Half in the Bag Episode 52: Iron Man 3 and Pain & Gain

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  • @jennabrutananadalewski412
    @jennabrutananadalewski412 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1614

    "it's like the dumb jock in high school trying to write a poem"
    This is the best description of Michael Bay. I love you guys.

    • @jennabrutananadalewski412
      @jennabrutananadalewski412 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ilyana Galen very well put.

    • @GrubStLodger
      @GrubStLodger 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well put... but almost word for word Mark Kermode.

    • @reservoirfrogs2177
      @reservoirfrogs2177 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Daniel Irwin I'm glad you said that, because I almost felt bad for wishing death upon him. The Friday the 13th movies are not only more entertaining, but have more artistry, and are better contributions to cinema than the best of Bays films, I truly and honestly believe his death would provide some form of betterment for humanity

    • @oldleatherhandsfriends4053
      @oldleatherhandsfriends4053 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Michael Bay makes car commercials, they just happen to be multiple hours long.

    • @factotums
      @factotums 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I haven't heard that part yet but I saw the intro trailer and 'life serves you a shame sandwich with a side order of shit' is the laziest, most unfunny handling of probably the easiest metaphor to make into a joke. Here I'll make a better one instantly, none to the effort, 'a traffic sandwich with a side order of age' or 'you work hard only to end up with bad credit and a Hyundai'...not great or even good but what they actually used is just so damn lazy it offends me.

  • @lion.official
    @lion.official 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1046

    haha wow Mark Walhberg really is the lead for the fourth Transformers. spot on prediction.

    • @stevepisano5566
      @stevepisano5566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Literally how the fuck did he do that lol

    • @NameAvailable
      @NameAvailable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Actually pretty crazy he called that. Fucking Hollywood man

    • @jinpayne
      @jinpayne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@stevepisano5566 It was announced in 2012

    • @frankmerker630
      @frankmerker630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Do you think these hacks see Hollywood announcements knowing they don’t have internet access in the VCR repair shop?

    • @calvinlee8103
      @calvinlee8103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They still predicted movie theaters dying.
      Remember movie theaters?
      Or movies?
      Me neither.

  • @in.articulo.mortis
    @in.articulo.mortis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    Holy fuck. Jay was spot on about Walberg being in Transformers 4.

    • @badascan8910
      @badascan8910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @thomas thompson at least 25 people read this

    • @clearskies2822
      @clearskies2822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It was already known that Wahlberg was going to star in Transformers 4 when this video came out.

    • @DoctorJammer
      @DoctorJammer ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@thomasthompson5809Tired of people complaining that all movies bad now when the only movies they know about are Transformers movies.

  • @chucanoris
    @chucanoris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I love this old RLM footage, it looks so different yet so similar

  • @nikkyboy1067
    @nikkyboy1067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    To this day, I remember how an entire crowd of people gave a standing ovation in the theater for Optimus Prime's speech at the end of Transformers 1.

    • @knowthycell
      @knowthycell ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Goosebumps just hearing about it

    • @Danderson-pr4vj
      @Danderson-pr4vj ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I saw that movie in theaters when I was 11 and thought Optimus was just the most insightful character.

    • @Jorquavious
      @Jorquavious 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Say what you will about Michael bay, tf1 transcends all his usual annoyingness to me and is actually pretty good

    • @gotchewz
      @gotchewz หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @DeltaD36
    @DeltaD36 8 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    @ 1:51
    Wow the bottle actually says Plinkett on it. good detail.

    • @Almanich94
      @Almanich94 8 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      It's so dense, every frame has so much going on...

    • @aplaguedoctor406
      @aplaguedoctor406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      But Plinkett said it was Vicodin (hydrocodone). This clearly says something else. BOooo fake and gay

  • @jcleff2000
    @jcleff2000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I love how Plinket uses a wheel chair in the house, but he uses a cane anywhere else.

  • @gadafk
    @gadafk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    holy shit its the mayor from space cop

  • @NekoMouser
    @NekoMouser 7 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    God, the feather quill was genius.

  • @kyrridas1573
    @kyrridas1573 8 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    when talking about Ironman 3 and Shane Black, they kept referring back to his work on lethal weapon. i have to wonder if they've seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. its also directed by Shane Black, it also stars Robert Downey Jr, and is one of my favorite movies.

    • @stevepisano5566
      @stevepisano5566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That and the movie, Go, were the first movies I saw that made me realize great movies were out there that you don't necessarily hear about.

    • @Wynaut22
      @Wynaut22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought the same thing. I love that movie and they usually mention other work people have done besides the movie they are talking about. I wish they would re:view it

    • @mememe6248
      @mememe6248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for the recomendation makoto

    • @jakenkid
      @jakenkid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hell yeah, I LOVE that movie! RDJ is epic in any role he is given, as per usual.

    • @WeWantBears
      @WeWantBears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *"WHO TAUGHT YOU MATH" -Batman, in that movie*

  • @JaydevRaol
    @JaydevRaol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Lol! Hipster Tim did a fantastic job here 😂

  • @d0y0uwantm0re
    @d0y0uwantm0re 6 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Best line in Pain n Gain - Rock is on coke and has just robbed a bank - “What are you doing here? You look like shit.” “Really? I feel like I look great.”

    • @real1mem3s
      @real1mem3s 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Best scene in the movie is when Marky Mark "accidentally" kills someone and to destress and cope he starts lifting weights right away with The Rock spotting him. Amazing.

  • @johnholmeswebb8162
    @johnholmeswebb8162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Damn.
    VCR repair shops were actually a thing.
    I remember my dad taking ours in because the rewind was messed up, and we just ended up buying a Vhs rewinder.
    An entire separate machine, just to rewind the movie.
    Damn!!

  • @itzAlchemist
    @itzAlchemist 11 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    When I saw Iron Man at IMAX and saw the list of VFX artists, it was literally the biggest wall of text I had ever seen

    • @lukematthews1442
      @lukematthews1442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Seeing all the VXF artists in end credits these days is practically indistinguishable from looking at a war memorial.

    • @luiginastro8831
      @luiginastro8831 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, it's only gotten worse.

    • @Belgand
      @Belgand 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's picked up a bit, but I think part of it is that in the past they just didn't get credited. You'd have a couple of leads and the name of the studio that was sub-contracted for the effects (e.g. ILM, Fantasy II, etc.) and that would pretty much be it. All of the model makers, artists, engineers, photographers, and such that worked on it would just get ignored. Similar to the golden age when the credits were a couple of cards worth of department heads listed during the opening titles.

  • @czarpeppers6250
    @czarpeppers6250 8 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Man, Plinkett takes all the same meds I do!

  • @jerrellmcnutt4781
    @jerrellmcnutt4781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    Damn Jay went from "please give me a chance" in 2013 to "Seen at 12:00 am" in 2019

    • @NecumNaTo
      @NecumNaTo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I dont get this joke :(

    • @NecumNaTo
      @NecumNaTo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Brian Forbes ahh, okay thanks

    • @ownz1080
      @ownz1080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hes still 5'4 though

    • @wilmabaird1299
      @wilmabaird1299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ownz1080 is this true??

    • @frankmerker630
      @frankmerker630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      He’s probably like somewhere between 5’6 and 5’8. But I think the most important addition is the mustache. What madness made him shave it off in those days is something frightening to behold

  • @KennyPowersGaming
    @KennyPowersGaming 9 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    If I ever hit the lotto im opening a vcr repair shop and I will just sit there and laugh and laugh

    • @zarreff
      @zarreff 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      People will show up sometimes though

    • @KennyPowersGaming
      @KennyPowersGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zarreff i hope so. ill take their vcr smash it with a hammer a couple times and give it back and tell them its good now.

  • @fofalooza
    @fofalooza 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    How can you say that Michael Bay isn't a subtle film maker? Didn't you hear that incredibly subtle and not at all pointless bass drop at 29:22 when Mark Wahlberg confronts that child while playing basketball?

  • @madseason5614
    @madseason5614 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The sound of the bag crunching is satisfying for some reason in the beginning

  • @laural.enright4780
    @laural.enright4780 8 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    One of the reasons I really liked this movie was that it addressed what might happen if someone like Tony Stark, with the fate of the world on his shoulders (which is what happened in the Avengers) faces death. In the Avengers Captain asked him, "What are you without your suit?" Well in this third Iron Man Tony Stark asks the same thing and starts having severe anxiety issues with panic attacks uncertain whether or not he can protect those he cares about. Which is completely believable might happen to someone.

    • @CarlSlime
      @CarlSlime 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Too bad it was too steriliesed on account of it being Disney.

    • @maxcooperful
      @maxcooperful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      S̶u̶b̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶I̶n̶s̶a̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ we will never be able to get a genuine story with real struggles from Disney,like they could never put Daisy Ridley in a "Slave Leia" costume even if it was appropiate

    • @maxcooperful
      @maxcooperful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is just too much money dumped in these franchises,even though they are richer then anything that ever existed, they won't take any risks,which make people -rightly so- say ''fuck Hollywood''

    • @laural.enright4780
      @laural.enright4780 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, that they did address the PTSD that would follow such a thing for a mind like Tony Stark's which shows something. It would have been easy for them to ignore that storyline and just go for the fight scenes. That really did surprise me that they would take that route.
      But I know what you're saying. When a franchise is born, they tend to want to manipulate it all and that can sometimes screw up the movie.
      But then you had some people complaining that they didn't go with the true Mandarin, so their they didn't go a typical route on that and still caught it.
      I guess you can't please everyone.

    • @laural.enright4780
      @laural.enright4780 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Actually, I went through a fairly serious anxiety driven depression (No sleep, no eating, some self harm) about a year after my mother died of cancer (long story but I lost three members of my family in a year and a half as well as having my living brother decide he wanted nothing more to do with me after the family had about four months of fighting as my mom was dying so for about a year and a half during that I was on a constant state of red alert). About a year later, there were triggers that started me into the grieving process that I didn't really have after my mom died (and that I really didn't realize I was going through). Because I didn't understand why I was experiencing these issue though, I went into a state of heightened anxiety thinking I was losing my mind, which the constant lack of sleep didn't help. The lack of sleep led also to episodes of disassociation (basically my body desperately wanting to shut down by my mind fighting it). I knew there was something really off when I would be driving along and have a desperate urge to plow the car into a wall (I believe that was me wanting to snap myself out of it). When I went into one of these episodes, I also might have a problem simply speaking. It was a bit tough too when working with the public during the day and you suddenly start losing the ability to speak or think straight. There were times when this happened and I had to snap out of it quickly and no it wasn't easy, but I could snap out of it better than some of the nights I was at home writhing on the floor as my body flooded with adrenaline to keep me from the sleep I needed. There were various types of episode and in some, the right word at the right time did actually help (as did the knowledge somewhere in my brain that I had to fight from losing it at that moment).
      Not to present you with a sob story except to say that I understand how oddly the mind can work under certain conditions and for particular reason.
      And it's possible that because of what I went through (it took about six months before I didn't have to worry about full blown episodes but it was a while before I felt almost my old self), I appreciated the movie on a different level. I know what you mean about the convenience of some of it, and they can't have a full blown psychological discussion of the issue in a movie like that. No, for example, Hollywood can't always represent computer systems accurately because a good portion of the movie going public aren't hackers and the movies would have to be about a week long to help them understand what is being addressed in the movies. I can imagine that can be annoying to those who know certain things like that. And sometimes such things are used as a complete contrivance in the movie and the producers don't care to even try to get it right.
      But I don't think the writers and director of IM 3 implied that he "just got over" one of the attacks or that it was something simple. The attacks you allude to might have ended quick, but again, not all the attacks are the same. I think they showed that when he was able to focus his mind on something else, then that helped him in certain circumstances (which is actually how it works sometimes). I remember once when I was watching my nephew, I felt beyond exhausted and if I had been home alone, I might have gone into one of my floor rolling attacks, but because of the situation I was in at that moment, there was a part of me trying to "keep it together" so to speak. I focused on my nephew and it helped a lot (though that was the night I drove the hour home and wanted to drive into a wall, so go figure).
      So there are a lot of factors to this and everyone reacts to it differently (and I'm not trying to imply that my experience is the same as that of someone whose been in a war zone...that things like this affect people differently).
      I think I was just impressed at that point that they had broached the topic in IM 3. I don't know of a lot of super hero movies that would take a character and have him (or her) go through a break down after the sort of thing that happened in New York to the Avengers. Usually they just bounce right back for the sequel. Very simply, the creative folk behind the movie probably could have made it easier on themselves and avoided that all together and kept Tony as he was at the end of IM 2. But part of the charm of how they've handled those movies is the evolution you see him go through. It makes it a more interesting movie. And I think him having to obsess over the, "What if I hadn't come through this time..." really made a lot of sense. It helped make his creation of Ultron make more sense. Not to mention, if you want to get technical, his creation of Ultron (and the miscalculation that it was) was a clear indication that he didn't just get over this when IM 3. The Tony Stark we see in the second Avenger movie and Capt. America Civil War is a man still haunted by New York and the "what ifs" and the magnitude of it all. The Tony Stark in IM 2 would never have signed the Slovenia Accords.
      He's still going through it. It just isn't as severe as it was in IM 3. And sometimes that's how it works.
      But thanks for the interesting discussion on this. Your points are indeed taken (and it isn't hard to imagine that Disney would try to prettify things in their movies). I'm not sure if we needed the kid in IM 3, but for me, he wasn't annoying enough to be bothered by either. ;)

  • @SabrinaRina
    @SabrinaRina 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Well damn. After that opening now I want to watch Night Court.

    • @CRP7000
      @CRP7000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The theme music is great and so recognizable 🎺

  • @crsmyth4428
    @crsmyth4428 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In Iron Man 3 they do say a couple times why Tony couldnt call on his army of suits til the end. The reason was they had the construction team clearing the rubble of his home from atop the main door of where all the suits are stored. They reference it a couple times, but its done in the middle of conversations so if you arent paying full attention you can totally miss it.

  • @thomasventimiglia3447
    @thomasventimiglia3447 8 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Those clips with Rebel Wilson are so offensively dumb they never fail to make me angry.

    • @frankmerker630
      @frankmerker630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Only Michael bay would use a film to reinforce the stereotype that black dudes go for fat white girls and vice versa

    • @have_a_good_day420
      @have_a_good_day420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@frankmerker630
      But it’s true

    • @dracomittensman1319
      @dracomittensman1319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Legit, I cannot stand Rebel Wilson in any film she's in. If I see she's in it, I automatically assume it will be a bad movie, because she will simply ruin it with her bad comedy, terrible acting, annoying presence... She fucken drives me insane in the worst ways possible. XD

    • @Teddyisoffline
      @Teddyisoffline 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dracomittensman1319 she's genuinely worse than Amy schumer and I don't say that lightely Amy can't least act decently well

    • @TheTGOAC
      @TheTGOAC ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Teddyisoffline she's British Amy Schumer.

  • @seanhenry2921
    @seanhenry2921 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I now want to watch "Night Court" again. Thanks, RLM!

  • @trojoe
    @trojoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Pain & Gain was the first movie I ever worked on 🤗 I was just an extra but it started my film career 🤗

  • @novasoccer
    @novasoccer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Glad Jay filled in the beard instead of keeping the "weird dude from The Burbs" look

    • @episodefive
      @episodefive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Robert Alexander Dude! Yessss! I was once convinced he was that guy! 😂👌

    • @CRP7000
      @CRP7000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where is the mustache on these older episodes

    • @doglava
      @doglava 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CRP7000 it’s in the directors cut

    • @obmarte3803
      @obmarte3803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Pinnochio! Where are you goin?!

  • @brianmarini1888
    @brianmarini1888 9 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I liked Pain & Gain, but I got a different impression of the intentions... I don't think the body builders were supposed to look sympathetic, I think they were supposed to look delusional. The way he was suckered by that really awful motivational speaker... it just painted a different picture for me. It was an interesting juxtaposition... the cheerful idiots who are dangerous criminals, vs the stereotypical dickbag rich guy who is actually the innocent victim.
    Or maybe I'm a dummy... that's an option too.

    • @clapattack7235
      @clapattack7235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I can agree with a lot of this...I hated it the first time I saw Pain and Gain...but on the second viewing I saw a look at the dark side of American entrepreneurialship, materialism, and religion all seen in the Whalberg, Mackie, and Johnson characters respectively. Mark Whalbergs character is the smartest dumb guy in the room, but his motivation to achieve the American Dream started him down this road doing the only thing he could think to do in order to succeed.

    • @michaelhall5429
      @michaelhall5429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      If you want to paint that subtle a picture you don't hire Michael Bay's Exploding Paint Can Experience.

    • @daftbanna7202
      @daftbanna7202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@clapattack7235 I don't think pain and gain is very deep

    • @micalzoncillo249
      @micalzoncillo249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i agree, you are not supposed to sympathize with the bodybuilders, nor with the kidnap victim. you're supposed to sympathize with ed harris and point and laugh at how awful and stupid everyone else is. i think it's a good movie, for michael bay. wich it doesn't say much.

  • @Gurman8r
    @Gurman8r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Pain and Gain is, admittedly, a guilty pleasure of mine. xD

    • @real1mem3s
      @real1mem3s 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You gotta go in expecting a meme movie to really appreciate it

  • @TheDrmcvey
    @TheDrmcvey 11 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Jay: I'm trying to do the intro
    Mike: Intro to what?
    Jay: Pain and Gain
    Mike: F*ck does it even need an int-

  • @BlueMaxx86
    @BlueMaxx86 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    *That would've been a better Iron Man 3, Mike. You're right. Stark should've come full circle with The Ten Rings (and actual Mandarin), as well as the 'busted-ass' Iron Man suit, when saving the day.

    • @sightseeing7993
      @sightseeing7993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We need the real mandarin cuz he's the most important and interesting character in comic book history.

    • @MegaZeta
      @MegaZeta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No one cares about the fucking Mandarin. No one cared before and no one cares now

    • @marcotontodonati347
      @marcotontodonati347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MegaZeta 😂😂😂

  • @MrMarvelFan101
    @MrMarvelFan101 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I don't know how you guys pull off such lengthy, high quality videos on a consistent basis!

  • @jvincent14
    @jvincent14 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pain and gain is genuinely one of my favorite movies. So entertaining.

  • @ashb7
    @ashb7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    29:29 huh, I never knew the same dudes who wrote the screenplay for Pain & Gain went on to write Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers Infinity War, and Avengers Endgame.

  • @Warlocke000
    @Warlocke000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Coming in really late on this one: Tony's other suits were all in a chamber underneath his house that was covered in rubble... of what used to be his house. It wasn't until the crane operators uncovered the hatch to that chamber (which I assume Jarvis was keeping tabs on via computers into that room or the suits) that the suits could get out.
    Until then, Tony had to settle for using his old beat up suit. So that plot hole was actually covered... in rubble.

  • @luiscebreros1556
    @luiscebreros1556 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Pain and gain was so fucking hilarious

  • @stangable413
    @stangable413 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Structurally this is RLM's best episode

    • @Pwnulolumad
      @Pwnulolumad ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This comment is such a meta reference that only those deeply versed in RLM lore could pick up on

    • @stangable413
      @stangable413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Pwnulolumad thank you for noticing that they finally put something together that wasn't a massive rant... They may have even been sobar

  • @GeekVessel
    @GeekVessel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I bloody love Iron Man 3. A very underappreciated little film. It might be my favourite Marvel Avengers film so far. Great banter throughout; really nice action; Tony Stark going suitless for most of the film was great; it's a joy every time Stark gets a panic attack; Ben Kingsley's performance made me cry with laughter; and I really liked the clever battle sequence at the end where he uses all the different suits as they fly around, almost like a Pixar film. It's a film I've rewatched over and over again. I think people need to give it another go.

    • @GeekVessel
      @GeekVessel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      James Oldfield It was supposed to be shit? I don't get it.

    • @mike8555
      @mike8555 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you probably haven't read the comics to understand why it's so dumb.

    • @GeekVessel
      @GeekVessel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      harry michael So it's shit because it differs from the comics? If that's true, it sounds like typical comic book geek foot stomping to me.

    • @jonnemesis11
      @jonnemesis11 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes its underrated, people who don't like it don't have credible arguments against it.

    • @thebrazilianbluesman
      @thebrazilianbluesman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      harry michael From a cinema perspective is quite different and unpredictable. If I want a film to be like a comic book I would simply read the comic. I heard they even have pictures...

  • @Jcolinsol
    @Jcolinsol 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Oh my god, I've become _that_ hipster.
    I was just at St. Vinnie's yesterday buying used children's Christian entertainment tapes.

  • @gregking7315
    @gregking7315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “‘Pain and Gain’ is the latest film from critically-acclaimed director Michael Bay... Most of it is shot in focus” I’m fucking dead

  • @thezenthink
    @thezenthink 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I generally agree with you guys on most things. That said...
    I didn't know Bay directed this movie when I watched it, and I found the film quite funny. It was a cynical and sardonic look at a specific element of Americana fuelled by self doubt and pity. I hate all the self-help stuff that litters tv and bookstores. I hate the whole "prosperity gospel" shit. "Think it and it will manifest".
    And, I have to say, the saving grace in this film was Dwayne Johnson.

    • @thezenthink
      @thezenthink 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pretty much my thoughts.

    • @tonygallagher3252
      @tonygallagher3252 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      absolutely agree. pain and gain was a fun, funny, tongue in cheek epic. and dwayne johnson was amazing (as usual). The typical candy coloured over the top michael bay style perfectly suited these imbeciles pursuit of the american dream.

  • @TheBiscuitStreet
    @TheBiscuitStreet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the way he shuffles his ass out of the store at the end

  • @j.p.8794
    @j.p.8794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing foreshadownig with Tim in the opening bit

  • @thebigfudge24
    @thebigfudge24 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I want Mr. Plinkett reviews of some Michael Bay films!

  • @cheezermega
    @cheezermega 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I actually enjoyed Pain and Gain. It reminded me of what would happen if you gave a real story of murder and stupidity to the cast of "Whose Line is it anyways" and told them to reenact it.

  • @londonrhodes2429
    @londonrhodes2429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really liked Night Court as a kid.

  • @colin-halter
    @colin-halter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seeing Tim here is like the twist in a time travel movie where you look back and see proof that the villain was there the whole time in plain sight.

  • @elmartillo7931
    @elmartillo7931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    even 7 years later, I still have a crush on the girl with the glasses lol

  • @jumpmanajf
    @jumpmanajf 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I steered clear from the trailers, but that doesn't mean the movies predictable, I thought it was a thriller that was kind of like twisting the knife, and it was so bizarre I loved it. I mean obviously yeah i knew they were going to get caught and i could piece it together and once again granted the script was written before Micheal Bay came on, and the action served the story, without that chase with the rock there's no third act.

  • @HisDivineShadow
    @HisDivineShadow 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like how I never have to watch bad movies because you guys do it for me :) All while being the best movie review show I am currently aware of.

  • @WeWantBears
    @WeWantBears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    *I think it amazing that this Pain and Gain review was hilarious - it summed up Michael Bay's appeal, Mark Wahlberg's next step in his career, AND could NOT predict that Anthony Mackie would be Sam Wilson Falcon in today's Marvel Cinematic Universe. "On your left"*

  • @username30536
    @username30536 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They had a point though, I remember at the time thinking it looked more like a war memorial than the credits of a movie.

  • @bjoern007
    @bjoern007 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Finally someone who agrees with me on Iron Man 3! I really liked that this was more a movie about Tony Stark and his personal struggles than Iron Man defeating generic villain #27, even though they tacked that on at the end anyway

  • @MovieJunkieOfficial
    @MovieJunkieOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’ve never understood the flak that Thor gets. I’ve always found his character quite interesting. And his standalone films I always found very engaging.

  • @endplanets
    @endplanets 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Major credit for talking about the real life murder and how offensive it is.
    The fact that somebody took a real life murder/torture and made a comedy about it is outrageous. They also did it with "30 minutes or less" which was based on a real murder.
    Maybe when they make the Jenga comedy movie Mark Walber and The Rock can play the role of the Al-Qaeda hijackers smashing into the Twin Towers.

  • @striderm
    @striderm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It's perfect because Michael Bay played the head of The Frat Boys in Mystery Men.

    • @airmackeeee6792
      @airmackeeee6792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Dude! Can we bring the brewskies?!?!?" 😜

  • @ValkyrieOey
    @ValkyrieOey 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I personally loved the fight at the end. We all know he wasn't going to win the day in one half assed broken iron man suit. Also it was one of my most faverout fight scenes of all movies, I love how he's out smarting the enemies and ejecting his limbs from parts of the suits to avoid the enemy. And switching suits then finally throwing a suit at the enemy and self destructing it. The Iron Legion also satisfies all the comic loving viewers in the audience who want a comic book realistic ending.

  • @Forestisinthetrees
    @Forestisinthetrees 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Was that shot glass bit improvised? I notice that a lot of the glass-breaking moments with RLM aren't scripted (Mostly in BoTW) but I just love the dude's reaction in this.
    "J-..Jeeeez!! Was that.. REALLY ..a SHOT GLASS? "

  • @Fu-Reviews
    @Fu-Reviews 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THANK YOU, Jay & Mike for the comment about feeling like an alien amoung the people that laugh at movies like the ones made by Michael Bay. Also for the comment about Hollywood being all about money and saying that the actors that people hold in high regard are hacks and nothing more. It's so nice to see that there are some people out there that understand and feel the same way I do. Man, that's a relief. I thought I might be living in the same world as "They Live." @_@

  • @happyface7836
    @happyface7836 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy shit jay was spot on about transformers 4

  • @jakenkid
    @jakenkid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Iron man couldn't summon the suits until the end because his house was destroyed and, if you paid any attention at all, you would have noticed that it was all covered with rubble, he specifically asked JARVIS if the rubble had been cleared... 😁 Not a 'plot hole' if you pay any attention.

  • @trexation
    @trexation 11 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "Stop! Lock your camera down... Let the audience soak in-"
    "They'll get bored, though.... they'll get bored."
    Laughed so hard, i coudln't breathe.

  • @laserbeamlightning
    @laserbeamlightning 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When the visual effect names came up, my friends and I applauded for the artists.

  • @Lockemeister
    @Lockemeister 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent reviews! Nice side plots too!

  • @Scott_Silver
    @Scott_Silver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like that the little kid actor guy is at the funeral in End Game

  • @ClarkeZor
    @ClarkeZor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Shane Black watched the incredibles and penned this straight after.

  • @crazybeff
    @crazybeff 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it may be fashionable to indulge in a reactionary hate for bay for dreck like the transformers series, but he's a talented filmmaker with a definite signature style. love it or hate it, his films should be taken seriously, not simply dismissed with flaccid jokes.

  • @joeschmoe3665
    @joeschmoe3665 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So The Mandarin as a punch-line ? Tony's suits falling apart from everything even though it held its own in a fight with Thor ? Gwyneth Paltrow saving the day in Yoga pants ? An extremis virus that goes from regrowing limbs, exploding and breathing fire ? I love RDJ and he's perfect for the role but that alone cannot suffice in a movie that jumps from great to awful so many times that I still don't know how to feel about it

  • @DroidJonny
    @DroidJonny 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The suits weren't a plothole. Jarvis tells him that the debris was clear so the suits are free. Because ya know....his house was just blown up.
    He also never quits. No idea where you got that from. The last words in the entire movie was "I am Iron Man". He doesn't lead his boy wonder Robin to take his place. He just learned that its not his suit that defines him.

  • @gizmo452ify
    @gizmo452ify 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The way Mark mentioned how funny Bay is was so hilarious! Like he paid him billions to say that...

  • @Angrist17
    @Angrist17 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta agree about the SFX orgy at the end. A single suit battle at the end would have been far more satisfying.

  • @cruxbucket
    @cruxbucket 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    the juxtposition of the hipsters and you guys talking about not getting films and why people laugh. nice comedy

  • @bpmshortfilms
    @bpmshortfilms ปีที่แล้ว +2

    iron man, where every villain is just a different version of iron man.

  • @drebbmebben5322
    @drebbmebben5322 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:55 I can't believe they actually got a prescription filled out for Harry S. Plinkett.

  • @joshuac5537
    @joshuac5537 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Night court is a top ten theme song all time

  • @splewy
    @splewy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I actually really like Pain and Gain, and I think it was a big improvement for Micheal Bay. Unlike his other movies, it wasn't a 2 1/2 hour movie consisting of nothing but 15,000 cuts of CGI, lens flares ad blurry closeups. I though it was pretty hilarious too, although I will admit that the fact that it's based on real life grisly crimes makes it seem a bit distasteful.

    • @DarkRenaissance2012
      @DarkRenaissance2012 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was a great movie, on every level... Not least of all because it was a Different kind of effort from Michael Bay ~

    • @TheMilkman000
      @TheMilkman000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      James Oldfield
      I dunno, people with the mental capacity to spell crimes?

    • @DarkRenaissance2012
      @DarkRenaissance2012 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MagicGerbil808 Pointing out typos my friend? Is this how you spend your time online? :/

    • @FSM1138
      @FSM1138 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      MagicGerbil808 Crims is short for criminals, you dope.

    • @HBONordik
      @HBONordik 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      splewy Of course you liked it, you have a low IQ after all.

  • @virgiljericho664
    @virgiljericho664 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jay is not far off with pain and gain being a favor thing
    Really it was bay doing the studio a favor by making Transformers 4 so he could make Pain and Gain

  • @frzamonkey
    @frzamonkey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i liked pain and gain just because it was so fucking insane. it made me feel gross , but marky mark was just so earnest and ridiculous.

  • @ThePiggymeister
    @ThePiggymeister 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well, I guess it was bound to happen some time. This is the only review where I have genuinely disagreed with EVERYTHING they said. I could not stand Iron Man 3, I thought the way they handled The Mandarin was possibly the worst route they could have taken. On the other hand, I loved Pain & Gain. The bit of dark humor coupled with a good cast and decent action made it a very enjoyable movie. But, I suppose if we all had the same tastes, life would be rather boring.

  • @Kinjamaimai
    @Kinjamaimai 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Oh fuck does it even need an intr...."

  • @getmario64
    @getmario64 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not that sure about this Bay person, the only I remember is that Bay did three good movies by far. The only I remember is the first Bad Boys and it was okay, but at least is a good buddy cop movie. The Rock is unbelievable action movie and it was great, wonderful performances, and one of the best Die Hard clone movies, The Island, again, wonderful performances. Then Transformers, I don't what to say but these movies are like upside down and it goes backwards that it doesn't work.

  • @nastrael
    @nastrael 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I could never buy the whole Tony Stark PTSD thing. After him having survived the beginning of the first Iron Man movie (witness to the brutal death of his escort, getting blown up, having a magnet buried in his chest and needing to carry around a car battery in order to not die, being tortured, etc) I wasn't convinced that the CGI extravaganza of Avengers fucked up his head.

    • @MrScrawnjuan
      @MrScrawnjuan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah that was the worst part. Or that the suits are completely automated and Tony Stark could just be a corpse flying around in the suit at this point

  • @marmottapagnotta1610
    @marmottapagnotta1610 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "What the fuck is a hipster?"
    Took the words out my mouth

  • @NealX
    @NealX 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Having just seen Iron Man 3, I can finally say that I had mixed feelings about it. I found some of the dialogue scenes needlessly breathless and with too much of that manufactured "wit" that seems to be a thing now in a lot of modern movies, probably thanks to Quentin Tarantino. I found the comedy in the film very hit or miss - to be fair a lot of it was hit, mainly thanks to RDJ, but sometimes the tone shifts were just off and it veered into farce. However the overall approach was good as Mike and Jay point out, it was still an Iron Man film about Tony Stark facing challenges and long odds.
    The biggest weak point of the film by far were the villains and their motivations - extremely thin and poorly explained. It's fine I suppose to say that a villain is evil just because he's crazy, but what about all of his ex-military henchmen? Why do all of those US war veterans want to help a madman? Why does Rebecca Hall want to help a madman? Who's also an asshole? Why does the VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES want to help a crazy madman terrorist? Just to cure his disabled daughter? The fuck? Even as a kid this stuff would have had me scratching my head, so I don't give it a pass.

    • @NealX
      @NealX 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      MrJedabak
      I did enjoy the movie. But Jay and Mike are movie reviewers, they point out a movie's flaws all the time, it doesn't make them joyless assholes. So in a way I don't appreciate being called one for doing what they do too. I guess text comments prevent you from understanding my tone, which is I DID enjoy the movie, it was very fun, but it was also pretty stupid.

    • @NealX
      @NealX 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      MrJedabak
      I'm not going to argue with you since I think we're just talking past each other here. But "plot holes aren't necessarily flaws?" ....? If what you're saying is that plot holes don't necessarily _ruin_ the movie, fine, but they are definitely _flaws_, particularly if there was a way of writing the story that didn't have those holes, which there usually is. I don't excuse lazy writing in any film, even if I like it, and there was plenty of lazy writing in Iron Man 3. However it was a fun film, a funny film, and better than Iron Man 2 for me. I didn't expect it to be the next Dark Knight.

    • @disparityband
      @disparityband 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MrJedabak Let me butt in here because I want to say that I also hate the definitions of words.

    • @defro125
      @defro125 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** This is a response to your concerns about the villains' motivations.
      The US war veterans are following the "madman" because the Extremis modification they received is unstable and requires medication to keep it in check. What happens to subjects that don't receive the medication is seen when the "madman"s lieutenant does not give one subject the medication and he explodes which hurts Tony's driver.
      Rebecca Hall helped the "madman" because he helped fund her Extremis research. She assisted in kidnapping Pepper because both the "madman" and her wanted Tony's help in stabilizing the Extremis formula so that people wouldn't explode anymore. Since Extremis is her creation and she would want to see her dream come true it would make sense to follow the villain's lead, until it came to the need to kill people personally.
      The Vice President wanted the "madman"'s help because of his daughter. But if you recall at the conclusion of the movie, the president was kidnapped with the plan of killing him and blaming it on terrorists. If the planned succeeded then the Vice President would become president AND his daughter would have a restored win. That's fairly decent motivation.
      Also while the "madman" is psychotic, his motivations are steeped in basic greed. He has government contracts for his research which are used by the military. The more war there is, the more money he gets. So he causes problems and uses the Mandarin as the decoy to generate more war, making him more money.

    • @ManOutofTime913
      @ManOutofTime913 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Neal X I didn't really mind the villain not being particularly strong because it was more about the characters and emotions and sort of a theme the of growing up and taking responsibility for your actions, leaving childish things behind, which is what the ending and destroying the Iron Man suits. Of course, that was ruined by the later Marvel films, but eh. He's the best character they've got, so I don't really mind.

  • @KingNothing710
    @KingNothing710 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    23:32 are the most beautiful words i have ever heard uttered on this planet

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Pain & Gain is the best Michael Bay movie, and that's exactly how bad it is.

    • @ashb7
      @ashb7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Eh, I wouldn't put it over The Rock. The 1996 movie, not the person who's in _this_ movie.

    • @tastycookiechip
      @tastycookiechip 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Rock is easily Michael Bays best

  • @theodorerooseveltsantlers270
    @theodorerooseveltsantlers270 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not knowing what a hipster is while living in MKE is comedy gold. All you have to do is go to a farmer's market and you'll find a colony of them.

  • @F3AREDstudios
    @F3AREDstudios 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Iron man 3 trailers promised internal strife, a compelling villain, and impossible odds stacked against the hero...We got an incredibles rip off with a forced twist that adds nothing to Iron man other than mess things up for Avengers 2 to fix. I hope to god Iron man 4 does something more like Armor wars so there will be MORE IRON MAN than Tony Stark playing Tom Cruise.

  • @Lone432345
    @Lone432345 11 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Man of Steel Did Suck Ass. Iron Man 3 had its flaws. But its far more entertaining and tires to do something different than just repeating the same bland villains and plot in every movie.

    • @geekcultureandmovieLover
      @geekcultureandmovieLover 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      So you're gonna give that piece of shit known as iron man 3 a pass because it's entertaining and made a retarded change for the villain because MCU is a slave to China? Bullshit.

  • @luckyspurs
    @luckyspurs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If you've never heard it the Mark Kermode rant about Pain and Gain is hilarious.

    • @GrainneMhaol
      @GrainneMhaol ปีที่แล้ว

      His moral outrage is something to behold.

  • @m0rthaus
    @m0rthaus 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glorious, keep these reviews coming!

  • @lazyguy348
    @lazyguy348 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When you go watch Pain and Gain, go watch it with the right mindset. Don't expect a comedy masterpiece and you'll have a good time

    • @jvincent14
      @jvincent14 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      11 years later lol, but yeah man pain and gain is highly entertaining

  • @brandonthesteele
    @brandonthesteele 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think that'd be a terrible idea. The Game Grumps are about games, and Mike and Jay are balls deep in movies. Grant Kirkhope for example was an excellent guest because he's actually in the gaming industry.
    The best the Grumps could get is probably Rich fucking Evans. He likes games, doesn't he?

  • @rigsby1454
    @rigsby1454 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Iron Man 3 was great fun. Not entirely sure how anyone can not enjoy it. The whole Mandarin thing is a boring complaint. That doesn't make it a bad film. Get over it nerds

    • @geekcultureandmovieLover
      @geekcultureandmovieLover 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Get over it nerds"
      Yet when people complain about the misrepresentation of superman in man of steel, it's okay? Iron man 3 was a poorly written, poorly acted garbage with a pretentious message and a PTSD sub plot that is stupid. I bet if joker was done the same way (got that bastardization), you people would flip flop and bitch about it. Oh wait you guys do that with Luthorberg.

    • @geekcultureandmovieLover
      @geekcultureandmovieLover 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Wessel Minnen You mean a stupid twist that even M Night Shyamalan would say this is shit?

    • @geekcultureandmovieLover
      @geekcultureandmovieLover 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Wessel Minnen
      1) I never said i want the movie to be exactly like the comic. I want my characters to be done right, not slapped on the face for corporate bullshit.
      2) The twist was unneeded. In fact, if we go by your logic, then people should not hate M Night Shyamalan films, because a lot of his movie twists are "unexpected"
      3) If the movje actually did the characters right, we would have got a far, FAR better movie, with far more interesting motivations, actualy commentary that you don't see in superhero movies, and powerful, dramatic tragedy. But fuck that, am i rght? Just defend this shitty ass twist that is nothing but cringe and a complete bastardization of a character. Also i find it you defend the twist for making something "new", even though Tony ends up doing the exact same what he did in the two previous films. fight a guy in a business suit.

    • @Chromeberd
      @Chromeberd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      "I don't want my characters from the comics"
      "But Tony Stark sucks in this because he's not like he is in the comics"
      Keep crying nerd.

    • @MegaZeta
      @MegaZeta 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@geekcultureandmovieLover I refuse to believe you're so dumb that you can't grasp the difference in the pop culture representation of Superman vs. that of the Mandarin and the relative importance of each

  • @TheOminousbeanbag
    @TheOminousbeanbag 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would love for you guys to do a Re:view of The Rock

  • @MrJoaoVitoriginal
    @MrJoaoVitoriginal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    23:29 Special appearance by Rich Evans.

  • @rydermccall3590
    @rydermccall3590 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:38
    Gabapentin 50mg by mouth every day is not a high enough dose. You need to start at 300 mg by mouth once for first day, then twice a day for second day, and then three times daily there on.
    Unfortunately for Plinkett it does not have a lot of euphoric effects (As oxymorphon and hydrocodone do) but it will do wonders for nerve pain (Burning & tingling).

  • @vladpiranha
    @vladpiranha 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There's even the slow-mo walk away from an explosion. Ugh.

  • @AniCator
    @AniCator 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RedLetterMedia FTW

  • @Hollyclown
    @Hollyclown 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ive actually enjoyed pain n gain alot.

  • @HarrisSounds
    @HarrisSounds 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mike spilling the whiskey as he carefully pours it at 13:50 LOL