Legendary Swedish film maker Ingmar Bergman in his commandments of film making has stated the first rule that,"Thou shalt be entertaining at all times. "And these 4 movie reviewing channels are guaranteed to tickle your funny bones while dissecting a movie.
Just like we are taught in journalism school about alternate media and their immense impact on society,this list comprises of YouTube channels who have broken the orthodox movie reviewing approach through their quirky humour. They are not critics in a serious sense,but their influence on movie goers is surely undeniable.
1. Old Famous Honest Reviews: MensXP
My go to movie reviewers. As surprising it may sound,but some of their reviews have more views than Rajeev Masand, Anupama Chopra and Taran Adarsh's reviews combined. Zain Anwar and Subham Gaur (Hostel daze fame) are a deadly duo with their impromptu humour. Apart from presenting the movie through the audience's lenses,they never miss a chance to address the contemporary political scenario,from saheenbagh to Arnab-Kamra incident,with their trademark sarcasm.Their running gags include Jagya and Banandi (spoof of Balika Vadhu) and how a conversation between the cast and crew must have taken place.Their immense popilarity led to a spin off Bhadwe Talks, later renamed to One Way Talks(any guesses why?) hosted by the other cast member Rajesh (who plays bhadwe).
2. Not A Movie Review: Sucharita Tyagi (Film companion)
It's so satisfying to see a person talk about movies who really is in love with the art form.You should see the glow on Sucharita's face while she started the Andhadhun review,twisting and dancing saying,"This is the film we deserve." or while saying,"Women telling women stories.With her collosal knowledge about movies(thanks to her film school education) and socio-political awareness,you are certain to learn a thing or two from her videos.
3. Pretentious Movie Reviews:Kanan Gill
Before they were selling out auditorium shows and had two stand-up specials each on Amazon and Netflix, Kanan Gill and Biswa Kalyan Rath were breaking the internet with their one of a kind movie review videos.The motto was that some movies are so bad that they needed to be revisited.Started in mid-2014,they derived humour from applying "logic" to movies like Gunda, Jaani-dushmanPrem Aggan (I can't unhear haseen dard my entire life)and many more.They have gained a cult status and since their last video about movie Kya Kehna in August,2015,the internet simply can't stop asking when they are coming back with,"Welcome to pretentios movie reviews,and thus week's movie is................".
4. LOL Revists: Only Desi
This criminally underrated channel is the closest we have ever got to Screen Junkies' "Honest Trailers".The channel runner Ankit's, an Indian guy living in Canada (and no,he is not Punjabi), strength lies in his God level observation skills and self-awareness.He pointed out the same statue being used in several locations,a guy defecating on road side in Maine pyar kiya review and Hritik trying to hide his extra thumb through out Kahona Pyar Hai to name a few.He never shies to take a dig at himself,like joking about the fact that he is the rip-off of Honest Trailers and that his videos have no regularity in releases. Highly highly recommended.
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