Gehenna,
Too much chatter from ATC, when crew are probably pretty busy. Why offer a 'change to Approach or stay with me as you like' from the Tower; if they can stay with the Tower, keep quiet.
The recording of the RT you heard on Youtube was an hour's worth of flight condensed into nine minutes. It's bound to appear as too much chatter in that case. I notice the pilot saying "just to reiterate" a few times - I expect it was just the nerves.
I expect that if I was in a difficult situation, I'd find some comfort in the fact that ATC were talking to me.