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- Someone had to see The 355, and it's been a hot minute since I have reviewed a female spy movie. Compared to my expectations the movie is surprisingly watchable, but I do still have tweaks and complaints. The 355 stars Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong'o, and BingBing Fan.
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I guess I live in a hole in the ground or something because Amanda goes “this movie isn’t as bad as everyone is making it out to be!” And the whole time I’m just sitting here wondering why I’ve literally never heard a single thing about it. I had no idea this movie existed. Not even a hint.
Me too!
I saw a poster a couple of months ago at the theater and was excited about the cast. I haven't heard anything about it until this video, though.
Consider yourself lucky then.
It's because it's a Mary-Sue fest and boring as sin.
I only knew about this movie is when I heard that seb Stan was in this. It’s a shame cause I am a fan of him and only watched this bad film for his scenes
i feel like movies aren't allowed to just be okay anymore, it's either "best i've ever seen" or "absolute garbage". from everyone.
Lol exactly
I think it's more because those extremes are more interesting to talk about rather than a movie that's competent but unremarkable
Yea they’re kinda not allowed to be that. When you spend ALL those millions of dollars and hire all these skilled workers and talents, I sure hope it’s not to produce something that’s just okay.
@@fntthesmth423 not really. A lot of people take movies that are just okay and hail them as the best because they like that movie. A movie doesn’t have to be the best ever to be liked. Of course it’s all opinions. Like marvel movies are just okay to me, but everyone hails them as if they’re the best because they like those movies
Who wants to watch just an 'okay' movie? They end up being forgettable. If 'The Room' was a middle of the road flick, no one would remember it.
According to IMDb a Chinese investor pulled out of the movie after the Fan Bingbing controversy, thus removing the $20 million it had given during pre-sale thus the movie budget was supposed to be higher
Jesus😅😬
What is fan bing bing?
@@kennyb1588 the Chinese actress from the movie
Wouldn't have changed a thing.
The script's the problem.
@@Malum09 the way I thought it was some scandal and not a name💀💀 what was the controversy around her?
you're so correct about mace and marie having so much chemistry... it would not have been out of place if they'd made out
Jessica Chastain and Diane Kruger making out... interesting...
me and my friends went and watched this movie together and we were all genuinely upset leaving the theater that they didnt kiss at the end or something
my biggest movie pet peeve is when there's a clear way for the movie's conflict to be resolved and the only reason it doesn't get resolved it's obviously because then the movie would be over in half the runtime
and I don't mean because the characters are dumb, or they don't have a vital piece of information that would help them come up with a solution or something like that, I mean specifically when there's literally no other reason that a solution can't be used other than "but then the movie would be over too soon" if that's the case then the movie SHOULD be over sooner, I don't care lol
This sounds like another one of those action films that one doesn't take too seriously. I agree about film length. Saw the third Pirates of the Caribbean film in theatres and it was too long for me.
I was on a blind date and we saw that movie. Worst date ever
No Time To Die is in my recs rn and it is, I am not joking, 2 hours and 43 minutes long.
Too damn long, even by Bond film standards.
I was kind of looking forward to it for Lupita Nyong'o and I wanted to support her, I wasn't necessarily excited from the trailers but then I completely forgot about the movie and this is the first I've thought about it since then.
Me too, I love Lupita with my whole heart
Lupita was great in this, imo. Obviously not an Oscar caliber film but you can tell she was having fun! Still waiting on the spy movie Ana Duvernay promised us with Lupita and Rihanna!
Her tear ducts stole the show
her drama was great.. the action not so much 🙁
Drink every time Amanda says "drive".
Funny seeing you here! Did you get your "drive" from Genesect?
I’m currently in the ER getting a liver transplant and a mechanical kidney
No thanks, I don’t wanna die
I don't have enough booze in my house.
The swell makeship plush is facing the wall, is she in timeout?
Yes, she argued that this movie has no flaws and so Amanda put her in timeout.
The drive device reminds me of how "hackers" were depicted in 80s movies
I honestly had no idea this movie even existed until I saw a poster.
Thats usually how it goes
In what might be the most trivial thing to be annoyed by, is that Mace chooses a strapless dress for a mission. Okay..maybe she didn't expect a fistfight but prepare for all possibilities girl. I found her whole fight scene uncomfortable to watch cos I was expecting a slip any second. Wear a jumpsuit like Marie! Something with straps, something with legs, easier to fight in. Still looks classy and fits the auction vibe. Again, trivial concern. But it bugged me so much 😂🤣
If you want something more practical, and a dress, halter top absurdly short dress. Halter top keeps it from falling down, the lack of material keeps it from getting in your way, while still having enough on to (somewhat) blend into a crowd afterwards if needed. You can have a short flowy dress on a character that just doesn't care about her dress revealing things in the wind because the shortness makes it more practical for fights/occasionally distracts others in a useful manner. And this type of dress would fit really well in a gathering of rich a-holes (the auction). Note that I have not seen the movie, I've just seen the impractical dress to blend in strategy too many times when there are often multiple other options.
Clearly they needed a scene where a dwarf tries to destroy the drive with an axe, only to have the axe head break. That way you'd know that the drive could only be destroyed by the fires of Mount Doom.
Any movie with a similar mcguffin needs that scene
I now really want to see a historical drama epic or something about the actual Agent 355. Okay, we don't know her identity. But make a great movie about it anyway? Give me my Revolutionary War era spy girl film.
I feel like it would have been amazing if something like that was made with a similar vibe to the imitation game!!
Her story is told in the TV program TURN.
Diane Kruger sold me as a spy, being multilingual and all. Didn't love the movie but Krüger can punch me in the face.
Hiding money from the Chinese government? FUCK YEAH I guess I will watch this with my mom
idk how is rich ppl avoiding tax a good thing to you though.
@@user-dl5nc6jz6r dude, you’re commenting on everything about the Chinese govt. you’re not going to change anyone’s mind. The Chinese govt in objectively bad, yes other governments are bad too, but the Chinese government is one of the worst. Your propaganda won’t work here!
@Lee A the American government is objectively good?It was MLK day a few days ago but imagine how many politicians have recycled his "I have dream" stanza to draw us in. It's easy to bash china while we are run by companies, I mean hell even the agriculture sector has lobbies
@@sawlty-suite5131 Didn’t say it was and I’m not even American.
@@sawlty-suite5131 Nice straw man
As someone who works at a movie theatre, opening day only had 25% capacity. I think the trailers were not enticing
25% too much.
Yeah the trailers looked really generic
Honestly, this movie sounds so much better from your review than it looked in the trailers! Also, it is kind of dumb that they didn't choose to have emotional jeopardy element for Chastain's character - it's my favorite element in spy movies where our hero finds out his lover betrayed him, so why to allow that to happen to a female spy?
Such a missed opportunity!
Diane Krueger has Daddy Energy and I loved "The Bridge" because of her character there...I'm sad for that missed opportunity for Mace/Maria. 😭 Thank God for fanfiction! And thanks for confirming this is a Peacock watch in 30-some days rather than one to go to the theater for.
That top really brings out the blue in your eyes.
When a mediocre action movie staring men comes out no one cares but when it's a female led action movie people say it flopped because it's "political" the discourse is so obnoxious and sexist
It's the bounce-back from _selling_ the movie on the sex/diversity of the cast rather than the premise/action of the movie. And the past reaction from Hollywood antagonizing poor performances of female-led movies on sexism, sometimes after marketing on sexism directly (Charlie's Angels, for example). Also the quantity of male-led movies allows for more "meh" feelings.
Mediocre action films with leading men get ripped on all the time. Steven Segal movies, the Fast and Furious movies, the latest Matrix film, just to name a few. It's not about sexism, it's about calling out bad movies.
You are lying madam
This was for likes,right? Give us mediocre "male" movies that are so praised.
@@sawlty-suite5131 no one said "praised" just "not cared about" which is a reasonable response to a meh movie. You know, like this one. But people do seem to care more about female lead mediocre movies, the outrage is funny.
Wow, genuinely surprised with the intro. I was so excited for the movie and went to theaters immediately. After seeing it, I can’t believe anyone put money into bringing that script to life. Fan’s red dress and Diane Kruger’s acting were the only things I enjoyed. Lupita’s talent was wasted.
Never heard of this movie but I trust that swell will entertain me
Let’s be honest we’re only watching this because of Sebastian Stan
i felt like a bad feminist cause of that ... women-lead action? no. sebastian.
Yep, and Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger and Penelope Cruz!
@@honeyfuckyoumoon feminism is watching a mediocre pro-agency propaganda film? liberal feminism was a mistake.
@@superhetoric LMFAOOOOO WELL SAID
@@superhetoric ahh… can we just appreciate a joke… 🤡💅🏼
Ahh I see Atomic Blonde still reigns supreme as the best female spy movie.
Absolutely. Love that movie
La Femme Nikita!
Atomic blonde needs a sequel
@@darkoale3299 falls after the first half
Im interested in seeing it, but not as a theater watch. And I honestly completely forgot about it and didnt realise it was even in theaters so I think they dropped the ball on marketing a bit.
I would love if you did a Jenny Nicolson type script doctor series on your channel, it would be interesting to see how you as an actor would doctor scripts and acting jobs. 💖💖
I think I’m forever living for your videos. I swear every time they pop up on my subscription feed I’m like YESSSS. We keep having similar takes on videos and I love how blunt and straight to the (funny) point you are with your takes. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
just a note: chinese names have the last name first, so "fan" is fan bingbing's last name/family name
Sebastian stan only plays evil characters or if he isn’t evil he isn’t a main character and I think it’s so funny
2 years ago I discovered this channel through Amanda’s Charlie’s Angels video and I’ve been here ever since. ☺️
That mansplaining line was the last nail on the coffin to burry this movie from my consciousness
The only way I knew about this movie was from an interview Jessica did on a talk show in my country. They kept talking about how great it was that it was female lead and Jessica really wanted that, which is awesome, but there needs to be more than that to get people interested.
I thought it was decent enough. With all the complaining about “women are taking all the male roles and making them female. They should just make their own female led action movies.” (Terminator Dark Fate and James Bond for example.) so I decided to go see it. I hope it does well enough to make a sequel and the studio/director can fix the issues with the first movie. If it does well enough even if it’s not that great we will see more female led action/spy movies that are better.
It didn’t
@@Shippo28 lol that blunt but the truth 😂
Randomly got an ad for this movie the week it came out. Saw it because of Lupita Nyongo. Lol. I knew nothing else about it..
Diane Krueger kills it every time. My crush on her when I was a developing preteen in national treasure makes me biased though.
Edit: I also love that you present this as if you're talking specifically to Jessica chastain and Sebastian stan 😂
20:21
I agree, most fight scenes come down to editing. I feel like the best leave some to our imaginations because what we conjure up in our minds is not constrained by things that filmmakers have to consider when choreographing a fight sequence: MPAA ratings, making sure no actor or stunt person gets hurt, the visually medium limiting how much you can convey pain, physical exhaustion, and the weight of a character's movements, and so on.
But most big budget movies are made with an army of producers and investors who think that in order for the audience to enjoy a fight scene that have to see as much as possible and we can't be confused at any point. We have to see every blow but also they cut away whenever something else is happening so we're constantly up to speed on the plot. We're left with what should be climatic fight scenes being cut up to a million pieces as we get a close up of the punching, then a reaction shot of said punch, followed by a wide shot of more punching, then a shot of another character running towards the fight, then another close up of a punch in a matter of seconds (if not within the second). It's deflates the tension and takes me out of the movie.
Listen- I am in the worst burnout of my life, and am physically not doing well...but these videos always bring me so much joy 🥺
Same herea, keep trucking, look out for the things that bring you even the smallest amount of joy and keep working toward them, you've got this! I hope you manage to find a way out of the haze that is burnout and best of luck to you
Right there with you 💜
28:02 For a second I thought you were going to ask if we knew the story of Darty Plagueis the wise
Its sad because the entire concept of the "355" could have made for an Incredible movie! Great potential but a missed opportunity!
I love your movie reviews! Your Charlie’s angels review was my first video of yours I watched and I’ve watched it a few times since. I love Charlie’s angels and was so disappointed by that movie.
I have no idea what this movie is at all
but who cares, I'm here to soak up as many amanda waves as my phone can pump into my brain
I was actually planning on watching the movie, and your review tells me it would drive me crazy
Timing of you posting this vid and my country's release day is immaculate. Literally just got back from the premiere.
Here's what I don't get (and I didn't watch the movie). Why would you make a female action/thriller movie with actresses that don't do action? You can have Ronda Rousey, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano, Rebecca Ferguson, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie, Zoe Saldana, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Ming-Na Wen, Scarlet Johansson, and I can keep going on and on. Is not that you don't have a big pool to dip into to make a "diverse cast".
Now I'm wondering what it would look like with Scarlett Johansson as Mace, Charlize Theron as Marie, Zoe Saldana as Khadija, Gina Carano as Graciela, and Lucy Liu as Lin.
True that
Your Charlie's Angels review was the first video of yours that I stumbled on, and I loved it! It's what made me subscribe.
I remember seeing the trailer, I was like this is not giving what it wants to give. I don’t know how to explain but the trailer was just really cringey.
when I went to see the eternals the trailer for 335 showed and the guy I was on a date with shook his head, sighed and said “no”
the greenscreen part makes soooo much sense. i kept pointing out that the scenes she's in look weird but couldn't figure it out!!
I love the concept of The 355 and I love all the actresses they chose. Unfortunately, the plot wasn't great. It was obvious Sebastian Stan (the worst part of the movie) was going to be the main villain since the first trailer came out. I also thought the concept of the "hack the entire world" USB stick was dumb, especially since it was made by some random cartel guy's son! Anyway... the women were great, I still had fun, and I hope they make another movie with a better plot.
Dang Swell this video hasn’t been up long, but there’s already plenty of creepy creepers in the comments; kinda terrifying, especially if it’s any indication of the amount of similar comments you regularly receive. It really makes me appreciate your videos (& other ppls art/content) so much more.
Obviously I know that creators (especially ‘nerdy’ women/femme people) get a lot of weird/invasive/horrid things said to them, but as someone with no ‘fans’/audience actually seeing the creepy comments ‘in the wild’ (at least ones that didn’t get auto filtered out, can’t imagine the terrifying ones that get caught) has been a reminder to me of how much of a creators job that we (the audience/fans) don’t see, to the point of forgetting how challenging, frustrating and/or legitimately scary, possibly dangerous, and particularly specifically difficult this sort of job is.
TL;DR thankyou for making great videos, (from obscure topics, to super popular ones you have a unique take on, reviewing popular sponsored products honestly) & im so sorry that putting up with creeps is an expected part of the job
I looked through the comments and didn't see ANY that I would describe as "creepy". The sexualizing comments were basically all focused around swooning over Sebastian Stan plus a few "wish the women kissed" comments.
@@vlo4829 Its quite possible they deleted, or edited, like I said, there were ‘just’ a couple comments.
Actually, I did say ‘plenty’ in my original comment, so I misspoke, I apologize. It certainly felt like a lot at the time.
For me a day later reading comments you are the creepy one
@@havtor007 And 2 months later the original comment is still the only creepy one I see in this comment section
The superior wlw spy movie is Atomic Blonde hands down
Literally certified by this lesbian here....I watched it five times, still not tired of it! Bomb soundtrack, too!
The fights scenes are also better, crisper. Like, I could feel every punch she was getting.
@@ariannamyrie9520 who's the lesbian?
@@casiecase12 Me lmao 😂😂😂
Awesome movie
PLEASE REVIEW "HOW I MET YOUR FATHER"
as someone who's fave type of character is female spy/assassin, i was looking forward to this movie when the first trailer dropped. but yeah, it was just okay. not unwatchable but i probably wouldn't watch it again. mace's character was poorly written and i definitely agree that her and marie had much better chemistry than her and nick - was rooting for them to get together in the end and was quite disappointed with their awkward goodbye.
Your Charlies Angels video is what brought me to this channel!
They could have written into the plot about something would happen if the drive was destroyed obviously if the guy who made it was a 'genius' he'd make multiple failsafes
Agreed on all your thoughts! They could have smashed that drive SO MANY TIMES.
I was wondering that half of the movie!!! DESTROY THAT THING NOW! No? Not yet? Really?
Went to see this movie with my family without having seen any of the trailers prior. I kept seeing videos pop up on CZcams about it being a massive SJW flop, etc. We had fun watching it. The hate for it seems nonsensical. I did watch the trailers later and thought that they were pretty badly done but it was a fun action movie. I'm not too crazy about the title. I thought the casting was great.
I saw scream. I also binge watched all of the scream movies on Halloween to prep for the new scream. I have no intention of seeing the 355, sounds boring.
I mean 300 was a good movie but it really didnt need 55 sequels.
At this point I feel like the magic has worn off and there is barely any semblance of the original in this one.
Haha, this joke entertained me more than anything happening in this movie!
This is a very good joke
As someone near the Chicago area I think of a suburban toll road called I-355 first for that number, so I kept thinking that rather than...this random number they came up with.
I saw a trailer for this when I went to see NWH and was intrigued. I happen to like spies, especially badass female ones so it looked right up my alley. I'll probably watch it if it shows up on a streaming service I have
And this just proves that I made the better choice by giving my money to the Japanese anime film "Belle" instead. 😌
Non of the promotional spots on tv interested me enough to want to see the movie that doesn’t mean any of the actress are bad just that the promotional spots failed to do what they were meant to do make us want to se the movie it feels like the plot didn’t make sense cause they had 2 place where the movie could have ended when they were
“celebrating” the mission was completed but more got tacked on after with seeing the planes on tv then it could have ended right after they get the drive and finally destroy it like a ghostbusters style ending without the 2 months later thing
The premise of the drive reminds me of the plot device of the manga/anime Jormungand. Jormungand also goes way further with the female homoeroticism.
28:03 "...of darth plagueis the wise?""
In today's climate, an all woman spy thriller would have to have at least one big name. I am not saying these women aren't talented, they truly are. But we need one mega star. Male or female.
Seemed that's what they tried to do with having bigger names but I guess they werent big enough. At least half the cast was familiar to me
A well written story would do
I actually loved the actresses, but spy movies arent that loved and the 355’s story is medicore and cliche. It has great parts but not very original.
I love Bob's Burgers, but I don't love Bob's Burgers enough to risk a theatre. I'd love if we normalized streaming for those of us that continue to be housebound.
Immune compromised so my vaccine response hasn't been great. Looks like I'm stuck with crowd avoidance and masks for a while longer. I agree. More streaming please.
I only heard about the 355 when I saw an ad for it on Brian Jordan Alvarez's A Spy Movie on CZcams 😅
I enjoyed this movie well enough! Good cast. I really burst out laughing when Marie was like “how do you know my name” and Mace saying “we’re fucking spies asshole”
The Fan BingBing situation…OMG….
The issue is the marketing. I never seen anything about this movie except the posters at the theaters
Intro was so good 👍😊
"It wasn't as bad as everyone
made it out to be. "
Proceeds to criticize it for 33:13 minutes. 🤣♥️🇵🇭
I can’t watch this in theatres so I Shall watch this spoiler filled review.
From the start: Sebastian has done this film before lol. With Nicole Kidman.
Which movie ?
@@ArturGlass.C oh god. Can’t remember the name, but they are under cover agents and he literally kisses her because they are supposed to be playing a couple.
@@ArturGlass.C destroyer
@@Daaaanielle they were cops not agents but yeah
U intro nailed it
watched it with my gf. took my out of the movie when they started having typos on their English subs. Seems like a small detail, but looks like they don't even check the movie when it's done
edit: also, not destroying it first time was stupid, they gave no clear reason as to why it should be kept safe. maybe would have been great if they were never able to get their hands on it till the end
I feel like there are multiple plots happening at once that they tried to tie together and I’m so lost
Ooo do the Netflix movie Gunpowder Milkshake next!
saw it with some friends a couple weeks ago, still mad that they never trained the psychologist lady in field stuff smh
Doesn't make sense that at the end when Fan Bing Bing says that its ancient Chinese poison that he doesn't die. definition of poison is that you die. Yet Jessica Chastain says that he'll be locked up forever.
Legit I too wanted to watch this solely for Sebastian Stan and absolutely watched this after rewatching the Charlie’s Angels vid, girl you in my head 😌❤️
I've just seen so many action movies I'm like, what's different about this one, and I just don't see what's special here. I'd rather watch Fury Road, Atomic Blonde, or The Old Guard. If I want another Charlie's Angels I'll just watch La Roux's video of I.W.o.L.
I was in that opening weekend! Do you know how many people were in my cinema? 4. Two of which were me and my friend. Honestly the movie is fine, I didn't even notice the blurred out Fan parts (maybe bc of my eyesight but it didn't bother me at all)
You should watch The Spy Who Dumped Me. It’s hilarious and silly.
Loved that movie!!
I love that movie
the title is sending me 😭
Lets rename this video “The Drive”
imma gonna watch this review after I watch the movie but at the moment I'm purely watching this movie for fan bingbing
“They are turned on by their own men…” now it’s getting spicy!
It would be great to get a short plot description at the beginning of the video
You are an unsung hero these movie directors should pay you
I am not going to see it in cinemas (thanks covid), but definitely on some streamer. I was mostly interested in Sebastian Stan. Didnt have the highest hope for it, until I saw who directed it (Simon Kinberg, i.e. Dark Phoenix) and who had written it (forgot the name, but the writer of Catwoman). So no surprise that it wasn't good.
Ok just looked this up, 355 is an angel number meaning "Right Choices". So that was kinda clever on their part,,,, if they knew it was an angel number and what it meant
Angel numbers are made up.
@@theeccentric7263 so are actual numbers and the english language
@@theeccentric7263 Being made up doesn't change them from have significance, in this case 355 being a "code" for right choice. It's honestly no different than 666, 777 or other combinations such as 444.
I can’t stop staring at the dead pixel😭
I actually thought the opposite. I thought Sebastian Stan did great as someone who was interested in her but Jessica Chastain had no chemistry with him. That's why later when she was "upset" he "died" I was like, you didn't even care about him before where is this energy coming from?
Movie is has the same plot as Furious 6 and the eye. 90 percent of the comments are I didn't know this movie existed or I'll watch it on streaming. The movie bombed because no one wants to watch a mediocre movie.
The only reason I watched this movie is the fact I have an cinema unlimited pass which allows me to watch whatever I want for a monthly fee. And it's cold winter so cinema is the only reason I would go out
On a scale of Charlie’s angels to Charlie’s angels, what would you rank this movie?
Well, enough spoilers that I definitely don't need to watch it now knowing who died and turned bad and so on.
The change to the dynamic would have worked...but hollywood doesnt like to portrey women as the one who wants the man when they are "Strong independent women". So they chose to do something that didnt work so they can uphold the "She is strong, she dont need no man" mentality. Its in a LOT of movies now.
I recently watched the 355 and I must admit. I enjoyed it. Action scenes, and the pace of the movie was pretty good.