The Reel Rejects - Just Watched SINNERS!! Right Out Of Theater REACTION & REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:11 we are here at AMC Universal City Walk because Koi and I, we just finished moments ago, watching the Ryan Cougler Michael B. Jordan joint sinners. Now, if you've seen the trailer for this movie, you know, he's playing twins that Michael B. Jordan.

Starting point is 00:01:26 And it's a vampire movie. But before we watched this movie, we were both like, I bet it's going to be a lot more than a vampire movie. We anticipated that. I did not anticipate how much more it would be than a vampire movie. It's a film that deals with so many things. And before we go into any of that, it would help a lot if you guys could leave a like on this video because that helps us out in the algorithm and helps promote future videos for you guys.

Starting point is 00:01:55 but there's some stuff to go into that might be a little bit difficult because we want to dance around some stuff because the trailers kind of reveal a lot but they also reveal like close to nothing in a lot of other ways as well oddly accurate yes

Starting point is 00:02:08 as much as I'm wanting to go into like the general stuff what's like the first thing on your mind when it comes to this movie boy that it is an incredible use of music as a character and that as soon as I changed my mindset from remix is something that a job

Starting point is 00:02:25 everything for me. And it went from being a good movie to a great movie when I realized that the concept of bridges and hooks and choruses are used throughout the film as is sampling and anecdotally using film in the same way that so much music is remixed and sampled. And I really love that music is not only a supporting character, but a leading character, but the themes of music resonate not just literally and metaphorically, but even thematically. And in the function of the film. The movie is also so much about the way the music makes you feel of how music is in and of itself is very much generational. And to liken it to vampires where vampires are immortal and how music is kind of immortalized and how it can, I'm fascinated with the concept

Starting point is 00:03:13 of being able to access parts of your brain that could go to ancestral memories. And this movie deals a lot with heritage, ancestry, culture, and the way music can play on that. They do some incredibly experimental things. And this movie in so many ways is more about music than it is about vampires. And the vampires are kind of used in a metaphorical way. I think there's a lot of ways you can interpret a lot of what is going down. And when the movie was playing out with the vampire element, it's like, oh, they're kind of like colonizers. They're blood suckers who go invade this like, this place that should be for like black community to express themselves and let themselves out

Starting point is 00:03:56 and then a couple of white folks show up and they want to make it their way. They want to come into our cult. Come into our little cult and I like how it's about culture but it's also about cult as well and that line in the sand between the line between being a fan and a fanatic

Starting point is 00:04:12 the line between culture and cult is very fine and I really appreciate that the film manages to walk that line of community being a positive but cult being a negative and the film dances the line of what it is to be good in how you enhance your community because it is about certain types of people that have harmed other communities trying to do right by their own.

Starting point is 00:04:33 And that's also interesting as a conversation of what it takes to survive in any world and how recent all of those elements were. That was really striking to me is this is a film about so many things that is a period piece, that is production design, but these stories are so everlasting and they are so permanent into our zeitgeist. And music kind of ties in how evergreen all of this is. Because just like that, music anchors us to any given time in a really wonderful way. And speaking of music, the music in the movie itself is phenomenal.

Starting point is 00:05:04 Yeah, because the music is a character in this film. And beyond the actual characters who are playing music, the music itself that sometimes feels like out of different errors. Like this film has so many different inspirations. There are times reminds me straight up of John Carpenter's The Thing. There's other elements of John Carpenter in general here. There's this vampire movie called Salem's Lot, Stephen King, where it feels a lot like it. From Dust Till Dawn was the main thing that kept...

Starting point is 00:05:33 So much Rodriguez and Tarantino for me. It kept popping into my head of From Dustal Dawn, like two brothers. And it's, I imagine like the twister, and that's where it mainly takes place the entire movie. Because the film structurally wise, it's a slow build. I think that's a really important note to give. Another really important note I'll give is, hey, don't leave the theater right away, because...

Starting point is 00:05:53 The format of this movie is fascinating. It is not a traditional three-act structure. It is not something that like, oh, we got to that point, let's move on, or even something that's like, oh, those are credits. I guess that it has entire foundational elements post-credit. The second, the movie ended, half the theater left, the way we do. And what follows is a mid-credit scene. That's a full-on epilom.

Starting point is 00:06:16 And it's epilogue. It's the way where we were using. like this is a full epilogue. This is the true wrap-up to it. It's not like a fun little Marvel Stinger or something shit like that. The movie's not complete. It's not. A lot of people, 80% of people. Most of the theater was gone. Insane. And that scene, scenes are so incredible. And also then there's a final button that is a beautiful metaphor of so many themes in the film that also ties to music. Well, the movie deals a lot about with choice. It deals a lot with influence as well. Generational trauma. I was surprised by

Starting point is 00:06:48 how seamlessly woven it is and whereas from Dustal Dawn is very much like two different movies one's like a brother heist movie then all of a sudden it's a vampire movie I wouldn't say that the thing is the part of the trailers that come in that everyone will show up

Starting point is 00:07:04 for for the excitement of the vampire stuff I will say it takes a while to get there. I won't say the exact runtime I did check my watch not because I was bored I was just more curious and when it does get there it's a build to it because the movie's doing a lot to get you really invested

Starting point is 00:07:20 in the community. It's so much more it's truly a period piece and less a gimmick. Yet, when it does the vampire stuff, it knows how to play to the pulp. That was when I had to think remix because the first half of the movie, I was more invested in the story. And then when the vampires came out, I was like, oh, that's exciting.

Starting point is 00:07:36 And then that changing of mindset really enhanced. So the whole experience is more solid and delayed, overdue Academy Award for Delroy Lindo. Incredible. Should have gotten it for Defy Blood. and he definitely deserves it here. That dude is a powerhouse, man.

Starting point is 00:07:51 Michael B. Jordan plays two brothers here, and at first I had, maybe you did too, I had to readjust. Took a little bit. I was hyper aware, and maybe it comes to the territory when you're aware, you're seeing two Michael B. Jordan's

Starting point is 00:08:03 and you're wondering like him doing the acting of it. I wasn't one of the Michael Jordan. Yeah. I would say about like 20 or so minutes in, I found myself completely forgetting that. He immerses himself into both characters. There are so many scenes

Starting point is 00:08:17 where both of them are together in the same scene and because the movie does incredible character build and alluding to their past and both of them the best part about performances is when I think you can really feel

Starting point is 00:08:30 the history that each actor brings to it he clearly brought history to both these characters because you could feel the past and they're both distinct even though initially outside of like teeth

Starting point is 00:08:41 they look exactly the same even facial hair and all he brings a little bit he brings different cadences to both. There's different rhythms, like different inflections in the voice. One's a little bit more, has a little bit more fun. The other's a little bit more stern, more alpha. And

Starting point is 00:08:55 I think he does an excellent job of portraying both. Same time, while he's playing two characters, Delroy Linda. Don't steal it ever. He's seen anything in this movie. I am a stammered. He has taken the spotlight away from two Michael B. Jordan's.

Starting point is 00:09:10 Which is so impressive. Would you steal the spotlight from not one, but two Michael B. Jordans? I also want to give some love to Jack O' I feel like a lot of people don't know the name Jack O'Connell, and they absolutely should. Dude is incredible and start up. Dude is so good in so many things you've seen. I've been like, oh, that guy. He is so mesmerizingly intense in this film.

Starting point is 00:09:29 And I love when a vampire movie can have a character that you're like, why am I in some tiny way enjoying their malice and their vitriol? And here, they not only have some of the best practical character design work I've seen in a very long time, but that fun playfulness and whimsy and maliciousness, Jack O'Connell Slate. Like, I was so impressed with him. The whole cast is great. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:09:52 I did not look up any of the other actress names. Haley Steinfeld. Haley Steinfeld. Heyley Steinfeld, incredible. Newcomer as the co-lead. Oh, the main cousin? Yeah, brand new. First roll.

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Starting point is 00:11:55 believe it'll help you too. Thank you, Liquid Ivy. Really? Dude, they discovered him casting for this. I didn't know that. Francine Mazler, iconic casting director, took tapes and this kid came out of it. So there's the brothers, but the real main character, or one of the real main characters, is the cousin in the film. And he is for sure, like, a highlight. of this experience, and he brings so, I would have thought he's been around forever. He felt like a veteran. He kept up with everybody.

Starting point is 00:12:21 Literally blowing my mind right now. Yeah. Yeah, he's incredible in the film. And then there's a whole giant supporting cast here, and every one of them brings uniqueness and makes this feel lived in. I loved how much it actually felt like a period piece movie where you did feel like you slipped into Mississippi in this time period in like, what, the early 1900s? It's like Prohibition era, Prohibition era that it takes place in.

Starting point is 00:12:44 And as someone, like, I was raised Boston, but I was born on the North Carolina border. My grandparents are there. I visit them often. I am a very North Kakalaki tuned. It was so cool to see a movie that is vampires not set in a city, not set in, like, the 1700s. To see an early 1900s period speeds in the south added so much flavor. And it is so important thematically to the film. Yeah, it's really hard not to spoil certain things that do occur in the movie, huh?

Starting point is 00:13:12 I'm dancing as best I can. See, the thing is the movie has a lot of depth to it, and I think the voice of Ryan Coogler here, he really shines. If you think about the last couple of things we often saw Ryan Cougar do, there's Marvel movies, which inherently are going to have some form of restriction. And, you know, he did the Creed movie, the first Creed movie. This is an original film, original ideas, and it is like a cult movie, B movie with a giant budget to it, because it's very experimental. The use of sound design in this movie is phenomenal. It makes it immersive. We saw this on IMAX.

Starting point is 00:13:50 It is definitely the preferred format for it because it uses actual IMAX cameras. And you're like, he knew when to, he would do the thing where we would go letterbox and then watch a transition of full frame. Yeah. And the scope to immerse you into it works. And as times it felt like so cool like a video game when you're doing it. Like you're watching a cut scene and then you would go into like an action scene and he would go full frame. Oh, it's like, it's like a video game.

Starting point is 00:14:15 Yeah. Even though it has all this depth to it, Ryan Cougar is clearly having fun. His love for music shines in this film, and this movie does feel like jazz overall with how it ebbs and flows through so many different genres. And I got to say, Ryan Cougar is one of my favorite directors working right now. I think Fruitvale Station is so painful and so beautiful and so wonderful and so important. I think Black Panther elevates the entire genre. I think Creed is one of the best recals of all.

Starting point is 00:14:44 all time, like, to try to come back from, like, Rocky and somehow improve and modernize, like, that story insane. So I was very, very excited for this film. This is, I think, the most watchable and fun of his work. Of his originals, probably, yeah. Like, it's just joy. Like, because there's a lot of darkness in it. There's a lot of, you know, harrowing situations on a blood, gore, violence, and the subject

Starting point is 00:15:07 matter. But, like, you can feel the fun he's having. And I think, without giving it away, that is part of the nature of what the film is supposed to bring out in you? Is that acknowledgement of that importance? Yeah. Yeah, I'd agree. The dance is real. How do I talk about? That has so much going on.

Starting point is 00:15:24 And it's called sinners, rightfully so, because it's very much also, there's this interesting contrast the movie does, where early on you see the church lifestyle of the community, but they have this thing in them that needs to get another side of them out where they have to do a little bit of debauchery a lot. like lust, you know, to go from lust to bloodlust seems very specific in this film. It hits on a different note. Like, I love the vampire genre. And I think with him here, he really understands a vampire genre.

Starting point is 00:15:57 He really understands the vampire rules because a lot of it is about desire in this film deals a lot with desire and temptation in ways that I didn't expect. He almost takes like a magnifying glass to the themes of a lot of vampire movies. And I loved him picking which. rules he wanted it. He didn't ignore rules, but I love that he doubled down on some rules. But the rules are good. And it really works for this story. And those rules, even if you get rid of the vampire element,

Starting point is 00:16:22 are great for this story. It's a great movie. The parameters he gives himself. Yeah. I would say that it's not flawless, though. I think that at times it's a little self-indulgent in terms of and by I kind of question, like, is it because I didn't show up for the music movie?

Starting point is 00:16:38 That I kind of think that because the trailers do set you for this like horror, gothic horror, which is all, it's there. It does come. And like, when it does arrive, like the reward, the payoff is so good. And it's not like boring beforehand. I found myself as an audience remember, like, I'm itching to get to it though. Yeah. You know, because the movie does tease you with it early on. And I think they, I wonder if part of that is a screenplay structure note that they gave because they're like, you're taking a long time to get to the vampire thing. Maybe

Starting point is 00:17:09 maybe tease us early on, unlike from Dustal Don, tease us early on. He sold us as a vampire of the ride we should not because like the sets the sets are built everything looks great the costume designs are awesome you could feel the wet ickiness of it all i love the period piece vibe and i think at times it does take i think it maybe it took i did notice even the crowd was kind of like checking their phone a lot oh interesting um during that first like hour or so um i i didn't i wasn't tempted to but yeah that's probably that's probably about all i'd really say about it my my biggest skepticism or or note is that it does feel like the genre shift is jarring and it's not a linear genre shift but i was very aware that i was really

Starting point is 00:17:49 enjoying the southern gothic film first half and then when it turned into southern gothic gore horror i was like but i was happy over there and like it took a little like rectifying of my own mind but as soon as i thought remix i was like oh i'm engaged but that could just be unique to my experience i i would definitely um eventually does i get what you mean though to sorry i have to it eventually does float yeah but it takes a little bit because I don't know if that's my choice. It's so contrastingly pulpy when it's there. And that took a,

Starting point is 00:18:18 because they give like little teases before they go all out. Right. And whenever it's there, it becomes like so pulpy to the point where I was like going, I don't feel like you needed some of that. Yeah. Earlier in the film. For Rodriguez,

Starting point is 00:18:29 because I was like, whoa. But a blast. It's fun, though. It's a blast. It's a weird thing. What a fun time. Like in that before they did,

Starting point is 00:18:36 before it just becomes the vampire movie. Yes. That's what we're talking about. Before it solely becomes that. Still. It's. so interesting and fun. It's so gripping, but then when it would cut to

Starting point is 00:18:47 like a little bit of a vampire thing, it was contrastingly like so B movie. And I feel like some of that was intentional but not enough that I can rationalize or I can know how to I feel about it. It's me not knowing how I feel about those moments and I don't know if that's by choice. Because it is a kind of thing to

Starting point is 00:19:04 compare it to from Dustal Dawn because from Dustal Dawn it's kind of a similar thing where it's one genre then it's a completely different pulpy vampire movie genre. But it doesn't ever even go full pulp. In the ways that this does. It's violent. It's gory.

Starting point is 00:19:16 But even when it does become the full vampire movie, it still feels very rhythmic. And very highbrow. It feels highbrow. Feels like a play. Yeah. I love the movie. I honestly did. You can't tell.

Starting point is 00:19:27 We both loved it quite a lot. I loved it. What a time. Some of the things we are talking about where there are some criticisms I'm going, maybe on a rewatch, this actually won't even feel this way. I think this is going to be a fantastic second round movie. Yeah. So, yeah, watch it on IMAX, if you can, a proper IMAX.

Starting point is 00:19:42 So many. Spoilers are going to be out there. We did a very tricky dance. We're trained professionals. Very tricky long. Watch this movie. Like before you hear too much about it. I would have been upset knowing a lot of the things.

Starting point is 00:19:55 Yeah. You know what I mean? I already think like this was as blind as I could have seen it with trailers. See it as blind as you can. Try not to read or watch too much about it. All right, guys. So that's our thoughts on sinners. What's your favorite vampire movie?

Starting point is 00:20:06 Leave your thoughts down below. Lost boys. I have not seen that. Blind boys. Don't lie, Greg. Because there's so much. My little sister. No, that's not Carpenter.

Starting point is 00:20:16 That's Schumacher, right? Yeah, dude. Carpenter did vampire. Oh, yeah. The Lost Boys, what's yours? I'm on the super artsy side. I'll let the right one in. Oh, that movie's fantastic.

Starting point is 00:20:26 Yeah, I love that one. It's so good. The original and the remake. Okay. I don't want the remake. Yeah, that's the remakes. As remakes, it's pretty solid. Yeah, it's pretty solid.

Starting point is 00:20:32 Yeah, it's pretty solid. They just did it again. Good job. Hey, I like that. Do it again. That's a good version of the original. That's a good version of the original. Just do

Starting point is 00:20:39 record! Yeah. Yeah, let the right one in. That one really moves me a lot. But I love the vampire job. I like all the spectrum. Anyway. Dude, you're going to love lost points.

Starting point is 00:20:47 I know. It's one I want to react to. Leave your thoughts down below. We'll talk with you guys soon.

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The Reel Rejects - Just Watched SINNERS!! Right Out Of Theater REACTION & REVIEW!!

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