The Reel Rejects - WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014) IS HILARIOUS!! MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching

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Starting point is 00:01:09 You asked me what I just thought. But now you don't remember. I can't remember now. So sorry. Shoot, what did we just watch? Shadow. Yeah, something. No, I really enjoyed it.

Starting point is 00:01:20 I mean, I've been, I've grown up as you and many of you who are watching with documentaries. I thought, like, the whole style of mockumentary. I mean, there's obviously, there's no plot. of any kind, but that's not the point. I mean, the point is the stylistic humor in the, uh, in the comedy, which I thought was awesome and just like seeing vampires what they go to on a day or night to night, I can't say day to day basis. A night to night basis. I just, I love the humor and how dry it was. It's just so tight go ITI. Um, yeah, it wasn't the, I'm not getting into a bash fest here. I know it's going to people are like, well, you are about

Starting point is 00:01:59 to bash something. I wasn't the biggest fan of Thor, Love and Thunder, but I did love Thor, Ragnarok. And those are the only two things I have in reference of Tycho I Titi. The only other thing is just one acting performance and that's Green Lantern. We don't talk about that. But I'm not very familiar with other things of his work,

Starting point is 00:02:16 and this is like one of my very first exposures to seeing him, you know, behind the camera as well as in front of the camera on top of it more. But I really love his humor. That New Zeal. I can't even not get any attempt to do that. that accent uh but yeah i just i really enjoyed this um and there were just so many things like that i was resonating with you know and like you don't expect to do that with vampires yeah um

Starting point is 00:02:41 and like like i was and i kept saying it during the reaction like i really felt like i was his character um just to give you a little inside look into my household with aaron uh it's like that's a very big thing i'm the ocd it's the dish has got to be clean it's a no it's got to be the floor's got to be clean. I'm like, that's so me. So I was like really resonating with this character and just all the stuff that they go through. And I really actually was encapsulated and emotionally, like I really was,

Starting point is 00:03:11 I really cared about these characters, especially still. I mean, I cared about all of them. I felt like in the first two minutes from the tone to just letting us know who these guys were. And I love the passage of time from the photos to the exposition in the, the interview style that they do. documentary however you want to call it i love that they gave us just an inside look

Starting point is 00:03:33 who these guys are um and then introducing us to new characters like nick i just thought nick was just going to be the you know the character that we eat later um but i actually care he's he's like the the growing pains of like the new yeah that was cool and that ties into the whole plot of like new roommates yeah yeah yeah for sure and then also too that cool hip guy that everyone loves as well and that's that was stew um but he's also that chill guy that you don't even notice but he's there when you need him kind of thing too like there's just so many things that i loved and that just i could just connect with and resonate with in this uh in this film um but yeah i just i really enjoyed it was a lot of fun uh and i was just

Starting point is 00:04:14 comedically wise it was just i thought the humor was uh just interesting and just was uh hysterical and i love how meta it got at times too i mean it didn't like pull me out when they did it um because it wasn't taking itself seriously at the same point but like the blade references The, and I haven't seen, Lost Boys. Last Boys, thank you. I haven't seen Lost Boys. I'm glad you caught on that right away.

Starting point is 00:04:35 But I want to see it. Request in the comments, so Greg knows. But yeah, I just, I love when the film was getting meta. So I thought that was great. But yeah, no, there was a lot of things that I really appreciated about this film. And also, too, like, as I mentioned at the beginning of this in our intro, I was extremely tired coming into this. And this really uplifted my spirits and made me like just.

Starting point is 00:04:59 reinvigorated with oh my god i feel so happy now after watching this film and like that's what i i can appreciate with art and with films like you know depending on how we're feeling about our daily lives sometimes films can uplift us and inspire us and then other times you know can make give us thought-provoking you know experiences it just it just depends and like today i was really lethargic and tired also i just come from the gym i forgot to mention that in the intro as well so that added to my tiredness but like now I'm like reinvigorated with energy. And I just, and also to the chemistry, the interactions with all these guys. Like, you really get the feeling that these guys have been living with each other for

Starting point is 00:05:37 for centuries. Like, I really got that feel. I personally found this like middle of the Taika. I've seen a few more Taika films. Like Jojo Rabbit is my favorite. I want to see that. I want to see it. I like Boy a little bit more than this one.

Starting point is 00:05:51 And then I think that's his first like big film, like it's first like broader film. It's a Michael Jackson obsessed kid. And then for me this lands right around Ragnarok and then love and thunder and then I struggled. I had to look up the name of it. There's this movie called Mexico Wins that came

Starting point is 00:06:10 out last year that was not good. To me, it wasn't my thing. So I was a little worried going into this because the sense of humor is very specific and since I'm like 50-50 like I really, really like Jojo Rabbit. That's not as purely a comedy as it is a dromedy. And then like, you know,

Starting point is 00:06:26 I think there's a little bit too much comedy and love and thunder. I was afraid this wouldn't fit for me, but I ended up like this is right in there in the middle where like not every joke landed, but not every joke has to. And overall, I got a lot of laughs out of it. I was smiling. I was happy.

Starting point is 00:06:38 I was, I was enjoying. It is something where I feel like the dry humor would make it something I'd probably only watch once every 10, 15 years just for my comedic sensibilities, but I did, I am glad to have seen it. Like I get the appeal. I get how it spawned a show.

Starting point is 00:06:54 I even said a couple times throughout. like I see how this became a show. I see why people love it. I really enjoyed the mythology. I like that they use things like, you know, familiars and the invitation rule and they paid homage like you were talking to the metanus, but it felt like a great way to take a lot of tropes of very normal sitcom life,

Starting point is 00:07:13 blend it with reality TV, and then a bunch of vampire tropes and then really make it bigger than I thought I would because of werewolves and zombies and stuff. And I could see how that could translate into a bigger and bigger story. So I thought that it had a good really job playing with lore. I had fun. Yeah, no, totally agree. And yeah, no, I was thinking while we were watching this too, I'm like, you know, I know it's a TV show.

Starting point is 00:07:34 I'm just thinking in the documentary sense. I'm like, I would actually watch this all the time if it was an actual, like a real documentary with real vampires. I would watch this all the time. Like, it's just, it's fun. It's funny. And I love these guys. Like, they're all so different from each other. And that's like why I appreciate like them all like opposites attract.

Starting point is 00:07:53 And like, I think they're the perfect roommates for. each other. Yeah. Like, they just balance each other out so well. And I love the arguments they get in. Sometimes they're just so ridiculous and it's like it's so indicative of sometimes how we are as humans.

Starting point is 00:08:05 And also the way they react. Like, that's why like there were so many things I would connect with and resonate with like how, was a deacon, right? Like when Deacon like he hated like the new guy. Like he was very jealous of him at first. And then like once they thought that Stu had been, you know,

Starting point is 00:08:22 it's getting a little deep. Yeah, and also, like, he's being compassionate towards him. You know what I mean? I was like, oh, this is heartwarming. I like this. I appreciate it because I'm feeling sad right now for Stu as well. So, like, this is really connecting with me. So I was, I was appreciating that.

Starting point is 00:08:38 And I thought there was a nice little balance there between, you know, the, the comedic stuff, the documentary stuff. And then give me some heartwarming stuff as well there. So, and some character stuff. So I really appreciated that. Yeah, this was fun. This was a great time. I see why it's popular. We got some trivia?

Starting point is 00:08:54 Yeah, yes, and I'm just looking up the show as well. Dang. Yeah, no, people love this show. I mean, it's a very popular show. It just ended this year or like 2020. I'm assuming Tyca is a producer on the show, right? I assume. I mean, you create it.

Starting point is 00:09:08 Oh, oh, the guy who, yeah, he played Boris and, oh, Tyco, Witt is a producer. Yeah, you have to be. But yeah, I, I, what a fun time. Yeah. Okay, what we do in the document. Oh, and this is always a fun little game we played, too, that I started doing here. really quick um it's just the rotten tomato score okay uh let's see what we do in the shadows rotten tomatoes i just want to see how close you can get for both um audience audience and just really

Starting point is 00:09:39 quick and then i'll do the trivia okay oh that's the tv show oh dang it first is this the movie this is 2015 yep this is the movie all right go for uh critics first critics out of 100 82. 96. Wow. Audience. 91. 87.

Starting point is 00:10:00 I was exactly wrong. I guessed the exact, like, for each other. That is incredible. That's a high score for both. Yeah. Well done. All right. Okay.

Starting point is 00:10:10 Let's get some trivia here. Let's see. All right. There we go. Trivia. Oh, you're going to be shocked about this. I was curious about this myself. about a hundred and twenty-five hours of footage was shot.

Starting point is 00:10:27 Wow. Most of which was improvisation from the cast. The process of editing was down to a 90-minute film. Took almost a year. The directors have stated that they are considering making all the footage available online so that the fans can edit their own version. Oh, that's fun. It hasn't happened because it's been 10 years.

Starting point is 00:10:46 That's a really fun idea. There's probably some legal issues. Yeah. That's cool. I love that idea. Reject Nation, like many of you, I'm assuming, I didn't come from what you would call a strong financial background. My family did lose their home. I grew up constantly hearing that we were poor. So when it comes to money and investing, I've never felt competent.

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Starting point is 00:14:01 Boy in 2010. Stu was a part-time business analyst for a Wellington company Land Warks. He was hired for the film under the impression that he would be working on computers and that he would play a small part in the film.

Starting point is 00:14:17 Well, dude, you ended up playing one of the biggest roles. And Chloe and I probably loved you the most in the movie. You were a good heart anchor. Yeah, we were like... That's great. Glad you were there, Stu. Yeah. Jemaine Clement. Is that...

Starting point is 00:14:30 I think that's how you say it. Yeah, that's Jermaine Clement. Yeah, okay, yes. And Taika Watiti wrote 150 pages of script, but chose not to show it to a single person involved in the film, both crew and cast. They only described broad strokes of what each scene was about, sometimes providing a beginning,

Starting point is 00:14:47 and an end point. This was to keep things spontaneous and to allow the actors to be surprised by the events unfolding before their eyes. That's fun. Yeah. Good format. It worked.

Starting point is 00:14:59 Tycho Waititi based his performance on his mother, Jermaine Clement, based his on Gary Oldman and Bram Strokers, Dracula. The hair, I pointed that out. I haven't seen that movie since I was a kid, but that was his hair. I saw that when I was like four.

Starting point is 00:15:12 I don't remember it. But that's the hair from it. I think there's one scene I remember, and that's it. But yeah, I can see the look for sure. The building used for the exterior shots of the vampire's house used to be Peter Jackson's office. That's the thank you. And along some other things, I'm sure.

Starting point is 00:15:28 But that's great. That's awesome. Oh, my God. This warms my heart. I can't wait to read this to you. The hill where the vampires have a run in with the werewolves is the same hill filmed in the Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring, where Frodo and the hobbits are running from the black rider and hiding under the roots of a tree. New Zealand.

Starting point is 00:15:47 Oh, and I literally just watched that series too. Oh, God. Oh, that's awesome. Each of the main key characters are similar to a vampire from a famous vampire film. Peter is an analogous to Count Orlock from Nosephrati. Obviously, yeah. It's obvious. Deakin reflects David from the Lost Boys.

Starting point is 00:16:11 Vlad, Vlad, how do you pronounce his, his, Vladislav is comparable to Garibald. oldman's dracula nick is reminiscent of edward from twilight he calls it out oh nick nick nick yeah i thought we were talking about tyke i was like yeah yeah who's viago yeah and viago is like what's that yeah uh louis oh louis yeah yeah but that's uh brad pitt right yeah louis de point de lac i'm pregnant not even going to continue butchering make myself look more foolish than i always do um but yes a follow-up movie titled We Are Wolves is currently in development

Starting point is 00:16:51 I think that turned into the show I'm assuming Oh Also a mockumentary This movie follows a group of werewolves Living in Modern Day Wellington New Zealand

Starting point is 00:16:59 Okay let's just do a couple spoilers and we'll call it Oh there's only two They lost a charred Polystyrene skeleton body During the shoot After throwing it in the harbor For a funeral scene

Starting point is 00:17:10 The scene didn't end up in the film And not realizing it was drifting away Tycoeatidi commented on the situation saying, and I quote, it was quite realistic looking, so we had to put a press release out saying that if anyone finds this charred body washed up on a beach, please do not be alarmed.

Starting point is 00:17:26 It's just a prop for a film. That's amazing. I never made the film. That's great. While the last one, while the vampires discussed stew at the unholy masquerade, the convenience store cashier

Starting point is 00:17:38 to whom Nick earlier reveals himself to be a vampire, appears briefly in the foreground of the frame. Yeah, Koyne, I definitely caught that. 100%. Yeah. The cashier, the one with the glasses that he, Nick, like, showed him that he was a vampire. And he's like, don't make jokes about sheep shifting or whatever he said.

Starting point is 00:17:57 You know? Yeah. It lived up to how it got a show for seasons 8.6 IMDB on the show. 90 some on Rotten Tomatoes for this movie. I get it. Impressive. That was fun. I had a good time.

Starting point is 00:18:08 Thank you for joining us for this journey. Our first watch of what we do in the shadows. Let's know in the comments below what you thought of the experience. Leave a like on your way out. hit that subscription bell thank you for being here we'll be back for some more goodness have a great day y'all the rogue 808 man if there was ever anyone who is a vampire who has randomly come out of the shadows to rejoin our patreon page it's the rogue 808 this gentleman we would talk to google hangouts and then he vanished and by vanished i mean he wasn't pledging

Starting point is 00:18:44 anymore so he was dead to us nothing nada flipped his no correlation disappeared no connection if there's no profit there's no friendship that's right that is the motto conditional around here and now he's back so we're best of friends again this vampire is a real vampire he has sunk his fangs yeah into our hearts he's an emotional vampire those teeth you know what they do Venom, the venom, you know what the venom is? It's that adrenaline momentum. Money. It's money, venom.

Starting point is 00:19:20 It's pumping money in our veins. The Patriot Day shout out. J.T., I know it's who you are. J.T., I hope to God that one day you come out here and I get a lay a big fat kiss on your bosom. Oh, yes, I'm right out here. Like a vampire. Oh, yeah, that's right.

Starting point is 00:19:39 It's a vampire. It's a vampire. Yeah, absolutely. guess each other's butts kiss each other's butts they do they do that's where the best blood is that's like three seasons of vampire diaries yes and true blood

Starting point is 00:19:52 true butt was the original title of the show it was and you got a true butt my guy anyway j t peach j t you stay safe in the of shadows

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The Reel Rejects - WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2014) IS HILARIOUS!! MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching

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