YMMV / Bad Movie Beatdown

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• And You Thought It Would Fail: Following the polarising reception of his Equilibrium review, he was terrified that his Seven Pounds review would garner a similar reaction. On the contrary, it's regarded as one his best episodes and even managed to change Doug Walker's opinion on the film.
• Growing the Beard: Film Brain's general setup hasn't changed, but there's a general change in focus from the early Bad Movie Beatdown episodes and especially following the hiatus. His voice has got more relaxed, and his Screenwipe influence has become more obvious.
• He Panned It, Now He Sucks!:
  • Film Brain got a bit of a backlash after panning Cult Classic Equilibrium. The hate for this is a weird one, seeing how the film was critically panned when it was first released (Entertainment Weekly even called it a complete ripoff of The Matrix) and it's a mild Cult Classic at best. He gives nods to the reaction in later reviews, but made it clear that he stood by his opinion of the film.
  • This happened after he gave a lower rating to Inglourious Basterds than the aforementioned Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen.
  • His review of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, despite the film having already gotten mixed reviews. He did try to stem this by having Welshy do a counterpoint to the review to display some of the legitimate arguments that could be made against his, while still giving his honest opinion on the subject.
  • Film Brain got some fire from James Bond fans who felt he was extremely unfair with Die Another Day, and many argued that Quantum of Solace was a much worse movie (although, many other Bond fans would agree with him).
  • His crossover review of Batman Returns with Bennett the Sage, to the point that the episode's IMDb page has received seven 1/10 ratings out of fourteen votes.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Based on Blade: Trinity, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and R.I.P.D., he claimed that Ryan Reynolds was kryptonite for comic book movies. Reynold's managed to turn things around with both Deadpool films with him as the lead star proved to be critical and commercial hits.
• LGBT Fanbase: Less for fanservice (though a lot think he's a cutie), more for his hatred against homophobia. He also gave a strong black fan base for his hatred of racism, too.
• The Woobie: Borders on this in his Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen review, when he breaks down upon seeing the infamous "enemy scrotum" scene, having an especially hostile Spoony call him out on his original written review of the film, and realizing his mistake while Spoony sarcastically speculates on the symbolism of the aforementioned scene.

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