Judging Movies By Their First Shot

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[BaseballsUsher]

Im judging this video based off that haircut.

[HeisenbergFam]

Judging Karsten by his look he gives the vibe of an innocent side character of a show who ends up being master manipulator behind everything

[Mallerd]

*Sees feet coming into the shot.* Karsten: "Amazing Cinematography, This is a great opening shot!"

[BrianIsWatching]

The later Harry Potter films were definitely speeding through the story since a lot happened in the books. It's hilarious that you're able to call that out in the opening scene.

[PoSer_]

Judging videos by their first shot:
I love how this one starts with a squarespace ad, giving us a look into karsten's psyche as well as his deepest thoughts and desires. He could have put an ad for "Raid: Shadow Legends", but he chose the more respectable yet still well known Squarespace. Why? What could have motivated this? These are the questions that make this first shot truly special, and when you really think about it, it says a lot about the human condition and our need to analyze things that were perhaps never intended to have meaning. Is this our right? Are we authorized to attach meanings to things which were only meant to entertain? For example, I'm currently analyzing what could be a meaningless sponsorship deal, instead of living my life. What a conundrum.

It was this question that made me want to write this video essay on the greatest work of human genius ever crafted, Pulp Fiction--

[talistheintrovert]

deciding showgirls looks like a QUIET movie is so wild, i love it

[ChippyGaming]

We definitely need another one of these

[roramdin]

Judging by the first shot this is sponsored by squarespace

[bridgetspector]

Please do this again, genuinely one of the funniest concepts

[zaccarver]

Can't wait for the next video: "Judging books by their covers!" Great work Karsten

[SpirusOfH]

This was a really fun idea! I love how you describe the vibe you're getting and I'm incredibly impressed by how right you were with most of them. Hope you do more! And shoutout to the guy who assembled the clips too, great selection!

[bossisin]

Please don’t stop making these type of videos! This was so much fun

[adamvollelv]

Man on wire is probably my favorite documentary/story ever ! That docu was soooo well made, the recreations perfectly married with old footage and having the story told by the real people.. just amazing! The music score is also great, I always get goosebumps and highly motivated with my life when I watch it !

[YungBaymax]

>literal stock footage of cars in traffic
Karsten: "LOVE THIS!"

[uhuhuh]

1. Can’t believe you haven’t seen Terminator 2, wtf.
2. Alfonso Cuarón directed the 3rd Harry Potter film and it’s a masterpiece. Watch it now.

[hauntedmasc]

as far as your non-review content goes, this is one of my absolute favourites, really fun idea!

[garrettmunson]

if you somehow convinced Jack Edwards to do a collaboration video with you that would be 10/10 content

[joshg]

Definitely do this again, but with movies you've seen like once before a while ago, meaning you wouldn't immediately know what it is. Gives more stakes to your guesses of movie quality, since you could easily compare it to say your letterboxd score or if you scored it in a monthly recap video. Would be kind of entertaining to see you trash movies you gave 4.5 or 5's to over the opening 5 seconds

[tunnelsnakesrule]

This kind of video is great. Kind of reminds me of the 'Guess The Kill' videos by Dead Meat. It strips the context from a clip of a movie and has someone trying to guess the movies without any context.

[shvtejas]

That haircut being in the opening shot of this video was beautiful