The Reel Rejects - 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI (2016) MOVIE REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:16 Coverage options are selected by the customer. Availability, amount of discounts and savings, and eligibility vary by state. John, do you have anything else? else you'd like to add before we get into the film uh you know just that i'm i'm ready to have uh hilariously fun time with what i'm sure will be a romp of a science fiction epic yeah definitely seems like it's going to be that type of film uh anyways 13 hours commence By the way, if you guys are listening to us on Apple or Spotify, if you don't mind dropping us a rating, we would so appreciate it.

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Starting point is 00:02:24 I believe. Probably. I see that name on it. He's a fantastic composer. James Dale, okay Badge Dale. Yeah, he's a, he Oh, he got top billing, damn, okay?

Starting point is 00:02:34 I mean, Max Martini was that? He was damn good in this movie. Yeah, I'm glad he got top billing because like I said, the other three films I've seen him in, the Departed, World War Z and Iron Man 3, he was just more of a supporting character, so I'm glad he finally got his due as an actor

Starting point is 00:02:55 and he did a fantastic job. John, what did? did you think of 13 hours? Boy, howdy. I was very curious about what this was going to be like upon entry. David Denman is that guy's name. Oh, the one from the other one from office. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:03:15 Yeah, I was a very, oh, and Freddie Stroma, who's in Peacemaker. Oh, I never saw that show. Oh, wow. He's, oh, what's his name? It'll come to me. it's a vigilante uh but yeah that you know the the prospect of a michael bay war movie is an interesting one most certainly uh you know pearl harbor aside different kind of war movies certainly i don't think i've ever seen all of pearl harbor either i've seen some chunks of it but but yeah like

Starting point is 00:03:46 you know this you know we all know michael bay's aesthetic and we all know that certainly you know he tends to you know favor uh the american military in movies and whatnot not. And so yeah, you know, you look at a number of his other works and wonder what the tone and flavor is going to be of something like this because, you know, Michael Bay often comes with a sense of humor that isn't for everybody and, you know, a very bro check this out kind of sensibility in terms of like every shot is the money shot. But yeah, I thought this in comparison to a lot of his other works was was quite skillfully handled. I mean, you know, for the most part, I think the biggest trope of, you know, his past works that I was kind of aware of here was just, yeah, the fact that, you know, the soldiers are the ones who have the good judgment and any of the bureaucrats are, you know, just in the way and incompetent and shitty.

Starting point is 00:04:46 And even that kind of dialed down in this movie, especially the further in we got, you know, the chief guy wasn't as ineffectual and, and, and, and, and. terrible of a character as I was expecting. But yeah, on first glance and just here in this afterglow, I mean, I was gripped by this the entire time, most certainly, and I do appreciate, and I'd heard some people say that, that, you know,

Starting point is 00:05:11 this, I think from a Michael Bay War movie, you might expect something that is very much, as people would say, rah-rah, or jingoistic, very much like, you know, it's go America. And certainly there is an element of that, obviously, because you know you're following our guys um but i did think that yeah this could have been i think

Starting point is 00:05:34 they called out black hawk down and that was ridley scott but this you know michael bay certainly has a lot of tony scott in his stylistic uh sensibility and this felt more akin to something like that you know it's like if you didn't tell me michael bay directed this i might not have pulled that name first um and yeah i mean across the board i thought the acting was really effective obviously Michael Bay is gifted in terms of staging and capturing here I'll call it combat you know like it is action but it's

Starting point is 00:06:05 it's combat here and I think there is a difference in terms of how it's portrayed on screen and here I felt like yeah he he definitely immersed us into the combat and yeah like the real frustration of dealing with the chains of command and the political dealings and what not

Starting point is 00:06:23 while you're on the ground here with the immediate perspective looking directly into a situation and needing to move time is always of the essence and so i have to imagine that no matter what side of the operation you're on you know everything is going to seem like it's not moving the right way and and like you know we need to act now and and and you know we're you know on a back foot or we're you know at some disadvantage you know all that chaos i thought he captured really effectively and i thought the ensemble they compiled here was really great they had great rapport and chemistry and that sort of casual but tactical focused but relaxed kind of thing that that you know i think you really have to build as both individuals and as you know a unit

Starting point is 00:07:12 especially for the main six guys uh that we're following here and uh yeah this was absolutely a gripping and you know hard hitting movie for sure i don't know you know i'm not really concerned at the moment of where i would rank it in terms of you know the spectrum of war movies but yeah as a modern you know as a modern war movie about a more modern much more modern conflict uh yeah i thought this was quite effective it's a good one um in regards to just ranking it in michael bays films i would say it's right it's right up there i mean for sure i mean obviously i know most people would say he's not the greatest filmmaker but i mean he's He got chops.

Starting point is 00:07:52 Yeah, no, he definitely does. He's not always the best storyteller, but the man knows how to make a movie. And he knows how to, he's very good at visual storytelling, in my opinion. And he's very good at action sequences, regardless of how good or bad the film is, in my opinion, at least. But I thought again, I leave it to you, you wonderful people, let me know how authentic and accurate the film was. I'm going to assume it was pretty damn accurate. Of course, there's always a possibility. that there were some Hollywood eyes stuff

Starting point is 00:08:23 that was included in it, but for the most part, I'm going to assume most of it was accurate. It felt accurate, or at least accurate to our account of the situation. Right, right, exactly. American account.

Starting point is 00:08:34 For sure. But like I said, I know I'm probably going to be a little bit of a prisoner of the moment type of statement, but it's right up there, I would say, with my favorite Michael Bay films,

Starting point is 00:08:44 which I know is not saying much. Well, no, I mean, you see something like this, and it does beg you go, oh, like, if I had just seen this at the moment it came out, I would be like, oh, interesting. Is this a turning point? Or does this maybe harken to something else we could expect from Michael Bay moving forward? Because this is a more serious and restrained movie for him. Right. Absolutely. I thought that Michael Bay, in the first couple minutes, just immediately set the tone of what we were ahead for in the rest of the film, this intense, claustrophobic, gripping feel. And it's, it just never stopped. Like, I mean, there were so many scenes where they're just, like, laid back and nothing's

Starting point is 00:09:26 going on, but that intensity is still ramped up that anything can happen at any which time. And it's not an easy thing to get that feel down in terms of the tone. Yeah, for sure. So I... Constant lack of intel. Yeah. The amount of times they had to radio out, like, hey, there are more cars. Are we expecting these?

Starting point is 00:09:43 Yeah. And the, the idea that anybody can be a threat in any which time. And then just seeing, too, like, how different the lifestyle. everything is in in uh it's Libya is where they were right in Benghazi Libya um just like people just passing around rocket launchers and it's like it's just a totally different world uh over there it's just it's wild um so i thought that was uh just again very intense and uh wild to see that um i really loved uh the cast of actors that they got to uh i thought they all had such amazing chemistry um i really liked uh just going through each character uh there

Starting point is 00:10:20 storylines. And, you know, obviously, you know, I thought you made a great line that this is a different kind of submersion of expectations in terms of like how they're showing, instead of just showing one character talking to the family. They're showing all of them simultaneously at once. I thought that was a really interesting, because I'm sure, again, that did probably happen where they're all talking their families. But, but I thought that was, again, a smart thing by the writer and Michael Bay to do showing it all at once because my point of contention, at least going through my head. I don't know how all you felt are you as well, John, but I'm like, okay, I don't feel like any of them are going to survive. It's the, the Hollywood trope. You show all of them talking to

Starting point is 00:10:57 their families. It's the, it's, that's, that's the thing that happens in movies, you know, the, uh, anybody who's, you know, when one or two guys does it. And then yeah, when they do it for everybody, you're like, well, now I don't know who to expect. Yeah. Now, well, I just figured, okay, they all got to be goners at this point. But yeah, also to them I have, I'm like, wait, I don't know who now. Um, so I thought that was, that was a very smart, uh, you know, red herring kind of thing to do. So I thought that was cool. But yeah, just overall, though, I really, again, the acting across the board, fantastic. I loved all the actors. Tonto, right? John Krasinski, just all the characters were great. Again, they had such instant chemistry.

Starting point is 00:11:37 You really felt the history and the dynamic between all the characters. All the interactions were so good. Also, too, you felt like that they would, you know, die for each other. They were really brothers in arms. They really felt a camarader. Yeah, the camaraderie was so good with all of them. But for me, again, the acting was phenomenal from everyone, but James Dale. What a performance, man. He was Rhone. James Badge Dale, yeah.

Starting point is 00:12:00 Yeah, he was fantastic. I was so glad to finally see him get a leading. Now, if there was another movie where he was a leading role, please let me know. But, again, for me, this is the first time I've seen him get that chance to be a leading role. And fantastic job. Not an easy movie to be a leading role. because there's a, you know, I mean, it's a big storyline with quite a conflict that's happening and quite an ensemble piece. So, and for me, he was, like, quite a standout amongst a fantastic ensemble of great acting.

Starting point is 00:12:30 So I thought he was just fantastic performance. I loved him so much in this film. And I want to be like the lead of their unit. Unit. Yeah, exactly. I think that was, because, yeah, you, or at least I certainly thought of this as like, oh, it's John Krasinski is the lead. Yeah, for sure. And certainly he's a prominent character, but I was taken aback, but not in a bad way. It was an interesting thing to find that, yeah, he is a prominent, important character. In many ways, he is an eyeline for the humanity here. But at the same time, there were moments stretches where he would disappear.

Starting point is 00:13:06 And you really realize, like, yeah, it is kind of Roan. It's an ensemble movie, but Roan's role also reflects his presence on screen, I feel. you like and so yeah like he was in a lot of ways the central character and and certainly yeah my favorite i just i loved what he did with that performance absolutely and there's been films where like you know a brother and arm or you know just characters like get blown away and then other characters do not care but like that's not the case here like you saw john krasinski's pain and anguish that he felt and like just the intensity in his eyes and when they threw even just throwing him off the roof and having to restrain himself. I'm like, I just, I felt that so much in the moment. It's just

Starting point is 00:13:49 very strong characters. A few of those moments where it's like, I get it. I get what you're feeling, but we don't have time for that right now. Right. Of course. Just the situation is so damn dire. And also, too, you really pointed out, um, again, I hope I don't mispronounce this word bureaucracy. Bureaucracy. Bureaucracy. By the way, guys, I'm going to be open and transparent with you guys. I pointed this out in a comment. When I was young, I had major speech problems. So, yeah, don't bite my head off when I have some speech issues here. But, yeah, the chain of command and the bureaucracy.

Starting point is 00:14:25 Killing it. Yes, thank you, John. It's just, it can be frustrating at times, but I like how they, you know, they really shed a light on it, too. Like, it's because you and I kept saying, or at least maybe, I mean, I was pointing it out a lot. But, I mean, I'm sure you were thinking it as well. And I'm sure many of you in the audience, maybe when you were watching it, just in general, it's like 13. Now, why is it taking? Again, I don't work in the government.

Starting point is 00:14:48 I don't know how it all works. I have no idea. So I'm just speaking as a viewer. I'm like, why is it taking so long to get, to get any action to get any reinforcement? To get any, to get an actual response from the Pentagon. I know at one point they were like, we haven't heard anything. And they're looking at all their nearby assets and stuff. And that's a thing about, again, you know, coming into a Michael Bay war,

Starting point is 00:15:14 movie, you might expect that it overtly would cartoon up or just really kind of punch down at again, anybody involved in the bureaucratic political side. And there is certain, there are examples of that, but it is a movie that I think puts you in smartly for the experience, puts you

Starting point is 00:15:39 only in the perspective of the people you know directly involved in the midst of this conflict and so you're sort of cut off from everything else outside and so like you have the clash between you know the the physical forces and the intel people you know but even that I don't know like a situation like this certainly seems like it would be kind of held to deal with from all sides and and I thought this kind of captured that it's like we don't dive too heavily into the political stuff right right and i think that's kind of a smart choice for what they're trying to i think what this movie is trying to do is you know it's trying to kind of show the intense amount of thinking on your feet and sacrifice and and all

Starting point is 00:16:29 sorts of other things that you know are involved in any military operation but especially a mess such as right and i feel like no matter yeah whether you are a person who is is prone to, you know, immediately side with, you know, the soldiers, the people well-trained in combat versus the people who are, you know, in the war rooms, you know, figuring out the politics, figuring out the strategy. Everyone's got a nasty job. And at some point, no matter what configuration we're in, it's going to be a mess. Right.

Starting point is 00:17:00 And I feel like, yeah, instead of doing too much political proselytizing or, again, taking too much time to punch down, it just leaves you with that. It's like we need reinforcements. We don't have them. What can we do right now? Like that's maddening enough, but we can only do what we can do here on the ground. And you had that one line from, again, I forgot the actor's name. The other one from the office, that is like the rival of John Krasinski that you said in the office. He said the line, I believe he said, if we would have just immediately deployed when we got the call, that we could have saved Ambassador Stevens' life, which I agree with.

Starting point is 00:17:38 But, you know, the, again, because of the chain of command and all that, they had to hold out and wait. So possible, you know, who we will never know what could have, would have been. So, but yeah, and also, too, got to praise the action, of course, and this film was insane. It was incredibly intense. Oh, yeah. And also, it was graphically visceral as well. I mean, there were hands hanging off and you had that one rocket launcher being shot to the ground and three guys. I mean, there were just so many, I can't even go into every single shot, but the action sequences were amazingly choreographed and just well thought out.

Starting point is 00:18:16 And just amongst all the chaos, you were still able to, like, follow everything in a way that was, like, satisfying and scary at the same time. Yeah, and I mean, you know, Michael Bay certainly is no stranger to moving kinetic camera work. And, you know, if you look at a Transformers or anything like that, there's certainly a good amount of that, you know, handheld freneticism. But, yeah, like, this definitely gave me, again, the more Tony Scott side of his, you know, filmmaking voice in that, yeah, it was much more steeped in the kinetics rather than anything fluid or too kind of commercial, or like it's ripped out of the commercial filmmaking playbook, you know, yeah, it's, it's, I thought it was well-sculpted chaos. There are times when too much shaky cam and too much whip panning and all sorts of stuff can. kind of bury the action in the chaos, but I thought here, yeah, it mostly just served to ramp up the perspective of being in the chaos. Great call. I'm glad you said that because I'm a, I hate shaky, like I'll say this really quick. Born ultimatum, that's the third one, I believe, right?

Starting point is 00:19:24 If I'm not mistaken, fantastic, fantastic film, a great film, but some of the shit. And again, if you guys want to argue with me in the comments, totally fine. It's just my subjective opinion. great film, but some of the shaky cam in that film, it really bothers me. And I know some of you are going to argue with me again, which is totally fine. But a lot of the shaky cam in that film really bothers me. But in this film, it didn't. Maybe I need to rewatch that film. I haven't seen it since 2007.

Starting point is 00:19:48 It is excessive. Yeah, I have, again, I'm going off of my opinion from 2007. So that's my last time I saw it. So maybe I need to rewatch it. But that was just, that's my last taste of major shaky camera. I'm like, this is too much. Um, but I really didn't, it didn't bother me at all. Like, again, it was, it made me feel immersive and gave me. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Um, but yeah, great job by Michael Bay, the whole team, all the actors. Um, do we have time for a few trivias? Makes me wonder where and how they shot this, too. I was, I was thinking that throughout the, what we were watching. I was like, I wonder where they did film. Maybe we'll, yeah, because it feels authentic. And, and I mean, there is that too. Like, I don't know as much about, I know obviously the name ice. And I know some of the history of what spawned that organization, but, too, I don't know a ton about just what Libyan life and politics would have been like at this time. And if there's anything, I mean, like, you know, this is from our perspective. And certainly, you know, so much of the movie is about, like, who of the people who live here are actually on our side versus, you know, are about to open fire on us or whatever. And, and I have heard some. I was.

Starting point is 00:21:03 some bait it's it's kind of i i imagine there's a similar criticism to be had as as with something like a black hawk down whereas like there's not really much of the perspective of the people who just live here on display except for maybe that one shot at the end where that person's holding up the sign to the news camera that says like you know we're sorry this isn't this isn't all of us you know this is just the the military regime that, you know, has got its stronghold on us right now. And so, you know, in a movie like this, while in the immediate moment, I'm not sitting here going, where is that? At the same time, like, just as a citizen of the world, I am curious to know that. And I guess that's something that the movie then would encourage you to go read more about.

Starting point is 00:21:51 But, you know, yeah, it's like you have a mall, a translator, who I really liked. Of course. And I liked his journey a lot. And so he's like an eyeline, sort of. But, yeah, I mean, it would have been, this does have. that kind of quality where it does and i get again the function of that in part because obviously for the characters that we're following for our troops you know anybody at any time could turn from a friendly into a hostel and you never know and you have to be kind of paranoid and always looking

Starting point is 00:22:18 out the side of your eye um but yeah i guess some of that perspective because we have the benefit of history and hindsight might have been nice but you know uh yeah as as just an exercise in the very immediate situation and who the people are who, you know, have to deal with these things. I really like, I guess right before we go into trivia, I guess I really liked, because again, so much of this movie is physical and so much of this movie is in the immediate moment of the operation and whatnot and the shit show that's going down. And that little exchange between Roan and Silva on the roof where he's sitting there and he's like, you know, I could have been at home. I didn't have to be here. And now I'm in a place that I don't care about. You know, dealing with politics, I don't understand, and, you know, all I've got is these people around me. And I feel like that is kind of what's at the core of this. And that was actually more sophisticated than I was expecting from, again, from a theme directly touched upon in a Michael Bay movie. I really like the theme of all the heavens and hells and gods and devils or whatever that quote was from the book are within you, because that to me speaks to the fact that so much of these conflicts and so much of the reasons we go to war, either for. you know some kind of holy purpose or some kind of practical resource-based purpose or whatever it might be

Starting point is 00:23:36 so many of those things are just you know kind of created in and of us rather than some kind of grand external things sometimes certainly there is a grand external threat but so much of all of this is kind of within and and you know some of that's tied up in the will and the you know skill but some of it's also just tied up in the the you know harsh and horrific poetry of the moment and and yeah that that idea because it's easy to project so many things onto again anybody who's involved in a in a military occupation or conflict or you know i know people have various opinions about when we set up embassies or you know military bases in different parts of the world and i think yeah like no one person has all of the picture and all of the means and so that sentiment of yeah i'm in

Starting point is 00:24:28 this place that I don't have a connection to dealing with politics. I don't understand and I'm just trying to do my job and and find a reason to live beyond this immediate moment and the fact that yeah, they don't train you. They don't train soldiers to retire. Just like little things like that. Yeah. I'm glad you pointed out too about that sign that says, you know, this is like we're under military regime kind of thing with it's not, you know, it's not, it's not all of us, you know, type of thing and then also we saw that one character what was his name again the translator amal yeah he was fantastic i love that that character representation and like how brave he was and just that you know he at any point he could have gotten out of there and he chose not to he was extremely brave

Starting point is 00:25:14 and you know i think it's important too that you know we don't condemn an entire race for something like you know that the government or you know the military regime does uh you know what i mean because I've seen, like, people message boards and stuff like that that condemn an entire race for something like the government or the military regime does. I'm like, that's, that's not fair. Yeah, and people become armchair experts real fast. Yeah, I'm like, that's, they're not speaking for everyone. I mean, I get it. If you want to condemn, like, the government or the military regime, totally like that I get, you know, but yeah.

Starting point is 00:25:44 Not the entire. Well, yeah. And, I mean, it's, it's, yeah, like, it's so fascinating. Because, too, sometimes you come up to that idea and then people are like, oh, you know. know what do you want to sympathize with the enemy or whatever but like not like yeah it's so much more complicated than all of that and and even this you know is it's like there are people who certainly are not about american military exploits of any variety um but you know the something like this does capture that yeah that sense of like this is a bad situation no matter what and

Starting point is 00:26:18 and the guys who have to deal with this like even if you don't always agree with the use of force like the people sometimes people have to go deal with depravity and death in the world and the people who have to do that uh you know regardless of how you feel politically about any war scenario i gotta you know it's a it's a function of life i can't even fathom and most of us can't even fathom and like the amount of skill and focus and bravery and all sorts of other things just the the the courage and will it takes to be in the this position is staggering, you know, from, obviously from the people who were there, you know, trying to sort out the ideas of the situation, but most especially the people who are, you know, enacting and, you know, fighting the conflict itself, you know, like. But also the people that don't even believe in the military cause, like having to live with that. Like we saw, I mean, like innocent women and children also too, like the people just watching the football games and then they're just hearing gunfire and it's like, oh, I'm just.

Starting point is 00:27:23 going to watch the game because this is what i live with on a daily basis like and the banality of of war and chaos and yeah the fact that some people are just chilling while this is all going down can't even imagine and yeah there are you know weapons being traded and carried around on every corner and it's just yeah like being in a war zone for some folks is just daily life and and the fact that that's even possible is quite staggering yeah gives pause yeah all right uh so According to producer Irwin Stoff, the diplomatic compound and CIA annex were built using the actual plans. And I quote, what we did is we had actual plans and satellite images of the original structures and we had the guys. So we built these.

Starting point is 00:28:08 We replicated both the annex and the diplomatic mission exactly to the inch. Damn. I mean, that it feels quite authentic, for sure. To prepare for his role of Jack Silva, John Krasinski dropped from 20. 25% to 8% body fat, I believe it. They get that shirtless shot. Yeah, he's like, if I'm going to go shirtless. Which is not as crazy in the movie as the, like, image that they put out in whatever magazine that was, where he's like, you know, full hero shot abs on display.

Starting point is 00:28:40 In the film, the ambassador is depicted as reporting that people were taking photos of the compound. On the day of the attack, Sean Smith, who ends up with the ambassador, messaged a friend, and I quote, assuming we don't die tonight we saw one of our police that that guard the compound taking pictures wow inside a little inside job possibly I mean

Starting point is 00:29:02 the thing is they have that other moment where he's like can you confirm that your contacts are legit and that they're friendly like how could you ever know yeah yeah when washing up after the initial attack

Starting point is 00:29:18 Roan puts a picture in the flap of his ballistic vest. This is an actual photo of Tyrone Woods and his infant son. Damn. Jesus, man. In a January 18th,

Starting point is 00:29:32 2016 interview on the Mark Levin radio program, Mark Geist said he snuck in during filming and took the place of Max Martini, the actor portraying him.

Starting point is 00:29:42 Oh, wow. Michael Bay didn't notice until Geist looked at the camera. Wow. What sequence was that? That, I don't know. Let us know in the comments, actually, if you made it this far. What a guy.

Starting point is 00:29:55 The original cut of the film was four hours long. I believe that. I wonder what got left on the cutting room floor. Right. Michael Bay said he was attracted to this project because he used veterans in all his films, as we all know, as actors and technical advisors and felt he would be uniquely qualified to tell their story. You know, again, as much of a prospect, as much apprehension as the prospect

Starting point is 00:30:20 inspires. I do see it. I can see it. I mean, this does seem to have a tremendous amount of respect and reverence for the military. And certainly, I mean, the amount of skills those guys possesses, I could only hope to have half of that skill and resolve. For sure. Or a quarter or an eighth or a 16th, you know, a 32nd, a 64th. To prepare for his role as Tyrone Woods, James Badge Dale first met with the real Jack Silva. He also got to know Tyrone's mother. After she saw, saw the film she told james that they did it right oh i'm happy to hear that uh so sad let me see if god rest his soul yeah god rest his soul indeed all right so i'll read the the two spoiler ones and i think we'll call it sure sean smith was an avid gamer his favorite massive multiplayer online role-playing game

Starting point is 00:31:09 m m o r pg was eve online where he attained almost legendary status as the character vile rat His death resulted in several community tributes online. Sure. Wow. Rest in peace, Sean Smith. Real deal. During the rescue attempt, there is a scene when a Libyan fighter introduces himself to John Krasinski's character, Jack Silvo.

Starting point is 00:31:34 He states, hello, Captain America. John Krasinski auditioned to play Captain America for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the role eventually was given to Chris Evans. Andrew out here. You wrote that fact in there, Andrew. You wrote it. You watched the movie in advance so that you could write that fact. Clearly I did.

Starting point is 00:31:51 No, I did. I remember because obviously we know that he plays Mr. Fantastic and everyone's favorite film, Dr. Strange Multiverse Into Madness or whatever the hell it's called. You don't know? I know. I'm a big MCDU fan. Andrew. Madness into the multiverse, right?

Starting point is 00:32:06 Madness of multi-house studios. Hey, good shout out. But the point I was trying to make is when I had seen that he was cast in that, I had seen a million different things of he was so close to getting Captain America after Chris Evans so memory struck and I remember that and then when I heard that line

Starting point is 00:32:25 I was like oh shit what a meta line sure cool anyways quite an experience that film was yeah like I said I had only minimal knowledge to the situation so appreciate Michael Bay the writers

Starting point is 00:32:41 and all the everyone who worked on this film for enlightening myself, John. Any comments that you guys might have as well? That gives me even more knowledge. Appreciate it as well. And thank you, of course, to all the brave soldiers in the situation as well. Absolutely.

Starting point is 00:32:58 Sorry. To all those who lost their lives, rest in peace. And John, appreciate you as always. Absolutely. And we appreciate all of you for being here with us. And all you as well, yes. Doing the easy work. Yeah, seriously.

Starting point is 00:33:11 Doing the leisure. Anyways, we shall see you guys on the next. one and take care. Be safe. See you guys.

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