The Reel Rejects - 22 JUMP STREET (2014) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCH!

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Starting point is 00:01:36 Citizens of the Reject Nation, it's me, Tara Erickson, alongside Andrew. Flash Gordon, what is going on? I love how you said that. Look at my t-shirt guys dead inside, but Jolly A.F. I like it. Yeah, we're going to watch, I almost said 22 Jump Street, but that is the name. You were on, you were on track? I think I was maybe going to say Jump Street, 22.

Starting point is 00:02:00 22. Jump straight. We're watching it, you guys. So listen, we're stoked. I mean, I actually am excited because I really love the first one. So leave a like, type a comment, say how cool we are, and also don't forget, ring the bell! Ring the bell! Also, thanks to prepper for helping us edit down these videos. Also, if you want to be super sexy, you need to get on the Patreon because you could sync up with your own copy. Watch the whole thing with me and Andrew. What? That's insane. Greg and John offer exclusive highlights and watch the longs over there. so get sexy that's what we call you super sexy over there get with it are you excited are you stoked what are you got to tell the people andrew how are you so excited love the first movie and uh that line at the end of the first one y'all going to college so i'm stoked to go to college with channing tatum and jonahill let's do it let's do it yeah it was all worth it just for the credits oh my gosh that was so good all righty time to get a little bit serious so around the In the holiday season, we often focus on getting gifts for others, but it's also important to consider the gifts that we give to ourselves. Personally, I've found that maintaining mental health balance is a continuous journey.

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Starting point is 00:04:17 Well, first before I say my thoughts, if you could only get one of those credited films, which one. For me, for me, it's the top gun one. Yeah, I know. I mean, there's, I'm obsessed. Yeah, but there's so many different. I mean, also, too, I'm a rooster, so I got to go with Top Gun. But I don't know. They all look so much fun.

Starting point is 00:04:32 Is there a specific one? I was going to say the Top Gun one. I stole it. I stole it. I stole it. I stole it. Um, the other one, I think it would be fun if they went to beauty school. Beauty School dropout.

Starting point is 00:04:44 Veterinarian one. I mean, I'm an animal lover, so I could, that one would be fun. That one. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I love this movie. Um, I know probably one's like, oh, did you like it more in the front. I mean, I love them both. Yeah. But, you know, I also love too.

Starting point is 00:05:00 I know I said the word probably like 50,000 times during the reaction, but I really, I know the first one was kind of meta too, but I really appreciated just so much how meta it was. It just like literally grabbed up by the balls, how meta was. But I just appreciate it like, oh, but also too, I love how they called out a lot of the foreshy, especially with Nick Offerman at the very beginning, literally said what the whole movie was going to be about and what was going to happen. Except we didn't call out the girl, the drug dealer, when we were, I wonder if we would

Starting point is 00:05:30 have gone back and listened to it. If there was any mention of like probably a new person coming through if we would have gotten that. I don't know. I really like that twist. I did too and I really like that character. That might be one of my favorite one-on-one like with, you know, the main, the protagonist and antagonist fighting.

Starting point is 00:05:50 Yeah. Their dialogue alone, like obviously like. fight scene, not the greatest fight scene, but the dialogue going on. Are you trying to kiss me? You give me the kiss me eyes and like the dialogue. I don't even like you. Yeah, I got to say that the improv again in the first film, phenomenal, but the improv here in this one again, the thing I loved again, the strength of the film, though, for me,

Starting point is 00:06:14 though, besides the comedy and the action, of course, was the chemistry of once again between Channing Tatum and Joan Hill. They are just so good together. I know. What did you think of the film? I mean, I loved it. I just think it's so fun to see them. Like, we already knew that they were going to go to college.

Starting point is 00:06:32 And it was nice to see that Channing Tatum's character finally got to be at college and have a lot of fun. But it's actually, I mean, it's, I feel like that's true in real life. When you go to college with a good friend or like a girlfriend or a boyfriend or a boyfriend or something, that college like breaks you up and you need to go and live your life for a little while and then come. back together with what you know if you yeah and they really obviously love each other and belong together but I really liked the side plot with Kurt Russell's son how he found um a new BFF and it's so like all or nothing in the beginning you like find this person you're like man because you're so used to he's so used to Jonah Hill's character and then he with Kurt Russell's son I obviously don't know any of the characters names leave me out of it um that it's so fast and so furious and

Starting point is 00:07:22 And then he realizes like, oh, is this, wait, is this it? Meaning the two peas in a pod can get a bit of snooze festy. And I like that plot a lot. And especially with Kurt Russell's son at the end going, he belongs with him. Like, he was so supportive, which I thought was great. Well, I mentioned their chemistry is so good. I mean, you got Jonah Hill with the improv and then obviously chain taited him with the reactions. They just worked so in tandem.

Starting point is 00:07:47 But in terms of characterizations, I also, like you just mentioned, I love that in the first film like in high school obviously jonahill was not very popular he didn't he asked the girl to or wanted to ask the girl to prom but was uh she kind of gave him a sign like uh do not ask me i'm not going to say yes kind of thing and so it was more tailored towards hey this is kind of you know it's it's more for him like he he's like living his dream here and then this film is now more for taint him i do like the whole plot line though in terms of characterization for you know they kind of got to break a little bit apart so they can also have an understanding of like okay, it's good to get a little time apart

Starting point is 00:08:24 so they can see that they do need each other as well. But, I mean, you did make a good point, though, that college can. Like, I mean, it's, that is a time where, like, you know, you can, you know, you lose friendships or you just go your own separate ways. You need the time apart because there's so many new people, new things to do,

Starting point is 00:08:41 and you'll find new people that you can make connections with, which is why they end up in an open relationship for a while. Open investigation. Yeah, I'm like, I feel like that's everyone's story if you go from high school to college. You're like, let's have it be open for a minute. Yeah. Which is a great metaphor, which I think is very funny.

Starting point is 00:08:59 But I also liked that even in the emotional moments, like when they're breaking up, when they're like, do you, should it be open? And he goes in to hug him. He's like, don't hug me right now. It was, as we both said, we were like, we were kind of sad. I really believe that. I thought they did a great job of making it believable and not laying it on too thick with it being like extra.

Starting point is 00:09:21 corny. It was more realistic because both of them were really grounded and great actors. So the moments when they did get emotional, even though it's supposed to play into the comedy slightly, it was still very grounded and realistic, which I really, really liked. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:09:35 They did a great job with that. For sure. And then also, too, just going to your point about playing into twist, too, with that, the roommate being, you know, the way, did they, by the, oh. Eric, are you awake? No. I'm late. he's pregnant oh no sorry eric that's a nice callback uh what i was going to say is uh you know playing

Starting point is 00:10:00 into twist as well i didn't personally i didn't see that twist coming but also i didn't see uh ice cube's daughter and the whole uh him hooking up with ice cube's daughter uh i thought that was hysterical and also too like you know we talked about like i love when ice cube just rips into jonahill's character. So I thought that was so appropriate. And then also, too, you talk about the ending when, you know, Jonah Hill has to get into the Lamborghini has to save, you know, Ice Cube's character obviously has to get a little redemption from him because he's having a little bit of an

Starting point is 00:10:34 affair with his daughter. Right. But also, too, he's got to stop not only the bad guy, but the one who's been insulting him, you know, the, I guess his girlfriend's roommate. Yes. He's been insulting him. So it was actually a perfect mix there. but then it also makes sense too from that perspective but I just I love that twist into in there but I thought you know the film did a good job being pretty unpredictable in certain aspects yeah and I thought that it was a perfect ending for me because what he said to him is I just that wish that we could fly together and that's legitimately what they do at the end when he jumps on the helicopter finally does it they are actually flying together and I liked that they didn't actually do an exposition and say

Starting point is 00:11:16 out loud like hey man look we're flying together because like you could just i mean maybe not everybody caught that but they were flying together and i thought that was great um so i would give this my rating for this would be like seven and a half i was gonna go i was gonna say eight yeah eight or eight eight or eight five i mean super fun movie seven and a half eight around there and again it it it's funny uh there's some unexpected twist yeah and uh again there's an emotional and the chemistry between the two main stars is just they it's they're so good together and a lot you could tell there's so much improv which is again it's not an easy thing to do i've tried so much improv in my life it's a very difficult thing to do so i can only imagine how many takes for certain

Starting point is 00:12:04 different scenes that they had to do i know i know watching certain scenes i'm like i can only imagine how many times they had to do that or like is that the first thing it came to either jonahill's into his mind or even the again the character who ended up being the main bad guy or bad character antagonist like she had some really good improv skills as well yeah she's great she's from the show where it's mostly all the three guys they all do improv um what have I seen her in you know you guys you know I'm terrible at all things names movies have I seen it I don't know my brain doesn't remember but it's there they're three of them they're in the house it's like whatever they're all in two and a half men no no no it's a tv show um it'll come to me she's in

Starting point is 00:12:52 and she's a star with along with the three um guys who all do a bunch of improv there's obviously a lot of people from UCB in this uh there was a UCB poster in the background the obey poster um and all of these most of these actors at least the side ones are UCB people that you could actually catch at the UCB stage because they still do improv um and And it will come to me. Workaholics, I think is the name of the show in my brain. I never saw it. You guys know what I'm talking about.

Starting point is 00:13:25 Adam Levine and then the other Adam Levine, is that his name? Guys, help me out. Just leave it in the comments. I know it's workaholics, but I'm not good with all the names. Obviously, you guys know me by now. So, okay, he's at eight. I'm at like seven and a half eight. We loved it.

Starting point is 00:13:41 You got any last words to say? No, just I really enjoyed it. I would love if they made another one. I don't know if they're going. I mean, this is 2014, so I don't know if they're going to make another one. I know they had an idea a while back of doing the 21 Jump Street franchise, and I think we talked about this in the last video, 21 Jump Street meets men in black. Oh, I would die if they did that.

Starting point is 00:14:05 I mean, yeah, I mean, with how meta it got, especially in this film, I mean, I'd be open to the idea, especially with these two coming back. Yeah. I would love if they just did another one. But, well, I mean, I don't know at this point. But, again, you can never say never because with how many sequels we've seen come out, especially nowadays, like, it doesn't matter how long. Yeah. And I mean, this is 2014.

Starting point is 00:14:28 It came out. It has been a while, but you never know. They could be like, let's do it. We miss it. I would love to see another one. But if this is how it ends with just these two, I love both these films. They're so good. Their chemistry is unbelievable.

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The Reel Rejects - 22 JUMP STREET (2014) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCH!

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