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cinemasochism 

1. Gratification gained from watching crappy movies.

2. The condition in which cinematic gratification depends on one's insistence of viewing films ironically, out of curiosity despite their better judgement, or indulging in "guilty pleasures."

3. The quality of being compelled to view films that one knows will be horrible.


Related forms:
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅ist, noun
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅is⋅tic, adjective
cin⋅e⋅mas⋅och⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
A: I'm going to go see that new Nicholas Cage movie.

B: That's cinemasochism!

A: I know.

cinegasm 

noun
A sensation similar to an orgasm that occurs in only the most sincere of film geeks. A cinegasm is triggered by a movie-related event, such as watching an amazing film, meeting one's favorite director, or seeing one's favorite score composer win an Academy Award.
A cinegasm is not merely a film geek's orgasm. It must occur due to a something cinematic.
"Amelia had a cinegasm the first time she saw 'Donnie Darko.'"
cinegasm by quietlymocking April 20, 2009

CinemaSins 

A hilarious YouTube channel formed by Jeremy Scott (narrator) and Chris Atkinson (producer). They are mostly known for the "Everything Wrong With..." segment offering critique and identifying mistakes on movies. Their slogan is "No Movie is Without a Sin" meaning that even the best movies (like the Godfather) have mistakes. Atkinson and Scott met while working as movie theater managers in 99 and started their channel around 2010, 2011. Contrary to popular belief they love movies and love talking about them so the started a podcast called SinCast where you can find it anywhere podcasts are found like Spotify or Pandora or anything like
i just watch CinemaSins' latest release (at the time of writing) Everything Wrong with Napoleon Dynamite and I think I got a six pack from laughing to hard
CinemaSins by bmhorton March 31, 2021

cinemascape 

In the world of cinema
There is a lot more substance in the Indian cinemascape today.
cinemascape by Blacketchup October 1, 2009

CinemaSins 

Ruining what a good movie is and pointing out all the little mistakes in them. Some of them that make should be logical so they make sense in real life or some that should just say that the movie should have done better with how it does.
Holy shit dude you just did a CinemaSins on that movie.
CinemaSins by _9p June 6, 2018

Cinemagraph

An animated gif with delusions of grandeur. A term used only by incredibly pretentious people.
"Look, I made a cinemagraph where you just see one flower moving in the wind. Isn't it so incredibly artistic?"

"No, that's a fucking animated GIF."
Cinemagraph by Isopropyl Alcohol October 23, 2011