I was the one who led the charge in exposing the true nature of Lee Dong-jin and Baek Jong-won.

I didn't dislike him because I thought he was left-leaning.
Rather, I pointed out his snobbish and shallow style of criticism.
He always pours in all sorts of humanities-related material to chatter, which inevitably misleads the public,
but if you listen closely, there is never much substance to the core of it.
Even during his appearances on Hope, he misleads the public with nonsense like the Dangun myth.
He is simply mocking the public.
In fact, he probably doesn't even think so himself.
The most important virtue for a film critic or a pop culture critic is not actually humanities knowledge.
If humanities knowledge were that important, artificial intelligence could do it.
Criticism itself is literature and art.
In other words, artistic sensibility must be the fundamental basis.
Lee Dong-jin lacks that.
Compared to the West (+ Japan), which has a solid historical tradition, Korea has a strong oral culture
(where verbal skills are more important than writing), and because the public's level is quite low, that isn't much of a weakness for him.
For example, the movie 'Good News' was also quite mediocre,
but his sycophants acted all high and mighty, putting forward his one-line reviews that weren't even real criticism.
In fact, Lee Dong-jin and Baek Jong-won are exactly the same social phenomenon.
Even the article about Baek Jong-won's '750 cans with just one tangerine' was written by the media after stealing my original post.
The evidence is all in my previous writing.
My previous writing regarding Good News and Lee Dong-jin:
Good News - The state of a third-rate comedy contrasting with Parasite
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Good News - The state of a third-rate comedy contrasting with Parasite. Where did the movie 'Good News' go wrong? Answer: From the prologue to the end. < When a passenger plane is hijacked in mid-air, a desperate struggle begins on the ground to rescue the passengers. Chi

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A critique of Lee Dong-jin's one-line reviews
"I have been eagerly waiting for a Korean movie like this to come out"
Strictly speaking, this cannot be called a critique. It should just be called an impression or a feeling.
Looking at Lee Dong-jin's recent reviews of Korean films, they are sloppy, he hands out stars indiscriminately, and it is difficult to see him as a critic in the legacy sense anymore. Rather than saying this person has defected, the era has simply become like this. In the era of social media and short-form content, the profession of film critic is nearing extinction. No one wants to pay for and consume 'serious' criticism based on film, sociology, semiotics, history, art history, philosophy, psychology, and science anymore. Being more accustomed to oral culture than Western-style text culture, we prefer the 'DC-style' one-line summary. In Korea, where there are no associations or organizations to rigorously evaluate the specialized field of criticism like in English-speaking countries, this is not an unusual phenomenon.
It feels like it was written carelessly because it was too much trouble? You can clearly feel the lack of sincerity. It is no different from an elementary student saying, "I love this kind of movie."
There is no mention at all of how the movie actually is. The evaluation is glossed over vaguely.
Review of Parasite - “A sharp yet sorrowful class allegory, clearly woven through ascent and descent”
It even makes one wonder if it was written by the same person.
Perhaps he is sinisterly conducting a social experiment with this. Just like a reporter cutting off the power to a PC cafe.
By showing an extremely simple sentence in contrast to his Parasite review, he is testing how the public reacts. He is often seen enjoying this process. Whenever a controversy arises, he appears as if he has been waiting and offers long, excited explanations.
But if we dig deeper into the true intent of this critique from the perspective of someone who knows English well,
it can be reinterpreted as 'There has never been a Korean movie like this before' or 'It's new.'
Also, if you shift the angle and add more substance, it can be interpreted as 'This style of Korean movie existed abroad, but Good News is the first of its kind in Korea.'
Ultimately, it is a copy of the Wes Anderson-style comedy mentioned above, and he is saying he liked it.
(I have been spitting saliva while saying that it was clumsy and terrible.)
He could have said it that way, but it reads as too unkind and like a personal opinion, lacking weight and persuasiveness.
A failed one-line review.
Furthermore, on Namuwiki or Femco, people take this one line and engage in ridiculous over-interpretation, which is quite a sight to behold.
This social phenomenon is exactly the textbook black comedy that 'Good News' failed to achieve.
As you know, besides his status as a critic, Lee Dong-jin holds the status of a film industry celebrity who advertises movies—a role similar to Park Kyung-rim. He actually does this primarily as a freelancer or through Btv. Therefore, it is impossible for him not to be involved in conflicts of interest.
However, if it is a one-line review and rating produced as a critic, shouldn't there be a minimum level of integrity and conscience based on strict standards?