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My Most Dubious Review…Evah?

Tuesday, October 09, 2012 8:14 AM Comments (8)

I…I don't know what I was thinking. Is this really how Finding Nemo goes?

Last week I went to the NET studio to shoot a batch of "Reel Faith" 60-second reviews, and while I don't quite remember one that went exactly like this, it's all such a blur now. I can't deny that I really said all these things. Am I slipping so soon after going on semi-hiatus for my diaconal studies?

I suppose I have alert reader Victor to thank for highlighting this lapse in critical acumen on his YouTube channel and keeping me humble. In addition to being the Catholic blogosphere's MVC (most valuable commenter), he's also a very funny guy. I hear he has mad digital studio skillz, too. Hm. 

P.S. My latest 60-second reviews for Frankenweenie, Looper and Hotel Transylvania are available in my last blog post, along with one other. A Pixar movie, I think. 

 

Filed under 60-second reviews, humor, movies, reel faith, reviews, video reviews

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I wholeheartedly agree with you.  Thanks for telling us what your honest, unedited thoughts.

Nick Alexander:
 

“I wholeheartedly agree with you.”

 
Um. Which part?

Victor is a huge gift to the Catholic blogosphere.  He kills me.

Oh, jeepers! I’m guess I’m glad I forgot to take the video down from YouTube this weekend like I planned :-) I have to say (lest anyone doubt my intentions) that my admiration for Steve goes beyond words—for what can you say about a man who has saved your family at least $1000 over the years (not to mention the time involved) by warning you off junky “family” films, except to say that he is a gift! Thanks for doing what you do, Steve, and keeping at it all these years!

Of what material is <i>Finding Nemo<i> a send up?  And I thought Andrew Stanton directed that film, not Rian Johnson.
In all seriousness: great job Victor; I’m going to be laughing for days.

Evan:
 

“Of what material is <i>Finding Nemo<i> a send up?”

 
Uh, animated sci-fi horror crime thrillers?

How did this only get six comments? I’m laughing so hard it hurts! :D

Going to have to track down that man’s Youtube channel I think…as well as a new copy of Finding Nemo, apparently I wound up with a heavily edited version somehow, it seems to be missing some key scenes.

You seem to have developed a twitch. You might want to get that looked at.

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About Steven D. Greydanus

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Steven D. Greydanus is film critic for the National Catholic Register and Decent Films, the online home for his film writing. He writes regularly for Christianity Today, Catholic World Report and other venues, and is a regular guest on several radio shows. Steven has contributed several entries to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, including “The Church and Film” and a number of filmmaker biographies. He has also written about film for the Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy. He has a BFA in Media Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and an MA in Religious Studies from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, PA. He is pursuing diaconal studies in the Archdiocese of Newark. Steven and Suzanne have seven children.