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I Don't anyways That's neither here nor there But yes, we're doing a review of the new film that just came out and it just dropped Yesterday on I believe in India. It's Disney hot star right in the United States We don't have that they since Disney owns Hulu. I'm guessing they didn't want it taking away business Yeah, and so it is on Hulu here, but we watched the 2023 film Roman Chum Which I understand means goosebumps Does it? Yeah. Oh, wow Roman Chum directed and written by Jethu Madhavan Madhavan and starring soup in Shaheer and a bowl bunch of other big ensemble cast here Arjun Ashakan So this one does well and Chum and Vinod Jose and for Joe's Sajin Goop the only one I was familiar with was soup and yeah of the entire cast But it Well, it just came on OTT's. I don't know should we do a spoiler or not spoiler? Because it's it's not new I Know I didn't think I would say I didn't think about that. Anyway, it's just to be safe start off non not in this Non-spoiling okay, we'll start over the non-spoiler on spoiling if we get into some spoils I mean there's things that we can talk about that are given in the description of the movie. Yes, so But if you haven't watched it go watch it's on Disney hot star or Hulu if you're in the United States other countries I don't know So go check it out on your local listings Rick your initial thoughts, please this is a interesting one for me and I'll get into why it's interesting. I will tell you I found it to be funny I found it to be entertaining. I found the music to be awesome and I found it ultimately to be a good watch Oddly the reason it's a good watch is not just because it's funny and it's interesting and it is based on true events but it is a accurate depiction of what it's like to use a Ouija board and It work hmm so But you enjoyed it very much. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I enjoyed it as well, and I think You would enjoy it a lot more if you were Molly Ali as well because I'm told that I'm told Even though I laughed out loud many times me to many many times especially the first front the front I actually left more in the second. Oh, did you I did yeah But I'd imagine because I heard like people just dying laughing the entire time in theaters and people were and so I'd imagine There's a lot of dialogue stuff and and maybe accent I don't I don't know but it's I'm assuming always funnier in the original language Yeah, they can't convey in the subtitles or course cultural stuff. Oh, of course, of course So I'm assuming that but even if you're not if you're stupid Americans like us I think you'll enjoy it because it's a I think a well-made subtle Molly Adam Comedy horror. Yeah, and I do have I do have lower on the horror Yeah, I'd say which apparently was on purpose because the director says these were based off of him and his friends when they were younger a True story of oh, it's his personal experience. Oh, that's what that's what I read And so he on purpose subdued the horror aspect of it Why it's it's it's just something I guess he decided to yeah, cuz that's that's part of part of my concern would be People walking away from this Having a sense of light-heartedness about Weegee words that that's a genuine concern that I have as But granted you can't hold a movie accountable for other people's actions. I do not Yeah, sure you can That it has influence for sure it has movies movies have influence. That's different I said hold them accountable for no, no, no, I agree I don't wouldn't go so far as to say that other people can blame a motion picture or a song for their actions, but you can Point to art Having influence over people's decisions and their lives. That's true without question But obviously we differ on that opinion of of this because I didn't have a problem with it at all Obviously, you have different experiences and life experiences that Have you influence your opinions on it? Yep, and that's totally fine, right? But let the movie itself. I think is a very fun Movie and very Mali Ali. I just went right when I was like I love my lialam industry because they're so They don't care about a normal format of a of a film because this I actually sometimes wish they would have delved a little more into The horror because there were certain aspects at certain times. I'm like, oh, this is this is good real good This is and still funny. Yeah at the times But then they would always kind of go back They he apparently didn't want to lean into the horror aspect of it Yeah, it felt like a like I think Jimmy Cage and and the buddymeister came up with like a the term Mali Ali chill Oh in nice in terms of some style of yeah, yeah had some of that sometimes. It's just very laid back very laid back It takes its very believable. It's just it's like I'm not trying to really like this is just some that happened on a Thursday In in in this village And so like Malia on it's so unique and they just they want to tell a unique good story And the other thing they do and this is the moment I tell you something about the film It's not a spoiler if you haven't seen it. It's something to look for mm-hmm the other thing Mali Alam cinema Irrespective of what kind of movie they're making mm-hmm the attention to artistic detail is Elevative one of the opening scenes has subin on a swing mm-hmm Yeah, and damn it man Jethu Madhavan and Sanu Thacher and Kiran Doss That's your your writer director cinematographer and editor They were over-the-shoulder shots that were not multi-camera because you'd see the camera in the other POV and The swing was exactly where it needed to be throughout the entirety of the scene The attention to the continuity and the swing was so intentionally beautiful Most people don't think about those things But when you're familiar with the craft, it's those kinds of things where you have that kind of attention to the continuity detail is Mwah, yeah, and I thought everybody everybody in the film did a really good job. Oh, yeah I don't want to get all believable and it's it was once again very Mali Ali that it's just they all were very natural Very very natural. I like they just I felt like these were just friends and which makes sense that it's no one's This guy soup and obviously is always great and everything we've ever seen a man Yeah, I would love to talk to the man because I think he's a he's one of my favorites, especially in the Malayalam industry But there's other actors that have unique things that they did especially in the second half Which I'm sure you know I'm talking about I don't want to give anything away We'll talk about that more on the spoilers, but all the performances are really good. Yep. I thought it was a Unique like Took its time and even getting to the horror elements Mm-hmm, and like I said don't go into this thinking like you're gonna get the scariest movie ever That's that. Oh, no, no, no, no, honestly I don't even know if you're ever gonna be scared in this film There are some scary like there's like stuff that they do is like they throw scary elements in it would scare a kid Yeah, but I it's not I wouldn't call this really a scary film. No it has some horror elements It's about as scary as in fact there's elements of Stree that are even scarier, right? Yeah Yeah, I sometimes do wish they they delved a little more into the horror Yeah, because I was enjoying those parts and then they would take me out of them Yeah, I see that their intention was something different I'd be interested to know why he decided to do that. Yeah that intentional decision I would love to know maybe it was I mean I could think of a million reasons why but I'd love to know why he Chose to make it accentuate more on the light-heartedness than the serious in the serious. Yeah But I do off-topic. I guess a second I love that Malialum in the past two years is doing these horror style like last year with it was more the serious one with the He was in the house the guy from Come on tonight, right? I forget what the bull it started to be That was one of the better horror films that you could get and it was subtle again But now they've done this if anybody can get the Indian industry into the horror genre Actually into the horror genre in the way that it really is with great at the center at the center of great horror is great Storytelling, so I agree with you. I think Malialum is gonna be the pen Pave the way it's gonna be the industry that can because it's a I've seen people on Twitter say Oh, it's dead now the horn. It was never alive We've seen a we've seen some good ones, but like five Doesn't mean it was ever alive, right? That means it was on life support basically in a coma, right? It's just not an in it's not a genre that is particularly taken off ever No, there's been some some anomalies of films that have done well, but it's not a genre that is a consistent Count on it. It's gonna bank where is horror comedy here horror comedy in Bollywood is that is but that's not horror horror No, no, no, I'm talking a horror horror. No, for example Horror has become so bankable in the United States because they're making good films they're hiring good actors and they're telling good stories and people are getting scared and It used to be back when I was a kid There was a particular time of year and it was Halloween where the horror films came out and you knew it because the Trailers in August were for the scary movies It's become so popular that they're just coming out all year long Yeah, and it is the because usually costs are pretty low on horror films Yeah, a lot of them have a cabin in the woods. Yeah, it doesn't require much for you to do what you're doing So I I really would love somebody to rise up and become the premier or Horror teller in my it would surprise me Malayalam is the one that that can do it agree Because they're just they always accentuate the story and the acting Right and and focus on and you need story right and they don't like they don't focus on box office Obviously, this did very well at the box office, which was a surprise to a lot of people that It did so well It was like a mega hit or whatever you'd call a film for I guess what they put into this film, which is great I love that. Yep. You love it when good films make good money. Yep, but they don't focus on that They're just like if I hope this does well And they trust that if you make a good movie you'll have a good box Also Malayalam audiences love they don't go they're like I'm not going for the star I want I want to see a good film. Yep, which is great. And so I would encourage everybody to go see it We're gonna get into some spoils here. Yeah, just while time go I mean, I guess it's not in theaters anymore, but go watch it on Disney hot star Hulu. I think it's worth your time I think you'll enjoy. Yeah, you'll have a good time Get into some spoils here. So if you haven't seen it, please go away So my favorite parts I want because I want to talk about some okay the part Hardest I think and there were a couple times But is the where the guy came and he said his dad was his uncle. That was I That because it was so subtle and so like like they weren't trying to land home the joke or anything Didn't need to but the way it like the way it just moved when he said I Died during that part. Yeah, did you do? Yeah, I thought that was very but here's the thing I probably didn't laugh at points where a lot of people would laugh Because underneath the funniness is the consistent reminder of the reality for me. So and and Nine times out of ten nine and a half times out of ten use of the Ouija board begins lightheartedly so And then it always devolves and becomes It goes if you're if you have an intentionality with which you're going at it as a genuine honest seeker You're going to find it turns dark and so even though things like that is funny the reality is that I've had moments using a Ouija board that said things that no one there would have ever known except the one person who wasn't even on the board and it really freaked everybody out because there's no denying that it Worked so for me the humor always was tempered by the fact of yeah, that's funny, but it's it's not funny for me No, it was very funny. This guy's an idiot his experiences aren't real Anyways, but the other actor I really enjoyed the that was him right the the friend in the end with that was possessed I Don't remember the character name a group. I forget whoever Subin's friend right that came into the house talking to the watch once again loved his performance it his constant just pausing Was absolutely hilarious. I love the element of the girl on the wall Like if she was the one that was possessing right whatever right? That was a funny element to the the scare like the scariest part was obviously when the train When they were going it yeah, it's not really scary, but that's the the scariest it got yeah, yeah Which I was hoping they would kind of continue for a little bit longer. Yeah keep up the funny of of that But once again, that's not obviously what they were going for no And and it was clear and I didn't know obviously the right director that this is from his own personal experience Yeah, yeah had it not been that I would have complimented the attention to detail that they did Because the use of the board and the way that the board worked the way that it would spin in a circle in between transitions of spirits the way that it would move with one person using it by themselves the way it would move so quickly that You need someone to write it down. All of that is 100% Accurate that was that was it actually made me a little anxious a few times watching it because it was so spot-on yeah, yeah Obviously looks like they Did it and that's why he knew so much about it. Well, I guess there's a lot of people that know about the Ouija boards, right? Well, yeah, there's some that have done it just as a game But there's some who have done it and then now it's not and the reality of what happens with it is is I Pretty well depicted if you take away the comedic side of it I've Too often horror films will make a Ouija board just to be the talisman that brings about boogie boogie people versus it being something that's done in an accurate way and shows the true Function of it and the darkness it taps into and this this was this was extremely accurate. Yeah I enjoyed all their performances in this they there's a And obviously I think they set it up at the end for for part two. Yeah, they didn't subtitle it Mm-hmm, but I saw it too. Yeah, I did I did too. We're gonna do this a second but another thing I Don't know if you notice this there was a score behind everything, but there was subbed It was weird. I didn't know if that was like intentional because it was like a spirit that wasn't there I don't know. I didn't know if I or if it originally had song and then they took it out Look at that sub stayed in. Yeah. Yeah, if you anybody knows because I was confused me too because I mean I don't know music was great. Maybe you didn't know because you didn't watch it with subtitles, but If if you've watched it with subtitles like there was an underlying score Which I enjoyed and it was nice and it added a lot to the film Yep, but there were always subtitles. Yeah, and so I didn't know if that was like a You don't hear it, but there's something being said that you can't yeah, I don't I don't I don't know Maybe it was a mistake. Yeah, couldn't tell you, but I just thought it was weird. Yeah So And then hey, yeah, there's constant stopping at the end. I love Subin's there was another actor the guy with the really long straight hair had really great reactions He was mostly just like this the whole time. Yeah, he was the one who was on it by himself and started to freak out Yes, yeah, I don't recognize him, but he had like the he was like the over dramatic friend who like is it just Really believes what's going on and really scared. Yeah by it. I liked his reactions and it was very believable I wonder what they did in terms of any research about it because The scenes especially in the outset when the board starts to prove Beyond any shadow of a doubt that they're talking to a spirit that knows things that only that spirit can know Their reactions to it are very very genuine Having I mean having experienced that not only myself but then when I've had other people who had come with me to use a Ouija board and I knew what it was going to do and they were skeptical and Watching their reaction when it took place again just the research. It was as believable a depiction I've ever seen on film. Yeah, and I also the the actor who came in because he was supposed to be like the expert Yeah, it was very funny and I thought he did a good job. Yeah, he was a cute big guy. Yeah, I liked You left more in the first part. Yeah, because again, oh you weren't laughing at the Ouija board That's right. No the stuff that would be considered funny in the the second half of it wasn't funny to me because That stuff's real and that stuff happens and it's real stuff can be funny though. Not demonic stuff. That's not funny. I Disagree with so you wouldn't do a film with a Ouija board. No, no, no, it would depend on the why Why are we doing a film with a Ouija board? It's like oh like a horror film. Why are we I would do a film? Oh Yeah, I Would need to have had a conversation with the director as to why he was going toward the humor and there would be a 50-50 Possibility I wouldn't want to be involved because I wouldn't want to be a part of something that portrayed the Ouija board more light heartedly than seriously Because they They work they tap into demonic things That's all I can tell you because I've experienced it and you may not believe me That's okay in the same way that I have been to the Kalo tribe in Papua New Guinea You'll never go there, but I've been there and you can believe me or not believe me And the reality is that they tap into really evil stuff and that's the part for me I would do a movie about it that Accentuates the reality. It's one of the reasons why I have a love slash hate relationship more hate with the exorcist The reason is because it is accurate And it's based on true events. Mm-hmm. So That's why I don't like that I Mean you can not like demonic obviously things and still find certain films funny Oh, I I've been good on to a lot of wonderful you're turned on by demonic people. I've I've seen some one Boners when it's when it's depicted True the reason exorcists for me It crosses the line into the blasphemous for me. That's just for me And there's been other films. I've seen as long as they're depicting it I'll watch a horror film with Andrani and I will regularly if I like the film It's because they're depicting what's going on in the invisible realm with a level of truth to it and not glorification of it or Minimizing of it with silliness unless you're going uber ridiculous if you're going just straight hysterical Comedy, but if you're kind of in the fringe between I I prefer the the reality of it Well, I think this was going for the comedy as well It's that's that's why it was going a little bit more though the Ouija part. Yeah, no It's not that for me there's other people who might find it funny because they don't think it's real and I understand that but that's Inaccurate because it is real it works Well, I thought it was very funny. Yeah, I can see why a lot of people would I can see why a lot of people would laugh There'd be people who who laugh it Things and find for example, they may find things in the exorcist silly and funny but Just because someone finds something silly and funny Doesn't mean that at the core. It's silly and funny Okay Yeah, I'm not gonna talk about the exorcist right now No, this I mean there's people who don't believe Ouija boards work They're that's what they believe So any movie that would involve it they would think it's just ridiculous that anybody was scared by that And so anybody getting scared by it, they would laugh their ass off because they think what a frickin ignorant Superstitious piece of crap. They deserve to be scared like that. That's so frickin funny. So I get it but it Okay, that's fine. I know I'm just not I'm I'm just gonna try to talk about the film, which is fine. I get your opinion. That's fine Explaining why the second why the first half was funnier to me than the first half. Yeah, I know the uh, I I mean, I enjoyed the entire thing I thought there were funny stuff in the in the in the first part when they were pelting Subin with with a ball. Yeah, that was funny. That was very funny Yeah, I know there was a lot of stuff like that a lot of this film I feel like was a lot of subtle comedy but like for example when when the buddy is possessed I would imagine a large number of people you you included would have found that to be funny the Pauses that they did in it were yeah, very we're hilarious Because I've had experiences that involve demonic possession. I don't find it funny That's okay, okay All right, that's fine Weirdo, I think if anyone has had a real experience with the demonic you would find it to be not funny I that just kind of seems Rational to me. Well, I think you can have experiences and also find stuff funny because that's the intention of the film Just like if you can but it's like if you've been divorced and gone through a bad divorce You can still find things that portray divorce in a funny way. Sure sure, but there are that's what I'm saying Yeah, no, I understand that and I agree with that and up but for I do think there are points where someone's personal experience Irrespective of whatever it was, but someone's personal experience was so particularly Real and dark that no amount of humor is going to make there be levity in the subject matter And that's that it I'm not probably a really good Person to critique this as a comedy because the second half for me had so much truth that in it That's dark that I just didn't find it hilarious. So okay, it'd be like somebody making a comment It's like there's no amount of levity that could take away the reality of The Holocaust you just you just couldn't make a comedy that would make that funny to me There's elements that people have made funny Elements and depending again though why there's elements of it that have been made fun of I was Mel Brooks is the king of that Yeah, yeah springtime for Hitler. Yeah, like he's there's been a lot of Holocaust jokes and Frank jokes There's so well. Yeah, it's like I don't find Helen Keller jokes funny People find him hysterical. I don't find him funny at all You can't tell her because she couldn't yeah The big one is the big one is why did Helen Keller's dog run away you would too if your name was But she's a she was a beautiful human being so I don't find that funny at all I don't find mocking her blindness and her deafness funny because that's the deeper reality That's far more important than just laughing at her expense and I feel that way about this stuff. So there you go Rick hated this film. Can you believe it? Can you believe it my word it does it should come with at most don't but Even if you go to go purchase them I've said the story before when I when I bought a Ouija board for the first time The lady behind the counter when I bought it at the psychic guy bookshop. She said, you know what you're doing I said, yeah, she said this isn't a game. I said, I'm well aware of that I'm not going at it with the intention of using it as a game. She said, okay Just making sure you know what you're getting into Um So they work This video is sponsored by Ouija boards. Go buy them Don't Don't buy them. Don't use them. Please Anyways, let us know what you thought about this film. Did you like it? Did you hate it like rick hated it? I said, I like it at the outset. I'm just pulling your leg. Just pulling your leg Like the ghosts would In the Ouija board, let us know what you thought about this film down below