Screenwriter Reacts to Tall Girl

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[@amaryllis543]

Holy shit, I just realized that the kid should have been carrying the milk crate around to draw attention away from Jodie's tallness and make her less self conscious. That would have been so much less weird and would actually be a kinda cute reveal for when they got together. But instead, they had him use it as a stepladder.

[@dream.5708]

OMGG PLEASE,YOU'RE AMAZING. That honestly would've been really cuteq

[@crossenmorgan]

Waittt you’re so right

[@kweeneves]

Why were you not one of the writers for this show???? How were they sleeping on this talent??? How???

[@ishikasinsinwar1642]

I love that the green screen is just green...like no projection 😭😭😂

[@dream.5708]

Same lmao😂

[@elissao.6585]

🤣🤣🤣🤣LOL

[@coainc]

my problem is WHY was jodi just about best friends with a guy who has been asking her out every day for YEARS without just taking her no for an answer?? they're literally not a compelling couple because he's a creep and she's just plain unlikable. the ending has no stakes or emotion attached to it because we don't give a shit about these characters pls

[@kikiimikii]

I mean your opinion tho. Like i felt for the story and having insecurities you sometimes project them on others. So yk she hated beibg tall, having a short boyfriend would definitely "enhance" her tallness, as ridiculous as it sounds.

[@coainc]

@@kikiimikii oh totally!! i definitely understand her insecurities throughout the movie and why she wouldn’t want a short boyfriend. it’s also totally just my opinion that jodi is unlikable, but i definitely feel like they wrote her to be quite selfish (”you think your life is hard?? i wear mens size 13 nikes”) but then never really resolved any of her own shortcomings or even acknowledged them existing so it felt like the character didn’t really evolve in any way. her speech at the end didn’t convince me that she had actually become any less insecure either, so it just personally made me feel like jodi just didn’t have a character arc at all. jack on the other hand i feel like is just not a good character to root for by default since they wrote him as a desperate creep who doesn’t know what no means and who’s been carrying around a milk crate since he met jodi for the specific purpose of kissing her some day even though she’s told him it’s never going to happen, which is just gross. that’s why i think that them getting together at the end was poorly done, because due to all that i don’t want to see jack get what he wants, which is jodi, and jodi being okay with his behaviour. but that is definitely just my take on it and anyone who thinks differently is allowed to do so, even if i don’t think jack’s actions should be seen as romantic by anybody lmao

[@psychicsocial]

YES, THANK YOU

[@VicenteTorresAliasVits]

I assume that Jodi, feeling like a freak, accepted whatever friend she could find, no matter the cons. It's also possible that she did like his compliments on some level.

[@NOCLUEinvalid]

"i kind of wish her best friend had something of her own going on" - the curse of being the black best friend, their storyline is revolving around the main character

[@davidhunt7454]

Kinda her own fault on this one though she’s the person who made the damn movie.

[@sseraphim2818]

@@davidhunt7454 Why is it the black best friend's fault?

[@angelinasophiakamaratou1205]

@@sseraphim2818 because david said that the black girl is the one who made the movie or smth

[@katelynhefner901]

I am a 6'2 teenage girl so i get a good majority of her insecurities but they really ostracized her and made it seem like its the end of the world when its really just inconvenient at times

[@kingashant6323]

Deadass. And her family is obviously upper middle class, so she definitely chose to wear jumpsuits

[@NOCLUEinvalid]

yeah i think mostly its cuz her mom and sister fit into a mold and she didn't and she felt inadequate

[@procrastinationismyspecial9162]

As 5’11” girl, same. I’ve never really found it life ruining like the way they portrayed it in the movie no one gives that much of a shit about your height in high school they’re focused on their own issues and drama. Other than the occasional “wow you’re tall” comment people didn’t bat an eye at me for my height because it doesn’t fucking matter that much this movie just turned it into a personality trait.

[@abbyvogt2703]

Oh no not the size thirteen nikes. I’m praying for your sanity

[@anxiousdumpling5041]

*MEN'S size 13 Nikes

[@conniest.germain260]

Is it weird I felt slightly envious? Like I’m a size 4/5 in KIDS...3 in Youth for converse the struggle to find appropriate footwear sucks.

[@ilyar-k.114]

"let's talk about this hot teacher" *teacher literally has joe's exact face*

[@bibliophile2297]

I mean self-love?

[@Aly_224]

Fr 😭

[@smo6836]

He’s not wrong 😏

[@NOCLUEinvalid]

"you can diss your friends to your friends, but don't do it to other people, that's not nice" True

[@yoongilala395]

I really enjoy seeing commentary videos from like a professional perspective, makes me feel justified in my hatred for netflix originals. Speaking of, I think it's time you watched the Kissing Booth films

[@crossenmorgan]

YESS

[@demiworld1011]

I’d really like to see Joe react to a movie he genuinely enjoys to see which scenes he liked specifically, show good dialogue between characters and what good cinematography looks like. Y’all got him suffering almost every video! 😂

[@zeeozzy9129]

At times you sound just like Dylan from Dylan is in Trouble! This duo needs a collab 🙌🏽

[@spaecheal]

Seconded.

[@dream.5708]

Omgg i love him

[@user-yu4rh6zj9x]

yesss i thought the same

[@Destinnies]

OKAY HEAR ME OUT- I think the movie would've worked out better as an animation? Hence how her height is just 6'1 as this premise, could've exaggerated with her being more taller. That's just part of it, I know the rest of the movie still needs some work😩

[@crossenmorgan]

You’re right it would definitely make a little more sense

[@mauve9266]

I said exactly this the first time I watched it. Even if they used actual people they could’ve used effects to make her look absolutely absurd which could’ve been pretty funny

[@Destinnies]

@@mauve9266 RIGHT. What a wasted potential

[@islasullivan3463]

There kind of already is, it's an anime called Love Complex where the 2 love interests have complexes about their heights. And when tall-girl came out everyone was joking that it was bad rip off of it.

[@kingashant6323]

6'5 is the average for tall people, I would say. She's short for a tall person. I'm 6'5 and nobody made fun of me for being tall. Went to school with a girl that was my height and nobody cared. I hate this movie

[@psychicsocial]

The whole premise made no sense to me. Why is her height so important? And why is she lacking for boys her height or boys who have a thing for tall women (who aren't her creepy friend who won't take no for an answer) If anything people should criticize her for being annoying and judgmental, not for her height.

[@KC-nv6qf]

I was about to say “well you’re a dude, that’s clearly different”. But also tbf, that’s just one girl’s experience and you cant possibly know if she was being made fun of when you’re not around (cuz you’re obviously not her). I’m just saying this b/c I know a really tall girl who actually got bullied for it. She watched the movie and said “it actually happens”. So all I’m saying is that everyone has their own experience.

[@kingashant6323]

@@KC-nv6qf it 100% does happen. I just find it hard to believe that these people are still using "how's the weather up there" as an insult and she's legitimately bothered by it. Like, they're using the same elementary school jokes on a daily basis. She also had a best friend who was willing to stand up FOR her their entire time in school. If anything, they would have been bullying her friend. That would be a much better movie. Also, the girl I went to school with was pretty popular. That doesn't mean she never got bullied but it wouldn't have been this detrimental to her mental health because we never had free time between classes to harass our fellow students. That was longer than I expected

[@KC-nv6qf]

@@kingashant6323 Agreed. The movie is very extra.😂

[@kingashant6323]

@@KC-nv6qf way too extra for how serious it was seemingly trying to be. It's all over the place

[@crossenmorgan]

If someone in real highschool gave a speech like that they would be made fun of MORE

[@applepiesdoexist7004]

Big factsss

[@livcamryn8912]

As a 6 ft tall female, I can say that while this movie was well over the top, it still had some elements right. There are subtle things that make you feel out of place, like I’m sure everyone deals with. Things like not being able to find clothes that fit right, having guys tell you that you’re not cute like other girls because you’re not small like them and feeling like you stick out because the first thing most people say when meeting you is something to the extent of “wow; you’re tall!” While it’s obviously not the end of the world and everyone has insecurities growing up, my insecurity was my height because it’s the thing that made me stand out. It’s taken me years to feel comfortable enough with myself to actually appreciate the thing that makes me different. All that said, this movie was a joke.

[@madladiesscientists6894]

Okay, never noticed this before, but does anyone else think it's strange at the beginning of the movie that all the books where the two teens sit, the back drop of it, they're all color coded. Like did the school librarian just come in and go, "Huh, you know what I'd like to do? Sort all these books not alphabetically, or through the school libraries system which is what helps them find the book in the first place, but rather I'm going to make it like an Easter egg hunt and make them look for it, because by golly I like my color coding. It'll be fine, just like a game, a game called my OCD."

[@YasmineSDJ]

I don't really feel much sympathy for the short dude (i truly dont remember his name). Like he's supposed to be FRIENDS with Jody, not a "hookup" or a "date" or something. So yeah she's completely in her right to expect him to be there for her in a new relationship and stuff. What's odd abt it is 1) that she keeps him around when he clearly wants to be more than friends and 2) that HE is still around since she clearly was rejecting him this ENTIRE time. So we either are left to assume that he wasn't being all that serious abt his flirting which is why they're both okay with being around each other, or that they both don't care abt the hitting on her/rejecting him dynamic, which well, good for them. But she's definitely not the bad guy (in this instance), he's clearly set up to be an actual friend to Jody and she's treating him exactly like that. The last thing she's doing is leading him on, he's more than aware of how she feels.

[@MarissaCooperButPoor]

"A KAREN IN THE MAKING" 😂😂😂 I am losing it

[@bellasylvester6217]

Just because he’s in the friend zone doesn’t mean she has to like him because no one else likes her.

[@marinagemoftheseas]

I just realised that when the sister is watching herself on her laptop, she's playing the water glasses. That is a npt so subtle reference to Miss Congeniality.

[@kingashant6323]

A far better movie

[@marinagemoftheseas]

@@kingashant6323 Without question. Sandra Bullock.

[@kingashant6323]

@@marinagemoftheseas please, Sandra Bullock was my father's name

[@marinagemoftheseas]

@@kingashant6323 Was he a king?

[@kingashant6323]

@@marinagemoftheseas everyone named Sandra is a King

[@salemsaberhagen1570]

I feel like this movie was inspired by Japanese Shojo mangas. A 6'1'' height for a highschooler in Japan might actually cause some problems but in America it's not exactly unheard of.

[@hlfghst]

Me: can we watch lovely complex? Mom: we have lovely complex at home Lovely complex at home:

[@salemsaberhagen1570]

@@hlfghst Hahahaha

[@rae8176]

just wait til he sees the crate

[@shantytown22]

"She like you man, because that painting is dog shit" is a line I will remember forever

[@weirdweebwanja6813]

I'm convinced this and Sierra Burgess are just Experiment to look how low they can set the bar for the protagonist

[@blkbarbie2671]

15:00 yeahhh lol we’ve met the obligatory black best friend (also can be swapped for the gay best friend.) like you said, they tend not to have their own thing going on 90% of the time n their job is to spur on the white protagonist, help them reach their end goals etc :-)

[@xmxzng1617]

OMG EVERYBODY CALM DOWN ITS COMING

[@Bllll957]

Am I the only one weirded out by the fact that Jodi and Swedish guy look like siblings? (Kinda like Tessa and her first bf on After... like? Hello? Can't they cast other ppl who don't look like they're making out but could actually be related?)

[@CurioCobalt]

I mean, you're not wrong BUT the amount of couples I've seen in real life who look like siblings...

[@mariaf1218]

The "Swedish" accent is horrible. Couldn’t they have hired a Swedish actor? (Rant from a Swed)

[@sadmonday7736]

och vilken tonåring heter Stig??

[@mariaf1218]

@@sadmonday7736 Eller hur? Känner bara Stig helmer Olsson

[@MarissaCooperButPoor]

Felix Sandman please and thank you (even though I don't know if he is tall)

[@meganclouse7423]

Isn’t he actually Swedish tho?

[@dinofashionicon8364]

@@mariaf1218 vilken tonåring heter helmer bror

[@loganlo-fi8793]

"Atrocious cinnamons" is truly the worst of spices.

[@YourBaeFromBusan]

I was looking for this lol

[@lbierman21]

Disrespecting Patrick Swayze's "Ghost"? How dare you. Hahaha I cracked up

[@clara-le3jl]

“Relax your hands” Yeah and play the right keys I mean did he lie?

[@Aster_Risk]

"Pink rooms are really aggressive to me..." I love this.

[@stefaninikolova2272]

please don't stop making these reactions! they are hilarious

[@user-oi2ef1fc9o]

"Pink rooms are really aggressive" Me: COUGH* Ms. Umbridge

[@mophead_xu]

how lads can empathise with tall gals, is for the lads to be short. there, that's it. short kings and tall queens: now kiss.

[@julielara263]

Geez I’m totally simping for you... you are hilarious 😂

[@azrasophie4381]

im so happy the youtube algorithm recommended me this guy a few weeks ago

[@NOCLUEinvalid]

dismantling his opponent - the man is determined lol

[@narnia_eclipse389]

I know a girl who is 5,11 which is 2 inches from Jodi’s height and lots of people talk to her normally because she’s a really fun and smart person!

[@bunnyraptor420]

I was thinking about this movie a few days ago, and it's nice to see someone riffing on it again.

[@carolinepraught947]

Milk cwate?? I'm dead😂

[@hearsae]

i'd love to see videos about your experience breaking into the industry/how to improve your screenwriting! i'm currently majoring in creative writing with a focus on screenwriting and i'd find it super helpful (:

[@kikiimikii]

Honestly as a tall girl myself i enjoyed the movie quite a bit. Did they dramatize it by a lot? Absolutely but its a teen rom com so like its supposed to make it more severe than it is. (Thats just rom coms in a nutshell) Abiut the insults, i did hear "hows the weather uo there" in a Mobbing way a few times and i cant even count how many times I heard that i should play Basketball... im a lil shorter than jodi. Nobody cares if a boy is tall. They love it, why wouldnt they. But as a girl that was always taller than everybody in my class until like 8th grade i feel for her. As i said its not my fav movie and while i think they went overboard with the tallhate and dramatized it but it was quite refreshing to see something that resenated with me.

[@ma_kenz]

I understand that dubbing/ADR is necessary for several reasons, but in some films, it’s so distractingly bad.

[@samantha4916]

how are so good at catching dubbed scenes in movies? i could never

[@emmawalsh4]

Why on earth is the library color-coded? It’s atrocious

[@jjwsvtk9987]

6:01 me: *watching this in a pink room, with a pink closet and desk, which I hate cuz it used to bbe my favourite colour until I was like 11, so have been stuck with this for years lmao hopefully I can finally renovate it-*

[@daddleducky6505]

i dont like the color of my closet either so i put a bunch of stickers and pictures on it and you could put one of those mats on your desk to cover it up a bit. idk what theyre called so i hope you know what i mean :) hope this helped

[@Beepboobopp]

i’m obsessed with this series

[@Am-ry3il]

Anyone else confused by Joe's accent like its American but not..

[@maisie5037]

im pretty sure he was born in england

[@AnxietyRat]

Glad I'm not the only one who is very confused lmao.

[@KC-nv6qf]

Maybe he’s from Whales? Apparently that’s a thing other there.

[@maisie5037]

@@KC-nv6qf lmao i’m from wales and i promise we don’t sound like that

[@KC-nv6qf]

@@maisie5037 The only person from the UK I have ever met was from Whales and she said that where she lived everyone had a mix of an American and British accent. Maybe it was just from her part🤷🏽‍♀️?? Idk lol.

[@lilbabykriz8802]

i like how he doesn't waste time on an outro lmfao

[@victoriabryer4710]

I want a movie about a short but not too short, yet tall but not too tall girl, and what life is like for her in a world where some people are taller than her but sometimes she's taller then others. They can call it Average Height Girl.

[@zaraducros]

i love your reactions bro, legit pissing myself

[@OpqHMg]

Leave pink rooms alone!!! I wish I had a nice pink room as a kid. Heck I'd love to have one now

[@conniest.germain260]

As a girl that is 5’0 it was always mildly inconvenient especially with the whole “Aw you’re so tiny” and some weird sexual comments but besides that it wasn’t too bad

[@justfornow3575]

I'm the same height and poeple make some little jokes but my main problem is pll just assuming I'm younger than I am

[@NikiLovesTL]

THAT WAS MY COMMENT SUGGESTING THIS MOVIE OMF I CHOKED ON MY WATER WHEN I SAW THAT 😂😂😂

[@julias.6658]

My friends and I watched the movie together and we all agreed that Fareeda was the best character and Jodie was a terrible friend for basically standing her up for the whole movie

[@dee5635]

I found it funny when u said theyd bully the milk crate boy and not her😂bruh they can just bully both

[@gintokisstrawberrymilk]

I can't relate to this movie since I'm not tall, but my bestfriend is 6' and she has never gottten a negative comment as far as I know lol

[@isabelateixeira3713]

how on earth you only have 4k subscribers, this is amazing

[@kaajalbishnoi978]

Can you react to "Parasite". Umm. Please.

[@xXxbiia14xXx]

The struggle is real but not to this extent. I'm about 5 foot 10 inches as a woman and I was taller than all boys in primary school up until like 6th or 7th grade. I was bullied because of it by the boys but in secondary school it never mattered because there were girls with the same height as mine it was just hard when I started to grow quicker than everyone else around me. In secondary school I don't believe there isn't a single guy who's 6 foot 1. It's just I'm carrying this old shit with myself that I'm really tall but actually right now I'm not that tall.

[@bigfishboobs]

"Oh no..." sums it up pretty damn well

[@ihavenoidea6155]

This is the first video I watch from your channel and I gotta say you're a whole mood 😂😂 Thank you for making me laugh this much, I really appreciate it.

[@keiraburgessx9162]

I love these vids sm

[@angela-ul2dk]

4:47 "so let's google 'atrocious cinnamons'" huh when i searched that up i got very different results

[@xXCutiBearXx]

Would love to see you watch the Half of It - similar target audience, but I've heard it's much much better.

[@ALA516]

I don’t agree that Jodi would be in the wrong for friend-zoning her guy friend like what else is she supposed to do if she’s not into him like that? And it annoyed me how they played it out like the dude couldn’t take no for an answer like you shouldn’t constantly ask if your friend has expressed they’re not interested..... you definitely should *not* admire a guy’s “perseverance” in this scenario.

[@faithyg9454]

It’s here!

[@suzymfleur]

i’m so glad u said sandwiches

[@charlottemiller3239]

Day 10 of trying to figure out where you’re from.

[@emmaletcher2778]

Did a British ghost take over your body at 15:10 ??

[@francis7336]

Even your dogs have better comedic timing than me, this is depressing

[@trinityolusola394]

where are you from? i can’t pin point your accent . it’s like it changes 😅

[@NOCLUEinvalid]

@Alyne B lol

[@MinhChuLe]

he was born in England

[@MinhChuLe]

@Alyne B he replied to another comment like this on another video lmao

[@t_el_escope]

"let's google atrocious cinnamons" JFKSLFJSL you should watch To All The Boys I've Loved 1&2

[@rebecabeza]

I will give it to them. If there were a tall club somewhere, I feel like it would be among weird white New Orleanians

[@megandickinson842]

reacting to call me by your name would be cool

[@fangirldreamer748]

I had pink walls when I was younger! 😊🥰

[@booksquirm92]

I CANT WAITTTT

[@ohmygod616]

i’m a 6’0 tall female and in high school people assumed i was a lesbian bc of my height?????? but other than that it was mostly just guys not being interested because of height which who cares. mostly all i get is people constantly asking if i play basketball or volleyball (i lack coordination so no)

[@ohmygod616]

so basically this movie is extremely over the top LMFAO

[@owellhoot]

For EONS have I waited.

[@mbalimoyo5946]

"atrocious cinnamons"

[@marystombaugh2282]

listen I would never condone bullying and there is nothing wrong with anyone's height... but why didn't she just call those a-holes short every time someone made a snarky height comment? That would've been it.

[@jjwsvtk9987]

23:30 righttt

[@primadonnatobe]

They Tarzan'd it 😖

[@supermodelzdancerie]

what does "lake and subatomic" at the end of the video mean?

[@user-ux3gj4qu9e]

aaah love ur reactions! pls do kissing booth or for all the boys i loved before next

[@Bbmoney244]

omg. a karen in the making 😭😂😭😂

[@rebecabeza]

If you're living in house like hers in New Orleans ... honey, stop acting like you're super oppressed. I understand that the plot depends on her being bullied for being tall, but that's exaggerated. If she had not let those comments bother her and stood her ground, she probably would have more friends and be bothered much less.

[@emagalociova]

Watch both Kissing booth movies and also Sierra Burgess is a loser pretty please

[@GlitchFinder2010]

You should definitely react to the snowman 2017 with michael fassbender it’s been the worst movie I’ve ever had to sit through the only reason I finished it was because I was at the cinema 😂

[@charrelle6040]

Joe: He does suck!😀

[@novatalking]

things this school doesn't have: 1) boys 6 foot or taller (though, apparently there's at least half and STILL, her height is weird) 2) a basketball team (boys or girls) 3) anything better to do than asking "how's the weather up there" even after knowing this Tall Girl for [x years]

[@anxiousdumpling5041]

This movie creates a problem that doesn't exist and "solves" it in the most mediocre way

[@noahglenn189]

Honestly it would've even been better if the sister had a love story with the guy but then of course that was that useless but good character played by Paris Berelec

[@kilianalexander2736]

I abbreviate my words all the time...

[@lauraosses6655]

sir you're going to drive yourself crazy if you keep reviewing these types of movies

[@pinkredsun0707]

what bothers me is that she is supposed to be 6'1 which is a common height to at least be close to yet they frame it as if she is actually the tallest person she knows by like 6 inches at least, is everyone she knows at average or below height? Also Angela and the guy who plays Jack are below average height so why would they pick people so short to make her seem taller?

[@diya9666]

EVERYBODY STAY FUCKING CALM

[@ZaynMalikFanx3]

10:15 she literally looks like u but with a wig

[@user-ph4lm1kn6y]

they should've made a movie about a short girl but less dramatic and more on the subject of how they're perceived as weak and incapable of being strong