Lol yeah the "weird obsessions" thing is so true. I see it all the time where people get fixated on one tiny detail instead of the whole picture. My take is you gotta figure out if the reviewer actually cares about the thing they're covering, or just hear themselves talk. When they go that deep on something random like running form, they're probably just showing off. Honestly at that point you learn more about the critic than the movie.

My buddy swore by his old mummy bag for years. Finally switched to a quilt last season and said it was like sleeping in his own bed, no joke.

I love your text-based debates, and our club did that with 'The Secret History' too!

Last month I had a data analysis project that seemed impossible. I broke it into ten-minute chunks, same principle. Once I started, I couldn't stop and finished the whole section in one sitting. Your method totally works for crushing that initial resistance.