Stuckmann used to be so brutally honest and critical about movies. I usually don’t use the term “shill” but for Stuckmann’s case? That term perfectly describes him.

This Chris on Chris violence has got to stop!

Isn't he known for being the stereotypical KZfaqr who already let's you know how much he hates the movie by having either a happy face or an angry face on the video thumbnail? So I find it strange he's suddenly taken this high road of more than a reactionary critic when his face is burn into my mind as the go-to reaction face thumbnail.

He is trying to make movies and doesn't want to muddy the waters.

I don’t feel like Stuckmann’s unwillingness to criticize movies isn’t coming from a place of comfort, (it could be, I’m just assuming) but more from a place of fear. Props to him making a film himself, but he seems almost afraid to criticize people because he doesn’t want to damage any future connections. If he’s not willing to criticize someone else’s work, how is he going to react when his film gets negative reviews? Let’s not forget that he’s one of the few people to give positive reviews for The Book of Henry and Argylle, two movies that have been universally panned by everyone else. Since opinions on film are subjective, that would be fine but you start to question Stuckmann’s integrity when after the reviews, he posts interviews with the directors. I’m curious to see Shelby Oaks whenever it gets released, but Stuckmann as a film critic has lost my respect.

I miss Chris's perspective on Double Toasted, but I'm glad i found the channel now

I remember in like... 2017? He made a video explaining why he was no longer doing 'Worst Of The Year' lists, because he didn't like wallowing in negativity. And like at first glance? More power to him! Taking negative influences out of your life where you can is important. Where it became insufferable is that he was basically saying that anyone who DOES do worst of lists is spreading negativity for negativity's sake, which exposes your point that he has long since forgotten what it's like to be a smaller content creator. Worst Of lists are HUGE draws, people even of your size Herman can hardly afford to just not do them. Stuckmann is out of touch, even though I agree with the surface-level point of not attacking writer's and directors for projects that clearly are not their fault.

I had to unsubscribe from Stuckman because he's the epitome of access media. He's not a real critic because he's more concerned with breaking into Hollywood than doing any real criticisms of films.

I don’t watch Chris anymore because if he’s not going to be an honest film critic, then there’s no integrity in his reviews.

I have seen a lot of opinions by KZfaqrs who work in this field (movie reviews) and totally agree with their views. The problem is now Chris Stuckmann can't walk back his statement. There were parts of his statement that I agreed with and everyone recognises (studio Bosses hiring indie Directors for big blockbusters and then in turn bullying the Directors), but Chris Stuckmann has made a living on KZfaq as film critic/reviewer if he is not going to review Madame Web then retire from KZfaq (or drastically change your channel). That's why I have a lot respect Patrick H Willems, CinemaTyler, and Captain Midnight, they actually do deep dives into films from the past and they look at those films in an analytical way.

Stuckmann's logic of not wanting to call out bad writers, directors and actors is a disservice to an industry he loves. In the real world, you do have to recognize mistakes you keep making, otherwise you'll never learn from them. I hated Akiva Goldsman for his Batman movies BUT he earned my respect back on Keanu's Constantine. The tired line of 'dont say the movie is bad cause people worked hard on it' is BS. you can work hard and still deliver a crap result. In any industry, people dont look at intent. They look at quality.

I'm glad you talked about this. I'm really disappointed that he decided to take this route. Criticism is essential to the evolution of art, especially with all of the low effort content coming out these days. It's important to point out the difference between a passion project and a cash grab. I'm not against the mentality of "just let people enjoy things". But it's also important to let people dislike things. Hell, let us ENJOY disliking things. Art is ultimately meant to be a form of expression anyway. It's not about "look at me, look at me! Tell me how good I am". Sometimes people don't like it. Sometimes you lose money. It is what it is.

I stopped watching his channel years ago when he announced not reviewing bad movies due to him not wanting to criticize his fellow film makers due to him wanting to take filmmaking more seriously and wanting to not ruin connections . It’s the perfect example of selling out. He might as well retired his channel at that point.

Neil breen is Not a Terrible Writer/Director Quote by Chris Stuckman 😅😅😅😅

I’m baffled to see this type of response to Stuckmann’s video. Firstly, to say Stuckmann is too scared to call this movie out as bad ... I think he's made it ABUNDANTLY clear what he thinks about it. The whole reason the video exists is because the film got him to go, "Something is very wrong with Sony and the film industry." He then, numerous times, makes absolutely scathing comments about what Sony and other studios have been doing. To those who say negative reviews are important, I agree ... This isn't a review of the movie, though. He says right upfront that it's not. But it IS an EXTREMELY negative statement on the system that made the movie. He's also not trying to give Madame Web a pass or say, "It must have been hard to make, so let's not criticize it." Not once did he say or imply it was wrong for others to do so. He's saying that plenty of other people have already criticized the movie itself; he finds it more productive to criticize the studio behind it. Because if we ignore that, we get all the comments saying that the filmmaker is terrible and that everyone should be ashamed to have worked on it, putting blame on the wrong people and not recognizing the SOURCE of the film's poor quality. It just boggles my mind that so many people are completely missing the point of the whole video and calling it cowardly, sanitized, etc. This is a far more biting takedown of what the film represents than anything I've seen criticizing the film itself. To reiterate: bad films SHOULD be criticized. We SHOULD be told what about them is bad. At no point does Stuckmann say otherwise. He never insinuates that there’s no such thing as bad directors or bad writers, nor does he give off any vibes that he’s better than us for what he’s doing. He just realizes that such a thing has already been done ad nauseum and wants to go deeper without putting total blame on the people involved. Lastly, put yourself in his position as someone who's spent years criticizing film, began trying to get his own off the ground through the Hollywood system, and now finally has one made. Can you honestly tell me you wouldn't develop a softer outlook on bad movies? Not in a way that makes you blind to or willfully ignorant of their poor quality, but in a way that makes you no longer feel comfortable putting a spotlight on them. It's completely natural to develop a "We're all in this together," kind of mindset when this sort of thing happens and stay off the hate train, even if you agree with the negative reception to any given movie. No one has to like this mindset of his, but it's weird to see so many people not even get it. Though again, anyone who calls this video soft or refusing to harshly criticize Hollywood makes me seriously think they just watched the start of it and then checked out.

I really don’t understand this reaction to be honest, everyone is already shitting on the movie and knows it bad. Ofc Stuckmann will have sympathy and a perspective most don’t have since he’s a filmmaker, being angry at this is silly lol

I was never a fan of his reviews and I never understood the appeal. You mentioned a great point that he has the money to not have to.

I’m probably 50/50 on his statement. On one hand, I do agree with him that studios can be at fault for a movie’s overall quality, for Madame Web’s case it’s appropriate because you can tell Sony didn’t give a shit. But saying that directors and writers aren’t always at fault, that’s where I disagree with. I get he doesn’t want to step on anyone’s toes and now he’s a filmmaker, he recognize the hard work and trials that goes into making a movie, but when a film is bad, the director and writer has to take the blame if they didn’t execute it well. Especially since he’s championing the director and writer’s vision, well if the execution of their vision is bad, I can’t help but to blame them. So even though it’s Sony’s fault that Madame Web ended up being so bad, they also did get the writers of Morbius and Gods of Egypt. Actors are like 4th in terms of criticizing cause they’re just doing their job and trusting the director and going off the script which goes off the director and writers being at fault. Now I do think you can criticize someone’s work without coming off personal or too mean, even when you’re super negative on a movie. Cause nowadays people thrive on someone bashing a movie or show, and those usually get the most views. And I get that’s probably another reason why he probably stop doing negative reviews because he doesn’t see the joy in bashing someone’s work, hell I can even understand that’s why I don’t watch a lot of reviewers, especially in an age of channels like Geeks and Gamers, Nerdrotic, etc., I roll my eyes when I see those types of video in my search results. But I have seen reviewers who have criticized a movie but do it in a more level headed way, going point by point on why the movie didn’t work without throwing a tantrum. That’s why I respond to reviewers like Dan Murrell, Austin Burke, you and Korey & Martin. I do think the backlash he’s getting is a bit too harsh and I know it seems pretty divisive as I’ve seen some come to his defense and they think, “Oh y’all just want him to shit on the movie.” When really it’s more about him posting a video about Madame Web and trying to give directors and writers a pass and that people shouldn’t criticize them, that’s gonna rub some people the wrong way because that’s not how film criticism works. We criticize only because we want to see people improve rather than just make the same mistakes, especially when we know they can do better. I get Chris is a director and screenwriter now, but it’s okay to criticize something, that didn’t stop guys like Scorsese from criticizing Marvel movies as theme parks and there’s a lot of hard work that goes into those.

Well, Stuckman changed a few years ago when he started production of his own Indie movie. He said, then that he was going to stop negatively reviewing movies. It wasn't from a place of comfort, it was from a place of "elitism". He even said that he might wind up working within the mainstream industry one day. That's when he really changed. Some things he has said had merit. However, the majority of it was b.s. tbh. Not giving criticism (constructive or negative) is just as damaging as mindlessly praising it. Like his own movie that hasn't been screened yet. What will he expect from the reviews of his own movie? People to just praise his movie to no end? Everyone will like it just because he's a KZfaq content creator with a built in audience? Like how he's often mentioned that he's opted scripts to major studios, yet was turned away. Whether those were good scripts or bad, someone thought they weren't screen worthy.

The problem is, it's so disingenuous to simultaneously tell everyone that you're not going to bash movies anymore because you don't want to burn any bridges in the industry, but then also turn around and act all "holier-than-thou" because other reviewers are still so "negative." He's straight-up said that he's basically not a movie reviewer anymore, moreso just a "movie celebrator," so I can't really fault him if that's how he wants to go about it, but it quickly gets boring to only hear someone talk about movies they like without providing any actual critique. And I think it's disingenuous for a reviewer (or even a "celebrator") to not say exactly what's on their mind about a movie, or to just ignore certain "bad" movies altogether - it's like you're lying by omission, and it's disingenuous. I listen to guys like him because I want to get their thoughts on things and hear their perspective. By ignoring any negativity (which, by the way, criticism doesn't automatically equate to "negativity" anyways), you're not actually giving me your true thoughts. It's disingenuous and gets incredibly boring after a few vids. Especially in Madame Web's case, it's simply not true that the studio is to blame for ALL of the movie's faults. It's quite clear that this was a low-effort cash grab for most of the people involved, so if any movie deserves criticism on multiple fronts, it's this one. I highly recommend Adam Does Movies (www.youtube.com/@AdamDoesMovies), who deserves to have many more subscribers than he currently has. He mixes in plenty of humor along with his true opinions on things, and generally seems to have a well-rounded perspective (though he didn't like Godzilla Minus One as much as most critics, which got him some hate recently - undeservedly, IMO).

Wow I did not get any inkling of "I'm above the other critics who trashed this." He said talking about how bad it was is well documented by plenty of other critics and he wanted to take it from another angle. I don't think he's saying you're wrong at all.

What is so controversial about giving an opinion on a shitty film? Refusing to review it is fine, then all he had to do was nothing. Don't upload a video on it and just move on, instead he put up the video cause he wanted the views but at the cost of a little of his credibility.

I don’t think Chris Stuckman believes what he is saying, I really do think it’s just massive cope to sound good for whoever it is he’s working for You don’t have to be in the film industry in any capacity to know a film is shit, and you can’t always try and fall back on blaming the studio when you’re the one going out signing and “reading” contracts and/or hopefully doing the minimal proper research on what or who it is you are going into business with. You need to talk to your fellow Chris, Chris

I really should leave this comment on Chris stuckmann video page. But I'll leave it here. It seems like Chris stuckmann wants to blame the movie studio for the crap that is Madame webb, but I totally disagree with Chris stuckmann. Not only do I hold the movie studio responsible I also hold the production crew responsible that includes the producers, the directors, the writers, and the actors for the Abomination that they put out. Everyone in my opinion has a responsibility to a good film, and it's not just actors and it's not just director but everybody's part.

A lot of reviewers are getting this "holier than thou" attitude this year, they're forgetting what made them in the first place while talking down to their audience. Everything you said needed to be said one hundred percent

Chris Stuckmann should have pointed out how to improve the movie. That would have been a "healthy" way to criticize the movie.

He doesn’t want to ruffle any feathers as he wants in Hollywood. However the problem I have is throwing every other KZfaqr and film credit under the bus because he too afraid to give honest criticism. You don’t have to be disrespectful to give an honest criticism of a film but even before that video it was cringe watching him too toe around any negative critics

Stuckmann clearly stated some years ago that he no longer identifies himself as a film critic, but instead a filmmaker who’s more focused on film appreciation. He’s been formulating said content on his channel for years now. This is nothing new. The fact that this man is gaining controversy off of ONE VIDEO, from a life decision he made for himself YEARS AGO is absolutely ridiculous. There’s a special group of people in this circle that has made the exact same transition as Stuckmann has. Put yourself in their shoes.

Josh Trank is a talented director that got fucked by a studio & is someone that probably shouldn’t shoulder most of the blame for Fan4stic. The writers & director of Madame Web don’t get that excuse, in my opinion, because of their resumes

Chris stuckmann is the epitome of someone who has forgotten where they came from and who made them, he ripped out his own spine and wiped out any honesty/ Integrity he had for the attractive possibilities of what could be for him in Hollywood LOL

Yea I was wondering why different spots were taking shots at Chris Stuckman until I found out it was because he didn't want to review MadWeb because he didn't want to criticize the movie because of the har work people put in the movie 🙄 🤔 that just crazy

The problem with the video is that he decided to click-bait it with Madame Web but it was primarily focused on how studios often ruined some film productions.

As long as people are enjoying Pepsi it's a quality film

Stuckmann acts as if movies are free to see Audiences have every right to be mad, cinema trips aren't cheap these days. His channel has took a massive hit because of his changed outlook his madame Web video has been the biggest hit he's had in a while and he ain't even dogging on it he's just talking studio interference the whole video, also when he sees a good movie he tags the director in his post about It on twitter, dudes cleary dying to get into Hollywood. His old friend flick pick had said some things about stuckmann in his live streams he doesn't go too much into but you get that he doesn't really like the person that stuckmann changed into.

Hey Chris big fan from your DT days i can't stand stuckmann in the last few years I find it weird he doesn't give a opinion positive or negative on film's and tv shows even his fan's are calling him out in the comments section. keep up the great work juicy love from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍

This reminds me of when mrbeast talks about how easy it is to make a video that gets a million views, like he hasn’t been boosted by KZfaq since day one.

Stuckmann is trying his best to get on the Hollywood auction block to be purchased so he's doing his upmost best to not remotely offend anyone and their films from that industry. Given the chance, he would have completely avoided making a video regarding 'Madame Web'.

I wasnt surprised he did this. He's been shilling since, at least, his overly ridiculously positive revriew of The Last Jedi movies where he didn't even try to address the extreme plot holes, etc.

Im glad you touched on this💯

I think people should know that video is not a review of madam web. It’s a critique of major studios and how they make movies

Thank you, Chris!

Chris is what he hates. I want honest Chris not skirting the line Stuckmann. If this is all he had to say then don't say anything. We all know how controlling the studios are,no duh but that doesn't change the fact that every layer of this abortion was bad. When you have everything so bad none of it is clicking,the director failed.

Dont have any issue wirh Stuckmann no longer criticizing directors as he is now one, as he's stated many times.

When he said he doesn't do real reviews anymore when he started his own movie, I almost laughed my ass off.

Chris Stuckmann said about 3 years ago or so that he no longer considers himself a movie critic and wants to make his channel more about film appreciation. He never said that it's wrong for other critics to do negative reviews he just said that he wasn't going to do them anymore. The whole outrage over this thing is so silly in my opinion. If you don't like his channel anymore because he only does positive reviews then just don't watch him. I mean I don't really watch him as much anymore and I do miss his Hilariocity reviews and his worst of the year lists, but I'm not angry about it.

He is now a movie maker and doesn't want to be a movie critic anymore. I don't see what the problem is? You don't really see filmmakers be movie critics at the same time. basically he's just taken on a new career. And that's ok.

Stuckmann once did a video of him opening about his religious beliefs with the Jehovahs witnesses and how he turned away from them and Tyrone magnus did the same region aside. That Stuckmann often did collaborated videos with John Flikinger an staunch hardcore fan of the character Batman where they did an review on Batman and Robin the other one they did was for Superman four the most divisive movie within the fandom . Lastly Stuckmann made false assumptions that nobody liked the movie Supergirl from 84 where there’s a cult following of cosplayers and those who liked quirky movies . It’s the vocal fans didn’t like how supergirl got her iconic outfit without going through a montage of her getting both the powers and the costume. At least she fought and shadowed monster and an sorceress and who did Superman battle three radical fanatics with the same abilities as him and the critics and hardcore fans refused to acknowledge the flaws with the first two Superman movies .

He said he didn't want to review movies negatively anymore because he's trying to make it in Hollywood. He doesn't want to risk bad mouthing potential directors and actors he might get to work with in the future. Chris is doing job security which I get but at the same time only doing film appreciation videos doesn't really appeal to me but I was never a fan of his channel anyway to be fair. Nothing against him he just never appealed to me. It's true studios can sometimes destroy movies that is true but it's also true studios have helped movies before as well. We only here about all the times studios turned out bad movies but there have been plenty of times studio interference has helped certain movies. Some directors need to be held back.

Chris Stuckmann will go two ways in his filmmaing career. 1. He will either take constructive criticism and improve his craft. 2. Or he will become another Zack Snyder where he doesn't give a shit about critics.

Just looking at movies as something like art (depending on the movie, but I digress) I do have to disagree with Stuckmann on that. Call me naive, but in order to grow as an artist (writer, actor, director...) you need both praise and constructive criticism to get better at your craft. Though I do get what he means about studio interference, and how that can ruin a movie. So I am 50/50 on this issue, thanks for coming to my soapbox. I guess I have to go back to work.

It’s insane to me to even THINK that criticizing some bad is a bad thing to do. When we criticize the bad we in turn shed light on what was done right. And even with some bad movies being able to criticize it make the movie better to watch.

The way the mic popped when you spit out 'privileged' made all my hair fall out...

I had to stop taking him seriously when he did a review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife that was sponsored by the movie’s tie-in game. Anybody who calls a sponsored video a “review” when the sponsor is basically just the thing they’re reviewing loses credibility. Also, on a semi-related note, his video about Madame Web is sponsored by Betterhelp, which was exposed as an awful company YEARS ago and has not proven they’ve changed.

He trying stay face so he could get his movie picked up by a studio he trying stay in that Hollywood circle

you know u made it big when your peers make content about YOU.

I can’t wait to see how Shelby Oaks does. I wonder if it flops and is panned if he’ll do a 180?

If Stuck really couldn't tell that the directing and acting were also atrocious, then I don't have my much faith in his film making future... which means he might very well have compromised the foundation of his success on a bad gamble

While he raises a good point about how studios can sink a movie, I gotta call BS. Almost every big mainstream movie (including some of the best) has had some sort of studio interference. The studio being hands off wouldn’t fix the writing, editing, or questionable performances. I’ve never directed a movie, but if it’s anything like theatre (which I’ve done a lot of), it takes a village of people to make it happen. And if it’s bad, it’s not just one person (or company). In the past decade or so I’ve been more lax on criticism of movies so I see a little bit where he would be coming from, but like you said it’s him covering his ass. Maybe I’m more laid back now, but I also don’t just like everything I see haha. And acting like “well movies are hard to make so we shouldn’t criticize” is an insane cop out. Especially when reviewing is his thing. Love to see you’re still doing your thing. Loved watching you since DT and enjoyed your perspective

Placing all the blame at the nameless grey faces of a studio, neglecting that a shit ton of writers actors and directors do it for the money just like the studios

I stopped watching Chris Stuckman once he stopped being a true movie critic. Also, bad films and bad filmmakers need to be pointed out imo. This is very important. If they aren't good at making movies then they need to find a different job. We are the ones spending our money on these movies.

Thank you for making this video

He has literally cashed in on his audience He has zero respect for his fans and refuses to tell them what movies are bad to save us a few bucks at the theater because he is above us now. That's the worst thing a content creator can do outside of something criminal. Oh well unsubscribe😂

Turn bad movies into fun movies, okay? Not everything has to be perfectly flawless. We're just humans with our own flaws.

I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet. But he’s made that decision years ago. It just took a NOT CRITICIZING MADAME WEB video for the damm to break.

The scene with the Pepsi sign might have been the directors / writers' idea. Oh no, they asked these women to incorporate some name brand imaging in their "high art" movie.

If Stuckmann won't legitimately criticise terrible film-making, then he serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever as a critic. Wonder if he doesn't rate his own film debut and needs some padding. He was becoming very tedious as a KZfaqr anyway.

I never got the sense at all that this is coming from a place of privilege or self-righteousness, if he personally doesn't feel good anymore doing negative reviews because of a change of perspective, then that's how he feels but it's still in naive perspective and at the same time it is about pleasing the Elites in Hollywood so that they will one day accept him in the club as it's a lifelong dream of his so he doesn't want to ruffle any feathers on the way there which is more or less like selling out. Giving out negative reviews doesn't make you insulting or ignorant to the hard work put into film making. You don't have to verbally set it on fire but a thorough critique on the good and bad about a movie helps and encourages directors, actors & producers alike to be better otherwise we're enabling & embedding their mistakes, then someone with a massive potential who could be great will never get to maximize their potential and be great. Chris is working on his first film what if his film is horrible with a list of valid reasons and no one tells him.. because he worked really hard on it, I get his perspective but its just very elementary way to view any art.

After watching Stuckman's video I dont think what he said was all that bad. He didn't want to dump on a movie that literally everyone is talking shit about. If he sees himself as a director instead of a critic at this point in his life, of course he is not going to crap on movies going forward.

I know he's recently gotten away from reviewing "bad" movies on his channel but, let's face it, even before that he never really offered any solid reviews or critiques of movies. He just regurgitated the movie and offered some very easy, shallow compliments of things that he liked and that was it. What's the point of being a movie "critic" and having a KZfaq channel for that if you're not going to critique movies?!?!

Stuckman is correct pertaining to this particular movie. But overall I think he's saying it because he wants to work in Hollywood

I’m fine with him changing his perspective, but he crosses the line when he undermined those of us who bust our asses with countless hours at the cinema or at our desktops writing reviews. It’s smug to say it’s wrong for anyone to do something that you helped take to the mainstream, and I have since removed myself from his subscriber list.

Its hilarious how he got known from him being a movie critic now all the sudden he is above everyone else and movie critics are a joke. Right when he made the video saying he was going too stop criticism i laughed out loud and saw right thru it. Dudes a joke

Simple and Plain: Dont Spit on my Cookie and Call it Icing. Him being a new filmmaker is even more in bed, Pause, with the film industry heads and most filmmakers actors are not honest about critiquing a movie to not insult the soft egos of people they may work with. i bet you he knows or is trying to get to know one of those writers. critique is to help future work. He is being VERY Disingenuous.

stuckmann’s new reviews got boring. he’s just not honest anymore. if i think a movie sucks i’m going to say it sucks. the fact this guy with a straight face gave positive reviews to garbage like the flash, argylle, beau is afraid, and the nun 2 is baffling.

Chris Stuckmann is not really wrong on his thoughts. The main reason why he doesn't want to criticize movies anymore but to celebrate them because he is an up-and-coming filmmaker who appreciate filmmaking and once he move up in the mainstream Hollywood industry as a well-known filmmaker, he just doesn't want to bashed on any directors hard-working projects. The same directors or studio that you bashing will be the actually one you want to work, network or have the connection with in the future. So popular directors, studios and producers Chris probably don't want to piss off as he trying to make a name for himself.

He’s gotten softer on his actual criticism since he became a filmmaker. & I can understand that. No one in the industry is really critical of anything, unless they’re teflon &/or bonafide legends like Scorsese. But even then they usually only take shots at comic book movies. Or unless it’s a movie they did themselves & typically they only talk shit about it once there’s been some distance created. Dakota Johnson notwithstanding. That’s why you usually only ever hear directors & actors talking about having seen Oscar films. When’s the last time an actor or director has admitted to seeing something that was panned or some schlocky B movie? TL;DR - Stuckman, like most people in the industry, isn’t going to be to publicly critical of most things because people are sensitive & hold grudges & opportunities may potentially be lost or blocked if they do so.

Yeah, Chris Stuckmann’s not a millionaire. You weren’t going to make me believe that for a goddamn second even before I checked the math. But more to the point, Chris is a deeply empathetic and kind man simply expressing his sadness over the working conditions of his peers. I think you seemed to miss what most of the video was actually about and just clung onto the little bit in the beginning about his desire to maintain a positive online presence. You interpreting those opening few sentences so maliciously and ranting for thirty minutes about them says more about you than it does him, to be frankly honest. Chris just finds more happiness and fulfillment in celebrating films he loves than ridiculing films he hates. You’re the one who interpreted this as him saying everyone else MUST change the industry by doing the same and it’s unfair to pin that on him. There are multiple examples from other videos where he maintains pride in the audience’s ability to come away from a film with whatever opinion they conjure. He also never said that refraining from negativity would do anything about the people working in the film industry. In fact, at the end of the video he told us all to vote with our wallets because reviews won’t affect the success of a film if it still makes a shit load of money. To make a long story short, your critical view of him is distasteful and I will no longer visit your channel.

😂😂😂 funny thing is this is EXACTLY How I feel about this channel, but I like Chris and felt any criticism about this channel would be taken negatively...but after watching this I agree. Being honest will help make entertainment better. -chris you need a co host desperately. Not someone to argue with but someone to have conversations with. I think that would make this channel grow.

Chris what does money have to do if anything I think you’re a bit overreacting the reason he’s doing this is when his movie comes out he doesn’t get destroyed or like any comment on him for bashing bad movies

every bad film is not the studio's fault allthe time. we have had bad films that are the fault of the director on down. Chris has decided and fell for he trope that if he calls out bad films, people in the industry will be mad at him and he can't get his work made. IMPO.....a short sided choice, one he may look back on in the future.

I would agree certainly that studio interference with films is a case-by-case basis as well. For example, while Sony released Pixels and Chris Columbus directed it, I put the blame on Happy Madison as the producers and writers behind it.

Imagine Chris Stuckmann thinking that SONY was the only issue with Madame Web. But ignoring then fact that: The writing team previously made MORBIUS (LOL). The director's last project was the cancelled Game of Thrones: BLOODMOON pilot....

A movie review podcaster I follow once talked about how an opportunity opened up to make a film. Ultimately he had to choose between being expected to like everything or continue to give his honest opinion. It is unprofessional for filmmakers to criticize other filmmakers.

Chris essentially stopped being a film critic a few years ago. He was upfront about his intentions and plans for his channel and career moving forward. Which is completely fine folks. I don't believe Chris is saying that you can't be critical of films. It's not what he wants anymore and I have no problem with that. His channel is about celebrating the films he loves, where he is on his career path and making editorials about things that matter to him. This was precisely what this was. An editorial. I wouldn't be surprised if he's been on the verge of making this video for a bit. This wasn't a review of Madame Webb. At worst he is saying that many of the issues he's seen in other studio movies are also in MW. This was a discussion on studio interference, and algorithms shoving the same gelatinous stuff down our throats. I don't see what the problem is here and I'm honestly shocked at the reception it's received. It's almost like people watched the first couple of minutes and started typing or making videos.

I find a tragic irony in the fact that people are taking Chris's video, "I Have to Talk About This...", and making a Hilariocity episode of it. I miss Hilariocity era Chris.

I think he's feeling insecure being he has n upcoming film. He is doing damage control if it turns out badly. Also, he's in the film industry now so he doesn't want to shoot himself in the foot by saying something against a studio.

Let me get this straight, Chris openly said that the movie wasn’t good, that he didn’t like it,gave his honest opinion, and you are bashing him just because he said “ I’m not reviewing this movie”. This is some dumb shit to be angry about, it’s his channel he can do whatever he wants. Lats time I checked he’s a director now, and wants to make his channel about celebrating movies.

Oh hey, didn't know you had your own channel. I think Chris S. didn't want to drop yet another dump on the movie, but focus on why Madam Web is considered bad. I also don't think he's saying there aren't bad creators, but examine their other works and form your opinion over that. Not that a lot of people would want to put in that effort. While he hasn't been my favorite reviewer, he's one of the ones I somewhat respect. While he did dump on movies as well before he saw the work going on behind the curtains on how rough the industry was, he wasn't click bait thumbnailing, bandwagon jumping, overblown outrage having pandering, either. Not naming any names or channels, but like I said, I respect that.

Yeah there´s something valid in watching movies from a different perspective, I had changed my way of critizising movies and admire/mock bad movies, but Chris did tried make other people look at things through his perspective, and that sounds kind of abrupt for someone that had pretty much a Nostalgia Critic approach to critizising bad movies just some years ago.

Chris I'm surprised you made something like this, i will let you know right now I don't think you are a grifter, but this take is a very strange one first Chris Stuckman never meant to demean any film critic who chose to rip into Madam Web, he mentions some do that, says they are there and moves on i don't see why you interpret that as a diss to you or anyone else? then the idea that these are bad writers, Directors, and Actors is so unfair and brutal. I mean did we forget what we are talking about? This is a movie with a person who can see the future on a budget severely under what it has to be for it to be good, featuring actors who only appeared in one movie before this, and a story which is so simple they could have made this 20 min long, that is why we had the spider tribe come on out of nowhere to fill up time, that is why the vfx look so bad BCS they can't have a story with tension in a character who can see the future, that is why it looks so bad BCS they didn't have a budget. But I ask you now can we blame all of them for this film? I say no bcs why did this even get made i mean there was no way you could have anything in this good, the studio produced, greenlit, and marketed this disaster for us to see the director/writer/vfx had nothing to do but die, you say they are bad artists bcs they failed but put Picasso or any other artist in a seat and make them create a piece of art from macaroni and 10/10 times they would fail, there are times when directors take it upon themselves to create a disaster in which this ire is warranted like DD covered Monkeybone, but here you can tell no one had a choice and that was what Chris was on about, and also we get it Chris Stuckman is rich whats the point

Every movie has studio notes and interference on them. There are very few directors that have full control. It's fair play to crtize cause they put it out there

I used to watch his channel, people want an honest opinion on how a movie is so they can decide if a movie is worth the time to watch. There's no wrong in saying if something is bad about a movie because someone will most likely agree or disagree. It's not like you're going around pointing fingers at who made the movie bad.

I think it’s a combo of 3 things 1) he doesn’t want to upset Hollywood and 2) know he knows how hard it is to do film he feels guilty He used to laugh his ass off in his reviews 3) pure fucking hubris

Great job on the video, I've never been a fan of Stuckmann's channel I respect his success as a critic but the way he reviews films doesn't cut it for me I've seen better from smaller channels.

Respectfully Chris i think you're perspective is troublesome in regards to what Chris Stuckman was saying. Chris S was speaking from a personal point of view intertwined with his more recent experience behind the camera. When a channel with 2m+ subscribers chooses to not review a particularly bad movie, that speaks volumes i think. From what i gathered Chris S would rather not chastise creatives without knowing the particular limitations & stipulations imposed on them from a heavyweight movie studio & execs. There are numerous other channels out there that will go in full throttle on the hot garbage. Obviously Chris S has earned many of his 2m+ subscribers with top notch content over the years so let's not overlook this. I agree his channel will suffer for this decision to not outright trash movies but he's exhibiting growth of some kind & he's evolving. He will gain & he will lose at the same time, so be it.

There are a few KZfaqrs who have been astroturfed by KZfaq. It’s easy for them to get on a high horse because KZfaq boosts their channels and recommends them to everyone.

I want to defend Stuckman a little bit. I don't think he's saying not to criticize films or creatives(writers + directors). I think his video, which is mostly rambling, are about his frustration about the system where the "filmmakers" are essentially the studio-executives who mandate the story. I think there are situations where that doesn't apply, like Zack Snyder for example, but I think the writers of Morbius and Madame Web feel like "do this or we'll find someone else who will". But at the end of the day they all have to own it; they own it if it was good, it's the same when it's bad. Also, I think being a director changed his viewpoint. He now knows how much work and vulnerability it takes to make a film(particularly an indie film), he now understands how negative criticism can be harmful. And I can understand if that's why he doesn't want to criticize film, which is fair. But that's the nature of the game. If you're a restaurant owner or a service provider, people should be able to review and criticize the quality of your business; movies are no different.

I feel like people have to know that being a critic doesn't have to mean being a meanie about it. I can love a film but speak about the shortcomings bruhhhhh. Even the nicest easily pleased person can be analytical and criticize something.

Think you started something chris. Checked stuckmans channel and he's getting ripped to shreds for the most part. John Campea is doing a video about him as we speak. Seems like he upset a lot of people

Stuckman has been going down for years. I stopped following him a year or two ago. This story makes him sound kind of pompous.