Half in the Bag Episode 122: La La Land and Bye Bye Man

[@trtx84]

"I just wanted to get up and leave." BYEBYE MAN WILL HAVE YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT!

[@joshuanorris5860]

Loll

[@DH2007able]

It was entertaining for all the wrong reasons

[@Jaggith]

lol, someone actually put the "Ryan Gosling turned down the role in bye bye man for la la land" into the bye bye man wikipedia and referenced this video.

[@FinDan07]

Wikipedia is a reliable and respectable source of information

[@markweatherill]

See if you can post a link to where I can watch or download that other film but without thinking it or saying it. Alternatively, think it, say it! Please!

[@rexviperfan]

en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Bye_Bye_Man&oldid=761426993 lmao

[@LucaEnzo]

hahaha its still there

[@gpkitchawan3140]

That's kind of amazing, and I love it.

[@BrokamaGay]

La La Man- A guy with amnesia enters a singing competition but can't remember any words so he makes up new lyrics on the fly anf becomes a big hit. Bye Bye Land- documentary about the native americans

[@tomasrosa5410]

Carter wait are you THE Max Bayne from the Max Bayne movie films cinematographic productions?

[@neal2399]

Tomas Rosa Oh, mate I wish I was anything that relevant! Nah I'm just your friendly neighborhood shitposter

[@neetishkumarjangam1738]

etgg

[@thegmanofEAP]

BrokamaGay omg too soon

[@light1up420]

Too soon, man. Too soon.

[@MSPaynt]

don't see it don't rent it don't see it don't rent it

[@jochem6292]

say what the bore bore man?

[@blueberry5822]

Don’t meme it dont dream it dont meme it dont dream it

[@joshuanorris5860]

@@spunkyspaz lol me 2 :p Dont worry, i didnt :P

[@atom_gray]

don't dream it, be it...?

[@drakep.5857]

The pee pee poo poo man

[@sweetiesgetmoney]

"Where do you cook flowers in? Greenhouse?" - Mike Stoklasa

[@ClemPal]

I was hoping someone else pointed out that remark XD

[@josephsdsu1]

Thirty minutes into rewatching this video, I paused it to do a word search for "cook," hoping someone typed out this gem of a sentence. ........ ....... ...... ..... .... ... .. . Also ... BYE BYE MAN!1!!!!11!

[@sweetiesgetmoney]

Haha geez, I watched this video once three years ago and I totally forgot I even commented! I'm glad past me had the sense of mind to record one of Mike's gems for posterity. I had no idea anyone had replied to it until I got a notification today.

[@ramseydoon8277]

Timestamp is 31:14

[@SkigBiggler]

Amusing, just rediscovered my own comment saying much the same.

[@hammerheadshark45]

he's a real bye bye man, sitting in his la la land, making all his dumpster fire films for nobody

[@MrDuncanBelfast]

This deserves more upvotes.

[@MattPerrette87]

The sad reality is that most of the people who read your comment aren't gonna get the reference.

[@mario101395]

This comment is way way too good!

[@ndbuckeyes23]

I really like this

[@erinc.1610]

I sang this comment to the time of the song, thank you :) The Beatles make me happy

[@OMGYasuke]

For everbody who wants to know the ending to La La Land, Darth Vader comes out of nowhere and kills everybody

[@Ryancamron3342]

Reverse SteveJobs I clapped when I saw that

[@diibadaa9502]

Cosmic Mage doesthe string turn into a hand?

[@OMGYasuke]

Cosmic Mage You can tell with La La Land that the director took some stuff from Zack Snyder movies.

[@RF-tg2eh]

Does the Green Goblin look like a crack head?

[@theknightsofawesomeness2701]

Sucker MC yes and so does wax GAND MOF TAKENNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RoboHoundGames]

It'll be a tragedy if this movie doesn't win best picture. The Bye Bye Man is a masterpiece of our time.

[@TheKnightBlade4]

completely agree and anybody who disagrees is a braindead moron.

[@CyberLance26]

I honestly liked the movie.

[@CyberLance26]

Fine i will.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Probably top 5 greatest horror movies... no.. top 5 greatest MOVIES OF ALL TIME.

[@RoboHoundGames]

The citizen kane of dumpster fires

[@beyondvisiblefilms]

La La Land production budget: $30 million Jack and Jill production budget: $79 million

[@ArlanKels]

Loved the music of La La Land.

[@BrendanMacWade]

Bey Bye Man budget: $7.4M. It is about to gross $30M.

[@Dog19181]

I’m not saying money laundering

[@sama2086]

This still blows me away

[@poiboy43]

Product-placement money. Shameless advertising.

[@nickrigdon8883]

Can’t believe Jay let Mike get away with saying “where do you cook flowers in” 31:19

[@monsieurcondottiero2685]

Poor Mike lives in Wisconsin, he hasn’t seen a flower in 10 years

[@danielwilliams7161]

Hollywood executives should be legally allowed to install James Bond-style trap doors over shark tanks in their offices so that when someone walks in and says "let's make a serious horror movie called The Bye-bye Man," they can be quickly and efficiently destroyed.

[@cobracommander8133]

Daniel Williams lol that's a pretty good idea, but to be fair, half the time it's the Hollywood executives imposing these stupid ideas on writers who bring them decent scripts.

[@erinc.1610]

Daniel Williams LASER SHARKS! MUAHAAHAAHAAAAA

[@Sushi_bar]

They already have those, but they're using them on people with original ideas :p

[@TadRaunch]

That made me think of a scene from Family Guy. Which made me think of a similar scene The Simpsons did a few years earlier. Which made me think of South Park

[@robbieclark7828]

Daniel Williams Hollywood needs more Darwinism

[@EvtheBread]

They're gonna use this episode on the DVD for Bye-Bye man, I guarantee it. "We can't stop talking about The Bye-Bye Man!" --Red Letter Media

[@vietnamd0820]

Evan Wheat I wouldn't bet against you

[@bludman2]

What's DVD?

[@rhysspeight7142]

DVD is the ultimate format. I hear Mr Plinkett is considering upgrading to it.

[@CeroAshura]

Creamy Goodness nah fool, have you heard of this new hd-vhs format? It's going to be the all the rage.

[@DysnomiaFilms]

Only idiots like that digital trash. Laserdisc is the true future of media, it's fully analogue!

[@blasterdude3]

"Where do you cook flowers in?" - Mike Stoklasa 2017

[@NickChilders-hj2in]

this is my favorite mike quote.

[@LiGohan]

I love saying that was enough to jog his memory to find the right term.

[@someotherguy86]

Err....greenhouse?!?!

[@MrMkelliher]

As an archivist I thought the scariest thing about the movie was that they allowed a reader to use pen while accessing archival material.

[@WK-47]

The librarian didn't murder her whole family due to the supernatural influence of the Bye Bye Man... no, what made her snap was those darn kids scribbling out keywords in the archives.

[@victoryparts4975]

My plot for SCRATCH SCRATCH Okay...so there was a bullying incident in junior high where some mean girls made some nice girl drink a lot of alcohol (they called her "Ratchet" instead of her given name "Rachel", which then got shortened to "Ratch"), then they locked her in a trunk for the lulz. The nice girl had a panic attack inside the trunk, hyperventilated, and she died. In her panicked state, she tried to claw her way out before she died. 25 years later, the mean girls are mothers to mean junior high girls when one of those girls dies. The moms are having a Facebook conversation about it when an anonymous user posts the following: SCRATCH SCRATCH WHO'S THAT RATCH? ONE MORE WHISKEY DOWN THE HATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH LOCK THE LATCH ONE MORE DEAD GIRL FROM YOUR SNATCH It's Rachel, back to kill the daughters of her tormentors, then the tormentors themselves. BOOM, there it is. Mike and Jay, you owe me royalties.

[@jomo999]

Hollywood focus groups are plagiarising you as we speak, get that shit copyrighted.

[@trtx84]

Isn't there an actual horror movie where the twist is the parents locked a girl in a trunk and she died? I swear that was a thing I watched at some point...

[@apple100000000001]

Andrew Welter all I know is that nosleep story where a kid got mistaken for a doll and got locked in a trunk by her sister

[@D.M.S.]

douglas schaefer i

[@brandongreer523]

I don't know about you guys, but I would watch that fricking movie. Probably not a theatrical release, but some kind of "Masters of Horror" type thing or a Direct-to-DVD movie on a "Fright Night" boxset.

[@nicolascuenca254]

In Spanish its El Adios Adios Hombre. So it could have sounded stupider.

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

"This movie tries to gaslight you into thinking its central baddie is actually well-thought-out (and is, presumably, worthy of sequels that God willing won't happen), when really it's the most generic crap, both in terms of substance and character design." ^a positive review of Bye Bye Man on Rotten Tomatoes. No, I'm serious. Someone wrote this and then went on to rate it fresh.

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

Some more of that "positive" review: "That’s my face when I force myself to think about the shitsack horrorbortion that is The Bye Bye Man for more than three seconds at a stretch" "The Bye Bye Man just doesn’t know what the fuck, OK? None of this movie makes any sense." "Here is an abridged list of things in The Bye Bye Man that are stupid:" "The Bye Bye Man: not even once. I need a drink." Oh, and here's pretty much the only positive thing in it: "The part of the movie where the Beebs is driving his victims slowly bats isn’t terrible compared to the rest of the film. [...] The characters may be cardboard, Cressida Bonas may be an absolutely terrible actress, and Douglas Smith may be a bargain basement version of Charlie Heaton from Stranger Things and Shut In, who is in turn a discount version of Dane DeHaan, but at least there are some intermittent scares." And that's a "positive" review.

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

+NDfor SPDadsdas Yes I agree. But it's also the fault of the critic. If that's what you have to say about the movie and you give it something like a 6/10, I'm sorry, but you're a shit critic.

[@TheXericPie]

I swear, RLM could do a class on comedic timing and writing. They make it all flow so naturally it's perfect.

[@ωις-λ3π]

TheXericPie It's like poetry, it ryhmes.

[@BoatyBae]

Shawn Quinn its Charles Style! Mystery Diner!

[@cattibingo]

@@ωις-λ3π rlm needs more jar jar

[@gsin311]

True but it might be different doing it in a movie

[@monsieurcondottiero2685]

27:11 you said it buddy

[@thewordywarlock7159]

During the car scene with "Bye Bye Love" on the radio, they should have had him switch channels only to find more "bye-bye" related songs, like N-Sync's "Bye Bye Bye" and Mariah Carey's "Bye Bye".

[@LobasFavoriteChair]

Didn't "Jeepers Creepers 1" have a scene like that?

[@NoHolllw]

Bye bye miss american pie

[@MrJohnlennon007]

With the end of Kansas City by The Beatles with them singing bye bye over and over

[@CharlesM1992]

Getting licensing rights for those songs costs more money than this piece of trash could afford. :P

[@92brunod]

And immediately after hearing Bye bye he changes to a song that says "man". Kinda like the scene in Shaun of the Dead

[@CrypticDiabolo]

Mike's reaction to finding out Emma Watson turned down the lead female role to La La Land is fucking hilarious lol

[@Persephone01]

FapMonster would have been worse with her in it Stone is such a great actress loved her in Zombieland ❤️

[@emhu2594]

Who the fuck told Emma Watson she could sing

[@zeroinifnite5730]

@@emhu2594 the inventor of auto tune did

[@dancinswords]

Coming over the next few years, in the Cinematic Universe™ of _The Bye Bye Man_: _The So Long Dude_ _The See Ya Later Guy_ _The Have a Nice Day Lad_ and many more!

[@chrisonion3127]

Have a nice day man is a David Firth character from Burnt Face Man.

[@Dellaluna13]

The Adios Muchacho

[@hannibalburgers477]

se you later alligator.. dont say it dont think it

[@spooplegeist5260]

The Ta Ta For Now Buddy

[@funguy398]

What about prequel: *Hi boy*

[@tinyturnip7676]

I like dumpster fires. It's where I go to cook my flowers.

[@raymond8604]

Joe Jr. who doesn't

[@gwh3013]

Joe Jr. it took 12 years to make

[@tinyturnip7676]

Took me like 5 seconds.

[@JoeLewis14]

Dumpster fires get almost as warm as the smokin hot latina in Flyin Ryan.

[@Mr061099]

DONT THINK IT. DONT SPRAY IT.

[@TKinfinity01]

So this is where the gay wedding storyline started.

[@Mr1930s]

Where the classic story of love and romance began. Isn't it wonderful?

[@zeo278]

The gay weddingverse

[@griegomas]

It's a story about family

[@jlopez8494]

Yes, "storyline".

[@weedpuff]

Mike and Jay misspoke when they said it was about family. It's about a top half darthmaul with robot legs fighting a bottom half darthmaul with a spider robot top and Obi Wan in the middle.

[@TarterSAWSE]

Jay...not everyone has the chemistry you have with Mike

[@thisinhumanplace2037]

Mike stosklaska, jay bauman, and rich Evans are gods of KZbin thank you guys so much for what you do you have helped me through so many time of struggle 1000 blessings to each of you guys seriously RLM is a dynasty

[@thisinhumanplace2037]

I'm getting money together to donate to your webpage and buy space cop just need a bit more time here

[@turdferguson9190]

kek be upon them!

[@turdferguson9190]

kek be upon them!

[@scottbrady4805]

Joshua Marjonen

[@MegaZeta]

Don't you dare compare those hacks to Rich

[@vernicegirl8987]

Prequel- "The Hi Hi Guy" Spin Off- " The Noon Noon Dude"

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

Another spinoff: The Noot Noot Penguin

[@zachopath]

The Nude Noon Dude

[@matthewbowen5841]

El Adios Adios Hombre

[@JustStop19]

The Sup Sup Dude!

[@KurtleTheTurtle907]

"This movie is full of 'but why' moments." All I could think about was "WHY WHY MAN", lol

[@DrKillaphus0]

I'm just getting ready to cook up some flowers in my green house

[@Avocado11]

Bye Bye Man 2: Bye Bye Man vs Hello Hello Guy

[@zemasterze11]

Avocado11 Hi Hi Guy

[@spikethegodposter1293]

Avocado11 Bye bye man cinematic universe

[@Avocado11]

+k d Yo Yo Dude gets his own standalone before he takes part in a team-up/VS movie.

[@TerrenceNowicki]

2Bye v 2Hi: Dawn of Acknowledgements

[@likenem]

The first couple mintues sound like a plot to a shitty Adam Sandler movie

[@dragonphoreal]

which movie?

[@copacobana5352]

Brandon Dozier i now pronounce you chuck and larry Gonna kill myself for knowing the name bye

[@posiky90]

Copa Cobana shame on you

[@eobardthawne1430]

+Copa Cobana I lowkey remeber seeing the ads for that film, made me want to KMS

[@pizzasauce15]

I'm pretty sure it is a plot to a shitty Adam Sandler movie.

[@concordetconstabulary219]

The muffin man. Bakes muffins so addictive you keep eating until you burst.

[@Jakeinlivincolor]

Sounds like a Se7en knockoff kill

[@panicattackimminent]

I always come back to the Bye Bye Man review. It makes me laugh every single time I watch it.

[@Fubs_the_queen]

Mikes enthusiasm for la la land is so endearing

[@lydiarand4786]

Beware of the La La Man. If you say his name, he will come and find you and sing you to death.

[@blueberry5822]

He’ll come find you and accidentally give you the wrong oscar

[@razzledazzle7776]

Is this replacing my crippling depression? No.

[@NickRage76]

Spooky ghost here No it wont.

[@benck7160]

Razamataz Productions id rather replace my depression with gelly gums...

[@filmstarterproductions]

No. It's replacing Rich Evans crippling diabetes.

[@theorphanslaughterer5415]

Razamataz Productions It'll fill part of the whole at least.

[@julianwebb919]

Bye Bye Man? I guess Boo Boo Guy didn't sound stupid enough

[@mrshmuga9]

Julian Webb Boo Boo Guy sounds like he lost a fight to the Bye Bye Man.

[@someguy9284]

I sense an incoming crossover.

[@VenomSnakee]

funkoxen Boo Boo dude is the prequel

[@alexhensley5066]

I had almost the exact same problems you guys did with La La Land originally. My suggestion, watch it again. The tonal shifts are part of what makes this movie incredible in my opinion. It's about these two people who have an almost cliched Hollywood romance, but get brought back down to earth in the end.

[@TheTGOAC]

Do they get addicted to heroin or molested by a studio executive?

[@tronguy555]

Everytime Jay looks at the camera my heart skips a beat

[@luiginastro8831]

Susan really is good looking, isn't she?

[@MOLLYLUNCHCO]

"Scratch, scratch. Who's that ratch??" had me in tears.

[@pennyroyalpolly8282]

Definitely!

[@BrokamaGay]

What if I said Bi Bi Man? Does the Bye Bye Man know the difference?

[@dancegod1691]

BrokamaGay Bye Bimen

[@TheFettuck]

Yes, because in other languages you pronounce that as Bee Bee Man!! :P

[@daiselol]

~he's trying to get inside of us~

[@jasonfenton8250]

Or if you say "buh-bye man."

[@fewwiggle]

"i'm Bi, Bi man. And you?" Then all hell breaks loose. But, the TWIST -- it's just some homophobe living in the walls!!!

[@nighttray1489]

You guys need to go see Split. Particularly Jay. I think he'd like it.

[@pigeon627]

Nighttray it's great

[@nighttray1489]

Pigeon I was surprised by how much I liked it.

[@pigeon627]

Nighttray I was too

[@duckywinks]

SPOILER ALERT: I wonder what they would think about the twist, and how there is ANOTHER superhero franchise brewing. I love Unbreakable, so I'm exited, but I'm sure Mike and Jay are getting a little tired of all the superhero crap.

[@sopranoshelley]

I'd rather not. Not to be a SJW but any horror movie based on split personality is horribly unoriginal and can't be good.

[@Megasevo23]

the pee pee poo poo man

[@Sky_Guy]

^ Exhibit A: the state of political discourse in 2018 and beyond.

[@loopd121]

Isaiah Sherrill ok but also that guy in Toronto who was slinging shit at uni students

[@chazikstan]

Don’t piss it Don’t shit it

[@loopd121]

@SLAMO A Toronto resident slung shit at at least five students from three different Toronto-based universities in about as many days. Students began to dub him the pee pee poo poo man as like a coping mechanism

[@beegyoshi8797]

@@Sky_Guy back two years later to update you in the state of political discourse. Now we’d call it Sir pee pee poopy

[@Geospasmic]

In theory I like the idea of a monster that's a memetic hazard, spread by thought, but what a waste of that idea.

[@Lady_in_the_Radiator]

Geospasmic Isn't that basically what Freddy Krueger was in Freddy vs. Jason?

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

The SCP Foundation has that shit on lock.

[@Weaponsandstuff93]

That's sort of the plot of Pontypool

[@let_there_be_dark]

Isn't this an SCP?

[@hash-slingingslasher1374]

Pepe?

[@Marvin.Runyon]

You guys may as well make Boy in the Wall, and have Rich play the boy. Film it in a weekend.

[@gwh3013]

MarvinRunyon No, in a shocking twist Susan should play the old lady in the wall

[@gwh3013]

MarvinRunyon what if it took 12 years to make? Boyhood in the Wall!!!!

[@bencarlson4300]

If anything, they need to make The Inside starring Rich Evans as either grandma McGee or Red Herring.

[@iOysterZ]

@@bencarlson4300 why not both?

[@coprographia]

bye bye man was originally doki doki panic

[@josephgonzalez818]

Not funny

[@ilovecrackcocaine1762]

No it was originally a Japanese game called Harry potter and the fucking wizard

[@MustafaTurgutDenizer]

@@ilovecrackcocaine1762 nice videogamedunkey reference

[@TheJohn9910]

i loved how the la la land review brought out jay and mike's individual tastes. jay seems to be a bit more cynical to it, in wanting movies that go above and beyond to elevate to artistic and technical levels to a degree of extreme. while mikes a little more down to earth. with focus on emotion and heart.

[@frankmerker630]

I really think Ryan Gosling nailed the part. There's nothing more sarcasm-inducing than being a jazz musician in Los Angeles having to make music you hate in order to make a living. I also agree with Mike in the sense that the film is the perfect terminal cynicism antidote

[@ValStarwind]

Haha, what a story Mark.

[@mphylo2296]

You are tearing me apart, GEORGEEE!

[@adamfrisk956]

You're my favourite commentator.

[@GhostOfBilly]

Do you understand life?...DO YOU?!

[@duffman2112]

This is bullshit, I did not think it, I did not say it, I did not.....oh Hi Mark

[@spencerlaliberte4601]

"Where do you cook flowers in?" Mike never ceases to amaze

[@MyMagnificentOctopus]

That is definitely the bad art-partment line from the episode.

[@emmettreynolds]

The entire “bye bye man, la la land, don’t think it don’t say it” brings me back to this video every other week

[@AtheusMaximus]

when i saw jack i clapped! I know who that is!

[@philswift1252]

Atheus Maximus I clapped! I clapped!

[@RaSkipper]

AT-STs!! AT-STs!!

[@alejandrobonfil2818]

Always a classic

[@SuperLlama42]

La Li Lu Le Lo Land

[@DeusSlayer]

SuperLlama42 Snaaaaaaakkkkkkeeeeee!!!!!

[@rjs6854]

SuperLlama42 that metal gear reference tho

[@zomg1337h4x]

We're going to drag this bye bye man into the 21st century!

[@xxbyron13xx]

Patriottsssss

[@imanoljesusdelpozo4907]

Who are the patriots?

[@howeijian4277]

I can't wait when Susan makes out with Mr Plinkett

[@jrp101]

'Scratch Scratch, Who's That Ratch?' is a great title, i might steal if for my film idea, which is a 90 minute horror film composed entirely of jump scares.The plot will be family move into a haunted home, and that will be it, but made entirely of jump scares. Might even throw an old woman living in the walls into it as well.

[@mland2012]

Don't Plinkett. Don't Jay it.

[@franzsalvatierra]

the thing at 9:42 about how the musicality clashes with the character driven content... that actually really worked for me in the intent of the makers. The film keeps creating romanticized scenarios and slapping you in the face with reality; the same way LA does to artists.

[@TheTGOAC]

They should make a musical about skid row I'd watch the fuck out of that

[@piscaso]

"I would rather fraudulently marry an elderly man than have anyone think im a homophobe" is the most subtle and insightful commentary I have ever seen. These guys are amazing.

[@lepistanuda]

shut the fuck up

[@lepistanuda]

epic response mate

[@gabes1733]

"subtle"

[@skydiamsteam6005]

Jep Hep no

[@sergeymeshkov]

The lack of musical numbers in the middle suppose to symbolise their crisis in their relationships and also describe losing of a dream. So it worked for me personally. For me personally.

[@dragonbreath9957]

Сергей Мешков Me personally, I loved that film.

[@denzelromero4796]

>implying you can't use musical numbers to express a characters crisis

[@sergeymeshkov]

Denzel Romero why is that?

[@CommunistPanda1776]

he's using an esoteric manner of typing to say "you're implying you can't use musical numbers to express a character crisis, but why not?"

[@Yatsura2]

+Сергей Мешков For you personally? So you mean, its for you personally when its for you personally?

[@Gambit08]

Did Bye Bye Man have something to do with Faye Dunaway reading the best picture as La La Land?

[@lolmechy]

The idea of kissing Plinkett is scarier then entirety of Bye Bye Man.

[@nlabonte]

Did the Bye Bye Man make Faye Dunaway announce the wrong best picture winner at the Oscars?

[@TheBasaltHorogium]

nlabonte That was actually Emma Stone

[@janner2006]

“And the Oscar goes to...” *Don’t think it, don’t say it, don’t think it, don’t say it* “La La Land!”

[@ChronDre]

"That's just f*cking crazy! I don't care, and don't even bother telling my why!" Too damn funny

[@BardicLiving]

The Bye Bye Man appears if you say La La Land was overrated.

[@SerebralK]

I'd encourage anybody that wouldn't normally be into musicals to give this film a shot. While Mike and Jay's critiques are all fair, Jay in particular tends to be fairly cynical (which is obviously fine, that's his taste, I'm just saying that I knew he wouldn't enjoy this film as much as many other people), so maybe this film wasn't made for him. But this movie touched me on an emotional level more than I think any film ever has. I'm not currently a musician, I'm not from L.A, I didn't feel any romantic sentimentality because of anything like that. This film is just fucking beautiful. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are truly breathtaking. Courageous performances from both. The score is legendary I believe and will go down in history, the screenplay absolutely out of this world. I have never been a big musicals fan, I find them cringe worthy a lot of the time, but this was so emotionally charging. I felt every emotion throughout this film and left with a smile on my face and I haven't stopped listening to the score since. Whatever your typical movie preference you cannot miss this one. Some may believe I'm overstating this film but it honestly has stuck with me since I watched it about a week ago. I just wanna see it again, I definitely will be doing. (p.s Ryan Gosling is now the starring role in about 3 of my favourite films of all time; Drive, The Place Beyond The Pines and now this. He's even fantastic in The Big Short. I wanna see The Nice Guys too, that looks great. He's fucking brilliant.) Also Emma Stone is my favourite actress by far, she best get an Oscar for this

[@carlargetlam9033]

La la land more like trashhhggggvbhhhhhhhhh. I'm not lonely

[@TheChocobologist]

I read the first part of this and really expected it to be a long setup for recommending ByeByeMan.

[@Hey-Its-Sara]

I really enjoyed that movie too. For a moment, it warmed my cold, cynical, jaded piece of shit heart, and that's quite the achievement. But mostly I liked it because it managed to emphasize the duality of LA/Hollywood, highlighting both the forlorn longing evoked through its mystic glamor as well as the plastic fakeness underlying it.

[@cricket3790]

I've been a RLM watcher for a while and this is the one video that i find myself coming back to the most. Finally i decided to watch La La Land the other day and ended up liking it a lot! It is a bit grounded but the ending really elevated it. Thank you RLM, without this video i probably wouldn't even think of checking it. I didn't like Grease 2 though

[@nman9139]

Jay called it. La La Land has 14 Oscar nominations.

[@billybobbobbobbilly]

ENDLESS CASH!

[@BrianNIL]

La La Land has a bittersweet tone throughout that I'm surprised didn't resonate with these guys. Some of my favorite art and music finds joy and nobility in life's struggles and losing battles. I love this movie.

[@rearview2360]

i have friends for 44 minutes yay

[@ITSTIMETOSTOP]

I'll be your friend 👌

[@Illersvansen]

Hilarious and original!

[@rearview2360]

am i right???

[@rearview2360]

also lala land sucks

[@dangerdan2592]

Never heard that one before! Are you sure you don't want to make an "is this replacing" joke too?!

[@chrismills4197]

' where do you cook flowers in ..... green house?' cook flowers !? what the fuck!?

[@tr11251]

I've travelled back in time from July 2017 to say, the world has changed. It's a bit warmer now than it was in January.

[@mrman6035]

What about now in August 2018?

[@Hey-Its-Sara]

It's January 2019 and I think you lied. It's still cold outside!

[@plaguelordrapture]

The world is changing...

[@TransparentLabyrinth]

I love the laughs you guys are having in this one. It's infectious.

[@maxnobel2044]

Might as well post my Best of 2016 here: 1) La La Land 2) Manchester by the Sea 3) Moonlight 4) 20th Century Women 5) Silence 6) The Handmaiden 7) Paterson 8) Arrival 9) Everybody Wants Some!! 10) The Lobster 11) The Neon Demon 12) Nocturnal Animals 13) American Honey 14) Hunt for the Wilderpeople 15) Elle 16) The Mermaid

[@leonardotavaresdardenne9955]

Where's "The Bye Bye Man"?

[@za-ir5ni]

cthulhu Pthagn Sorry that he didn't pick all blockbusters.

[@marcopalomba9463]

Max Nobel no Vvitch?

[@xKarnage74]

+할 Kek.

[@TheConspicuousCookie]

Spot the teenager

[@skimmington]

"Where do you cook flowers in? Greenhouse!" I had to pause the video so I could finish laughing

[@OhYeahNice]

I'm surprised there wasn't any reference to the NSYNC song: "Bye Bye Bye" lol

[@CorporateShill66]

OhYeahNice it should've been playing every time the bye bye man showed up

[@MantisCFS]

I watched Bye Bye Man on Netflix the other day because this review had me curious. They're not wrong with it lowering the bar, it feels like it was written on heavy sedatives. The Bye Bye Man, his Resident Evil dog, the coins and the train are never explained and all turn up intermittently like the screenwriters kept forgetting about bits of their own lore. My favourite scene came in the aftermath of the girl getting hit by the train (though comically warning train driver deserves an MVP). The lead actor is there for it, then it jumps to night time with numerous police cars and ambulances hanging around with sirens blaring. Then the other two young actors turn up and only then does the lead tell them what happened to their friend. They are completely shocked, having made no assumptions about the comically massive crime scene they've just wandered into. Also Carrie-Anne Moss is present, giving off massive Denise Crosby vibes. Seriously, it makes Jeepers Creepers look like fucking art. That film might have been generic and uninspired but at least it felt like it was made by sentient human beings. That's how low Bye Bye Man has set the bar.

[@QuinnPrezz]

“The opening was simply fabulous”-Mike

[@NinepinsKnave]

Glad I revisited this review three years after it was posted so I could hear the phrase "uncooked meatloaf in dog form." If it was a higher-profile movie, that could almost warrant a t-shirt.

[@TriFoxu]

Bye Bye Man La La Land BeBe's Kids Yo Yo Ma JoJo's Bizarre Adventures

[@z-beeblebrox]

all of them go go dancing

[@Endocrom]

Bye Bye Love

[@TriFoxu]

duck duck goose go go speed racer

[@adamfrisk956]

Grown Ups 2

[@DrStuff142]

yu yu hakusho

[@daiselol]

I almost dropped my bowl of cereal at Mike's reaction to Emma Watson almost being in La La Land Really though, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were excellently paired

[@AmongtheCosmos]

This has to be HANDS-down my favorite halfinthebag review (fan since 2011) I’ve watched this one at least a thousand times (no joke) and it gets me EVERYTIME thanks guys 👍

[@chicopeebles3706]

Gotta give some props for the “Day the Clown Cried” VHS tape cameo. Much respect.

[@ThomasHarrower]

Is 'Mike and Jay review 2 movies that have been out for a while because the titles sound funny when you say them together' replacing best of the worst?

[@HorstEwald]

WHY ARE MIKE'S HANDS SO RED?

[@TheThelaughingboy]

RedHandsLetterMedia

[@pavelmichalek7302]

Susan's period?

[@afronight]

Probably frostbite from the brutal Wisconsin winter.

[@treygon11]

Diabetes >;q

[@VisitorG]

Because Rich enjoys a good spanking?

[@matternicuss]

La La Land is excellent, and easily the best film I saw this past year next to The Arrival.

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Me when the video ends: "Bye Bauman."

[@vincentknight27]

I honestly never saw Mike really and genuinely liking a movie.

[@thisinhumanplace2037]

Vincent Knight he legitimately enjoyed Jurassic world and Star Trek beyond I know what you mean though lol

[@vincentknight27]

I don't doubt that he liked a movie haha... I just never witnessed it

[@fireworksfordinner]

Its odd, I agree with most everything Mike says, but I hate his taste

[@Jakeinlivincolor]

He seems pretentious with his movie choices

[@PedroGomes-cx7ku]

@@Jakeinlivincolor ah yes, it's pretentious to like Jurassic World and Star Trek.

[@dancegod1691]

Walk into home Shia labouf in corner On the walls the phrase "he will not divide us" is scratched everywhere "What have you done?!"

[@alfredvalrie5541]

Faye Dunaway was at the Oscars, like, "La La Land," and then "Bye, Bye, Man!"

[@VenomSnakee]

Hollywood is in La La land They need to go bye bye man I fucking hate myself

[@JaziB]

Congrats to La La Land on it's Best Picture awa.....oh wait

[@elibaker5523]

"That's just fucking crazy." made me laugh so hard, oh lord

[@petewadesays12]

Well that's a nice way to wake up, a Half in The Bag appears. I clapped because I saw Jack!

[@iamfuturetrunks]

James Cameron will need to go down and raise the bar again then maybe. James Cameron can because James Cameron is James Cameron!

[@scorpiothegreat1]

This episode BROKE NEW GROUND!!!

[@halikarnak1862]

chris scorpio I applauded for being different

[@boblolz]

Mike and Jay! Mike and Jay! Mike and Jay! These are people I recognize!

[@fex144]

It's not meant to be fun. It's an experience, full of vistas and action

[@kebsis]

it's like poetry, it rhymes

[@DTMWTMP]

Are you guys teasing us with that "Day the clown cried" video tape pointing at us?

[@FrancoisDressler]

😭😭😭

[@AgentOracle]

"I would rather fraudulently marry an elderly man than have anyone think that i was a homophobe" quote of the season.

[@TheWheatless]

"Where do you cook flowers in?"

[@angrymonkie]

Greenhouses: where you cook the flowers. I love Mike.