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* HarsherInHindsight: His first [=YouTube=] channel, dedicated exclusively to his ''Quick Movie Reviews'' series, has been almost completely wiped from the website save for a handful of reviews re-uploaded by Chris himself at fans' demand and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xux9Pn0FPI&ab_channel=StuckmannsLastVideo the very last video he made on it]]. He outright states that he can't go into full detail about why he's leaving, his most explicit reasoning being that the continuation of his video making may create problems for the people he cares about. A full 11 years later, Chris went on official record stating that it was because the elders of his Jehovah's Witness faith greatly disapproved of the fact that he was reviewing R-rated movies, and told him that he would be disownershipped -- thereby losing the community around him and some of his lifelong friends -- if he continued.
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** Chris' unnecessary usage of the SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX tropes when talking about race came to an almighty apex in his ''Film/GetOut2017'' review, where he ''[[https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tv/image/1487/86/1487860013407.png showed a picture of him alongside a group of black people just to prove he wasn't racist]]''.

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** Chris' unnecessary usage of the SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX tropes when talking about race came to an almighty apex in his ''Film/GetOut2017'' review, where he ''[[https://img.[[https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tv/image/1487/86/1487860013407.png showed a This picture of him alongside a group of black friends]] in his ''Film/GetOut2017'' review, to punctuate the point that he essentially "grew up with" black people just in a mixed community, was immediately ripped apart online, for a variety of reasons ranging from how unprompted its inclusion in the review was to prove he wasn't racist]]''.Chris' position off to the side making him look like a photobomber.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "I have no clue why Creator/KevinSpacey took this movie, isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him?". In 2017, about a year after the review, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out. This gets even more so with his remark in his "Worst Movies of 2016" video about the actors starring in ''Nine Lives'' possibly being {{blackmail}}ed into appearing in the film has also become more plausible after Kevin Spacey's sexual harassment accusations came out in October 2017.

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In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "I have no clue why Creator/KevinSpacey took this movie, movie; isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him?". In 2017, about a year after the review, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out. This gets even more so with his remark in his "Worst Movies of 2016" video about the actors starring in ''Nine Lives'' possibly being {{blackmail}}ed into appearing in the film has also become more plausible after Kevin Spacey's sexual harassment accusations came out in October 2017.2017.
** The picture of him next to a group of black friends that went viral after appearing in his ''Film/GetOut2017'' review due to how random its inclusion was can grow sour in light of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYVJ_YMy7Zc&list=WL&index=4&ab_channel=DoubleToasted a 2021 interview]] where Chris officially explained the context behind the image. At the time of it being taken, Chris and his friends were Jehovah's Witnesses, and his experience with the religion was so stifling and oppressive that he eventually left, which led to him being shunned from the community. While some of the friends in the picture are still in the faith, others have since left and received similar ousting as Chris, so upon seeing the picture, he doesn't find any humor in it and only sees it as "kinda fucking painful".
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* ShockingMoments: After giving ''Film/LadyBird'' an A+ in November 2017, no other film would reach that rating for almost two years -- until a particularly top-quality streak of 2019 films would allow him to break the streak with not one, not two, not three, but ''[[ARareSentence four]]'' A+ ratings in '''''under two months''''' (''Film/TheLighthouse'', ''Film/Parasite2019'', ''Film/MarriageStory'', ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'').

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* ShockingMoments: After giving ''Film/LadyBird'' an A+ in November 2017, no other film would reach that rating for almost two years -- until a particularly top-quality streak of 2019 films would allow him to break the streak with issue not one, not two, not three, but ''[[ARareSentence four]]'' A+ ratings in '''''under two months''''' (''Film/TheLighthouse'', ''Film/Parasite2019'', ''Film/MarriageStory'', ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'').
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* NarmCharm: Whenever he gives a movie an A+, the rating is accompanied by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qY1ykg8NAY&ab_channel=Soundbunker a pretty generic stock heavenly choir]], but considering how much appreciation Chris has to exude for a film to get a perfect score, it's pretty damn satisfying to hear regardless.
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* ShockingMoments: After giving ''Film/LadyBird'' an A+ in November 2017, no other film would reach that rating for almost two years -- until a particularly top-quality streak of 2019 films would allow him to break the streak with not one, not two, not three, but ''[[ARareSentence four]]'' A+ ratings in '''''under two months''''' (''Film/TheLighthouse'', ''Film/Parasite2019'', ''Film/MarriageStory'', ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'').
-->"God DAMN it, movies are ''back''!"
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** His response to the criticism of his rewrite of a scene in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many think he handled it very immaturely while others think his detractors took it too far. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]

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** His response to the criticism of his rewrite of a scene in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many think he handled it very immaturely while others think his detractors took it too far. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]
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%%** The theme song for his old "Vlog of the Week" series is no slouch either.
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* InternetBackdraft:
** His ''[=BvS=]'' rewrite got an infamous helping of this.
** His unfavorable review of ''Film/ThePurgeAnarchy'' got a fair share of people who actually liked the film upset, leading it to have more dislikes than usual.
** His growing dislike of ''Film/RogueOne'' became this, all coming to a head with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GamrRXyIUs this video]] he put up.
** His Hilariocity of ''Film/AlienResurrection'' got uncharacteristic backlash; the main groups of detractors were those who actually liked the movie and found Chris' points invalid, and those who pointed out how the video was more a rant than a Hilariocity, since Hilariocities are supposed to be about films that are [[SoBadItsGood so bad that they're funny]], while Chris seems to believe that ''Resurrection'' is horrible.
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** His ''[=BvS=]'' rewrite is certainly a quotable FountainOfMemes.
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* FridgeBrilliance: In his ''Film/AlexCross'' review, he describes the character in the same vein as Franchise/SherlockHolmes, and Chris imitates Alex and says [[AGodAmI that he is practically God]]. Chris then states that Alex is not God... Creator/MorganFreeman is. This goes two ways: One which most people wouldn't know; Freeman had actually played Alex Cross in ''two'' movies released way back in 1997 and 2001. (Tyler Perry played the character in 2012.), and one which more people would get; Freeman [[Film/BruceAlmighty actually was God, technically]].

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* FridgeBrilliance: In his ''Film/AlexCross'' review, he describes the character in the same vein as Franchise/SherlockHolmes, and Chris imitates Alex and says [[AGodAmI that he is practically God]]. Chris then states that Alex is not God... Creator/MorganFreeman is. This goes two ways: One which most people wouldn't know; Freeman had actually played Alex Cross in ''two'' movies released way back in 1997 and 2001. 2001 (Tyler Perry played the character in 2012.), 2012), and at one which more people would get; point Freeman [[Film/BruceAlmighty actually was God, technically]].
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** Some viewers have noted how Hilariocities have [[SeasonalRot sorta lost their way]] in recent times, shifting more towards straight-up rants about why films are downright terrible instead of explaining why the film is so bad that it's funny.
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** His response to the criticism of his rewrite of a scene in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many think he handled it very immaturely while others think his detractors took it too far. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]

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** His response to the criticism of his rewrite of a scene in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Many think he handled it very immaturely while others think his detractors took it too far. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]

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* FridgeBrilliance:
** In his ''Film/AlexCross'' review, he describes the character in the same vein as Franchise/SherlockHolmes, and Chris imitates Alex and says [[AGodAmI that he is practically God]]. Chris then states that Alex is not God... Creator/MorganFreeman is. This goes two ways:
** One which most people wouldn't know; Freeman had actually played Alex Cross in ''two'' movies released way back in 1997 and 2001. (Tyler Perry played the character in 2012.)
** One which more people would get; Freeman [[Film/BruceAlmighty actually was God, technically]].
* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "I have no clue why Creator/KevinSpacey took this movie, isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him?". In 2017, about a year after the review, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.
** His remark in his "Worst Movies of 2016" video about the actors starring in ''Nine Lives'' possibly being {{blackmail}}ed into appearing in the film has also become more plausible after Kevin Spacey's sexual harassment accusations came out in October 2017.

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FridgeBrilliance: In his ''Film/AlexCross'' review, he describes the character in the same vein as Franchise/SherlockHolmes, and Chris imitates Alex and says [[AGodAmI that he is practically God]]. Chris then states that Alex is not God... Creator/MorganFreeman is. This goes two ways:
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ways: One which most people wouldn't know; Freeman had actually played Alex Cross in ''two'' movies released way back in 1997 and 2001. (Tyler Perry played the character in 2012.)
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FunnyAneurysmMoment: In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "I have no clue why Creator/KevinSpacey took this movie, isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him?". In 2017, about a year after the review, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wUoRR7HLY His new intro]] is pretty impressive.

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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wUoRR7HLY His new later intro]] is pretty impressive.

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*** Chris' subsequent response to the meme's popularity -- not only was he aware of it, he was ''so'' aware that he began using it intentionally [[TrollingCreator just to "fuck with" his audience]] -- became something of a minor meme due to people seeing his attitude as self-righteous and finding it amusing.



* {{Narm}}: The strange faces he tends to pull in his thumbnails.

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** Some found this in his ''[=BvS=]'' rewrite due to its rudimentary nature, even as Chris acknowledged it.
* NeverLiveItDown: His ''[=BvS=]'' rewrite, and the situation surrounding it. The fact that multiple lines from it are [[MemeticMutation still quoted to this day]] (ex: "You thought a pair of glasses could fool the world's greatest detective?" and the infamous "Tell that to Zod's snapped neck.") doesn't help.

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* FridgeBrilliance: In his ''Film/AlexCross'' review, he describes the character in the same vein as Franchise/SherlockHolmes, and Chris imitates Alex and says [[AGodAmI that he is practically God]]. Chris then states that Alex is not God... Creator/MorganFreeman is. This goes two ways:

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* FridgeBrilliance: FridgeBrilliance:
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In his ''Film/AlexCross'' review, he describes the character in the same vein as Franchise/SherlockHolmes, and Chris imitates Alex and says [[AGodAmI that he is practically God]]. Chris then states that Alex is not God... Creator/MorganFreeman is. This goes two ways:
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** His theme song.
** The theme song for his old "Vlog of the Week" series is no slouch either.

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** On Reddit, there's a debate between whether or not Chris's [[{{Fanboy}} "fanboyism"]] gets in the way of him being able to review some movies more objectively than others, with many citing his excessive gushing of the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]], ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' and ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' as examples. This is despite him never calling them perfect and mentioning the flaws that they have in various reviews.

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** On Reddit, there's a debate between whether or not Chris's [[{{Fanboy}} "fanboyism"]] gets in the way of him being able to review some movies more objectively than others, with many citing his excessive gushing of the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]], ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' and ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' as examples. This is despite him never calling them perfect and mentioning the flaws that they have in various reviews.
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** His Hilariocity of ''Film/AlienResurrection'' got uncharacteristic backlash; the main groups of detractors were those who actually liked the movie and found Chris' points invalid, and those who pointed out how the video was more a rant than a Hilariocity, since Hilariocities are supposed to be about films that are [[SoBadItsGood so bad that they're funny]], while Chris seems to believe that ''Resurrection'' is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible.

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** His Hilariocity of ''Film/AlienResurrection'' got uncharacteristic backlash; the main groups of detractors were those who actually liked the movie and found Chris' points invalid, and those who pointed out how the video was more a rant than a Hilariocity, since Hilariocities are supposed to be about films that are [[SoBadItsGood so bad that they're funny]], while Chris seems to believe that ''Resurrection'' is DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible.horrible.
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** As the reviews went on, many viewers started to point out that Chris apparently "grew up on everything". This has led to various parody accounts that would spam movie-related Youtube videos with comments about how they didn't "grow up on" whatever the movie or its source material is and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch giving it a preemptive F-]].

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** As the reviews went on, many viewers started to point out that Chris apparently "grew up on everything". This has led to various parody accounts that would spam movie-related Youtube videos with comments about how they didn't "grow up on" whatever the movie or its source material is and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch giving it a preemptive F-]].F-.
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** His growing dislike of ''Film/RogueOne'' has been becoming this, all coming to a head with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GamrRXyIUs this video]] he put up.
** His Hilariocity of ''Film/AlienResurrection'' got uncharacteristic backlash; the main groups of detractors were those who actually liked the movie and found Chris' points invalid, and those who pointed out how the video was more a rant than a Hilariocity, since Hilariocities are supposed to be about films that are [[SoBadItsGood so bad that they're funny]], while Chris seems to believe that ''Resurrection'' is SoBadItsHorrible.

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** His growing dislike of ''Film/RogueOne'' has been becoming became this, all coming to a head with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GamrRXyIUs this video]] he put up.
** His Hilariocity of ''Film/AlienResurrection'' got uncharacteristic backlash; the main groups of detractors were those who actually liked the movie and found Chris' points invalid, and those who pointed out how the video was more a rant than a Hilariocity, since Hilariocities are supposed to be about films that are [[SoBadItsGood so bad that they're funny]], while Chris seems to believe that ''Resurrection'' is SoBadItsHorrible.DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible.
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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "I have no clue why Creator/KevinSpacey took this movie, isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him ?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.

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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "I have no clue why Creator/KevinSpacey took this movie, isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him ?". him?". In 2017, about a year after the review, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.
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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him (Creator/KevinSpacey)?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.

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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't "I have no clue why Creator/KevinSpacey took this movie, isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him (Creator/KevinSpacey)?".?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.
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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him )(Creator/KevinSpacey)?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.

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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for him )(Creator/KevinSpacey)?".(Creator/KevinSpacey)?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.
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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for Creator/KevinSpacey?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.

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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for Creator/KevinSpacey?".him )(Creator/KevinSpacey)?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.
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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for [Creator/KevinSpacey]?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.

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** In his review of ''Film/NineLives2016'', he rhetorically asks "Isn't ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' doing really well for [Creator/KevinSpacey]?".Creator/KevinSpacey?". In 2017, Spacey was fired from the show after his sexual harassment accusations came out.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In his review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', he suggests that Creator/MNightShyamalan should make a werewolf movie. Around six years after said review, Shyamalan directed [[Film/{{Split}} a movie where a man turns into a Beast]], which proved to be another stepping stone in his CareerResurrection.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In his review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', he suggests that Creator/MNightShyamalan should make a werewolf movie. Around six years after said review, Shyamalan directed [[Film/{{Split}} a movie where a man turns into has a split personality known as the Beast]], which proved to be another stepping stone in his CareerResurrection.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In his review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', he suggests that Creator/MNightShyamalan should make a werewolf movie. Around six years after said review, Shyamalan directed [[Film/{{Split}} a movie where a man turns into a Beast]], which proved to be another stepping stone in his CareerResurrection.
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** Chris' unnecessary usage of the SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX tropes when talking about race came to an almighty apex in his ''Film/GetOut'' review, where he ''[[https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tv/image/1487/86/1487860013407.png showed a picture of him alongside a group of black people just to prove he wasn't racist]]''.

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** Chris' unnecessary usage of the SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX tropes when talking about race came to an almighty apex in his ''Film/GetOut'' ''Film/GetOut2017'' review, where he ''[[https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tv/image/1487/86/1487860013407.png showed a picture of him alongside a group of black people just to prove he wasn't racist]]''.

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