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All right first up with weekly watch
I don't know if did you watch anything this week?
Yeah, I had a role models number. Oh, that's right. That's right. Yeah spoiler alert. Yeah
So anyway starting off this week a bit of a slow week. I started a bunch of movies
And all right, not not a bunch of movies. I started a bunch of different things
And I slowly like finish them
You see it's funny you say that cuz like just really quickly going off, you know Brecker's
Advertisement for his autopsy of a horror movie thinking about horror movies
There's one that I've like been really wanting to finally watch five for how like shit on it. It
Oh my god for how
Wow
For how much it's shat on when it comes to like horror remakes. I'm like so like
Not expecting good things and there's like one scene that I've seen that just makes me feel uncomfortable
Have you ever seen the remake for a nightmare on Elm Street?
No, okay, so I finally like saw the scene in the context
I'm just like, okay, like I don't even think Freddie is like this like effed up but there's a scene
But there's a scene where Nancy is able to bring Freddie into one of her dress
I think this is what happened. She brings him into one of her nightmares, whatever
And he said he's just like oh so now that you've got me in your in
Like your arena or whatever something like that. What are you gonna do? And she says F you and he goes like
Oh sounds like fun. I'm like
Oh
Well
That does make sense because isn't petty or isn't oh my gosh, isn't Freddie supposed to be a pedophile?
Yes, but they freaking cranked it up to an 11
gross
All you have to do is just allude to the fact that he might be one and that's enough for me
No, dude, like anything outside of that is too much
Yeah
Like freaking he he goes into oh, I think we're moving too fast
How about we just hang first and like he like freaking like hangs her over this ledge and she sees all these devs
I'm just like what the fuck is this scene and that like that line was just like
I don't know if I want to watch this movie now, but you know what at the same time?
Another remake have you ever seen rob zombies Halloween?
I don't think I don't think I've watched any of those ones. Okay
You don't really need to um
Yeah, well i've been basing my like my halloween watching based off of what you've recommended. So i've only watched
anything involving
Uh michael
Okay, like I haven't watched three
And I haven't watched rob zombies do involve michael
Um, no, no, I like i'm not counting those those three everything else. I think everything else i've watched
It's just not rob zombie and not three. Okay, what I like, okay, so there's like i'm sorry just getting on to a tangent here with
Four remakes. Um, there's one more thing what I I there are two versions of rob zombies halloween and I hate the freaking unrated one
for one reason and they change how he breaks out of the um
freaking um
Freaking um, oh my god sanitarium. Um
where
Wherever the hell he's locked up
Uh in the original theatrical cut he's literally being led to um
Like another freaking cell or some shit like that. He's you know, he's handcuffed everything walking down the halls, but he's able to get a
an
An upper hand on the freaking guards he kills them and that's how he escapes in the freaking unrated cut
But you you have these two security guards that are about to do something to a particular inmate
And michael stops it. Thank god
But i'm just like
I don't need that for the reason that michael escapes
like I and
I shouldn't be surprised because it's rob zombie
but
Just here seeing that scene from a nightmare on elm street just completely reminded me of that unnecessary
gross scenes in horror films like
Do we really need that shit? Nope, not even a little bit like you only need that if it helps the story or helps kind of get your point across
You don't need to throw it in for some unnecessary bullshit. Yeah
Just
And what sucks is like the theatrical cut is very hard to come by nowadays the halloween
so we're usually stuck with the unrated version and
That's probably a reason why I haven't watched drop zombies halloween
in years because I freaking hate that
That scene has to be in there
man
That shit sucks, dude, right?
But sorry anyway getting to what you watched. Yeah. So what i've watched I so I started
Watching the newest season of my adventures with superman and there was like I had started an episode and then had to like
Stop because of kids and stuff. So and then I started watching
a little bit of the acolyte the new star wars show
which
Not great
And I've got that from a lot of people
Dude hit it is rough
I i'm pushing through because i'm like I also felt the same way about some other shows
I'm like I got i'm pushing through with this one and it
It's so hard
Like when to when to see with yeah when tuesday's come around like it's seriously
I have absolutely nothing better to do than watch this and i'm like damn
So i'll watch it and then after i'm just like gosh, I don't need to watch the next one
And then I do and i'm just like gosh. Damn it. Like what's wrong with me?
Bro, I feel like a show's bad don't like freaking force yourself. I know well it's
This is ruining the star wars kick i've been on
Yeah, so then stop no like i'm still on a star wars kick which sucks
Because like I just finished jedi survivor and i'm like i'm still freaking reeling from that because I really I really like that game
Despite it kicking my ass five ways to sunday
It it was good it was a really good game and it's just the show's just not
Do it's like almost there
It's just they keep throwing in random shit that i'm just like
Okay, have you watched revenge of the sith recently have you watched that it's been a hot minute
Okay, after you finish the acolyte, I don't know how many episodes are left watch revenge of the sith that will cure everything
That will leave a good taste of star wars
Dude dj actually sent me a video a little while ago of someone clipping together all of the scenes from like tying in
Revenge of the sith to the clone wars show
Because they have like clips and stuff of like
Like timeline because like obi-wan's off doing his own mission and then he's like talking about oh i'm going to this planet
And it's like the one that he was at with grievous
And like doing all that shit it was such a good little clip and i'm like gosh that just
Resparked the the star wars kick. I was on i'm just like yes, this is the best
And then the acolyte happens and just like son of a bitch
Dude, and it has like cool elements about it, too. That's what pisses me off
Like they have like a lot of cool stuff
I mean, I know we've seen one in the clone wars, but they have a
A wookie jedi. Yeah, that's cool stuff
Yeah, and then like and i'm like dude, that's freaking dope and you think he's gonna kick some ass. He's
Because you see him and you see some people like
I don't know what they're trying to do just trying to get into his little compound wherever he's living
Because it just cuts to him because like he's like he's like he's like he's like he's like he's like he's like
in his full jedi gear and i'm like dude, this is gonna be sick like I want to see some wookie jedi action
And then the next episode he's freaking dead
And i'm like dude, are you shitting me?
That's some bullshit you freaking cheap this out of of wookie jedi action
Yeah, that's some horseshit. Yeah. I don't even know what I'm saying. I don't even know what I'm saying
That's some bullshit.
You freaking cheap this out of of Wookie Jedi action.
Yeah, that's some horseshit.
Yeah. So it's like it's shit like that.
And I'm like, damn it.
But yeah, it's freaking dumb.
And I don't know why I'm continuing to watch it.
It's just like on the hopes that there's just like one episode
that explains why it's been so shitty.
I think that's what I am.
I'm pushing because there's a lot of cool elements about it
that I'm like, yes, I'm here for that.
There's oh, my God.
I forget his name, but on YouTube, he watched all of Chuckie
season three because like from the very beginning, he's just like,
OK, it's got to get better, right?
Like it has to get better by the end.
And by the end, he's just like, yeah, OK, no more.
Like, please, God, no season four.
And you know what?
I have seen how season three ends.
And honestly, the reaction I have is what the fuck was that?
It's like the weirdest way to end honestly,
probably anything in the Chucky franchise.
I felt saying a lot considering it's based off a frickin voodoo killer doll.
Yeah, dude, they they dropped the ball so hard.
It's not even funny.
It's like all of the cool elements from the trailer because the trailer looks sick.
Like all of the cool elements from that were so short or so cut off
or just were in such a bad context.
It was it was horrible.
They're like they actually like there was a character in the trailer
for Acolyte that you see with a jet like a lightsaber whip.
And yes, it's super frickin killer.
And so the clip that you see in the trailer, that is all you get.
That was like the last couple of shots.
Yeah, that was the last couple of shots of the most recent episode.
So I'm like, dude, if that's all we get from that damn lightsaber,
I'm going to be beyond pissed.
Yeah, that'd be bullshit.
Yeah. And it's it's bad.
So anyway, like I don't know why I'm doing that to myself.
I think at this point, I'm just hate watching it.
No, don't do that.
That's how we got a Velma season two.
Dude, I have I I learned my lesson from Velma and I was like, Nope.
I have not watched season two.
Oh, yeah, I do. I refuse.
Like it was fun when we watched it together, but I ain't watching that shit on my own.
I know. Absolutely not.
I know shit.
I know the like the the bullet points of shit that happens.
And I'm like, that's all I need.
Like, I don't I didn't even really need that.
But OK, the only thing I know from season two is Scrappy Do kills Velma.
That's all I've heard. That's all I really I mean, I don't give a shit.
But that's all I've heard.
That's all I care to know.
Yeah, it's like good.
Thank you.
That's just the end of her.
Maybe maybe Scrappy will finally get his due because he has way too much hate after this.
Oh, man. It's like, yeah, Scrappy kind of was a weird character,
but he did kill that version of Velma.
So he was annoying as hell.
But you know, maybe I'll give him the same.
Even it out.
And then what else?
Yeah, so I and then I watched the movie that I'm about to talk about.
And then after I finished that, I was like, oh, I've had this movie on my watch list for years now.
And I'm finally like giving it a watch.
And that's Warcraft, which is on Netflix right now.
It's OK.
Listen, it's not bad.
It's not like from what I've seen, it's not bad.
They if it does feel like they are very much trying to rush into a story
and not giving a decent enough background because it's just like they throw in these random characters.
I'm like, OK, who the shit is this?
And it's like they almost like expect you or expect me to know who is the guy.
And then they give these characters beef.
And I'm like, well, shit, like, what's up with this shit now?
And it's so fast.
And I've only watched like maybe 10 minutes of it.
And I'm like, like, not not a whole lot.
But the intro was was killer.
I'm like, frickin a, because they got like orcs and shit and the orcs look dope.
And yes, I was like, all right, sick.
And they got to the humans and it's just like they're rushing all these these storylines.
And I'm like, OK, I don't understand what it is that you're doing.
Like there was just this random character that was like doing like I guess like a magical autopsy of some sort.
And then they're like.
He gets called in or like this other random dude who's with dwarves for some reason is like these doors are like four like four.
Like I said, there's so much going on. I keep forgetting that different aspects are at play.
So these dwarves gives this dude a gun.
They call it a boomstick, but it's a gun.
And then they're just like then they get a raven.
And then he's like, oops, you got to go.
And he's like, what do you mean?
And he looks at it and then he's gone and he's at this new place now.
And then there's like a magical autopsy that's happening.
And so he like grabs this dude who's like a prisoner of some like that.
They're like, hey, we arrested this guy who's trying to do like some sort of like investigation or whatnot.
So he like barges into this room, grabs this dude, slams him on the table, and he's just like, who are you?
And he's just like.
He tells him like I am doing this this autopsy there, like there's something that we need to do.
And he's like, or investigate and blah, blah, blah.
And he's like, OK, and lets him up.
They go and like do this.
Investigation is like this green smoke comes out of this dead dude's mouth.
And then he's just like, we need to speak to the king.
And then they're suddenly at the castle with the king.
And I'm like, dude, what slow down?
And then I I I passed out and fell asleep.
But I was like, dude, like, am I just tired?
Like, it might just be a bad movie.
I hope not, because it looks like a bad movie.
I hope not, because it looks sick.
But I'm also not like I think that's also been my hesitation with starting it again.
I will say when you finish, I'm curious to hear because I feel a good comparison to this would be Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves.
So I'd love to hear which one did it better.
Because I mean, because I hate when movies like literally don't give you a chance to freaking breathe.
It's like plot point after plot point after plot point.
It's like, give me a minute to just soak in all the story that you just gave me.
Yeah, it's it's this feels like you jumped in in the middle of the movie.
Oh, yeah, I hate that.
Yeah, or like you jumped in like for a sequel or something like just some something where you're not where you didn't get the intro.
Now, yeah, it's starting to understand why it underperformed at the box office.
Yeah, I am too, unfortunately.
But anyway, getting in the movie that I did watch this week, I finally got to see Kung Fu Panda 4 and it was a bit of a letdown.
If I'm being 100 percent honest.
I have a reviewer ever honestly with it.
It was just an unnecessary story.
Like this is supposed to be Pose's journey to becoming the spiritual leader of the in the Valley of of Hope or whatever.
And I don't know if they did this right.
Like this is he him not wanting to give up his position as the Dragon Warrior.
And he's tasked with selecting the new Dragon Warrior.
And he has all these like potential candidates and he's like not to any of them.
And he's like, oh, my gosh, like I haven't the like I will continue to be the Dragon Warrior and stuff.
And then Master Chief who's just like, no, that's not how this works.
Then he has a run in with this thieving fox and these whole like events happen.
It's just yeah. Anyway, like surprise, surprise.
The crazy stealing fox that has issues is then becomes the new Dragon Warrior and potrains her.
And it's it's unnecessary because it feels like they jumped into the like his his whole arc or what his arc was supposed to be.
Like he's so like, oh, I'm the Dragon Warrior. I'm the Dragon Warrior.
And then he even goes into the final fight as like I'm the Dragon Warrior.
And then he gets like captured or some shit or like you think he's captured.
And so he's like basically passes the mantle on to this to the Fox chick.
She beats the bad guy.
And then Poe breaks out of his little cage and he's just like, I knew you could do it.
And I'm like, what the fuck? Like, I sure as hell didn't.
Did you say that just reminds me of like freaking with like with Toy Story 4.
It literally goes like the way that you're describing, like how Poe is in this one compared to how he is in the other ones.
It just reminds me how like Woody just does a completely 180 in Toy Story 4.
Whereas in the third one, you know, all that matters is making a kid happy.
That's what matters. I think she could justify Woody's. That's true.
Extend. That's fair. Just if I pose for shit. All right.
OK, I'll give you that. Like, what do you could be like?
OK, Bonnie was kind of neglecting him and he was that still pisses me off.
Yeah, because she Woody was her favorite toy at the end of Toy Story 3.
Like that is just bullshit. Yeah.
But like, yeah, it's exactly like you can make the justification why Woody decided to bounce Poe.
He's just like random, just like, oh, you can do it. And I'm like, what the shit?
Like, you've never alluded to the fact that that was the case.
So so can we say that the only good fourth movie that Dreamworks has done is Shrek Forever After?
Yes, yes, I could say that. Good.
But yeah, Kung Fu Panda 4 was a bit of a letdown.
They they had some stuff that did make me like genuinely laugh and stuff I thought was cool.
Like they had a scene like none of the the Furious Five were in this movie, which kind of sucked.
It's because they don't want to pay the actors. Yeah.
But they were they came in at the end.
And they non-speaking, of course, they but they came in at the end.
And it's so cool. It's just like like I brought in some special teachers for you today.
And then, boom, like they kick open the door and it's the Furious Five.
And I'm like, but they didn't speak. And I'm just like, OK, dumb.
But it is funny.
The route that I feel they should have gone with this is that
I think Po should have from the beginning
like known or had the feeling like I think this should have been something that like
Shifu would have struggled with because his because Shifu put on Po that his job was to find the new Dragon Warrior and he was resistant about it.
I feel like he he would have been super pumped for the whole spiritual leader journey.
And like I think he would have like it would have been better had he selected the Fox chick.
Like this is who I feel should be the next Dragon Warrior.
And then Master Shifu is just like, no, no, no.
And then he's like, no, like, let's get this on the let's get this adventure on the books.
Like, well, we'll just do it on the job training kind of situation.
And then you could have still had like the whole like you could still had a majority of like what you had in the in the movie like action wise.
Like I think that would have been really cool.
It's just having Po always kind of believe that she was meant to be the Dragon Warrior.
And then like when she's like, OK, yeah, I'm not facing this chick.
And then Po steps in, tries to fight, gets his ass handed to him.
Then he's like, you got to do it and then has has her do it.
I think that would have been the better route to go about it.
Like having Po basically prove to everyone that this this thieving fox is meant to be the Dragon Warrior versus him like trying to retain his his role.
Anyway, that's how I think it should have gone.
It didn't.
It was not very good.
This is this was so close to being in nothing better to do.
But like I said, I had enough of a good time with like the action sequences and there was some stuff in here that was genuinely funny.
Like they have these like these crazy little rabbits that are just like bloodthirsty.
And it is the funniest shit, dude.
Like Po's like tries teaching them this lesson that's like, listen, like he says it wrong, but he's just like they get across that like, oh, you can perform violence now or you can perform more violence later.
And they're just like, no violence now, violence now.
And and then they like escape or some shit and then they're like part of the final battle and they're fighting against like the the main person's minions.
And so they like tear this like little lizard thing apart.
And then they're like.
The panda was right. More violence later is better.
It was so funny.
But it was just because of like those random moments that made me.
Booth like it barely crossed the threshold into a stream it for me.
It was it was walking the line of nothing better to do.
Fair enough. Yeah.
But anyway, what did you watch?
I watched role models.
Now I have seen this before, but it had been like frickin.
Oh my God, probably like five or so years.
It's been quite a while.
And so I saw that it was recently added to Netflix.
And so I'm like, you know what, let's let's give that another run.
Let's see if I still enjoy it.
And I do. It's still a really fun comedy.
It's so weird seeing Paul Rudd.
I'm not I'm not going to say I'm like his early career because this was not his early career.
But I'm just so used to seeing him like post Ant Man that like seeing him like this young is just like super weird to me.
What are you talking about? He looks the exact same.
I know, but he's still shut up. He's still young to me.
OK, shut up.
But frickin he's great.
Frickin McLovin. I actually don't know his real name.
I feel bad. Everyone's still called. I think Christopher Mintz.
Thank you. Oh, yeah. Christopher Mintz Plaza.
That's his name. Yep. Thank you.
I feel bad now because he's a great actor and he's fantastic here.
Frickin as the kid that's really into LARPing and especially the people that surround him are hilarious.
Ken Jeong as the frickin king.
Like, oh, my God, I love him in this.
Just like the supporting cast is just fantastic. Frickin Jane Lynch. She's fantastic.
The the other kid, I forget his name.
One second.
No, that is not what I wanted.
Wait, where is it? Oh, that is it.
Sorry. Why isn't he in the top cast?
How does that make sense? Not makes what that
I saw. OK, it's giving me a different movie.
OK, anyway, moving on because Frickin it's giving me the wrong movie is bullshit.
They're married. He's in that so Raven.
Right. There we go.
How do I say this name? So his name is Ronnie, but Frickin what's his I don't know.
Is this his body? Oh, I'm assuming he's Bobby J. Thompson.
Like, I think that's how you say it. Like, I'm kind of confused because there's a hyphen over the so I'm assuming.
So just Bob, I'm assuming it's still just Bobby.
But anyway, sorry that took so long.
But yeah, just like it's it's still a really fun comedy. It's not a great comedy.
But I once again had a great time.
Frickin I love the chemistry between Rudd and
what's his name? Sean William Scott.
I actually think they have really good chemistry and even the scenes with Rudd and Elizabeth Banks are great.
So, you know, once again, had a great time with this comedy
and actually like talked with Caleb because he remember he remembers watching this not too long ago and he had a good time with it.
So going to be giving this a stream it. So, oh, yeah.
Is that anything else you watched this week or was that it?
Movies. That's it. Shows. I've been actually.
So they recently announced.
I don't know how I missed this. This was announced last month.
Who's playing John Wayne Gacy in the the Peacock limited series that they're doing on him
because they did like their own documentary, John Wayne Gacy, Devil in Disguise.
But now they're like flipping that title. It's going to be Devil in Disguise.
John Wayne Gacy. And they're literally doing what they did for Dahmer with that monster series on Netflix.
And so it's the guy that played the tinker in Spider-Man Homecoming. He's playing him great casting.
I'm so freaking excited. But ever since that was announced, I've been actually rewatching Dahmer
and freaking like I forgot how like in some episodes how unsettling is.
And like, you know, it needs to be like it's completely understandable.
But freaking Evan Peters. Wait, right. That's. Yeah. Yeah.
OK. I want to make sure I guys name right.
I'm so glad that he won a Golden Globe for his performance as Dahmer because.
Oh, my. Like I was telling Caleb, because I was talking about, you know, the casting for Gacy and, you know,
what Peters had to go through with for Dahmer and just he had to go to so many dark places.
And honestly, I don't know if he's ever going to fully be able to come back from that.
And I hope he's doing OK. Like, seriously, like when was the last time anyone checked in on Evan Peters?
I truly hope he's doing OK. That is a fair point.
Oh, man. But yet. So I'm on I'm on episode five right now.
And Frickin like I like I remember the ending of episode four and like the storyline that leads into it's like one of the saddest victims.
And I'm just like, oh, I'm not ready to go through this again.
But yeah, so that's that's what I've been watching.
And then also watching still young Sheldon finally on season six.
So almost done with that. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. So I just looked up what Evan Peters is doing.
He voiced Simon and Wish, which I think is the the big guy, the sleepy one.
Oh, OK. Did I strip had to think what wish was for a second?
And he is also set to appear in Tron Aries.
Oh, OK. So, yeah. OK. So it seems like he's doing OK. Yeah, it seems like he's doing OK.
Thank goodness. Which do that frickin movie looks like it's gonna be sick.
Yeah, it does.
Like the cast is frickin nuts. So Jeff Bridges is coming back for it.
No shit. He's on the cast list. All right.
I was a little you know, I was I was a little hesitant, but you know, I was looking forward to it.
All right. I'm completely on board if Jeff Bridges come back in.
Yeah. All right.
Well, I think that covers everything in weekly watch.
So let's say we move on to this week's breakdown. Let's do it. Hell, yeah.
All righty. Getting into this week's breakdown, we will be discussing the new Netflix film.
Oh, geez. Struggling with talking today.
We will be breaking down the new Netflix film, A Family Affair.
There was a lot of F sounds in that.
You know, I know most people listen to this. They don't watch the video that Caleb posted these episodes, but I find it hilarious that the because usually before we do our breakdowns, Caleb will have a screen that says, oh, hey, this is what we're going to be doing.
And, you know, he'll have the title of the movie. I just love that.
A family affair and has the Netflix film logo.
I didn't know Netflix was so adamant on making sure every single time that you have to take a title from their movie, they got to make sure that you know it's a Netflix original.
You usually don't. You usually don't. It just I was too lazy to crop it out this time.
That dude, that was hilarious. So I love that.
Yeah. So anyway, if you guys are new to our breakdown system, we have split movies into eight different categories that we individually score to come to a final all bros letter grade.
The eight categories that we will be scoring this week are story, writing, acting, character development, effects, music, costumes, and then we'll be given our own personal score at the very end.
All of those numbers will get magically added up and spit through our algorithm.
Give us a letter grade to compare this movie to others of a similar grade.
So if you have not seen a family affair, it is on Netflix.
Otherwise, if you have not watched it, we are going to be spoiling the entire freaking movie for you and our favorite segment that we like to call reading with Rose.
So without further ado, I will be posting that spoiler warning now.
So if you listen beyond this point and anything is spoiled for you, sucks to be you.
Yeah, Lisa.
All right. 2425.
Oh, you're starting the reading off quick, huh?
Okay.
24 year old Zara is tired of being underappreciated as the personal assistant to self absorbed Hollywood star Chris Cole.
Okay, really, really quickly. I found this hilarious.
And I'm sure this was intentional. The freaking montage they do of Zac Efron at the beginning.
I just found it so funny. They literally just took that from clips of his life.
Dude, that's exactly what I thought they did. I was like, you can't fake all this, right?
No, dude. Like the one that like I knew it was freaking when he got his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Like, I remember seeing this clip a couple of months ago.
Oh, my gosh, dude. That is so funny.
I mean, you know what? Hey, wait a second.
Dude, I was just laughing about that.
Like during that whole thing, I was like, dude, like they either went through all of the effort to recreate this shit.
Or they went and just like copy and pasted some footage from other like movie screenings and shit.
And I can't believe that's exactly what they did. That's fantastic.
Oh, man. Way to save on the budget, guys. Yeah, no joke.
I'd love to know how much money that saved you. Seriously.
All right. A short time after Zara quits, Chris arrives at her house to offer her an assistant producer position, but only finds Brooke, her mother who writes stories as as Zara.
Wow. OK. Let's let's restart this, shall we?
A short time after Zara quits, Chris arrives at her house to offer her an assistant producer position, but only finds Brooke, her mother who writes stories as Zara runs errands.
As he decides to wait for her, he explains to Brooke that his script is bad and they soon hit it off.
By the time Zara returns, she unknowingly walks in on Brooke and Chris having sex.
Chris promises Zara it won't happen again, but Chris invites Brooke to dinner.
Before they realize it, Zara's boss is having a secret romantic relationship with her widowed mother.
Meanwhile, all the at the film studio, Zara is agitated with Chris.
Zara learns Chris got a new writer who she later finds out is Brooke and later confronts them after seeing them together.
The mom says she's happy with Chris and hasn't been this happy since she was with her husband, disregarding her daughter's pain and her concern he will hurt Brooke.
The family goes to Granny's. Usually, I don't know.
Usually I feel with like these descriptions, I like to be, you know, like a little formal.
So you think they would say the family goes to Grandma's house, not Granny's house, but OK.
For Christmas, Grandma. I'm going to say Grandma because I don't like saying Granny.
Granny feels disrespectful. Right.
I know there's like some people that do genuinely call their grandparents like Granny or like Grampy.
Like I've heard some people like legit. I've heard that.
Or like Grampy just feels so weird. I know it does.
Like I've heard that. I've heard like Gramps, like Grampy, Granny, like all that shit.
Something about Granny feels disrespectful. Oh, I agree. Yeah.
I don't like I don't love that. Yeah.
I agree. Like I don't know about you. I always called my my grandma grandma. Oh, absolutely.
Yeah. No, never would have had any other way. She was always great. She was either Grandma or Grandma Rose.
That was it. Yeah. Never never like full name to like to her face unless you were introducing her.
Oh, this is my grandma. Like mine was like this. My grandma, Warren. Yeah.
No, that's yeah, that's true. Anyway, continue.
I'm going to restart because we're going to be respectful.
So the family goes to Grandma's house for Christmas. Grandma convinces Zara to let her mom have fun.
Chris is there for Christmas and Zara is OK. I don't know the way that someone wrote this.
It just feels very weird. Maybe it's just me, but whatever.
Chris is there for Christmas and Zara is OK with it.
Brooke tells her mother-in-law that she was having relationship problems with Zara's dad even before he died.
And Zara overhears this conversation later while putting bags in the car.
Zara notices diamond earrings in Chris's bag at home.
Zara tells both Brooke and Chris how bad Chris is claiming that he buys the same earrings for everyone he breaks up with and that he already has a pair ready.
This revelation prompts Brooke to ask Chris to leave later at the movie studio.
Zara is asked to find Chris, who is upset and alone.
Chris confides in her, expressing doubt and doubt about playing the good guy.
He clarifies that he wasn't planning to break up with Brooke.
He just forgot the earrings were in his bag because he often ends relationships impulsively.
Zara then goes to Brooke, admitting she was wrong about Chris, but Brooke refuses to listen.
Zara and Chris head to the supermarket to pick up a few things.
Coincidentally, at the same time, Brooke is there.
However, this encounter is no coincidence.
Zara orchestrated it.
She takes the opportunity to explain her mistake and apologize to both of them.
Following this reconciliation, Chris and Brooke get back together, and a year later, their relationship is still growing strong.
I like how they just left out Liza Koshy's character in this story.
If there was ever a character that was completely unnecessary, it was her.
I liked her character. I liked her too.
I liked her too. Doesn't mean she was necessary to the story whatsoever.
All right, fair. Still, though, she should have been mentioned.
Listen, if she needed a place to stay when things got awkward with her mom, she should have gone to stay with her grandmother, who was obviously local.
Fair enough. All right, you got a point there.
She did not need to throw in this best friend drama that was completely unnecessary.
Fair enough. Good point.
But listen, don't get me wrong. I liked her too.
I've liked her in every other movie I've seen her in. She's always kind of been the fun, quirky person, and I love it.
Yeah, no, she plays it very well.
But in terms of like what the story needed, not necessary.
Yeah, you got a point, asshole.
Hate to be that guy. I hate to be that guy. I don't think you do hate being that guy. I think you enjoy it sometimes.
I mean, not all the time, but.
So you admit some of the time. Okay, that's all I needed to hear.
I'll take it.
And you get right into this story. It had some fluff in this that could have been trimmed up a bit.
I don't think this warranted a foot like it was over two hours, wasn't it?
It was almost two hours, almost two hours. Yeah, it could have been okay.
Hour 54. Yeah, it could have been an hour and a half easy.
Yes, I think there was a few bits that went on just a hair too long that they could have trimmed down.
Like, I think this just needed a little bit more fine tuning, I feel.
Yes, absolutely.
But other than that, I mean, I've said it time and time again, I'm a frickin sucker for a good romcom.
And this.
This didn't scratch that itch.
Yep, same here. I think it was just the situation felt icky.
It leaves you feeling icky. Yeah, because you know they like as you heard, they do end up together.
And I don't know. But like I was honestly on Zara's side the whole time.
I was too. I was absolutely on her side too. I never changed sides even after what grandma said.
It's like, no, still doesn't feel right. Yeah, it's like, okay.
If this were just some like if, okay, if she had genuinely left him, like left his employment,
then yes, I would have been like, okay, just let let her have her fun.
Like you've already left. Like you've you've you've figured that shit out.
It was the fact that she was still employed by him that felt gross. Yeah.
It was just like like it almost feels like she's getting paid to ignore that she that her boss is doing her mom.
And it was like, I think that's what felt gross to me.
You know, like it gets better for her when the when we get to like a year later and, you know, she has her own office and everything.
But I would think that if I was Zac Efron's character and I was, you know, bang, I'm sorry, banging one of my employees' moms,
I'm not just going to offer her an executive producer. That felt gross, too.
I'm like, dude, like your timing is wretched. Yeah.
Like, sweeten the deal, at least a little more than that.
Dude, no, because it's like like I don't know about like about her or like how they would have like portrayed this.
I would have felt like, OK, did I only get this position because you doinked my mom or are you offering me this this position because you feel like I actually earned it?
Yeah, fair enough. Like that. I think that's what felt gross to me.
I'm just like it feels like this dude's used like almost bribing her like, please let me like have a relationship with your mother.
This is like, you know, she should have tried to work her way into being director.
I think she could have done it. Maybe.
I also I feel like they try to glamorize what producers really do.
Yeah, like what? I do genuinely feel that there is a position where like it's kind of like this, where there's someone directly handling or like part of like the moviemaking process for like different celebrities.
And it's just I don't know if that's a producer job, though.
Yeah, it's a good point. I need it like
I'm going to I think I'm going to reach out to Mikey T and see if like, hey, how accurate like how much of like a production thing is like how accurate is that?
Because I thought producers were just the money people.
Yeah, that's what I thought, too. Dan, I feel like if we could have gotten them on for this episode, talking about this would have been more fun talking about the movie.
It probably. But yeah, it like this had some stuff that like made me laugh.
But I feel like all the scenes were like they were actually like on set, especially when Joey King's character was just like, oh, hey, you know, like all all interpret for you.
So you can, you know, like actually as a director, so you can actually, you know, say what you want to in French, you know, you don't have to you don't have to get it across in English because her English wasn't that great.
And then she frickin just lays out. She like she'll say, oh, you like in French, like, oh, you know, that that wasn't that was good.
But I think you can do better. Joey King would just be like that. That was bullshit. That sucked ass.
I loved that scene, dude. I would have laughed my ass off if they revealed that he actually spoke French.
Oh, that would have been great.
That would have been so funny, especially like after she like had dug herself like that big of a hole. Uh huh. And then I had her like like talk to her in French. I thought so good.
Damn it missed opportunity. I know. I think that would have.
I feel like that would have been a really good gag because like after it was just it felt mean spirited like I think if he would have been in like in on the joke, I think that could have been really funny.
But yeah, just like as like it got to a point where it felt mean spirited. That's one of those bits I felt went a little too long.
I think he still deserved it all the way. So then spirited to me.
Yeah, but dude, I was getting back. Absolutely on her side.
The especially when she saw the earrings, dude, I'm like, you better blow this shit up immediately. If not sooner. Yeah.
Oh, like that is some horse shit.
And like, dude, even when he's defending, like, I just got them off instinct. Bullshit. Go screw yourself.
Like when Nicole Kidman's character is just like, I wish you would have done it differently.
I'm like, how else do you would you have wanted her to do it?
I know it's like the way that she did it was completely justified.
You were about to go off with him to do some New Year's Eve bullshit. Yeah.
Like when that shit have stung a little bit more and then you would have been on my ass about like, hey, like, I don't like.
Yeah, like there was no winning. There's no winning when you're breaking news like that. No, absolutely not.
And yeah, like there's no winning. And I'm like, dude, she saved you a shit ton of heartache.
Yeah. But then they just had to get back together. Yeah. But it was.
I think they honestly I think that they should have just stayed friends like I would have been fine if they, you know, like after everything that they went through, they just remained friends.
That's great. I didn't need to see them get back together like no. Yeah.
I think that she could have gone and like mended the relationship and then like, yeah, open it up for like a friendship type deal. Yeah. But where like a full get together and like even like if I was trying to stage my mom up with someone like I would not go even remotely as far as she did.
Like because at the end, that's still your mom, dude. Yeah. You know what I found?
And you know, maybe it's just, you know, my job that this pissed me off. But the ending scene when they're in the grocery store and you see the misters going off in the background, I see a mister going off by like the salad dressings and juices.
I'm just like, why the fuck is that over there? Those are going to get wet. This bullshit. Like what the fuzz up with that and then freaking like everything just starts getting wet. I'm just like, you know what? If I worked in this produce department, I would have quit.
I would literally have just thrown in the towel from my apron. Like if this shit, I'm out. Did you just see one dude in the background? We can't keep doing this.
I'm just like, dude, for real. Oh, man. Yeah, I like freaking sorry. Really good. When Joey King like tells the cashier, you know, like, oh, just let them go for as long as they want.
He'll pay like the extra cost to keep them on. And I'm saying, is he going to pay for the water damages too? Because it's going to happen.
I thought like from that bit, I thought that bit was really funny. And this is one I wish would have gone on for a couple more sequences.
Is is Chris seeing stuff in this in the supermarket?
Because when he ran to go get the cereal, when he went to like when he saw the cereal, he's like, oh, no way. And then he ran off. I was like, dude, that's freaking hilarious. Yeah, they should have kept that guy going.
Yeah. And then I thought it was funny when he was talking. He's just like, listen, like I like I want to take you home all that. But first, I want to go check out that cereal aisle. It looks pretty sick.
Like I thought that shit was funny. Does that get front does really good comedic stuff? He does. He doesn't get enough appreciation for that.
But if I were him, I'd be going for the Oreo aisle. But that's just me.
That would have been a funny callback to because like they're right. There's way too many flavors of Oreos now like cheese.
Yeah. They would he was he was talking about the the Mr. and everything. I was just like, oh, dude, those were the bomb. I haven't seen Mr. and so long, dude.
Same here.
I miss those because fresh market use our back when it was Albertsons those that used to have have Mr.
Oh, really? Yeah.
At least I remember having Mr.
Interesting. Yeah. Did they?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because we used to go to Albertsons all the time and we had like they were they were definitely Mr.
Because we'd always like be really disappointed if we went through a whole shopping trip and the Mr. didn't go off.
Now that that's fair. I mean, like they're not as well. I don't know how to say this.
I guess they're not as cool as they used to be. That's what I would say.
Do you guys still miss stuff or do you like manually do it or like how does that go?
No, no, no. You still got the mist.
Okay, cool. Yeah.
They just I feel they're not as cool as they used to be.
It was just because we got older.
Yeah, fair enough.
But anyway, the story wasn't half bad.
It was it was predictable as all hell.
I think that's my real complaint, which it's a romcom.
Like those are predictable by nature.
But yeah, I think it's just the the my only real issue is how they structured the story.
I think that they should have put a little bit more of a separation between Zara and Chris
for that relationship with her mother to feel not as icky.
Precisely.
But overall, I mean, like I said, didn't hate the movie. It was it was good.
I'd I'd personally be sitting there like seventy nine.
I haven't quite cracked the 80s.
I think if it wants to load for me,
I am going to actually be a little bit lower than you.
I'm going to be at a seventy six.
Fair enough.
All right. Next up, we got writing,
which I think this was a higher point.
I absolutely like there were some good one liners like frickin when Zara quits and,
you know, she's headed out the door and Chris is just like, you know, you know,
if you quit, we're done.
And I just love the way that she says, sayonara, bitch.
Dude, I love that.
My favorite bit was when he was yelling at her not to slam the door.
And it's like this big old massive, like heavy door.
And when she shuts it, just like, and she he's like, don't you slam that door?
Don't you slam that door?
Then it like, oh, and he's like, oh, I got so pissed off.
Do you freaking the fact that he makes I forget what material it is,
but he makes such a frickin he has a hissy fit that Zara puts a type of shirt in a bag.
With his with his shoes.
Yeah, with his shoes.
And then frickin when he's about to have sex with oh my God, what's Nicole Kiddens character again?
I forgot her name.
Brooke.
Brooke. Thank you.
He's about to have sex with Brooke.
Frickin she's just like, do you want to take it off or do you want me to rip?
He's like, I only have two, but I don't care.
Just rip it.
All right.
Double standard.
All right.
OK, I get it.
I understand why it makes sense.
But like, still, man, that was some good shit.
Man, I there was a decent amount of like funny bits in this.
And like when he was calling her like asking her about the grocery store and like, oh, does it still have this?
Like, how's the Oreo aisle? And she's like, oh, it's kind of gotten crazy.
And I liked how a lot of the stuff that he was saying and like how she she was reacting was like how a normal person would react.
Like when he was saying like, yeah, could you also like just pick me up something fun?
Like, I don't know.
Just something fun.
What does that mean?
She's like, your definition of fun and mine are way different.
Yeah.
I freaking love that shit, dude.
I thought that was so funny.
Like it was a serious moment like when Zara is telling her mom the truth about Chris.
But I love the line when she's like, he makes me buy his dog's birthday presents and I have to pay for it with my own money.
And he's just like, yeah, that's what it's it's it's an actual surprise.
It's supposed to be a surprise.
That's the one thing he tried to defend.
Do my other favorite thing is when she walks in on them and then she like tries to run out and like bashes her head against the wall.
He comes out like, are you OK? Are you OK? And she's just like, oh, it's skin so close to me.
Gross.
That was that was some good stuff.
I said, like, I don't think any woman would ever say that about Zac Efron.
I think that that's just what made it funnier.
Yeah, that was it was so good.
I love that, dude.
I love that a little bit.
There's a lot of like really funny stuff in this.
Like, I feel a lot of it came from Joey King.
Like she had some amazing one liners in this.
Oh, yeah. Her and Zac Efron work so well together.
They do. I like I want to see them in another movie together.
Like, just not a romantic comedy.
Yeah, dude, I wish that I would have paid more attention to the trailers in this
because what I thought this movie was going to be and what it ended up being were so wildly different.
I didn't even watch any of the trailers. So I got to hear like, what did you think?
OK, so I was under the assumption from the little bits and pieces that I saw.
I thought that they were brother and sister.
Oh.
And so like and then like when the movie started and she like he was like texting her like, where the F are you?
Like all this shit. And he's like, you are so fired.
Like I'm like, that's that's shit. I feel like I'd say to my my sibling,
I guess, if they worked for me in that capacity and whatnot and then like all this other stuff.
And then they started talking it like it took me a while to realize that they weren't.
I'm like, this doesn't quite feel like brother, sister.
So like the banter does. Yeah.
I'm like, but the the it got to a point where I was like, no, that's not it.
So, yeah, I yeah, I thought this was going to be a wildly different movie.
I feel like that could have been a really fun dynamic, though, to it was like a brother, sister deal.
I think that could have been fun.
Maybe the next movie there and together.
I would love to see that. Yeah.
Writing, I'd actually go up on writing a little bit.
Not quite in like eighty five, but I'm like eighty three.
You're going to I'm like not even like cracking eighties.
I'm like I'm close.
My seventy nine.
It's good. It's a lot better.
I was going to like this one a little bit more than you.
Like you, you, you're not as big of a sucker for romcoms as I am.
This is true. I still enjoy them.
But yeah, definitely not as much of a sucker.
Yeah. All right.
Next up we got acting, which going through this cast list, we have Joey King who played Zara Ford.
Zach Efron, who played Chris Cole, Nicole Kidman, who played Brooke Harwood, Kathy Bates, who played Lila Ford and Liza Koshy, who played Eugenie.
And that was it. So I would be genuinely surprised if our top three doesn't kind of line up.
Fair enough. So number one for me, Joey King.
Absolutely phenomenal, like absolutely phenomenal, like my favorite role that she's ever been in because frickin this girl is really good at comedy.
And just frickin every time that she was on screen, I loved her.
She was fantastic.
And just yeah, like, like literally no, no bad things to say about her. She was fantastic in this movie.
I love her. This is not my favorite role of hers.
The princess.
Okay, she was really good in that. Dude, I loved her in that movie.
She's a she's an underrated actress. She deserves to get some more love. I want to see her in another action movie.
Do they straight up try to rip off the princess? I feel with that movie damsel.
Fair.
I'm like, no, you already had a frickin badass frickin kicking everyone's ass like you don't get to
Number two, I give to Zac Efron. Say honestly, despite the actual like relationship with him and Nicole Kidman like feeling icky.
I think I'm by situation around it like I don't think it was a relationship itself. I think it was just this.
The situation like no, that's yeah, him being like her daughter's boss felt gross. Yeah, no. Yeah.
Agreed with what you said.
Like I think like you pointed out, it did feel better at the end though, when it was like a year had passed and she was like a higher up in his company and that felt better.
Yeah. Say I'm glad that they did that whole thing. But now he super solid performance like Kayla pointed out.
Zac Efron is really good with comedy and a lot of people notice that. But every single comedy movie he's in, he frickin like kills it.
So like while the you know he had to be dramatic in some parts when it comes to the comedy, he frickin nailed it in this movie.
So I would give him number two. His, his, I just have to point out his ability to play awkward is so good.
Yeah, seriously, when his or at the end like when it had been like that year had passed and she was like talk or she was doing something she he made a that's what she said, or as what your mom said joke.
And then he's like, wait, no, wait.
Like trying to like apologize for it was so good. That was great.
But he's number two. Number three, I think we might be different. Number three.
I'm actually giving him to like swear to you. She wasn't in this movie enough for a top spot you ask.
I disagree. I think she was. I loved her role as Zara's best friend.
The one liners that she had were frickin great. And I loved the scene where, you know, she had broken up with her boyfriend but Zara never even noticed.
And so they kind of have a like a kerfuffle. I don't think that's a word but whatever.
I don't know. But anyway, you know, like friendship restored after that and everything. But I don't know just I really enjoyed her performance in this I know she wasn't in a lot, but she still made a impact on me.
And yeah, so that's why she's my number three. I love Nicole Kidman don't get me wrong. She was really good in this. But sorry, like like I feel like you also have a major crush on her.
I actually do not. So suck it.
That feels like a lie.
All right. Well, I'm giving my number three to Nicole Kidman.
She was she was fantastic. She has she doesn't do comedy a whole lot. And she was kind of the one of the more serious people in this film.
She had like a couple moments that were funny.
But yeah, I don't think she like her character. I think her character could have been written a bit with a bit more. I want to say personality, because it just felt like a very generic role for her at least.
But I think the the chemistry that she had and like was able to put off with Zac Efron was like magnetic.
Yes, can definitely agree with you on that.
Like you totally bought into why she was into him.
And Zac Efron like can you blame her?
Like, spoiler alert, Zac Efron's hot.
I'm not going to deny that. But yeah, it's just I think she she could have been given a little bit more flavor is the word I'll use.
That's a good way to put it.
But yeah, so where are you sitting with your your acting score?
Acting like I feel like everyone really did a good job. What the hell happened to the frickin score?
If I reload the scoring, it won't mess up any of the scores. Well, like that's like shouldn't.
Okay, sorry. Just like everything's gone. There it is. Okay.
All right. So acting just because I feel actually everyone brought their game like acting was super, super good here. So.
I think I'm going to go in eighty six.
Surprising. I was actually a little lower than than you on that one.
I did think everyone like everyone brought the level of acting that they needed to for this.
It was not their best by any stretch of the imagination, but it was it was still good.
So I ended up giving them an eighty five. All right.
All right. Next up, we got character development, which this is obviously going to be done on on Zara's character.
And it felt rushed.
It did. It ain't definitely the greatest character development I've ever seen.
But I mean, for the story that they're going with, like, yeah, I agree.
It definitely felt rushed, but like it worked.
I love like not a lot to say here. You know, like
Frickin your boss starts dating your mom. You don't like it. You try to break him up. It actually works.
But then you're just like, oh, actually, wait, no, you guys are good together.
Well, that's just it. I don't think she tried to break them up.
I think she like I think she was just pissed off that they were lying about it.
And then she was just kind of like going along with it for a little bit and then like just frustrated, didn't want to be like in the middle of it. So she moved out or left the house and then.
Kind of came to like an understanding of it. And then she was like told, like, I think she had completely shifted her her thoughts on the whole thing until she saw the earrings.
And then she was full blown, like, let's Frickin go. Yeah. Which is completely understandable why she did what she did. Oh, yeah.
The fact that she was getting shit from her mom is dumb. Yeah.
Like, how else did you expect this to go down? Yeah. It's like you just thought that I would see this thing and just ignore it until you guys were done having your your fun for New Year's or like, what do you think?
Like, I was going to like I didn't know when he was going to whip these out. No, like he could whip them out like that night.
God, imagine him doing it on New Year's Eve. Just freaking like rise the ball drops like, oh, God, what a bitch.
But I mean, from his perspective, too, it is completely understandable that he would just like buy something off of instinct. And then he's like, oh, but then I had another idea. Yeah.
And so like there there was some just if there was justification on both ends. Oh, yeah, absolutely. But especially on Zara's and I feel she caught way too much heat for what she did.
Agreed.
So, yeah, but I mean, the arc overall, I don't think was the best thing in the world. Another one thing that was just like fairly bland.
Yeah. So I put this a little bit below average. So I'm like sitting at like 73. And that even feels a little bit high.
Yeah. Yeah, I was going to go 75. But I agree with you. Like yours feels like a little too nice. So I think I'll match it. I was 73.
All right. Next up, we got effects, which with this movie, it was no special effects, really.
It was just how it was shot. And I feel it was shot pretty nicely. Yeah, no, it was very pretty looking romcom. Yeah.
The sets felt a bit small, though, like the the cabin that they were at for for Christmas. That felt very small set. Yeah, I can definitely agree with you there.
Yeah. So I'm like a little man, like just the scale of everything felt very small, which it worked in its favor. It just didn't work as well when everything was supposed to feel big.
Yeah.
I will say, though, I think this is the car it is. I don't know why freaking Zara driving around in this movie. Maybe one of Toyota Highlander driving. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a Highlander.
I don't know why. She made me want a Toyota Highlander. So whenever I was like a super fancy car, though. Yeah.
So, you know, next time I need a car after my Corolla takes a shit on me, I might go for a Toyota Highlander.
Oh, man.
All right.
Yeah, effects, though.
Nothing too special.
This is probably a little I'd I'd give it a 78. I think just because of the clips that they took from Zac Efron's actual life, I felt that to be very funny.
Other than that, nothing too extravagant like like I said the sets felt very small.
And yeah, kind of man. I agree.
So where are you at?
I'm actually a little lower than you at a 76.
Fair enough.
Highlander didn't bring me up.
All right. I mean, talking about something that didn't really bring us up the music.
Yeah. I don't remember what it's called, but like the only song that I remember is the song is playing during the intro when you're seeing frickin all of the all of these clips from Zac Efron's life and they're, you know, passing it off as Chris Cole.
Still frickin hilarious.
Yeah, this is a this one's pretty easy. Very, very average middle of the road.
I'm giving this a five out of 10.
And I will absolutely agree with you there.
Yeah.
The costumes, I would, I would go up a little bit like a six feels very generous.
And that's just because I thought the the outfit that he was in when he was on set was was kind of cool.
Yeah, frickin seeing Zac Efron with that white wig. That was frickin hilarious.
Yeah, but that's again middle of the road just barely pushing above average.
So yeah, six out of 10 is feels exactly where it should be at.
Agreed.
All right. And then last up we got our own personal score. So let's hear you.
Your thoughts on this first. Okay, so like Caleb was pointed out, he's more of a sucker for rom coms Duncan wrong. I enjoy him, but he's definitely more of a fan.
I still did have a good time with this one.
Joey King, especially like she was my favorite part of this movie like if it weren't for her and her performance I don't think I would have enjoyed this movie as much as I did.
If at all.
Nothing against nothing against Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman.
You know I liked their relationship that the whole like, because he was her daughter's boss dating her mom you know like that made it like feel a little weird but you know they made it work.
But just like, I feel if it weren't for what they do with Joey King's character. I don't think I would have enjoyed the movie.
So like, it's funny that I enjoyed the main character in a movie that is a rom com that I'm should be enjoying the couple that they're actually focusing on.
So, I just found that a little funny.
But for me, it's it's it's not the worst rom com I've seen but it's definitely not the greatest.
So personal score.
I'm gonna be at a 75.
I am actually barely above you sitting out of 76. It kind of the same deal for me dude, it was as plain as plain get.
It was, it was enjoyable. It's it's kind of like a one time and done for me.
I don't need to watch this ever again.
Same here. Yeah, I mean it had some good bits, nothing worth going back and like replaying.
Like all. If I ever do rewatch this it's going to be because Brielle turns it on and I just don't have anything else to watch. But yeah, 76.
So it's middle of the road as I can get and I'm just giving a couple bonus like a a bonus point for the stuff that I did enjoy about it. But overall, the didn't really work for me.
Not really like my, my not really my taste in rom coms.
But with that, that actually wraps up this week's breakdown. So going through these scores real quick, starting off with story on the average side sitting at a 77.5 writing is a little bit higher at an 81.
The acting was the high point of this film sitting at an 85.5.
The character development is one of the is the lowest category sitting at a 73.
The effects got a couple points for creativity on this, the footage that they were able to pull.
So that one sitting at a 77. The music averages average could be sitting at a five out of 10. The costumes.
We had like one good outfit, at least one like the outstanding. And that's definitely like that bump was able to bump it up to a six out of 10.
And then our personal score ended up averaging out to a 75.5. So with that, the final all bros letter grade for a family affair has come out to a C plus.
Oh, well, I thought it would actually go a little lower. I thought it was going to go lower too.
That is surprising.
That's that's pretty freaking wild.
All right, I'll take it. Wow. That's crazy.
All right.
Oh my gosh, dude. No freaking way.
This ended up. So this is sitting at a 76.81 percent, which puts it in the same range as our movie from last week, the Garfield movie.
That's why that's amazing.
So basically everything that what was below or above Garfield is below this movie.
That's fantastic. Oh, that's awesome.
So, like I said, family affair sitting at a 76.81 c plus.
One of our lower c pluses. So our cutoff is 76 percent.
So this is a little bit closer to 77, but not not too far.
But anyway, this is sitting above cocaine bear.
Paws of Fury, The Legend of Hank Transformers, Rise of the Beasts.
Okay. My spy and the Garfield movie.
Yeah. I agree with all those. And then it is sitting below the hitman's wife's bodyguard.
It is below the strangers prey at night. It is below Aquaman.
And then it is below Spider-Man. Okay. Not bad.
Yeah, not bad at all. I think this is a pretty decent home.
I'm shocked that we don't catch more heat for how low the first Spider-Man ranks.
Oh, dude, we were not kind to that movie whatsoever.
No, we were not. Oh, man. Yeah.
I don't like completely disagree with any of the scores that we gave it either.
Like the story we gave a 90, the writing got a 67.
And like the only reason I feel it got that.
No, you remember the only person that had any decent writing was Green Goblin.
Everyone else freaking sucked ass.
Yeah. Good point. The acting we gave pretty middle of the road. 74.
Damn. Yeah, we were like I said, not very good.
Put in the 80s. Yeah, I think we have a guest on that one.
Was that Vic? Yeah.
Then, yeah, 81 for character development, which, okay.
70 for effects.
Come on. That feels a bit.
That feels low.
Like, come on. Six out of 10 for music. Seven out of 10 for costumes.
What the hell is wrong with us? Dude, that feels low.
That doesn't feel right, though. No, it doesn't.
All right, Vic. I know. Listen, I know you back on this.
I know we're going to we're going to rewrite.
We're going to rewrite this and we're going to rate Spider-Man 2.
Gosh, I really hope that I have all of our scores for Spider-Man and I don't.
Damn it.
That sucks. It's one of the old formats, so I didn't have it separated yet.
Damn. That sucks.
I think we gave like the reason it got that was because of Green Goblin.
Like, I think we were giving Green Goblin some major shit.
But why? Because it wasn't like.
Gosh, do we need to give Vic back on and read?
And then while we're at it, let's do Spider-Man 2 as well.
I would be down for that.
All right, Vic, I don't know if you listen to these still, but come on, man.
Let's do it. And you're cool. Do it. And you're cool.
All right. Well, anyway, so that's where a family affair is sitting.
We're more so concerned about the injustice that Spider-Man got.
If there's anyone to blame, it's Vic.
Yep. Always Vic.
Oh, man. It's been Victor all along.
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It's okay.
Yeah, I need to find a quick like a quicker way of doing that.
But it is not easy. But anyway, so next week, we will more than likely be breaking down Despicable Me 4.
So excited. Yeah.
So we're probably gonna have another movie that ends up in this C range.
Which is it which is good. We've had like I think we've had a lot of like decent movies in a row.
Like I think it's shitty ones.
Oh, shit.
But yeah. So anyway, you guys can look forward to that next week.
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