Sunday, April 15, 2012

That Guy with the Glasses with a solid oppion

     When ever you read a review or an article, whether it is on the internet or in the newspaper the critic may give you the information on the subject of the review but in the end they all tend to sound the same. Most main stream reviewers seem to think with one brain and have very narrow ideas of what is good in movies and videos. Independent websites can offer different points of view. One particular independent web site that gives both comedy and information on movies and games, is called That Guy with the Glasses.
     Most of the videos on the web site are done by one guy named Doug Walker and he does various videos, movies from the 1980’s and 1990s. He is best known for reviewing these videos and movies from the past. Most critics would just talk about the movie in general. Doug not only talks about the movie he actually shows most of the movie highlighting the storyline and then reviews the movie from start to finish, showing a clip then reviewing it before going to the next clip. The reason he does this is to help support his opinions of the movie and to show the mistakes the director and editor left in the film.
     When That Guy with the Glasses reviews a movie from the past he will always use clips from other well known movies that either help support the jokes he makes about the film or to help him reinforce his point on the movie. He likes to point out how many movies are just a copy of an earlier movie or movie style. One example of this is in the movie The Haunting, released in the 1950s his opinion is that the movie The Haunting, released in the 1990s was a butchered remake of the original movie, he liked the original but not the remake. Most of his videos are usually a comparison on the remake of movies. For example, he compared the movie Red Dragon with the 1968 release of ‘Manhunter’, both movies deal with the story of introducing us to Hannibal Lechter. He would check the points of the movie, for instance, the characters or the differences in the story line and decided what movie he liked better.
     While Doug Walker and his reviews are the main attraction of That Guy with the Glasses there are other critics he invites on this webpage.They guest critics review different things about media. They review movies they grew up with during their childhood. They review current movies especially things that make them angry, they review video games from the 70’s and 80’s, and sometimes even a music video. If someone wants to make a video about movies, games and such, they can send them to That Guy with the Glasses and Doug Walker may post them on the website. So if you want a good laugh, and are looking for comedy break, if you want to get an idea on what is good and what is bad in the media industry then That Guy with the Glasses is the webpage for you.

2 comments:

  1. I got a sense that you liked this website, but wasnt sold on it being a great site. Maybe getting rid of the first sentence would be a better lead in.

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  2. i think it was a great idea to contrast Doug Walker with generic, mainstream reviewers. it really gave me an idea of what this guy is all about. a lot of nice points, good job.

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