The Reel Rejects - THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995) MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!!

Starting point is 00:00:00 Aaron, before we get started on The Usual Suspects, do you have anything else you'd like to add? Anything you've ever heard about this film? I'm excited, and yeah, let's have a good time. I know nothing about this. So, let's get it. Yeah, I really, honestly, I just know a couple of cast members and the director. That's it. Yeah, anyways, the usual suspects commence.

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Starting point is 00:00:53 Okay. I liked a number of things about the movie. I think the way it was directed was designed in a way for it to describe or what's the word disguises two intentions yes with the ultimate reveal the crazy reveal that it was Kaiser Soza I thought the performances were really strong oh yeah Kevin Spacey was regarded what we think of him now he was really great in this movie yeah um and what we know but everyone else was was really good in the movie.

Starting point is 00:01:28 I thought that the way that the music played really added to the suspense of it and the intrigue. And yeah, I think this is a movie I need to see a couple more times. I'll be really honest with you. I'm someone who is typically drawn to movies that are more character-driven

Starting point is 00:01:47 and have characters with strong motivations that are well-written more than I am plot-driven stuff. And I feel like this had a lot of interwoven exposition heavy kind of stuff so you know it didn't pull me in emotionally and like make me invested in the way that I would like to be but I think the the game of what their objective was was interesting watching it over the course oh yeah like I said this is a movie a movie I would need to see again yeah but you know I understand this is a classic a lot of people love it especially for I assume for this this twist because you know it was

Starting point is 00:02:27 the way he did that at the end was really masterful like going from like the the limp to you know a stride or like a traditional walk I guess but yeah that's my initial reaction hot off the presses coming out of this movie yeah no I can I can totally understand

Starting point is 00:02:44 and sympathize where you're coming from in terms of hey like I'm I'm more you know just into character driven films and I like every I mean I'm not saying you don't like every of course we love everything but yeah no I mean I was engaged from the beginning I just I was just on edge and I mean even for me like yeah we were both like okay we have our suspicion and we were obviously we were right but I just think the way it was edited and you give John Ottman such a ton of credit I mean the dude's doing the music and the editing but the way it was edited with the mystery X like even though we had our suspicion like pretty clearly who it was I felt I feel I knew pretty early on yeah yeah yeah for sure because again like just it seemed kind of obvious but then it's like wait no it's yeah but again i love that through the editing and through the performance of kevin spacey like there was a lot of misdirect

Starting point is 00:03:36 which i appreciated um that was the fun of it um and then it's the journey you go on through it and then again i just i love at the end how chas palmetaria is it however you say his name um i love the discovery from his character of how he had just been had by this guy this man this mastermind just looking up stuff on the wall i think that is the most brilliant way for this character to discover it like as a writer for christopher mccary to come up with like okay how do i have this agent who's i mean it could have been hours he was talking to him because he just told this story right to him so it's like how do i come up with this way for this agent who is extremely intelligent smart and thinks he's talking to this dumb really a rat weasley type of character like how do i come up

Starting point is 00:04:23 with this way to feel like he's been had by a mastermind. I think that was the most properly, awesomely executed way to do that. Just to find stuff all over the wall in the coffee mug and like he's just pulling stuff out of his hat like that. But again, like you,

Starting point is 00:04:39 this is definitely a film. I want to watch a couple more times. Like, because again, it is extremely exposition heavy and plot heavy. And it's just when we're doing the, it's not an excuse, but when we're doing these reactions, we're trying to keep it as entertaining for you as possible. So it's a lot to, sometimes it can be a little bit much in terms of just like information more processing at once. So especially for a simpleton like myself, you know, I again, envious of all you who can process all that and try to keep it entertaining and still regurgitate everything that you're getting.

Starting point is 00:05:11 So envious of all you that can do that. But yeah, no, it was I still feel like I got most of it. But it's definitely one of those movies, like a Christopher Nolan film, like one of those like, I definitely got to watch that. couple more times to pick up on the nuances and also too now that I know what has happened like I'm going to appreciate even more so knowing stuff like okay now I can pick up on that I can pick oh okay I see where where he's coming with this and I think Aaron made a great point as well that you could have a lot of fun if with this movie if you take a shot every time you hear the word Kaiser so say man I mean I mean you're not going to be able to walk or see straight oh no you could

Starting point is 00:05:51 have a by the middle by the middle of the film but you could have a lot of fun with that yeah but yeah no again i really um the performance is really strong uh really good direction as well uh i really love the writing too by christopher mccory but again a lot of credit for john ottman again not only with the editing technique and again i would imagine too that story he was telling a lot of that it's just from it's just the story he's telling so that's why it's like when we said like like Like, okay, I thought he was standing in front of Kevin Pollock's character, but no, he's up there on that rooftop. It's like, no, that's just the story he's telling. The entire, exactly, the entire movie's a misdirect, right?

Starting point is 00:06:32 Yeah. Because there's certain things that we don't even see. Like, we don't even see Benicio de Toro get killed. This happens off screen, you know, and I feel like I would have liked a stronger camaraderie between the team. I feel like I would have liked to see more of their journey together because I feel like the movie spends a lot of time. splitting between the five guys, the cops, him in the precinct, going back and forth in time.

Starting point is 00:06:59 And, you know, if we would have got to see them do more stuff like on their job. And granted, I think we got to see, like, for example, like heat, right? That's another, like, movie that's a crime thriller. Love, love, love. And you get to see, like,

Starting point is 00:07:12 the bond between Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer and his guys and, like, the people he recruits in that. And I think that, that only adds to the stakes or the investment over the course of the movie because they've been through these things together. Yeah, yeah. And again, I'm not comparing to be.

Starting point is 00:07:31 Yeah, yeah, sorry. And they are five strangers. But I think that part was kind of lacking for me on that front. Also the fact that, you know, the entire movie is meant to be a mislead or a misdirect, right? So he's adding all of these details. Like, yeah, like the big fellow and like adding all these names that he's pulling off the wall. So now we're getting extra exposition that is used to mislead and it's like it's clever at the end.

Starting point is 00:07:56 I think the fact that we knew Kevin Spacey was Kaiser Jose pretty much for most of, if not half the movie. But in spite of the fact that we had that suspicion, the reveal in and of itself was still a satisfying one because of how it was executed. That's a great, that's a very great point. Yeah, it didn't bother me that we had guessed that. Obviously, like I had said, like if it's going to be someone else, totally fine too. but yeah it's not even to the fact that you know it's because it's done it's executed in a way that's so

Starting point is 00:08:25 satisfying and that just really fits in with the rest of the plot and also too like again the execution of how it's done at the end where uh chas palmetari's character that's one of my favorite you've got got moments i just i think it's such brilliant writing by christopher mccorri and i just i love that moment so damn much it's i mean i know it's just like uh what's the word I'm looking for it in terms of like, all right, I'm hot off of just watching the movie. So it's like that's maybe why I'm feeling this way. But I don't know. It's one of my favorite you've got got moments.

Starting point is 00:08:57 But that was amazing. I was just going to say, too, in regards to your statement, like that's a very fair point you made about like, hey, we got to spend a lot more time with the characters in heat, with the team camaraderie, just getting invested with those characters as well. So I can totally understand where you're coming from. And obviously you just recently saw that. I don't know how much, how many minutes were deleted off of this film. There's less than two hours.

Starting point is 00:09:22 Yeah, no, it was only an hour and 45. I know heat is a lot longer of a film than an hour and 45. Recollection is hitting me right now. I think that's a two hour and 15 or 2.30. It's a longer film. It's something like something in that range. So we had more time to probably spend with the characters in that film. But I think Christopher McCquiry's thing was,

Starting point is 00:09:41 hey, I don't want to build up the emotion with these characters in terms of the camaraderie and the teamwork, like Kaiser Soze is kind of on a revenge type of mastermind revenge mission here. And that's not what this is about. So that's why I'm not going to go. I can go that route, but I'm not going to. So I'm just, it's more about the mastermining, the misdirect, and then the blending of all these genres and how we're going to execute all that. So again, I can totally, I'm not saying I disagree with what you're saying. I would have been totally open and cool with that. but I think Christopher McQuary, at least I don't speak for him, just going into his brilliant, brilliant mind.

Starting point is 00:10:18 I think that's where his head was at. Like, hey, I'm just, I'm not going to get into. I got all this other stuff that I don't want to get into these characters bonding. Not necessarily in these characters. I mean, other than, I don't think they need to have like heart to heart or anything. Yeah, yeah, no, I get what you're saying, though. Here's the thing. Like, when they're, I didn't really care about anybody while watching it.

Starting point is 00:10:39 I don't know if you felt that way, but I was like, okay. I'm like, we're just watching these guys. And they're, you know, they have this mission. He has this thing with Edie. I didn't really care about his relationship with Edie because we didn't really spend any time with them together. And like I said, that's just me as an audience member. Yeah, I mean, I definitely wasn't emotionally invested in any of the characters.

Starting point is 00:10:57 But, I mean, I was so gripped into the whole, you know, mastermining thing that it didn't. I mean, again, I really hammer at home the mystery. Like, Kaiser Solz is the boogeyman. He's big and bad. I think he's everywhere. He is manipulative, you know? Yeah. And look, as much as I love being.

Starting point is 00:11:13 emotionally invested in character stuff, I'm so gravitated and that resonates with me heavily and deeply. That's why, as I've mentioned 10,000 times, I will continue to mention another 10,000 times why Jaws is one of my all-time favorite films. I think the characters in that, and there's obviously many other examples I could go to, but I always go to Jaws right away as one of my favorites. The characters in that are so gripping and you get emotionally invested in that. But again, point being is I don't always need to get emotionally invested into characters every single film. I think just from what Macquarie did with the, again, with the misguiding and the mastermining stuff and then like the Houda and stuff and all that. Just everything was meticulously executed in a way.

Starting point is 00:11:54 I was like, okay, I'm not like, again, I don't give a shit what happens to these characters, but again, the performances are so riveting. And I just, I'm on the edge of my seat. Like, who the hell is Kaiser-Sose, even though I have a, in the back of my head, I think I know who it is. But again, I didn't need to personally be emotionally invested in. Corrects in the investment, though. It's like wondering who Kaiser Soze is. Exactly. And like we're sitting here literally waiting for the movie to tell us who it is.

Starting point is 00:12:19 Yeah. Rather than being engrossing the events in and of themselves. Yeah. We're waiting for that gratification point. Yeah. You know, and I feel like if a movie solely, his sole thing is to get you to that gratification point rather than the journey of itself, I know, I'm not necessarily. maybe that's for certain people it's not my personal cup of tea but again maybe this is a subjective that's fair enough it is subjective and maybe that's you know again this is a movie that

Starting point is 00:12:52 we're watching for the first time it's very plot heavy a lot of details a lot of mr x and i feel like upon subsequent viewings maybe i'll find more things to be engrossed about and more things to fall in love with i will say the music was great the performances were really good the editing was very strong. Oh, fantastic editing. I think it should have been nominate. I mean, I don't know what it was nominated for. Editing definitely should be one of them. I think also too, and again, these things that I feel like you didn't hate, but just things that you would have just elevated even more so for you. They didn't personally, you know, bother me because I just love the film so much, but I can totally understand where you're coming from. I totally get you. You know, these are things that, again,

Starting point is 00:13:37 that you love so much. Oh, you loved it. Oh, I loved it. Oh, I love it. Oh, I love it. love the movie. I really, really love it. Yeah, yeah. And again, I'm not saying I disagree with anything you're saying. I totally understand where you're coming from and I respect everything you're saying. And again, I'm usually on your side of the aisle when it comes to characters. Like, I want to get invested in characters. I want to know more about them. And again, you don't have to like, you know, have brotherly moments in terms of like, you know, camaraderie and all that. But I definitely want to like get a little emotionally invest. I want to know who the hell these people are. But having said that, I think everything else was executed in a way so much. that it didn't bother me this time. Like, because it was such a damn good written script. The performances were so good. And again, the execution of the mastermining and then how it was done at the end and the who done it part.

Starting point is 00:14:22 That's why that didn't bother me. Had any of those not been executed in that way, everything you just said would have bothered me so much more personally. And let me, let me make a clarification. Yeah. I do, I'm someone who values, you know, I don't need to know every single thing

Starting point is 00:14:36 about a character's life. And I value strong performances. I thought Benicio D'Otooro and his introduction was great. I would have loved to see more Benicio D'Otoro and I was really sad that he got killed off the screen because I felt like

Starting point is 00:14:47 next to Kevin Spacey his was like the best performance in the movie because I didn't think he's just like this eclectic he's barely in it he's like this is a cluctic guy who's just like has this very unique

Starting point is 00:14:58 odd way of communicating and moving you know so yeah to to and I don't think can you name a single thing about his character can you even think about the guy who wasn't Stephen Baldwin's character?

Starting point is 00:15:11 Not, I mean, not really too much. Yeah, no, you don't really know too much about these characters. I feel like you need, I don't think you need a ton of wealth of information, but I think you need, like, something to, like, latch on to it. I feel like the way he presented was just so unique. I feel like I would have liked who had just a little bit something more to. I totally, I get it. No, no, no, I totally feel you.

Starting point is 00:15:29 I, again, I totally, if they would have added a little more depth to the characters, I'm not opposed. I appreciate the time we did get to spend. I would have loved to have spent even more. so time with them um but also why are they why are they all doing the thing like what's their motivation exactly what's all their like motivation well i mean we saw that once uh i mean again this is just my ricka it was so much information we were just being pulled into it's an hour 45 and it's throwing a lot of information it really was um just from what i remember in terms of so they

Starting point is 00:16:00 got thrown into uh that lineup uh because that was kaiser soze's plan because they had disrupted unintentionally not knowing that they had done something to mess with Kaiser Soze's business of some kind, right? So he had at the beginning, when they were in that lineup, he purposely got them thrown into a suspect lineup so that they would all be in that jail cell together. Correct. And being the mastermind that he is,

Starting point is 00:16:25 he put them in a situation that they have to now do a job together where they can all make money. And then he got to Gabriel Burns' vulnerable side saying, hey, you're with this woman. She's like providing everything for you. And also to him wondering, if he's the one who screwed up because remember Gabriel Byrne like had this big business deal that was going to happen and chas palmetry like screwed it all i wonder if that was uh Kaiser soze who's like

Starting point is 00:16:48 screwed that up so that now he's got a like so he would be in a position where he's got to like work with him because like limited his options yeah monetary like it's got to what else could be um but like he put them in a situation like okay now we've got to come together and me being the mastermind i'm gonna string them along like i do and then once he showed them the the photos with the lawyer, Kobayashi, whatever he's called. Once he showed them that, okay, then they got, they went and they, they killed those guys. And then once they showed that Edie was, you know, being, they're like, this guy's full of crap. And then once they showed that Edie was possibly going to be killed, it's like, okay, we got no choice now.

Starting point is 00:17:29 And then he threatened other members of their families. It's like, I think they were at a place they were like, all right, this guys are so as a dude, it's for real. What do you think of the action of the movie? I mean, we didn't get a ton of action, but the action, but the action we did get, I thought was very competent. It was good. I liked it. I mean, again, the film relied on a lot of suspense that when we did get action, it was like, holy crap, this is really good. But yeah, no, I thought Stephen, I mean, we got, you know, a couple of that one shootout in the garage. We got that extended shootout at the gun or at the shipyard. But yeah, I thought it was pretty good. I mean, we got some wide shots were uh it was pretty clearly seen what was happening and uh i mean yeah nothing nothing spectacular like oh my god this is amazing acting but it was good it was fine was competent it was well done yeah i think the acting stands out the music stands out and the editing stands out yeah no um i think that was again aside from all the i'll say overall

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Starting point is 00:22:07 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But I'm like, yeah, I would say, like, overall, I'd probably give, like, a seven. You know, I'm going to disagree with you. I don't feel like you've been negative in this review. I just feel like you're just, you enjoyed the film, but you're just saying some things that you feel

Starting point is 00:22:21 would have elevated the film even more so for you. Yeah. That's what I think, because, like, being negative is you don't like it. And the, uh, and the, uh, I don't think anything is bad about it. Yeah. No, I don't, I don't feel, I mean, me personally. I mean, maybe I'm biased because we're, we're friends and we do this together and

Starting point is 00:22:38 stuff. But I really personally, like, I would be honest with you and say, hey, yeah, you didn't like this film. I don't feel you were being negative towards the film. I just, again, things that you feel would have elevated the film personally for you even more so than it already had been for you. Thank you, man. I appreciate that. Yeah, but I feel like, again, these are reasonable things for you, subjectively speaking, that would have made the film even better for you. And again, I can, these are usually things I'm like, I agree with Aaron. This. I needed. more, I needed to get more depth from these characters. I wanted to like be more invested in these characters.

Starting point is 00:23:08 Yeah. Normally I, I'm normally right there with you, but because of everything else that was going on, this time it personally didn't bother me, but I respect and totally understand every, every which way of where you are coming from. Thank you. And I don't, I don't like this, I don't need a wealth of information just like, just like something of an anchor, you know, because I feel like the fact that we have these, these leads and they're all on the poster, but we can't name any details.

Starting point is 00:23:33 about them other than what their names are. Unless that's the design of the movie where you're supposed to have a minimal amount of information about your character. I think that was not the intention. And maybe if we see the film another one or two more times, maybe we could. It's just because of the processing of so much information.

Starting point is 00:23:50 Maybe we didn't gather everything. So, you know, but let's, do you want to say anything else where we get into trivia? No, I think I'm good. I think I said at all. Okay. All right, let's get to some trivia here. let's see

Starting point is 00:24:03 by the way out of 10 what do you think this film is ranked on IMDB out of 10 before we get the trivia I'm gonna say I'm gonna say two numbers is either rated an 8.4 or 7.6

Starting point is 00:24:18 8.5 oh so close when you said 8.4 I was like oh Aaron I was so close the part of verbal kint was always intended for actor Kevin Spacey

Starting point is 00:24:30 he's good he's really good The idea for this film started only with the concept of a movie poster of five men in a lineup. Okay. Yeah. Christopher, definitely got to read a couple spoilers for this one. Of course. Christopher McCreery had previously worked for a detective agency, and this influenced the depiction of criminals and law enforcement officials in the script.

Starting point is 00:24:55 Yeah, you could tell this Christopher, like, knew, like, how the procedures and all that worked in terms of, like, a cross-examination with, talking with a suspect worked because it seemed like it was authentic to me again i've never been in a police station i don't know how all that works but it seemed authentic to me felt authentic to me too yeah uh i'll read like three or four more and then we'll get to the spoiler shot on a budget of six million bucks for over a period of 35 that movie was six million dollar budget oh wow that's crazy low budget like that's seriously no hey that's that's a movie where it looks like a 35 or 40 million dollar budgeted film because it's 95 so you figure it's probably on the lowered budget in comparison to today. I can't believe that was only six million. That's impressed. That is

Starting point is 00:25:41 impressive. I said I love when filmmakers can stretch out the dollar. It's the same thing with Deadpool because that movie came out in 2016. Again, correct me if I'm wrong, please. I believe that was a 60 million, 65 million dollar budget, but that film feels like a 200 million dollar budgeted film like how it shot. Totally. And I love when they can do shit like that. The title came from a famous line from Casablanca, which I have never seen. Likewise. Round up the usual suspects. I'll have to check that movie out one day.

Starting point is 00:26:15 You think that's an apt title for this movie, The Usual Suspects? Say that again? You think the title of the Usual Suspects is like an apt title for this? For this? The usual. Yeah, I was cool with it. Were you or no? I feel like it.

Starting point is 00:26:29 I mean, I think it's an iconic one. I think it's an iconic title. It's a great title, but do you think like it's it's in line with what happens with the situation of the film? Like, is that what you're asking, right? You think about it. Maybe not. But I'll give it some, I'll let it cook. I'll let you guys know on the next video. The title should have been called the Mastermind, right?

Starting point is 00:26:49 I would like that. Kevin Spacey met with doctors and experts on cerebral palsy to discuss how it might affect his characterization. I would call it Sose. That's funny. All right. Last one, and then I'll get to the spoilers. Christopher McCquery's inspiration for the character of Kaiser Sozee was a real-life murderer. Oh.

Starting point is 00:27:10 By the name of John List, who murdered his family and then disappeared for 17 years. 17 years? I mean, came back after that? Damn. That's crazy. All right, so I'll read like three or four spoilers, and we shall call it a day, Aaron. Okay, okay. When Redfoot flicks his cigarette into the face of McManus,

Starting point is 00:27:34 it was originally intended to hit his chest. So McManus's reaction is actually Stephen Baldwin's real unscripted reaction, which the director decided to keep in the film. Oh, wow. That's cool. Jesus. I was going to say, like, watching that, I was like, how did they get it right there?

Starting point is 00:27:52 It looks so real. How did they do that? So I'm glad we read that one. The lineup scene was scripted as a serious scene, but after a full day of filming takes where the actors couldn't keep a straight face. You could tell, well, they were the take that they gave us. They looked like they had problems keeping a straight face.

Starting point is 00:28:08 The director decided to use the funniest takes. A making of documentary shows, the director becoming furious at the actors for the constant cracking up. In an interview on the special edition DVD, Kevin Pollock, states that the hilarity came about when Benicio del Toro farted like 12 takes in a row. Del Toro himself said

Starting point is 00:28:29 Somebody farted but no one knew who That's hilarious That's funny Okay Let's do a couple more In an interview on the Colbert report Kevin Spacey revealed that the director managed to convince every one of the major actors

Starting point is 00:28:43 That they were Kaiser Soze When first screened for the company of actors Gabriel Byrne was so stunned When he found out that he wasn't Kaiser Soze That he stormed off in the parking lot And argued with the director for about a half hour Wow Oh, crap.

Starting point is 00:28:58 That's insane. I wonder if they, yeah, they just didn't know the entire course of the movie and just like that wasn't written to the script. Yeah, it's kind of like, you know, the killers of scream, you know, and they don't tell the actors. I mean, they don't tell the actors, but they just, like, misdirect with them the whole time they're filming it. I didn't know they did that with the screen actors. I mean, yeah, apparently that's what they do. That's awesome. But if not, you let us know in the comments.

Starting point is 00:29:20 In the commentary track, it is mentioned that Benicio del Toro chose to make Fenster's dialogue unintelligible. because Fenster's only real purpose was to die as an example to the other characters so it doesn't matter what he says. Kevin Pollock jokingly laments that Del Toro is such a skilled actor that he took what was meant to be nothing but a throwaway character

Starting point is 00:29:41 and stole every scene he was in. He was great. Oh, he was so fun. I mean, yeah, you had even, well, I agreed with you, but you had Aaron even saying like, I want more of him. Yeah, for sure. I agree.

Starting point is 00:29:51 All right, so two more, and we're done, I promise. I wanted to read this one, but I won't. I'll read it. Okay, I guess we're doing three more then. Benicio del Toro's bizarre dialect in the film was reportedly so unintelligible that during one scene, Stephen Baldwin, actually forgot his cue, unable to understand what Del Toro was saying. Yeah, thank you.

Starting point is 00:30:15 We're doing on purpose. Yeah, thank God we had sub-thouse. Yeah, for all. In the climactic gunfight at the pier, every shot shown as an apparent POV shot was from, Kaiser Soze's perspective is directly preceded by verbal kint being on screen. We kept on saying that. We're like, notice how the editing is meant to be a mystery act.

Starting point is 00:30:34 Yeah, it was. And it was, again. Yeah. I was like, hmm, we were suspicious the entire time. Oh, Kevin Spacey won the best supporting actor at the Academy Award for this film. Supporting? Yeah. When he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting actor.

Starting point is 00:30:49 He's literally narrating the movie. What do you mean supporting? That's crazy. Yeah, well. All right, so the last one we're going to read here. Actor Gabriel Byrne, when asked at a film festival, who is Kaiser Sozay? Gabriel replied, during shooting and until watching the film tonight, I thought I was. Oh, wow. Anyways, do you have any final thoughts on the usual suspects or as we like to call it the mastermind?

Starting point is 00:31:17 The mastermind or Sozay. The Sozay. I, you know, I need to let this movie cook. a little bit. Yeah, fair enough. Yeah, there's definitely some things I liked about it. I would recommend it the people. But yeah, it was an interesting experience. I'm happy I get to watch with you.

Starting point is 00:31:35 Yeah, and I definitely, and yeah, I agree. And I want to watch, I really enjoyed it. I want to watch it definitely a couple more times. Probably going to rewind. I might even rewatch it again tonight. But, yeah, it was, if you made it this far, thank you, by the way. And I definitely want to see it again. I really enjoyed the performances, the editing.

Starting point is 00:31:53 I can't. I know I mentioned already again, but John Ottman, I still can't believe he did both of those. It's still a trip. Best parts. Yeah. Great writing again by McCory. And again, I just love the way it was discovered by Chas Balm and Terry.

Starting point is 00:32:07 I think that was just so brilliantly done there. But fun movie-going experience, cool. I'm sure in the comments section, we probably got accused many times of having, like I said earlier, not, or having seen the film. Yeah. But whatever. That's totally cool. Again, we're on the internet. You're going to be accused to think so it is what it is. But honestly, for our first time, this was a fun watch. And yeah, again, if you made it this far, thank you so much. And we shall see you guys on the next one. Later.

Starting point is 00:32:41 There's been a murder. Oh, no. Who got killed? And we got to look through our list. Uh-oh. Of suspects. Oh. And we've already cleared out a lot of the unusualism. ones. Well, I mean, it's pretty obvious. It's not them. They're all God-fearing men. That's right. That's what would make it so they wouldn't do such crime. No man who fears God. But there is one person on this list. We took a survey of one specific fact. Who doesn't have any belief about normally it's like is there anything wrong with that? Probably not. I don't know. But that could be a lot. wrong with that i think suspect number one is gabriel it's probably gabriel because i mean you're a godless heathen

Starting point is 00:33:30 and you know who else would be up to nefarious no goods i mean when you believe that doing good won't lead you to heaven and doing bad won't lead you to hell what do you got to lose some wonder he murdered this poor innocent woman drug lord woman drug lord woman drug lord woman drug lord woman murdered amelia Perez. Is that what it's about? I think, or like some kind of like big level criminal who wants to become a lady. I thought it was about bad musicals.

Starting point is 00:34:03 It's depending on who you talk to. Every clip I have heard from it has not been the most flattering clip, but I have a feeling that's also intentional in context. Gabriel Merge, Amelia Perez. That's why Amelia Perez didn't get any Oscars. No Oscars. Outside of that one.

Starting point is 00:34:18 Not even the one or two that they did win. Not even the one or two they did get. I didn't watch it. No, Gabriel. All accounts, you did all right. If you believed in God, God would be proud of you. That's true. Well, I mean, God is proud of you anyway. Because he made you like this and he made you to not believe in.

Starting point is 00:34:35 That's God to keep him honest. So really your God. Praise the Lord, Jesus Christ.

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