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An Australian blogger who pontificates on things (mainly movies) and you read if you want to.
 
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=== He provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: He's usually pretty fair, but when something pisses him off, he's quick to emphasise how and why it does.
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: [[In-Universe|Reimagined]] an [[Angry Birds]] scenario from the pig's perspective.
* [[Ambiguously Gay|Ambiguously Bi]]: The article mentioned below lists both male and female singers he seems to find seductive. There's also [http://daveandhiscriticisms.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/233/ this article] which seems pretty personal.
* [[Audio Erotica]]: Wrote an [[In-Universe|article]] listing his Top 10 Sexual Songs:
{{quote| ''"And I would absolutely have sex with [[The Presets|Julian Hamilton's]] voice in this song."''}}
* [[Awful Truth]]: "Oh, and for added fun, Stanley is Damien from [[Mean Girls]]" in his discussion of [[I Spit Onon Your Grave]].
* [[Bile Fascination]]: [[In-Universe|Assumes]] it to be the sole reason for the existence of [[The Human Centipede]]
* [[Breather Episode]]: Amazingly, he considered [[Martyrs (Film)|Martyrs]] one, as it didn't have any rape in it.
{{quote| [[Critical Dave]]: It's a small mercy.}}
* [[Broke the Rating Scale]]: Started his reviews under a blanket statement that he was completely against films being banned in Australia. [[A Serbian Film]] made him rethink this. It seems he's still against censorship, but begrudgingly acknowledges that some films go too far.
* [[Caustic Critic]]: Though not as bad as some, he can be pretty negative on some things.
* [[Conversational Troping]]: Does it a lot.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: He even has a page of [https://web.archive.org/web/20130312091517/http://daveandhiscriticisms.wordpress.com/acknowledgements-or-better-writers-that-i-rip-off/ Acknowledgements, or Better Writers That I Rip Off], and freely admits that he's borrowing from the style of other reviewers, mainly [[Cracked.com]], [[That Guy With theThe Glasses]] and [[Roger Ebert]], even claiming his Infamovies are basically plagiarising the Cracked style.
** He also felt it prudent to point out that his review of [[Seven Pounds]] was written before he'd seen [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Matthew Buck's]] similarly scathing attack on the film.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: In spades through most reviews.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Had one after watching ''[[SaloSalò, Oror Thethe 120 Days Ofof Sodom|Salo]]'' and has referenced it several times since. There's even a post which is just him flipping the bird to the cover.
** ''[[A Serbian Film]]'' also took its toll on him, to the point where he rescinded his previous "100% Anti-Censorship" stance.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Vukmir, from his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9_vaexNpQ8 review] of [[A Serbian Film]].
{{quote| "Vukmir...tell me that's not an evil name..."}}
* [[One of Us]]: ''Definitely'' a troper, and even links to the site from his page.
** Amusingly, he's stopped potholing to the site, which means some of his pages reference Tropes that readers who [[TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|haven't had their lives ruined]] mightn't understand.
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]: YMMV on this one, but his article discussing the controversy in Australia surrounding a pro-safe-sex advertising campaign featuring two gay men can come across like this.
** Definitely a YMMV. This (gay) troper thought it was a CMOH to see him supporting the cause.
* [[Self -Deprecation]]: Has some in regards to his abilities as a writer.
* [[So Bad ItsIt's Good]]: Has an [[In-Universe|article]] called [http://daveandhiscriticisms.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/top-10-great-movies-that-are-actually-kinda-crap/ "Top 10 Great Movies (That Are Actually Kinda Crap)"]
* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?]]: Has a particular love for a swimming zombie in [[Zombi 2|Zombie Flesh Eaters]]
* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: Had a ''major'' issue with the characters in [[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream 4]] not arming themselves against Ghostface, given that it's been their saving grace in the past three films.
 
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