Free Guy - How to Cheat Hollywood | Film Perfection

[@Filmento]

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[@rishisanyal8972]

Do a film Perfection video on Herditary

[@quickflash2studios232]

Silent Hill would make an excellent film if done right

[@rishisanyal8972]

How about a proper Monster Hunter Adaptation

[@LucasN00b]

Left 4 Dead. it would be pretty interesting.

[@rajder656]

therre's a book that would work as a movie but i know nobody would adapt it :(

[@thanos_6.0]

I really loved Free Guy. When I left the theater I couldn't stop smilling. But I really think that it doesn't need a sequel.

[@HazmatPyro]

Disney is interested in a sequel but I don't think it has actually been greenlit. I have no idea where to take the film in a sequel. Antwan traded free guy 1 in in exchange for the lawsuit against him being dropped and now Guy and the npcs are stuck in a virtual world seeming content with the state of it. Nobody can access the servers of free guy 1 because it's not publicly accessible due to the deal with Antwan so nobody can really ruin anything for guy. So we have a main character stuck in a perfect world with nobody to serve as an antagonist. Meanwhile Antwan is not going to make the same mistake again and will use a less complex ai that won't go sentient. (Correction: I looked up the plot and apparently Antwan launched a catastrophic flop and got arrested for theft so he's pretty much fucked. I can't see him working in the games industry anymore.) Millie and Keys are likely to live a happy life either as indie game devs or working at some other studio. So there's nowhere to take the film in a sequel that will add anything. There's nothing more to explore and any future events are likely going to be quite boring. In addition, I see little point in making a Free Guy 2 with different characters as we already have the first film and while it is a fun film idea, seeing the same film again with some variations is boring. A spin-off would be very different from Free Guy and then you're better off making a separate ip if you want to explore whatever plot you can come up with for Keys , Mouser , ans Millie. TL;DR: a sequel is pointless.

[@thanos_6.0]

@@HazmatPyro I agree with you. I have also no idea where to take it into a sequel. Whats just with all those stupid sequels?

[@rakdos36]

@@thanos_6.0 The same reason why so many remakes. producers think since it already proved a success it will a succes again.

[@silverscorpio24]

Nah. But it's Disney, and this movie made them money

[@alzenavashti]

Yeah, I agree. I mean the ending is already beautiful, and it doesn't need a sequel 🤷

[@PanzerYeena]

To be fair, the reason the game company in the movie was the portrayed as the big bad was not because they wanted to make a sequel, but because they had promised the sequel would be backwards-compatible with the original, when in reality they were planning on taking the original offline as soon as the sequel dropped and every player would have to start from scratch.

[@diersteinjulien6773]

He's not even portrayed as a "bad" guy (well, he's an asshole, and he stole the initial conxept code, but that's it). People want the sequel. He's only "bad" because the sequel will erase our protagonist.

[@HazmatPyro]

Another thing I noticed, the name of the company is Soonami which is a portmanteau of Konami and Bethesda Softworks. The "So" part is from Bethesda Softworks and "onami" comes from Konami. In addition, the name sounds vaguely similar to "tsunami", a type of natural disaster. Blizzard Entertainment is also named after a type of natural disaster. So three large gaming companies who are widely hated are featured in the title of a seemingly large villainous fictional game company, quite a cool detail.

[@AnarexicSumo]

@@HazmatPyro ...Sony and Konami.

[@Axid-j1m]

@@HazmatPyro i dont think its that deep lol

[@thedarkemissary]

Yeah. But, again that idea was prevalent a few game generations ago. Nowadays, you don't waste time on making a sequel, you just milk the current thing to death.

[@theowntry9430]

The greatest difference between GTA Online and FreeCity is they tried to make a sequel fast

[@jakeroberts3070]

Did you write the last season of GoT?

[@Scripzure]

bigist? diffrents? tryed? are you okay

[@cshan003]

@@Scripzure okay, are you ok

[@soulz0387]

@@cshan003 ???? ok and okay are the same thing

[@CarlosMontesBby]

When "sound it out" backfires

[@06raimondi]

Honestly I feel like Ryan Reynolds played a huge part in the movie's success, I know myself and a lot of my friends only knew about the movie because of Ryan, and if the character was played by someone else (say another big actor like Gosling), we mostly likely wouldn't have been so excited for the movie. Ryan Reynolds himself is a marketing cheat code.

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

True that. it may not have been based on an existing IP, it may not have been a sequel. But in Ryan Reynolds it still had one of the hottest properties of Hollywood at the moment associated with it. Now having a big Hollywood name associated with your project is no guarantee for success (looking at you doolittle) but it sure helps in gaining momentum.

[@wafipratama1526]

And ryan reynolds and taika waititi change a lot the script Like there no dude in original script Ryan gave the idea

[@warrenpoultney8215]

Also the fact Ryan didn't stop creating new add-ons that got added to the movie after completion, Dude, was one of the post editing additions. And in my opinion a master stroke of an addition. Ryan was passionate to have this movie made, and he had a huge amount of input. Him & Taika created a masterpiece in this gem.

[@aalooraqtobiassen8297]

First I didn’t want to watch it because of Ryan, cause I was mad at the time and didn’t want to watch a happy face or positive, but I watched it, had fun and has some little tears cause it made me smile and laugh that i haven’t done in a long time, I say Ryan killed it here…

[@macmcleod1188]

I saw it because of Ryan Reynolds. Watching him makes me laugh and feel happy. Same reason I saw the netflix "Red Notice". And that was because of Reynolds and Johnson. And I didn't *not* go because Gadot and Arya. Gadot is pretty but I don't go to see movies with her in it yet. I do go see movies with Bullock, Theron, Lily, and a few others.

[@SmoothTurtle840]

3:52 This was one of the best blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments I had seen in a while. The guy in the background trying to clip into the jewelry store shows that the makers of the movie definitely knew at least *something* about video games. And honestly I feel like details like that go under appreciated.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

I adored them My favs were: His room being sparse to reflect his GB storage space The sky is a single color of blue There is no magma/earth below Reflections (and shadows) have to be coded separately. There are NPCs who do repetitive gestures There are glitches. The players jump for no reason, and in a game manner There are the odd movements like when a car is jacked, the driver shifts in a mechanical/blocky manner just like in the game The incongruity of physical space on a virtual map, like larger on the inside/TARDIS physics The placeholders

[@GrassesOn97]

The most unrealistic part of the film was the positive rap the news media gave Guy. (And to be honest, I’d like to live in a world where the media wasn’t full of moral panics).

[@kyonbrace5487]

_things we wish they would not talk about...FOR 5 MINUTES!_

[@triadwarfare]

They'd probably talk about it in feel-good talk shows rather than the news.

[@gregothy9190]

Yeah, it was so weird to me when they had the news talking about....a guy playing on a video game server? Like even if he's really good and stuff. Streamers? Definitely. The news? Hell no. They wouldn't mention him.

[@adampkalb]

I think it is funny how Free Guy borrowed that bit from Ralph Breaks the Internet, and it was one of the few elements Free Guy borrowed from other movies that of which I know, but Filmento forgot to mention.

[@arthurbesnard1536]

Yea, true that was cringe af

[@jessicastrike5640]

A Batman film/show/game that focuses on the life of a low level criminal trying to make their way in Gotham City actually sounds incredible, you could have them commenting on and experiencing super villain gang wars, the mob, the Police and obviously this new terrifying myth of a “Bat man” that they won’t actually encounter until the end

[@ISAAC607]

Look up the comic "Joker"

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

There have been a few fanfics around this idea as well. Basic idea is the point of view of the thugs and criminals ,the low level flunkies and how they are brutalized and beaten to an inch of their life by Batman. Which in darker ones leads to many life long crippling injuries or death as having a broken arm or leg and being left to hang upside down in Gotham at night... isn't the best way to stay healthy.

[@ISAAC607]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming Ew, just read the source material. There are comics from the point of view of the henchmen, read joker

[@thebcwonder4850]

Would make a great horror film

[@emilflognoid1532]

You could call it “Gotham”!

[@jarelllevingston7882]

I thought this movie was a perfect example of “completely mining your concept”. It didn’t really leave any stone unturned. My only complaint is that it was light and breezy the entire time. I wish there was a point in the 3rd act when you actually felt danger, and like it might not work out.

[@Ahalaya]

Devs attempting to interfere, perhaps

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Wrong people want escapism in a movie like this. Take GTA serious? No. You clearly aren’t a gamer.

[@Ahalaya]

@@hanniffydinn6019 I don't know about that. I'm a gamer, as well as a hobbyist writer. I think something like that would be interesting. The best stories involve conflict and roadblocks. Seeing how the characters deal with it is what makes a good story engaging.

[@LuisSierra42]

I felt they had to embrace their world and concept wholeheartedly instead of inserting so many references and copying plot points from other films

[@emilymcplugger]

@Jarell Levingston I think the stakes were very balanced at the end. One of the problems with films like this is the disconnect between real world stakes and virtual world stakes (as covered in Assassins Creed video). Here they were matched with the destruction of the world and destruction of evidence. I thought that was really good.

[@alientitimilk9073]

Honestly what i love about filmento is that no matter the video he makes whether its talking about a movie succeeding or failing there’s always something to learn from it its not just a video nitpicking a movies flaws or successes

[@ClownPuncher139]

Of all things to love about this movie, and there’s a lot of things, I absolutely loved how much shade it threw at Rockstar. Especially after the disaster that was the Definitive GTA Trilogy. There’s no denying they’re a scummy company, and this movie portrayed that perfectly, especially in the little details. Throwing Dude in to stop Guy when he was only about 60% done. Shutting out the entire player base to stop one bad apple from playing. The entire plot point where they’re just abandoning their old titles to make infinite money off the sequel through microtransactions. And how their intentionally rushed game was rightfully panned for being buggy and unplayable. At this point, it’s not even shade, it’s just blatant criticism. And even when they’re not bashing Rockstar, they’re being very faithful to the gaming industry. The little guys got their work stollen by the big studio with all the resources. Gamers are beginning to drift away from the big shooter sequels and take in the smaller, more thought out titles of indie devs. And honestly just the studio environment as a whole, what with all the allegations being thrown out at basically every other studio for having a toxic work environment. It’s all really faithful except the streamers, the world caring at all, and all the shenanigans they pull in the final act. But I’m willing to look past that because of how god dang fun this movie was.

[@ralexcraft990]

I mean, the biggest lie in this movie about rockstar games was the fact he leveled up 1. Solo 2. Without doing repetitive grinding

[@MetheusBatanir]

free guy is best sims-gta5-vrchat crossover ever

[@davidw2319]

i think he thought the same thing GTA online heist music 0:43

[@FizzleFX]

cause its the only one and sucks?

[@bigpig2709]

@@FizzleFX try again

[@loganshaw5]

More like sim city then just sims. I could see the sims revolt but never sim city.

[@arandombard1197]

Free Guy just had a great concept as well. Seeing an NPC rebel against player characters and teach them to stop abusing NPCs is just a cool idea.

[@t-god2439]

And it seems so original also it’s one of few movies I have seen in the past couple of years that’s original

[@LuisSierra42]

Unfortunately it hardly makes any sense

[@tanvirhasankhan4178]

Yeah, they took this concept from WESTWORLD.

[@thedarkemissary]

Victims of a cruel game/world rebelling against the masters of that game/world = not new concept. Making a movie that panders to the social media/streaming community = new concept.

[@t-god2439]

@@thedarkemissary that’s what I’m saying you just listed that as two seperate plots/movies when free guy is your whole reply together

[@mkocel]

Free Guy was an unexpected surprise. What a great movie, clearly the people involved did their homework and/or were passionate about the project enough to make such a quality film.

[@the_gratefulgamer]

I guarantee you there wasn't a bunch of pronoun warriors involved and that's why it turned out as decent as it did. It felt like a true throwback from the era when Maria Carry first released that song they used.

[@conormurphy4328]

I definitely wouldn’t use the term “great” to describe this film

[@the_gratefulgamer]

@@conormurphy4328 Yeah I wouldn't buy it. But it was refreshing to watch. Especially in a theatre.

[@oluwahefner4194]

????? They entire plot goes against everything that defines how computers, videogames , video game developers and coding actually works

[@walnut6684]

@@oluwahefner4194 does it make sense? Nope. But does it make me think "Oh wow, that's cool",Yes.

[@belgiumcomics2537]

8:48 I just love how you made the studio excecutive just chase a butterfly. 😅

[@UnstableEquilibrium]

I immediately realized that this world had fully sentient AI, and was somewhat doubtful that the movie would pay it any attention and just let viewers chalk it up to it being that way just for a movie. I loved that they not only directly addressed this, but it became a major part of the plot.

[@SilverSpireZ]

I was so surprised by how fun this movie was. Seriously more entertaining than most movies coming out today!

[@FizzleFX]

fun???????? wat!? there are no jokes and youtuber meme humor ugh. Puss n Boots has more humor .

[@TheKsalad]

HE SAW THE THING HE RECOGNIZED IN THE OTHER MOVIE HE CLAPPED WHEN HE SAW THE CAPTAIN AMERICA SHIELD

[@doljlob..7097]

@@FizzleFX fun doesn't equate to comedy. Movies can be fun without being comedic

[@____Carnage____]

@@FizzleFX shut up Miguel

[@toonytunes9336]

@@FizzleFX wut u talking about the movie was so funny and fun. Also puss in boots is such an underatted movie.

[@makatron]

Free Guy succeeded where Pixels failed miserably. By being an awesome movie that knew how to move the plot and makes the audience care about Guy, and also when Dude appeared I lost it. 🤣

[@adampkalb]

What have you against Pixels? I thought it was funny and okay.

[@makatron]

@@adampkalb it had so much potential and kinda went off the rails to me. I agree was fun but forgettable.

[@apreviousseagle836]

The movie was great, but Dude was the cherry on top.

[@makatron]

@@apreviousseagle836 when Dude appears I couldn't stop laughing after the catchphrase

[@metroidserver]

@@makatron strange I feel the same thing with this movie... Odd Edit:I talking about free guy, not pixels even though I feel the same thing.

[@homoanalyticus]

5:05: "As cool as references can be, you cannot build a movie on that". True, you'd come up with something like Ready Player One

[@andrewplehn4805]

Even Ready Player One just pulls in the references to supplement the primary story. Ready Player One (the original book) was based around text-based and the earliest of early video games. The entire story of living in a virtual world and what effect that has on society holds strong, even without the references, as cool as they might be.

[@MrCompassionate01]

"You're 22 and living in my house there is no god" That line was the most out of touch thing in the movie. Do you know how few 22 year olds in this day and age can afford to live independantly?

[@loganshaw5]

32 would make more sense age wise. 22 is only 4 years after the "18" that parents kick their kids out of the house Supposedly and that is only the non going to college kids.

[@jakeand9020]

Most of them could. I take that back. Almost all of them could. Provided if by "independent" you mean not with their parents specifically. They would still be stuck living with other people, in many cases worse people than their parents. They also wouldn't have time for silly things like "hobbies" or "fun." Like playing video games or making KZbin (or similar platform) videos. Unless they somehow already had enough of a following for that to be their primary source of income that equaled an actual 9-5 job (which ironically, is almost never 9-5, it would have to be more like 9-9 or longer.)

[@winns35]

Almost every 22 year old should be able to live independently. It's called living within your means. My son just graduated high school is 18 and is about to be living on his own because he knows he can't waste his money and live within his means. Shoot when I was 18 me and his mother just had his older sister, we had our own apartment while still finishing our last year of high school even.

[@loganshaw5]

You do know some kid have to move in to their parents house to buy a house or the parent followed the whole I moved out so you have to move out. My mom moved out like 15 was not easy by any means. I never moved out you got to find a job to do that or go to college but it is possible to leave the house alot of runaways found that out. Some kids still live with their parents after 18. So I think it is a more individual thing.

[@wittyjoker4631]

It's a government trick to convince the family it needs to break apart as soon as it can. Causes debt and a stunted growth of the new family branch. Families were much stronger when they invested in generational holdings.

[@diamondwave100]

I think you hit the nail on the head with the concept of creating your own twist on an IP without using that IP by using its already-established components and values. A great example of this would be the movie BrightBurn, which is obviously supposed to be a dark take on Superman, without actually using Superman.

[@tr33ck]

In a way, I think both Free Guy and The Lego Movie are just "family-friendly"-ier The Matrix. Which actually makes me think that Matrix 4 will probably have a thematic resemblance to Free Guy's outside world theme.

[@aidangordon2713]

There's already rumors swirling around that, in Matrix v7.0 (Sati's _is_ the seventh one, right?), Neo is now a successful movie executive. Combine this with WB/Village making Lego, and you might be onto something...

[@karlangeloreyes7343]

@@aidangordon2713 So you also watch MatPat eh? Good picks dude!!!

[@aidangordon2713]

@@karlangeloreyes7343 Not really. Just a common theory I've seen, especially with him clearly being some sort of exec in the new trailer.

[@Clown_the_Clown]

I refuse to support the creators of the matrix for being troons.

[@TF2Fan101]

Eh... I wouldn't describe Free Guy as 'Family Friendly.'. Sure, it's not R-rated or anything, but it's not exactly a movie I'd show to the kids. Edit: Not saying it's bad. It's actually REALLY good! It just has stuff that isn't quite appropriate for a 'Family friendly' movie.

[@logansymmes2193]

Usually movies like Free Guy aren’t good but they did a great job with this one.

[@LapisPebble]

I went in with low expectations, and was pleasantly surprised how good it was

[@loganshaw5]

Looks at a opposite movie called green lantern the other Logan is right.

[@csblakeley]

Free Guy is what Ready Player One (the book and the film) wanted to be. It was a love letter to geek culture that didn't hammer in what was happening. I mean, yes, we got the shield and the Avengers theme, but we weren't treated to three side characters losing their collective minds over "OMG, THAT'S THE SHIELD FROM THE AVENGERS!!!" Which is what makes up the bulk of Ernie Clines' writing.

[@zybch]

We got that excellent "what the shit!?" From Chris Evans, it it was perfect.

[@PBAmygdala2021]

"So, you've got a royalty-free knock-off script of the LEGO movie and GTA for me?" "Yes sir, I do"

[@WlatPziupp]

When you talked about and showed the references there was a teeny tiny little moment where I thought they had become public domain, and I was so happy. Then the reality of mouse themed Omnicorp slapped my nips off and now there's no unmitigated joy left in me. IP laws are the death of innovation, creativity, and fun

[@Zombiesnyder13]

When Guy pulled out Cap's shield, I was like... "Oh, okay." But when he pulled out the lightsaber, I was like... "Okay, that's just forced."

[@kevynsantos5742]

That's just THE force

[@vex6633]

Cap‘s shield was cool because they actually had Chris Evans in. The lighsaber was stereotypical pop culture neuron activation. BUT I also liked the appearences of both the gravity and portal gun. This just shows again of how much valve has contributed to gaming culture

[@fegeleinherman8587]

Ba dam tus

[@pmera]

Agreed! Both elements took me out of it, instead of giving me a chuckle like the portal gun. I honestly though: "oh, the mouse must have added that at the last second".

[@puggumpus]

I paid for glasses, only to read this shit

[@tornado_1348]

I love how when he first puts the glasses on there’s an item called blatant product placement

[@WilsTube]

Out of all those Lego Movie clones (xmp: Emoji “Movie”, UglyDolls, Playmobil) Free Guy is already the only good Lego Movie clone!

[@adampkalb]

I thought UglyDolls was a Trolls clone, but if you also think Dreamworks's Trolls movie is a Lego Movie clone, did you think Trolls was bad? Or was it just okay?

[@Theo-bk6qj]

@@adampkalb to be honest. It isn’t really a Lego movie clone. It’s more like a Despicable Me and Shrek mix. Comedy similar to Despicable Me and the emotions and the pop culture musics are similar to Shrek. Not saying it is the same thing but it felt like they are trying to mix these two movie together to make one movie and expect it to earn them a lot of money because these 2 movies make money.

[@WilsTube]

@@adampkalb I fail to see why Trolls is considered a Lego Movie clone, but as for my thoughts on both Trolls movies, they’re alright. Weird as hell but they’re alright!

[@milkshakedraws6944]

@@Theo-bk6qj It did make a lot of money, to be fair. The actual quality of the movie.. well… “Because singing killed my grandma, okay!?”

[@coldnoodles2951]

Isint the lego movie basically matrix?

[@zacharynewkirk7309]

I have to say I think one undersold aspect of Free Guy's ultimate success was the promotional efforts of Ryan Reynolds. He picks passion projects, stuff he really believes in with really talented writers and then he makes sure everyone knows about them through his social media and online presence. I mean if you go back and look he did the media work of an entire cast by himself appearing in most major media outlets, youtube channels and late night shows and promoting the shit out of the movie on his instagram. It's the kind of work ethic and dedication to a craft that makes someone a permanent mark in the history books, truly one of best all around actors, producers and writers in Hollywood, mad respect.

[@helge5565]

I’m kinda disappointed that they did make the Speedruner character, who knows everything about the game. Just a guy in a full plate-armor, with rgb lights, who hops in mach 3 speed, clips through walls, uses some weird, op items, and snipes some guy from half a kilometer while doing a 360. You know who I’m talking about. It’s always so fun to watch these guys

[@geraldgreg5370]

It's so funny that the whole point of the movie is to make fun of studios like Disney and how they only know how to make prequels and sequels. And then Disney wants them to make a Free Guy sequel despite the message.

[@RandomPerson-yq1qk]

That just shows the strength of our consumersim, criticism of consumerism can be a product to be consumed. You might think that this shows how one-dimensional Disney is for not being able to change themselves, but in reality it just shows that Disney is right. Sequels and IPs sell well.

[@zold9896]

@@RandomPerson-yq1qk local man misses the point that it's sequels solely for the sake of money grabbing that are bad

[@warrenpoultney8215]

Free Guy was a property they acquired when they bought, I wanna say 'Fox Studios" I think it was. If I remember right, it was in dev when that took place, and the said okay on letting it complete. That's when they added a lot of additions (during & post production) to the film. Disney acquiring the property gave them access to Disney IP, like the Marvel elements and such to include in the movie.

[@jasonbowman9521]

I can't seem to catch this movie in full when it comes on but so want to see it. From what parts I did see I think they are self-aware at the parody of it all. I feel like "The News" is following Guy's story because it's like the real world and the game world are somehow just aware of each other and if viewers can accept that fantasy element then it works. I get it that it isn't the Matrix but maybe a little closer to Wreck It Ralph that each being, real or computer kinda knows the other exist. I get what Filmento is saying about the NPCs but it is so funny that I like it. Guy seems likeable so I wouldn't want to kill him with a laser sword. lol.

[@anticarrrot]

@@warrenpoultney8215 It's also likely they were able to purchase some of the rights seperately before the merger. After all, they clearly did it for the Halo tank (Microsoft) the Metroid gun (Nintendo) and the Portal gun (Steam). Disney may have addded things, but also may have kept the origonal agreements for tax purposes.

[@InfernoYeet]

I clicked this faster than Chris Evans said : WHAT THE SHIT!

[@adamzemek8337]

Catchphrase!

[@emanuelgonzalez7500]

That's pretty fast actually

[@regular_alients3768]

Cap:"language"

[@zybch]

Probably the best tiny bit in the film.

[@danksalt5935]

The fact that we have to pretend making bad films to get approved from the producers, then secretly making good films…it’s an absurd world.

[@daniboy4153]

It truly is absurd

[@youstolethecookie]

‘Tis reality…

[@loganshaw5]

Why am I reminded of "pitch meeting"?

[@loganshaw5]

There are alot of how was those movies made at that.

[@JB2X-Z]

Go watch The Producers by Mel Brooks

[@H1ydra]

i love filmento because he is a genius at identifiying strenghths and flaws of movies and also memes

[@kennycorrea7578]

I really appreciate Ninja making a cameo in this video. He was just being himself and it was really enjoyable.

[@gunnarsoderhielm3425]

My favourite part about this movie is just how incredibly dated it will be in just a few years. I couldn't stop laughing at things that I knew almost no one was going to understand a decade from now. Just the fact that they brought in Pokimane, Jacksepticeye and many other media personalities is hilarious because they add nothing to the film except being a famous face. There were so many things it got wrong about programming, game design, gaming culture and Taika Waititis villain is probably one of the worst villains I've ever seen and I love all of it. 10/10 movie, might never watch it again but happy I did.

[@spacedoohicky]

I haven't seen the movie yet. What did they get wrong about programming?

[@gunnarsoderhielm3425]

@@spacedoohicky Well other than the stereotypical developer/hacker actually goes into the game as a player character to change the code there's also such ridicolous things like actually hiding crucial and secret code in such a way that player characters can access it if they know where it is and the only defense is in game security npc's instead of just an invisible wall or something, the game developers have their own servers in the building instead of just renting servers from some other business like pretty much all big game developers do, an entire secret part of the map which is as big and detailed as the normal map is just hidden out of bounds, I mean christ imagine the space that would take up on players computers, and many other things like that that work better in movies but which are just ridicolous in real life. It's very stupid and I love it all.

[@spacedoohicky]

@@gunnarsoderhielm3425 Makes me think of Howard The Duck. Mostly because of the absurdity.

[@viddork]

On the other hand, none of those faces was famous to me - they were just fictional characters like everyone else as far as I was concerned - and I still thoroughly enjoyed the movie anyway.

[@Immudzen]

I think it will do just fine. I did not know who a single one of these people where and the movie was still fine to me. They are just some random streamers to me in the movie.

[@giascle]

The idea of having lightsabers and Captain America's shield and all that actually could've been another very clever commentary on the state of gaming; pointless franchise tie-ins that have nothing to do with each other, like sticking Thanos in Fortnite. Just include a couple sentences about it towards the beginning of the film and you have setup and payoff, rather than something that kind of takes you out of the movie.

[@donaldnoviello390]

Like sticking any iconic character in Fortnite. The irony is that they put Dude in as well.

[@typemasters2871]

They could added to the end of the “franchise and IPs” sentence CEO: Franchises and IPs make the money, crossovers also.

[@Thejuvenal]

*"Decaf deadpool in a isekai"* -The Movie

[@darkmyro]

I feel like that's really unfair and reductive. Guy doesn't do a lot of deadpool-esque jokes and Guy as a character is about as opposite as you can get from deadpool. Guy is innocent, naive, polite and wants to be the hero, while deadpool is mean, jaded, broken, and doesn't consider himself a hero, literally says that in the movie. I feel like every time Ryan Reynolds is in something people say something like " oh it's deadpool, but X". It's not a hot take anymore and at best it has maybe one or two jokes you could classify as deadpool jokes with this movie at the very least. You can think what you want, but I feel you are easily off base here.

[@Thejuvenal]

@@darkmyro *ñ*

[@SpeediRogue]

@@darkmyro even though i agree with what you said , the joke abou "decaf deadpool" is most likely a joke breaking the fouth wall towards ryan not guy, the same way chris evans was .

[@King_Imani]

This comment deserves more likes 😂

[@Hanmacx]

Deadpool in a Isekai I would watch that!

[@Azoundo]

Loving ninja’s catchphrase. I want it to play every time I wake up in the morning

[@Jeremy-fy1sz]

Free guy was really enjoyable to watch. The humor fit the movie concept super well with good character arcs. Unlike Red Notice which was so cringe it made green lantern look good.

[@darkfire693]

I loved this movie. I was telling my friend when we walked out the biggest gripe was honestly the twitch streamer cameos like you mentioned. They just felt so out of place to me hearing some of the things they say. Took me out of the movie every time they popped up.

[@thegunslinger1363]

Could you do a film perfection video on Rango?

[@jorgecruz2461]

Agreed

[@everythingisawesome2903]

Rango is an underrated masterpiece.

[@hades4438]

Rango is too perfect..

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Yes. Do it. After Hot Fuzz

[@puppylover4865]

Agree

[@chasekemp4982]

Someone finally saying what I’ve been wanting for years. A Batman movie from the criminals perspective. Who doesn’t want to be scared of Batman.

[@adonian]

This was a really good movie. Had a shit load of fun. Edit and the “right in front of you” was perfectly played.

[@LILLYBRONX]

When he described the plot to reference which film it was similar too I instantly thought, "oh, it’s Wreck it Ralph" but then he said LEGO MOVIE and I was shocked because not only is Free Guy similar to Lego but also to WIR and this just proves big studios are just selling us the same stories repackaged every couple of years

[@sandro-of9fq]

i was blown away by how perfectly the "villain" was portrayed in this movie, because that ACTUALLY matches the reality EXACTLY. the main antagonist is literal representation of evil greedy corporations. ( looking at you EA, Activision...)

[@mkocel]

Ive worked at several of the big corporate pos companies, and that portrayal was RIGHT ON THE MONEY. EA, ACTI-BLIZ, DISNEY TOO. Honestly i dont know why the shareholders pay them so much, there are literally a dozen better people stuck working under them who would be better suited to lead.

[@Scripzure]

and Rockstar, right? it's about time we started lumping them in with those others.

[@fleuttre4510]

@@Scripzure but they atleast make good games

[@LycanLucian]

@@fleuttre4510 EA, Blizzard and even Activision made really good games. Way better games than Rockstar. What @Wyatt L said was that they are now as bad as the others.

[@fleuttre4510]

@@LycanLucian Activision and Blizzard I can understand but ea ea ea of all the companys

[@arthurthekyogre9155]

I've watched so many videos saying the movies I liked were actually terrible that when I saw the video about Free Guy I was so scared because it was one of the ones that I legitimately loved

[@owyemen9367]

Yea that's how the algorithm works

[@mangosteak]

U don't need youtube to tell you if it is ok to like a movie or not.

[@horace6851]

that's why I really like Filmento, he never claims that movie is good or bad, he only points out what worked and what didn't, and sometimes how you could improve it. And he usually doesn't get hanged up on nitpicking plot holes as so many KZbinrs do.

[@grfrjiglstan]

Give me a soap opera crossed with a slasher movie. The drama between characters is standard soap opera fare, but whenever a character gets killed, their plot line just stops. Nobody else acknowledges it, everyone's too busy with their own drama to even realize it's happening.

[@Hanmacx]

Sounds kinda interesting Doing it in one movie or a series? What would be better for this?

[@pedrohenriquemoraessantos1164]

Supernatural kinda did that i remenver this episode when they hunt a ghost from a mansion full of rich a-holes and the whole thing looks a old novela

[@notsyzagts7967]

We don't want a "kinda" one-off episode, we want an entire series dive deep into the concept.

[@rachelbullock1636]

THANK YOU for pointing out the similarities between this and the Lego Movie 😭😭😭 it's literally all that went through my head all Free Guy

[@zaccyfn]

That Ninja joke timing was absolutely fucking perfect funnier than any meme or joke in a film I've seen Amazing timing Filmento magnificent

[@Hailstormful]

Not gonna lie, I'd pay top dollar to play "GTA: Gotham City", where you play a lowly thug rising through the ranks while avoiding getting your ass handed by Batman/Nightwing/Red Hood

[@killerhellhound]

and make it that the Batman can only be in one place at a time so its possablie to evade attention for small crimes but the big paydays need to be ready to excape the unstoppable man coming for them

[@Selyidar]

I haven't played either and am not a DC fan, and I would totally play that

[@gasmasklumberjack9383]

Uh Filmento buddy. You do realize the transition from GTA4 Online to GTAV Online is incredibly similiar to the bad guy's scheme in the movie. Basically GTA4 could've been updated to last for years but Rockstar knew they couldn't introduce microtransactions to the current playerbase so they convinced everyone to abandon GTA4 for GTAV where players needed to start from scratch instead of getting backwards compatibility. Just like in the movie.

[@deathgun5925]

Yeah, Except GTA(5) Online was released- 2014? And what year is it now? 2021 almost 2022.... Still stuck in the same boring map ready to keep going for the next 10 years until PS6 games out so they can rerelease it again. Plus did GTA 4 even have stats or items bound to your character? I just remember chaos. Also, You can still play GTA 4 online. I wish they'd dump GTA(5) Online and make a new game.

[@fele09]

I thought that the guy wanted the new game because then he can rid off the AI algorithm of the protagonist

[@ngultrum1]

GTA 4 may also get a definitive edition next year.

[@treasurewuji8740]

That is why I am not buying red dead redemption

[@gcsec8811]

You're way off "buddy"

[@carlosr1176]

Using others ip is nice, but elevating something to a level that inspires people in real life to create what they saw on screen is great too.

[@thundermcqueen7523]

To be honest, if Ninja was at least a minor antagonist going around killing NPCs just like in real life, it woulda been better

[@mrgtmodernretrogamingtech6891]

At the very begginning of the movie, I noticed the intro is kinda the same with Lego The Movie then later on I noticed the theme of "Ordinary/Regular Guy become Chosen One" thing, well... That's it, It's a New Movie with a Flavor of Lego The Movie... Which is very nice... =)

[@sibsart2039]

Since getting back into theaters, this was easily one of the best new movies I’ve seen in a while. It was pretty much a better Ready Player One, funnier, and less cringy romance.

[@yanjirujan193]

The pacing and the story of this movie is so good that I forgot I was watching bootleg GTA Movie

[@ashman3028]

Honestly, free guy is great. It is self aware, funny, intelligent and has Ryan Reynolds. Film Perfection indeed

[@supposedlymel]

I'm actually surprised at the amount of people in the comments who enjoyed it. I honestly thought people would hate it purely because it's not a sequel or part of a larger franchise. I'm not a gamer but I really enjoyed this movie and I'm glad I'm not alone.

[@crochetcocoking4275]

Welp I'm a gamer and i found this meh, if it wasn't for Ryan Reynolds it would have an insufferable movie to watch.

[@asddsa8203]

It's a ryreynolds movie, of course it's shit

[@ahshitherewegoagain8695]

Two sides of a coin in the reply section lol

[@MrDirt]

13:52 this is a reference to something which really happened on the same game show, but the original answer was Leeroy Jenkins

[@silverscorpio24]

It was funny, heartfelt, and I genuinely enjoyed watching it. A rare thing with movies these days.

[@Eerieversible]

For real. I cried when Guy made that line about his existence being a love letter. Fuck that was good

[@lucretiuscoleman8224]

"...very closely follows the story of the Lego Movie." Ha. I thought for sure you were going to say Matrix, which I suppose is kinda the overall point.

[@diersteinjulien6773]

Seeing the movie, I described it as "ready player one, but good"

[@At0mS8]

It also has stuff from The Truman Show, even a scene in which the main character wanders around the street when he realizes that his world isn't real.

[@Zeoran]

This was my favorite movie of the year. It deserved praise just for being an original movie. They need to create a new Oscar category.

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

I think the hidden callback to They Live with the glasses and the reluctant black friend and the bank robbery was probably my favorite reference

[@SalusFuturistics]

Imagine Ninjas response when someone told him, it's just a Movie

[@dastvan8002]

It’s so nice to see that this is the closest we may ever get to an adaptation of Mogworld

[@gilgameshkingofkings1288]

Mogworld? that one story written by our favorite Dice Gamne?

[@IGeorge94]

Damn I didn’t think about that. But you are right, this is kind of like Mogworld, with less intentional suicide. Glad to know other people have read the book as well.

[@caldw615]

That's actually kinda depressing since Mogworld is far more cynical in nature (given who the writer is) and this movie is way too cheery and self absorbed.

[@gedrictudio]

Haven't seen a movie where I genuinely had fun the whole time and was glued to the screen the whole time. Brilliant. Plus that ending had me smiling like the Joker man.

[@diersteinjulien6773]

I agree. It had been a long time since I last seen such an enjoyable movie. A masterpiece? No, but enjoyable? Hell yes.

[@alexc6390]

That AVGN reference aged me 10 extra years. Thank you filmento

[@princessjello]

i didn't know anything about freeguy but going by the general summary it looks like what Ready Player One wishes it was?

[@liligloo]

I absolutely love that you used the gta mission music during this explanation

[@thrawnjan]

This video is a pretty fun example of how with KZbin videos, you CAN actually throw all the references and likenesses into a video without owning any of it. Congrats!

[@EthanMastercrafter]

"What i see are people inspider by each other, People taking what you made, and making something new out of it" -Emmett

[@Bad_Llama]

Omg, you nailed studio executives perfectly. Low risk, ass-covering, non-creative garbage holding the purse strings with no idea how to find and nurture good stories.

[@The1980Philip]

The exces are just a reflection of the broader film industry in general. They want to make money. This is why I'm confident that the woke wave will eventually pass. Woke films generally do badly, and the execs are beginning to ignore Twitter because if it.

[@UNÐERHØRIZØN]

I just realized that the sunglasses may be a reference to the film "They Live".

[@asquishyjellyfish5431]

what make this film special is that it bring the perfect big picture of pop-cultures. there's so many refferences that make the film genuienly feels like a nostagia trip for the olds and absolute hype train for the youngs, even when they cant understand them much, it just visually astounding. it's might not be a film for kids but it is relateable in everyway, shape or form, of a child's dream of becoming someone special...

[@gabby_5820]

It wasn't a really good or a really bad movie. It's just one of those feel good movies, those ones that you watch when you have nothing more to watch.

[@tbone2646]

I agree, it was just 'meh' for me, it was fine and fun, but not really memorable or special

[@Maura555-f9f]

I was not expecting to genuinly like this movie for straight up film techniques and instead just expected to watch it to laugh, but this movie is really good is a lot of ways that it surprised me.

[@Venemofthe888]

I think this movie already getting a announced sequel is definitely a mistake since where do you go from this movie to another. Also i feel like the content creators they chose to show apart from maybe like one of them are quite toxic in some ways

[@GBDupree]

The real life Content Creators were definitely the worst part, whereas the fake one, despite being a stereotype, wasn't that bad and can be enjoyed. The idea was doomed to fail anyways because those who are familiar with them would most certainly cringe because its obviously forced and fake because they know they wouldn't say or do that, or because it is *them* and they are already cringy and people avoid them anyways. Like I would never expect them to put in really good content creators that don't get enough love, but you know they'll put in the people who are super popular, despite how little people you would know in real life that can enjoy them without cringing. Like they have to be popular because young children aren't allowed to watch things with "bad words" in them, but are allowed to freely watch Twitch, so they get to giggle at the "silly person" yelling and swearing a lot, right? So its clearly a bunch of executives who don't know what most people will like, because not everyone will like the same stuff anyways, but pick whatever are the biggest names. Which, unlike some other media like films, KZbinrs/streamers/TikTok-ers (and also music industry """stars""") who are the biggest names in the industry are typically disliked by people who are fans of the genre and like quality, but are popular through other methods, typically people who are just getting into the medium and don't know who to pick and aren't too bothered by quality so take whoever paid for the best advertising. They think that by including these people we will go "Woah, they got him? I need to see this show now!", when the more likely reply would be "yeah, we all knew they were a sellout", or "well good for him, glad he got paid to do that, but I wasn't interested in the show". There's no winning here, but there is losing, both the studio wasting their money on something that won't gain them more, and the viewers who have suffer with seeing someone they already try to avoid despite KZbin's best efforts. Especially when so often these massive "stars" tend to end up revealed as terrible people in some way or another (which, to be fair just about no one is immune to that, but all the more reason not to play with fire). Like I'm pretty sure that the girl streamer (Forgot the name, started with an A?) got in trouble because she likes to poison and torture her cat for fun on streams, and then when people tried to stop her she got Twitch to defend her and remove the comments and then boost her content, which is why she suddenly got super popular. If that is her and not someone else, then that makes her involvement in the movie really bad, and rewatching will be rough if you even want to bother.

[@TheKamiBunny]

You mean jack right?

[@snkybrki]

@@GBDupree It's just a cute nod for people who enjoy those creators. It's not some great sin of cinema or anything, no need to essay it.

[@themightycongueror8383]

@@GBDupree You sound like one of those people who just don't like big youtubers, just because they're big, yeah Ninja, and Pokimane can be a little toxic, but they also had Danddtm( don't watch him, but recognize him), and Jacksepticeye, and people really enjoy their content. Jack has also done dozens of charities, not sure about Dan, the point is, just because a youtuber is big, doesn't mean they're cringe, and just because a youtuber is small, doesn't mean their content is suddenly worth while, both big, and small content creators have merit. About the controversies, yes, they're have been a sad amount of creators that have turned out to be manipulators, or trying to sleep with minors, but their have also been a bunch of content creators that have had false, or just plain stupid controversies flown their way, some even cancelled for a stupid mistake they made years ago, meanwhile people like Mini Ladd are still making content despite being a piece of shit, people are all just attacking the wrong people, while defending the worst people, or focusing on the dumbest shit. I do, however, think it's a little dumb that gamers would actually defend an NPC, when NPC's revolting in an online multiplayer game would ruin the enjoyment for the players.

[@chaos.corner]

@@themightycongueror8383 It would have been cringe even if it was small youtubers I like. It wouldn't have been great if it was just actors. It just didn't fit well but whatever, it didn't destroy the movie. Possibly it was just a bit overdone.

[@cobrabear6497]

0:10 "why did I move here? Guess it was the witness protection"

[@MomokuHito]

*slam desk* NOOOOOOO

[@AlexKojfman]

This is great. Just great. People are obsessed with originality when you can borrow, beg, and steal if you use it as a skeleton for your script and not as the script itself. Kudos!

[@Doctor_Pickney]

Not gonna lie, the suggestion you made about seeing a movie from a criminal's perspective being hunted by Batman sounds dope AF. They're making a new Batman Animated Series soon that is heavily inspired from Batman TAS so maybe it's a possibility we'd see something like that.

[@vitorhenriquepintodeolivei349]

This is actually a great screenwriting advice, so many insteresting stories can come from this principle

[@nnnp634]

Not related to the movie, but sort of related to the stereotypes around gaming you mentioned. I would love to see a movie set in a future with a powerful AI where the said AI is just a tool or maybe even a character (although that's not so interesting because it's just like a human then), and not a villain. It's pathetic seeing a final villain reveal in such movies when it's the same plot twist in 99% of movies featuring AI. Both that problems and problems with this movie would be solved if there were directors who are not technophobe.

[@Hanmacx]

I want to see an AIs reaction when it noticed that it has been used by the real bad guy the entire time

[@fele09]

@@Hanmacx that would be pretty epic. Kinda 2001 space odyssey

[@TheOcelotSlayer]

You should watch Detroit: Become Human. it's an interactive choose-your-adventure game about AI forming their own civil rights movement because they're tired of being slaves to humans and (depending on your choice) they're not technically the bad guys, they're just seen that way by humans cuz of them going against their code, and the characters in the game are well-written and have their own arcs as well. There are no-commentary letsplays on KZbin so you can watch it like a movie.

[@Twiska]

You mean like Her (2013)?

[@dava00007]

There was actually a lady saying in some serious gaming conference that "maybe we should all start thinking of NPC s differently"... While talking to developers and studio execs

[@Hakkar6993]

Honestly, I liked seeing actual content creators, for once. I thought it was a much better idea than when movies hire actors that pretend to be youtubers/streamers/etc without actually having a clue about it and usually having dialogue that reflects that. Felt a lot more natural that it was actual content creators, even if they said silly things like "maybe we should stop harming NPCs" etc.

[@swift7842]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention how this movie had probably some of the best advertising in a while

[@valipunctro]

That Hollywood exec impersonation was fucking gold 😂😂😂

[@alexjwebabou]

i remember this script mentioned on a website among the winners, i think it was already sold, i don't even care for GTA but i recognized the concept just from seeing the final poster

[@quachhengtony7651]

I feel like this is one of those movies that movie execs would never green light if it wasn't played by Ryan Reynolds

[@AAron-gr3jk]

These execs are so afraid to lose money he's weaponised it against them. They're all afraid of missing out on another low budget high profit comedy like Deadpool

[@jakobvonoheimb3779]

Can you pls make a video on what makes the movie "Murder on the Orient Express" so great?

[@muhammedshamil2443]

In comparison to the book, it is kinda boring. Other than that, it is good writing.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@muhammedshamil2443 nah the movie is good in of itself without comparing it to the book.

[@viddork]

Which version are you talking about?

[@ngchloe4877]

Tsunami is definitely more than a parody of Rockstar. Based on the name and how the CEO was written. I definitely got the impression that while the game was GTA, tye company was EA and Konami

[@justanotherandomguy696]

Everytime filmento posts, i smile

[@defeatSpace]

8:40 is also a result of executives always having to think of everything in fundamentals in order to make effective decisions.

[@avinigotwm6128]

Your video just prove that there is no formula. It is a combination of good idea and good people that makes a good movie.

[@TheRealKJ_YT]

The GTA intro is so fitting! Love this video already!

[@zioming]

I've recently heard this line, in a video about a McDonald's restaurant in Hamburg, where you can drive-through in a boat (you can order through an intercom on a pier and they bring you your food), that it works, where many other similar restaurant startups had failed, because it's McDonald's drive-through. Because people don't want different. They want the same, but with a minor twist, so that it feels like something new, while overly feeling safely familiar.

[@alzenavashti]

Free guy is one of my favorite movie on this year. Not gonna lie, I don't have any big expectations but after watching it I was like damn it was incredible! And for the twitch streamer one, I'm lucky that I don't know them haha so that's not cringe when I watch this for the first time, but after i watch this video, well they kind of a little cringe 😅

[@animeAJproductions]

The owl hoot jump scare: brilliant!! I was cracking up!

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

"It's not based on any existing IP" Westworld: "Am I a joke to you?"