#this place rules

[plum-pudding-everywhere]

I brought my grandma to the doctor and she went back and im sitting here in the waiting room as the only person under 50 and im scared they're going to beat me up and throw me down the elevator shaft

[watchingmoviesandshit]

This Place Rules (2022)

[discountrosaluxemburg]

i would watch a whole 90 minute documentary just about the beef between the joker face tattoo guy and the dead fish bong guy

[movieposters1]

[bravecrab]

A little underwhelmed by Andrew Callaghan's new documentary, This Place Rules. For the record, I've only been vaguely aware of his work prior when his videos would show up in my youtube recommendations, so I wasn't a fan before with an established parasocial relationship.

I had heard the film was not only tackling the run up to January 6th, but how the media was at least partially responsible for it, and it somewhat hits this target. However This Place Rules also wants to say that media companies of both sides (namely Fox News and CNN) are both complicit, yet the film rarely focuses on it. More time is spent interviewing Alex Jones, and the more progressive news sources are also being lumped in with social media platforms deplatforning Jones and his fans, pushing them into further isolated echo chambers.

This Place Rules is most successful at making the interviewees look stupid in ways that validate viewers who are opposed to the interviewee's politics. The film includes leftists too including self-proclaimed antifa, but gives plenty airtime to the more awkward members who could be dismissed as calling anyone a Nazi, or more interested in legalized weed. The whole film exudes awkwardness that makes pretty much everyone on screen look bad, with perhaps the exception of Callaghan.

I really wanted to like it, but it mostly comes off as shallow, Both Sides blaming, and more interested in gaining apolitical clout than really getting into the root causes for January 6th.

Also from the user reviews I saw on IMDB, there's a lot of praise for Callaghan's hands off interview style, saying that he's more honest because he's just letting his interviewees talk, yet completely ignoring that Callaghan expresses his bias through the edit. He can make people look smart or stupid based on who he follows their interview with, so be a little wary when he acts like he has no bias.

[pussinbootsthehousedown]

help i want to watch 'this place rules' on HBO but i live in australia & using a vpn isn't working cuz we got our own version of HBO here & it knows im using a vpn

[not-my-circuss]

Just watched This Place Rules on HBO and the emotional whiplash of a subject so deeply upsetting, with impeccable comedic editing and genuine heartfelt moments tossed in an hour and 30 minutes salad style is just.. I need a second