The Cinema Snob/Heartwarming

• Brad Re-Tries Crystal Pepsi. What makes this particularly heartwarming is Brad's reaction once he actually tries it, because immediately prior he had been discouraged by the possibility that this would taste exactly like the diet Crystal Pepsi he had tried nearly two months earlier (like flat seltzer water with the faintest hint of Crystal Pepsi). But then he actually takes a sip and discovers that it still tastes exactly like it used to, carbonation notwithstanding. And then his attitude shifts damn near 180 degrees:

Brad: Oh man, that's cool! I'm, like, all happy now!

• • And then, as if you weren't feeling warm or fuzzy (or, for that matter, jealous) enough, he then ends the episode with a montage of him sharing it with his friends, all set to "What a Wonderful World".
• His Kindhearted Cat Lover personality coming out in most Brad Tries videos. He's sweet and mellow with them, and it's adorable.
  • During his review of Elves, Brad slips out of his Cinema Snob character for a moment when the main character's stepmother kills her cat for no reason whatsoever, hissing, "I'd kill her. I'd fucking KILL her!" Do not mess with cats while Brad Jones is watching.
• In the Brad Tries Jones Soda Christmas Packs episode, after a little banter with his wife joking how he wished to spend Christmas alone, he ends by putting his arm around her and kissing her on the cheek.
• Brad's reaction to finding out that Not See Cola is a new Crystal Pepsi.
  • He even called it "The Greatest Day in My Life".
• He proves himself the epitome of Mean Character, Nice Actor after accidentally punching Lupa in the face. He drops character the instant it happens, apologizes profusely, and repeatedly asks if she's okay.
• He begins his Pieces review out-of-character, and explains that most of the riffs he does are out of love, not hate.
• Brad is mostly playing himself rather than his always-irritated Snob persona in his crossover with Linkara for reviewing the Manimal comic--he's shocked and looks genuinely hurt when he finds out it's a dark-as-hell comic about a Nazi-created Beast Man rather than the Manimal he loves.
• Brad's reaction to violence against children, both in and out of character. Apparently he has Papa Bear tendencies.
  • A lesser reaction (as no violence is involved), but still surprisingly effective: during the movie Home Sweet Home, as the characters are having Thanksgiving dinner, one character tells his daughter to have some peas, threatening not to let her have dessert if she doesn't eat any. The Snob (or possibly Brad himself) is livid at this, recounting how he got sick as a child when his daycare forced him to eat green beans, and denouncing any parent that forces their children to eat food they clearly dislike. Wow... There's a Berserk Button most people probably didn't expect!
• His reaction to a speech at the end of the Christian propaganda film "Rock: It's Your Decision." The main character delivers a speech denouncing the evils of rock 'n' roll music, and at one point states that some of the evil rock musicians are "admitted homosexuals." Brad (not the Snob, Brad) stops the film and mutters, "Kid... go fuck yourself." He looks pissed, and then states that, while he was willing to sit through the film and listen to the Designated Hero rail against rock music and musicians, sex, and fun in general, but he will not allow the protagonist to preach homophobia. He finishes up by saying that the protagonist and the people like him are terrible people for hating those who have different views, and that the protagonist most likely committed suicide a few years after the film. To see such a popular reviewer take a very strong stand against homophobia means a lot.
  • Also, the segment in which Brad defends the list of bands that Jeff accuses of Satanism and immorality, simply by pointing out what their songs are actually about, especially his reaction to "Evil Ways" by Santana.

Brad: Yes, I can see how you would have misinterpreted the line, "You've got to change your evil ways."

• • As a person with a lot of gay and Christian friends (and some gay Christian friends), it was nice for me that he actually mentioned that the Christians who made this film were fanatics, and did not represent the whole religion. For someone that sees her friends get a lot of flak due to religious stereotypes, I found the fact he mentioned the difference rather heartwarming.
• The way he says "I'm sorry" in a cutesie voice during the midnight screening vlogs, especially after he made poor Jake see Smurfs.
• While his review for Maniac is definitely given in sarcasm, it's interesting to note that - throughout the review - he is secretly demonstrating a genuine appreciation for a film that has had little such praise. He's defending its merit against those who gave a film such negative criticism for its violent and sleazy nature when that was the entire point of making it.
• Jillian defending her love of a Jerkass in the review of Real Steel by kissing Brad and proclaiming "I like douches!".
  • Similarly, she kisses him (in-character as the Snob and Mrs. Snob) after they both give an exasperated "Really?" during the Rape Squad review.
• Lloyd sleeping curled up at Spoony's feet in the second movie vlog may be the cutest thing ever put on film.

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