Half in the Bag Episode 9: Summer Movie Catch-up

[@misshooks]

I am kicking myself in the head for only now discovering this channel. Curses to living under a rock. I'm now watching Half in the Bag in order and I am thoroughly enamored by all of it. Two thumbs all the way up.

[@kingdavey90]

Haha, same, started at episode 1, now we here

[@JaydevRaol]

Yeah

[@connielingus8385]

@@coolbeans1266 Well every movie review is a Star Trek: TNG or Original Series review.

[@misshooks]

@@dariofromthefuture3075 Thanks! I've had a chance to watch RLM's videos about twice now because I couldn't not watch them. And you are right, BotW is great and has become my favorite as well. I also really enjoy the Plinkett reviews; I get a lot of chuckles from them and they're real insightful.

[@dead0ntime]

Known about this channel for almost 10 years and I’ve had friends recommend me videos but I didn’t start watching till recently. Great channel!

[@davidreyna7410]

15:00 "it broke new ground" Oh how little they knew.

[@dead123456789]

Jay always surprises me with how much trivia and movie knowledge he remembers off the top of his head. XD

[@ethan6322]

@CinemaOffal Productions same here but in a shit college town in Ohio. Your not alone friend!

[@jacksondavis6313]

I love when Mike starts to go into the Plinkett voice..."oh my gooooodddd!"

[@turtleanton6539]

Cringe

[@VultureClone]

The acting of James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender carried First Class. It would not have been half as good without them.

[@lowserver2]

Their scene together when he teaches magneto is Oscar worthy, idgaf If someone disagrees

[@emnolein]

"There must be other people out there like me. There must be, right?" I know it was meant to be a joke but that was just so gut wrenching, I'm sure everyone feels that way sometimes.

[@xtzyshuadog]

*...Loneliness?*

[@juliangingivere]

​@@xtzyshuadogIsolated.

[@ttentionpls]

For my own personal record, Hangover 2 is far more cynical, nihilistic, misanthropic and psychologically creepy than Joker. Not trying to troll here. Genuine assessment. Hangover 2 made me see Todd as a sociopath. Joker made me see him as an angsty teenager with a Criterion Collection.

[@spanish6534]

The Thor review is strange to see at this day and age before the superhero fatigue set in. You know, before the chronic alcoholism set in.

[@espalorp3286]

Still waiting for that superhero fatigue

[@marcotontodonati347]

@@espalorp3286 superhero fatigue hit when marvel released 11 FILMS AND TV SHOWS TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS.

[@blazesawyer7662]

Proteus are you feeling it now because it hit me like a truck every marvel movie is so formulaic I’m excited for joker but that is because it doesn’t look like a comic book movie

[@Balliard]

@@blazesawyer7662 people have been talking about superhero fatigue for years but box office numbers tell another story just look at the latest spiderman, endgame even captain marvel which is quite bad

[@andrewray3154]

@@blazesawyer7662 Joker was great, but I'm in complete agreement, for me it's just Disney fatigue every weekend is a opening weekend for one of their films, and unfortunately sites like IGN continue to give them 10/10s and the stupid lists like Disney's billion dollar club....FFS go away! I just want a Dredd 2.

[@axedpumkin9541]

I remember renting hangover 2 out of boredom. It was a sobering experience in that I made a conscious decision not only be more critical of movies but actually look into them a bit prior to viewing them.

[@redlightmax]

6:11 I was hoping for their discussion of Dutch angles to be filmed with a Dutch angle.

[@DangerMenace]

too meta

[@xtzyshuadog]

*In Dutch*

[@MrZeyami]

Im sorry did I just read "The Citizen Kane of party movies" Am I having a stroke? Is this a stroke?

[@spikethegodposter1293]

MrZeyami no

[@laughingatnothing4642]

I think he is dead.

[@Ravi-xf8dw]

Rip

[@bilbobolsonaro1316]

The party movie of citizen kanes

[@MickHaggs]

F

[@nicholasspinicelli2911]

"Should we push the nuclear button?" "No, PUSH THE WHOPPER BUTTON!"

[@DPMusicStudio]

WE’VE GOT BAGELS!!!!!

[@pappasays3932]

I see you discovered the legend, Don Beverage's Customerization Seminar 😂

[@simonsmith8742]

It is amazing how much that mustache adds for Jay

[@twoidiots9844]

Hollywood Dog Training Program: "That looks unwatchable" - Jay Bauman

[@lineryder9609]

"no no....... This is a depressant.....this is a stimulant..... They negate each other. 🤣

[@jeffyman5000]

It broke new ground... Where have i heard that before?

[@gentlemanjester637]

I still think that Michael Fassbender was a fantastic young Magneto. I'm kinda bummed that they're not gonna do a movie based on the Magneto comic arc, which is focused around the guy you'd expect in his twilight years. It was a fantastic story, and really added so much to Magneto's character. Plus there was the epic moment when he pulls shards of metal towards him to form his helmet.

[@evghb]

This is an important video. It's the first time in their programming that we get to hear what would become the BotW intro music.

[@Rhedditor]

Mike and Jay's raw reactions to Bible Man is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen

[@StevenSantanaF]

18:30 only took them eight years to get around to talking about Gremlins 2. And earlier in the video they talk about Home Alone 2!

[@americawashington2700]

15:00 HOME ALONE 2 BROKE NEW GROUND!!!

[@tomaspraestholm]

IT BROKE NEW GROOOOOUUUND!

[@ultimatecorgi3392]

I still love the Tropico 5 music they include all the time.

[@Zinshin]

Oh my god is that what the music is??? Thank you two-year-old comment!

[@DPMusicStudio]

Weird. I just played Tropico 6 over the weekend. What a weird thing to see here.

[@millenniumhandandshrimp2610]

♪You're a gay Santa Claus♪

[@Keichwoud357]

As a huge Cold War enthusiast I absolutely love First Class.

[@rpalmer3393]

Saw the hangover pt 2 with my mom. That was the last time we went to the theater ☹️

[@electricsabbath996]

Why would you go with your mum to a hangover movie ?

[@BigPidge]

That pregnancy workout video was pretty hot though.

[@justinbotkin]

@@superdooper50 probably broke some waters as well.

[@PittsburghSonido]

Reginald Macintosh I would love nothing more than to break a woman’s water with my cockhead Lmfao

[@michaelhall5429]

@@screamingmanvevo why do you have bear hands?

[@michaelhall5429]

@@PittsburghSonido if you want to laugh at your own jokes, you should use a good one.

[@kerrychristensen7204]

@@michaelhall5429 he has the right

[@CommissarWombat]

I'm here from Christmas or Cats. Frank Woerhle is a national treasure.

[@Maxisamo1]

Wow, looking back at these videos, it surprised me how much your opinions changed. 2011: Thor was really fun I enjoyed it! 2017: Thor Ragnarok was actually really fun and crazy and really had a lot of character interaction, unlike the first two Thor movies that sucked dick.

[@adamfrisk956]

@@bloodorange6713 I remember him smashing the mug and saying 'Another!'

[@flicsmo6838]

Rewatching old HitB reviews, it seems like their patience for decent but forgettable blockbusters has taken a pretty sharp downturn. Streaming has probably sped that along too, since you're no longer paying for the theater experience as much as you're paying to see something interesting and engaging enough not to tune out.

[@MrMaximum91]

"or maybe they just had a broken tripod.." lmfao

[@BLUEJAYMusic1994]

I'm going through the entire HitB series, and so far this is the most that Mike has had a retort to Jay, despite both having the same overall opinion of a film.

[@McDangerVideos90]

Funny hearing them talk about Todd Phillips now that he has done Joker

[@zacharibertrand8700]

I love that they criticize the effects in First Class more harshly than those in Apocalypse. Which had effect so horrible i took multiple breaks..

[@protips__]

I haven’t seen someone so creepy about watching old workout videos since Master Roshi.

[@PyrokineticFire1]

pregnancy workout video = creepy... but it's infinitely better than "Cuties"

[@panandscan4941]

That stock piano ballad at 32:00 goes unreasonably hard. It's genuinely moving.

[@EvilMAiq]

love from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

[@LargeGrizzlyBear]

15:15 Here's the twist, Kevin McCalaster ends up on Red letter Media! 😏

[@bk138gt6]

i demand this "good book" music video tape be reviewed on best of the worst

[@dorkeline]

My playback stopped at 2:11 exactly at mike's dead look and it took my distracted brain about 15 seconds to notice that the long stare and silence weren't part of the joke

[@s.illegitim9466]

I just noticed how this episode basically foreshadows Best of the Worst. OHMYGAAAAAWD.

[@cordia96]

So much "Wheel of the Worst" material

[@ryansmith3448]

24:35 You bastards! Do you have any idea how long it took me to stop on that exact frame?... And then when I finally did. It's just fight club!

[@TemmiePlays]

they did that in fight club. that's the joke. also you ca go frame by frame with the . and , keys.

[@rockyseverino9230]

Todd Phillips has this subversive quality I keep expecting to come out in these main stream movies he makes but it never does. Jay 2011. 8 years later: Joker

[@Jhordanshmu]

And he didn't even like it lmao

[@lowserver2]

@@Jhordanshmu lmaooo

[@rustinweiner2568]

idk if he saw War Dogs

[@DPMusicStudio]

Huzzah!

[@charleynewman5057]

How do you guys afford to break all of your set piieces every time

[@UberPotatoes]

Because they don't replace them

[@ArkonBlade]

Goodwill

[@nicholasspinicelli2911]

Thrift stores probably.

[@PittsburghSonido]

ArkonBlade i came to make this comment. 3 years late I suppose

[@turtleanton6539]

@@PittsburghSonido thrift stores

[@Crazy56U]

Thank you, Christmas or Cats, for introducing me to this episode.

[@chubbification]

"Home Alone Two broke new ground" - Mike Stoklasa

[@RKNELIAS]

I´m with you Jay. I felt the same morbid curiosity.

[@nightwinger234]

The X-Men were created in a time of social change and the 1960s battle for civil rights. The two opposing mutant leaders; Charles Xavier and Max Eisenhart (AKA Erik Lehensherr) are comic book representations of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X. The X-Men fly in a plane called "Blackbird", likely a reference to The Beatles song, a song ostensibly about people of colour finding their justice and place in the world. The social commentary is thoroughly embedded in the X-Men mythology and that's why it is always worth talking about.

[@Iggy_Dogg]

magneto is definitely not representative of malcolm x lmao this some white people shit you made up

[@PBSviaPNW]

Ugh, yes we all know. Get over yourself

[@Jilktube]

Jay sent me here from the future.

[@HoneyMike]

They should've just made the hangover 2 be about the drunken night and have it end with them waking up and saying "here we go again"

[@PyrokineticFire1]

that might be good, but think on this: isn't their drunken night crazier when it's in your mind? your suggestion is comparable to asking to see more xenomorph in Alien. whatever they show, someone will be watching it like "that's a Tuesday for me" or they go too far and some viewers see the characters as irreparably damaged & cannot empathize anymore.

[@HarperSanchez]

"The Wolverine show." That's EXACTLY why I didn't like the original trilogy of X-men films. It always ended up being, "How is Logan going to get out of this?!"

[@turtleanton6539]

Wolverine Mystiqe Magneto and profX no one else matters.

[@alevtinasherman3411]

a movie critic's cliche: "The Citizen Kane of [insert genre]"

[@TheSpellShell]

And that's how Sing Along with Frank Woehrle vol.5 become a lost media

[@daddydreet245]

showing the people on the ships and subs kind of helps to establish that there are actual people on board doing there jobs and destroying the ships is going to cause a huge backlash. probably against the mutants. didn't mean to rant. keep up the great videos.

[@DPMusicStudio]

Yes. I thought the same thing. Reviewers complain all the time that there’s no tension because there are no stakes. Showing people raises those stakes. However, if you film in such a way that it feels like a Naked Gun movie…. Well that’s a problem.

[@Brioshie]

I think the Hangover movies are the Paranormal activity of 'comedy'

[@CyberSandbox]

"Like one frame of a pornographic film..." *flashes "Fight Club" poster*

[@JoshDoVids]

I guess we'll have to call the zoo soon. They gotta pick up Mike.

[@ninjabuddy1]

"It's not a social commentary" X men has always been a social commentary though. As far as I'm concerned they're staying true to the IP. Given that makes it really hamfisted at times but if they aren't going to approach it as a social commentary they should probably stop making x men movies at all.

[@Rebelphoenix]

@@oh-not-the-bees7872 Sure, unless you actually see Stan Lee himself explicitly state the fact that it was a gay allegory. Oh whoops he did.

[@Rebelphoenix]

@@Struktualnyj No it's been known since the 80s, where have you been?

[@iy42]

@@Rebelphoenix But X-Men isn't a product of the 80s. It's probably more accurate to say that X-Men, in general, gestures towards the marginalization of the other, but who that other happens to be is not as much intrinsic to the franchise itself as it is motivated by the current events of the time. X-Men originally read as a civil rights analogy and then two decades later pivoted to gay rights when that became more topical. It feels like Mike and Jay's point here is that (besides the fact that X-Men movies and other Hollywood films tend to fuck up social commentary and should probably keep things a bit open to interpretation for their own good) using language directly associated with specific real-world movements that happen to be topical at release might earn a few points at the time but it waters down the message quite a bit. "Humanity has always irrationally feared and hated the Other" feels like a big idea you could weave a film franchise around and makes "mutants are like gay people" feel much smaller in scope by comparison.

[@andrewjenkins9965]

It wasn't particularly one at the very beginning... but it did quickly change into one.

[@neilokeefe9647]

Todd Phillips subversive/dark qualities certainly come through in 2019's Joker

[@whodatninja439]

for what it's worth, Hangover 2 has some fantastic visuals, just like Joker. It's almost documentary style.

[@falsedavidbowie368]

I mean…I guess.

[@redlightmax]

19:02 Mike was right to disagree with Jay. It's a sequel to The Hangover, so it's gotta have a hangover - it's in the fucking title!

[@Glitter-Gutts]

X Men has pretty much always been an allegory for social issues though, it's nothing new

[@92brunod]

yeah, Xavier is MLK and Magneto is Malcolm X. It has been this way in the comics for decades

[@monsieurcondottiero2685]

40:17 I guess they missed the message because they’re intolerant af...against fat ppl

[@JohnDoe-tx8eu]

@@monsieurcondottiero2685 as everyone should be

[@rorschach281]

I’m surprised “You’re a Gay Santa Claus” hasn’t become a meme.

[@doommaria]

You guys need to make a tshirt or a bummer sticker or a whatever that says "I wouldn't recommend it to Grandma" because I'd buy it.

[@johnoconnell8393]

14:59 It broke new ground!

[@Exogenesys]

hahaha Jay completely missed that sex joke at 31:40 :P

[@broco1163]

"The one frame of a pornographic film" I watched it at 0.25 speed The frame was just a Fight Club poster, you're welcome

[@polendri4812]

If anyone is wondering, the comma and period keys can be used to move a paused YT video forward/backward one frame at a time.

[@alexerr_wolf]

@@polendri4812 I dunno how long ago this feature was implemented, but I learned it from your comment. Thank you very much :)

[@DinosaurFan88]

Everyone's talking about Thor and X-Men but I am admiring the singing prowess of the true Hero here, Frank Woehrle.

[@tStevester83]

0:26 seeing it in moderate condition compared to what it looks like now always takes me off guard

[@wudlorff1888]

This is the ultimate video I’ve ever seen and it’s not even close

[@Averagedrum]

its funny that they say that they focus too much into humans in X men first class and then they critique that X man apoc does not focus on humans

[@TheElectricMayhem]

Hack frauds

[@christianpawlowski603]

I like Mike's acting at the end of this one. Good job to both of you!

[@LovelyGhostWryter]

I've gotta disagree with the idea of what the X-men should be. While yes, for the most part the X-men should be fun, whacky stories, there's more to it than that. All the fun and whackiness is back drop for what they're really about. To me that's relatability. The X-men to me is one of the most relatetable comic books you can read. It's about family, relationships, and most importantly it's about the characters. It's not all supposed to be about equality and rights, but that is definitely a big part of it, and has been since it's creation. It's a criticism of humanity to be honest, and how silly it is to disregard people who contribute for simply being different. And yes, you can apply anything to fit the narrative, it doesn't have to be JUST homosexuality, it's more broad. All of this doesn't have to hit you in the face with it, it needs to be subtle and flow through with the story/characters. And that's what makes the X-men so great, because it accomplishes more and has more dimension than most comic book superheroes.

[@amberbaum4079]

It's one of the reasons why you can show X-Men movies to a broader audience that has no interest in all this superhero kitsch. My mother and others, who aren't really a fan of the US superhero formula, liked those movies.

[@JaydevRaol]

👍

[@Dr_Dimly_Litroom]

So it's about family.

[@q31544]

​@Dr_Dimly_Litroom thats what's so powerful about it

[@ColdPieceCH]

It's weird seeing elements of Best of The Worst creeping their way into HITB even back then

[@ATMOSK1234]

January Jones did a great job... for a robot

[@cartmanofsp]

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[@apcfire]

Home Alone 2...IT BROKE NEW GROUND. I normally dont repeat jokes but I had to after rewatching this.

[@lowmax4431]

These were simpler times.

[@IrisCorven]

"Todd Phillips has this sort've... Dark quality to him that I like, and I keep expecting it to show up in these mainstream movies he makes." 4 years later, "Joker".

[@92brunod]

Still waiting

[@zeeegeee]

There's never a wrong moment to cut to Michael Ironside.

[@spidercentz]

I watched that good book video they're watching as a kid.

[@bluefalcon04]

is the sound at 34:50 from "The Master's Voice" by Pagan's Mind, or is there some other origin of that sound clip?

[@tyclips4155]

lol Mike teaching Jay how to review movies on camera.

[@davistoa]

And that dismissive prick was disallowing Jay from recommending it to me! I wanna watch The Hangover Part 2 out of morbid curiosity now

[@ericgilbertson5785]

Is RLM the rock against which the MCU sharpened and improved itself?

[@MrKleekus]

15:00 IT BROKE NEW GROUND!!!!

[@akebalucas3998]

That beginning almost made me shit my pants lol just so random it caught me off guard

[@makimuncher4893]

"Yeah, cuz you know there's a lot of calories in semen."

[@dholmestar]

The Hangover: PART Time.

[@kingdavey90]

Harrison Ford? Indiana Jones?

[@kingdavey90]

Crystal Skull?

[@monsieurcondottiero2685]

*part* time PART-TIME! *part* time

[@AliceJameson]

I actually quite like the second Hangover movie. Though I watched them out of order, I saw the second one first, then the first one, and then the last one. I liked the first two, though I admittedly haven't gone back to them since then.

[@JimmyDThing]

What other occasion do grown men get together without their significant others to get wasted for a weekend?

[@DagonExcelstraun]

This video is such a relic

[@Surfermario]

I don't know if this has been asked, but why does plinkett have a bibleman tape?

[@TheCheaterFromBibleman]

22:52 Bibleman may have defeated me. But if Mike and Jay are disgusted by him then he has lost all along.

[@FireballsOdoom]

Home Alone 2: IT BROKE NEW GROUND!

[@kungfushorrorshop1817]

Did Todd Phillips watched this review and tried to take some of the advices and made Part 3?

[@HughMansonMD]

Wow, that's the most appropriate and family-friendly footage of GG Allin I've ever seen..

[@Bit2brain]

17:37-17:47 - Jay saw it in Todd Phillips when few did. Flash forward years later to The Joker.

[@wesieboy56]

so thankful for HinB in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

[@valer48]

It would be great if every movie review ended like this one did for Thor at 8:42.

[@infinitevoidpov9999]

Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King = Magneto vs Professor X

[@candymatic]

Mentally I'm here

[@slurrygeyser8133]

i think this episode has the only use of the word "buttressed" on rlm's channel. at 22:20

[@godofspacetime333]

Nice. Now do other quaint words in the RLM catalog. I’ll keep a lookout for your comments.

[@nicholasstafford8912]

Is the cat on the TV foreshadowing Christmas or Cats of 2018 BotW?!!>??!!!??