My 12 year old self who had Catholics screaming in her face that being gay is wrong is so happy about this…just goes to show it only increases the gay when they do all that
As a former Bible Belt homeschooler, my biggest problem with this is the "choose joy" line. Their Dad just died, let them experience their sorrow. The Evangelical tendency to paint any negative emotions as bad or lacking in faith is toxic af
You tell em. I'm evangelical and yes, come on!!!!! We have feelings!!!!! Our faith and belief and love for God does NOT mean we cannot feel sorrow sadness or any other negative emotion!!!!! We will and we do and we should!!! Life is not always going to be easy, it's in the Bible: "in this world you will have tribulation."
I grew up an Evangelical homeschooler, and my mom (who is still an Evanggelical) feels this way. It's so unhealthy and caused both of us a lot of heartache in our lives. Grief is okay. You can still have faith and be deeply devastated by someone's death.
I’m late but biblically it makes no sense. Jesus cried with the mourners of a dude he was literally going to resurrect. I feel like the lesson of the story is be empathetic even if everything’s going to turn out good.
@@amypattie7004 because toxic positivity is a manipulation tactic cults use to hijack ur nervous system and use your distressed state and f*cked up hormones against you to confuse and manipulate you. Seems a lot like christianity to me.
THIS. ABSOLUTELY THIS. Tell kids that they need to put that negative energy into something positive. That leads to healthier coping skills, and the kid will feel more comfortable with telling you if something is wrong.
The Art Direction is killing me. No excuse for being a low budget production. Take a $100 to the Dollar Store and maybe 5 below and you can fill the place with some decor.
You can’t sanitize a show like Shameless & have the same impact. You just can’t. What’s so profound & widely loved about it is everything they removed. There’s no grit, no ugliness, no poverty, no reality. A lot of us saw ourselves in Shameless but I can’t see myself in these characters. Their furniture isn’t even stained.
Thank you! Shameless was probably the first American series that I thought looked familiar to what I actually grew up with. The start of the series was just amazing - you really felt the atmosphere of the tight community and you could recall stories similar to what was shown on the big screen. It was really ground breaking for me. Imo, later seasons fell off the wagon but the grittiness and realism I fell in love with so much, I now genuinely have issues with watching the standard "sanitized" hollywood movies. This just ain't it.
@@panonymousbloom5405 the first seasons showed reality, but the later seasons made the cast all make really bad decisions to end up in the same cycle of poverty. Reality is that you can be super smart and still be poor, but the showtime writers apparently forgot that so all the characters had to keep falling into money, then making bad decisions. Just bad writing later on.
i don't think they tried to do a shameless type show, that's just the comparison nick came to with these first 2 episodes bc it has the element of a big family and the older sibling that takes care of them
This is such a weird treatment of grief. Some of these kids have lost 4 parents by the age of 8 and they are all just... ready to "choose joy." Okaaaaay.
@@erinw.9256 Sounds like a few steps away from how medieval Catholics considered what we know to be clinical depression, to be the sin “sloth”. It’s okay to be sad, God will understand.
i love when the thing you're talking about isn't terrible, just mediocre, because then i get breakdowns of cool little technical stuff i never would have thought about
That's what I love about Nicks videos. I'm not into filmmaking at all but it's really interesting to learn about the tricks that are used to make movies and shows and what happens when people don't use them. And the inappropriate sex and toilet humour with over the top gestures and loud and fast talk keeps me laughing.
Based on her stiff wrists and overall air of discomfort, I’d guess the actress who plays Charity took a year of ballet classes around age nine, slapped it on her resume, then studied for this scene by watching the Barbie version of Swan Lake.
All of her movements were pretty stiff, and it brought me physical pain. I give her 2 years (at most) of ballet classes around age 6. You’re absolutely right about how she studied for that scene, though.
Fun fact, in Iowa, where I live, they responded to the BLM movement by making it a misdemeanor to "verbally assault" a cop during a peaceful protest. This can include anything said to a cop that can be perceived as hurtful , like mock his cop stash, jail time. So, not really a fun fact but.
So effing ridiculous. Suddenly free speech doesn't matter if there's a cop involved. That law, and the new law in Florida where it's legal to run over protestors, keeps me up at night.
How the fuck is that constitutional?! That really needs to be challenged all the way up the appellate system. Much more fun fact: a woman in Michigan flipped off a cop, and they ticketed her for it. She took the case to court, and it ended up in a Federal Court of Appeals where her right to flip off police officers was upheld as part of the right to free speech. That sets precedent for your law in Iowa to be challenged. They would have to follow the existing federal ruling. If you know any white people who can safely take one for the team, tell them to spew all the hurtful words at the pigs and then sue when the police take action.
for the first 2 months and 3 weeks the guy was just calling the pub asking about making a reservation, the staff probably just said "... or just come down here, ye dont need a reservation?" and on the 2nd month and 4th week of the guy calling they just said "feck it, yea sure you can make a reservation". probably.
I love how’s she’s like “I hate when bad things happen and my life gets turned upside down and it’s so loud I can’t think…I guess that’s just me!” It’s like no girl, that’s everyone.
She was like "when noises gets too loud I cover my ears and have to repeat stuff to myself in a repetitive pattern I guess it's just how quirky I am". Sis that's literally just autism. It's A THING... but okay.
@@ArturGlass.C Autism, OCD, social anxiety, agoraphobia, Misophonia, auditory hypersensitivity. ADHD, hyperacusis, the list goes on and on. It’s insanely common.
@@jax422 Most of those have heavy correlations tho. I have Autism, OCD, social anxiety, agoraphobia and I'll assume auditory hypersensitivity since it's a symptom of autism. Could be isolated sure but it's common. ADHD and autism have a lot of symptoms in common so it's fair.
“Oh yeah no” and “no yeah” are so Midwestern that I’ve lived in 3 differed Midwestern states and didn’t know people Didn’t understand those phrases until this year.
I give a pass to the oldest sister wanting to take on responsibility for the rest of the kids. It's not at all uncommon in the foster/adopt world to see that dynamic. Eldest sisters often get saddled with playing mom when the actual mother is absent or neglectful, not to mention she may have been the only consistent maternal figure her younger siblings have had if they've been in & out of various bio relatives homes and foster families. A lot of the time adoptive parents struggle with getting the oldest girl in a situation like that to let go of trying to parent her siblings & just be a kid.
Parentification is basically the modus operandi in fundie households, too. The dad doesn't parent, and they're having as many kids as possible so the mom can't handle it all, so they intentionally raise their older daughters to parent the younger siblings. It fucks em up 👍
@@CJMGalaxy this is literally what it was like growing up in my household. i was adopted by my aunt and uncle who lived in the Deep South and had 8 children between them already. multiple times if the older girls complained about having to parent the younger kids or do all the house chores, good ole Auntie would just remind us that she was just teaching us how to be proper wives for when we got old enough 🤢
@@summers9052 woah dang! Adoption seems like such scary thing I cant imagine what you went through, Im sorry. I had to raise my younger brother cause my parents were in severe mental health crisis and had us in their 20s. I moved out at 16 and was emancipated later and my brother came with at 13, they just gave me like $300 a month for him even tho my dad has money. I worked non stop, got my HS diploma early to go to Uni. I had to learn everything on my own than teach it to my brother while dealing w PTSD and an ED. Im pan and hes gay so I wanted him to have a much more accepting environment since our Dad is a über Christian Homophobe. I love my brother, we're v close but damn I NEVER want kids, adopting a child shldnt be like picking up milk at grocery store.
@@SaintShion oh my god. you’re fucking strong as hell managing all that and still taking care of your brother. i don’t know you but dare i say im proud as hell of what you pushed through. and yeah,, feel like it should be common for people to believe you shouldn’t just adopt kids to turn into maids but you’d be surprised 😩
Hey Nick in the title card for Clip Breakdown, it said “Title of Movie” instead of the show name. Keep it, I probably won’t remember this show specifically 😂
As an ex Christian, who used to really enjoy Christians films like “God is Not Dead”…watching these now makes me cringe so much I want to superglue my eyes shut.
May I HIGHLY recommend checking out The Book of Esther, which was directed by David A.R. White. I did the hair and some of the makeup. The amount of blonde women I had to make brunette to play Persian women is 👀
My boyfriend was raised Evangelist, it's so toxic and being the only one to get away from it he has so much residual shame about everything. His family is hard to tolerate, his sister said they are "working on how to FIX" transgender teens. My son is trans so basically no matter how nice of people they are I can't stand his family. Luckily his mom won't visit because we are "cohabiting out of wedlock" and it's just hilarious that she thinks it's a punishment to not visit 🤣 if I moved out my bf would probably not tell her because he's thrilled she stays away. They're oblivious to reality in general... They "solve" every problem by praying and then ignoring it. I hope you have been able to purge that brainwashing and forgive your parents for their well-meaning ignorance.
@@LunarEleven ty! Yes it's been a journey and yes the shame is real! (I was 20 before I even knew girls could orgasm too!) Every day is better knowing I'm free! I'm so glad your bf is out as well! Lots of love to you and your fam❤
Uhhh I got into a bit of a "tiff" with a customer the other day about the whole "ppl are afraid to say merry Christmas shit" like dude stop with the whole Christians being stifled shit. You are still the majority and guess what I said I was an atheist and like several costumer freaked out, like im some evil person just cause I don't believe in a made up book. But guess what I don't give a shit if you said merry Christmas or w.e. happy holidays is just more inclusive. The war on Christmas only exists to them, pray and warship as much as you want its not my business how you waste your time. Sooo yeaaa this feels good lol
Nick should look into the Christian movie “Courageous”. It’s about a group of police officers in a small town who take a pledge to be better parents. There’s several movies directed by the guy of that movie including “Fireproof”, a movie about a group of firefighters, and “War Room” which is a gem all its own. My religious mother had me watch all 3 of these movies and while they’re better than PureFlix, they are all still really absurd.
Same honestly. It’s always fun to poke at some things, but with this type of content I really appreciate this being more than just making fun; but giving actual criticism and praise where it’s due. It really gives respect to the creator, especially in a climate where some reviewers just make fun of things they don’t know how to watxh
I always feel bad for the poor, indoctrinated kids who are cast in these bible-thumper shows. Imagine not just being pimped out and exploited by a stage parent, but by a RELIGIOUS stage parent… truly horrifying. 😳😂
My parents dragged my siblings and i to pro life protests in elementary school..I didn’t even understand what abortion was. Yet a couple years ago footage of our 8- and 10- year old selves holding up posters of aborted fetuses was aired on some type of pro life broadcast on a Christian channel. I was mortified..they called to tell me all like “remember the good old days when you went to church!” I remember being there and ppl were honking and flipping us off ..how was that ever ok to them like
The thing that's so good about shameless is that Fiona has taken care of her siblings their whole lives and you can definitely sympathize with her and her situation even though in the later seasons I started to hate her. But as always I love your clip breakdowns! I'd actually love to see you do the actual shameless show it would be absolutely hilarious
When you said “it could easily be something near Ohio,” you’re absolutely right. It’s Cincinnati, I recognize that exact Panera Bread the older sister is hastily walking away from. I also looked it up, and most of the show was shot in Clermont County (Cincinnati’s well-meaning but slightly racist cousin 25 minutes east) where I was *also* homeschooled. Hits a little too close to home. 🙃 Thank you for turning these mediocre Christian sitcoms into quality content. 🙏
Yeah, I'm like, "Wow, she left the BIG city of Cincinnati to move to somewhere like Batavia or something." I mainly recognized the backs of the road signs.
That's 100% Downtown Cincinnati that she's walking through at the start of the show. Behind her is the Neil Armstrong mural and the Panera that got shut down lol
It's so weird learning abt evangelical homeschoolers as a homeschooler who's parents followed the actual mandated curriculum and just kinda went to museums a lot. Like wow, y'all really had it like that???? Damn, not me, y'all be easy tho
RIGHT? I celebrate Giftmas. It's literally the same holiday only honest. And if we're gonna pretend to celebrate a dead guy's birthday on Dec 25th, it should be Santa Claus! 🎅 🎂
As someone studying cinema and photography in College, my family always tells me, “aren’t you worried about finding a job after school, it’s hard to find a creative job in this world…” your channel makes me feel better because I know that if I can make a film at least, at the bare minimum, like the ones you review, then I’ll be okay in the world. And I promise that I make works in school better than those films so I know that I’m going to be more than aye okay lol… seriously, I cant believe anyone anymore when they say how hard it is to get art jobs, specifically video… these people somehow got hired at pureflix! And make this kind of crap! So I believe I can land on my feet after school and get hired too.
Wait sorry no offense but I’m just curious- are you comment from your young siblings account? or do you really actually vlog about American girl dolls? I’m just curious and I hope I don’t come off as rude lol
The film industry can be tricky to get into at first if you don’t have connections because of nepotism but because it is an expanding industry that relies on people consuming more and more media in order to thrive, it’s certainly not impossible to get a job.
I don’t know about the film industry but I am a professional pet portrait artist 👩🎨 and it allows me to work from home and raise my kids (well they are teenagers now so they just need me at meal time 😂). I am lucky that my husband makes good $ but I make at least the amount I would at a part time job somewhere else… plus I love what I do 💕 follow your dreams!!
“It’s hard to find a creative job” is always such a wild take. Like if you want to be in a specific field, maybe. But do people not realize how much work there is for a creative job? Art is everywhere… on the news, book covers, advertisements, etc
OH NO. I was evangelical homeschooled in high school... while being trans. This is going to be a literal waking nightmare. Thank you for being my psychopomp through this lucid dream. Edit: To be clear, it was an online/irl homeschool co-op situation, so it wasn't just my parents.
I was homeschooled by an engineer and a veterinarian who fall towards the socialist end of the spectrum and were mainly concerned that public school wouldn't move fast enough or cover enough material for their taste so seeing the religiousy, ignorance is bliss version of homeschooling should be pretty interesting
I'm homeschooled and it's not/wasn't for religious reasons so it's interesting to see how the other half lives. I was always confused as to why people were against homeschooling but then I learned about the religion stereotype and this show makes me intrigued as to the reasons why religious people homeschool.
@@clumsyninja925 I was homeschooled for religious reasons and it's mostly to keep kids from being exposed to other ideas and be able to develop opinions with facts and logic instead of faith.
@@clumsyninja925 also general thing with cults are conspiracy theory parents. I was home Ed untill 16 and we basically had a flat earther group home schooling their kids in the next village along and they'd come to the home Ed youth group
As a Gen X mom, I find your characterization of my disappointed emails ageist, hurtful nd completely accurate. You should know better than to say something so completely true just for laughs (which I did, by the way, and so did my kids, although they were more like cackling and pointing while they did it). I was considering donating to your Patreon, but after this little stunt I will most definitely be doing so, and will encourage and allow my kids to continue to watch your content. Obligatory Gen X Mom series of emojis, some of which are unrelated, to both indicate tone and lighten the mood here: 😏😉😜❤️👍⭐🥂☕🐕
Nick, please do REPO: A Genetic Opera. It has Paris Hilton in it and is my favorite musical behind only the legendary and perfect Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I hope one day my perseverance will pay off.
Jesus Christ I haven't heard of repo in years, I'm torn between wanting my awkward baby emo obsession covered and not giving that creep Terrence zerdunich any publicity
When you said Always Sunny was a ‘workplace comedy’, I was so confused for a second. But of course it is! They own the bar...they just don’t ever seem to be doing much work! I genuinely had to think about it! X
One time at the catholic girls school I went to they told us that some people got the message to follow god in their sleep. I literally stoped sleeping for like a month, I was terrified of the thought of getting any kind of message from an unknown man in my sleep wtf
I wonder if their parents were whispering in their ears while they slept 😬 Edit: oh lol I misread completely. I thought you said your friends told you they heard God in their sleep
Ooh pureflix!! What did we do to deserve such a treat :)) (Also if you’re seeing this Nick, I just want to say thank you because your content is what I watch when I need a pick me up and it never fails to help)
I kinda think they could've made the funeral scene work a lot better if they had just acknowledged the small turn out. Kinda like they did in an episode of season 2 of Special on Netflix - where they have a small turn out, but it's acknowledged and part of the story line. It didn't even have to have been malicious. Like, they could've said something like he spent so much time on the kids, he didn't have much time for social relations outside of that, or something.
@@erinw.9256 Simple and clean by Hikaru Utada, I think it was in kingdom hearts? Idk, but I kept looking up t.A.T.u and Imogen Heap, but none of it was what I was thinking of 😭
It would have been nice if the premise was that the father was dying and the daughter just threw herself into work and ran to NYC b/c she couldn’t handle seeing him like that. But then feels guilty b/c she wasn’t really there when her father was on his deathbed. And when she goes to the funeral she meets these kids that the father was fostering. And he fostered them b/c he really loved children and missed his own daughter or maybe he just happened to find a last moment of joy by being a parent to these kids. You can say that the kids thought of him as a grandfather And once the daughter sees, she decides to adopt them b/c it’s sort of her dad’s final wish. Say something about him getting to meet his grandchildren before passing. And then they all have to learn to get a long in a series of wacky events
"She seems like to eager to me to like take on the role of mother for her whole family at that age." As someone who is themselves a homeschooler in recovery, that may be the most accurate part of the show 😬
Nick's Channel: Come for the inappropriate sex jokes yelled loud and fast, stay for the commentary on the narrative and technical commentary on filmmaking.
I really appreciate that you talk in-depth about the good and the bad. I imagine you could get more views by looking only at the most awful content, but I love these movies that are a mix of good and bad. It makes me feel like a more informed movie watcher.
Really depressed, really wanna die and I’ve just been bingeing your pureflix playlist repetitively over the last three days. You releasing a new one makes me want to cry for happy reasons for the first time in months. Love you, Nick💕
I hope you are okay and have safe resources you can reach out too. I’ve been in your situation and know how terrifying it can be. Just remember you are important and you matter. 💜 sending lots of love your way.
As someone who went through those feelings for so long I hope you can get connected w professional help that will actually work. Im not going to preach too much but just know you're not alone and it can get better. If you're in the US theres a lot of services that are free. Im wishing and hoping the best for you. 💜
I'd love to see more of this show specifically, and I love that it's a show that gives you a lot of opportunities to talk behind the scenes technical stuff regarding what they're doing right and what they could improve on.
Omg Nick, every time I think I cannot love you more, you prove me wrong. You are fair and not just hyper critical. I love learning about film techniques through you. When it's done right and when it's done wrong, you point them all out and then I notice those things in the media I watch. Your jokes are hysterical, I almost cried with laughter about shy middle part kid. I agree, this show has some elements that are intriguing, if you want to keep making videos on it, I'm all for it. You're so much happier doing this than forcing yourself through Cat Fucker and his three parts of nothing. I missed your backlight in this video, is it ok? I really enjoy seeing the different colours you choose for the different videos. Hope you enjoyed a long comment from someone not a Gen X mum (thank god on both counts there) Love you lots xx
This is the kind of tv i was unfortunately raised on, so it's super fun to revisit it as a wiser and more open minded individual to poke holes in it! I remember wholeheartedly believing this kind of stuff 😅
This has to be the best content on PureFlix. I'm actually interested to see the rest of this series! I always love your shade and comments, screw the uptight assholes who don't "get" your humor. I love it 😂💜
i know what you're going for here nick but lots of these comments about the older sister pru is like..... tell me you weren't parentified as a kid without telling me you weren't parentified as a kid lmfao
I was just thinking the same thing. Very much Channel Awesome post Nostalgia Critic's return when he got a studio and hired actors. That's not good. CA was a clown shoes operation, this show is supposed to be professional and it looks just as bad.
@@SaintShion Yeah, a lot of the (former) creators are good (Lindsey Ellis, Todd in the Shadows, etc.), but there are major issues at Channel Awesome. Other than the fact that Doug Walker makes some of the most cringe films and videos ever, Channel Awesome's admin and leading creators had/have a massive abuse of power over their creators. It was, at least, a super toxic work environment. There's a whole document, Change the Channel, about it.
i swear when i locked eyes with that one movie/show just called “Selfie Dad.” gliding through the screen during ur intro it straight up felt like a jumpscare
I love how Nick roasts their haters in the middle of commentary lmao. Do genx moms really think children are on youtube watching movie commentary. Wtf.
From one gay to another, love your videos from all the way here in New Zealand! Your videos are hilarious, and the fact that you've been to film school really brings perspective. Please do God's Not Dead 2 & 3. Please!
I knew I could count on you to post a video at the very moment I had no procrastination material. I promise I will return to do work after this video lol
This little tidbits from Nick at 4:55 dan 18:45 is why I love his channel! I've never learnt filmmaking but it's good to know what goes behind the scene of an actual shooting and how they achieve some effects to make it look 'natural'.
I've always wondered what would have become of Party of Five if they hadn't struck gold with Neve Campbell, Scott Wolf, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. I guess I found my answer.
Now that you mentioned Party of Five, that is all I can think of with this show now. I LOVED Party of Five and I can see your point about how the great actors made it a good show.
Loved this breakdown and could definitely see the difference in production between this and the other series you covered. I know nothing about production, direction, etc. but it’s a cool creative exercise to think about how scenes could be different!
It's annoying that the plot of this film is ripped off from the 1980s movie Baby Boom, which at least has Diane Keaton and iconic fashion going for it. (You might enjoy watching that one if you haven't seen it)
I feel like this is the first Pureflix review where the certain lighting and technical details were done better than in the previous content you’ve review. Could it be that some Pureflix employees are watching your channel and taking notes? 😂 I love how you can tell Prue is the moody teen with outfit in the first episodes: the army green cargo jacket, black lace up boots, the choker. And Hannah being a “ungodly city slicker” with her all dark color palette and straightened hair. Costume design on this show is somewhat passable at least for a Pureflix budget.
I’m not exaggerating when I say that Nick has some of the *best* commentary on RUclips. I can’t stop laughing. Plus, there’s a lot of constructive criticism??? Yes, please
My favorite thing is when Nick goes bananas unexpectedly and for no reason. Like the "I'M SO JEALOUS OF YOUR FASHION JEWELLERY!" moment in this video. You know there's gonna be one of these at some point but they catch you off guard every time
I love how this sitcom is so bad that the title wasn't even on the title card lmao!!! It said 'title of movie' instead of the actual title You should keep it that way, it's a great joke lmaooooooo
5:13 to answer ur question (if you care) I think she is supposed to be in Chicago, due to the Sears tower in the establishing city shot- which further plays into the shameless knockoff idea- but the actual shots of her walking look like she’s in some midsize city that was probably cheaper to film in
As the eldest in my family, I can confirm that the oldest sister is not strange for trying to parent her siblings. I’m not fostered or adopted but when my parents hit a rough patch in their relationship, I, as the oldest afab person in the house after my mother, took on a lot of those mother roles while my brother took on those father ones. It’s actually nice to see her take on that role for her family because as someone who has done it before, I know she genuinely cares about them.
The fact that Nick gets to make money reviewing Christian TV is literal divine justice and I’m living for it!
This Atheist approves lol
My 12 year old self who had Catholics screaming in her face that being gay is wrong is so happy about this…just goes to show it only increases the gay when they do all that
@@abbyz13 damn I'm sorry. If I were there we'd be getting screamed at together lol
This comment wins :'D
It’s what He would have wanted 🙏🏻✝️😹
As a former Bible Belt homeschooler, my biggest problem with this is the "choose joy" line. Their Dad just died, let them experience their sorrow. The Evangelical tendency to paint any negative emotions as bad or lacking in faith is toxic af
You tell em. I'm evangelical and yes, come on!!!!! We have feelings!!!!! Our faith and belief and love for God does NOT mean we cannot feel sorrow sadness or any other negative emotion!!!!! We will and we do and we should!!! Life is not always going to be easy, it's in the Bible: "in this world you will have tribulation."
I grew up an Evangelical homeschooler, and my mom (who is still an Evanggelical) feels this way. It's so unhealthy and caused both of us a lot of heartache in our lives. Grief is okay. You can still have faith and be deeply devastated by someone's death.
I’m late but biblically it makes no sense. Jesus cried with the mourners of a dude he was literally going to resurrect. I feel like the lesson of the story is be empathetic even if everything’s going to turn out good.
@@amypattie7004 because toxic positivity is a manipulation tactic cults use to hijack ur nervous system and use your distressed state and f*cked up hormones against you to confuse and manipulate you. Seems a lot like christianity to me.
THIS. ABSOLUTELY THIS. Tell kids that they need to put that negative energy into something positive. That leads to healthier coping skills, and the kid will feel more comfortable with telling you if something is wrong.
Why do all the PureFlix families live in the showroom houses from Arrested Development
Hahaha they dooo
That. Was. Great. 🤣 Be well, friend. ✌
The Art Direction is killing me. No excuse for being a low budget production. Take a $100 to the Dollar Store and maybe 5 below and you can fill the place with some decor.
@@manigje1 Ikr like buy fantasy curtains, pretend it's wallpaper or smth.
You can’t sanitize a show like Shameless & have the same impact. You just can’t. What’s so profound & widely loved about it is everything they removed. There’s no grit, no ugliness, no poverty, no reality. A lot of us saw ourselves in Shameless but I can’t see myself in these characters. Their furniture isn’t even stained.
Thank you! Shameless was probably the first American series that I thought looked familiar to what I actually grew up with. The start of the series was just amazing - you really felt the atmosphere of the tight community and you could recall stories similar to what was shown on the big screen. It was really ground breaking for me.
Imo, later seasons fell off the wagon but the grittiness and realism I fell in love with so much, I now genuinely have issues with watching the standard "sanitized" hollywood movies. This just ain't it.
@@panonymousbloom5405 the first seasons showed reality, but the later seasons made the cast all make really bad decisions to end up in the same cycle of poverty. Reality is that you can be super smart and still be poor, but the showtime writers apparently forgot that so all the characters had to keep falling into money, then making bad decisions. Just bad writing later on.
I look forward to a PureFlix version of Degrassi now and how bad they'd mess it up.
@@panonymousbloom5405 you gotta watch the uk version too, it’s really good!
i don't think they tried to do a shameless type show, that's just the comparison nick came to with these first 2 episodes bc it has the element of a big family and the older sibling that takes care of them
This is such a weird treatment of grief. Some of these kids have lost 4 parents by the age of 8 and they are all just... ready to "choose joy." Okaaaaay.
It's an evangelical Christian thing. It's called keeping sweet, because negative emotions are the devil or something.
@@erinw.9256 Wow. That's fucked up. Thank you!
Right? Especially like...a few days after their adopted dad died. Like damn, give the kids a week to be sad please
@@erinw.9256 Sounds like a few steps away from how medieval Catholics considered what we know to be clinical depression, to be the sin “sloth”. It’s okay to be sad, God will understand.
Christians will really tell you to do this though.
i love when the thing you're talking about isn't terrible, just mediocre, because then i get breakdowns of cool little technical stuff i never would have thought about
That's what I love about Nicks videos. I'm not into filmmaking at all but it's really interesting to learn about the tricks that are used to make movies and shows and what happens when people don't use them. And the inappropriate sex and toilet humour with over the top gestures and loud and fast talk keeps me laughing.
It really is educational content.
Based on her stiff wrists and overall air of discomfort, I’d guess the actress who plays Charity took a year of ballet classes around age nine, slapped it on her resume, then studied for this scene by watching the Barbie version of Swan Lake.
All of her movements were pretty stiff, and it brought me physical pain. I give her 2 years (at most) of ballet classes around age 6. You’re absolutely right about how she studied for that scene, though.
Fun fact, in Iowa, where I live, they responded to the BLM movement by making it a misdemeanor to "verbally assault" a cop during a peaceful protest. This can include anything said to a cop that can be perceived as hurtful , like mock his cop stash, jail time. So, not really a fun fact but.
So effing ridiculous. Suddenly free speech doesn't matter if there's a cop involved. That law, and the new law in Florida where it's legal to run over protestors, keeps me up at night.
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How the fuck is that constitutional?! That really needs to be challenged all the way up the appellate system.
Much more fun fact: a woman in Michigan flipped off a cop, and they ticketed her for it. She took the case to court, and it ended up in a Federal Court of Appeals where her right to flip off police officers was upheld as part of the right to free speech.
That sets precedent for your law in Iowa to be challenged. They would have to follow the existing federal ruling. If you know any white people who can safely take one for the team, tell them to spew all the hurtful words at the pigs and then sue when the police take action.
that's literally taking away your right to free speech
As soon as I possibly can I'm leaving this state. Can't stand living here.
If you look up O’Malley’s, they’re all just Irish pubs. You’re telling me an Irish pub takes months to get a reservation?? 😂
Lmao I said “that’s an Irish pub” out loud when Nick made that joke
for the first 2 months and 3 weeks the guy was just calling the pub asking about making a reservation, the staff probably just said "... or just come down here, ye dont need a reservation?" and on the 2nd month and 4th week of the guy calling they just said "feck it, yea sure you can make a reservation". probably.
The first thing that came to mind was the song Thomas O'Malley sang in The Aristocats.
I love how’s she’s like “I hate when bad things happen and my life gets turned upside down and it’s so loud I can’t think…I guess that’s just me!” It’s like no girl, that’s everyone.
Weird payoff at the end of the first episode too
She was like "when noises gets too loud I cover my ears and have to repeat stuff to myself in a repetitive pattern I guess it's just how quirky I am". Sis that's literally just autism. It's A THING... but okay.
@@ArturGlass.C Autism, OCD, social anxiety, agoraphobia, Misophonia, auditory hypersensitivity. ADHD, hyperacusis, the list goes on and on. It’s insanely common.
@@jax422 Most of those have heavy correlations tho. I have Autism, OCD, social anxiety, agoraphobia and I'll assume auditory hypersensitivity since it's a symptom of autism. Could be isolated sure but it's common. ADHD and autism have a lot of symptoms in common so it's fair.
As an Ohioan, the “yeah, no nonononono” is actually part of the vocab. Lol
“Oh yeah no” and “no yeah” are so Midwestern that I’ve lived in 3 differed Midwestern states and didn’t know people Didn’t understand those phrases until this year.
And no, no , yea, of course. Means the opposite
This is true in a lot of places
The way i ran to the comments to be like THATS OHIO 😂😂😂
I give a pass to the oldest sister wanting to take on responsibility for the rest of the kids. It's not at all uncommon in the foster/adopt world to see that dynamic. Eldest sisters often get saddled with playing mom when the actual mother is absent or neglectful, not to mention she may have been the only consistent maternal figure her younger siblings have had if they've been in & out of various bio relatives homes and foster families. A lot of the time adoptive parents struggle with getting the oldest girl in a situation like that to let go of trying to parent her siblings & just be a kid.
for sure I was thinking this too! its definitely just the writing/acting that makes those scenes feel so unrealistic lmao
Parentification is basically the modus operandi in fundie households, too. The dad doesn't parent, and they're having as many kids as possible so the mom can't handle it all, so they intentionally raise their older daughters to parent the younger siblings. It fucks em up 👍
@@CJMGalaxy this is literally what it was like growing up in my household. i was adopted by my aunt and uncle who lived in the Deep South and had 8 children between them already. multiple times if the older girls complained about having to parent the younger kids or do all the house chores, good ole Auntie would just remind us that she was just teaching us how to be proper wives for when we got old enough 🤢
@@summers9052 woah dang! Adoption seems like such scary thing I cant imagine what you went through, Im sorry.
I had to raise my younger brother cause my parents were in severe mental health crisis and had us in their 20s. I moved out at 16 and was emancipated later and my brother came with at 13, they just gave me like $300 a month for him even tho my dad has money. I worked non stop, got my HS diploma early to go to Uni. I had to learn everything on my own than teach it to my brother while dealing w PTSD and an ED. Im pan and hes gay so I wanted him to have a much more accepting environment since our Dad is a über Christian Homophobe. I love my brother, we're v close but damn I NEVER want kids, adopting a child shldnt be like picking up milk at grocery store.
@@SaintShion oh my god. you’re fucking strong as hell managing all that and still taking care of your brother. i don’t know you but dare i say im proud as hell of what you pushed through. and yeah,, feel like it should be common for people to believe you shouldn’t just adopt kids to turn into maids but you’d be surprised 😩
Hey Nick in the title card for Clip Breakdown, it said “Title of Movie” instead of the show name. Keep it, I probably won’t remember this show specifically 😂
Honestly it seems about on par with the professionalism and work put into a lot of these movies so it really does fit lol
I thought I was the only one who noticed that but I thought it was a joke 💀💀💀
@@dairyELLE I think it was.
As an ex Christian, who used to really enjoy Christians films like “God is Not Dead”…watching these now makes me cringe so much I want to superglue my eyes shut.
But if you did that, you’d be denying the world being able to see your lovely eyes. And that would be a tragedy.
Saaaaame
Also ex Christian, and same lol
@@juliusweiss5447 💀
@@juliusweiss5447 dude go be creepy somewhere else, that's not complimentary, just sleazy
mc: * describes a Sensory Processing Disorder *
also mc: i’m just a bit of a freak, a weirdo, just a little quirk of mine lol
May I HIGHLY recommend checking out The Book of Esther, which was directed by David A.R. White. I did the hair and some of the makeup. The amount of blonde women I had to make brunette to play Persian women is 👀
Back up now
I need Nick to interview you about this and spill behind the scenes PureFlix tea immediately
I'm sorry, they had you *what?!*
@@feitme
It's the 21st Century and I wish people would stop that.
Is David A R White obligatory in these bloody things? I live in the UK, and even I'm sick of him.
I was raised evangelical so it's super cathartic for me to watch you pick this kind of stuff apart ❤
im so glad!!
My boyfriend was raised Evangelist, it's so toxic and being the only one to get away from it he has so much residual shame about everything. His family is hard to tolerate, his sister said they are "working on how to FIX" transgender teens. My son is trans so basically no matter how nice of people they are I can't stand his family. Luckily his mom won't visit because we are "cohabiting out of wedlock" and it's just hilarious that she thinks it's a punishment to not visit 🤣 if I moved out my bf would probably not tell her because he's thrilled she stays away.
They're oblivious to reality in general... They "solve" every problem by praying and then ignoring it.
I hope you have been able to purge that brainwashing and forgive your parents for their well-meaning ignorance.
@@LunarEleven ty! Yes it's been a journey and yes the shame is real! (I was 20 before I even knew girls could orgasm too!) Every day is better knowing I'm free!
I'm so glad your bf is out as well! Lots of love to you and your fam❤
Uhhh I got into a bit of a "tiff" with a customer the other day about the whole "ppl are afraid to say merry Christmas shit" like dude stop with the whole Christians being stifled shit. You are still the majority and guess what I said I was an atheist and like several costumer freaked out, like im some evil person just cause I don't believe in a made up book. But guess what I don't give a shit if you said merry Christmas or w.e. happy holidays is just more inclusive. The war on Christmas only exists to them, pray and warship as much as you want its not my business how you waste your time.
Sooo yeaaa this feels good lol
Ohhhhhhhhh also worth mentioning he hits on me constantly even tho he's married, but I'm the bad one for not just blinding believing....right
Nick should look into the Christian movie “Courageous”. It’s about a group of police officers in a small town who take a pledge to be better parents. There’s several movies directed by the guy of that movie including “Fireproof”, a movie about a group of firefighters, and “War Room” which is a gem all its own. My religious mother had me watch all 3 of these movies and while they’re better than PureFlix, they are all still really absurd.
Waiiiitttt I totally remember Courageous 😂
omg…u just unlocked a repressed memory..
You just made me remember the song... It's been so long 💀
I had to watch all of his movies constantly in Catholic school
I worked at walmart and every time I had to organize the movies there would be SO MANY of those 😭😭😭😭 nobody bought them
I love hearing the positive critiques as well as the negatives. It really makes the negatives more impactful.
Same honestly. It’s always fun to poke at some things, but with this type of content I really appreciate this being more than just making fun; but giving actual criticism and praise where it’s due. It really gives respect to the creator, especially in a climate where some reviewers just make fun of things they don’t know how to watxh
I always feel bad for the poor, indoctrinated kids who are cast in these bible-thumper shows.
Imagine not just being pimped out and exploited by a stage parent, but by a RELIGIOUS stage parent… truly horrifying.
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I didn’t even think of that 😬😬
Truly horrific.
My parents dragged my siblings and i to pro life protests in elementary school..I didn’t even understand what abortion was. Yet a couple years ago footage of our 8- and 10- year old selves holding up posters of aborted fetuses was aired on some type of pro life broadcast on a Christian channel. I was mortified..they called to tell me all like “remember the good old days when you went to church!” I remember being there and ppl were honking and flipping us off ..how was that ever ok to them like
@@dom7926 damn that sucks. Hope you’re doing good nowadays ❤️
“Up until now it’s only been Pru over there. Lookin like her braces taste sour”
Nick you never fail
Sooo good!!!!
That line is one of the all-time great human achievements
The thing that's so good about shameless is that Fiona has taken care of her siblings their whole lives and you can definitely sympathize with her and her situation even though in the later seasons I started to hate her. But as always I love your clip breakdowns! I'd actually love to see you do the actual shameless show it would be absolutely hilarious
When you said “it could easily be something near Ohio,” you’re absolutely right. It’s Cincinnati, I recognize that exact Panera Bread the older sister is hastily walking away from. I also looked it up, and most of the show was shot in Clermont County (Cincinnati’s well-meaning but slightly racist cousin 25 minutes east) where I was *also* homeschooled. Hits a little too close to home. 🙃
Thank you for turning these mediocre Christian sitcoms into quality content. 🙏
I live in Cincinnati and I was thinking the same thing when he showed that part!
Yeah, I'm like, "Wow, she left the BIG city of Cincinnati to move to somewhere like Batavia or something." I mainly recognized the backs of the road signs.
Yep! That opening shot is downtown near Fountain Square 😂 Recognized the mural instantly.
I came to the comments to see if anyone had already said this and I was not disappointed
I recognized that stripey decor above the Panera instantly, from going to Bru burger too many times! And there’s a quick glimpse of the metro bus too!
That's 100% Downtown Cincinnati that she's walking through at the start of the show. Behind her is the Neil Armstrong mural and the Panera that got shut down lol
“Maybe that’s fashion in Ohio” absolutely wrecked me. I actually said “nooooo!” out loud to myself haha!!
It's so weird learning abt evangelical homeschoolers as a homeschooler who's parents followed the actual mandated curriculum and just kinda went to museums a lot. Like wow, y'all really had it like that???? Damn, not me, y'all be easy tho
Yall be easy tho has me dead
Yess, one step closer to winning the war on Christmas 🎄🙌 Checkmate, secular sugar-cookie baking heathens!!
RIGHT? I celebrate Giftmas. It's literally the same holiday only honest. And if we're gonna pretend to celebrate a dead guy's birthday on Dec 25th, it should be Santa Claus! 🎅 🎂
As someone studying cinema and photography in College, my family always tells me, “aren’t you worried about finding a job after school, it’s hard to find a creative job in this world…” your channel makes me feel better because I know that if I can make a film at least, at the bare minimum, like the ones you review, then I’ll be okay in the world. And I promise that I make works in school better than those films so I know that I’m going to be more than aye okay lol… seriously, I cant believe anyone anymore when they say how hard it is to get art jobs, specifically video… these people somehow got hired at pureflix! And make this kind of crap! So I believe I can land on my feet after school and get hired too.
Wait sorry no offense but I’m just curious- are you comment from your young siblings account? or do you really actually vlog about American girl dolls? I’m just curious and I hope I don’t come off as rude lol
The film industry can be tricky to get into at first if you don’t have connections because of nepotism but because it is an expanding industry that relies on people consuming more and more media in order to thrive, it’s certainly not impossible to get a job.
I don’t know about the film industry but I am a professional pet portrait artist 👩🎨 and it allows me to work from home and raise my kids (well they are teenagers now so they just need me at meal time 😂). I am lucky that my husband makes good $ but I make at least the amount I would at a part time job somewhere else… plus I love what I do 💕 follow your dreams!!
“It’s hard to find a creative job” is always such a wild take. Like if you want to be in a specific field, maybe. But do people not realize how much work there is for a creative job? Art is everywhere… on the news, book covers, advertisements, etc
OH NO. I was evangelical homeschooled in high school... while being trans. This is going to be a literal waking nightmare. Thank you for being my psychopomp through this lucid dream.
Edit: To be clear, it was an online/irl homeschool co-op situation, so it wasn't just my parents.
Jack stauber is bey
ME TOO me too
Yikes at least I was public schooled. Going to school was the only reprieve I got from an alcoholic slurring how great christ is. Wooh
Psychopomp is a cool word
I was homeschooled by an engineer and a veterinarian who fall towards the socialist end of the spectrum and were mainly concerned that public school wouldn't move fast enough or cover enough material for their taste so seeing the religiousy, ignorance is bliss version of homeschooling should be pretty interesting
I'm homeschooled and it's not/wasn't for religious reasons so it's interesting to see how the other half lives. I was always confused as to why people were against homeschooling but then I learned about the religion stereotype and this show makes me intrigued as to the reasons why religious people homeschool.
@@clumsyninja925 I was homeschooled for religious reasons and it's mostly to keep kids from being exposed to other ideas and be able to develop opinions with facts and logic instead of faith.
@@clumsyninja925 also general thing with cults are conspiracy theory parents. I was home Ed untill 16 and we basically had a flat earther group home schooling their kids in the next village along and they'd come to the home Ed youth group
@@universal_stupidity or they dont want you to be tainted by the kids taught by youtube and their trash parents.
@@mariearchambeault145 You’re on RUclips…
As a Gen X mom, I find your characterization of my disappointed emails ageist, hurtful nd completely accurate. You should know better than to say something so completely true just for laughs (which I did, by the way, and so did my kids, although they were more like cackling and pointing while they did it). I was considering donating to your Patreon, but after this little stunt I will most definitely be doing so, and will encourage and allow my kids to continue to watch your content. Obligatory Gen X Mom series of emojis, some of which are unrelated, to both indicate tone and lighten the mood here: 😏😉😜❤️👍⭐🥂☕🐕
Nick, please do REPO: A Genetic Opera. It has Paris Hilton in it and is my favorite musical behind only the legendary and perfect Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
I hope one day my perseverance will pay off.
Jesus Christ I haven't heard of repo in years, I'm torn between wanting my awkward baby emo obsession covered and not giving that creep Terrence zerdunich any publicity
I was not expecting a Catholic themed parody of Dolly Parton’s 9 To 5 but I have to say it absolutely made my day
When you said Always Sunny was a ‘workplace comedy’, I was so confused for a second. But of course it is! They own the bar...they just don’t ever seem to be doing much work! I genuinely had to think about it! X
Seriously, I always thought of it as a slice-of-life, except the people are all assholes
Oh, and just like in Hallmark movies I am loving the character’s gigantic “Christian Curls”!
One time at the catholic girls school I went to they told us that some people got the message to follow god in their sleep. I literally stoped sleeping for like a month, I was terrified of the thought of getting any kind of message from an unknown man in my sleep wtf
IM HOWLING 💀 DUDE IM SORRY U LOST SLEEP but honestly you're right wtf get out of my sleep jesus😴
@@janetsparklepanda hahaha not "get out of my sleep jesus" !
That was perfection - 10/10 would cackle again 🤣👌
Woah, tf?
I wonder if their parents were whispering in their ears while they slept 😬
Edit: oh lol I misread completely. I thought you said your friends told you they heard God in their sleep
@@DeathnoteBB oh no! That would’ve been 100 times worse 😂😂
This movie is like unseasoned chicken. Good thing Nick is here to sprinkle all the spicy seasonings!
Ooh pureflix!! What did we do to deserve such a treat :))
(Also if you’re seeing this Nick, I just want to say thank you because your content is what I watch when I need a pick me up and it never fails to help)
I’m so happy to hear that! Sending love!! 💕
I kinda think they could've made the funeral scene work a lot better if they had just acknowledged the small turn out. Kinda like they did in an episode of season 2 of Special on Netflix - where they have a small turn out, but it's acknowledged and part of the story line.
It didn't even have to have been malicious. Like, they could've said something like he spent so much time on the kids, he didn't have much time for social relations outside of that, or something.
As a recovering ex-Catholic, picking these apart is kind of therapeutic lol
Same!!
Definitely!!
Yuuup
You said "simple and clean" and it finally triggered my memory of the song I was looking for a few days ago, thanks friend 😭💕
Out of curiosity, what was the song?
@@erinw.9256 Simple and clean by Hikaru Utada, I think it was in kingdom hearts? Idk, but I kept looking up t.A.T.u and Imogen Heap, but none of it was what I was thinking of 😭
When I heard you say, “no place named O’Malleys has months long waiting list” I spit out my drink😂😂😂😂😂
I discovered you when I was super sick a week ago and binged all your videos ... Still sick and happy to see new content lol
hope you feel better soon, thank you so much for watching!!!
Of course you're like the first person to genuinely make me laugh in sooo long you deserve the views ! 😇
Sickness be gone!
I clicked so fast, so excited for another pure Flix clip breakdown!
"choppin up jesus into little wafers, pour myself a cup of ambition" NICK i just spit apple cider all over my laptop and it's your fault
It would have been nice if the premise was that the father was dying and the daughter just threw herself into work and ran to NYC b/c she couldn’t handle seeing him like that. But then feels guilty b/c she wasn’t really there when her father was on his deathbed.
And when she goes to the funeral she meets these kids that the father was fostering. And he fostered them b/c he really loved children and missed his own daughter or maybe he just happened to find a last moment of joy by being a parent to these kids. You can say that the kids thought of him as a grandfather
And once the daughter sees, she decides to adopt them b/c it’s sort of her dad’s final wish. Say something about him getting to meet his grandchildren before passing. And then they all have to learn to get a long in a series of wacky events
"She seems like to eager to me to like take on the role of mother for her whole family at that age." As someone who is themselves a homeschooler in recovery, that may be the most accurate part of the show 😬
These bi-weekly videos are a serotonin boost. Fuck seasonal depression 🎄
Nick's Channel: Come for the inappropriate sex jokes yelled loud and fast, stay for the commentary on the narrative and technical commentary on filmmaking.
I really appreciate that you talk in-depth about the good and the bad. I imagine you could get more views by looking only at the most awful content, but I love these movies that are a mix of good and bad. It makes me feel like a more informed movie watcher.
As someone who used to teach the "three top kids based on three worst parents" is the most realistic hyperbole Nick's ever said.
Really depressed, really wanna die and I’ve just been bingeing your pureflix playlist repetitively over the last three days. You releasing a new one makes me want to cry for happy reasons for the first time in months. Love you, Nick💕
I hope you are okay and have safe resources you can reach out too. I’ve been in your situation and know how terrifying it can be. Just remember you are important and you matter. 💜 sending lots of love your way.
As someone who went through those feelings for so long I hope you can get connected w professional help that will actually work. Im not going to preach too much but just know you're not alone and it can get better. If you're in the US theres a lot of services that are free. Im wishing and hoping the best for you. 💜
I'd love to see more of this show specifically, and I love that it's a show that gives you a lot of opportunities to talk behind the scenes technical stuff regarding what they're doing right and what they could improve on.
Just in time to save me from an incredibly depressing day 🥲🥲🥲 thank you Nick ❤
youre so welcome thank yOU!!
I hope tomorrow is a better day 🖤
@@NickDiRamioTV 🥰❤❤❤❤
@@trashketchup1497 thank you 🥲❤
Saint Nick, I JUST finished Shameless this past week and feel distraught. Don’t make me watch a PureFlix version! Salt in the wound, mama.
Omg Nick, every time I think I cannot love you more, you prove me wrong.
You are fair and not just hyper critical. I love learning about film techniques through you. When it's done right and when it's done wrong, you point them all out and then I notice those things in the media I watch.
Your jokes are hysterical, I almost cried with laughter about shy middle part kid.
I agree, this show has some elements that are intriguing, if you want to keep making videos on it, I'm all for it. You're so much happier doing this than forcing yourself through Cat Fucker and his three parts of nothing.
I missed your backlight in this video, is it ok? I really enjoy seeing the different colours you choose for the different videos.
Hope you enjoyed a long comment from someone not a Gen X mum (thank god on both counts there)
Love you lots xx
This is the kind of tv i was unfortunately raised on, so it's super fun to revisit it as a wiser and more open minded individual to poke holes in it! I remember wholeheartedly believing this kind of stuff 😅
Did you pay for a premium cable channel or was this during the streaming era? I didn't know content like this existed until Nick lol
This has to be the best content on PureFlix. I'm actually interested to see the rest of this series! I always love your shade and comments, screw the uptight assholes who don't "get" your humor. I love it 😂💜
I literally watch all of Nick's videos over and over. It's so exciting when a new one drops.
i know what you're going for here nick but lots of these comments about the older sister pru is like..... tell me you weren't parentified as a kid without telling me you weren't parentified as a kid lmfao
I love it when Nick gets into lighting and stuff, as a person who aspires to be a film buff, it's very educational.
i audibly gasped when i got the notification for this
yesssws
As a former moody homeschooled teen... I'm fully projecting transmasc onto Prue's character. I also had bangs. It's a match made in Hell.
That little girl definitely lied about having dance experience 🤣
The original UK Shameless compared to this is fucking hilarious.
Yess please make another episode on this series. I have so many predictions I want to see if they come true.
Something about the blank walls gives me "nostalgia-critic-core" It's a new aesthetic the teens are trying out.
I was just thinking the same thing. Very much Channel Awesome post Nostalgia Critic's return when he got a studio and hired actors. That's not good. CA was a clown shoes operation, this show is supposed to be professional and it looks just as bad.
Theres something freaky about a severely empty house to me...maybe thats because it reminds me of when I moved out at 16 and only had the basics.
@@yy-hj4br wait is Channel Awesome bad?
@@SaintShion Yeah, a lot of the (former) creators are good (Lindsey Ellis, Todd in the Shadows, etc.), but there are major issues at Channel Awesome. Other than the fact that Doug Walker makes some of the most cringe films and videos ever, Channel Awesome's admin and leading creators had/have a massive abuse of power over their creators. It was, at least, a super toxic work environment. There's a whole document, Change the Channel, about it.
@@SaintShion But, I was mainly referring to the blank walls in all of Doug's videos, which is very amateur hour.
i swear when i locked eyes with that one movie/show just called “Selfie Dad.” gliding through the screen during ur intro it straight up felt like a jumpscare
? In this?
i didnt even noticed how fast it popped up lol but its at around @0:08 2nd show/movie? on the top row
I love how Nick roasts their haters in the middle of commentary lmao. Do genx moms really think children are on youtube watching movie commentary. Wtf.
From one gay to another, love your videos from all the way here in New Zealand! Your videos are hilarious, and the fact that you've been to film school really brings perspective. Please do God's Not Dead 2 & 3. Please!
Idk why but "god ignores custody laws?" made me ugly laugh
I just finished watching your video on crossroads thank you for gracing my screen with your presence and relieving my anxiety during exam season🙏
good luck on exams!! thanks so much for watching!!
I knew I could count on you to post a video at the very moment I had no procrastination material. I promise I will return to do work after this video lol
I love watching you talk about the mechanics of production
you don't understand the JOY i get from every new upload of yours
I choose JOY
This little tidbits from Nick at 4:55 dan 18:45 is why I love his channel! I've never learnt filmmaking but it's good to know what goes behind the scene of an actual shooting and how they achieve some effects to make it look 'natural'.
I've always wondered what would have become of Party of Five if they hadn't struck gold with Neve Campbell, Scott Wolf, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. I guess I found my answer.
Now that you mentioned Party of Five, that is all I can think of with this show now. I LOVED Party of Five and I can see your point about how the great actors made it a good show.
Loved this breakdown and could definitely see the difference in production between this and the other series you covered. I know nothing about production, direction, etc. but it’s a cool creative exercise to think about how scenes could be different!
It's annoying that the plot of this film is ripped off from the 1980s movie Baby Boom, which at least has Diane Keaton and iconic fashion going for it. (You might enjoy watching that one if you haven't seen it)
There’s also a super cheesy ABC family movie called “hello sister, goodbye life” that has a similar plot.
Omg when my son was 4, he’d rub his eye like that. It was so gross. It took a long time to break that habit. Thankfully he didn’t damage anything.
nick 😭😭ur so funny i literally always like within 30 seconds. the “fighting on the side of the liberals in the war on christmas” joke was so good.
I feel like this is the first Pureflix review where the certain lighting and technical details were done better than in the previous content you’ve review. Could it be that some Pureflix employees are watching your channel and taking notes? 😂
I love how you can tell Prue is the moody teen with outfit in the first episodes: the army green cargo jacket, black lace up boots, the choker. And Hannah being a “ungodly city slicker” with her all dark color palette and straightened hair. Costume design on this show is somewhat passable at least for a Pureflix budget.
The intro to the show is hilarious, from the comic sans to the imovie-esque editing 😂
I’m not exaggerating when I say that Nick has some of the *best* commentary on RUclips. I can’t stop laughing. Plus, there’s a lot of constructive criticism??? Yes, please
I kinda want you to continue reviewing this show 💅🏽
I have to stop watching you while I'm painting because I have full body laughter every 30 seconds 😂😭
Always happy to listen to you destroy pureflix. With x mas coming up I was hoping one would be done soon 😅
My favorite thing is when Nick goes bananas unexpectedly and for no reason. Like the "I'M SO JEALOUS OF YOUR FASHION JEWELLERY!" moment in this video. You know there's gonna be one of these at some point but they catch you off guard every time
Just watched Salem Tovar’s new video and then you posted so it’s actually a good day
Me: came for the sass, stayed for the insightful and interesting discussions of production techniques.
So happy to BE HERE SO EARLY I look forward to these AFTER WORK SO MUCH ahhh thank you pls never stop ily❤️
yess time to relax!!! thank you so much love you back!
please do the rest of this series. i'm so weirdly invested in it and i love all these little technical things i get to learn about film production
your pureflix stuff is my fav. id love you to revisit that soapy one with the tv anchor patriarch that had a stroke (if there's more there to visit.)
I'm constantly confusing Pure Flix from Nick's channel and Passion Flix from Kennie JD 😂
If I were forced to watch Pure Flix, this would probably be my first choice. Something about family dysfunction always makes me feel at home. 😂
I appreciate you including things they did a good job on like the lighting. I find the technical tidbits interesting too. :)
I love how this sitcom is so bad that the title wasn't even on the title card lmao!!! It said 'title of movie' instead of the actual title
You should keep it that way, it's a great joke lmaooooooo
5:13 to answer ur question (if you care) I think she is supposed to be in Chicago, due to the Sears tower in the establishing city shot- which further plays into the shameless knockoff idea- but the actual shots of her walking look like she’s in some midsize city that was probably cheaper to film in
Continue this! It was kinda nice seeing you review something that appears to be somewhat semi-ish kind of competent
As the eldest in my family, I can confirm that the oldest sister is not strange for trying to parent her siblings. I’m not fostered or adopted but when my parents hit a rough patch in their relationship, I, as the oldest afab person in the house after my mother, took on a lot of those mother roles while my brother took on those father ones. It’s actually nice to see her take on that role for her family because as someone who has done it before, I know she genuinely cares about them.