I thought it was funny how he had an issue of Amazing Spider-Man stuck to his hand and couldn't shake it off because of the bubblegum. That was a brilliant little tongue-in-cheek moment.
KnuckleHunkybuck lots of moments like those in the movie MANDY from last year too . Come to think of it between Under the silver lake and MANDY I think weird symbolism filled movies might be on a good place at the moment . Neon Demon and Only God Forgives .
@Full-Time Fader Fuck... both... those movies (Demon and Forgives). I had very high hopes for Refn after Drive, but he did not deliver. Drive was a fluke. Same as I expected Rian Johnson to have a great career after seeing Looper, but we all know how that turned out... [Cue Rich Evans spilling wine next to a glass on the table and laughing giddily.]
It was so gratifying. I was expecting, ya know, call the police and wait-nope, straight punch to egg shoved in mouth followed by nut-punch. Laughed and replayed 3 more times
It's called The Mystery of Silver Lake in Brazil. And La La Land has a sub title, La La Land: Singing Seasons in Brazil and Melody of Love in Portugal.
It’s actually kind of genius that A24 dumped this. I think that insured its cult status. The people who discover this movie will be vocal about it. It will find its audience.
The parrot is saying Hollywood. Turn on subtitles while watching this film if you're looking for more codes/clues. The subtitles are sometimes oddly different than what the characters are actually saying - almost as if the subtitles are saying what the characters really mean in their minds, but their spoken words are lies. Good stuff.
As a guy who still enjoys superhero movies, I'll agree they can be extremely tiring to consistently watch. These guys are also required to see it as soon as possible if they intend for their reviews to be relevant.
I think that current superhero movies are pretty mediocre. If you want great and layersd superhero entertainment, watch the Netflix Marvel shows or Titans on DC Universe. Or, y'know, pick up a comic book.
@Luigi Nastro Agree! I watched tillt he spoilers then went out my way to watch it. No I am back to finish this HitB episode! What a great piece of cinema this was.
@@MsSphinx91 Technically two if you count the reprise of Moriarty when he took control of the ship to demand they find a way to release him from the computer. Sadly neither Star Fleet nor the daystrum inst. ever discovered how to do this. SIKE! They invented the mobile emitter, used in both Voyager for the ship's EMH, and DS9 for an episode where Bashir's image was to be used for the latest EMH. He was denied this honor once it was discovered he was genetically enhanced, yet he was able to maintain his position and rank in Star Fleet, despite regulations against genetically enhanced persons being allowed in Star Fleet. I've always had mixed feelings about this because it's a form of discrimination. Being genetically enhanced is not the fault of the individual and the discrimination seems cruel. I can also see that those people have advantages that would give them excessive amounts of opportunities which could lead to the sorts of things that the eugenics wars were fought over etc. So I guess Star Fleet thought Moriarty was a felonious, devious, dangerous fuckface and shouldn't be given freedom, because they never gave him the opportunity to exist on a mobile emitter to my knowledge.
@@Zero11zero1zero They have to be harsh against people with genetic engineering because that's how Khan ended up coming into existence, as such they need to make sure you can't just genetically engineer a super weapon then try to say "whelp it's not their fault so they can run star fleet one day and maybe turn it into a tool for evil". My god maybe that's what happened in modern Star Trek...
24:35 His resolution is growth. Having lost his former love to the Hollywood grinder, he spends the whole film regressing to boyish ways (the cereal box, nintendo power, sexual immaturity that's especially clear from his interest in the baloon girl) in an attempt to cope with his own inner meaning crisis, before finally letting go of his longing for an unattainable past (the dog treats) and accepting his own version of adulthood (sleeping with older lady). The whole film is a metaphor for his subconcious, much like a dream.
@@TheTrueRandomGamer It’s not about whether you personally liked it. You claimed that there is no deeper message to this film, which is objectively false. So yes, on some level, you didn’t get it. Nice liking your own comments btw 👍🏻
This reminds me a star trek next gen episode where they cardassian capture Capitan picard and try to broke his spirit trying to makes says that there are 3 light
I am SO HAPPY to see a review /discussion on this film from you all. I really enjoyed UtSL and I hope the director will continue on his string of polarizing ambitious films.
You know, the biggest surprise to me was that for the very 1st time I felt Topher Grace was properly cast. This was the most bizarre aspect of the film IMO.
Used to hang out in Silver Lake… this movie is totally the vibe; creeps, hipsters, artsy fartsy, the occult, parties & people trying to make it in Hollyweird.
I tipped the Dominos driver $16, immediately threw the pizza down the garbage chute after I closed the door, and then watched this movie twice in a row.
@@teas9892 Nah. It's better to have a film that nobody sees instead of one that is shut down and never made. It's not as if this movie didn't really have anything in it that we don't all already assume goes on anyhow. This movie is probably far too kind to Hollywood elites on so many levels.
Man, I love the reviews of movies I would have never even heard about. I wish you guys would do more of the seasonal catch up videos l since they really helped me find some of my favorite films
this, i felt afraid. genuine scared. especially about the symbols message. symbols are really powerful tools. no wonder this movie is not being promoted. most of the stuff they talk about are subtle red pills
One theme that I picked up on was that he's a functional alcoholic who's personal life was falling apart while he was doing all this. When she said "I might as well make the best of it" and his expression in that scene kinda summed up the whole movie for me. Also when he leaves the dog biscuits with the homeless man. If you pay attention to his stance in the last shot of the movie, he's ready to move on now. Gentlemen, I thank you because I watched this movie earlier tonight and the only reason I even knew about it is because of this video. Great film. This is one of the reasons I'm happy to be a subscriber.
Really, really liked this movie. Andrew Garfield carries the whole film, which is a slick mix of: mystery, noir, comedy, and dark moments (almost horror adjacent). Retro and. hipster at the same time, beautifully bouncing back and forth from spooky to sexy to silly. Not only merits a watch, but a re-watch. Tons of clues embedded within. In fact, the more I think about "Under the Silver Lake" the more I love this movie. A very solid B+ film.
"we'll never talk about detective pikachu or that sonic movie when it comes out" despite their best efforts RLM continues their slow climb to 1mil subs
@@Half_Finis the 3 of them would make pretty good fulltime wages doing what they are doing right now. They are the Bruce Campbell of youtube. Why change?
@@Half_Finis Don't they make around $18 000 monthly from Patreon alone? It seems they don't show the Patreon dollar amount anymore, but they are one of the top 20 in Patreon creators. They certainly don't have full time jobs outside Redlettermedia. They have usually also had their movie projects like Space Cop, though have nothing like it on production at the moment.
Magical realism = all of those Orphic references we didn't understand: i) The right eye of Horus as a portal to Orpheus as the songwriter is ripped directly out of a careful reading of the history of philosophy and the history of Greco/Egyptian culture more generally (remember. it is Bacchus, Orpheus, Pythagoras); ii) the sordid mysteries of Abrasax, Yaldabaoth and the (highly recommended) homemade Ambrosia of Eleusis; and iii) the disappointing realization that a careful reading of the aforementioned articles of history will only lead to a deeper state of confusion if you take it all too seriously.
@@WeezaY5000 I don't know, I can't watch BotW on my phone anymore as they're riddled with ads. At first each episode had 15-20 ads, it was unbearable, now I get three to five at maximum.
When I think of Silver Lake I think of homeless vagrants and hipsters that move here from Ohio with aspirations of being an artist but end up being a barista.
3,2,3,4-4,2,3 AND These men are PAWNS! I put a price of 20,000 dirham on their heads. Next they will be hailed as the true messenger of GOD! They were just a couple of songwriters, who came to Ishtar, to break into show business. Easy boy, easy boy, easy boy, easy boy! What the hell's the matter with him is he blind?! Well yeah he is, bu-but he's in perfect condition. So how did they wind up on everyone's hit list? Your life is in danger. Behave normally we have guns pointed at your back. No don't put your hands up you idiot! Oh little darlin'. My little darlin'. I can't believe these men may control the fate of the Middle East. Oh where, ar-are you? Do it! Ayiyiyiyiyiyi schmechahii buttahotsfayaaah! This is unbelievable. HOOPA HOOPA HOOPA Kno-ow well-a. That my love-a Are the two American messengers of god dead yet? Is this the oasis? Does this look like an oasis to you? Yeah look at the birds! Are those vultures? YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH Wa-as just fo-or you He's aiming at us! Would you stop being paranoid! Run smuck, they're trying to kill us! Warren Beatty. Dustin Hoffman. Isabelle Adjani. Your girl? How did she get to be your girl? ONLY YOU! I think they're wonderful! Ishtar: Written and directed by Elaine May Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha this is some of our best work!
Thank you guys so much for giving this movie the attention it deserves! The distribution situation really does piss me off but I feel like this is will definitely become a cult classic
@@bauhaus1961 It was kind of cool knowing exactly what he was circling to show the guy. I remember somebody showing that to me when I was a little kid and probably haven't even thought about it in 25 years, but the second he asked the dude for a dollar bill after talking about the Owl Kiss I knew where it was going and I wondered if anybody is telling kids today about all the weird shit on our currency.
Also the first time I watched this movie was insane. I started it and almost immediately fell asleep only to be woken up to an old man yelling, playing piano and getting his head smashed in with a guitar. I then restarted the movie to see how it got there, fell asleep again. Started it the next day and loved it.
Underrated comment. Even (especially) if it were satire like Nerds Crew, it'd still be decent in current year with all the YT channels now dedicated to ghosts and such.
Funny that they mentioned Winestein when talking about this movie since the directors last movie It Follows was distrubuted by The Weinstein Company before everything came out. Sorta adds another layer to this one for me
When i first tried to watch or even show my girlfriend she was uninterested but I kinda liked it. Then I watched a video explaining what it was about and like a year later we watched it together again and she forgot that we had seen it and we both ended up liking it alot.
I read Hitchcock's Vertigo in a similar way. James Stewart tries to make Kim Novak back into the character that he remembers but it's not her and it ends up destroying the identity of this woman. The image of the real supplants and destroys the real.
I was SO let down. There was no advancing of the overall story, so many questions were left unanswered. No pay off for what was a long overall setup. Seriously...what is happening with Plinkett's VCR guys? Also, I didn't see the movie but now I'm tempted to torrent it.
I think she did the bidding of the conspirators, she silenced (killed) people who know about them. Thats why she killed the writer of under the silver lake and came for Sam
The fact that his rent was overdue was bothering and distracting me more than anything else. I got stress from the fact that he wasn't figuring out how he was going to pay his rent.
I thought it was interesting. I found it to be a distraction, almost like it was there to keep him from discovering the truth of the powers that be. This is true in real life that a lot of people are oppressed by heavy financial responsibility to keep them from rebelling or paying attention
Just watched this earlier this week, glad you guys did a video on it. I enjoyed it but I definitely have to watch it again to get a grasp on everything that happened. That scene with the songwriter guy was incredible.
@@adamcetinkent I agree with you for the most part yet at the same time one can indirectly blame GRRM for the crap the show ended becoming since he has not released new material for them to adapt since even before the show started like 8 or 9 years ago, and that's is fine in the sense he can do whatever he wants, he owes nothing to anyone but himself and his close ones, but every year it passes it becomes more and more real the possibility that the development and ending those hacks of that tv show gave it to the story will be the only ending it will have, and that is all on GRRM and his writting method and his meandering around with side projects, so he is not to blame on the fact that the writters of that show are awful but he is responsable that eventually it fell to them the task of closing the story.
Having first watched eyes wide shut while tripping, I can confirm you’re right. I really love how this film felt like a marriage of Mulholland Drive and Eyz Wide Shut.
When I was a kid, I thought that movies just squished the last scene horizontally as some sort of convention, like a fade to black. We never went to a theater but we had HBO. :/
The movie is a goddamn masterpiece, seen it twice now and somehow got better on a 2nd watch. Shame it didn't get released in cinemas here in the UK either.
Love this movie. Actually blown away by it. I get why people might not like it but it's right up my alley. After the awesomeness that was It Follows to follow it up with this... man that's an accomplishment imo.
Fun fact: the movie was properly released in cinemas in Europe last year. Weird to see the US getting the shaft this hard. Lovely movie. Not great but very interesting.
Troll Face yeah, you know I have the idea that in France people are still generally more interested in cinema than in other places where it’s slowly dying. Maybe you get more stuff in general, I don’t know haha
The pre-spoiler segment of this episode sold me on the movie. Finally got around to watching it last night and really loved it, so I thought I'd come back and see what else you all had to say about it. I'm a little surprised there was no mention of the owl lady. Thanks for another great recommendation.
So glad you guys did an episode on this. It desperately needs the attention. Very misunderstood movie. Lots of things to pick up on on repeated viewings. The RLM guys are really just scratching the surface. The scene with the songwriter is one of my favorite scenes ever.
I like the part when Spider-Man beats up those kids.
Zachary Greco flashback to rich Evans telling Superman to get away from those kids
I thought it was funny how he had an issue of Amazing Spider-Man stuck to his hand and couldn't shake it off because of the bubblegum. That was a brilliant little tongue-in-cheek moment.
KnuckleHunkybuck lots of moments like those in the movie MANDY from last year too . Come to think of it between Under the silver lake and MANDY I think weird symbolism filled movies might be on a good place at the moment .
Neon Demon and Only God Forgives .
@Full-Time Fader
Fuck... both... those movies (Demon and Forgives). I had very high hopes for Refn after Drive, but he did not deliver. Drive was a fluke. Same as I expected Rian Johnson to have a great career after seeing Looper, but we all know how that turned out... [Cue Rich Evans spilling wine next to a glass on the table and laughing giddily.]
It was so gratifying.
I was expecting, ya know, call the police and wait-nope, straight punch to egg shoved in mouth followed by nut-punch. Laughed and replayed 3 more times
this makes me think about all the hidden messages Rich Evans dropped over the years disguised as mispronounced words...
Rich is a Wind Talker confirmed.
Never forget the Folding Chable!
@@TheHughgee rich is folding chable kerfirmd
spoopies
SKOSTS ARE TOO SPOOKY5ME
Fun fact: in Hungary, the film is called "California Nightmare"
Fun Fact: Hungary obviously doesn't know anything about the real California, or they would have called it a A Pretty Good Day in Hollywood.
the dude obviously you’re not a golfer...
And La La Land is called "California Dream" in Hungary!
I think the "Nightmare" part is superfluous.
It's called The Mystery of Silver Lake in Brazil. And La La Land has a sub title, La La Land: Singing Seasons in Brazil and Melody of Love in Portugal.
Seeing that cup get tossed aside without a crashing sound effect was absolutely jarring.
Expectations were subverted.
It wasn't a Kurlan naiskos.
I’m jarred.
Today I learned Mike doesn't know what an archer is.
"arrow guy"
@@arandompasserby7940 old age of mid 30's
@@arandompasserby7940 it's the alcohol
@@raccoonboi4225 it's also what living in Wisconsin does to you too.
To Mike, an Archer is just a Star Trek character. He has no other reference for the word.
Phasers on “arrow”
I stopped it halfway through and ate my Domino's pizza in silence
Right after mike said that, I get a dominos pizza ad
I made it through about twenty minutes, and then came back to hear why they thought it was good, and made it through about twenty minutes.
9:17
Fuckin hilarious
@@perhaps9460I literally stopped this movie halfway through to order dominoes, but I finished the movie and loved it
Make movie about how Hollywood is weird and gross and sexist: "I'm sure the Hollywood execs and insiders at Cannes will LOVE this!"
Small town America is weird and gross and sexist.
America is weird and gross and sexist. Hollywood reflects it.
Yep
Finally I can watch this episode of half in the bag all these years later
Same! Just finished watching the movie.
@@D_Fyre Same here!
Same!
After watching it, I immediately went to this video
Just saw it last night and here I am too.
I like how Andrew's character STICKS to an Amazing Spider-Man comic book and FLINGS it away.
I love it
Holy shit I didnt catch that...perfect!!
He was the best spidey 💜
Dyllan James fake news
@@Thecatdrums3 Not news, just my opinion 💁
The sexual tension in this video is unreal
there is a lot of great fanart out there :)
Yeah, Mike REALLY wanted to fuck that Starbucks cup.
Mike X Jay is the only ship i condone
theguy They’re gonna head down to the Manhole after this.
Jay X Mr Plinkett will forever be in my heart
It’s actually kind of genius that A24 dumped this. I think that insured its cult status. The people who discover this movie will be vocal about it. It will find its audience.
Wait, what? I thought A24 distributed it
@@Frederick0220 They did. By "dumped" I think they mean how A24 basically put it straight-to-video with minimal marketing to hype it up
Just barely stumbled across this trailer on TH-cam today and had to watch it immediately. I've never said 'WTF' so many times in a single movie
@@andrewmilito2634 theatrical release a week before avengers came out what bastards
for real this movie was a absolute trip like wtf lol and it was absolutely fascinating.
The parrot is saying Hollywood. Turn on subtitles while watching this film if you're looking for more codes/clues. The subtitles are sometimes oddly different than what the characters are actually saying - almost as if the subtitles are saying what the characters really mean in their minds, but their spoken words are lies. Good stuff.
You guys always seem so much more happier when you don't have to review super hero movies
the power of capeshit
As a guy who still enjoys superhero movies, I'll agree they can be extremely tiring to consistently watch. These guys are also required to see it as soon as possible if they intend for their reviews to be relevant.
It's nice, when you have to talk about something for a few minutes, to actually have something to talk about
I think that current superhero movies are pretty mediocre. If you want great and layersd superhero entertainment, watch the Netflix Marvel shows or Titans on DC Universe. Or, y'know, pick up a comic book.
@@batfreeze56 First season of Jessica Jones on Netflix was so good I bought it on BluRay. Also I started watching The Tick and that seems pretty good.
the way they describe the plot kinda reminds me of that old south park episode about britney spears getting sacrificed so the crops would grow
That episode was based on a short story called The Lottery.
You need to do South Park references on every Video from now on.
Britney Spears moving without most of her head still hunts me.
@Luigi Nastro Agree! I watched tillt he spoilers then went out my way to watch it. No I am back to finish this HitB episode! What a great piece of cinema this was.
Her handler back when she went nuts and shaved her head (Sam Lutfi) was a producer of the movie
RLM will never talk about Detective Pikachu, and nobody else will ever talk about Under the Silver Lake. Life balances itself out.
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
But I just watched it and need to know what to think!
Maybe in the future
Life uh.. finds a way
Jokes on you four year old youtube comment, I just watched it
Jay: Detective Pikachu is a movie about cute CGI Japanese cartoon characters that solve mysteries.
Mike: That reminds me of an episode of Star Trek...
Well there was this episode of Voyager where the little girl on the holodeck...
In his defense, there was a Sherlock Holmes episode on TNG.
@@MsSphinx91 Technically two if you count the reprise of Moriarty when he took control of the ship to demand they find a way to release him from the computer. Sadly neither Star Fleet nor the daystrum inst. ever discovered how to do this. SIKE! They invented the mobile emitter, used in both Voyager for the ship's EMH, and DS9 for an episode where Bashir's image was to be used for the latest EMH. He was denied this honor once it was discovered he was genetically enhanced, yet he was able to maintain his position and rank in Star Fleet, despite regulations against genetically enhanced persons being allowed in Star Fleet. I've always had mixed feelings about this because it's a form of discrimination. Being genetically enhanced is not the fault of the individual and the discrimination seems cruel. I can also see that those people have advantages that would give them excessive amounts of opportunities which could lead to the sorts of things that the eugenics wars were fought over etc. So I guess Star Fleet thought Moriarty was a felonious, devious, dangerous fuckface and shouldn't be given freedom, because they never gave him the opportunity to exist on a mobile emitter to my knowledge.
@@Zero11zero1zero They have to be harsh against people with genetic engineering because that's how Khan ended up coming into existence, as such they need to make sure you can't just genetically engineer a super weapon then try to say "whelp it's not their fault so they can run star fleet one day and maybe turn it into a tool for evil".
My god maybe that's what happened in modern Star Trek...
Don't worry Night King fans, nobody's ever really gone.
Wouldn't it been great if The Night King when confronting Bran - instead of trying to kill him - he bows before him.
Guess that's good news for King's Landing.
Omega-Senshu We kind of forgot that the Emperor is dead.
Doesn't matter, the night king wasn't a person, he was more of a weapon!
Half of Kingslanding goes up in 9/11 smoke... nobodys really gone. You know there was a lot of 9/11 in that episode. Did Rich write it?
Half in the bag : Jay forces Mike to watch things. Again.
This movie has the "best kid-beating scene" in the history of cinema.
Jay's taste is better anyway. Mike would just force him to watch another ghost hunting movie.
It happened AGAIN?!
This is actually Mike getting Jay to watch a movie
@@hairyson94 I'm okay with that tbh
24:35 His resolution is growth. Having lost his former love to the Hollywood grinder, he spends the whole film regressing to boyish ways (the cereal box, nintendo power, sexual immaturity that's especially clear from his interest in the baloon girl) in an attempt to cope with his own inner meaning crisis, before finally letting go of his longing for an unattainable past (the dog treats) and accepting his own version of adulthood (sleeping with older lady). The whole film is a metaphor for his subconcious, much like a dream.
a coming-of-age story about letting go of losses
@@TheTrueRandomGamer
It was. It’s called Under the Silver Lake, give it a watch 👍🏻
@@TheTrueRandomGamer
Nah, that was the one. Sorry you didn’t understand it.
@@TheTrueRandomGamer
It’s not about whether you personally liked it.
You claimed that there is no deeper message to this film, which is objectively false. So yes, on some level, you didn’t get it.
Nice liking your own comments btw 👍🏻
so what you're saying is, this pan-and-scan got panned at Cannes
do you write for Bojack Horseman
That's a quality joke.
@@FanboyFilms it took 12 years to write
@@carmovision this unoriginal comment sure didnt
Mike broke me
I started watching star trek
Same.
This reminds me a star trek next gen episode where they cardassian capture Capitan picard and try to broke his spirit trying to makes says that there are 3 light
Oh yeah me too!
Your situation reminds me of a certain Star Trek episode...
Yes good.
TOS is amazing
Favorite scene of all time. When he beats the shit out the kids who keyed his car.
Specifically when he force-feeds the one kid a raw freaking egg
i have no idea if either or both of you are lying or it actually happened in the movie. XD (thats the mark of a good weird movie)
They really did a job on that car.
I am SO HAPPY to see a review /discussion on this film from you all. I really enjoyed UtSL and I hope the director will continue on his string of polarizing ambitious films.
You know, the biggest surprise to me was that for the very 1st time I felt Topher Grace was properly cast. This was the most bizarre aspect of the film IMO.
He was cast well in a Black Mirror episode i thought.
You cant have Spider Man without Eddie Brock
I came here for the Detective Pikachu review and I was NOT dissapointed!
Spoilers: it’s a good little family film.
With movies like Detective Pikachu, you can’t look at it logically. It’s about the feeling you get at the end.
I felt slightly ill at the end.
So I guess that means... success?
Don’t forget Detective Pikachu is about family.
The film also has a horrifying depiction of the Pokémon Ditto that will haunt my dreams. Creepy as fuck.
**Puts down Domino's pizza**
*eats in silence*
Reginald Safety lmao
Half in the bag is my favorite cinematic universe
Ben... Solo?
Used to hang out in Silver Lake… this movie is totally the vibe; creeps, hipsters, artsy fartsy, the occult, parties & people trying to make it in Hollyweird.
Sounds better than pretty much any rural place I've been in with their "local flavor".
I clapped when I saw the Starbucks cup!
IT BROKE THE FOURTH WALL
I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!!
*VERY* *COOL*
THEY GOT BLOWED UP IN KINGS LANDING!
Things I knooooow
The movie is called "Under the Silver Lake" because that's where you'll find all the DVD's of it.
**shots **fired
Let's all dive in and get our copie of this beauty !
I'm actually afraid to buy a blu ray because they lowkey look bootleg and I saw people saying they don't work
@@Mattman0106I own the Blu Ray, its beautiful, don’t let them fool you 😂
I watched this because of you two. Loved it. Beautifully framed and shot. I miss this style. It was basically modern noir
I tipped the Dominos driver $16, immediately threw the pizza down the garbage chute after I closed the door, and then watched this movie twice in a row.
Rich Evans is under the silver lake. He’s the key to all of this
Ethan Burt he’s a funnier character than we’ve ever had before
CH Gorog Did Rich Evans enact 9/11, or did he simply allow it to come to pass?
Yeah.. with all the subliminal codes he puts out as 'mispronounced' words...haha
Imma need a re:View of that twin peaks return Jay 😇
Hell yeah
I was just thinking the same thing...
I cannot believe I heard Mike Stoklasa say "Sonic the Hedgehog", that's the real takeaway of this video.
It's code
Under the Silver Lake got too close to the truth, so someone important made a phone call and made it effectively disappear.
If someone really cared the movie would not have been made at all.
@@teas9892 Nah. It's better to have a film that nobody sees instead of one that is shut down and never made. It's not as if this movie didn't really have anything in it that we don't all already assume goes on anyhow. This movie is probably far too kind to Hollywood elites on so many levels.
Happyfeet this!
Kind of like how the pitch for Crank 3 was about taking down a massive Hollywood pedophile ring, no surprise it was never more than a pitch.
Man, I love the reviews of movies I would have never even heard about. I wish you guys would do more of the seasonal catch up videos l since they really helped me find some of my favorite films
Dude, if your're into movies, do the leg work bro :D google dat shit and sniff it till you're high on moovieezz
I 100% know what feeling you meant like even just describing it...theres just a really skin crawling darkness in hollywood
this, i felt afraid. genuine scared. especially about the symbols message. symbols are really powerful tools. no wonder this movie is not being promoted. most of the stuff they talk about are subtle red pills
@@kay_keik7842
What are some of the subtle red pills?
It reflects America.
One theme that I picked up on was that he's a functional alcoholic who's personal life was falling apart while he was doing all this. When she said "I might as well make the best of it" and his expression in that scene kinda summed up the whole movie for me. Also when he leaves the dog biscuits with the homeless man. If you pay attention to his stance in the last shot of the movie, he's ready to move on now. Gentlemen, I thank you because I watched this movie earlier tonight and the only reason I even knew about it is because of this video. Great film. This is one of the reasons I'm happy to be a subscriber.
Really, really liked this movie. Andrew Garfield carries the whole film, which is a slick mix of: mystery, noir, comedy, and dark moments (almost horror adjacent). Retro and. hipster at the same time, beautifully bouncing back and forth from spooky to sexy to silly. Not only merits a watch, but a re-watch. Tons of clues embedded within. In fact, the more I think about "Under the Silver Lake" the more I love this movie. A very solid B+ film.
"we'll never talk about detective pikachu or that sonic movie when it comes out"
despite their best efforts RLM continues their slow climb to 1mil subs
Do they have full time jobs btw? I support them on patreon but they make so few vids
@@Half_Finis the 3 of them would make pretty good fulltime wages doing what they are doing right now. They are the Bruce Campbell of youtube.
Why change?
@@Half_Finis Don't they make around $18 000 monthly from Patreon alone? It seems they don't show the Patreon dollar amount anymore, but they are one of the top 20 in Patreon creators. They certainly don't have full time jobs outside Redlettermedia. They have usually also had their movie projects like Space Cop, though have nothing like it on production at the moment.
@@tissot233 why do they not review basically every movie then >.
tissot233 Way more than 18k actually lol.
I am suprised Mike did not mention that Under the Silver Lake actually copied off Star Trek S2 E23 The Omega Glory.
Or "The trouble with Tribbles"
God damnt
Revolver Ocelot1988 yup
Surprised they never mentionned The Big Lebowski.
I actually saw this movie in the cinema and I'm super glad, that few theaters in Poland played this. For half a year I though nobody heard about this.
Magical realism = all of those Orphic references we didn't understand: i) The right eye of Horus as a portal to Orpheus as the songwriter is ripped directly out of a careful reading of the history of philosophy and the history of Greco/Egyptian culture more generally (remember. it is Bacchus, Orpheus, Pythagoras); ii) the sordid mysteries of Abrasax, Yaldabaoth and the (highly recommended) homemade Ambrosia of Eleusis; and iii) the disappointing realization that a careful reading of the aforementioned articles of history will only lead to a deeper state of confusion if you take it all too seriously.
RLM doing everything they can to not reach 1M subscribers.
Good for them!
Credibility > Pandering
I can't wait until they post their 1 million sub plaque reaction video. I'm going to smash the fuck out of that like button immediately.
They are 1 month off getting the million if they have a similar month this month as they did last month.
My balls are ready.
@@WeezaY5000 I don't know, I can't watch BotW on my phone anymore as they're riddled with ads. At first each episode had 15-20 ads, it was unbearable, now I get three to five at maximum.
love the old man aspect ratio ramblings
How is this old man ramblings?
I was rambling about them at 16.
When I think of Silver Lake I think of homeless vagrants and hipsters that move here from Ohio with aspirations of being an artist but end up being a barista.
The American dream
So Silver Lake is basically Williamsburg, Brooklyn...sadly my birthplace.
That is the plot of the movie basically. Andrew Garfield’s character is a mentally unhinged loser.
Unfortunately all the douchebags from Ohio that go to California end up being the Paul brothers.
Referring to the official subtitles the parrot says "Hollywood"
EXPLAIN THE RED STAIN!!!
EXPLAIN IT!! DAMNIT I NEED TO KNOW WHY JAY'S SHIRT HAS A RED STAIN!!!! PLEASE!!!!!
Well you see, it's an analogy for the spirit dying in the body, much like Ishtar...
3,2,3,4-4,2,3 AND These men are PAWNS! I put a price of 20,000 dirham on their heads. Next they will be hailed as the true messenger of GOD! They were just a couple of songwriters, who came to Ishtar, to break into show business. Easy boy, easy boy, easy boy, easy boy! What the hell's the matter with him is he blind?! Well yeah he is, bu-but he's in perfect condition. So how did they wind up on everyone's hit list? Your life is in danger. Behave normally we have guns pointed at your back. No don't put your hands up you idiot! Oh little darlin'. My little darlin'. I can't believe these men may control the fate of the Middle East. Oh where, ar-are you? Do it! Ayiyiyiyiyiyi schmechahii buttahotsfayaaah! This is unbelievable. HOOPA HOOPA HOOPA Kno-ow well-a. That my love-a Are the two American messengers of god dead yet? Is this the oasis? Does this look like an oasis to you? Yeah look at the birds! Are those vultures? YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH Wa-as just fo-or you He's aiming at us! Would you stop being paranoid! Run smuck, they're trying to kill us! Warren Beatty. Dustin Hoffman. Isabelle Adjani. Your girl? How did she get to be your girl? ONLY YOU! I think they're wonderful! Ishtar: Written and directed by Elaine May Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha this is some of our best work!
Under the Red Stain
Watch Blue Velvet again.
I noticed that too! wth!
Jay's shirt stain is spreading to his arm. You should get that checked.
shirt cancer
Thank you guys so much for giving this movie the attention it deserves! The distribution situation really does piss me off but I feel like this is will definitely become a cult classic
how the hell do you not mention the Owl Kiss stuff??
@@jamesgriffyn an awful take
It just shows how densely packed this movie really was. But I was still hoping that they mentioned those scenes with the naked owl lady.
@@groggyland I loved it when the owl lady thought she was being slick with that knife and he had a gun so she had to skedaddle .
@@jamesgriffyn Little too complex for some people i guess
@@bauhaus1961 It was kind of cool knowing exactly what he was circling to show the guy. I remember somebody showing that to me when I was a little kid and probably haven't even thought about it in 25 years, but the second he asked the dude for a dollar bill after talking about the Owl Kiss I knew where it was going and I wondered if anybody is telling kids today about all the weird shit on our currency.
How the hell did A24 think Life After Beth was worth releasing but this wasn't?
Life After Beth was basically zombie horror/comedy much easier to promote than whatever Under The Silver lake was supposed to be. lol
Also the first time I watched this movie was insane. I started it and almost immediately fell asleep only to be woken up to an old man yelling, playing piano and getting his head smashed in with a guitar. I then restarted the movie to see how it got there, fell asleep again.
Started it the next day and loved it.
"what kind of dog do you have?" "My dog died recently"
I love when you do movies you actually find interesting. You expose me to so many films I'd never see otherwise. Thanks, fellas. :)
Bet Mike and Jay are regretting trading in their Detective Pikachu tickets for this movie now.
Did you get unbanned from Dota for your raging yet?
26:11 Curb your Video Game Movie
Like your videos man
funny how this movie brought spiderman and venom together yet marvel and sony couldn't
But Topher Grace played Venom in a movie with Spiderman which was made by Sony
@David Mason true
I like how when he's miming an archer, Mike lets go of the string and the bow at the same time.
"It Follows Guy" sold this movie to me, so I stopped watching this review before spoilers. EDIT: wathed the movie, it is truly amazing.
Under The Silver Lake? More like Under The Million Subs.
Thx for reviewing this one, boys
mike, just follow your heart and start a paranormal show already. lets get into the nitty gritty on those space batteries under the pyramids
Underrated comment. Even (especially) if it were satire like Nerds Crew, it'd still be decent in current year with all the YT channels now dedicated to ghosts and such.
The music in this movie is sooo good.
These guys are so much better when talking about interesting / lowkey movies
Great movie, i think the 'songwriter' is really old, as in centuries old! i could be wrong but he played a small piece of Beethoven music
Thought he was almost like one of Neil gaimans, "american gods"
Funny that they mentioned Winestein when talking about this movie since the directors last movie It Follows was distrubuted by The Weinstein Company before everything came out. Sorta adds another layer to this one for me
When i first tried to watch or even show my girlfriend she was uninterested but I kinda liked it. Then I watched a video explaining what it was about and like a year later we watched it together again and she forgot that we had seen it and we both ended up liking it alot.
Topher Grace and Andrew Garfield in the same movie and you couldn't think of a Spiderman Joke?! Sad.
I liked the film, it’s the closest thing to a Pynchon movie since inherent vice, so I’m fine with a couple flaws.
So glad somebody else thought it had Pynchonian qualities.
@@whyshouldiworry2966 My first thought upon finishing it was, "Well, that's the best Pynchon movie anyone's gonna make." lol
I read Hitchcock's Vertigo in a similar way. James Stewart tries to make Kim Novak back into the character that he remembers but it's not her and it ends up destroying the identity of this woman. The image of the real supplants and destroys the real.
ZIZEK GANG WE OUT HERE
@@duckmeister4248 Perverts, assemble!
If David Lynch directed The Big Lebowski...
in what cinematic universe does this take place?
Wisconsin.
Rem Lezar
M. Night Cinematic Universe's Lady in the Water spin-off.
"Hipster Kubrick" LOL
I thoroughly loved this film so much. Most interesting, unique, and engaging picture I’ve seen in a long time
I loved Under the Silver Lake, I'm super glad you guys did too!
I was SO let down. There was no advancing of the overall story, so many questions were left unanswered. No pay off for what was a long overall setup.
Seriously...what is happening with Plinkett's VCR guys?
Also, I didn't see the movie but now I'm tempted to torrent it.
my thoughts exactly. though i had to watch the movie to get to spoilers part of the review, and it's really great movie. BUT WHERE IS PLINKETT??
i havent finished the review yet and I just finished the movie.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT OWL MURDER WOMAN CREATURE THING!?!
Plump Potato Rump Metaphor for suicide?
I think she did the bidding of the conspirators, she silenced (killed) people who know about them. Thats why she killed the writer of under the silver lake and came for Sam
Did anyone else laugh when Sam pointed the gun at her and just got scared and ran away?
@@Hadzz95 this. also the writer was to poor to find out about it so they send her
exactly, just another pointless plot thread
I loved this movie. It had everything that was great about Raymond Chandler and True Detective
The fact that his rent was overdue was bothering and distracting me more than anything else. I got stress from the fact that he wasn't figuring out how he was going to pay his rent.
I thought it was interesting. I found it to be a distraction, almost like it was there to keep him from discovering the truth of the powers that be. This is true in real life that a lot of people are oppressed by heavy financial responsibility to keep them from rebelling or paying attention
Just watched this earlier this week, glad you guys did a video on it. I enjoyed it but I definitely have to watch it again to get a grasp on everything that happened. That scene with the songwriter guy was incredible.
If they did a Game of Thrones series review, that would subvert my expectations better than the series itself did.
Jay and Mike kind of forgot that they don’t review tv shows.
@@adamcetinkent I agree with you for the most part yet at the same time one can indirectly blame GRRM for the crap the show ended becoming since he has not released new material for them to adapt since even before the show started like 8 or 9 years ago, and that's is fine in the sense he can do whatever he wants, he owes nothing to anyone but himself and his close ones, but every year it passes it becomes more and more real the possibility that the development and ending those hacks of that tv show gave it to the story will be the only ending it will have, and that is all on GRRM and his writting method and his meandering around with side projects, so he is not to blame on the fact that the writters of that show are awful but he is responsable that eventually it fell to them the task of closing the story.
One of my favorite newer films. It's like Kubrick on acid. But I think its kind of the big laboskie reboot.
Having first watched eyes wide shut while tripping, I can confirm you’re right. I really love how this film felt like a marriage of Mulholland Drive and Eyz Wide Shut.
Dave Mcgowans Weird Scenes in Laurel Canyon seems to inspire some of it and is also great
Personally I really enjoy your reviews of movies outside the mainstream
This is just product placement for Under the Silver Lake.
When I was a kid, I thought that movies just squished the last scene horizontally as some sort of convention, like a fade to black. We never went to a theater but we had HBO. :/
I have a strange feeling that the darkest of this film is true...
twin peaks season 3 re:view WHEN?
MrJekken Jade give two rides.
The movie is a goddamn masterpiece, seen it twice now and somehow got better on a 2nd watch. Shame it didn't get released in cinemas here in the UK either.
Love this movie. Actually blown away by it. I get why people might not like it but it's right up my alley. After the awesomeness that was It Follows to follow it up with this... man that's an accomplishment imo.
here for Jay's introductions!
AND STAR WARS REFERENCES
Loved this movie, glad you're talking about it.
Fun fact: the movie was properly released in cinemas in Europe last year. Weird to see the US getting the shaft this hard.
Lovely movie. Not great but very interesting.
Well talk for your part of europe, it never came out here in Italy haha
Alessandro Petrozzino really? It did get a wide release here in France.
Troll Face yeah, you know I have the idea that in France people are still generally more interested in cinema than in other places where it’s slowly dying. Maybe you get more stuff in general, I don’t know haha
The pre-spoiler segment of this episode sold me on the movie. Finally got around to watching it last night and really loved it, so I thought I'd come back and see what else you all had to say about it. I'm a little surprised there was no mention of the owl lady. Thanks for another great recommendation.
I watched this movie randomly without knowing anything about it and couldn't believe how good it was.
So glad you guys did an episode on this. It desperately needs the attention. Very misunderstood movie. Lots of things to pick up on on repeated viewings. The RLM guys are really just scratching the surface. The scene with the songwriter is one of my favorite scenes ever.
RLM, thanks for the recommendation!
This movie was fantastic and definitely deserves some love!!!
So glad you’re covering this one. I’ve not seen it yet but it intrigues me.
Edit - and after this I’m going to see it.
No Detective Pikachu? No Sonic the Hedgehog? Wow, I miss when you guys talked about REAL movies
I think you need to re-evaluate your perception of sarcasm in an rlm comment section
Well, this makes it. After just discovering this channel a few short months ago, I can now say I have seen every single episode of Half in the Bag.
What about the RLM extended universe including Geek Squad and Vader's Suit history?
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