 Hi, just me today Hey, welcome back to our stupid directs of Corbin There's no one else here because it's just me and you can also subscribe to do more juicy content Thanks for your support some patreon follow through to the count subscribe. You haven't hit the like button Chugging down that juicy content for you right there And today we're doing a movie of you insert Rick going Because that's what he does and we're doing a movie of you of 2018 the 2023 Malayalam drama thriller about the Floods the 2018 Kerala floods Directed by Jude Anthony Joseph and if you're wondering hey, why is it just your? Beautiful sexy face on screen one. You're welcome, too There was Rick was we were both going to the theater and Do different circumstances Rick ended up being over 30 minutes late? And after the film had already started and so he was like that's not fair to the film for me to come in 30 minutes late and so I went in and It basically he doesn't there's two other stings He doesn't have time this week because there's only one showing and it's far away and so basically it's just gonna be me I'll catch it on streaming But it'll just be me here today So sorry and or you're welcome. However you want to view that but we're doing a movie of you and it'll be a Spoiler review because there's it just came out here in the United States But it's been out for a couple weeks and there's other non spoiler reviews that were probably better for you But I'll get into the stuff. I liked the stuff. I didn't like how I felt overall. I liked the film I enjoyed the film. I didn't love the film There were issues I had with it and stuff that I thought Could have been better, but there's also stuff that I really appreciated about the film And I really want to talk about because it's quite miraculous some of the stuff that this film did But first and foremost I want to talk about the freaking The freaking set design of this film is incredible like I At times I was like did you guys at the time Find a flooded area and film in it. I was like that can't be what's happening, right? And then I did some research. Obviously, I think they built an entire small little village and flooded it To recreate a lot of the the stuff and it was I love practical effects. So the hats off to the Production design team it's through the roof. There was very few times And I know this the budget of this film was like something in the United States dollars like four million dollars or 20 crores or something like that for a Disaster movie is insane To pull off what they did and make it not look a garbage for lack of a better word Because it looked great. There was very few instances outside of maybe the helicopter flying at times Where you could see vfx so wet where the the practical and the vfx merged on like at least the sets and the rain and a lot of the the storms and stuff like that superb, I thought they did a phenomenal job in this film in that aspect I really that's one of the first things I wanted to to point out The other stuff I wanted to point out is is some of the performances Tavino Thomas, obviously is is probably your main lead in this film and I love to be no Thomas I think he's gonna have his trajectory is just going like fricking this with Menominary this and now arm right that's that's coming out He did a very good job With his character he probably had the most fleshed-out character and that's one of the the issues that I that I did have with the film Was there there's there's There's so much that they were trying to put into this film of true Stories that happened or or stuff they wanted to put and I think it got a little Kerbald for lack of a better word For a little while But his care and a lot of a lot of characters got completely fleshed out But his character is one that I think was the most fleshed out and I did I did appreciate that I enjoyed his performance in this. I thought he did a very good job and I thought the two songs were really nice as well and there was some really good moments in this Before I get into some of the other stuff that I didn't appreciate as much as I had some issues with There were some Like the moment that probably touched me the most in this because I I think this movie means It would mean so much more to a Mali Ali, right? Or what have you called yourselves and people from Kerala, right? Because you went through this it's like if somebody in the United States from New Orleans When they went to Katrina and they lit it was a devastating hurricane It would mean a lot more to them. Obviously you as the United States citizen It meant a lot to everybody and I was in San Antonio, Texas, which it wasn't too far from New Orleans, but So we got a lot of refugees from them kind of like the Tamar characters in this but It means I could see it meaning so much to so many people to see this story told and then to relives the the heartbreak and the The the terrible events that happened but also the beautiful overcoming with with People, you know coming together for the better humanity and that's that's one of the beautiful things about Disaster movies right is we can all come together as a species which we normally can't ever Which is one of the things a lot of people like about disaster movies And the fact that this isn't just a normal disaster move like day after tomorrow This is something real that happened is so I realized they wanted to Get a lot in there, but one story I did appreciate was when and maybe it's just because I'm a dad now The the dad with the the kid with either autism down syndrome or whatever he had That that whole sequence of trying to get out of the house and the dad trying to do everything in his power to protect his family and get them out and To the last breath holding up not only his son, but his wife It that part really touched me and my just once again might be because where I am in my life right now That part really touched me. I really I really like the part also there was a bunch of other parts of like when people came together and You know Weirdly the part of when you know the WhatsApp went out and then people showed up to help and I was like Because I I know that's true and I was like that's beautiful the people that actually came And to help when people were in need that was beautiful. I really enjoyed that Don't take CPR advice from to be no Thomas Not good Not good at all Also, even though he's a soldier he doesn't know how to you know focus on his stuck foot Which he instead of you know trying to swim off me should you know try to adjust his foot there a little bit at the end But you know, that's that's nitpicking At that point and then there would I've seen some People comment because I watched some reviews to get to a feel of what other people were saying and they some people felt It was I'm emotionally manipulative in certain moments and I don't know that I felt that I could feel that there was definitely Overscoring in this film for sure not throughout but a lot of it especially in the big emotional moments where they wanted I could see that But that that wasn't one of my biggest gripes the there was I could see where at times Even though like I'm I know a lot of these stories were like the pregnant lady There was a pregnant lady evacuated and I did some research and I saw that a lot of these stories came from real Stories right but the way sometimes they write it in certain films in this film in particular The way they write certain things can make it feel even though we know it's real Kind of fabricated Even though it is real the people say cheesy dialogue or if they do cheesy things it's like that feels cinematic as opposed to You know real and so I could see that in a lot of places in this film It definitely got better in the second half of this film the first half there was there was And so I'm getting into some of the parts that I didn't like and I'm sure there's some that you guys Probably will know that I will not like about this film But the dubbing was terrible Especially in the first half and I know the film's budget was like once again 4 million and so that I think they put their money in the right place in terms of practical effects and and so I get that but I do Have to point out that There's fell the films that I've seen especially in the modeling industry that either do a sync sound hopefully Or just do dubbing better because it wasn't the best dubbing job that I've seen in a film for sure This film was very formulaic in terms of you knew what was going to happen In how it was going to unfold in terms of like the dad The son not liking the fishing you knew he was probably going to become a fisherman The There's there's also other elements of like a cobra Just popping up on something he needed to get once again, even if it is true it just And I just doubt it at that moment that that was true. Maybe I'm wrong, you know, and you can tell me that just feels weird to put like The stakes were already high You didn't need to put a cobra, you know And so yeah, and there's elements of in that that that will take you out of it at times The brain looked great The god the fucking And you know, it's coming the white actors And I pirated a bit for this videos to take video and show Rick So he could see what he missed In terms of that it was some of the worst that I've seen and we've seen a lot of really bad white actors in Indian cinema You guys know this And it was also the bad dubbing they it was even worse on them But god they were awful and I don't know why you even needed them I don't One the the characters. I don't know why you need the characters And two I don't know why you need those actors If you're gonna if that's going to be the white people representation in Indian films Just use like sex dolls because they're probably going to be a better performer than what you normally get outside of mark the goat white bennington um But like they're they're I didn't understand their plot if they were supposed to be a comic relief I was like, I don't even know why we need a comic relief here. Okay. This is a serious story Take these awful people away That that was by far the worst part of the entire film It was awful. Uh, luckily they weren't in it forever, but they weren't in it definitely too much I agree There with myself Let's see what else Oh, yeah, like I said at first the because it was a lot of the setup and it was a lot of dubbing Errors and There was too. I think there were too many characters in this. I think they definitely could have cut down On a lot of characters and focused on a few characters Stories to drive us through to to get us even more emotionally connected to these certain characters Like we did to tovino thomas Um, I think you could have cut out a lot of people you could have also added I've seen other people say this some female characters like female characters were almost non-existent like in terms of meaty female characters Um in this so they definitely could have added some there and taken away from other people Uh, I liked the dad the the dad who once or once again, this is spoilers dad who died Uh in it. I I like that actor. I liked that relationship Uh a lot And like I said, there was stuff I I enjoyed in this film Uh, there was stuff I I didn't so much enjoy but I can easily but I overall enjoyed it But I can easily see why this is getting so much love right now Especially from people for people in carola that experienced this I could feel the heart of this film while I was watching it And I could I could feel there were a few people in the theater the the later showing the 9 p.m. Showing Which is way past my bedtime, you know Um Is almost packed and so this film is doing great and that's wonderful and I love that especially for the malayama industry who Um, you know, it's harder for them to get this broader appeal and broader distribution. We didn't get this film until two weeks later Um, so I'm so happy that it's it's doing well Um, I just wish maybe it was Kind of edited a little better together Maybe cut out some of the fat in terms of the a couple of side stories and stuff like that Um, but overall I enjoyed it. I definitely have a lot more to like than I than I had to dislike for sure And I'm glad I got to see it on the big screen because I think that added to the impact that that that had had on me But uh, you guys let me know what you thought about this film If you liked it if you didn't like it Thoughts on what I said Uh, and if you were if you went through this if you were from carolin, you actually went through this Please, uh, please let me know down in the comments below. I would love to hear your story. Um, because I do Even though I hate people I love stories about humanity coming together Because that's when people are at their best Usually Um When they're trying to help each other, right? Uh, so I I love that. So let me know what you thought about this film and which will be our next malellum film down below