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  • @rosecity_chris
    @rosecity_chris 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1781

    Its just funny to see John Cena surpass the rock as a great actor. He started off so much worse than the rock, and slowly has become everything the rock thinks he is. Same goes for Batista.

    • @LUWiseguy08
      @LUWiseguy08 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +330

      Rock is going to explode when Batista wins an Oscar one day.

    • @marvelprince
      @marvelprince 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +313

      @@LUWiseguy08man I love watching Bautista take acting so seriously. I really hope he does win some day.

    • @flameroad123
      @flameroad123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      Say what you will about the rock, at least he's not Hulk Hogan.

    • @flameroad123
      @flameroad123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      ​@@LUWiseguy08He'll die of shock if both Batista and Cena win an Oscar.

    • @TheUltimateZMAN
      @TheUltimateZMAN 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Rock was never a good movie actor.

  • @sylhpalr
    @sylhpalr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1358

    Shocked this is not straight to streaming, seems like a Netflix special

    • @czebinatorm
      @czebinatorm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

      Close, it was supposed to be Amazon Prime.

    • @hultgrenc
      @hultgrenc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      I believe that it was said the Rock pushed for this to go to theaters first

    • @IAteFire
      @IAteFire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was straight to streaming before they decided to send it to theatres - which, with a budget of 250 million, I guess that was their best option to recoup money - money which was reportedly bled by the Rock showing up late to set every day

    • @qwinlyn
      @qwinlyn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Notice how it’s a Christmas movie being put out more than a month before the holiday? I wouldn’t be surprised if they did that specifically so they can have it on streaming by the big day and have everyone streaming it.

    • @indeed260
      @indeed260 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@qwinlynMost Christmas movies are released in November and always have been

  • @gridman2742
    @gridman2742 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +911

    I think it'd even be fun for Santa to be just a completely oblivious, very nice man. That juxtaposition with The Rock could've been fun to see

    • @agamotto5354
      @agamotto5354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      Oblivious, nice Santa is fantastic in Arthur Christmas

  • @somerandolad
    @somerandolad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2021

    At this rate, even paper and scissors are growing tired of The Rock.

    • @omoefeasiemo3601
      @omoefeasiemo3601 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      Alright you got me with that one 🤣

    • @Jokester954
      @Jokester954 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      🤣🤣 clever

    • @reviewer0418
      @reviewer0418 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      stolen

    • @cassiusdhami9215
      @cassiusdhami9215 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      👏🏾😆😅😂🤣👍🏾

    • @angelicagolindano_art
      @angelicagolindano_art 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Juwellz18
    @Juwellz18 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2389

    Chris Evans role seems like it was for Ryan Reynolds and he passed on it.

    • @Mephiestopholes
      @Mephiestopholes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +151

      I'll take your word for it. I haven't and really don't plan to watch this.

    • @EdK-Music
      @EdK-Music 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +177

      Especially with all the stuff that came out with The Rock when they were filming Red Notice, I wholeheartedly agree

    • @Tuaron
      @Tuaron 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

      Which suggests that Chris Evans is actually a good pick, as - before becoming Cap - he was that snarky dirty again in a few films and did it well.

    • @ArmedandDangerous918
      @ArmedandDangerous918 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +163

      Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds unironically would have been a good cast for this movie

    • @cariad4297
      @cariad4297 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

      Why is anyone paying Dwayne $50m. Which movie has he ever stared in that justified such a pay day?

  • @CptRyaffio
    @CptRyaffio 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +628

    I think The Rise of the Guardians (2012) is a great version of Action-Santa. It's big Russian, tattooed and two sabers wielding Santa.

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      Violent Night was also fine as a disillusioned Viking warrior who tried to make the world a better place. But had to bring back that viking part to save a genuinely nice and wonderful child that has a lot of cheer and wonder.

    • @PrincessLioness
      @PrincessLioness 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

      I liked that version of Santa as he still had the Christmas spirit and kindness of Santa. That movie is so underrated.

    • @thezackast2752
      @thezackast2752 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      It's been good to see a little more love for Rise of the Guardians. It's one of the few movies I got to see in theaters as a kid, and it really stuck with me. I think it was the novel plot elements that helped.

    • @mackenzietoscan3602
      @mackenzietoscan3602 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      arthur christmas (2011)

    • @lizzybethnj617
      @lizzybethnj617 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I love Rise of The Guardians and the version of Santa was badass

  • @SkarrGaming
    @SkarrGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +241

    Dwayne doesn't play characters, he just plays The Rock.

    • @ronburgundy244
      @ronburgundy244 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The last time The Rock played someone other than himself was Central Intelligence. That movie was also probably the last time Rock played a character that was humiliated in any way during the runtime.

    • @bethanychatman9531
      @bethanychatman9531 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He actually gave a great performance in Pain & Gain.

  • @gavo7911
    @gavo7911 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +845

    Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves was ironically a fantastic heist movie, so I think Chris Prine would be able to play a good dirtbag hacker

    • @masakazuishiguro8525
      @masakazuishiguro8525 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      And that movie had a way better tough straight guy.

    • @ourabouras
      @ourabouras 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      Hugh Grant also was perfectly cast as the heel

    • @JoshuaHopkins-j9o
      @JoshuaHopkins-j9o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      @@masakazuishiguro8525 ... I really hope you mean Rodriguez... cus if you do I completely agree. I absolutely loved her in that flick
      That movie genuinely shocked the hell out of me with how good it was

    • @dahliaherrod4301
      @dahliaherrod4301 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dirtbag-yes! Hacker...? I don't know man

    • @katherinealvarez9216
      @katherinealvarez9216 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      D&D was a fun movie I enjoyed it.

  • @biggsducklighter6171
    @biggsducklighter6171 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +396

    "Keanu Reeves is not above being silly, he's about to be Shadow the Hedgehog."
    Shadow's the most self serious character ever lol

    • @rockification
      @rockification 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      yeah but he’s a talking hedgehog

    • @WreckEm2008
      @WreckEm2008 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      Can’t forgot his head as a tumbleweed in SpongeBob

    • @alexanderinoa7850
      @alexanderinoa7850 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Bill and Ted as well.

    • @CantRead1
      @CantRead1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@rockificationand Heath Ledger played a crazy, killer clown that went after a guy in a damn bat suit.
      Almost everything in media is generally ridiculous.

    • @manuelpatino7863
      @manuelpatino7863 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Edgy The Hedgy is such a silly character. He's a walking, talking, overgrown hedgehog wearing super-sonic skates 😂😂

  • @munohlow
    @munohlow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +509

    Evans’s whole career before Captain America and Snowpiercer was basically what he’s doing now. Even in The Losers he was a skeevy hacker dude. It seems like he’s trying to prove his range outside of classic good guy again by going back to this. Honestly he would’ve made more sense as Nathan Drake

    • @Mr.Ashish25
      @Mr.Ashish25 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Dude you should watch gifted

    • @quakethedoombringer
      @quakethedoombringer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

      Evans's career is weird, for every 1-2 movie he (competently) plays as a heartfelt serious character, there are like a dozen films out there where he plays a douchey jock

    • @mish375
      @mish375 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      I think he's afraid of being typecast except he might typecast himself as a douche character if he isn't careful. That being said he was great in Knives Out as that kind of character.

    • @Bingo_the_Pug
      @Bingo_the_Pug 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sean William Scott walked so Chris Evans could run

    • @mish375
      @mish375 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Bingo_the_Pug Speaking of Sean William Scott, he did a great job in The Rundown opposite The Rock. That was at probably the high point of The Rock's career as he was just starting out.

  • @MrWatsHood
    @MrWatsHood 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +541

    The Rock needs to stay away from the color red

    • @YoungusChungus
      @YoungusChungus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

      Idk, the color Black hasn't done him very well either...

    • @alonsoarana5307
      @alonsoarana5307 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      The only red he should be seeing is the blood on the WWE championship

    • @axcelc5204
      @axcelc5204 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The rock is Jackie Welles

    • @mariasol1545
      @mariasol1545 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      He should just stay away from everything

    • @endrendstudios7665
      @endrendstudios7665 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nah he's gonna finish the Red trilogy

  • @victorwagner2423
    @victorwagner2423 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

    Here's a billion dollar idea: Red One, but instead of the Rock, it's Christoph Waltz.
    "You vere naughty, veren't you?"

  • @pianist150
    @pianist150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +210

    The hi-tech somewhat militarization of The North Pole is done best in Arthur Christmas. Santa's christmas delivery feels like a sharply executed military operation but the movie is successfully about not losing the earnestness of the holiday to the corporatization of what Christmas has become

    • @jeremyallen5974
      @jeremyallen5974 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So basically Santa vs Jack Frost from The Santa Clause 3

    • @pianist150
      @pianist150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jeremyallen5974 No nothing like that actually

    • @jeremyallen5974
      @jeremyallen5974 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pianist150 Santa had grown dissolutioned because Christmas spirit wasn't what it used to be, so he signed off to a guy who only saw profits

    • @pianist150
      @pianist150 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@jeremyallen5974 Yeah thats not the plot. Its more like Succession except instead of the old guy who wants to hold onto the company because thats who he still wants to be, and 3 kids fighting to take over because they have new ideas, its the old guy who wants to hold on but is mostly a figurehead, one son who has revolutionized the holiday process for a new age and is ready to take over and a second son that just wants the north pole to be doing whats best for the people that depend on it. The problem is the son that revolutionized it had a glitch in his system that left one kid behind which statistically is a reasonable margin of error when delivering 3 billion presents, so he decides to get the kid her present by like the 28th. The second son that it more concerned with the kids then anything else goes to deliver the one present himself

    • @ender5892
      @ender5892 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Love this movie. Probably one of the few Christmas movies I can enjoy. At least the dubbed version in my country is pretty good and the jokes are good. I love the old grandparent santa lack of geography's knowledge and odd behaviour. Arthur reminds me of hiccup in a good way.

  • @RCCarDude
    @RCCarDude 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +202

    Santa isn't high tech, he's magic. I hate movies that don't understand this simple concept.

    • @Anyatore
      @Anyatore 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Arthur Christmas did this well. The whole delivering presents thing had to get more and more high tech just because of the growing population. But it's ultimately about rediscovering the magic of why Santa does this in the first place.

  • @ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom
    @ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +205

    Scrap all of it. Cast Arnie as Santa, Stallone as Krampus. Jingle All the Way meets Commando with Mr. Freeze puns.

    • @stevencooper564
      @stevencooper564 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I'm into this. Can we get Sinbad back in the Rock role?

  • @CullodenCowboy
    @CullodenCowboy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +351

    E.L.F.? Y'all the E.L.F.S. is Santa's security in The Santa Clause, they straight up stole that shit. 😂

    • @Cosmicshambler
      @Cosmicshambler 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      No one remembers that awful movie series

    • @CullodenCowboy
      @CullodenCowboy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

      @@Cosmicshambler hmm... clearly you do, or else you wouldn't have an opinion about its quality.

    • @Cosmicshambler
      @Cosmicshambler 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CullodenCowboy everyone who's unfortunate to remember it wouldn't bring them up you charlatan

    • @qwinlyn
      @qwinlyn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      ⁠@@Cosmicshamblerit’s okay. You are allowed to dislike something that other people like.
      That doesn’t make either of you wrong, but accusing someone of being a charlatan because they like something you don’t, does put you in the wrong.
      Opinions are not lies. They’re opinions.

    • @ldawg7117
      @ldawg7117 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      ​@@CosmicshamblerI don't know anyone who grew up in the '90s that doesn't, so I'm not sure wtf you're talking about. You're talking about that movie like your parents talk about you, behind your back..

  • @lucerobarrera8707
    @lucerobarrera8707 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    I think The Rock got that much money because it’s his production company. He probably earned the bulk of it as a producer

  • @xNewSidx
    @xNewSidx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    I’ve never heard the word Schwarzeneggerian before and I love it.

  • @MrOtistetrax
    @MrOtistetrax 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    By the time Arnie made Jingle… he’d already done Twins, Kindergarten Cop, and Junior. He was pretty much doing 50/50 action/comedy by that point. And the action stuff he was doing was less serious: True Lies, Last Action Hero. He was fully into his “household name, family favourite” stage by then.

    • @Marveryn
      @Marveryn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      that seem to be a phaze with action stars. they start serious and then they move in comedy making fun on how serious they were earlier in the career. Stallone also went through that cause stop or my mom will shoot.

  • @1_random_commenter
    @1_random_commenter 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +190

    Oh, Red One is in theaters? I assumed it was straight-to-vod.

    • @bazzfromthebackground3696
      @bazzfromthebackground3696 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Definitely felt like the marketing was saying it was straight to streaming.

    • @Trevor_Spinelli
      @Trevor_Spinelli หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Onto Prime Video a month after release date soooo

  • @onslaught147
    @onslaught147 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +199

    I find it so funny that most other wrestlers-turned-actors just use their name. But Dwayne Johnson is still just "The Rock". I do remember when some movies used his actual name in their advertisement, but that was like ten years ago. Now he's just a character.
    I wonder if the rock is jealous of Dave Batista, who was able to transition into a more serious actor. And Dave even shed the extra muscle, while the Rock's career would probably end if he lost his muscle.

    • @jasonninja55
      @jasonninja55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      Not even just Dave. John Cena has some really good acting roles too. You know come to think of it maybe we just need to get The Rock in something James Gunn and it'll fix things for him 😂😂

    • @bergamt
      @bergamt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@jasonninja55 I would take Cena in either of these roles

    • @rosecity_chris
      @rosecity_chris 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Batista and Cena have both become way better actors than the rock lol

    • @no_nameyouknow
      @no_nameyouknow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Do you think Hulk Hogan was his real name?
      Dave Batista and John Cena those were their names in wrestling as well so of course they would use them. I don't know if those are their real names but probably not.

    • @ДимчоДимов-ж7е
      @ДимчоДимов-ж7е 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@jasonninja55Black Adam 2 directed by James Gunn

  • @nicolasbolas2247
    @nicolasbolas2247 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    If I had a nickel for every movie that made Santa's whole operation into a spy/secret organization, I'd have quite a few nickels

  • @Mephiestopholes
    @Mephiestopholes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    I recently had to rewatch 'Tooth Fairy'. Really put into perspective what his entire 'acting' career is in a Sum Total.

    • @bazzfromthebackground3696
      @bazzfromthebackground3696 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Acting range of his namesake, for sure.
      🪨

    • @bethanychatman9531
      @bethanychatman9531 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He can actually do it if he tried. That's the annoying thing. We have seen glimpses of it like in Pain &Gain and a few other's. If he cares to emote and vulnerable again he could.

  • @JoeBloghead
    @JoeBloghead 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Jason Statham or Daniel Craig as the serious role could work - both have done comedy but both bring an aura of seriousness that The Rock doesn't in 2024.

  • @TupocalypseShakur
    @TupocalypseShakur 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    The Rock's best roles was in Faster and Michael Bay's Pain and Gain. The characters are polar opposites of each other, one being a man who goes on a revenge spree and the other being a drug addict turned body builder, and they stand from most of his roles

    • @sathrielsatanson666
      @sathrielsatanson666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, he was fine in that because he played a meathead... so like in real life.

    • @ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom
      @ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I still think it's The Rundown. He still plays a brute, but a layered one. There's more character than his image in that role.

    • @michaelgray4833
      @michaelgray4833 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I genuinely think his funniest/most interesting role is as Boxer Santaros in Southland Tales

    • @boxingelfis1499
      @boxingelfis1499 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes! Dammit, yes!!! Someone finally mentions Faster😫😫😫 why just why has this movie been forgotten???? It's the Rock's best work in my opinion as dammit if I didn't feel like I was the Rock ruthlessly pursuing those who hurt him and his brother, as the weight of the past weighs down on him while time moves forward for everyone else, mostly.

    • @boxingelfis1499
      @boxingelfis1499 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom It's the same with Faster, except it's a Rock who embodies such pain and unforgiving hatred.

  • @svetlanaolivares2330
    @svetlanaolivares2330 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    keanu reeves and kieran culkin is the duo i never knew i needed. i would LOVE to see them in a movie together now

  • @evanrutledge-sz4yo
    @evanrutledge-sz4yo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thing with the rock is that he isn’t a bad actor, but has type cast himself into this one particular role. He can play over characters when he wants to, which makes his current career so much more frustrating.

  • @Zombiesnyder13
    @Zombiesnyder13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    ROCK
    MEETS
    BOTTOM

  • @hwelsh201
    @hwelsh201 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Your quick Matchstick Men reference is still the best casting solution-Nic Cage playing it straight, Sam Rockwell in the Evans role

    • @jaibrown9962
      @jaibrown9962 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is what I was thinking and given Nando love for Justin Hammer I was expecting him to make that pitch

  • @solangelolover3906
    @solangelolover3906 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    I don't really want to see this movie but I don't feel like Evans is miscast. He played the a**hole character in a lot of his early roles. This character being a hacker is also reminiscant of his role in the losers.

    • @DylanoRevs
      @DylanoRevs หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He also played that actor with the huge eyebrows in the Scott Pilgrim movie. He acted like an a-hole in that

    • @adabsurdum5905
      @adabsurdum5905 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Evans was fine, but the material he had to work with was garbage. This movie felt like someone was struck very hard in the head before they wrote it, but not in a good way

  • @seanbrewer1232
    @seanbrewer1232 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    I haven't seen the movie, but when it comes to casting do you know who is retiring from action movies, and it would have been funny to see him in a Christmas parody of an action movie? Liam Neeson.
    Imagine the teaser: it starts off with a close-up of Neeson's face as he talks on the phone.
    "I do not have the authorization to negotiate with you, or to give in to your demands. What I have are a particular set of skills, skills I will use to get back my employer. Our organization urges you to release him, or I will come for him, and I will come for you, and you will be put on the list."
    A disembodied voice on the other end of the phone simply says "You have 48 hours, or the holiday is canceled."
    "Very well." Liam hangs up, then looks over his shoulder as the camera pans out to show Santa's workshop.
    "Get me two reindeer and a bag of candy canes. Somebody's kidnapped Santa Claus."

    • @TonyE727
      @TonyE727 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This would have been great. But who plays the dirt bag?

    • @christianwise637
      @christianwise637 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Considering he's about to star in a Naked Gun reboot, this kind of role wouldn't be too out of the ordinary for him, he could definitely nail the absurdity of the role while still maintaining a level of seriousness

  • @TheRazorFox
    @TheRazorFox 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Wait. You want a Caulkin in a Christmas movie? That'd never work.😅

  • @maineymonroe8225
    @maineymonroe8225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    0:30 A movie about Santa Claus getting kidnapped doesn’t have a lot of Santa in it. Go figure.

  • @cartilagehead
    @cartilagehead 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    The Rock basically leapfrogged his career to the “90s Schwarzenegger” phase where pretty much every single movie that he makes is a family comedy, or at least family friendly hijinks/adventure movie, that capitalizes on his status as a big toughguy action star playing against type. The problem with this is that The Rock doesn’t have a rich catalog of beloved R-rated action movies that predate this phase to give him a “type” to act against. Pro wrestling doesn’t count, pro wrestling is for kids.
    He’s never not been a kids’ entertainer-which is fine, nothing wrong with that-but there seems to be an underlying desire to be more (can you tell that he rly wants to be president?), to be like an everything-star to all people (ie kinda what Schwarzenegger did). More than failing to copy Arnold’s ineffable charisma, the Rock doesn’t have Arnold’s eye for picking all-time classic movies. He could be like a less terrible and much wealthier Hulk Hogan if he were to lean into it, but he takes himself too seriously.

    • @dahliaherrod4301
      @dahliaherrod4301 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That's a great assessment though I push back on failing to copy Arnold's charisma. Let's be real. Dwayne has charisma coming out of his a$$. It's the thing keeping him going at this point when his inability to act fails.

  • @MyrddinBjor
    @MyrddinBjor 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Krampus played by Hivju is easily the best performance in the film, was genuinely surprised to have enjoyed something outside the pure absurdity thats sprinkled throughout.
    It also helps that hes the only one acting like he wants to be there, cant say the same for Simmons, Liu, or Johnson.

  • @selkiefluff
    @selkiefluff 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Not only does it feel like all new movies nowaday regurgitate the same 20 actors, all those actors get typecast into eventually just playing themselves and doing very little acting. It's boring, honestly. Not to say that the 90s/00s didn't do it as well, but the movies themselves were a bit more varied because they didn't play it so safe.

    • @jacoblyman9441
      @jacoblyman9441 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A wild example with a current actor who was around in the 2000's, but I really love Master & Commander, great movie to go revisit and the original books it was based on are great. I have to remind myself Dr. Stephen Maturin is Paul Betnay, the same actor as JARVIS/Vision, that comedic guy in a Knight's Tale and the villain in the Han Solo movie. I don't look at Dr. Maturin and see him as "Paul Betnay" (despite some major physical differences between Paul and the book description of the character), I see him as the character first and foremost in that role.
      I can't say the same with all the actors currently around, and those that do have range (such as RDJ in Oppenheimer) are usually also guys who were working on serious stuff in the 90s/00s. I don't think it's a lack of skill on current actors, but more-so how studios treat them and type cast them into roles. If the MCU and DC films are the epitome of pop-cinema that sucks in that limited list of actors, the only ones my age I can say truly have wide range is Robert Pattison and Florence Pugh (and although not in a superhero film yet, I guess I'd put Daniel Radcliffe's post-Potter work in there too). The rest all seem to be typecast now into what the studio thinks the audience wants which is more roles that look a lot like the stuff the MCU does already; and even those actors with range are still limited to feeling like part of the "same 20 guys" because they are also pulled into the modern movie machine.

  • @AllPurposeBaked
    @AllPurposeBaked 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    The Nice Guys is my favorite recent example of the scumbag / straight man dynamic.

    • @Silencio223
      @Silencio223 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Shane Black is so good at this - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is another that does it well, to say nothing of Lethal Weapon.

    • @velvethunder
      @velvethunder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it;s an excellent movie. but who IS the scumbag and who the 'straight man'?

  • @uosdwiSrdewoH
    @uosdwiSrdewoH 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    The Rock is a big brand but he's not a bankable movie star. His movies rarely break out. Sometimes they barely break even. His production company is making the movie which probably added to his fee. He's becoming more of a liability at this point. The movies aren't there for Dwayne Johnson the actor to do anything interesting. They're just incredibly expensive publicity vehicles for The Rock the brand.

  • @bilbostomper
    @bilbostomper 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Really looking forward to the Pitch Meeting for this movie.

    • @rosecity_chris
      @rosecity_chris 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

  • @jordanwhite352
    @jordanwhite352 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I keep getting this vibe that the original two actors who were supposed to play these characters, whereas the rock and Ryan Reynolds and then they ran into that problem that Ryan Reynolds already worked with the rock once on a Netflix movie and he had a bad experience with him so he refuses to work with him so they tried to scramble to get another big star. That might work similarly and that's how we got Chris Evans.

  • @burbankerr44687
    @burbankerr44687 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I don’t doubt Chris Evans’ acting ever, seeing him in Knives Out, Snowpiercer and Captain America - he is incredible and has so much range, it’s just a pity his range now includes this film too

  • @bazzfromthebackground3696
    @bazzfromthebackground3696 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The Rock has all the range of his namesake.

    • @eelwithheels
      @eelwithheels หลายเดือนก่อน

      CRYING??? 💀💀💀💀

  • @Sharpe1502
    @Sharpe1502 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Kristofer Hivju (in my opinion) needs to be a bigger star than he is. The man has charisma, he’s funny, and he can be intimidating and dramatic when he needs to be.

    • @Cosmicshambler
      @Cosmicshambler 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He needs to change his last name tho cause wtf is even that last name

    • @anony-missy
      @anony-missy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ⁠​⁠@@Cosmicshambler​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠I would assume it’s Norwegian. Because he is Norwegian. Idk why a Norwegian man being credited using his Norwegian surname is a problem. Arnold Schwarzenegger was fine to keep his surname after becoming famous.

  • @featherguardian6023
    @featherguardian6023 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    At this Point the Rock should stop Cooking

  • @milou66
    @milou66 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I have never seen a The Rock thing that wasn’t just … fine. And that includes the time he fought a cage match with Seven of Nine.

    • @boxingelfis1499
      @boxingelfis1499 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please watch Faster🥹

  • @Terioskintobor1975
    @Terioskintobor1975 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The actor who plays Krampus is perfect as Kraven The Hunter, in an actual Spiderman film in the MCU...

  • @dannyfrommars22432
    @dannyfrommars22432 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Jason Statham as the Rock’s role
    Ryan Reynolds as Chris Evan’s role
    Crank meets Deadpool

    • @PrincessLioness
      @PrincessLioness 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      James MacVoy as Chris Evans role.

    • @quakethedoombringer
      @quakethedoombringer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I feel like Jason and Ryan's chemistry may not bold well together. Jason works best when his co-stars are either as serious manly as he is (the Expendables) or morality pet (the Transporter movies). Ryan style works best when his co-stars has enough charisma to bounce back on his jokes (basically the side characters from Deadpool or the Hitman's Bodyguard)

  • @rivales8614
    @rivales8614 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    6:21 Jason Statham

    • @ChrisKay-h1j
      @ChrisKay-h1j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My immediate thought was Statham. And I kind of want to see it.

    • @tomek6132
      @tomek6132 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tom Cruise

  • @waka1834
    @waka1834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The role you were questioning who would play chris evans role i was SCREAMING RAMI MALEK the entire time at my tv

  • @dvdchan90
    @dvdchan90 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I think Jason Statham is todays only manly man action man. Other than that movie with Melissa Macarthy about Spys, he is mostly in action movies where is his seriously and british.

    • @PrincessLioness
      @PrincessLioness 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Jason came to mind as well. Even Tom Cruise before Keanu. Statham is the most serious but he not as likable/popular as the other action, but he is the most type cast.

  • @wizardpower7009
    @wizardpower7009 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    The shrinking cgi on the rock caught me off guard it was so funny.

  • @ericjome7284
    @ericjome7284 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Holiday films always seem to get a pass on flop or not. The studio is looking for things that will become a part of the holiday vibe. Yearly repeats.

  • @grfrjiglstan
    @grfrjiglstan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is Collecting A Paycheck: the movie. Every single one of these guys had like a down payment on a house they needed to meet.

  • @artproxl
    @artproxl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    First person I thought to replace the Rock was Jason Statham, he does the no-nonsense character the best!

  • @flameroad123
    @flameroad123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The rock was known as franchise viagra....I guess the drug finally wore off.

  • @JustSwivel2
    @JustSwivel2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Rock tried to combine Fat Man and Oppenheimer. What he got was a nuclear glitter bomb.

  • @rosharma7443
    @rosharma7443 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The Rock has never been in a film as good as Total Recall.

  • @shortstuff780
    @shortstuff780 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Aaron Taylor Johnson would be brilliant for the Chris Evans role.
    He can play dirt bags, yet bring a unique compelling story to the character.
    Hes such a under looked actor, people tend to forget this big buff brit was once upon a time Mr. kick ass himself.

  • @gillianrosheuvel6750
    @gillianrosheuvel6750 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Oooh, Keanu Reeves & Steven Yeun. Didn't know I needed these 2 in a movie, but now I want it!

  • @Ricardodiaz17762
    @Ricardodiaz17762 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I can't wait to see this...at home on Amazon on Christmas morning.😅

    • @IcyDiamond
      @IcyDiamond 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was originally meant to be an Amazon exclusive lol

    • @Ricardodiaz17762
      @Ricardodiaz17762 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @IcyDiamond I know. It cost so much money that they had to put it into theaters to offset the cost.

  • @Trevor_Spinelli
    @Trevor_Spinelli หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Statham to me is the only current guy in Hollywood who’s no BS and straight action.

  • @AllWIllFall2Me
    @AllWIllFall2Me 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    My casting idea/suggestion, given the criteria you've brought up, and having seen one longer breakdown of the movie, so my understanding of the character may not be quite there: Henry Cavill and Charlie Day.
    Cavill plays to the Secret Service, elite forces type. He's a little stiffer than the Rock, but that actually plays BETTER for this, since the idea is that he needs to break out of it.
    Charlie Day probably isn't in the same tier of actors to get this made, but can really nail the "scumbag dad because he's overthinking being a dad" kind of neurosis, while also having the energy of being able to plan a complicated heist.

    • @lorenholmes1978
      @lorenholmes1978 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ooh. I like this pairing!

    • @TrayOfKimbap
      @TrayOfKimbap 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      awesome idea! cavill plays so well against anyone whether serious or not. like him and armie hammer even. charlie day could be a super nerd hired by the badguys to design the "ultimate video game dungeon" except it was actually a real magical impenetrable dungeon to imprison santa claus, and then said bad guys try to tie loose ends and threatens charlie day's family. giving cavill's character a more compelling reason to recruit charlie day into the rescue mission

  • @mcruz4571
    @mcruz4571 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Keanu acting as a "dirtbag" in Constantine and a hacker in The Matrix, Keanu can definitely play the role of Chris Evans.😅

  • @Turtlpwr
    @Turtlpwr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I knew it was a disaster since the first trailer I saw this past early dall

  • @rentless666
    @rentless666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You get Kurt Russell to play Santa and call it Christmas Chronicles 3. You then get J. K. Simmons to play the Rock part and cast Donald Glover to play the scumbag. You need to rewrite a few little things, but I feel it works.

  • @2nd3rd1st
    @2nd3rd1st 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I think it'd've been best if the Red One script had been Re-Done...

  • @thabreez456
    @thabreez456 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m telling you the Next Movie With the Benny Safdie is gonna determine whether the rock can act or not.
    That’s his big dramatic breakout chance

  • @loglorn
    @loglorn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My first thought when i watched the trailer and like the trailer ended with "On Theaters November whatever" was "....Wait this is going _on theaters??_ This is not a Netflix Christmas special?"

  • @oklaclarinet
    @oklaclarinet 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You managed to use the movie A Real Pain to connect a train of thought without actually saying the title of the movie, which is incredibly timely as that movie expanded the same weekend Red One opened. (I saw them both last Friday.)

  • @drewforchic9083
    @drewforchic9083 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You used it to describe his earlier roles where he was more serious, but honestly, I think comparing his entire career to Arnold Schwarzenegger is more accurate. He started outside of acting as a professional strongman (bodybuilder), started acting in mostly serious badass toughguy roles (Terminator, Predator, etc) and once he was known for that, started playing against type as goofy muscle man in silly situations (Jingle all the Way, Twins) and become known for doing both. Once his movies start losing enough steam, he’ll probably go into politics next.

  • @moondog548
    @moondog548 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    My mom, who is elderly, and who I am desperate to get quality time with, told me YESTERDAY that she really wants to go see this. UUUUGGGGGHHHH 😫

    • @rosecity_chris
      @rosecity_chris 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Suck it up for mom dukes!

    • @hothotheat3000
      @hothotheat3000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She’s old, she’ll forget about this. Just tell her you took her to it yesterday.

    • @angelicagolindano_art
      @angelicagolindano_art 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      It’s worth watching for quality time with mom though.

    • @IAteFire
      @IAteFire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      You’re going into it with negative zero expectations, so just enjoy it for what it is, not a big deal at all

    • @KenanWatcher
      @KenanWatcher 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Go see it with her. Never know how much time you have left. It'll make her day.

  • @alejandrovallencci
    @alejandrovallencci 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A christmas movie starring The Rock and Chris Evans, I don’t even have to watch it to know what happens in it

  • @PrincessLioness
    @PrincessLioness 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I feel like James McVoy would have been great as the dirt bag who’s also super smart.

    • @quakethedoombringer
      @quakethedoombringer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Him or the guy who plays Beast in the X Men prequel films. They can both play the nice shy nerd or psychopathic incel without feeling off

  • @srayj
    @srayj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I went to see this mainly because I like Chris Evans and I had a fine time. I give it a 6.5 to 7 but I also had fairly low expectations for it. It was what I expected, an action-comedy holiday movie.

  • @gameaddictz327
    @gameaddictz327 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Arthur Christmas does the elf as CIA agent extremely well - instant classic for me

  • @KittyKatAspen
    @KittyKatAspen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m glad that Nando and PHW are both making the point that the Rock has a surreal turn in his persona and acting career, something that has been hard to convince people of (personally) before these two wonderful creators talked about it.

  • @MartialArtsFilmFreak
    @MartialArtsFilmFreak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Scott Adkins in the Rock role would be fun

  • @JLG331
    @JLG331 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The reason JK Simmons was cast as Santa was a throwaway line from "The Tomorrow War", where he played Chris Pratt's father. When someone else sees him for the first time, they ask "who is this Conspiracy Santa?". This is done in part because Simmons is now really jacked (especially so considering his age), and that was a bit of a surprise for audiences. So it is natural that he would be cast as an actual jacked Santa Claus at some point.

  • @blofeld39
    @blofeld39 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hear me out -- Jason Statham in the Rock role, and Sebastian Stan in the Evans role.

  • @MacabreHouse
    @MacabreHouse 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Red One really feels like a movie that you watch half asleep on Christmas day

    • @mechengr1731
      @mechengr1731 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ngl, once you accept the movie is stupid and just enjoy the ride, its kind of enjoyable, in a so stupid it's kind of hilarious way
      Sort of like how you don't go to a Kaiju film like Godzilla v. Kong for good dialogue, don't expect a good plot in this movie and just enjoy Captain America and The Rock as Ant-Man going to save Christmas

  • @luminary6818
    @luminary6818 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “Who is an actor who, in the present day, is largely almost exclusively known for action movies”
    I thought you were gonna say Jason Stathum

  • @MysterySteve
    @MysterySteve 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For the record, this idea is also *kinda* covered in Arthur Christmas

  • @timbates12
    @timbates12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How dare we exclude Logan Lucky from the 'recent heist movies' conversation

  • @zacharymccoy7091
    @zacharymccoy7091 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This movie was like the antithesis to Arthur Christmas with no holiday spirit at all.

  • @Bolt_Chaser
    @Bolt_Chaser 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You’re telling me The Rock was 1/5th of the entire budget

  • @spaceboyctstudios2934
    @spaceboyctstudios2934 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don’t forget Dwayne Johnson was also in “DC League of Superpets” and “Planet 51”.

  • @MrS-pe6sd
    @MrS-pe6sd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Arnold was in Kindergarten cop and Twins before that

  • @jaknadle6635
    @jaknadle6635 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Taron Egerton instead of Chris Evans would have been my pick.

  • @mammajamma4397
    @mammajamma4397 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That movie SCREAMED Amazon Prime to me. I still can't believe it was released in theaters.

  • @RileyCarroll-p3s
    @RileyCarroll-p3s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I liked the part where the Rock raised his eyebrow and looked directly into the camera

  • @Parkedinto
    @Parkedinto หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:25 I see your Keanu Reeves, and I raise you a Jason Statham

  • @HeadshotJack
    @HeadshotJack 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    6:27 Tom (respectfully) fing Cruise. Literally action Jackson at this point. Otherwise love the vid obvi😂👍

  • @chwenhoou
    @chwenhoou 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson needs to go away. He's overexposed in movies and wrestling. His aura is fading fast, if not gone completely. There have been multiple reports of his ego hurting countless films. He even cost the US Army/American taxpayers 11 million for failing to increase recruits.
    Dwayne needs to take an extended vacation from all of this. He should seek professional help about his issues, stop chasing this action hero trend, and take some risks in terms of acting.

  • @wattabak9890
    @wattabak9890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Mike Tyson shoulda just kept doing cameos after Hungover, dude got his ass beat for 20 mil and The Rock out here just chilling and getting almost twice as much

  • @benajahtbaskin
    @benajahtbaskin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    NANDO BEING A CORRECTIONS JACKAL WAS A TWIST I DID NOT EXPECT THIS YEAR

  • @ironfist9414
    @ironfist9414 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The hierarchy of flops is about to change

  • @chase5436
    @chase5436 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It just kind of feels like The Rock is trying to worm his way into Marvel with this one.

  • @JamesLawner
    @JamesLawner 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ngl, the lead characters look shippable 😳
    And if I were to recast, I think Dave Bautista and Theo James could work.

  • @ivanlim747
    @ivanlim747 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All those John Cena disses Rock made in 2011 about Cena being too kid friendly is what’s happening to Dwayne right now.

  • @NixLaser
    @NixLaser 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8:35 yeah imagine that, Keanu Reeves playing a hacker. Ridiculous