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And a man who has lived in a few towns in his day.
He is chat, welcome sir.
A couple of made out of metal actually.
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And a man who has a lot of money tied up in paper.
Unfortunately, it's paper money.
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He is Andrew Beckham.
Welcome sir.
Thank you.
I had a chep over some paper houses to get here.
Whatever we do one of these particular deals.
It is to review something and this is no different.
Today we are reviewing the brand new film from Director Jake Shire.
Based on the book by John Green, who you all remember last year from the film,
The Fault in Our Stars.
The second of his four books gets the big screen adaptation with paper towns.
Here's the set up.
Quentin is played by Nat Wolf.
He's a kid who lives across the street from Margot, played by Kara Delavane.
She moves in and the first grade and he says from the moon he sees her.
He fell in love with her.
And of course, when you live that close to somebody, you tend to spend some time with him.
Especially when your kids are not riding bikes and whatnot.
So they've found a form of friendship and as they get older.
They move into their senior year in high school.
We're in the very end of their high school career.
They've drifted apart.
But Quentin still carries the torch for.
After she shows up in his room for a night of revenge.
Which we're not going to go into because we're not going to spoil that for you.
She disappears the next day.
Her parents don't really care because she's kind of a free spirit.
And they're not really worried about her.
But Quentin wants to find out where she is because they have a little bit of a moment that I before.
And he wants to follow up.
He wants to be with her.
Maybe take her to prom and whatnot.
So he starts finding clues that she leaves behind.
And together with his best friends Ben played by often Abrams and radar played by Justice Smith.
They decide they're going to go find her.
Along with her best friend Lacey played by Holston Sage.
And Radar's girlfriend played by Jasmine Claire.
It's about as deep as we want to go.
Four begin.
We got to think her best friends.
Everybody at L.I. Josh.
Thank you so much for inviting us to this thing.
You guys rock.
There are best friends for a reason.
All right Chad, what do you think about this film?
Actually, let's talk about this story itself.
I think you and I were a lot of like going into this thing.
Yeah.
Since we're both like middle-aged white guys.
We aren't exactly the target demographic for for this author.
I don't know about you, but I've avoided fault in our stars like like the plague.
And I didn't avoid fault in our stars because I didn't think it was going to be a good film.
I avoided the fault in our stars because it was just a little intense for me.
Well, the subject matter was a little too intense for me.
As as it is for me, do you finally got it, didn't you?
I got 3 million.
Well, because it's a subject matter that hits a little too close to home for me.
For you, especially absolutely.
Yeah, the wounds are still a little bit too fresh.
And I just didn't want to sit through that kind of like the same reason I didn't want to sit through
Marley and me.
I know what they're going with this.
I don't want to watch it unfold.
And I'm sure it's a great film in its own garage.
I just didn't want to do it.
And I know that that book was widely embraced by teenage girls.
Again, we said going in, we are not the target demo for this thing.
And I was expecting to really just grit my teeth and just fight my way through this thinking,
all this stuff is going to go over our heads.
It's not going to, it's not going to.
Boy, we're wrong.
And one of my issues who's going in is the team comedy nowadays.
It's either crazy, we all.
Woo, we're America or it's just so over the top dramatic.
It's like a long episode of One Tree Hill.
And I'm just awesome.
It's creepy, isn't it?
And it's just like, dude, can we get something that's a little bit more grounded in this thing?
And I think we got our wish here.
I mean, Don, how about you?
On the film, like you said, we're not the target demographic, but that means nothing.
I mean, our reviews of the other woman and stuff.
We'll come in and we'll have an open mind on this thing.
We try to.
I only saw both of the trailer just once.
I even see it start to finish.
So I can't even went in with an open mind not knowing anything about it.
I thought the plot would really surprise me because I thought it flowed well.
I got really into it.
And if you read my written review at our website,
at the colbusplacas.com.
That's our website.
See, it's like your power has transferred to Chad.
But I really related to a lot in this film.
If you go through a lot of times,
yeah, life's experiences, this will really hit you.
And it really flowed well.
But then it takes a turn.
A complete 180 that you do not see coming,
which kick me in the gut because I can relate to it.
All right.
But in a good way, because I thought this really,
the turn really made it more than a regular movie.
It had some depth into it, which I really related to in a very emotional.
I was surprised beyond belief.
Andrew?
I really enjoyed the setup at the very beginning,
kind of like the whole mystery part of what's actually happening.
Okay.
I really enjoyed that.
They didn't take too long.
And what they did, they laid out a firm groundwork for the movie
just to keep continuing forward.
I guess the echo done here at Chad.
It kind of hit home for me too.
You know, it brought back some specific memories of, you know,
when you saw something that's green at some point that you did.
I'll make that a clean sweep.
There were moments in this film that you're going to look at it.
You're going to go,
I've been in that moment right there.
I can tell you where it was.
I can tell you when it was.
And who you were with, what you were wearing,
what you were drinking or puking up.
But and just also when you look at the relationship
between Quentin and Ben and Radar,
we all had those guys.
Oh yeah.
That you know,
I had a couple of my running buddies.
You know,
Lu and Al,
that,
you know,
we do each other since the sixth grade.
And we knew that after graduation,
we were all going completely different directions.
But it was one of those.
We're going to hold on to this bad boy as long as we
possibly can.
There's a big chunk.
You know,
you couldn't wait for high school to be over,
but there's another chunk of you that,
like,
I don't know if I'm ready to let go.
And you really,
like,
you really get that sense in this film.
But John Green is so talented as a writer.
And he didn't really write the screenplay,
but he said in an interview that I heard him in last year,
when he was promoting the fault in our stars,
that the next film they were going to do,
he didn't say what it was.
But that he was going to be a lot more hands on with the script.
And I think it,
I mean,
I haven't read the book,
but I can't imagine how much more better the book
could be than the script that came out.
Because it's just one of those,
there might be some things that they go into a little bit deeper.
I know there's one scene that was omitted from the book
for a political greatness reasons.
There's a handbook.
But I won't go into him here.
We'll talk about him off the air.
Right.
But I just,
the script was so well done.
And I think that,
that Shrier really understood what he needed out of his,
and his vision for it was dead on.
What I thought was interesting about this film,
especially visually,
not a lot of brightness.
Yeah, it was pretty.
Which I think was done on purpose.
You know,
I think it's a reflection of who she is.
Who she is,
and what they're going through.
You know,
especially Quentin,
who goes on this quest to find her.
And I just,
I was,
I was,
I can't even say pleasantly surprised.
I was,
my, I was jaw dropped.
I was impressed.
My proud much.
I really, really, really enjoyed.
What we were watching in this film.
And the memories keep coming back.
Yeah.
Which leads us into the performances.
And what was weird for me.
Wolf Abrams Smith.
That chemistry was strong.
You really thought these guys knew each other since they were.
As they said in the film,
we really started to sense that we were fetuses.
Yeah.
Just as Smith was my standout.
Right.
But still everything.
The chemistry outside of them,
although it was good.
It wasn't as strong as the three of them.
Right.
Yeah.
Nothing, nothing,
not taking away from any of the other performances.
You know,
Del Avine and I really hope I'm getting that last name right now.
I apologize if I'm not.
She really reminded me of,
of somebody I once knew.
I don't really want to go into it.
But she reminds me of a young lady that I once knew.
And it was almost creepy.
And she played that role of that kid,
who's just really trying to find herself.
But kind of has the co-honies to do it.
Very, very well.
I may, it brought memories.
I was going through like,
I was in a lot of stuff.
And Randy Joston back in Montana in Michelle and in Sandra.
But to the acting.
If you read my written review at the clubhouse podcast.com,
that is our website.
My standout had to be bent.
Guess he.
Yes.
I mean, Abrams.
He played that character just perfect.
I thought of just being the guy who's so quiet.
But he's able to Серke out the shell and
him at the parties all I'm going to say.
I can see part of that meat, you know what I'm saying, Mr. innocent, all of a sudden, boom, but his character arc was, I thought was very very good.
Yeah, yeah, he played that part so well throughout the non-leading roles he gets by shining star, which I put in the reaper review at the clubhouse.com.
That's our website. And you're any standouts for you?
I don't have to go with Ben as well. I think he's the one that he really brought the three of the three.
I think he kind of kept them together, because the other ones seemed to kind of be on their own way and they could settle on their own.
But he really, he really brought the group together and the dynamic really shown through just because I think he was like the loudest and the, I guess, the craziest of all of all.
Yeah, exactly.
I thought the chemistry between all six, he just fed off each other, which enhanced the movie so much.
I mean, I don't know what you think you think on that, do you?
Yeah, and once they finally, you see him on screen all together, then it really does.
And I'm going to go farther off the beaten path for, for, I performance, I really, really enjoyed.
And that's a Meg Crosby playing Ruthie her sister.
Yeah, I thought she was great and Chad, she was in that bad grandpa, apparently.
Really?
Yeah, but I thought she was really, really strong as that, look, I'm really running this deal and y'all even now.
Like, she was really, really good in this and I really enjoyed her performance.
Not not a ton, but she was in that, she had those great moments in the film.
And you could really, you could really believe that that was her sister.
Also a fan of Cara Błono who played Quentin's mother.
Even, I think I would have liked to have seen more of that relationship between Quentin and his mom.
There is a little bit here that you have to have some suspension of disbelief.
There's some things that happen this film would you go, okay.
But there was nothing in this thing that took me out of it.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, totally.
There's just, I enjoyed this film so much.
And some would argue that maybe I liked it so much because my expectations were so low,
but I would say no.
You know, you and I were chatting on the way home from the screening.
That this has that perfect blend of John Hughes and Cameron Cook.
Exactly.
In a new generation.
And it kind of gave me hope for these millennials that are coming up.
It really did.
Look, this is the kind of movie that you can make that people can enjoy.
You can feel good when you leave it.
And you can, you know, I think that there will be people that watch this film 20 years
down the road the same way.
We watch the breakfast club and pretty in pink and less than zero and say animal's fire.
I'm going to put it out there.
Yeah.
Like, if you were saying after the show that fellow critic in front of the show Gary Murray had
his god daughter there.
And she's how old?
She's like 12, you know, and how she didn't really hit the motions.
But you're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Eleven.
These emotions aren't something that settled in with you.
Yeah, it's very thin.
Watch this movie in eight years.
And then you will go, I get it now.
Yeah.
You know, that's a kind of film where it really gets into the motion over relates to a lot of people.
Because I know this would hit my daughter right between the.
Oh, he's just 21.
I mean, this is how they make this movie for.
But it hit a chord with all four of us.
Absolutely.
It was as good, but it gave me that kind of feeling of that for watching the breakfast club.
You know, don't say that's why I think this will be that kind of film for this generous to be their breakfast club, their
Ferris Bueller.
Because Margot kind of comes off as the Ferris Bueller of that school.
Even though it's the enigma of that school.
And even people like I heard she was in Greenland.
And the whole time I'm like, Ferris, that's all I could think of as Ferris.
And even though it's very emotional and stuff like that, the comedy was straight throughout.
Yeah, I thought the blend was incredible on it.
And you had, you had the road trip elements from like, I know which really not a teen film, but it's another Jon Hughes film, a plain strings and animal.
They kind of stuff that they went through.
I saw little glimpses of that in there.
And I would, I would love to hear a director's commentary on on the blue right for this.
Yeah.
Because you, you can't tell me this guy wasn't influenced by these films that he probably grew up on.
Anything else we want to add Andrew?
No.
So we should be ready to get to the final analysis gentleman.
Yes.
The way we do the final analysis on this show.
We don't give you letter grades, thumbs up, thumbs down.
We don't give you stars or anything like that.
Our audience, the empire is better than that.
What we do here is we ask two questions.
Question number one, would you see this film again?
If the answer is no, then we're done here.
If the answer is yes, then it becomes how far would you go to see this film?
Would you see it in first run?
Would you see it in first run?
Would you see it in first run?
Would you see it in first run?
Would you see it in second run?
Would you make the track to the red box to read it?
Would you stream it on Netflix?
Or would you wait for it on table?
Let's start with you.
Would you see this film again?
Definitely.
How far are you going to go?
Here's the thing.
I was in that mindset of like twilight.
But at that one moment where it took that turn and kicked me in a gut.
I'm giving it the full prize.
I'm getting the coveted.
It really hit home.
I was such an emotional roller coaster.
You got some after this film.
I was like just like in a mode of like this hit me hard.
But in a very, very good way.
Andrew, would you see this film again?
Yes, I would.
How far are you going to go?
I would.
I think this is a good date movie like at a matinee.
Okay.
I'm going to start a day off.
Or twilight, you know.
If you go or requires that.
Or if another requires that.
Chad, would you see this again?
Yes, I would.
How far are you willing to go?
I do a matinee.
And I would probably like to go with a bunch of friends.
I went to school with.
And see if they got the exact same thing out of it that I did.
I think for the first viewing.
I think it's totally worth it.
At the theater.
Matinee on a Saturday.
Then go have dinner afterwards.
I think as a repeat viewing.
I'd like to check it out.
Like I said on blue right so that I could hear a director's commentary.
Not even maybe not even really to watch it again.
Although I would like to watch it again and kind of dig into it a little bit.
But I kind of would like to get into the into the brain of the people that made this thing.
Yeah.
I like to hear from John Green, like to hear from, you know, from the screen writers.
And these guys, the screen writers have worked together a bunch of times on a bunch of films
of this ilk.
Scott Newsteadler and Michael H.
Newsteadler.
I'm sorry.
And Michael H. Weber.
These guys have worked together on films like the spectacular now in 500 days of summer.
So you know they've got the cred.
And they also did the fault in our stars.
So you already have that built in.
I mean this thing has an audience built in for it already.
It's going to, I can't help but think it's going to do pretty good.
It will get you emotional just like you did on Thunderbroke.
I hope that happens for me.
It really did.
But we got to think our best friends.
Everybody now I didn't charge for inviting us to this thing.
They're so good to us.
They do more than they ever have to.
Yeah.
Thanks again guys.
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