History WebVideo / BadMovieBeatdown

A snarky young Brit, Mathew "Film Brain" Buck hosts "Bad Movie Beatdown", formerly on ''Website/ChannelAwesome''. By his own admission, Buck is [[FollowTheLeader following the Nostalgia Critic's example]], but there's ''nothing'' nostalgic about the crap he reviews. Before he became a video contributor, Buck wrote articles for the site and was (and continues to be) a moderator on the forums.

On April 3, 2018, Buck [[http://filmbrainbmb.tumblr.com/post/172554848252/i-have-left-channel-awesome announced his departure from Channel Awesome]] after ten years with the company.

* CellPhonesAreUseless: In his review for ''While She Was Out'', pointed out the stupid reasons recent movies would have for not having cell phones ready, while also sympathetically pointing out that this sort of idiotic plot contrivance is [[NecessaryWeasel practically demanded]] by [[StoryBreakerPower how difficult it is to make certain stories without doing this]].

* TheMeanBrit: Buck's on-screen persona has shades of this. He's stated ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'' as an influence on his show.

* DeadpanSnarker: He can actually go into deadpan mode [[UpToEleven while he's already deadpanning]].

* TheOner: Criticized in a scene in ''Film/{{One Night Stand|1997}}'' where Wesley Snipes's character walks down a street and exposits to the camera. He states that doing this serves no real purpose as the scene only serves as blatant (clumsy) exposition, and it (along with addressing the audience) just seems awkward and out of place with the rest of the film. He even notes that the movie couldn't even pull of a oner as it's noticeably cut in the middle, presumably because Wesley Snipes get through the whole thing in one take.

* BrickJoke: In his review of ''Film/TheHangoverPartII'', he consults a thesaurus to look up the word "again" in attempt to make his commentary less redundant and is pleased when he finds the word "recurrently." He then uses the word later in the review.

-->'''Film Brain:''' At one point in the training regime did you acquire super powers?

** Ronnie from ''Film/TheDilemma'' (a homophobe who ruins his girlfriend's parents' wedding anniversary and kill's a man's pet fish in a rage).

* EasterEgg: In his ''Film/TheHappening'' video a freeze frame reveals the film poster for ''Film/DiaryOfTheDead'', the following weeks video on ''Diary of the Dead'' has a freeze frame shot of the DVD case of Dead Set.

** In the direct-to-video Wesley Snipes vehicle ''The Marksman'', Snipes' character doesn't have a name, referred only as "The Painter". FB refuses to call him that so he sticks to Snipes.

* FailedASpotCheck: Complained about this in regards to how ''Film/ProjectX'' would have the student with the camcorder filming people in compromising positions (like when they were various stages of nude in the boy's locker room), yet somehow no-one noticed him doing it.

** After reviewing ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', he replaces his poster of the first ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and puts up a poster for the maligned film ''Film/{{Gamer}}'', which he the later reviews.

* LargeHam: Whenever Matthew isn't doing regular snark, he gets really enthustiastic.

** ''2012'' features a scene regarding a earthquake Mathew finds hilarious for displaying the characters' stupidity (as a family is somehow ignorant of the destruction all around the world before being killed).

* EightDeadlyWords: {{Invoked}} Mathew frequently has this reaction to the characters in the horror movies he reviews, to the point where he sometimes doesn't even tell the viewer their names, instead referring to them by a negative character trait (such as "Whiny" or "Slut") or some variation of "Dead Meat."

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He got a laugh out of the "We have a man in the house" joke in ''Live Wire''.
%% ** One scene in ''Breaking Wind'' where characters are wearing water wings.

** Sexualized violence against women, too, judging from the disgusted tone of voice he uses when describing such scenes. The ending of ''Film/TheCavern'' in particular (which ends in the middle of a rape scene [[GratuitousRape played purely for shock value]]) sends him into a rage, where he says the movie can [[PrecisionFStrike go fuck itself]], and says it may be the worst movie ever. This is a man who has watched Film/FatSlags, Bear, and Creator/TheAsylum flicks.

* ReCut: Once Blip went down and Film Brain was forced to re-upload his videos elsewhere, he did some minor cuts beforehand. (one that he couldn't remove due to being a RunningGag is listed on CreatorBacklash)

** He feels Film/RoboCop2014 is a competent if mediocre remake, but compares it favorably to Film/TotalRecall2012 when discussing the latter.

* SpinOff: Projector. A neutral series covering new releases. Definitely not a replacement for BMB.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
** He got a laugh out of the "We have a man in the house" joke in ''Live Wire''.
** One scene in ''Breaking Wind'' where characters are wearing water wings.

* SpotOfTea: Film Brain needs an exceptionally strong cuppa to get himself through ''Moon 44''. When that's not enough, he goes for [[INeedAFreakingDrink something stronger]].

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Film Brain facetiously cites this trope in reference to the monkey slapping scene in ''[[Film/NightAtTheMuseum Night at the Museum 2]]''.

** In his review of ''Film/{{Ultraviolet}}'' Film Brain calls both Violet and Preston from ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' this.

** Also in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, he takes note that while five Decepticons went down to the ocean floor to revive Megatron, one had to be torn apart for pieces and yet over the radio, a solider claims that ''six'' Decepticons are at the bottom floor.

* ValuesDissonance:[[invoked]] Film Brain points out InUniverse in the remake of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' that Neil Diamond in blackface in is incredibly racist in the 1980s film, as opposed to the 1920s original.

* {{Asexuality}}: After he sees one of the sex scenes in ''Film/FatSlags'', he says "That's it. I'm asexual."

* TroperCriticalMass: Examples from his new videos start to show up here mere minutes after they're uploaded.

* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck: InUniverse in his ''2012'' review, where he finds the scene in which animals are airlifted to the arks so stupid he states that, if he had watched the movie when it was in theatres, this scene would have been the one to make him walk out.

** During Seagal Month, he doesn't even bother learning the names of Creator/StevenSeagal's characters, reasoning that he plays basically the same role in every movie he's in, instead just referring to each of them as Seagal. Their actual names are, in the order Mathew reviewed the films, William Lansing from ''Out of Reach'', John Seeger from ''Mercenary for Justice'', Jack "The Shadow Man" Foster from ''Shadow Man'', and Tao from ''Against the Dark''. While in the earlier ''Film/OnDeadlyGround'' review he refers to Seagal by his character's name, Forrest Taft, it has an example of its own in TheDragon Magruder, played by Creator/JohnCMcGinley, whom Mathew [[RoleAssociation only refers to as]] "[[Series/{{Scrubs]] Dr. Cox]]."

** During Seagal Month, he doesn't even bother learning the names of Creator/StevenSeagal's characters, just referring to each of them as Seagal.
** Even before that, in the ''Seraphim Falls'' review, he refers to Creator/PierceBrosnan's and Creator/LiamNeeson's characters as "Pierce" and "Liam".

** In the ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning'' review, Film Brain and Welshy declare the names of the four deadmeat young people aren't worth learning and refer to them as Deadmeat 1, Deadmeat 2, etc., through the entire review.

* AuthorAppeal: Although he has reviewed several films starring KevinJames, Film Brain has gone out of his way to say that he ''does'' think James is a likeable actor.

* SubvertedCatchphrase: When four white crosses appear in WhileSheWasOut, he does a confused, uncertain version of his "Symbolism" catchphrase, saying it slowly and in a normal voice. He even slowly raises his arms.

** ''Film/TwoFaastTwoFurious'' feels less like street racing and more like a stupid episode of ''Series/MiamiVice''. Or your average episode of ''Series/CSIMiami''.

-->Personally speaking, 2018 was a bit of a turbulent year for me, especially given my departure from a certain website. What was that called again?

* FunnyAfro:
** Prof. Celluloid has an orange one.
** When Ludacris show up with one in ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', Film Brain says that he was named after his hair.

*** A review for ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' with [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]], in the same style as the latter's crossover with Linkara.

** ''The Condemned'' seems to do it for him, as well, judging by the fact that he actually interrupts his summary of the movie to deliver a several-minutes-long rant about the [[InUniverse film's]] [[{{Anvilicious}} hamfisted]], [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]], and just plain [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop unfortunate]] message.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:[[invoked]] [[InUniverse He personally takes some]] from several films he reviews. Some of the messages he's pointed out include...
** "[[AllMenArePerverts Men are incapable of thinking of anything but sex]] [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan and women should just accept that.]]" (''Film/TheUglyTruth'')
** "Due process is for pussies." (''Film/{{Cobra}}'')
** "Christmas is all about the material trappings, and [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong not conforming to this is selfish]]." (''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'')
** "Beating people to a bloody pulp makes them gain wisdom." (''Film/OnDeadlyGround'')
** "Suicide is a noble act if you donate your organs." (''Film/SevenPounds''.) Film Brain was ''not'' happy about this one. Also strikes a chord when he did that review as he lost someone to suicide, and ''genuinely hated'' the movie unlike most others he reviews.
** "So remember, if you kill [[AssholeVictim bad people]], you'll be celebrated as the hero that you are - by '''CHILDREN''' no less! I think I found a film even more morally repugnant than ''Seven Pounds''." (''Film/PartingShots'')
** "Murder is empowering for women, and if you have an abusive spouse you should kill them." (''While She Was Out'')
** "Fictional violence is exactly the same as real violence." (''The Condemned'')
*** And if you enjoy watching fictionalized violence, you're a monster. And everything that ''does'' contain has to be censored, for the children!
** "Abusing government privileges to track everything your crush does is romantic." (''This Means War'')

* TheSouthpaw: As seen in ''Film/BrideWars'', when he starts checking off the film's many clichés.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: One scene in ''Breaking Wind'' where characters are wearing water wings.

** In John Cena's ''Film/TheMarine'', he repeatedly lampshades Cena's ability to shrug off explosions at point blank range. During the cameo from Creator/CriticalMarine, he asks at what point during the marine training he acquired superpowers, to Critical Marine's obvious disdain.

* KarmaHoudini: Points out in the ''Killers'' review that Tom Selleck's character gets off ridiculously light for repeatedly trying to have his son-in-law killed, being forgiven essentially because [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality he's the heroine's father]] and because he does a HeelFaceTurn once his assassins go rogue and start trying to kill his daughter too. The most he gets is a tongue-lashing from his daughter, which is PlayedForLaughs.

** The crossover review of Metal Man opens with Obscurus Lupa cheerily claiming she was voted the most annoying reviewer on the site. Film Brain checks and realizes that, worldwide, he is still the most annoying.