History YMMV / CinemaWins

*** When Steve gets Mjolnir to budge ever so slightly, Lee theorizes that "Cap ''could'' lift the hammer [[Film/AvengersEndgame and will eventually]], but once he realized he could, he decided not to for Thor's sake."
*** When Vision swoops in and rescues Wanda at the end, Lee says, "Ooh, [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar they're gonna]] [[Series/WandaVision fall in love!]] Also, saving your new friend."
*** In the last shot of Hulk, as he flies away in a Quinjet, Lee pleads "[[ComicBook/PlanetHulk Please be going to Sakaar,]] [[Film/ThorRagnarok please be going to Sakaar]]."

** In ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'', when John Wick arrives at the Italian Continental hotel, Lee makes an ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' joke. ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' would end up having enough thematic and more direct references to the franchise, [[spoiler:complete with John getting a ring finger cut off to prove his loyalty]].

** A more severe one has formed with Podcast/EveryFrameAPause thanks to the latter group making multiple live streams criticizing Lee's content with them calling Lee's video defending ''Film/TheRiseofSkywalker video'' "one of the worst videos [they've] ever seen". Fans of Cinema Wins find EFAP to be engaging in poor tact attacking Cinema Wins for praising movies they don't like. Fans of EFAP however, find Lee's endless optimism and defenses (although it's well established that Lee is perfectly able to admit when he doesn't like something in a film or even a film as a whole) to be just as harmful to film criticism discourse as relentless nitpicking, if not more so.

** A more severe one has formed with Podcast/EveryFrameAPause thanks to the latter group making multiple live streams criticizing Lee's content with them calling Lee's Rise of Skywalker video "one of the worst videos [they've] ever seen". Fans of Cinema Wins find EFAP to be engaging in poor tact attacking Cinema Wins for praising movies they don't like. Fans of EFAP however, find Lee's endless optimism and defenses (although it's well established that Lee is perfectly able to admit when he doesn't like something in a film or even a film as a whole) to be just as harmful to film criticism discourse as relentless nitpicking, if not more so.

* {{Acceptable Political Targets}}: Right-wing culture warriors and on occasion {{UsefulNotes/Donald Trump}}.

** In the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' review, Lee predicts that [[spoiler:Luke is responsible for Ben Solo's fall]]. The video is released two days after ''Film/TheLastJedi'' hits theater, which proves him completely right.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** When people were out there accusing Cinema Wins for only doing reviews based on movies that Lee personally likes, then comes the episode about Creator/MNightShyamalan's [[spoiler:''Film/Glass2019'']] where he even outright admits to [[spoiler:not really liking this movie]] and to still dedicate an EGA episode anyway ultimately showcases that there's still a good balance between personal grudges and making it a positive show for the viewers regardless.
** Splitting EGA episodes into several parts has been divisive to audiences, so Lee compromise things by reuploading previously split episodes in their entirety in one video.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Granted, it was an easy one to miss, but Lee wins the Iron Height prison guard as "Jimmy Olsen lives", possibly in reference to Marc [=McClure=]'s cameo. If that's the intent, then it missed its spot as [=McClure=] wasn't the prison guard, but one of the Metropolis police officers responding to [[spoiler:Superman's resurrection]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: When people were out there accusing Cinema Wins for only doing reviews based on movies that Lee personally likes, then comes the episode about Creator/MNightShyamalan's [[spoiler:''Film/Glass2019'']] where he even outright admits to [[spoiler:not really liking this movie]] and to still dedicate an EGA episode anyway ultimately showcases that there's still a good balance between personal grudges and making it a positive show for the viewers regardless.

** A more severe one has formed with Podcast/EveryFrameAPause thanks to the latter group making multiple live streams criticizing Lee's content with them calling Lee's Rise of Skywalker video "one of the worst videos [they've] ever seen". Fans of Cinema Wins find EFAP to be engaging in poor tact attacking Cinema Wins for praising movies they don't like. Fans of EFAP however, find Lee's endless optimism and defenses to be just as harmful to film criticism discourse as relentless nitpicking, if not more so.

** A relatively small one with WebVideo/CinemaSins, fans of Sins will sometimes leave comments on videos saying Lee "ripped off" Sins even though it's an AffectionateParody of them. Lee even acknowledges this on his channel page. On the flip side fans of Wins will say Wins is better because he puts time and effort into videos fully analyzing films, while Sins just tends to nitpick and have many jokey Sins. Then there's the fans who love them both for what they do.
** A more severe one has formed with Podcast/EveryFrameAPause thanks to the latter group making multiple livestreams critsizng Lee's content with them calling Lee's Rise of Skywalker video "one of the worst videos [they've] ever seen". Fans of Cinema Wins finds EFAP to be engaging in poor tact attacking Cinema Wins for praising movies they don't like. Fans of EFAP however find Lee's endless optimism and defenses to be just as harmful to film critism discourse as relentless nitpicking if not moreso.

** A relativity small one with WebVideo/CinemaSins, fans of Sins will sometimes leave comments on videos saying Lee "ripped off" Sins even though it's an AffectionateParody of them. Lee even acknowledges this on his channel page. On the flip side fans of Wins will say Wins is better because he puts time and effort into videos fully analyzing films, while Sins just tends to nitpick and have many jokey Sins. Then there's the fans who love them both for what they do.

* FandomRivalry: A relativity small one with WebVideo/CinemaSins, fans of Sins will sometimes leave comments on videos saying Lee "ripped off" Sins even though it's an AffectionateParody of them. Lee even acknowledges this on his channel page. On the flip side fans of Wins will say Wins is better because he puts time and effort into videos fully analyzing films, while Sins just tends to nitpick and have many jokey Sins. Then there's the fans who love them both for what they do.

* WinTheCrowd: [=CinemaSins=] has a large BrokenBase around their style. Their videos are either entertaining and ironically fun, or legitimately infuriating due to being more focused on random stuff they don't like or nitpicking plot points that don't need nitpicking. Lee's videos, on the other hand, study every inch of the movie, from the story, to the performances, to the effects, the themes, the visuals, etc. As a result, plenty prefer [=CinemaWins=] over its inspiration due to actually being more in depth about its observations. Others enjoy it because someone is praising something rather than criticizing for once.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: When people were out there accusing Cinema Wins for only doing reviews based on movies that Lee personally likes, then comes the episode about Creator/MNightShyamalan's [[spoiler:''Film/Glass2019'']] where he even outright admits to [[spoiler:not really liking this movie]] and to still dedicate an EGA episode anyway ultimately showcases that there's still a good balance between personal grudges and making it still a positive show for the viewers.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: When people were out there accusing Cinema Wins for only doing reviews based on movies that Lee personally likes then comes the episode about Creator/MNightShyamalan's [[spoiler:Film/Glass2019]] where he even outright admits to [[spoiler:not really liking this movie]] and to still dedicate an EGA episode anyway ultimately showcases that there's still a good balance between personal grudges and making it still a positive show for the viewers.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: When people were out there accusing Cinema Wins for only doing reviews based on movie that Lee personally likes then comes the episode about Creator/MNightShyamalan's [[spoiler:Film/Glass2019]] where he even outright admits to [[spoiler:not really liking this movie]] and to still dedicate an EGA episode anyway ultimately showcases that there's still a good balance between personal grudges and making it still a positive show for the viewers.

** In the review of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Lee mentions the then-upcoming ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}} and says that no matter how much the fans want it, Strange still won't do any magic. The movie would go on to thoroughly avert the MCU's tendency of DoingInTheWizard and make it clear that what is used in it really is magic.

** In his ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' video, Lee makes a joke about Cable using TimeTravel so Steve can be with Peggy. Come Film/AvengersEndgame'', Steve actually uses time travel to be with Peggy, again!

** When Franchise/JohnWick arrives at the [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 Italian Continental hotel]], Lee makes an ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' joke. ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' would end up having enough thematic and more direct references to the franchise, [[spoiler:complete with John getting a ring finger cut off to prove his loyalty]], that the ''John Wick'' films end up being considered a SpiritualAdaptation.

** In the review of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Lee mentions the then-upcoming [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Doctor Strange movie]] and says that no matter how much the fans want it, Strange still won't do any magic. The movie would go on to thoroughly avert the MCU's tendency to [[DoingInTheWizard Do In the Wizard]] and make it clear that what is used in it really is magic.

** In the review of ''Film/GodsOfEgypt'', Lee calls the scene where Bek is caught stealing jewels "live-action ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''". Three years later, [[Film/Aladdin2019 an actual live-action]] ''[[Film/Aladdin2019 Aladdin]]'' came out.

** In his "Captain America: The First Avenger" Video, Lee makes a joke about Cable using Time Travel so Steve can be with Peggy. Come "Avengers IV", Steve is able to use Time Travel to be with Peggy, again!
** In his "Avengers: Infinity War" Video, Lee calls for Disney to rehire James Gunn. Four months after the video, Disney did!

* GrowingTheBeard: The earlier videos were fine but focused a bit too much on jokes while later videos focus a lot more on explaining exactly why the movie is so good or defending it. He also started doing movies he wants to do regardless of if they're praised enough or not, along side the unpopular movies he wants to stick up for.

** In his ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' review, during the scene where Megamind and Roxanne are escaping the sliding building, he lambasts the "''{{Film/Prometheus}}'' School of Running Away From Things" RunningGag from WebVideo/CinemaSins, arguing that the destruction the sliding building is causing would most likely make going to the sides useless.. When Sins did their video, they made the joke without a hint of acknowledging the Wins video.
** In the ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' review, as he apologizes for not realizing that Darth Maul survived ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' in canon material (having believed ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' to be non-canon), he states that he hopes Maul will be in ''Film/TheLastJedi'', stating that Creator/RayPark needs the work. [[spoiler:While Maul didn't show up in that film, he appeared at the end of ''Film/{{Solo}}'', physically portrayed by Ray Park]].
** When Franchise/JohnWick arrives at the [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 Italian Continental hotel]], Lee makes an ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' joke. ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'' would end up having enough thematic and more direct references to the franchise, [[spoiler:complete with John getting a ring finger cut off to prove his loyalty]], that the ''John Wick'' films end up being considered a SpiritualAdaptation.

* In his "Captain America: The First Avenger" Video, Lee makes a joke about Cable using Time Travel so Steve can be with Peggy. Come "Avengers IV", Steve is able to use Time Travel to be with Peggy, again!
* In his "Avengers: Infinity War" Video, Lee calls for Disney to rehire James Gunn. Four months after the video, Disney did!