The Reel Rejects - DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (2010) MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!

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Starting point is 00:01:38 We're both going through really tough times right now. Lord knows we are journaling in our diary. We're watching Diary of a Wimpy Kid today. Roxy, how are you? Not Wimpy. I'm tough. You're Wimpy Kid? I'm not a wimpy kid, no.

Starting point is 00:01:51 I'm a man. I'm a masculine man. Oh, I'm also that. leave a like on this video people that'd be so cool prepper edit us well we rely on you to make us look good full length thrash watch along it's really sync with your own copy of diary would be kid so for a super sexy's discover stuff things over their suits with highlights and watch songs include it follow us on the social medias roxy and i are producing like our lives depend on and they do her career depends on it that's the truth actually have you told them about snapchat yet we have

Starting point is 00:02:24 Snapchat. We are young and hip. Listen, social media is where it's at. That's how you get to know us a little bit better. You know our favorite movies and all the things. It's been dope over there. And she also sells shirts here now, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But this isn't the newest one, but this is the triedest and truest one. I got my reject sweatshirt everywhere I go. It's perfect for the summer. It's fall right now. Okay, can we talk for a second? What happens at night?

Starting point is 00:02:45 Um, um, vampires. What do you mean? The temperature drops, bro? Oh, yeah, yeah. We're doing it to the shirts. Okay. I thought you had a whole other thing. Hermana. Let's watch Diary Winpy Kid. Well, ladies and gentlemen, we just watched Diary, not journal, diary of a wimpy kid. Roxanne, I didn't know what we were getting into. No. This is her first live action family film that we have watched together.

Starting point is 00:03:22 Roxanne Stryer. daughter of rock star what did you think of diary of a wimpy kid i thought that was so cute i mean i didn't know what to expect um like you know when we were going into this i thought that it was an animated movie so i really didn't know anything about this but i i love movies that are for all ages this really is and i love movies that have strong messaging and lessons of like who to be and what matters. And I thought that was really, really cutely done. Love the design of it, too.

Starting point is 00:04:00 Really invested a lot of the characters, especially Raleigh, who I loved. And would want to see the sequel, want to see more of that, want to see more of Chloe Grace Maraths. I feel like there's like two sequels or just one. I don't know which one. How many there are. But regardless. Yeah. I kind of love that movie.

Starting point is 00:04:20 Yeah, it was cute. I don't know what your middle school was like my middle school I went to the same school from first to eighth grade with a similar class of 30 kids John being one of them and It was a private school? Yeah it was a private school With only 30 kids in your grade Yeah, wow

Starting point is 00:04:38 It was a small school and John Like this John was one of them Yeah I didn't know that Yeah you've known him since you guys were like five Yeah we don't know a long time I knew a long time but I didn't know that long. Yeah, we haven't

Starting point is 00:04:52 sure a long time. And yeah, that was like my last true, I mean, I went to like 9th grade for a little bit and then I ended up getting homeschooled. Because you wanted to leave or your parents wanted you too? Because I wanted to do, hey, let me see if I could get into this child acting thing

Starting point is 00:05:08 and it was a really great excuse to get out of school because I didn't like go. And yeah. But so middle school is like my formative years. I feel like I really formed it as a human being. But, yeah. means a lot to be but i don't know this lifestyle of like so many kids in a class and everything like

Starting point is 00:05:25 what was yours like is a public school yeah yeah yeah i'm i'm a public school girl so there was um 526 kids in my high school class and there was half that amount in my middle school so or a little bit less than that so in the in the mid 200 like 250 maybe okay um and four years or three years of middle school six seven eight uh and definitely like normal high normal middle school stuff bullying co-ed oversized classrooms um like very normal i would say probably typical middle school experience so there's a lot of this kind of checked out like weird things that mattered to people uh crappy lunchroom situations was sitting like where you would go yeah but the cafeteria situation so much rather than our cafeteria we would just like go in and it'd be like like one item you know like a one little sandwich it was shit yeah I would buy a cookie every day and eat it for lunch every single day wow is that you say cooking cookie um I don't know what was your diet in middle school like that had a good diet

Starting point is 00:06:39 yeah yeah chocolate soup cookie every day um but yeah I think that this really resonated too because I remember like my body completely changed between been six and seventh grade it wasn't fifth and six but you come back and it's like everybody's at different phases yeah um the the the girl version of this is like did you get your period did you get your period this summer like that's like the conversations that they're having so i thought this is cool from the guy's perspective especially because i've never been a pre-teen boy so it was kind of fun to watch but i did have a brother growing up and so i know what it is like to have a big brother and to have a little sibling as well and I love the sibling dynamic and I love that you feel for

Starting point is 00:07:20 Greg because of the big brother but then you watch Greg do it to the little brother and it's like that's very common but I do I really wish I know it's not the point for a lot of people it's about learning a lesson but I really wish that one of the lessons he learned was to take ownership of his actions and apologize

Starting point is 00:07:36 I think they visually did that they did visually do that I to me it really matters to teach kids to say it verbally that's true I still got it though as an adult yeah I mean in the ending moment

Starting point is 00:07:52 I feel like they probably maybe had that if it gets brought up I'm sure Greg would take responsibility yeah no as an adult I feel that way but as a parent showing it to your kids I would hope that the lesson would be him turning not to harp on it too much

Starting point is 00:08:07 but just hey man I'm really sorry for what I did but that's the parent's job to tell the kids that Greg was in the wrong of course Of course, of course. I just think it would have been a stronger message if he had. I think we have this expanding on the same points we've been making.

Starting point is 00:08:26 Okay. But we're on the same page, I think. Sure. Sure thing. You hated the movie. I loved it. I understand where you're coming from. So did you really relate to Greg the way that you were saying you were?

Starting point is 00:08:36 I was kind of pushing it a little bit. Okay. No, absolutely. I totally think so of that desire to feel like to be validated. you've got to have some form of popularity and any social circles and then also like jealous fits with best friends that you have when they're getting more of attention and even trying to like do anything I mean I'm not like proud to admit any of it but yeah when I was like younger you're like oh you could like get attention by sympathy I think a lot of kids try that you know you try to like do something like with the hand yeah the whole thing with like the hand they could be injured or something like that um you know I I've talked to, like, other people about it where you're in school and you could get, like, weird jealousy things, like, if someone's getting attention for, like, an injury or a death, you're kind of like, actually, I think John Mullaney talked about that instead of it. I was like, yeah, I know what that's like, when you're like, oh, if this weird thing goes off in your kid brain, like, I wish I could be that guy right now. So I understand.

Starting point is 00:09:37 And I like, and I like seeing the how, like, because this whole thing is from Greg's perspective and he's, he's seeing everything and, like, is the most important. important thing ever every little thing and everything feels bigger and I think that what this we did a good job of illustrating too is everything in here you can still apply to like life after school you know and job circumstances and a day and age of social media lifestyle I totally think this is applicable and that's something that a lot of people who are our age still strive for you know and in this field of entertainment industry a lot of of it is you know your your worth can feel validated by how many people follow you or how popular you are how famous you are and learning to just be a good person and take accountability is i think a

Starting point is 00:10:30 great lesson to instill because at the end of the day those are the things that really do matter so i've an old a past version of me totally identifies a lot with the way this version of gregg is this version of gregg thinks and this version of gregg uh never i don't I think I did his extreme of actions to like any friend of mine in that regard. But yeah, it's kind of funny. And also in school, I mean, John doesn't talk a lot about it. But he was like the main kid who was bullied in the out of all the, it's weird. Like even though it was the same class, he was like the kid who was the bullied one.

Starting point is 00:11:05 And then. Even though it was what? I mean, there was a small class of like 30 kids. He was still like the one who was like bullied the most. I can't picture that. Yeah, that's where a lot of his like. social anxiety stuff can come from and I'll let him speak about that one day if he wants to but yeah that's where he was the main kid so it was like seeing Greg and I'm like oh John was my

Starting point is 00:11:25 best friend growing up and oh he was the one who was bull and then I also had the experience of oh John's getting all this love and attention and uh he knew and girls would just flocked to him so that scene in the there when like girls were just flocking to him and I'm like yeah I never had that and I used to have like I've told him that I used to get jealous about that and And so, yeah, I definitely had some, like, relatable stuff in this movie that I thought was... Do you wish you watched it, John? No, I just resurrect everything and then I put him down. I'm joking.

Starting point is 00:11:54 No, I don't wish I watched it. You know, I actually, it's funny because I loved this and thought it was so cute. But everybody has their own issues when they were a kid, and these were not mine. Yeah. So it was not. I could tell, by the way, we were watching that I was really relating to certain things. Yeah. And you were not, you know.

Starting point is 00:12:14 Yeah, I feel like I honestly related more to Rowley. Well, the older brother thing I related to, just having an older brother, you know, it's a natural thing. It's like that with any sibling. Older brothers often pick on you. Mm-hmm. You didn't have that? You had that a little bit.

Starting point is 00:12:28 Oh, my God, yeah. My brother spread a lot of rumors about me going into high school that were not true about me so that nobody would talk to me. Like what? I don't know if this is very PC anymore, but he told everybody that I played for the opposite team. man so none of the guys wanted to talk to me ah I went to middle school bold move I mean high school we're kids like he just was like I don't know worried I was going to like kiss one of his friends oh that's funny middle school was great to me I still I still I still a couple of those people were

Starting point is 00:13:04 at my birthday party I still know I still there's still a few of them who I still talk to regularly yeah I talked to some people from middle school as well I bought the house from I know It's in second grade. Really? It's a really interesting time to make a movie about it in your life because they do a good job at the beginning of talking about it. It's like that transition from child to teen, which is so awkward. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:13:26 It really is like you don't know. The lesson from Crowley is just like be who you are, but like sometimes you don't know who you are and you're trying to find it and you don't know what you like or you don't. That's why I was like, I really hope he's good at singing here because that's the whole. whole point of trying things, seeing what feels good, what do you like? What are you good at? Yeah. Yeah, learning to be yourself

Starting point is 00:13:51 is a journey in and of itself in this whole movie. He's trying to be something he's not, whereas Rowley is consistently, Rowley learns earlier on to be himself, which is a great lesson for people to learn. Yeah. And I think that's kind of like an ongoing thing for a lot of people, especially if it doesn't come naturally to you.

Starting point is 00:14:07 Like it doesn't, it didn't come naturally to me. I used to just try to like adopt. You know how I've said like, oh, I'd like, I love Conan O'Brien growing up, and I want to, like, ape him. And the same thing with Matthew Perry and friends. That I would take into middle school, for sure. I won, like, funniest kid by the graduation. And I...

Starting point is 00:14:25 You did? So, Perlative, you were funniest? Yeah, that's what I got. I forgot what John got. Everyone got one? Yeah, everyone. Most people got one. There's only 30 of those.

Starting point is 00:14:34 But not everyone? I don't think everyone got something. That's sad. Maybe there was, like, five people who didn't get something. Losers. Oh, my God. That's horrible. Yeah, I don't talk to those five.

Starting point is 00:14:43 The other 25 I talked to, though. You know, you've got to talk to the main ones who get noticed attention. Because, you know, those five days, probably, nothing even happened with their lives. I hope you're watching. I think everyone actually got one now that I think about it yet. Pretty sure everyone got one. But, uh, it was great time, man. I love the movie.

Starting point is 00:15:09 I had a really fun time with it. Me too. And I related with it a lot. just think the spirit of it is it's edited well the acting is on point with terms of the kids the the kids are great and i think there's a certain tone this movie has and every actor needs to hit that right energy level because it's a little heightened while being very committed to that heightened quality and i think every actor really knew what the homework assignment was when i came to this film yeah i agree with you i agree with you and it's hard when you are

Starting point is 00:15:43 dealing with a bunch of child actors there was not one that stood out to me as not doing their job like they all felt realistic i thought they did a really great job all right i got a fun story okay i want to hear all right so it's a middle school story middle school story let me eat my apple i got two fun stories one's a gross one and one's a kind of a messed up prank give me messed up prank okay messed up prank my friend came up to me his name was Tommy and he told me he was one person I got arrested with when I was a little bit older. Tommy, he came up to me. He's like, hey, we're going to tell everyone you're moving to New York. And I was like, all right. So he tells everyone I'm moving to New York. I didn't know what was going to happen with it.

Starting point is 00:16:21 Next thing I know, people in like other grades, it's the eighth grade. Everyone in like a younger grade is like, you're moving to York? Like all these people, I'm like, I didn't know, you guys really care. So it was like 60 people over like, you're moving New York, New York. This went on for months that we just committed to this random line. And then it was time to say goodbye to everyone that Greg was going to move this weekend so my teacher mr. Coria bad ass woman she let me give a speech to the whole class Tommy went up to the podium in the class and then as he was given his speech just so fucked up he started he pretended to cry and left and went to the closet and then I went up and I started saying a goodbye speech and then I saw all these kids all of my friends were crying and I was like

Starting point is 00:17:06 this is such a bad idea like how far have we gone with this joke and then I went to Tommy in the closet I don't know to go get Tommy because I didn't want to check up on him and I was like I don't think we should tell him I think I should just let's like maybe we shouldn't tell them that it was a joke and then he came out said it was just a joke and everyone started cheering it was so happy I was so relieved because I feel like there was a complete alt scenario where everyone would have been completely completely pissed off at me for what I did. But yeah, they were actually cool with it. That's my random list of. Maybe that's why you don't feel the same way I do about Greg having to apologize and take responsibility for his action. I completely feel like he has to. I think that's so important.

Starting point is 00:17:55 But you didn't? I didn't. You apologize? No. Okay. Yeah. It was funny. I recognize it now.

Starting point is 00:18:04 I've done way worse things than that. Oh man, but the gross one was when I took a bunch of gum from everyone's desk underneath it and I put it into a big ball and chewed it because I thought it would be hilarious. Yeah, it's good times. I love middle school. All right, I have one. All right, let's hear it. It's an April Fool's Day story. Perfect.

Starting point is 00:18:29 My family to this day still holds this over my head. I was dating this guy named John. What do you know? Not this, John. Different John. Number too late. John, do you remember when the altoids came out that were like sour orange flavor? They came in that tin?

Starting point is 00:18:48 Yes. So he knew I loved those. And so he gave me the tin that morning. He was like, I got these for you. And then throughout the day, I was eating them. And I didn't realize everybody was, like, laughing at me. and at the end of the day he told me that he had spit on all of them

Starting point is 00:19:08 and he called it the classic altoid trick and then I came home to tell my family about it and I was like oh you know he hit me with the classic altoid trick and they were like what's the classic altoid trick and then I told them what had happened and they were like there's nothing classic about that trick that's very mean for your boyfriend to do that to you

Starting point is 00:19:28 but I was trying to see a face I was like no it was funny oh that's so gross Everybody knows I'm so afraid of germs and I vomited. Oh, my God, that's a sad story. That doesn't end it all in a funny way. That's a sad story. It was good. I wasn't bullied in a middle school at all.

Starting point is 00:19:46 That is such a sad story. I thought this was going to be a hilarious April prank joke. And now when I see my siblings, any time I'm having outdoors, they go, oh, classic. Was this the start of your germ thing? Or was the germ thing before? Before. Oh, my God. how horrible that wasn't funny that was a sad story that's traumatizing yeah it was bad

Starting point is 00:20:10 classic gal toy trick you know oh god i mean i've had it's gross stuff i mean one time i was like thinking of the boy stuff one time i was having a sleep over and then my friends just kept farting on my head when i was trying to sleep it's fucking gross all right i was so mad at them they never apologized they thought it was funny i bought the house from one of them they didn't apologize and you bought the house less than that story. Okay. All right.

Starting point is 00:20:39 This is fun. We could do this for days. Classic. Anyway, well, do you guys like Roxy's really sad story you found? I know it's super funny. That was hilarious.

Starting point is 00:20:50 That's a hilarious story. My God. That's disgusting. You still talk to that guy? He actually lives out here. We should hit him out. But no, I haven't seen him in years. He's a really good dude.

Starting point is 00:21:00 Did he apologize to you? No, I think he thought it was funny. everybody thought it was funny I once stole the girls at altoids and I thought they were altoids but they were really period pills PMS PICT I took like four of them Like my doll

Starting point is 00:21:17 My doll Oh I didn't do anything Really? Yeah Still on my period Anyway guys That's it for today

Starting point is 00:21:26 Diary Wimicid See you guys Thank you.

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The Reel Rejects - DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (2010) MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!

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