 Something like drink and chat out of a New York Yankees mode go back to our stupid or actually it's a Corbin I'm Rick and you close I think I'm a Twitter for my juice it gone turned. Thanks. I'm patient It's just kind of scrubs him did like and you're like yeah, why are you guys together? I? Ended up having to be out of town this weekend for family and wedding I'm having to go to and so just happened to be the week that two big films come out And so that's that's why you were seeing us be a skyped and Today we're doing a movie review and It's of the new well new film remake of Tamil film Vikram Veda starting and scythe belly con and a stash of Radhika and a pinch BJ Raza's voice And some of you might be here and you're like why didn't you watch ps1? It's we this was just worked out for scheduling today the early showing of Vikram Veda and then tomorrow We will be watching ps1 Early as well, so you will get that review tomorrow just so if you're wondering like oh are you and we will We will get to it. It was just a scheduling thing. That's all showtimes. Yep. Yeah showtimes So obviously this just came out so we'll do mostly not just a showtimes Obviously this just came out so we'll do mostly non-spoiler and if we want to get to some spoils We're getting to some foils just since it's a new film that people up and it's you know what I said I said it before It's a remake but it is new But it is directed by having here Gayatri and Pushkar right and I believe they're the same The people that directed the original film as well Starring Rithi Groshan, Saif Ali Khan and like I said a sprinkling of Radhika, Abte But Rick your initial thoughts, please Well, my initial thoughts are if there's there Maybe an audience out there. That's gonna gonna like it. I I didn't like it. I'm sorry to say I I Wanted to obviously the trailer gave me high expectations I'm not over the hill we've talked before about just because some things are remake I'm gonna automatically dislike it and I'm always looking for things to like but Ultimately and it's not you know I had texted you and said that for some reason the sound again was you know blood First thing out of your ears loud I had the meter going again and it was at Supersonic sound levels with you know literally the decimal levels of a jackhammer, but I made it a point to not let that Be determined which is weird because it wasn't that for me It was the sound I know perfectly fine for me Which which leads me to believe that what it is as a movie theater not a distributor problem It's it's the theaters. So anyway, yeah, we can talk about it more and more But my ultimate feeling of the movie was for me that I I just I didn't like very much Yeah, I I had fun with it. I thought it was a good time. It was definitely a as opposed well, I Compared it a little bit to like Vikram because it's still like commercial But that one's more gritty and and different like that where this is with Bollywood Commercial gangster, right? And so yeah, like there's certain things that I thought was really fun certain before like Rithik We get to talk about him. I thought he'd give a fun fun performance in this film And then there's just stuff that actually went back to like My old-school feelings of like not liking songs in certain kind of films Because I just don't think they they fit in all kinds of films and this was one of great that one of them even though You've seen it's on online, but I it's fun get to see Rithik dance obviously That's that that's a that's always a treat, right? And I think it was a fun like if it was like kind of like in Jaish to Rend your some at the end. I think it might have been fine But yeah, this is one of the ones that I think could have benefited from not having all those songs in it, you know And all that kind of stuff so that was that was definitely one of my big rise, but let's get to the positives What did you think? Yeah, what did you think of Rithik's performance? That's what I wanted to say I want to accentuate the positives first about the things that I can take away from it But I can say that we're positive. I I thought all three of them and it's not a surprise I thought Rithik safe and Radhika did the best they could do with what they were given. I really do. I particularly think I can see in Rithik what he said in the interview recently when I talked about the fact that he started out wanting to be a movie Star and now he wants to be an actor I Can see how seriously he took this role and and I appreciated that now I actually really really enjoyed his performance because I This is a very meep role, right? I love like this. Oh, yeah, just gritty little like almost villainous, right? without getting anything away and Stuff like that. And so that's it's very me I loved his look beard and he looked sexy as hell and in the beard and the hair and all that and he was great And all that kind of stuff And so I actually really it's one of my favorite performances just because it's just I this is what I prefer actors to do is do these nice gritty little Roles as opposed to even though different kind of roles are fun Brahma Hastra, that's those are fun kind of films But these is just my kind of and maybe it's just more stuff my style That yeah, but I think he was definitely the standout performance Scythe I thought did a good job and this is obviously it's so interesting seeing Scythe's trajectory like being like this this Love interest quirky weird in the 90s that we saw and like whatever that shower con film that we saw Like a month ago Was it caho naho? Yeah, and how like weird and over the top he was and then now he's become like yeah Sartage is like he's like oh, oh, I'm just kind of getting into my lane a little bit And I really enjoyed that about him Even though I think rithik as the it was he has the more meaty role in terms of like He gets to be a little more accentuated and all the kind of stuff and so I really enjoyed that radica It's radica. She's she's never gonna do a bad role. I'm gonna just be out of it. No, she's she's literally She could have been in a way more though She's literally she's a tom hardy and that you can give her a bad script and she'll make it look good I mean, I just I don't think radica can like Who was it? There's an actor who it may have been in mckelyn who Was given a phone book And was just reading names out of the phone book and it sounded Shakespeareanly riveting, you know And I I just I really I've really Radica's one of the actors that can truly do no wrong. Yeah, she can she can do that and uh, I I do like that because I It's I know rithik's performance was very different from what um vj sarapathy Gave obviously in the original And so I do want to commend rithik for that and I think he he's definitely my favorite part of the film Even though like I said, I I actually enjoyed this film. I would watch this film again Even though I know oh, yeah, no, I would not I know you had a very different experience But I would watch this film again. I I actually enjoyed kind of the Massive feel there's other stuff I would change if I was directing it and Different directions I would go but I know they were going for a mass commercial film, which is why there was Then you know all this emotion at certain times and they add songs in certain places As opposed to like if anurag directed this film it would be a strict You know, uh, well, it would be a film festival film. Yeah, it'd be a film festival film But obviously that's not really what they were and I don't it was actually it was funny because I think the directors are The original south indian directors and so you got in and normally what you get in the south indian films are the big Massey kind of entrances you got in a bollywood film, which they don't often get as much as south indian films do Yeah, like the the the Yash entrance in kgf and like all these right. I I Still one of my favorite things we've ever reacted to was the the song from vikram betta the It's just such a great background score. Yes. I don't know who the who is. Oh, sorry Um Is the composer is the composer sam s is that who came up with it? I don't know. I don't know. I do apologize, but yeah that whole score and then like the Oh, like a lot of the background music, even though I know it's too loud even though I know it was too loud for you Uh, I I enjoyed a lot of the background music gave a lot of mass feel to it The the issues would come to me Uh more and obviously some of the the writing obviously in it. That was very Basic, right? Uh and very uh convenient problematic. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah for sure that I I definitely agree and that's I don't know why they do it. I'm assuming it's has to do with the who the target audience is They don't want to make a certain people think too much because they just want them to come in for a good time, right? It's just you know Our style is just yeah, just just give me more the nitty-gritty as opposed to the especially like the first 30 minutes were I was getting really nervous until rithic showed up Me too. I was waiting. I'm like, please bring rithic out just right now. I don't know where this is gonna go Yeah, when rithic came in I was like, ooh screen presence brought his brought his pizzazz to it And I I really enjoyed that I liked it because it got more serious when rithic and and syph were you know together and Going head to head But yeah, I'd say a lot a lot of the writing and then I just even though I know they were going for the mass feel I I don't think this film actually needed songs in it. I think the background. I agree. I think the background music would have been completely enough I agree this film Yeah, I agree and and the sound while it was you know, the decibel level was too high Thankfully the film itself is not this constant barrage in your face Oh, like there were like kg exactly like kgf There were plenty of moments Where it pulled back from the action and I thought that was one of the things that was pretty well balanced in the film Was that it was it was neither without action nor was it just over the top just nonstop bombastic stuff Yeah, um, it it did while the sound didn't bother me throughout because I got those breaks There was this stereotypical you know Overscoring to draw the emotion. Yeah, especially especially in the emotional moments. I agree yeah, yeah, and I The you know, this is the kind of film like at the To me that the the target audience and the stamp of what this movie is all about like if you were to put this into One moment of the film you're like you want to know what this kind of movie's about from start to finish at this It's basically the climactic fight when uh, should we get into spoilers? Um Yeah, yeah, we you know to finish your thought and then we can get to some spoilers. Yeah, let's just let's just say there's a I don't want to give I'll I'll I'll say this because of the spoiler. I just realized that was coming out of my mouth. Um But I There's a moment here's another moment Like you said the target audience and not having them think too much there's There's a point where someone in the movie has a glock and they've loaded the cartridge And they rattle off 35 40 45 rounds out of that thing And a glock cartridge only holds 15 rounds. So it's like, okay So we'll just we'll not think about that now and there was a moment where somebody got shot And you're watching it and the cgi blood stain moves on the shirt as they slowly fall to the left so We won't you know it had that kind of elements for me that I was just I'm out You didn't enjoy like just the overall like even though I there's some kills on the stunts Yeah, I love the stunts perk and the fight scene I yeah, obviously all the fight scenes are really fun and and all that kind of stuff Even though I wish that actually I always prefer more gore, but it goes again to the commercial They didn't want to get too gory because of the the target audience that they're going for It has to be more acceptable even though it is a violent film. And so it's not necessarily a family film but You know, I I always prefer even though there were some stuff that like but they some of the stuff they gave away like the On the neck on the car thing and then him slice and yes, which actually I kind of wish they almost didn't give us those in the In the in the trailer because I think that would have been a really cool to experience In the theater a sledgehammer hit. Yeah Yes, it was it was super interesting how they kind of weaved it all and so I don't want to give that away We can talk about that in spoilers Um, but yeah, so like overall I enjoyed it. I thought it was fun I think a lot of Indians will probably enjoy it even more than than we would especially if you like big massive action films Uh, yeah, obviously do not did not uh share that sentiment Uh, but obviously this isn't going to be exactly what audiences go like I think you're gonna have some people who are like not like some people are like, yeah Yeah, it's it's so interesting because I bet tomorrow we're going to get a completely different style of film Right, we're gonna get a big epic, but I don't think it's has like big action epic It's just a big scale of a film Uh, and so we're gonna get like Really still I mean not that this isn't story driven. It has a pretty intricate story to it Uh, but it's obviously such a different film from what we're probably gonna get tomorrow. Who knows might hate that one. Who knows But yeah, you guys can let us know what you thought in the comments But yeah, is there some spoiler stuff you wanted to talk about though? Yeah, I think I was gonna say spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers spoilers go see the movie and then come back and yeah um Yeah, for me like the moment that sums it up The moment toward the end there where They're running along side by side and the other guys were running along shooting at him and the guy has the ak-47 And he's shooting at them and missing and then the moment before that rithic Is just walking at the guy unarmed and the guy at point black range is going And missing and then The quintessential moment is safe and rithic and slow mo coming at the guys with flames blowing up behind them If that's your kind of movie where you're just checking your brain at the door in terms of the reality of it And you just love watching your movie stars. Well, that's die hard. Shoot them up That's die hard Now nobody shoots somebody at point blank range and gets away with it in die hard They at least keep the realism in die hard star wars Storm even as bad even as bad of a shooter as a storm trooper is um In massy films like this, I don't think about that stuff. I'm like, oh, that's how I do. It's fun It's a good time. We're having right here. I bet So if I'm going to tell you right now. I'm I'm betting In shabu-kan's path on you're going to want to probably leave some of Your breath that style of your brain away because I bet we're going to get stuff like that in in pathan No, it's just it's I don't Because it's all they're doing all all the style is just for entertainment. That's all that's all that is for I know but I don't know why anybody would find Somebody shooting somebody at point blank multiple times and missing completely Stylistically enjoyable. I just don't get that because in the next frame he kills them and so that's fun It doesn't require much brains to come up with a scenario where it's more believable so that you're not sitting there Disassociated and I'm not even talking about needing suspension of disbelief. We're not at that level of artistry I just mean remaining entertained where it's like That's never going to happen in 10,000 years. Whatever Well, I mean dumb. Do you think I am? Well, you know how uh, how bad your legs would break if you jumped off a three-story building In machine Yeah, of course So like that's why it's like I mean you check your brain a little bit and so like A lot of you you've always had a problem with especially gun Miss like I don't know what the word is Misuse of logic with guns, I guess. I don't know like I don't know like It seems like that's that's a big ripe of yours a lot of times in the films is if somebody Oh, I know I know it is. I'm not I'm not denying it. But it's just it's one of those things That's that's one of your things. It's like right when I see it I'm like, oh rick's gonna have a problem with that right there It's straight up insulting to me. It's like an audience member. I'm thinking director Do you really think I'm that dumb that you can get away with that? I think it's more of just they're just like, ah, this'll look cool Because I think that's what they're I guess because obviously rithic is a massive star people just want him And obviously since this is a south indian original film People especially in south india the the way they're the heroes are treated in films and you know, you know how They could they're basically gods, right as we know now And all the kind of stuff, but I get it. I right when I saw certain things. I was like, yeah, I think rick's gonna have a I think rick's probably that one at least give me like a peon who reaps in the matrix Or even in his the other john wick films at least at least give me one of these You know, give me stop. No rithic did I saw me went Now right right at the end right at the end he uh, he was walking up and he was like Dodging bullets man. He's like, ah, ah, ah, he can do it. He's a good dancer. He's like he's fast He trained with probably that's why he can uh, that's why he can dodge there. That's that's it. Okay. Now. It's just I saw him duck the bullet there at the end. I was like, oh, oh It was actually in the story and I think I think you have the same issue I had with the story in that like In what world does A guy who's wanted so badly for 16 murders that a special operations team is headed But the guy can walk into the police station with a firearm and then a few minutes later his attorney get them out And then in what world does the attorney happen to be married to the guy who heads the squad that's been chasing the guy And nobody sees a conflict of interest It's just ridiculous Yeah, but siphon roddick had sex and so that's cool. Yeah You know, it's funny in the beginning of the channel you liked certain films more than I did I like big commercial films And I know I think I I think I've grown to accept big massy commercial things more than you have now Because in the bidding I had so many issues and now I'm just like nah, it's fine shower con can definitely fly. I know we can I can't wait for a pathan. I like I want to know like what style of film we're gonna get with that Um, but anyways, yeah, but see didn't we have issues? Weren't there issues that like strained credulity for example, you know in like in the movie war Yeah, oh, yeah for sure. Yeah for her, but they weren't for me So far afield that it was like a case stop That's interesting. I enjoyed this more than I enjoyed or but like I said, I think it might just be a style thing Because you like this more than war. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah for sure. Oh, wow Yeah, I mean obviously some of the some of the car action scenes and war were really fun I'm not denying that there's a lot of fun. But yeah, I like war a lot It's just this my style man. I like I like gangster people killing each other and I just really enjoyed This is one of my even though I think like the film is not one of like Rithik's best in terms of like overall This is one of my favorite performances of his just because I like him doing something different and doing like a little Kind of a little bit of a crazy with this with this thing I'd like just like I can appreciate shower con and even though the alia film that we didn't appreciate That very much. I forget. Oh, it was a deer's and doggie, right? That was that one. Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, I enjoyed his performance and his character in that Quite a bit just like I did. I enjoyed Rithik's in this. I don't like because I think What is my favorite? What is the best Rithik performance for me? I might I Joe I'm forgetting the name Jota Akbar He's up there. Yeah, I love him and Jota Akbar and believe it or not. I think one of his better performances is actually Deborah Oh, you think so I do. I mean, it's not one of those films you think about and those were in those terms But I I feel like he did a when I think about it He also gets points for how hard he worked in another another one You guys are going to be thinking, huh? If you haven't been around the channel, but in gersnatch I felt he he really did his ample best with that role. That was a tough role Yeah, no, I say it probably be overall with how good the movie was and how good his performance probably Joe Jota Akbar is probably my favorite performance Uh, it's just because that movie was so good. He was so good But this I his performance just because it's so different because I would never like if you were saying to me right now Before we had seen this, right? All right, you know all your actors who you cast in as Vetta the villain-ish Character, I would have not right thought of Rithik. I would not have thought of Rithik Me too And so since he did such a good job that I think I I was I was just so impressed And so I really I liked his performance quite a bit So you guys can let us know what you thought if you didn't like the film if you liked the film if you Think I'm an idiot if you think rick's an idiot if you think the channels go just going down the shitter with How we're how we're doing stuff now just let us know in the console. It all helps the algorithm. So it doesn't really matter But uh, yeah, let us know what you thought and once again, we are watching ps1 tomorrow You will see our review for that tomorrow Probably I'm hoping we can get it for the first drop. I think we can Yeah, I think I think we can because I think we're both seeing it on the early side Yeah, I'm seeing about noon, but I think the early time for you is noon. So that's two hours after me Yeah, right Yeah, I think You know three hour film if I get it around noon I should be done and ready to go by the time you hit your Time zone in a way that I think it's feasible. It could be the first drop tomorrow Okay, but yeah, you guys let us know what you thought about this film. Uh, and if Other stuff just let me let us know down that comes