History WebVideo / CinematicExcrement

** In his review of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' he is put off by the presence of actor Creator/StephenCollins, who, by the time the video was released, had admitted on tape to molesting children. Not even bothering to make a joke of the matter, he simply expresses his contempt for the man and moves along.

** In his review of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' he is put off by the presence of actor Stephen Collins, who, by the time the video was released, had admitted on tape to molesting children. Not even bothering to make a joke of the matter, he simply expresses his contempt for the man and moves along.

* FlippingTheBird: After [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tearing into]] the Razzies for giving Ryan Kiera Armstrong a Worst Actress nomination for her lead role in ''Film/Firestarter2022'' despite her being 12 at the time, Sean notes that although the nomination was eventually rescinded due to online backlash, it never should've happened in the first place. He then flips a bird to the 1100 voting members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation who voted for Armstrong to be nominated in the first place, as he considered them to be "totally okay with bullying a child".

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Suggested InUniverse; in his ''Pan'' review, after Hook tells Peter that considering he's just traveled to Neverland on a flying pirate ship, "'real' should be a very fluid concept for [him] right now", Smeghead ponders if he says that of [[NaiveNewcomer Peter]] or [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief the audience]].

* BookEnds: The main body of his review of ''A Madea Christmas'' opens with him admitting that he didn't find the Madea character to be all that funny from his first impression of her[[note]]from the play version of ''I Can Do Bad All By Myself''[[/note]], and acknowledged fans who do find her funny by saying, "I get it...but I don't get it." Once he finishes the film, he states that while he found it to have largely met his expectations of terribleness, he has to give Creator/TylerPerry an earnest "modicum of credit" for creating a character with a pop culture impact lasting over two decades. He concurs that such a legacy can't be built without having a fanbase that genuinely loves your work, and once again acknowledges Madea fans by saying, "I don't get it...but I get it."

* BookEnds: The main body of his review of ''A Madea Christmas'' opens with him admitting that he didn't find the Madea character to be all that funny from his first impression of her[[note]]from the play version of ''I Can Do Bad All By Myself''[[/note]], and acknowledged fans who do find her funny by saying, "I get it...but I don't get it." Once he finishes the film, he states that while he found it to have largely met his expectations of terribleness, he has to give Creator/TylerPerry an earnest "modicum of credit" for creating a character with a pop culture impact lasting over two decades. He concurs that such a legacy can't be built without a fanbase that genuinely love your work, and once again acknowledges Madea fans by saying, "I don't get it...but I get it."

** His response to Creator/TylerPerry also including the "War on Christmas" as an unanticipated plot point in ''A Madea Christmas'', with a big company forcing a "Christmas jubilee" event to rename itself to a "holiday jubilee" and not contain any Jesus references, to which a character makes the "trying to take Christ out of Christmas" complaint verbatim:

** "War on Christmas" propaganda. Smeghead extensively took this narrative to task in his reviews for ''Last Ounce of Courage'' and ''Film/SavingChristmas'', and believed he was done with it; thus, when it resurfaced as a plot point in ''A Madea Christmas''[[note]]although ironically, the event in the film where Christmas iconography is planned to be suppressed is shown later on with all messages intact and zero consequences[[/note]], it both took him by surprise and set him off.

* BookEnds: The main body of his review of ''A Madea Christmas'' opens with him admitting that he didn't find the Madea character to be all that funny from his first impression of her[[note]]from the play version of ''I Can Do Bad All By Myself''[[/note]], and acknowledged fans who do find her funny by saying, "I get it...but I don't get it." Once he finishes the film, he states that while he found it to have largely met his expectations for terribleness, he has to give Creator/TylerPerry an earnest "modicum of credit" for creating a character with a pop culture impact lasting over two decades. He further concurs that such a legacy can't be built without a base of supporters that genuinely love your work, and once again acknowledges Madea fans by saying, "I don't get it...but I get it."

* CausticCritic: He doesn't hold back in delibering abrasive, scathing criticism towards anything he finds negative in a movie. However, in comparison to fellow Website/YouTube movie reviewers like [[WebVideo/YourMovieSucksDotOrg Adam Johnston]] or [[WebVideo/{{Ralphthemoviemaker}} Ralph Sepi]] who are known to have a "take-no-prisoners" approach to being viciously caustic with their criticisms, Sean provides criticism through a calm demeanor (unless ''really'' provoked) and even can give a bad film certain good elements it may have.

* ChristmasEpisode: Almost every year since 2011, he's done one (or in some cases two) Christmas themed reviews.

** His response to Creator/TylerPerry also including the "War on Christmas" as an unanticipated plot point in ''A Madea Christmas'', with a big company forcing a "Christmas jubilee" event to rename itself to a "holiday jubilee" and not contain any Jesus references, to which a character makes the verbatim "trying to take Christ out of Christmas" complaint:

** Using the sacrifices of soldiers to prop up your own point. Particularly if it is a stupid point, as seen in his review of ''Film/LastOunceOfCourage''.

* BlahBlahBlah: ''Film/{{Striptease}}'', being the 16th Razzie winner, earns a "This is Cinematic Excrement, in my ongoing quest yadda-yadda-yadda" given viewers should be familiar.

** When he sees he's only ten minutes into the movie during his ''[[Film/TheCatInTheHat The Cat in the Hat]]'' review, he gives the camera a [[ThisIsGonnaSuck worried look]] while unscrewing the cap off of a flask.

* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse; discussed whenever a movie messes up with its research.
** ''The Amityville Haunting'' made several errors when recounting the real-life story it (and [[Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979 the film it emulates]]) is based on, and it rubbed Smeghead an especially wrong way with John Matthew [=DeFeo=], one of the Amityville murder victims, being called John ''Matthews'' [=DeFeo=] in the film, which he saw as disrespectful to John's memory.
** He called out ''Saving Christmas''[='=]s ample inaccuracies and inconsistencies, and saw them as especially heinous considering "[he] can count on one hand the number of times [he attends] church every year".
** {{Invoked|Trope}} and PlayedForLaughs with his review for ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'', which he assumes was a direct-to-DVD mockbuster by Creator/TheAsylum. After being corrected on all counts (it actually got a theatrical release, and was distributed through Creator/SummitEntertainment), he throws the script over his shoulder and skips the rest of his attempted introduction because he got everything wrong anyway.

** His trademark {{content warning|s}} began changing each episode starting with his review of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'' simplifying it to a bare minimum[[note]]It essentially read, "This video has objectionable language; if you're under 18, go fuck yourself."[[/note]], and transitioned to usually being more of a comedic TakeThat about the film in question, such as the episode about ''Film/{{Bolero}}'', an erotic film, cautioning that the movie "contains copious amounts of sex. Really, really bad sex." However, some episodes offer [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness genuine warnings]] for films with serious subject matter.

** In his review of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' he is put off by the presence of Stephen Collins, the actor who, by the time the video was released, had admitted on tape to have molested children. Not even bothering to make a joke of the matter, he simply expresses his contempt for the man and moves along.

** His ''Dirty Love'' review takes frequent potshots at Creator/JennyMcCarthy for her anti-vaxxer activism. The timing of the episode's release could not have been better, since the review was released several months after the COVID-19 vaccine came out in America, and the reluctance of a significant chunk of the country's population to take it helped the anti-vaxxer movement go from fringe to mainstream. He ends up calling her a "stupid, ignorant, lobotomized [[CountryMatters cunt-puddle]]", a "sentient vial of anal seepage", a "brain-dead bimbo" and an "open sore", and further pokes fun at her in the thumbnail of his review, which swaps the film's tagline "Got dumped?" out for "Got vaxxed?".

** At one point in his review of ''Film/TheLoveGuru'', he lists a series of celebrities that he believes were punching far below their weight by appearing in the film -- Creator/MorganFreeman (albeit via voice-only cameo), Creator/JimGaffigan, Creator/StephenColbert, Creator/JohnOliver, Creator/VerneTroyer, and Creator/DanielTosh. He then corrects himself on the lattermost person he mentioned, saying, "Daniel Tosh is ''not'' too good for this movie. He belongs here...'''''in Hell'''''."

** While discussing ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' in his episode on the found footage genre, a scene of (real) turtle qbeheading from the film has a black box with a "SO VERY CENSORED" at the moment of impact.

* RunningGagged: His joke of constantly denying ''A Madea Family Christmas'' existing finally comes to an end in the ''Saving Christmas'' relook, when he decides that, since he's gone through so many other terrible movies, it can’t be as bad as he’s making it out to be.

** In the review of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', he remarks about the cliché "jealous boyfriend of single parent tries to get the kid shipped off to boarding school" plot point with "I would suggest the writers got their ideas from 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Children's Movies', but that would be an insult to the greater complete idiots community."
** In his ''WesternAnimation/NormOfTheNorth'' review, when talking about [[TheScrappy the Lemmings]], he states "I would suggest this movie was written by five-year-olds, but that would be an insult to five-year-olds."

** When he sees he's only ten minutes into the movie during his [[Film/TheCatInTheHat The Cat in the Hat]] review, he gives the camera a [[ThisIsGonnaSuck worried look]] while unscrewing the cap off of a flask.

** When he sees he's only ten minutes into the movie during his [Film/TheCatInTheHat The Cat in the Hat]] review, he gives the camera a [[ThisIsGonnaSuck worried look]] while unscrewing the cap off of a flask.

** In his ''WesternAnimation/NormOfTheNorth'' review, when discussing Mr. Greene's [[IdiotPlot plan]] to build condos in the Arctic:

--->'''Smeghead:''' Oh… oh, you glittery ''douche-nozzle!'' 'The physical pain you'll put ''Bella'' through?' ''Fuck Bella!'' What about ''Charlie?'' what about the pain you're gonna put ''him'' through? The pain he's already ''been'' through? Did you ever think of ''that'', you diseased heap of rat rectum? This man has loved and cared for his daughter ever since she arrived in Forks; sure, he's not a ''perfect'' father - I don't think there ''is'' such a thing - but given the circumstances, [[GoodParents I'd say he's done a damn good job]]. Not ''once'' have I doubted that he truly loves Bella and would do ''anything'' for her. And in exchange for his love, [[UngratefulBastard Bella has done nothing but treat him like absolute]] ''[[UngratefulBastard shit]]''. Remember the time she up and left him with little warning in the first movie? Or the time she up and left him with ''no'' warning in the second? And ''now'', after the last few weeks of putting the poor bastard through ''hell'', while he worried about his daughter's health and well being: 'Sorry Charlie, your daughter has died at the ripe old age of eighteen and you will never see her again.' Imagine what that's going to do to the poor man?!?! And not just him; what about Bella's mother? And her stepfather? And her friends? You think they may just be a ''bit'' broken up by her passing?\\

Anyway, Zao takes a picture of Bond and -- (record scratch noise) No, you know what? I'm not gonna let it go! Sony Pictures and all the movie theater chains that pulled ''The Interview'' should still be shamed for what they did! It was stupid, it was cowardly and it was complete horseshit!\\

When ''Die Another Day'' came out in 2002, the North Korea government wasn’t happy about it, though let’s face it, they rarely have a reason to be happy nowadays, but no one was worried about any violent retaliation. And two years later, when ''Team America: World Police'' hit theaters with its very silly portrayal of Kim Jong-il, was there widespread panic and calls to ban the film? Was anyone worried about North Korean assassins trying to take out Trey Parker and Matt Stone? '''Hell no!''' Because that would be stupid! And in 2012, the ''Red Dawn'' remake portrayed the United States being invaded by North Korea. This was, of course, completely ridiculous, and it only happened because of a last-minute change; the invaders were originally going to be Chinese, but the studio ordered the change when they realized they could potentially lose a lot of money by alienating Chinese moviegoers, but again, no one was worried about any meaningful retaliation from North Korea. But some mysterious computer hackers get pissy about a couple of stoners making a stupid comedy about assassinating Kim Jong-un, and suddenly everyone in Hollywood considers North Korea a credible threat? Now they’re seriously worried about terrorist attacks on movie theaters by angry militants from Best Korea? ''Even when President Barack Obama himself told them they were overreacting!''\\
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No way, I am not letting this go! No one should let this go! We should all remember just how stupid this was in order to ensure it does not happen again! '''Ever!''' (beat) [[{{Understatement}} I get the feeling I’ve gone off track here.]]

** One such instance is the fact that Diedrich Bader's character in ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Meet the Spartans]]'' is a clever play on obvious traitors in movies. Not that it'll do the rest of the movie any good.

** He repeats the trope years later in his review of ''WesternAnimation/NormOfTheNorth'': "The first thing you'll notice when watching ''Norm of the North'' is the animation looks ''great''... when compared to ''Kiara the Brave''," bringing the ''Kiara'' review full-circle.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Brought up in his review of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', where he notes how [[MoralGuardians parents]]' backlash to the [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence more violent aspects]] of ''Film/Batman1989'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns'' led to {{executive|Meddling}}s pushing for a family-friendlier style with Creator/JoelSchumacher at the helm that culminated with ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' essentially being a super-long cartoonish toy commercial.

* RecordNeedleScratch: Done after noting that while ''Film/Movie43'' took a page from the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] and [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]] playing something during the credits, the movie was somehow even worse than the ''Film/DarkUniverse''.

* AsYouKnow: Briefly critiqued in his Second Look at ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', where he notes that among the film's predominantly expository dialogue, the most telltale sign that Shyamalan "screwed up [his] storytelling" was by having Fire Lord Ozai outright start a line by quoting this trope verbatim.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: When he reaches the shower scene in ''Film/{{Whiteout}}'' (which he believes the director added in as {{fanservice}} for both the audience and himself), Smeghead smugly notes that he might be needing a few tissues...[[SubvertedTrope to blow his nose]].

* INeedAFreakingDrink: He tends to pull out a flask when things get to be too much for him.
** And for his review of ''Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever'' (Episode 43), he replaces his usual sign-off with "I need a shot of whatever [[Creator/AntonioBanderas Banderas]] was drinking on set".
** At the end of his review of ''Kiara the Brave'', instead of his usual SigningOffCatchPhrase, he signs off the review by saying "I need a stiff drink..."

** After reviewing ''Film/Movie43'', Sean says he needs either another three month break or a bottle of whiskey.

** He also brings this up when making note of the overly subtle attitude ''Film/TheBookOfHenry'' takes towards child abuse; while he understands it's a touchy subject, there is ''no'' actual evidence of the abuse shown other than a few offhand remarks about bruises, at one point driving Smeghead to believe there would be a reveal that there was no actual abuse.

* CatharticScream: After ''Breaking Dawn Part 2'''s final battle is revealed as [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream merely a vision]]]], he lets out his anger by screaming into a pillow...for at least half an hour.
%%* CausticCritic: Most assuredly. However, in comparison to fellow Website/YouTube movie reviewers like [[WebVideo/YourMovieSucksDotOrg Adam Johnston]] or [[WebVideo/{{Ralphthemoviemaker}} Ralph Sepi]] who are known to be viciously caustic with their criticisms, Sean provides criticism through a calm demeanor (unless ''really'' provoked) and even can give a bad film certain good elements it may have.

** While discussing ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' in his episode on the found footage genre, a scene of (real) turtle beheading from the film has a black box with a "SO VERY CENSORED" at the moment of impact.