Half in the Bag: Barbarian
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- čas přidán 14. 11. 2022
- Nearly two months after the films release, Half in the Bag continues to be the leading CZcams channel for the fastest reviews of new films! It's the time for Jay and Mike to talk about the most talked about movie of 2 months ago, Barbarian! This time Jay and Mike sit down as themselves cause they were too lazy to do their HITB storyline. But what did they think of Blarbberry? Does they liked it? Was it boring? Was it too preachy? Does the monster scared them? Did it have too many plort holes? Or was it different, fresh, inventive and fun? Only the guy who made the boner comedy Miss March could pull off a horror picture with an anti-misogynistic message. Jay usually likes creepy trash so my guess is he liked it. The other one, the fat dumb one probably didn't like it cause he only likes old Star Trek and he should jump off a bridge. - Rich Evans
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Mike: "I don't like gore. I don't like torture."
Also Mike: Goes into a giggle fit when hearing about old people getting hurt in car accidents.
It’s not torture if it’s the elderly.
I mean are old people really "people"?
Now that’s just good clean fun
yep mike says "like" far too , much......
The stakes are lower when they’re old. Nothing of value is lost, so it’s funny.
The most unbelievable part of the movie was that she called the Detroit cops and they actually showed up.
😂so true, I am also afraid of Detroit
They however do fix this error by making them absolutely useless.
@@luffylength Oh you really don't have to be. Downtown is actually very safe. It's the only place they actually protect. But it is a large city so once you start to stray from downtown things can get a bit less safe.
@@wullahblack6452 Sounds like you're saying they do have to be afraid...you said "don't stray from downtown, where the most people are."
Notice that they only cared once she said a man was in danger.
Oh yes, Barbarian. An anagram of “AA! AIRBNB!!”
Holy shit. Remind me not to play you in words with friends. Good catch though lmao
Reading wiki tells me Zach Creggar used that as a placeholder and just decided to keep it by the end. But it's too good to not see the unconscious at work...
What about the second R?
@@HighNoonTex uh oh you’re right. Maybe a pirate said it. Aar!! Airbnb!
RAA! AIRBNB!
Skarsgaard bumbling to be not creepy because he isn't, and making himself creepy in the process with his anxiety about perception is really relatable and really well executed. Meanwhile, the deplorable Justin Long character is the one the heroine tries to save. THAT was the stereotypical dumb horror movie decision turned on its head.
The setup with Skarsgard is what made the whole film work so well imo.
The first 45 minutes of Barbarian was fantastic. Then when Justin Long showed up the film nosedived.
To be fair to her tho she doesn't know he's THAT much of an asshole. And regardless I'd like to think I'd try and save anyone who was about to die too. I don't think it was really that far fetched to be considered super unrealistic
@@rpena0899 agreed like just bc the audience knows how much of an asswipe he is doesn’t mean she does. that’s what dramatic irony means in a work of art
@@dreigivetimpoolmassivewedg7646 you're right, it did.
Justin Long measuring the basement is easily the gag of the year, I was struggling not to laugh hysterically in a *mostly* empty theatre
My theater was completely empty. Just me.
I just hated that he channeled every character he's done in the last ten years. He's supposed to be annoying and terrible, I know, but change the channel annoying.
Peak of the movie.
After that it becomes generic as hell
I lost it when he went online to see if you could count that in the listing. I had tears in my eyes.
@@dishpitfreak I would have stood and applauded after crying from laughing 😂 only if it’s completely empty of course
“Great beginning, bad development, pathetic ending”. Mike saying that will be his obituary had me on the floor laughing haha
This comment perfectly exemplifies my reaction to the relevant section of the CZcams video.
That was really funny. I have a feeling I might not like Mike much irl but he is definitely a funny guy
@@micahclawrence he seems like a nice enough guy. Just because he keeps Rich Evans in his basement torture dungeon doesn't mean he's a bad person to the rest of us.
@@nepdisc3722 ah so this film is also inspired by a very true story
I like Mike.
When they said spoiler warning, I didn't think they were going to ruin Miss March for me.
Can you really blame them? I would ruin Miss March too.
The stripper out the window
Zach Cregger ruined miss match for us all
People thinking “plot holes” are “unlikely things happening” or “characters not doing what you would do” drives me insane
These people must have everything planned out from birth.
@@dylanhallmao
@dylanhal these people must have been the result of an unplanned birth
Barbarian was a great adaptation of Mr.Plinketts origin story.
Confirmed for true
Lmao, true story 🤣
😂
Goes into room where Mr. Plinkett is laying in a bed of filth and Night Court VHS tapes line the walls.
Justin Long: "What the fuck is wrong with you?!?!?!"
@@than217 Mr. Plinkett: "What's wrong with your FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCEEEEEE"
I laughed so much at the brief image of Jay’s childhood home alone house as he talked about his privilege of being able to watch The Whitest Kids U Know on his cable TV
7:20. Jay: "Some cable network..." We get it Jay, you had SO MANY cable channels as a kid, you couldn't keep them straight. FFS
Late 2000s/early 2010s IFC was awesome. Largely commercial free, uncensored random media
Bruh Jay and I had the same childhood, only 3 years apart.
Ah, the lower middle-class Midwestern luxuries.
I grew up in NJ and watched WKUK. It shaped my humor😂
Wow! Such a hugeeee fan of you guys! Appreciate the shout out to Terrifier 2 even if it's not your cup of tea! - writer/director of Terrifier
Watched it and thought it was great, an improvement on the first one 👍
Why is your slasher an obvious demonic white trash in black make-up? Why X rating? Ghostface/Scream was not that long ago and it's gold. Do what they did
Creepy clown scaare meeeeeeee
Big fan!
Watched the Terrified movies back to back on Halloween. I loved them. I preferred the 1st one but I'm a Terminator 1 over T2 guy.
It would've turned into a real horror movie if she'd actually stayed at a Detroit Holiday Inn.
Underrated comment
Can’t believe they finally made a movie about Rich’s house
Rich and woolie just hanging out in the dump, laughing it up
Barbarichevans
@@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Heh. Woolie Hole.
You know Rich has one of those "Rope Doors" in the basement.
It makes perfect sense to use the blood stains already there to save some post fx money!
"i know we had a pandemic, it should not give people a reason to make bad movies" is my new favorite review ever
I just like the implication that bad movies didn't exist pre-2020.
@@MrStath1986 They have become more pronounced because of the move to launch everything on streaming services. Direct-to-DVD used to be the gold standard for shit movies. Now, it can be put on a streaming platform instead. The pandemic just increased the move to fill up the streaming services with more movies regardless of the quality.
Movies have been so bad since 2020...like there is so very few good movies since the pandmic.
@@KingStatham no the implications is all movies past 2020 are bad. Like the amount of good ones could be counted on one hamd.
@@Turamwdd the streaming era has definitely dropped the overall movie quality as a whole.
Watched it on Disney Plus here in Australia. Old woman in the walls is officially a Disney princess
It stated in the movie that she’s basically 40 years old, so I wouldn’t say “old”
As someone who turns 40 this year, I feel pretty fucking old
@@TheGeneralDisarrayas someone who's turning 20 in a couple month, I feel old too
When Tess pinned the monster woman with the car. I seriously thought the cops were gunna show up and arrest her for attempted murder
That would've been really funny.
we need more cops-as-bad-guys in horror movies. not for some "agenda" or whatever, it would genuinely just be a fun twist to see protags *think* they're safe just to hand themselves over to a bunch of psychos
I loved this movie but hands down the most unrealistic scene is when Justin Long gets the tape measure to stay hooked on the top stair as he measures down the tunnel.
It’s suppose to be unrealistic. Whooofed
@@brennancrane6822 it's a joke, kiddo
Yes that was really silly but I couldn’t help but laugh
Yeah, nobody would go around with that meaurer before inspecting the whole territory. Ty.
LOL!!!! yeah that was pretty dum,,,
"It felt like a real movie which is exciting"
Boy that really is the feeling lately
It was the best movie of the year
Man when i saw the new antman trailer i wanted to throw up. Just the whole thing filmed on a green screen
Lately? Been that way for a good decade by now... :(
man I watched black adam and yeah there not even scenes for the first half of the movie. things just happen. characters don't really talk with each other, a plot isn't established, there are no stakes...
Made for streaming
“The script is a perfect example of horrible writing in a script”
What a sentence
You can almost smell the irony
The scene where AJ is googling on his laptop is one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen in any movie to come out in recent memory. The hard cut and moment of confusion where you question what he's doing only to realize his reaction to finding "you know what" had me gasping for breath. One of the best moments for me. Only got better when he got his tape measure out lol
It was a hilarious scene
"The CGI effects were a joke"
Fun fact: According to the director, the most significant CG use was faking the grass in the 80s flashback.
That's crazy because I could have sworn there was a CGI cartoon looking 8-10 foot naked monster woman running around for half of the movie.
@@explosivoification there's zero CG on her though
@@explosivoification I only ever watched it once in theaters (really enjoyed the movie), but I remember the “monster” being a guy in makeup and practical effects. The only cgi I remember is when the main girl was thrown off the roof and the “monster” leapt to save her.
@@explosivoification really, you'd swear that? Do you not know practical effects are a thing?
@@explosivoification
Those were practical effects on an actor who's 6'8 in real life. Were they the best prosthetics in the industry? No. Was it better than shitty CGI? Hell yeah.
The comedic timing of flashing Jay's extravagant childhood home as he says "some cable network" is masterclass
How do so many people know what jays childhood home looks like? I'm a bit lost on the joke and ive watched rlm for 6 years at this point lol
@@bakersdozzzen6553 in a previous video Jay mentioned having premium cable growing up so Mike joked he grew up rich in the home alone house.
@@bakersdozzzen6553 it’s not his house it’s the house from Home Alone
@@ainteasya haha okay thank you. I was so confused
It took just enough time for me to think about for it to be funny
While the credits rolled there should have been a news article or clip of the two cops being congratulated for finding a murder house and how great the Detroit PD is
The measuring scene was absolutely hilarious
I didn't find it funny at all.
@@CelestialWoodway k
@@CelestialWoodway boring guy
Same I couldn’t contain my laughter at that point.
I didn’t expect to be so tickled after watching bill get smashed into rocks
I liked the fact the the main girl says “I always go back, I never learn” in reference to taking men back in like relationships. But she “goes back “ to help the guy’s multiple times to her own detriment. Thought that was cool
Men bad
"It felt like a real movie, which was exciting" - Jay. Wow, high praise!
Hahahaha... yeah, the bar is so incredibly low now.
The sad part is that it didn't feel like a real movie lol. It felt like 20 different writers worked on it and none of them thought about the rules within this world. The second half is just a mishmash of every bad horror movie ever made.
@@Poisonedblade when the bar is only USA, then yeah...
@@kostajovanovic3711 True! I've mostly been watching Korean Dramas and Anime over the last year or so.
@@kostajovanovic3711 Modern USA*
I think my favorite scene had to have been Justin Long measuring the new bedrooms in his home. You see a bloody room with a bed and camera, and your first thought was "Let's measure this room to increase the value of my home."
Genius
I for one would love to see Bill Skarsgård to play in more horror movies just to troll people into thinking that he’s going to have a bigger role in it, just bcs he played everybody’s favorite clown monster. I loved what they did to him so much in this I almost feel sorry for anyone who expected more from him
I like Bill, even though IT part two was not good, not his fault. Regardless, for many of us Tim Curry will remain Pennywise in our minds. He was good in Barbarian, it was pretty ambiguous what his initial intentions were. I appreciated the misdirection.
In my heart Tim Curry is still my monster clown
So glad they finally made Mike's old lady in the wall movie.
It made me wonder if someone who produced Barbarian is a longtime RLM subscriber.
@@anthonycloskey I wouldn't be surprised the WKUK guys actually watch RLM
Oh my god you’re right down to red herring
I immediately watched Mike's horror movie pitch after seeing this movie at the theater.
Looking forward to the RLM cinematic universe.
Video Idea: Mike reads random one-star RT audience reviews, and Jay has to guess what movie they're talking about
That's Mr.Sunday's thing! 🤪😉
Oh my god this would be amazing
@@tomlewis4205 Steal from the best, I say!
Ah! A new HBO app!
@@tomlewis4205 I saw that on green trivia.
11 years watching RLM, finally can say openly: Jay's turning into Obi Kenobi
I’m really glad I knew nothing about this going into it. The first act was definitely the “scariest” because I was CONSTANTLY wondering when the threat was going to reveal itself and was just constantly stressed because I didn’t know where it was going.
*Spoiler*
Once you saw the creature it was like “oh alright, I’m down to go on this ride”. It was still good but that stress went away.
Agreed completely. The tension in the first act was incredible
Once you get the first REAL good look at the Baby Momster I was like, oh. OH. Huh. Okay this might get a little goofy
I felt like it was totally merciful when they changed gears.
sometimes showing less does a lot more. its why i find the original Blair Witch so terrifying. you see NOTHING. keeps you on your toes.
I think everyone forgot that Bill Skarsgaard's character says there is a big convention in town and all the hotels within reasonable distance are completely booked.
They also miss where he says that he's a part of the group that they're doing the documentary on One of the founders
Probably youmacon
This movie is based on that Daffy Duck/Porky Pig cartoon where Porky is just trying to get some sleep in a hotel and Daffy, who randomly shares the room, just won't stop being loud and insane.
When he told her that I 100% believed it was a lie cause I didn't trust him in the beginning
She tried one damn hotel and then took his word for it
The director does streams on Twitch and I can confirm that Miss March was not made ironically. They were way over their heads on the project and are emberassed by it.
I believe Zach and Trevor said they were "at their dumbest" when they made that movie. That being said, the story they got out of it about Mila Kunis ripping her throat off is one of the best Hollywood tales ever.
@@ZyxthePest I loved that they were seriously worried that they may have to pay the studio back if it bombed. That's how dumb they were when they made it.
@@ZyxthePest can you elaborate? What Mila Kunis throat rip story?
Rip Trevor Moore
@@Mrcreeperdash1 Our humble Local Sexpot. Rest in peace Travis
I was waiting for you guys to mention how the monster ripped that guy's arm off and beat him with it like Suburban Sasquatch
The real Barbarians were the user reviews we read along the way.
Fun fact: the VHS tape that Justin Long was watching in the basement was a prop collected from Rich Evans for true authenticity.
They found it in their black spine collection
The WKUK guys have some classic skits. Shame that Trevor died so young. Never expected Zach to make a real movie, must be the gallon of PCP
WTF Trevor is dead???
@@frederikbobo821 Fell from his balcony and landed on his head. It happened in august last year.
@@frederikbobo821nah, he started a race war and got killed in it while high on a gallon of PCP
I'm shocked the guys haven't watched more WKUK. Not all of their skits were gold, but damn if I don't go back to the gallon of PCP at least once a year. Their best is at the very pinnacle of sketch comedy.
Sex Robot is one of the dumbest sketches that will make me laugh until it hurts
The homeless guy running after Tess and trying to stop her from going in the house on the second night reminded me of The Hitchiker. He was just trying to save her. The difference here is he could have broken in and dragged her out, but he was too scared of the creature in the house.
Whats the The Hitchiker?
@@KoiNoYokan37a movie
"He's got a little room down there with his TV, and his... nightstand," made me actually laugh out loud for some reason
Jay: "It felt like a real movie, which was exciting"
Yup. That's the bar lately.
My favourite thing about the movie, is that it feels like a movie. Like go to a theatre kind of a movie
It really is. "It had some ideas, it took some big swings, and it was satisfying," and these are all somehow remarkable and unique.
I love how Mike sometimes calls anti-movies "products". It's an elegant way of marking the distinction between something that is (or at least tries to be) art, and something made by a board of suits looking to get a nice return on their investments.
IT BROKE NEW GROUND
Yeah, I kinda get these reviews for being pissed off with this movie being a very cliche'd 80's horror flick.
She rents a house in an abandoned neighborhood for a job interview?
The old timer rapes women and apparently never gets caught, but he does have a freak baby? Why didn't he just kill it?
Oh yeah, her being extremely paranoid at the beginning of the movie was realistic because that's just how most women treat men they don't know these days. (sarcasm)
I liked the monster, it was goofy and at times genuinely weird and scary, but everything else was incredibly dumb. They have been watching so much shit on their BOTW that theu start praising anyone who has any artistic intregity left at this moment. Sorry, but I want more than that when watching a movie. I want something I won't forget after two days. I remember disliking Men alot after watching it, but I still remember it and I think it did a much better job at trying to say the same thing Barbarian was going for.
When the homeless man chased after her, all I kept thinking was “thanks for the ride lady”.
Haha same. One of the best stories in Creep Show 2. Such a memorable line for only being 5 words.
It’s about time people start meming that! Been saying that for years and people just look at me blankly and awkwardly walk away lol
Loved the tonal shift from horror to like dark comedy halfway through. Almost felt like Death Proof
Oh hell yeah, bitch. Hell yeaaaaaaah.
I hated that
"Characters do dumb things"--Mike you summed it up beautifully. If I'm Bill Skarsgard and a lady is bawling and begging me not to go into the basement of a creepy rando house in the goddamn ghetto of Motown, citing dungeon/video camera/weird room, I'm getting in my 2003 Dodge Stratus and pealing the eff out until I'm in Canada. You would never go down there.
If I was the girl I would never have stayed in the first place.
ngl i would have gone down there for sure. Going deeper into the tunnel is definitely questionable but irl you would not ever think there would be any living thing in a secret sealed off tunnel underground.
Like couldn't she just drive to a different town and stay at a motel?? Lol I loved the movie but I was annoyed there wasn't a better reason for why she stayed.
"they love nudity of gross fake women" will be Jays actual obituary
Jay will never die. His head will be cryogenically frozen and his body will be stuffed and turned into a sex robot.
I had hoped that they creature was going to be the 1980's guy who ended up being trans. I was hoping to watch people get outraged about making a transwoman be the evil person (because, ya know, there's no way LGBT people can ever do bad things). But alas.
@@neuroblast1681 the issue folks take with stuff like that is when its the only lgbt character in a film. You need a normal lgbt person to contrast to, otherwise you're pretty explicitly painting a group of people as reflected by the one villain.
@@dancinginfernal I agree. I hate it when any message is pushed so heavy handedly. No matter which side one leans that should be the standard.
@@neuroblast1681 Are you getting worked up about something that wasn't in the movie?
When Mike stood up halfway through the review, I thought he was going to undo his shirt and reveal Quatto on his stomach.
Quatto but it looks like Rich Evans, so pretty much Quatto from the movie
Best commercial intro ever
I was expecting a sketch, but then it just moved on :c
Yeah what was up with that? Was that a reference to another episode I missed?
Justin Long hears a scream before he goes into Frank's room and we never find out who was screaming for help. I think the implication is that those tunnels could go on forever and have any number of creepy rooms or incest people
Wait wtf really i dont even remember that thats really interesting
@BlackJester57 I'll need to rewatch it but I'm sure it's about a minute before he goes in
Justin Long and the measuring tape in the house; Theseus and the golden thread in the labyrinth.
Recontextualizing whatever real life mishap went on at 21:15 into an uncomfortable horror moment was a hilarious move.
I was hoping they would end up explaining what that was, but I am disappoint
I thought it would have come back at the end as a bit but no. Something just happened. Legit kinda creeped me out watching, ngl.
was readying up for mr plinkett holding a baby bottle wearing a muumuu dress but alas
They've used the creepy music several times before, that I recognized from a fun little game called Eversion.
"Miiiiiiike, your mic. died"
"Thanks, Rich"
After it was unveiled that Jay was a rich kid, i finally understood the RLM love triangle. Mike loves Jay for his money but Rich Evans is his superfreak side action whom he just can't quit.
If you had access to Rich Evans, would you be able to quit him?
Best fucking comment on this video 😂
Didn't Jay grow up in the Home Alone house? The backstory/lore of RLM is great. Almost more interesting than most of the movies they review. 😎🤘☮️
I appreciate your correct use of the relative pronoun "whom."
@@lilmoeszyslak4810 I can't quit him and I don't have access, so it's understandable
I haven't cry-laughed like this in a long time! Who would've though David Zaslav impressions would do it 🤣
There's nothing Mike loves more than coming up with sleazy producer scenarios. Well, except for mocking the elderly and Rich Evans ofc, but that's a given.
@@korganrocks3995 He's gonna have a lot of fun when Rich Evans is elderly.
@@yewtewbstew547 Unfortunately for him, Rich seems to have recently discovered Jay's reverse aging technique, so at this rate Mike will be the elderly one of the group while Rich and Jay start a boy band or something. ;)
WKUK may be my favorite comedy group. Sadly Trevor Moore passed away recently and it is strange to me seeing Bill Skarsgård in these clips you show, just how similar he looks to Trevor. I hope anyone who hasn't watched their sketch series takes the time to explore it.
It makes me want to get a tattoo of Bowser (from Super Mario Bros. 2) on a skateboard.
Great shoe, other than being tall slender white dudes.
They look nothing alike.
His character reminded me so much of a lot of characters Trevor Moore played on WKUK. Seeing Zach Cregger’s name pop up in the credits made everything click.
Wow imagine trevor as that character. Funny
@@KnuckleHunkybuck Happy Birthday Bill!
*Rest in peace Trevor Moore, you will always be remembered for your cinematic masterpiece Little Missy*
*Travis
Sic Semper Tyrannus indeed.
@@Very_Nice_and_Polite_Person what? No it's not? Is this a joke or reference that I'm not getting?
@@wrathisme4693 Yeah sometimes when the other WKUK members stream on Twitch they refer to him as "Travis" as a joke, as if they forgot his name. It's the kind of dark joke that Trevor would have loved.
The Grapist!
"Great beginning, bad development, pathetic ending."
Mike Stoklasa 1978 - 2022
RIP
Knowing Trevor Moore that movie had to be sarcastic and ironic.
Rest in peace Trevor Moore
@@Shlankyman545 I totally forgot he died :( RIP king gave me a lot of laughs
Idk they seem to have matured in their later years, but early WKUK was pretty crass even if a lot of it was tongue in cheek. A gallon of pcp? The Grapist? Ice Teevo?
@@Shlankyman545 he came and went.
@@TheTGOAC Well the joke with the Grapist wasn't that it's crass and offensive, it's that like with the Black Doctor sketch, he guy pitching it doesn't understand that it's crass and offensive.
Wow never heard of this film, but I've known about WKUK for years. Seeing that Zach Cregger directed this was quite the plot twist. RIP Trevor
I once wrote a short story about a monster that was showing up in a person's old photographs. And when it ended up getting published somewhere, someone reviewed it saying "Well, I would just stop looking at the photographs." Seeing that there will always be reviews from people like that makes me feel a little bit better, lol.
That's a really cool premise! I think a person's natural curiosity would kind of keep them looking at the photos. Human nature doesn't always have our best interest at heart.
I love that people think they would act so much smarter than movie characters. That's an easy thing to say from the comfort of your living room, with full knowledge that you're watching a horror movie. Characters in the story don't know that they're in a story. Like with the photographs in yours - in reality most people wouldn't jump to the conclusion "supernatural monster" right away, but rather "hm I must have missed that, weird" and keep looking, because why wouldn't they?
@@DerMoerpler Yes, but also, no. Movies have to work within constraints of movies and there's a lot that goes on about how they have to work that is fundamentally unrealistic.
For example, in movies, like, nobody owns guns. I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that this is very much a political propaganda thing, as one of the *stated* requirements of an ESG score is that you "cannot show weapons in a positive light". But I digress, in movies, nobody owns guns, and if they do own a gun, it's a 'friendly' gun like a double-barrel shotgun or a bolt-action rifle or an old revolver. Nobody conceal carries a double-stack 9mm except the bad guys. You only see guns like AKs and ARs in the hands of the bad guys, because the good guys would never own a gun.
In reality, in half of these movies, you hear a bump in the night, it certainly would not be uncommon for the good guy to pull his AR15 out of his closet.
But you have to do it that way not just because of politics, but because of how silly it would be to have Michael Meyers get lit up by Laurie Strode saying "Oh yeah I bought this semiautomatic shotgun because WHY WOULDN'T I?" and she just puts ten 3" slugs in his chest cavity and excavates it.
Another example is much easier - zombies. Zombies don't exist in zombie movies. Now, of course, if we encountered real zombies, I think most people would have a bit of a mental crisis and go through the obvious questions, especially of "is this real", but is it utterly unbelievable that NOBODY would finally deduce that maybe zombies actually are real? Hell, a lot of people are basically ready for that prospect and have been waiting for it all along.
@@DerMoerpler honestly I don’t think that horror movie logic is that far off from real life. I’ve seen so many people (and myself included) ignore red flags and make up some excuse as to not be inconvenienced.
@@Frostiken you definitely havent seen nobody where dude pulls a gun on the people breaking in
My favourite review was the guy who said it should get a 20% rating and then gave it 2/5 stars
There's a 2 in 20% and a 2 in 2/5 so....understandable
Well sorry mr. rocket scientist I edited it so it says 25% now are you happy
He probably meant on RT, but yeah I agree lol
The buildup was too good for any reveal to be satisfying.
True, the buildup was phenomenal, but I found the reveal goofy
Why did the first guy go into the 2nd dungeon? What reason would there be? And why wouldn't she just leave when she saw the torture room when she's in a house with a stranger? There's no way any woman would stay. I certainly wouldn't, and I'm a 270 pound man lol
@@GeronimoPlaz Tbh I did find that irritating at the time despite enjoying the film overall.
Shaking my head, throwing my arms up like “wtf are you even doing? Get in your car and GOOOOOOO!!!” 🙄 I quickly stop caring for characters when they make increasingly poor decisions.
I could tell that whatever reveal it had planned was going to be much weaker than the excellent tension was building towards… Shattering it with Justin Long was so, so much better than whatever you could do by playing it straight.
@@GeronimoPlaz He was curious and didn't think it was a big deal at all. He just thought it was a normal basement with some weird stuff in it.
The reason Tess didn't leave right after she saw the room is because she liked and trusted Keith after that night. He was no longer a "stranger" to her. Plus she has no reason to believe he had anything to do with that room, as it's not his house.
The house looks perfect and I'm sure that's how it looked in the AirBnB listing, hence her shock at the surrounding area later on.
Yes but the interior is enormous compared to the outside and it's also extremely clean and well maintained. (Outside of the plot device of not having toilet paper.) There would have to be somebody visiting several times a week to keep it in that condition. It's just one of the many things that doesn't track with this film. What type of person is visiting a notoriously dangerous city and doesn't take into account at all what neighborhood they're staying in?
It's the run down Detroit suburbs. How did she not know? If you plan on visiting Detroit how do you not know? Detroit being a mess has been a punchline for over 30 years.
It's about family. And that's what's so powerful about it.
Underrated comment
the foundations of america
This rhymes like poetry.
Malignant only had two lightsabers. Barbarian has lots more lightsabers.
It's funny because it's true 😆. "Stop the hate" against massive inbreeding 🃏😆😉
Justin Long is the decent human version of Ezra Miller
He was the bomb in Jeepers Creepers yo
He was one of my favorite characters in Idiocracy.
What the fuck are these comments.
Don't forget his cameo as gay pornstar Brandon in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. What a fabulous mustache.
That guy is nuts, and is definitely a predator.
Its a wonder that he isn't behind bars. Just shows me that rich people can do whatever they want.
It's weird hearing Mike stereotype the entire Saw franchise as torture porn. He's the last person I would've expected that from. Some of the later ones are very much that, but the first movie was a low budget mystery thriller with a hell of a story behind it.
I just commented something similar. The first one is probably one of the better contemporary psychological horror films.
I know, as a huge Saw fan it makes me so sad that this is the popular perception D:
My mind is literally blown that Mike and Jay don't know who the WKUK are. It's like seeing Santa's baretoes
For real, they were on Comedy Central constantly like 20 years ago so these guys are literally the core demographic. The show was hit or miss I guess, but some of their skits are classics in my book.
“the civil war on drugs” is still responsible for half my daily random quotes, i say “your shirt looks like it’s saying...wubwubwubwub” all the time
@@procurement3681 First episode date: March 20, 2007
Final episode date: June 17, 2011
They probably only watch funny shows.
@@procurement3681 They were like 30 when it premiered , they're around the same age as the WKUK guys but I bet the core demographic skewed younger.
My biggest gripe with the movie was that the 40 year old vhs about the newborn baby was still working after constant replay.
Curious who runs a vhs shop? Also another question who has an obsession with old people? Coincidence? I think not.
@@rayrd3927 hmm, they do have experience doing jobs for crazy elderly people...
They needed to do a skit of creepy guy bringing his 90's all-in-one VHS box to Lightning Fast.
And exactly how do you produce a fully-grown inbred monster after just 40 years?
When Mike stood up I thought we would get a Total Recall parody, where Rich Evan's is attached to Mike's stomach.
Kuato the Birthday Boy?
@@mandarinspoon I want that Tshirt 👍
"Free Mars!"
I genuinely thought the same exact thing.
I anticipated an abrupt cut to a totally different situation with Rich that would eventually wrap back around to Jay and Mike.
I have just discovered this channel in 2023. And having gone back to watch the old videos, I have great admiration for the development of Jays beard over time
I grew up in the Detroit suburbs. those scenes of that neighborhood are real and the police situation is also true to some extent. People say the Detroit Police stated: if you cross 8 MILE ROAD into Detroit, you are on your own. It's all very sad, really.
The most interesting RLM plot thread is the alcoholism. It's really believable.
Rest in Peace to Trevor Moore. The absolute goat
As an Austrian this movie hit close to home
Ah, yes. Josef Fritzl. The worst human to ever come out of Austria.
Well, second worst anyways.
I can almost guarantee this premise was inspired by that case
@@sampelletier5083 I dunno, man. That AH guy had a government full of enablers, millions of people cheering him on, and mostly made political decisions. Friztl, on the other hand, while certainly not less awful than AH in the cosmic scale of things, did all his devilry himself, and in secret. I'm genuinely not sure which is worse.
Priklopil would like a word.
When they were showing news clips of kids in cage stories, I thought they would certainly bring up Fritzl. That's like the quintessential hidden generational incest house baby case. I couldn't stop thinking about the parallels after I saw the movie. And the fact that the real life monster was even worse than the one in this story.
That whole sequence with Justin Long's character checking out the house was the funniest thing I have ever seen in a horror movie. When he started to measure the dungeon I was in tears.
absolutely loved how uncomfortable and suspicious the first third of the movie was. the back and forth of trusting pennywise vs being sus was super well done and engsging
Yeah agree, best executed part of the movie for sure to me. And i did like the fact that it did not one but several u-turns after that. It's just a shame that all the u-turns were into less interesting or impressive stuff, barring perhaps the part where the villain is doing his setup in this dreamy neighbourhood in the 50s
Crazy how Zach Cregger from WKUK wrote and directed this.
That gallon of PCP really paid off
Yeah his name in the end credits was the biggest twist for me.
Ask him on Twitter to release the Sam Brown audition tapes. He was supposed to play the monster.
@@cgrr8090 Didn't see him in the movie...?
@@andyhull9182 I guess I didn't recognize him or just figured it was a role. Can't remember, just remember being surprised when I read his name
The shot where 'she' jumps off the tower made me laugh so much 😂😂😂
Yes!!! Good film overall, well made, but a few things really jarred me out of it - like exactly how do 2 women jump off a tower and the one who fell first (by quite a way) ends up on top of the one who jumped second. Plus why does being a product of torture/rape/interbreeding make you have superhuman wall demolishing arm ripping off strength? I can ignore all that though as I really enjoyed it, and wonder if the goofy OTT bits were meant to make us laugh. The demise of poor Bill Skaarsgard was a pretty rough bit of special effects, for instance, reminded me of the face melts at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The best part of it is that the usual "Why did you go in the basement in the first place?" gripe of most horror films actually makes sense here - Skaarsgard asking her to wait because he didn't want to get trapped down there like she did.
Fun fact, Justin Long’s brother is a high school literature teacher at my hometown high school. There’s plenty of whispers around the halls I’m sure to this day about how bitter he is for his brother’s acting career, and it’s driven him to become this strange little thespian-out-of-time. Fascinating connections folks
To be fair, Miss March was a script given to Zach and Trevor for them to direct. They did a segment on a stream last year where they read reviews of their terrible movie. I love those guys. And you guys.
Damn right before Trevor died?
RIP Trevor
@@mikochaos6310 miss march was made in 2009
Hate Trevor is gone.
@@Sora_Halomon Yes, he was asking if the stream was right before Trevor died, and it was indeed. I watched some of it too, and Trevor specifically said he did not like Miss March as a movie, but he liked certain parts of it. Because they wrote some funny sketch style comedy and inserted it into the generic gross out comedy script. That though, according to the both of the directors, was part of the problem as they knew how to write and direct sketches, but not real movies.
I wholly agree. You can kind of tell when they were remaking the portions of the script that was handed them, as a college road trip gross out movie, and the parts they wrote and added. Like the fork scene and how firefighters are portrayed.
I’m legitimately so happy they posted a clip of the Miss March RV scene. While not a great film, that scene may be the hardest I’ve ever laughed at something. It caught me so off guard, and I don’t think I will ever laugh that hard again.
Agreed. The movie it was from sounded like a Grade H boner comedy, but that scene legit made me L.O.L. (as Mike would say).
And knowing Trevor Moore (RIP you genius) and Zack, there is zero chance the movie isn't joking about that type of movie.
forever gonna remember that movie cause of horse d* .mpeg
First half of the film: oh this is great
Second half of the film: wtf is this shit
I'd like to think Jay shouting/singing "Plot hoooooles" is now his doorbell sound
It's wild seeing Trevor Moore in a rlm video. And congrats Zach!! I had no idea he directed it!!
R.I.P.
I use to watch TWKUK twitch podcast, and it's been hard to watch it again without Trevor Moore R.I.P
@@manfredwilson4475 GFYDL
WOW ZACH
I miss WKUK 😞
So many people were saying there's a crazy twist at the end. "Oh my god! The TWIST!!! You gotta see this!! The twist at the end!!" I was waiting even for an after credits scene for the twist. I don't think people understand what a twist is.
The twist is that there was no twist
I was a MASSIVE wkuk fan back in the day. Zach is responsible for me laughing so hard I blacked out. Seeing him do so well with Barbarian makes me happy.
zach and trevor talked about miss march on their twitch show a couple years ago.
they said they wrote the movie like a series of sketches rather than as a coherent film. they didn't make the movie bad ironically. it didn't have the self awareness / self deprecation for example of freddie got fingered. it was just them not taking it seriously and writing it like how they would write their sketch show. they cringe looking back at the movie but see it as a time capsule of where they were emotionally and professionally at the time. it's not something they're proud of, they just laugh about it now.
Saw this in the theater. That tonal shift half way through had everyone laughing. When Justin Long starts measuring the torture chambers, that was a winner too. It was a great horror movie crowd experience. Loved it.
The movie is very tense and creepy, but it also has some seriously funny moments. While I wouldn't categorize the movie as a Horror/comedy, it definitely plays with dark humor and comedic bits a lot more than the average horror flick.
I rented an Air B&B and Rich Evans was in the basement. I heard his laugh
@@Story2ScreenMovieReviewPodcast Laugh and Smile lol
Dear Penthouse.
@@Woozlewuzzleable I heard his sinister laugh, beating
Did you at least give them a 5 Star rating?
@@WraithWriter of course
32:00
I must admit that I actually laughed.
Yeah I got a laugh out of that too.
Mike really loving what he's saying at 47:10.
Every time Mike has to say "lol", he ages by one year
He’s already 86 so the stakes are high.
Justin Long doesn’t age, he’s like Paul Rudd
Just like Mike, he still doesn't look a day older than 55.
I don't know. He's starting to look like a younger Anthony Keidis
Justin Long made a deal with the devil
huh? paul rudd looks pretty old now wtf is this lie?
@@4killsfreddy148 He doesn't look 53 though. Maybe around 40.
Quivering in anticipation of the Christopher Nolan Fatman trilogy:
Fatman Begins Eating
The Lard Knight
The Lard Knight Rises Out Of His Minivan And Falls Down At The Aldi Parking Lot
Well guys you sold me. I'm gonna go see Miss March right away.
There’s a plot hole in this movie. It leads to creepy stairs with an old lady
I was really looking forward to this! I love it when RLM reviews movies based on the life of Rich Evans.
Rich nailed the video description.
There were a lot of things that were unbelievable enough to notice but just kind of glossed over enough that they didn't ruin the movie for me. The tonal shift after Mr. Mac joined was kind of jarring. I'd say I found it interesting more than I enjoyed or liked it. Some really cool bits in there.
Homeless people: 1. Know everything going on in their neighborhood.
2. Are unnaturally good judges of character.
3. Weirdly honest when they aren't trying to scam anyone.
Zack is a good dude, and I’m happy for him. Dude’s going to get to make another horror movie now, and everyone’s going to see it. If Zack has another hit, he’s going to establish himself as a legit horror filmmaker.
Zack and the WKUK started streaming during the pandemic, and helped a lot of people. Zack was very kind. Thanks dude, if you ever see this comment. Appreciate you.
Ya. Sorta sad that RLM didn’t know anything about WKUK. Zach is very open how they Joshed Miss March. He and Trevor (RIP) were 25. They swung and whoofed. My boy Zach just hit a home run tho.
@@brennancrane6822 Yeah they where great at sketches and figured 'why not just do a movie length sketch?' Only to learn that a movie needs a lot more thought, planning and construction to keep an audience sitting there for 90 minutes/two hours. But at least they learned and moved on. Still looking forward to 'Mars' being released. I'm not big into horror movies so I'm hoping to get a bit of comedic closure to the WKUK franchise. Wish Zach all the best in his directorial career no matter what themes he choses to work in.
@@brennancrane6822 If Zach doesn't get attention he'll hang himself.
RIP Trevor (sorely missed 😢😢 ) Zach's killing it with this movie. Very happy for the success it's seeing!
Be like Zack
What I found most impressive about the filmmaking: after all the grotesque and shocking horrors, the most haunting moment is the exchange at the bar. I think they got that so right, and the whole film balances in such a way that it sticks with you. The guy did it. That monster is very real. That’s the devastating reality of the movie from the first scene til the end.
i agree completely. that scene was unfortunately disturbingly real.
There’s a lot to interpret from this movie, but it feels like there is a strong parallel being made between his character and the old dude, even when he chastises the old guy about what he’s done, he still ends up pushing her off the roof to save his own skin
@@dysn3961 I think another subtle consideration is that everyone in Hollywood does the right thing. He's not getting to remain in a position of power like what is demonstrated in The Assistant (2019). Here he is quickly removed from the situation, but he isn't necessarily punished, and he goes somewhere else to harm some new.
He shows that he is a serial offender. Given the chance, he will become more and more monstrous, even beyond when he can stand on his own feet.
Umbridge is the most hasted Harry Potter villain for a reason.
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Am I alone in sometimes seeing a RLM vid show up on my subscriptions about a movie I haven't seen yet, then going to watch the movie so I can watch the video? It happens a lot and is always worth it. Enjoyed this movie
Same! Seeing a 45 minute RLM video seriously discussing a movie and throwing an early spoiler warning is just about the strongest movie recommendation you could give me.
I dunno, do you watch RLM with other people or by yourself?
@@kyleellis1825 by myself
@@lalunafate So you are alone when you see the RLM vids show up.
I'm just being extremely literal for a dad joke. The whole can/may kind of thing.
@@kyleellis1825 Take your upvote and leave.
Terrifier is more of a special effects showcase than a movie.