Do yourself a favor and watch it on YouTube. A great story. Touching show
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mrnoodman22 October 2020
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WhatisMyNameAgain20 October 2020Great interesting story and insight to Bezhinga and how he changed from being overweight to being fit with an emotional past.
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seedtheshaman19 October 2020Moving, powerful, and at often times poignant, this story of one man's journey will resonate with anyone.
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mazensfort21 October 2020This short documentary about Ethan and his life has inspired me SO MUCH to acheive all my dreams. His journey is truly amazing and inspiring to everyone struggling with anything in life weather it be mental or physical health. 10/10 definitely would reccomend for friends!
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kartarpooni20 October 2020A wonderful story of overcoming hardships, showcasing the positive physical and mental transformation of a great member of the sidemen,
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alexsandwich20 October 2020This is incredible. Watching him through his journey to become the beast he is. It gives people a sense of hope that they can also change for the better. Loving this so far!!
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laurabarr-0099823 October 2020Inspiring series. Really amazing to watch Ethans journey.
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OstensiblyTrue22 October 2020His journey shows that anything is possible when you're in the right mind set, inspirational.
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alexandrazagrajek22 October 2020Amazing story from where he started off to where he is now, his battles with mental health and his friends' point of views on his journey. 100% recommend this show as it will inspire you to do many great things and make a change and make sure that you have tissues by your side.
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raghavsm22 October 2020I have been watching Behzinga and The Sidemen since 2014 and to see him be so open about his life and his mental health struggles is inspiring. I hope you are better now Ethan. Watching this made my depression go away temporarily and put a smile on my face. Very inspirational and motivational. Best YouTube documentary I have watched.
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RicardoSPDP11 November 2020This is a great documentary series, especially when it's free to watch on YouTube. It goes through the story of Bez, and how he wants to run the London marathon during Covid, and after his insane body transformation. The best part of this series is the story, however, a lot is missing from this series that makes my personal review of it not so good.
Now just a heads up, I'm a filmmaker myself, and I watch a lot, and I mean a lot of documentaries, some great, some bad, but I always appreciate the effort that goes into creating them. However, since I am a filmmaker, and I watch films, I may seem critical to some of the people who see this as really high quality, it is high quality, but for YouTube.
This series in the grand scheme of things, is very average when it comes to series where hundreds of people are involved in creating them.
The main issue I have with this series, is that it's both too fast, and too slow. You'll get what I mean in a sec.
When we're watching the scene of Ethan trying to pull a truck, the amount of time you see that scene is way to short. However the amount of cuts that are in that scene is just insane to the point of disorientation.
The part where the tank fires and there are loads of cuts to add drama are fine, common, but probably the only thing you should do here. I personally would have left all of the B-roll out of this scene as it just breaks pacing, just a personal preference though.
Now when Eddie starts talking to Ethan, this is where the edit just breaks down, there is about 1 cut every second during this conversation scene, now to put that into context, a transformers fight scene, a fight scene, has an average shot duration of 2.8 seconds. Now you may say that this is too keep the pace up. and I'd understand why, but in this case it just doesn't work. If anything, this scene is based on context, it's explaining to us, the viewer, what is happening. That shots should be focusing on Eddie explaining, and not cuts to Ethan. Yes he's an important character, but in this case, most of his reactions don't matter (when discounting the one when Eddie says its a 20 ton truck that's the right way to use a reaction shot) The rest of the scene should have been focused on Eddie explaining what was going on and that's it.
ok I can't be asked to examine another scene, so I'll just move into the cinematography. It isn't amazing, but at the same time it isn't bad. It's trying to tell a true documentary story, so the Scenes looking "normal" and not really cinematic is most likely a good thing.
The story on the other hand is great, and the fact that most viewers already know Ethan from his YouTube channel and the sidemen makes it an even better watch for most people, even if the story is pretty basic for the most part.
I also have to appreciate the amount of time planning, and finding ways to film the finally of the doc, it's got some genuinely unbelievably placed shots, that couldn't of been shot without some intense planning
Overall, if you love Ethen, or the sidemen, then this is a great show for you. If you like the concept of weight loss and running, then it's also a great series to watch.
But, if your more used to standard top end documentaries like Don't f with cats, or the social dilemma, along with many others, then this isn't the series for you.
Story: 7/10
Cinematography: 7/10
Editing: 4/10
Character development: 6/10
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Just try and sit through this, he turns slimy and unlikable up to 11 with all the ego of a gym shark athlete but the head of sloth from the goonies and the body of a woman.
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ojaskapoor12 November 2020Ethans journey told through his friends and himself loved it beautifully shot and made me inspire and tear up
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muhammad-669037 January 2021This series is inspiring and great Ethan/bezhinga is one of my favorite youtubers and one of my favorite series I watched on YouTube.
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deandublin-8848622 July 2023Generally a good story. He is a bit of a spoiled kid. Whingeing about Covid, while other people are actually grieving. Fair play to him for turning fat into fit. Hopefully people will follow his lead. Too many addicted to video games and don't use the greatest gift - a healthy body.
Generally a good story. He is a bit of a spoiled kid. Whingeing about Covid, while other people are actually grieving. Fair play to him for turning fat into fit. Hopefully people will follow his lead. Too many addicted to video games and don't use the greatest gift - a healthy body.
Generally a good story. He is a bit of a spoiled kid. Whingeing about Covid, while other people are actually grieving. Fair play to him for turning fat into fit. Hopefully people will follow his lead. Too many addicted to video games and don't use the greatest gift - a healthy body.