The Reel Rejects - THE WEDDING SINGER (1998) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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Starting point is 00:01:17 I know. I think we should just say right now we love it. And then when the camera stops rolling, we lay into it. We're going to give them our real opinion. Let's do it, guys. Now, we are honest. I'm so happy that I did not see it for all these years so I could experience it right now. I saw it playing so many times on ABC Family and never watched it.

Starting point is 00:01:45 That was like the go-to movie on ABC Family. Yeah, man, that was really fun. I've seen 51st dates like so many times. I have seen 51st dates 50 times. Yeah, I love 50 first dates. I never saw blended though, which I think there's the third movie in there. an official trilogy. It's not great.

Starting point is 00:02:02 I haven't seen that. I haven't seen it either. But, yeah, no, I love 50 first dates. This, to go back to this time period. Okay, it's came out of 98. It takes place in 85. Interesting. And, yeah, no, it gave me what I wanted.

Starting point is 00:02:18 Suck it for a good rom-com. It was one of those cases where the guy had to be achieved. Like, you just know that trope has to be there. Right. Because if he's not, then what they're doing is not okay. This is an emotional affair. Now it's turned to a physical affair.

Starting point is 00:02:37 When they do with tests, kiss event, weird friend, weird boundaries. Very weird friend. People in the 80s are bizarre. I don't understand it, man.

Starting point is 00:02:47 Yeah. Shit like that today. Wouldn't fly. None of those polyamorous, polyamorous stuff floating about. But no, they got great. I mean,

Starting point is 00:02:57 it's like what's the main that matters? Is their chemistry? Yeah, it was incredible in this movie, like, just the way that they looked at each other. I was like, something happened to them in real life because, like, it's really just flowing through the screen apparent that these two are really into each other. Like, I love the nonverbal confirmation of that. Yeah, you see, Adam Sandler, I think he, in the early part of his career, you know, when he had like Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, it was like, you know, Big Daddy and stuff. And then as he started, you know, doing like grownups and everything, which people, I like the first grownups, but as he started like doing these other movies, which started just feeling like vacation movies with his friends. Like this was when I feel like the creativity and the true heart was still there.

Starting point is 00:03:47 And then AI started making his movies, like scripting his films out, you know, like follow the beats of the outlines. A lot of those I still really like actually. good amount of them I still really enjoy. But it was just like, wait, what's he known for? What do people like? Just do the by the number stuff, you know? And even though it's kind of like you're just hanging out with Adam Sandler again, going back to this era right after Happy Gilmore where he takes us waiting for it, you know, like Happy Gilmore. He's just kind of a relatable guy with the temper problem, something that Adam Sandler's a schick that he's played into quite a bit. And even though he's had a couple of yelling moments here, it wasn't that this guy has an anger

Starting point is 00:04:24 problem you know like the the times he has a yelling moment it's coming from a place of hurt and pain but he he plays more into the loneliness here the heartbreak and the sadness so it is kind of funny when you look at his more dramatic roles like punch drunk love um the rain on me do you know uh freaking spanglish spanglish i never saw that one funny funny people um he's great in that yeah I think like that loneliness and darkness has always sort of been rooted there which is but it's one of those characters he's one of those people who seems like there is a sadness but that sadness is part of what makes him so sweet you know and I think that really is demonstrated in this role especially yeah it very much adds to his sincerity and his his charm you know and I've so far watched a lot of Adam Sandler movies that have been classics on this channel and I understand why he's so beloved you know especially within like the 90s early 2000s because yeah he does do that really good thing of masking that that pain with with anger and like that being like the funny thing but I like seeing how hurt he was like letting that sadness kind of lead in this

Starting point is 00:05:43 movie because yeah it's it's something that's obviously anger and sadness are things that are relatable but i think seeing him in this more vulnerable movie while also balancing that with the comedy is why this movie so um beloved by so many people because he it's able to be more than because like when we came into this i was expecting just like oh yeah they're going to fall in love but it's also going to be like a slapsticky like really fun time and it was not that at all you know especially like what was the movies this came between like you said happy gilmore and water boy happy Gilmore and Waterboy, two very different movies than this one.

Starting point is 00:06:22 Have I seen Happy Gilmore? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we saw the Geron, we saw it, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was thinking of Billy Madison, which I haven't seen that one, but, but yeah, very, two very, like, slapstick movies in between this movie, or this

Starting point is 00:06:37 movies in between those movies. Yeah, and I just really enjoy that fact that we can see him in those sincere roles. I wish we got to see more of him in those things, and I know he's done a lot of them in recent years. But just this movie and this experience really goes to show like how capable he is as an actor playing those moments of pain. Like when he was singing the song he wrote about his ex to Julia and just seeing it in his eyes, like how hurt he was.

Starting point is 00:07:08 Yeah. And I was like, I really like those palpable. Yeah, he's crying. I really love those those palpable moments. But also having humor that doesn't step over the. dramatic moments to try to like okay we got to get back to the funny because that's what we're known for like no they really let those moments like kind of live live in it's a very um harmonious blend of those two tones true true and i think uh drew barrymore again charming and great as

Starting point is 00:07:36 always the songs were really enjoyable they were they were very enjoyed i mean some of them i'm like oh have i heard this one before like there's a couple that uh that were sounding like familiar tunes that maybe I've heard Adam Sandler perform before, but of course, in the context of what's happening in the story, it's more memorable and easier to hit. It's like I'm more likely to remember it. But I like seeing this musical side of him being infused. And, you know, there was a period in film and TV where especially like post-stranger things, and it seemed like there were like, hey, remember the 80s? Hey, remember the 80s? And while there's like a couple of jokes like that here. What I appreciate it was that it just felt like a movie that maybe could have been

Starting point is 00:08:21 made in the 80s instead of just, you know, being like, huh? Like the flock of Siegel's joke is about as on the nose as it gets with going, hey, remember the 80s? When they just cuts them and they make fun of the flock of it. But outside of that, it's not, it doesn't seem like it's obsessed with making like 80s references and jokes. It's just the time period in which it takes place. And that's where it wears it's it's hard and its whole mood at you know and i so i appreciated like just seeing a movie i prefer when they do that to me that feels more appropriately 80s nostalgia more than anything else and uh yeah i agree with it that the comedy well it can you know get slapsticky at times and whatever it feels more like this is the adam sandler jam of what a romantic comedy is

Starting point is 00:09:08 you know with a bit of a musical touch to it as well it's called wedding singer And the last thing I expected was actually have a, like, oh, there's a, there's a, there's a, there's a, there's a, there's a musical element to this movie, you know? Yeah, like, oh, he actually sings. Okay, cool. Yeah, I'm going to, we got to, it's just like him the whole time. So it's got to be him. Yeah, I think he used to sing on S&L, like, he had some era within his early career where he did, um, music here and there. I haven't seen, um, I haven't seen grandma's boy.

Starting point is 00:09:39 Who's that guy in, uh, his best friend here with the stash? No, I don't know I don't know his name He's in like every Adam Sandler movie And I don't know his name The only ones I know That were in his early career Were Rob Schneider

Starting point is 00:09:54 Do you remember that character's name? I don't remember the character's name Nah The dude with a thriller jacket, right? Yeah I don't know I've watched enough old Sandler to know Who that guy is

Starting point is 00:10:03 He's in like every Adam Sandler movie I don't remember him in Billy Madison No grandma's boy You didn't see Billy Madison I'm in happy Gilmore Mix up It's this guy right Freaking it

Starting point is 00:10:21 Is it Alan Covert Is the actor's name Looks like him Let's type it in Let's confirm really quick Alan Covert Wedding singer Yeah okay

Starting point is 00:10:36 Alan Covert He would I've seen him in like all these Adam Sandler movies. I haven't seen every Adam Sandler movie, but I've seen him like all these Adam Sandler movies. But this is like the funniest I thought he'd been in any of the ones I've seen him in. He usually just makes like little cameo roles.

Starting point is 00:10:55 For him to have it's like actual role. And even when he gives that speech about being, I was actually lonely, it seems like that was laced throughout his whole portrayal the entire time. You know? And I think his delivery was excellent in being like the supportive best friend who's understanding as well. He was a great support.

Starting point is 00:11:13 And I think he had like unique line delivery for certain things that just made lines funny that you wouldn't even think are actually funny. But because of his timing and how he delivered it, like specifically the cadence in his delivery, like the one about the cones is so funny. It's like this line in it of itself is not a funny line. Like even if I was reading the script, I wouldn't be like, that's fun. Like why would that be funny? You know, but the way he says the line is so funny, you know.

Starting point is 00:11:45 Yeah, it's like that says to like what actors bring to a role versus what's on the script, you know. Maybe that wasn't even in the script. Maybe just like. You could have just improvised that line. Yeah. But it's nice to see a comment that feels crafted and not leaning on, you know, just what you can call it, like improv or trying to fix it in the edit. Like it really feels like a really crafted film. Like the film's like production design is.

Starting point is 00:12:10 Surprisingly beautiful. Yeah, very colorful. Yeah, I loved all the yellows and pinks and blues that we got to see in this movie. Asked by director Frank Karachi to polish the script. Carrie Fisher spent six months on it, making intermission to add heart and strength

Starting point is 00:12:24 and dimension to the Drew Barrymore character, which was there. Make the women smarter and the love scenes better. It was. I think there was an actual, I appreciated the nuance in a lot of the way, especially when they are getting more acknowledgement that they are falling in love of the complication of it, you know?

Starting point is 00:12:43 Yeah. Like they actually played into the complication. I like how Drew Barrymore would try to hide her jealousy and be dismissed. Like, she actually brought like a really good performance that was really subtle to a film that is kind of big. All right, Reject Nation. So today I want to share something with you that has been a wonderful addition to my health and fitness journey that I discovered during the holidays. And that is Liquid IV's hydration multiplier. I'm down to my very last packet and I'm freaking out.

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Starting point is 00:16:36 Till next time, Reject Nation. Till next time. She was really sweet in the movie. That's the thing I kind of came away with. She did have that nuance of trying to like mask her feelings about it. But I was like how kind she was. He was just like a just a sweet understanding chick outside of the one wanting him to be at her wedding when he was like clearly upset about the fact that he just got left at the altar. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:17:01 Outside of that, I was just like, oh, she's just, I tell him. playful she was. She just brought a lot of joy to her performance and sadness, of course, just because, or denial because of her situation with the guy. Also, that dude was a dick. He was really good at a dick, her fiance. Yeah, because I was at a point where I'm like, he obviously seems like a cheater, but I'm like, you could just be a doucheback. I mean, he's the embodiment of like the 80s, Wall Street douchebag kind of guys. But there's also a, it's funny for this movie to be like 98, But, you know, you still hear people who have the same kind of mentality with stuff all the time. Like, there's so much that you hear adults talk about today.

Starting point is 00:17:41 Like times really haven't changed in their approach. Even with his approach, like, yeah, she paid her do. She's been with me for this amount of time. I just have to get married. And it was nice to see a movie that explored that subject of marriage. Like, why get married? You know, some people just get married because they're comfortable. They've been to get her this time.

Starting point is 00:17:58 It's like, yeah, we should. And reminding yourself of the romance. and the little things without and then while money is as a subject in relationships is a very important subject but it's while it's um touched on here i'm just a sucker for a movie a movie that costs millions of dollars but together that reminds me that's not all about money you know it's about the love and the connection you know obviously money is an important factor especially for longevity yeah like the fact that it focused on their connection like the little things because we kind of talked about as we're watching it the little things would matter like the whole

Starting point is 00:18:35 thing with i love the fact that the thing with the airplane seat came back and the fact that she would never give it to to robbie and then the deuce would never give it to julia and i was like yeah you know it's like it's like it's about these little things that matter because you know it's it's just how you show care you know i don't think that's a form maybe it's one of the love languages but yeah it's we need those things to feel secure to feel loved you know yeah and yeah i'm happy that the movie put those on display also the fact that we saw robbie be like a guy who was kind of against the traditional archetype of a man who uh he wasn't he was a guy who wanted to get married to look forward to getting married you know who loved love obviously he was the

Starting point is 00:19:20 wedding singer because he loved love and yeah they are the opposite or the antagonist so to speak was this guy that was of like more machismo and the fact that yeah that's not that's not for everybody you know grand ams are some people aspire to to have a dude like that obviously cheating stuff aside but are looking for so more security over like this deep rich connection you know because of primal shit you know security provision all that jazz well i like that comments on that idea of like some people get so fixated on just the idea of marriage yeah the idea of wedding like i've had the fantasy prior to ever meeting anyone really who's

Starting point is 00:20:11 right for me right when it's really about fine but you see them become best friends before they fall in love with each other you know yeah and you believe it yeah whereas like they're both prior uh in situations where they're more in love with the idea of somebody or something versus the actual person right now and it's not just something that's exclusive to the 80s or 90s it's just like a it's a timeless it's a it's a timeless thing it's probably worse today with the the rise of social media you know just like the image of what someone's presenting or what you believe them to be rather than seeing them for yeah how they actually are and there's great costumes and on top of that too it's funny it's really funny more

Starting point is 00:20:56 Importantly, it's a funny-ass movie. As much as we're having this like heart-to-heart talk, it's not a lot of heart, but it brought tears to minds when we got to that moment at the end and the right way, it was touched very much. And it was very sweet. It was very funny. Very, like, there's some truly, like, hilarious moments in this movie. Yeah, that's the sign of a good movie. It gives you the range of emotions that it's trying to hit.

Starting point is 00:21:19 Yeah, and I like how it just, like, kind of escalated with this, with the energy of it. Like, that whole airplane did was so funny when they just kept cutting it back. and forth in the passage of time with the plane. Yeah, I had a really good time with this one. I thought this was a really, and I like how the movie wasn't afraid to shy away from a bit of its, like, cynicism or darkness in the, in the beginning of the film, like the first 15th time was like, oh, it's kind of like a bit of a cynic about love in this film, you know, some things it's saying. But then as I went along, you're like, okay, I get it. Yeah, I had a really, I had a really great time with this, man. Yeah, likewise. All righty, guys. Well,

Starting point is 00:21:55 What did you think about the wedding singer? You leave your thoughts down below. It's your favorite Adam Sandler comedy. Tell us in the comments. You guys can, you know, leave a like, subscribe, Aaron. Thanks so much for being here. See you all soon, ladies and gents.

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The Reel Rejects - THE WEDDING SINGER (1998) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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