History WebVideo / CinemaWins

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In his video on ''Kung Fu Panda'', Lee wins Shifu and Oogway's discussion on the SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate for presenting both viewpoints (ScrewDestiny and YouCantFightFate, respectively) as equally valid.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''

** ''{{WesternAnimation/Kung Fu Panda 3}}''

** A routine example, showing up in nearly every animated or effects-heavy movie Lee covers, is when VFX texture artists show reflections of things that don't exist in surfaces that should be reflective, especially if those reflective surfaces don't exist either, ESPECIALLY if it's in a shot that doesn't focus on that detail. The best example (the one where he highlights the detail as one of his favourites) is Mr. Ping's reflection in the side of his cleaver in the opening of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''.

* AnAesop: Let's see...
** A movie should be judged on its own merits, rather than any preconceived notions about what should/shouldn't be in it.
** There is nothing wrong with liking a movie nobody else likes, as long as you appreciated the things the movie did right.
** Yes, the [[Film/{{Logan}} movie]] is great. But what makes it great won't necessarily satisfy your expectations, especially if you're a fan.
** The GrandFinale of a [[Film/HarryPotter series]] doesn't necessarily mean it is the best of its predecessors, even if it is genuinely a great movie and a great finish.
** Your skin color and culture have nothing to do with nor should it affect your enjoyment of [[Film/BlackPanther2018 a movie]] that's primarily targeted at a specific demographic, and you should not feel ashamed for finding yourself relating with a character outside of your culture.
** [[Film/{{Chronicle}} So you embarrassed yourself in front of someone who showed interest in you]]: 1) If they truly liked you, you shouldn't care because they should be able to look past it out of genuine love for you; 2) If they're only interested in having a fling with you, you shouldn't care because it was a one-time thing that probably would've never worked out anyways.
** Hate [[Film/TheLastJedi the movie]] all you want, but don't take it too far and attack other people who don't hate it like you do.
** Depression is not something that can be undone by a GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slap, rightful and honest words of encouragement, or magical lightning you control by being the God of Thunder. [[Film/AvengersEndgame It's a journey]] and won't fully go away even if you've come to terms with some of your internalized issues. Regardless, never lose sight of the fact that in spite of all your failures, [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre you are worthy]].

** Depression is not something that can be undone by a GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slap, rightful and honest words of encouragement, or [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers magical lightning you control by being the God of Thunder]]. [[Film/AvengersEndgame It's a journey]] and won't fully go away even if you've come to terms with some of your internalized issues. Regardless, never lose sight of the fact that in spite of all your failures, [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre you are worthy]].

* ''Film/{{Transformers}}''

* WorldOfHam: Say what you will about Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' films and their casts consisting of seemingly nothing but {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s. At the very least he makes damn sure every actor has fun and their characters leave an impression.

** Lee seems to really want the classic Franchise/XMen storyline "Fatal Attractions" to be adapted because he keeps bringing up how the movies almost keep bringing the iconic but brutal scene of Logan's adamantium skeleton being torn out of his body by Magneto to life.

* CelebrityCrush: He admits to having one for Creator/RebeccaRomijn, which is partly why [[Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Mystique]] is a consistent favorite character of his whenever he wins the Film/XMenFilmSeries.

* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] At the end of the video for ''Film/{{Logan}}'', Lee states that while he liked the movie, this is his stance on the film, preferring to think of it as an alternate reality rather than the actual chronological end of the Film/XMenFilmSeries universe.

* HardTruthAesop: In his review of WesternAnimation/{{Elemental}}, Lee points out that whether it was intended or not, the movie has a sobering theme concerning one's children figuring out what they ''really'' want to do with their lives. They may ''think'' they want to do what their parents do from the get-go, but that's just because their parents are their first friends. The sad truth is, if a child thinks they want to grow up to be their parents, chances are they'll eventually change their mind once they discover who they really are.

** On a more serious Lee says "F*** that" to the racism addressed in ''Film/GetOut''.

** Anytime Creator/DanielKaluuya appears, Lee insists that he Film/GetOut.

** In the EGA for ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', he intimates that the meaning of the "[[GRatedSex love scene]]" portion of "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" flew over his head when he first saw it at the age of 9.

* JustForPun:
** Lee isn't above puns, including stuff involving gruesome material--for example, in the video for ''Film/AlienCovenant'', [[spoiler:the "she's having a hard time keeping her head above water" crack about Rosenthal's decapitated head]].
** Pretty much goes into a HurricaneOfPuns during ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''.
--->'''Lee:''' What if [Nala] had her li-phone or tur-keys with her? Or what if she wasn't feline well? I bet she wishes she could Mufasa. I'm just saying, have a little Simbathy, you know?

** For ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Lee gives a huge number of wins on this alone, even when he's correcting terminology used by other reviewers. He stops the review at multiple points to show how every frame of the movie is art, to explain how they simulate rack-focus, and the differences in animation techniques between Miles and the rest of the cast, and starts squeeing over all the references to the various iterations of the backstory.

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''

* ''Film/GetOut''

** ''Film/SpiderMan2''[[labelnote: Award]][[{{Cosplay}} J.K-Man in the suit. All Day. Everyday.]] ("I WANT SPIDER-MAAAAN!")[[/labelnote]]

* BrutalHonesty [=/=] SarcasticConfession: Hey, the characters are being honest, why fault them on that?

--> You'd think at some point hitmen would start avoiding blue lighting.

--> ''"I CAN'T BELIEVE I WROTE THIS MUCH TEXT TO YELL LIKE THIS!"''

-->'''Sam''' (''to a weird police officer who threatened him if he ever found actual narcotics on him''):...Are ''you'' on drugs?

** A movie should be judged on its own merits, rather than any preconceived notions about what should[=/=]shouldn't be in it.

-->'''Lee''': Sorry, you don't come for snark, sometimes you get a little.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The video for ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', one of the first films Lee reviewed, manages to neatly establish the channel's tone in general and Lee as a narrator[=/=]movie critic is particular. Lee honestly praises the first half of the movie, saying that it showed hints of turning into a good movie before throwing everything down the drain; additionally, the actors' performances are praised and Lee sincerely wishes that their careers won't suffer because of this film.

-->'''Lee:''' What if [Nala] had her li-phone or tur-keys with her? Or what if she wasn't feline well? I bet she wishes she could Mufasa. I'm just saying, have a little Simbathy, you know?

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[invoked]] Any effects, whether they are practical or [=CGI=] are rewarded if they add to the movie's quality.

** It's implied he doesn't like [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe the Minions]].

** ''Film/CaptainMarvel''

* DemotedToExtra: He maintains his positive outlook by simply being happy to see a live-action version of ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics, but makes it known that he's irritated that she's only always a cameo in the ''X-Men'' films.

*** While he defends the ''Film/StarWars'' prequel trilogy against most of the common fan criticisms, he makes no attempt to defend the character of Jar-Jar Binks, and even adds wins for "[[TakeThatScrappy someone [telling] Jar-Jar to shut it]]" in Episode II.

* DoingItForTheArt: [[invoked]] The cast and crew's pure dedication to their craft, to the point of risking their lives to make their production better, is worthy of admiration and wins.

* ''Film/{{Glass}}''

** Lee refuses to make an Everything Great About video for ''Film/{{Movie 43}}'', since even he hated it.

** And, of course, there's Lee flat out saying that he didn't like ''Film/{{Glass}}'', primarily because of its anti-climactic ending, especially [[DroppedABridgeOnHim how it treated the death of The Overseer/David Dunn]].

** The video for ''Film/{{Glass}}'' has probably for the first time Lee expressing his dislike for a movie. Other times when faced with something fairly negative, he tries to offset with some cheeky SarcasmMode or DamnedByFaintPraise, but he displays nothing but contempt and disappointment about David Dunn's fate.

** In the wins video for ''Film/{{Glass}}'', Lee says a sentence that sounds ''extremely'' out of character: "I don't really like this movie."

* ''Film/{{Paddington}}''

* NotSoAboveItAll: Played with. During his review of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', Lee grows more and more impatient with Alma's poor treatment towards Mirabel (and sometimes everyone else) to the point where he has to remind himself she has a sympathetic backstory. When Alma lays the blame at Mirabl for everything that happened, he facetiously demonizes Alma to be as bad a Disney antagonist as ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]]'' or ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]]''. It's all in good fun, meant to satirize how [[HateSink hard to like]] Alma is at times.

** For WesternAnimation/SpidermanIntoTheSpiderVerse, Lee gives a huge number of wins on this alone, even when he's correcting terminology used by other reviewers. He stops the review at multiple points to show how every frame of the movie is art, to explain how they simulate rack-focus, and the differences in animation techniques between Miles and the rest of the cast, and starts squeeing over all the references to the various iterations of the backstory.
** For WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie, Lee shows the various imperfections the filmmakers put on the LEGO pieces to enforce the stop-motion illusion, is impressed over the use of "traffic cones" for characters' knee bends, and loved the ending "pull the plates" solution. For him, the last two in particular showed how much the filmmakers cared about their work to stick to the in-universe rules, even though viewers might not have noticed or cared.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''

* NotSoAboveItAll: Played with. During his review of ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', Lee grows more and more impatient with Alma's poor treatment towards Mirabel (and sometimes everyone else) to the point where he has to remind himself she has a sympathetic backstory. When Alma lays the blame at Mirabl for everything that happened, he facetiously demonizes Alma to be as bad a Disney antagonist as ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Scar]]'' or ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]]''. It's all in good fun, meant to satirize how [[HateSink hard to like]] Alma is at times.

** Pretty much goes into a HurricaneOfPuns during ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.

* MoodWhiplash: The screenshot preview for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has Lee mention it was a much more lighthearted movie, later admitting he forgot how dark it actually got (having to rerail himself a few times about the communism undertones)

** In the EGA for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', he intimates that the meaning of the "[[GRatedSex love scene]]" portion of "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" flew over his head when he first saw it at the age of 9.

* WartsAndAll: When it comes to some of the more highly acclaimed films, Lee is not so delusional as to ignore any glaring negative qualities about the movies he covers. They always often get some jabs in, such as ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'''s purported plagiarism of ''Anime/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' and romanticization of African culture getting some loving mentions.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Lee is surprised to learn that Eggsy's seemingly exaggerated accent in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' is a more accurate English dialect, while the posh accents are the ones that are apparently the fake ones.

* DracoInLeatherPants: In his ''Series/{{Wandavision}}'' review, he flat-out admits that he'll take any excuse he can get to redeem [[VillainProtagonist Wanda]].