Female spiders eat their mates after getting pregnant. The ending was a symbolic gesture of surrender because an actor gave up his dream to be a family man. It's not that difficult of a metaphor.
@@travismcnasty51 but he wasn't really surrendering to anything? It's implied that he's going to fall back into his sexual addictive tendencies when he looks at the key. I think she transforms into a spider because they are supposed to represent his view of women as objects. The spider backs away in fear when he enters the room.
Liam Neeson really went on this movie spree after his wife died it seems. I think he might be working so hard just keep his mind off of it and stave of depression or something.
"Enemy" is great. It's sad that it was one of the only films that came out in recent time that has such a complex structure with clues and details you have to pay attenton to, but also having this surreal and terrifiying imagery. Would be great to see more films like this or "Under the skin", that maybe have even more to offer stylistically and story-wise.
After having in in a backlog for years, finally saw Proxy today. Two things to note: 1) Jay's way of handling spoilers without telling anything about it was great 2) That movie got really dark, really fucking fast and went to places that I wasn't even expecting My advice? Watch it blind, but man, it gets really, really dark and no wonder it's labelled almost everywhere as a horror.
I bought Enemy, Blue Ruin and Palo Alto based on the recommendations, I thought all 3 were really good when I saw them. Nice to see some smaller films. Thanks for recommending.
This vid was one of your best Half in the Bags yet. Gave me three movies I will watch based on your review (Blue Ruin, Murder party and Enemy). You guys never steer me wrong. Also- great to log on and see a 2 parter for this vid. GREAT Sat morning fun!
After watching the snow piercer TV show and then watching this video again, I only just now understand what Jay means about looking beyond the premise and seeing the story as a fairy tale instead of a sci fi story. That premise was too stupid for me to accept without help.
I criticized Jay when I first began watching Half In The Bag, saying he seemed awkward. I would like to recant that statement. I fuggin love Mike, Jay, Rich and everyone else on the show
Enemy actually induced a kind of anxiety attack on me. I don't ever wanna watch it again. It was the absolute worst experience I've ever had with a movie, even though the movie itself is good. Super weird and in a way I respect it a lot for it.
"Jay : Well, very similar to the movie you saw that you were just describing, I saw a movie called Proxy which is about child murder...... 0______0 Mike : Jay.. Do you have some kind of problem ?" I just exploded laughing at that part.
Mike and Jay you both do an amazing job at helping me out through this GAHDawful qwaurantine. The two of you going back and forth at it are like watching Timon and Balloo the bare. Love the content and keep up the good work! 🍻
The difference though being that one does it in an interesting way that highlights the flaws of both, normally the poor are the epitany of all that is good in the world, perfect beings who can do no wrong and are only poor because of those damn evil rich people who put all their money toward evil ploys to stop anybody who isn't rich becoming so.
Also, Macon Blair, the guy from Blue Ruin, essentially reprised his role as a vengeful nobody avenging his parents in "I care a lot", which is a so-so movie (it can't decide if it wants to be a cynical comedy, a drama or a crime story). But it was really weird seeing him in that doing almost exactly the same general role.
If you did a timelapse of Jay since 2011, it would look like the last 10% of a werewolf's transition back to a human. Hair becoming more normal, beard returning to its usual trimmed state, etc
I've already caught this on your website...I was so excited when I saw an alert that you uploaded a video. Then I came to this page...and in my best Mike impression all I could utter was, "oh."
These catch-up videos are alot of fun, you guys should do a few a year to cover all the films you've seen that aren't necessarily worth or conducive to their whole episode.
Considering there's like 30 years age difference between Emma Stone and Colin Firth, and that Magic In The Moonlight was directed by Woody Allen.... ew.
I'm only eight minutes in, but I'm liking this. This is the type of review show I wish I could see maybe monthly from your team. Not that I hate the usual HITB or BOTW, they are all great fun. I just also love your genuine review shows. More please. You fucking hack frauds.
Im really glad you guys liked Enemy, I thought for sure you'd rip on it. Great movie, had me engrossed to the point I read the book for answers only to end up with even more.
I know I'm watching this practically 10 years later, but I was surprised that I had already seen 2 of them, especially Enemy which I thought I would have only watched after seeing it featured on a RLM video. Maybe it was mentioned in passing on a re:view.
Some things RLM has led me to watch: Dredd=WIN Twin Peaks = EPIC WIN Her=WIN Snowpiercer=FAIL! I was on board (no pun...) with the premise, but thought it was super dumb and made no sense. You're still my go-to channel though. Thanks for all the quality content!!!
By the end of SnowPiercer i felt like i was having a fever dream, like in a week i'll recall seeing the movie and will doubt if that movie ever existed and i was merely recalling one of those dreams where it seems to be coherent until you start thinking about it. Its such a fascinating mess, the more you think about it the less sense it makes, so its best not to, just enjoy the 2 hour long train crash that actually ends in a train crash. And im not talking about the plot, or the technical plausibilities, but the direction itself, its like 2 different styles of movies glued together. One is a serious exploration of opressive society on a small scale, and the other is a wacky comic book with supervillains. And the director set the characters loose to duke it out on camera. Its just an amazing spectacle of "what the fuck?". Im starting to wonder if that was intentional, the movie starts in a shitty gritty train cart taking prisoners to a gulag and by the end we're on a Harry Potters express to Hogwartz. The magic of cinema.
How is it that most of these lower budget films look a million times better than nearly everything Hollywood puts out....reading that back it sounds like a rhetorical question,really.
I have a love hate relationship with the movie Enemy, I enjoyed the concept and how the whole movie looked and I'm always a fan of Jake Jellybean's acting. But I fucking hate the spiders, like sure you want the symbolism in the movie, and they did some of it right (spider web cracks in a window, a spider decoration in a house) but having actual giant spiders about the place just ruined it for me (and yes I understand the symbolism) I just think that symbolism should be more subtle and not thrown in your face like that.
Don't knock Tusk guys! It's not a blockbuster but it's the most original idea I've seen on screen for a while, and It's created out of love for a cooky idea which is better than being created for brand recognition and product placement. But you hadn't seen it then so I will let you off. Although I would love to see a Half in the Bag about it now... good or bad, I would really like to see an honest take from you guys.
15:27 I'm a few years late but I'm just here to make a joke. Maybe someone else watching this in the future will enjoy. "Where'd this coppola come from?" "well you see, a couple of coppolas got together and made a couple more coppolas......"
Seeing Green Room yesterday (May 1) with my buddy made me want to see your guy's review of Blue Ruin... and I am also hoping to hear what you guys think about Green Room!
I really like going back and watching these older catch-ups. Reminds me of all the years that are now a foggy void in my memory.
Haha, I'm right there with you! There's also some great jokes with revisiting.
It do be like that sometimes
interesting to see films from people who have done much bigger films since - not just Villeneuve but the guys behind Blue Ruin too
I watch for the Half in the Bag storyline
It reminds me of how happy i was back then
2:49 - Blue Ruin
6:10 - Enemy
9:23 - Magic in the Moonlight
11:19 - Proxy
15:13 - Palo Alto
19:23 - Snowpiercer
Thank you!
Enemy had the best ending ever.
I think.
I'm not really sure.
I think so.
It probably has the best ending.
Maybe.
Spider
Female spiders eat their mates after getting pregnant. The ending was a symbolic gesture of surrender because an actor gave up his dream to be a family man.
It's not that difficult of a metaphor.
@@travismcnasty51 bit pretentious mate relax
@@travismcnasty51 but he wasn't really surrendering to anything? It's implied that he's going to fall back into his sexual addictive tendencies when he looks at the key.
I think she transforms into a spider because they are supposed to represent his view of women as objects. The spider backs away in fear when he enters the room.
What do you mean, "Where are these Coppola coming from?" They coppolate!
Robson Pommer They coppy.
You know what Coppola said after he drank too much wine and made another one? "Mea Coppola!"
They're all average directors
Brilliant!!
lol... so bad it's good
Liam Neeson really went on this movie spree after his wife died it seems. I think he might be working so hard just keep his mind off of it and stave of depression or something.
So what you're saying is... his wife _didn't really die,_ and now he's getting revenge... somehow
@@slwalsh That's cool to hear, two of my favorites
"Enemy" is great. It's sad that it was one of the only films that came out in recent time that has such a complex structure with clues and details you have to pay attenton to, but also having this surreal and terrifiying imagery. Would be great to see more films like this or "Under the skin", that maybe have even more to offer stylistically and story-wise.
After having in in a backlog for years, finally saw Proxy today. Two things to note:
1) Jay's way of handling spoilers without telling anything about it was great
2) That movie got really dark, really fucking fast and went to places that I wasn't even expecting
My advice? Watch it blind, but man, it gets really, really dark and no wonder it's labelled almost everywhere as a horror.
I bought Enemy, Blue Ruin and Palo Alto based on the recommendations, I thought all 3 were really good when I saw them. Nice to see some smaller films. Thanks for recommending.
Idk how anyone enjoyed Enemy.
Blue Ruin was great, I bought the BluRay just for the recommendation
This vid was one of your best Half in the Bags yet. Gave me three movies I will watch based on your review (Blue Ruin, Murder party and Enemy). You guys never steer me wrong. Also- great to log on and see a 2 parter for this vid. GREAT Sat morning fun!
After watching the snow piercer TV show and then watching this video again, I only just now understand what Jay means about looking beyond the premise and seeing the story as a fairy tale instead of a sci fi story. That premise was too stupid for me to accept without help.
Just got round to watching 'Blue Ruin' last night. Fuckin' excellent. Thank you, hack frauds, for the recommendation.
GjVj
Keys are in the car
TIMESTAMPS
Blue Ruin 2:57
Enemy 6:16
Magic in the Moonlight 9:23
Proxy 11:19
Palo Alto 15:13
Snowpiercer 19:23
Every time I see "Tusk" I just think of the Fleetwood Mac album.
My nails are spinning!
IN IT'S ENTIRETY
*That reminds me of an episode of Star Trek. The drummer from Fleetwood Mac was in an episode of Star Trek!*
Starting @ 14:19 is without a doubt some of Mike's best acting ever in the history of Mike Stoklasa
I criticized Jay when I first began watching Half In The Bag, saying he seemed awkward. I would like to recant that statement. I fuggin love Mike, Jay, Rich and everyone else on the show
Even Josh?
ty2005_92 similar for me too once you get there humor it's the best movie review channel on RUclips easily
ty2005_92 mine was Rich. His laugh made me hate him...for about a day. Now I think they are all fantastic.
I'm not sure why awkward would be insulting.
@@mussolman Josh is a dud.
I knew of Enemy and Blue Ruin but now I need to see them. Something about Enemy reminds me of The Machinist, which was amazing.
When Mike was talking about Coppola's numerous offspring I hoped for a coppolation joke. It didn't happen :(
Enemy actually induced a kind of anxiety attack on me. I don't ever wanna watch it again. It was the absolute worst experience I've ever had with a movie, even though the movie itself is good. Super weird and in a way I respect it a lot for it.
I had the exact same experience watching Get Out, so it's a very understandable response.
Just watched it..... Definitely gave me an ineffable feeling of unease and upset throughout.
"Jay : Well, very similar to the movie you saw that you were just describing, I saw a movie called Proxy which is about child murder...... 0______0
Mike : Jay.. Do you have some kind of problem ?"
I just exploded laughing at that part.
Same here haha.
I like how Mike says closeted homosexual just as James Franco's name pops up
Enemy is based on a book called O Homem Duplicado by the portuguese author José Saramago...is a really good book, you guys should check out
José Victor Baylão read it a while back in high school. Me personally,i loved it.
Another adaptation of that book was made in 2014, called the double, which is very funny and very ironic
The last time I went on their site, the bottle opener and pint glasses weren't available anymore, and I got so angry I bought 3 tshirts
Palo Alto ended up being one of my favorite movies, never ever would have heard of it without you guys.
I always love hearing Jay's recommendations. It seems like he enjoys the same fucked up slow moving films I do which is great
Jay is to be trusted. Mike is not.
Thanks for the reviews! Some of these films seem very neat, and I think I'll certainly be looking into some of them.
Oh, and I thought effectively the same about Magic In The Moonlight.
Mike and Jay you both do an amazing job at helping me out through this GAHDawful qwaurantine. The two of you going back and forth at it are like watching Timon and Balloo the bare. Love the content and keep up the good work! 🍻
Magic in the Moonlight was enjoyable fluff. It's great that a mediocre Allen film is still enjoyable, and when they're great, they're really great.
blue ruin was really good and so underseen
Those dang dah vuh dah players
You guys are such goobers.. I love watching your reviews. Keep up the good work.
16:06 It looks like flowers are coming from Jay's beer I'm not okay with this
“That poor vs the rich thing that has been done to death”
Flash forward to the same director’s Parasite winning the oscar for best picture
The difference though being that one does it in an interesting way that highlights the flaws of both, normally the poor are the epitany of all that is good in the world, perfect beings who can do no wrong and are only poor because of those damn evil rich people who put all their money toward evil ploys to stop anybody who isn't rich becoming so.
There Will Be Blood, *The Phantom Thread*
Epitany? @@Barnesofthenorth
A movie about a guy who is obsessed with Emma Roberts? Hollywood, I think you've asked me to accept the improbable ONE too many times.
So Enemy is sorta like the anti-Scott Pilgrim?
Never speak again.
*sigh*... Scott Pilgrim's depiction of Toronto is super colorful and lively, while Enemy's is very drab and dead. It was just a joke. Get a grip.
lmao
Rabbit Ronin never speak again
Mike wagging his finger at Jay made me burst out laughing!
Blue ruin was so great thanks for the recommendation
Blue Ruin was AMAAAAAAZING!
Enemy and Blue Ruin are really great films
Also, Macon Blair, the guy from Blue Ruin, essentially reprised his role as a vengeful nobody avenging his parents in "I care a lot", which is a so-so movie (it can't decide if it wants to be a cynical comedy, a drama or a crime story). But it was really weird seeing him in that doing almost exactly the same general role.
If you did a timelapse of Jay since 2011, it would look like the last 10% of a werewolf's transition back to a human. Hair becoming more normal, beard returning to its usual trimmed state, etc
Wow, the proxy trailer has some of the best editing I've seen in a trailer.
I've already caught this on your website...I was so excited when I saw an alert that you uploaded a video. Then I came to this page...and in my best Mike impression all I could utter was, "oh."
13:50 Mike's reaction to the audience "Call the policeeeeeee"
Mike: "Jay, you watch to many creepy movies... now let me tell you about this teenager romance movie"
The Liam Neeson "those aren't movies" joke was prophetic...Sadly
The Battery was a great movie out of my home state! Loved it. Hope you did too.
These catch-up videos are alot of fun, you guys should do a few a year to cover all the films you've seen that aren't necessarily worth or conducive to their whole episode.
Considering there's like 30 years age difference between Emma Stone and Colin Firth, and that Magic In The Moonlight was directed by Woody Allen.... ew.
loved Palo Alto so much it was such a mood over message type of movie
I'm only eight minutes in, but I'm liking this. This is the type of review show I wish I could see maybe monthly from your team.
Not that I hate the usual HITB or BOTW, they are all great fun. I just also love your genuine review shows.
More please. You fucking hack frauds.
Im really glad you guys liked Enemy, I thought for sure you'd rip on it. Great movie, had me engrossed to the point I read the book for answers only to end up with even more.
Snowpiercer was one of the best movies I've seen
Just watched it on Netflix alongside Train to Busan
I hate how it's this amazing film that everyone who's seen it has loved, but nobody has seen it.
Everyone that loves it should watch the video on RUclips saying snowpiercer is Charlie and the chocolate factories sequel.
I absolutely hated it. Turned it off after about 40 minutes. I'm completely baffled as to why it got good reviews, and why Jay gave it a good review.
This is my favorite show they do
"I didn't see it." -Jay
This takes me back to a time that doesnt exist because i was in middle school and was too busy making my bowl cut look acceptable
3:30 Mike foretells the future yet again...
Starring Emma Stone and the King Speech, I died laughing.
How can you write here if you died?
Look at his picture, he was reincarnated
This episode was awesome. Chairpiercer.
“Land of the Dead” was awesome. Great zombie movie, really fun. I’m shocked Jay didn’t like it.
thank you Jay for introducing Proxy, easily one of my favorite horror movies of all time now
I know I'm watching this practically 10 years later, but I was surprised that I had already seen 2 of them, especially Enemy which I thought I would have only watched after seeing it featured on a RLM video. Maybe it was mentioned in passing on a re:view.
Some things RLM has led me to watch:
Dredd=WIN
Twin Peaks = EPIC WIN
Her=WIN
Snowpiercer=FAIL! I was on board (no pun...) with the premise, but thought it was super dumb and made no sense. You're still my go-to channel though. Thanks for all the quality content!!!
*I start my Playlist of Catch Up RLM videos here. I only wish they covered every year of movies since the beginning.*
3:27 turns out that was Liam Neeson’s actual life.
Enemy is one of my favorite movies of all time :)
By the end of SnowPiercer i felt like i was having a fever dream, like in a week i'll recall seeing the movie and will doubt if that movie ever existed and i was merely recalling one of those dreams where it seems to be coherent until you start thinking about it. Its such a fascinating mess, the more you think about it the less sense it makes, so its best not to, just enjoy the 2 hour long train crash that actually ends in a train crash. And im not talking about the plot, or the technical plausibilities, but the direction itself, its like 2 different styles of movies glued together. One is a serious exploration of opressive society on a small scale, and the other is a wacky comic book with supervillains. And the director set the characters loose to duke it out on camera. Its just an amazing spectacle of "what the fuck?". Im starting to wonder if that was intentional, the movie starts in a shitty gritty train cart taking prisoners to a gulag and by the end we're on a Harry Potters express to Hogwartz. The magic of cinema.
One of the stupidest and most overrated movies I've ever seen.
@Crow one of a thousand examples in this movie of really lazy writing
Enemy is my second favorite film ever
What’s the first?
Allies
RedLetterMedia's foley deserves a few awards
I wonder if there's any webpage we could go to and order one of those beautiful bottle openers?
How is it that most of these lower budget films look a million times better than nearly everything Hollywood puts out....reading that back it sounds like a rhetorical question,really.
I want to see more full reviews of the kind of movies that only make it to the recaps.
It kills me that media is an inedible entity in its entirety. Thank you for giving us at least some titles to check out.
You guys are awesome, but make more plinkett reviews please!!
Murder Party was frigging awesome. I hope you'd do a full review on it!
While my assistant opens all of my beer bottles, I would enjoy a cool t-shirt.
Mike predicts the Bird Box challenge with his theater The Bird Box Office.
“The Da Ve Da player”
The shot of Plinketts house in the woods was a very good Photoshop.
As a lifelong Torontonian I can confirm: it's a boring, grey looking city.
I have a love hate relationship with the movie Enemy, I enjoyed the concept and how the whole movie looked and I'm always a fan of Jake Jellybean's acting. But I fucking hate the spiders, like sure you want the symbolism in the movie, and they did some of it right (spider web cracks in a window, a spider decoration in a house) but having actual giant spiders about the place just ruined it for me (and yes I understand the symbolism) I just think that symbolism should be more subtle and not thrown in your face like that.
I can see that. It worked for me because it was trying to be dreamlike and confusing, but I can tell where you're coming from.
"Chairpiercer" 😂😆😄lmao
to this day Jay is my favourite 16 year old media student
12:14 RLM predicts the Birdbox Challenge
9:36 BEST PART IN VIDEO!
Don't knock Tusk guys! It's not a blockbuster but it's the most original idea I've seen on screen for a while, and It's created out of love for a cooky idea which is better than being created for brand recognition and product placement.
But you hadn't seen it then so I will let you off. Although I would love to see a Half in the Bag about it now... good or bad, I would really like to see an honest take from you guys.
I fucking love Blue Ruin
15:27 I'm a few years late but I'm just here to make a joke. Maybe someone else watching this in the future will enjoy. "Where'd this coppola come from?" "well you see, a couple of coppolas got together and made a couple more coppolas......"
21:36 "Mmmm-Hmmm" So sassy
Actual movie reviews. Thanks.
I actually AM looking forward to Tusk. I know, I'm an idiot.
Fun fact: all Liam Nesson movies since Schindler's List are biopics.
SPECIALLY The Grey.
TheTrueChuster Taken is a biopic?
Mr.VIPGuest
Taken is the story of his 2nd marriage. All the trilogy.
Hahaha, you just had to mention 'Tusk'
Im trying to find my flashlight with my fleshlight
That "Mmm-hmm" at 21:36 is something special
Seeing Green Room yesterday (May 1) with my buddy made me want to see your guy's review of Blue Ruin... and I am also hoping to hear what you guys think about Green Room!
Looks like it Blue Ruined Mike's day
The movie that epitomizes that tense movement they describe for me would be Punch Drunk Love.
Moar like this! Reco lists on redlettermedia would be nice. Could not find sth like that.
That pic of Haley Joel Osment looks strange, like his head is a normal size, but his face was shrunk down. Sorta reminds me of a cabbage patch kid.
Robo Lizard Studio that picture was edited but his face does look somewhat like that even unedited
Ebel's Weiss from Two Brothers Brewery?! I live in Warrenville!!! Do you guys live in the Chicagoland area? Also I love the show.