Recommendation: Honest Trailers & CinemaSins

2014-03-21 Daniel Feedback, Inspiration, Music & other Art 0

Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.
Jean Sibelius

Ah, Internet — the effect is has on creativity is unbelievable. If you love movies, check whether YouTube has a Screen Junkies “Honest Trailer” and/or whether CinemaSins did an “Everything Wrong with …” video about it. I recently watched “The Hunger Games” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and the Honest Trailer and CinemaSins versions are … huh. There are a few things that can make me laugh so hard, some scenes in Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams books, but a few of these videos come close.

Screen Junkies Honest Trailer: The Hunger Games

CinemaSins Everything Wrong with The Hunger Games in Three Minutes or Less

Screen Junkies Honest Trailers: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

CinemaSins Everything Wrong With The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Highly recommended.

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Recommendation: Honest Trailers & CinemaSins