Netflix's BRAZEN is 50 Shades of Bland | Explained

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Thanks again Vessi! Use code AmandaJedi for $25 off each pair of your Vessi shoes!... So you too can run away from this movie

[@stevegeorge6880]

I would otherwise not consider this brand, but you have made a strong case through all-weather waterproofing and bad media avoidance.

[@AliceInWonder98]

Are you gonna do a degrassi video since its gonna be on HBO max

[@benzaiten933]

you can run but never hide from trashy contend..... either way, thanks for yet another fun review putting your sanity into peril!

[@gaydragongeek]

Are you going to do a review of Alieen Wurnous: American Boogeywoman and compare that to the much better Monster and her true story? it’s now out on Netflix US and oh boy I heard it’s so bad as much as the Ted Bundy one. Peyton List doesn’t even look like Alieen.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

@@gaydragongeek yeah it's on my list I just haven't had a chance yet around the holidays and work travell

[@jaash7981]

If "Netflix weird sex movie" isn't an entire category on tvtropes yet, it should be now.

[@DAsrada]

As an aspiring actor I desperately want to star in one and have Amanda riff on me.

[@chloegrant8123]

😂

[@funky_tree]

@@DAsrada ayo?

[@NJGuy1973]

Thanks to Twilight, "Teen Paranormal Romance" is a separate section at Barnes & Noble. I am not making this up.

[@dr.little7311]

Amanda discussing a trash romance movie while wearing a Marvel beanie and a Twilight shirt is somehow such a perfect description of her brand.

[@JGuraan]

I love these videos that make Amanda question her own existence. The descent into madness is brilliant

[@georgebull-mclean3333]

Also, the general vibe of existential dread.

[@Kalvin5]

LOL! TRUTH!

[@chloegrant8123]

Yessss

[@KanishQQuotes]

Are you lost baby gorl

[@ma_kenz]

“Crumbs so thick, a duck would choke”, ironically, made me choke on my drink. Thanks Amanda 😂

[@zachrion]

That line is so great it could be in her first erotic novel lol

[@Otarii-kf1mr]

Only white ppl would laugh that joke I guess yall know ducks

[@M.K.ultra.]

Here's the faintest praise in history of the universe: This movie is not as bad as "365 Days".

[@morigahn]

About like "it's not as bad as a Serbian Film" lol (tbh, I don't get the deal with that movie, I watched it, it was boring and not really that disturbing, imo.)

[@KanishQQuotes]

Are you lost baby girl

[@skunkrat01]

Hehehe

[@ceilinh6004]

@@KanishQQuotes *gorl

[@amberdennis7909]

How.... how is that possible

[@aspacecocoon]

Do it, Amanda. Write your own trashy romance novel, I'd read it in a heartbeat.

[@azurdlywisterious]

honestly same, and i dont even like the genre, but if she wrote one i would read it all

[@ceilinh6004]

Agree. I would read it in a heartbeat.

[@rueann9031]

Yes!!!

[@Jojobird31]

You would make bank!

[@mariaskabardonis8353]

Me too. I love romance although make the lead look like Robert Patterson or Jamie Dorman lol I am to old for Timothee Chalamet lol

[@jaimefrenchofficial]

It was literally the worst thriller I’ve seen in a long time, my husband instantly fell asleep but I had to see it through. When the detectives brought Alyssa Milano on as a “consultant” because she pointed at something glaringly obvious on a screen I choked on my mochi 😂 YoU GoT a TwIsTy MiNd

[@neivilde.1242]

i did not expect to see you here, but it makes sense, yes, crossover that needs to happen

[@arozeisarozie]

Please do a video on it. I need laughter.

[@thepamcakez]

@@neivilde.1242 agreed!

[@saneira]

this is the crossover I have always wanted

[@mariannewhite383]

I played it back and made sure that’s what I heard….to my Turkish delight…yup twisty mind…who knew there would be worse dialogue than the butter cream gang 😅😂

[@KennieJD]

WAIT LEMME NOT WATCH THIS YET THIS MOVIE SOUNDS TERRIBLE I NEED TO WATCH FIRST

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Right up your alley

[@shr00mbean18]

Omg goodluck I fell asleep twice watching this 😭😭

[@emmylia]

are u gonna do a bad movies and a beat for this one??👀👀

[@wretch1300]

18:42 "They can't peg the killer"... Amanda did that on purpose I'm sure of it

[@alisaurus4224]

I was expecting a “heyo” after that one

[@MOONSUN4Life]

9:16 "The acting is just leaving so much to be desired... or Desiréed. I'm sorry." And yet, that joke was still better than the acting.

[@KanishQQuotes]

Are you lost baby gorl

[@QuietM4n]

Being a cam girl is way riskier for a teacher than a phone sex operator. But then again, finding a phone sex operator would be 1000% harder to do since they wouldn't be taking calls from home; they work in call center like places. And it's not like those places would be keeping outstanding records.

[@cayreet5992]

Even if they worked from home (and some actually do), the calls would usually still run through the company lines. These days, they'd have VOIP connections or similar, so it would be pretty hard to find out where the actual person is, because you'd only get to the servers of the service they work for.

[@Darkrose517]

Yeah, pretty sure a lot of the Criminal Minds episodes would be Howdunits as opposed to Whodunits. I like them because you get to spend more time in the killers mind/life/motivations. When it's not so much about Who, you're left with How and Why.

[@maximeteppe7627]

I'm honestly baffled that the "howcatch'em" model of detective stories popularized by columbo hasn't caught on a larger share of the mystery genre. Think of the many cop shows where the mystery is secondary to the banter between the team of investigator (NCIS, mentalist, castle, lucifer). revealing the killer early to give the spotlight to their motivations and the relationship they have with the detectives seems like a massive improvement on the formula. Rather than have the killer be a vaguely dickish person you see "randomly" in the first ten mn of the episode, and never appear again until the final reveal (because making the character interesting would draw attention) you could give the role to a strong character actor and have them clash or bond with the investigator, making the whole thing much more dramatically satisfying.

[@MB-lz5eb]

@@maximeteppe7627 I'm not sure, but I *think* my WIP detective story is like that. I don't think of it as a whodunnit; I think I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too by focusing on "who was it dun to?" but also having a profiler side character looking at the "why dun it"?

[@JDM-is-my-name]

@@MB-lz5eb if you don't have a "whodunit" but a "whoisitdunto" that'd be a very different story. I'd recommend looking up some Jane/John Doves and read their stories. It'll give you some perspective as to what is important with people who are still unidentified. Maybe a "why dun it" is important, but you can't fully answer that if you don't know "Who dun it" or "who was it dun to" The "why" is super tied up in the "who", "what", "where" and much more. The why can be something small as "they were there", but the why is still super important. I don't know your book at all, nor any of the themes or characters, I'm just pointing out something I've noticed in true crime. A lot of true crime youtubers will glorify the "who" and the "How", so just be careful not to go into that. Make the "who" an absolute fool, just like most real life murderers are. Make the "who" unimpressing, make the victim important, even if it's not to the murderer, they are important to someone. If they don't know who it is, the motivation should always be "this was a person, they need to have their name" and not "this is a body, let's see how much we can objectify it, until the actual identity isn't important"

[@MB-lz5eb]

@@JDM-is-my-name The "star" I have in mind for the "whositdunto" isn't a John Doe, investigators know who he was. He's a cop or forensics expert who worked with the police (leading investigators to believe that he was killed for investigating the serial killer). Maybe the detective's motivation could be "I don't have a personal stake in this, but I know that the victims had loved ones who'd want the serial killer to be caught."

[@Erasureeraser]

I can't even imagine a group of filmmakers pitched this to the studio and thinking that this is a great concept that could attract some 15 year olds who are fans of Fifty Shades and the studio wanted to finance it

[@avanishdutta2658]

If you go to chris and jahns' channels, the fifty shades trilogy is on their F movies and dogshit movies list. Those movies deserve it. Even i consider them worst movies. They only brought pain. I feel like a war veteran. It was three years ago when i ended watching these 'masterpieces' and now, after knowing this exists, I feel the ptsd.

[@Crisjola]

@@avanishdutta2658 at least you didn't *read* the books. My Mom and I were gifted the first one by a 45 y/o teacher friend when they first came out and… booof I have a history with SA and abusive relationships and while I powered my way through Twilight to be "allowed" to explain why (most) of the writing was F tier dog crap, I got exactly as far as the third page, knew what was coming, couldn't stand Ana's endless drivel internal monologue, and quit. My mom was (legitimately) forced to finish it due to her friend, and _hates_ that book and blocked the really graphic stuff out completely. I know she skimmed most of the s^x scenes because: weird crap + s^xual abuse + plus bad portrayals of erotica as a whole… yeah I think she told me she got to where he was whacking her… sensitive part of her "hoo-ha" with a riding crop and NOPED out of there and skimmed/skipped ever s^x scene. It was funny to me that, like Twilight before it, but for the older crowd, a woman in my family was being forced to read a terrible book to explain to her friends why she hated it so much because "you can't judge it until you've read it" which is _so_ dumb.

[@Tvd97]

As a person that worked their way through college at a bookstore in a very conservative area...my favorite thing in the world was bible thumpers that would regularly spend 50 a week on trash novels, but then bitch we sold Playboy. Like hey, at least the dudes buying porn knew what they were buying, hid it between other items, and sometimes flat out avoided having me ring up their purchase. The amount of times I had someone try to use a school discount on romance novels, and then act uppity when we challenged if the book with Fabio 2.0 was actually for the school.

[@alisaurus4224]

If someone has different tastes or morals than me i can respect that (depending on the subject of course), but hypocrites are the worrrrrst

[@bigbearkat2010]

I was legit puzzled that anybody would care this much about Milano being cast (frankly Milano being cast feels par for the course for a Lifetime/Fifty Shades knockoff from Netflix). First of all, Nora Roberts has been adapted enough times that I feel like these movies come out of vending machines at this point so it's not like it's some sacred cow. Also, for a group that likes to rail so hard against cancel culture, this just feels textbook of what they supposedly hate so much but really if a performer being liberal is all it takes for them to stay away, I'd question if they've watched like literally any movie ever

[@goddyssincognito1565]

i’M dOiNg A bOoK rEpOrT!!

[@amelia3146]

I worked at a bookstore through college, too! ❤️ I would always say, “Oh, cool! What class is it for? I have a list here of codes to scan for the course books-so you can get your discount.” (Sometimes I’d ask if they liked the class, what else are they reading, is it a difficult class, is it for your major, why did you choose to take the class, etc etc. Sometimes they could play along for a WHILE which was fun lol)

[@swagromancer]

@@amelia3146 Weirdly, that makes me want to go to a bookstore again. Normally I avoid any kind of social interaction like the plague, but somehow, imagining myself in that situation, talking to a complete stranger about books and reading, feels... almost comfortable? At least I don't get that overwhelming feeling of dread and despair that I normaly get while contemplating leaving my house.

[@Erasureeraser]

Five years from now, we're gonna get a movie based on a fanfiction of Brazen. Mark my words 😂😂😂

[@aspacecocoon]

Speak of the devil and he doth appear. Do not beckon him 😨

[@hugoumero9723]

Maybe an Supernatural Brazen AU

[@katrinbivens3723]

Hahaha

[@skunkrat01]

Five years? The way Netflix is going, I'd be surprised it's not already in post

[@allih8021]

SHUT YOUR MOUTH

[@wh0aheavy]

The news is depressing and my neighbors are loud and listening to Amanda rip into another horrible Netflix movie is exactly what I need rn!

[@jow2716]

Whatching Amanda apologize right after making all those amazing dumb sex jokes during this entire video was one of the highlights of my day, so thank you! 😂😍

[@brownie2794]

Girl...I accidentally got wrapped up in Brazen. I thought it was a murder mystery, only to be smacked in the face with the dollar store Dominatrix. I understood nothing. I don't know why I finished this movie.

[@chrischaboyer611]

I can confidently say I've never heard the phrase "crumbs so thick, a duck would choke" but I fucking love it 😂😂

[@topp93]

"No one calls their teachers by their first names", Norwegian pupils and students *laughs in Norwegian*

[@thetitularrole]

Having literally just watched the Cole die in Charmed LAST NIGHT, who did this to Alyssa? I know she knows how to mourn. Charmed killed like four of her loved ones.

[@benzaiten933]

oh I used to love Charmed but kinda lost interest towards the end. did Alyssa's character end up with an angel or something? I was always rooting for her but she never really got a break.

[@girlfrommetro]

@@benzaiten933 she married a cupid at the end

[@auroramichael1110]

Agreed. Alyssa is definitely a good actor. Guess the writing and director is not lol

[@may.k_me]

I was shocked that she acted so bad. She's normally a tad bit better

[@may.k_me]

@@benzaiten933 nice seeing you in another corner of KZbin

[@MakaylaTomasi]

"Amanda Cullen presents: _Brassiere"._ I would read it. Legitimately, I'd buy and read it.

[@AnneettaLife]

I’m not even kidding, I figured out who the killer was in the first 10 minutes. I just thought they would reveal everything in a creative or suspenseful way and that maybe he would have a good reason for killing her. My god I was wrong. Completely anticlimactic. FTR: I never read the books. Didn’t even know this movie was a novel adaptation until I watched this video.

[@ruthprophete5566]

Same.

[@lisamortini8567]

Not surprised. It was awfully obvious to anyone who's ever watched, well, films.

[@AnneettaLife]

@@lisamortini8567 yeah, but they could have at least been creative about it.

[@KanishQQuotes]

Are you lost baby gorl

[@lisamortini8567]

@@AnneettaLife At the very least indeed!

[@cecilyfortune8164]

I watch Amanda so I don't have to watch sub-par movies and TV unless I want to. Thank you for your service.

[@14funnybunny1]

Crazy how I predicted that the boy that talked to the sister at the school (weasel kid) after the murder was the killer. He was asking to many questions about the case and sent flowers to the funeral. It was soooo obvious! I wasn’t surprised at the end

[@Zenlore6499]

A teacher doing online pleasure work is just… SUCH a risky idea.

[@Tzkaar]

tell that all those teachers who lost their jobs because of onlyfans in the recent years^^

[@Zenlore6499]

@@Tzkaar Exactly. Teachers shouldn’t have to resort to that, and it’s not exactly the safest thing for a teacher to have as a side job in terms of respect.

[@abbewinter9249]

I would 100% Read a pulp romance written by Amanda.

[@morgangrant3479]

I want to see a reverse of this sort of premise. A story from a detective's perspective working on a case and this mystery novel writer keeps butting in. But make it not romantic. Let us see the detective's stress, their inner thoughts, make us sympathize with the one trying to do their job, not the one that's being an idiot.

[@legendlover91]

I downloaded this "movie" to watch during a flight and it was frankly an embarrassing experience. When the "once isn't gonna be enough" line came on i felt so sad for Alyssa who had to be there and actually listen to these nonsense live. I would have instantly passed out, as like a coping mechanism.

[@lizc6393]

Amanda if you see this somehow, I'm going through a pretty major life crisis which is triggering rolling panic attacks, but your voice, energy, and humor actively calm me down. I just want to thank you, sincerely.

[@Tayloraurrekoetxea]

I’m sorry to hear that and I hope things get better for you soon x

[@lizc6393]

@@Tayloraurrekoetxea Thank you Glupp, I really appreciate your kindness.

[@Mashamellou]

Hang in there, Liz! And I hope it gets better.

[@anacaly]

Omg I was so embarrassed when I watched this movie. The genre of romantic suspense has some really, really good books, but adapting them into a movie is almost always a recipe for disaster. Also, lines like "once isn’t going to be enough" are corny in the source material already; they translate even worse onto the big screen.

[@goddyssincognito1565]

Right?! I agree… so much garbage out there and after awhile there isn’t any mystery left because everyone has figured it out by the second chapter. Add in the corniness and it’s just unreadable. 🙄

[@Liriand]

"Nobody calls their teachers by their first name!" *laughs nervously in Finnish* We always call our teachers by their first name, what can I tell you 😅

[@onewomanarmy6451]

Honestly, Amanda shouldn't worry about the Scream videos length. I would happily watch an hour long normal Amanda video but a Scream Amanda video could be four hours long and I would be overjoyed!

[@Rikrobat]

So, as a fan of Criminal Minds, I'd say the format works in that show because often times, you're not so much invested in the serial killer du jour, but rather, you're invested in the protag team. You bond with the FBU characters and enjoy their dynamics and personalities, so a lot of the entertainment is watching them actually encounter / facedown the one they're hunting. This format doesn't necessarily work in a movie setting because the characters are all fresh, unless the point of the movie is to play up the cat-mouse chase between the protag and the killer.

[@shybard]

Amanda Cullen Presents: Brazen Saddles ^ It would be an instant classic. But I can't guarantee that it would be family-friendly or particularly wholesome.

[@zinnybeans]

Man, phone sex operators are still such a common thing, my friend's sister is a phone sex operator and she literally sits there painting her nails and scrolling news feeds while saying whatever hot things her clients want xD

[@delafontainedoes]

Most unrealistic part of the movie was when a classroom full of teenagers laughed at "to tweet or not to tweet" lmao

[@Yama_1291]

Start writing that book Amanda. Sounds like a good time in the making.

[@DCreed013]

Honestly, I watched this with my sister a few days ago. We were starting to think that the teacher sister was actually still alive and that it was all a set up by her and the thriller writer to frame the ex-husband for the sister's murder. After that, rich writer aunt gets custody of the son and goes to live with her, while the actually still alive sister lives with them. Why would we think this? Because of the conversation the detective and the writer had during their date; alluding to a locked room mystery that's only possible if the supposed victim were actually alive, and that the coroners had been bribed by the rich author to fake her death. Would need a lot of tweaking to make it work, but bam, more interesting mystery. But yeah, this movie was pretty milk toast.

[@autumnkraft2242]

Looking forward to that Scream video - I love your deep dives!

[@sannidhiym3573]

I've not read the book, but Nora Roberts is definitely not a bad writer of the mystery/thriller stories. I just started the 49th book in the 'In Death' series (which Are set in the future😂) she writes as J. D. Robb, so can kinda attest to that I think🤓

[@eliesundesastre9473]

My friend and I were on the hunt for a good crime movie on Netflix, we found this and it sounded good. Ten minutes in, we are cringing and we have the whole plot figured out. We ended up waching "El Desorden que Dejas", and that was good shit

[@rafaelaaguiar4630]

If Amanda did those tv commercials for useless and weird stuff that I don’t need, I would buy it without thinking twice

[@racheldeschaine]

I just watched scream 5 and scream 2 so I’m PUMPED for this scream video you speak of

[@cloudythursday9937]

I love the shaky slow zoom around 09:04. Gives it all the necessary drama. I approve of this choice and hope to see more in the future.

[@leightoningstrike6971]

Nora Roberts actually writes futuristic murder mysteries under the name J.D. Robb so her predicting cam girls in the 80s would have been on brand 😛

[@odile8701]

I adore that series SO much. I like her future.

[@dorothygale9648]

Me, walking past my parents watching this movie: Hey, is he killing cam girls? My mom: What's a cam girl? Me: I- uh- nevermind.

[@ChrisHarperBooks]

Romance as a book genre actually has a HUGE Conservative base. It is why they are constantly running into issues with racism and other forms of bigotry and discrimination. So, not too shocked about the backlash directed at the actress.

[@meghanhenderson8417]

Just paused the video to say Amanda make your Scream video as long as you want. I could listen to you talk about my favourite movie franchise for days!!

[@dinakharag1438]

A movie that’s better regarding the idolization of a person in Perfect Blue. It’s animated and it shows not just how other people can project their ideologies/fantasies into another person, it shows the “idol” can lose their sense of who they are too. Highly recommend it and would love to see a video on what you think, Amanda the Jedi!

[@ThisMagicHouse]

The mystery genre where you see the crime at the beginning and the tension is around how the cops will solve it became big with 'Columbo' in the 1970s and is referred to as a "how catch 'em" thriller, rather than the traditional "who done it."

[@aabidahsiebritz3839]

This is, as usual, more entertaining than the actual movie lol

[@Anynom]

Once again, a project I had never heard of but now that you've reviewed it, I need to see it!

[@chiefroo]

i would absolutely watch an hour long scream video from you omg

[@stwbmc98]

I saw the title and I was like “Brazen, where have I heard that name before?” I literally forgot that I watched it lmao

[@anacaly]

I wish I could forget too … I’m still traumatised, it was so ridiculously, overwhelmingly bad :/

[@powerpufffan]

Your videos always put a smile on my face. Thank you for helping me through this pandemic! 💞

[@MeganJoyWhynottBlog]

I'm very excited for the Scream vid. BUT DON'T THINK WE'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT PART TWO OF SHADOWHUNTERS VIDEO.

[@LiteraryChic]

Watched already but I needed your soothing sarcasm in the background 💕

[@shouisthename]

I will do anything for that Scream video.... even if the video is 1-2 hours long. I'm so excited for this!!!

[@edgarallenhoe3518]

"That's blackmail!" Not if she brings it up in family court

[@meganchambers8108]

You are my favorite KZbinr! Anytime you post, I am down for whatever you are talking about!

[@Georg3e]

I keep getting ads for plus sized women underwear as i binge your videos and i have absolutely no idea why.... I've lost alot of weight, you can see it in my own videos... Your ads are making my anxiety active but its okay because im supporting the great jedi Amanda!

[@avanishdutta2658]

I remember brad jones(cinema snob) reviewing it a few days ago. It already looked like a cash grab fifty shades, and that's the better i can say. I still remember Chris stuckmann and Jeremy jahns painfully sitting through the fifty shades 'perfect trash' trilogy and reviewing it on their channels respectively. They later celebrated after the trilogy concluded. Even when i watched the movies, I ordered five large pizzas and coke to just celebrate after disaster called fifty shades ended. It only brought PAIN. It hurts.

[@lizc6393]

Yeah, um, it's about S&M....sorta the point. Lol.

[@amelia3146]

One pizza every 10 shades

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@amelia3146 I would throw the same pizza on the screen if i was given a dime for it, but it was too costly.......and tasty.

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@lizc6393 then according to you the room is a compelling drama. Oh please it's not.

[@lizc6393]

@@avanishdutta2658 I mean it was trying to be s&m (I couldn't stomach watching it through) but it felt like there was an attempt, lol

[@The_Last_Erdapfel]

10:50 "she immediately offers him some coffe" Got a perfectly timed (german) coffee advertisement after that. I must confess, i'm impressed 😱

[@neivilde.1242]

ok, i was looking for the "this is the skin of a killer bella" shirt i saw you wearing in swell amanda's podcast and i saw the literal shirt you are wearing in this video lmao. also i did buy the shirt yes, it was too good

[@katburgess5926]

"Been there, it's terrifying." Girl, are you okay???

[@NE8675309]

Laughed so hard at 15:04! I'm so down for that Scream video. Hell, I'd watch it even if it was longer than an hour.

[@Erasureeraser]

I can't believe we had great romance movies like Before Trilogy, Romeo + Juliet, and Titanic to mediocre romance movies center on toxic relationship. Who watches these dammit????

[@hannahohno]

I mean, I kinda agree, but also Romeo and Juliet is hella toxic too?

[@Erasureeraser]

@@hannahohno but at least they were very well written and well acted. This however took the headline of Romeo + Juliet and took all the wrong lesson with it

[@hannahohno]

@@Erasureeraser true

[@MortMe0430]

Not gonna lie, I saw the "Before Trilogy" you listed and for a hot second mixed it up with the After series, and I thought "you consider those great romance movies?!" Then I realized it must be "Before Sunrise" from Linklatter (sp?) and the others. Whew lol

[@leileyaravencroft]

I didn’t see any of the Before trilogy but I have seen Romeo + Juliet as well as Titanic and I wouldn’t call either of them good romances. Well acted especially in the case of Romeo + Juliet is really debatable. Honestly most of the romance genre is full of mediocre romances and toxic relationships. Especially their insistence of saying that they are “good” relationships. (Note: I am saying this while actively enjoying quite a bit of questionable romance relationships I’m just pointing out that most of the genre is ugly. And can anyone explain to me why we find them so fascinating?)

[@EDDIELANE]

My 12 year old just started the Scream franchise and he LOVES it so much. He hasn’t seen the newest one yet but he cant wait to see Dewy again.

[@10puppyluv]

I went to college in a small midwest town and let me tell you the second hand bookstore was at least 50% trashy romance novels, they heavily outnumbered the James Patterson books

[@celinahatton2653]

I was perplexed by the whole Nora Roberts thing, because I thought that was Chandler Bing's mother 🤣

[@espantalho4141]

amanda's "im sorry" moments are something i live for

[@daisyduck4094]

as soon as you said "nora roberts" i said "oh my gooooosh" out loud. it was years since ive heard that name. i remember being a child and seeing my mother read her books. 9 year old me took that swamp of louisiana book and read it, since mom said it had "supernatural elements" and i was a total goff who liked ghosts.

[@ameliecarre4783]

For once I'm VERY glad for the sponsor ad. I've been really looking for something like this.

[@TheBridget272]

Of all the Nora Roberts books out there...this is the one they picked? Based on the cover, it looks like it's from way back in the day when her stuff was like Harlequin stuff. I actually like some of her recent books. Edited: I just got to the part in the video that said it's from '88. So, yeah....this is the one they picked? The woman has written like 300 novels or something!

[@radhiadeedou8286]

You don't know what's appealing about knowing who the killer is and watching the cops figure it out? Ever seen Colombo?

[@RB-vo4gi]

Yes! Super excited for the Scream video!

[@SeeWut]

Your segue about Criminal Minds perfectly touched on why I stopped watching the show. In the early seasons you never knew who the killer was (if they were shown at all it was in shadow or profile). I think it was around the 4th or 5th season they started consistently showing the killer very early to tell parts of the story from their perspective. A lot of people liked that but it seemed like a weird shift to me.

[@definingkrabbypatty]

So excited for scream video! I just watched all the movies!!

[@MasterOfMagnet2099]

Yeesss, I'm glad you're doing this one! This movie just radiates Lifetime energy!

[@carolynmeszko7481]

I love these videos. Also, that Scream clip was EVERYTHING 🤣

[@Strannik01]

22:40 I, for one, am looking forward to _Seducing Stella Benn_ , a hot new sapphic romance by Amanda J. Cullen , about the vivacious Callie Allen (who may or may not see the future) helping the sullen Stella Benn get out of an absuive relationship with... Let's call him Cedrick Edwen.

[@TitularHeroine]

That sounds absolutely amazing.

[@Strannik01]

@@TitularHeroine Amanda is free to have the idea. Even the not!Twilight names I came up with on the fly.

[@goddyssincognito1565]

Coincidentally, I just watched this movie last night, and I have already accepted that I will never get that time back. I share your consternation with this travesty of a train wreck. Something I have noticed is that romance novels include dialogue that no actual person would ever utter. It sounds comical when you see it on the screen and hear them actually say the words. Additionally, when the cop says to Grace that he doesn’t know what he would do if anything happened to her, I literally threw popcorn at my TV and yelled “You have only known her for three days, ya douche!” It is ridiculous how the romance went from zero to pants off with absolutely no chemistry between the two main stars. What do I know though? I fast forwarded through all those scenes! LOL thank you for a thoroughly entertaining review of a totally crap movie. Would like to see more of these, ATJ! 👍😀💜

[@loudrake3913]

Gosh this channel is one of the most entertaining out there I would watch anything she put out

[@avanishdutta2658]

I feel the haunting flashbacks of fifty shades to be honest. I feel like i have PTSD just knowing this exists. Brings back nightmares.

[@fitrahgolden]

FYI: An afro isn't "crazy hair"

[@hoaxheaux]

Absolutely HERE for the hour long Scream video!

[@xeferial]

I am a die hard Nora Roberts fan. I own literally every one of her books other than some of the latest In Death series. I started reading them when I was 13 in 2004 when I found one at a thrift store and I got hooked. With that expertise in mind I can tell you that a lot of her oldest books are not very good. They were written to be grabbed by publishers who did bodice rippers until she finally was able to write something more her own style. So right from the get-go they did not pick a good one. On top of that there has never been a good movie adaptation of her books made. They're all cookie cutter bland nonsense that manage to miss any spunk and life in the characters that came across on paper. One day maybe they'll do her justice, one day. Also I hate that a bunch of her fans are apparently trumpests, that makes me feel icky to be lumped in with them D:

[@lamaface]

Agreed, I think La Nora pretty much toed the line until she was big enough to write what she liked (a lot like Heinlein except she didn't get all weird about it). I actually read all of her books last year except this one, although I did try it. This was one of the worst ones they could have chosen, it's really not a great example of her work. I mean they could have gone with the Obsession one, or that one I forget the name of where the aunt was a basement girl? And Divine Evil has the potential to be an excellent movie, it's just so visual with the animal heads and stuff. Also didn't she also write that trilogy about the stone in the woods that released evil every year? That was a good one, good candidate for a miniseries. But this one was just bad :( I was actually really surprised when I found out that a lot of her fans are on the right. She's always been pretty ahead of her time when it comes to POC and queer people existing in her stories - imo the best rep is people just being allowed to be around and live their lives, you know? So I was kind of surprised.

[@xeferial]

@@lamaface Yes I agree, there are many more to chose from that I love. One I wish they would do that WAS written in the 80's is Hot Ice. That would be a perfect adventure romance movie, just update the 80's references to modern day without making it cheesy and you're set. I know! Her writing shows that she so obviously leans left politically that it is genuinely surprising that so many fans lean right, apparently to extremes. I guess everyone can love romance no matter where you stand.

[@brucasroxx]

I actually very recently found out about Nora Roberts' In Death series when I googled book recs for "romantic suspense" and she popped up. I'm making my way through the In Death series, on book 10 now. If you don't mind my asking, what were some of your favs of hers in that genre? Always looking for suggestions, haha 😄

[@lamaface]

@@brucasroxx the Obsession was excellent. But really anything of hers written after about...1995?ish? Is worth at least checking the blurb to see if it looks interesting.

[@xeferial]

@@brucasroxx well her In Death series is very very long now so that should cover you for a while, but she also has some stand alone ones. A few I would recommend mystery wise are, Northern Lights, Angel's Fall, Birthright, and The Villa.

[@MagicalCrow]

This opens my eyes up to what my mom has been reading because she’s read nearly every Nora Roberts/JD Robb book

[@FauxFoxPaw]

I loved the Scream vid, I really appreciate the effort and passion you had. It even gave me a new love to for the movies. There was a lot I didn't understand at the time that I do now. Also if anyone's interested, Nora Roberts writes as JD Robb for the Eve Dallas books (a future cop series). Imo they are really good, my favorite non-vampire series of books.

[@samayasharan5670]

I opened this video and the first thing I heard is that this book is by mums absolute favortie author of all time and I am INSTANTLY intrigued.

[@MayFraser7]

Love that transition at the start to the sponsor lol Vessi!

[@devinkavanaugh1034]

I kept thinking their was going to be some kind of big reveal... but there never was. I laughed out loud when he removed his mask at the end in a big dramatic way and omg its exactly who we all new it was. I feel like this had potential but it just wasn't realized. I've also been a big fan of Milanos since charmed but this was a let down of a come back.

[@gwynythsears5097]

Literally just finished watching this when I saw this review come through my feed and instantly clicked. Audibly laughed out loud when you showed the scores 😂 if I had known it was going to be so bad I would have started with more wine.

[@tmntaddict]

Netflix is brazen with all these Lifetime knock-offs.

[@ReadingBunny23]

Super excited for that Scream video!

[@Karragh]

I don't think there's a movie of it, but the novel "Closer Than You Think" by karen rose is the most batshit combo romance/thriller novel I've ever read. There's a scene where the two main characters are crouched down on top of each other avoiding sniper fire, and it takes time to mention how rock hard the detective male lead is. During the sniper incident. Like it is a sexy thing.

[@thedreammweaver6274]

Was trying to enjoy the video but it was hard when you kept reducing the detective to “Crazy Hair” when he was normal hair for someone who’s half black. Really disappointing.

[@sobienz]

All the time I was just waiting for Phoebe to tell him that she has visions of the future sometimes and uses these to write her novels.

[@ThEePiCgOoFyKiD]

Strange amount of criticizing the detective man's natural hair...