Half in the Bag Episode 138: 2017 Movie Catch-up (part 2 of 2)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Mike and Jay continue talking about movies they saw in 2017, mostly horribly depressing and miserable ones!
(0:23) The Blackcoat's Daughter
(4:07) It Comes at Night
(8:28) Gerald's Game
(11:25) The Florida Project
(16:17) Killing of a Sacred Deer
(20:19) Mansfield 66/67
(22:31) Dunkirk
(22:50) A Ghost Story
It cracks me up how both times Jay mentions hexes, Mike suddenly perks up and gets interested
"That's my fetish!" - Internal Mike Monologue
Love your videos m8
THERE´S DEMONS IN THIS MOVIE
OH HI MARK
Prince Solomon Go read a book then
Hearing Jay refer to Logan Paul as 'that stupid asshole' really made my day.
*Logan Jones
All these constant references to The Last Jedi.
I can feel the Plinkett review coming.
well we probably still need for it to release on video
As long as it isn't --the last Plinkett review-- coming, then I'm content.
It's like a a mutual break up. You both know it's time to move on but aren't quite sure how to end things until one of you finally does it. Star Wars just went and made the first step. They're a bit shocked but understanding of the situation. They'll take pot shots at their ex, as we all do, and eventually move on to something more substantial and fulfilling. Or RLM have realized they're 30 somethings talking about kids movies and all they have to look forward to now is the grave.
Twimpy Boy they didn't out right hate it but thought it killed all the interesting story threads the first one set up. They also mention that The movie needed significant editing and that the overall storyline was just messy and meaningless.
Mike mentioned potentially doing one for wish upon. That would be more interesting, I don't think they have much left to say about star wars anymore.
I would watch 7 minutes of Rich Evans eating an entire pie.
Only 7 minutes?
He probably wouldn't throw up either
"It was a good pie. I'd have it again."
+Daniel Shults It would only take him 5
"It has a good taste. The taste is...good."
Mike Stoklasa, a ghost-believing Star Trek reference machine, fueled by alcohol.
not funny
+Redgrave192 cute Totodile. Also, I went to your page to get a better glimpse of it, and I had already seen one of your vids. How funny
😅
How do old people fit in your description?
I really enjoy the regular Half in the Bag-stuff, but these mentions of not-quite-mainstram titles are a refreshing change of pace! More film reviews like this please!
If you want full length overviews of a specific film, which you may already know about their new series, check out their Re:View stuff... It is mainly older stuff, but as Thread Bomb said, it maybe more effective this way as a round up.
According to a Redbox review, "I can understand why [A Ghost Story] didn't make any money at the box office."
Making $1.9 mil against a $100,000 budget? That's 19 times its budget.
and thats a lot
So Jin Choi Subtract out marketing and the portion the theaters take.
Well you see, people are fucking retarded.
Are you serious? Only a 100,000? They destroy a house at one point lmao
daiselol Apparently Lowery self-funded it. And the film was shot at the house for free, since it was set to be demolished anyway.
"No, no I said an Arthouse Theater, where people are normal and not monsters."
Best Mike Quote of 2017
Florida project is the most accurate representation of what I see in my daily life living in Florida
24 Frames Of Nick it's a painful existence isn't it? Where in the hellhole do you reside, Saint Pete here
Constantine The 27th all the way down in Ft lauderdale, Broward
24 Frames Of Nick the further you go into the center of Florida, the weirder it gets.
24 Frames Of Nick yeah. I want to see that movie now, just because it sounds so true to living here😅 I’ve lived I Florida for 23 years, and used to hate it but now I’m more at peace with what it is. It’s odd and full of crazy people and alligators but also kind of interesting.
24 Frames Of Nick living in the Bronx is basically that but now overcrowd it and winter is a thing, a brutal one cus landlords don't wanna pay for heating
Just watched A Ghost Story on these hacks recommendation, and I can’t remember the last time a movie emotionally affected me so much
Interstellar just became emotionally irrelevant to me after I watched this today.
A Ghost Story pulled off the "existential time-centric sadness" themes 10 times better.
Holy shit 3 RLM videos so close together? Am I in heaven?!
Technically it’s part 2 of the same recording but I agree I like it when RLM gets lazy
Jay was editing these HITBs while Mike edited the ReView
It feels like I'm inside of some kind of GHOST STORY
ummmwhatnow Yes, you’re in heaven. God decided to subvert your expectations by letting you think you were alive, but you were really dead the whole time.
I saw A Ghost Story in a cinemark theater. All of the other 6 people walked out during the pie scene.
Some people just don't get it. That's an incredibly nuanced and heart-wrenching scene that hurts and makes you think about it the longer it goes on. I just don't get how some people can't read into it. Stupidity?
@@treefingers6572 I think some people think they are getting the emotion out of the scene but yet they think it shouldn't be as long as it was. I completely disagree with that because 1. It's boring and long so we get the feeling that she is going through. 2. it also plays into the theme of the movie, and Casey Affleck's character
@@crappymcdick I think it also has a lot to do with your perspective on life and where you are mentally when you see it. When I watched the movie the pie scene almost brought me to tears, but if I watched it a few months earlier I might have been screaming for the movie to get on with it. Definitely one of those movies you have to see at the right time with the right frame of mind.
@@engineerhealthyself Definitely!
@@treefingers6572 those people have been conditioned for more mainstream media.
*_IT'S SALT._*
That's right. It's totally not Hoth!
Hey, Look! It's the director of Rogue One! That didn't take me out of the movie at all!
"After destroying the superweapon we've retreated to a rebel base on a desolate planet and now where in trenches waiting for AT-ATs to walk over the horizon to slaughter foot soldiers, and we're going to escape in the nick of time on the millennium falcon... *BUT THIS TIME ITS SALT INSTEAD OF SNOW* "
I don't get why they didn't just make the salt flat copper surface blue, that would have looked cool.
I didn't understand the "its salt" part in the move. Now I know and I feel embarrassed.
*IT'S TAPE*
Mumblecore Hipster Nightmare: greatest band name ever
Sounds like a song by Mr. Bungle.
Take a shot every time Mike say "Star Wars The Last Jedi"
thats very very unhealthy
See ya liver
Fuckin' lightweights.
I literally paused this video and watched _A Ghost Story!_ I liked the movie so much I draped a white sheet over my head, walked into my neighbor's house, and destroyed their fine china!
That's really what this movie is about. How boring larping as a ghost and a widow really is. Except the part where you break the china.
JJCheeker Were they neighbors of colour?
JJCheeker is it better than a skhost story
Just tell the police
Art made you do it
“I love movies about satanism”
Best quote from Jay ever
Amen brother, may he find comfort in Christ’s name
hail satan am i right guys
I might consider joining the Church of Santa!
I can imagine thrilling sexy rituals, where the participants pour egg-nog over each others' naked bodies! :P
YOU'RE THE DEVIL'S SON
@@SomeSunshineOutside No.
I know it’s been 5 years at this point but I really appreciate you guys covering A Ghost Story. I’m not even a big fan of that director but man he struck gold with that movie
This video is about family, thats whats really important
I watched "A Ghost Story" due to their recommendation. It was a very good film, but it was a very strange experience, but was very refreshing to watch a movie like it. I won't say anything, but I would recommend those who truly enjoy cinema to watch this film in a quiet environment.
They really shouldn't be so hard on The Last Jedi. It took 12 years to make.
gnarkillguch that joke is 12 years old
Thinktanks took 12 years to develop and finalize that joke.
I actually went and rented Wish Upon after your last video and what a beautiful Trainwreck of a movie
same. it was hysterical.
Emma Riley Danvers I got it too. haven't watched it yet though ....
Rented? Is it 1994?
Jeremy Suika legendary bants.
William Burr it was hillarious bad , what movie were you watching?? Lmao
On The Florida Project - used to live in Orlando, and yes . . . there are some terrible slummy neighborhoods around the "park / resort empires" around International Drive. Sorry to say I used to live in one of them - worst years of my life. :( Might have to check this movie out, just so I can feel good about NOT living in Orlando anymore.
I’m actually more scared to watch ‘A Ghost Story’ than any other horror film. I don’t play with existentialism.
That movie on acid could really mess you up.
Replying 4 years later but just in case anyone else is worried about this: the movie is, fundamentally, incredibly hopeful. It brushes up against really big, scary concepts and it does get to you at points, but by the end I found that everything seemed to make a lot more sense. Not just things in the movie but things in my own life. It's a powerful movie and has changed my life more than any other film by far.
Watched Ghost Story trailer; did not hear the phrase "The world is changing", 0/10
Angelo Iossa But for real though it's pretty pretentious.
It's not really about change though. It's about family.
Growing up right next to two of the most famous theme parks in America I can tell u the representation of life, like the parallels between social classes felt very real and accurate in the Florida project, I didn’t like the ending either though because it felt insanely jarring right at the emotional climax to switch to iPhone recording
Yeah the ending was terrible lol. Not only was it jarring for the reason you mentioned, and that it didnt match the tone of the rest of the movie, but also it was just stupid because how could two little girls just run in to Magic Kingdom without being stopped, paying tickets, etc. It would have been better if they ran away to that tree they would play pretend on. Or, if she just got taken away by CPS and the last shot was her in the back of the van driving past a billboard of a Disney advertisement saying “Happiest place on earth”
@@hazyhalfmoon EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID WITH THE BILLBOARD WAS WHAT WAS IN MY HEAD WHILE WATCHING IT. Such a brilliant movie and they really fucked that ending up
Best Dunkirk review on RUclips 10/10 A+ for the great effort
ExpensiveFridge ahh come on i didn't like Dunkirk
Lee McQueen cause it's fucking boring
Reading the online reviews at the end was my favorite part. I always get a kick out of how so many negative sound precisely the same. The phrase, "I want that _____ minutes of my life back" (and variations of that phrase) is used so often that I'm surprised anyone still thinks they're clever for using it.
The best and the most accurate Dunkirk review up to date.
Nur why was it so Short?
@@eldradulthran2436 Because it was fine.
Thank you for A Ghost Story. It was Tarkovskyesque (Mirror, mostly), in a great way, real experience. Your comment on it helped me and my co-watchers to get through the first act and get to the pleasure. That's why I listen to you through mundane hometasks. To find gems in your drunk mumbling. Never stop!
Really glad you guys picked A Ghost Story as your favorite film
Totally, it was great.
It was my favourite of the year too! Honestly probably the most transcendent thing I’ve ever seen.
24 Frames Of Nick Why is the movie square waste of time
24 Frames Of Nick Sarcasm
Truly amazing. But I doubt it'll get any Oscar nods unfortunately.
I just finished watching "A Ghost Story," and I just have to say that I love it. I wasn't sure what my reaction would be, but by the end of the movie I was in awe. Thank you for the movie catch-up! I probably would never see half of these films if not for your videos.
I should be going to work... but new RLM... the boss will understand.
Tell us did he understand.
SuperArppis he doesn’t really have a job
Came here to say this. *Exactly* this. Spooky. 💀👍 Okay. Slack mode engaged.
indeed!
Your boss is in the know. He's a cool dude.
The most interesting thing about A Ghost Story is that Rooney Mara actually did write something on the piece of paper for the first scene. Lowery simply asked Mara to write down something that felt personal and meaningful to her, the movie and her character. What she wrote, folded and painted into the wall went down with the house in the demolition scene, and the note that Affleck’s ghost retrieves was shot with a different piece of paper. In the footage you can’t see it, Casey has no idea what it said because with the sheet he could barely see. So in the end Mara was the only one who actually knew what gave the ghost closure...
I have been a massive RLM fan for years now, and I randomly stumbled across A Ghost Story on Netflix's 'Hidden Gems' section. I was absolutely floored by it. Near perfection in its ideas. I even re-watched it later that night because I couldn't stop thinking about it. I looked up reviews tonight and never even realized you guys reviewed it, LET ALONE made it both your movie of the year. My level of respect never ends with you hacks, thanks for your content.
5:09 and hear we see the mythical Mike Stoklasa mating call.
That’s how the reuben sandwich crumbles.
HAHA yeah!
SHIEEEEETTTT!!!!
wasn't expecting to see you here!
I'll be goddamn, one of my favorite channels commenting on another of my favorite channels.
You're doing a great fucking job, Sunny Jim.
My first name is Sally, so hearing Jay say my name has put the final touches on my Jay Bauman Sex Fantasy Soundboard. Thank you, sir.
This is a fantastic comment.
🥂
I watched A Ghost Story on your recommendation and I absolutely loved it. Thanks for the suggestion!
This has been the best three days, waking up to three Red Letter Videos! But now I think I'm over doing it....had a dream with Mike in it...
Or did you had a dream ????????
Love A24. They are putting some interesting material out there.
It occured to me their logo appears on the majority of the more interesting films I've watched recently.
It occured to me only just now, reading your comment and visiting their website, seems like all I like is A24
A24 is the new Focus Features. It's just a matter of time until they get bought up by AOL-Time-Warner-NBC-Universal-Comcast-Xfinity-Disney-Pixar-Marvel-LucasFilm-AT&T-Arby's-Sbarro, brought to you by Carl's Jr. in association with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
@@barrybreadson2146 Sonic & KnuckleHunkybuck
Could not disagree more. I can't stand the pretentious nature of the films A24 and Focus put out. Both have made 1, maybe 2 films I would be interested in watching, but the way everyone talks about them makes me avoid them like the plague.
I know this is a pointless point, but Jays hair since the first episodes have really came a long way. 👌👌
Likely eating better / exercising as well. Good on ya, Jay!
Mike looks the same lol.
I hope these constant, unnecessary Last Jedi digs never stop.
They are way more satisfying than the movie
@@sebastiangoergen6639 they really subvert my expectations
Last Jedi bad haha
Last Jedee peepeepoopoo trash gabrage lol **pffffffffft**
I've seen A Ghost Story. It took me 12 years to finish!
it feels like it, yeah.
revolverswitch
No, but Ethan Hawke whipped me in my boyhood.
What a fantastic movie A Ghost story is. I was immersed.
About the pie eating, it seems very long at the time also because it's presented early in the movie, but it makes sense later as Mike pointed, it has multiple purposes. Also, I think it represents quite well the storm of emotions when you lose someone, in the way that you start to ask "Will this feeling, this void, this sadness ever go away?" (like you seeing the movie asking how long will this scene go on), and for a period it seems it will not, it lingers, it even grows again (as she starts to eat it faster and angrily midway through), but then time passes by and surely enough it starts to fade away, life happens and you have to move on.
"Which is great because I love Satan"
We all know it Jay.
I was watching a ghost story while eating orange chicken. I was so immersed into the movie that i had realized that after like 20 minutes I had my fork in the air with the chicken near my mouth. I was so into the movie I paused my hand in order to focus.
TELL ME WHAT TO THINK
Mike’s deadpan readings of the Redbox reviews of A Ghost 👻 Story were my ASMR.
i would listen to these redbox reviews all day.
"It turns out the little girl is possessed by a fucking demon. It's so wonderful!" - Jay Bauman.
-Star Wars Jedi Outcast: "If the ways of the jedi were easy, there'd be millions of us, instead of dozens..."
-TLJ: Hearing stories of Luke Skywalker/the Jedi in general as a kid= Jedi Master
-Star Wars Jedi academy: when you make Jaden turn to the dark side, Murder many of Luke's Students, curve stomp your Master Kyle Katarn and went on to build your own Empire with a powerful scepter that can make ordinary beings into powerful Sith Warriors Luke says to Kyle "I can still sense good in him. There's always hope Kyle remember that."
-TLJ: Luke instinctively wanted to murder his sleeping nephew who did nothing wrong
Yokesplooge Thankyou very much I hate the last Jedi Luke would always have hope for anyone to turn to the light.
God damn the Katarn games were so good.
James Minglis the gameplay was good but the stories were terrible and made no sense. Last Jedi goes in much better directions then those games
The last jedi goes in a much better direction than nothing.
You guys are awesome and boldly honest with your analysis. A Ghost Story was such a refreshing movie experience amongst the crash and bang style of movie making we see all too often today. If you have ever second guessed yourselves please don't, you guys are spot on! Keep it up!!!
art house movie, where people are normal and not monsters
The absolute best part about It Comes at Night is that they don't give you ANY information outside of what the characters themselves know. The fact that you as a viewer either come, or don't come, to the same conclusions as the main character does is what made the movie really awesome for me.
RLM. Still the best excuse to ignore my horrible family for 30 or 40 minutes at a time.
TheColonelKlink Put a hex on them.
Finally watched A Ghost Story and had to watch this review again because the movie emotionally gutted me. 10/10 thanks for featuring it.
So glad I forgot everything about A Ghost Story before actually watching it, it was great, thanks for the recommendation
Ghost Story was easily the most original and thought provoking film of the year. I’m so happy you guys actually picked it as your favorite film of the year.
I watched A Ghost Story because of this, and I'm glad I did.
fuck Man.. same Here. i cried like a little girl in The end of that movie. and i still can't explain why.
It's such a beautifully sad movie.
@@kondziu1992I finally watched the movie tonight and I think I understand what made me cry: Early in the movie the guy at the party says everything is meaningless because of the eventual death of the universe, but then it shows the ghost will wait hundreds of years for one message from a person he cares about. And in the end, I think it shows a single moment of true connection transcends time and space, and that's what existence is all about.
Mike gets so passively upset about Jay calling It Comes At Night emotional porn they’re like a married couple lol
Still waiting for a new Twin Peaks video guys
Sad girls eating pies on their kitchen floors for ten minutes is my new fetish. Thanks Mike and Jay.
Funny, I thought Mike would completely hate A Ghost Story. Glad he liked it tho.
Hahahaha i know right
I can imagine rich evans saying "it's a piece of shit!"
His love for ghosts outweighs his hate for artsy fartsy stuff
HAHAHA
He was probably just in a REALLY good mood when he watched it.
Hey guys, thanks for the recommendation for A Ghost Story. I saw it today after watching this last night and I loved it. I was expecting to see a number more ghosts in the room at the end though.
5:10 It's one of those super rare moments, when Mike laughs... it cured my cancer, seriously, it's that good!
Thanks for making me get over the hipster vibe of A Ghost Story. It was an unforgettable experience.
That actress in the Florida Project should at the very least be given the sound design oscar.
My favorite movies of 2017 were It Comes At Night, Killing of a Sacred Deer, and A Ghost Story. So happy you guys felt the same!
A ghost story was probably my favourite movie of the year, in my opinion it’s a “cinemalartic gem”
"The seedy underbelly of Disney World". Oh...so Florida.
I-Drive baby
@@yourjunes I live in Orlando and driving through downtown orlando and unto the Disney/Universal area always feels like I am about to be gunned down
logan jones.
I just recognized Jay’s shirt as the “In Heaven everything is fine” eraserhead shirt. I got my twin peaks shirts from the same website
I just discovered this channel. It's good
Bill The Butcher nah. they are hack frauds
It took twelve years to make this channel.
GET OUT
Very, very cool
Tsarpalis Panagioths Get Oooooooout
Jay's taste is more to mine than Mike's. Killing was my favorite film of the year, and yes, I also laughed in it, in its sick, dark humor. Yes, we get it, Jay.
I had forgotten about 'A Ghost Story' I had wanted to see it, but had completely slipped my mind. After watching this....I finally watched it and its a great film.
A ghost story looks like a fantastic thoughtful film. Just watching the trailer footage everything just clicks.
Wait... The creepy perverted dad from "Gerald's Game" is Elliot from ET??! *mind blown*
He's in basically everything Mike Flanagan has done. Great actor.
How dare you insult my idol Logan Jones!
Jonesers unite!!1!
Gotta buy that Logan Jones merch kids!
19:46 Starts the joke
Did you and your friends buys his merch already Suckadic--I mean Maverick?
Weird creepy depressing indie films.. the review catalog.
IT"S SALT!
Good thing it was not the cyanide planet.
That movie sucked so badly
Jay mentions misery porn.
Mike lets out a demonic laugh.
It's like poetry, it rhymes.
i left ghost story at the pie eating scene fed up with the pacing. (i had not gotten any warning). I came back the next day and continued the movie because as slow as it was, i thought back on the movie and what i did enjoy about it. The experience of watching it was like a virtual reality simulation of being in a memory. The audio of nature which is so present in the first half is what made the movie watchable for me.
Half in the Bag Episode 138: 2017 A24 Movies Catch-up
Im so glad you guys read the reviews.
Those red box reviews are the most depressing things ever
Redbox reviews are cancer, no matter the movie.
A GHOST STORY IS PHENOMENAL, WORKING ON SO MANY LEVELS. ECHO THE HIGH RECOMMENDATION SO MUCH I'M WRITING IN ALL CAPS.
0:50 Jon Hamm has THREE kids with January Jones ya hack frauds :P :P :P
Thanks for talking about films that aren't Star Wars
Hey its John Hess! love the fact that you are watching RLM
Why not? RLM is probably the best review channel on YT
Actually you HACK, that 3rd kid with with January Jones's 2ND Husband, Generic McGreyHair
Honestly I lost interest in the show around the 5th season :P
Bobby was Don's kid... she just raised him with Generic McGreyHair
Really happy Mike had good things to say about The Florida Project! I loved the ending. Many people take it as dream sequence.
Sounds like a day at the beach.
Preach
RedBanditWyatt I keep it middle school, step on your feet
Before you can speak, blow to teeth!
We move among the ones you think are meek
What a great discussion. The flow between Jay and Mike is great. Very informative. Thank you for this.
In a parallel universe I'm best friends with Mike and Jay, we drink beer and talk about movies, and I don't have an exam tomorrow morning. *sigh*
*sits down and opens a beer in the parallell universe* I also had an exam today. Think it went ok. How did you do? Seen any good movies lately, Jay?
I deeply feel this
A Ghost Story 10/10
One ghost
It comes At Night
1/10
Nothing came at night
Killing of a sacred Deer
They're not deer, theyre people. Could be deer people
3/10
Anodos Arcade Eating pie for 10 minutes is a 10/10 but it comes at night bored you hmmmmm
Swoooooosh
replying to a sarcastic comment hmmmmmm
I liked A Ghost Story but Blade Runner 2049 is the best ridiculously slow-paced movie of 2017
It was a fucking masterpiece.
I just watch A Ghost Story per their recommendation. I loved it actually, but Blade Runner 2049 is also incredible.
ChardBotham you are right. I think sometimes we need to see the art. You don't go to museums and see people screaming at the painting to do something. Birth of Venus? She just stood there. No dialogue. Just all naked but then literally nothing happened.
The first Blade Runner was pretty slow paced too
Objectively it is slow paced, I didn't really notice until watching for a 3rd time, the shots do linger a lot. But the first couple of times I was so pulled in that I didn't notice. Is being slow paced a bad thing if still keeps you interested?
In 2008 when I lost my job I had to stay for months in the exact hotels depicted in The Florida Project. It's exactly as the movie shows. All of hwy 192 if filled with dying hotel\motels from the America's hayday of the 60's. It's all weekly rates and there's a population of people caught in an evil loop of crappy service jobs that don't pay enough to escape.
"I can understand why [A Ghost Story] made no money at the box office" .... but it made back 19 times its budget of $100,000 at the box office.
Bria Vinaite is the actress' name.
Originally from Lithuania, Vinaite spent formative years in Bay Ridge. She moved to Manhattan when she was 17 because she was “not about Brooklyn,” though you can still hear a hint of that upbringing in her accent. She had no intentions of building her livelihood on pot merchandise, but saw an opportunity and took it. “I was kind of annoyed that it was so particular,” she says. “But there’s a market for it, and I feel like at the time that I was coming out with it there wasn’t any, like, funky girl brands that were up to date with the cuts.”
After Baker contacted, her she watched his entire body of work, and was sold. And again, there seemed to be a cosmic coincidence that made her perfect for the gig. “What was really cool to me-and I sort of got to feel like it’s one of the main reasons I got this role-I have a moon tattooed on my left leg,” she says. In the film, Prince’s character is named Moonee. She then lifts up a bit of her skinny jean to prove that she has a similarly appropriate rocket ship on her ankle as well. Her instantly identifiable ink-she has giant roses on her chest, too-ended up being a plot point in The Florida Project.
Loved the in depth review of Dunkirk
It comes at night is a great little movie, really very well done
God I remember going into some of those gift shops near Disney world, so fucking sketchy
Thank you for recommending A Ghost Story. I highly enjoyed it