The Reel Rejects - THE FALL GUY (2024) MOVIE REVIEW!!!

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Starting point is 00:01:14 This is Gregory Alba, bio-freezing his head after that fall guy stunt. There's no time for ice back. Am I getting my eyes? We did some stunts. I'm so excited for this movie, Tara. Me too. One of my friends went to see it twice in the theaters. I was like, it's that good?

Starting point is 00:01:30 Oh, my gosh, I'm stoked to be here. It's definitely my eyeball. Well, this is your, oh, my God. When you get biofreezing, you're in your eyeball, you feel like you're going to die. Oh, my God. Gregory, you're going to have to go to the bathroom and... No, this is going to be a good reaction. He's going to suffer through it.

Starting point is 00:01:47 Right now, people just see suffering. This started off with a somersault bit, and it is greatly involved into something way worse. He won't make it happen. this, you guys. I everyone want to watch this way. Let's go. Let's watch it. Let's go. By the way, if you guys are listening to this on Apple or Spotify, we give us all the ratings. Now, listen, this movie, it gave me all of the feels only because of how realistic it is and how they display everything about how it is being on set and how stunt people do not get enough credit. And it's just like the epic things that you see in the movies, those are all.

Starting point is 00:02:25 run by crew. I always say like crew is the hardest working people on the planet. And I think the reason like it makes me, I just was like, oh, I just love it so much is because when I am on set, I feel like it's like a second home. And the way that they, oh yeah, this is Mike so far away. And the way that they put this film together makes you feel like you are on set, like you are part of that family. When you are on set making a film, it is just, I, I mean, this is such a hat, hats off to cinema and filmmaking and stunts and actors. And I just, I can't say enough about it, but just, it takes my heart and I love it. And I think that's why I had like tears in my eyes, even watching the bloopers of just, I want to be there with them.

Starting point is 00:03:16 Like, all the time, that would just be, it would be a dream. I don't do stunt stuff. I wish I did, but if I did, I'd be like, I always say, put me in with, for Mrs. John Wick, I would love to do it. This movie is everything that I wanted and more. Well, that doesn't show you is how boring set can also be. Yeah, there's a lot of waiting around. I have created a lot of art in a book of me sitting on set.

Starting point is 00:03:42 If you're a director, you're going to probably be the least for it because there's always something to be doing and orchestrating. But any other position you got, there can be some real boring times. Sitting around, man. A lot of waiting for them to get one. shot ready to go. Also, this did remind me before I forget about Harry Potter's stunt double. He was just a kid and he was paralyzed and it was the same rigging and it went too quickly

Starting point is 00:04:09 into a wall. They didn't like double check it and they are still friends now. There's a doc about it. I watch that documentary and it's just, it's so realistic that this stuff does happen. There's one move that you can make and make the tension Tuesday. strong and somebody could die and these people are putting their lives on the line every single day to make a film look amazing and in those bloopers you see them like crash and they're like they give a wink and they're like I'm good and it's just I just I felt just so strongly for this movie I

Starting point is 00:04:44 just love it yeah they're unsung heroes yeah because there's so many people that go into crafting a film right you know the a lot of people sometimes go like why do actors get paid more money than a lot of these other people who work on set. And like with actors, actors are so important because they are the emotional connection that makes, that, that tethers you to the audience, basically, right?

Starting point is 00:05:05 And at the end of the day, that emotional connection is so vital. And having an actor is very important. But in the creation of making the film, you know, there's all these people who are laboring much longer than the actors generally are. And especially for the stunt team

Starting point is 00:05:21 of what they're focusing on with them here, there's been a big, uproar about how we've never had like an Oscar nomination category for that. Sometimes we do things to honor stuntmen, but they're so easily forgotten. And I met some stunt people who are like, I kind of like that mystique about us, you know? That's like the point of our job. At the same time, they do deserve the true recognition they ought to get. And I love how this is such a celebration of that.

Starting point is 00:05:46 Like the vibe and the mood, the energy of this movie, I think like the last hour, I think I just was smiling the whole time. I wasn't even talking as much, but I was smiling the entire time. I had, this movie brought me so much joy. Yeah. I think it's the first movie I've seen this year and probably a long time. I was just feeling

Starting point is 00:06:09 so overwhelmed. Like, this is a really fun, joyful experience that is like some men set out to entertain you and have a good time. It's a big part of their job. And that's all this movie is also setting out to do. They're telling a big Hollywood film with a love story and the stuntman getting into these action scenes in real life. And it was clever. What I thought was clever about the way they did it was they did a lot

Starting point is 00:06:38 of homage and they did a lot of honoring and they still managed to root it in this love story. You know, it was very much a romantic movie as much it was an action movie. And a lot of times in these action movies, if there is a romantic plot, it's kind of an after. thought it's kind of like something they throw in there because you know producer somebody says like we need something to hook the audience in but usually they're just they're they're so typecasts or they're basic they're boring yeah boring and they they make the movie about that you know because even when he's in these like huge action set pieces you're aware of emily blunt going on you see how much it's all he cares about is how important that is to him that the real that the physical stakes is just a

Starting point is 00:07:23 part of his day to day. That's a big part of his life. And it's the intimate stakes that are the thing you feel like a lot of the tension around. Yeah. I love that. That's a really clever flip. It's a really clever. I agree. I was surprised by that, you know, because usually it's an inverse. And I thought it was real, I thought it was smart. I was also really clever. Oh, yeah. I mean, the love story was woven in so nicely throughout it. And I think them throwing in that epic scene when they kiss at the end and there's explosions. That's what normally you would see in like a Bond film where all this stuff is happening.

Starting point is 00:07:59 We have no conversations about the relationship and at the end he gets the girl. They kiss. There's fireworks in the background and explosions. But the best thing about this movie is when it slowed down and he's on that boat and they're on a walkie. And he just tells her everything and it's so subtle. And the last thing he says is like,

Starting point is 00:08:17 I am still in love with you. And it's like I just felt it. I was like, I'm filled with all of these emotions that I wish that every action adventure film had this type of connection to the audience and this type of like romance that isn't overly romantic. It's not melodramatic. It's just freaking real. We are fighting for these people to come together again.

Starting point is 00:08:43 And every step that we see him take, he misses it, he misses it, he misses it. And then when they just slow it down and he says it, you know, on a walkie to her. it's just you just feel everything and they're still so divided and then of course the boat goes off and you're like is he dead or is he live and the show up I mean the way they also added in comedy to this

Starting point is 00:09:05 that is such a hard thing to do you guys to make people feel stuff where you're like I am connected to this love story but I'm also connected to the action and adventure and I'm laughing a lot like there are movies that do a good job at it but the page

Starting point is 00:09:23 between people in the chemistry, the casting in this, the chemistry and the pacing off it, that what you want and what I want, really, in every movie is when people have a conversation that it's, you're not, I don't wait a two seconds after I say something to great. Greg says a thing and I go right back. That's just normal. And that's when we, they initially had that conversation when he's in the truck and she's right there. That was just boom, boom, boom, boom.

Starting point is 00:09:50 Even on the phone, it's boom, boom, boom, boom. There's not a lot. they talked over each other. That's real life. And those are the types of movies where I go, everything about this movie is perfect. From the way that it was directed to the tone and the pacing, to the action, to the stunts,

Starting point is 00:10:05 to the way that they're paying homage to all of the stunt people. And just a cinema of like you feel like you're being thrown on set and you're in a film and it makes me just go, God, I want to be there. Yeah, it captures this vibe of Hollywood magic in a way that doesn't feel like masturbatory. You know, there's a lot of movies that is very much, very much could have been that. And a lot of movies that are about the making of a movie or whatever, kind of get that vibe where they got to go a little bit into this pretentious arena sometimes.

Starting point is 00:10:37 Or they go very, like, cynical about it. This was one that was, that really found the love behind it. And it wasn't even so much about, like what I loved about the process of making the movie is that they made it about. about Jody, Emily Blunt, her, fulfilling her passion and dream, you know, and how supportive he was about that. Yeah. I thought that was great. Like, there was the love of the creative that they were emphasizing a lot here. And I also thought it was smart, too, how this move, because I believe, it's based on a show called The Fall Guy, which I've never seen.

Starting point is 00:11:15 But I believe that show is about a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter. Oh. I believe that's what the plot is. Interesting. And that's not this movie at all, right? Other than the fact that he's a stuntman. And they took, this movie is about a stunt man who ends up becoming an action hero in real life. And what I thought was great about the voice of the direction was they never had Ryan Gosling ever point that out that he is living in action hero life right now.

Starting point is 00:11:46 Like, they're just showing us. They're just showing. Yeah, it's showing. And it's like he sees going through all the beats of an action movie. Whenever he enters an action scene, some type of cliche or recognizable stunt goes down that you're familiar with. And I thought the, I thought they were just, the fun is very palpable here. And I thought what was great about Ryan Gosling, too, was he's an actual character, you know.

Starting point is 00:12:14 And I think when I saw the trailer, I didn't get the sense of that. But he's really a character. I thought it might just been like funny. Ryan Gosling in this movie and they a key part of of an action hero if you think like even what makes John Wick so great in that first movie is he's struggling if you look at you know john McLean and die hard it's he's struggling and then you got a guy who's a stunt man and it's easy to position him as a person who wouldn't be having a struggle yet they found a way via through the writing and via through Ryan Gosling's performance like setting him up where he

Starting point is 00:12:47 where he's injured at the very beginning so whenever he's getting hurt your you're like, are you going to get hurt? You know? Yeah. And setting that up so smart and just the way he cares so much more about Emily Blunt more than anything else. Yeah. They managed to make him feel like an everyday guy. Now, when he's going through the stunts, you could feel the stakes of it.

Starting point is 00:13:05 When he's going through the actions, he can feel the stakes of it. But he still feels like a guy you can relate to and a really likable one and not some larger-than-life action figure guy. Right. And I thought that was great. Like, oh, this is a really great character as well. Ask to pro and go. It's faster, bro. Ladies and gentlemen, I got so excited. They know I got excited when they wanted to partner up with us yet again. And let me tell you why. I see a couple

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Starting point is 00:15:24 Thank you. I agree, because they were very aware when they did one exposition moment, which was on purpose, which was with him on the boat explaining, yeah, I killed him, and now you're here and now a murder suicide. And then Ryan Gosling has a line of like, this is too much exposition. People are going to, they zone out if you put too much in it. And it's just so mad at, like, that is such a great joke. They are so aware of the script writing here. Every move they make is like, sure, that action films can be cookie cutter.

Starting point is 00:15:54 They added that in there for us. But this movie surprised me left and right because it was written well by people who are like, we make, I'm sure that everyone involved has made a ton of films before. And the production behind this was amazing. But also in the writing, it's like, it's very aware of itself, while also the same time it has the juice in there to surprise us. And that's what I love the most

Starting point is 00:16:19 that it didn't feel like I know what's going to happen here and I know exactly what's going to. I kind of knew, but I was like, I'm not even going to think about it. I don't even have time. I'm having so much fun that I'm like, I'm not even thinking about it.

Starting point is 00:16:30 It was just from stunt to him running to karaoke and oh God, they're gone and now he's got to convince this guy, this guy's dead. And like, I mean, there's just, there's so many things in here that you would maybe assume, Like, is there too many plots in here?

Starting point is 00:16:44 And you're like, no, this is just, it's literally a perfect film. And especially at the end, I got goosebumps when he's like, stunt team, get on it. And they start blowing up the cars. And then they're like, get that helicopter stable. And you see exactly how they do it with the fall pad with just them running. And you see the behind the scenes. It gives me goosebumps because that is real. That's how they make movies.

Starting point is 00:17:10 And when you see it, I just think. people who are now exposed to that who have never been on set before and just don't watch behind the scenes videos and they have no idea but they're exposed to this movie with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt and now they're going to be like, holy crap

Starting point is 00:17:26 that's how they do it. Wow, there's millions of people behind the scenes doing all of this stuff. Like that is, I tend to say a lot of the time that even when a movie is not the best movie on the planet but it's still good, it's freaking.

Starting point is 00:17:42 and hard to make a movie. Period. It's so hard. And it costs people thousands of hours of their lives and millions of dollars to give you entertainment. And I love that they open up the world and said, but here is what it is behind the scenes too. So you can also see that. Yeah. And I think they do a good job. Even with sometimes with these behind the scenes movies, the comedy can feel very much only for people who already know movies. Exactly. Inclusive. While there's a lot of jokes that might fly over people's heads if you're not a film, I think for the most part,

Starting point is 00:18:18 they don't keep the audience at a distance. I still feel like for general audiences, they close that gap significantly in a way that makes everything attainable for everyone. Yeah. And Emily Blunt is also fantastic in this movie as well. Again, like a refreshing take on this kind of character and the love interest.

Starting point is 00:18:35 And their back and forth was like, there was such great rhythm to the way they overlap in the way they talk with each other or the way they respond as like, okay, some of this has to be scripted because of timing and then other parts feel like it's improv and that's like the best kind of acting because you're like, I don't know, I mean,

Starting point is 00:18:52 just sounds so freaking natural. And the way they are interacting with each other, it sounds so damn real. Aaron Taylor Johnson, who's an amazing actor, I thought he was great here too. And of course, the action scenes are awesome. They're really awesome. And I think they would really go out of their way.

Starting point is 00:19:08 I love the ending credit scene because you couldn't there were some parts I was like okay that's blue screen and then but there's other parts that they really wanted you to know that we did this practically we really did this we rigged a lot of stuff like the container moving around I was like this looks too real they were they were in that thing there are certain shots where I think the director as a stuntman background he he wanted I think he wants you to know like no this really happened yeah yeah like they did a really good job like capturing that on film so kudos to the stunt team involved behind this I know Ryan Gosling was at some event and he said he

Starting point is 00:19:40 had two stunt doubles and and I love that even on his promotional tour for this he's talking about his stunt doubles as well making sure to shine a light on them and yeah they deserve all the recognition for sure I agree I don't know who directed this do we know David Leach David Leach he was the co-director of the first John Wick okay he directed Deadpool 2 he directed Hobbs and Shaw and he directed bullet train and he is the same as like Chad, who directed John Wick four, I think three and four, who is a stunt guy who became a director. Yeah, they directed, they co-directed the first movie together. Chad's directed all the John Wick movies.

Starting point is 00:20:22 And Leach is also a stunt guy turned director. Yeah, I believe they're both stunt coordinators turned director. I love that. That is how you make because. I believe so, yeah. I met you that that's because in this, I mean, John Wick four, I was like best stunts I've ever seen in my life. not nominate. I send all the, just nominated for literally the best stunts. There's an over-the-head shot that keeps rolling with all of these stunts. It's amazing. But this film,

Starting point is 00:20:49 same freaking thing. I mean, the long shot in the beginning, how they don't cut, guys, a long, a wanner, a wanner, I love a wanner. It's so hard to do a wanner. You've got, and they, they went from location to location. I think there might, might have been a way that they could hide the shot when he goes in through the push door, maybe in that crease. I don't think so, I think they kept going and those doing a oneer is so hard you've got extras you got to remember your line somebody has to be right on top of you that pacing has to happen they have a conversation that he moves away from the screen he's got to go up there he's still talking to her in a walk he gets in an elevator goes up the elevator it's still rolling he gets clipped in to do his stunt that is an amazing oneer that I was like give this movie all the money all the credit all the awards sign me up forever because that stuff is hard work and I am just so glad that every, every move they made in this movie was just a great way to make a film. And I just, I can't say any more about it, except that I just adore it and love it. And yes, I would rewatch it over and over again.

Starting point is 00:21:53 And I will tell everybody, if you haven't seen Fall Guy, I don't know what you're doing with your life. Get out of my life until you see Fall Guy, then you can come back. We'll be friends. Until, if you haven't seen Fall Guy, get out of the room. You know, it's a really fun fact to just realize. Because I mentioned how, and I think a lot of people probably drew this correlation, he plays, in drive, he plays a stunt man who moonlights as a, as a, I don't know what the job is, he does like, illegal crimes.

Starting point is 00:22:22 Yes, yes. Getaway driver and shit like that, right? And then you were talking about the opening shot, and there's this other movie he did called Place Beyond the Pines. Oh, yeah. Have you seen that? That's a great, yeah, where he's, zooms, zim, yeah, he's a motorcycle. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:22:37 And in that movie, there's a one shot, the opening shot is a oneer where you see him get ready to go on the bike thing and go inside. And it's a same similar concept. Yeah. It's a one shot. You follow him to go do the stunt. And then he goes and does the stunt. And I'm like, oh, and he does the same thing here. That's pretty cool.

Starting point is 00:22:53 Yes. And I think the Pine movies where he met his wife. She was in that, right? I mean, just amazing job. And it's just hard. It's hard to do a wonder. There's so many moving parts. I'm curious to see how much they would have to rehearse.

Starting point is 00:23:07 that to get that bingo one because that that is a to have that oneer and go and now we're risking doing a stunt in a oneer that's a big that's a big risk and I love that they they took it and it looked amazing and I appreciate everything about this yeah I loved it absolutely love I loved it so much entertain movies I've seen in a long time 12 out of 10 stars yeah it was really it was the most fun I've had at a movie in a very long time very very very fun such a blast Do you have any last words? No, man. We bought it.

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The Reel Rejects - THE FALL GUY (2024) MOVIE REVIEW!!!

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