 Boy That was good Are we doing the review? First you react to the idiot's I'm Corbin, and this is Rick. I still don't know what we're doing We're reviewing student of the year, too We are not reviewing that If you didn't tell that by the thumbnail, yeah Stupider than me we watched I can't I'm a son take brand of this time color. It's saffron. Is that what it means? Yeah, that's cool. Isn't that cool? I like that. Yeah, I didn't know that But please follow And so This we reacted to we're doing a review and it'll be completely spoiler reviews all of our reviews are spoiler reviews because these movies have come out a long time ago and Go away if you haven't seen this. Yeah movie and then come back go watch it. Yeah, go watch this is gonna be spoilers Yes, you've been warned starting now. Yep. Everyone dies Everyone dies everyone and then some people come back from the dead and they kill him again. That's true But we watched a trailer and then everybody just said watch it watch it watch it watch it Oh, man, like it was like wildfire It was I don't know that there's been another one that has gotten such a pattern I mean on YouTube and on Instagram and on Twitter of stop what you're doing put it at the top of the list You've got to watch this you have no idea this shook me this rock me Yeah, okay, and some people did say to watch a different one first to get to the backstory of the freedom fighters, right? We talked to other people that said it wasn't necessary and I mean it might give a little more information But I don't feel like I missed out on anything right now like I understood and I'm obviously there's more we could learn That's no doubt no doubt But I don't feel like I missed out on any like I didn't understand anything because I didn't know the backstory, right? In fact, that's what I wanted was to come into it even though I knew there was a backstory in history I was concerned that learning some of that would spoil whatever it was the movie was gonna Say it's probably hit or miss because because so many people who watched this film for the first time knew it Yeah, so it's a big part of the history, right? But yeah, it kind of Opens up And it's well, I actually love how this film Went between the film and real life. I thought it was beautifully done Couldn't agree with you more. I thought it was really really well done And like it was almost flawless because you you start off and you're like, oh, this is like a Nice biopic. Yeah, and then it switches over to wherever this lady London or wherever she was Yeah, I think she was in London And she wanted to documentary about her grandfather who was the white guy, right? Which is probably the best white guy we've seen in Indian cinema I'm questioning the best guy that we've seen in any of the roles of the film We understand that's how you feel about Indians in American cinema, right? I'm not saying anything No, we're just we noticed that commenting and you guys commented and it agreed that the majority of the people that represent Either the Brits and I think they do it on purpose for the Brits Yeah, they're awful in every way, but yeah, he was as as he was in the trailer. Yeah, he was solid He was such a small role. Yeah But then they then you kind of get into it and it almost feels for a while like Buddy comedy romantic comedy kind of right and then obviously Deborah almost yeah, yeah And then it just kind of Snacks you in the mouth a couple times. Yeah, and then just punches your lights out at the end. Yeah, and Like the part like I think when it really started to get Good and I didn't see it coming was when her husband died or their son or wherever Yeah, and I just since you said that let's give her a shout out the mother no his the girl or the wife the wife Moments like that are so incredibly difficult. Oh, yeah, she did a great job. Um, any false moment Any falsity you have is so obvious because that is there isn't a more raw Vulnerable ugly cry moment in your life than receiving that kind of information like if you're your husband Yeah, I mean they just died you can't those are the hardest things to do. Yeah, and I did like a great job She didn't let anybody kind of touch her Yeah, I felt like if she let somebody hold her like right away I was like that doesn't seem right to me the most important the most important thing yourself everybody Yeah, for me. It was irrespective of whether she did let them hold or not Mm-hmm. It was honest. Yes, it was I don't even know if that was scripted And they told her okay when they come and it's scripted they come to comfort her But she refuses the comfort that may have been scripted that way or it may have just been her choice because that's what her character Like you if she was that kind of a person is like get get away from me The most important thing in that moment in a singular word for me was that she was honest I believed her. I felt like we were really watching a girl Getting the news that her husband is she just saw him and I thought he's dead I thought the mom did really well, too. Absolutely. Now. We're gonna talk about that. Well, yeah, I actually I was thinking about There's so much in this movie. I promise you Lots of you'll be disappointed that we didn't talk about something. Yes, because there's too much to talk about a lot in this But I was gonna say the I think I could be totally Forgetting something. I think this is my favorite of me or Khan performance. Yeah, this is a tough one to it's just it's more my style Yeah, of of acting and so I that's I was drawn to his performance and I was like I could this is the one I'm your confluence. I think I could play Right, I don't think I could play a lot of his other stuff. No, and whereas I would never yeah partly because of the age I'm too old to play that role. Yeah, I wouldn't maybe it's cuz he's younger than this. Maybe I don't know But even if I was that age, I don't know that I would have when I was that age I wouldn't have played that role. Yeah, you would yeah and for me PK is yeah, the one that I connect yet Yeah, but not I so connected with this as well as I connected with everybody and I think what I liked about this most was There was a serious tone to this that was different than any other serious tone that He has had in the other films because he gets serious on all the other in three idiots PK dungle Which don't quite the frickin girls. Yeah, that's a good performance. I was like I would play that that's one I would want to do. Oh, yeah for sure. That's a good one, but What was great about this as well The direction and everything didn't need to make him be the standout. This was pure. This was a truly ensemble piece Oh, yeah, this is not an Amir Khan and there was such that's an ensemble. It was directed by you want to say his name for me Yeah directed by Rakesh Patech Mera Yeah, that was it accurate. He's directed a bunch, but he's another another big one is the running one Oh, yeah, that we haven't seen yet, but correct Well, let's talk since we're talking about him. He wrote it as well because it says he's a writer No, he's not the main part of the team. Well the direction I thought the juxtaposition of the past and the present and not only throughout but Toward the end especially that one moment where split-screen of Amir Khan Looking at each other And both of them About to die in that moment. That could have been really cheesy and I didn't think it was. I thought it was quite Yeah, I thought the just like a Wednesday the ending I really enjoyed because In what way you would compare it you don't know how to feel about it. Oh, yeah, okay. Yes I agree with you. Let's talk about that same kind of thing Because they murdered somebody. Yeah, rightfully. So Understandably and just like a Wednesday, but still they murdered somebody right right correct And so it does the end justify the me. Yes So and you totally understand why they do it, but it's still murder, right and they admit that yeah They admit it and that's what I loved in it. They all they all died in the inside And I love that I love that it like no one got saved in the in the end. Yeah I yeah, I would have been really angry if the one survivor was Amir Khan and he goes out He meets the girl and they're so sad that everybody that would have sucked. Yeah. Yeah Thank you for killing them all. I'm glad Well, what's this troop? No, I don't know. It's a true story. This part is not true about the the freedom the freedom fighters Is is the true part? Absolutely. Okay, that is a 100% true as is The I thought it was quite bold and brave considering what we know the limited information We have about the film industry and politics and what things can be said or it shouldn't be said things of that nature my suspicion is This was pretty groundbreaking in terms of it pushing buttons and stretching out the envelope in terms of telling sick So it was a little bit ago. Yeah a little bit ago, but it is pretty Unashamedly pointing fingers at everybody. Yeah everybody and one of my favorite parts and characters Was actually the guy who was the jerk in the beginning who was being mean to the Muslim He was great and then he had this whole character arc. Yeah whole amazing character actor himself He's a phenomenal actor. I like him a lot me too But yeah, his whole arc was beautiful and then his relationship and ended with him holding hands with the Muslim guy in the end. Yeah, and then the whole Muslim guys relationship with his family. Yeah that that whole dynamic was intriguing and Different and I and complex. Yeah, nothing was oversimplified. Nothing was tied up in a bow Everything was left with it being messy painful No one has answers, but there's this undercurrent of there is an absolute there are There are absolutes in this world so look I'll get a little soapbox about that because this talks about absolutes of moral truth right and wrong and Somebody once said There are no absolutes That's an absolute statement So there you go to say there are no absolutes you self contradict in the statement and The fact that underlying all of this they even said I think on the radio program We're not saying that what we did was right, but what we are saying is what happened was wrong Now whether or not we were right in what we did That's that's not the point the larger point in this is Something's wrong And I would rather the message you get from this is I would rather make a mistake doing something Because in my heart I think something's wrong. I'd rather make a mistake doing something Then not do anything. Yeah, and just in fact, there's many quotes about that. That is yeah I love the whole radio sequence is great Right started calling in and he was answering them honestly. Yes and he was like yeah I agree we shouldn't have done this we shouldn't have taken it to our own hand But we did and the people they got when he obviously when it had lit a fire and the news is covering all of the people talking on microphones Was that real coverage about something political because it looked like real coverage and real people passionately sharing their views and I Thought man, you got a really good bunch of unknown actors. Yeah Because I believed every single one of those people was passionately talking about something political I did like that. He killed his father too. I didn't see that coming. I didn't see it coming either. I was like, oh I think my face was like No, yeah so and and I think they wanted to do this and convey this but That moment when they were all seated and I think she says it to the mom and says this this could get ugly And she says let it and it does and they're from that point the smell I can't I can't imagine Yeah, that was a hard scene then when they were picking them up the protesters Oh, yeah But I the level of and without knowing anything about the freedom fighters prior That that are the main part of the story that inspired them, which I thought was it's just beautiful how the The ghosts of the past were like smiling and nodding to them for their Having taken their journeys at the beginning they were representing and they're portrayed as the generation that just doesn't care And things India is a pile of crap, and it's always gonna be a pile of crap. Who cares? and they get infused with this sense of patriotism which for somebody I can't imagine this has got to be the most inspiring film for an Indian in terms of the sense of national pride and The truth about the heart of what an Indian really is That's what I captured from this was this goes way beyond political and military pride. This goes back down to pride about Being Indian and what those colors are supposed to represent and that the true heroes are the people that are willing to truly die for it Like you said he sent me a text after he watched he said in caps you 100% cried watching this Reply duh I did not yeah If you had any hoax, oh you have little you know nothing John snow. You don't know anything about Now if they had killed a dog Yes, um, but yeah, and also I want to talk about the score real quick. Oh, yeah, thank you Not a shocker knowing who the of course But they are ramen. It's kind of like, you know You just because someone's brilliant like John Williams or Hans Zimmer all the time. You're like, you could screw it up But man, I did not just yeah, I thought it was just yeah, it was perfect It was beautiful beautiful and also for being so old to not feel old at all So like it had just come out. Yeah Yeah, the whole whole performances by everybody. They're the only issues I think I had were more towards the beginning. There was some actors who weren't very good But that happens in every film But like yeah, I didn't even there was nothing that stood out to me is a big flaw in any way. Yeah, that's basically Yeah, I really I wouldn't say this is a flawless Film, but I know there's nothing that stands out where I can point to anything that I see It's back. This this is way for me This is way at the top of the list of films that are my favorites that we've seen. Oh, yeah I think so too way way way at that. I'm pretty sure it's in my top five. Oh, yeah, exactly. I don't know how many we've watched So watched 30 maybe 30 to 40 30. Yeah Because I have a list of the ones we've watched. Yeah, we're in we're in the 30 something range Maybe we get to 50 or 100. We'll do a top 10. Yeah, we should we should I don't I'd like to know your top 10 Yeah, we need to figure out how many we've actually watched though. So yeah, I got a list watch like 15 I know we I guarantee we're in the 30s