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More on them in just a bit. Andrew, are you ready to get your show on? I am ready. I'm excited. Let's do it. Let's go. The albumus art is that of making others happy. Awesome. And I hope we do that here for you guys at the Real Rejects here. I'm Pilkondon. What's this? Carraiser. Hey, guys. We, uh, just moments ago finished watching the greatest showman star in Hug Jackman.

Thanks to prep for any on these highlights, getting musicals public on YouTube is no easy prospect. And somehow they managed to work the miracle strings every time, no matter how many edits. And then you guys complain when they cut something out that you liked what odds are they needed to in order to get the video. look at the weird part of the world but here we are here we are here we are we are we are we have some questions from royal rejects there's kind of a lot i saw that i imagine it'll cover a lot of what we might want to say so how about we uh mix up the structure a little bit okay greg why don't we get your quick reaction post watching thoughts sure uh yeah i love the film i loved every song and I think just also really quickly I want to talk about Hugh Jackman I just

as usual I love the energy he brings to this character um the charisma and I really like this eternal uh this eternal internal uh this internal internal rather excuse me this internal struggle that he had with you know uh just like acceptance and uh ambition and I thought it kind of anchored the film with like the more fantastical elements and I thought like it was kind of a good like contrast to the rest of the film and I thought this movie did a great job too like with all these incredible songs that really pushed the plot forward as well as well as developing the characters I thought the film did a great job of balancing not going too much overboard with the songs so I appreciated that as well and from the get-go too I really fell in love with the relationship between

him and his wife and I appreciate that she just loved him for who he was for his propensity to to have these these goals of ambitious like dreams and to be so adventurous in that in that sense and like she didn't care where he came from she just loved him for who he was and like even like when they were like really struggling when he got fired she didn't judge him like she still loved him like it's so hard to find like you know someone that you want to have as your as your opposite uh rather your uh your wife or your husband or whatever like it's hard to find someone like that that will accept you for who you are no matter what in the good or the bad times and the fact that like no matter what she was willing to stand by him and then like when uh and then once like things were

going great and she was still standing by him and i appreciated that and then you know know, his head got a little, like his, and I understand why he came from really tough times. His father passed, and he wanted to make something of himself, and he finally did, and that wasn't good enough. And I totally, it made complete sense why he wanted, like, hey, I'm going to give my family everything in the world, and that's not even going to be good now. I'm going to give more than that. Totally plausible and understandable where he was coming from.

But, and I like the accountability and, like, learning from the errors of his ways, like, Hey, what I already had, I was already, even before I had all this, I was richer than any man in the world because I had the greatest wife in the world and I had the greatest children in the world. That's good enough for me. And the fact that this is icing on the cake that I have this incredible show and I have these incredible people that I work with. That's good enough for me. And the fact that I'm able to share in my success with my family and with these incredible people. And I've got the best life. So I really liked a lot of the, and I like the themes about, you know, acceptance. and inclusivity, and I thought the movie just did a great job in executing on that. What about you? This movie got me to have a bit of an existential crisis.

I'm not going to lie. I've been studying a lot of what really is happiness. And a lot of times hearing this interesting talk about happiness often is we think it's about acquire. or growing into something that would make us happy when a lot of the time it's about what can we remove from our lives that brings us unhappiness so we can achieve happiness. It's this new kind of way of thinking I never truly considered. It sounds a bit like a cliche. And like some of these messaging can be cliche, of course, but sometimes cliches exist for a reason, right? like we want to you know the money doesn't make you happy all day just buy you happiness things

like that yet we'll see we'll see movies like this and we'll still go about like no i'm still got to hustle and fill that void even though i'm logically computing the message and i'm in my mid-th i'm about to be at my solid mid-thirties and i feel like i've accomplished kind of a lot but i've spent my entire existence feeling like I'm not enough and I haven't done enough and I've used that to achieve constantly because I've got in it conflated with um you know uh comfortability being like something the line here a comfortability being like the art of what was it comfort is the enemy of ambition that line is uh yeah like I've taken that to an extreme like when i'm feeling content or comfortable i'm afraid that i'm that

everything's going to fall apart and i i replace excuses with another excuse no matter how much well we do you know like my i'm the head of everything here um you know the the one part to give credit what credits do like when it comes to social media the social media side that is the one part where i really don't micromanage uh anything there you know like Roxy's really got that covered, you know, and you're part of that now, too. You text me 24 hours. Yeah, like, I, like, I'm involved. I participate, and sometimes I pitch things that should go there, but more often than not, I've, I have very minimally involved with what has to be done there, and I never have to micromanage.

You don't at all? So, but with everything else, you know, my, I am looking at every single thing and every one, and it's a lot. and oftentimes, you know, what you guys see from me is just when I'm on here doing a podcast or a reaction or a review or something, right? And on the outside, I'm like, this should just be the easiest fucking life in the world. Like, this really should.

And in a perspective, if this is the worst it is for me when I have to manage this much, I'm way ahead of the curb. Like, honestly, I really am. I'm not, I haven't lost sight of that. When I'm going to think of it, I lose side of it, but I haven't truly lost side of it. And I have been feeling this inclination of like, man, I never take time off.

And I'm afraid to take time off. And I'm afraid what will people think of me when I take time off? And, well, that caused people to slow down. And, you know, when the Michelle Williams, yes, this movie's gave me to reflect. When Michelle Williams, I'm going to pull myself together. when she said you know my wife has never really said something to me

like this but it made me think that now she always has and she definitely does I'm constantly like never around you know and like I have to really make time to have like some time with her and she

when she said like I never wanted you to be more than that like I just I've loved you for you it really did like hit me and i'm like that must be what i've been uh give me like 10 seconds i'm not going to have a breakdown here again one two three four um yeah it got me to um reflect on that and i was like oh shit that must be this was like it's like a lot of the roads i've been on in the past couple weeks of reflection sort of led me to this movie and then led me on this thought process of like oh man it's

providing clarity for me of what i've been um conflicted with you know and like i wake up and it's like go go go and i'm working on constantly working on things that are not even involved directly with the channel and uh you know it can affect my relationship with what i do and with everyone here too so yeah it was just like every my whole life i've always heard stuff like that of you know like you have to be grateful for what you have that's the real happiness is the now and i'm i've always been of the mindset of yeah let me find that out after i'm successful let me learn that lesson later but i'm at a point where i'm like ah you know i really should just like start taking in these messages so yeah this movie uh had an impact on me um and a very personal

way and i don't want to look up the true story i'm afraid that it's nowhere near as pretty as this so i'm just going to sit with like the feelings and the nice little nice little butterflies that has left me with and uh then i will maybe tomorrow look up like what the reality is or any of you royal rejects pointed out what the what the truth is but yeah i mean echo everything andrew said of um you know it's like the film's not perfect in terms of like a film analysis thing maybe we'll go into it while we're looking up of what these royal rejects had to say but anyhow it's beautifully said though i hope so i hope i actually learn a lesson and it's not just a moment in time it's always my worry you're doing incredible stuff here man let's go here all right

okay here we go time to review the action actual movie instead of look at my life here Igna have we ever seen your name pop up on these questions before you want to read it Andrew sure

you've just watched one of the greatest musical films of our generation what did you think about the soundtrack and all the voices you just heard and just so you know Rebecca Ferguson lip sync the song never enough I questioned when she was singing it I said that I was like, is this really her?

Yeah. The actual vocals were performed by Lauren Alrid. Sorry, if I'm as good as mine. The story behind that is pretty interesting in case you want to look it up. You guys are amazing, sending all my love from Chili. That sounds familiar. I wonder if we have, sorry if I'm blinking. Yeah.

What was your favorite song, you think? I loved every, I thought every song was great, and it was, you know, that common complaint with musicals is how they take a break to have a song. and the song really like evolving the platform or involving the characters more and I don't think this movie suffered from that that's why a question if it was like is this a broad is this not based on a Broadway show

it's just a film because it felt like it's just a film but I don't know I love them all honestly I would say if any of them really stood out as my favorite the one I really think was the Zach Ephron or Carlisle right and Zendaya I love that one the way like

I think symbolically too like it was really hitting me as well I just love the inventiveness and the choreography that was going on in that scene where like literally she was pulling away from him and he was pulling her back

I just really struck a chord for me and then like it really bookended nicely like when he actually ran it I know it wasn't part of the song anymore but when he ran into the fire from like I was actually getting genuine tears like were coming out of me that he was willing to throw himself

Like for someone that, you know, he was really afraid of, like, being seen with this woman, even though he had strong feelings towards her, he was willing to sacrifice him, or at least save her, run into, like, impeding danger, like, for this woman. So that song, that song really struck a chord with me. I loved it. It was beautiful words. The way they were able to move about in the choreography, I really love that song. I also love the, you know, is this not, I don't, this is, this is. Yeah, that was really crazy. There were so many good ones.

I loved them all, honestly. But I would say if I had to pick one would be that one between Carlisle and Zendaya's character. What about you? It would be the This Is Me one. That song is the one. I remember that. I don't remember any of the movie. It was weird.

Sometimes when I do that, like, I don't remember. Sometimes like a thing will happen. I'm like, oh, yeah, it's kind of jogging a bit of a moment. Like, that hadn't happened once during this time. Um, which is not that far fetch, you know, like, you know what people, you know what people say, you go through so much media, man, it's beyond that. It's like, it's like, it's an actual memory. You know, when, when people are like, do you remember when this happened five years ago and you're like, no, I really don't remember that? It's just like, um, and like, yeah, this is like two hours that I just don't remember. Yeah. So, um, yeah, the, the, uh, but I do, I do recall, I saw in that clip a couple times when she auditioned or it was her final testing round and, and, You can see Hugh Jackman, like, welling up at her performance. It's really raw. And then, like, to see it in the context of the movie of no matter how much rejection I'm going to receive,

I'm going to embrace me and put myself out there. Because the journey of self-acceptance and standing up with your own self-acceptance is a really, really hard thing to do. I thought that was an incredibly moving part of the film. And that was the song that brought me to, like a lot of tears so yeah i loved every song i think my second favorite would be the the negotiation song with him and zach effron um the choreography yeah they were moving glasses on the bar on the yeah the whimsy and yeah and my love that has you guys who've you've been watching for a while

like i have grown i've fallen in love with zach effron through this channel like i was 17 again then i went to iron claw then i watched high school musical you know like so i've had a weird He's a really good actor. He's an amazing actor, and I really love that song. I even love that. Even that Netflix comedy he did with Nicole Kidman recently. I haven't seen that. I just love Zach Efron.

I think he's an neighbor. He's hilarious. I got to see that. I think he brings a lot of gravity. What? What? Get you know. He brings a lot of gravitas and a lot of charm to the role, I think.

Yeah, yeah, he's a good. And I can imagine, I think at that time, like this was a. around the era when he was like trying to sort of break away from the high school music yeah where he's like let's be in a musical yeah but he's looked at it's more of like a pretty boy back then you know teen heartthrob for sure and that's a hard image to break from and you could see him like do it a bit more of a manly voice and being a man you know uh so i i don't remember i didn't remember much of him but he that was something that kind of jog my memory show i'm like oh yeah yeah i forgot he's yeah and he had incredible presence like he was really able to stand toe to toe with hugh jackman i they had good chemistry too yeah oh fantastic really good chemistry and if it wasn't for like the talent behind him and zendaya would have bought the romance when there's like not much happening between them but like i said in the reaction like imagine back then because nowadays people go they have to get to know each other like nowadays like we have all these things now we're like we got an online date and get to know each other who we are yeah an entire bio of who we are

before we even meet each other yeah different times back then but back then i think people just like found each other attractive and fell in love and and again we're not and to your You're making a fair argument and a fair point, but I think, too, like, they're probably spending so much time with each other, too, because they're in the same show. So there's probably off-screen time that we're not getting to see that they probably got to know each other more. Do you wish we got it there. Of course, of course. It would have been nice for sure, but they're really good looking, so it's all good. Yeah, yeah.

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and for sponsoring this video. You guys rock. Uh, movies don't often leave a lasting mark on me, but the greatest showman absolutely did. Yeah, it is absolutely one of my top five movies of all time. As a dad who wants to succeed for his family, it pulls on my heart away most films never come close to. Did I agree?

I'm not like a dad yet, but that is like such a thing where I go, I'm like, I just want to travel with my wife. I just want to like go on adventures or that's all I really care about right now. And so when he, early on in the movie when he is like, in the montage of the time,

laps of kid to adult and then he's seeing the couple in the restaurant like yeah wife and i like when we first met each other living and i you know i borrowed money from her to make rent the first month that she didn't have like a lot of money or some shit you know like she had just moved out here from colorado so she was just making ends meet and we've like we've been through like we were poor and broke for a long time together yeah that's kind of like what i was i mean that's incredible story then it's kind of like what i'm talking about too with michelle williams being such an incredible significant other standing by your man no matter what and that's what you have an incredible significant other yeah she was like never take that for granted i'm trying not to like she's she's such

like michelle willis was such a constant when she finally got her solo song i was grateful because i was feeling like she's a little like relegated to a bit one note of yeah every time you check in with her she's like come on life is enough that was kind of her her thing but the nuance came in as the movie progressed so we've seen gave you goosebumps almost like every fucking song yeah um pretty much yeah and i mean we had nipple chills throughout the film is a nippily chilly film yeah i again like i literally was visibly crying uh when when zendaya zanda when she was in the hospital in the hospital that that really got me to tears i'm trying to think what other scene like really gave me i think the scene you described too like i love the choreography

again, in all the dance scenes, especially that one where they were negotiating. That was great. There were so many smooth transitions. I know she was lip-syncing, but I really love that the dance number two with Rebecca Ferguson. That was a great one.

I did like, even though, like, I know Michelle Williams told him not to do this right now, like don't stroke your ego. It made me feel good, at least, because of how much of a piece of crap the father-in-law was to, Hugh Jackman's character. It felt good in the mall mimp.

I'm like, dude, two wrongs don't make it right and you are better than this, but like it did feel good. The father-in-law was such a piece of crap, at least towards, you know, Hugh Jackman's character, at least towards, you know, PT, right? He was not a nice person towards him because he looked down upon him

because of where he came from, which, you know, was such a, you know, kind of a relegating theme throughout the film is like judging a book by its cover without actually knowing you know who these people are like inside so you know it didn't like again it didn't bother me but like i think the only part of that scene that bothered me you know from a perspective of like this is your significant other who stands by you no matter what is asking is pleading with you not to do this right here in public like should have listened but again still

like every scene like uh was able i pretty much every scene gave me goosebumps honestly like this the whole movie was incredible just from like the the setting the dance numbers the incredible acting just everything with uh the cinematography there's so many great things about this movie honestly and how does it stack up against other musicals you've seen that's a great question i mean what we've reacted to chicago right what uh fool i would say chicago is the best that's my favorite film yeah yeah but this one this one's really good too that was the best film high school musical holds a really special place in my heart are you talking about the series as a whole or the first one the first movie okay the first movie's like really uh because i had no interest in watching it and i thought it was going to be an incredibly annoying time and i got shocked i loved it shocked in the right way uh that's like an experience that i won't forget i mean i've seen a lot of great musicals here um but this is definitely one of the top i would say

say this is the one for sure that made me actually think about my personal life. Right, it resonated with you the most. Yeah, it's strange. I didn't expect that coming in but yeah, this is the one that undoubtedly got me like thinking about my life. And I'm like, oh damn, I need to

consider some things. You're saying homicides in Chicago didn't resonate with you? It's not something you do in your personal life. I did love the... Chicago's probably the best film, though, we've seen. That movie is actually now in my top 20 movies ever. So I do agree with you there but yeah this one like had a lot of things that resonated with me too so

hard to say like exactly where it stacks up but I just I loved it so much so I would definitely love to watch more musicals I told Greg before we started filming I still have never seen Sweeney Todd so I would love to react to that on the upload schedule yeah I would love to react to that movie at some point I will force this you are you are assigned to it just don't worry I have orchestrated it yes I see what you did there take away from rennie right yes from rennie

hey and thank you for the question for being a royal reject ran we appreciate hey guys which songs really stood out to each of you from this movie also would you ever react if you haven't seen array to the video of

kiela settle singing this is me for the first time at rehearsal it gets me emotional every time that was the video I was telling you yeah I was gonna say isn't that the video you were just speaking to I mean I would

If Greg will allow me to, I would definitely do it. It's one of our videos with a shit ton of views that was never monetized. Oh, no. But, yeah, I mean, we've covered so many of the songs already, so I wish we could spend more time on it, Rennie. But really do appreciate your inquiring. And then maybe one day we can get Andrew to react to that. But thank you, Rennie.

Rennie, let us know your favorite song, though. We'd love to hear it. Robbie Bopar Paris. Hi, guys. How's it going? It's going well. I premise that today's questions are not strictly pertinent to this movie. Wow, you are a fancy, fancy man with your dialogue there.

I premise that today's questions are not strictly pertinent to this movie. Are you a novelist? That's so well said. You can't get over that. I hope it's okay. Which one is your absolute favorite musical and why? Okay. Well, I think personally my favorite musical is the movie pitch perfect.

I know it's not like your traditional musical I don't know something like this is really I consider a musical but I and I reacted to that here I would probably consider a pitch perfect to you my favorite yeah I've seen um yeah

and why is um I don't know it was just really super fucking entertaining yeah I had a great time with it I was moved in tears and I loved it and uh yeah I just thought I was really I was super super impressive with it what about you

I think Chicago still in regards to the reason why there were just so many different elements about that film the performances, again, the songs were so damn good. I thought it was really fascinating to how Richard Gere's character was able to spin things with the media and all that. There were just so many different elements about that film that I just gravitated towards and found fascinating.

And just for some element, like I grew up watching forensic files. So like anything crime-related, I just like, I'm just so drawn to that and, like, the psychology behind that. So, like, there were, like, that was a very big driving force. And, like, and I thought the movie, like, really executed on that as well, too. So, yeah, just when you add all those different things in Catherine Zeta Jones, like, gave just an incredible performance in that movie. So when you factor all those different elements, I think, like, that's probably why it's my favorite musical. And which one is your favorite Hugh Jackman performance, any movie, excluding X-Men?

Well, that is a tough one. Oh, God. God, I'm going to get flack for this. I don't give a shit. I love him so much, and I love the movie Swordfish. I don't care what anyone says. 2001, directed by Dominic Saina the year before, did Gone in 60 Seconds, which I like that movie, too, and I know a lot of people give that movie shit.

He is so much fun to watch as a hacker. And I like that story where he's, like, doing everything possible. Just, again, the whole family dynamic of, like, doing anything for your child to, you know, even if it means breaking the law. And it just, I think that movie is very entertaining. in a lot of fun. I don't care if it's not the greatest film. I love that movie. I would love to see, though,

what's the musical? Le Miz, right? That I've never seen. So I would love to do that film, though. Because I know that's another musical he's in, but I'd say, just offhand, that's my favorite performance of his. Andrew reacted to my favorite performance. Prisoners is my favorite

Oh, damn, okay. Shit, you got me there. That's probably his best one. You got me there. Yeah, it's, I mean, outside of X-Men, I mean, Logan is my favorite of his, but the outside of X-Men, I would say, prisoners. And second of that, I would say, Real Steel, which we were asking to see. Oh, yeah, he's really good. Yeah. He does a lot of roles where there's family inclusivity involved, and, you know, which is fine.

And he gets to have a drink at some point. What, what's up? And he gets to have a drink at some point, for sure. Yeah. And I like the, the, the, the, the, the, over-the-top vibes of Sylvester Stallone. That was really cool. But yeah, no, he's an amazing actor. It's hard to, like, always pick out.

Like, he does so many incredible roles and performances, but that's a great choice, prisoners. I would, I would agree. I'm going to, that's your phone. Oh, where's my phone? I'm going to send a note here because this is teaching me a lesson. One second. You give me a second. Hey, bud.

When we put out these questions, can we specify that before submitting to check through the other cues that have come in to make sure they're not repeating one that has already been set? the reason why is because we'd like to give qualitative attention to each one but I am seeing there is a lot of different a lot of the same questions here but we want to make sure we shout it out and I don't want to be disrespectful with some of you guys I'm going to be like thanks for the question bye because Jason and for read it buddy Greatest Showman is my favorite modern musical with a close second

2012 Miserables what are your guys favorite musicals well i haven't mentioned it yet pitch perfect chicago chicago is icicle musical yes yes yeah it's not your fault jason you you're just asking

your question but yes those would be our favorites but i do oh i haven't seen that one i got to check that one out but i i really do want to see less miserables i only saw the lay miserables it's me i mispronounce things you know me i don't know i'm going to mispronounce them I've only seen the 1998, I think it was made for TV with Liam Neeson. And I don't remember a ton about it, but I have not seen the 2012 version.

All right. Good to know. Michael Medina Catheria. Hey, guys. Hope you both doing well. Who is your favorite song of this film? We have said it. And were there any performances that surprised and touched you?

Okay. That's a good one. Any performances that surprised and touched you? One that was like, nothing was like a surprise. because I'm so used to like, go, good actor, good actor, good actor. I mean, yeah. The touch would probably be bearded lady. Yeah, that really got me too.

What's her name? Someone said it earlier. Akeela Settle. Yeah, I mean, her, she was amazing. She brought a lot to the, like, underneath the beard. She brought a lot to the eyes. Yeah, seeing her emoting and, like, how people were looking at her, like, I felt that way, too, where I don't accept myself. And just, like, again, that was really resonating to me.

and then like how she was able to like push through that and that song that she uh that she was singing like that was just so so beautifully executed so i would say that is definitely up there for most touching like such and her voice too she is amazing it's such vibrancy and such energy to her she was incredible i love i really loved her i would say that one for me too for sure take it away uh lay marks this movie got a lot of backlash for portraying P.T. Barnum in a too positive alight,

even though the movie is very loosely based on his story. As most people know, he was very cruel to the people in his show in real life. I would expect nothing less, honestly. That is why I was like, you know, I look up.

Yes, you're learning right now in real time, unfortunately, do you think the backlash is justified? Do you think that as a society we have gotten too uptight or judgmental about things that are clearly not supposed to be taken literally

and are strictly meant for entertainment. Hmm. Well, I imagine that if I knew the details, I might have a different way I am approaching what I am about to say. So maybe I just shouldn't say anything

but fucking unsay something. It's conflicting. Because this movie follows Hollywood structure. This movie follows tropes right down to wife, right down to Rebecca Ferguson, right down to are they going to cheat? Like there's a lot of here that are, it's very

trope heavy to the point where you're like, okay, yeah, they definitely change stuff. The reason I was able to get on board is because this movie clearly has a bit of a fantastical tone to the way it's executed. And certain like Panashian style where

it's a musical for crying out of like to where it's executed. that's why I was able like like around the same time when Bohemian Rhapsody came out there was an Elton John movie that came out now I way preferred the Elton John Rocket Man

even though I don't know what was true and what wasn't I way preferred that because that one is a musical whereas musical and a biopic whereas Bohemian Rhapsody is a biopic that has them lip singing performances it's not really like a musical where like they're breaking into a scene that's a you know you know the difference um that is uh so i so like bohomian rap city kind of bothered me

more because i was like this clearly is like not fucking you know the true story but when it's when it's taking on a fantastical tone and an element like that especially with something like this i don't mind i really i really don't uh because when the story's about the imagination and And, you know, sure, it's portraying him in a positive light, even though he makes some bad decisions. The overall thing about, hey, we should be accepting of ourselves and we should appreciate what we have now and find contentment in that.

And also don't judge people who are different than you. So the messaging is getting across in a way, very romanticized, very sentimental. And I think that's kind of like the important part of it. again if i knew the true story i might be like oh man fuck fair enough fair enough and we did to be fair to granted they weren't fully accurate and i can totally understand why you would be upset about that if you are and anyone who was i think he was abusive in real life that's the thing i'm getting at yeah yeah and look i i understand that too but i'm talking about like his cruel nature and how

he judged people i think we got a little glimpse of that once he got his ego stroke going and he was like not even letting them into the room within New York City so I'm like I'm glad they at least gave us a little glimpse of that yeah he they kept it more lighthearted and you know he saw the air of his ways and he was accountable I just like

if they would have gone that right and again because like of the points you made you know the film's a musical and it's it deals more in the fantastical you know tone and stuff like I just don't know if it's gonna even though it would be more accurately portrayed I just don't

know like we would literally hate this character i just don't know if it's gonna work if you if you are more accurate and you would need different yeah it would be different yeah exactly and but i'm glad they at least gave us a slight glimpse into how he was once he did finally start like getting everything he wanted how he was like again just the way he was behaving towards the people in his show but a little bit of it but that being said i wouldn't mind a non-musical movie that does a real accurate depiction of what he was actually like something that was more true to the accounts Yeah, and to your point, I mean, I think like

in 2016, 2017, there's the Disney Jungle Book, and then there's the other more violent Jungle Book film, right? So you got the two versions you can go with it. So, yeah. Little Preach 12, Jesus, Hugh Jackman is stinking amazing, right? Oh, yeah, dude, like... Really good.

He's so... It's incredible, because everyone sees him, and you're like, Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine. And then in this, in like, five seconds, you're not even thinking about fucking Wolverine, you know? You're just looking up this guy playing this guy and Hugh Jackman. This is more of the personality of Hugh Jackman in interviews, you know,

someone who doesn't resort to violence and hyper-rogression and is a little bit more dazzled and wowed by life, you know, and wondrous in his eyes. I thought this was a really great performance by him and his charisma so magnetic. It made me want to see him live.

You know, I've never really been that compelled to see him do a live musical, but this really made me go, I would love to see him live. That's what I said when we were reacting. I would love to see a live performance with him doing this or whatever he does. For sure. I'm with you.

Also, what do you think of Efron's performance, especially how he is in the Ironcloth, even high school musical? I thought, I mean, he's really good in it, but I've seen like the better performances. I've seen the best performance. Iron Clause, undoubtedly, his best performance and high school musical was his introduction. Like, he's better actor now than he wasn't high school musical, but he's still good in high school musical. Yeah, and I thought it was good. I thought it was really good.

And I think this was like a good transitional role for him from like teen heartthrob into a man. Did you like him in it? I mean, again, yeah. Yeah, and I haven't seen him in really too many other things. I can't really even think of anything else. I've really seen Baywall. I haven't seen him really in anything.

So, but again, I do like the presence that he brought. I think he went really toe to toe with Hugh Jackman. And I just felt he brought this charm to the film as well and I again like I was visibly crying because of how much I was emotionally invested in his character and how much he cared about Zendaya's character as well so like I mean and I know granted people are going to say it doesn't take a lot to make you cry Andrew I have to give a shit and he made me give a shit so you know I thought he gave a very admirable and worthy performance to make me invested he took a big shit and uh he eats pieces of shits for breakfast

This is like one of my favorite movie musicals, so I hope y'all enjoyed it. We did. We have stated our favorite songs, and yours is A Million Dreams. Glad to hear it. Jay Rushden, what up, Jay? Okay, what's your take on singing during the film? It was cool because it was modernism. That's a big part why I was questioning it.

Because they seem to have a lot of free reign with what they could do with their scene work. Whenever you're adapting, when you're adapting, like we saw Rentier, which really felt like they were trying to make it a film when this clearly was a Broadway musical. And oftentimes when you're adapting a musical, you are relegated as simplicity. You can't really go hyper stylized with your scene work because you're wanting to be respectful of the Broadwayisms that this is. And I thought this had a good blend of clearly an actor like Hugh Jackman who comes, who's won like Tony Awards and shit. who comes from the theater mixed with modernism.

And I think the opening song is smart to set that stage where it feels modern with a blend of like traditional kind of Broadway stylism. And so I think the singing in this was really cool and it's a great way to hook audiences to like a more modernized adaptation of a period piece movie that might trick you to thinking it was a Broadway show. But I actually don't know.

I think this might just be a movie. Yeah. No, definitely. I mean, there's times where I'm watching movies and it's kind of easy for me. at least me to tell when actors are lip-sinking. Granted, I suck at singing. So it's, but still, like, to give me,

there was no real, other than Rebecca Ferguson, and even then I still, I know you said you were kind of questioning it, but I think because all the other actors are such good singers in real life, and they were doing such a great job, like, really doing it. Like, I wasn't even thinking about it in the moment, you know, when she was doing her lip-syncing. Her performance in the lip-singing was really good. Yeah, exactly.

That's why I wasn't even questioned it. Like, my mind was already. involved like the like her like her doing that I was already involved in the illusion because the already had such an they hired actual singers who were great actors yeah so I think because you did that like I wasn't even thinking about that in that moment so I thought the singing in the movie was prestigious and incredible I loved it I loved every single song there was not one song was like I wish that song wasn't in this movie or I don't think it fits the tone of this film or I don't think it moves the plot forward

or develops the characters in a way. I loved every single one. Allie Cat. Oh, my God. I'm so excited. The greatest showman, one of two musicals. I've been hoping you guys would do.

The second being Newsies Live. I've never heard that either. What the hell is that? Is that a movie? I saw this movie five times in theaters. Good for you. My question is less question and more did you notice type thing.

Okay. Hey, if you're going to talk to it, did you notice? It's this mother effort right here. Yeah, right. All right. In a million dreams. You see Barnum and Charity dancing.

Okay. She has put so much faith in him that she practically flies off the edge of the building only for him to pull her back. In tightrope, there is a line, never sure, will you catch me if I should fall, which echoes back to the beginning. She is no longer sure he will catch her like she was,

which is why you see his silhouette dancing with her in the window, and then he disappears right after her shadow is seen stepping on stage with Jenny. Ah, symbolism. Yeah, I did not know. is that, but that is a very... You got to watch it five times.

Yeah, I was going to say, if I would have seen it five times, I might. No, I'm just kidding. But no, I did not. That is a very fascinating thing. That's why I love, like, rewatching, like, just really quickly, not to go off topic or off subject here, but when I rewatched Chicago the very second time, like, you see, I think there's a picture. I'll have to rewatch it, but there's, like, a picture with Catherine Zeta-Jones,

and spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't seen that movie from 2002, I believe. she like there's a knife in the in like the picture or something and it's like it's a foreshadowing that she had just killed like her husband or something like I forgot what happened but it was like oh wow I didn't even notice that the first time you and I had reacted like there's so many different things you pick up on the more times you watch something and I love going back to movies and like I didn't pick up on that like I like I love when filmmakers leave things for you for the for you to pick up on stuff like that so that is a very nifty detail to pick up but I did not did you know just that? No, no, I just looked at it as like a specter of the past of like when they were first dancing in the beginning of the movie and now he's fading away and now she's the one in imagination looking for that love and yearning for

it, which I think still is applicable. Yeah. These are all good questions. Thank you, Royal Rejects for submitting. I got a very sensitive meeting in 10 minutes so I would like to take a little bit of a breather but before we head out, is there any last thing? I mean, production design, got to shout it out, great art decor, even when

see jad looked funky felt charming um shoutouts to the rest of the cast makeup for the most part look pretty good sometimes looked a little fake but i don't really give a shit yeah um i really enjoyed the movie the pacing was a little frenetic but i didn't mind because uh i love the the character development and arcs were a little simplistic but didn't bother me at all because i was so damn invested in the story and and the characters uh there's a lot of emotional weight again i love the charisma and the internal conflict that you know hugh jackman's character was going through throughout the film and the accountability he finally ended up having seen the errors of his ways

and loved all the songs. I really enjoyed this movie a lot and I can't wait to do more musicals. I'm glad we got to do it together. I'm glad this hits you too, man. Really did. Like, could I have leaning to like the drama and the meat more?

Absolutely. Yeah, beyond just like how Darth PT was in real life. Like, you know, that was one of my criticisms I was having in the first half of like, you know, this Michelle Williams seems awfully passive about a lot of things. But beyond that, you know, it's, again, it's about what is the emotionality the movie leaves you with, and the emotionality resonated very much. So thank you guys for joining us on this journey.

Thanks, Royal Rejects, for submitting them Q's. Thanks, Andrew, for joining me for yet another good time. We will see you soon. Musical Monday, Complete Rejects.