Vigilante Vigilante: The Battle for Expression

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Audience Member An obnoxious attempt to justify obnoxious graffiti and to vilify people who are working to clean up graffiti. The film and the argument it made are going to be annoying to anyone who doesn't think that graffiti artists and taggers should be able to spray paint their bad art anywhere, on public or private property, that they want. . Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I found myself yelling at these assholes that cover up graffiti in this film because they're just making things worse but not one of them seems to see that. Loved this doc. because it exposes a group of complete morons with nothing better to do. The last part was genius by the way. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A relatively weak argument from the pro-graffiti filmmakers, and not a strong counterpoint from the ill-informed on the other side of the fence. However, some sharp editing and excellent animation help to make up for some of the film's other shortcomings. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member A solid documentary on self appointed vigilantes that try to clean up different cities by covering up graffiti, stickers, tags and street art with their own paint. Are the vigilantes covering up tags with their own? Are the vigilantes just as bad as the street artists? The viewer gets to make that decision. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A clever and thought provoking documentary about the counter-insurgency against street/graffiti artists. See it if you enjoyed Exit Through the Gift Shop. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member The film makes its point in the first half hour: a geographically diverse group of middle aged retired white males with subnormal intelligence and nothing better to do go around painting over (sometimes sanctioned) urban art. The film makes the point that this in itself is illegal and essentially no different from the vandalism that graffiti artists do themselves. The film then spends the next hour repeating this point without any real narrative other than to follow around and mock their subjects. The film takes a novel approach towards the backlash against graffiti artists but ultimately it doesn't cover anything in its 86 minute duration that it couldn't have covered in half that time. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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