The Reel Rejects - THE TOWN (2010) IS GRIPPING!! MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!!
Episode Date: April 22, 2025WELCOME TO THE BANK ROBBERY CAPITAL OF AMERICA!! The Town Full Reaction Watch Along: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects With The Accountant 2 Reviews, , Andrew & John are back for The Town Rea...ction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, & Spoiler Review!! Download PrizePicks today at https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/RE... & use code REJECTS to get $50 instantly when you play $5! Join Andrew Gordon (Cinepals) and John Humphrey as they dive into The Town - the gritty 2010 crime thriller co‑written, directed by, and starring Ben Affleck. Set in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, the film follows seasoned bank robber Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck, celebrated for Gone Baby Gone and Argo) as he masterminds high‑stakes heists while evading the relentless pursuit of FBI Agent Adam Frawley (Jon Hamm - Mad Men, Baby Driver)... However, after a tense opening Bank Robbery, Doug finds himself drawn to Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall - The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), the bank manager-turned-hostage, striking up an unexpected relationship that forces him to question his life of crime. Rounding out the ensemble is Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) as Doug's loose-cannon right hand man, Pete Postlethwaite (The Usual Suspects, Inception) brings intensity as Doug’s volatile employer, Fergie aka The Florist, Blake Lively (Gossip Girl, A Simple Favor) adds depth as Doug’s childhood friend Krista, Chris Cooper (Oscar‑winner for Adaptation and American Beauty) grounds the family drama, and Titus Welliver (celebrated for Bosch and Lost) heightens the tension in a memorable supporting role. Andrew & John break down every unforgettable moment—from the pulse‑pounding opening heist with the skeleton masks, the nail‑biting Nun Robbery Sequence, and the climactic shootout beneath Boston's historic Fenway Park... Discover how Affleck’s raw direction and the powerhouse performances elevate this character‑driven thriller into a modern Boston classic! Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Agor711 Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM: FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcript
Discussion (0)
CoorsLight
lance
a false
maison of
disc
and you
offer the
chance
to live
an experience
of an
unobliable
with access
exclusive to
Oceaga
inscribe
you
now on
disc
CorsLight
dot
musical
rockies not
no
blah
does
have
the age
legal
for consume
of alcohol
no
no charracki
no
this week's
brought to
by price
picks
more on
them and
just a bit
John, are you ready to escape to the town?
Yeah, man, let's do this thing.
I want out of here.
Let's do this.
All right.
We're going to get right into it, guys.
All righty, the town commence.
All right.
Well, if you were able to watch that, it's because of the fine folks over at Piper.
They did a great job editing down these highlights.
as they always do.
So special thanks to them.
Appreciate you guys as always.
And also, if you are listening to this on Apple or Spotify, please give us five stars.
We would really appreciate it.
John, I know this has been a very tiring and heartfelt week for you.
We appreciate everything you've done.
It's all good.
After watching The Town, how are you feeling?
I'm feeling good.
I'm feeling catharsed, you know?
I feel like I've been, you know, some movies are tense enough.
to make you feel like you've been out there kind of, you know, running a mile.
And, you know, there are more tense movies.
But this had tension in ways that I didn't expect.
And I really enjoyed this from top to bottom.
You know, I came in expecting a crime movie, most certainly.
And I mean, you know, what are the trappings of a crime movie?
You have your, you know, criminal organization of whatever stripe that you're following.
You have whatever law enforcement guy slash entity that you're following.
and then, you know, a significant other or two family member just to add some personal stakes and whatnot.
But this, for some reason or another, just had a lot of different, it's like it's a, in some ways it's a classic crime movie, but in other ways, it, yeah, I don't know, it surprised me with the way it, you know, it has these action moments, like each act has its, you know, heist, essentially.
and those kind of tie everything together
and those create the escalating stakes
and circumstances and all of that.
But, you know, beyond that,
just the way that it characterized,
especially Doug, but also just the place,
the setting, and drew this very unlikely,
oh, Charlestown's reputation
as a reading ground for armed robbers
is authentic. However, this film
all but ignores the great majority
of the residents of Charlestown past and present
who are the same good and true people
found most anywhere.
The film is dedicated to,
to them. Fascinating. Yeah. I mean, it does have that element of humanity around the
periphery and it is an unlikely romance drama of sorts in a way that I never quite would have
expected and certainly like it doesn't wrap up with a nice shiny bow by the end and I think
that's a good thing. But yeah, they do have you in this real push pull of like, man, I totally
get why Rebecca Holler want nothing to do with this guy ever and yet somehow like their relationship
feels authentic enough that you believe the sort of question mark of it all and at least why she
would ultimately come to give him the tip at the end or directly give him the tip so that you know
for her character it is clear I care about you I don't want you to come here and get cooked or
at least taken away by the FBI and locked up forever yeah like I thought that this did again
the Boston crime movie really well but also gave
a nice grouping of flavors to the people and why they're in the positions that they're in
and what it is about this place that might push you to being in this lifestyle because it seems
like, at least as the movie presents itself, you know, barring that, you know, a little
epilogue note at the end there about how many lovely and, you know, hardworking people
live in this part of the country, you know, you also get the sense that it is a place that
does deal with some level of neglect and lack of resources and in which many people are just
forced into lives of crime and these greater webs therein like with all the stuff with the florist
and the fact that yeah like you might even want to get out you might not want to you know let it
go this far get that high up but you know you might be under the wrong person's thumb that's all
that it takes and uh yeah i really like the performances a whole lot i really like the way that was written
everyone was great i mean john ham definitely one of my favorite you know especially movie roles for him
um but everyone brought something and even a character like jeremy renner who's kind of hateable
and who is like this sort of like you know requisite mad dog on the team even he got some level
of development where you're like man i understand i understand who this guy is even if he does put me
on edge and i don't like it very much you know like it's well done and even that like the whole thing
of the tattoo, and they never actually
used that as a giveaway.
Good point. Good point. Yeah.
I didn't think about that.
Yeah, this felt
smart, and this felt like it was having fun with
you because you know what some of the tropes are going to
be, and it certainly had that iconography
of like the skull masks and the nun masks
and stuff like that. It's doing a lot of
the crime playbook and motifs
and things. But yeah, this was a
more human movie than I was expecting, and it
had a more compelling, again,
story about these
people and the life that
pushed them to this life of crime and also yeah this unlikely romance and things like that and
yeah i just i really enjoyed all of it you know the writing the directing the editing the second
unit with all the stunts and stuff like that like the robberies were very tense and the chases
were really tense and all that stuff and uh there was baseball what'd you think andrew
sound like a toony john hey i would i would no hey i'm uh yeah i'm really before i get into it i'm
glad you brought up that that the neck tattoo because obviously they made a very prevalent shot
to focus in on that yeah this is going to come back in some way and obviously they had a line
of exposition with rebecca hall and with ben afflick talking about and he made a very compelling
case why she should go to it and really it was in subtext for her not to go to it because
she's going to have to go into wits sec protection yeah now she's not going to want to uplift her
entire life and move away because of that but again that was really really
smart of Ben Affleck and I think it was
Peter Craig, whoever the other writers were, I was
really smart because like immediately
you, me and I'm sure everyone else watching
this like, ah, Dupree. That is
how they're going to get caught. It's that
neck tattoo and I like being
that smart kind of subversion
of expectation. It's not subversion
just to be subversive. It's like
smart subversion because right away is like
I know the audience where we're going to think about
that, especially when we lock in on that shot
and also we're going to use that in some
dialogue there later on. So that was
really smart, too. And also, too, I figured, I mean, Renner
I knew was a goner. I really did. But I wasn't sure about
Affleck. I was like, given where the movie's heart is, you are correct. I was like, this
movie isn't quite bleak enough to have him live through this. Yeah, I wasn't
sure, but anyways. And his exit is
harsh too. Yeah. In asking me how I feel about this,
this is definitely, again, I always talk about recency bias, but this is one of
the best heist movies I've ever seen. It was really good. It was incredible. It was
incredible. And again, I really want to give
Ben Affleck some major
praise the fact that he wrote it, the fact
that he directed, the fact that he's
like 90, 95%
in the scenes. And you can do
like both of those. It's really impressive.
And he gave a great performance, too.
Like, I really,
I couldn't relate to the character from the robbery
perspective and connect him there. But obviously
I could connect with all the other stuff that was
happening. Like, I actually really felt bad
for him, especially as we learned more about
his character throughout the film.
Oh, all that stuff with his dad
And the story of his mom
And like the way they developed that slowly
I actually was like
Oh my God
This guy who robbed a bank
Like you'd think like
I want this guy to get caught
He robbed a bank
Like how can I be on his side
And of course from that perspective
Yeah
Right
But yeah
But yeah and like obviously
I'm not defending anyone
Who robs banks
And doing stuff like that
But again I felt bad for him
I felt bad for how he was
You know
The lifestyle he was raised in
And then obviously he really did want to change
You wanted to get away
with Rebecca Hall and, you know, start a new life with her.
And I really felt bad.
I really did.
Like, I was so connected from him from that perspective.
I'm like, this is a great, like, it's really dramatic from that perspective.
And I thought they did just Affleck and, again, the other writers just did a great job of making
me really care about this character.
And also, too, like, I actually cared about the FBI agent.
I cared about Blake lively, too.
I felt bad for her, her rejection from Ben Affleck because he didn't want her in that
way like she just looked at her as an object and i mean i get it but i like i felt bad for these
characters and and i was emotionally attached them and i know blake lively's character did not
get a ton of screen time but again she was effective in the screen time she had in her character
so i feel for the circumstances for sure for everyone yeah i think i think they did a great job of
just making me really and again i will say this to jeremy renner i i mentioned it during
the reaction. I'm not sure if he'll get cut or not, so I'll say it here.
The first film I ever saw him in was SWAT. I liked him in that. I mean, he's
spoilers for a 2003 film. Have you seen it, by the way, or no? Swat? No. Oh, okay. Never
mind. I will not say the spoilers because you might react to it one day. I will just say in
this film. People love SWAT. Yeah, I say, Koi loves it. I love it. Geekchicks love it.
Oh, because it's got Colin Farrell, right? Yeah, it's got Colin Farrell. I think it's a, it's a fun movie.
And I think Wentworth, no, is Wentworth Miller the voice of a thing in that movie or am I thinking of a different movie?
It's been a while since I saw it.
Never mind.
Anyways, what I'm trying to get at is Jeremy Renner, he really had me on edge and scared the crap out of me in every single.
Even the scene where he's with Rebecca Hall.
Oh, yeah.
Especially that.
Yeah, where they're just at the coffee table.
Like, Ben Affleck has this, and again, I've only seen Argo in this.
So I'm just judging based on these two films.
he has this knack and this ability
for me as an audience member
to have me on edge
and like clenching my fist
or my hands on the
or your butt cheeks
or my butt cheek whatever you want to say
but like he does a really
he knows how to create tension for the audience
and suspense and I like
throughout the film
there wasn't really many scenes
where I felt calm and relaxed
and I think like I think that's credit
to him as a writer as a director
and I just
I really appreciate that from, you know, from this and Argo.
And, like, it's just incredible, like, that he's able to capture that and put it on film.
And also, too, getting to the action, that was some compelling and immersive action sequences,
like the sound design on that.
It's just absolutely mesmerizing.
And some of those cinematography shots with the car chases, it's just unbelievable.
I'm just, again, I'm always happy to do reactions.
here with Reject Nation with you
and everyone on the team. But
damn, that would have been fun to watch on a big screen
some of those chase scenes. I mean, they were
so damn compelling. We'd love to see this.
And incredible as well, but
I mean, just Ben Affleck.
I will say this too.
I love the Robert Pattinson
Batman. I can't wait in 20
years until we get the next one.
But God dang, I really wish
we could have gotten a Ben Affleck
direct. This really makes me sad. We never got a
Ben Affleck directed Batman movie.
But that's neither here nor there, but I'm only talking about it because we just watched the Ben Affleck directed film, and he's just so damn talented.
He's so damn talented.
It would be cool to see him do Bruce Wayne in his own Batman movie that has his directorial flavor.
Yeah, and I have been told.
Weirdly more than him as an actor in a Batman scenario, him as a director in a Batman scenario, gets me excited.
Yeah, and I have been told by people who worked at Warren Brothers that his script really slapped.
I would love to read that.
I would be fascinated.
Yeah, but, you know, unfortunately, it was not meant to be.
But, yeah, staying on this, though, I really did.
I was so emotionally attached to to their relationship.
I really wanted it to work out.
Obviously, there are consequences to some of the actions that we, not some,
but the actions we take in life and, yeah, nothing.
You can do whatever you want in life.
You don't have to worry about it.
But, yeah, I really did feel bad for him.
By the way, too.
And also, I was going to say, before I get to Chris Cooper,
his chemistry with Rebecca Hall.
yeah so damn good like really lovely i'm probably going to be accused of having seen the
movie it's fine that's what we do we get accused of it all the time so it is what it is
if you know i said right away in the first scene that oh they're going to start a relationship
i only said that because of how saw it it's a robbery it's a robbery scene and he's being
extremely and i i get it also too he was trying to calm her down so she could do the code so he
could get in there but because of the way like again he was able to to sway me over just in that
moment, not just because he was trying to calm her, I could just tell with how soft-hearted
he was being in his voice and his body language. I'm like, I'm really attracted to this
woman. And it's, you got Rebecca Hall. You're not going to have Rebecca Hall for just one
bank scene. Well, he's being empathetic at the very least. I don't know if he's got, you know,
I don't know if there's enough in that moment for him to be like, oh, I'm attracted to this person.
But yeah, he is like the most sort of compassionate and for sure. The most well-adjusted
one of the team who's like, yeah, not in here to traumatize anybody and does care to like
get in, get out, and do as little damage
as possible. And, and yeah,
in a moment like that, you're sitting there going, well,
damn, Rebecca Hall is in this, so
she must figure in heavily, you
know? Yeah, of course. So, yeah, it's like,
it's a legitimate thing that you could kind of make an
unlikely joke about. And then all of a sudden, you're like,
oh, damn, you know, like, and that was such a
fascinating hook to me, this whole thing of like,
I got to surveil you. And
in this moment of just like playing it
cool, now we've struck up a conversation
and now we're talking.
And now I'm trying to, you know, atone,
it's just such a nice little seed
and they have a garden motif
and stuff like that. It's such a nice little seed planted of just
like, oh man, like
clearly I am well aware of
the trauma I have given you and the reason
you're freaking here with this laundromat right now
you know, let me do something nice for you
even if you never become aware of it
and then it just grows from there.
It's like so fascinating. Absolutely.
It's a great point. And not only that,
I also got attached them as well
from the trauma that they both, not only from the bank
obviously but the trauma that they both had in their personal lives her with her brother
him with his mom i mean he didn't even that story that he told by the way really good i was really
able to follow that story along again a lot of times we you know when you're doing exposition it's
you know show don't tell but i thought this was a really good tell don't show seen like and it was
credit to his acting in that moment yeah and i really felt for him in that moment then we get the
reveal later from the flower pete uh i always forget to say his name god rest is beautiful
Hostile Thwait.
Yes.
And when we get that reveal, that was just daunting and so tragic and sad for Ben Affleck for Doug.
What a threat that was.
Yeah, but again, it was fascinating to watch him and Rebecca Clare.
It was fascinating to watch how they connected over that.
And again, also, too, like you said, he wanted to atone for what he put this poor woman through as well.
Because he didn't mean to do that.
He just wanted to rob the bank.
I wasn't trying to do that.
Well, yeah, it's not even about that.
It's like, you know, they need the money.
And they're also clearly at the whim of the florist.
And this is clearly, you know, a life that he has entered into.
I'm sure that at the point at which he entered this life, he was just probably desperate, needed money and was willing to do this.
And so, yeah, it's not even about wanting to rob a bank so much as it is just sort of like, this is just something I have to do.
It's just a thing I am unfortunately good at.
And it's the only way, you know, to rise beyond my means in a place that doesn't seem to have a lot of mobility.
and yeah so like it makes sense why someone in that position it makes sense why you would have a
Jeremy renter grow out of that situation and how you could have a Ben Affleck grow out of that
situation someone who's like I'm not in this game to traumatize people you know and then
somebody else who's like I don't care if I traumatize people and yeah like it without getting
too preachy about it even with Blake lightly like there are multiple moments or or his dad
there's multiple moments where it gives you these insights into the character
where you're like I get why you have to be here you know like I get the situation that
grew this for you yeah and again too yeah totally I also thought to like against a version
of expectations I really thought that springs here baseball's in full swing and if you're
looking to make watching games even more exciting check out prize picks our go-to in the daily
fantasy sports category the reason this household is so in a prize picks is because it's super
reason to use. You just pick more or less on player staff projections like strikeouts, home runs,
or hits, baseball terms, for your chance to win up to 1,000 times or entry. And unlike a lot of
other apps, you can mix players from baseball and other sports like basketball, hockey, and even
e-sports. My wife has won't especially into fantasy sports, so we've been playing prospects for a while
now. And we love how quick it is to set up a lineup. This week, we grab Shohei Otani for more than one
home run and Julio Rodriguez for more than one stolen base. Let's see if my gutta, but my gut, I mean,
my gutt is right. Another thing, too, they invented.
the flex play, which lets you still cash out even if one of your picks doesn't hit.
And the payouts, fast, safe, and secure.
We've got an R's in under 15 minutes.
So what you can do is download the app today and use code rejects.
You get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup.
Again, that's code rejects, $50 instantly after your first $5 lineup.
Price picks, run your game, people.
Hey.
Damn you, Greg.
You're Robbie and our review.
It's okay.
But no, in terms of social.
subversion of expectations.
Greg was the one who told us
how great this movie was to begin with.
In terms of subversion of expectations
too, I also
sorry. Sorry. It's okay.
I'm not going to lose my train of thought.
I want to make the video about me.
Yes. It's good.
I don't want to make it about me? No, no, no,
it's fine. Nobody even noticed.
Yeah. No, in regards to subversion of
It's not about me, Andrew.
All right.
Well, that was the town guy.
In regards to subversion of expectations,
I did want to, I
go over another thing, too.
I really thought, like, Jeremy Renner's
hot-headedness, too, was going to also
be his undoing. You can make a case that probably
was, but obviously, you know, we talked
about it earlier, Ben Affleck
and kind of rejecting Blake
lively, and then John Ham
again, I love how smart
John Hamm was. He was such
a good foil, because Ben Affleck
is extremely intelligent, and he,
I know Pete...
Postle Thwait. Thank you. He maps out
all the plans, and then Ben
Affleck's got to execute on them as well
so he's got to be intelligent because he even said
I'm not ironing this group without you
vice versa type of thing too
but you're too good and
level headed to not you know
insist on having a part of it
for sure for sure but John Hamm
I just I love it's kind of like heat
I love those good foils for each other
it's so much fun to watch on screen
oh sure and they only have like one scene
back and forth right
they have the interrogation it's kind of
like heat actually yeah I'm glad you
put that brought that up yes yeah absolutely like it does it does the more i'm thinking about it now
the more i'm like oh there's clear heat love in this movie without feeling like a heat rip off
uh and and two yeah i like that jeremy renner like while he is the requisite sort of hot
headed loose cannon unpredictable guy on the team he's not so much to the point where you're like
please lose you are saying like please don't you know consort with this guy but at the same time
he's not so
you know off the rails that you're like
good point why would you hire this guy you know
like he he is volatile and you get tense
when he's around and he is just
controlled enough that you get why they
they know yeah yeah no that's a good point
he and I think this also this movie
just shows the power of his acting range too
because again he really scared the crap out
I mean every single scene he was in
calm scene or not calm scene he just
I'm really just impressed with him
because I have not seen him
in any movie like this
where I was just on the edge of my seat this tense
so really power to hit credit
and John Hamm too I think you said this
one of his best performances I haven't seen a ton of
John Hamm film so I wanted to be
transparent about that but this was an incredible
performance and I love that
that note that was on the car
when I saw that no I was like okay now he has
to get away with Doug
I was like there's no way you can leave that note and not
get away but yeah like you said
the cat and mouse chase game
that was so incredible
incredible to watch. It was so fascinating.
Just again, created this level
of paranoia for us, the audience, because
we don't know how we're supposed to feel
because we're rooting for this guy, but then we're also
like, it's the guy who robs the pinks, but also
too, we've connected with him throughout the
film, so I'm like, God, dang it,
Pennapuck, you got us. Good on you,
man. Yeah. Good on you.
Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely.
So any, oh, before I get
into this, any other final... Let's quiz it up.
Let's quiz it up. Okay.
Quiz it up. John's got to get out of here, so let's just
really quick. I'm not going to get into trivia,
but I will say really
quick, what do you think the budget of this movie was?
$90 million?
$37 million?
$37? I guess all these people
weren't that as high of a
gross $90 million. All right.
Oh, I didn't want you to see that.
It's all right. It's okay. Damn.
Oh, no, no. That's domestic.
Domestic. Worldwide.
$300?
Unfortunately, $154. It deserves so much more than that.
I thought this was pretty well liked, but
I don't know.
Some days I'm really good at the budget stuff.
Some days I'm not.
I believe that this could be a $37 million movie, but I am surprised.
It feels like a $90 to $150 to $60.
Maybe not $100, but like $60.70 maybe.
Just the way it's shot, the stunts, the, I mean, you pay for all these actors.
Yeah, that's why I figured it'd have to be ballooned up, but it doesn't feel like a $37 million budget.
Yeah.
Maybe you save money on the Ben Affleck rights directs and stars package.
That's a good point, too.
Good, good point.
It's his baby.
that's a great point. All right, last thing, and then
we're going to have to unfortunately call it here, guys.
Review
critics. What do you got?
89.
92.
92 was my original guess, and then I lowballed myself because
John, why do you do this to yourself?
I guessed way too high on something else we did, just recently.
Why do you do this?
Should have gone with my gut, 92.
Last thing, and then we're out of here, audience.
95.
85.
20% high.
God, I'm off today.
You low-balled and you high-balled yourself.
Here, get one fact in here.
Let's get one fact.
We'll do one fact for you guys.
And I will say, too, I guess him escaping at the end after John Hamm and then they're all
like, ah, you know, watch every transit, every bus, every, you know, thing out of town.
Like, there is something that they do also sell you on without it being too in your face of, like,
But you're not from here, man.
Like, Ben Affleck, that character, Doug is from here.
He knows that to get out of here.
Yeah.
He's like, spiritually, he hasn't been able to,
but, like, logistically, he knows what to do.
Let me do two, please.
Please.
Before the movie was released,
Ben Affleck praised Jeremy Renner's performance.
He jokingly stated that if there was a bad shot
or performance from someone else in a scene,
editing could easily cut to Renner looking at a napkin to make the scene work.
Jeremy Renner would go on to receive an Academy Award,
nomination for his performance i swear on my life i had no idea that i didn't know anything other than
this movie was like praised by so many people i had no idea renner was nominated for this performance
but dan he deserves it absolutely amazing he's the standout for me yeah jeremy renner surrounded
himself with actual convicted bank robbers in charlestown for research and to help him nail the
accent you believe that and also ben affleck was struggling to find the right actor for the role of james
Coughlin. His younger brother, Casey Affleck, suggested Jeremy Renner, who he'd worked with
in the assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Of course. That's right. They are
in that together. Good choice, Casey. Nice choice. A guy got an Oscar nominated performance. So
I'm sure Ben appreciated. We as the audience did as well. Guys, what did you think of the town?
Are there other Ben Affleck directed films? Because I haven't seen any others besides this in Argo.
What are the other ones there? Is Live by... Oh, Live by Night? I know that one's not.
as loved as this one. And then there's
Gone Baby Gone? Is that right?
Did he direct that?
I think that, right? Gone Baby Gone?
Is that not a David Fincher movie?
No, that's Gone Girl.
Oh, Gone Baby, Gone.
Right? Am I right?
Yeah, you're correct, Andrew. You're correct.
I just want to double check
because I'm going to feel stupid.
Yeah. Neither. I've seen neither movies.
So that's part of why.
Oh, you haven't seen Gone Girl?
No.
That's a good one.
People like Gone Girl.
Yeah. I know you've got to get a
10 seconds, I will have this answer.
Andrew. I'm killing you. I'm counting the time.
Director, okay, get rid of producer, get rid of writer, actor, director, he did Argo, the town,
Live My Night, Air. Oh, I love air. Oh, he did air. I totally forgot he did air.
I love that movie, too. I got to see that. Gone, Baby, Gone. Yeah, that got an extremely high rating on here,
so we definitely need to do that at some point. I love to. Let us know if you want us to do,
Gone Baby Gone, and him for Gone Girl, right? Yeah. Yeah, anyways, guys, if he stuck with us this song,
We appreciate it.
Let us know in the comments.
What do you think of the town?
Is it Ben Affleck's best film that he's been in?
Is it the best film he's directed?
We'd love to hear...
Is it Jeremy Renner's best performance?
We'd love to hear all your thoughts down below.
And take care.
Don't rob any banks anytime soon.
Gabriel.
Get Gabriel.
You were the perfect person to shout out for this movie.
Get Hard.
A comedy about a white man who is framed and is being forced.
to go to prison, so he was having to learn
to get tough and hard.
So he was learning from a black man
projecting his own racism on it there
to try to get tough out of it.
Why Gabriel is perfect
to liken it to it.
Because if you look at the Will Ferrell character
and the Kevin Hart character,
both of them, neither one of them
have crucifixes.
They do not believe in God.
No religion.
Nothing to ground them.
And if they had Jesus, they would have not been in this situation.
Just like Gabriel.
That's what it means to get hard.
To be turned into brimstone.
He hasn't found guys.
We would try to tell this guy as two people who are by no means people who practice any religion.
We've been trying to tell Gabriel for the longest time to get into religion.
Or else you will suffer the consequences like Will Farrell did.
That's right.
And Kevin Hart, you know, he didn't want to have to send him to hell, but he had to do it, you know.
He did.
He did.
And, you know, I just hope that you're happy with the path you've chosen in this life.
And, you know, we might not judge you, but the God that doesn't exist is judging you.
I would love T.S. and you, but I am so judging him.
Oh.
Well, I got to judge you now, too.
I am very judgmental of him.
I am, you know, I mean.
He's got to realize it's like maybe, oh, this was funny at first, but, dude, it's been two years of you making the same joke about you being, maybe it's not a joke.
Maybe we are trying to speak to your immortal soul.
We are on a mission from Gad.
I'm just hoping that if we save someone else, then send him to God, we don't have to do shit.
Yeah, we can still not go to church and we can swap out.
Yeah, what we basically need is for you to do the, to walk the walk.
and then tell us how to talk the talk like save us the time all right we can get a time for that
i'm not gonna go to a homeless shop this somehow i'm not gonna do some kind of charitable act in a place
where no one can see me money to be like get away from me here you take my money and go yeah
my own thus says the lord germ take my money and go he is like that he is our homeless shelter so gabriel
please go to God because we need it.