 We're fogging up these windows pretty good people gonna think something's going on in here But his mom's not here. Hey, welcome back to our stupid direction. It's up Corbin I'm Rick and you can follow us on Instagram and Twitter From all juicy content. Thanks on patreon follow us for your Twitter account subscribe If you haven't like button and if you're like hey guys, you're not in a normal You're not in your normal space Congratulations on not being blind great recognition. Wow. You are intelligent But I did bring my fancy-dancing mics with us this time So I've never done in the car the audio is gonna be a little bit better. Yeah, and it normally is when I like it sucks Yeah, we can't help it. I probably it's never rains in Southern California. It is a gloomy rainy day here today glooms But hopefully it's okay But the reason you will see this like this is because we just saw the new 2023 Yes First 2023 film. Yes in theaters first time I've said 2023 in a in a review. Yeah Um The new film cutie. Yeah cutie, right? Is how you pronounce that dogs meaning dogs. It's got the dog in them. Yeah, uh directed by Directed by mr. Bardwash himself and no we're not referring to Vishal. We're referring to I believe It's so important to say everybody's name's right. I believe it's Isman if I'm wrong, please forgive me for not pronouncing your name, right? I feel really bad that we don't know the correct pronunciation of your name. Yes. I apologize. Uh, I'm terrible with names Um, but directed and co-written From him and his father as well and produced by his father and his mom and a couple other people Composed by his father. Yep, and I believe the lyrics were by ghouls are as well So hashtag nepotism. We love to see it. We love it. We support nepotism Unashamedly, uh, and it's starring A bunch of no names. So don't go and thinking you're going to see any stars. You know, no no good actors in this Yep, uh taboo. Yep. Missy Arden Shah. Yep, uh Radhika Madan Arjun Kapoor. Yeah, Kona sends Sharma. Yep, and a billion other people. Yeah, including some barred washers I don't know if they're related There are more barred washers in here. Um, but the reason we are in our car is because the only theater playing And then the all of los angeles was a little farther a little far away normal and so It was just easier for us to do the review in the car And then I'll obviously post it when we get back But that is why we are here But since it is a new film that just came out is in currently in theaters It will be mostly non-spoiler and then if we want to get into some spoils. We will tell you before So uh, so you can leave and then go watch it and come back and come back. Um, but that that's how this is going to be so This is the non-spoiler section. Yeah non-spoiler section rick your initial thoughts, please If you want to have a lot of fun If you want to be entertained if you want to see what it's like to write a script that has no fat And has a pacing from start to finish that feels absolutely right and have good performances by everybody involved and See something that's pretty original and Has a couple things I'll talk about without spoiling anything. I I am fully in I had a blast My favorite film of 2023 Yeah, I really enjoyed this movie fun fact Uh, because I looked up some people's like what they were saying about uh, kutti before A lot of negativity so far And I was going through and I was like, what the fuck are people talking about here? I I did see some like, you know what's gonna happen They'll then watch it when it's streaming on netflix and say I should have thought of theaters. Oh my god Yeah, so and I think it might be and I will say this first and foremost if you do not like films that have violence or cursing out the butt And I get there are some people that don't like that. So maybe that's one of the reasons. Yeah, and and and if you're also I will say this It's a kind of a semi-spoiler, but it's not it might intrigue you I've commented even recently about how often indian cinema doesn't get intimacy, right? Yep They got if you're prudish you won't like this either So like if you don't like a lot of violence and a lot of just gratuitous cursing And all that even though I think it was all absolutely fantastic and wonderful And it's very at my alley and totally in character for the characters But if you don't like it I could see why you probably might not like this isn't for the kids No, this is not on the kids a very violent more than normal indian films movie. Yes, it is Oh, what a great movie to go on a date. I would love to go on a date till see this movie But anyways, yeah, so I I really enjoyed the film. I think there there are some things that That I could probably point out and I was like, maybe he could probably do better in his next film On certain things, but they're very minute. I really really enjoyed this film He should be extremely proud that this is his debut film. I mean you can't have You had your father on set. I mean, I don't can't imagine a better person to have come on You have and you have on your rug and you've got And you've got this in Sharma exactly arjun kapoor. I mean he's got so many good people working with you to help make this Work out the right way set up very well But I want to go into obviously his directorial performance here because that is really his film There's one star. I mean if you could name one star even though this is a fully ensemble it is an ensemble pc It would probably be um It's arjun kapoor. He'd probably be your main lead But even still there's a good amount of time where he's not in the film at all. Absolutely So this is a full ensemble piece big time. Um, so but so I'd say that the the director himself and The the cinematographer the dp are the stars of this film as a sound design Yes, and come come as a good job of a show about I think you have a career. Yeah You should think of considering music as well as direction. I think so, um, but He did a fun. There were so many points in this that I was like Hell yes, agreed. I I I don't know how much of it was just his natural talent, which he probably does coming from his family, right? Yeah But like there were so many instances in this film that I'm like that doesn't feel like a rookie director And I don't know who his dp was maybe it was I know I got I need to be here So maybe it was uh the cinematographer is yeah cinematographer credited for this is is uh farhad ahmed Dehevi and so mispronunciation I don't know if that's his main dp or whoever the camerawork was But so much of what he did in terms of creative shots one shots like a serika prasad Film and sound editing both Um were great and you could tell in the action sequences when they made some frames per second changes that work, but It's it it's a pretty tight film for so much going on in the film. Hello. Hello. Hello. Sorry. I think it was me to the first I keep going sorry, uh it One of the most impressive things about the film is It had so many ways it could go wrong so many ways this movie could go wrong and It didn't I don't know if that helps at all But it it especially when it came to screenplay this thing could have gone way off the rails Uh, it it's a really nice mix of things without giving any spoilers away Yeah, and it's it's fun. It's a very fun film and it's It's less than two hours And so it goes very fast and you're engaged in the whole time. It just doesn't stop. Um, and it's just it's It's so incredibly fun and it's not like a lot of twists that you can't see coming Yeah, and a lot of twists you can't see coming. There were multiple times that you Something would happen. I'm like, oh shit. I didn't see that coming which is good because this style of story of a bunch of Dogs per se, right? That's the the name's good. They write a bunch of people coming together for a heist almost, right Yeah, you know what it's not really a spoiler. He gave it in the it's the kings of wasiper Meets oceans 11. Yeah Uh, so like that story obviously has been told. I think most that's one of the struggles modern day filmmakers have Almost every story has already been told. Yeah And so it's your job as a writer and director to tell it uniquely, right? Like love stories have all been told but people still love watching new love stories Do you just have to be creative and how you tell your story? Exactly And he did a very good job telling a story like that's You know a bunch of people I'm not going to give anything. I am sorry does one of my favorite things about The totality of it is the present especially in screenplay He does what good directors do in assuming the intelligence of the audience He assumes he assumes that the audience is intelligent enough to know that if I do this and I do this You're going to be tracking with me and I don't need to dumb it down for you to be online Very much written and directed in a way that assumes the people watching this have Relationally cinematically story-wise and Even when you do He's still it always feels throughout the film that the director and the writer which are the same man There are always one step ahead of you in the audience Yes, which is which is wonderful when they can Unpeal because I'm obviously one of those people if you've been around for a while that I like to try to predict What is going to happen in a film? And obviously in the end you might be able to predict what happens, but there's certain things along the way There's a great thing about the story. I don't think it's a spoiler Um, I'm gonna just in case I'm gonna save it for the spoiler section But yeah, so I that whole aspect of it was absolutely phenomenal Uh, and it it kept you engaged and it's very You could tell some obviously his father's one of I'm sure his biggest inspiration Why how could he not be right on your ag who obviously you saw in the trailer makes a cameo in the film It's wonderful. Um, and so obviously I'm sure he looks up But and also any time you put like there there's chapters in this film, right? That's not really spoiler No, but any time any time you do that you're gonna get like Quentin Quentin is notorious for loving chapters in a film and you could tell he loves filmmakers like that that push the boundaries Not that I'm saying he's trying to be a quintet director. He doesn't copy anybody No, this is not a doesn't feel like a quentin film But certain things you could tell like he probably Watched his certain films and like oh, I would love to do something like that And it's wonderful when you can tell an inspiration, but it's not a copy Um in certain elements of this film you could definitely tell, uh, he I I'd be shocked if he didn't If you're a film again, you don't love quentin. You're kind of weird Truly You're kind of I mean quentin's very weird Yeah, but I don't know how you can't even if you don't like him personally You can't deny the greatness of his writing and directing and before we get to because obviously the even though We normally start with acting and there was a bunch of great acting in this But it that's not the main because there's so many pieces. This is this is a director movie director film. Yeah, um, but also Um, let me find out who the composer of this was. Yeah, uh lesser known Vashal bidwaj Any relation to the director? I don't know probably no most common. It's a common name. Um Phenomenal score really good so unique and it's no shock is one of the most unique Best composers in all of india, uh in all of the world But the the creativity and the uniqueness of the background score And it's so much a part of the storytelling. Yeah, it's not just there to give you an emotional connection at times It's there to tell the story with you There's parts where the score is so perfectly matched in places Where you laugh out loud because it's so brilliant. Yeah, it's absolutely great. I it's It's hard to say and this is superlatives about a shawl felt a shawl, uh come up. I took a deep breath 15 minutes in Because we're gonna be honest. We've said that before we don't hold any one artist above the art form So when you're going to see a film that has people involved that you have had an opportunity to get to personally know Yeah, you're wanting more than anything for it to do well Yeah, yeah, I was so relieved 15 seconds in I knew we were in for a good ride and I was I expected it. Yeah, but everybody's human. Yep. It was so wonderful. Direct horror debut Yeah to come on and say, uh It's what we were hoping for. Yeah, absolutely. If you if you enjoyed the trailer I think you're gonna enjoy the film Absolutely You get what you were sold like I said if you saw the trailer and you're like, oh, I'll go into that film Not thinking it's a violent Kind of oh, they let you know a g film. They let you know that in the trailer showed you the menu And they deliver the menu. Yep in this film Absolutely these so that was great all the performances and I I want to talk specifically about our I'd say he's the lead, but he's the one that I feel has the most kind of controversy when people Saw his name was in this film Because even though we've never seen an aloo arjun film you mean arjun kapoor. Sorry. Yes, not aloo I did that in the trailer. I did that in the trailer arjun kapoor. I apologize Um, when people I I saw when we reacted to it people like, oh, so you have nasir. You have taboo You have blah blah blah. You have blah blah kankana and then you have arjun As if that's a like drop down. Yes. So like apparently he's not known for his acting He's like a he's a okay. Well, it should tell you what the creative team The casting and this is uniformly great. Yes, absolutely Well, there's two I'll talk about that. There's two so but they're foreigners and so That's who I'll talk about of course. No, we're talking about the main ensemble main ensemble And he did a very good job because I know that's a question a lot of people had about this film is How can arjun play alongside taboo if you give a great director? I think most like you can give him even I'm not saying he is a subpar actor. I think a great director Or that obviously I think ayushman is going to come into But obviously you have the shawl there as well can make any actor better And on your rod can make any actor better. I'm not saying they can make them great No, they can make them better with great writing and great direction That is why you should always like especially actors of a certain ilk that can pick and choose always choose Great writers and great directors. There's no in this main ensemble guys. There's no weak link. No Everybody is equally good and that's saying a lot when you consider that part of this ensemble is an asirid and shawnt taboo Yes, and I just want to say a little arjun held his own against me and arjun. Good word. Fuck Felt very fitting for this review. Uh, yes, he held his own But yeah taboo and this film was she was taboo. She's taboo and she has her and asir In very different ways have such power such screen presence in this film Yeah, there's a point where he said that about nasir Yeah, and I turned back and said yeah, you can't teach that you can't teach what nasir has or taboo No, uh, and there if you were going in it's like, um To this film and been like, oh, I love taboo and I love nasir Even though you probably won't get there. They're not the main characters of the film. You'll want more You'll want more which is saying something about the film, right? Um, they did a fantastic job. You're going to get what you want from taboo You're going to get what you want from nasir, uh and other actors as well. Obviously konkana She's not a huge part of the film, uh, but she does a very good job I would actually love a spin-off movie of just her character or spin-off series, right? Yeah, wouldn't you? Yeah, uh without giving any doing, um Who's the guy that played um, yeah, I I'm trying to Friend. Yeah, we've seen him before we have but there's no unfortunately on IMDb There's a lot of names without their headshots next to it or photos or promo photos. Anyway, I don't have internet Um, the whole cast is uniformly really really good. I just messed up. Yeah, but yeah, that's like the uh, All of them were really good I wanted to give a shout out to one of like the main people probably in the film out next to arjun. Yeah He did a really good job as well. Yep Yeah, and boy This isn't I mean, it's kind of a spoiler, but it's not This must not have been an easy shoot because so much of this is done at night in the rain Yeah, and there's And also like I don't want to give anything away in terms of because I I want to should we talk spoils for a few minutes If you haven't seen it, please see the movie. I know it's not gonna be the big blockbuster It's gonna be so fun of the of the of the year of the week Just go have a good time. Don't care about box office. If you like the trailer Don't bring the kids. No if you like the trailer, you're gonna like the movie I I can't they they gave you what they were What they were offering in the menu and they they they do deserve and if they don't get it in theaters They'll get it on Streaming but boy they really did deserve not just a recoup of what they invested But they deserve some profits from this so that they can be told I mean he's gonna make more anyway Yeah, but I would love to see his first film Be successful economically. Yeah, so that other people who would invest in his work would be more willing to do so Hmm. Uh, it's it's a worthy watch. I agree. He has a very promising career ahead of him as a director Um, but yeah, let's uh, if you haven't watched it, please go watch it go watch it spoiled times We're assuming you've seen it now. Yeah, some of the Shots in this Like the he had a one shot a one shot really well done the rain in the rain at night at night With a couple of smooth moments that were not really clear If that was a clean edit to make it look like it was a continued one shot or if they just continued the one shot That might have been like a I hope we didn't just kill my oh car battery. Put the foot on the brake Okay, good. Okay, great. Okay All right, it just timed out. Hi everybody Yeah, the one shot the one shot was so I mean there was so much in this like camera work wise There's such interesting shots how they get like the start of the scene a lot of overheads Yeah, like it was absolutely beautiful. So the dp and obviously the director should be very proud and great continuity Whoever was in charge of the continuity, which should be everybody on set really At the smallest detail from which side of her shirt taboo's pant was untucked To making sure his shoulder was still injured to making sure we still look wet after it had rained even though it's dry now I couldn't find a continuity flaw. Yeah Um They they all did a very good job And what what I was going to say for the beginning and decided to here's one of my things I don't know that I've seen a film That tells two messages at the same time So well and here it is the first message in the film is History is told by the victors Yeah, right. Yeah, and the powerful get to dictate the narrative Not the good not the correct or the right But the powerful and then Okay, put on the break. Just let's start it again. Start it again. You want to start it? Yeah, okay? That's it's saying we're using too much battery. Sorry for background sounds. Oh, but so you have that first story of The it's it's told by the victors. Yeah Simultaneously the lesson is crime doesn't pay. Yeah, how do you do that? Yeah, and how do you do that? There's a twist at the very end obviously of something Something we're in the spoiler. Yeah, we are so we can talk obviously like when when modi came off Did not see that coming. No, I did not and it was absolutely hilarious, but maybe that's also one of the reasons people didn't like I Whatever reason I thought it was absolutely. I did not see it coming I also love little moments like when he sees taboo for the first time in the middle of that wonderful thing Where they're pointing their guns at each other and he goes madam sir jai hind Yeah, there was a lot. There was a lot of comedy in this film So good from camera work to like The score behind it the score coming on with i'm a doomed man while he's being chased to it was a bunch of uh It's just stuff that really worked together very very well. Yeah, there was um So fun at times that I think in his future stuff He might Like some of the times where like you you're at a certain level And then the next scene would go down a little bit not in terms of quality But in terms of like energy and I think there's that one of the things I could say that maybe he could improve I like what am I to say right? I liked it because he kept There were the are you talking about Friggs? Did you feel like the moment where lovely is with her boyfriend in the car? Well at first I felt that was going to be it and then I loved what obviously I do love that scene. No, I'm talking just in general like throughout the film There were certain moments that I think maybe could have been Clipped together just to energy. It's a very nitpicky thing. I'm just I was fine with it Like once again, who am I to fucking say I've never made a film so Fuck me, right? Yeah, then there was two supporting actors They were foreign actors, but they were Nigerian weren't even supporting. Yeah, they were they were day-player They were basically the white white people in the proverbial Indian film of this film That we normally see but that's they weren't awful, but they weren't they weren't nearly as bad I didn't have to hang my head and just say why they weren't they weren't at the level of everybody else for sure But uh all the violence in this film This one of the more violent gratuitous violent films that we've seen you don't get a lot of that in Indian cinema I did love the freedom of Just expression that didn't feel gratuitous. I mentioned this in the beginning point of the intimacy moments were Believable they were sexy without being over the top. They just it's the thing. I've complained repeatedly about it I wish we got this more in Indian cinema depicting physical intimacy and sexuality more realistically and it it it it was done and I Everything from and the duality of people not everybody was a clear cut bad guy I love the moment in the restaurant where they're talking about what they're gonna do and they're all cussing and doing What they're doing and arjun gets on the phone talking to his his kid and he starts singing twinkle twinkle little star And in the background they're saying Yeah, there was a lot of comedy Like in terms of not just like oh, here's a funny joke kind of not at all. It was just situational and you could tell like Even though like obviously the quality of the film felt like almost like a vishal bard wash in terms of like How good the quality was? Yeah, but you could tell the youthfulness that was also in this Absolutely, which comes around obviously. I don't know how all these probably 25 or 26 Yeah, I had youthful energy. It did have a lot of that which is which is lovely to have it really for me is it's it's gangs of wasp or mersiper meets oceans 11. Yeah, it had but but The the violent aspect of it is the gangs and and and mersiper section because there's some moments that were just gloriously violent. Yeah And like you'll you'll notice moments that are like obviously the a lot of the cgi bullet wounds Yeah, a couple of those They get a pass they didn't want to spend the money on that you're not going to the film for for the cgi And there's not a lot of it. No, but very few you see it. Those are those things you'll notice In the film That i'm sure if you had a bigger budget He'd probably exactly himself that he'd want to fix as well Not a problem and I would actually say this film could have been even longer Could have delve into I like the fact that it was what it was like an hour 53 or something like that So it's very it does. There's not a lot of fat hardly and you're right Um, but I would have even loved to delve into certain characters even more even more but also I because I saw one review is like I couldn't relate to I was like This is a film. You're really not supposed to Really not supposed to I didn't I did care for some characters actually I did care for some characters But as far as I didn't want anyone to win. They were all bad. They're all Everyone is a dog even though dogs appear at heart and they're all amazing. No, that's the great this does As a whole the film feels like what you get if you watch stray dogs on the street all day Everybody's going to be fighting for what they're going to get and at one moment You think they're really cute in the next moment. They're killing each other and ripping flesh. Yeah, great Yeah, absolutely amazing And was there any other parts that we missed to talk about? Well, the only thing I can say because I just am always so enamored by the queen is I just taboo is not just such a wonderful thespian and she has Really the capacity to play any kind of role and be herself in the role But one of my favorite things about taboo is how Gorgeous she is in her aging process. Yeah, I just keep whatever whatever you're doing Keep doing it. Don't mess with anything because It's it's she's just if you're a taboo fan that in and of itself will be enough to hold you through the film Just to to watch her do what she does and see her be who she is And there's no as as great as she is She doesn't stand out so much that it this is a full ensemble where every single person Included like the moment in the the car with lovely. I don't know the actor's name We place for boyfriend in that moment I loved the listening and the just being the casting and direction for the actors And what could have easily been thrown away because this is all about script action story Yeah, the acting throughout was absolutely wonderful This is one and vishal is that way as well? Most of this films can I think be appreciated by the west as well in terms of like it feels very familiar And I would absolutely recommend this to people here the format. Yep. This is one of the films that It's it even though obviously it feels Indian. I'm not saying it doesn't feel Indian but it's just it's the certain directors can do things in a certain way that Like you wouldn't normally think a rajmuli film outside of rr Could be appreciated by everyone because you wouldn't think that like Oh, they don't that goes into song and dance it goes into over-the-top action They probably won't like that right which we we do is you just have to do it really well like rajmuli does, right? Um, but certain directors like vishals or on your odds They just know how to format a film that is acceptable kind of to everybody and very familiar I'm laughing because I just the quirkiness of some moments are so great. Oh like meow. Yeah Daughter So good this could have easily if this was just released in the united states If I was a producer I would beg everybody to release it around valentine's day Because there's always a lull and say if you love money if you love power if you love your love Then come and see this this is a great date night movie man. Yeah, all right. I agree. Had a great time I did too as well. I'm very happy 2023 is off to a great start. Yep Today, uh, so let us know if you've seen the film. Please go watch the film. I'm hopefully I'm assuming you have not I'm assuming at this point you've seen the film Uh, I know it's not going to be the the biggest box office one, unfortunately But it's that doesn't mean it's a quality film if it's good at the box office ever like a lot of films that don't do well They find their legs later Because of quality exactly like well sing chata and there proof, you know One of the biggest box office films of this past year 2022 was was Jurassic. Did you see that thing? No? It was dreadful Yeah, I did not absolute. I did not garbage. I saw the banshees of whatever it's been and it's fantastic. Yeah Anyways, let us know what you thought about this film. Uh, if you if you liked it if you hated it, uh, you're weird Let us know down below