Film Courage: Scott what’s the difference between critique versus trolling?
Scott Menzel, Film Critic, Writer, Hollywood Critics Association Founder: Nowadays who knows? I feel like some critics are almost trolls at this point because once they get their mind made up about things, they seem like they can’t understand or respect someone else’s. I feel like social media is the blame for that because everyone has become an expert. I think I’m probably one of part of the last generation where I went to school for film criticism and I studied film, I grew up watching film and I didn’t just wake up one morning and say Tomorrow I’m going to start a blog and I’m going to write about movies and then everyone’s going to accept me as a critic. I went to school for it whether it was Chapman University or Kutztown University [of Pennsylvania] where I got my master’s and I studied film, I studied film production, I studied film criticism, I spent years watching movies, reading books about it. In the last 15 years that almost kind of went out the window because, and I will say that I think YouTube was the start of it, I know as part of this initial buzz YouTube allowed the everyday person to be able to record a video and give their opinion on something. Sure you had Live Journal beforehand or Myspace or whatever but YouTube kind of was this thing that caught on and nothing has been able to over overtake it. Out of all the video platforms in the world, YouTube has held strong for 15 years. I remember watching a lot of people who are my colleagues now doing YouTube video reviews whether it was [Schmoes Know with Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis], whether it was Jeremy Jahns, Chris Stuckmann and they are all kind of people who felt this love of movies but they their whole selling point was where Schmoes, the average Joe, we’re the thing was always we’re the spouse, we’re the average guy, we’re not the film critics, we’re not the hoity-toity. I think for a period of time it was great because there was a group of them who I think did their homework and they…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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Born and raised in New Jersey, Scott Menzel has been a life-long fan of all things entertainment. His love for film started at five years old and has only grown over the years. Scott started writing reviews in early 2002 and has been conducting interviews since 2010. He currently serves as the Editor-In-Chief of We Live Entertainment and the founder of the Hollywood Critics Association.
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