Careful, babes. Because if you bump this, then
we can't hear Uncle Rose. Why? Because you pulled
the microphones out. What microphones? This microphone.
That microphone out? Yeah, you pulled it out.
Just be careful. I'm sorry, but... Your poopy
butt. I told my daddy a poopy butt. Alright,
let's go. What is up, bros? I'm Caleb. And I'm
Jonathan. And today we are joined by a very special
guest that hasn't been on the podcast in a while,
huh? Yep. Yeah, we are joined by the editor herself,
Little Miss Iris. Yep, that's me. Here to trade
the door all the time. Yeah, and we are here
to talk about what movie? K -pop. K -pop what?
You know the name of the movie. Say it. K -pop.
K -pop Demon Hunters. K -pop Demon Hunters. Yeah,
which is currently on what service? On Netflix.
Yep. This movie has been on repeat in our household
for quite a while. Yes, and I like it. Yeah,
spoiler alert for later. But with the special
guest today, I think we're going to make this
a breakdown only episode. Yeah. So without further
ado, you want to get started? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Say it. I'm ready to get started. All right.
You ready, Uncle Rose? Yeah, I sure am. All right.
Let's do it. Do you like movies? I do. Do you
like. The crew that works on movies? Kind of.
And wait, you like to know what's going on behind
the scenes? Ooh, that sounds neat. Oh, you should
listen to the Failing Hollywood podcast. Wait,
what's it called? Oh, Failing Hollywood. It's
with real crew. How much is that a month? Oh,
it's free. What? Free on all streaming networks.
Holy shit. I know, with real prop guys. No way.
Uh -huh. Jeepers. Listen, that one was a roll
of the dice. I did not like it, but I did like
the sound. You like the sound? Yeah, but not
the picture. Not the picture? Oh, that's fine.
If that's the only problem you had with it, that's
fine. All right, getting into this week's breakdown.
We are going to be, like I said, we're not talking
about anything in terms of like Weekly Watcher.
or anything so we're getting straight into the
breakdown this week so without further ado uh
if you 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 are story writing acting character
development effects but with this it's going
to be animation then music then typically it's
costumes. But with this being again, being animated,
it's going to be character design, but biting
your nails and it's going to be discussed in
the character design. And then we are going to
be given this movie a personal score at the very
end. All those numbers get magically added up
and spit through our algorithm and give us a
letter grade to compare this movie to others
of a similar grade. So if you have not seen K
-pop Demon Hunters. Like Little Miss Iris said,
it is available on Netflix right now. Yep. So
go check it out. Do you think people should go
check it out? Yeah. Just so insightful. Yeah.
So go definitely go check it out. And yeah. So,
yeah, if you listen beyond this point and anything
is spoiled for you, it's too bad. So Rose is
about to spoil everything in our favorite segment
that we like to call Reading with Rose. Iris,
you get to watch your uncle mess up his grammar
very, very bad. I choose not. I'm not. You choose
not to? I am. You know, that's fair. I understand
that. What? I am. You can cover your ears. I
understand. Say, at least you can read. At least
you can read. All right. Thank you. that makes
me feel better thank you iris all right if my
mouse wants to work okay here we go long ago
demons preyed on humans feeding their souls to
their rule ruler gima eventually three women
became demon hunters and sealed the demons away
with a magical barrier called the han moon Their
legacy continued across generations, with each
new trio using their singing voices to maintain
the Han Moon, working to eventually strengthen
it into the Golden Han Moon, a final seal that
would banish demons from the human world permanently.
In the present, the K -pop girl group Huntrix...
That is how you say it, right, Gil? Huntrix?
Yep. Okay. Is that how you say it? How do you
say the name of their band? I don't know. You
don't know? What's the name of their band? Well,
Huntrix. Say it in the mic. Huntrix. Huntrix.
Thank you, Iris. You're welcome. All right, so
the girl group Huntrix, comprised of Rumi, Mira,
and Zoe, is the latest demon hunting trio under
the guidance of Selene, a previous hunter who
raised Rumi. After completing their world tour,
Huntrix releases and prepares for the first live
performance of a new single, Golden, until Rumi
begins losing her voice due to her secret demon
heritage, which only Selene knows about. As a
child, Rumi was told by Selene that turning the
Han Moon gold would erase her demon marks. It's
not done. I'm almost halfway through, but thank
you, Iris. I appreciate that. When am I supposed
to say that? You're supposed to say something
when we're done. Or when he's done. Okay. Actually,
you can say whatever you want, whenever you want.
That's how it works. All right, continue. Okay.
In the demon world, Gima grows enraged at his
minions' failures. Five demons, led by former
human Jinu, form a K -pop boy band called the
Saja Boys to steal Huntrix's fans and weaken
the Hanmoon in exchange for Gima erasing Jinu's
human memories. Huntrix quickly discovers the
Saja Boys' demonic nature while encountering
them during their debut. Jinu discovers Rumi's
demon marks as they fight, but helps hide it
from her bandmates. Meeting her privately, Jinu
tells Rumi that feelings of shame enslave demons
through voices from Gima. He reveals that around
400 years earlier, Gima granted him a beautiful
voice that helped him and his family emerge from
poverty, but then condemned him to the demon
world. Jinu now lives with guilt over his family's
subsequent downfall. As the Idol Awards approach,
Huntrix rushed to produce a new song, Takedown,
to expose the Saja boys while their popularity
skyrockets. Mirror grows suspicious when Rumi
questions if Takedown is too hateful toward demons.
Torn between her identities, Rumi proposes a
plan to Jinu. If he helps Huntrix win the Idol
Awards and strengthen the Han Moon, he could
freely stay in the human world. He distracted
Uncle Rose. It's okay. So he could freely stay
in the human world. Later, Rumi confides in Jinu
that her shame over her heritage weakened her
voice, but talking with him healed it. Jinu states
that he no longer hears voices thanks to Rumi
and agrees to sabotage the Saja boys. Gimaw summons
Jinu, reminding him of their deal and the truth
that he abandoned his family for a life of wealth
and comfort before threatening to return the
tormenting voices unless he obeys him. At the
Idol Awards, the Saja boys fail to appear, and
Huntrix performed Golden, having chosen to shelve
Takedown due to the contention it caused within
the group. However, Impostor Demons sent by Jinu
split Mira and Zoe from Rumi, then poses them
to trick Rumi into performing Takedown. during
which they publicly reveal her demon marks. She
flees the stage and runs into the real Mira and
Zoe, who feel betrayed upon learning of her heritage
and collusion with Jinu. Rumi confronts Jinu
for tricking her, and he admits to lying about
his past. cast a trance over Mira, Zoe, and the
public, drawing them to the Saja Boys' final
performance, designed to shatter the weakened
Han Moon and unleash him. Rumi meets with Selene
and desperately asks her to end her life. Selene
refuses and offers to conceal the events, but
Rumi lashes out at Selene for never fully loving
her before leaving. Rumi interrupts Asaja Boy's
performance with a new song addressing shame
and self -acceptance, breaking Gima's trance.
Reunited, Huntrix fight back and free the crowd.
A repentant Genu sacrifices himself to save Rumi
from Gima, giving his restored soul to her. The
empowered Huntrix defeat Gima and the Asaja Boys,
resealing the demons and creating a new Han.
afterward roomie no longer ashamed of her marks
reconciles with mira and zoe and they later meet
with their fans in public that's it and i barely
messed up yeah good job thank you hey if you're
gonna talk you gotta talk into the microphone
babes oh okay all right why did you think of
the of the story babes it was great it was great
what'd you like about it i like it because I
like it because of the songs. You like it because
of the songs? Well, we'll talk about music here
in a little bit. Today? Yeah, today. Later today?
Later today, yes. Anyway, yeah. I thought this
story was surprisingly good. I thought the whole
concept of these three... hunters that are constantly
keeping this like basically shield around the
earth with their like around with their voices
i thought that was like a super cool concept
i thought it was a it was super fun it leads
up like honestly it made it did so good at like
kind of world building it's like gosh now i want
to know the backstory of all those other bands
no like seriously But usually I'm not into K
-pop. That's just not my thing. But like, I don't
know. I was hooked from the very first image
in this movie. Well, maybe you need to watch
it. He did watch it. I did watch it. I did. I
want to watch it again. I keep and keep and keep
watching it. Even I don't. And I just don't watch
it today. Every time. Yeah, you watched it today,
too? Yep, she watched it today. Awesome. She
actually knows all of the songs. Yeah, because
every time it sings, I sing. Yeah. I downloaded
the soundtrack right after this movie finished.
Understandable. Ben playing it when I was out
running some errands earlier. It was definitely
playing in my car, not going to lie. Well, every
time my daddy put tabs, I keep trying to tell
my daddy when he drops his phone, turn on, turn,
yes, please turn on Twitch. And I always like
it. And I sing in it. She does sing it. She sings
all the songs. Yeah. Which one is your favorite
one to sing? I like the first one. The first
song? Yeah, the one with the... Talk to the mic.
The one in the airplane. The one in the airplane?
Yeah. That's a good one. I like it. That's a
really good one. I like it. I love it. I want
some more of it. I like that song, too. You like
a lot of songs, huh? Yes. I know a lot of songs
if I use my guitar. Your guitar? Yeah, my guitar.
You don't have a guitar. You have a ukulele.
I mean a ukulele. I thought it was the guitar.
Oh, okay. Yeah. Before yesterday, I was singing
with my... Yeah, but we're not talking about
that. We're talking about K -pop. I know. I know.
Okay. That does sound fun, Iris. Yeah. Yes, and
I love it. Anyway, getting back into this movie.
Dude, the world building here was so good. Because
it's like they... introduce us to a world with
like with not even like hunters of like multiple
generation of hunters that i am interested in
every single one of but they also the three girls
like each of them like the way that they kind
of did like a quick backstory on them is was
so much fun like how they had basically like
the fans introduced who these characters are
and that was such a cool touch like where they've
come from and all that like i thought that was
so sick yeah and remember when stole the pop
that fling out the side and then huntress dried
down the fall and they made and he fell into
the balls right into the face oh yeah yeah that
was a funny one yeah super funny like the comedy
in this was really good too like it was very
it was very like anime style but like it just
worked so well like yeah like the i mean you
know definitely talk with us in animation but
yeah like the facial expressions that they would
give them during like moments like when they
eat their uh uh like right before they jump out
of the plane and they go to eat their ramen because
it's their like ritual before they perform their
They're like wide -open faces as they're consuming
it as fast as they can. Hilarious. Yeah, yeah.
Every time I watch the movie, I see that when
they eat their noodles so fast. Yeah. Yeah, that's
my favorite part. Can you eat your noodles that
fast, Iris? No. No. I take my time. Good. You
take your time? Yeah, there's too much Mommy
makes. She makes a lot of ramen, huh? Yes, whenever
I ask. I wish I made a little bit so I can eat
it so often. Yeah. But I love those quick little
anime moments that they had. It just added to
the comedy a lot. And then just the dynamic between
the three girls was great. It was. They felt
like sisters. Yeah, they really did. I mean,
they're literally polar opposites, but like they
say, opposites attract, and these three truly
proved that. Loved that. Yeah, and you know when
they were in the tub and they were trying? The
bathhouse? The bathhouse, and they were trying.
At the end, and they were having their sweet
moment. I liked it. I loved it. I watched them
all over. Youth ball. I'm a silly doll, you know.
You are a silly girl. Everybody knows that. Iris,
did you see how the... Oh my gosh, what's the
black -haired girl's name? Zoe. That's Zoe? Thank
you. Did you see how her towel was different
than the other two? How she was wearing it on
her head? Yeah. Everyone wears that. Yeah, everyone
wears that? Yeah, my daddy made one. I did. Really?
You made it look like how she did it? Dude, awesome.
Check this out. Brielle, she sent me a video
on Instagram from your Korean dad. I think that's
the name of his channel. Yeah, I saw that video
too. He shows you how to make the towel and I
was like... That seems easy enough. And so I,
I, uh, I made one for, for her that we put on
her last night, but it was like, it was like,
so he uses like a smaller towel. It's like a
hand towel. Not, not quite hand towel. Small.
It's more like, it's more like the towel that
you use for like, um, to step on. Oh, okay. Yeah.
But it, or at least we, that's what we use it
for. But yeah. So I, I use like a full, like
full -size towel and wrapped it so her buns were
huge i love it yes and it might have what it
almost made me not hear it so good but i did
i saw here it made it made it too quiet well
i know because i know how to hear and they do
here and made it harder like made things quiet
no it's just that it keeps telling me the top
of my head makes me like people stay my top of
my hair yeah and i had to wear that for the whole
week until my hair drove back oh no oh that would
be not great yeah um but yeah like i love the
dynamic between between the girls i thought each
one was like super interesting Like each one's
backstory was super interesting and really fun.
I know that they've announced that there's going
to be a second one after. I would love for them
to explore their backstories a bit more. Yeah,
I would love to see that too. Yeah, and I can't
wait to see the new one. The other new one. I
know that one's coming out next year. Yeah, I
can't wait to see it. it might be really they
already fast -tracked it that fast i think it's
gonna make me like make you scream yeah i make
me like stop stop and stop and that's dip but
yeah it do it got greenlit fast like once they
started announcing how good this movie was doing
and everything like the during the uh the press
circuit after the movie got released and everything
like they were um they were already announcing
like, yeah, they've like studios greenlit and
this I'm, I'm hesitant about, I'm like, there's
a little part of me that's becoming hesitant
because Sony's now getting involved because I
guess they turned down this movie. And so, yeah,
I remember reading that. Cause like, yeah, it's
like, it's like a Sony pictures animation movie,
but they just didn't think it would do that well
in theaters. So yeah, they turned the rights
over to Netflix and I'm sure they're kicking
themselves for that now. Oh, for sure. Someone
got fired. I would bet you someone got fired.
Dude, for how much it brought in in that two
-day release window, yes. Dude, I wouldn't be
surprised if a whole group of people got fired
for that. No joke, dude. Well, my favorite part
is when her... What's the one with the black
hair? What's her name? That's Zoe. That's Zoe?
Not Zoe? Mira? Uh, the purple hair? No. Which
one are you talking about? Talking about the
one with the long hair. The one with the long
hair? Uh -huh. The pink hair? No. I don't know
who you're talking about. The one that was braiding
her hair. That's Rumi. You know that. No, the
one that was braiding her hair. The purple hair?
Yes. That's Rumi. story. The one with black hair
that was braided? No. It was braiding the purple
hair. Oh. Okay. What's her name? Celine. I like
when Celine braided her hair. And I like this
song. Yeah. I love it. I like it. I love it.
I want some more of it. The deal with Selene
was pretty good and crazy powerful, dude. Oh
yeah, the fact that Rumi just straight up left
her. Well, her was like running away and I heard
the songs. Yeah. I did not like that part. But
when Rumi went to go see Selene... Yeah, and
they tried to make... take her to the bat house
and maybe next time yeah i like that one yeah
and then i thought like just the whole idea like
so just the idea of like the who the k -pop like
the huntrix were and everything was super fun
and then the way that the demons tried to combat
that by releasing a uh a demon boy band was hilarious.
That was great. And it worked out so well. And
you know the one when they were like, and they
made a bunny pose? That one was creepy. Creepy?
Well, it was always creepy, but they're a demon.
They are demons, huh? Yes, but remember one story
that's tough. a ton of nice demons, and then
the rest, the two ones, the two ones. Yeah. The
one with the purple hair and the pink hair. Yeah.
When they said, demons are never nice. That one
was really, really funny. Yeah. The Saja boys.
Yeah, and they, uh, and... They did it with distance.
Yeah. They did not know. Watch it. Yeah, I thought
the whole deal with the Saja boys was funny.
And I liked that they weren't, like, overly serious.
Like, they were trying to play, like, the whole
boy band, like, vibe. Yeah. And, like, they actually
seemed like they were fun and everything. And
then I loved, like, the moments that they would,
like. turn the corner and be out of the view
of everyone and then they just hunch down and
just like totally like bored face and everything
i just love it when um the girls are like simping
over them when we first get the introduction
and they're just like those abs look at those
abs and you know uh when they uh when the the
black hair the boy one with the black hair And
then the other ones, then the water demon, then
turned around. And then he turned around, and
then he, uh, you know, the boss. The boss? Oh,
yeah, the boss was scary, huh? Yeah, and when
he started his eyes out of nowhere. Crazy. Yeah,
so crazy, it almost made me scream. Oh, watch
it. Yeah. The, um, I don't know. I liked everything
that they ended up doing with that. Like, I thought
it was super fun. Like it just, I liked that.
We didn't get any like personal one -on -one
time with any of those other, like the guys just
cause they all were just like cookie cutter.
Like the only one that really mattered was Genie.
Yeah. So I thought that was, that was pretty,
pretty fun. But I mean, I thought the story,
like, was killer dude like i thought like it
had a really good flow like there was no slow
parts like i thought it was it was rock solid
like i'm almost i think i'm sitting like a 91
with the story honestly what are you thinking
babes i i love it you know so one so between
one and 100 what score do you want to give it
i want to save it 100 A 39. 139? That is a great
number, Iris. I said between 1 and 100. Do you
want to give it 100 or do you want to give it
a little bit less? 100! Noah, we can do that.
If you want to give it 100, we can give it 100.
No, 139. 139. No, we only go to 100 on this show.
What are you thinking, Uncle Rose? Well, I'm
going to be the... the jerk here, I guess, and
I'm gonna do a 90. But yeah, at least I'm not
in the 80s. It's still very high. The story is
very, very solid. What'd you say? I did do the
90s. He is in the 90s. I still gave it a high
score, I promise. Yeah, 90s is still high. What
do you wanna do tomorrow? We gotta finish this
recording, babes. Alright, next up we got writing.
The writing here was solid, dude. My favorite,
going back to when they first get introduced
to... I love you too, Iris. When the girls first
get introduced to the guys, and I think it's...
I'm pretty sure it's Rumi that bumps into Jinu,
and he does the slow turnaround, his hair flips,
and he just goes, watch it. No, he didn't. He
says, watch yourself. Oh, that's what, thank
you. See, Iris, I got to watch this movie a lot
more times. I got to memorize it like you. We
got the professional here, the one that knows
everything. That's me. Yeah, like he knocks her
over and then what else does he do? When they
get to the one with the, with the nice thing,
and then he drinks his, her tonics, and his tout,
and her dad, oh, that, he's doing one of my tonics!
That's, I really like that one. Yeah, is that
a nice thing to do, or a jerk -faced thing to
do? Um, a mean thing. A mean thing, huh. Can
you quit moving the mic, please? talking to the
microphone i just pulled him to my daddy's face
sass on this episode is for real dude it is amazing
i'm loving this yeah punk yeah um gosh i'm trying
to think of like other things like my favorite
little bits were between like or mira and zoe
like i love their writing like when they were
um When they just gotten done with their tour
and they were taught like just doing that couch
chant about all like It's just like when when
Rumi stands up and heard it the new outfit and
they're just like, what are you doing? It's like
freaking out And then show he says why are you
in a new costume and then David you did the thing
you set it on a single like it's tonight And
then they put them in there with the white clothes.
That was so funny. That still makes me laugh.
That still makes me laugh. Yeah, it is pretty
funny, huh? Yeah, I thought it was always funny.
It's always funny. What did you think, Uncle
Rose? I thought the writing was very good. Yeah,
I agree with what you said. Caleb, the scenes
with... Oh, my gosh. I'm horrible with names.
Zoe and... What was the other name? Mira. Mira.
Thank you. Yeah, just whenever they were together,
it was great. The writing, especially on them,
was fantastic. Two polar opposites, but you could
tell that there was real friendship there. Even
at the end, when they're all excited about couch
time and everything, finally taking a break,
and then they see their fans, and they're just
like, you know what? The couch can wait. I love
that they finally accepted that couch time will
come in good time. Yeah. I don't know if I could
resist that couch, though. That looked really
comfortable. Yeah. And when would they start
to the hotel? I need a touch, touch, touch, touch.
And then Zoe dead. I'm ready to watch videos
about turtles. And then Mila dead. That sounds
really boring. Yeah. There was a, I think when
they're like planning the new song, and Zoe says,
oh, I have 23 journals with lyrics ready to go.
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. What is their manager's
name? Oh, Bobby? Bobby. Yeah. Thank you. He,
like, chimes in. He's just like, make it 30 or
something like that. No, he said, let's make
it 30 notebooks. That's what, thank you. That's
what it was. Yeah, good job. I'm the director,
you know. You're what? I'm the director. You're
the director? Yeah. You're the editor. I'm the
editor and the director. Oh, okay. All right.
She's stepping it up on this podcast. I love
it. Way to give yourself a promotion. Dude, I
was a big fan of the comedy in this. Oh, my gosh.
The scene where it was like Bobby. I think he
said something about there being 10 ,000 fans
outside. like how like oh it's fine like there's
only 10 000 pounds outside like oh going crazy
like how scary that can that be and then it cuts
the guards and they're like there's 10 000 fans
outside it's really scary out here it does there's
10 000 fans at the door screaming and sounding
really scary and sounding really scary yeah like
like i love those little bits yeah that was so
good I love that. I love the fans. The interactions
with the fans were hilarious. I loved when they
were on the plane and they were basically matching
the energy of every fan. They're just like, oh
my gosh, we love you. And then they're just like,
we love you too. And then it was like the crying
people that they were just crying to. And they
cut to the dude with the full chest Huntrix tattoo.
Zoe and Rumi are like, oh, and Mira's the only
ones that's like, nice. Like, those types of
jokes, like, I love that. No, Mira said sick.
Sick. Ah, yeah, that's what it was. Yeah, can
you tell that she's watched this movie a billion
times? Just a little bit. Love it. Yeah, I love
those jokes. I don't know. I like when the extras
get jokes. And, like, I was thinking, like, when
Bobby, like, when they're doing that signing,
and then the Sasha boys show up, and then they
go to, like, separate table, and then it's just,
like, double signing, and then they split up.
And, like, the way that they, like, basically
narrate what's happening in unison, like, I love
stuff like that. Actually, her says, the daughter's
voice was in reverse. And then they said, then
the fans said it. And then the fans say what?
The same table. And then they grouped together
again. Yeah, that's super fun, huh? Wait, they
did this? First they were separated up. And then
they went to the same table as Hot Twitch. And
then the friends were right there. And then they,
then her sisters, the ton of her like, her ton
of like sisters. Then told her what's going on.
Then her dad, we need every fan. And then her,
what's her name again? I can't remember. Yeah.
No, wait. I remember. And then remember when
the movie, the pink hair dad. No outside, no
outside. Outside first. Ah! That was really funny.
Yeah. The, the, the, the dialogue here was just,
I love that. Like that level of dialogue where
it's just quick witted or just like really quick
one -off jokes that don't try to like overstay
their welcome. Yeah. Just like really quick.
I like, I'm a sucker for the, the jokes that
are like where it's like where one person says
something and then it cuts to the people like,
like the, the one with the guards. They're just
like, oh, it's 10 ,000 fans. That's not scary.
The boom cuts to those guards. They say the exact
same thing with the exact same. It's kind of
like how it felt like about the. No, daddy. I
know. I know. I was just paraphrasing. There's
10 ,000. I know. Yeah, I know. But I liked I'm
a big sucker for for jokes like that. So were
there any standouts, jokes -wise, for you? Or
just dialogue -wise, I guess? I think that the
notebook part, that just really stood out to
me for some reason. The fact that Bobby had to
chime in with, like, make that 30 notebooks.
Man, I freaking love Bobby, dude. He was amazing.
Yeah, I liked him. Oh, there's someone else I
really liked. I thought G knew was all right.
Like with his, his dialogue. I loved the, the
scene between Celine and Rumi. Oh yeah. That
was so powerful. Yeah. Super good. And then dude,
and then the way that she turns, like if this
is the, the Han moon I'm protecting, I can't
like, I'm basically, I can't wait to see it burn
or be destroyed or like, like, Oh man. Jeez.
i was like oh it hit the fan something awful
i thought that was crazy the um yeah freaking
it got nuts dude it got super nuts and then any
any time that uh mira was like trying to confront
roomie that was also like really really good
too oh yeah what No, I didn't say it was funny.
I just said it fills you with strong emotion,
right? No? Well, agree to disagree. Punk? You
are a punk. So where are you sitting with your
writing score? I think I'd actually be a little
higher with writing than my story. So I think
I'd go a 91 for writing. I agree. I'm a little
bit higher too. I'm sitting at 93. What do you
want to give your riding score? Uncle Rose gave
it a 91 and I said 93. What do you want to do?
You want to do what? 11? That's low. Do you want
to give it high or low? High? OK, do you want
to give it? Do you want to be in like the middle
of where me and Uncle Rose are? Yeah. OK, she
says give it a 92. Yeah, yeah, that's what you
you want to give it. You want to give it a 93?
OK, give it a 93. All right. All right. Next
up, we got acting. All right. So first up, we
got. May Hong. who voices Mira. Then we got Zhiyong
Yu. Oh, wait. Forgot one. Arden Cho, who voices
Rumi. Then Mei Hong, who voices Mira. Zhiyong
Yu, who voices Zoe. Then we got Ahn Hyo Siop.
These names are killer, dude. Who voices Jinu.
Then we got Yeonjin Kim, who does the voice for
Celine. For a second, I thought I didn't put
her picture. And I'm like, wait, I thought I
did. And then we got Ken Jeong, who does the
voice for Bobby, who's absolutely perfect. Oh,
yeah. And then we got Lee Byung Hun, who does
the voice for Guima, which he's the main bad
guy in the latest two seasons of Squid Games.
Oh, cool. Yeah, he's great, dude. He's got that
villain look about him. Yeah. He's good. Where
are you going? You're going potty? Okay. Come
right back. Okay. Man, the attitude. I love it.
Yeah. Ooh. I think our top three is probably
going to look the same, right? Yeah, I would
assume so. yeah like it's gonna have at least
the same three people oh yeah yeah definitely
so do you like rank them in any specific order
um i i do actually um so number one just because
i loved her energy uh i'd give it to zoe you
give zoe one yeah interesting okay i loved her
loved her energy she was amazing um And then
two, I would give to the one that I can't remember.
Not Rumi. No. What's the other one? Oh, Mira?
Yeah, I'd give two to Mira and then three to
Rumi. Nothing against Rumi, but just like the
other two, like just stuck with me more when
it came to voice acting. Fair. My order would
be Rumi, Zoe, then Mira. All right. Good choice.
Dude, I thought, I'm probably wrong in this,
like, thinking this, but for whatever reason,
I could not get out of my head that Mira was
voiced by Stephanie Beatriz. It does kind of
sound like that. Like, just a hair. Like, I kept,
like, thinking, I'm like, there's no way that
they do that. Yeah. But, like, every time I heard
her talk, I was just like, it's got to be. And
so I looked it up. Obviously, it wasn't. And
I was just like, That's crazy. Cause that sounds
exactly like her. Wow. Yeah. I didn't think about
that, man. Yeah. You have a, a number four. Yeah.
That's the number I was looking for. I probably
give that to Ken Jeong. Ken Jeong. Yeah. Yeah,
dude. He, he was amazing as their manager. Frickin.
I'm sorry. Excuse me. I, uh, I loved Bobby. He
was, he was a great character. And, um, yeah,
I honestly, I like, I get why, but like, I would
have loved more scenes with him interacting with
those girls. That would have been just awesome.
Yeah, dude. It was so sad when he, like when
you started hearing his inner like voice. Oh
yeah. Oh, it was rough. Yeah. That was depressing.
Dude, all the girls' freaking inner voices were
so sad. Dude, like, seriously. Yeah. But you
know what? They incorporated that into that last
song, and man, was that amazing. Bro. I cannot
wait to talk about the music, dude. Dude, same.
Because some of those songs, especially that
last one, that hits you in the feels. Banger,
dude. Absolute. I'll say this. I don't think
that this was like Oscar worthy, like voice acting
or anything that I like. I'm probably on the
lower end when it comes to like the voice acting.
Not like I'm still in the 90s, but I'm not as
high. All right. Fair enough. So I'm probably
sitting at like a 90 when it comes to the voice
acting. You know what? I think I'm going to match
you there. Hey, what are you doing? I told you
to eat. If you want to grab a cracker, just grab
it. Hey, what did you think of the acting? You
thought the voices were good? You liked it? What
score do you want to give it? I want to give
it 100. You want to give it 100? Tracks. Love
it. All right, next up we got character development,
which this had pretty decent development. It
really did. Because it's crazy seeing, you know,
how Rumi was told her whole life that she needs
to hide her scars. And once they do the, I forget,
the big Han Moon, like the final Han Moon, I
forget what it's called. Actually, her said,
I like the part where her said, I hope to be
able to follow these things. When Zoe did it.
That's not what he was talking about, babe. She
got to throw on your headphones. Anyway, what
were you saying? Just how she was told her whole
life that she needs to hide her scars. And then
once the Han Moon is complete, those will go
away and she can actually be who she is supposed
to be. But then at the end, she's just like,
nah, this is who I am. And you know what? If
this is what I'm supposed to do and this is supposed
to be what this symbolizes, yeah, nah. I'm okay
if it just burns to the ground. That's cool with
me. Yeah, hardcore. You know what? I don't blame
her. And in the end, she was able to be herself.
I do want your opinion. Do you think that there
were... She would have came out to Zoe and Mira,
right? It's Mira, right? Right. Okay. Do you
think that they would have been accepting? I
absolutely that. Yeah. Cause there, there were
moments that I think that she could have easily
come out to, even like when it's just her and
Mira in her room, I think that that would have
been a good time for her to come, come clean.
And then they could have talked to Zoe right
after that. So yeah, I get it. You know, like
how they were telling the story, like I get why
they didn't do it like that, but there were moments
and. those two would have absolutely been understanding
yeah um which just goes in to tie into like one
of the like that final song like that she says
like i don't know why i didn't trust you yeah
and like you kind of understand to a point like
why she felt that way it was because it was like
it was celine's fault like she was purpose like
not not purposefully but she was celine what
yeah that's what we're talking about i didn't
say it okay say it again as if she's giving me
permission to try and say it again from the top
yeah no it was just like she was raised to be
like by someone that was afraid of her patterns
and she was just celine was so afraid of her
not being accepted that she like basically just
passed that fear on like and it showed like because
they were like there were times that like young
roomie was at was saying like maybe they'd understand
they're just like nope like celine was the one
that was enforcing that and it was it was sad
it was sad to watch what yeah exactly yeah she
she just kept telling roomie that like not until
her patterns were gone. And then it's like, then
you can explain everything to them and blah,
blah, blah, blah. I'm, I'm paraphrasing. I know
this might be my favorite episode we've ever
done. I know I'm sitting here getting roasted.
She's just like, you're not saying it right.
That's not what, that's not what she said. I
know it's not what she said. Oh man. Listen,
if I just was going to repeat the entire movie
that defeats the whole purpose. you're giving
it you're giving your own thoughts that means
you're gonna beat me up i'm gonna beat you up
he's a crazy kid oh dude um but honestly this
was one of my favorite like little pieces of
of character development like i thought this
was really strong i don't think this was quite
in the 90s for me like i'm probably sitting about
88 But I thought that the growth that she experienced
as a... You want to go 99? You are messing with
this curve. Something awful, kid. She's like
Vic with No Way Home. Dude, no kidding. Oh, man.
That's hilarious. Yeah, I'm sitting at 88 with
that one. I thought it was definitely well above
average. I don't think this was perfect by any
means, but there was a lot of really good, powerful
growth with Rumi. I'm excited. I thought that
Mira and Zoe, they had some decent... growth
as well but i think that their story was a bit
sidelined which i'm fine with with how well they
did roomies i just hope that the future installments
of this do kind of focus on their story yeah
no definitely because i i think era has a really
good story to tell oh seriously yeah no i would
love it if they focused um on her in the sequel
that'd be awesome i would love that especially
since it seems like her family are like high
like elites and stuff like just seeing what that
that dynamic looks like yeah and it like i got
everything that i needed to know about mira from
that one line in golden where she talks about
like like her it's like the first like little
bit that she sings where she talks that she got
called a problem child um because she got too
wild. And then she says, but that's, but now
that's how I'm getting paid. I'm just like, damn.
Yeah. That was awesome. Yep. I got to watch my
language trying to anyway, but like, I really
liked this movie. It's hard. I get it. Where
are you at? So I'm just one below you. I think
what. drags me down just one more point is like
like you said i get why they didn't but just
i i think her character development was just
a little bit ruined for me because she didn't
tell the other two like i get you know like how
was included in the song why she did it but just
like i feel like there were just there were moments
that she could have like i get why but just like
it does drag me down just one point so 87 for
me Fair enough. Which one is me? You're right
here. I'm on the very bottom. Well, everyone's
at the bottom at some point. I'm at the bottom.
All right. Next up, we got animation. Daddy,
what's animation? So the animation is how the
movie looked. So you know how some movies have
real people and some movies have pretend people?
Yes. We're talking about how it looked, how the
whole movie looked, because it was all fake people.
Don't write on my desk. Little punk. You're a
punk. Yeah, so tell us. What did you think of
the animation? Did you like it? What's another
animated movie that you like? Baby Shark. Baby
Shark? So did you think this was better or worse
than Baby Shark? They're both better. uh you're
wrong they are not both better oh man but i thought
this animation was was beautiful i thought it
had a very distinct style to it like obviously
like i think they were mimicking like into the
spider -verse a bit but it's still like the the
designs of the characters and just everyone around
like i thought that those were very distinct
the movement was was very fluid like it kind
of had that choppy like almost like stop motion
vibe to it at times yeah which i liked where
it was like the adjusted frame rate um which
i know that they played around with in spider
verse where like i think they had like miles
like like trying to do his web swinging and everything
at like 12 frames per second versus like peter
b parker was swinging around at yeah we're talking
about a different movie right now but how that
he was swinging at like 24 frames a second so
his felt more fluid and and natural where his
felt very choppy and oh okay so they kind of
toyed with that and i think that that's something
that they messed around with in here too because
it did there were times I know, and you smell
like pickles. My daddy said I smell like pickles.
You do, very strongly. Like, goodness, kid. But
I think, like I said, that was something I felt
like they played with a little bit, because there
were some, like, sequences. Where are you going?
You going on the couch? Okay. No. Why? Because
we're talking. Well, that's too bad for you.
We're almost at music, babes. Don't you want
to talk about the music? We're almost done. No.
Geez. Ow. Freaking punk. Wow. Yes, you are. Yes,
you are. Anyway, if I could get this thought
out, I think that was a... a concept that they
were playing around with because I noticed that
there's like, there, um, some of their sequences
were felt like it was at a lower frame rate,
but then there were other like dance sequences.
Like I'm thinking of when the, when the Saja
boys were doing the, your idol one, the way that
they were moving felt a lot more fluid than everything
else in the, in the film. So I think that they
upped the frame rate for, for that. And then
like lowered it for the, for the girls, like
not too much, like, but just, I think they just
tweaked it just enough. So it was just like barely
noticeable. Cause I think they wanted to make
the, the Saja boys performance feel like kind
of otherworldly. And I think that that's like
why they did that. Yeah. Because it made it feel
like, Oh, like they're moving. Like the feel
of their movement feels different from everything
else. Yeah. So I really like that they did that.
Yeah, no, it's amazing the animation that Sony
Animation puts on because, you know, you get
this. I don't think Sony was involved in this.
Well, Sony Pictures Animation. Oh. Wait, so they
animated it, but they didn't want anything to
do with like. Yeah, they didn't want anything
to do with the distribution rights. Like they
still own the film like they like it's still
theirs. But well, they signed a thing years ago,
I think, with Netflix. And so basically, if they
don't want to release an animated movie in theaters,
like it will just go directly to Netflix, kind
of like with Mitchell's versus the machines.
OK, but like. Like we said earlier, whoever decided,
oh, yeah, let's put this on Netflix and not put
it in theaters. You people are dumb because you
could have made some good money. Then it shows
and how much money this movie made in that two
day release window. But anyway, well, that's
where you get into like business logistics, like
maybe the like because who knows, like if they
would have if they would have done. a theatrical
release for this film it is something that no
one's ever seen before so how how well did those
movies end up doing i mean fair enough i mean
like because i mean you gotta think like this
i would compare this to like the wild robot or
yeah mitchell like mitchell's versus the machine
like i would compare it to like that where it's
like an it's its own entity And it's just like,
how well do those end up doing? Because you got
to think of all the money that they put down
for like marketing and all this and that versus
Netflix. They just fricking, they have their
own deal with that. No, that's true. I mean,
I could see this movie probably doing like wild
robot numbers. And I think that movie did like
two to 300 million. And even, I think it as word
caught on the box office would have grown. um
to the point i think like sony would have actually
pushed for a re -release of this movie after
the word of mouth got out um so like if it was
officially put in theaters i could see this movie
making over 500 million that's fair be interesting
for sure like i wish that we could like run simulations
and stuff like if people oh yeah of that but
it's just it's human nature like who knows how
it would have done if it got into theaters yeah
like it may not have performed so well but i
think the reason it performed so well in like
like starting off of netflix like it's because
of the word of mouth and then it's just the hype
built up and then it's like boom theatrical release
oh my gosh yeah like i think i wonder if like
if they've considered doing that like that idea
where it's just like sony like let's let's say
Hey, we have this movie. We release it on Netflix.
We kind of see how it does on Netflix. And then
we go and do all like the crazy, like a sing
along theatrical cut or just like a normal theatrical,
like play around with that realm a little bit.
And then it's not a bad idea. Yeah. And then
that way it's just like, you don't have to really
do any marketing for it. You just have to show,
Hey, in theaters near you. Yeah. So just like
drop a. i don't know i don't know how much money
it costs to like promote something like that
but just kind of throw those numbers out and
like kind of see how it does because i personally
would love to if i could see a movie first and
be like oh wow this looks like something that
would be awesome to see on the big screen i would
yeah fair i think it's interesting um how netflix
what they'll do if they think if they really
want to push a movie for awards, they'll put
it in theaters for only like two, three days.
I mean, kind of with this movie, but even before
they did this like special release, I think like
before when it like first dropped on Netflix,
they released it for like two days. And the reason
they do that is that's the amount of time that
a movie has to be in theaters for award shows
to consider it so that they can like. put it
up for like best animated film of the year so
is this movie now qualify for that yep it does
freaking a dude if this doesn't come away with
i won't say best of the year yet um i want to
see what i want i would want to see what it's
going up against um and trying to think what
other animated movies came out this year because
all i can think of is um elio yeah Which Elio's
not getting shit against this movie. Yeah, unfortunately.
I'll say from everything that I've seen this
year, I think this movie earns top slot. I would
agree. It's been kind of a soft summer, or a
soft year for animated films. Yeah. So I think
if this movie doesn't at least walk away with
a best original song like we riot riot in the
streets. Yep. Like that would be absolute and
utter. OK, she's gone. Bullshit. Yeah. So for
those of you that are over are overly concerned
with language, my daughter has left the room.
So we are good. in that case i'm just kidding
yeah so special effect or like the animation
gosh like this was a beautiful movie it was oh
my goodness i'm i'm probably going to put this
at like a 95 honestly like i i think it's it
was up there enough like there's so many beautiful
like the sceneries were were great like the the
effects of the han moon was amazing so cool and
yeah there was really nothing that like ruined
it for me like i i loved like the way that they
they went into those classic anime faces like
while they were doing random stuff like especially
while they were eating like i loved that yeah
like dude that scene of them eating is actually
what sold me on the movie i was like that looks
funny i'm gonna check that out dude freaking
when um they first um Like when they first see
the... Oh my gosh. I already forgot the boy band
name. Saja Boys. Like when they first see them
and like... you know like the what exposes his
abs and like the i think it's um zoe like she
starts like crying like popcorn and mira is like
eating it as she's watching dude that whole scene
was hilarious that was amazing like i i love
that it was popcorn because she was just mimicking
the abs and then when the like it was just like
her eyes turned to corn and i was like that's
odd and then like i think it was like iris that
said oh like her like it's because of his muscles
and i was like what oh okay like i got it and
then the the button snapping and turning into
like butter that was freaking hilarious oh man
yeah and then the way that like throughout the
rest of the movie anytime they saw him they would
like cry popcorn yeah i freaking love that stuff
like i love that mirror like her her finishing
move was no more abs oh so good i love that uh
my wife to send iris back out talk about music
um i i'm actually gonna be one point higher than
you with effects i'm gonna be at 96 like this
is such a beautifully animated movie and yeah
like really nothing else to say about that just
It is a beautifully animated movie. Oh, yeah.
All right. Next up, and I don't think we're going
to have any disagreements on this. 10 out of
10 soundtrack. Oh, yeah. 100%. Dude, not only
did you release one banger, they released easily
four. Oh, yeah. Dude, I've already caught myself
humming Soda Pop. dude for real like i i love
that the uh that the that the girls were like
not super obviously like they didn't like the
saja boys at first but they were like ah but
i mean it is super catchy and they were like
counting themselves like dancing along to it
for uh when um they discovered that um their
demons and both um roomie right roomie yeah roomie
and mira were the ones that immediately said
like demons and then zoe's like magician i meant
demons that's what i meant and then towards the
end she's just like you know what magicians do
that too love that shit um gosh i'm trying to
think of their other one like their opening song
was freaking baller that was fantastic then golden
was really good yep and then their final song
the I forget what it's called. Yeah, I did, too.
But yeah, their final song when they're facing
off against the like the main bad guy was crazy
good. Dude, like they did like the I feel like
that's almost an impossible feat. Oh, yeah. Like
to release four freaking hits in one movie. That's
nuts. like that is absolutely nuts like and i
uh i know i've heard like for sure i've heard
golden on the uh on the radio i don't know if
the other ones have been on the radio at all
yeah because because i remember you saying that
like i'm sure you've heard at least like one
song because like they've played it over the
radio and like yeah when golden started playing
um i forget which line but i'm just like damn
it yeah he's right i've freaking heard this at
work yeah i was gonna say like if you're if you're
if macy's plays for like i know the macy like
any macy's i've been to plays freaking top 40
yeah yeah yeah i'm i'm pretty sure that's we
play to what we play too yeah and dude isn't
aren't these songs like all in the top at least
10 i would i would be very shocked if they're
not top 10 songs today okay the hot 100 number
one is is golden let's go yeah then number four
is your idol that's crazy huh uh yeah uh number
five is soda pop and number 10 is how it's done
all right that's wild oh and then uh number 20
is what it sounds like that's crazy what it sounds
like is getting beat by your idol yeah that's
yeah that's that's crazy that is beyond crazy
and then oh my gosh dude all of the songs are
in at least top 25. that's awesome because takedown
is 25 free is 23. Then What Sounds Like is 20.
How It's Done is 10. Soda Pop 5, Your Idol 4,
and then Golden 1. Wild. Absolutely wild. I can't
think of another time that that's happened where
a movie has had all their songs in the top 10
or most of their songs in the top 10. Freaking
nuts. But I love to see it. Love to see it. Oh,
yeah. Same here. Yeah, so I don't think Iris
is going to disagree with us putting that as
number 10 for her. I'll leave her effects empty.
And then, yeah, okay, then moving on to character
design. Dude, I'm always, like, the biggest thing,
I'm always looking for a solid silhouette, and
I think they nailed it. Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
Like, the characters are borderline iconic now.
Like I would say at least at bare minimum roomy
is because purple hair and like the super cool
braid. Yeah. Which Iris actually had me try and
mimic yesterday. She wanted. She wanted. She's
like, I want her her hair. And I was like, I'll
try. And I didn't do too bad. Yeah, I don't know.
Yeah. My problem is I don't know how to set like.
what are what do they call it sectioning i don't
know how to section hair to do like what like
all the fancy shit that they uh that they do
but i was able to mimic it pretty well so i was
like all right call that a win it stuck out a
little bit because i was using like super thick
uh hair ties okay but it worked well enough that
iris liked it i'm curious if um has she like
mentioned at all if she wants to go as um any
of them for halloween she hasn't but i wouldn't
be surprised if that ended up being the case
yeah yeah because right now she i i don't know
what she thinks about halloween because i've
told her that she could dress up as anybody but
she she's still wanting to go with like with
bell for some reason and i'm like yeah from beauty
and the beast and i don't know why Like, like
obviously Disney princess, whatever, blah, blah,
blah. But it's just, we haven't watched beauty
and the beast in a really long time. So I'm curious
why she's leaning more towards bell. Yeah. Interesting.
She was out here to ask her frigging bailed on
us, but yeah, I wouldn't be surprised. So like,
that's pretty good. True. And we do tend to ramble
a little bit. Yeah, but I would not be surprised
if she changed her mind and wanted to go as as
roomy. Nice, which I think would be super fun
for her. Yeah, she would look so cute. Yeah,
that'd be super fun. But yeah, character design.
I personally I'm honestly I'm sitting at a 10
out of 10 with this one, too. Yeah, man, I can't
argue. Like you have iconic looking characters.
Everyone can identify from a silhouette. You
had multiple outfits with them. Like, and all
of them were very like, just like distinct. Yeah.
Like that's, that's what got me too, is that
every outfit was like crazy distinct. Even there's
like the, the clothes that they were wearing
out in public where they were trying to hide.
Like even that had a really like, distinct look
about it i was like god like how like every outfit
of theirs is working no like seriously like super
cool like super duper cool so yeah 10 out of
10 there and the last step we got personal score
and honestly i'm not ashamed to admit i really
like this movie i put this at like 94. very nice
hell yeah yeah and honestly for iris this is
her favorite movie right now i'll i'll let her
give it a 99 i love it um yeah no i i agree with
you man this is i'm not ashamed to say that i've
really enjoyed this movie um from start to finish
this was a freaking blast um so yeah you know
i think i'm gonna give it a 92 hell yeah yeah
i i'm going to like just be Cause I don't think
she fully understands the weight of the scores
yet. I think I am going to like pull her scores
out of the, the final. Yeah. Well, other than
like, because she did love this movie so much,
like I'll let her keep the personal score and
then music and costumes doesn't affect it at
all. Yeah. But I'll, yeah. So we'll keep that.
So anyway, going through these scores real quick,
starting off with story, we are sitting at a
90 .5. Writing got a little bit of a bump sitting
at a 92. Acting is down just a hair sitting at
90. Character development is our lowest category
sitting at an 87 .5, which is still crazy high.
Yeah. The effects are sitting at a 95 .5. The
music is sitting at a 10 out of 10. The character
design is sitting at a 10 out of 10. And our
personal score ended up averaging to a 95. So
with that, the final All Bros letter grade for
K -Pop Demon Hunters has come out to an A -.
Yeah, let's go. Hell yeah. That's really good.
Yeah. I'm interested to see where this ended
up. Maybe if it... Oh, there it is. Ooh, it barely
missed the mark for A. Ooh, damn. Yeah, so our
cutoff for an A is 94%, which for that is...
We have Wicked Part 1 sitting at 94%. Okay. It
is just underneath that at 93 .81%. Wow. Yeah,
but it's in the A - category. Damn, dude. It
knocked some heavy hitters down. Shit. Yeah,
so check this shit out. So 93 .81 % puts it above
War of the Planet of the Apes. Yeah, right? Damn.
Honestly, I bet you that has to do with music.
Yeah, I could see it. Then it puts it above Avengers
Infinity War. Okay. It's above Encanto. Fair.
It's above Black Panther, Wakanda Forever. Alright.
And it's above Wonka. Okay, wow. And, surprising
enough, it's above Into the Spider -Verse. Oh,
shit. Which I am not going to totally disagree
with. No, I'm not either. Yeah, opposite. Getting
into the A category, it is below Wicked, Part
1, Avengers Endgame, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mutant Mayhem, and 2025 Superman. Okay. And again,
not going to disagree. It's crazy how close that
is. Yeah, that's insane. Wow. I don't hate where
it's at, though. I don't either. Yeah, no, this
is a really good placement for it. Yeah. Oof.
But, yeah, so that's where it's sitting. Nice.
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To be determined? Yeah, I think so. Okay. We
can definitely do that. All right. Yeah, we'll
figure that out for next week. But until then,
this has been the All Bros Podcast. I'm Caleb.
And I'm Jonathan. And we'll catch you guys next
time. Deuces. See ya. Yeah, so it turns out she
ditched us to go play with Play -Doh. Ouch. Right?