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Oookabuga, let's roll the movie.
well done dude that was legitimate and betterments for life yes must say that was a delight gang
that was pretty light that that might have dare I say rocked but but before we get into
you are a better man than me oh look out now Robbie Williams I still want to see that movie
same uh hey gang listen up if you made it this far in the video
Uga-Buga and leave us five rocks on, you know, whatever cave wall you are listening to this
ricochet off of as well if you want to get yourself a fresh pelt. We got teas like these
and sweaters. Aaron, my dude's got like hella new designs out. There's a fantastic four.
Inspired one. Richard's Rose. Go get it. I always get first viewings. That's right. Aaron models them
for Andrew at their house where they live at.
He does.
He does.
Oh my God.
You guys are, you probably in your own way had to, you know, live the life that we just saw on
screen here, you know, moving into some kind of Shangri-R-Law together and, you know.
Aaron does have the one rule at home, no banana eating.
No bananas.
You know what?
But he didn't tell me why until it was too late.
Just like this movie.
Because he's allergic to potassium.
I wouldn't give him a reason.
Anyway, you know, that's on you.
And it's going to lead to some very fun character developments over the next year.
so I can already tell, but, uh, Andrew, you started us off last time.
So Aaron, what did you think?
I thought this was so much fun.
I think I enjoyed this one more than the first one, actually.
I would agree.
Yeah, surprisingly.
I liked the first one, but this one definitely kicked it up a notch.
No.
Kicked it up a hell of a lot, hell of a notch's, uh, but yeah, I thought, you know,
at first I was a little concerned.
I'm like, okay, are we just retreading stuff from the first movie?
but they changed it up in interesting ways,
unexpected ways.
There's a lot more colorful.
I thought it was a lot funnier.
And yeah,
I really like the messaging,
you know,
of embracing change
and like miscommunication
and love and being able to work together
under different circumstances
and a whole array of things
that I'm sure you guys will get into.
I don't want to take all the points.
Take them all.
I really,
really liked it.
I'm surprised because I've heard of the crudes,
but I don't think I've ever heard
anyone to talk about the second crudes.
Sure. And that's kind of surprising.
Granted, I have to imagine this came out during, like, the heat of COVID.
So maybe that's why I kind of got, like, swept under the rug because this one came out in 2020.
But, yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed this, guys.
How are you guys feeling?
Andrew, what do you think?
I was in a pleasant mood before.
Now I'm in an extremely pleasant mood.
And, yeah, no, I really like this, too.
I would echo a lot of your sentiments about embracing change.
I think, you know, I was at first afraid it was going to retread.
I also realized, too, if it did, I was kind of in the mood to embrace it just because of the
timeline that we are in with this film, like, everything is changed for them. Like, everything
is kind of new for them that, you know, that they're already not doing. So I would have been
okay with that, but I do like that they, it kind of subverted a little bit of my expectations.
I did like the theme, too, of letting go when it came to Grug and his daughter, which was a very
prevalent theme and storyline character wise from the first film. Um, and, um, and all,
also just like having this jealousy sentiment towards guy of stealing his daughter away and his family,
I mean, but more so in this one towards taking his daughter, which I get that. I'm sure that's
a thing. I mean, I don't have children of my own, but I can imagine that's a very scary thought for
parents, like letting their, whether it's their son or their daughter, like when they go off and
grow up. And I'm sure that's a very scary, you know, thing. So I think that this film tackled some
adult things and had some really sadistically dark humor which I appreciated um but yeah and also too
I really like seeing the contrast between the two families how their styles really clashed I think my
favorite which was hysterical to see because like seeing uh the brute force nature of the the cave
styles that they that the the the crudes live in versus the evolutionized style that the
better men's live in they're comfortable mundane
uh, you know, um, nurtured lifestyle. Again, the clash was hysterical. But I like that the embrace
that once they like, uh, learn that they need each other and that like, hey, your way isn't the
right way, but both our ways can be the proper way to, uh, you know, in the time that we live in, uh, you know,
in the time that we live in. John Cleese got that special thanks again. He had a story credit
on the first one. It's crazy. Sweet. I think I, yeah, I like that. I like the arcs that we got to.
I like how they at first like, again, I wouldn't want to call them the villains. I guess we
could just say the antagonist.
Antagonist. Thank you, Aaron. I think we could just say the antagonist, how they were saying
them up and, you know, with the whole storyline with setting up guide to, to be, you know, with their
daughter. And I like that there was an emotional beat, you know, in terms of like he's known
them for since, because they were friends with his parents and all that. So I think that, you know,
adds some emotional depth there because he's got a history with them. And, you know, but also I
really, like I said, I think my favorite relationship, even though I love them.
they were all fun to watch because you have a lot of different relationships with all these
different characters but i think my favorite one was epe and dawn i just love the sense of adventure
like again she's been domesticated pretty much her whole life and not allowed to leave this
beautiful uh shangri law yeah exactly but i like that she seeked adventure kind of like eat
from the first movie she was kind of domesticated to the cave for the most part and she
seeked adventure, so
Eep really understood. She had that spirit of adventure
the whole time despite all the
safety assurances around her. For sure, but
I mean, I think like
Eep really understood where she was coming from
and like, yeah, and also too,
I'm glad that they didn't go the route of, I
want a guy and I'm going to
steal them away. I think that would have been very
lazy and I'm glad that they went this route.
They leave that ball more and guy on the parents
court than anything, which is kind of a nice
choice. Yeah, I really thought too. I kind of
I was kind of pretty much off on basically every prediction I made in this video, which is fine.
I like being, I like not, I like not expecting things or things that happen that I don't expect, but it's done in a satisfying way.
But I really thought they were going to have a scene as well where Don kind of embraces like what's happening.
But at the same time, she argues with her parents about changing up the ways like when they're trying to get her to be with a guy and just like totally lashing out against, you know, the crudes rather.
And I thought we were going to get that argument.
It's fine that we didn't because of everything that led up to their arcs from the mom and the dad on the betterman's.
So I didn't mind that it wasn't there.
I just I was expecting and thought it was going to happen.
I thought it would have been a powerful moment in terms of for the character of Don.
Having said that, I still love the relationship between Eap and Don.
I thought it was really fun.
And again, I'm glad that she finally got to get that lifestyle that she'd been seeking her whole life.
Because, I mean, the first scene we get, she's in that panic box or whatever.
Yeah. So, but yeah, this is, I would agree. This was a lot of fun. The visuals, incredible, the cinematography. They really kicked it up another notch. Like, that in itself was a lot of fun to watch, how they were able to do a lot of track in close-up shots and just, there was that one sideways shot that they were able to do. I mean, there's, I mean, they really up the game on this film. I, I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Yeah, I would agree. How did you feel, by the way? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, this definitely took all the things that I found charming about the first one, round of the
out and just added, I think, a burst of flavor to every different capacity. Because, like, I enjoyed
the first crudes. And again, like, I find this world appealing, this sort of primeval, you know,
caveman vibe is something that I find fun and would be interested in any way. And yeah, it's like
the first movie charmed me with the ensemble and with just the imagination of the world and the fun
of all that discovery. But here it certainly felt like they especially learned from like how the, you
know, in the first movie, I feel like we touched on the idea that, like, it starts out feeling,
oh, this is an epe movie. And then it's like, oh, maybe it's a grug movie. It's mostly kind of
a grug movie, but it's also like an ensemble, I guess. And this movie definitely committed to
being an ensemble, but also really proportionally spotlit most everybody, I thought. I agree with
that. Yeah. And so you were able to have this familiar dynamic of like, oh, it's the culture clash of
two totally different groups of people, you know, getting together. And yes, the betterments have
their own ulterior motives and whatnot.
But yeah, I thought they did a nice job to, I like that they ultimately made it a story.
Like they sold enough of the conflict at first to where I was like, I don't know if they're
going to resolve this in any way or if they're just going to learn that, you know, it's not
always greener on the other side and what looks perfect and people who look like they're
living this blessed ideal life aren't actually that way.
And that's there.
But I liked what they went for ultimately better, which is like, yeah, they all, even in
separating off into these.
these groups. And even when the bettermans are like clearly trying to, uh, put them down or
cast them off or persuade them away, you know, again, to their own selfish ends, you can still
see how like the bonding moment in the cave could kind of create along the way that begrudging
against sense of commonality and bonding because, you know, Grug and, uh, Peter Dinklage, you know,
Mr. Betterman, uh, are both, you know, Phil. Phil, there you go. They both, you know,
are for their difference in temperament,
like they both want to be a good dad one way or the other.
Totally.
And I like the contrast of like,
Phil really wants some space because he's in this place.
It's like perfect all the time.
And like there is,
you know,
a different dynamic that happens when you are just living this idyllic day
and day out kind of repetitive,
safe life.
And so,
yeah,
having their contrast was fun,
having Guy be like a sort of middle ground between the two of them
made for good,
you know, argument, tension
of like, ah, you know, I want to get rid of
guy for this reason and I want him to stay here to be with my
daughter. And, you know, the conflict
between the moms and stuff like that and
all the stuff with Gran and the
Thunder Sisters and everything.
And continuing
Yeah, continuing on just the
joy of
all the interesting plant life
and foliage and flora and fauna
and creatures and, you know, making
set pieces out of all that stuff. They had a really good sense
of scope and scale. They had a really great
just bunch of textures and whatnot.
I remember the first movie
had some of those shots where it's like,
whoa, this looks like a nature documentary
with like the way the focal length is
and the particulate in the air
and the dirt and all that stuff.
But yeah, here, I thought they upped
kind of everything that much more
and that includes the visual presentation
just like the shots were always very
rhythmic and composed and whatnot
and, you know, its energy was always
sort of locked into what was happening on screen
in a completely what felt
like a completely sort of simpatico kind of
way. Like the first movie would
wasn't quite as dialed up
in that sense and I guess you could argue
that like oh maybe it's a little bit short
attention span but I didn't really find that
here. I felt like it was just yeah
like a true rising of the
energy to match everything else
and then yeah having I feel like
the ultimate resolutions that we get to was
nicely earned and forcing everyone
into this adventure together to go
save Grug and Phil and Guy, you know, made for, you know, a nice, you know, fracture to have
two, you know, storylines split off and then converge again.
And a brood.
Yeah, just like all the different, uh, they did a nice job of like setting these things up
that you know will pay off somewhere, but like also letting things play and breathe in
such a way that you would kind of forget.
Because like, yeah, there's always like, don't eat the bananas.
And I'm like, why?
But also I'm focused on all these other stuff.
So when the reveal kind of finally comes around, you're like,
oh but of course and then there are twists on top of that and then you get the fun of the slap
the punch monkeys and all that stuff um so yeah i mean all that's word salad to say that you know
this took everything i liked about the first crudes and just added on top of it and too like
i thought the mannerisms in this were really nice and i thought the voice performances were
that much more plugged into the characters and and like we read that fact in the first one about
like oh man this character was designed for nicholas cage and i've
got a kick out of it the first time but this movie I was like this feels like this was complete
synergy like yes Nick Cage informed this character but it's also fully committed to the character
the rest of the voices are on point like and you know it's a fun kind of contrast to be like oh
the betterman's you know carrying on that idea of like oh you know the evolution of you know
cave people into you know the more modern man human folk like you know making that one step
sillier and making them like new age yuppies like could be too much but i thought here is just
like a kind of fun bit for the parents like for the kids they're just kind of goofy characters that
are yeah in high contrast from the crudes but also you know i mean as as much as it is something of a
low-hanging fruit it was very charming and you know using that contrast of you have this family
who's used to the life of venture who's used to being on the road who's used to living in a tighter space
and a different lifestyle altogether comes upon this place
where, yeah, they're used to everything being pristine
and everything being spaced out and being very tranquil
and like they both in a natural way
without having to go, oh, our way of life is also applicable
to your way of life and vice versa.
They do that anyway and they earn that too.
And so when you get it at the end, you're like, yeah, this is cool.
Like I believe in the happily ever after of this
that they have this lovely place to live,
but that they've also opened it up
now there's a greater sense of adventure and it builds upon what the first movie had in that,
you know, oh, anything new, anything, you know, in the horizon is dangerous and should be, you know,
shunned or or steered clear of. And here it was like, yeah, I mean, they traveled to this place
that is safe and guy makes that comment about, yeah, I went to this place. My parents wanted me to go
and I found it, but it's not like the end game of everything. And there is a way in which
they confront that like you love adventure. No, I love. I love.
not dying. Things are different now, but they're not
fully different, and we
ultimately resolve in a nice place
for that, where it's like, yeah, we want
someplace to lay our roots down and to
enjoy
not having to just survive,
but also we need a little spice life
in there, and I thought this, yeah, resolved
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So, uh, this was super neat.
And to your point, too, you know, you mentioned how this was even more of an ensemble
piece than the first one. Like, even, for instance, Mama crude, uh, I, I really enjoyed
her in the first one and thought Catherine Keener gave a great performance as she did
in this one, but like, just her character, for instance, like, I felt like in the first one,
she was kind of more like the middleman between her grug and guy and all that and obviously
epe as well and she had her own storyline but in this film I thought she had a lot more to do like
just going up against Leslie Mann's character and I like how she stood up for her family had
that going on so it was definitely like again just like you were saying I'm glad that they were
able to give the characters more to do and I actually I know it wasn't a ton but I still I like
the whole commentary on like TV rotting your brain even though he's just looking out the window
That was a fun little thing.
And then with the grandma, with the whole Thunder sister story,
I really felt like they gave the other characters a lot more to do in this film,
which I appreciated because I really like it when characters, again,
it's tough when you have ensemble pieces because as writers, you go,
okay, what do we do now with all the other characters?
We got our main characters, what they need to do with their arcs?
Now, what do we do with the other characters?
Because we got to give them, you know, their light and the limelight,
or if you will, their time to shine.
So what do we do?
And I thought they did an even better job in this film doing that.
So I appreciated that more.
And distinctifying that, like,
I really believed Guy in the center of these two different flavors of people
that are also fighting in amongst themselves, you know.
And I did like to, just last thing I want to say,
I did like to at the very beginning just showing how much,
how comfortable they've all, aside from the sleeping part and that guy wanted some privacy,
I did like that opening sequence with the title,
like seeing how comfortable they've all come even when there's conflict and and like they're in
survival mode there's with guy around them they are literally one big family and i see them in their
new element yeah it's nice yeah yeah it's not fully different from the old element but they have
embraced adventure but also yeah we've been together so long i need a little space yeah all that stuff's
very natural yeah and even like there's a there's even like a light commentary in this movie about
um coming to a new land it's like the common combination of like coming to a new land and taking
the resources of the original people but also a commentary on you know accepting immigrants to
your new land and integration and yeah yeah and at least like it doesn't yeah stop the movie to
go like hey it's not trying to be a message movie but it's in there but yeah the whole thing about
like oh I rerouted the water to make this beautiful oh oh that's the cost of doing that and that's just
like one of those yeah real pearls where you're like oh yeah you can make something beautiful but
you also have to look at what effect
your building that
has had on the surrounding ecosystem
and yeah, it's just like a thing to acknowledge
that was, yeah, it was like a nice
little sophisticated nugget they threw in here
that I wouldn't have necessarily
expected. I liked it. I thought it was
a very fun movie overall. I thoroughly enjoyed it
a lot more than I expected to. I would love for them to make
a third one. I would be done. It's a great
franchise. The first one I was like,
yeah, sure, I'll watch another cruise. That was fun. And then
this one I was like, I please make a three.
Please make part three.
I would be happy to return.
All right.
What do you guys want?
Box office or Rotten Tomatoes first?
Rotten tomatoes.
All right.
Rotten tomatoes.
John, critics first.
Go.
Oh, 83% critics.
Just stay on critics first.
83.
I'm going to say 77.
76.
Oh, mother freak.
All right.
You were closer.
Audience.
You go first.
For audience, I'm going to say 89.
Well, now.
I have to change it.
You're going to say 89?
I was going to say a tight 90.
You still go 90.
Oh, let's stick with 90.
94.
All right.
Wow.
Okay.
We got the under and the over.
All right.
Box office.
Let's just go worldwide.
$600 million.
That you're final.
Yes.
Question.
What month did it come out?
Uh,
let me see.
Hold on.
Because that plays a fact in my answer.
I will get that.
Hold on.
Came out Christmas Day.
Damn.
Came out in 2020.
But when's the release.
exactly because it came up before March that's different oh that's true after March
this couldn't have been a January I will get damn I got to take it back my answer
like ten dollars November air you can take back your answer November 25th 2020
ooh okay so I'm gonna say so that's about six months six and a half months after
COVID or seven into COVID yeah um I'm gonna say 150 million dollars
150 worldwide that's what I that's the correct
answer? No, he's gonna, he's gonna, he's gonna redo it. Fine, I'll still go higher. I'll say
250. 2.15. Damn, okay. All right. All right. Let's do some, let's do some, let's do some
trivia. Yeah, enlighten us. There's gotta be some interesting fact toys. Oh, so this is Nick Cage's
100th film acting credit. Holy crap. My man. I love Nick. As you mentioned, this is the last
feature film of Cloris Leachman. There you go. Damn. That she voice acted for. Rest in peace.
The box op. A veteran. Big. Big.
box office opening since
COVID-19 pandemic started was this
film. Wow. Saving
the cinema. Initially
was canceled per request of universal
pictures in November 2016
based on its production problems
but was put back into production
in September 2017. Someone
gave them their bananas back.
What was the production problems? I wonder.
The longest wait for a sequel to a
DreamWorks animation film to date released
seven and a half years after the first film
exceeding the five-year gap between
Kung Fu Panda 2 and Kung Fu Panda 3.
Dang. Okay.
Kat Dennings was previously
cast as dawned before Kelly Marie Tran.
Okay. Oh, interesting. That would have been a different flavor.
This was the first animated sequel for Nicholas Cage.
That's right. Hopefully not the last.
When Grandma says today is a good day to die,
this is a reference to when Klingons and Star Trek prepare for battle,
they say the exact same thing.
Look out now.
Trekkies out there screaming at us.
I bet they are.
didn't see the
sorry.
But I should have got it.
Let's go to spoilers here.
There's only one.
Great.
And also got the crazy
Jack Black song package.
We were talking to it
in the credits.
There's a whole other
Jack Black song
just out of nowhere.
I'm like,
you didn't,
you just got these for the end?
So the DreamWorks called in a favorite.
Last one.
The Bettermans represent water
in contrast to the crudes
and their experience with fire.
The family wears
aqua blue clothing.
The Betterman's
residents
contains a cave of geysers.
Hope gets the Thunder sister title of Bogwater.
Phil used water to create his land
which he stole from the punch monkeys.
Look out.
That's a good motif.
That's a nice little visual cue there.
Thank you, Phil.
It's the way, a crude's way of water.
And we just watched, and then James Cameron
will direct the third one.
Crew guitars.
I'm excited.
Hey, imagine.
And then the fourth one, ash and water.
Yes, whatever we got next.
Ash and fire.
Ether. Aetheather.
Yeah, I want James Cameron's
Crudes. I want to see that.
It would be amazing.
Holy crap. I would love to see
James Cameron with Nicholas Cage.
But if you guys want to see any of this stuff,
leave it in the comments down below.
Thank you for joining us for this film.
I think it's filled us each with a lot of joy and enthusiasm.
And I hope it's done the same for y'all.
Yeah, stick around.
And we'll catch you on the next one.
Yeah, much love.
And, hey, you know, Nicholas Cage.
I didn't think of anything to say at this part.
So I'm just going to stop the video.
The real roomies, the banana bros, the Thunder sisters.
We are banana bros and Thunder sisters all of us.
Oogabuga gang.