So, mea culpa. I got Rick Worley confused with So Uncivilized (as in, I thought Rick Worley was SU’s real name). My mistake. I’ve seen some of So Uncivilized’s work and would compare it to a more pretentious “Every Frame a Painting.”
I am curious about Worley’s attempts to explain the ending to The Sopranos
Welp, haha, I enjoy So Uncivilized personally but that’s mainly because I find him looking at things from the lenses of an artist like Rick does. He’s a professional editor. However he just as often has his own opinions on certain things but I find he has the right intentions of trying to get to the roots of asking why with something. The balance of personal tastes and artist’s intentions really come across well in his Jar Jar video.
I’ve not watched The Sopranos so I had to stop myself from reading all of your post. It looks like a great show. I’ll probably watch it at some point.
How can someone not be a film critic? It’s not like there’s any sort of laudable criteria for having an opinion on art.
Anyone can be a film critic in a way but there’s a key difference between having an opinion on something versus being able to read it. Like any type of literacy there’s a grammar and rules to how you’re supposed to analyse something. This is different from personal tastes. Film like literature is an artistic medium. Our culture isn’t taught though to read film as we are literature. I find in turn you get people believing their opinion is the consensus and the only valid points are when someone agrees with them. In reality there’s a reason things are the way they are and the artist thought as they did. It might not be to your personal taste but that doesn’t make it bad by default. It’s the grey line between subjective and objective.