History WebVideo / YourMovieSucksDotOrg

* His work as a co-host of the film podcast [[https://www.youtube.com/c/Sardonicast Sardonicast]] alongside WebVideo/{{Ralphthemoviemaker}} and WebVideo/IHateEverything

* ClusterFBomb:

* SirSwearsALot:

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Adam's managed to amass a very deep, detailed knowledge on the technical aspects of movies despite not going to film school. Instead, he says he got most of his knowledge from watching [[DVDCommentary DVD Commentaries]] growing up.

Adam himself can be found on [[https://twitter.com/2gay2lift Twitter]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkOceanAdam YouTube]] and supported via [[https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/YourMovieSucks PayPal]]. ''YMS'' can be found on [[https://www.patreon.com/YMS Patreon]], [[https://www.facebook.com/YourMoviesSuck/ Facebook]] and [[https://www.imdb.com/user/ur9028759/ IMDb]], and has a [[https://reddit.com/r/YMS/ subreddit]]. [=AdumPlaze=] can be found on [[https://www.patreon.com/AdumPlaze Patreon]], [[https://twitter.com/AdumPlaze Twitter]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/adumplaze/ Facebook]]. There is additionally a [[https://www.twitch.tv/AdumPlaze Twitch account]] attributed to this channel, although it's more prominently used as a general streaming site for Adam, from which some content is uploaded to the fan-run [[ApprovalOfGod (and officially co-signed)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/c/YMSHighlights YMS Highlights]] channel.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: In his review for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' he goes over all the scenes and plot beats that are shared between both versions and the elements the remake does worse than the original. Adding that thanks to the film's strive for photorealism, nearly all of the emotional impact any of these scenes had originally have either vanished thanks to the emotionless faces, or been simply removed for the sake of "realism". %%In-universe

* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: He's mentioned that one of his inspirations for starting film critique was that he found WebVideo/ConfusedMatthew's negative review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' so bafflingly awful that he figured if Matthew could get views for spouting what he perceived as stupid opinions, then why couldn't he?

* OnceAnEpisode: A disclaimer stating that his usage of the copyrighted material is protected under fair use flashes at the start of most of his videos.

* SirSwearsalot:

Adam Johnston (born April 14, 1991) is a film critic, [=YouTube=] creator and musician from Vancouver. He most notably runs ''[=YourMovieSucks=]'', a movie review show with a [[https://www.youtube.com/c/YourMovieSucksDOTorg YouTube channel]] that derives its handle directly from [[https://www.yourmoviesucks.org a coexisting website]]. Through the show, he's known for his nasal monotone voice, [[DeadpanSnarker dry, snarky]] sense of humor, inquisitive style of explanations, eclectic choices of background music, {{surreal|Humor}} editing style, and lack of taped material or a narrative/character of any kind.

As for that musician part, Adam also runs an indie/{{alternative|Rock}} rock band called [[https://www.youtube.com/user/anUnkindnessvideo an Unkindness]], in which he sings and has played up to '''14''' separate instruments[[note]]piano, drums, cello, clarinet, acoustic guitar, saxophone, ukelele, accordion, synthesizer, organ, bass, electric guitar, violin, trumpet[[/note]]. The band has currently put out 4 projects: 2 [=EPs=] (''4 Songs'', ''The Present''), a compilation (''Low-Budget Randoms''), and a full-length album (''10 Years''), the lattermost being released after a healthy amount of [[ScheduleSlip postponing and rescheduling]]. They have had a few songs of theirs featured on ''VideoGame/RockBand'' and one of their songs ("Fragments") covered by Music/{{Blondie}}. Their full discography is accessible on [[https://anunkindness.com/ Bandcamp]], and several works are also available on streaming.

** He spends over two hours bashing the quality of the ''Kimba'' franchise and debunking comparisons to the ''Lion King'' before admitting that he likes the music. While he clearly isn't a fan, he ends the video by arguing that the ''Kimba'' conspiracies do a disservice to Osamu Tezuka by characterizing him as the guy who had his work ripped off by Disney instead of focusing on his many achievements.

** Played straighter in his review for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', where he goes over all the scenes and plot beats that are shared between both versions and the elements the remake does worse than the original. Adding that thanks to the film's strive for photorealism, nearly all of the emotional impact any of these scenes had originally have either vanished thanks to the emotionless faces, or been simply removed for the sake of "realism".

* OverlyLongGag: In order to demonstrate how easily [[ManipulativeEditing out-of-context editing]] can make ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' look like a ripoff of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', Adum creates a '''five-minute''' cherry-picked montage to make it seem like ''Kimba'' is a ripoff of W.M. Allison's comic strip ''Simba: King of the Beasts''.

* InsistentTerminology: His ''Film/AfterEarth'' review pronounces "ursa" as "UERR-suh", in Jaden's unplaceable accent, for the duration of the 3 parts of the review.

* GambitRoulette: During the first segment of ''Film/{{Amusement}}'', Adam notes that the killer's whole plan seemingly revolved around a trucker randomly deciding to form a convoy with him and his target, for said trucker to also happen to be driving a mentally ill girl to rehab, for her to jump out of the moving vehicle midway through the drive, and for the trucker to [[PoorCommunicationKills not communicate any of this to anyone]] and act as if he's a creepy kidnapper for no good reason, all of which are things he should have had no control over and no way of predicting.

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Remarks on one ''Film/AfterEarth'' scene that it appears as if the protagonist is [[ItMakesSenseInContext masturbating to the memory of his sister being murdered]].
---> '''Adam''': (''as Kitai dips his fingers in a blood splatter'') Gotta lube up!
** Analyzes (yes, really) the scenes featuring this between ''Film/Oldboy2003'' and ''Film/Oldboy2013''. He comes to the conclusion that while the original displays Dae-su becoming so desperate for companionship after his years of imprisonment that he masturbates to a normal video in shame, the remake has Joe pleasurably masturbate to something that looks like porn anyway after a week in captivity, which just makes him look like a perverted creep.

* DullSurprise: Frequently speaks in a monotone and dry tone of voice in his reviews. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Often times this is fine]] however, as he tends to do so for movies he has either criticism for or does not like. When speaking about films he enjoys more than he dislikes, he tends to have a more casual-sounding tone.

** Poor remakes of excellent films, as seen in his reviews of ''Film/{{Quarantine}}'', ''Film/Oldboy2013'', and ''Film/Aladdin2019'', among others.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: In his review of ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'', Adam made a beat of Erik Estrada's [[LargeHam hammy]] exclamation of "[[https://youtu.be/FY6H3_d61zc?t=4m3s That kid kicked sand in Cool Cat's face!]]"

* MickeyMousing: He points out that ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'' made heavy use of this in its score, which leads to a lot of moments in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' where the score is playing in response to events that aren't actually happening. For instance, it played falling notes when the wildebeests crested the hill and began charging downhill, but the placement of that shot was changed, leaving the falling notes to be simply... there.

Outside the long-review ''YMS'' series, he does straightforward film reviews not attached to a preexisting series, more informal reviews referred to as ''Thoughts On'', and movie reviews/vlogs known as ''Quickies'' (which [[NonindicativeName sometimes aren't that quick]] but generally are such compared to the length of his ''YMS'' videos), as well as even recommending a good film every so often.

Several major draws to Adam's content are his care for film as an art form, rather than any particular genre or style, as well as his pointed and strong opinions towards almost everything he reviews, which has made him a routine recipient of the HePannedItNowHeSucks treatment over the years. He has also been doing videos since 2009 recounting his top ten films of the year, which include indie or foreign films that were made in the year but did not get a wide release at the time. Said videos never end up being released in time with their years, as this gives Adam the space to watch all the films of a certain year he was interested in seeing.

---> '''Adam''': (''as Kitai dips his fingers in a blood splatter'') "Gotta lube up!"
** Analyzes (yes, really) the scenes featuring this between ''Film/Oldboy2003'' and ''Film/Oldboy2013''. While the former is a sign that the protagonist has become desperate for companionship after years that he does so to a normal video in shame, the latter has Joe pleasurably masturbate to something that looks like porn anyway and just looks like a perverted creep after a week in captivity.

* DesignatedHero: A major criticism of ''13 Reasons Why'', which in "Adum & Pals" is called the most morally bankrupt show they've ever seen. The series has gone out of its way to redeem and give sympathy to rapists, murderers, and school shooters as long as they're the protagonist or friends of the protagonists.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: He at one point comments in his ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' review that at many times Gwen pissed him off so much he wanted to punch her in the face the instant she came on screen, and then he adds a (probably sarcastic) addendum "but only assuming she has a sex change operation in the time it takes for my fist to connect because ''making jokes that include violence against women is wrong!''"

* AluminumChristmasTrees: ''Cool Cat Saves The Kids''. The cheesy filtered shot of Cool Cat running to uptempo synth music and the [[Film/ReservoirDogs Tarantino-esque]] PowerWalk in the gun sequence seem like they might be jokey inserts created by Adam, but ''they're actually in the film''! And they [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Make Just As Much Sense In Context]].

As for that musician part, Adam also runs an indie/{{alternative|Rock}} rock band known as An Unkindness, in which he sings and has played up to '''14''' separate instruments[[note]]piano, drums, cello, clarinet, acoustic guitar, saxophone, ukelele, accordion, synthesizer, organ, bass, electric guitar, violin, trumpet[[/note]]. The band has currently put out 4 projects: 2 [=EPs=] (''4 Songs'', ''The Present''), a compilation (''Low-Budget Randoms''), and a full-length album (''10 Years''), the lattermost being released after a healthy amount of [[ScheduleSlip postponing and rescheduling]]. They have had a few songs of theirs featured on ''VideoGame/RockBand'' and one of their songs ("Fragments") covered by Music/{{Blondie}}. Their full discography is accessible on [[https://anunkindness.com/ Bandcamp]], and several works are also available on streaming.

* The LetsPlay channel [=AdumPlaze=] and its side channel [=AdumPlazethroughs=] (which contains unedited gameplay from livestreams)

* His series ''Adum & Pals'', based on full commentary tracks of him and a group of [[{{MST}} friends riffing in real time on movies and shows]] (which are released for free), edited down to pair highlights from the commentary with the film/show

Adam himself can be found on [[https://twitter.com/2gay2lift Twitter]] and supported via [[https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/YourMovieSucks PayPal]]. ''YMS'' can be found on [[https://www.patreon.com/YMS Patreon]], [[https://www.facebook.com/YourMoviesSuck/ Facebook]] and [[https://www.imdb.com/user/ur9028759/ IMDb]], and has a [[https://reddit.com/r/YMS/ subreddit]]. [=AdumPlaze=] can be found on [[https://www.patreon.com/AdumPlaze Patreon]], [[https://twitter.com/AdumPlaze Twitter]] and [[https://www.facebook.com/adumplaze/ Facebook]]. There is additionally a [[https://www.twitch.tv/AdumPlaze Twitch account]] attributed to this channel, although it's more prominently used as a general streaming site for Adam, from which some content is uploaded to the fan-run [[ApprovalOfGod (and officially co-signed)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/c/YMSHighlights YMS Highlights]] channel.

* BaitAndSwitch: Adam uses this as an absolutely ''awesome'' opening to his Kimba video.
-->'''Adam:''' So although he was never able to comment on the controversy at all, those who took it upon themselves to speak for him were upset that Disney never credited him as an inspiration for ''The Lion King''. And of course they should, right? I mean, it's pretty obvious that Kimba the White Lion was used as a blueprint for The Lion King. And if that's not true then all of these popular videos on the subject were misleading people into beleiving an exaggerated version of what the controversy is. Well, after watching through and reviewing Kimba I can definitively say that ''you have been lied to'' .

-->'''Adam:''' So although he was never able to comment on the controversy at all, those who took it upon themselves to speak for him were upset that Disney never credited him as an inspiration for ''The Lion King''. And of course they should, right? I mean, it's pretty obvious that Kimba the White Lion was used as a blueprint for The Lion King. And if that's not true then all of these popular videos on the subject were misleading people into beleiving an exaggerated version of what the controversy is. Well, after watching through and reviewing Kimba I can definitively say that *you have been lied to* .

-->'''Adam:''' So although he was never able to comment on the controversy at all, those who took it upon themselves to speak for him were upset that Disney never credited him as an inspiration for ''The Lion King''. And of course they should, right? I mean, it's pretty obvious that Kimba the White Lion was used as a blueprint for The Lion King. And if that's not true then all of these popular videos on the subject were misleading people into beleiving an exaggerated version of what the controversy is. Well, after watching through and reviewing Kimba I can definitively say that *you have been lied to*.

** When he checks out the Cool Cat book he got with his copy of the movie in his ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'' review, you can see that he filled in the blanks on one page so that it said: "This Cool Cat book belongs to ''the Islamic state''" and "I like to read it with ''no clothes on''".
** In the same ''Cool Cat'' review, when he puts the DVD into his Playstation 3, you can see a vibrator on the floor.

** In the ''After Earth'' review, as well as [[RunningGag many other videos]], he mockingly dismisses things like ArtisticLicensePhysics with "eh, it's the future!"

* {{Pun}}: His ''Film/{{Nymphomaniac}}'' review indulges in some when Adam discusses his frustrations with Creator/LarsVonTrier's bizarre directing choices and his fans' relentless defense of them. Using the incorrect "TRY-urr" pronunciation of "Trier" (he does also use the correct "TREE-urr"), he comments that the fans of his who refuse to see any issues with his style are wearing "Lars von Blinders", and that the whole ordeal has made him sick and "Lars von tired".

** Played straighter in his review for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', where he goes over all the scenes and plot beats that are shared between both versions and the elements the remake does worse than the original. Adding that thanks to the film's [[UncannyValley strive for photorealism]], nearly all of the emotional impact any of these scenes had originally have either vanished thanks to the emotionless faces, or been simply removed for the sake of "realism".