CinemaSins

CinemaSins
Industry YouTube Channel
Genre Comedy
Founder
  • Jeremy Scott
  • Chris Atkinson
Headquarters Nashville, Tennessee
Website cinemasins.com

CinemaSins is a movie-related comedy YouTube channel created by Jeremy Scott and Chris Atkinson.[1] The channel's most famous and frequent videos are its Everything Wrong With... series that offers humorous critique and commentary on movies. As of April 2015, CinemaSins has gained over 4 million subscribers and over 700 million video views.[1][2][3]

History

Scott and Atkinson met in 1999 while working as managers at a movie theater. They both shared a love for movies, with Scott having developed a cinephilia in college after not being allowed to see many movies as a child, and Atkinson having worked at the theater since he was a teenager.[4] The two began to preview new Friday releases the prior Thursday after the theater closed, and would criticize and crack jokes during the early showing.[5] On May 9, 2011, they launched the YouTube channel "thecussingchannel" which contains supercuts of various movies such as "Just the Cussing" for Pulp Fiction and "Just the Spells" for all eight of the Harry Potter films, as well as four Apple ad parodies narrated by Scott. As of June 2014, the channel has over 4.8 million views.[1] In addition to writing articles for ReelSEO, Scott founded the Internet marketing firm The Viral Orchard, and Atkinson wrote for his movie review blog.[6] On December 11, 2012, after a few unsuccessful channel attempts, they released "Everything Wrong With The Amazing Spiderman In 2 Minutes Or Less," which garnered over 250,000 views in the first week partly due to a Buzzfeed post.[4][7][8] Since then, they have consistently put out at least one "Movie Sins" video each week, and now work full-time on the channel.[9] In May 2014, Scott started the channel CinemaSins Jeremy, in which he makes videos detailing his thoughts and criticisms about trends in movies and Hollywood news, as well as movie reviews.[10] Two other spin-off channels featuring the Everything Wrong With... format have been launched. In October 2014, Brand Sins was launched with content that highlights flaws in companies and in January 2015, Music Video Sins with content revolving around sins and inconsistencies in music videos.[11][12]

Videos

Everything Wrong With...

CinemaSins' main video series, Everything Wrong With..., explores a certain movie's amusing, generally unfavorable facts or opinions which they call "sins." The "sins" counted may include clichés, plotholes, infamous actors and directors, poor visual effects, writing, acting, direction, similarities with other movies, anything that lacks common sense or defies logic and physics, as well as historical or political inaccuracies. However, there are times when sins are removed due to the presence of a scene which is considered exceptionally good, which makes up for the original sin. The videos have a "sin count" and "sin timer" throughout, and at the end, the video declares a punishment for the movie, which is usually a play on a line from the movie. Occasionally, there will be a "bonus round", where additional sins are added to the count for repetitive occurrences in the movie.[1][13][14][15] These videos are almost exclusively narrated by Scott, except for the Prometheus sins video, which was narrated by Atkinson. Other videos have included special guest narrators. The Underworld: Evolution sins video featured Matthew Santoro. The How the Grinch Stole Christmas! sins video featured Doug Walker of Nostalgia Critic, the Iron Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sins videos included Jon Bailey of Screen Junkies and the Gravity sins video included Neil deGrasse Tyson as a guest narrator.[1][5]

When doing sins videos that are based off other media (such as books, TV shows, or video games), CinemaSins normally never refers to the source materials on which the movies are based, instead believing that a film should stand or fall on its own merit. This policy has garnered the most criticism when they do sins videos for the Harry Potter films, to the point where, ever since their sins video of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, they have put up a banner during the sins videos saying "The books do not matter." However, for their sins video of Dragonball: Evolution, they included a bonus round in which they pointed out sins while referring to the source material, due to the fact that Dragonball: Evolution was one of their most requested sins videos ever. They warned fans, at the beginning, that this was just a one-time thing.

Usually, at the end of a sins video, they will show clips from the sinned movie while combining audio or clips from other TV shows, movies, and songs that fit into the scene. At times, they will also advertise other sponsored products like Audible, Nature Box or Squarespace and Scott's upcoming new book The Ables, which will be released on May 1, 2015.

Conversations With Myself About Movies

In the Conversations With Myself About Movies series, Scott has a conversation with an edited-in version of himself about a movie. The "Conversations" videos also included clues as to the next "Sins" video, as well as a few red herrings.[1]

Movie Recipes

Movie Recipes is a series that makes food that tastes "exactly like the movie", usually taking elements from the movie and putting it into the recipe in different ways.[1] As of now, the videos have been on hiatus with the most recent entry being Scott's cameo in the Nostalgia Critic's review of A Christmas Story 2. The behind-the-scenes video showcasing the filming of the cameo featured Scott mentioning that the repulsive and possibly hazardous taste of the resultant foods was the reason he stopped making the videos.

What's the Damage

What's the Damage is another video series where CinemaSins counts the actual cost of things damaged in a movie with the prices coinciding with their worth at the time of release.[1][16]

Influence

CinemaSins has influenced the creation of 'K-Drama LoLs' and 'Kpop Sins' by YouTube channel This Week In Kpop, where co-host Stephen points out the sins in Korean dramas and K-Pop music videos. These series has a similar layout to CinemaSins such as the sin counter.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 CinemaSins - YouTube. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ↑ CinemaSins - VidStatsX. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (24 October 2013). "YouTube Millionaires: Cinema Sins Shows No Movie Is Perfect". Tubefilter. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gold, Adam (30 January 2013)."Multiplex hecklers, musicians and marksmen are turning YouTube into a career path — and in some cases, a cash register".Nashvillescene. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Klima, Jeff (5 June 2014)."CinemaSins Scores Neil Degrasse Tyson For ‘Gravity’ Review; NMR Scores CinemaSins For Interview".NewMediaRockstars. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Viral Orchard". Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Berkowitz, Joe (19 July 2013)."Everything Wrong With Every Movie You've Seen In The Last Decade (And The Art Of Going Negative)".FastCoCreate. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Kennelworthy (11 December 2012)."Everything Wrong With The Amazing Spiderman In 2 Minutes Or Less".BuzzFeed. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Goldstein, Rich (3 April 2014)."The Witty Genius of YouTube’s CinemaSins: Everything Wrong with Your Favorite Movie".The Daily Beast. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  10. ↑ CinemaSins Jeremy - YouTubeRetrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Brand Sins Channel". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Music Video Sins Channel". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ The Huffington Post UK (1 March 2013). "The 62 Errors In 'Skyfall'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  14. ↑ Huffington Post UK (20 August 2013). "Everything Wrong With 'Star Trek Into Darkness' In 7 Minutes Or Less". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  15. ↑ Huffington Post UK (15 May 2013). "Everything Wrong With Jurassic Park In 3 minutes Or Less". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  16. ↑ The Huffington Post UK (30 December 2013). "Revealed: The Financial Damage Done In 'Die Hard'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErkNhPQtArUKpfSYwm4RH756m_mlXTjn
  18. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErkNhPQtArWzwQK-UBsgGHn_ouCrlzuc

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