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By: kevin

kevin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:51:14 +0000

buzz fight lotso

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:52:13 +0000

Reminds me of many Zero Punctuation reviews actually

By: CloakRaider

CloakRaider — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:19:24 +0000

Damn, and here I was thinking I was the only one who went on to Rotten Tomatoes, looked up ridiculously popular/good films and looked for bad reviews.

By: Sparky

Sparky — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:07:58 +0000

You might also enjoy Paul Brunick’s brutal, magnificent takedown of this same Armond White review:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/07/hating-the-player-losing-the-game-the-armond-white-meta-review/

I’m a bit confused as to why, after attacking Toy Story 3 for being “besotted with brand names and product placement”, White praises Transformers 2, a movie based on a TV show specifically developed to market a line of toys made by Hasbro.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:04:50 +0000

Yeah, White is notorious for taking a contrary view on pretty much every movie out there. If it’s a critical darling, he calls it garbage. If it’s roundly panned, he says its brilliant. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but his writing is truly awful and his track record suggests he is just trying to drum up traffic.

By: Wayward_Ronin

Wayward_Ronin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:56:37 +0000

Armond White is the ubertroll of film critics.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1897/armondwhiteisntinsane.jpg

By: verendus

verendus — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:01:57 +0000

The only connection I can think of is that they both involve a human teenager (Sam/Andy) caught in a battle between two groups of things that are supposed to be inanimate. Of course, Toy Story 3 did so in a way that reduced grown men to tears…

By: SenatorPalpatine

SenatorPalpatine — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:53:41 +0000

I felt kinda bad for many of the Inception reviewers last time, but for these Toy Story 3 reviewers i cannot possibly sympathize.

Very funny, well done.

Also, after much thought I figured out the idiotic connection between transformers and Toy Story 3: Transformers are toys. Not in the movie, but I’m pretty sure that’s the only thing the 2 franchises have in common.

By: The_B

The_B — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:28:58 +0000

Yeah Jaz. They were going to release it on consoles at the same time as the cinema so immediately it’s going to be worse than a terminal disease and ohnoI’mgettingitconfusedwithBattlefield3again.

By: Jaz

Jaz — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:54:48 +0000

There’s a Toy Story 3!?

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:13:14 +0000

What could a comedy writer possibly be trying to achieve by writing about something hilariously bad? It is a mystery, and means I should probably rethink my entire career as well.

I’m loving these bad review reviews. The combination of hatred for good things, sheer incompetence and overblown self-importance means these writers are practically Disney villains, and in the absence of anthropomorphized talking animals I’ll settle for “taking the piss out of them.”

More!

By: The_B

The_B — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:58:35 +0000

I’m almost flabbergasted at that review. I’m assuming that can only be like what fanboys see read when a review of their favourite game gets one mark lower than best game of all time, because I can’t think of any other explanation. I’m not sure I’d even trust that reviewers opinion of the time of day from now on.

By: StephenPip

StephenPip — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:36:12 +0000

The guy who wrote this, Armond White was asked to appear as a guest on the Slash Film cast to review Inception and explain his throughts on criticism. You might find it interesting :)

http://www.slashfilm.com/category/features/slashfilmcast/

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:53:04 +0000

Sorry. The reason I enjoy doing these is I get a perverse kick out of seeing people laying into something I really like, and doing it badly. Obviously if you haven’t seen the thing, or if you’re well-balanced, you’re not going to get that kick.

By: Pod!

Pod! — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:56:34 +0000

Not your best article. I’ve not seen Toy Story 3 and came away from this even more bemused than from the article you are talking about. e.g. Hamm the Piggy Bank. Is he one of the toys? I don’t know :o

By: Flameberge

Flameberge — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:51:18 +0000

It may not be for achieving things, and yet it achieves entertainment. Anyway, despite the fact Mr. White writes utter nonsense on purpose, it doesn’t change the fact it is utter nonsense. Just like a John Walker review.
A ha. Ha ha. Ha.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:43:14 +0000

This blog isn’t really for achieving things.

By: qrter

qrter — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:05:21 +0000

I’m not sure what you’re trying to achieve with these ‘bad review reviews’.

They come over as slightly obsessive, the kind of fevered stuff you find on gaming forums. Besides, you’re criticising an Armond White review – White infamously having built a career on writing contrary reviews, seemingly just to get a rabid raise out of internet commenters.

(Cue someone else asking what I’m trying to achieve with this ‘bad review reviews review’. Go on..)

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Tweets that mention A Bad Toy Story 3 Review, by Tom Francis -- Topsy.com — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:19:48 +0000

[…] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Tom Francis, Sindre Dahle. Sindre Dahle said: RT @Pentadact: Another bad review review, this time entirely about a single Toy Story 3 piece: http://bit.ly/toybad Also my own thoughts. […]

By: Nano

Nano — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:53:51 +0000

And Totoro! TOTORO!

Also, Transformers 2 had a crass joke about giant Decepticon balls…trying to compare it to Toy Story is just…wha? I think my mind just broke.

By: Ground-in Dirt

Ground-in Dirt — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:50:01 +0000

Ho ho another silly person revie-

“Besides, Transformers 2 already explored the same plot to greater thrill and opulence.”

Ha ha ha, whaaaaaat