Just Friends
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It's Christmas, and Deadpool is back in town to revenge-bone the chick that overlooked him in high school. That's right, it's Just Friends, a movie that is somehow labeled a romantic comedy.
Starring Ash Blodgett, Bret Eagleston, Samantha Willson and Patrick Edwards.
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Pat: Oh my God.
Sam: Chris McQueen.
Bret: Hello and welcome to another episode of like three watch the show where we watch movies that we loved in our youth and find out if they're still any good I'm Brett.
Sam: I'm Sam.
Ash: Imask.
Bret: Boom lot.
Sam: Yes.
Pat: We do.
Ash: We still do a podcast.
Sam: Yep.
Ash: Oh wow yeah.
Bret: Yeah our last episode that came out was action Thanksgiving which we recorded like in September.
Pat: Is it really we went all November without recording an episode.
Ash: Yes it feels.
Sam: It feels like forever.
Pat: Yeah.
Ash: It does.
Pat: Everything feels like forever.
Ash: What is time.
Pat: Yeah.
Sam: Are you surviving over there Pat you're having a rough go.
Bret: Surviving over there Pat you're having a rough go.
Pat: Yeah we're hanging in there could be worse or good we are in the midst of a household quarantine due to covid outbreak it or daycare kids daycare so that's been fun all our kids are solid right now but having 3 kids.
Pat: I know I'm like I'm going to come on we're going to get the shot and then she just fixing to go do your research.
Bret: What's the ship cherry on top of the ship.
Sam: But Pat what's that what's the s*** cherry on top of the s*** cake here.
Sam: I'm so sorry.
Bret: Sorry.
Pat: Oh we were so as of us recording at this episode this week we were supposed to be in Disney World for a little holiday vacation which Disney World during like Christmas Time Is Awesome it's it's great it's ridiculous.
Pat: Yes to to be fair.
Sam: Teresa.
Ash: I would feel sorry for you but didn't you just go like three months ago so okay yeah I am so sorry for you that sucks.
Pat: It is it is it were not that I was like oh this is our big once-in-a-decade trip yes we are yet we we go in September Kayden are alike.
Ash: Is this true.
Bret: Listen that's fine you know Patty listen listener patent bougie that's just where they put all of their money into the pockets of Disney.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: When you get like three kids it's just as so much and it's just it's very for vacations it's just like it's there's just so much to do it's just so easy like we get it we know it has a handful of things we know we're going to do or try some new things as sterile as the stuff for the seasons.
Pat: Yeah.
Bret: Once they started serving beer it was over like that's it the only use Lacey need to go.
Ash: Oh my God.
Bret: I had.
Sam: I'm with you the only family vacations I had as a kid were Disney vacation so they are nostalgic as hell for me.
Pat: This isn't the Disney World different things for the seasons now going on so.
Ash: Speaking of Seasons it's the Christmas season.
Pat: Yeah.
Sam: Yeah.
Bret: No I hate that.
Ash: A shoe horn that in there.
Bret: Not off a cliff like the inventor of the Segway.
Pat: Oh Jesus.
Sam: Rude rude brat flipping Grinch over there.
Bret: Open grave.
Pat: Yeah.
Pat: That was.
Ash: I'm coming in like the truth screwed she is very f****** Christmas.
Sam: Goodness he's still on the Christmas win Theory like that's that's we got to give him some slack there I guess that was dark Brett.
Ash: Zodiac.
Sam: Don't take away our joy or Christmas joy.
Bret: I was trying to bring try someone out there laughed at that.
Ash: I mean the irony is pretty great.
Bret: Zodiac Christmas.
Pat: Yep.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Yeah.
Bret: And or any other December holiday for everyone else that it doesn't use the c-word.
Ash: Yes flex your holiday it's a choose your own holiday Adventure.
Bret: Why isn't there a war on Christmas.
Pat: I'll be funny future years to bring a guest on who maybe does not celebrate cuz all the four of us do celebrate Christmas so it's like Christmas.
Pat: Oh yeah.
Ash: Matt store I've talked to Matt storm about doing a Hanukkah move in the movie we just we haven't we haven't organized.
Pat: Tudo Eight Crazy Nights the Adam Sandler animated.
Sam: I like it I can't think of any other hot account.
Bret: I can't think of any other hot.
Ash: There's one there's like a got the Hebrew hammer that's what is called.
Pat: That's not a Hanukkah movie is it it's just.
Bret: Is that a good luck.
Ash: Is it not 000 well I didn't suggest it okay Matt suggested it alright.
Pat: Oh he okay.
Bret: I mean.
Bret: I would watch it again.
Ash: I think Matt can correct me on Twitter and I will take 2 weeks to respond.
Bret: That feels like a movie where there's no way it's okay but.
Ash: Probably not.
Ash: Oh okay.
Ash: That's for them.
Pat: But so yeah we are happy holidays to you listener whatever holiday you do celebrate or if you don't celebrate let me just say holidays and your behalf just for that b for them I'm just trying to show solidarity.
Bret: I don't want to show those people solidary it learn how to celebrate just this celebrate it's the end of the year you know likes be like it's over just one moment just be like.
Bret: That's right Bevo.
Ash: That's right that's right Vevo.
Bret: Bevo gets it.
Ash: Oh my God right.
Ash: Haha.
Pat: But yes please let this year be over excited I saw a funny tweet that was like I really have seen zero social media posts that have been like 2022 is going to be my year it's like.
Ash: Oh yeah.
Sam: Because we know this is never going away right like maybe 20-25 will be our year maybe.
Ash: Is the undead.
Pat: Wait.
Bret: But you can't spell Necronomicon without Omicron and that's what I'm hoping for is let's just do a whole spooky2 P2022 baby.
Pat: I'm going to look it up later but so let's just say we are watching a movie that it's funny how he backed into this at least I think it's funny we are watching a movie called Just Friends.
Pat: Yeah.
Sam: I am so excited.
Bret: I'm so excited.
Ash: I don't know anything about this movie but backing into it seems like the perfect turn of phrase for what we're going to say.
Pat: So it's just so we were texting each other in our group chat about you do we should do automobile holiday episode and what should we do and what's what's something that's not too obvious that people might be interested in looking up a list of underrated holiday movies and I threw a bunch out there and then I was stunned when I originally said like 45 you were all like Scrooge was on there which we should still do at some point but you were all like screws the only one that really hurt ever seen in that list.
Sam: What is that.
Bret: I've seen Babes in Toyland.
Pat: Oh well you said Scrooge to tell me what he'd seen.
Ash: No I did.
Sam: I hadn't seen any of them.
Bret: Well maybe I might have said that I'm surprised they're not doing like The Santa Clause.
Pat: We watch that's on that's on like every other day in my household this time of year kids that's that and the actually the one that they will literally watched two times a day for a week is that.
Sam: Oh.
Bret: I like that one The Hip Hop Grinch.
Pat: Grinch from 2 years ago with Benedict cumberbatch's the Grinch not bad just soundtrack.
Ash: Benedict Cumberbatch is the Grinch what.
Pat: Yeah he was the Grinch so it's Benedict cumberbatch's the Grinch it's narrated by Pharrell.
Ash: Wow.
Pat: I just wish he'd use his natural voice he puts on a weird like tight American accent I'm like but you have this great.
Pat: He had this great gravitas of Illinois's he should have kept his British accent but but would ashwoods worth it is you should just look up the soundtrack cuz they had Tyler the Creator do the soundtrack for this movie The Grinch.
Ash: Oh wow.
Bret: It was good.
Pat: And I like it I like what you did with the original Grinch theme song.
Sam: I love that song.
Bret: Yes very much so.
Pat: Yeah but so.
Pat: Oh my gosh.
Sam: Oh no.
Pat: Okay Moving on but so you are like I don't know what that it regards to just friends you're all like I don't know what that is and omigod because this is a movie my sister and I really like that I texted her I was like let's re-watch co-hosted never heard really just friends should I should we do it for the show she's like oh my God yes all caps.
Ash: Hahaha.
Bret: Well what's it what's it what is this movie about Pat.
Pat: Yeah so none of you seen it has anyone here aware of it in the slightest you were none of you aware it existed.
Bret: I kind of bad that I didn't know was it.
Pat: Okay.
Bret: I thought it was like a rock.
Sam: I kind of am but I didn't know it was a Christmas movie I thought it was like a rom-com.
Pat: It is that came out in 05.
Sam: Wow.
Pat: And it was directed by Rodger kumble who's in a ton of TV but the other movie of note that he directed was Cruel Intentions.
Sam: Oh.
Pat: Adam and then in quotes text Davis.
Pat: Text.
Bret: Text okay.
Bret: After.
Sam: That's like what I worked at DreamWorks there was a guy who legally changed his name to Captain.
Bret: Captain 3D.
Sam: 3D Phil McNally it was amazing.
Ash: Wow.
Pat: Good for him.
Bret: Yeah.
Ash: Okay.
Sam: And that's yeah and he was he was like one of the original 3D peoples Gray.
Bret: Okay.
Pat: So the let's do the the cast here and the Stars Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart.
Ash: Amy Smart.
Pat: Which if you if the names are Annabelle you'll recognize her she was in a ton of ecology movies rom-coms at this time in the early aughts.
Ash: Okay.
Pat: Okay.
Ash: Deadpool's in this.
Sam: Nothing on.
Bret: I feel like we passes up Ryan Reynolds too fast but I couldn't think of a joke quick enough because Pat's on Tik-Tok and Masher on Tik-Tok Ryan Ryan Reynolds is what men think the female gaze is.
Ash: That sounds great I love.
Bret: Like every every guy has a crush on Ryan Reynolds and all the women are just like.
Sam: I think Ryan Reynolds is great.
Pat: I like him I like his stick it doesn't has not worn on me I still like it.
Ash: Yeah do you guys see free guy those free fun.
Pat: Have not yet.
Ash: It was pretty fun.
Bret: I want to watch that TV ads.
Pat: No sounds like.
Sam: I thought you said furry guy and I was like wow that's a deviation for him free guy.
Ash: That's a different Ryan Reynolds.
Bret: That's the leftover we were just up at Emerald City ComiCon and a couple of spoof they have a rule about.
Ash: Bebo some more than he could ever imagine.
Bret: There is somebody there's some guy wanted the people have some real disturbing furry stuff up front just a graphic as.
Bret: That's okay I was watching a little nicer.
Pat: Hey girl.
Ash: Nice.
Sam: I wasn't that graphic but for a public space it with that's okay I was watching a little Nas X music videos with people on Thanksgiving just to piss my family off.
Bret: That was good with all the naked dudes twerking on screen and your dad was just like I don't get it.
Sam: Yeah my dad was like should he be watching this as like he's a baby.
Pat: Hey.
Ash: I'm sorry we breathe by too quick the fact that Sam just admitted that she's seen more graphic furry p***.
Sam: Yeah okay.
Bret: That's what I was going to say yeah it wasn't that graphic I've seen so much worse.
Sam: I have been traumatized by what I've seen my college roommate used to draw furry p*** as a job before she landed like a real job and those people have ruined a lot of my favorite childhood characters you know it's rough it's rough I don't know she didn't draw them she did she got some dark request.
Bret: There's some dark request that she got at school.
Ash: That's good.
Pat: No that's it yeah I don't need that rattling around up in here this is darkness in there.
Pat: Yeah.
Sam: Oh yes it is.
Ash: Dark request great band name by the way anyway.
Ash: Sorry Pat.
Sam: This relates to.
Bret: Tell us how this relates to furry p***.
Pat: Do your I Love Changes.
Ash: Ryan Reynolds he already told you.
Bret: Scarborough.
Sam: Yes.
Ash: Of course she is.
Bret: I love her.
Sam: I love her.
Pat: Yeah well he's very he's like famously very hairless like very just his nobody here you seen he sure looks quite often who was the jockey one of the friends in American Pie American Pie series.
Sam: Do the blond guy.
Pat: As the like sensitive one who is like jockey.
Sam: I.
Ash: I still have never seen those movies.
Pat: Oh okay what.
Sam: Yappi Beador.
Bret: There are not enough memorable characters from that series no just kidding that's the only one I don't remember I can think of so many.
Pat: I feel like you'll recognize him when he comes home screen a bunch of people.
Pat: Not much not many household names a handful of people at Stephen Root does have a small role in this bunch of people you'll probably recognize from other things but they're not necessarily household names I want to see Sam.
Pat: And do you want me to promise I'll give away too much but.
Pat: Let me know what you want to get the taglines.
Ash: Sure.
Sam: Yes.
Bret: I mean sure I was like I think I can guess the premise but alright yeah take us to it.
Pat: Get the promise not only hear what you want to hear your guess.
Sam: Oh this is good game.
Bret: This sounds like a movie with the title that's lying to you.
Bret: And in which they are not just friends.
Ash: Well yeah.
Sam: Obviously.
Ash: That's not a plot.
Bret: Obviously it's like cuz cuz no one ever has to discuss but it no the plot is in the title right cuz like they're like all right oh yeah we're like best friends and other people are like you or you two dating my like I don't know you gross I just had my hand on his ass for fun and like and then they realize later wait no I was aroused and then it happens on Christmas and the boinking happens.
Pat: You are a dad.
Ash: The biking I will say.
Ash: I did like a cursory Image Google search and I was like oh I have seen the poster for this movie before and one of the posters does have.
Ash: Maybe a spoiler I don't think it's a spoiler but saw the poster right but like is us fat Ryan Reynolds.
Ash: Yeah he's fat.
Sam: Oh okay now I remember this all right well I can't guess the plot because I think I have seen this but a long time ago.
Pat: Buddy.
Ash: The truth is f****** Vevo come down listen fat Ryan Reynolds makes me cry to Bebo.
Bret: When he cries I know it's mean but I may come into the Halloween witch come on baby do it.
Ash: Halloween witch.
Pat: So perfect.
Ash: You got to record that and sell that on a stock site.
Pat: Oh my God that was so I was back walking through Hobby Lobby or something like walking past the end cap and I definitely want to Cloud.
Bret: I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Bret: I'm still going to do the whole intro.
Ash: Bad nipple.
Pat: You know what f****** starcloud it's a funny this time they're actually way to spot-on it's funnier when they make no sense like this until I'm calling all accounted audible out of its friendzone high school best friend Christmas New Jersey that's like s*** this is boring. Let's move on.
Ash: Yeah.
Bret: That is like status like a.
Sam: That is like that is like a plot summary right there that's that's what high school.
Ash: Totally totally.
Bret: Extra points for hitting New Jersey.
Pat: Before the money game this is one of two films Anna Faris and Ryan Reynolds co-starred in the other film was waiting also released in the same year 2005.
Ash: Oh yeah.
Sam: Wait what was waiting.
Ash: She's like a waitress right I've never seen it.
Pat: They're all they're all servers at like a Applebee's type place.
Bret: They're all they're all food terrorists.
Sam: Oh yeah I forgot Anna Faris was in that.
Pat: That's the definitely one that I feel like everyone I knew liked it at the time we would like in college in 2000 a cult hit a DVD and then now it's I'm sure it's it's still problematic.
Ash: I've never seen it.
Pat: A number of reasons.
Sam: Uh-huh.
Bret: Well you know it's the problematic part of it is finding out that that is all true stuff and it happens all the time.
Bret: I know.
Pat: Level does this home there's a very homophobic through-line to the.
Pat: Yeah.
Ash: Ono Ono.
Bret: How is there okay goodness I just remember the parmesan thing and I.
Pat: With the mean lady.
Pat: But.
Sam: I remember the people come in like 5 minutes before they close and they like throw their steaks on the ground in the back of the kitchen and.
Ash: Oh.
Bret: Anyway if you ever been to Shady customer you've had your food terrorized that you don't even need to ask.
Pat: You definitely eating something from someone else's body.
Bret: Yeah yeah for sure.
Ash: You know I feel like I've talked to friends so that like work in the kitchen of restaurants and I like that she doesn't really happen.
Pat: Depends on the restaurant.
Bret: You want me to be your friends work at nice restaurants.
Bret: God damn perfect.
Bret: Japanese Kitchen.
Sam: If you're talking to Seth he is a goddamn professional and amazing and I'm sure that s*** doesn't happen is Kitchen.
Sam: But worked yeah.
Ash: Cuz he's the one running it.
Pat: Bully pit.
Bret: Don't don't doubt don't doubt the people on the podcast.
Sam: I'm not okay I won't there.
Pat: Who Brett if you could believe anything this episode do Jingle Bells like sounds like stick the ding-a-ling.
Ash: He's not just to spite you.
Sam: Ochin yes this is variant this is brilliant let me let me assure you I know for a fact that it does happen.
Bret: A jingle bell sound effect is just going to be passing Jingle Bells.
Pat: Hahaha.
Pat: The movie was shot during winter in Regina and Moose Jaw Saskatchewan when temperatures will go down as low as minus 34 degrees Celsius that's -29 degrees Fahrenheit for us Americans.
Bret: I'm still stuck on a town named too close to vagina.
Ash: Your ghina what.
Pat: Regina is the capital of Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan and I know the way it's pronounced and that it is that because of Letterkenny.
Bret: That's like.
Bret: Uptown Street couch.
Sam: That's like there is Couch Street here in Portland it's not couch straight it's couch straight.
Pat: Ironically in a city that's famous for having a ton of strip clubs Couch Street has none f****** Wild.
Sam: Yeah.
Pat: I don't know if that's true but it would be fun if it is.
Sam: I don't think it is but I.
Bret: I don't think that's true I think almost every street in town has the strip club.
Sam: Yeah I really want it to be true.
Pat: Where was the next door neighbor is a strip club.
Sam: Yes yes.
Pat: Shut up really.
Ash: No no.
Sam: It it's not right next door but.
Sam: It's less than a mile away.
Pat: You know what.
Pat: God bless.
Pat: Do whatever you got to do to get through this f****** life.
Bret: Hawaiian our next door neighbor is a swingers club which is right around the corner and then and then sharing a wall with the bank is the strip club when I.
Ash: Assonet rainbow out there they want to be inside.
Bret: Matt covid hit that place card.
Sam: I see what you did there.
Ash: I didn't even mean it actually.
Ash: Olean Iowa.
Bret: I missed you guys.
Sam: I missed you guys.
Pat: Something to look for I just never seen that the actors are inside a car the car window is rolled it down this is because the window cosplayer and the audience would then be able to see the camera.
Ash: Yeah I was going to say That's Not Unusual.
Bret: Is a standard thing for Productions that can't afford glare removal.
Ash: Yeah.
Sam: Jesus.
Bret: Today's here is your counter fact Pat nothing special.
Ash: All they needed was a polarizer like on that lens.
Pat: Nothing special just like I'm starcloud you don't f*** that fact to episode f*** that fact too cuz they're not interesting.
Bret: What is salty.
Sam: Brent is salty today cheese Scrooge McDuck.
Pat: Well.
Ash: We could not afford the $50 for the polarizer filter to put on the less.
Ash: Oh.
Bret: Really.
Pat: It's it's funny you mention that because little preview of the money game we're going to be skipping the budget part cuz I could not find it and I actually looked I did some Googling and could not find a budgie for this.
Sam: No.
Ash: That doesn't bode well.
Bret: This is the first time we skip the budget game in a long time.
Bret: Okay.
Pat: No we can do the money game still and you can guess how much I made if you want to we don't have a budget part.
Ash: Okay.
Sam: Yeah let's do it it could be a sleeper like Napoleon Dynamite they made that for like $0 and it was like a smash-hit so maybe.
Pat: If we.
Ash: True everyone works for free.
Sam: Yeah.
Pat: If we remember after the watch I would love cuz it is a rom-com right so it's not like I would love for us to have a take on it would we think this cost roughly after seeing it but 05.
Sam: After Scene It 2005.
Ash: What year was it again what year is it okay.
Bret: I don't know how much the actors are worth in this movie at that time but like if you didn't count the actors this feels like a.
Bret: Maybe like.
Ash: Million.
Sam: The couple million no it's the.
Sam: Oh.
Bret: Couple million-dollar kind of title like I haven't Santa Monica have no this is blind blind guessing couple like under like the 10 like that we just we just sat around a house and film some s*** kind of like.
Sam: I was going to guess we're not playing the actual budget part of it but I was going to guess 23 Mill.
Bret: I want to put it down to Domino just throw in the pits at the Tanner.
Ash: 10 mil.
Sam: That's real low.
Bret: What you think.
Pat: What do y'all think this made opening weekend US and Canada.
Sam: When did it release did it release at Christmas time.
Pat: November late November 27th.
Sam: K2 we know what its competition was is that going too far into the facts.
Pat: I can do that I can box office.
Pat: 27 2005.
Bret: I mean this is the time of year notably is usually the hottest release time of year outside of like summer blockbuster so they probably had a ton of competition.
Pat: It's on Netflix.
Bret: I don't know.
Ash: I feel like I have to excuse myself because I Googled the movie just to make sure we could stream it somewhere and the box office number was like right there and was like.
Sam: Dang it.
Pat: Okay oh-so this is during a Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire is run.
Ash: Oh no they didn't do well then.
Pat: It already been open it it didn't open this weekend didn't open the week before it looks like.
Bret: Sometimes it not in that artist.
Sam: Okay but sometimes sometimes in that in that Ott's time you know parents would drop their kids off to go see Harry Potter and then they'd go see a movie for themselves maybe maybe.
Ash: You sound like you had a good family.
Pat: This is also.
Pat: Walk the line was in theaters.
Pat: Brent was open this weekend Yours Mine and Ours I don't know what that is but it was two did well.
Sam: So it's like a family movie.
Pat: Oh this is a fun way to come with us to do you want to know what it ranked this weekend at the box office.
Pat: 6.
Bret: Yes that is the one I want six.
Bret: I think box office.
Sam: Well that's I feel like okay I was like I feel like that's a little cheating but 6 so I think box office.
Pat: Who the Polar Express released this weekend too.
Sam: It's doomed.
Pat: This is 2005 IMAX release I don't know but it did better than that.
Sam: Everyone loved that movie but that movies creepiest f***.
Ash: Yeah I was going to say not me.
Bret: I did not. Sun candy Valley.
Bret: Okay so I'm go.
Sam: I did not. Sun candy Valley okay so I'm going to guess that this.
Bret: 80.
Sam: Movie didn't do great but I think if we're guessing it was a low-budget movie it probably made its money so I'm going to guess it made 189 189 million.
Pat: Gross.
Sam: Low gross.
Pat: Domestic worldwide.
Bret: I'll stick my.
Sam: I'll stick with my 189 million gross worldwide.
Sam: Yeah yeah.
Ash: Do you know what weight is this box office right okay nevermind I'll keep my mouth closed.
Bret: That feels big that feels big to me if this was popular it was 6 so it must have been.
Bret: Well okay so the question is is it like.
Ash: Think of how many screens did the movie theaters have back then bread about 6.
Bret: Yeah right well I'm thinking of like in a recent Marvel releases where they like all right it's some it's Marvel release weekend and we've got 20 screens and 19 of them are showing the Marvel movie and one of them is showing an art-house film like so I feel like.
Bret: But you know what I'm just going to say I don't think this dude well I'm going to say if they did if they need any money it's going to be like in the 40 range.
Pat: Okay.
Sam: Slow poke.
Pat: Yeah.
Bret: My budget was low do I don't I think they made money I just don't think it's was anything.
Pat: Okay I was going to jump in and tell you both numbers it cuz you don't know it's not that it in US domestically so it's US and Canada it it's gross was 32619000.
Pat: Gross worldwide is 51 million.
Ash: Yeah yeah.
Bret: How about that how about that.
Sam: Highway were shot that good job Brett hoop or movie.
Ash: That was the number I saw it was with 51 nose like oh dear.
Bret: Man I feel like I had that was for not knowing anything about this I'm going to get myself a little butt slap for that one.
Pat: Okay.
Ash: He actually didn't listen reaction it was wonderful.
Pat: Official promised you want to know anything about this before we do predictions.
Bret: I think.
Sam: I mean I think I think knowing that Ryan Reynolds is Chubby in the poster is all we need to know.
Sam: Just friends yeah.
Ash: Yeah right with the name just friends I mean Brett Nails in my opinion the plot probably he just missed the fact that Ryan Reynolds was fat and then probably got skinny and then that's the thing that she's like now you're hot or whatever that's my guess.
Sam: Yeah.
Bret: Oh goodness is it one of those.
Sam: Oh yeah.
Bret: Oh yeah.
Ash: Probably at2005 right.
Sam: Okay.
Bret: I mean it's the okay so okay but okay.
Bret: Yeah I was going to say I actually love that.
Ash: It's like the reverse of the girl version It's the male version somebody was like.
Bret: Now that you say it I love it.
Ash: You love it.
Pat: Okay.
Bret: I hope that's right I hope that's a hundred percent correct because that's how you took her glasses off and now she's hot like.
Bret: My brains a melt right now with possibilities.
Pat: Alright so who wants to do a prediction.
Sam: I'll go I'll go with what I was going to.
Bret: Alright I'll go I'll go with what I was going to.
Ash: I mean I just did mine that's what I think the movie.
Pat: What do you think your are you going to like it is it going to be fun.
Bret: Absolutely.
Sam: Absolutely.
Ash: I am really hoping that I'm going to like it I actually like I I didn't realize that this was the name of the movie when you mentioned it but somebody had recently told me that Ryan Reynolds did a Christmas movie and I was like what and I wanted to watch it and so I'm very excited to watch this because I love Ryan Reynolds and I love everything he's in and I think he's hilarious but I'm 2005 just friends fat Ryan Reynolds I think there's going to be some problematic s*** for sure but I am really hoping that it's still going to be like a fun time that's my prediction.
Bret: I think.
Bret: Everything I want.
Bret: Horrible but awesome Halo.
Bret: I hope that shaving off of message.
Sam: I think this is going to be everything I want and a horrible but awesome holiday movie which is rom-com and Christmas warm fuzzies and I'm stoked and Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are gems and I'm so excited and I hope the fat shaming awfulness is not too bad I hope I hope.
Ash: Right yeah.
Bret: Yeah but.
Ash: Anna Faris is a gem by the way.
Sam: Yes.
Bret: Yeah I hope that helped the fat shaming isn't too bad but also you know it's going to be late heavy heavy haha no pun intended but.
Sam: Road Brett rude.
Sam: What you did.
Bret: But I don't know if I have a prediction as much as I have a production which is that I'm sorry for your face right now so this is a combination I like rom-coms.
Ash: Do you like Die Hard.
Bret: Yeah oh yeah but that's a Christmas movie about killing people that's it.
Pat: So is the Santa Claus.
Sam: Lloyd because it's more of an action movie than a Christmas movie yeah so was the Santa Clause.
Ash: Does he say he liked the Santa Clause.
Bret: Listen listen I'm going to get I'm going to get jokey but also real for a moment diehards a movie about murdering the people who are out to get you and like I can respect that you know.
Bret: That's the kind of that's the kind of.
Ash: I can support that I hear Freddie Spencer for its murder.
Bret: Take them out that's fine but like you know I want to go home to see my family or like I don't want to go cats nail catch a plane for the girl that I should have just said I liked it like it's Christmas just like.
Sam: Shooting automatic weapon of some sort come on.
Bret: Yeah but do before Christmas.
Pat: That's literally what every wrong yeah who's busy.
Ash: I thought you said you liked rom-coms you just like describing multiple wrong cost.
Sam: Brett doesn't nobody likes.
Sam: They're still Christian this it's just pure capitalism.
Bret: But if I like the Christmas setting of it the Christian this of it no thanks alright sorry the Christ maecenas of it I'm just not into it like it could be you could have around comment another time of year they never do.
Sam: Because Christmas.
Ash: Yes there's a whole Chicago drug addict.
Pat: This is so many of the.
Bret: But we're watching one now for Christmas and.
Sam: Yes.
Pat: Like Matthew McConaughey's me like a dozen rom-com don't think any of them are Christmas ones.
Sam: No.
Bret: I hope Ryan Reynolds kill someone in this movie and it's a joke and then I will laugh and then then then it'll be like top-tier like a accidental murder haha.
Sam: He does not omigod you were going to be disappointed Jesus Brett you were all over the map on that last section there.
Pat: Yeah.
Ash: You know what I hate Christmas you know what I love.
Pat: Play Christmas.
Sam: What's a literal Warcraft.
Bret: Listen listen we've been hearing for a whole lives about the war on Christmas I'm ready for I'm so ready let's take down Christmas no just put a foot in the butt of Christmas.
Pat: Yes yes yes.
Ash: At the beginning of this podcast you were literally calling out people who don't want to celebrate during the holidays and now you have gone.
Pat: Wentz.
Bret: Listen I want to win the war on Christmas so I have something to celebrate all right there we go let's take it down this is X Chris Chris.
Pat: Where you trying to destroy Christmas are you fighting for Christmas.
Bret: I want I want to destroy Christmas and replace it with a better holiday.
Ash: Like every rom-com he's doing both.
Bret: Okay real real talk though it's going to be okay right like it's going to be great right Ryan Reynolds is like oh yeah I'm funny and Anna Faris also funny and what else do you expect from that says that's alright that's all I right.
Sam: I think so.
Bret: Enjoy it.
Pat: I predict.
Ash: Character actor movie.
Pat: I think we're all going to enjoy watching it I think you all have done a really good job of sussing out.
Pat: The major beats of this and I think you've all done a good job of hitting on if there's one thing that probably that might be an issue and I honestly don't remember how it's handled I'm going to go ahead also guest probably not with the most nuanced and compassion is the.
Pat: This the part of it where Ryan Reynolds is overweight.
Pat: That's probably not going to be great once we can discuss that but it's been a long time since to go watch it.
Bret: Hey Ya.
Bret: And the baby has awoken time is.
Pat: Perfect.
Ash: Christmas countdown Christmas creep.
Bret: Alright well then shall we pause it's not it's not Christmas creep if we're actually recording this in December for what Philip last couple years we recorded it pretty far in advance but this year last minute shopping.
Ash: I was trying to the the baby.
Bret: You call my baby a Christmas creeper like he's Jeepers Creepers.
Ash: Yeah yes.
Ash: No.
Sam: A spent one weekend with them she's like never again you creep get out of here come back when you can walk and and wipe your own ass.
Bret: Goodness get out of your come back when you can walk and wipe your own ass.
Ash: Come back when you can do all the little big dance moves just like Vincent.
Bret: Alright.
Bret: All overcome.
Sam: We did spend the weekend with Vinson and it was hilarious and he skiibii deed all over Khan it was great.
Ash: Alright movie watching time.
Bret: Pot show okay cool.
Pat: You have a thing you say yeah you have to have a thing you say.
Ash: Why did you say that you didn't finish saying the thing cuz we interrupted you.
Bret: I will I started it and then y'all interrupted me and you know it's the holiday season just give me this gift of not having to say the line.
Ash: Pause a recording and go watch Just Friends Merry Christmas.
Bret: By the moon and the sky.
Sam: And I swear.
Pat: I telling you right now I am going to be taking a deep deep dive on 90s R&B for the next week.
Sam: Yes.
Pat: And just listen.
Ash: I was going to say this feels like a pat movie with the soundtrack for sure.
Ash: Oh man.
Pat: That was in the credit I watched the whole thing and that was Ryan Reynolds idea to 7-Eleven.
Bret: Lovett.
Sam: Ohio.
Ash: Wait so go ahead.
Sam: I say I love Ryan Reynolds.
Ash: Oh yeah I feel like he was underutilized in this movie though.
Sam: Really.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: He wasn't super Hughes.
Pat: What's the word I'm looking for.
Pat: Look more restrained you little more restrained.
Ash: He was playing the straight guy and he's funnier not as the straight guy yeah he was way more restrained than he normally is.
Bret: I see that I don't know if this movie could have handled a full Ryan Reynolds.
Ash: Probably would have been so good.
Pat: I think it worked cuz it could because he was the main character the protagonist.
Sam: Yeah.
Ash: Wait.
Pat: Also he wasn't where was he mean this is early I'm going back and one was IMDb.
Pat: Obviously he was an unknown entity cuz he was given the leading role in this film.
Ash: Yeah he was on two guys a girl and a pizza ShopRite.
Sam: Wait really.
Pat: Yeah he was a he's one of the two guys.
Ash: Yeah that's where Ryan Reynolds got his start.
Sam: What I do not remember that that was Ryan Reynolds.
Pat: Pizza place pizza place he's one of the two guys there were two guys he was one of them.
Pat: And a girl.
Bret: I thought he was in some even older stuff I don't know maybe not.
Pat: Dudes are working for a while his first credit is Michelle called 15 and 1991.
Bret: Oh.
Pat: As a character named Billy Simpson.
Pat: REI believe.
Bret: I hate to tie everything back to to Marvel movie there you know comic book movies but like it's is there anyone who is just been playing Deadpool more than Ryan Reynolds for their entire career.
Bret: This is like the Deadpools rom-com.
Ash: Right.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Except he would have killed more people and talk to the screen more.
Sam: Almost died.
Bret: Okay but someone almost died.
Pat: Yes.
Sam: I agree.
Pat: I like their relationship that's a very honest sibling relationship when they say I love you.
Sam: Acer's the cookie I that was my favorite part of the whole movie I was dying laughing over them.
Bret: The truest sibling interaction.
Sam: Yeah but I watched it and I was like that also is a little bit like you and RJ or you guys are like best friends since the second grade you have that little like brother relationship is very funny.
Ash: I have never seen RJ or Brett tackle each other and beat each other.
Bret: Can we do it verbally.
Sam: True they do it with words yeah yeah.
Ash: Yes.
Pat: My like best friend in college we had a very similar relationship we were like would have like jumped in front of a bus for each other fought anyone back each other up but we were I don't know it was just weird dynamic we were always f****** with each other always just randomly punching each other or something like hard to I don't know.
Sam: Yep.
Sam: No.
Pat: A dog that's a vet.
Ash: I guess I guess is that the only person on the podcast has an only child that I was the one that was like I don't believe a minute of this LOL.
Bret: It's so accurate.
Sam: It's accurate.
Pat: Play the most realistic part relationship in that this movie was the brothers.
Ash: Wow.
Sam: Yeah it's yeah I agree we have fighting over remotes like us here Fresno Iowa. And you're fighting and you hate each other until you have a common enemy and then you're like rose.
Ash: Boy get that it was just like physical violence was taken to a level that I was like oh my God.
Ash: Oh well.
Bret: That's pretty tame.
Bret: Avett Brothers at the last minute.
Pat: I love it.
Ash: What can I ask you a question because I have never seen the notebook and what's that a real scene from The Notebook what the f***.
Pat: Do you know the premise of it.
Ash: I apparently not know.
Pat: Okay.
Bret: Because I have had this Secret.
Ash: Okay.
Bret: I want to.
Sam: Don't tell don't tell Ash because I have had this secret burning desire to do the notebook for a Valentine's Day episode I want to so bad.
Ash: Okay.
Bret: Yes I very much would like to do this.
Ash: Well yeah.
Sam: Cuz Brett's so okay here here here here the notebook is probably definitely not a good movie but it is I loved it I loved it and I would not let Brett watch it with me and to this day I told Brett you cannot watch The Notebook with me unless it's for the podcast so he is dying.
Ash: Okay.
Sam: Yes.
Bret: I will I will destroy this movie cuz I remember a lot about it but that's for another episode.
Sam: No.
Ash: I mean I'm guessing time travel is some sort of an element or something no okay.
Pat: No comment.
Ash: Interesting.
Pat: I would rather say that.
Sam: That's The Time Traveler's Wife which is also a miss.
Ash: Wow I can't believe that's a real scene okay.
Sam: It will make sense when we watch it in 2 months.
Bret: Satellite.
Sam: Yes.
Ash: Willamette.
Bret: So so Ryan Reynolds like the bad guy in this movie right.
Sam: Yeah.
Ash: Okay I was going to say this entire movie is two assholes fighting over a girl.
Sam: Yeah.
Ash: There's no good person in this movie except for maybe the girl I guess.
Pat: His mom their mom is really that she's sweet.
Sam: Yeah.
Ash: She was pretty hilarious.
Bret: It's going around giving Vicodin to everyone.
Sam: Yeah he's awesome.
Ash: Like at the end I was just like I think Bryce even made a joke and she's like he was like well he's going to end up with her though right and I was like God damn it you're probably rice you know like he did nothing except for write a letter like 20 years ago or something.
Ash: Maybe 10.
Sam: Yeah and he said like one nice honest thing.
Ash: Yeah.
Ash: I didn't even say it then he said it like 10 years ago.
Sam: No I mean like his speech at the door.
Pat: At the very end.
Sam: Very end.
Bret: I don't know this is kind.
Sam: Yeah I don't know this is kind of.
Ash: The wind she just regurgitated what she wanted back to her.
Bret: This is this is a how-to guide.
Sam: Yeah this is this is a how-to guide on how to neck I think.
Ash: Oh yeah.
Sam: Oh.
Bret: We got well I mean we told you guys the story we told you guys the story right.
Sam: Probably I was wildly triggered by this movie surprisingly.
Bret: I think maybe when it was when I had first happen.
Ash: Well-bred is an a****** I mean no 2K.
Sam: Oh no not not fret.
Bret: Oh no no no you guys about the way I came to visit.
Bret: Editing I'm going to bleep it.
Sam: Don't f****** call them out by name.
Ash: Oh you did yes you did.
Bret: Yeah this movie is like parallels his real-life plot to hang out here and be weird.
Bret: Broadus girlfriend.
Sam: Yeah yeah this literally this movie was like a real-life event that I had wear my one of my good friends from high school who was chubby who secretly had a crush on me came to visit years later to try and prove how great he was I have like brought his girlfriend and like proceeded to like be horrible to me the whole time I've tried to talk about how I weirdly enough was trying to get my teaching degree at the time and left a lot of parallels.
Ash: Oh wow yeah.
Pat: What.
Ash: Wow.
Bret: But he was but he was both of the main character the both of the horrible characters combined cuz he also brought his guitar and tried to sing Sam a song that was written about her with with lyrics about growing up together and how she was with the wrong guy.
Ash: Wow.
Sam: Ya-ya-ya in front of Brett and I I just I've never wanted to like Homer Simpson into my environment more than I did that day I just.
Bret: Wheel.
Ash: Yeah.
Sam: Oh yeah.
Ash: You haven't met.
Pat: Oh my God that's like worse than that's like in a rom-com that would be like that's no way that would be like that's not believable someone would do that in front of their girlfriend their person they're dating and.
Sam: Feel like watching this movie was.
Ash: Uncomfortable.
Pat: Richard.
Bret: Yeah I feel like watching this movie was like we lived like an even more like uncomfortable version of this.
Sam: Yes so so this this trip Brett this trip is so beautifully summed up by a photo that we took together at the cherry trees and we're all standing in a line and yeah.
Bret: Let me let me get it let me get it this is worth the pause because it's too it's so it's so painful.
Sam: Yeah.
Pat: Well doesn't have to be pause again as you mentioned your editing it so you could just give you instant 80s and the final product.
Bret: Yeah.
Sam: I I will I will describe the photo for the listeners so with us for friends standing in a line with the beautiful Portland cherry trees in the background and I'm have Brett on one side and then there's the other couple on the other side and if you zoom in on the hands.
Pat: Is hover handing.
Pat: Oh.
Bret: Girlfriend it's going around as girlfriend not full on hand on Sam shoulder around his girlfriend.
Pat: Was weird.
Bret: So uncomfortable.
Ash: You know though.
Bret: Cuz I was like a Sam he's being a total creep and she's like no he's not nose like no no no we just took selfies look at this photo just like oh my God.
Sam: Yeah yeah.
Sam: Oh we're not we're not.
Ash: No no no no at the time that he came to your house.
Sam: Because I was too trusting and I also had very I didn't believe the people were not nice and that's how I got into that job predicament and that was just like another like Fallout from the nuclear blast that was my trust issues so we're not friends.
Sam: Oh yeah.
Ash: Cuz we all knew he liked you it wasn't really a secret.
Sam: So it wasn't.
Sam: But also.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: That's wild.
Bret: No hair it is a c.
Pat: The song thing.
Bret: Your face.
Ash: He's not he's it's not like he has his hand rested on you she's like collection of your jacket.
Bret: Oh Pat.
Ash: Oh my God.
Sam: Yes it's uncomfortable I felt so violated it's not good it's not great.
Pat: Buddy.
Sam: Yeah.
Ash: Wow.
Ash: So you're not friends anymore which is good.
Ash: Oh no.
Sam: Are you trying to convince Sam.
Sam: Of course your breath Bullshit meter is awful.
Bret: Long story short that dude f****** sucks but I can give you the details like day-by-day hang out of just how hilariously awkward this whole trip was cuz I was trying to convince Sam that it was bad and believe me but I can immediately the entire trip and it was so good but later that's for later.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Paris.
Sam: Oh my God so good.
Bret: So good.
Bret: Also one.
Ash: Oh yeah.
Sam: I love her she is hilarious and so like she just played this role so beautifully because she is simultaneously totally unaware but also one step ahead of Ryan Reynolds the entire time which is just so good like the taste the tasering scene at the end you know it's so good at the time into it.
Ash: I was just so confused why was she still there like through the whole.
Pat: Issues in the head.
Ash: Really.
Sam: Yeah.
Pat: What do you mean yeah.
Bret: And he was and she couldn't microwave fish like she there was no way she was getting anywhere by herself like she happy with her Handler.
Pat: Yeah.
Ash: What she did in the end though.
Bret: Ouch yeah.
Sam: Yeah and did you see the destruction that she cost.
Ash: This is true I just I didn't think that she liked was actually into him though it was more like oh you're in front of me you know.
Bret: Totally had that Vibe for sure.
Ash: Yeah.
Ash: Yeah.
Bret: Yes.
Ash: Oh my God.
Bret: Committed.
Pat: Give me a little bit of that but yeah I choose to do probably maybe cuz she legitimately was but also she saw maybe someone she could there's a combination of like I have some time maybe power over you cuz for work if you have to kind of cozy as he has to kind of like keep her happy cuz he's courting her for his label she said that she would drink multiple Red Bulls before filming every scene so she could like really just feel like extra just extra extra.
Ash: Wow.
Ash: That's amazing.
Ash: Right.
Bret: You know but it's funny like you want to take the serious look at it like they kind of started out the movie as the same character and like Ryan Reynolds had his character act like I'm still crazy but they both have that whole like you know he's not.
Ash: What just what.
Ash: Okay.
Bret: Is it make a good.
Sam: I know I kind of I guess by one criticism of this is that one mi-mi-mi major criticism of this is that I kind of felt the way that I felt about Chasing Amy like he shouldn't have ended up with the girl at the end.
Ash: Oh yeah totally.
Sam: Like that I was like snow.
Sam: Now.
Pat: Right.
Ash: There was no reason to like rhino rhino rhino rhino Ryan Reynolds like the only things they did to make us like him was like he was fat and people made fun of him I was like that's not a good enough reason for me to like there was no reason to like this character.
Ash: Spoilers.
Pat: Nazis.
Sam: Guitar Narcissus.
Bret: There's also like what was that Marshal who was talking about The Sound of Music where they like the whole movie The dad's the villain music such a monster and he's mean to everyone and and I like what's the one thing that could make this guy seem like a good guy at the end of the movie the Nazis like.
Ash: A guitar assist.
Ash: Yeah I was wondering that too I was like who doesn't know what that means.
Sam: I don't think a lot of I think it was like a iHip term that the kids knew but not a lot of people knew that term.
Sam: How old is.
Bret: I want to know what's the weather that we're just friends owned come from though cuz I feel like with how old is that term cuz it was like a thing throughout that decade and hasn't been sense and wasn't really before to my knowledge.
Ash: Oh.
Pat: I did a super quick Google on my phone during it in the moment cuz they jumped out to me I didn't I didn't like look at the first thing that popped up was it mentioned of Friends episode.
Sam: Which oh my God.
Bret: Lego Friends the worst show.
Sam: But which Friends episode that's bands like a Whole Decade so.
Bret: List real facts.
Pat: Come on.
Bret: Sorry.
Sam: Curious sorry I'm just.
Ash: The term was popularized popularized by a 1994 episode of the American sitcom Friends and titled the one with the blackout for the character Ross Geller who is lovesick for Rachel Greene was described by the character Joey as being the mayor mayor of the friend zone.
Pat: I also have that some report up a shadow she skipped Joey's last name.
Ash: We all f****** know Joey Jesus.
Sam: Butter buttafuco Tribbiani.
Bret: No but if you would excuse me.
Pat: I just let you read everything else and word-for-word.
Pat: Okay I know how you do with names. Okay.
Pat: What.
Ash: So there so there.
Ash: The direct your attention elsewhere patch.
Pat: Detroit.
Bret: Seaside buttafuco.
Bret: God.
Sam: Did you just hear what they was saying.
Pat: Sensationalized Crye-Leike real crime through the 90s like he did some he just f***** up.
Bret: Murder.
Sam: Real.
Ash: Invented the friend zone when he murdered people for it.
Bret: And the friend zone forever.
Ash: Wow.
Pat: Oh my God how how many takes I wish there was a find I'm really curious how many takes the scenes with.
Bret: Godhead.
Sam: Oh my God.
Pat: Anna Faris the toothpaste took especially when she's like licking his face like I don't like.
Pat: There had to be so many.
Ash: How many times do they have to reset.
Ash: Pretty.
Sam: She got a Year's worth of fluoride from that shot picture.
Pat: Is the coating on our teeth.
Sam: This movie.
Bret: Yeah this movie totally had I had that problem watching The Departed and I could not tell that Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio or different.
Pat: Can you pronounce it correctly please.
Sam: Stars.
Bret: Departed sorry.
Ash: Did he say it wrong.
Sam: I also experienced that.
Sam: Oh she's different.
Bret: But I also experienced that a s*** watching this is like wait oh she's different.
Ash: Yeah yeah right I was like wait what.
Sam: The first words out of my mouth watching this movie over like that's not Anna Faris is this.
Pat: All with Amy Smart.
Ash: Wait this white girl looks just like that white girl.
Ash: No.
Pat: So do you recognize the Chris Klein as Dusty Dinkleman no.
Sam: Yeah.
Ash: I didn't but I totally was like Paul Rudd should have played this role this was Paul Reds real.
Pat: Do you know who almost played it.
Pat: Bradley Cooper.
Sam: Oh yes.
Ash: Oh that would have been good to ya.
Bret: Do that when I get to.
Sam: I also I think one of the brothers from It's Always Sunny would have been.
Sam: Been really good in that role.
Pat: Yeah I mean Bradley Cooper basically played that character A variation in Wedding Crashers.
Sam: That's Bradley Cooper.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Like yeah he's he's sick the night looks like the nice guy exterior total piece of s*** in reality.
Ash: That was like his breakout role kinda well The Hangover really was but that was like one of his bigger first big feature films.
Sam: We need to watch that one too.
Bret: That's weird that he could just do those two movies and suddenly everyone is like yeah he could be in serious movies.
Sam: But Silver Linings Playbook.
Ash: Yeah cuz he was a he was totally a comedy actor.
Pat: Man I so I have nothing against I find brother could refine I Philly don't look a lot of his most famous movies don't hold up I feel like.
Bret: You have to name them.
Pat: Are Wedding Crashers.
Bret: Yeah okay yeah you're right.
Ash: What why not.
Pat: That's how it is very problematic I took Silver Linings is not going to hold up well from like this like a mental.
Sam: I didn't love it at the time but.
Pat: Like an accurate portrayal of mental health in like.
Ash: Silver Lining Playbook is the most accurate portrayal of someone who's bipolar that I've ever seen on the screen.
Sam: Like how they treat them.
Pat: No but as far as like not not not that part but as far as the whole of like you just find someone else and then you're all better at at there was pretty committing that American Sniper to hangover the series also I feel like as a lot of stuff is I feel like just a lot of.
Ash: Really I haven't heard that I'm totally kidding.
Bret: I guess I just haven't seen a lot of his movies.
Pat: Either one person hasn't seen those.
Ash: Yeah I've never seen American Sniper.
Bret: Haven't seen American Sniper.
Sam: I haven't either.
Pat: Do you hate America.
Ash: Yeah.
Sam: A little bit actually yeah now that we're on the subject.
Bret: Then came out in the middle of those that rash of like Americans killing people overseas it's traumatic for the Americans and S goodness.
Pat: Yeah the body shake or like you gave her a body shake cuz it wasn't a hug it was magic allegedly the writer claims that happened to him on a first date like.
Sam: Oh no.
Ash: Like the feet.
Pat: This will be a lot of.
Pat: Yeah.
Bret: I laughed so hard at that it had been real because like how could you write that.
Bret: Yes.
Sam: Oh my gosh we were.
Pat: I always loved about rom-coms I'm really there's usually just one just got to be least once or multiple we have the different elements threads like coming together in a very like your cringing moment of like some crazy Confluence of events get a couple of them I like the stupid I laughed out loud at the hockey game.
Bret: I love the ride.
Ash: He's Mighty Ducks fat kid.
Bret: I love the ride.
Sam: Dying laughing I love the writing yeah I love the writing on that cuz he's being a total a****** the kids and then like he totally gets what's coming to him he hurts himself and not only that he like ruined his beautiful smile and face that he's very proud of like I thought that was really good writing is very funny.
Sam: Yeah yeah it's very good.
Bret: Yeah real repercussions and aware that retainer the rest of the time the car scene with it I put it back.
Ash: I like the vomit where he's wearing the retainer and he just like drools on himself.
Sam: Yeah.
Bret: Oh no.
Pat: Step Brothers.
Ash: There's another movie I can't remember the movie right now but there's another movie where like it's Will Ferrell I want to say and someone else and they just beat up a bunch of school children but it's hilarious okay yeah.
Bret: I was going to say ice cream.
Sam: I was going to say I got stepbrothers Vibes especially between the brothers in this movie.
Pat: Don't they I think they beat up the kids that are because the ones in bullying.
Pat: John C Reilly and then just beat him up then.
Ash: Yeah I wasn't bullying him yeah oh yeah so good.
Pat: I think so I want to say.
Bret: That's a movie I've never watched.
Sam: Never watched it.
Pat: Really oh my God.
Bret: I never watch that one no.
Pat: I can recite it to you right now front to back.
Ash: What you've never seen the Step Brothers it's so f****** good omigod it's brilliant.
Sam: We need to watch it guys.
Ash: Yes.
Ash: Oh my God really.
Bret: Will Ferrell.
Sam: There a neighbor of ours has a giant cardboard cutout of John C Reilly and Will Ferrell from Step Brothers and their window and everytime we drive by I just smile the best.
Ash: Man it's Adam McKay and his best it's it's just in my opinion it's like one of my favorite movies he's ever directed it's so good.
Pat: When done right PDF kids can be really funny take like.
Pat: Chica Billy Madison legitimately like decking kids with those dodgeballs like he was legitimately like throwing them as hard as he could.
Ash: Oh man.
Sam: Orchids yeah.
Ash: You had it here first folks kid violence is hilarious.
Pat: Okay I knew it I knew it wasn't going to get through there without but due to hear about this I want to read it the whole the paragraph cuz it's really interesting to me and I.
Pat: It was an alternate ending I like an alternate like an ultimate like the ending ending would have been the same but between.
Pat: There was a scene filmed those kind of suspended between their big fight.
Pat: And he going back to LA and then before he came back.
Pat: To Jersey Mike's have their big moment and.
Pat: Exit on the DVD but.
Pat: Anthro Jimmy Chris returned to California to find that Samantha has become a more accomplished songwriter but writing a new 10-track album isn't being hailed as an instant hit the new songs are based on their visit to New Jersey.
Ash: That would have been great.
Pat: So she was like a big record based on this and he falls back in his old habits attempt to forget about Jimmy by spending time with three La party girls who apparently been staying at his home this whole time while he was away travel bag retelling of the events of the past few days and then he decides he's going to go back and have his moment.
Ash: Oh my God.
Bret: So they so they can't they can't Samantha's cool Ark because they couldn't write him a good one that sucks.
Ash: They couldn't write him a good one the entire movie.
Sam: Yeah I know but I can see how that would have.
Bret: Yeah I know but I can see how that would have totally felt like just dragging it out like.
Ash: There were so many times though this movie felt like it was dragging it out it was like I get I get it I get it let's move on I don't know I felt that way.
Bret: Yeah I mean that's kind of the point of the movie right you could have said that in high school but.
Pat: I'll be honest I was surprised so many times I did laugh out loud though just little things like three throws a snowball at the neighbor.
Bret: Yes.
Pat: If there's this is Merry Christmas and just knock them down with a snowball.
Bret: Hey.
Sam: We laughed a lot.
Pat: No okay spisak bread knife.
Sam: Really.
Pat: Oh little preview of Ashes.
Ash: I didn't laugh at anything in this movie ever to be honest I did not find it funny at all I'm sorry.
Bret: Is mostly the physical stuff like.
Bret: They're like making fun of them.
Sam: Oh my gosh will you were dying laughing out loud like every few minutes yeah like the brothers heading on Samantha and he like rolls on the bed next to her to like fight against his brother and big be her Ally you have aching fun of them so good.
Sam: So good.
Bret: But I guess it's definitely like hard sibling comedy so I would understand at least from that angle why that was funny.
Ash: Yeah I also feel like it's just like this style of Comedy was very much talk to you later isn't the early 2000s you know and it's like it feels really dated to me now.
Sam: Oh yeah.
Ash: Oh yeah.
Bret: For sure.
Pat: So so very of the time.
Ash: Yeah it was not what I expected at all.
Sam: Yeah.
Bret: Yeah.
Pat: It wasn't bad and it was bad and that resonates with me I was a very overweight child teacher and the only thing honestly is from a pure problematic Sandpoint was the homophobic slurs cuz I guess they still were doing that it was like.
Bret: There is a drop in our word in there.
Pat: Conns. Com.
Sam: Yeah but like.
Bret: Yeah but like.
Pat: Man we're still saying that Novi.
Bret: Yeah.
Sam: Yeah.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Damn.
Sam: Leave it was Peak black-eyed peas to.
Ash: It's a setup to do.
Sam: Their most popular song.
Bret: Verb there most popular song.
Pat: The song Let's Get It Started as the only title has ever had let's get it started.
Ash: Was that in the movie.
Pat: No but the the one.
Pat: Oh.
Ash: No.
Sam: Lyrics.
Bret: Lyrics to that song Or Not let's get it started.
Pat: They are there now.
Sam: The r word.
Ash: Oh yeah sorry I didn't hear what you said but I heard I heard you said the blank word and I was like okay but now I am putting it together got it.
Sam: Yeah that part wasn't great but honestly it wasn't like it could have been a lot worse not that that excuses it but I was kind of expecting it to be really bad.
Bret: It's like it's there's a category of things that after a time is inexcusable and before that time you must ignore or you have to write off all of the media from a decade.
Pat: This way in 2005 an eighteen-year-old guy calling his brother or friend homophobic slur is probably 90.
Bret: Okay now that you said that it feels so recent how long ago was that year Pat.
Pat: 16 years ago but I know 60 years okay.
Bret: That age difference can drive now.
Ash: Yeah I was going to say I was in high school so.
Ash: Definitely remember people saying that.
Bret: Yeah for sure.
Bret: It was.
Sam: I was the president of the gay-straight alliance and made the that's so gay with the crossout buttons buttons of my candidum out and was like yell at people who say this.
Sam: That felt like a long time ago.
Bret: Yeah you were out there actively campaigning.
Sam: I was.
Ash: You were ahead of your time.
Sam: I was.
Sam: In the gay-straight alliance they had no game.
Bret: Samantha.
Ash: Oh no that's not good.
Sam: No no no.
Sam: Yeah.
Bret: Anyway is there a.
Bret: Alliant EB.
Pat: I totally forgot I'm so sorry I completely forgot about apologize I apologize.
Sam: Now it's cool this is the episode where I play.
Ash: No worries we don't have to do it.
Bret: That's fine now it's cool this is the episode where I play all the theme songs and then we don't do it it's it'll be cool.
Ash: I still have never heard that never heard any info.
Bret: You haven't listened to our show for like a year and is fine.
Ash: Oh yeah I have I listened to the beginning funny thing every time.
Pat: Brett's doing work he's doing some good work.
Sam: Hahaha.
Ash: I've heard like like Rick was like seriously those theme songs are so great and I was like what.
Pat: Bo3 cloud is my favorite now it's playing herself having an antagonistic relationship with Ryan Reynolds cuz they were dating in real life of the time.
Sam: That's funny.
Bret: What hello.
Ash: Hello weirdo.
Pat: They were married you know that they were buried.
Sam: No.
Bret: Now.
Ash: No.
Pat: They got married.
Ash: Wow.
Sam: Who is what that's weird.
Pat: Yeah I think so.
Ash: Is she older than him because in my mind she's older than him okay I mean not that that matters I just.
Ash: They seem like an Odd Couple is all.
Sam: That's funny I did not know that.
Pat: Wait baby I'm right here Mary I know they were together pretty very sweet like a decently long relationship maybe I misspoke on the marriage.
Sam: Who's he married to now.
Bret: Brian Atlantis Reach Out incorrect us.
Pat: They were engaged but never felt never married.
Sam: Okay.
Ash: They were engaged they filled the scene and then she said you know what this is over I've seen what you do for work now and I did not approve.
Bret: Oh you you're like this all the time.
Pat: Mama's page real quick this is just a sentence jumped out at me and you talked about he's just been Deadpool his whole life essentially apparently he struggles with like severe anxiety and he said he basically adopted the character of Deadpool long before I played the character and does whatever views to alleviate like his anxiety fears and like helps him.
Ash: To pretend like you Deadpool.
Pat: It's meant to take a touchdown to help.
Ash: You know I could see that working.
Ash: So therapist out there just tell people changing Deadpool.
Bret: I feel like that's that's a similar similar Vibes to every interview Aubrey Plaza has ever done.
Sam: Hahaha.
Ash: Oh my God yes yeah you have to wonder if she's like really like that or she just so good at playing this character.
Ash: So this movie.
Sam: Both Maybe.
Pat: I can say being like a heightened like Edward Scissorhands.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Version of reality a bit but.
Pat: She look dying to like you want to do your final thoughts and s*** all over this thing that brought three of us such Joy.
Ash: I'm so tired.
Bret: Also the color the color in your in your place there literally looks like a sauna.
Ash: Is this the night I don't know what this setting this is actually this is the wrong setting.
Bret: Let's call it pumpkin.
Pat: Is that the 10th but for a walk like a decade if you were like in Mexico or South and Central America the directors with throwing everything like a yellow tint.
Ash: Oh yeah haha yeah totally.
Bret: Now your Twitch streamer this is fantastic.
Pat: Did you see there's an onion article an article recently it was like like Mexico votes to change the tint of their country to purple or purple.
Pat: Poconos Lake.
Pat: Go ahead go ahead go through it that bad at all.
Ash: Yeah it's pretty good I like that did you want me to do I'm sorry my brain is melting I'm so tired yeah I didn't like this movie I was I think I had a lot higher hopes and maybe part of the problem is is like.
Ash: I just recently have seen free guy not that long ago so I have seen what Ryan Reynolds kitten do at Peak Ryan Reynolds and this is quite a disappointment in comparison.
Sam: Mini was a decade-and-a-half ago.
Ash: Yeah I don't blame Ryan Reynolds because I think he was just as funny back then I I just think.
Ash: This script didn't really give him much to do you do like.
Sam: Good God.
Sam: Watching Ryan Reynolds perform.
Bret: Alex like 16 years of watching Ground Round good God 16 years of watching Ryan Reynolds perform inspired people to write better stuff or Ryan Reynolds.
Bret: Oh yeah.
Ash: Well like I think also like it also inspired people to get out of his way and let him like improv you don't I mean as well.
Ash: And there's like a couple moments in this where it's like oh there it is you let him be him but for the most part he was pretty restrained.
Ash: And yeah I don't know I just didn't really like.
Ash: I didn't really dig the plot of this like oh the guitar guy is coming in and like I don't know I just found it kind of boring and not very entertaining and I I wish that it was.
Ash: I wish it was what I thought it was in the beginning where I Anna Faris was the same girl and she liked lost her memory and didn't realize that this was her friend or something like I feel like it would have been funnier if it was Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris ending up together at the end you know like.
Bret: I was.
Sam: Yeah I was hoping that's how it ended 2.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Oh he does some things like you know what I thought I was at maybe we are just friends or something I do not like he has a hole.
Ash: I see how the other girl was just so boring and like I don't know I just felt like it was really milquetoast and boring that those two characters and but Anna Faris was pretty hilarious and it just it also just like didn't make a lot of sense to me where I was like I don't why are they even here because there wasn't another flight like I feel like they're here for way too long like there would have been another flight by now.
Sam: Well that was the thing is he kept not flying out.
Pat: Yeah he.
Bret: Yeah he was doing it on purpose.
Sam: But yeah he was.
Pat: He did that on purpose.
Pat: To try and get.
Ash: Oh maybe I missed that I was really confused.
Pat: With Jamie.
Ash: Okay.
Sam: But.
Ash: Anyway I just feel like it wasn't the best plot in the world you know.
Bret: Yeah.
Sam: Totally I think it I think you're right it would have been plus if there was the twist of like him realizing like yeah they are just friends and then he was meant to be with Anna Faris like yeah she played a crazy character but like I would have loved to have seen.
Ash: Yeah.
Bret: Very good it might be alcoholic Seltzer version of Ryan.
Ash: Yeah that's a good way of putting it.
Bret: You got beer got beer goggles for Ryan Reynolds.
Sam: Her kind of played a little more seriously like she's crazy for the media of it and then but on the inside you know it's all an act and she's got kind of a serious side thing that would have passed it but I still really enjoyed it and thought it was hilarious and I laugh out loud a lot and while Ryan Reynolds has aged like a fine wine this is still this is still very good it might be the alcoholic Seltzer version of Ryan Reynolds but is still very good physical comedy from all of the characters that was very funny a lot of really Great Expressions it wasn't like overly Taki for the Jokes which I liked.
Sam: And I I just like I said I wish he wouldn't have ended up with her in the end he didn't have much of an arc he was still kind of an awful person but he was just like he apologized for it instead of actually becoming a better person so.
Sam: Yeah that's that was the standard of a dude in the aughts was like you could be an a****** as long as you just say sorry for it like the new chill like.
Sam: Diver pass that but still funny I don't know if I would like make it a yearly watch by any means it's certainly not a Christmas classic it's felt more like a rom-com than a Christmas movie to me.
Ash: Totally.
Sam: But still enjoyable.
Sam: Net positive is Pat with say.
Sam: But we keep quoting you.
Bret: I don't think Pat said that positive in like 2 years but.
Pat: That's not true I've definitely said it and recent episodes everyone tweet that Brett all the times width times dance I've said it just send them just tweet after tweet in the past year do it harass him.
Bret: Did I like this movie.
Ash: It was a joke Pat.
Bret: I think I like this movie.
Ash: That sounds convincing.
Sam: Itsfunneh.
Sam: Hilarious.
Ash: It made me think that you must have loved it then right cuz you did say yeah you said War on Christmas so there you go.
Sam: Kinda got what I wanted.
Bret: It was funny is very funny I do like the wet sand said at the end there was there wasn't a whole lot of Christmas and it actually there's very little Christmas in it and the Christmas that wasn't it was on fire so like I kind of got what I wanted we got to War on Christmas.
Bret: Certainly everything like you would help people get better at stuff overtime and both Ryan Reynolds and writing have gotten better in 16 years that I've relapsed senses came out so that's a positive yeah I will probably not watch this again but I thought it was funny and I will probably I will wait in my heart for the moment when it's appropriate and not scarring to drop the you'll always be fat to me line on somebody because it.
Bret: That sibling sibling stuff so accurate at like.
Bret: I loved all of the sibling fights I think the most of anything in this movie because it was just like yeah yeah I f****** hate you but I love you too.
Bret: I'm so over all if I'm going to try to get it at my name is my new B where I gave it a letter grade asked it's like a B minus.
Bret: Maybe maybe alololo B-.
Pat: Milk bread is urinary system it would be grumbles.
Bret: I would watch this if someone else put it on I wouldn't put it on myself there we go.
Pat: Yeah.
Pat: I laugh at some dumb stuff I laughed I do this movie Gabby tickled me it's fun I think Anna Faris is doing the most and just killed it in his great and I agree 100.
Pat: I kind of would have liked it could have been would have been funny as if the growth could have been there but also just like.
Sam: Totally.
Pat: You can still have it be ridiculous cuz it could be something like I've spent time with the real people Little People of this country and I understand them and it's almost like she's putting on an act but she is still is actually growing and more down-to-earth but it's kind of it at like it gets will be funny to literally.
Ash: I was so bummed we didn't get to hear the song I really wanted to hear the new first.
Pat: Yeah there's a lot of physical comedy I've got physical like physical reactions out of me like audible chuckle and I kind of had forgotten about.
Pat: But I had fun watching it it was a net-positive.
Bret: Boom Mark the time the day and date.
Pat: Yeah.
Ash: On this day December 7th.
Bret: All right well that was I thought it was going to be like justice friends just just friends.
Ash: Like justice league but friends.
Sam: But just one more thing I wanted to point out with on this that the van title was look aracic Park.
Ash: What.
Sam: Or very similar.
Bret: Yeah totally look like a lot like a very similar on Netflix I don't know do not notice it what kind of had Jurassic Park Vibes to it.
Sam: It made me laugh.
Ash: You know they changed the thumbnail like all the times I wonder if I had a different thumbnail.
Ash: No.
Bret: Oh I am a b did yours it was your thumbnail just Ryan Reynolds in the fats okay that's all we got.
Ash: Yeah interesting.
Bret: Anyway was I saying that was just friends asking his young'uns we have no gas to thank for being here.
Bret: Mitch Mitch Match.
Ash: Oh yeah if you want to follow us because why would you not you can follow us on Twitter we're at let's re-watch where we do fun things like movie poles or I will tweet a screenshot for the movie so that you guys can guess what movie were watching and this time Mitch came in right away and guessed it and also was the only ones who guest.
Bret: It was early on a Tuesday night like.
Ash: That's true that's true I will say Dimensions credit it was within seconds of posting as always so he.
Sam: Impressive.
Ash: Is.
Bret: Message just like a hyper-vigilant I imagined him over there and there is Ona just like hovering over his phone's like.
Ash: Set alarm goes off in his house.
Ash: Let's re-watches.
Sam: Oh I don't know if we ever congratulated Mitch and Elizabeth but they got married way back in September so congratulations you two.
Bret: Yay.
Ash: I did on our Twitter account.
Sam: Very sweet okay.
Ash: Yeah.
Bret: Well then it's rescinded from here.
Pat: Yeah you only get one like what you need multimedia congratulations Cheese's.
Sam: Rude.
Bret: We have a patreon and all of the tears.
Ash: You know I was thinking we have been talking about a patreon and what if one of the tears is we will go to your weddings and you have gone to somebody's wedding but this is perfect.
Sam: Patreon artists.
Sam: You want to be.
Bret: All of the tears of our patreon are just thanks but if you want to be thanked give us some money get on there baby.
Pat: Yeah.
Sam: I do love that Ash things that we are so beloved that that would be like a patreon like + 2 like half of us attend your wedding but his are expensive that's a bill man and then pay to have us show up I'm like.
Sam: Well.
Bret: Join join at the honored guest level and we will go to your wedding as long as hotel and travel accommodations are provided open Bara must.
Pat: And upper plate the dinner plates got to be at least like 150 for gas or something like.
Bret: Also got married.
Sam: He's also got married congratulations Case by the way we should congratulate you too.
Ash: You think I'm crazy Sam but that is actually some people have that as a patreon perk.
Bret: Isle of Wight.
Sam: That's awesome I love weddings I will gladly go to your wedding you don't even have to support our patreon send me an invite.
Pat: I used to love weddings I got burned out on them.
Bret: Pat's now the wedding Grinch.
Sam: I'm sorry.
Pat: I'm going to steal.
Pat: Are still present in the cake.
Sam: Steal all the presents from the.
Bret: You must have a lot of toasters.
Bret: Say something about reviewing us.
Sam: Yeah if you like their podcast please give us a 5-star review on Apple podcasts.
Ash: Yeah I want to say thank you everybody because like we finally have like if you look at it it's like a 4. 7 rating out of five is pretty great.
Bret: Yeah we're back up to like the default five stars after.
Ash: Thank you for getting rid of the horrible the two horrible people who gave us a bad review.
Bret: Yeah f*** you guys.
Pat: Yeah if you're still listen f*** you.
Bret: Patreon say something about see you receive house.
Pat: Yeah we're part of the network of shows head over to certain pov. Com and check out shows like another pass or screen snark or Saturday morning confidential.
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Bret: Oh that's exciting.
Sam: Everyone we know.
Bret: We're bringing everyone we know in.
Ash: We are.
Pat: Hell yeah and.
Ash: Well they'll be absorbed like the blob.
Pat: I'm going to go ahead and jump in here and see if you're listening to this my sequel novel is out in the world.
Bret: Yeah yeah.
Ash: What it is it's our now.
Ash: Congratulations.
Pat: Cuz wall if you're listening to this in two days of us recording this thank you yeah go to the edwards. Com as a link to buy.
Ash: Are you selling you should be selling little shot glasses.
Ash: It would be fun.
Pat: I know that would require me have time to do something like that and I already did.
Ash: Oh s*** that would have been the perfect Christmas present for you f***.
Ash: Yeah.
Ash: Pat-pat it might be the nicest gift Brett has given anybody.
Bret: Are never given Sam anything that nice.
Sam: No no he hasn't.
Pat: Ellis.
Ash: Yeah.
Pat: Did you have a dog.
Sam: Oh right that's a gift I gave Brett Jesus Christ had to cut me open and get about.
Pat: Oh my God I literally cried I literally cried.
Sam: Human suit.
Bret: Oh yeah there you go but if you do if you want to if you do want to see how little Pat cares about this gift that I've given him that he has never hung up you can see the background of his camera setup every Thursday when we play the Indie together on Twitch it's several different depending on who feels like dming any given day.
Pat: What are we going to do this enough.
Sam: Samantha l Wilson I seen.
Bret: That it.
Ash: You are that is correct I am at ashes stash but you can also just Google me and I'm the Oshkosh it with the most followers take that other Ash Blodgett.
Bret: Wait it's not.
Bret: Te-he Pat.
Pat: Oh that's must be cool I said I am at the Edwards everywhere Twitter Instagram Tik-Tok.
Ash: I wish I had thought that far ahead.
Pat: What is Tahiti a very funny.
Ash: I wish you would be great.
Ash: Change it change it.
Sam: That's your name now.
Sam: Everyone join us next time.
Bret: Well thanks for listening everyone join us next time when we watch and empowering ladies movie Ladies of the mob.
Bret: Mixed nuts.
Sam: I thought you were going to say mixed nuts for the end of this episode.