 Back to our stupid reaction series, I'm Corbin, and this is Rick. If you're a neurogenic, go ahead and smash the like button, subscribe, and ring that little bell to be a part of the notification squad. You're in the zone already. He's in the Buffalo Valley zone. Uh, please follow us on Instagram on Twitter. Oh, jeez. Hello. Hi there, juicy lady. Uh, say it. Say it. Today. Say it. It's been a long time. I know. Right? Yes. This is, so we watched Bahubali. The begin. Yeah. The very first one, which, which is the longest thing we've been requested to watch from our, the start of doing Indian reactions. We reacted to the gully boy trailer and in the comments for the gully boy trailer, it was watch Bahubali. Yeah. So we watched trailers, everybody loved that. And then so they told us to watch it. And that was actually the first film we were going to watch. Correct. And Rick watched it. Well, not, I watched, it actually wasn't even half. I didn't tell him to, but he decided to do it. I got up to, I got up to the sequence where they're doing the dance and he's taking off her clothes in the dance. Yes. And then I stopped. Weird, weird part of the film. We'll talk. Yeah, we'll talk. That was, that was back in late January. Yes. Did you like it? Back in January. Yes. Hated it. Yeah. He texted me. He said, I'm 30 minutes in. And I, this is the worst film I've ever seen. And just wait, hang in there. Before he start ripping on me, you need to stay till the end of this because I have a lot to say about Bahubali. So. A lot. That's why we haven't reacted to it yet. A lot of you've been screaming for it and said, why aren't you, why are you ignoring Bahubali? Why? It's like the biggest film come out of South India. Well, and then we watched Gully Boy and Three Idiots and fell in love with Amir Khan and Ali Abhaat and went on the Love Fest with all of you. Yes. And so it kind of got pushed down. But then you were like, ah, maybe they'll forget about it. You didn't. No. Anything that comes remotely close to South Indian cinema or epic. It's like, why haven't you reacted to Bahubali? Yes. Yeah. And, but so we were like, well, we have to watch it now. And I think one of the issues is that you watched it dubbed. Yeah. Here's the first problem I ran into. So now you can understand where I was coming from. And there's multiple. Which we ran into in later games as well. So I, having never, it was the first attempt to watch a Hindi film. Yes. And had no idea that it was filmed in two other languages other than Hindi. And when you get it on Amazon, you have multiple options. I got the Hindi version, which meant I was reading English subtitles with Hindi over dub of Tamil. Yeah. And which. That can ruin a movie. Yeah. Because it makes it feel like those old. I ran into those sacred games. It did. And we fixed it. Yeah, we fixed that. So it gave me that the only thing I can liken it to is back in the 1980s, the only foreign films I was exposed to were Japanese Godzilla films. Okay. Those were always, you know, he's on my roof. Yeah. So that's, it gave me that. That was one of the things that hit me. But I'd rather talk about, and that was a big contributor, but I have a, I know why. I know why I didn't like. Now, one of the things that I didn't like that I still don't like, but I give major grace to it was some of the CGI in the opening for me. Now I'd say most of the CGI in the film. At least. No. I'd say most of the CGI in the film was pretty terrible. A large part of it. But, but I think it's, but obviously it was budgetary because I don't think they, I don't know if they knew that this film was going to be as huge as it was. Well, they, they had a big budget. Yeah. But I don't think they knew it was going to be like, it's like the biggest film. It is the biggest to come out of South India. Yeah. For South India, this was a monumental until I think, so I'm wondering if the second one since they got a big, or I don't know if they made one at the same time, kind of like a Lord of the Rings. See, there were moments, there were moments, let's talk about the CGI. There were some moments where it was abysmal. It was just like awful. And then there were other moments, especially in the epic fight sequence where I thought there were a lot of, and the moment there was a moment where when he's writing out and he has his mom in the chariot and busts through the fire. Yeah. That was really well done. Well, I think the best overall part of the film is obviously the last 30 minutes. Yeah, obviously it's the fight scene. Well, and did you know that closing off on the CGI, 90% of this film is visually enhanced. I did a lot of homework on this film. Oh well. 90% of it has some visual enhancement. And when you consider the fact, after reading what I did about this, this is South India, Hollywood had never done anything like this remotely close, not even close. This was their first real endeavor into something as epic as like Avatar or a Marvel film. And if, I mean, just for anybody trying to venture into that. And I also learned a lot about you guys in South India and your love for cinema. I had no idea how deep and how far back their love for this art form goes. So I could wax on about that. What did you think about it, Corbin Myles? I think you shouldn't have suggested this as the first film in American watches. I have that exact note in my phone. So they're not saying I didn't enjoy the film because I ended up enjoying the film. Me too. But obviously coming from America, especially in 2019, when you have films like Avengers and you have Game of Thrones and you have all this amazing CGI and storytelling going on and brilliant acting and all that kind of stuff. But mostly the CGI part of it. To introduce them first to any India film, much Bollywood, Hollywood, whatever, I would not introduce them to something that has less than extraordinary CGI. I agree. And I have another reason. Because it's going to turn them off immediately. Like it did me. And I have another reason. Because it just looks like bad film. And I have another reason to recommend that you guys don't recommend Baku Bolly right off the bat. And I understand the zeal and the passion and the pride you have in this film. You should. And we'll get into that in a second. This may be a really long review. All of our reviews. Because this is a groundbreaking masterpiece for South India. But here's the other thing. I wrote this in my notes about, let me just read it. I don't think an American can appreciate Baku Bolly until you have first been exposed to some of the South Indian movie trailers. South Indian life differentiating from North Indian life. Carnatic music. And having watched KGF. Because this was like Masala. This was a blend of things like some of the foods that come from India that American palates just recoil at when they first taste them. The kind of thing that when we've eaten it I said I kind of like the funk. And we've gotten more used to it. You need several things I think to appreciate this. You need to have a very good understanding of cinematic artistry. Not just American. You need to have been exposed to some Indian cinematic artistry. Definitely. So if it's another reaction channel, if it's just an American friend you have, I would recommend you recommend them other things first. Absolutely. That they can get into it. Yes. Probably some like that doesn't have a lot of CGI. They just need to learn about South Indian film for example first. But yeah that's what I would suggest but going on to the actual film. Yeah now going on to the actual film. So it was sometimes hard to follow because I didn't realize till like halfway in the film that these weren't, I mean they might be the same character but they're not exactly the same character. As far as the Bahubali character and 50 years prior. Yeah. Okay. He's playing two characters. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Wait. And he's the same here and he's the same here. Hold on. He's telling him a story. And then I was like okay. Okay. No. I got it. Okay. I'm with you now. But yeah it was that scene though that we were talking about. I ended up liking it at the end but at the beginning it was just kind of weird. Yeah. Because he was just ripping off her clothes. Okay. I absolutely love that scene. No that was weird man. The scene where he's, her clothes are floating. He puts you into the water. Take off your hair. You know he didn't push her my friend. He leaned her back. Yeah. It was just a little strange to me. Oh I loved it. That first part. Because I'm like. Probably you didn't do that. Oh I loved it. I loved it. But no I ended up liking this scene after that because obviously she's a very good woman. And they rolled down the hill in the south. Yeah. I love all the colors. And this film was very, I find a lot of South Indian films for the, I mean we've watched it too. Really but at least in the trailers as well that we've watched a lot of them have to do with God and spiritual. Yes. Things like that. Yes. Mythological. Mythological. Spiritual. Superstitions. Superstitions. All of the above. Yeah. And so that's obviously a big genre for them. And this was groundbreaking in that and again I did a lot of homework in that this was a brand new imagining of a mythic story. This isn't something that to my knowledge and correct me if I'm wrong because I did quite a bit of homework on this, that this was conceptualized not from something where we've watched other things for example like Padma Bhatt which is a historical account as well as a poem. This was, if you, it's pure imagination was what I was thinking of from Mali Wanka. Yeah. And the creative team behind this put together a story that took some of the archetypes of the great heroes and myths of the past and created a new story. Yeah. Which I think is freaking awesome. Yeah. I loved a lot of the action-action scenes like not when they're just one-on-one but like the battle scenes. The epic. Well, obviously the end was amazing, which we reacted to long time ago. Long time ago but it got completely blocked on YouTube. Yeah. So that's on Patreon but we've reacted to that scene, the end scene so we had seen that but it was even better watching the second time. Yeah. Because I knew what was going on. Well, and it was that fight scene when we were reacting to the fight scene and we were done with that long epic fight scene I re-thought and said that's the same movie I watched the first 30 minutes from and that's one of the reasons I wanted to go back. Not the least of which being there's been so many times in my life I've been wrong about something when I first encounter it I need to go back. Almost always. Almost always. And this is very much an encapsulation I think of for me our whole experience with you guys and with India in that and for many in the west is this idea of in many respects for us to fully appreciate you it's not going to happen until we become more immersed and actually take the time to get to know you actually push past what we might first think is something we don't like which is seriously why we've tasted other foods again and actually like it's why we did Hajmola a second time. Because we were like okay, we got screwed over. Yeah, we really did but in the back of my mind I'm like maybe there's going to be one day we'll be shouting the praises of Hajmola No! Absolutely. No! I do want to praise a couple of the actors I did like Bahubali he was really good and the girl the main girl I don't know their names I'm sorry but my two favorites were probably the mother, the queen she was awesome and then the guy who we can talk about it the bearded guy who was a warrior-slave who ended up standing in the back Yes with that line at the end which I didn't see coming that last line was a jaw-dropper for me I went and how about setting up a sequel? He's a great actor He's really good so it wouldn't surprise me if he's like a really well-known renowned actor Did the acting because I have a note about the acting did the acting bother you at any points? Yes Yeah but why did you get past that to liking it? Because I have a note specifically about the acting because I looked at it as an action film Okay It happens in American films too especially action like the Rocks films Yeah Same kind of thing Yeah, I'm not going in it even though not all of the acting was bad there was a lot of the extras and supporting people there And then I think it's a lot of the writing A lot of the writing I hate is writing that is on the nose indicating just flat out telling you he can't go up on that mountain because he's done it a thousand times Yeah, there was a one line that made me go Oh! And it was I think he's like they went into they stole something they stole their shave and our war secrets Right What? I felt I wrote this down about the acting and because a lot of the acting at first glance and I'd love to talk to the creative team the acting looks very cliche and melodramatic and over the top a lot of the time Yeah And I wrote this down the stylization of the acting is surface it's not about realism coming from internal personalization but external showing of the emotions and intentions with which if I'm talking to an actor or I'm going about something I would tell you please do not just give me a hollow character with a facade on the outside Mm-hmm But freaking A I thought this worked in this film because this whole film is a fantasy land where the they actually in the same way silent films needed to be big because you didn't get the words so the acting was over the top I gave a complete not just a pass but I applaud the fact that the acting is this is probably the only film I've ever seen where I approve of that kind of acting Yeah because it's not realistic it's it's I don't know if I approve of it but I I don't know it's not my favorite kind of acting most of the main people were really good Yeah I agree it's the supporters and the extras that sometimes but I think it was actually more the writing than the acting on certain parts I agree just it was like maybe it was the subtitles maybe it's better in the actual language but I have to read the subtitles yeah I guarantee it's better maybe the translation is what guarantees me guarantee it but that's how I had to experience it I'm sorry I'm a stupid American only knows American yeah exactly but let's actually talk about the end okay did you see that coming? no I was like that's why I said it it's a jaw dropper I was like what the I agree and I was like did I miss something? I was literally because I was finishing it up when you said coming over let's film yesterday so I was standing there ready to walk out the door and I'm waiting for it to come to a conclusion and I literally stopped and went and stood there for at least 30 seconds looking at the screen going and it did it's job because at the end of it I was like oh that was that was cool and I was like okay the next one we need to see the sequel now I was like okay now I have to see the sequel because I'm like clearly I missed something right right because I totally missed I don't even know like I and I looked up some stuff online because I looked up what happened at the end of it what did I just see and then some people said there were no foreshadowing you'd have to watch the second one I didn't get any spoilers so that's good for the second one right but because I think most of it was written right after the first one came out okay and some people said there were some foreshadowing lines like somebody said I killed Bahubali ones I could do it again I guarantee if we went back and saw it again we'd probably see it especially if we see the sequel like it's like when you watch Get Out for two and three times you see all of the little hints that he's throwing at you it was very strange because I was like oh he's like this big out like he he loves loves them loves them like he was there and put his foot on his head it's like which that was a great scene yeah it was when he handed him the sword he just chopped off his head and he yeah that was great great moment I love that one but yeah we're gonna be watching the second one now we will watch it and I want to say this about it in terms of you guys from South India and who love South India and and Hollywood and I know there's more than just Hollywood you have five regions that I know of that do different industry cinematic creation and the history of South India's love for cinema going back to the silent era and your guys passion for it and how proud you must be about Babubali seriously to the point of tears I I read some things that American Critics said about this film when it came out and this one I thought was really encapsulated it really well because remember this was their first attempt at playing with the big boys as it were we're making a blockbuster Bollywood had done it before America's been doing it for a long time this was this was South India's first attempt and they did it I mean it they did it a lot better because it's KGF too KGF took it up to the next levels and that can't be that has a sequel but here's here's what somebody wrote it was from the Huffington Post said a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step but it doesn't really matter if that first step is shaky as long as it lands firmly and confidently and I felt that's exactly the right way to describe this and people need to know this is their first like any American seeing this I would not recommend this to any of my friends that love film until they have first been exposed to several other Indian films and had their prejudices ripped out and they go oh this is Indian it's not just Bollywood musicals have been it right and then take them a little deeper into the South the tourism videos we've seen listen to Carnatic music see some of the trailers like I that are these mind bending what the heck did I just see and know that they're you can't predict it they won't be held in the box and I am proud of you guys for having created this the way that you have I think it's a complete reversal for me for my first exposure yeah total reversal yeah so yell at him for why we haven't gotten to it yeah and I was stupid but hey it's our stupid reactions