History YMMV / TheCinemaSnob

* NarmCharm:
** Pierre Kirby ''[[ManlyTears crying]]'' in ''Dressed to Fire''. Given how the movie was overall, it wasn't as dramatic as it appears it was intended to, and , it
** Snob will always praise a movie which manages to do this. [[AccentuateTheNegative Though not always in the most flattering manner.]]

** The Snob's description of the Karl Burger in the ''Violent Shit II'' review.

** Snob [[SelfDeprecation will always describe himself]] as a man specialized in E.T. pornos and talking vagina movies.

* AcceptableTargets:
** Snob repeatedly takes aim at a number of films themed around contemporary 'oppression' of Christianity and the so-called 'War on Christmas'. It went to the point that the Snob lifted a rule he had early in the show's run about having a "cut-off date" of not reviewing films released after 1995, arguing that these films gave him a new kind of exploitation to review.
** [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward The Razzies]], as Snob has argued that Razzie voters don't even see the films they're nominating, [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch instead choosing to hate on films]] just because [[ItsPopularNowItSucks they're popular to hate on]], along with pointing out some [[VindicatedByHistory now-critically acclaimed films]] being nominated for Razzies, especially ''Film/TheShining''.
** Among porn reviews, Wood Rocket is often singled out for its lazy parodies, to the degree that Snob looks to the studio whenever he needs a short, easy review.

** Pierre Kirby!

** Pierre Kirby [[ManlyTears crying]] in ''Dressed to Fire.'' Pierre Kirby, period.

* NauseaFuel: The Snob's description of the Karl Burger in the ''Violent Shit II'' review. And episodes such as ''Gross Out'', which even starts with the Snob given a viewer discretion warning.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In the ''Karate Girl'' review, Brad assumes the famous viral video "Worst movie death scene ever" ([[https://youtu.be/rxZXptGpXng reupload here]]) is from an authentic alternate version of the film; in fact, the viral video is edited from [[https://youtu.be/aN5sZF8K-Ko the original]] to include the ridiculous screams and an end-credit card. In fairness, an obscure Turkish exploitation film is difficult to casually research, and the Snob does comment on the oddness of having a cut where the film ends right before the climactic sequence.

** In the ''Chatterbox'' review, after the lead is dumped [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext via fortune cookie]], the Snob notes that "people got creative with their breakups before text messaging.'' Several years later, Snob actor Creator/BradJones would be subjected to a particularly harsh text-message dumping, making the joke much more of a somber one.

** In 2018, shortly after a public spat involving ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' actress Creator/KimCattrall and the rest of the series's co-stars made the possibilities of a third ''Sex and the City'' movie appear impossible, Snob uploaded a review of a "Sex and the City 3", claiming at the beginning that he traveled to an AlternateUniverse to find a third movie, before revealing that it's just a porn parody that he retitled (and then proceeded to be surprised that the parody ''wasn't'' a ShallowParody and [[ShownTheirWork showed to be well-aware of the show's storylines]]). While a third film hasn't happened yet as of 2021, that year it was announced that the series would have a continuation series after all without Cattrall's involvement, titled ''Series/AndJustLikeThat''

** In his cameo in the ''Star Babe'' review, WebVideo/{{Phelous}} says "You wouldn't think that I'd get this question a lot, but to be fair, you're a fucking idiot." That turned out to be the last appearance by Phelous as the two had a real life fallout in light of the Channel Awesome controversy.

** In 2018, shortly after a public spat involving ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' actress Creator/KimCattrall and the rest of the series's co-stars made the possibilities of a third ''Sex and the City'' movie appear impossible, Snob uploaded a review of a "Sex and the City 3", claiming at the beginning that he traveled to an AlternateUniverse to find a third movie, before revealing that it's just a porn parody that he retitled (and then proceeded to be surprised that the parody ''wasn't'' a ShallowParody and [[ShownTheirWork showed to be well-aware of the show's storylines]]). While a third film hasn't happened yet as of 2021, that year it was announced that the series would have a continuation series after all without Cattrall's involvement, titled ''And Just Like That...''

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* GeniusBonus: Especially in his earlier reviews. If you get every reference to the many films that get name-dropped, bravo to you.

* {{Anvilicious}}: In the late 2010s, several episodes tended to feature Brad diverting from the movie at hand to [[AuthorFilibuster deliver his opinion on an issue of the day]]. In particular, the majority of them were against cancel culture (best evidenced by the short-form vlog series he debuted around that time, ''Problematic!''), especially since they happened after the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy that involved Creator/DougWalker and Website/ChannelAwesome, of which Brad emerged as the major defender of both, but also would be about other issues, and sometimes he would even [[AuthorTract tailor a review around said issue]]; for example, in the ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' review, if you didn't know PG-13 slasher[[note]]''specifically'' slasher, not horror in general[[/note]] films are a bad thing (and that [[Film/BlackChristmas2019 the then-unreleased 2019 remake]] is bad for being such), you certainly will by the end of the episode.[[note]]For context, the review was made shortly after the 2019 remake's co-writer confirmed that the film had been made PG-13 for accessibility reasons, sparking an online debate over the validity of PG-13 horror.[[/note]] This tendency subsided in the 2020s, however, as did the similarly-themed ''Problematic!'' spinoff vlog series, as the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy also died down.

** In 2018, shortly after a public spat involving ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' actress Creator/KimCattrall and the rest of the series's co-stars made the possibilities of a third ''Sex and the City'' movie appear impossible, Snob uploaded a review of a "Sex and the City 3", claiming at the beginning that he traveled to an AlternateUniverse to find a third movie, before revealing that it's just a porn parody that he retitled (and then proceeded to be surprised that the parody ''wasn't'' a ShallowParody and [[ShownTheirWork showed to be well-aware of the show's storylines]]). In 2021, it was announced that the series would have a continuation series after all without Cattrall's involvement, titled ''And Just Like That...''.

* {{Anvilicious}}: As of the late 2010s, episodes tend to feature Brad diverting from the movie at hand often to [[AuthorFilibuster deliver his opinion on an issue of the day]].[[note]]For a while, Brad focused in particular against cancel culture, apparently being influenced by the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy that sprung against Creator/DougWalker and Website/ChannelAwesome, of which Brad emerged as the major defender of both, although these takes in particular mostly died down as the controversy also died down.[[/note]] Sometimes he would even [[AuthorTract tailor a review around said issue]]; for example, in the ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' review, if you didn't know PG-13 slasher[[note]]''specifically'' slasher, not horror in general[[/note]] films are a bad thing (and that [[Film/BlackChristmas2019 the then-unreleased 2019 remake]] is bad for being such), you certainly will by the end of the episode.[[note]]For context, the review was made shortly after the 2019 remake's co-writer confirmed that the film had been made PG-13 for accessibility reasons, sparking an online debate over the validity of PG-13 horror.[[/note]] This tendency subsided in UsefulNotes/TheNewTwenties, as did the similarly-themed spinoff vlog series.

* {{Anvilicious}}: As of the late 2010s, episodes tend to feature Brad diverting from the movie at hand often to [[AuthorFilibuster deliver his opinion on an issue of the day]].[[note]]For a while, Brad focused in particular against cancel culture, apparently being influenced by the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy that sprung against Creator/DougWalker and Website/ChannelAwesome, of which Brad emerged as the major defender of both, although these takes in particular mostly died down as the controversy also died down.[[/note]] Sometimes he would even [[AuthorTract tailor a review around said issue]]; for example, in the ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' review, if you didn't know PG-13 slasher[[note]]''specifically'' slasher, not horror in general[[/note]] films are a bad thing (and that [[Film/BlackChristmas2019 the then-unreleased 2019 remake]] is bad for being such), you certainly will by the end of the episode.[[note]]For context, the review was made shortly after the 2019 remake's co-writer confirmed that the film had been made PG-13 for accessibility reasons, sparking an online debate over the validity of PG-13 horror.[[/note]]

** From ''Film/CantStopTheMusic'', a woman passes Caitlyn Jenner (then known as Bruce Jenner) on the street and remarks, "Nice box!" Snob responds by saying, "Well, that was random; Bruce Jenner didn't even have a vagina yet." This was ''before'' Bruce came out publicly as Caitlyn Jenner a few months later.

* {{Anvilicious}}: As of the late 2010s, episodes tend to feature Brad diverting from the movie at hand often to [[AuthorFilibuster deliver his opinion on an issue of the day]].[[note]]For a while, Brad focused in particular against cancel culture, apparently being influenced by the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy that sprung against Creator/DougWalker and Website/ChannelAwesome, of which Brad emerged as the major defender of both, although this mostly died down as the controversy also died down.[[/note]] Sometimes he would even [[AuthorTract tailor a review around said issue]]; for example, in the ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' review, if you didn't know PG-13 slasher[[note]]''specifically'' slasher, not horror in general[[/note]] films are a bad thing (and that [[Film/BlackChristmas2019 the then-unreleased 2019 remake]] is bad for being such), you certainly will by the end of the episode.[[note]]For context, the review was made shortly after the 2019 remake's co-writer confirmed that the film had been made PG-13 for accessibility reasons, sparking an online debate over the validity of PG-13 horror.[[/note]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: In the ''Karate Girl'' review, Brad assumes the famous viral video "Worst movie death scene ever" ([[https://youtu.be/rxZXptGpXng reupload here]]) is from an authentic version of the film; in fact, the viral video is edited from [[https://youtu.be/aN5sZF8K-Ko the original]] to include the ridiculous screams and an end-credit card. In fairness, an obscure Turkish exploitation film is difficult to casually research, and the Snob does comment on the oddness of having a cut where the film ends right before the climactic sequence.

* {{Anvilicious}}: As of the late 2010s, episodes tend to feature Brad diverting from the movie at hand often to [[AuthorFilibuster deliver his opinion on an issue of the day]], in particular cancel culture.[[note]]This appears to be influenced by the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy that sprung against Creator/DougWalker and Website/ChannelAwesome, of which Brad emerged as the major defender of both.[[/note]] Sometimes he would even [[AuthorTract tailor a review around said issue]]; for example, in the ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' review, if you didn't know PG-13 slasher[[note]]''specifically'' slasher, not horror in general[[/note]] films are a bad thing (and that [[Film/BlackChristmas2019 the then-unreleased 2019 remake]] is bad for being such), you certainly will by the end of the episode.[[note]]For context, the review was made shortly after the 2019 remake's co-writer confirmed that the film had been made PG-13 for accessibility reasons, sparking an online debate over the validity of PG-13 horror.[[/note]]

** In the video about ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''[='s=] commercial breaks, after a commercial for the ''Reggie'' bar airs, Snob says, "Coming up next on ''WebVideo/BradTries'', Brad tries a 40-year-old ''Reggie'' bar '''hand dies!'''" Brad later actually tried one (albeit from the 90's re-release) and found it to be the worst thing he ever ate on the show.

** Any crossover review he made with former Channel Awesome producers is pretty difficult to watch now in light of the events following [=#ChangeTheChannel=].
*** Brad (accidentally) punching Creator/AllisonPregler in the face in her review of The Asylum's ''Sherlock Holmes'' has become this in light the falling out between them.
*** The "Bastard Film Brain" RunningGag became this when Brad and [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Mathew Buck]]'s friendship ended in 2019.
*** The joke in the "You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard" ItsAWonderfulPlot Christmas special of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic that in 2019 he'd take over Website/ChannelAwesome has become this with the site's implosion in March-April 2018, leaving on Creator/DougWalker (plus his brother Rob and the actors on his show), Brad, and Guru Larry the only ones on the site.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** The entirety of ''Goldengirl'': the 1979 movie centers around young American athlete Goldine, who has been experimented on and doped by her [[HerrDoktor possible Nazi doctor]] father her whole life with the aims of competing in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. As the Snob repeatedly points out during the episode, the U.S. ended up boycotting the Moscow Olympics over the UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan, making Goldine's plight [[spoiler:and eventual death]] AllForNothing.
** In the review of ''Film/MommieDearest'', Brad comes out-of-character from the Snob to vouch for Creator/FayeDunaway and her performance in the film ''hard'' after reviews singled out her performance as Creator/JoanCrawford as the main reason for the film's critical trashing. This can be hard to watch when one considers that, after the review was made, Rutanya Alda (who played Carol Ann in the film) published a book in which she recounted that behind the scenes of the film, Dunaway was just as much of a nightmare as Crawford is portrayed in the film. Of note is ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement's'' review of the film (which was made after the book was published and host Smeghead read it) which, while otherwise reaching similar conclusions to Snob's, is far less symphatetic to Dunaway.

** Snob's visible disdain for the yeti-themed drive-in movie ''Shriek of the Mutilated'' is much funnier after ''To Catch a Yeti'', which would draw ''much'' more of his ire.
** In the ''Weasels Rip My Flesh'' review, the characters erroneously call weasels rodents — they're actually mustelids, same family as otters — and one clip even shows what is obviously a gerbil as a stand-in. Later on, when reviewing ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'' for WebVideo/DVDRHell, Brad calls Dean the otter a rodent.
** From ''Home Sweet Home'', "There's a sombrero involved! And I'm sure it's made entirely out of tortilla chips!" At the time it was a reference to an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' that featured Homer with a sombrero made out of tortilla chips, but after the release of ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'' it sounds like he's doing a reference to how Gru also has a sombrero made out of tortilla chips in that film.
** At the end of his ''My Baby Is Black!'' review, Snob mocks the movie's protagonists' paused, soft-spoken way of speaking. His impression of them sounds exactly like future recurring character Walt Right.
** Brad's joke about a hypothetical casino/shark movie called ''Card Shark'' is now funnier in light of ''Sharknado''. WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/357350545209556993 agrees]] [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/357350680551374849 with]] [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/357351325345923074 this.]]

** ''Gayracula'' and the jokes in it after the release of ''Film/DraculaUntold'' where the title character is played by openly gay actor Creator/LukeEvans.
** In ''Film/Hercules1983'':
*** The film insists on pronouncing the sorceress Circe's name as [[Series/GameOfThrones Cersei]]. Two minor characters who appear in the film also resemble Khal Drogo and Daenerys. Keep in mind, ''this film was made in 1983''.
*** Also, the lead characters at the end are sucked up into the sky, and now are 'with the Stars', so to speak. Milly Carlucci (the female lead) is now the presenter of the Italian version of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''.

** In his ''Sex Trek'' review, he made fun about the porn name choices of the movie by bringing up how his porn name as The Cinema Snob would probably be "The Citrus Snort". A year later, Evan Stone actually announced that he would star in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-piWxsIh5Jo The Cinema Snob XXX Porn Parody]]'' starring as the Cinema Snob... [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, really.]]

** In his review of ''Film/TheDrillerKiller'' for Public Domain Month, Brad makes a passing mention that ''Film/LasVegasBloodbath'' of all movies still had a copyright at the time of the episode's original posting. By the time the episode was reposted on [=YouTube=] a few years later, Bloodbath had already fallen into the PublicDomain.
** An example high in BlackComedy: the Snob spends the entire review of the 1994 miniseries adaptation of Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheStand'' bug-eyed scared at the InUniverse HarsherInHindsight [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic implications.]]

** Also the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]], as Snob has argued that Razzie voters don't even see the films they're nominating, [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch instead choosing to hate on films]] just because [[ItsPopularNowItSucks they're popular to hate on]], along with pointing out some [[VindicatedByHistory now-critically acclaimed films]] being nominated for Razzies, especially ''Film/TheShining''.

* {{Anvilicious}}: As of the late 2010s, episodes tend to feature Brad diverting from the movie at hand often to [[AuthorFilibuster deliver his opinion on an issue of the day]], in particular cancel culture.[[labelnote:*]]This appears to be influenced by the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy that sprung against Creator/DougWalker and Website/ChannelAwesome, of which Brad emerged as the major defender of both.[[/labelnote]] Sometimes he would even [[AuthorTract tailor a review around said issue]]; for example, in the ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' review, if you didn't know PG-13 slasher[[labelnote:*]](''specifically'' slasher, not horror in general)[[/labelnote]] films are a bad thing (and that [[Film/BlackChristmas2019 the then-unreleased 2019 remake]] is bad for being such), you certainly will by the end of the episode.[[note]]For context, the review was made shortly after the 2019 remake's co-writer confirmed that the film had been made PG-13 for accessibility reasons, sparking an online debate over the validity of PG-13 horror.[[/note]]

** In the review of ''A Little Piece of Heaven'', Snob jokingly expresses concern for what the orphan black kid Kirk Cameron's character kidnaps will grow up into, as a dig to Cameron's controversial beliefs. The kid was played by Jussie Smollett, who a few months after the release of the review would gain infamy for allegedly staging a racist/homophobic hate crime against himself (supposedly commited by people of similar controversial beliefs), leading to his subsequent arrest. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by Snob in his review of Cameron's ''Film/{{Left Behind|2000}}'', where he jokes that ''A Little Piece of Heaven'' turned out to be an origin story for Smollett.

** In the review of ''Film/MommieDearest'', Brad comes out-of-character from the Snob to vouch for Creator/FayeDunaway and her performance in the film ''hard'' after reviews singled out her performance as Creator/JoanCrawford as the main reason for the film's critical trashing. This can be hard to watch when one considers that, after the review was made, Rutanya Alda (who played Carol Ann in the film) published a book in which she recounted that behind the scenes of the film, Dunaway was just as much of a nightmare as Crawford is portrayed in the film. Of note is ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'''s review of the film (which was made after the book was published and host Smeghead read it) which, while otherwise reaching similar conclusions to Snob's, is far less symphatetic to Dunaway.

** Snob repeatedly takes aim at a number of films themed around contemporary 'oppression' of Christianity and the so-called 'War on Christmas'. It went to the point that the Snob lifted a rule about having a "cut-off date" of not reviewing films released after 1995, arguing that these films gave him a new kind of exploitation to review.

* HarsherInHindsight: The entirety of ''Goldengirl'': the 1979 movie centers around young American athlete Goldine, who has been experimented on and doped by her [[HerrDoktor possible Nazi doctor]] father her whole life with the aims of competing in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. As the Snob repeatedly points out during the episode, the U.S. ended up boycotting the Moscow Olympics over the UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan, making Goldine's plight [[spoiler:and eventual death]] AllForNothing.

** In ''Hercules'':
*** The film insists on pronouncing the sorceress Circe's name as [[Series/GameOfThrones Cersei]]. Two minor characters who appear in the film also resemble Khal Drogo and Daenerys. Keep in mind, ''this film was made in the 1980's''.

** From ''Film/CantStopTheMusic'', a woman passes Bruce Jenner on the street and remarks, "Nice box!" Snob responds by saying, "Well, that was random; Bruce Jenner didn't even have a vagina yet." This was ''before'' Bruce came out publicly as Caitlyn Jenner a few months later.

** In the video about ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''[='s=] commercial breaks, after a commercial for the ''Reggie'' bar airs, Snob says, "Coming up next on ''WebVideo/BradTries'', Brad tries a 40-year-old ''Reggie'' bar '''''and dies!'''''" Brad later actually tried one (albeit from the 90's re-release) and found it to be the worst thing he ever ate on the show.

** Brad (accidentally) punching Creator/AllisonPregler in the face has become this in light the falling out between them.

** The joke that in 2019 he'd take over Website/ChannelAwesome has become this with the site's implosion in March-April 2018, leaving on Creator/DougWalker (plus his brother Rob and the actors on his show), Brad, and Guru Larry the only ones on the site.

** The "Bastard Film Brain" RunningGag became this when Brad and [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Mathew Buck]]'s friendship ended in 2019.
* GeniusBonus: Especially in his earlier reviews. If you get every reference to the many films that get name-dropped, bravo to you.
* HarsherInHindsight:

** The entirety of ''Goldengirl'': the 1979 movie centers around young American athlete Goldine, who has been experimented on and doped by her [[HerrDoktor possible Nazi doctor]] father her whole life with the aims of competing in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. As the Snob repeatedly points out during the episode, the U.S. ended up boycotting the Moscow Olympics over the UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan, making Goldine's plight [[spoiler:and eventual death]] AllForNothing.

* HarsherInHindsight: The entirety of ''Goldengirl'': the 1979 movie centers around young American athlete Goldine, who has been experimented on and doped by her [[HerrDoktor possible Nazi doctor]] father her whole life with the aims of competing in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. As the Snob repeatedly points out during the episode, the U.S. ended up boycotting the Moscow Olympics over the UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan, making Goldine's plight [[spoiler:and eventual death]] AllForNothing.
** Any crossover review he created with former Channel Awesome Producers is pretty difficult to watch now in light of the events following [=ChangetheChannel.=]