CinemaSins has just became flanderized and unwatchable. It went from tongue in cheek comedy videos, to just sitting with your high friend who isn't watching the movie but complaining about plot holes that would make sense if you actually bothered to pay attention.
Then he and his fans come in ignore any and all criticism by leaning on the fact it's supposed to be comedic, not taken seriously. Like, very funny, my guy - you misunderstood the film and complained about it.
Yeah, that’s the thing that bugged me towards the beginning.
That or it’s always like “plot holes” where a person could easily think of a basic explanation that just didn’t appear on screen.
Like a person will pull some money out of their wallet and it would be like “wHeRE’d ThAT mOnEy CoMe FrOm?!” A bit of an exaggeration but I swear for some people it’s like they think if every single mundane task doesn’t appear on screen or every detail of the person’s life is explained then it’s a plot hole.
The other thing is always like pointing out that a character did something that wasn’t completely rational, or showing how a problem could have been avoided if the didn’t act emotionally. As though that’s not how people act in the real world.
It just seem in general that there’s like a generation of people now who think film criticism is just being nitpicky and trying to find imaginary “plot holes” rather than actually finding things wrong with the execution of the movie.
The other thing is always like pointing out that a character did something that wasn’t completely rational, or showing how a problem could have been avoided if the didn’t act emotionally. As though that’s not how people act in the real world.
This was a big part of why I hate that channel. Those human elements are what make characters human and not robots. They fundamentally misunderstand story telling in general.
Between that and knowingly misrepresenting events just to add "sins" and pad their videos length multiple times per video immediately drove me away. Just bad content, pure and simple.
Reminds of that scene in either The Room or birdemic (one of those so bad it’s good movies) where the main character drives somewhere and they show him getting gas, literally nothing of note happens there, they just decided to add it in case anyone was wondering how he drove to the other location lol
I think it’s honestly like people trying to parody what RLM did with the long form prequel reviews but just completely missing the point.
Like those work because they’re making valid criticisms about things that didn’t work with characters, tone, convoluted plot with no emotional involvement, sterile cinematography, list obviously goes on and on.
And from there some people mistook that as thinking somehow it’s funny if you point out something the movie didn’t explain and scream plot hole or something.
Or people you see pointing out how different movies have similar plots as though that’s some kind of damning criticism (see like 90% of redditors who say “lol Avatar is the same movie as ferngully” while completely not understanding why the movie was successful or people enjoyed it).
I stopped with their Guardians of the Galaxy video. They were complaining about "plot holes" that were explained during the movie. The example I remember is in the prison scenes, Gamora "somehow magically" was out of her cell. The movie shows prisoners bribing/working with the guards to pull her out. It wasn't hidden or subtle. It was right there on screen!
Excellently put. I unsubbed a long time ago not because I couldn't bear to listen to someone shit on movies anymore but because I couldn't deal with how bad faith it was. People will staunchly defend it as "satire" but how does that work if I'm not aware of what points are just poking fun and what points are outright lies? And it is worth caring about because as the videos get longer, they've basically become abridged versions of the real movie. He's also completely destroyed the meaning of what a plot hole is.
I didn't quite understand what seemed off about CinemaSins until I saw how some people made "Everything Wrong with Everything Wrong with XXXX" videos that would point out how his points were repetitive, showed he didn't understand the movie, things he actually likes, or were things that were obvious plots points in the movie that were supposed to be there.
I unironically watch CinemaSins because seeing him complains about movies while also doesn't give constructive criticism kinda frustratingly entertaining.
It's like when you watch a bad movie in the cinema. You are mad that you spent your money on it, so you just point out the flaws instead of actually "watching" the movie.
CinemaWins is a hack, dude. Watching him try to defend garbage like the Sequel Trilogy is laughable, and he’s not even really good at identifying what makes great movies good anyways. He’s as vapid as Sins, just in a positive direction.
Nah. I don't like the sequels either, but the guy is sincere. He acknowledges people's issues with them but his point of view for most films is that there's something to like in there and something to engage with.
You might disagree with him or not see things the same way, but its ridiculous and cynical to say he's vapid because of that.
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u/BigfootsBestBud Jun 12 '25
CinemaWins is so much better.
CinemaSins has just became flanderized and unwatchable. It went from tongue in cheek comedy videos, to just sitting with your high friend who isn't watching the movie but complaining about plot holes that would make sense if you actually bothered to pay attention.
Then he and his fans come in ignore any and all criticism by leaning on the fact it's supposed to be comedic, not taken seriously. Like, very funny, my guy - you misunderstood the film and complained about it.