April 14, 2025 • 30 mins
Alec, JJ and Mattson lean into an analysis of the film "Failure to Launch." Our primary contention revolves around the excessive emotional manipulation experienced by the protagonist, Tripp, a character portrayed by Matthew McConaughey, whose predicament elicits both humor and dismay. While we acknowledge the film's predictable narrative structure, we also appreciate its comedic elements and the ensemble cast's performances, particularly those of Sarah Jessica Parker and Bradley Cooper. Throughout our dialogue, we examine the dynamics of the characters and their interactions, noting the film's blend of absurdity and charm. Ultimately, we express a collective sentiment that despite its flaws, the movie provides an entertaining experience worthy of discourse within the romantic comedy genre.
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My biggest gripe with thismovie is like they absolutely abused
this poor bastard.
Like it's like emotionallyjust trapped.
Emotional damage.
Seriously.
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It's week two of our month ofAlec Alex month.
Yes.
Which happens to be chick flicks.
And we're kicking it into weektwo in style with failure to launch.
It was released March 10, 2006.
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It was written by Tom J.
Asel and Matt Ember, wasdirected by Tom day.
Stars Matthew McConaughey,Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Bates,
Terry Bradshaw, Joey ZoeDeschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley
Cooper and Katherine Winick.
It's about a 30 somethingwho's still living with his parents
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until they hiredinterventionist to help him graduate
out of the house.
That's when the fun begins.
Sure.
What a synopsis.
Alec, this is your pick.
Tell us why you chose Failureto Launch.
My friend.
I'm a for Matthew McConaugheymovies and this is like one of the
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few chick Flicks with MatthewMcConaughey that, that I haven't
already slipped into the podcast.
So this one was absolutelygoing on the list.
I love this movie.
This is one of those that Iwill watch anytime, anywhere because
it's funny but also has agreat supporting cast.
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I mean, the fact that you haveTerry Bradshaw in this movie and
it works.
Yeah, it does.
It doesn't feel forced ordoesn't feel awkward having, you
know, the cast that they have.
It's just start to finish.
I'm.
I'm cracking up the entire time.
So I was 100 gonna put thismovie in when it was my month, hands
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down.
That's fair.
That's fair.
Madison, had you seen this one before?
I had not seen this one before.
Say, I was pleasantly surprised.
I overall, I gotta say, Iquite liked it.
It was.
I don't know if refreshing isnot the right word, but like, it
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just are, like, okay, I'Mvibing with this movie and let's
just see where this movie goestype thing.
And I mean, I.
Is this the greatest cinematicmovie I've ever seen?
I mean, is.
Is.
Is any chick flick to an extent.
But in terms of the genre andsome of the jokes and things that
I felt especially.
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Why am I forgetting his name?
He.
He's super famous now.
Bradley Cooper.
My gosh, dude.
Some of his quotes.
Oh, my.
His lines, Jeez.
And I need to look them upbecause there was one that killed.
There's a couple.
But we do.
They've.
They planted those things perfectly.
And I should have.
I.
It was later and I.
There was a couple I was goingto text into you all, especially
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you, Jake, because I was like,oh, I know.
J.J.
just got tickled pink at that reference.
He probably just died right there.
So I love that.
The guy that plays our otherfriend, the one that's so famous,
super famous from National Treasure.
That's where I always rememberhim from.
I can't remember his actor name.
Justin.
I don't.
Yeah, I don't, like, love him.
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He definitely is typecast.
He played a similar type of,like, nerd figuring it out character.
He was fine.
He had some timely jokes, too.
But Zooey Deschanel, who Ilove, didn't like.
I didn't not like her in this.
But the way that they, like,portrayed her is like the complete
completely opposite of like,the preppy, like, goody two shoes
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teacher from New Girl.
She was like some emo, like,kind of figuring it out chick.
All that just was interestingto me and fun and liked a lot of
what I was seeing on screen.
And yeah, I gotta say, youguys literally just said his name.
The quarterback that I see allthe time on Sunday.
Why am I forgetting his name?
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J.J.
what's his name?
Terry Bradshaw.
Yeah, Terry Bradshaw.
He actually, like.
He did.
He was like a, like, it's hardto say a good actor, but, like, I
was like, okay, this actuallyfeels believable, which is a good
compliment.
You're gonna come be someonethat's not really an actor and step
in.
Like, he did a good job.
Like, felt like I was watchinghim on Fox Sports for their.
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Their.
Their Sunday NFL Countdown,and he just happened to be naked.
Yeah.
So I have to say, like, Iliked it.
I thought it was fun.
Yeah.
It's quite the conflagrationof very famous people before they
were, like, massively famous.
They're riding the coattailsof Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew
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McConaugh.
But as we know, like, bothJustin Bartha has always played his
little bit parts.
The hangover that, you know,like you mentioned with.
Yeah, but.
And, but then, yeah, you'vegot some that just launch and they're
huge.
I.
I like this movie because it's clippable.
Like the movie as a whole iswhat it is.
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It's just another chick flickthat's funny and makes me laugh and
I'm okay with it because it'sgot a weird premise and interesting.
But like it's not.
It doesn't stand out for anyother reason than how good the cast
is and like the.
Some of.
But I love it in like the pairups, right?
So like Matthew Bukane, SarahJessica Parker, pretty funny.
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But Trip and freaking Kit,dude, I could watch them all day
long.
Like when she's like, I smell something.
Do you smell that?
And he's like, oh, what's his face?
Me and.
What?
Me and.
Or no, Ace.
Sorry.
Ace and kid.
He's like, me and Tripp hadhead crab.
She goes, no, that's not it.
She goes, I smell fun.
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You're a dirty fun haver.
And then the way she justdelivers it like stone cold dry.
Zoe Deschanel.
Love it.
And then like the three idiotstogether of Ace and Trip and.
And demo.
Like, I'm like, oh, my God,these guys are great.
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So it's just like thesepairings that have these scenes that
make me laugh consistentlythat I just really enjoy.
And then Terry Bradshawwanting his naked room the whole
time.
It's just.
That's just classic right there.
Like, it weighs a thousand pounds.
One of the best quotes I just.
That's why I was laughing in silence.
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I told.
It came back to me that whenit demo says deception's a poison,
it's like margarine.
That one that is so funny to me.
It's like, oh, my gosh, thatone got me so good.
Yeah.
Bradley Cooper's got somegreat lines.
Like when he's breaking down,why he keeps getting like, you got
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bit by a chuck wallet dude dolphin.
He's like, therefore naturehas rejected you.
It's just.
Yeah, that was so good.
Yeah.
At least I'm not sponging offmy parents so I can afford to get
laid in every continent.
Whoa, whoa.
I'm a ramble man.
I'm a tumbleweed.
I'm a seeker of truth.
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And it's like, get out of here.
Yeah.
Oh, I love that dynamic.
They like, anytime they were.
All three of them were onscreen and had something going on,
like, it was great.
Totally awesome.
Well, and I was surprised athow Sarah Jessica Parker is not my
favorite.
She also was not my favorite.
But she inserts in thisdynamic pretty well because she plays.
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There's only a few.
Like I.
We watched.
We did in the holidays.
We did the.
What she's in that.
Casey loves the Thanksgivingslash Christmas movie where she.
I don't remember, but she'sgot the weird throat clearing thing
with.
Anyway, so I don't like herthat much, but I like her in this.
Like the whole paintballingscene makes me laugh.
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Like the finger roll and theyjust keep doing this.
I'm like, look, looks terrible.
Like, but I'm here for it.
Like, I really enjoy.
Yeah.
So she inserts into thedynamic in this cast very well, even
though most of the time I'mnot a huge fan of her.
But yeah, I liked it.
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Or just like the simple scene.
I was just gonna say when likethe trip's parents were trying to
like stonewall him a littlebit, make him do things around the
house.
And like his mom comes in andlike tells me he needs to clean something
and.
And tells him about the rubber gloves.
And that was just like,something's wrong with your mom.
And you're just, you canremember that scene.
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They're all like grown men intheir 30s and you're like, these
are like 12 year old boys thatshould be saying something like this.
And so I think they, they,they did that dynamic really well.
This performance by Bradley Cooper.
I actually just watched one ofmy favorite chick flicks.
Can you call it a chick flick?
I guess it is kind of.
It is Wedding Crashers.
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Freaking love that movie.
Watched it last night.
And he plays like a moreseriously off the rails kind of character
when he's in those.
Like, because this, thosemovies are before he landed big and
has obviously been his ownstar in his own right.
I miss some of the old him.
I wish he would go back and dosome of these like more bit performances
because, man, he kills them.
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Like he.
And obviously he's.
Because he's a really goodactor and deserves his own performances,
but.
Oh my goodness, you put him inthose doses.
He just.
He's great.
Oh yeah, you're getting readyto say something, Alec.
Yeah, I was gonna say the onepart that I actually don't like about
this movie is the fact that hegets bit by everything.
Mike McConaughey.
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Oh, really?
Yeah, that's a bit that I was like.
Oh, I don't know if it playsoff for me as well.
Like the fourth or sixth timehe gets bit by something.
Yeah.
I'm like, it's funny when it'sthe dolphin and it's funny when it's
a chipmunk.
But when you, like, put themall together, including the chuckwalla
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and everything else, I'm like,it just feels like they like, hey,
this worked.
Let's keep doing it.
Sure.
That's like my biggest gripewith this movie.
Other than that I don't havemuch to.
Right.
I didn't feel like.
It's maybe because of how Jaydescribed it.
Like, this movie has reallygood scenes and that's just kind
of how I continued to seeparts of this movie.
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Like, I was just brought intoanother glimpse of something.
And this treated it almost like.
As like a separate entity,like, towards the end of this movie.
I think this movie has, like a.
A great culmination of, like,the chick flick moment that they're
all in the restaurant andwatching on the big screen, like,
treating it like a sportingevent and, like, try to figure out
what's happened.
I was like, oh, that's prettyfreaking funny that they did it like
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that.
Because you could justimagine, like, if you could see some
of the things that happenedwith your friends, I thought that
was obviously over the top andnot realistic.
But that's what we watch a lotof these movies for.
Because, let's be honest, mostof this stuff doesn't happen.
These great fairy tale endingsdon't come to play.
And I think it almost kind ofmakes fun of itself in a way and
does a really good job.
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Yeah, Yeah.
I mean, the movie's incredibly predictable.
Like it.
I mean, it follows a pattern.
And you know, how.
What chick flick is it?
Sure.
Exactly, like, fits perfectlyin the mold as far as the overarching
story goes, which is fine.
But I think that's why thelittle moments that stick out to
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me stick out so well, becauseI went in expecting, you know, just
your typical walking throughthe motions.
And then there's these weirdscenes and I'm with you.
Like, they do overuse thebiting thing, but the dolphin one
just cracks my up.
Like when he just disappearsunder the water, he's just like,
oh, what the hell?
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And the, like, the ChuckWallace funny to me because, like,
they're just the most thing.
So like these animals, the chipmunk.
I'm like, chipmunks can beferal little.
So it didn't surprise me.
But like, yeah, the ChuckWalla, like, these things that shouldn't
be biting you.
It made me laugh in the moment.
And so.
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And then the payoff for it.
I'm like.
Because I kept going, why thedoes he keep getting gnawed on by
these weird animals?
Right.
Other than for comedy.
So then the payoff whenBradley Cooper does deliver the line
of, like, no, dude, you're up.
Like.
Like, yeah, nature hates yourass right now.
Like, that made me laugh.
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But I'm with you.
They do overuse it a little bit.
Like, one or two would havebeen perfect.
My biggest gripe with thismovie is, like, they absolutely abused
this poor bastard.
Like, it's like, emotionallyjust trapped.
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Emotional damage.
Seriously.
Like, the fact that they'vegot his ass strapped to a chair in
a closet after he's beenmanipulated for weeks.
And like, that.
He's like, yeah, we can giveit a whirl.
That's not real.
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I.
But, I mean, it's hardbecause, like, you have to set aside
the fact that it's justcompletely unrealistic to imagine
because what chick flick is.
But I don't know.
Like, that's my.
I'm like, sitting there going,he wouldn't forgive you at the end.
What the is wrong with this?
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He's duct taped to a chair.
What I do isn't this.
Yeah.
It's been a week since I watchthis in this.
Where she takes it off andthen puts it back on the duct tape
of like, I'd be so pissed.
If Alec was.
Alec.
You should tell us how thisscene would have played out with
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you if you were duct taped inthe chair.
I'd rather.
Nothing tells me it would havegone very differently.
Yeah, no, I think Alec wouldhave just held on to it.
He'd be like, oh, yeah, hetold you exactly what you wanted
to hear.
Then like, a month later,after he's been out of the chair
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and he's led you down thinkingyou're safe and good, next thing
you know, everybody's going,where the is?
Yeah, I'm gone.
I don't know.
She left.
She just decided to get thehell out.
She got other people.
She's got to get out of her parents.
She got on a sailboat and shejust went off.
Yeah.
Little does she know, there'san unmarked grave in the middle of
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the Arizona desert.
Not a monster.
There would be a marker.
Not a very visible one, butthere'd be one.
Maybe that's Alex tactic.
JJ would have mouthed off, andI probably would be the closest approach
to actually being Tripp inthis clip.
Yeah, you would have.
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You would have forgiven.
Although the two.
The two ladies that JJ and Ihave put Share wagons to.
Could prove to be verypersuasive at times in ways that
would be quite fearful for us.
I married a half Apache who'sdescended from Geronimo.
But I.
I don't hear stories about.
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About your lady.
I.
J.J.
certainly knows things and Iknow things about his.
Yeah, I don't get to tell the stories.
Yeah, that's because Alecwould end up with wellness checks
if he.
If there is someone that hashitch their wagon to Alec, they've
got to be pretty ba.
Because.
Yeah, yeah, that's all we needto say.
That's fair.
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She has to be half Apacherelated, descended from Geronimo,
because otherwise keep the b.
She'll end up in a markedgrave in the middle of the Arizona
desert.
There's plenty of places outbetween, I don't know, Gila Bend
and Ajo.
You gotta stay on the.
On the.
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You stay on the east sidethough, because they blow up the
west side.
Enough with weapons testing.
Things might shake loose.
Accidents happen.
Yeah, she was too busy walkingaround in the freaking weapons testing
zone.
What the hell is she doing out there?
Just looking for Gila monsters.
I don't know.
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Oh, God.
Yeah, there's literallynothing out there.
That drive, that's a.
That's an hour and a half drive.
I remember getting to GilaBend, hopping in the car and driving
from Gila Bend to Ajo and Iwent, I'm in trouble.
All I had was a bike.
I don't have a car.
I gotta rely on someone to getmy ass out of this little oasis in
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the middle of nowhere.
Oh, that's how they pitched itto you?
Well, no, I knew, I knew itwas bad because like they were telling
it where you're opening thisarea, nobody's been there in like
a year and a half.
I'm like, oh, great.
But then I get out there andeverybody that lives out Naho thinks
it's an oasis in the middle ofthe desert.
And I don't have the heart totell them no.
You live in a dust bowl in themiddle of nowhere with a grocery
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store, gas station photo.
Developing course.
Now KJJ is there two and all.
It's a bustling metropolis.
Oh, yeah, there's the PizzaHut still like attached to the gas
station that shut down.
Oh, is Senior Sancho'srestaurant still there?
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That's all that's going to be there.
That's the greatest.
That's the best food I've evereaten in my life.
We ate there every day.
It was so good.
Their.
Their tortas oh, my God.
Mexican.
Oh, yeah.
Roaches coming in.
No, it's surprisingly clean.
It's a nice little shirt.
Yeah.
You just wouldn't know it wasa restaurant if you didn't know.
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Like, you just see this littlewood cabin looking kind of thing,
and there's a sign that says,Senor Sancho, the is this.
And they're like, you have toeat there.
And then we didn't stop eating there.
I think I put 10 pounds on inAjo and all I did was ride a bike.
Anyway, we're not talkingabout ajo.
I don't know why.
I'm talking about in the middle.
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Oh, because you were gonna leave.
Except I don't know who'd getleft out there, you or oshi, but.
Oh, 100% me.
Say but.
Yeah.
No, I did.
This movie's funny.
Funnier than I expected.
Casey's like you, Alex.
She's got like a.
An obsession with McConaughey.
And then she has an evenbigger obsession with Sarah Jessica
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Parker because she was like abig Sex in the City.
So she watched this movie withyou, for sure.
Freak.
Oh, yeah, she.
We've watched this movie a tonlike she.
This one, how to Lose a guy in10 days.
Like all the major McConaugheychick flicks, she'll pull out every
once in a while and make me watch.
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And I'll say I laugh the most.
For those.
I know we have a morepredominantly male listening audience.
Like, you haven't seen it andyou got a significant other or whatever,
or you're just.
You.
It's a funny movie.
Like, I think it's enjoyableand I'm happy to have watched it.
And I'm sure I will watch thismovie again.
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I've never seen it, but it wasa good time.
It was funny.
And I think that for this typeof genre, that's the praise that
you're looking for.
Yeah, it's predictable.
It's what you expect it to be,but it's got well timed jokes and
you're going to laugh.
Yeah.
What was the.
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What was the bird?
What kind of bird?
Oh, my God.
Was it a mockingbird?
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Oh, that was great.
I got it.
You pumped it more than twice,didn't you?
Oh, gosh.
Yeah.
It's.
Yeah, that did set up like the.
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One of the cool.
One of the dumbest cool jokesthat I've ever heard, which is when
they're.
When the mockingbird, she'stalking to the guy in the gun store.
He's like, there's a wholebook on like, you know, why you shouldn't
kill a mockingbird.
She's like, oh, I'll take oneof those too.
To Kill a mockingbird?
Yeah.
Thinking it's an instruction manual.
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That joke gets me every single time.
But it's such a stupid joke.
It shouldn't.
I love the.
In the same scene when she'stalking to him, she goes, it's like.
It's like it's 15 bucks for abox of 25.
She's.
I only need one.
Like what?
Well, and the guy that playsthe shot, the store guy, what's his
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name?
Oh, God, I know you're talking about.
He's.
He's in Stuff every.
And some things.
Yeah.
He's funny as hell.
Rob Cordry is his name.
He's in a movie called whatHappens in Vegas with Ashton Kutcher.
And I can't remember the.
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Why can't I think of her name?
She was in the Mask.
She's.
She was one of the Charlie's Angels.
White, the blonde.
Why can't I think of her name?
Anderson.
No, you're going old school there.
I'm impressed.
Charlie's Angels blonde.
There's only one that I'mgoing to.
J.J.
that's fair.
But was she even in Charlie's Angel?
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I don't know.
Anyway, that's a funny movie.
And he.
Every time I see him, that'sthe movie that I think of because
there's a line in that moviewhere the.
The export.
There's a girl's ex boyfriendand she's like her friends, like,
I just want to like send afriend over and have him ring the
doorbell of this guy.
And when he opens the door,they just junk punch him right in
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the.
Right in his man business.
And then when he's like leanedover going, why?
Because you just lean over andgo, you know why?
And so there's a post creditscene in the movie.
I sell that to say that RobCordry's character and this sidekick,
the female version of him inthe movie are like always constantly
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at each other's throats andhow they hate each other.
But then at the end they go tothe ex boyfriend's house who's played
by Jason or the guy from thesoccer coach guy.
Anyway, I can't think of hisname either right now.
I'm not good with names thisSunday afternoon anyway.
And they actually punch.
She punches him right in the balls.
And he's Rob C's character go.
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Turns around, goes, oh, reallyfunny moment.
You should Watch it just for that.
But everything he's in.
Yeah.
There's a whole book on whyyou shouldn't kill Mockingbird.
But I love Zoe Deschanel.
She's so dry and funny.
The way she delivers a line,it's great.
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She was my crush a long time.
Had a pretty big crush on herfor a while too.
Not so much in this, but withher dressing style, but like new
girl her.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, I.
You're a new girl.
I despise her.
Well, I just like the way shelike her get up and everything.
Actually, in New Girl, she's like.
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She wears something throughthe seasons there.
She's less of the reason toactually overall watch that show.
But yeah, now this movie hadanother cr.
Like super crush of mine,Katherine Winick.
And I don't know if you guyshave ever watched Vikings.
The show Vikings.
She's the.
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I can't remember her name inher character name and Catherine
in the.
In the movie, but good Lord.
Lagertha.
She's Lagertha.
The blonde with the dread,like, the braids.
I.
She's.
I don't even remember whatshe's in in this movie, but I like
her a lot.
So every time I watch this,I'm like, look at that.
There's two of them in this movie.
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That I'd leave you for Casey.
She's intense in Vikings.
Yeah, she is.
Don't mess.
Don't mess with her, dude.
She'll chop your head off.
That's right.
That's right.
That's how JJ likes him.
Threat of.
Threat of death at every corner.
I like some feist.
If I wake up every morning andjust go, hey, I made it.
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I was.
I didn't do anything tooterrible to.
Over the last little while.
So.
Yeah, no, I like a little.
A little drama on whether ornot I'm gonna wake up the next morning
with or without a penileinvestment, because that's how it
would start.
Oh, she wouldn't kill me.
She would torture me first.
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I'd be like legs strapped toblocks getting hit with freaking
sledgehammers.
And yeah, it'd be ugly.
Sounds romantic.
Yeah.
You know, depends on if youlike pain or not, which I don't,
by the way.
I'm such a.
I did.
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I hate pain.
But anyway.
Yeah.
Should we rate this thing?
Let's do it.
Feels really quick, but it's.
There's not really a lot ofsubstance to this 90 minute movie.
Well, yeah, we're supposed tofind some heart touching metaphors.
See this?
Yeah.
Not so much.
Not so much.
I will say actually, Paul, I,I like the fact that he wasn't mooching
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off of his parents just to belazy and mooch.
Like he had like an emotionalreason for it.
Like that they kind of wentdown and with the, the girl.
I, I like that part kind oftying it to where it wasn't just
super ridiculous.
And then the fact that he getsto throw it in their faces when after
he finds out that they'rebeing complete nutter pieces of to
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him.
Like parents paid somebody toget you out of the house.
It's funny.
Anyway.
Okay, Alec, you're first.
It's your movie.
Rate this my movie.
It's a very easy four and ahalf for me.
This is something that I willwatch anytime, anywhere.
I'll sit down and I'll watchit with.
For, for no reason.
I don't need a reason to gowatch this movie because it's fun.
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I enjoy it.
There's plenty of jokes tolaugh at and so yeah, that's it for
me.
Four and a half.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Cool.
Cool.
I'm gonna give it a three anda half.
As far as like rom coms go,it's up there.
It's a good one.
I'm not a huge rom com fan.
I don't love goofy lovestories that.
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Because I find them ridiculousbecause that's not real life in any
way, shape or form.
So I get a little irritatedbecause I'm like, no.
No one can live up to thoseexpectations on either side.
So when it comes to chickflicks, there's never going to be
one that's like a massiverating for me unless it's super hilarious.
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This one's good enough to geta three and a half for me.
And I don't hate it.
Like, I don't get pissed whenCasey's like, we're gonna watch Failure
to launch.
But I saw this one on the list.
I was like, okay, that's agood one.
I can deal with that.
So three and a half for me.
I mean, look, it is exactlywhat you think it's going to be.
There's.
There's no twists, turns,shocking moments.
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It's just a funny rom com that has.
Puts a little different spinon some, you know, pairings and weird
friendship vibes.
But yeah, it's good enough.
Matt.
Solid four for me.
I think it's entertaining.
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It's fun.
Watch it.
Don't be disappointed.
I don't think it still gets inmy Mount Rushmore of of rom coms.
Like, I'm not a huge rom comguy myself, but it might, if I watch
again, like it's.
I'm gonna be watching it againand it might in my bump a movie out.
But I'm happy to have watchedit and as your resident man of the
people, go on, watch this movie.
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I love it.
I love it.
There it is.
Fair to launch week two ofAlex month, quote unquote chick flicks.
Shit's gonna get weird fromhere though.
But yeah, like tell everybodywhere they can find us.
Happy to.
So like JJ said, week two inthe books of my month.
It's the greatest month ever.
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Cinematic out.
My biggest gripe with thismovie is like they absolutely abused
this poor bastard.
Like it's like emotionallyjust trapped.
Emotional damage.
Seriously.
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It's week two of our month ofAlec Alex month.
Yes.
Which happens to be chick flicks.
And we're kicking it into weektwo in style with failure to launch.
It was released March 10, 2006.
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It was written by Tom J.
Asel and Matt Ember, wasdirected by Tom day.
Stars Matthew McConaughey,Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Bates,
Terry Bradshaw, Joey ZoeDeschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley
Cooper and Katherine Winick.
It's about a 30 somethingwho's still living with his parents
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until they hiredinterventionist to help him graduate
out of the house.
That's when the fun begins.
Sure.
What a synopsis.
Alec, this is your pick.
Tell us why you chose Failureto Launch.
My friend.
I'm a for Matthew McConaugheymovies and this is like one of the
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few chick Flicks with MatthewMcConaughey that, that I haven't
already slipped into the podcast.
So this one was absolutelygoing on the list.
I love this movie.
This is one of those that Iwill watch anytime, anywhere because
it's funny but also has agreat supporting cast.
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I mean, the fact that you haveTerry Bradshaw in this movie and
it works.
Yeah, it does.
It doesn't feel forced ordoesn't feel awkward having, you
know, the cast that they have.
It's just start to finish.
I'm.
I'm cracking up the entire time.
So I was 100 gonna put thismovie in when it was my month, hands
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down.
That's fair.
That's fair.
Madison, had you seen this one before?
I had not seen this one before.
Say, I was pleasantly surprised.
I overall, I gotta say, Iquite liked it.
It was.
I don't know if refreshing isnot the right word, but like, it
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just are, like, okay, I'Mvibing with this movie and let's
just see where this movie goestype thing.
And I mean, I.
Is this the greatest cinematicmovie I've ever seen?
I mean, is.
Is.
Is any chick flick to an extent.
But in terms of the genre andsome of the jokes and things that
I felt especially.
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Why am I forgetting his name?
He.
He's super famous now.
Bradley Cooper.
My gosh, dude.
Some of his quotes.
Oh, my.
His lines, Jeez.
And I need to look them upbecause there was one that killed.
There's a couple.
But we do.
They've.
They planted those things perfectly.
And I should have.
I.
It was later and I.
There was a couple I was goingto text into you all, especially
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you, Jake, because I was like,oh, I know.
J.J.
just got tickled pink at that reference.
He probably just died right there.
So I love that.
The guy that plays our otherfriend, the one that's so famous,
super famous from National Treasure.
That's where I always rememberhim from.
I can't remember his actor name.
Justin.
I don't.
Yeah, I don't, like, love him.
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He definitely is typecast.
He played a similar type of,like, nerd figuring it out character.
He was fine.
He had some timely jokes, too.
But Zooey Deschanel, who Ilove, didn't like.
I didn't not like her in this.
But the way that they, like,portrayed her is like the complete
completely opposite of like,the preppy, like, goody two shoes
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teacher from New Girl.
She was like some emo, like,kind of figuring it out chick.
All that just was interestingto me and fun and liked a lot of
what I was seeing on screen.
And yeah, I gotta say, youguys literally just said his name.
The quarterback that I see allthe time on Sunday.
Why am I forgetting his name?
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J.J.
what's his name?
Terry Bradshaw.
Yeah, Terry Bradshaw.
He actually, like.
He did.
He was like a, like, it's hardto say a good actor, but, like, I
was like, okay, this actuallyfeels believable, which is a good
compliment.
You're gonna come be someonethat's not really an actor and step
in.
Like, he did a good job.
Like, felt like I was watchinghim on Fox Sports for their.
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Their.
Their Sunday NFL Countdown,and he just happened to be naked.
Yeah.
So I have to say, like, Iliked it.
I thought it was fun.
Yeah.
It's quite the conflagrationof very famous people before they
were, like, massively famous.
They're riding the coattailsof Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew
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McConaugh.
But as we know, like, bothJustin Bartha has always played his
little bit parts.
The hangover that, you know,like you mentioned with.
Yeah, but.
And, but then, yeah, you'vegot some that just launch and they're
huge.
I.
I like this movie because it's clippable.
Like the movie as a whole iswhat it is.
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It's just another chick flickthat's funny and makes me laugh and
I'm okay with it because it'sgot a weird premise and interesting.
But like it's not.
It doesn't stand out for anyother reason than how good the cast
is and like the.
Some of.
But I love it in like the pairups, right?
So like Matthew Bukane, SarahJessica Parker, pretty funny.
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But Trip and freaking Kit,dude, I could watch them all day
long.
Like when she's like, I smell something.
Do you smell that?
And he's like, oh, what's his face?
Me and.
What?
Me and.
Or no, Ace.
Sorry.
Ace and kid.
He's like, me and Tripp hadhead crab.
She goes, no, that's not it.
She goes, I smell fun.
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You're a dirty fun haver.
And then the way she justdelivers it like stone cold dry.
Zoe Deschanel.
Love it.
And then like the three idiotstogether of Ace and Trip and.
And demo.
Like, I'm like, oh, my God,these guys are great.
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So it's just like thesepairings that have these scenes that
make me laugh consistentlythat I just really enjoy.
And then Terry Bradshawwanting his naked room the whole
time.
It's just.
That's just classic right there.
Like, it weighs a thousand pounds.
One of the best quotes I just.
That's why I was laughing in silence.
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I told.
It came back to me that whenit demo says deception's a poison,
it's like margarine.
That one that is so funny to me.
It's like, oh, my gosh, thatone got me so good.
Yeah.
Bradley Cooper's got somegreat lines.
Like when he's breaking down,why he keeps getting like, you got
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bit by a chuck wallet dude dolphin.
He's like, therefore naturehas rejected you.
It's just.
Yeah, that was so good.
Yeah.
At least I'm not sponging offmy parents so I can afford to get
laid in every continent.
Whoa, whoa.
I'm a ramble man.
I'm a tumbleweed.
I'm a seeker of truth.
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And it's like, get out of here.
Yeah.
Oh, I love that dynamic.
They like, anytime they were.
All three of them were onscreen and had something going on,
like, it was great.
Totally awesome.
Well, and I was surprised athow Sarah Jessica Parker is not my
favorite.
She also was not my favorite.
But she inserts in thisdynamic pretty well because she plays.
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There's only a few.
Like I.
We watched.
We did in the holidays.
We did the.
What she's in that.
Casey loves the Thanksgivingslash Christmas movie where she.
I don't remember, but she'sgot the weird throat clearing thing
with.
Anyway, so I don't like herthat much, but I like her in this.
Like the whole paintballingscene makes me laugh.
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Like the finger roll and theyjust keep doing this.
I'm like, look, looks terrible.
Like, but I'm here for it.
Like, I really enjoy.
Yeah.
So she inserts into thedynamic in this cast very well, even
though most of the time I'mnot a huge fan of her.
But yeah, I liked it.
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Or just like the simple scene.
I was just gonna say when likethe trip's parents were trying to
like stonewall him a littlebit, make him do things around the
house.
And like his mom comes in andlike tells me he needs to clean something
and.
And tells him about the rubber gloves.
And that was just like,something's wrong with your mom.
And you're just, you canremember that scene.
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They're all like grown men intheir 30s and you're like, these
are like 12 year old boys thatshould be saying something like this.
And so I think they, they,they did that dynamic really well.
This performance by Bradley Cooper.
I actually just watched one ofmy favorite chick flicks.
Can you call it a chick flick?
I guess it is kind of.
It is Wedding Crashers.
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Freaking love that movie.
Watched it last night.
And he plays like a moreseriously off the rails kind of character
when he's in those.
Like, because this, thosemovies are before he landed big and
has obviously been his ownstar in his own right.
I miss some of the old him.
I wish he would go back and dosome of these like more bit performances
because, man, he kills them.
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Like he.
And obviously he's.
Because he's a really goodactor and deserves his own performances,
but.
Oh my goodness, you put him inthose doses.
He just.
He's great.
Oh yeah, you're getting readyto say something, Alec.
Yeah, I was gonna say the onepart that I actually don't like about
this movie is the fact that hegets bit by everything.
Mike McConaughey.
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Oh, really?
Yeah, that's a bit that I was like.
Oh, I don't know if it playsoff for me as well.
Like the fourth or sixth timehe gets bit by something.
Yeah.
I'm like, it's funny when it'sthe dolphin and it's funny when it's
a chipmunk.
But when you, like, put themall together, including the chuckwalla
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and everything else, I'm like,it just feels like they like, hey,
this worked.
Let's keep doing it.
Sure.
That's like my biggest gripewith this movie.
Other than that I don't havemuch to.
Right.
I didn't feel like.
It's maybe because of how Jaydescribed it.
Like, this movie has reallygood scenes and that's just kind
of how I continued to seeparts of this movie.
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Like, I was just brought intoanother glimpse of something.
And this treated it almost like.
As like a separate entity,like, towards the end of this movie.
I think this movie has, like a.
A great culmination of, like,the chick flick moment that they're
all in the restaurant andwatching on the big screen, like,
treating it like a sportingevent and, like, try to figure out
what's happened.
I was like, oh, that's prettyfreaking funny that they did it like
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that.
Because you could justimagine, like, if you could see some
of the things that happenedwith your friends, I thought that
was obviously over the top andnot realistic.
But that's what we watch a lotof these movies for.
Because, let's be honest, mostof this stuff doesn't happen.
These great fairy tale endingsdon't come to play.
And I think it almost kind ofmakes fun of itself in a way and
does a really good job.
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Yeah, Yeah.
I mean, the movie's incredibly predictable.
Like it.
I mean, it follows a pattern.
And you know, how.
What chick flick is it?
Sure.
Exactly, like, fits perfectlyin the mold as far as the overarching
story goes, which is fine.
But I think that's why thelittle moments that stick out to
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me stick out so well, becauseI went in expecting, you know, just
your typical walking throughthe motions.
And then there's these weirdscenes and I'm with you.
Like, they do overuse thebiting thing, but the dolphin one
just cracks my up.
Like when he just disappearsunder the water, he's just like,
oh, what the hell?
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And the, like, the ChuckWallace funny to me because, like,
they're just the most thing.
So like these animals, the chipmunk.
I'm like, chipmunks can beferal little.
So it didn't surprise me.
But like, yeah, the ChuckWalla, like, these things that shouldn't
be biting you.
It made me laugh in the moment.
And so.
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And then the payoff for it.
I'm like.
Because I kept going, why thedoes he keep getting gnawed on by
these weird animals?
Right.
Other than for comedy.
So then the payoff whenBradley Cooper does deliver the line
of, like, no, dude, you're up.
Like.
Like, yeah, nature hates yourass right now.
Like, that made me laugh.
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But I'm with you.
They do overuse it a little bit.
Like, one or two would havebeen perfect.
My biggest gripe with thismovie is, like, they absolutely abused
this poor bastard.
Like, it's like, emotionallyjust trapped.
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Emotional damage.
Seriously.
Like, the fact that they'vegot his ass strapped to a chair in
a closet after he's beenmanipulated for weeks.
And like, that.
He's like, yeah, we can giveit a whirl.
That's not real.
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I.
But, I mean, it's hardbecause, like, you have to set aside
the fact that it's justcompletely unrealistic to imagine
because what chick flick is.
But I don't know.
Like, that's my.
I'm like, sitting there going,he wouldn't forgive you at the end.
What the is wrong with this?
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He's duct taped to a chair.
What I do isn't this.
Yeah.
It's been a week since I watchthis in this.
Where she takes it off andthen puts it back on the duct tape
of like, I'd be so pissed.
If Alec was.
Alec.
You should tell us how thisscene would have played out with
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you if you were duct taped inthe chair.
I'd rather.
Nothing tells me it would havegone very differently.
Yeah, no, I think Alec wouldhave just held on to it.
He'd be like, oh, yeah, hetold you exactly what you wanted
to hear.
Then like, a month later,after he's been out of the chair
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and he's led you down thinkingyou're safe and good, next thing
you know, everybody's going,where the is?
Yeah, I'm gone.
I don't know.
She left.
She just decided to get thehell out.
She got other people.
She's got to get out of her parents.
She got on a sailboat and shejust went off.
Yeah.
Little does she know, there'san unmarked grave in the middle of
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the Arizona desert.
Not a monster.
There would be a marker.
Not a very visible one, butthere'd be one.
Maybe that's Alex tactic.
JJ would have mouthed off, andI probably would be the closest approach
to actually being Tripp inthis clip.
Yeah, you would have.
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You would have forgiven.
Although the two.
The two ladies that JJ and Ihave put Share wagons to.
Could prove to be verypersuasive at times in ways that
would be quite fearful for us.
I married a half Apache who'sdescended from Geronimo.
But I.
I don't hear stories about.
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About your lady.
I.
J.J.
certainly knows things and Iknow things about his.
Yeah, I don't get to tell the stories.
Yeah, that's because Alecwould end up with wellness checks
if he.
If there is someone that hashitch their wagon to Alec, they've
got to be pretty ba.
Because.
Yeah, yeah, that's all we needto say.
That's fair.
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She has to be half Apacherelated, descended from Geronimo,
because otherwise keep the b.
She'll end up in a markedgrave in the middle of the Arizona
desert.
There's plenty of places outbetween, I don't know, Gila Bend
and Ajo.
You gotta stay on the.
On the.
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You stay on the east sidethough, because they blow up the
west side.
Enough with weapons testing.
Things might shake loose.
Accidents happen.
Yeah, she was too busy walkingaround in the freaking weapons testing
zone.
What the hell is she doing out there?
Just looking for Gila monsters.
I don't know.
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Oh, God.
Yeah, there's literallynothing out there.
That drive, that's a.
That's an hour and a half drive.
I remember getting to GilaBend, hopping in the car and driving
from Gila Bend to Ajo and Iwent, I'm in trouble.
All I had was a bike.
I don't have a car.
I gotta rely on someone to getmy ass out of this little oasis in
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the middle of nowhere.
Oh, that's how they pitched itto you?
Well, no, I knew, I knew itwas bad because like they were telling
it where you're opening thisarea, nobody's been there in like
a year and a half.
I'm like, oh, great.
But then I get out there andeverybody that lives out Naho thinks
it's an oasis in the middle ofthe desert.
And I don't have the heart totell them no.
You live in a dust bowl in themiddle of nowhere with a grocery
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store, gas station photo.
Developing course.
Now KJJ is there two and all.
It's a bustling metropolis.
Oh, yeah, there's the PizzaHut still like attached to the gas
station that shut down.
Oh, is Senior Sancho'srestaurant still there?
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That's all that's going to be there.
That's the greatest.
That's the best food I've evereaten in my life.
We ate there every day.
It was so good.
Their.
Their tortas oh, my God.
Mexican.
Oh, yeah.
Roaches coming in.
No, it's surprisingly clean.
It's a nice little shirt.
Yeah.
You just wouldn't know it wasa restaurant if you didn't know.
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Like, you just see this littlewood cabin looking kind of thing,
and there's a sign that says,Senor Sancho, the is this.
And they're like, you have toeat there.
And then we didn't stop eating there.
I think I put 10 pounds on inAjo and all I did was ride a bike.
Anyway, we're not talkingabout ajo.
I don't know why.
I'm talking about in the middle.
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Oh, because you were gonna leave.
Except I don't know who'd getleft out there, you or oshi, but.
Oh, 100% me.
Say but.
Yeah.
No, I did.
This movie's funny.
Funnier than I expected.
Casey's like you, Alex.
She's got like a.
An obsession with McConaughey.
And then she has an evenbigger obsession with Sarah Jessica
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Parker because she was like abig Sex in the City.
So she watched this movie withyou, for sure.
Freak.
Oh, yeah, she.
We've watched this movie a tonlike she.
This one, how to Lose a guy in10 days.
Like all the major McConaugheychick flicks, she'll pull out every
once in a while and make me watch.
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And I'll say I laugh the most.
For those.
I know we have a morepredominantly male listening audience.
Like, you haven't seen it andyou got a significant other or whatever,
or you're just.
You.
It's a funny movie.
Like, I think it's enjoyableand I'm happy to have watched it.
And I'm sure I will watch thismovie again.
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I've never seen it, but it wasa good time.
It was funny.
And I think that for this typeof genre, that's the praise that
you're looking for.
Yeah, it's predictable.
It's what you expect it to be,but it's got well timed jokes and
you're going to laugh.
Yeah.
What was the.
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What was the bird?
What kind of bird?
Oh, my God.
Was it a mockingbird?
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Oh, that was great.
I got it.
You pumped it more than twice,didn't you?
Oh, gosh.
Yeah.
It's.
Yeah, that did set up like the.
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One of the cool.
One of the dumbest cool jokesthat I've ever heard, which is when
they're.
When the mockingbird, she'stalking to the guy in the gun store.
He's like, there's a wholebook on like, you know, why you shouldn't
kill a mockingbird.
She's like, oh, I'll take oneof those too.
To Kill a mockingbird?
Yeah.
Thinking it's an instruction manual.
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That joke gets me every single time.
But it's such a stupid joke.
It shouldn't.
I love the.
In the same scene when she'stalking to him, she goes, it's like.
It's like it's 15 bucks for abox of 25.
She's.
I only need one.
Like what?
Well, and the guy that playsthe shot, the store guy, what's his
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name?
Oh, God, I know you're talking about.
He's.
He's in Stuff every.
And some things.
Yeah.
He's funny as hell.
Rob Cordry is his name.
He's in a movie called whatHappens in Vegas with Ashton Kutcher.
And I can't remember the.
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Why can't I think of her name?
She was in the Mask.
She's.
She was one of the Charlie's Angels.
White, the blonde.
Why can't I think of her name?
Anderson.
No, you're going old school there.
I'm impressed.
Charlie's Angels blonde.
There's only one that I'mgoing to.
J.J.
that's fair.
But was she even in Charlie's Angel?
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I don't know.
Anyway, that's a funny movie.
And he.
Every time I see him, that'sthe movie that I think of because
there's a line in that moviewhere the.
The export.
There's a girl's ex boyfriendand she's like her friends, like,
I just want to like send afriend over and have him ring the
doorbell of this guy.
And when he opens the door,they just junk punch him right in
(22:48):
the.
Right in his man business.
And then when he's like leanedover going, why?
Because you just lean over andgo, you know why?
And so there's a post creditscene in the movie.
I sell that to say that RobCordry's character and this sidekick,
the female version of him inthe movie are like always constantly
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at each other's throats andhow they hate each other.
But then at the end they go tothe ex boyfriend's house who's played
by Jason or the guy from thesoccer coach guy.
Anyway, I can't think of hisname either right now.
I'm not good with names thisSunday afternoon anyway.
And they actually punch.
She punches him right in the balls.
And he's Rob C's character go.
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Turns around, goes, oh, reallyfunny moment.
You should Watch it just for that.
But everything he's in.
Yeah.
There's a whole book on whyyou shouldn't kill Mockingbird.
But I love Zoe Deschanel.
She's so dry and funny.
The way she delivers a line,it's great.
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She was my crush a long time.
Had a pretty big crush on herfor a while too.
Not so much in this, but withher dressing style, but like new
girl her.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Oh, I.
You're a new girl.
I despise her.
Well, I just like the way shelike her get up and everything.
Actually, in New Girl, she's like.
(24:10):
She wears something throughthe seasons there.
She's less of the reason toactually overall watch that show.
But yeah, now this movie hadanother cr.
Like super crush of mine,Katherine Winick.
And I don't know if you guyshave ever watched Vikings.
The show Vikings.
She's the.
(24:31):
I can't remember her name inher character name and Catherine
in the.
In the movie, but good Lord.
Lagertha.
She's Lagertha.
The blonde with the dread,like, the braids.
I.
She's.
I don't even remember whatshe's in in this movie, but I like
her a lot.
So every time I watch this,I'm like, look at that.
There's two of them in this movie.
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That I'd leave you for Casey.
She's intense in Vikings.
Yeah, she is.
Don't mess.
Don't mess with her, dude.
She'll chop your head off.
That's right.
That's right.
That's how JJ likes him.
Threat of.
Threat of death at every corner.
I like some feist.
If I wake up every morning andjust go, hey, I made it.
(25:15):
I was.
I didn't do anything tooterrible to.
Over the last little while.
So.
Yeah, no, I like a little.
A little drama on whether ornot I'm gonna wake up the next morning
with or without a penileinvestment, because that's how it
would start.
Oh, she wouldn't kill me.
She would torture me first.
(25:37):
I'd be like legs strapped toblocks getting hit with freaking
sledgehammers.
And yeah, it'd be ugly.
Sounds romantic.
Yeah.
You know, depends on if youlike pain or not, which I don't,
by the way.
I'm such a.
I did.
(25:57):
I hate pain.
But anyway.
Yeah.
Should we rate this thing?
Let's do it.
Feels really quick, but it's.
There's not really a lot ofsubstance to this 90 minute movie.
Well, yeah, we're supposed tofind some heart touching metaphors.
See this?
Yeah.
Not so much.
Not so much.
I will say actually, Paul, I,I like the fact that he wasn't mooching
(26:20):
off of his parents just to belazy and mooch.
Like he had like an emotionalreason for it.
Like that they kind of wentdown and with the, the girl.
I, I like that part kind oftying it to where it wasn't just
super ridiculous.
And then the fact that he getsto throw it in their faces when after
he finds out that they'rebeing complete nutter pieces of to
(26:41):
him.
Like parents paid somebody toget you out of the house.
It's funny.
Anyway.
Okay, Alec, you're first.
It's your movie.
Rate this my movie.
It's a very easy four and ahalf for me.
This is something that I willwatch anytime, anywhere.
I'll sit down and I'll watchit with.
For, for no reason.
I don't need a reason to gowatch this movie because it's fun.
(27:03):
I enjoy it.
There's plenty of jokes tolaugh at and so yeah, that's it for
me.
Four and a half.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Cool.
Cool.
I'm gonna give it a three anda half.
As far as like rom coms go,it's up there.
It's a good one.
I'm not a huge rom com fan.
I don't love goofy lovestories that.
(27:27):
Because I find them ridiculousbecause that's not real life in any
way, shape or form.
So I get a little irritatedbecause I'm like, no.
No one can live up to thoseexpectations on either side.
So when it comes to chickflicks, there's never going to be
one that's like a massiverating for me unless it's super hilarious.
(27:48):
This one's good enough to geta three and a half for me.
And I don't hate it.
Like, I don't get pissed whenCasey's like, we're gonna watch Failure
to launch.
But I saw this one on the list.
I was like, okay, that's agood one.
I can deal with that.
So three and a half for me.
I mean, look, it is exactlywhat you think it's going to be.
There's.
There's no twists, turns,shocking moments.
(28:08):
It's just a funny rom com that has.
Puts a little different spinon some, you know, pairings and weird
friendship vibes.
But yeah, it's good enough.
Matt.
Solid four for me.
I think it's entertaining.
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It's fun.
Watch it.
Don't be disappointed.
I don't think it still gets inmy Mount Rushmore of of rom coms.
Like, I'm not a huge rom comguy myself, but it might, if I watch
again, like it's.
I'm gonna be watching it againand it might in my bump a movie out.
But I'm happy to have watchedit and as your resident man of the
people, go on, watch this movie.
(28:52):
I love it.
I love it.
There it is.
Fair to launch week two ofAlex month, quote unquote chick flicks.
Shit's gonna get weird fromhere though.
But yeah, like tell everybodywhere they can find us.
Happy to.
So like JJ said, week two inthe books of my month.
It's the greatest month ever.
(29:13):
The best month.
100 check us out on YouTubeguys is where you can find all all
of our content, all of ourepisodes, but also Patreon at what's
our verdict Reviews we areputting out some major content in
advance so we have votes goingon for future months coming up.
And I believe jj, correct meif I'm wrong, but the voting has
(29:35):
been opened up to everybody.
Anybody who wants to go jointhe Patreon can vote, vote on topics,
vote on movies, and getinvolved with the content that we
put out.
So Patreon is a place to be atwhat's our verdict Reviews that's
pretty much it.
Kick it back to the King ofCrash, the Titan of Terror.
Jj hey yo.
(29:56):
Yeah man.
Yeah.
Patreon.
You can vote on the moviesthat we watch for free.
Just have to be a free memberand you get to vote.
Everything else is behind thepaywall, but it's worth it because
we do every episode that werelease gets at least one behind
the scenes, typically twobehind the scenes shenanigans videos.
(30:19):
Plus every once in a while wepost some other things I'm getting
ready to do like another likeout getting out there some old outtakes
from back early on when theywere laugh takes that lasted 30,
40 minutes before we couldeven start recording.
(30:40):
So watch for those.
They're funny.
But yeah, as always, weappreciate you tuning in.
We'll catch you on the next one.
Baby.
Cinematic out.
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