iTunes Exclusive Episode Bravetown

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The following is a sooner orgator production.
The following is a sooner orgator production.
As iTunes exclusive number one hundred, we have reached triple digits, kids.
Welcome.
My name is Rob and I am the executive producer of the Clubhouse podcast, and I've spent
much share of time in small towns in America.
And I was a DJ for 21 years, close to karaoke for 16.
But enough about my resume, let's get into this thing.
I very rarely do these by myself, and this is not one of those times either.
Joining me across the desk is the official fact checker of this show, and a man that
knows a little bit is something about them.
About the, I guess you could call it, we'll just call it a big sky country.
You may know him as fun, don, go, but his mom and even don Ford, I'm going to call him
Don Ford, welcome sir.
Yeah, considering I graduate from Montana State, big sky country, oh yeah, I know a few things.
Good stakes.
Good stakes, boys.
But we say 100.
100 times.
100 times.
It's amazing.
Yeah.
It's just kidding.
We are, we are truly blessed to be able to do these for our audience.
Yeah.
Incredible.
Whatever we do at iTunes is exclusive, it's usually to review something and today is
no different.
Today, we are, we are critiquing a film that's going to be a very limited release, at
least for the first little while.
But on demand, though, too.
Oh, it will be a little bond demand.
First off, start with again, you know, this is number 100, and you know, there's one
thing I like to say every once in a while, which would say in a couple times lately, we got
a new friend of the show.
We do indeed.
Versailles.
We got to think Ashden and everybody at Merock for letting the screen this thing.
Absolutely.
For adding us to our press list and everything like that, and we're looking forward to
a very long relationship.
And quality quality people are really good.
Yeah.
She's a very nice lady who we met through, but in the past, but we got to think we're
getting for adding us and letting the screen this thing.
So.
This film is called Brave Town.
First time director for Ducer, Daniel Duran.
And this is the only thing on his resume.
He's a really spanking new to the game.
Maria Bello, Josh Duamel, Laura Dern, Lucas Till, Tom Everett Scott, a lot of people in
this thing.
And here's the bit.
Lucas Till plays Josh Harvest.
He's a high school kid who DJs in the clubs, you know, New York City in New York City.
One of the hottest DJs or young DJs around, gets himself into a little bit of trouble.
And in doing so, he gets sent away from his mother, played by Maria Bello, who's barely
making ends meet.
Yeah, there's not a mother in a year, sends him to North Dakota to live with his father,
played by Josh.
No, I'm sorry.
Played by Tom Everett Scott.
And as part of this court order, he has to go to required counseling and his counselor
Alex is played by Josh Duamel.
I'm going to say just up front, there's a lot of things going on over there.
Yes, there is.
There's a lot of things going on in this film, but the weird thing is, if you get to go
the bathroom, it's not like you'd really miss anything.
Yeah.
It's kind of one of those weird things.
I also want to say up front in this review, we are not the target demo for it.
Oh, far from it.
If this film, although it's rated R, which is kind of weird.
Yeah, this is really geared for the late teen crowd or college early college and what's
kind of weird, which, you know, in my written review and the clubhouse podcast.com, that's
a website.
I kind of put on there mentioned to the fact in a way that, you know, the marketing
on this, you look at the poster, it doesn't seem like a poster that'd be geared towards
the, the demo graphics of this film after watching.
Well, and then you look at the title of the film.
Yeah.
That's the trailer too.
You know, which I put in my view also, it reminded me of a mix of Footloose, meets high
high school musical together in one in a way.
But by the marketing, you wouldn't think anything like that, which was kind of weird.
Because there's a, there's a lot of overtone about military and military service.
It's, it's, I feel that it's very respectful to our veteran, of course.
The truth.
It was almost like the film wasn't exactly sure what it wanted to be.
It knew, it knew who it was aimed for.
It was aimed for that 17 to 20 market.
There's no doubt in my mind.
Yeah, not aimed towards us in a least bit at all at all.
You know, but as critics, we, you look past rats, you know, we've done other films
up and geared towards like, you know, women and stuff like that, and younger crowd as well.
So forth.
Yeah.
But it was just kind of like there was a lot, there were a lot of threads to the film
that were started, but never really completed.
And it's weird for me because the writer of this film is a guy by the name of Oscar
Orlando Torres, and he wrote one of our favorite films from last year, or the year before.
I think maybe he's early last year.
Remember instructions not included?
Oh, yeah.
The Spanish film we saw.
This is the same writer.
Okay.
Which we love that film.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
The door that film.
But I kind of felt maybe he was a little out of his league and writing this film.
I like, I could see where he was trying to go, but it never got there.
And I don't know, I don't necessarily blame the film.
I kind of wonder.
I mean, it's almost a solid two hour.
So it's not like you can say maybe there's a director's cut of this somewhere.
Oh, thanks.
I just, I feel like there's certain things that I could have been dealt with better in
the film.
And this is where, you know, as you and I were watching this and we talked about it afterwards,
this is one of the strangest films I'd ever reviewed because I can't say I didn't like
this film.
I can't say that.
But I can't tell you why I didn't love this film.
You know what I mean?
Yeah.
I don't have, and it's, I don't have hatred for the film.
I don't have love for the film, but I'm not mad about the film.
It's, it was good for what it was.
You know, and as old man Rob tends to show up from time to time, I was a little cynical
about some of the way the things were done in the film and predictability.
Well, predictability, you get that with the audience you're gearing this film towards.
But I like it, and I love you.
Remember the version of Walking Tall that the rock did?
Yeah.
Remember how he went from, like, he went from just showing up into the town and in five
minutes later, he's the sheriff of the town?
Yeah.
That's how I kind of felt here.
I felt like we rushed to this story and it's weird for a movie that was two hours
long.
Didn't feel like two hours.
I can tell you that.
I felt things were just kind of rushed.
There were certain storylines within the film that just disappeared.
Why did they have it?
Yeah, you just, it just, in the ending, the world of me.
Of course, we're spoiler-free on this show, of course.
Yeah.
The ending where we, we both look when the credits started and was kind of like, huh?
It was kind of like a filter at the end of Mel Gibson's payback.
It was like the credits started rolling on it.
Like that, yeah.
But I thought, is there not more?
No.
Okay.
You didn't answer this.
You know, I mean, the scene that the ended with was kind of cool and I understand why
they did it.
But beautifully shot by the way.
Yeah, that, that, that beautifully shot.
Whole thing was done in Canada.
Oh, was it?
Okay.
In Manitoba.
But, no, was it Calgary?
It was in, I know, it was in Canada.
But, I just don't know.
It's the weirdest feeling I've had reviewing a film in a long time because I really
would not feel comfortable blasting this film because I don't feel that bad about it.
But I also, in good conscience, can't sit here and say Oscar ballots vote now.
Yeah.
I, I kind of get for on this because what I put in my written review again at clipehousepodcast.com.
That's our website.
I kind of put that, you know, like I said earlier that they're trying to mix, I thought,
foot loosen high school musicals.
Right.
And they're trying to also, I think he's trying to make the attempt of, this is this
new generation's version of footless.
That's what he, the Disney generation already have their version of foot loose in the
remake.
Well, that was a renewal.
That was, that thing need to be buried next to the ET games, you know, in, in New
Mexico.
But, um, I, I think they tried making the attempt to this for the new thing for the next
generation.
And I think they fell short.
Maybe it was more like, bring it on, meet saved the last dance, okay, without the mean
girls thing.
All right.
Like, I can see young people enjoying this film, you know, it's a, it's a film about
young love.
Yeah.
Who you are.
I think, we're looking at the one sheet, I think it's a little bit miss marketing.
Yeah.
That's what I said.
Because you've got Josh do a melt, front and center.
Yeah.
It looks like the film's not about him.
It looks like it's going to be something that the, you know, the brave town back
home farm or something going on here.
This is a serious film.
And it's a, you know, another, I thought version of Footloast, but, you know, on the acting,
they all did fine.
Yeah.
There's a mesh was fine.
But I don't really have a standout on this one, no one really stood out for me on this
one here.
I mean, Lucas Till, who's your main character in this, he's, the, the kids got skins
on the wall.
He's havoc in, in the, in X, in X bend days, if you choose, there'll be and he'll be
going to, uh, apocalypse as well, uh, Lord Dern, I mean, mask.
He was, you know, this kid was in battle Los Angeles.
He's got some skins on the wall and I, I, I, I kept looking going, he was also in
walk the line.
Yeah.
But I kept looking at him in this going, are we trying to make him, is chaining
to them?
Or, you know, I, again, I, I, I'm with you.
There's, there was good chemistry here.
Yeah.
And then I said mask.
Hello.
I mean, her list goes on and on.
I mean, I mean, I don't know how many things she's credited with in acting and stuff
like that.
She, you know, she's a Hollywood pro beyond belief.
Agreed.
Um, but, you know, on this film, you say you just can't love or hate it.
I just thought it hit, it missed the mark very, very bad.
I thought, I thought they were trying to attempt something here and I just did not get
it.
And, of course, there's, some things you just do not do.
So this has been better served to you as like a cable film.
Yeah.
Possibly.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
If they would have marketed more correctly, I thought the Miss Marking was kind of off.
But, and there's one thing they did in this film, which I, I think they should
never should have done.
Towards the end.
Yeah.
Totally.
Would have done that.
And spoiler free.
And I, for me, I would have been a little bit happier had they tied things
up a little bit.
And they did.
You know, I guess I was like, huh?
I mean, your main points got hit, but there were some secondary points too.
There I, and I, and I'll give one that just kind of ain't to go, what?
Uh, Josh goes to his new school sits down to have lunch and this little kid sits down
says, hey, I'm so, and so, and that's my sister.
She's on the dance team and he just broke up with her and you should help her out.
It's like, whoa, are you, are you narrating this film?
No, yeah, exactly.
But again, I didn't hate this movie.
Like, I didn't, that was like, okay, here's a set up for you for the sub-moderate.
I can give you the whole storyline so you don't have to think about it in about 30 seconds.
So you know what's going on.
We're already at an hour 52, so I don't think I'm going to do more time.
But again, I didn't hate this film.
I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it.
And I'm not indifferent about it.
Like, I enjoyed it.
Yeah, I thought I can't see that I loved it.
I thought they missed the mark because they're trying to do something now.
I think they fell short on, you know, trying to make this the new, the new hip film.
And I think it's a little mismarketed.
And I think a lot of young people will enjoy this film.
Yeah, I really do, because it's, you know, it's, again, it's that whole finding who you are.
And it's got the flashbang zoom of the DJ thing in the dancing and things like that.
I didn't, I don't know.
What is one of the most interesting films I've ever had to review?
Yeah, well, again, we got to think our new friend of the show, Ashden, thank you for so much from the screen this thing.
Thank you so much.
We're very happy to, you know, for us to be able to start this relationship with you guys and look forward to a long, long relationship.
Thank you again.
All right, you ready to get to the final one?
Yeah, let's go for it.
When we do the final analysis on this show, we don't give you letter grades.
We don't give you number rankings.
We don't give you thumbs up thumbs down.
We don't give you stars.
Our audience, the Empire, is better than that.
We're going to ask two questions.
Question number one, is would you see this film again if the answer is no?
We're done here.
But if the answer is yes, it becomes how would you see this film again?
Would you pay full price at a theater?
Would you go to a twilight showing?
Would you go to a matinee?
Would you go to a Saturday early morning show?
Would you wait for it second run at the dollar theater?
Would you write it from red box?
Or would you watch it on cable?
Do you see this film again?
No.
Then we're done here on that.
I'm done with here on that one.
For me, it's conditional.
I wouldn't watch this film again by myself.
But if I were, you know, with friend of the show,
Phil, Phil Mars kids, or if I were with some of, you know,
Jen's second cousins or whatever, and they were like,
I'm glad we want to watch this movie.
I'd watch it with them.
Yeah.
I wouldn't, you know, I wouldn't turn into all man robbing.
You can't do it to close your hair and you can do it.
Get off my lawn.
I wouldn't do that.
Because I wouldn't even watch it begrudgingly.
I didn't enjoy the film with them.
But I wouldn't go out of my way to see it.
Exactly.
Anything else you want to add probably to the plot?
I think that's about it.
Let's get her to her.
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