The Princess Diaries Has Some WEIRD Editing and POINTLESS Details...

[@kriziab2241]

If I'm not mistaken, Clarisse wearing black is because her husband is dead not her son, so Joe saying " she's been wearing black too long" is him hitting on her.

[@Ali_D_Katt]

I was gonna say the same, also, he's still not wrong tho a year isn't long to mourn a husband i mean assuming that she actually loved him and cared.

[@cee3poh888]

I caught that too lol

[@Kimberly_Sparkles]

​@@sholem_bond 1 year was the Victorian term for the wearing of widow's weeds (dressing in black). I don't know that many groups do this in the modern era except for religious purposes.

[@elleblythe8355]

I’m not sure if that makes it better😭

[@chasethe808]

I was just going to comment the same thing.

[@bryh555]

26:45 Omfg that newscaster doxxed tf out of Princess Mia thermapolis so hard he was like “here’s her moms name who’s an artist and her grandma’s name who is a queen, and here is the exact firehouse she lives in and here’s her social security number and this is the pharmacy she picks up her birth control from” like is that not treason or something lmao

[@BouncyKnight331]

Fun fact: the actress who played Lily recently talked about how Lily wasn't a great friend and was pretty annoying until the second movie, which is when Lily grew up (after going to college). It was on her tiktok, and was pretty interesting to hear her talk about it.

[@sholem_bond]

I think Lily was an okay friend, I was basically Lily as a kid edit: I never invalidated a friend's grief for a dead parent, though (AFAIK, jeez) Or told someone they looked bad (surprising no one who's aware of my YT comment history probably lol)

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Lily's a terrible friend in the books. She's actually even worse there. It's actually a really nice, realistic addition - the "friend" who's super judgmental and gets really jealous and mean when you change yourself. In the books Mia stops hanging out with Lily for a long time because of how awful Lily is.

[@sholem_bond]

"Lily's friend" Lily's brother, but go off

[@lynndavinci4753]

Her name is Heather Matarazzo, and she’s such a good actor that it’s a shame people don’t know who she is. Have you seen her in Welcome to the Dollhouse? She’s brilliant and just adds so much to every character she plays.

[@deannapokora2959]

I like that she’s aware the character wasn’t great, I definitely remember Lily being better in the second movie!

[@jujubee147]

Fun fact: in the books, mia’s father is still alive and is very much a “womanizer”. The reason they decide to tell mia is because he had testicular cancer which made him impotent. Guess Disney didn’t want to cross that bridge.

[@therealMrA]

Disney's got their ol' reliable dead parent cliche always charged and ready to go

[@LovetteKourt]

That still messed up Mia in the book didn’t know about the dad till death

[@fuzzycatbutts]

​@@LovetteKourtWhat are you talking about, Mia in the books grew up knowing her dad...

[@MaryLoveJane]

@@LovetteKourtshe has some sort of relationship with her father in both the book and movie, they’re just very distant and she doesn’t get to know much about his life. Which honestly isn’t that far fetched that she had small amounts of contact with him over the years but didn’t know anything about him. I grew up not really knowing my father, I got back in contact with him when I was 9, but it was just random phone calls and like 2 times I stayed the weekend with him. He definitely wasn’t royalty, but he was in and out of jail and my mom had decided I wasn’t allowed to know he’d been to jail, so everyone would skirt around where he’d be during those times. As a kid I wasn’t super concerned with the details, I was just excited for those spare moments to be with my dad, I was fine not pressing everyone for more details. So I can totally see Mia growing up with loose contact with her dad, maybe even seeing him in person on a very rare occasions, but everyone takes precautions to hide his royalty and come up with mundane things he does in his home country. Why they would hide his royalty could be a precaution for both Mia’s safety and for the father’s reputation. Don’t need people trying to take Mia hostage, or making a huge tabloid out of the prince having a child out of marriage with a foreigner.

[@jessicazeller8060]

Also, when Disney cast Julie Andrews as Queen Charisse, they wanted to nix the father to give her more screen time. When they asked Meg Cabot, who wrote the books, she said “Kill him!” 😅

[@Carelesshilton]

“Tell me you’ve had no black clients” I laughed SO HARD

[@melodye14]

Lily is a really shit friend through most of the movie. As a kid I felt that way too. She feels like the girl you're friends with mainly because you vibe and have history, but you can tell she sucks, but she's halfway all you've got sort of thing.

[@mandymckk]

The way she’s basically like “your dad died two whole months ago, get tf over it” Lily sucks lmao

[@509wildflower]

Mia straightened her hair and put on some makeup and Lily was so quick to turn on her 😂😭😭 jealous much? 💀

[@CallMeSkinny]

Yah Lilly reminds me of girls who say they support women and then turn around and get mad cuz a girl chooses to wear a tube top in her presence lol.

[@broomhilder]

I mostly agree with your points about Lily. I just watched a video by the MovieBudz on this film and they point out a decent redemption arc for her character. She’s still projecting a lot onto Mia, and is unsupportive as heck in the beginning, but she’s got a teeny bit of growth there at the end

[@CallMeSkinny]

@@broomhilder I love the moviebudz they did a great take on it as well. And I agree that she did do better toward the end I just thought the jealousy was a bit to cliche and rocky.

[@rhymeswithwitches]

the weird little details are what makes this movie a masterpiece to me

[@NickDiRamioTV]

i agree with you, it makes it very memorable and rich

[@sholem_bond]

The details are what made it interesting and not generic, imho.

[@DeMonDog68]

Same! Those random off shoot details that don't lead anywhere kinda make this all seem more realistic and authentic lol

[@RequestAssassin]

@@NickDiRamioTV here's a little detail, I think the pay off to the drunk Barron is that he's the guy who gets his arm set on fire 🔥 because that guy barely reacts to getting lit up like the fourth if July. (Edit) If I'm wrong I apologize, most white men look the same once their hair turns the same white.

[@rebeccadodd1394]

Same! I don't know if I just don't want to admit anything bad about this movie, but the little stuff like "eat your soup" just feel so fun and natural to me that I don't care if they don't go anywhere

[@trinaq]

I actually really liked Mia's frizzy hair before the makeover, and felt that they were basically saying that you have to have straight hair to be considered "beautiful" or "presentable."

[@ToruKun1]

It's because Hollywood hates Semitic and black features, babey!

[@gingergoddess8953]

As a curly-haired teen when this movie came out who HATED their curls, this was a pretty disappointing scene for me too. The late 90s and 00s sucked for frizzheads like me becauee that was when ironed hair was in and curls were out. Also, if that frizzy hair were real, it would've poofed right back during the scene where shes out in the rain.

[@randomchica23]

Right! Like all our girl needed was some deep conditioner and gel

[@Sarah-dg6xc]

Yeah this hurt as a kid

[@LeilaleilaZ]

Super straight hair was soo in style back then. Girls were burning their hair to a crisp to achieve that flat ass look and it was the worst ☠️ thank God we grew out of that

[@rfrolicarts]

I like the rock climbing scene because it's a more interesting way to shoot a conversation than two people at a cafe or whatever, while also underscoring that Mia's not just BAD at everything (she even says in gym class that she's not totally unathletic, just doesn't have good hand eye coordination)

[@Kagomai15]

Yes exactly!

[@Eleanore.Rigbyy]

Can we talk about how a “world famous” hairstylist used a paddle brush on DRY CURLY HAIR?? And then blames HER for the brush breaking? My dude it’s not her fault that you don’t know how to work with all hair textures. That’s kind of HIS job to know.

[@Emily-kd2zv]

No it's entirely her fault for being born with hair smh. She should have rewritten her DNA.

[@LunaRanisWorld]

Lol well maybe in a lot of the world he’s famous for being incompetent and terrible

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

That was no ordinary brush but a Verticoli. Hand Made in Italy. Carved from illegal whale bone. Only 11 are made a year. Costs $12,000 or 30 million Lira. Perfectly balanced; low torque, minimal drag.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@equusquaggaquagga536 Still a brush! You don’t brush curly hair

[@shannonkilpatrick5319]

Also you think a professional would know to start brushing from the ends not the roots 🤦‍♀️

[@LittleRedWhine]

I sort of liked how much they crammed into this movie because I felt like there was more of a world - that each character had their own thing going on instead of just existing for Mia's plot.

[@mindyobusiness6257]

That actually makes so much sense, i felt this movie was incredibly « rich » and i think you made it make sense

[@DeathnoteBB]

Like how Spirited Away has that train scene. It makes the world feel real

[@ericka_akcire2193]

I agree! The little bits that went nowhere were in fact ✨ color ✨ to fill out the world. I love it!

[@graceraven3423]

Yes exactly how I feel. Mia may be the main character but the side characters are not just like NPC's, they seem more like actual people and like the world is real.

[@rachelashleyy13]

Exactly this. Not every detail of a character needs to be a plot point. Mia and her mother can enjoy rock climbing because it makes them well rounded characters. It's not unnecessary. It makes everyone feel more real and relatable. I feel like if they would have made it tie into the plot, the complaint would be about how ridiculous it is that a teenage rock climber saved Genovia by pulling some ridiculous stunt. The "loose ends" are character and world building. They give the audience more to connect to with the characters. Not everything about a character needs to be a plot point or resolved.

[@ajallen9674]

It actually does come up again. At the climax of the movie, she states that she plans on running away to Colorado, where she “can climb some real rocks”.

[@flora11y]

In the second movie she climbs down from the window and I figure that was a call back to the rock climbing too

[@TaterExplosion]

Moderately fun fact: It took me two years of living in SF until I realized I lived right across from the old firehouse that served as Mia’s house!

[@kait3863]

That's fun! Did you ever try to sneak in?

[@mollykircher3104]

That's so cool!

[@HeyItsMe1224]

Awesome! That’s how I feel about living in LA and seeing spots show up in movies. But mines more generic.

[@LovetteKourt]

You lieeee 😮

[@GenTink]

In the books Mia's neighbour is a trans woman. I'm guessing "queer-coded cis man" was the closest Disney was willing to get 🙄

[@AdorableTheNerd]

yikessss i didnt know that ://///

[@TheCoolCryptid]

Just curious but how was the representation in the book.

[@hannah.montana2194]

@@TheCoolCryptid respectful

[@CryptP]

@@hannah.montana2194 I struggle to believe that a book series starting in 2000 had respectful trans representation I'm now gonna have to reread this

[@asa.ahmed2749]

@@CryptP it is respectful. Read all the books, they’re epic, heart wrenching and will make you pull your hair out

[@HodgepodgeGlittergourd]

Please do Ella Enchanted! It’s weirdly satirical and campy and faux-political whilst being a juke box musical sort of. It’s a wild ride.

[@kamilareeder1493]

That movie is a fever dream ☝️😭👌 he'd love it.

[@TheNormExperience]

Can you imagine his face when GIANT Heidi Klum pops up on screen? 😂

[@fuzzycatbutts]

That movie destroyed the source material, blech

[@MaryLoveJane]

My name is Ella and Ella Enchanted is the only piece of media where I’m happy my name is used lmao

[@audreynelson3997]

I LOVE that movie

[@annabellehe4307]

I have barely wavy long hair and I've had professional hairstylists do the "start brushing in the middle of my hair" bullshit and be shocked the brush gets stuck. Like.... tf is wrong with them

[@Arionlappy]

I always get super angry that when she gets soaked in the rain, we wouldn't see her natural curls/frizz come back as it dries.

[@LunarEleven]

When I was a kid my hair was always extra-straight and so slick you couldn't get it to hold a French braid long enough to tie it... And a brush still would get caught when my mother started from the top or middle. Her solution was to cut it really short instead of learn how to fucking brush hair. I figured out the whole "start from the bottom" concept on my own, it should be obvious.

[@lesbiangoddess290]

@Rain Elizabeth for tho. I only know this cause I'm black and hair is literally like gold in the black community.

[@nxctem]

My old friend has thick straight hair and I have thick and curly. She was brushing her hair on the bus after gym, starting from the top to bottom and pulling hair out since it was knotted. I advised her to start from the bottom to the top because it was what I’ve done my whole life to unknot my hair and she was just pushing the knots down to make a bigger knot. She rolled her eyes and scoffed, saying that our hairs are different so my technique only works with curly hair because straight hair unknots quicker. It did unknot a bit faster, but there was so much hair on her brush and complained about having frizz from broken hairs after that.

[@myplaylists6310]

They’re lazy

[@becka3627]

honestly, as a kid growing up with thick curly hair, glasses, and bushy eyebrows, the makeover scene did -500 points of damage to my already fragile self-esteem. And the hairbrush scene! ohh my god it physically hurts. Like the amount of media that depicts people brushing through dry curly hair is just so painful.

[@samshaw2388]

Same and that hairbrush scene actually happened to me, I felt it 110% 🙈

[@Hannah-zw9ow]

Mood… I once went to a salon where the stylist actually straightened my hair, like gave me a whole ass blowout & press, on dry hair.

[@linseyspolidoro5122]

Same, minus the glasses. As a preteen/teen I had a very similar hair length and texture as her ‘before’ when the movie came out and I remember thinking, _well guess I’m never gonna be pretty, then._

[@mfitzburger5137]

Right? I honestly thought it didn't have an effect on me, but the fact that I'd iron my hair twice a day through highschool says otherwise...

[@Krista1030]

Same :(

[@erinm4381]

As someone who loves Aquamarine, I want you to do Aquamarine, but as someone who loves Aquamarine…I don’t want you to 😂 (but also please do Aquamarine)

[@509wildflower]

Omg yes! Used to watch it several times a week with my sisters because we had it on DVD 😆💙🧜‍♀️ I always thought the scene where Aquamarine moved the light from above the fish bowl was soooo neat and “mermaid-like” 😂💀

[@TheNumnutRandomness]

The eternal Nick DiRamio struggle of reviewing your fav childhood movies

[@briannacorrigan1256]

I agree. I love that movie, plus a baby Emma Roberts 🙌

[@niamhcostello4766]

I LOVED that film!!!!!!

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

Oh god, I concur. I own this movie on DVD and love it wholeheartedly and would love a breakdown....and would hate a breakdown LOL

[@thekneesbee]

Thank you so much for calling out that curly hair hate! I swear in the 90s and 00s EVERY time they wanted to make a character look nerdy they gave her thick curly hair and straightened it for her makeover. Nonsense! This kinda stuff is why I fried my hair with a straighten my whole childhood :')

[@HeyItsMe1224]

Same

[@studiostyx7075]

Ugh I've envied curly hair ALL my life thanks to mermaids, Nicole Kidman, and costume-era films where all the women have epic heads of hair. I've always hated the curly-to-straight glow up trope.

[@HeyItsMe1224]

I was already at 12 highly insecure abojt my frizzy curly hair and bushy eyebrows, and my mom wouldn’t let me do anything about either. Watching this made it so much worse, but I also made her watch it so she could understand.

[@oooh19]

@@HeyItsMe1224nothing like unkempt brows but just tweezing a little makes a huge difference not overdoing it

[@HeyItsMe1224]

@@oooh19 tell that to my immigrant mother at the time.

[@MellowJelly]

Lol the "this girl is ugly because she has curly hair, glasses and dark defined eyebrows" trope and wow i didn't even connect the textured hair and colorism issue to that but YEP there it is!

[@hermionehp1100]

I’ve read that Anne Hathaway really slipped and fell in that scene on the rainy bleachers. They kept it in since it fits with Mia’s character.

[@Shmaples]

you can honestly tell how genuine her reaction is and how awkward and real the fall looks.

[@bobthathead3]

Yes! I love that they kept it. It really shows the genuine quirks about Mia. Also she apparently fell out of her chair at the audition and that’s when they knew she was perfect for the role.

[@myplaylists6310]

Same!

[@beautyandtheoffbeats]

I wonder it felt so real, I always feel that fall.

[@gypsywoman9140]

@@bobthathead3 I remember hearing about the slip on the commentary, but Anne claimed she got the role because the directors daughter? Grand-daughter? I forget which, but she liked Anne's hair. Said it looked like princess hair. So she got the role.

[@alenyaus]

When I was a kid I actually thought pre-makeover Mia and post-makeover Mia were played by different people. I have no idea what was wrong with my facial recognition skills.

[@blairstuka]

Hahahaha same!!!

[@FrogsForBreakfast]

TBF she leaves her mouth open a lot pre-makeover. Maybe part of her make-over was getting decent allergy meds.

[@SmartStart24]

I did too lmao!

[@gothboithick]

some people just don’t have those facial recognition abilities lol it’s fairly common among autistic people

[@kelly1802]

The duality of Anne

[@TaDetTillStjarnorna]

okay but can we PLEASE talk about how the actress who plays the Baroness is Valak from the Conjuring franchise??? every time i see her as that demon nun i'm like "is this because you never became queen of genovia" 😂

[@makadray]

Haha my friends and I made the exact same joke upon watching The Nun last year.

[@joypomeroy1452]

Omg that's hilarious. Underrated comment.

[@TBlack-dz5bo]

Wow, cool little trivia nugget, thanks!

[@christinathomas1417]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@AlexaBellaMuerte]

THATS CRAZY haha

[@mars.x]

Also, the drunk dude does pay off - that’s why he doesn’t notice his arm is on fire. He’s drunk already

[@MeganCachiotti]

This

[@therealMrA]

It still could've been handled with more finesse. Have several empty glasses on the table during the fire scene instead of a whole separate scene spelling out how drunk he is, for instance

[@chloeflechsing3296]

fun fact: the police officer who julie andrews "knights" was an actor and singer at my church growing up. His name is Terry and he was always a super sweet man in the different theater things we did together.

[@509wildflower]

I recently rewatched “Ice Princess” starring Michelle Trachtenberg! It had weak conflicts and of course fat shaming/ED-related dialogue to add to the classic 2000’s script writing 💀 Would be great to hear your commentary on it Nick!

[@samestory4902]

Yes!!!

[@breakfastatdds670]

Agreed!!

[@breakfastatdds670]

Agreed!!

[@JuliSolGarcia]

I loved that movie SO much!

[@xoxoPinkVoltage]

YESSS!!!!

[@elleblythe8355]

I actually don’t mind the “pointless” details lol i really can’t explain why tho😭 something about them makes the movie feel more real? Like I also talk about soup and it has nothing to do with the fact that I’m a princess. But I also get why that can get annoying when watching a movie lol I guess that might be more to preference ?

[@MP-kw8nd]

probably. its like when NPCs have plots where you can make fanfics about something completely irrelevant. Oh you like soup? Wow its amazing you fell in love at a resturaunt that sells the same said soup?!?!? uwu *types agressively for AO3*

[@stefw46]

yeah I agree, for some reason i don't like when every single detail in a movie is strictly related to the plot in some way

[@wmdkitty]

I love it when a creator includes that much detail, too. Not only does it make it feel more real, but it makes it relatable.

[@sonicthehedgegod]

it’s really the twin peaks of disney teen princess movies

[@Mel__21]

I loved it all too!! The soup thing wasn’t pointless it was saying that she simply lost her appetite over so much stress only being 15. The soup thing can even be a reminder how she’s just a kid. or maybe I’m reading to much into it. 😂

[@Swan5656]

I always thought Lilly was such a horrible friend. She be jelly she didnt get a makeover.

[@NickDiRamioTV]

yeah acting all agressive!

[@jilliansmaniotto2326]

she sucks so much

[@Karin-fj3eu]

I feel like that I never even noticed that says a lot about me and my old childhood best friend..

[@PumpkinMozie]

I think her jealousy makes her a more realistic character. It’s hard to be supportive when you’re still immature and your friend is being treated all special and you’re insecure she might leave you behind. Even though she treated Mia badly I don’t think that overall makes her a bad person. Just immature. And she absolutely has redeeming moments throughout the film.

[@erinlefevers7302]

Lol Nick. When Joe says "You've been wearing black too long", he's talking about her being a widower

[@Singingtater24]

Widow*

[@florescent93]

"break a window so they're too scared to have sex" I DIED. Never stop what you do.

[@regansmith7786]

Can we all agree, those of us that read the book or saw the movie, that Lily is AWFUL. Who needs enemies when you have a whiny, loudmouth frenemy like her? It seemed like nothing Mia ever did was good enough, and anytime she tried to better herself, Lily would get insecure and kick her right on down.

[@rosemali3022]

I've had that friend. She was the WORST. And yet, I still miss her.

[@Karin-fj3eu]

@@rosemali3022 mood... I was just about to say oh I never even realized that about lily but knowing now how my childhood best friend really was that makes sense I guess rip

[@rosemali3022]

@@Karin-fj3eu ❤

[@rosemali3022]

@@Karin-fj3eu ❤

[@kiaramiren]

Righttttt Tina Hakim Baba was a better friend

[@manuelramirez4067]

I love Joe and how he genuinely cares for Mia. I'm surprised that others dislike his character.

[@melfree2545]

I know, I love Joe.

[@katieanna7587]

I love him so much. Always thought he was 🔥 too, hahaha

[@allisagrant375]

I love him too!

[@gigiwwdreamer]

Yeah he was my fave part of the movie!

[@christalcavanaugh]

Rewatching this movie a few years ago, I was surprised to see Ed from Last Man Standing lol

[@theakoss]

NOT 47 MINUTES OF NICK HATING ON MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MOVIE im so excited to watch

[@NickDiRamioTV]

lolll such sweet sorrow

[@crollo321]

The connection for rock climbing: how she doesn't die falling down every day in her house 😂

[@therealMrA]

Brilliant 😂

[@kieranwhippy4137]

She trains to survive unlike her "deceased siblings"

[@Anasteroiddestroyer]

I never realised that the newscaster doxed Mia by telling everyone the street and house she lives on. Integrity journalism right there.

[@LittleRedWhine]

I think Joe was referring to Clarice's husband when he said she has been wearing black for too long but then the reporter said her husband has been dead for a year and like - that isn't very long either!

[@olhydra]

That’s definitely what Joe was referring to, but I never caught the reporter detail! I always assumed it had been a few years at least.

[@ericka_akcire2193]

I wonder if in the books it was more explicit that Clarice and her husband had a mostly platonically loving relationship? I remember in the sequel Clarice talks to Mia about how they had an arranged marriage but were able to grow to love one another. Maybe in the books, it was more of an unspoken secret that affairs were common behind closed doors - which is not uncommon for the royalty trope.

[@rosemali3022]

It's still a long time to dress in mourning for the modern age. The last time I can remember that a year was customary was the Victorian age.

[@aleeson887]

@@rosemali3022 I would have thought so too, it sounds so out of date, but it depends on the culture. My coworker is from Greece and she’s been wearing black for a year because her brother passed. She said his wife will wear black for the rest of her life and they always joke with younger ladies wearing black to wear colors while they can 😳 That said, I def missed the reporter’s comment, I figured it had been years! Let the woman breathe, Joe!

[@christalcavanaugh]

@@aleeson887 all respect to that culture, but if I wasn’t allowed to wear any colors after my spouse died, I literally just wouldn’t get married lol

[@carmamuxlot3092]

Having curly hair, movies like this made me so insecure when I was younger....Truth is, curly hair is SEXY!!!

[@gothboithick]

Mia’s like 16. could just say curly hair is beautiful or gorgeous

[@tylerpounds8285]

This entire review is Sandra Oh erasure.

[@joyfulgirl40018]

Hahahaha YES

[@brightonhenderson6440]

I’m still mad he didn’t mention her! She was the real queen of the movie

[@narniaxisxhome]

I was looking for the comment! Especially after the clip where she gives Clarissa the coffee and then is rude to the mom, I was like, “he’s still not gonna say anything about Queen Sandra Oh and how fantastic she is even in this role? What?” Lol

[@emmadarcy8327]

Nick interacting with his plants is my favourite thing ever

[@ZarahTaylor08]

you should review the 2004 A Cinderella Story with Hillary Duff!! it’s my childhood favourite film and i rewatched it a few months ago and it was weird as fuck LOL

[@imjustanasshlesometimes3488]

Jaime French just did a breakdown on that. She's also hilarious.

[@kait3863]

Yes, and that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen film, Holiday in the Sun. A treasure.

[@09yulstube]

Yessss

[@MaraJadeSkky]

@@kait3863 Nick has reviewed both! Yay

[@kait3863]

@@MaraJadeSkky Yes, I saw! So good

[@AbbzJordan]

I never realized Lilly was a crappy friend until I was an adult.

[@ckilbarger01]

I didn't think she was a great friend but I definitely didn't realize just how bad she was.

[@ReadObituaries]

I never liked her but I couldn’t explain why... watching it now? I could write a thesis on it

[@LarrietDarling]

Omg. I can't believe you did Michael like that. He wasn't the popular band guy--he was the keyboard player in the band with the "so hot" lead singer. I think probably to show that he was also kind of invisible to people, so that might be why he and Mia got along so well. And he had M&Ms all over his keyboard as he was playing. And Mia sent the M&Ms on the pizza to not only say sorry but to show that he wasn't invisible to her. And he's Lily's brother, not friend. lol I love you 5ever. You crack me up so much.

[@PumpkinMozie]

Yes!! The girls in the band scene are fawning over the singer/guitarist, not Michael. And yeah the M&Ms are a very subtle theme between Michael and Mia (maybe because their initials together are M and M?) throughout the whole movie. When they are planning to hang out (before Mia blows him off) there’s a scene of them walking to school and talking about it, and they mention that they will order pizza with M&Ms on top.

[@christalcavanaugh]

Aww it’s been so long since I’ve watched this movie but I saw that guy and immediately remembered loving him

[@therealMrA]

I really related to Micheal for his hidden talents, social awkwardness, and hopeful crush on Annie Hathaway

[@zeapear]

Heads up, I’m pretty sure Joe’s lines around “you’ve been wearing black for too long” are about Clarice’s husband presumably being dead, not about her son’s death. I personally love Joe and Clarice’s relationship, but I respect the vibes Nick. EDIT: lmao her husband Rupert died the previous year also, so actually yeah Joe it’s a bit soon

[@hannonbaggin1649]

He's been waiting longer i bet x)

[@melfree2545]

I mean, I’m not sure how old Clarice is supposed to be but 1.) it’s not uncommon for older people to remarry fairly quickly after a spouse passes away and 2.) we do find out in the second movie that their marriage was arranged. Clarice says they were best friends, but they certainly didn’t make it sound like there was much romantic love involved.

[@cnhertzog]

Since you enjoy Mandy Moore as an antagonist, I’d love to see you review “Saved!” from back in the day. There are some semi-problematic storylines, but the movie itself felt before its time. And Mandy Moore gets to showcase her evil side!

[@dazanii]

This! ‘Saved!’ was my favorite mean girl Mandy

[@MaraJadeSkky]

I just searched to see if he had reviewed Saved yet. Dang it!

[@gracehaven5459]

I love that movie lmao

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

"I am FILLED with Christ's love!" >throws Bible

[@colleen_dallas]

@@caffeinatedkatie4696 “this. Is not. A weapon!”

[@k8tallison250]

I thought she was wearing black because of her husband, not her son. Which makes more sense for Joe to say she's mourned long enough.... Telling her it's ok to finally move on and be happy

[@skinni_the_P00hBear]

"No one can make you feel inferior, without your consent." See, that's why I freaking love Joe. Even I needed to hear that💛😭

[@rabbit__]

I genuinely have used that quote throughout my teen years.

[@propogandalf]

@@rabbit__ Pretty sure that's an Eleanor Roosevelt quote

[@caffeinatedkatie4696]

@@propogandalf lol it is

[@blugreen123]

That quote always pissed me off? It reeks of victim blaming. 🙄

[@smelshi]

I want to see you do life size with Lindsay Lohan and tyra banks. Also, speaking of Lindsay Lohan, Parent trap and freaky friday too. Oh and that spy one... Get a Clue!

[@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops]

Nooo he would drag Get A Clue and I just can't handle that.

[@lunalluna9401]

and Just My Luck !

[@jengreeeen]

Yessssssss

[@mimistardust3915]

Life Size was my whole childhood 😭🤧

[@mimistardust3915]

Life Size was my whole childhood 😭🤧

[@joshuamcdowell9745]

The late great Whitney Houston was an executive producer on this movie.

[@ambriaashley3383]

@@momsings5062 yes, really. 🤣

[@LadyBravefalcon]

Well no wonder it's so iconic.

[@laticacameron9612]

"But where there is smoke, there is the smell of smoke. And sometimes, Smokey the Bear. However, and also now back to you in the stoudiyou." is now my favorite quote

[@SianLondon]

"Tell me you have no Black clients without telling me you have no Black clients" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 This is both FACTS and hilarious!!!

[@zomgkb]

It's a shame movies like this act like curly hair with no product is "ugly". I'm a black girl with very thick hair and I always feel for white girl with any kind of textured hair because it seems rare that anyone teaches them how to care for curly hair and they just straighten it and fry it

[@Maybeyoucantoo]

Exactly!!!!

[@tjones3393]

And burn our heads with blow dryers and smack us over the head with those round brushes. Ugh childhood was hell.

[@EvieStevie-Ahgase]

Im really white and I only started taking of my curls last year and I'm 19 😭 This movie really took a hit on me and I would always brush my hair and look like a lion when I walked around, and for a long time I was conceived I had poofy straight hair.

[@christalcavanaugh]

My cousin has super frizzy hair, the only one in my entire, even extended, family and no one had any idea what to do with it. I feel so bad for her that she’s struggled with it her entire life :(

[@ShugaDaddy117]

This is it. This is the comment.

[@erinflanagan2382]

“Genova is a ruthless dictatorship” made me laugh so hard

[@winksmilelaugh1]

I'm so glad I didnt see this movie until I was an adult, I HATED my curls so much enough without seeing her awesome frizzy hair "made-over"! Anyone elses hair still recovering from early 2000s, curly hair hate, flat iron damage? ☹

[@XuiLeeEv]

It was so confusing as a kid to see these women in tv whose frizzy wavy hair magically turned into naturally straight hair, I never realized that the actor's hair was straight and they made it wavy and frizzy just got tv to change it back, like a "fat suit'

[@wildzenstar]

YES. I hate even looking at flat irons now lol. I still think of how dry (but also greasy??) they made my hair feel.

[@secretlybees]

sometimes, i mourn for the curly hair i could have had. i started losing my hair in my late teens, and look back as an adult wishing i hadn't wasted all my time straightening it and knew proper curly hair care

[@natashah3687]

Ah yes, high school in 99/00, I had straight hair and I flat ironed it daily. With my TGIF flat iron.

[@intuitive_duck]

Yes!! I used to straighten my hair every single day. The occasions I didn't I had one teacher in particular tell me every time, "I love your hair like that!"

[@mindyobusiness6257]

Michael has a crush on Mia not the other way around at first, she likes the mean dumb blond guy

[@therealMrA]

Yeah I'm not sure why Nick jumbled the character relations so badly in this video. The girls sitting in band practice were also talking about the lead guitarist in that band (obviously based on their dialogue), not Michael, who played the keyboard and was out of the way. They missed other details in this video as well so this made me realize Nick will often run with conclusions. No one's perfect though. Maybe they were rushed when they made this video ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Kagomai15]

I don't feel like these details being unnecessary is inherently a bad thing. I always viewed them rock climbing to just be that, like this is a normal part of their lives, and it's just more *interesting* for this conversation to just casually take place while rock climbing than like, walking down a street or even more typical, just chatting at home. It just adds flavour!

[@valpardo6405]

The reason why this movie has wierd moments is because they took book series written by Meg Cabot went that's cute nad threw in the fire it take place in new York first.. Her dad is very much alive he's the one that tells her that she a princess because he got testicular cancer and that's why he can't have any more kid's. Her grandmother is like the French version of yzma who smokes and has a rat dog. I could go on for ages about this movie vs. the book.

[@regansmith7786]

The Grandmother in the book was a trip! Also, now that you put Yzma, I can't get it out of my head! I always thought of her as looking a bit like Pennywise due to her high drawn and thin eyebrows. But, my goodness Disney did what they do best, disneyfied the whole thing. They definitely weren't gonna highlight the scene where the grandma tells Mia to have sex with her boyfriend or her constant drinking. However, they definitely didn't hold back on how awful Lily was. I hated her in the movie and I still hate her in the books.

[@bethanyvarre9142]

Also, all of Mia's friends, how she makes up with Lana, her break away with Lilly, her love for seasame noodles!

[@lysblack]

you are so right, ngl i hate how the movie isn't even in new york, the city was pretty much a character itself in the books! and omfg you made a perfect description of grandmère.

[@victoriashevlin8587]

"Pull the lever, Kronk! Wrong Levaaahhhhrrrr!!"

[@shaxophile]

Grandmère as Yuma is the perfect description. I can’t hate on them changing it for Dame Julie because she’s a goddess, but what I’d give for an accurate adaptation!

[@RecklessRainbow77]

"Full on big comfy couch drag" i fell over and did the clock thing then died.😆💀💕

[@ckilbarger01]

🤣

[@alliethegiraffe]

I'm dying!!! 😭😭

[@samestory4902]

Omg! How are we not all talking about Julie Andrews and how f*ing good she looks!? Did she just stop aging at “The Sound of Music” because she looks amazing.

[@spoiledmilk8888]

She is amazing and beautiful 😍

[@ambriaashley3383]

*Amazing* skin. She has been gorgeous for decades, it almost upsets me lol

[@cosmosadorabilis7677]

No, lol she looks her age

[@jackieelizabeth8614]

Idk about not aging. But she's aged so gracefully, she's incredibly beautiful even now at 80 years old. She's goals

[@cheneethompson5756]

She'll be 88 this year! And still looks amazing!

[@erinbirdyy]

Re: the soup - I don’t think literally everything mentioned has to tie into something, but Mom reminding her about the soup is a mom doing a mothering thing, which she doesn’t do much of throughout the movie. It’s like they’re sliding in and saying “hey she could go be a princess but she’s got a life here and a mom who cares for her so of course it’s going to take some time for her to adjust to”

[@liv97497]

Anne Hathaway had her 18th birthday on set, if I remember the DVD extras correctly🤔 this was her first movie! I think that's part of the reason why she's so believable as Mia.

[@GGinaX]

PLEASE tell me you'll get round to doing the Mary Kate and Ashley films?! I have to constantly remind myself that 'Billboard Dad' wasn't a childhood fever dream

[@16taysia]

It wasn't, I still like that movie too! 😂

[@yolandaalvarado5759]

I want Nick to do New York Minute!!

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I'd love Nick to check out "Double Trouble", I think it's called? The made-for-tv Halloween one. It's surprisingly really poignant - the girls make a point of being annoyed that they're treated as basically one entity, one character is a man with dwarfism and he talks pretty frankly about being treated poorly because of it. Also Cloris Leachman plays an evil witch, but it's surprising that a made-for-tv Mary-Kate and Ashley movie from like 1995 talks about social issues so frankly. And that a movie starring girls who are famous for being twins includes them being annoyed about being treated like they're one person, they have to share everything and have the same interests. It'd be cool if Nick could check it out among the numerous other Olsen twins movies.

[@16taysia]

@@FrenkTheJoy I LOVE THAT MOVIE!! I watch it every year in October or sometimes I can't wait and watch it in September lol 😂

[@jengreeeen]

Yessss this!!!!

[@AD-ov5rt]

That infertility joke 100% flew over my head as a kid, but DAMN that's petty.

[@kinhahazevedoh]

Could you PLEASE explain to me?

[@Me-mb1ex]

@@kinhahazevedoh Word play on baron/barren. Basically saying may they always be unable to have children.

[@kinhahazevedoh]

Thank you, guys!

[@kinhahazevedoh]

This joke was lost when they translated the movie. I didn't know the word "barren" so I assumed it was a weird plural to "baron" (English is obviously not my first language)

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@Me-mb1ex I think you got it

[@alexmacgregor9631]

Why is it always a plot point in shows and movies that someone isn't passing gym class? Did no one else just points for showing up and participating?

[@Neon_NerdVRC]

In my gym class, when i was still in high school, we would only fail if we didn’t change into gym clothes.

[@16taysia]

That is the ONLY reason I passed HS PE! 😂

[@leahdavis9434]

My high school gym had homework and a final exam xD so yeah I barely passed

[@malena6539]

I failed and had to run around the campus three times one week as an exam just bc I didn't show up enough the whole year. so yes, people fail gym class irl 😭

[@timmy841212]

@@Neon_NerdVRC All we had to do was show up! 😂

[@coffe4meplz]

I loved this movie as a kid but it did make me feel really negatively about my curls. It didn't help that I was also getting bullied at school for having "frizzy hair" among other things.

[@jeffreywilliams8499]

I like the first Princess Diaries then the second one. Anne Hathaway herself confirmed that The Princess Diaries 3 movie however. Disney has not confirmed if The Princess Diaries 3 movie is actually happening or not; I hope it does

[@ПростоКошка-д3л]

“You can’t just ignore the soup” It’d be weird if they made it a whole thing, her mom is literally offering her dinner and she’s turning it down because she’s a spicy teenager

[@bekleedee]

I'm not sure about Mia but I could go for some soup right about now

[@Kagomai15]

Yeah like, the point isn't the soup the point is her mom being a mom and Mia being an upset teenager. The rest is just dressing.

[@naomic4009]

Aside from HSM this is the only clip breakdown where I watched the film hundreds of times as a kid (because we had it on VHS) and I'm scared

[@ontxtteredwxngs]

do you remember the video for miracles happen? XD it was one of my favorite parts of having the tape

[@jenniferlofton73]

I freaking screamed at work when Nick said "don't cancel me I'm a baby". I just can't. Love ya!

[@Spiralobsession]

It's funny to me that the book was originally mainly going to be about a girl whose mom starts dating her teacher because that was the author's own experience as a teenager. And then in the movie it's just a weird detail :D.

[@dustydo8048]

I assumed the rock climbing was a part of the “I’m not like the other girls” trope? “The quirky girl” even.

[@Arionlappy]

Probably. Or maybe just to say to the young kids watching that just because she wasn't conventionally cool doesn't mean she didn't have hobbies or skills and things. Not good at soccer or baseball? There are other sports. Ya know, "not like other girls" but inspiration to the weird ones? Idk.

[@mariahg6146]

I thought it made sense as a hobby since the first scene is both of them climbing/sliding(lol) from very high heights. Something so many are fearful of but she wasn’t- contrast to her timid, socially anxious personality.

[@lesbiangoddess290]

But I like rock climbing...

[@meganhofer7979]

I took it as a detail to show that she has a job, earns her own money.

[@oooh19]

I’ve gone rock climbing with my Girl Scout troop and my summer camp

[@alienatedlibrarian5017]

Fun fact, the classic foot pop is a relic of the Hayes code, which required that nobody ever get fully in bed together. So they would kiss, her foot would pop, we fade to black or pan to a lighthouse or whatever, but she always keeps one foot on the ground.

[@oooh19]

That’s weird lol

[@Didi-ic1wh]

Do Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging next please, Nick?

[@jilliansmaniotto2326]

omg yes plz

[@lindsey9958]

YES YES YES

[@AM09286]

YESSSS

[@shreyadubey5467]

YES PLEASE

[@TheLalalalani]

Omg yes

[@DeMonDog68]

I still can't get over how dirty this movie does Jeremiah. That dude is funny, cute, and his hair looks amazing!

[@twiggledowntown3564]

Yes! We stan Jeremiah over here!

[@katwebbxo]

Ikr I always thought he seemed so nice and cute.

[@nitara38]

Speaking about mean girl Mandy could we see a review of "saved!" ?

[@bethanyvarre9142]

Yes!

[@RecklessRainbow77]

Omg yes please

[@briannacorrigan1256]

Completely agree!! I just saw this movie for the first time last year and thought it was super funny.

[@zoinks2607]

When Nick makes weird theater kid jokes like that Checkov's soup pun, I cannot smash the like button enough. This is the kind of quality we keep coming back for.

[@Sidneycozzoi]

I’m here for exactly this.

[@charizardlol]

Please cover the movie My Date With The President’s Daughter lol 😌

[@CriketLovesChickens]

This movie was a MESS and I am HERE to see a clip breakdown about it🌻

[@grumzley]

Yes please

[@Nana_9150]

Yesss! I totally forgot about this one. Now the theme song will be stuck in my head 😆

[@zelzelzelzel]

i personally love it when movies add in a bunch of details/random scenes, but only if they tell you something about the character (which I think all the extra scenes in this movie do).

[@SkwithOv]

she was running away to colorado for rock climbing.... that brought back the rock climbing thing AND said where she was going

[@bryh555]

I liked that this was a glow up transformation movie that WASNT for a guy. Like Grease and She’s All That I never cared for but when they revealed transformed Mia Thermapolos’s glow up from behind her two photos I was like “yas queen werk, go rule that country looking like a gorgeous doe eyed forest fairy” yes I know there is a guy in the movie but he likes her even before her transformation it seems like so the transformation doesn’t feel like it’s for him

[@mcwjes]

This is a really good point!

[@Dumpknoedel]

My fav part if the sequel is when she's like "btw, that love interest from the first moment? Yeah, forget him lol"

[@PumpkinMozie]

Yeeess Michael loved her even before she was “pretty.” I love the line at the end when he says “why me?” And she answers “because you saw me when I was invisible.” It’s so sweet 🥺❤️

[@hannahcarolan2521]

Ok Nick onto “Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement” thank you 😘

[@nb8817]

Literally everyone in this movie has completely flawless skin. Mia doesn’t even have a single pimple before or after the “transformation”, even though the plot is low key saying that she was ugly before (she wasn’t but that’s a different issue). I don’t know why but this just made me anxious the more I noticed it throughout the review 🙃 Where are your pores sis? Where are they!?! 😅

[@gothboithick]

why does a lack of zits contradict the idea that she’s ugly? usually people are called ugly because of their specific facial features, & maybe their expressions or hair. i’ve known hot people who have pimples and otherwise “flawed” skin.

[@emusaurus]

I didn't have any pimples either at 15...

[@ArtsyHumanbean]

I’m glad I’m not the only person who made Matilda their whole persona.

[@Maybeyoucantoo]

Me too 😂😂

[@matildabrown6387]

Same but also bc my name is Matilda and i was a ‘gifted’ child

[@adeledazeemirl]

When Joe says "you've been wearing black for too long" I always had this head-canon that she had been wearing black since her husband died because that's a Genovian custom or something but then I'm pretty sure she stops wearing black after this scene so NOPE.

[@bethanyvarre9142]

I think that was intentional!

[@ReadObituaries]

It wasn’t just head cannon lol

[@509wildflower]

Any time I rewatch an early 2000’s movie there are so many scenes I cringe at and think “what would Nick say?” 😂

[@hecateasteriaasmr]

Same 😭 I’ve become super critical about movies since watching him 🤣

[@nb8817]

“Very fun to have at parties, with a very tragic backstory.” Somehow Nick always says things that make me feel both called out and seen at the same time. Like how can I obtain this power?

[@homeiswonderland]

I love Joe. I never thought of his comments as homophobic though. I just thought it was deadpan lightheartedness. Love how protective he is in the sequel.

[@Kagomai15]

Honesty yes, he was just trying to relate to her with some deadpan humour. Edit: They're homophobic *microaggressions* to someone I am not, and I forget that my experience is not everyone else's. If a queer person is saying what he was saying felt homophobic to them, then it probably was homophobic. I'm sorry I never saw the harm potential in Joe's sense of humour. But I've learned something!

[@Jojo13Lorin]

I feel like they should had her get a curly girl method makeover in the sequel ❤️

[@cloclo5290]

Right! Sis just needs some leave in conditioner and curling cream 🤣

[@deannapokora2959]

Yeah, but if they weren’t sure a sequel was going to be filmed, I’m glad they put it in the first, so iconic

[@forthefrogs]

her character was so relatable to me, especially in the books! panicked, single mom, frizzy hair, tall, no boobs, and loves fall out boy and cats. that's the rep i always needed!!!!!

[@bethanyvarre9142]

We need Tina Hakim Baba!

[@lysblack]

yes! the combat boots, the short hair, being bad in algebra, being addicted to pop culture. she was so relatable to me as a teen.

[@fatbratphoebe9725]

I remember fast forwarding the movie to the end so I could watch the “Miracles Happen” music video 58 times in a row 😭😭😭😭

[@shaxophile]

When you BELIEEEEEEEVE ✨ miracles happen! ✨

[@fatbratphoebe9725]

@@mariayoutubing certified banger

[@brokengirlsrus]

Ugh thank you for calling out the ridiculous beauty standards. I have thick black eyebrows and distinctly remember being embarrass about them when I saw this movie. My mom dragged me into the salon to wax them every week when I was a kid and I was so embarrass whenever they started growing out. Now I let them grow because why not. They're part of my body and they don't need to be changed.

[@jax422]

The drunk guy and the arm on fire guy were the same person. I think that’s why they showed him drunk to explain why he didn’t freak out over the fire.

[@piagebot2943]

I remember when I was in middle school somebody told me I looked like Mia before the makeover but idk if that was supposed to be an insult or not. Like they used an insulting tone but they also compared me Anne Hathaway? Like thank you?

[@Luisa-mu9yw]

"when she saw the costume assistant's corgi one day, she took it into the dressing room and smothered it" 😂

[@dahwitzz]

Can you react to the movie "The Last Airbender", the 2010 M. Night Shyamalan film adaptation of the animated show "Avatar the Last Airbender". It's hated by all the fans of the original show but also, even if you don't know the show, it may be one of the worst movies ever. Like every rule of film making, writing, etc. is broken lmaooo. I would love to hear your breakdown of it haha. If anyone else agrees please like so maybe he'll see this lol !

[@trashkumaneko4539]

Do you want to kill him XD

[@jax.penn7]

Why would you want to put this beautiful person though that??? They’ve seen enough. They don’t need to know the horrors 😂

[@zombiegaby]

There is no avatar the last airbender movie.

[@509wildflower]

I agree with this notion as much as I disagree with it 😂 The whole movie was a garbage fire 😩 I don’t think it’d be worth covering because everyone knows how awful it was - and it wasn’t iconic whatsoever. (If anything, iconically bad)

[@loen1z]

i feel like critiquing that movie is too easy, it's not like most of these disney/nostalgic movies where you realize when u get older how silly/nonsensical they were it's just straight up bad and borderline offensive. shout out to dev patel though he had the talent to do a character like zuko right if had been made by someone who deserved to make it imo

[@Shmaples]

Soundtrack for this movie was BUSSSSSINNNNN back in the day. When I was young I used to listen to it ON REPEAT and I still jam out to every single one of those songs to this day.

[@Shinell111]

i HATED her grandma in the books, she was the complete opposite of julie andrew's portrayal

[@PumpkinMozie]

Yeees honestly the books and the movies feel like completely different stories to me. The skeleton is the same but everything else has been changed and the grandma’s personality is one of the biggest changes. She was downright evil in the books!!

[@LadyBravefalcon]

YES. Let's be very clear here: Julie Andrews WAS NOT playing "Grandmere." Movie Clarisse is a distinctly different entity, and that's good! Both versions are iconic. (Now, if they ever remade this movie and wanted to be true to Grandmere, my vote is for Jane Lynch.)

[@shannernanner]

@@LadyBravefalcon Jane Lynch is very funny, but if you’re going for accuracy, Clarisse was very short.

[@karilynn9711]

At a meet and greet, Meg Cabot said she would have agreed to anything to have Julie Andrews in the movie.

[@gavygray949]

@@karilynn9711 I would too.

[@appeasing]

If you love Mandy Moore as the mean girl, have you seen Saved?!

[@alisaurus4224]

I am FILLED with Christ’s LOVE!!

[@brockbuster]

I crashed my van into Jesus!

[@aivlysplath]

I'm saving myself until marriage and I'll use force if necessary.

[@indiat.7242]

Ahh Hilary Faye🤣🤣🤣😂

[@tsuyayaka1]

Saved is wild!

[@LeilaleilaZ]

When Joe tells Clarisse she's been wearing black for too long I guess he was referencing her dead husband (King Rupert) who had to have been dead for much longer than her son by then. But I might be wrong idk

[@NickDiRamioTV]

that makes sense!

[@LeilaleilaZ]

@@NickDiRamioTV yeah either way he was just trying to get some after a long time it seems 😂😂

[@LittleRedWhine]

Yes, I came to comment the same but then the reporter indicates her husband (King Rupert) died "last year"! Kind of early to swoop in, Joe!

[@lillyives9002]

@@LittleRedWhine I don't know if it's actually true but I always had it in my head that Joe and Clarisse had a flirty thing going on before she married her husband, because he's not royalty and even though she did love her husband, she always had a thing for Joe and once her husband died he was like her comfort and best friend and flirty guy. Ya know? I'm not sure if my brain just made that up when I was little tho so don't quote me or anything lol

[@breakfastatdds670]

@@lillyives9002 no, you didn’t make that up, they go more into it in the sequel. Clarisse and Rupert had an arranged marriage, but it is well thought in the fandom that Joe and Clarisse possibly were a thing before the marriage

[@MarieInnes]

CHEKHOV’S SOUP 😂 Hilarious, made me chuckle out loud.

[@thefaceofinsecurity]

“Good one, girl, that’ll make your parents stop fighting at night” SIS I- 💀

[@KatesAdventures]

Unpopular opinion, I can completely understand where you're coming from with the pointless details (and some of these I agree are really pointless), but some of the pointless details are things I really like about Garry Marshall's work. Focussing on the background details and adding in parts of the scene that don't add much to the main story gives me the feeling that while we're following the main character, they're not the only person who's interesting in the universe and the other people in the scene also have conflicts and passions etc. In one of his movies somebody breaks a glass and I found myself thinking "who's gonna clean that up?" because it's so annoying to me when characters do stuff like run off to save the day and leave all their stuff behind, not caring that they've left their bag, phone, jacket etc. At the beginning of the next scene a character cleared it up and it was so satisfying to see an ending to such a menial detail.