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{{quote| ''"I'm Mathew Buck, beating down bad movies everywhere!"''}}
A snarky young Brit, Mathew "Film Brain" Buck hosts "Bad Movie Beatdown" on ''[[That Guy With
See [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/fbv his TGWTG page], and [http://badmoviebeatdown.blip.tv/ his blip.tv page].
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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: Subverted, with ''Epic Movie'': When Silas shoots Mr. Tumnus, <ref>though, he acknowledges the timing was off</ref>, but then it stops being funny when [[Overly Long Gag|he keeps shooting]].
** Played straight with a cameo by [[Stephen King]] in ''Monkeybone'' where [[Edgar Allan Poe]] mocks King for being a fraidy cat, or, to quote Mr. Poe: "King, you pussy!"
** ''Twice'' in ''[[Night
** Acknowledged that the head-butting scene, following the line, "nobody wins with a head-butt" in [[Paul Blart: Mall Cop]] was the only funny scene in the entire film.
** When they make a shout-out to ''[[The Terminator]]'' in ''[[The Marine]]'':
{{quote| "See, it's funny because it's Robert Patrick and he was the T-1000! ...Okay, ''I'' thought it was funny, so ''shut up.''"}}
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* [[Author's Saving Throw]]: Knowing full and well the potential (and actually quite real) backlash reviewing ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]] 3'' could cause, Film Brain had 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.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: "I should mention [[Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus|it]] is directed by someone named Ace Hannah. Regardless of what I'm about to say, that name is frickin' awesome!"
* [[Back to The Penis Well]]: But if you ask Matt, ''[[Transformers:
* [[Bait and Switch]]: or even [[Discriminate and Switch]], when review ''Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son''.
{{quote| [[The Rap Critic]]: I know why you want me to review ''that'' movie, it's because I am-- <br />
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** For ''Projector'': "I'm Mathew Buck, fading out."
** '''"SYMBOLISM!!!"'''
** "[[In
** "Are we making this up as we go along?!"
** "This is the last time we will ever see {{[[[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] character who just drops out of the movie}}]. Byyye! [Waves.]"
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** "Nice [insert noun here] ''guys!''"
* [[Caustic Critic]]
* [[Celeb Crush]]: There's a hint of this towards [[Amy Adams]] in his ''[[Night
** The reason he reviewed ''[[When in Rome (
* [[Censor Box]]: Has to employ it at times, sometimes with an extra joke (in ''Epic Movie'', the boxes read "Tits" and "Twat"; in ''[[Good Luck Chuck]]'', he covers the breasts of a Catholic with "WWJD?").
* [[Character Tics]]: Whenever he makes a snarky comment, you can be damn sure it will be punctuated with a [[Head Bob|head-tilt]], furrowed eyebrows and a nod.
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: James Woods in ''[[The Specialist]]''.
{{quote| ''Jesus, James Woods, your acting is more destructive than Stallone's bomb, you must be picking splinters out your teeth!''}}
* [[Christmas Episode]]: ''[[Christmas
* [[Classically-Trained Extra]]: He's nailed [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|John Cleese]] for this at least twice.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: As opposed to his usual restraint, FB gets rather profane while reviewing ''[[The Condemned]]''.
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* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Noted in ''[[Two Fast Two Furious]]'' when compared to the original ''Fast and the Furious'' film.
* [[Cough-Snark-Cough]]: "*cough*Rule Britannia"
* [[Creator in Joke]]: [[Lampshaded]] in his ''[[Evan Almighty]]'' review when he sees a marquee reading "[[The
* [[Crossover]]:
** During the second anniversary, he reviewed ''McBain'' with [[
** Notably during 2011, he appeared in no less than ''seven'' crossovers. Even he was surprised.
*** ''Lockjaw'' with [[Phelous]], ''[[The Asylum|Sunday School Musical]]'' with [[Todd in
*** A two-part review of ''Matrix Revolutions'' with [[Mike J]].
*** A review of ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre the Beginning]]'' with [[Welshy]].
*** A review for ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' with [[What the Fuck Is Wrong With You
*** [[The Spoony Experiment
** A review of ''Bloody Mallory'' with [[Sad Panda Q and A|Sad Panda]], [[Phelous]], [[Welshy]], [[Obscurus Lupa]], [[Chaos D 1]], Andrew Dickman and [[Critical Marine]].
** He opens his 2012 season reviewing ''[[Sucker Punch]]'' with [[Desu Des Brigade|JesuOtaku]].
** Then he does another one, this time with [[The Rap Critic]] for ''Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.''
** And now another with [[Brows Held High
* [[Dan Browned]]: Demonstrated when Film Brain asks [[Critical Marine]] about the realism of [[John Cena|John Cena's]] stunts in ''[[The Marine]]'';
{{quote| '''Film Brain:''' How do you survive an explosion to the face?<br />
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'''Critical Marine:''' [[Strange Salute|That's the wrong salute, dumbass!]] }}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: He can actually go into deadpan mode [[Up to Eleven|while he's already deadpanning]].
* [[Defied Trope]]: When Film Brain discovers that Bison's evil plan in ''[[Street Fighter]]: The Legend of Chun Li'' amounts to nothing more than property development, he cuts off the [[That Guy With
{{quote| '''Film Brain:''' No. It doesn't deserve that.}}
* [[Designated Hero]]: The robbers of the eponymous ''[[Money Train]]'' show no real heroic traits to Film Brain. Similarly, Slim from ''Steal'' is considered to be this
* [[Designated Villain]]: Film Brain points this out in ''Meteor'', where the general is a bad, bad man for not trusting the Russians... during the [[Cold War]].
** He also points out Patterson in ''Money Train'' would be a hero in any other action film.
** He further points out that Anheuser is made out to the bad guy in ''[[
* [[Description Cut]]/[[Tempting Fate]]: In the review of ''[[Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus]]'':
{{quote| '''Film Brain:''' Don't worry, It's not as if a giant shark is going to leap 30,000 feet out of the water for no apparent reason and kill everyone [on an airplane]. (One scene later) Oh.}}
* [[Don't Try This At Home]]: Sucking on a battery to give it a few more minutes' juice, as seen in ''Mega Piranha''
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female
* [[Drop in Character]]: Celluloid again, although unlike other [[Video Review Show]] versions of this character he is not played by Buck, but by producer and co-writer Christopher "Lordhebe" Barnard.
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: Pointed out in-universe, often with the phrase "That's ''not'' funny!".
** His reaction to ''[[The Ugly Truth]]'' and ''[[All About Steve]]'' overall. Most of the comedies reviewed have at least one Dude Not Funny moment pointed out; ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'' having several.
** He made a joke about [[Michael Jackson]] being an alien in ''[[Men in Black (
* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: He agrees with one of the gangsters in ''While She Was Out'' that they should have fled the city after killing a security guard instead of chasing the protagonist, whose only fault was annoying them.
* [[DVD Commentary]]: He was one of the first reviewers to release a ''[[Kickassia]]'' commentary. He also releases commentaries on his past episodes.
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Notes that [[
* [[Enemy Mine]]/[[Mid-Battle Tea Break]]: He and Braeden stop in mid-battle to punch out the room service at their hotel and drag him into their room during ''Haunted Mansion''.
* [[Equal Opportunity Evil]]: He notes the gang in ''While She Was Out'' is implausibly diverse.
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** Even before that, in the ''Seraphim Falls'' review, he refers to Pierce Brosnan's and Liam Neeson's characters as "Pierce" and "Liam."
* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: [[In-Universe|He personally takes some]] from several films he reviews. Some of the messages he's pointed out include...
** "[[All Men Are Perverts|Men are incapable of thinking of anything but sex]] [[Be a Whore
** "Due process is for pussies." (''[[
** "Christmas is all about the material trappings, and [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong|not conforming to this is selfish.]]" (''[[Christmas
** "Beating people to a bloody pulp makes them gain wisdom." (''[[On Deadly Ground]]'')
** "Suicide is a noble act if you donate your organs." (''[[Seven Pounds]]''.) 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.
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: Loves to call out the really obvious ones.
** At the end of his ''[[On Deadly Ground]]'' review, Buck alludes that he will review another Steven Seagal movie, "Shadow Man", in the future. Two years later, and he finally has reviewed it.
** After reviewing ''[[Transformers:
* [[Freudian Slip]]: In the ''[[Van Helsing]]'' review: "…and get confronted by the last of Dracula's breasts— I mean, brides. Heh heh, seriously. With cleavage like that, you can't blame me for the odd nip slip — slip — ''SHIT!''"
* [[Funny Afro]]:
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** When Ludacris show up with one in ''[[Two Fast Two Furious]] '', Film Brain says that he was named after his hair.
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Describes the scene with the Japanese family in "2012" as unintentionally funny, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|but admits showing anything from the scene would be tacky after Japan got hit with a tsunami in real life like in the movie.]]
* [[Fun
{{quote| '''Film:''' [[BFG|Big fucking gun.]]<br />
'''Mathew(cheerily):''' [[The BFG|BIG FRIENDLY GIANT!]] }}
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]
{{quote| The day I put a ''[[To Catch a Predator]]'' reference in [[Out of Reach|a video]] and [http://www.avclub.com/articles/to-catch-a-predators-chris-hansen-caught-by-hidden,58335/ this] happens. Oh, the irony.}}
* [[Hostile Show Takeover]]: Professor Celluloid attempts this at the beginning of the ''Ratatoing'' review, by doing a scathing review of ''[[
* [[Hypocrisy]]: He calls out ''[[
* [[Hypocrisy Nod]]: Knocked the usage of shaky camera in one of his reviews, then quickly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] that his early videos were annoying because of it.
** On [[Twitter]], Buck asked if reviewing ''[[Transformers (
* [[I Am Not Leonard Nimoy]]: During Steven Seagal movies, FB doesn't refer to the lead by character name, just as Seagal.
* [[I Am Not Spock]]: While he generally names a character by their name rather than by the actor, he simply refers to an auctioneer in ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'' by "Fred from ''[[Coronation Street]]''".
** He also refers to John C. McGinley's character in ''[[On Deadly Ground]]'' as [[Scrubs|"Dr. Cox"]].
** In Paul Blart: Mall Cop, he calls a minor character played by Erick Avari "the curator from [[The Mummy
* [[Idiot Plot]]: Has his own catchphrase [[In-Universe|to describe this trope]]: "Why don't they just (insert smarter course of action here)? Oh right, because we wouldn't have a movie!"
** Alternatively: "Oh right, because the plot says so!"
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: [[Atop the Fourth Wall
{{quote| '''Linkara:''' Holy crap, [[Frank Miller]] makes worse puns than ''you'', Film Brain!<br />
'''Film Brain:''' I never thought such a thing could be accomplished. }}
** Not that Linkara is blameless there either:
{{quote| '''Film Brain:''' Did he just [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|break the fourth wall?]]<br />
'''Linkara:''' Don't worry - we're [[Atop the Fourth Wall
'''Audience''': [[[Collective Groan]]]<br />
'''Caption:''' ''Channel Awesome would like to apologise for that pun. The writer has been flogged for his sins''. }}
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* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Film Brain points out that [[Steven Seagal|Forrest]] blowing up an oil rig in ''[[On Deadly Ground]]'' will cause more environmental damage than letting it run normally.
* [[Invincible Hero]]: Film Brain considers ''[[On Deadly Ground]]'''s Forrest Taft this.
** In his review of ''[[Ultraviolet (
** He also points out that Jackson Curtis of [[
* [[Jittercam]]: Mocked more than a couple of times, though his early episodes also tried (and failed) at a guerilla-style shoot.
* [[Keet]]: Many people thought Buck was acting out of character in ''[[Kickassia]]'' because of what he's like during "Bad Movie Beatdown", but he has said himself that his real-life personality is usually closer to the ''Kickassia'' persona, and that ''[[Kickassia]]'' had enough [[Deadpan Snarker]] characters already, and another would have been redundant.
** [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: When he reviews on enthusiastic mode along with someone a little more ill-tempered, such as [[
* [[Large Ham]]: Whenever Matthew isn't doing regular snark, he gets really enthustiastic.
* [[Let Me Get This Straight...]]: Film Brain recapping the ludicrous plan to stab a man-eating piranha in the eyes.
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* [[Love It or Hate It]]: He [[In-Universe|describes]] ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'' as this in the review.
* [[The Mean Brit]]: Buck's [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|on-screen persona]] has shades of this. He's stated ''[[Screenwipe]]'' as an influence on his show.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Much like his coworker [[The Cinema Snob
* [[Medium Awareness]]: In his review of ''[[The Specialist]]'', he acts in shock at a subtitle revealing an unsubtle foreshadowing.
* [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]]: Noting a [[Kick the Dog]] moment in his ''[[Equilibrium]]'' review:
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* [[Narm]]: In the remake of ''[[The Time Machine]]'', the protagonist saves his original love interest from dying in the first timeline but then she gets killed anyway, proving that [[You Can't Fight Fate]]. Unfortunately, the way it happened makes Film Brain burst out laughing over how silly [[In-Universe|he thought]] it was.
** Film Brain laughs at the ridiculous CG fish in ''Mega Piranha'' twice.
* [[Narrowed It Down to
* [[Never Live It Down]]: [[In-Universe|Noted]] to the reaction to his ''[[Equilibrium]]'' review.
** In a couple of skits, Film Brain wrote [[
** [[Lampshaded]] in his 50th episode (''[[The Riddle]]''), where he expresses surprise at having made it past the ''Equilibrium'' episode.
** The whole point of Spoony's guest appearance in his video review of ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is to berate him for giving it a 3.5/5 in his written review.
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Film Brain points out the camcorder in ''[[Final Destination]] 3'' should have been confiscated.
** He notes the understaffed [[Smoke and Fire Factory]] in ''[[
* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]:
{{quote| [http://twitter.com/#!/FB_BMB/status/82224806736568320 People are freaking out because I have stubble in [The ''Projector'' episode on the film "Mother's Day]. It's almost like I went through puberty or something!"]}}
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** And again during his review of ''Ultraviolet'', when reacting to the chasm-sized plot holes created by the reveal of {{spoiler|Daxos being a hemophage.}}
** And again in his ''2012'' review: "If Yellowstone erupted, we'd be '''fucked. Really, REALLY fucked.'''"
* [[Pretty Fly for
* [[Put
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: "Ready to Roll" by Jet Black Stare.
** Played epically on the piano by [[Todd in
* [[Recycled in Space]]: Notes that the original ''[[The Fast and
* [[Recycled Script]]: Claims ''Mega Piranha'' is this to ''[[Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus]]'' in-universe.
* [[Running Gag]]:
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*** Replaced with "FEMINISM!" in ''[[Sucker Punch]]''.
** [[Chewing the Scenery|"ACTINGGASM!"]]
** "Exposition! [[Farscape
** Whenever the audio is poorly synced in a scene, he replies by saying "I'm a ventriloquist!" (or "[Actor name] is a ventriloquist!") - complete with deliberately out of sync lip movements (or none at all).
** "Because when you need to add substance to your shitty movie, just add Nazis"
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: In the scene he wrote, in which he discusses his lack of success with the Powers-That-Be, he has Doug refer to him as "the ''[[Equilibrium]]'' Douchebag".
** In a scene parodying the freeze-frame character descriptions in ''Mega Piranha'', his description is "Mathew Buck: Whiny British Douchebag".
* [[Shout-Out]]: He used, "I'm acting" in a mocking tone similar to [[
** Several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' elements in the review of ''[[The Spirit (
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Film Brain clearly puts ''tons'' of research into the movies he reviews for his Bad Movie Beatdowns. In fact, when he was the guest for ''Transmission Awesome'', he was asked a few questions about film trivia by the hosts and answered all of them correctly, save for a rather obscure question about the 2007 ''[[Transformers (
* [[Slasher Smile]]:
** An incredibly psychotic looking expression in his ''[[Darkness Falls]]'' review when he says "I'm a ventriloquist too!".
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* [[The Southpaw]]: As seen in ''[[Bride Wars]]'', when he starts checking off the film's many clichés.
* [[Special Effect Failure]]: Several examples pointed out in-universe:
** Film Brain points out a wire holding up one of the characters in ''[[The Fast and
** ''[[Street Fighter:
** All of [[The Asylum]]'s films.
** The fat suits for ''[[Fat Slags]]''.
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* [[Spin-Off]]: Projector. A neutral series covering new releases. Definitely not a replacement for BMB.
* [[Suckiness Is Painful]]:''[[The Adventures of Pluto Nash]]'' packs one hell of a right hook.
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: [[In-Universe|His opinion]] on ''[[X Men Origins: Wolverine
* [[This Trope Is Bleep]]: He bleeps out F-bombs. When something ''really'' pisses him off, he leaves them uncensored.
* [[Too Soon]]: Delayed the release of the ''[[
* [[Torture Porn]]: Calls ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre the Beginning]]'' this and considers it disgusting and perverse.
* [[Troper Critical Mass]]: Examples from his new videos start to show up here mere minutes after they're uploaded.
* [[Trope Telegraphing]]: "I love being able to guess plot points before they happen! It reminds me of how creative we really are."
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: In his crossover review of "Sunday School Musical" with [[Todd in
** He rails ''quite hard'' on [[Michael Bay]] over [[Transformers (
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Jennifer Lopez's [[Gigli|Giglis]]".
* [[Values Dissonance]]: Film Brain [[In-Universe|points]] out in the remake of ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'' that Neil Diamond in blackface in is incredibly racist in the 1980s film, as opposed to the 1920s original.
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* [[The Watson]]: The rest of his cast, but usually forum moderator Lordhebe.
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: He points this out frequently in his ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At Worlds End'' review, with the rampant amount of death and innuendo, especially the hanging of a child in the beginning of a film marketed towards children.
* [[Worst Whatever Ever]]: The remote from ''[[Click]]'' at the climax of ''[[
{{quote| ''[[Punctuated Pounding|Biggest. Cop-out. Ever.]] It's not funny.''}}
* [[WTH? Casting Agency]]: In-universe he notes every The Asylum movie has at least one weird casting choice.
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: Adding up the years in ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'' put the movie ten years before it was supposed to take place.
** 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.
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* [[You Put the X In XY]]: Regarding the rival choir's decision in ''[[Sunday School Musical]]'': "Way to put the ''deus'' in [[Deus Ex Machina]]".
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: He was actually impressed by such an occurrence in ''Mega Piranha''.
* [[Your Mom]]: Twice in his review of ''[[The Fast and
{{quote| '''[[Vin Diesel|Dom]]''': I'm in your face.<br />
'''Film Brain''': Yeah, and my face was in your mum last night. Ohhhh!<br />
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'''Film Brain''': What is with that crowd? (imitating Dom) ''Hey everyone, yo momma's so fat, she made love to a whale at SEA WORLD!'' Ohhh! }}
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