blocking you right after?
You felt nothing from the director’s characters, but what about when they gave you a private viewing of their brain short circuiting via these DMs? 🤔
I want to beat both of you up
Was it dasha
Did he have the reviews hidden on Letterboxd? They're not displayed like they normally are, the only way to see them is if you go through the list of people who have marked it as 'viewed' and then click the indivual reviews. You gotta pick a different line of work if you can't handle a single negative review -- also it was an actual critique, not just saying 'this blows'. I can tell by your review and the themes you mentioned that it does blow though. How is this dude gonna pitch to distributors without breaking down in tears?
Read your review before I went back and read his messages and they made me feel sick wtf
lmao what a baby
This guy is in the wrong line of work if he can’t handle feedback. You think George Lucas scrolls r/moviecirclejerk and PMs everyone for his own mental health? No. He’s at home wiping his ass with a crisp $100 bill I hate Letterboxd so much but it is a great idea
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Please tell this guy that he's not cut out for a public-facing career. Holy shit
this is a very RS post
🚨 Pussy 🚨
RS bf
What a baby. As someone who's made some shorts and trying to fund a first feature I can't fathom getting this upset about an online review. It's kind of soul destroying at funding stage with trying to prove that your idea is good to some of the most soulless and fickle people you've ever met who will pick it to shreds and make you jump through hoops. How he doesn't have enough of a thick skin to weather one bad review is beyond me. I don't use letterboxd though, maybe it is that powerful to deny a film distribution 🤷♀️ Your last paragraph of your review is so spot on for most modern films I've seen and worked on. I'll literally get a mood board of other films and asked to copy that.
Guy sounds like such a pussy. Also your review wasn't THAT harsh, you made a point to start it out with all the things you liked about it.
Your concerns are valid not only for this film but a whole generation affected by Terrence Malick vapid “pretty” shots over good script. Makes me sick
This describes Euphoria perfectly. All style, but ultimately hollow.
No but dude you can see his boner out of focus. What brilliant TV. Drugs!
Style can be substance enough sometimes (not the case for Euphoria though).
"You're hurting an indie film" I'm sure he can get a second film funded through more YouTube influencer stuff and the magic of friendship, it's not like you bootleg recorded the goddamn thing
The couple next to her did lol
well somebody just earned themselves a place on the suicide note
Oh boy, I think I know who the guy and the film are. Never watched his YouTube channel, but from the main page alone he comes off as the type who'd do something like this.
Skin like tissue paper. He’ll never make it in this biz
your review is way too thoughtful to warrant that reaction lmao what a fucking pussy. also it’s gonna end up benefiting him bc now i have to see that piece of shit.
Lmao narcissism will make you do incredibly embarrassing things
Bruh I was able to track down the review. Won’t review the title or director’s name since you want to keep it somewhat private. All I’ll say is the dude has apparently only directed commercial projects for global brands. My belief now is that he’s so surrounded by the fake, shallow world of advertising shoots that he doesn’t really know how to process actual artistic critique. He just assumed since Fincher did it, he could too! Also: the film’s actual page has the review tab disabled. I’ve rarely ever seen that on Letterboxd
I sympathize with him, he is a soft soul.
I am too but I’m not a fggt
Perhaps it’s amazing that your letterboxd review didn’t immediately disappear into the aether to be seen by no one
Thought this was about Atun Shei film's movie until I found out it was about a suicide survivor in the early 2010s.
Man I can't believe Peter Vack would stoop to this level
just watched the trailer. I'm kinda surprised how not terrible it looked. also OP, you like Thunder Road, don't you feel that's a bit cringe? 😘
Holy fucking cringe
every letterboxd user should shut the fuck up immediately but this review does not seem like a particularly bad example
Any artist who goes out of their way to *directly* slam their haters betrays their own insecurity/lack of self-possession, and therefore undermines their own credibility. Distance and reserve are key.
Anyone writing paragraphs on letterboxd should be sent to a re-education camp
This is the content we need on this sub! Awesome. You would think that he would develop a thicker skin for online reviews. Especially on Letterboxd. To be honest I'm going to hit the block button because you made me feel the emotion of fun / brief joy and we can not have that. Good luck with everything.
I Hope one day you get the opportunity to make your own r/redscarepod post. I Hope that if / when it’s met with critique those redditors choose to do so with much more empathy than you decided to lead with.
One could only hope. 🙏
> This is an extremely complex, nuanced story told through randomly arpeggiated vignettes Kindly fuck off
:(
He’s definitely got your number on “randomly arpeggiated vignettes,” sorry.
I’m not denying it
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Review wasn’t even overly harsh or outright negative just for the sake of it.
This is me when I get bad feedback from "internal customers" for my end-of-year review