| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/m_screenings_smoke_need_3566.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Yeah, sometimes they [[CigaretteOfAnxiety need a freaking smoke]] when doing this.]] |
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| 4 | ->''"I hate movies now."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Dave''', after seeing ''Film/MomsNightOut'' |
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| 7 | ''Midnight Screenings'' is a collection of v-log {{review}}s of movies that Creator/BradJones and his friends (dubbed "Team [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Snob]]") have just seen, usually filmed in their cars. The latter is often done after seeing midnight premieres of major films, hence the series name. In its original format, the series ran from 2011 (starting with ''Film/{{Thor}}'') and temporarily ended in 2019 with ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|2019}}''. The ''Overcomer'' review, posted in August 2019, was done in the original format, and the original format returned the next month, though it has since become increasingly intermittent. |
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| 9 | Throughout the series' run, the cast (dubbed "Team Snob") remained largely static, though a few cast members were added or left throughout the years. Aside from Brad himself, the main cast has included: |
| 10 | [[folder:Team Snob (Springfield Run)]] |
| 11 | * Sarah Gobble (2011-2019) |
| 12 | * Dave Gobble (2011-2019) |
| 13 | * Brian Irving (2011-2019) |
| 14 | * Geno Reynolds (2016-2019[[labelnote:*]]guest appearance in 2013[[/labelnote]]) |
| 15 | * Ryan Mitchelle (2013-2015, ''Midnight Screenings LA'', 2018-[[labelnote:*]]guest appearances in 2012/2016/2017[[/labelnote]]) |
| 16 | * Laura Luke-Jones (2018-2019) |
| 17 | * AJ Young (''Midnight Screenings LA'') |
| 18 | * Brian Lewis (2011-2018) |
| 19 | * Creator/AllisonPregler (2014-2018) |
| 20 | * Violet Rinorea (2015-2016) |
| 21 | * Jillian Zurawski (2011-2014, 2015) |
| 22 | * Jake Norvell (2011-2015) |
| 23 | * Jerrid Foiles (2011-2013[[labelnote:*]]guest appearances in 2016/2017[[/labelnote]]) |
| 24 | [[/folder]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Team Snob (Chicago Run)]] |
| 27 | * Jerrid Foiles |
| 28 | * Laura Luke-Jones[[labelnote:*]]has not made any appearances since 2020[[/labelnote]] |
| 29 | * Creator/DougWalker[[labelnote:*]]previously made guest appearances during the Springfield run[[/labelnote]] |
| 30 | * Rob Walker[[labelnote:*]]previously made guest appearances during the Springfield run[[/labelnote]] |
| 31 | [[/folder]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Over time, the show evolved from the whole group in one car in summertime only (and actually at midnight showings) to a more generalized "current movie review" show with only 2-3 reviewers per episode. In addition to Team Snob, the show did feature occasional guests, such as other Website/ChannelAwesome-affiliated reviewers; Brad's mother, Leslie; Brad's out-of-state friends; and uniquely, comic artist Tim Bradstreet in the ''Film/WhyHim'' review. The show is mainly just the gang talking about the movie, or other subjects that come up, with a bit of improvisation (in that what isn't them being genuine is them acting off the cuff). |
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| 35 | '''*light goes out in the car, opens and shuts door to reset timer*''' |
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| 37 | The real fun from the show comes from their reactions, especially if they think it's a bad movie. Not only will some of them just act in absolute rage at what they saw, those with them--who saw another movie--will often just laugh at their pain (even if they also saw a bad movie, or even the ''same'' bad movie). |
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| 39 | Starting in 2017, Brad began livestreaming the reviews via [=YouTube=]'s streaming feature. In 2018, the series briefly received a SpinOff, ''Midnight Screenings [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles LA]]'', focused on indie content that doesn't make it to Springfield. Hosted by Ryan Mitchelle and ''Film/JesusBro'' cinematographer AJ Young, it came to an end after Ryan moved back to Illinois. |
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| 41 | In April 2019, the show was dramatically retooled by Brad and Laura in response to the continuing changes in the lives of Team Snob's members, most of whom were in very different places in their lives at the end of the decade than they were at the start. Now titled ''Friday Night Movies'', the new show took place indoors, was livestreamed consistently at 5pm or 7pm CT on Fridays (albeit with additional reviews throughout the week as needed), discussed multiple films, featured clips of the films being reviewed, and during it Brad responded to [=SuperChat=] questions from fans. During the show's run in Springfield, most of the remaining ''Midnight Screenings'' cast made appearances on retooled series.[[labelnote:*]]The exception being Sarah, who was occupied with her and Dave's newborn child; Dave made one appearance, but he hadn't actually seen the films in question[[/labelnote]] |
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| 43 | With the advent of Brad and Laura's move to UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} in September 2019, the show returned to the original name and format, seemingly out of convenience's sake while the pair settle in to their new home. [[Website/ChannelAwesome Rob Walker]], Creator/DougWalker, and Jerrid Foiles have taken over for Team Snob alongside Brad and Laura. However, the number of reviews done in the traditional ''Midnight Screenings'' format has declined in the wake of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, with Brad opting to do an increasing percentage of movie reviews as short videos by himself. |
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| 45 | Videos can be found [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/midnight-screenings here]]. |
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| 47 | !!So, should we talk about the tropes on this show? |
| 48 | |
| 49 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Tropes #-M]] |
| 52 | * AccentuateTheNegative: Especially if it's done with RuleOfFunny, and implying that SuckinessIsPainful. Brad can be a rough critic when push comes to shove. However, he does acknowledge there is a difference between a movie not being good and a movie just not being his taste. |
| 53 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: A lot of reviews of terrible films will have the filmgoers mention at least one or two parts they liked. |
| 54 | ** The one laugh that Jake and Irving got from ''Film/TheSmurfs'' was Gargamel's reaction to seeing a woman's mother - "I feel sorry for you in twenty years". They still thought it was bad. |
| 55 | ** Brad's reaction to ''Film/PainAndGain'', which he absolutely loved. It's a complete 180 from his [[ClusterFBomb reaction to]] ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon''. He also felt [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction the fourth Transformers]] made its humor work (for the most part) by saying the lines straight. |
| 56 | ** When talking about ''Film/TheInternship'', Jake points out a grand total of two moments in the movie that he laughed at, and he stresses that they were actually genuinely funny moments. The rest of the movie, however... |
| 57 | ** According to Brad, Creator/TerryCrews and Cocoa Brown were the only good parts of ''Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club''. |
| 58 | ** In the 75 minutes total that made up ''Planes: Fire and Rescue'', the one part Brad and Jake found funny was a parody of ''Series/{{CHiPS}}'', called ''[=CHoPS=]'' about Erik Estrada as a police helicopter, which they commented that that short clip alone was a better movie than what it was in, and demanded that at the very least ''[=CHoPS=]'' get made into a short film. |
| 59 | ** They point out that of all people, Creator/LarryTheCableGuy is the best part of ''A Madea Christmas'' because he downplays the "Larry" persona and actually comes across as likeable. |
| 60 | ** Music/TraceAdkins in ''Mom's Night Out'' was the only legitimately good part, at least according to Brad. |
| 61 | ** Brad frequently points out that while he generally hates Pure Flix movies, he does enjoy the performances of David A. R. White (who co-founded Pure Flix) in them. |
| 62 | ** Despite absolutely hating Creator/TerrenceMalick, Brad concedes that the director has [[SceneryPorn an incredible eye for cinematography.]] |
| 63 | * AnythingButThat: |
| 64 | ** A running gag is comparing which movie one of them would rather watch. Jake says that as shitty as ''The Smurfs 2'' is to him, he'd watch a 48 hour loop of the film before watching ''That's My Boy'' again. |
| 65 | ** Usually one film per year will be the bar to pass, becoming a catchphrase itself of "So, better than X?". When they started doing midnights, ''Priest'', only the second movie seen in the series, was the bad movie standard for two years running. |
| 66 | * ArtifactTitle: The local cinemas stopped showing movies at midnight after the first year or so, but the title stuck. |
| 67 | * TheArtifact: Sometimes Brad and co. will be in the car even if they were watching at the comfort of their homes - i.e. streaming releases - when that was the original setting because they had just left the screening and were going home. |
| 68 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 69 | ** Professional critic Geno Reynolds had made appearances on the show as early as 2013 (for ''Film/{{Riddick}}'') and became a semi-regular guest in 2016. By mid-2017, he was appearing at least as often as some members of Team Snob and is, for all intents and purposes, a series regular. |
| 70 | ** Laura Luke Jones (without the latter surname at the time) was first referenced in late 2016 and was an [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen Offscreen Leddie-esque presence]] throughout 2017. She made her series debut shortly after her and Brad's marriage, replacing Brian Lewis (who was ill at the time and would soon retire from the series) for the ''Film/MazeRunnerTheDeathCure'' review. She quickly became a series regular. |
| 71 | ** After the change to ''Friday Night Movies'', Geno and Ryan began appearing more frequently than in the past. |
| 72 | * AstroTurf: Brad suspects that someone involved in the making of ''Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure'' (possibly its creator Kenn Viselman) has been setting up thousands of fake accounts on Website/IMDb in order to bump the site's rating of the film up to a respectable level. |
| 73 | ** Mentioned at the end of Brian and Sarah's review of ''Film/SavingChristmas'', in which they discuss how Kirk Cameron was asking his fans to give positive user reviews of the film on various movie sites in order to offset the negative critical reviews. Brian even reads off a few of them. |
| 74 | * AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[invoked]]Brad and Irving's discussion on the film ''Valley of Bones'', a movie that even after seeing they had a hard time believing was real, touches on this. |
| 75 | --> '''Irving''': "You know, everybody wants a movie about a North Dakota meth-head who gets trapped into paying the Mexican cartel, so he's forced to dig up a dinosaur, ''{starts laughing}'' so that he can pay off the cartel with the dinosaur bones!" |
| 76 | --> '''Brad''': "That's the movie we just saw." |
| 77 | --> '''Irving''': "I wish I was joking." |
| 78 | * BadBoss: Brad acts as this to his friends. He essentially pays his friends to watch horrible ''horrible'' movies so he can record their pain and get views from it. Although he subjects the same thing to himself. |
| 79 | * TheBear[=/=]BigFun: Geno, who started showing up in late 2016 episodes. |
| 80 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During their review of ''Film/ShutIn'', they point out that Stephen, (played by Creator/CharlieHeaton) is remarkably good looking for someone who was ''in a head on collision with a semi truck.'' |
| 81 | * BerserkButton: |
| 82 | ** Angry Jake ''hated'' bad puns. |
| 83 | ** The writing style of Ehren Kruger which Brad ''really'' hates, going as far to blasting ''Transformers: Dark of The Moon'' in a giant ClusterFBomb rant during that segment (the exception is the fourth film, where he felt the actors made the script work). |
| 84 | ** Another one of Brad's is the so-called "War on Christmas". |
| 85 | ** Sarah, while not really having a "berserk" setting (she's pretty chill overall), does become irate when women in movies are written or used as props and 2-dimensional, even moreso when the female is just a love attachment to the male character, who otherwise might've been interesting had they just tried. She also doesn't like comedy movies where embarrassing things happen to people and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4-XdM7qdOA&t=38m3s "stress movies"]]/movies where people are stuck out in space or underwater, etc, although she did like ''Film/{{Gravity}}'', although she didn't expect to. She talks about what kinds of horror movies she doesn't like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3HohO5Sivg&t=34m37s here]]. |
| 86 | ** As Dave is an atheist, pushing a religious view or personal morals onto the audience, especially with thin strawman arguments and misrepresentation of the other side, is the fastest way to make him curse up a storm. |
| 87 | ** Everyone ''loathes'' Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/TylerPerry and as of late Creator/MelissaMcCarthy, and treats their movies with a mixture of dread and seething hatred. |
| 88 | ** Since Allison usually showed up to review kids' movies, she made it clear that she hated ToiletHumor and [[{{gasshole}} fart jokes]] in kids' movies. |
| 89 | ** Brad and Allison seemed to dislike comedy movies that [[LeaveTheCameraRunning leave in vast amounts of riffing]]/[[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny line-o-rama]].[[invoked]] |
| 90 | ** Brad is disturbed by the nonchalance with which ''Film/MomsNightOut'' treats the main character's obvious anxiety disorder issues. |
| 91 | * BetterByADifferentName: Brad liked ''Film/TheSitter'' back when it was called ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''. |
| 92 | * BileFascination: [[invoked]] |
| 93 | ** Despite giving it an extremely negative review, Brad and Jake both recommended seeing ''The Identical'' in theaters, by sheer virtue of the fact that people would have an opportunity to see one of the worst movies that anyone could possibly make. |
| 94 | ** Brad also recommended ''Winter's Tale'' as well, though more for its SoBadItsGood aspects. |
| 95 | ** Brad and Dave's reaction to ''Kirk Cameron's Film/SavingChristmas'' was that it was so bizarrely bad that other members of Team Snob just ''had'' to see it for themselves. A review of the film by Jake and Irving, and then another by Brian and Sarah, followed soon after. |
| 96 | ** Subverted when it comes to ''Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party''. It's the first film that Brad ''and'' Dave ever ''walked out on'' and both of them stated to avoid the film as it wasn't an enjoyably bad film like ''Saving Christmas'' was. When two others went to see it, they sat through the whole film, and told people who'd want to watch the film to just pirate it. |
| 97 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain's]] "Symbolism!" is borrowed for ''{{Film/Gravity}}''. Seen again with ''Film/EndlessLove'' only this time, Jillian suggested that they should've called Matthew to say his catchphrase. |
| 98 | * BreadEggsMilkSquick: Brad and Mister X discuss how ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'' was originally a standalone film before becoming a ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' sequel, much like the ''Franchise/DieHard'' films. ''Film/DieHard2'' was based on a novel, ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance'' was originally a ''Film/LethalWeapon'' sequel and according to Mister X, ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'' was based on "a floater that somebody found in a Russian toilet from what I heard". |
| 99 | * BreakoutCharacter: Angry Jake. Heck, when Jake was considering no longer doing videos after seeing ''That's My Boy'', fans begged him to see ''{{WesternAnimation/Brave}}'' just so he'd see a good movie and stay. |
| 100 | * TheBusCameBack: |
| 101 | ** Jerrid returned in 2016 to do the ''Warcraft'' review, and appeared in a couple 2017 episodes as well. When Brad moved to Chicago, Jerrid became one of the primary reviewers once again, appearing in nearly every two-person car review during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. |
| 102 | ** Ryan Mitchelle mostly disappeared from the series in 2015 after moving to California, except for a brief appearance to review ''By the Sea'' when Brad visited later that year. In mid-2018, he briefly helmed the spinoff series ''Midnight Screenings LA'' with collaborator AJ Young; by November, however, he had become a regular for the core series once again after moving back to Illinois. |
| 103 | * ButtMonkey: Jerrid, Jake, and occasionally Dave. |
| 104 | * CallBack: |
| 105 | ** Brad and Jake tend to do this quite a bit when they review movies together. |
| 106 | ** In one episode of ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'', Brad takes a look at the short-lived series ''Series/TheSecretDiaryOfDesmondPfeiffer'', about a black butler in the White House during the Lincoln administration. When Dave goes to the midnight screening of '' Peeples'', he mentions a trailer for a movie called ''The Butler'', an OscarBait feature...about a black butler at the White House. At least one "[[WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries Classic Pfeiffer!]]" reference is made. |
| 107 | ** At the end of the ''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' review, Brian, Irving, and Brad spend about ten minutes fondly remembering some of Jerrid's epic moments of stupidity, namely his hilarious confusion to what "Assburgers" was and Brad and Brian's horrified shared expression when they realized that he wasn't joking (''Glee 3D''), and Irving's dawning realization that Jerrid, who expressed a want for Vernians to also have the option to be called "Jules-es", had no idea that Jules Verne was a singular person (''Journey 2: The Mysterious Island''). |
| 108 | ** In the ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' review, Brad asks Irving what how he would have reacted if, in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', the end twist was that Luke Skywalker was on [[spoiler:EarthAllAlong]], which he had joked with Dave about in the review of that film over two years earlier. |
| 109 | * TheCameo[=/=]CrossOver: Creator/AllisonPregler, [[WebVideo/{{Phelous}} Phelan Porteous]], [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]], Creator/LewisLovhaug and Creator/DougWalker (WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic) have joined Team Snob for certain episodes. |
| 110 | * CaptainObviousReveal: [[invoked]] Brad and Sarah say that the twist ending of ''{{Film/Morgan}}'' was this. |
| 111 | * {{Catchphrase}}: |
| 112 | ** "Should we talk about the trailers?" or "Trailers?" |
| 113 | ** Brad's is either "I really dug this movie" or "What the ''fuck'' was ''that''"? |
| 114 | ** "[[RuleOfFunny You know, it would be one thing if the movie was funny.]] It's ''not!''" |
| 115 | ** *after going off on a tangent* "Oh, right, we saw a movie." |
| 116 | *** Or, conversely, "And that's our review of [whatever they were rambling about that wasn't the movie]" |
| 117 | ** "Now stay with me here..." *goes into absurd description of event or thought* |
| 118 | ** "This felt like a fucking ''sitcom''!" is Brad's when describing movies with overly broad humor and cheap production values. |
| 119 | ** "It's an easy sit." or "You won't have a miserable time." are the go-to lines when they're recommending mediocre children's movies to parents, sometimes adding "It's not [recent terrible kid's movie] bad." afterwards. |
| 120 | ** "Boo! Zero stars!" |
| 121 | ** "Solid X" Is Dave's when describe why a movie worked, or how it could've worked. A favorite is "Solid screenplay". |
| 122 | ** Brad tends to say "any way, shape, or form" a lot. |
| 123 | ** Brad: Right on! |
| 124 | ** *Sarah mentions a trailer they got and Brad thinks the movie looks awful* Brad: Fuck that (shit)! |
| 125 | ** *Sarah mentions a trailer they got and Brad is not sure if it will be good or not* Brad: That could go either way. |
| 126 | ** Sarah: Stone cold bummer. |
| 127 | ** [[SigningOffCatchphrase "All right, see ya." or "Later."]] |
| 128 | ** "Don't give a shit/fuck" |
| 129 | ** Brad loves using the phrase "CGI splooge" in reference to bad CGI or CGI used when practical effects could have done just as well (if not much better). |
| 130 | ** Rob and Brad will frequently use "problematic" in an extremely exaggerated voice to mock potential politically correct takes on a film. |
| 131 | * CausticCritic: Everyone has their moments, but Angry Jake [[ExaggeratedTrope topped them all]], as his standard in-character mode was [[Franchise/{{Alien}} xenomorph-blood]] levels of caustic. |
| 132 | * CharacterDevelopment: As the series goes on and the Team sees more movies, they become less shouty and more analytical on how a movie works. Dave lampshades this in ''The Gunman'' video. |
| 133 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: When a team member leaves, there is never an in-show explanation to their departure. This first happened when Jerrid left all of Brad's productions due to a falling out (although they quickly reconciled, Jerrid did not return to the show until 2016). Jillian stopped doing the show because she didn't enjoy doing them anymore; Jake left because he also had a falling out with Brad; Violet left because she and Brad broke up; Allison and Brian stopped showing up due to the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy. Sarah, Dave, Ryan, and Irving stopped being in the show after Brad and Laura moved to Chicago. Laura hasn't been seen since the ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'' review, with no explanation given for her absence. |
| 134 | * ClusterFBomb: Brad, Dave, and (formerly) Jake are most prone to these. |
| 135 | * ComicalOverreacting: |
| 136 | ** Most of the gang is prone to this, but in the ''Film/ThatsMyBoy'' video, Jake admits that he plays up the "Angry Jake" mood for laughs. Although the movie in question left him so actually angry, he spent the first half of the video in TranquilFury mode until he calmed enough to play up the angry again. |
| 137 | ** Had he planned ahead, during ''Film/ParanormalActivity3'' Jake explained a plan to get a large (and free refillable) popcorn, just so he could Comically Overreact to every jump scare and throw his popcorn everywhere, then go get a refill and wait for the next one. |
| 138 | * TheComicallySerious: Brad felt this was why the humour in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' worked more than the previous films, as jokes were told straight instead of doing everything short of mugging for the camera. |
| 139 | * ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: When Brad his mom watched a re-release of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', Brad noted how people who haven't seen the film think it's just a frothy dance movie like ''Theatre/{{Grease}}''. |
| 140 | * ContemplateOurNavels: When talking about the [[ArtisticLicenseReligion grand leaps in logic in]] [[TheFundamentalist Kirk Cameron]]'s beliefs in the ''Film/SavingChristmas'' review, Jake & Irving get into an unexpectedly deep conversation about religion, its abuses, its place in the world today and how it at least tries to give answers to the unknown that frightens or fascinates us all. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], of course. |
| 141 | --> '''Jake''': "Wow, this conversation got really deep." |
| 142 | * CoversAlwaysLie: Brad and Dave deliberately do this for the thumbnail for their review of ''Film/Moonlight2016''. They both really like it, but do a "still" of Brad looking confused and Dave sulking. |
| 143 | --> '''Brad:''' That's the stillshot, right there. |
| 144 | ** Done again with ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', where Brad makes an absurdly angry face for the thumbnail. He thought the movie was okay. |
| 145 | * DamnedByFaintPraise: During his rant on ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', Brad felt that the only one to escape from the film with their dignity intact was Creator/PatrickDempsey, whom Brad is not a fan of. |
| 146 | * {{Deconstruction}}: The premise of the show is deconstructed in the ''Nothing!'' video. Due to ''The Pyramid'' being ScrewedByTheNetwork and consequently having such a neutered release that it didn't come to Springfield, Brad & Jake spend the video talking about whatever comes to mind. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Brad by saying that it's going to be a "tangent episode." |
| 147 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the ''Fifty Shades of Black'' review, Sarah says, "spoof parodies". |
| 148 | * DigitalPiracyIsOkay: Irving says in the ''Film/SavingChristmas'' review that if you absolutely have to see the movie, you should torrent it for the express purpose of screwing Kirk Cameron over. |
| 149 | * DisproportionateRetribution: During the 2012 "End of Summer Best/Worst" video, Jake offered this to Jillian when she insinuated he hadn't seen any bad movies that summer. |
| 150 | -->'''Jillian''': ''Magic Mike'' was way worse than anything Jake's had to see |
| 151 | -->'''Jake''': *turns to look at Jillian* I snuck into Brian's house when him and his girlfriend were sleeping, so I could prank them- |
| 152 | -->'''Brian''': There were pictures of the Pope everywhere! |
| 153 | -->'''Jake''': -I will sneak into your house, and ''slit your throat''. |
| 154 | -->'''Brad''': '''Oh my god'''... that got dark! |
| 155 | * DracoInLeatherPants:[[invoked]] While discussing the ''Suicide Squad'' previews for ''The Man From UNCLE'' and ''Batman v. Superman'', Dave says the fans ruined Harley Quinn, She's a murderous psychopath, not a strong independent woman. |
| 156 | * DrinkingGame: Jillian suggested that during ''Film/TheSmurfs'', they could take a shot every time {{Smurfing}} was done, but Irving shouted that they would die of alcohol poisoning by the first five minutes. |
| 157 | * DrivenToSuicide: ''Scary Movie 5'' came very close to pushing Dave to his limits: |
| 158 | --> "The shittiest part of this whole fucking movie is that it's like two o'clock in the afternoon and I still have to go to work, and I still got most of my day ahead of me, and now all I wanna do is open a fucking vein." |
| 159 | * DudeNotFunny: |
| 160 | ** InUniverse, the group as a whole intensely dislike when any movie downplays or disregards mental disabilities for laughs, or unnecessary cruelty/abuse towards animals or kids. |
| 161 | ** Jake was pretty pissed at the pedophilia jokes made in the opening scene of ''Film/ThatsMyBoy''. |
| 162 | ** Out of all the things Brad and Jake hated about ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'', what sets them off the most is how the movie has MK's father be a neglectful, emotionally abusive asshole and ''plays it for laughs''. |
| 163 | ** In 2014's ''Moms' Night Out'', Sarah and Brad (Brad especially) hated how a main character's serious depression was played off as "aw, you just need a fun weekend, ''and God''" instead of helping her seek treatment or just taking it seriously. |
| 164 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Geno Reynolds appeared in the review for ''Film/{{Riddick}}'', three years before he became a regular reviewer for the show from 2016 to 2019. |
| 165 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 166 | ** Early episodes refer to Irving as "Virtual Boyd" and Dave as "Max Force". Also, Dave had longer hair and a hat. |
| 167 | ** In the first few episodes, the car was in motion during the filming so the camera was held by someone in the team, often Brad. Even after the car remained parked in front of the theatre, the camera was still held by hand, leading to amusing shots. Eventually they figured setting the camera on the dashboard was for the best. |
| 168 | ** Many of the early episodes were more skit-focused. For instance, the ''Twilight: Breaking Dawn'' reviews consisted of Jillian improvising a ''Twilight'' fangirl (the first has her sitting on the couch and getting pelted with food from off-camera; the second has her annoying Jake in the car). Also, there were many more character-based {{running gag}}s, such as "Slaver Brian". Over time the sketch comedy-esque aspects were dropped, and the reviews became more focused and analytical (although still comedic and improvised). |
| 169 | ** The show was initially focused only on summer movies and didn't become a year-round affair until early 2013. |
| 170 | ** The 2011 and 2012 episodes tended to involve most or all of Team Snob in one car. This changed to have two or three people per film as the format became more streamlined. |
| 171 | * EarthAllAlong: In one of the ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' reviews, Brad asks Dave how he would have felt if the final scene zoomed out and the Earth-like planet actually turned out to be Earth. Dave says he would have been mad, but also laughing. Gets a CallBack in the ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' review, where Brad asks Irving the same question. |
| 172 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Jake occasionally called Jerrid "Baldy [=McGiggles=]." |
| 173 | ** In their review of ''Tree of Life'', Jake angrily referred to Jerrid as "Mister Potatohead". |
| 174 | ** Then of course there's ol' Slaver Brian. |
| 175 | * EpicFail: Brad describes seeing the 2014 ''Ninja Turtles'' movie as one of the worst theater experiences of his life. The 2D version was accidentally sent to the 3D showing, which wasn't fixed until more than half an hour of the film had screened, after which the management decided to ''start the film over again''. Plus, the annoying kids all around him. And of course, the film itself really didn't help. |
| 176 | ** ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' was also plagued with 3D projector problems (due to them going to a theater that had just installed a new IMAX screen one day prior) that resulted in the film being rewound by 30 minutes... twice. |
| 177 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Notice how in 2011, there wasn't a Midnight Screenings of ''Film/JackAndJill''? Well, Brad said that he couldn't in good conscience send anyone to that movie. |
| 178 | * ExecutiveMeddling: In-Universe. Jake speculates that the reason ''WesternAnimation/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' had voice acting when the trailers promised only the narrator was going to speak was due to this. He wasn't that far off. |
| 179 | * ExiledToTheCouch: |
| 180 | ** Brad opening his mouth to give Jillian his impression of ''Twilight'' -- SmashCut to Brad getting kicked out of the house. This happens twice. |
| 181 | ** The third time, Brad pushes his luck [[BullyingADragon a bit too far.]] |
| 182 | -->'''Brad:''' Heh! What are you gonna do? [[TemptingFate Make me sleep at Jerrid's again?]]\ |
| 183 | '''Jillian:''' ..... [[spoiler:[shoots him in the head] ]] |
| 184 | * {{Fangirl}}: |
| 185 | ** Jillian improvs a girl who is a total fan of ''{{Literature/Twilight}}''. Some fans genuinely thought she liked the series, but that was proven false when both she and Jake {{corps|ing}}ed at the very end of the ''Breaking Dawn Part 2'' review when the absurdity of what they were saying finally hit them. |
| 186 | *** The character is mentioned while Jillian and Brad are discussing the trailer for ''Fifty Shades of Grey''. |
| 187 | ---> '''Jillian''': And Twilight Girl is dead! I don't have to worry about that one. |
| 188 | ---> '''Brad''': *laughs* Yeah, now we have S&M Girl. |
| 189 | ---> '''Jillian''': [[OhCrap That's not me, is it?]] |
| 190 | * FanHater:[[invoked]] Generally their attitude is "We didn't like this movie but if you did, we're glad you enjoyed it", but once Brad referred to the other people in his showing of ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' as "some of the dumbest motherfuckers in this town" specifically because they enjoyed the movie. |
| 191 | ** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed by]] (and ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted with]]) Jake in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' review. He states that while he does give some angry and visceral reactions to a lot of the movies that he reviews, at the end of the day he'd never get mad at someone for enjoying a film that he didn't. |
| 192 | ** Dave, while not hating the fans, has no problem telling anyone to fuck off when they get mad at him for having his own opinion (namely ''Man of Steel'' and his hatred of it). |
| 193 | * {{Fanservice}}: |
| 194 | ** When discussing ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', Jake had quite a few cracks about the outfits Creator/MilaKunis wore, including the "green titties" from her cleavage after she becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. |
| 195 | -->'''Jake''': I know ''exactly'' why she wears [tight pants]! It's so I can masturbate to a kids movie! |
| 196 | ** During one review, Brad was actually holding the camera (back before they started just setting it on the dashboard) and not paying attention to where it was aimed, so there's a full minute or so of the review where the camera is just locked in on Jillian's cleavage. It's commented the following week that that review got a lot of hits. |
| 197 | ** The triple shirtless guys review of ''The Smurfs 2'' tracked on blip for six months, as Brad noted in a later video. |
| 198 | * FelonyMisdemeanor: When Brad re-reviewed ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', he was shocked and insulted when he noticed that one of the cast spoke one of her lines like a question rather than a statement. |
| 199 | ** Once in a while someone will point out a minor nitpick in a film, and (usually) Brad will sarcastically say "Boo! ''Zero'' stars!". |
| 200 | * FollowTheLeader: Mentioned a few times InUniverse. |
| 201 | ** Brad, Jake, and Allison suspect that the otherwise [[DirectToVideo direct-to-DVD quality]] ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfOzDorothysReturn'' was released in movie theaters to ride on the coat tails of both ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'' (in the ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' adaptation sense) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' (in the AnimatedMusical sense). In the latter case, while they're sure that the film was already in heavy production when ''Frozen'' came out, they believe that ''Dorothy's Return'' wouldn't have needed too much time and money [[TheMockbuster to alter]] due to the low quality animation. |
| 202 | ** When Brad says that the series will now include older films that some of them never got to see as a kid, he and Laura joked that now they were a blatant ripoff of ''WebVideo/TamarasNeverSeen''. |
| 203 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: When discussing how the projector went out during ''Film/TheNovemberMan'', Brad and Dave explicitly point out that this happened ''really far'' into it. How far? They ultimately reveal that when the projector was fixed and the film was cued up to where it stopped... [[spoiler:there were two minutes left]]. |
| 204 | * FormulaBreakingEpisode: |
| 205 | ** The episode on ''Film/Sharknado2TheSecondOne'' is just Brad interviewing Ryan Mitchelle, a friend of his who had a cameo in it. |
| 206 | ** Brian, Jake and Irving's review of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' features them talking about nearly everything ''except'' the movie. |
| 207 | ** There were no midnight screenings for new movies released in Springfield on the weekend of December 5-7, 2014, so Brad and Jake decide to make a video on nothing in particular and just talk about whatever comes to mind. |
| 208 | * FridgeHorror: {{Invoked}} by Brad and Dave in the ''Do You Believe?'' review. Brian Bosworth's character is a terminally ill convict out on compassion leave, and at the end of the movie his cancer is miraculously cured...so does that mean he has to go back to prison? |
| 209 | * FromBadToWorse: |
| 210 | ** In his Worst Movies of 2013 vlog Dave mentioned that ''Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas'' was not only the worst film of the year, but also possibly the worst film that he'd ever seen. Then in 2014 he went to see ''Think Like a Man Too'', and had to admit that it was even worse than ''Madea Christmas''. |
| 211 | ** Brad and Sarah had this happen at the ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' screening -- at the same theater that in the past has subjected them to projector issues (''Dead Men Tell No Tales'') and even the wrong movie being sent out (''Mother!''). The first theater they go into for ''Jumanji'', the projector breaks and starts looping the trailers. So everyone's escorted to the ''smallest'' theater in the complex, where the movie has already started but been paused -- only for them to jump back to the trailers ''again''. Then, a week later, Brad and Irving go to see ''Just Getting Started'' at the same theater... where they have to evacute halfway through due to a '''gas leak'''. |
| 212 | * [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Foreground Event]]: In Jillian's review of ''Eclipse'', Lloyd suddenly pokes his head up right in front of the camera. |
| 213 | |
| 214 | '''*[[RunningGag light goes out in the car, opens and shuts door to reset timer]]*''' |
| 215 | |
| 216 | * FunTShirt: |
| 217 | ** Fans used to send Jake shirts with stupid puns on them. |
| 218 | ** ''Witch and Famous'', which drove Jake into an instant rage. He hates even being in the car when they're given to other people (Sarah received a Harry Potter/dog pun shirt, and he immediately threatened violence to those outside the car). |
| 219 | ** Brad gave Irving a t-shirt (mainly because it didn't fit himself) that read "African-American Urbanites from the College of Street", which Dave and Irving proceeded to break down as to whether it was intended as a joke or not, concluding it wasn't as the back had listed almost all legitimate prestigious black colleges in the nation. |
| 220 | ** For the ''Alex Cross'' review, Brian handmade a t-shirt saying "I Crossed Alex Cross" with a white shirt and a Sharpie, making fun of the ridiculous tagline for the movie. |
| 221 | *** Later, Dave also made a shirt; "[[RunningGag Property of Slaver Brian]]" |
| 222 | ---> "God... damn it... ''I didn't own '''slaves'''''" |
| 223 | ** Brad wears a joke Drumpf T-shirt in the ''Hillary's America'' review. |
| 224 | * TheGadfly: Irving will occasionally make politically incorrect comments during a review - not because he himself is prejudiced, [[ItAmusedMe but because he likes to make his co-reviewers uncomfortable]]. Brad, Jake, Brian, and Sarah have all acknowledged that because of this, commenters [[NWordPrivileges tend to give Irving a pass]] for saying things that would get the other reviewers in serious trouble. |
| 225 | --> '''Brian''': *points at Irving* This guy. ''This guy.'' See, if I said something like that I'd be in a lot of trouble. For you, it's like "Irving just insulted an entire country of people!" *SarcasticClapping* |
| 226 | --> '''Irving''': Ah, yes. It's wonderful. *laughs* |
| 227 | ** Brad is often this. He says comments that rib his friends a little, and he gets a laugh from their reaction before they move on to something else. |
| 228 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: While reviewing ''Film/AtomicBlonde'', Sara points out that a love scene between Creator/CharlizeTheron and Creator/SofiaBoutella is not really done for audience titilation. |
| 229 | --> '''Sara''': They were obviously into each other. Not like, "Ooh, come and join us, Invisible Third Man Character!" |
| 230 | ** Brad jokes in another episode that his mother being a lesbian kinda killed lesbian porn for him. |
| 231 | * HappyPlace: Singing the ''Franchise/DuckTales'' theme in his head ''used'' to work for Jake, but after he shared it in the ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' review, it no longer helped. |
| 232 | ** "[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Shirtless Jacob...shirtless Jacob...shirtless Jacob...]]" Poor Jillian. |
| 233 | * HarpoDoesSomethingFunny:[[invoked]] In the review of ''Film/{{Sisters|2015}}'', Brad says how the filmmakers letting Creator/TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler improvise led to [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot wasting a perfectly good plot]]. Also [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] when he and Allison review ''The House'' and how Creator/WillFerrell and Poehler go overboard improvising: they make it clear that improvisation isn't bad, since movies like ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' had great improvising, but filmmakers shouldn't structure a whole movie around the actors ad-libbing "because they were in better movies." |
| 234 | * {{Hatedom}}: InUniverse, Angry Jake has this for the site. |
| 235 | --> '''Jake''': Man, I'm tried of this. I'm so fucking- aarrrg. I leaned over to Brad during [[Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure the movie]], looked him square in the eye and said, "I hate ''you'', I hate the ''website'', I hate the ''fans'', I hate every single of them that enjoys this kind of bullshit"- I'm done. I'm done, son. This is ridiculous. This movie was absolutely ridiculous. |
| 236 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 237 | ** Adam Sandler and his films causes this for the reviewers. Jake and Sarah got hit with ''Film/ThatsMyBoy'' while Irving and Brian had to watch ''Film/GrownUps 2''. |
| 238 | ** Brad was spared this when he saw ''Blended'', only because the latest adaptation of ''Literature/EndlessLove'' already put him in one, and the Sandler movie was tame to him after that. |
| 239 | ** Of a different sort, Brian and Irving went and saw ''12 Years a Slave'', and had the tamest review ever. The movie hit them so hard they couldn't even try to make jokes about it, Irving straight up saying he would not, and could not, joke about this film. |
| 240 | * HostileShowTakeover: |
| 241 | ** In his review of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga: Eclipse''. It starts with Jillian giving a positive review, only for Brad to hijack the audio and give his thoughts. |
| 242 | ** Jake threatens one, when they joke about booby-trapping his house to make him think it's haunted after watching ''Film/ParanormalActivity''. |
| 243 | -->'''Brad:''' Wasn't us, man. It was a ghost.. I've got way too much porn to watch to be doing that shit. |
| 244 | -->'''Jake:''' If my house becomes booby-trapped, do not be mad at me if I seek vengeance. I won't be all spooky, like the ghost. [[DisproportionateRetribution I'll shoot you in the fucking head.]] It's no longer the Cinema Snob, it's now the Cinema Jake website.. to Hell with you, I'm taking it over. |
| 245 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Discussed at length for ''Film/TheAccountant2016'' regarding Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/AnnaKendrick. Brian says how Affleck, who is already tall, still has his ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' muscles, so each of his arms is the size of Anna Kendrick. |
| 246 | * HypocrisyNod: When Ryan complained about a film using on-the-nose music, Brad pointed out how the films they made were just as guilty. |
| 247 | * HypocriticalHumor: While reviewing ''Film/ProjectAlmanac'', Brian points out in FoundFootage movies how a character will shut off the camera by reaching straight for the lens. "Who does that?" he asks. At the end of the review, Brian decides to shut off the camera and reaches straight for the lens. |
| 248 | * IdenticalStranger: Brad in his ''Road Chip'' video says that if Jason Lee put on flannel and a baseball cap, he'd be a dead ringer for [[Series/GilmoreGirls Luke Danes]]. |
| 249 | * IGaveMyWord: In-universe, Brad promised both Dave and Irving that he'd give them a break from reviewing Tyler Perry films and children's films (respectively) in 2014, and instead see them himself. Within the first fifteen minutes of ''Creator/TylerPerry's The Single Moms Club'' he began to seriously consider walking out, but knew that if he broke his promise then Dave and Brian (who saw three Tyler Perry movies in 2012 and 2013) would murder him. |
| 250 | * {{Improv}}: Literally the only set-up is going to the theater and bringing the camera, everything else is improvised. |
| 251 | * IThinkYouBrokeHim: Happens in the ''Creator/TylerPerry's A Madea Christmas'' review after Dave calls a character "Cunty [=McMomface=]": |
| 252 | -->'''Leddie''': (''laughs uncontrollably'') |
| 253 | -->'''Dave''': I think I broke her. |
| 254 | -->'''Brian''': Leddie's a fan of "Cunty [=McMomface=]". |
| 255 | * ItMakesSenseInContext: Jake's wish (denied by the city of Springfield, IL) to give his old car a proper Viking funeral (ie, floating into the middle of a lake and setting it on fire). |
| 256 | * JokeAndReceive: In the review for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', Brian mentions his confusion over Barbossa having a peg-leg, to which Brad suggests he go to the Pirates Wiki, jokingly saying it probably has its own page. [[http://pirates.wikia.com/wiki/Hector_Barbossa%27s_peg_leg It does.]] |
| 257 | * JumpCut: The ''Film/ScoutsGuideToTheZombieApocalypse'' review has one. Halfway through the review, someone decides to park next to Brad and Violet and blare loud rap music, so they shut off the camera and jump-cut to in front of Brad's house, where they then finish the review. |
| 258 | * KillItWithFire: ''The Internship'' pissed Jake off so much, the opening shot of the review was him setting the ticket stub on fire, then stomping it to death. |
| 259 | * KubrickStare: Jake pulls off a few in the ''Breaking Dawn: Part Two'' video. |
| 260 | * LamePunReaction: Angry Jake practically flies into a rage when given too many puns (real Jake just takes puns with some sighing and eye rolling). Despite this, he liked the extremely pun filled ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' movies, because at a certain point he can enjoy them because they're just so quick and intentional that he can't help himself. |
| 261 | * LampshadedTheObscureReference: Brad compares Tonto as a "wax" figure in ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' to a skit on ''The Creator/ChevyChase Show'', to Brian's amusement. |
| 262 | -->'''Brian:''' "No, I've got no problem with it... I don't know if I'd really call that a ''pop culture'' reference..." |
| 263 | -->'''Brad:''' *laughs* "You know, it's probably not the most obscure reference I've ever made." |
| 264 | * LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The late-2018 format change: instead of sitting in the car and reviewing immediately after seeing the movie, the two hosts of each video (usually Brad and one other) sit in Brad's house. This also allows them to cover multiple recent movies per video, while also showing clips and answering the superchat questions. It became less frequent once Brad moved to Chicago, returning to more car reviews aside from Brad-only reviews he did at home. |
| 265 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Brad and Sarah have this type of relationship. |
| 266 | * MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: When Jake and Jerrid went to see ''Film/MrPoppersPenguins'', Jake was more entertained by a couple having sex in the back row than the actual film. Brad would later claim that Jake made almost the entire story up, with the only true parts being that a couple sat in the back and made out. |
| 267 | * {{Malaproper}}: In her midnight review of '"Crazy, Stupid Love'', Jillian calls it a "romantical comedy" and says that "[[HilarityEnsues hilarity pursues]]". |
| 268 | * MindScrew: InUniverse. Brad regards ''Film/WintersTale'' and ''Kirk Cameron's Film/SavingChristmas'' as '''accidental''' versions of this trope. |
| 269 | * MisBlamed: [[invoked]]When Irving blamed Creator/MichaelBay for the ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' movies, Brad pointed out it was as much the fault of the studio and ''especially'' the writers. |
| 270 | * MistakenForRacist: In the review for ''Film/GreenRoom'', Brad joked that he was glad he wore his hat to see the movie, otherwise he might have been mistaken for a Neo-Nazi. |
| 271 | * MenDontCry: Spoofed when Brad and Jake were talking about sad moments in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2''. |
| 272 | -->'''Jake:''' "Oh, come on, Man! This movie's stupid! Let's fast forward through this part!" |
| 273 | -->'''Brad:''' (sniffling and wiping his eyes) "This movie's pretty gay, Bro!" |
| 274 | -->'''Jake:''' (also wiping his eyes) "This movie's really gay, Bro!" |
| 275 | * {{MSTing}}: It's apparent they sometimes do this in the theater, if only by laughing at the {{Narm}}. It's particularly prevalent in Christploitation movies, with them even saying other patrons give mean looks. |
| 276 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: When describing ''Film/TheExpendables'': |
| 277 | -->'''Brad:''' A movie that contains the legendary action heroes of our youth, along with the best action heroes of current cinema. And [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]]. |
| 278 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After sending Dave and Brian to see three Tyler Perry movies in 2012 and 2013, this was Brad's reaction after seeing ''Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club'' (2014). |
| 279 | -->'''Brad:''' ''This'' is what I've been asking them to see? Oh my god, I'm a ''[[HeelRealization monster]]''! |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder:Tropes N-Z]] |
| 283 | * NWordPrivileges: Discussed in the ''Film/FreeStateOfJones'' review. |
| 284 | * {{Narm}}: InUniverse, they often find things funny instead of dramatic. |
| 285 | ** Jake and Sarah got quite a few laughs from James Franco in ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', where they found Franco's grin face utterly hilarious in the context of the film. |
| 286 | --->'''Jake''': "I'm your wizard!" |
| 287 | * NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Jake is sick of everyone saying "Like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3wrHTJuXz8 Jake from State Farm?]]" or "Like Jake, the big turkey from ''WesternAnimation/FreeBirds''?" when he tells them his name. |
| 288 | * NeverTrustATrailer: |
| 289 | ** Brad and Jake thought that the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' looked cool, but the actual movie turned out to be anything but. |
| 290 | ** On the flip side, they were less than enthused by the trailers for ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', and Jake even got furious discussing the film's second trailer, but they both ended up enjoying the movie. Brad has brought up the film (as well as ''Epic'') in later videos when discussing this trope. |
| 291 | --->(seeing the trailer) |
| 292 | --->'''Jake:''' "Frozen looks stupid, really fucking stupid. Not looking forward to ''that''." |
| 293 | --->(seeing the movie) |
| 294 | --->'''Brad:''' "You know, this movie's actually really, really, really good." |
| 295 | --->'''Jake:''' {nods} "It sure is." |
| 296 | ** ''Dead Man Down'' went on Brian's Worst of 2013 list because the trailer for the movie was so different than the actual movie. He and Brad even go into detail about how they would want to see the movie that the trailer was advertising. |
| 297 | ** Brad and Brian both enjoyed Creator/BrettRatner's ''Film/{{Hercules|2014}}'' film because it ''wasn't'' at all like the trailer - while they thought the trailer was fine, most of it only showed the first few minutes of the film. |
| 298 | ** Brad really enjoys the trailer for ''Film/{{Acrimony}}'' and praises Creator/TarajiPHenson's performance in the trailer. But he had his doubts the movie will be as good, since it is directed by Creator/TylerPerry. Sure enough, it wasn’t, but he did find it wildly entertaining (and well-shot for a Perry feature). |
| 299 | * NightmareFuel: [[invoked]]They were pretty freaked out by one of the human deaths in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', and how the film lingered on his body for a short time. Brian compared it to the nightmare scene in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''. |
| 300 | * NoPreggerSex: {{Discussed}}. Sarah was annoyed at how ''Fifty Shades Freed'' had Anastasia engage in bondage while pregnant. Sarah, clearly speaking from experience, turns to the camera and says, "Yes, pregnant women have sex". |
| 301 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 302 | ** Jake missed out on reviewing ''Film/{{Zookeeper|2011}}'' because he [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome had to go beat up someone who was threatening a child.]] |
| 303 | ** As revenge for an unknown incident, Jake snuck into Brian's house, while he and girlfriend were asleep, and put a 4'×6' poster of the Pope over Brian's bed (as well as many other pictures scattered around the house). |
| 304 | * NostalgiaFilter: Sharply averted in Brad and Dave's review of the 20th-anniversary rerelease of ''Film/SpaceJam'', where they go out of their way to say that the movie has ''not'' aged well in their eyes. |
| 305 | * NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Said repeatedly during the review for ''Winters Tale'' due to how bizarre the film is. |
| 306 | * ObviousSecondChoice: In ''[[Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure The Oogieloves]]'' review, Dave and Brad speculated that the actors in the film were all [[AdamWesting playing characters with certain personality types]] that seemed to have been written for other specific actors that the filmmakers couldn't get to be in the movie. |
| 307 | --> '''Brad''': Chazz Palminteri is playing [[Creator/AndrewDiceClay Dice]]. |
| 308 | --> '''Dave''': A cross between Dice and Scatman Crothers, really. |
| 309 | --> '''Brad''': And Cary Elwes is playing a mixture of Creator/DiedrichBader, Creator/CrispinGlover, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick a child molester...]] |
| 310 | --> '''Dave''': *laughs* And Creator/NickNolte. |
| 311 | --> '''Brad''': ...and Creator/GaryBusey thrown in there. |
| 312 | * OhCrap: During the review of ''The Internship'', Dave mentions the audience's reaction to show just how terrible the movie was: |
| 313 | --> '''Dave''': And not one of them made a fucking ''noise!'' It was so quiet in there, that halfway through the movie they brought the fucking house lights up. |
| 314 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: |
| 315 | ** Jake said that he will always be "The ''[[WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted Madagascar]]'' guy" at their local movie theater. |
| 316 | ** Brian doesn't own slaves... anymore. |
| 317 | ** "But was it worse than ''Film/{{Priest|2011}}''?" |
| 318 | ** While admitting he is a good actor when appropriately cast, Brad tends to refer to Creator/BillyMagnussen as “Steve from ''Film/BirthOfTheDragon''”, where Magnussen was questionably cast as the WhiteMaleLead in a film supposedly about Creator/BruceLee and Wong Jack Man (and which Brad hated). |
| 319 | * OneSteveLimit: |
| 320 | ** Brad has two friends named Brian in "Team Snob", so one of them is referred to by his last name, Irving. |
| 321 | ** The ''Vaxxed'' and ''Film/TheConjuring2'' reviews had appearances from Sara, not to be confused with Sarah Gobble. |
| 322 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 323 | ** Jake was absolutely serious about his rage after seeing ''That's My Boy''. |
| 324 | ** Brian and Irving told almost no jokes when discussing ''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''. |
| 325 | ** Brad seemed absolutely broken after watching the 2014 remake of ''Film/EndlessLove''. He even admits that if Jillian wasn't there to see it with him, it would probably be the most depressing review that he'd ever done. |
| 326 | * OscarBait: Brad normally thinks the term is overused, but he found the trailer for the film of ''Literature/TheBookThief'' to be very much this. |
| 327 | * PeripheryDemographic: Discussed InUniverse when Brad and Jake did their worst of 2013 video. Both have young kids as fans. Jake kind of understood, given he does the kiddie movies, but his ClusterFBomb is not something he thinks kids should be watching. Then Brad said he met a kid at a con who is a fan of Snob, and said "I love ''E.T. The Porno''!". |
| 328 | * {{Pluralses}}: Sarah says "synopsises" in the "Worst Films of 2018" video. |
| 329 | * TheProblemWithPenIsland: Every now and then, Brad will post a truncated sign that produces an amusing result ([[https://twitter.com/thecinemasnob/status/852664428474576897 Beauty and T]]he Beast, [[https://twitter.com/thecinemasnob/status/847227000276135937 Going in Sty]]le, [[https://twitter.com/thecinemasnob/status/811738500903170048 Office Chris]]tmas Party, The [[https://twitter.com/thecinemasnob/status/778750534639464448 Disappointme]]nts). There might even be a reference to it in the video itself (''Film/TheFinestHours'' wasn't, to Brad and Nash's disappointment, "The Finest Ho"; in ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'', Brad notes "I wish it was ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}'' [[https://twitter.com/thecinemasnob/status/847594387186077697 In 3D]]!"). |
| 330 | ** One sign has the movie ''Film/{{Detroit}}'' listed as "Detroit AD."[[note]] "AD" stands for "Audio description". [[/note]]Brad jokes it is a sci-fi movie. |
| 331 | * RandomEventsPlot: According to Brad, ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' is all the better for being one of these. |
| 332 | * RealMenWearPink: Brad's hat in some of the Midnight Screenings has two long pink tassels. |
| 333 | * ResignedToTheCall: The members always have one or more genres they're for the most part sent to cover regardless of quality: |
| 334 | ** Brad (Originally action, horror, and Christian movies, but now appears in nearly all reviews) |
| 335 | ** Sarah ([[YoungAdultLiterature YA Adaptations]], teen movies) |
| 336 | ** Dave (religious films, smaller/"indie" films, "Black" movies) |
| 337 | ** Irving (Creator/MelissaMcCarthy films) |
| 338 | ** Brian (horror films, Fathom Event screenings) |
| 339 | ** Laura (JackOfAllTrades)[[labelnote:*]]Following her enraged reaction to ''Hunter Killer'', Brad jokes that he should make sure Laura sees every submarine thriller released from there on out, much to her distress.[[/labelnote]] |
| 340 | ** Rob (bad kids' films) |
| 341 | ** Doug (horror films) |
| 342 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: During their review of ''Film/ParanormalActivityTheGhostDimension'', Brad & Brian watch a skunk walk in the grassy part of the parking lot. |
| 343 | * RootingForTheEmpire:[[invoked]] While reviewing a special re-release of ''Purple Rain'', Alison says that the Time is a very good band for being TheRival to The Revolution. Also, Morris Day and Jerome Benton are very funny together. |
| 344 | * [[RotatingProtagonist Rotating Cast]]: |
| 345 | ** Each review usually features two or three different members of Team Snob discussing the film that they've seen, though occasionally the entire team will show up for a film (usually for the bigger summer blockbusters) and every so often Brad will review a film by himself (if he can't get anyone to go with him). |
| 346 | ** In addition, some reviewers have their own "niche" or genre that they are almost always sent to cover. |
| 347 | ** The main cast is mentioned at the top, but less frequent reviewers to the series in the past included Ryan, [[Creator/AllisonPregler Allison]], Nick, Leah, Alex, Carrie, and Brad's mom Leslie. |
| 348 | * RuleOfFunny: During Brad and Allison's review of ''Film/{{Neighbors|2014}}'', Brad stated that he would have excused the {{Plot Hole}}s if the film had been funnier. |
| 349 | * RuleOfSymbolism: |
| 350 | ** Brad doesn't think this excuses the disturbing content of ''A Serbian Film''. |
| 351 | -->If you want to make a movie complaining about a government, do it. Don't film [[ShockSite two Brazilian girls eating shit]] and say it's an analogy to the apartheid. |
| 352 | ** The biggest reason Brad and Jake find Terrence Malick's work pretentious and overwrought. |
| 353 | * RunningGag: Just a few: |
| 354 | ** Slaver Brian |
| 355 | ** Jake shouting at puns. |
| 356 | ** Jake shouting about the movie he just watched. |
| 357 | ** Team Snob casually slamming ''Film/{{Priest 2011}}'' during the 2011 Summer Midnight Screenings. Ultimately results in Jake praising it as a cinematic masterpiece after having to sit through both ''Film/TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/SpyKids 4''. |
| 358 | ** Brian's [[SarcasmMode "praise"]] for the film ''ATM''. |
| 359 | ** Members of Team Snob describing AMC Theatres' increasingly surreal and bizarre pre-film ads involving "the little red dot people". |
| 360 | ** One or more members getting a trailer for the same movie over and over again (Dave with ''{{Film/Prisoners}}'' and Brad with ''Film/LoneSurvivor'') and their growing annoyance turning into sheer and open disdain. |
| 361 | ** Whenever a Creator/BlueSkyStudios movie tries to paint one character in the right and another in the wrong, Brad and Jake [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation will always contest the movie's choice of who's "right" and who's "wrong"]]. See their views on [[WesternAnimation/Epic2013 MK's father]] and [[WesternAnimation/Rio2 Jewel]]. |
| 362 | ** If it's a review with Dave and Irving, expect them to snap their fingers, dance and/or sing to whatever's on the radio. |
| 363 | ** Team Snob making fun of the trailer for ''When the Game Stands Tall'', noting that it manages to combine [[invoked]]{{Narm}}, SeriousBusiness and DisproportionateRetribution. |
| 364 | ** Calling a bad movie the "[[DamnedByFaintPraise best friend of a mediocre or just less bad movie]]". |
| 365 | ** Each year, there happens to be a group of horrible, worst-of-the-year level movies that have a shared theme, and the following year Brad promises that he'll help bear the load by seeing those movies. 2012 was kids' movies, 2013 was Madea movies, and 2014 was religious movies. However, Brad was at the vast majority of 2014's religious movies, to the point where more than half of his Top 10 Worst Movies of 2014 were either religious films or had religious elements crammed into them (such as ''Mom's Night Out''). |
| 366 | *** To add an addendum to this fact (as well as insult to injury), even when Brad tries to take the bullet for his friends, it usually backfires in his favor. He enjoyed ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' (both of which Irving couldn't go to see), as well as many of the big 2014 animated films such as ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', while admitting that even some of the "bad" animated 2014 films like ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob'' were still better than they could have been. And while he promised to take on the Tyler Perry load from Dave and Brian, there was only one Tyler Perry movie in 2014. |
| 367 | ** Whenever someone is planned to see a bad movie with someone else but at the last minute is ditched and forced to watch it solo, that person was "Peeples'd". |
| 368 | ** After a long tangent about subjects other than the movie at hand, they'll wrap up by saying "And that's our review of [whatever they were rambling about]". |
| 369 | * TheScrappy: |
| 370 | ** [[invoked]] They've found characters in-universe that are not only annoying but also end up completely bringing a movie down for them, most famously the slugs from ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013''. |
| 371 | ** {{Subverted}} with Olaf the snowman in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' who Brad and Jake thought was going to be this trope, but wasn't. |
| 372 | ** When discussing the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' with Irving, Jake admitted that he could never get into ''[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Rocky and His Friends]]'' as a kid because he found Bullwinkle too annoying. |
| 373 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. Given their extensive experience with bad movies, the team simply refuses to leave the theater during a bad movie because they don't want to give that movie the satisfaction of making them quit. There have been close calls, though. |
| 374 | ** Finally played straight when Brad and Dave walked out halfway into ''Hillary's America'', due to its attempts to paint the modern Democratic party as racist based on events that happened 150 years ago, while ignoring the Republicans' ongoing problems with diversity. |
| 375 | |
| 376 | '''*[[RuleOfThree light goes out in the car, opens and shuts door to reset timer]]*''' |
| 377 | |
| 378 | * SeinfeldianConversation: They sometimes get a little off track in their reviews and talk about other stuff to varying degrees of hilarity. In their review of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', they don't even bother talking that much about the movie. They even have a review on nothing which essentially is just them rambling on about stuff. |
| 379 | * SequelEscalation: This was Brad's main problem with ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', particularly in regards to the musical numbers and cameos. |
| 380 | -->'''Jillian:''' The Jason Segel one didn't have enough [musical numbers], so they were making up for it.\ |
| 381 | '''Brad:''' That's my thing about this movie, is that it takes stuff that was pretty good in [[Film/TheMuppets2011 the reboot]] and multiplied it by so much, to the point to where it was just a little excessive. [...] It got to a point where I was just like "All right, ''enough!''" |
| 382 | * SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[invoked]]While they felt ''God's Not Dead'' was TheMoralSubstitute of ''Film/{{Crash}}'', they said that ''Do You Believe?'' essentially ''was'' ''Crash''. |
| 383 | * [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Leddie is almost never seen, although sometimes she speaks while hiding behind the seats. Brad's girlfriend Laura also lies on the backseat whenever she went along... until 2018, when Laura (now Brad's wife) started appearing on occasion. ''Avengers: Infinity War'' even has Laura starting in her hiding place, but then she rises up once Brad mentions her. |
| 384 | * ShirtlessScene: When Jake, Brad and Irving saw ''The Smurfs 2'', Jake took off his jacket that had the movie's logo on it but didn't have a shirt on underneath (it was summer and hot). Brad made a joke and took his shirt off as well, and they both then goaded Irving into joining in shortly after. The scene lasted for about a quarter of the video, and their review ended up trending on the Blip.tv homepage for five months. |
| 385 | -->'''Brad''': (to Irving) "Come on, Dude. You're making us look gay, Bro!" |
| 386 | -->'''Jake''': "The man with his shirt on is making us look gay? ''That'' was what was making us look gay?" |
| 387 | * ShoutOut / ReferenceOverdosed: |
| 388 | ** In the review of ''Vampire Academy'', Sarah's best comparison for the vampires being skilled in schools of magic is [[TabletopGames/VampireTheMasquerade Clan Tremere]], much to Irving's distress. |
| 389 | ** While reviewing ''Film/PitchPerfect 3,'' Brad and Brian say they were the oldest people in the audience. The "How do you do, fellow teenagers?" meme from 'Series/ThirtyRock'' is referenced. |
| 390 | * ShovelStrike: Brad mentions in ''The LEGO Movie'' review a story about him getting smacked in the face with a shovel by his cousin. |
| 391 | --> '''Brad''': I was the only kid in the fourth grade who had to get rhinoplasty! |
| 392 | * [[invoked]] SignatureScene: Sarah nicknames ''Film/MeBeforeYou'' [[spoiler:"Wheelchair Suicide"]] after its most infamously memorable scene and exclusively refers to it as such. |
| 393 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Brad and Jake joke about this in their "Worst of 2013" list when discussing their fan base of eight year olds. |
| 394 | ** In real life, it turned out not to be as much of a joke on Jake's part. As mentioned above, behind the scenes Jake's status as the base breaker and EnsembleDarkhorse of the series fed his ego, and he would gloat to others about how the site wouldn't last without him. Brad disputed this after Jake was fired, saying that Jake's Midnight Screenings videos only accounted for about 5% of the site's overall revenue. |
| 395 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Brad joked that ''Film/EarthToEcho'' had a girl just so the "bros" in the audience wouldn't think the movie was a gay sausage fest. |
| 396 | * SoBadItsGood: InUniverse, they will talk about how they enjoyed some bad movies. |
| 397 | ** After Brad was nearly ruined by the 2014 version of ''Film/EndlessLove'', he found ''Winter's Tale'' to be pretty refreshing in being just silly-bad instead of ruining one of his favorite books. |
| 398 | ** ''Film/SavingChristmas'' and ''The Identical'' all got recommendations from Team Snob for being entertainingly awful, with Brad stressing in both reviews that both films must be seen to witness how amazingly bad they are. |
| 399 | ** Brad is downright amused by Creator/TylerPerry's ''Acrimony'', pointing out that Tyler's dramas tend to be funnier than his comedies. |
| 400 | * SoOkayItsAverage: InUniverse, Brad and co. often find movies that are just "meh". One of the more common examples is when the gang finds a Christian movie that is merely attempting to tell an uplifting story without pushing a point or demonizing opposing views, such as ''I Can Only Imagine''. (Subverted by Dave in the same review, who lamented that the more recent Christian movies he had seen were merely okay, instead of giving him something either entertainingly bad, or so wrong-headed in its message as to give him a platform to pick it apart.) |
| 401 | * SpecialGuest: Usually fellow reviewers: |
| 402 | ** Creator/AllisonPregler nearly achieved regular status, sometimes bringing WebVideo/{{Phelous}} along. |
| 403 | ** Creator/LewisLovhaug did ''Film/CHiPS'' and ''Film/{{Power Rangers|2017}}'' the same day. |
| 404 | ** ''Film/AChristmasStory Live'' saw Brad joined by the Walker brothers and WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann. |
| 405 | ** ''Film/WhyHim'' had comic book artist Tim Bradstreet. |
| 406 | ** [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Mathew Buck AKA Film Brain]] joined him for ''Film/Masterminds2016'', ''Film/TheGirlOnATrain'', and ''Film/TheBirthOfANation2016''. |
| 407 | ** [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]] joined him for ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' and ''Film/TheFinestHours''. |
| 408 | ** Mike Robinson aka Mister X of [[https://geekjuicemedia.com/ Geek Juice Media]] joined Brad to review ''Film/TenCloverfieldLane'' (which they both enjoyed) and ''Film/ThePerfectMatch'' (which they didn't). |
| 409 | * SpidersAreScary: Both Dave and Jake are noted spider-haters. |
| 410 | ** Jake, in the ''[=DBZ:BoG=]'' review, upon realizing there might be a spider on the windshield, got his ass out of that car and asked Jillian to kill it (it wasn't a spider). |
| 411 | ** Jillian then poked the bear, suggesting Brad might ask him to go see ''Arachnophobia'' should it ever be rereleased to theaters. Jake did not appreciate the insinuation. |
| 412 | * SpaceWhaleAesop: From the ''Love the Coopers'' review: "Never stick a broach in your mouth on Christmas Eve, or Creator/AnthonyMackie will drive you around for twelve hours in a car." |
| 413 | * SpitTake: When discussing the trailer for ''{{Film/Tammy}}'', Brian made a crack that made Brad nearly spit out his soda. |
| 414 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: Early on it was Jake. |
| 415 | ** Around 2013, Dave started showing up in more videos. |
| 416 | ** Since 2015, we've seen Ryan make more frequent appearances. |
| 417 | ** By necessity, Violet, as she doesn't live in the same area as Team Snob and so any time Brad reviews movies with her he's not in a position to do so with any of the regulars. |
| 418 | * SuckinessIsPainful: Truly bad movies show this to be true. Just see Brad describe how it was watching ''Old Fashioned''. |
| 419 | * SurprisinglyImprovedSequel:[[invoked]] Members of Team Snob have stated that some of the sequel movies they've seen have been improvements on their predecessors: |
| 420 | ** Brad felt that ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' was a major improvement over the others, but didn't claim the film was outright good. He stated that the things that annoyed him in the other films (aside from the still present {{Padding}}) were either done right or greatly reduced. Even Irving merely had extremely mixed feelings about it instead of being pissed off. |
| 421 | ** During the review of ''Film/{{Ouija}}: Origin of Evil'', Brad describes it as going to a sequel to a poor horror movie and getting ''Film/TheShining''. |
| 422 | ** Brad felt that the third ''Film/GodsNotDead'' movie was an improvement on the predecessors, as he found it considerably less hateful and one-sided, with a more realistic storyline and more fleshed-out characters. He also praised the chemistry between David A. R. White and John Corbett. |
| 423 | * TakeOurWordForIt: Brad shows he went to ''Hillary's America'' with a Donald Drumpf shirt, but says that actually has a pun at the bottom... but without actually making said joke appear on-screen! |
| 424 | * TakeThat: Brad calls Jake "shit for brains" in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' review. |
| 425 | * TakeThatAudience: |
| 426 | ** To mock the haters of ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', Brad and friends made a fake re-review and nitpick the hell out of the movie, bashing it for having a character says a line that ends ungrammatically, David's hair being half an inch shorter than Peter O'Toole's in ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'', and so on. |
| 427 | ** When fans complain that the gang liked or disliked a movie they shouldn't have, Brad sometimes makes a video mocking the fans, directly or indirectly, for their OpinionMyopia.[[invoked]] |
| 428 | * TestosteronePoisoning: Brad and Jake spoof macho attitudes when they put on gruff voices and use "Bro" as a VerbalTic. |
| 429 | * TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Mocked InUniverse when Brad and Jake were gushing about ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', and Jake was feeling really good about the neck pillow he won in a crane machine. Brad then pretended to be a fan who was pissed that Jake was no longer "Angry Jake". |
| 430 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: InUniverse one of his many complaints about ''Eclipse'' is that the backstories of the minor characters, like the vampire who fought in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, would be far more interesting than the actual story. |
| 431 | ** When talking about The Asylum's ''Titanic II'', Brad starts talking about how a glacier melting was the catalyst for the ship sinking. At this point, he realizes that was how ''Film/MegaSharkVsGiantOctopus'' started, so the films could take place in the same universe. He immediately laments that they should have had the shark sink the Titanic II. |
| 432 | ** Brad also has this complaint about ''WesternAnimation/TheNutJob'', as he thinks that the general plot line could have worked, but the movie executed it poorly (including bad characterization, HurricaneOfPuns, and the inclusion of "[[Music/{{Psy}} Gangnam Style]]"). |
| 433 | ** Discussed at length for the review of ''Film/{{Sisters|2015}}''. Brad says how Creator/TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler improvised too much and made the movie too long. |
| 434 | ** ''The Resurrection Of Gavin Stone'' would have worked better as a FishOutOfWater comedy, maybe made in the 1990s with Johnny Knoxville. |
| 435 | * ThisExplainsSoMuch: Irving's reaction during the review of ''Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D'' when Jerrid says that he ''just'' got that Jules Verne was ''just one person'', having always thought this to be the last names of two separate people. |
| 436 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: When any one of them realize they have to go a film they really don't want to see. {{Subverted}} of course when they see a movie that pleasantly surprises them. |
| 437 | ** Usually used to poke at whoever goes to certain genres and something horrible is coming up; everyone teased Jake about ''Oogieloves'', while at the same time hoping they wouldn't also be called to see it. Brad, before 2014, constantly reminded Dave and Brian about whatever Tyler Perry movie was scheduled for the year. |
| 438 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Brad and Dave have seen plenty of [[{{Horrible/Film}} bad movies]] throughout the entire series. ''Hillary's America'' was the first one, not just for the show, but in their life, that they chose to walk out on. |
| 439 | * TopTenList: Often ends the year with a list of best and worst films. ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' occasionally pops up to complain about certain films Brad likes. |
| 440 | --->"It's a remake? ''Zero stars.''" |
| 441 | ** Jake did a list of worst films of 2012, but since he basically saw 10 films that year, ''Brave'' was on the list by default, even though he only had one complaint about the film (that Merida's issues were "first world problems"), and overall he really liked it. |
| 442 | ** At first, the top ten best and worst films of the year was done only by Brad. In 2011, Jake became a co-host for the top ten worst after seeing his share of horrible movies. And then in 2013, both Dave and Brian were given their own segment to showcase their opinions given the volume of bad movies they endured in addition to a Brad and Jake segment. By huge contrast, the top ten best are still only done by Brad. |
| 443 | * TranquilFury: There's no other way to describe Jake during the ''That's My Boy'' review. We've seen him over-the-top mad (''Smurfs'', ''Chipmunks''), but this was something beyond all of that. |
| 444 | -->"Don't you fucking ''dare'' wave to me! I- I swear to god, if you come within my arms' reach, I will strangle each and every mother fucking one of you ''in front of the god damn camera'', and they can take me to jail for all I care, you filthy sons of bitches, I hope you all ''die'' of ''HERPES''! Do you understand, you '''[[LameComeback can't even ''die'']]''' from herpes, and I HOPE '''YOU''' '''''DO'''''!" |
| 445 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: Under the original lineup, Sarah and Jillian. |
| 446 | * UnfortunateImplications:[[invoked]] |
| 447 | ** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] with every Tyler Perry movie the gang sees, and after seeing ''Moms' Night Out''. |
| 448 | ** When talking about the implications of what being a RV dealer in the world of ''Cars/Planes'' would be in the ''Planes 2'' review, both Jake and Brad dive into what "Slaver Brian" would be like as a southern RV plantation owner. |
| 449 | ** Sara (not to be confused with Sarah Gobble) and Brad were both unnerved at the implications of how one of the interviewees from ''Vaxxed'' [[TheUnfavorite paints her autistic son's twin sister as perfect]] '''[[KickTheDog right in front of him]]'''. |
| 450 | ** Brad and Sarah had a lot of fun talking about all the implications in ''Film/{{Overboard|1987}}''. |
| 451 | * WatchItStoned: Sometimes they recommend watching a movie drunk or high, but it's rare. More often they will talk about how they enjoy watching some movies when high, such as ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (even though Brad likes it even when sober). Brad then realized two minutes into ''Film/JupiterAscending'' that he should have got high before he went to the theater. |
| 452 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Violet only appeared in a few episodes before she and Brad broke up. |
| 453 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: |
| 454 | ** Jake against everyone else after Brad found out a girl that both of them were interested in had started dating Jake. Brad alleged that Jake had stolen her off him, but Rayn and Jake both claim she never dated Brad. Either way, everyone in the group stopped hanging out with them, with Brad mentioning that the last he heard Jake had taken a job at a meat-packing factory. Somewhat mitigated in that Brad has said that they're both quite happy with their lives these days, and there's no point holding a decade-long grudge over what ended up being a minor falling out in the grand scheme of things. |
| 455 | ** Allison (and Pheolus) against Brad and Laura after Change the Channel, because the Jones's blame Allison for someone allegedly calling police to Laura's father's funeral with a false report of Brad committing suicide. |
| 456 | ** Brian Lewis (and Leddie) left due to unspecified burnout with the series, but then cut contact with Brad after the above story got out. |
| 457 | * WhamLine: Brad is trying to make a point about ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', and, stalling for time, turns to Brian: |
| 458 | -->'''Brad:''' Brian, help me out here, [[CrossesTheLineTwice you used to own slaves.]] |
| 459 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]] InUniverse. Whenever Dave has to go see an Underwhelming-to-Bad movie, he'll discuss how the movie could've worked, with his comments usually being: "A few more rewrites." and "Solid director.". |
| 460 | ** In the Worst Films of 2013 video, Brad and Jake talk about their aborted parody film ''Raging BS''. Planned for Jake's film class, the film would've focused on a ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' fan and a ''Film/RagingBull'' fan (the latter to be played by Jake) agreeing to a match. The ''Rocky'' fan would actually train, with for example a piece of bacon tied to a string filling in for the meat locker scene, while the ''Raging Bull'' fan would have all [[DeliberatelyMonochrome his scenes shot in Black & White]], play ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', get fat and beat his wife. When the time came for the match, fans from a third boxing movie chase the fighters down the street with Jake's character being trampled. [[note]] Brad's script's direction for Jake is simply "He looks dead." [[/note]] At the end, Ryan reads a random psalm from The Bible that just happened to correspond with the events of the film. The saddest part: Brad and his friends shot for one day, ''then gave up''. |
| 461 | |
| 462 | '''*[[OverlyLongGag light goes out in the car, opens and shuts door to reset timer]]*''' |
| 463 | |
| 464 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: |
| 465 | ** [[invoked]] Generally {{averted}} when discussing films aimed at children, but Brad and Brian were both pretty shocked at the level of gore that ''Film/TheLoneRanger'' had for a PG-13 Disney/Bruckheimer family adventure movie, even saying that it was more graphic than Film/AGoodDayToDieHard. |
| 466 | ** They had this reaction to ''[[WesternAnimation/LegendsOfOzDorothysReturn Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return]]'' as well, though more in an AccidentalNightmareFuel sense. |
| 467 | --> '''Brad''': Oh, a lot of things about this movie are ''unnecessarily'' fucking creepy. |
| 468 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids:[[invoked]] Brad and Jake note that kids watch their videos and are fans, despite Jake swearing all the time and Brad reviewing porn and exploitation films. |
| 469 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Over the course of the reviews, several reviewers have revealed their personal phobias. |
| 470 | ** Brad is scared of flying and would rather find land-based if longer alternatives to travel. |
| 471 | ** Jake and Dave are both scared of spiders. |
| 472 | ** Brian implies that he is either scared of snakes or at the least repulsed by them. |
| 473 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Jake shouts this about ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' (because he was still that pissed about ''The Smurfs''). Just shoot the monkeys already. |
| 474 | * TheWoobie: Leddie is this InUniverse. Even the other members of Team Snob feel awful about her going to so many terrible movies, and more than once wonder why she lets Brian get away with it. |
| 475 | * QuestionableCasting: [[invoked]] The review of ''Film/The1517ToParis'' mentions how the three main characters are playing themselves, Alison saying it makes the movie more interesting. But Brad and Alison are surprised comedic actors are playing parents and teachers in flashbacks. Including Creator/JennaFischer, Creator/JudyGreer, Creator/JaleelWhite, Creator/TonyHale and Creator/ThomasLennon. And Brad is angry the professional actors aren't doing a good job. |
| 476 | --> '''Brad:''' The professional actors are just as bad as the non-professional actors!...The only legitimately good performance is from [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]]! |
| 477 | |
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