Half in the Bag Episode 64: The Wolf of Wall Street and 2013 Re-cap

[@matchesmalone2625]

we need more bits where Mike and Jay attempt New York accents

[@Skullshards]

A dollop of Burnie Burns would be the icing on the cake!

[@samuelbannister101]

No, Italians don't just sound like that straight off the boat. That's a New Yorkization ova hea'!!!

[@godlaydying]

Probably won't happen. Best to fugeddaboudit.

[@bath_cat3314]

Whata you fishing? Whata like a fishaman

[@hammer326]

Have they done any since this episode?

[@andyproductions1]

Can we just appreciate how accurately they replicated Scorsese's style in the opening bit? The music, tone, pacing, they even got his specific editing style with the continuity errors down.

[@kategrant2728]

@Qwerty Scorcese is known is known for continuity errors as an artistic choice. Basically, if he feels something is a better take or performance, he prioritizes that over the take that preserves continuity and he's talked about this on record. It's a decision that seems to pay off for him.

[@Darduel]

also the shot angles where you see the half of the back of the character that is spoken to

[@JaydevRaol]

Yeah it was great!

[@andrewkaanjr9505]

@@kategrant2728 Your description of his style deserves more than one like, but I can only give one, so take it in stride

[@mastercylinder6291]

They cranked up the colour contrast too

[@beetlejuice75]

"I have to get up off the bathroom" cracks me up every time.

[@tehbigshow]

I love how at 1:20 the contrast and overall grading fades to a flatter look once they are no longer in a Martin Scorsese movie.

[@lastsaneman19]

I GOTTA GET UP OFF THE BATHROOM

[@PhilliesGamer]

I loved the intentional continuity errors in the beginning with the cigar and beer, and Jay with the peppers. I didn't notice it when I first watched this review last year. RLM is awesome.

[@luiginastro8831]

Mimicking Scorsese's style

[@Misadventures_85]

The Wolf of Wall Street (3:05) The Bling Ring (22:02) Twixt (23:00) Spring Breakers (23:48) Don Jon (25:38) Passion (29:20) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (30:59) Maniac (remake) (33:11) Saving Mr. Banks (35:26) Jobs (37:51) Captain Phillips (39:08)

[@paperclip9558]

Thank you thank you thank you

[@Misadventures_85]

You are most welcome :-)

[@thexbigxgreen]

People like you are who make KZbin a better place to be

[@social_exe]

Youre the real MVP

[@levienochs1038]

always likes these comments and I gueniouy appreciate it personally

[@tommytwotacos3503]

my favorite part was when rich detached his jaw and swallowed Jay whole.

[@bigsnacks913]

This is the best comment I've ever read

[@Turd_Rocket]

The opening of this episode is still one of my favorite things I've ever seen.

[@schumacherenator]

It's so clever how they worked Rich Evans' lunch that day into the video, like, if it had been planned it'd just be a lousy joke, but you can tell it was extemporaneous and that makes it brilliant

[@b3films]

I sense a Weekend At Bernie's spinoff hysterically using Plinkett's dead body to pick up his settlement check

[@TheThelaughingboy]

"Scorsese's an asshole and his movies suck." -Roger Siskel and Gene Ebert, circa 2012

[@billyfitzgerald3442]

+Zeke Payne I remember hearing that too. Too bad Roger Ebert never got to sue Roger Siskel for co-opting his and his co-host's likeness.

[@JColeComedian]

+Zeke Payne Gene Siskel died in 1999.

[@TheThelaughingboy]

biffbyford who's this Gene Siskel? i'm talking about Roger Siskel

[@adamfrisk956]

+Zeke Payne Oh hey, Max Payne! How's family?

[@MutantAnomaly]

Mike's wave to Plinkett at the beginning makes me chuckle every time.

[@KingCoolKat1313]

Wolf of Wall Street was the performance Leo deserved the Oscar for, not The Revenant.

[@Vladimir007smart]

The Revenant was his pitty Oscar.

[@hoganholo99]

I'd say he should've won for this, or "The Aviator".

[@mauriciosoares9516]

naa, the revenant is the first time he actually deserved an oscar.

[@vonditters856]

+snatchadams69 A man once ate a disgusting mass of bacon cheeseburger, where's his award?

[@hoganholo99]

Tom Hardy was the only one who deserved an Oscar.

[@RamblingGreek]

1:08 "What the Fuck are you doing you Mindless Guinea-fuck?" Oh , Mike...

[@vincentpalermo3452]

Oh how times change LMAO

[@Robergine]

I love Half In The Bag. Don't ever stop making it.

[@luiginastro8831]

8 years later and they still haven't stopped. I guess they're aren't hack frauds.

[@2ndbleak]

And they never did

[@Nebuloid1]

Good news !

[@timothyrobbins7121]

I legitimately could not watch Rich eat that cheeseburger. Absolutely appalling. Thank you, Rich.

[@brandonspain12345]

Still better than Nikocado Avocado

[@gary7vn]

Same. I just turned it off. No point at to it.

[@ryann4769]

Mr. Plinkett bears an uncanny resemblence to Rich Evans.

[@GhostOfBilly]

Ryan N You know if you rearrange the letters in Rich's full name, it spells "Mike is the real voice of Plinkett" which is actually mandarin for "disappointed in the cooking of the duck meat"

[@Spartan1853]

Yeah, I don't see that.

[@CRP7000]

I don't that is accurate

[@dimitrigedevanishvili]

I love the intentional disregard for continuity in the opening bit, clearly a jab at Scorsese. Great stuff

[@majik725]

"what the fuck are you doing, you mindless guinea fuck?" lol jesus

[@JeonardShadby505]

I've been ruminating on the past couple days why I loved WOLF OF WALL STREET and was lukewarm on PAIN AND GAIN, since I usually love true story movies presented with a dark edge and comedic tone. It's actually been giving me a headache. But the way you guys say it and the contrast between the Scorsese/Bay interviews nailed it perfectly, so thank you for that.

[@TheRealMcFlames]

Been looking for the video with that amazing slide whistle scene

[@thexbigxgreen]

These guys were really ahead of their time when it comes to KZbin content

[@Johnjkngbaup]

Plinkett eating those burgers with all of that butter made me want to puke. That was so uncomfortable.

[@JohnHuh21]

Their extended cut should be up soon, might want to pass on that one

[@fellowdude7295]

That was probably one of the easiest faps of my life.

[@NobodyCaresALot]

@@fellowdude7295 I'm still coming.... back for that slide whistle and watching Plinkett eat that butter-burger-boulangerie combo.

[@CharlieDoble]

17:08 For the longest time I thought that part of the desk was Jay's leg...

[@superhamzah85]

I am drunk, that burger looks....amazing.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Right? Fucking Christ, I would like that.

[@OttoTorrens]

I was JUST about to type this XD

[@booates]

i almost threw up

[@aripapermaster8047]

boothesquirrel I'm crying

[@whoawtf7419]

I don't even eat red meat, and I'm fucking drooling

[@mickflick8133]

"I GOTTA GET UP OFF THE BATHROOM."

[@AlexanderLeset]

Rich Evans in a role of a lifetime plays "A man required to eat a lot of food," And you can tell he's not just HAMMING up his performance, isn't that right Jay?

[@infesticon]

I like half in the bag.

[@DannyChan131]

yes

[@jakobrogers625]

Who doesn't?

[@Henrus_Second_Channel_Now]

Yea

[@nadussias]

yes

[@linusdn2777]

I concur

[@gabeplg]

Scorsese is just great. I feel extremely lucky to be able to see this guys's work during my lifetime. One of the best Movie Directors and Artists this world has ever seen. And the movie is just fantastic. Probably my third favorite Scorsese film, the second being Goodfellas and the first being Taxi Driver.

[@jamesquinonez3914]

charliewafffles He's also just a really awesome and chill guy in real life. I don't think he's ever said or done anything controversial and he's always respectful and kind in his interviews. I would love to meet him before he eventually passes away, which hopefully won't be for a while.

[@theyurireviewer]

charliewaffles if only they played mean streets and casino on my plane ride Time would cease to be a concept with films like that

[@cremetangerine82]

Gabriel The amount of flak Scorsese is getting from the “Marvel movies are not cinema” comment may count as “controversial”. Personally, I don’t think so.

[@mongverongpi2991]

And his contribution towards restoration and preservation of films...God bless this man.❤️❤️❤️

[@theenglishman]

@@cremetangerine82 really the fact that the Marvel Movie comments are the closest that Scorsese has come to controversial says a lot about how well-liked he is.

[@farslashenjoyer]

Those continuity errors in the beginning fucking kill me. I love you guys.

[@MyOnlyFarph]

Half in the Bag 64 was a terrible game

[@turtleanton6539]

@Spit Dragon 😂😂😂

[@henkman00]

Well, how could it beat Super Half In The Bag Turbo?

[@lookoutforchris]

henkman00 I got the cheat codes for Half in the Baggggggggg Turbo Champion Edition and the last boss is George Lucas Rich Evans Salad Man.

[@mongverongpi2991]

How about 69? 😉

[@SilasMortimer]

While he ate those burgers, that was the most Plinkett-y I've ever seen Rich Evans be.

[@turtleanton6539]

Who

[@FanboyFilms]

Maybe it's the most Rich Evans-y you've ever see Plinkett be.

[@shark_vii]

that slide whistle part at the beginning almost made me void my bowels.

[@blacyc]

Where are You from Irak?

[@jonnemesis11]

She calls me when Im in the BATHroom, I gotta get off the BATHroom lmao

[@NealX]

Leo is in a class of actors along with people like Anne Hathaway - they try REALLY, REALLY HARD. In fact, that's actually the problem - they try _too_ hard. The best acting performances appear effortless. Heath Ledger's Joker is effortless - you don't see someone trying to be The Joker, *you see The Joker*. When I see Anne Hathaway in Interstellar, I don't see an astronaut or a scientist, I see someone who tried really really hard to sound like one. That's the difference between Leo and Kate's performances in _Titanic_ as well. Ironically though, Anne Hathaway's Catwoman worked really well because Selina Kyle is a character who is _also trying really hard_ to keep up a facade of confidence, so this quality in her performance actually helps the character. It also probably helps Leo's performance in _The Departed_ since he's playing an undercover cop. In other words, when either of them are acting as characters who are themselves acting, the performance is great!

[@lennartmeyerstenfjeld9473]

I agree with everything, except I didn't like Leo's performance in The Departed for the times when he is not supposed to be in character as a crook. Like how his character is supposed to be tortured and on drugs and having psychological problems, and you never ever see it in his acting until an hour in when he just SAYS it, and the audience goes: "Wait, is the character supposed to have all those problems? Never saw that in his acting, except for this one moment."

[@MeloMVP100]

Never compare the best actor of are generation to Anne Hathaway

[@superhamzah85]

+Neal X They should try really hard to be effortless.

[@Whoa802]

+Neal X I'd put Jennifer Lawrence in there as well.

[@neverusingthisagain2]

Anne hathaway sucked as Catwoman.

[@nateryans6758]

That "confirmed for gay" text also appears in real life around me but it's permanent.

[@turtleanton6539]

Shame.

[@IndecentLouie]

@@turtleanton6539 Same*

[@Hyreia]

Same.

[@msplendor]

No one told you to get that tattoo man

[@KoxenBols]

Jonah Hill is one of the most underrated actors, he kills every role he's in but barely gets recognition for it

[@TheTGOAC]

I mean they just recorded him existing in this is the end can't really call that a performance lmao

[@LumpyAdams]

Nominated for two Oscars but sO uNdErRAtEd dUdE, liKe nO rEcoGniztiOn.

[@MrThunderwing]

I could really go for a burger right now...

[@aripapermaster8047]

MrThunderwing shutup

[@MrThunderwing]

Ari Papermaster Huh, I'm genuinely curious as to what aspect of me mentioning that I quite fancied a burger, after watching a video where a guy is trying to eat almost his own body weight in burgers, seemed so egregious to you that you felt you needed to tell me to 'shutup' (sic). No, no please do tell, I can't wait to find out.

[@elijahdavallos6955]

I really want a burger too :(

[@Blinkster93]

I would gladly pay you next Tuesday for a burger.

[@Redmanticore]

21:36

[@IllusionSector]

12:10 _I can't imagine real people acted _*_that_*_ crazy... It's a very heightened reality..._ Nope. According to Scorsese, if anything, it was actually quite subdued. The reality was much more over the top and worse.

[@patrickbailey180]

Jay will never be a great filmmaker, for the simple fact that he's too good at spotting flaws. Basically, his inner critic is too strong. PROVE ME WRONG, JAY

[@immortaluglyfish2724]

Those burgers must've taken at least a couple years off Rich's life

[@chrisrandolph4347]

Wolf Of Wall Street was not exaggerated at all; my Father used to work on wall street and he would tell me about his friends doing things similar to what happened in the movie. In one of the stories (my favorite one), one of his friends rented a Boeing 747 and hired midgets to walk around serving salsa in chip hats.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Never happened.

[@turtleanton6539]

Naaaaah

[@turtleanton6539]

@Spit Dragon yeah that so cringe

[@hadrieliwinters969]

Its true I got a sweet guac n chip dip at 27000 feet from Peter Dinklage. We called him Mr dink to his face, but sometimes the boys called him Pete dink.

[@HieronymousLex]

Can you imagine what a waste of time organizing let alone actually going through with something like that would be? You don’t get rich on Wall Street planning salsa midget events

[@xxAlphaFoxxx]

You say that you'd be surprised if someone just didn't like Martin Scorsese's movies, but my feminist cousin sure hated the movie because it was "sexist and misogynistic." Even so, I'm fairly certain any sexism was there to show that Jordan was not a good guy. Wasn't that sort of a clear message? He was cool and fun, but not good?

[@Electrk]

+Haterman73 that's the first step ;)

[@cashnelson2306]

I'd say I feel bad for the women in Haterman73's and Electrk's lives, but there probably aren't any.

[@musicjail]

My favorite thing about this movie is that Tommy Chong is the only reason it exists. Tommy & Jordan were cell mates in rich person prison. Tommy says that Jordan was spending all his time playing tennis in prison, and it was Tommy that convinced him to write a book about his crazy life.

[@mola55e5]

Wow! King Missile! Haven’t heard that song in like 20 years... “he makes the best films!”

[@playerselite42]

As soon as Jay said he likes De Palmas style and his movies are stylistic, I imagined Mike saying "its stylistically designed to be that way". The next moment was better than sex.

[@KoiNoYokan37]

28:23 In Don Jon they did not fall in love, they were just friends with benefits. He even says at the end of the movie he isn't in love.

[@dewok2706]

mikhail was in a drunken stupor when he watched that movie

[@nijnij3988]

1:28 the way they wave, especially Mike. Totally random, but it cracked me up :p

[@CosmicUndeadElf]

Mike sounds a lot like Vince Vaughn in the opening sketch

[@whodatninja439]

CosmicUndeadElf BAETHROOM

[@Alecmiester]

+CosmicUndeadElf apoplectic

[@CosmicUndeadElf]

Tony Stark I had to google that but yeah he is a bit applectric... apocalyptic... what you said.

[@Alecmiester]

lol it's a memejoke from true detective season 2. Vince Vaugn was terribly miscast, and he says that word out of nowhere.

[@CosmicUndeadElf]

Tony Stark Ah I see, haven't got around to watching that show yet.

[@CharIie83]

this show gets better each episode. bravo

[@Lucifers-Stepdad]

I know it's been over 2 years but those burgers look really good, man.

[@stefanschwarzmayr1501]

BleedingLlama 4 years... still looks good

[@elinicoritale6384]

5 and still looking good.

[@ToadJones]

6 years and I still wanna vomit.

[@arzkaful1]

Yuuuup

[@cremetangerine82]

I had my burger order messed up yesterday, so it looks fantastic!

[@JakeTheSnake4442]

Half of James Franco's lines in Spring Breakers are him saying "Spring break, spring break forever."

[@SynthesizerSam]

41:00 “Don’t forget the remake of that classic movie we all love.” Still so relevant 6 years later!

[@AHersheyHere]

For everyone watching, who isn't from the US, this is basically our healthcare system.

[@jonslade17]

I love how jay says "DVDs" and "Blu-rays"

[@15awesomehighfive]

the edits reference is hilarious

[@lestergreen7740]

Congratulations, RLM. You managed to make my favorite food, cheeseburgers, completely unappetizing. Expect me to lose 40 pounds over the next three months. Thank you...?

[@dustmite5887]

Lester Green did you lose weight in the end?

[@JTM610]

@@dustmite5887 we can only hope

[@NerfHerdr76]

I love how Jay waves to Mr. Plinkett.

[@Nashemon]

The cut to Bay 8:43 is absolutely perfect. You guys are geniuses.

[@rlowry4481]

Ya know, Its like, can these guy be bigger knuckleheads?

[@josefhlavsa2891]

Holy crap, Rich and co. had to have a ton of fun filming those burger scenes. Well espcially Mike and Jay when they watched Rich stuff himself. hehe nice job, made me smile a lot.

[@GoodVolition]

Man you're really good at reading floating text backwards.

[@Oujouj426]

I tried to watch Don Jon like 3 times, but every time I'd end up drinking myself into a blackout. I don't even do that normally, I watch my limit, but that movie just does something to you.

[@filirocks]

Man that intro was on the spot lol

[@calumryan6328]

Coppola's The Conversation is also good

[@hoganholo99]

calum ryan and Godfather Pt. 2 and Apocalypse Now.

[@calumryan6328]

oh you thought I hadn't heard of those

[@hoganholo99]

No, but for the kiddies.

[@herschelhatcheriv9577]

Godfather 1&2; Apocalypse Now; The Conversation; Rumble Fist are all masterful. The Outsiders is great too

[@superstimulatedminotaur3681]

I also like Dracula a lot (especially the scenes without Keanu and Winona lol). He also made a movie called 'Tetro' about 10 years ago that I remember liking, but I need to see it again since it's been a while

[@IamSpacedad]

From what I understand about the culture of wall street in the 80's (and it's gotten worse over time too) this movie actually doesn't go far enough in illustrating how much excess there is on wall street.

[@HieronymousLex]

“From what i understand about the culture of Wall Street in the 80’s” So nothing?

[@LosBerkos]

@@HieronymousLex sic bern bra

[@trevorwills1600]

Back in the day when they had to preface Rich Evans with "our friend," Now he's a hollywood legend.

[@spethmanjones2997]

I’m so used to the slide whistle that when it started going haywire it had my sides splittin :D

[@ELLWELLE]

The slide whistle bit kills me

[@SuperScaryMonkey]

People might not know but the Beginning was an actual scene from the wolf of Wall Street.

[@DannyChan131]

*Goodfellas

[@majorgoobie5123]

i love watching where the things theyre holding are between each shot in the beginning

[@Verdian83]

Wow, what an amazing opening.

[@LackingSaint]

Seemed way too harsh on Don Jon, especially considering you criticised it for an ending it didn't have. Jon actually says straight-up in his ending monologue that they haven't "fallen in love", they just feel connected to eachother in a way he hasn't felt anymore. The point is him realising that there's more to women than romance and fucking, there's the part where you form meaningful relationships. Sure, it's kinda shallow and obvious, but it's certainly not as boring as you're painting it to be.

[@splewy]

I thought Don Jon was a pretty smart social commentary about modern relationships too. You have the man who has completely unrealistic expectations of a relationship based on what he sees in porn, and you have the woman, who has equally unrealistic expectations of a relationship based what she sees in in romance movies.

[@paulnevius5461]

My issue with Don Jon was kind of what they said in the review; it really lacked tone. It wasn't funny enough to be a comedy, and it wasn't dramatic enough to be a drama. Now some of that falls onto marketing, which clearly tried to make it look like a comedy, but at the same time, you can really feel JGL's lack of directing experience in this movie. Some good performances, especially from Don Jon's parents, but I feel like the script could've been so much more if it had been handled by a director with a bit more seasoning. It wasn't a bad movie, but it wasn't very good either, and in the end the worst thing a movie can be is mediocre.

[@splewy]

Paul Nevius Yeah the marketing for Don Jon was hugely misleading. It made the movie look like comedy, which it really wasn't.

[@LackingSaint]

Paul Nevius The lack of tone thing has never bothered me with movies; as an Englishman, i'm used to almost all media blurring the lines between Comedy and Drama. I actually really like when i'm not sure whether to laugh at something or not, and I like it when media tries to approach comedic topics with a more serious angle and vice versa.

[@paulnevius5461]

LackingSaint Well to be clear, when I say tone I mean how a movie "feels". It doesn't need to be a rigid genre structure so much as a context that holds the events of the movie in place. Take Wolf of Wall Street for example. It alternates between pretty hilarious comedy scenes RIGHT into really serious and uncomfortable drama. You go from laughing to almost cringing at the drop of a hat, but the tone of the movie remains consistent. That's what I mean when I say Don Jon didn't really have a "tone". It didn't really know what it was.

[@bergonath8851]

Sprang braik, Sprang braik foevva...

[@BitterPeaceFilms]

The sound effect of Mr. Plinkett eating the stick of butter at 17:12 is the funniest thing I've seen...

[@hysteria347]

I never thought Leo was a bad actor. I don't know why you guys hate on him. Can't believe you guys left out The World's End. I remember Jay even tweeting about how much he liked it.

[@blahblah14722]

Totally agree

[@namelesswalaby]

this was truly a great episode, has to be up in the top ten

[@SomeKindaSpy]

I love this whole opening.

[@nipzie]

That ghost image of George from 29:59 that just sneaks in there had me rolling with laughter hahaha

[@willlemond5007]

great review as always, but still can't understand how Mike thinks Leo wasn't good in The Departed. I mean sure his accent may have slipped up a couple times but I think he was very relatable in that, the scene with the therapist is excellent. if there's anyone to say they were the only bad performance in it you gotta mention Jack

[@sethm6650]

Mr. Plinkett eating them hamburgers got me feeling all sorts a ways 😍😍

[@HughMansonMD]

Mike in 2013: "I can't wait for 2014 (sarcastically)" Me in 2021: 🥺

[@vladpiranha]

4:22 Haha, King Missile out of nowhere. I share the same sick humor as these guys. I shouldn't be surprised that they'd be familiar with that song.

[@Imjustaguy123]

I find it unbearably ironic that the ad i just watched for 5 seconds was for the movie Grown ups 2...

[@Expo-]

Sup dude it’s been 7 years

[@Imjustaguy123]

@@Expo- Sup, still laughing over rlm i guess while crying over the state of the big tech thought police brave new world

[@RattKanVids]

one angle: left hand holding cigar another: left hand holding beer

[@lotus-prince]

Wait a minute - Jay was confirmed for gay in the previous episode. Bunch of hack frauds.

[@SameGamersTV]

Oh shit, 4:25 King Missile cameo, 'I want to rip his ear off and throw it...like a, like a fukin frisbee and say thank you, thank you for making the best fukin movies.'

[@cheeseandpickles4506]

Simpler times.

[@GlitchedAI]

I really need to start using "Oh my Gorn" in conversations :D

[@tylerblair318]

I was eating while watching this because I somehow never saw this episode, and I regret it so much.

[@ashiik]

“I remember hearing the phone ring and hear my dad yell off in the distance, ‘Goddamnit’” it’s a core memory and current personality

[@BrokenBeats94]

I really like the focus with Wolf Street if having that rush of living in excess, like when you see the detective character coming back from his day at work in the Subway after nabbing Jordan and it actually puts the rich lifestyle in prospective - they still do a great job of portraying him as an asshole though

[@neverusingthisagain2]

The fact that you put John s. Hall in this makes me love you guys way too much.

[@orangeoblivion838]

Jay obviously never cut a bell pepper before, haha

[@violentfrog_]

When Mike waved at Mr. Plinkett I almost lost it at work

[@vashthestampede11]

I disagree concerning Coppola. He made 3 great films: Godfather 1 + 2, plus Apocalypse Now. Hasn't done Jack Shit since. And I couldn't disagree with them more on DiCaprio

[@lennoxmate4064]

vashthestampede11 The Conversation is also a great movie.

[@leob4403]

Godfather part 2 is so superior in every way to Godfather 1 that I can't even watch the first one anymore

[@AstraVex]

I love that slight colour/contrast transition once the review starts :)

[@Vogel-]

The beginning was hilarious in this episode.

[@SyndicateBrink]

Just rewatched this episode and I realized the genius of the opening skit now, almost 3 fucking years later