Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts’s debut feature The Kings of Summer may have been hailed with critical acclaim and awards but he hasn’t had as much luck with his latest, monster movie Kong: Skull Island.
The movie starred Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson and did well in the box office, in spite of receiving mixed reviews. One body that did not approve of the film was Cinema Sins.
The Youtube series picks movies apart scene by scene and even shot for shot, picking out its flaws for comedic effect.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts gave his own tweet by tweet response to the video, which was posted yesterday.
Roberts began by praising those behind the film, after which he mocked Cinema Sins and responded directly to a number of the points made by the video:
Mystery Science Theatre built something artful, endearing and comedic on top of the foundation other people's work. It had merit to itself.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
Things like Cinema Sins simply suck the life blood of other people and are often just wrong about intent or how cinema works. It's terrible.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
Literally not another scene in the film has rain in it after this. Literally two scenes in the whole film. The writing lacks Anh integrity. pic.twitter.com/AejCDrOKot
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
Are you paying attention? That's not Shea Wigham's character. Try actually watching the movie. pic.twitter.com/VgN9Nfhft4
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
There are songs in this movie like https://t.co/pnQ31bH3XW that have never been licensed in a film before. You can't just say shit out loud. pic.twitter.com/lV11Nbj8Wb
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
It's called a match cut or graphic rhyming. So yes. I could have shown it. This is a choice that has nothing to do with a graphic shot later pic.twitter.com/aFv0k5WYoG
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
This "cheap laugh" got no reaction prior to the election. It gets a reaction because the black mirror of the 70's we're living in. pic.twitter.com/LB9NFf5qna
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
Because it's inaccessible by boat and thus only discovered when we launched satellites in the 70's with cameras looking down at the earth. pic.twitter.com/VY54NIeO7F
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
The last one really gets me as it's basically the entire reason the film takes place in the 70's. This guy just says shit like trump.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
Anyhow. I just wanted to point out why these videos are infuriating. They're often just wrong or think they're smarter than you.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
I love film criticism and I love reading negative reviews if the author makes compelling and well written arguments.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
To anyone who thinks this video makes me mad or hurts me. It doesn't. I just wanted to point out a few obvious examples that are just wrong.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
It just makes me sad they get so many views / contribute to the dumbing down of cinema as they syphon other people's work for their own gain
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
It's like when trump lies on camera just because he can. It's infuriating and there are people out there who listen to him & cinema sins.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
Anyhow, have a good day. Go watch a movie you've never seen before & actually discuss it with someone instead of focusing on reductive crap
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
Maybe I'll return to this and watch their entire video if it doesn't make me hammer a nail through my dick and point out more errors.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
It just gets me that a lot of things get critique seem to have a lack of understanding of cinematic lincense / has an odd disdain of film...
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
I make movies because I love film. These guys are just trolling the art form we love and profiting from it while dumbing the conversation.
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017
It’s fair enough to be annoyed, and he has every right to express so, but maybe the comparison to Trump went a little far?
Cinema Sins seemed to have a sense of humour about it anyway:
Hey, everyone! I stepped away from the computer for a few hours to run errands and stuff. Did I miss anything?
— cinemasins (@cinemasins) August 15, 2017
You can watch the Cinema Sins take on Kong: Skull Island here:
Via Twitter
