My Octopus Teacher: The Greatest Horror Film

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a well-done critique of the documentary, sometimes in preference to watching the film itself.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Maggie Mae Fish

Topic

documentary film criticism

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I would recommend people not to watch it and instead watch this well done critique (and criticism) titled “My Octopus Teacher & Environmental Horror” by Maggie Mae. [1] I could’ve spent my time better if I’d watched this and avoided “My Octopus Teacher” altogether. [1]: …

• Love this analysis. It reminds me of Maggie Mae's breakdown of My Octopus Teacher as eco-horror film -- it ends up exploring the same themes around language and communication that you brought up here. [0] [0] [VIDEO] Specific time stamp for section on language (Gorillas …

• Here is a critique of My Octopus Teacher as a movie of a self-centered man who projects his issues onto an unsuspecting wild animal: "MY OCTOPUS TEACHER & Environmental Horror, An Analysis" [VIDEO]