RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023) "Like Stonehenge" | First Time Watching | MOVIE REACTION & Review!
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- Äas pĹidĂĄn 7. 07. 2024
- Tonight I'm diving into the highly anticipated movie adaptation of *Red, White & Royal Blue*. Based on the bestselling novel by Casey McQuiston, this romantic comedy has captured the hearts of many, and I'm here to share my thoughts and reactions with you!
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Some fun facts. The bicep kiss on the lake of Henry on Alexâs bicep was improv. They also shot that scene without the intimacy coordinator present. The scene under water was a lighting test, but they loved the result so much they decided to use it. The scene in Paris where Alex is helping Henry with his shirt was also improv. Nick/Henry had trouble getting the button undone so Taylor/Alex jumped in to help. The scene of them lying in bed together after the museum with Alex holding Henryâs wrist was not in the script, but they felt it fitted, so they filmed it. Also something I noticed, if you look closely you see Taylor/Alex fidgeting a lot with his hands, as someone told me, itâs ADHD stimming. In the book, Alex is later diagnosed with ADHD and Taylor has read the book 7 to 8 times by now, so it was great to see him adding that little detail.
Also you already saw Stephen Fry, Thomas Flynn aka Prince Phillip the older brother of Henry also identifies as Queer so the two homophobic characters in the movie are played by Queer actors. Which is a great move of Matthew the writer/director. LOL
This is EXACTLY the kind of trivia/behind the scenes info I really value and enjoy, so thank you very much!! I knew about Stephen Fry (but not about Thomas Flynn), and I agree that was a clever casting move.
@@DavidvsFilm also, not entirely sure if itâs true, but I saw someone mention that Henry kissing alexâs shoulder after Henry joins him in New York, where Alex talks about his future, was apparently also improv from Nickâ side. Also the dedication at the end for Kristy is for Taylorâs eldest sister who died of colorectal cancer June last year, before the movie premiered, she was his biggest fan and was looking forward seeing her little brotherâs first leading role. Amazon held a special screening for the entire family and they took a pic of them all posing in front of the big screen with âFor Kristyâ on it. Also on the table in the oval office there are family photos. When Taylorâs dog Jack died during filming, the day before they did the big cake scene, Matthew the writer and director asked Taylor if it was okay to add a pic of jack on the table. So if you look closely you can see a photo of Taylor with Jack on the table, plus some real life child photos of Taylor. You can see the pictures better if you go to Matthews instagram, he just posted a new photo of him in the oval office which gives a good look at the photos on the table. His insta is @matthewmichaellopez
@@DutchTZPfan There are also two pictures of Nick as a child in the background. One is of him and his father, on the table behind him when he's ignoring Alex's phone call during the meeting with Philip and Bea. The second one is of him and his mother, I think, which is on a side table in one shot. Not sure which one, though.
The director and the books author are writing the sequel. So it should be good. The author has a cameo. She's the woman sitting on the floor with a laptop, when Uma is drafting her response if she had lost. Nicholas Galitzine plays a lot of gay roles. Handsome Devil is a good one he's in. Also in Mary & George on Starz. He was also in the Craft Legacy movie. Taylor was in Kissing Booth 2 & 3. This is his first starring or leading man role. He dedicates his role to his sister who died before she could see RW&RB.
Thatâs awesome! This is exactly the kind of behind the scenes info and trivia that I love and appreciate. Thank you!!!
â@@DavidvsFilmyeah, the dedication at the very very end of the movie is for Taylor's sister.
the author goes by they/them
Casey McQuiston is non-binary btw. Not a woman.
As a fellow Houstonian, I have been WAITING FOR EVER for you to watch this!! Yay!!!! đđ I dream of Texas going blue!!
Yay!!!! The day has arrived! Lol. Thanks for the fellow Texan support! đ¤ And you KNOW Uma should have picked up that phone and said, âWeâre gonna need some Whataburger..â instead!
Why? So it will wind up like California busted, gutted, and broken?
It took me half way through the movie to realize Nicholas Galatzine is the same actor from Purple Hearts.
And since in Bottoms and The Idea of You. The boy has range!
You should watch a very Young Nicholas Galitzine with Luke Perry in the Beat Beneath My Feet. He's awesome in Mary and George with Julianne Moore and Tony Curran too
@@ann-mareecafarella9371 And the broody violinist in New York Academy!
@@giovannagozzi1077 He's good in Handsome Devil with Andrew Scott
That's not range..... I hope some day he has an actual opportunity to show range, because I fear he's been typecasted.
he's also in a movie called "handsome devil" which is pretty decent.
Call me a romantic, but I genuinely loved this movie; this along with Heartstopper and Young Royals helped me come to terms with my bisexuality. Iâve read the book, the collection edition, and Iâve seen the deleted scenes which are amazing. Iâm so excited for the sequel thatâs coming! Now all we need is a Broadway-West End bound musical. Just sayingâŚ
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Oh youâre right- a stage production would be great! This is the kind of book/movie that easily lends itself to that type of adaptation.
And I think itâs GREAT that this movie and those shows helped you define yourself. I know everyone is different in how they process things, but Iâve turned to tv and movies too in the past looking for relatability. Very happy for you!!! âĽď¸
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn't bother suggesting this one to you because I figured you'd already seen it. Happy surprise! I miss Marc for this one though...
Nope! Saved it since I first heard about it for the channel one day :) Yeah I would have loved for him to do this one too, but his family was visiting when I did this one, and they were at our nephewâs baseball tournament.
@DavidvsFilm I suppose that is a decent reason for not recording a reaction video...
It's not like this movie, but if you're looking for an underrated movie, "Nothing to Lose" is a good one.
Zara had the best lines, from "vitamin D deficiency" to "Little Lord Fuckleroy."
Oh 100%. Some really good writing in this overall, but I completely agree that she had the best laugh lines.
They are doing a 2nd movie following Henry and Alex's relationship after the events of this movie.
Oh good!! Iâm glad itâs still them, and also that itâs a continuation. Thank you!
Youâre dang right I might even pop over from the UK to register to vote if thatâs waiting for me đđđ
Yay!! So glad you got to this one, the book is a lot of fun too.
@@user-gz3go6go4h Yay! Thanks, yeah some movies (and shows) you can just tell would be a good/ fun read.
Can't believe it's taken you this long to get to this one. It's such a wholesome story.
Are you kidding me? You've seen how slow I am getting around to good movies lol. It shouldn't surprise you at all that it took me this long :) But it was a really good movie right??
The height thing through the movie is an inside joke. In the book, Alex is shorter then Henry. The actors ended up being practically the same height with Taylor aka Alex being a bit taller.
Oh ok gotcha, thank you! Yeah, I donât know why, but wearing lifts or otherwise, I feel like I need Alex to be taller.
â@@DavidvsFilmyeah, in the book Henry is 4 inches taller than Alex... But in the movie Alex is like an inch or two taller than Henry... Alex also wears glasses in the book... I'm kind of upset that they didn't adapt that into the show... it's VERY easy to get fake glasses if the actor doesn't actually need them. But I suppose they did have a relatively small budget for this movie... So maybe they couldn't fit it in.
@@AnxietyRat Taylor actually wears glasses in real life, there is a video of him showing off his new prescription glasses. I think if I remember right, heâs far sighted.
@@DutchTZPfan oh that's interesting! I don't follow him on any social medias so that might be why I didn't know that... Really really strange that they didn't adapt Alex having glasses then... I really can't think of a reason for why they didn't. I mean it is a relatively small detail about the character, for sure. but it's something that could have easily been done... That would have been a point towards them faithfully adapting the source material.
Wait, no! I need Marc too for this one đ
He said no! Can you believe?? To be fair, his family was in town, but I agree with you.
@@DavidvsFilm aw that makes sense though. But the reaction was great! â¤
Thank you!!
The sequel is coming so soon, yayy!!
Oh is it?? That's awesome!! I had prepared myself for 2028 haha
Great movie. Fun reaction. Nicholas is on fire right now. He was in...The idea of you. Bottoms. Purple Hearts. Mary and George on Starz. Phenomenal and based on a true story. He and the king were lovers. Sequel, hopefully, end of next year. I would definitely recommend more of his movies.
Thank you so much!! I saw his face on the promos for Mary and George (still haven't seen that series, but hats off to the marketing person because I remember seeing ads EVERYWHERE in the lead up to its premiere), and of course I knew about this movie. :)
Taylor Alex is very charismatic in the role. both
@@D.S216 TOO charismatic! I canât concentrate on the movie lol
@@DavidvsFilm Yes both of them.
Hey!! I love that there's still people reacting to rwrb! Thank you!! đđ˝ It was a lovely reaction, and it was good to see you enjoyed it. It's definitely a feel-good movie!
Thank you so much! I'm relieved that there was still some interest in watching rwrb reactions haha I really appreciate the feedback ;)
28:42 I know itâs a movie, but itâs so unrealistic that Minnesota is red. It hasnât been red since 1972.
Ah! Thank you, Lynne! You hit on the other thing (besides the accent) that I wanted to talk more about. Exactly!! re: Minnesota. And what I specifically meant about Texas and "that would never happen", is that if you look at the US electoral map in the corner, they have Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota all going Republican. Unless this is light years of political shifting in the future, ain't know way TEXAS is that close if all those states are in the red.
â@@DavidvsFilmyes, exactly! When I saw that map, I thought, "well this movie is definitely fiction!" I realize they did it for dramatic effect so that Texas going blue would be the tipping point that won the election point, but if it were a real election that got Texas to flip - especially as an incumbent - she probably would have won in a landslide and most of that electoral map would have been blue.
@@DavidvsFilm and here I am living in Arizona which is turning more blue, its actually considered purple now and is a battleground state. Historically Arizona has always ran red but the last 2 elections majority vote went to democrats. I guess it helps that some of our state governors that were well liked were democrats.
@@DavidvsFilm Iâm guessing they were just going by number of electoral votes, rather than actually being realistic which states might go red vs blue. But it bugged me about MN. In 1984, Reagan vs Mondale, every state was red, except Minnesota.
Beto seems to be doing good work in Texas. Itâs close to purple! lol
â@@lynnhettrick7588yeah, the author of this novel wrote it in response to Trump winning... So it's absolutely fantasy America and fantasy England, if women were running the countries. It's not MEANT to be realistic ... I mean I think the politics is more realistic in the book than it is in the movie mainly just because it goes into more depth...but still...it's VERY much an idealistic fantasy version of those two countries.... Written during a time when a LOT of queer people were grieving a little bit. And angry. So yeah, the author was trying to soothe their own upset with this book and subsequent movie. And in turn, it's soothed a lot of other lgbtq+ people.
Very good cast. Love Uma and Steven Fry. Very well shot. I'm with you. I never thought I would see this level of gay romance movie. Brave of Amazon to do in this age of cancel culture. Recently, Amazon has had some of my favorite shows.
Thank you, yes!! What shows are you watching on Amazon? I feel like I only go to it to rent/watch mostly movies lately.
@@DavidvsFilm Thank you! Love your reactions as well as your husband's. One of the best shows I've seen this year is Fallout on Amazon. Sci-fi dystopian show with some great dark humor. Only 8 episodes. Also love The Boys, dark superhero show. Into their 4th season with one more before the end. Very gory and sexually explicit, cringy. But the core is about the people and their issues. And then there is The Legend of Vox Machina - 2 seasons animated fantasy. Hazbin Hotel - animated, silly, musical.
Hmm well a lot of England IS beautiful Iâll give you thatâŚ.if you can catch theâŚ.3 days of nice weather we have a yearâŚ.in the countrysideâŚin the day timeâŚnot when football is onâŚ.maybe if we have a change of government on Thursday see how that goesâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚbut donât let me burst your bubble đđđđ
@@JeM130177 hahaha yes- I definitely meant just transport me to those country estates with the gardens and where no one knows what day it is. Not cold London fog on a questionable street. đ
Yay! The reaction I didnât know I was waiting for! đłď¸âđâ¤ď¸
Thank you!! I waited a while to see this, and it was so good!
I have never seen you swear so much as here, I love it đ
Haha I got passionate about the story, I guess. âĽď¸ Otherwise, couldn't f**in tell ya. ;)
Hey I was watching this last night and I really enjoyed itđ
Oh yeah?? Great minds! Haha
Re: Minx, if you know, you knowâŚand I know, baby. Whew!!
Right?? Testify!
Great reaction! Iâm also in love with Taylor Zakhar Perez now. đ I loved this book so much and Taylor brought such warmth and humor and vulnerability to Alex, Iâm completely enamored with his performance. I am so looking forward seeing him in more roles in the future! Everyone was great in the film, including all of the supporting cast. The chemistry between Nick and Taylor was insane. So excited thereâs going to be a sequel!
Thank you! Agree to all of this :) And let's hope the sequel is sooner rather than later.
nice reaction. my first time "seeing" this movie and my first time watching your channel. Cheers!
Aww thank you so much!! Very glad youâre here.
Hey David, have you watched the 2014 British comedy film 'Pride'?
Nope- but I know about it! Itâs on my list to watch, especially now that Iâve been enjoying more âacross the pondâ content ;)
@@DavidvsFilm It's a remarkable story and well told.
I know enough about it to know Iâll probably cry at least twice.
Great reaction David ! First time I hear some kind of confirmation that a sequel is forthcoming !! Yeah !
Taylor is indeed genuine and believable. As for Nicholas Galitzine, he was born to play a prince, gay or straight đ. Although his preference seems to be for the ladies, heâs played a number of confused/bi/gay/roles. I welcome this openness to diversity from actors/actresses who see same sex attraction as something normal (if less frequent). Love is loveâŚâ¤
Excellent comment! So well put. :) Thank you âĽď¸
âMinxâ was my 1st time seeing TZP and he was pretty charming and sweet, but this film really showcased how good he is as a leadđđžđđžđđžđ
Loved your reaction! Thanks so much for sharing. P.S. Hope you didn't miss the post-credit scene. đ§Ą
Henryâs beagle's name is David đ
Haha yes, technically for Bowie, but Iâll pretend itâs for meâŚ. Delusion is a great quality. đ¤Łđ¤Ł
10:47 Sheâs in Love, Victor too. But in this, they didnât give her very good hair.
Oh yeah?? Well turns out I remembered her from The Good Wife. She was much younger though, so I couldn't place her at first.
(and not giving her good hair is unforgivable, btw!)
if you're into reading - the book is excellent.. a lot better than the movie :] great reaction!!
If you're able to watch Handsome Devil that has Nicholas in it. It's really grest.
Pure Disney channel gay film! But incredibly hot and loving! đđ
Miguel is a ****! But I know itâs just a film!
Yes!!! Haha. Exactly my kind of movie lol. And totally agree on Miguel- I know we need an antagonist, but I wanted to like him.
@@DavidvsFilm â¤ď¸ I didnât want to like him! đ. I can spot a C word a million miles off đ
@@mral8145 hahahaha
@@DavidvsFilm â¤ď¸ adore the fact that youâre so sweet, but you knew he was a c*** too đđ
Lil bit. đ
Read the book there is more detail
That wedding cake was just too absurd in size; it would have been absurd in a Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck cartoon. I know, I know, but not in Texas. đłâđ
Young royals is another great show!
@@miguelrivera055 Right?? So, so good!
miguel is such a great character on the books. i love this movie but i wont forgive that...fun reaction đ
Thanks!! Oh, so they did him wrong in the movie, then? Meaning that he was not an antagonist in the books?
@@DavidvsFilm no, he did some things but not like that.. and also they didnt include other importan character like alex sister that is really important in the book but movies are like this.. both movie and book are great on its own but i would not really compare them so much đ
Thank you so much for the background and advice! :)
@@katthie230I think youâre confused. Iâve read the book six times. Miguel is not in the book at all whatsoever. Heâs a completely new character created for the film.
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I love this!!! Thank you
Dude, we donât get behind kings. Did you forget where youâre from?
Haha no, not literally as a subject. Just joking that I respect him cutting loose a little. Don't worry still a proud American in the U.S. of A. đ
Same, also completely partial to Taylor.
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You talked over, and thus missed, some of the best lines....
I didnât think Umaâs accent was very good. Or rather I didnât like it.
Ok I'm glad you mentioned this so that we could talk.. here is the evolution of Uma's accent for me.. At first, I did not care for it, At all. It was completely not needed, and it just distracted me. Then, I kind of got used to it. Started to not really notice it as much. By the time I was editing the movie for the reaction, I had already come to accept it and even kind of like it ok. Weirdest thing ever.
You are right about HEB of course. But they probably shop at Central Market
Also, Umaâs accent did require a fair amount of suspension of disbelief. Itâs a reasonable attempt at a southern accent, but *not* a specifically Texas accent
@@mariahdaley4773 Haha Central Market, true, true.
Yeah my first guesses at her accent were Southern also. She has the Texas twang in there too, but the softness of her tone is what makes it sound more Southern to me.
Great comment thank you!!
I'm not a native English speaker so I can't recognize accents easily. What I noticed about Uma Thurman's accent was that in some scenes it doesn't sound as intense as others (Her first scene vs Alex coming out to her).
@@godabandonedthistimeline Yeah, I know what you mean. Ultimately Iâm just going to classify it as a Mrs. Doubtfire situation- completely lovable character even though her accent is all over the place.