Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has responded to criticism of the film with a flurry of tweets.

The King Kong film was released in March and received mixed reviews from critics. NME‘s Nick Levine praised its “supersized thrills” but noted “some silly moments” in it.

This week YouTube channel CinemaSins released a video in which it dissected all the supposed flaws in the movie, picking out 146 sins in total.


Responding via Twitter, director Vogt-Roberts wrote that he didn’t “want to be a cynical fuck myself” but opined that the video “reeks of failed filmmaker taking his issues out on other people’s work”.

“Things like Cinema Sins simply suck the life blood of other people and are often just wrong about intent or how cinema works,” he added, going on to compare the content of the video to Trump’s speeches.

“It’s like when Trump lies on camera just because he can. It’s infuriating and there are people out there who listen to him & Cinema Sins.”

Vogt-Roberts went on to claim that he wasn’t “mad or hurt” by the video and hadn’t watched the entire thing. “Maybe I’ll return to this and watch their entire video if it doesn’t make me hammer a nail through my dick and point out more errors.”

See some of his tweets below.

Our cinema sins video is out. What Rian said is how I feel. These videos are now the length of TV pilots – where people tell actual stories. https://t.co/dpzdWO3YXV — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017


I don't want to be a cynical fuck myself but it reeks of failed filmmaker taking his issues out on other people's work. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

Things like Cinema Sins simply suck the life blood of other people and are often just wrong about intent or how cinema works. It's terrible. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

The last one really gets me as it's basically the entire reason the film takes place in the 70's. This guy just says shit like trump. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

Anyhow. I just wanted to point out why these videos are infuriating. They're often just wrong or think they're smarter than you. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

I love film criticism and I love reading negative reviews if the author makes compelling and well written arguments. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

To anyone who thinks this video makes me mad or hurts me. It doesn't. I just wanted to point out a few obvious examples that are just wrong. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

It's like when trump lies on camera just because he can. It's infuriating and there are people out there who listen to him & cinema sins. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

Maybe I'll return to this and watch their entire video if it doesn't make me hammer a nail through my dick and point out more errors. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

I make movies because I love film. These guys are just trolling the art form we love and profiting from it while dumbing the conversation. — Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) August 15, 2017

Cinema Sins has since responded, albeit indirectly, tweeting: “Hey, everyone! I stepped away from the computer for a few hours to run errands and stuff. Did I miss anything?”

https://twitter.com/cinemasins/status/897558236836114435

Prior to Kong: Skull Island, Vogt-Roberts had the films The Kings of Summer and Nick Offerman: American Ham. He is also working on an upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie.