History YMMV / BrowsHeldHigh

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** The first episode of the ''La Belle et La Bete'' was mostly well-received, but some disliked it for feeling it made Kyle seem like he was wiser than all his other fellow reviewers, especially WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera. This wasn't Kyle or Tony's intention (the latter who [[SelfDeprecation wrote much of his "immature" scenes himself]]), but the following two episodes thus put them on more equal footing, with introducing Kyle's flaw of being pretentious in contrast to Tony's demand for mainstream appeal.
** His episode on ''A Midsummer Night's Cream'' (the porn parody of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'') is practically a public apology for his earlier episode on ''The Girlfriend Experience'', which is one of his {{Old Shame}}s. Kyle (an outspoken progressive feminist) apparently deeply regrets his mockery of pornstar Sasha Grey's acting ability in ''The Girlfriend Experience'', not to mention a few lines in his review that could be construed as slut-shaming. [[note]] The video was made early in his career, when he often indulged in AlterEgoActing as a pompous InsufferableGenius[[/note]] In the latter review, he tries (read: ''tries'') to avoid making an ObligatoryJoke about pornstars being horrible at acting, acknowledging that they work in a tough industry and deserve just as much respect as anyone else.
** When it became clear that his political perspective on films was taking up more time in his videos than actually discussing the movies they were about, Kyle started the sub-series ''Cinema Antifa'', specifically dedicated to analyzing movies from a political viewpoint (in this case, depictions of fascism and how they relate to real-life discussions of them) while also occasionally admitting that neither he nor the viewer needed to pretend that these subjects were fun to discuss. Tragically, it ended up being [[AllForNothing for naught]], as the videos earned him so much bullying from fascist apologists that he was forced to take them down and cancel the series.

* NeverLiveItDown: It's likely some will not forgive him for the "[[FanHater I really]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[FanHater hate Rants]]" comment in the ''Sh*t TGWTG Fans Say'' video.
** In addition, his (accidentally) misogynistic review of ''The Girlfriend Experience'' will likely haunt him for a while yet. This may have subsided after Kyle [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/the-girlfriend-experience-commentary-6027207 revealed]] that he considers the video an OldShame.
** A lighter example is his Website/IMDb page erroneously naming him as "Ralph Oancitizen", which WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] and [[WebVideo/SadPandaQAndA Sad Panda]] turned into a RunningGag.
** Even for people who ''do'' agree with his views and his political/social-political statements in his videos (especially in regards to fascism), you really wouldn't be surprised how much some have become tired of his ''highly vocal'' views dominating more of his content than what most people really wanna see. Not helped that Kyle's [[DearNegativeReader responses to anybody who disagrees with him]], ''especially'' if it involves fascism.
** The ''[[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Caligari]]'' review is this, especially considering he uses it as a way to point out the way authoritarianism is perceived through it...despite the fact said argument had ''been proven wrong repeatedly''.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** In his video on Creator/GuyRitchie's ''Film/Revolver2005'', he refers to Vincent Pastore at one point as "Sal from ''Series/TheSopranos''". While Pastore's character in ''The Sopranos'' is legally named "Salvatore Bonpensiero", ''nobody'' in the main cast calls him "Sal"; he [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname always]] goes by his Mob nickname "Big Pussy", or just plain "Pussy" for short.[[note]] It's "Pussy" as in "Pussycat", since he got his start as a cat burglar.[[/note]]
** In his video on ''The Color Of Pomegranates'', Kyle makes multiple comments suggesting that the movie is an impenetrably surreal MindScrew with no discernable "true" meaning, and refers to director Sergei Parajanov as "some creepy guy" after learning that he was charged with sexual assault. This earned him a '''scathing''' retort by a fan, who pointed out that the movie is absolutely ''extremely'' specific and clear about its subject matter[[note]]The film as described is a ''very'' loose retelling of the life of Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, done in the style of Tableau Vivant, which contributed to it being so dense and hard to read by Russian censors.[[/note]], that Parajanov was a bisexual man whose sexual assault charges were almost certainly trumped up by Soviet authorities as an excuse to arrest him for defying government censorship, and that the film is a 78-minute snapshot of Armenia's dying culture and history--which was in very real danger of extinction when the film was made, due to the aftereffects of the Armenian Genocide and years of Soviet occupation. To cap it off: the fan points out that most versions of the film come with an entire half-hour companion documentary that goes into exhaustive detail about what the symbolism in the film actually means--which Kyle most likely neglected to watch. It was so complete (and furious) a rebuttal to the video's point that Kyle ended up pinning the comment, and later commented that he was genuinely sorry for the way he ended up portraying Parajanov in the essay.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The ''Vinyl'' review concludes its analysis by stating that the actors were probably tired, stoned, and without direction or rehearsal time. Kyle then adds: "By the way, the fourth year shoot was fun." After the public leaks in 2018 concerning Website/ChannelAwesome's numerous misconducts, this sounds ''much'' less like BitingTheHandHumor and much ''more'' like a cry for help.

** His video on ''The Color Of Pomegranites'' attempted to do a less-director focused story on the movie as he at first bounced right off of it, and especially tried to move away from that framing as he glanced at the director's wikipedia page and found that he was charged with rape. Which ended up with a '''scathing''' retort by a fan who pointed out that the movie is absolutely ''extremely'' specific and faithful in it's subject matter[[note]]The film as described is a ''very'' loose retelling of the life of Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, done in the style of Tableau Vivant, which contributed to it being so dense and hard to read by Russian censors.[[/note]], but in the way he ended up creating the video basically glossed over several key things about the film: that a) the director, Sergei Parajanov was a bisexual man who was constantly hounded by the Soviet Union for constantly subverting their film practices and got that rape charge trumped up as an excuse for the Soviet government to arrest him for his sexuality, and that he preserved a 78 minute snapshot of Armenian culture and cultural heritage, something that was in genuine danger of being lost at the time due to the aftereffects of the Armenian Genocide and life under the soviet union, and finally the film came with a half hour explanation of what was going on that he, in all likelyhood if he got it as a DVD, would have had to help supplement it. It was so complete (and furious) a rebuttal to the video's point that Kyle ended up pinning the comment, and later commented that he was genuinely sorry for the way he ended up portraying Sarajanov in the essay.

* NeverLiveItDown: It's likely [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment some]] will not forgive him for the "[[FanHater I really]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[FanHater hate Rants]]" comment in the ''Sh*t TGWTG Fans Say'' video.

* {{Moe}}: The drawn title cards has his character as rather "moe"-like, particularly in the Sebastine review.

** In his review of ''A Serbian Film'', Kyle closes with a joke scene of him demanding [[DisproportionateRetribution Serbia be bombed for the film]] ([[WhatTheHellHero to the horror and refusal]] of the NATO official hearing his order.) In his review for ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'', [[OldShame when expressing regret for that joke]], Kyle revealed that his father was a military engineer for {{UsefulNotes/NATO}} and was involved in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia their 1999 campaign bombing Serbia]] ([[UsefulNotes/Serbia then-part of Yugoslavia]].)

** In his review of ''A Serbian Film'', Kyle closes with a joke scene of him demanding [[DisproportionateRetribution Serbia be bombed for the film]] ([[WhatTheHellHero to the horror and refusal]] of the NATO official hearing his order.) In his review for ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'', [[OldShame when expressing regret for that joke]], Kyle revealed that his father was a military engineer for {{UsefulNotes/NATO}} and was involved in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia their 1999 campaign bombing Serbia]] (then-part of Yugoslavia.)

** In his review of ''A Serbian Film'', Kyle closes with a joke scene of him demanding Serbia be bombed for the film ([[WhatTheHellHero to the horror and refusal]] of the NATO official hearing his order.) In his review for ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'', [[OldShame when expressing regret for that joke]], Kyle revealed that his father was a military engineer for {{UsefulNotes/NATO}} and was involved in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia their 1999 campaign bombing Serbia]] (then-part of Yugoslavia.)

* {{Anvilicious}}: While never one to shy away from sharing his socio-political opinions and plenty capable of [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped being unsubtle in a way that helps his point]], most of Kyle's post-2016 videos ramp up his vocalizations on social injustice, feminism, bigotry and political corruption, to the point that he'll sometimes outright stop his videos to passive-aggressively state his opinions on something.

** In his video on Creator/GuyRitchie's ''Film/{{Revolver}}'', he refers to Vincent Pastore at one point as "Sal from ''Series/TheSopranos''". While Pastore's character in ''The Sopranos'' is legally named "Salvatore Bonpensiero", ''nobody'' in the main cast calls him "Sal"; he [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname always]] goes by his Mob nickname "Big Pussy", or just plain "Pussy" for short.[[note]] It's "Pussy" as in "Pussycat", since he got his start as a cat burglar[[/note]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: In his video on Creator/GuyRitchie's ''Film/{{Revolver}}'', he refers to Vincent Pastore at one point as "Sal from ''Series/TheSopranos''". While Pastore's character in ''The Sopranos'' is legally named "Salvatore Bonpensiero", ''nobody'' in the main cast calls him "Sal"; he [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname always]] goes by his Mob nickname "Big Pussy", or just plain "Pussy" for short.[[note]] It's "Pussy" as in "Pussycat", since he got his start as a cat burglar[[/note]]

** Kyle goes off on ''Romeo + Juliet'' for labeling the guns as "swords" just so they can keep using the line. [[https://sword-int.com/ Sword]] is literally a brand of gun (though they don't make pistols).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The ''Vinyl'' review concludes its analysis by stating that the actors were probably tired, stoned, and without direction or rehearsal time. Kyle then adds: "By the way, the fourth year shoot was fun." After the public leaks in 2018 concering Website/ChannelAwesome's numerous misconducts, this sounds ''much'' less like BitingTheHandHumor and much ''more'' like a cry for help.

** When it became clear that his political perspective on films was taking up more time in his videos than actually discussing the movies they were about, Kyle started the sub-series ''Cinema Antifa'', specifically dedicated to analyzing movies from a political viewpoint (in this case, depictions of fascism and how they relate to real-life discussions of them) while also occasionally admitting that neither he nor the viewer needed to pretend that these subjects were fun to discuss... [[ShaggyDogStory until he and the show ended up getting targeted by facist apologists, forcing him to cancel it and take it all down]].

* {{Anvilicious}}: While never one to shy away from sharing his socio-political opinions and plenty capable of [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped being unsubtle in a way that helps his point]], most of Kyle's post-2016 videos ramp up his vocalizations on social injustice, feminism, bigotry and political corruption, to the point that he'll sometimes outright stop his videos to passive-aggressively state his opinions on something. YMMV on whether or not it works as a tongue-in-cheek way of showing how passionate he is about these topics or if the whole thing just comes off as WhiteGuilt.

* EarWorm:
** The opening theme. It's called ''Procession of the Nobles'' by Rimsky-Korsakov. Also qualifies as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.
** "'Cause it's French" is surprisingly catchy.

** When it became clear that his political perspective on films was taking up more time in his videos than actually discussing the movies they were about, Kyle started the sub-series ''Cinema Antifa'', specifically dedicated to analyzing movies from a political viewpoint (in this case, depictions of fascism and how they relate to real-life discussions of them) while also occasionally admitting that neither he nor the viewer needed to pretend that these subjects were fun to discuss... [[ShaggyDogStory until he ended up getting targeted by certain crowds, forcing him to cancel it and take it all down]].

** When it became clear that his political perspective on films was taking up more time in his videos than actually discussing the movies they were about, Kyle started a sub-series, ''Cinema Antifa'', which is specifically about analyzing movies from a political viewpoint (in this case, depictions of fascism and how the relate to real-life discussions of them) while also occasionally admitting that neither her nor the viewer needs to pretend that these subjects are fun to discuss.

* NightmareFuel: Many of the films Kyle has reviewed are immensely disturbing, even if he doesn't show most of the more graphic scenes. The fact that Kyle provides more insight and far fewer jokes in his reviews compared to other TGWTG contributors doesn't help.

--> '''Stantz:''' ... I couldn't help it! It just popped in there...

** In one video he sarcastically remarks "By the way, shooting the fourth anniversary movie was a blast." At first it just seemed like BitingTheHandHumor, but as the Website/ChannelAwesome 2018 Google Document detailed, Creator/DougWalker's lack of expertise and unwillingness to learn from more experienced directors/producers made shooting said movie much worse than had previously been believed.

* {{Anvilicious}}: While never one to shy away from sharing his socio-political opinions and plenty capable of [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped being unsubtle in a way that helps his point]], most of Kyle's post-2016 videos ramp up his vocalizations on social injustice, feminism, bigotry and political corruption, to the point that he'll sometimes outright stop his videos OncePerEpisode to passive-aggressively state his opinions on something. YMMV on whether or not it works as a tongue-in-cheek way of showing how passionate he is about these topics or if the whole thing just comes off as WhiteGuilt.

** When it became clear that his political perspective on films was taking up more time in his videos than actually discussing the movies they were about, Kyle started a sub-series, ''Antifa Cinema'', which is specifically about analyzing movies from a political viewpoint (in this case, depictions of fascism and how the relate to real-life discussions of them) while also occasionally admitting that neither her nor the viewer needs to pretend that these subjects are fun to discuss.

*** Kyle's conversation with the NATO representative at the end of his review of ''Film/ASerbianFilm''. Hearing Kyle demand that NATO wipe out Serbia is a little uncomfortable at first... until you get to the "fictional bombs" part.

** His review of ''Film/TheDevils'' has him test if Creator/OliverReed is really so enticing to women by testing it on WebVideo/JesuOtaku. In 2015, JO came out as a transgender man.