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Out it swats a negative grow a baby in his belly Drack and Rhon Stone Vest while whipping Justin the Kelly Or maybe see a burlesque show with Nick Crow And take a boat with speech to hitting cruise control J-Man big Paul in the beautiful June, wanna take you from the goob all the way to the room Brandon games and street fire, help to blow off steam Just a sucker punch the odd light for Timothy Green Shark needles birdemic, how we stayin' a lot They callin in the badass and he's on the line Crankin' eighty eight minutes cause they cool as ice Cause the bad Jim Barney looking kind and nice Paulin' June getting literal Jason is getting laid June is making sure all the monkey shots getting paid They judge a bunch of movies while they making the grade Here's a real question for you how did this get made hello people of earth and hello people of Los Angeles we are live here at Largo our LA home . And we are so so excited to talk to you about tonight's movie, the 2001 Classic Rock Star . Yes, this movie is almost 20 years old, and that bums me out . Uh here to talk about that movie is my co-host. Please welcome Jason Man Zukas What's up, jerks ? Welcome ! Welcome, Jason! How are you, Bo? I'm doing good. Are you this I've seen this movie twice? Um I watch yeah, I have a question. Is it a movie though? I watched this movie and I was like, this whole movie seems like a trailer for a movie that I don't care to watch. I'd argue a bigger question, if it is a trailer, what genre is it ? Because I have a s I have a second question. Does Jennifer Aniston age? No. This movie you said just said this movie came in 2001. She is identical. If you told me it came out last week, we'd like yeah, sure. And Mark is she too. Mark Wahlberg too. These are ageless people. Are these are these people eternals? Are they the immortals? Are they Highlanders? What is a Highlander? We will figure it out. You know, speaking of which, making her triumphant return to the podcast, please welcome Alecos to Man Rebo Take it in, June. Welcome home, June. Welcome home. It's good to be here. So the reason why I watch this movie twice is because I watched it and then I watch it again with you . I've never had the experience before where I've watched a movie. I I usually say things to Paul and comment and we'd talk a little bit. I watched this in silence. It's true. I was checking to making sure that you were awake at some point. But I was. Because you liked it so much. I didn't know what the fuck was going on ? You asked me some concerns. I did ask you though the one question I asked a number of times was, is this a comedy? You I will say, and I don't want to spoil it for the audience, but you did say I would say good 20 minutes in, you go, so wait a second . He sings in a cover band? That was no and I was like , I hope your answer was no, babe, a tribute My first note is oof, this is bad. Does not bode well. Um well joining us tonight is uh a very special guest. Uh this guy is a part of this uh hilarious new show on Comedy Central. It's called Corporate, it airs every Wednesday at 10 PM please welcome Jake Weissman welcome, Jake. Thank you for having me. And uh and we were talking backstage. You have seen like you saw this movie before it was assigned to you as part of a of this podcast. Yeah, I actually have watched it twice, but the first time um I didn't realize it was just two hours of watching the Guitar Hero title sequence. But yeah, I've seen it a bunch. I mean I love it. It's the worst movie I've ever seen, but uh it's hard not to love. It is an odd movie because it's very pure in what it's saying. I mean, so Mark Wahlberg in this film, he is the lead of a tribute band, and the and just to give you like a brief outline of the plot, and is then quickly uh brought into the actual band that he tributes uh as the lead singer. Wait, can I ask a quick question? Is he in Pittsburgh as the lead singer of the I thought this whole movie took place in California and they never left, but uh But it but uh okay I I it doesn't matter, keep going. Yeah, no, I think he is in Pittsburgh. He is in Pittsburgh and they get on a plane and go to California. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Sorry, go ahead. Yeah, I don't know. Well anyway, basically that's all you need to know, and it's loosely based on the um, I guess a uh this guy, Ripper Owens, who was pulled in to be the lead singer of Judas Priest, but it's not his story. It's just like a guy or gal heard that story is like that's a movie. And then and didn't do any more research after that. Just like just basically heard, you did hear that there's a dude who got put in Judas Priest? Yeah, make out a movie. Great. Do no more research . Uh and then and then the movie goes. It's a weird movie because your hero uh is essentially fighting for being unoriginal. Like that's that's where we like but we are which his brother says to him at one point. His brother basically is like you, don't even want to, it's in the trailer there. You don't even want to do your own thing. You just want to sing someone else's songs. Yes. Yes. I agree with the brother. And also, his bandmates who at points want to riff and like go off and create some other write their own songs, and it is a strange position we as an audience are in, which is to root for the creative force that simply wants to mimic what has already been done. Well pay tr pay tribute to. Like and his reward is you get to pay tribute to this band by now being in this band. It's weird because it's kind of like it's such a lame thing to base a movie on. It's like telling someone they'll never be a substitute teacher. It's like you won't do it. I mean you could , but you won't. And again, I feel like there's a lot of things at play in this film where where basically like you you see this guy's life, and it's a sad life. He um he clearly lives at home with his parents past the time that is appropriate. They're making him wear this wig. He's being by the way though, I and listen, the first 20 minutes, this was a uh like a loose watching for me. There were other things going on. So uh I say this with a grain of salt, but all of the small children in that house were those as brothers and sisters? I thought this for a while too. Okay, but then at one point at one point the mother answers the phone and says something like Sunshine Child care or something like that. And I was like, Oh. And there also was a gate on the stairs. Yeah. And it's like, do they not let the kids up the stairs? No. Why? No kids upstairs. Walgurt brings that kid downstairs and it's like, what did I say about no kids in my room? And I thought it was his brother, but it's clearly I did I immediately assumed it was his son they lay a lot of track in the beginning of the movie like there is something like there is something that Mark Wahlberg does that I feel like is unparalleled by any other actor, which is like he can play like a lovable doofus in a what like a wonderful way. Like I buy this guy at church. Like I like I'm like yeah he's like going to church. Like he seems like genuinely into this this band. Like is a scene. I'll show you the scene, the breakup scene. Because you feel for him. Like he's here. Oh. Yeah. Okay. Tired of just being a cover band. We are not a cover band, we're a tribute band. No, dude. We are a cover band. The problem is we've been covering the tunes. You think you're in goddamn steel dragon. I love you, man, but you're mental, you really are. You need to get a grip on reality, man. You don't know where Bobby Beers ends, and you begin. Yeah. I'm mental. I'm only mental because I don't want to be in some cheesy bar band that butchers the music people came to hear just to trap men to listen to your crappy originals. Crappy originals? Yeah. Well I think hole and a half kicks ass. I'm proud of shit to have written it. Come on, guys. I mean we started this band because we love playing dragon tunes. We couldn't imagine playing anything else. What happened? Dude, I thought it'd be a goof. A goof? Chris, seriously, wouldn't you rather fail as yourself than succeed as some Bobby Pierce clone? Well yeah, well Rob, maybe you can write me a song about why in the hell I would ever want to do that. Alright, you're gone, man. Just go . I mean that's amazing . Do you think real question? Do you think there was somebody from HBO who watched this movie and was like, wait a minute. Okay , I want that guy as McNulty, and I want that guy, and I want that guy as Deadwood. Put these guys in two huge roles on our network. Wait, I want to talk about that scene specifically, but the beginning of that scene because this is like a thing I see in a lot of movies where the singer finds out he's replaced by going into the practice and finding out there's a singer that looks just like him. It's like they waited for him to be right outside. They're like, Okay, start playing now. You know what I mean? And so he can come in and find out that way. He's on his way, guys. Yeah. Well, he like uh so he you know he's upset obviously because he doesn't want to play originals. That is the worst thing as a musician that you could possibly do. To have any dreams outside of that. And this movie, and I looked because I was concerned about what genre is it. It is drama . And then that I have an update it is not. But then like the next moment of that scene is like, and I'm taking my mic stamp back. Yeah, and I'm taking this other. Well, as a matter of fact, um uh Avril uh who cuts all of our clips, mashed it up with Wayne's world and it's the exact same thing from Wayne's world. I don't Yeah, well that's because I'm not fine then go. I'm gone. Go there. I am I leave now, I'm never coming back . Okay ? I'm serious. If I leave now, I'm not coming back. Go. I'm gone. Go there. But I am. Never. Oh do you the first time don't we ? Well well so there's so much stuff to talk about before he gets into the group. Church group. Yeah. Also, how old are he and Aniston meant to be in this world? They seem too old to live to be this naive , I guess. He in the when they were shooting the movie, almost for both of them. Oh, okay. And but I feel like they're playing young 20s because at one point Anderson says, like, you wrote me a song when you were 15 years old, which means that they've either dated for like 15 years or they're like, I feel like he should be younger. I feel like he should be younger. Is that how you feel, Paul? You feel like we should be younger? I agree. I agree. For the degree of of of how na to for how naive they both are throughout, it seems to me to be that they would be like twenty-two years old, like wide-eyed kind of like holy. character though right that she's like she has that scene later on spoiler alert with Rachel Stewart in the limo where there are girls that are 22 and I think her whole like her whole character is based on the fact that she is older. Like I think she's meant to be, whether or not she looks that age or whatever, I think her character is meant to be like 30. But I'm gonna also say her character is problematic to me in the sense that so her Someone's gotta manage them. And she is a bit the manager of one of the two Pittsburgh-based Steel Dragon tribute bands. And it's a band that I believe they say we're the best in Pittsburgh. Yes. Not like we're the best on the East Coast. They wouldn't. Not that we're the best in three states. And they're they're all where when that scene happens, when they are in the parking lot after the real Still Dragon show, and they're both flyering cars, and they get into a fight where each guy partners up to fight the person he's identically dressed as . That shit was crazy. That if I saw that in real life, I would watch it happen and then kill myself. Because life will never get better than that. Than watching then watching twelve men fight each other Each of them lined up against their enemy . I don't have to fight, I'm sorry, but uh Heartbreak So she also mentions though at a well I mean we'll have to get into all of it. Their relationship, by the way, like dissolves in within a day. Within one day of him getting this job. Like he's literally on a walk from the car to like the recording studio and the 15-year relations hip falls apart in that walk. But she does say that she's going to be building a business in Portland. Yeah, coffee shop. With a friend. Seattle, I'm sorry. But Oh boy. So sorry. We owe Portland and Seattle an apology right now. Should I leave? But what was that business? Was that the coffee shop? I think that was she's doing. How dare she call that like a business? It was it was pitched as though it was like a new startup, like a real disruptor . But by the way, but by the way, June, it might have been because this movie took place in the 80s and it obviously Starbucks. She started Starbucks . That's the t-shirt. Anison started Starbucks. But like, don't you think it's like because I guess like spoiler alert, like Mark Wahlberg becomes like. You don't have the spoiler alert. This fucking trash movie . It's not necessary. You're welcome if it's spoiled. Eddie, uh Mark Wahlberg becomes Eddie better. So you know like uh I feel like he was just like he because he's a Mark Wahlberg's a rapper and he he clearly is just doing movies where he's like I'm not a rapper because in this, he goes from like metal god to like Kurt Cobain who sucks. Like he 's doing anything except rapping. Like the guy hates rap so much. He does not like to he leaves that part of his like he's just and he still sucks there's a there's a a moment in the po in the the the credit sequence where they in the playback of the movie because you know they have to like do playback where you mime to the music and they played a marky mark track and you can see his face like his face falls . Go fuck yourself. And then they put it in the movie. So it's really aggressive. It's like, remember that bit that you didn't like on set that we did, it's in the movie now. The other weird thing about that scene when he's like the Kurt Cobain dude or the Eddie Vetter dude is he walks off stage in the middle of the song. And I think he's like addicted to that. Oh. He never doesn't finish solo. He's like, I'm gonna go talk to M, Emily. And he walks off, and they don't even solo . Nobody even like fills the space with a solo. They just vamp. They just vamp with the same melody they've been playing just without vocals now. If you were going, if you had paid money to see that concert, you would be like, fuck this . You'd be like, wait a minute, where's he going? Oh he's talking to that woman. Okay. Do you think he's gonna do you think he's gonna go back and sing the rest of the song? I don't know. He's still talking to that woman over there. She okay, what do you think? Well, uh, is the guy playing a guitar solo? No. He's just vamping. Okay, is he gonna what are we doing? Should we leave? What's happening? He's still talking to the woman who's wearing an enormous knit shawl. A dedicated mentor, an empowered parent, an effective after-school program, digital literacy tools that protect kids online . These are just some of the solutions to the youth mental health challenge. At the Coalition to Empower Our Future, we're bringing together experts in youth well-being to solve this complex challenge. 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Why do I feel like you bought this soundtrack after you watched the movie? It's good music, I recognize it. Okay, I will say this. I will say this. When Talking Heads started playing in this movie, I lost my mind. It's so literal. I was like, how on earth did they license this ? But I would say, why on earth would you license the talking heads for a movie about metal like to show the passage of time? Like they they make a couple of weird music, like I don't know, maybe it's a a language of film thing that I don't understand, but it's like you're making a movie about people in the music industry that are making a specific type of music, but then like you use Bon Jovi , talking heads. So it's like, oh, I like that other stuff way better. And that's not the music that you're even doing. So it's a weird thing to pull you out with a more famous type of music that's not the music that you're even talking about . Oh yeah. Oh no. Yeah, and it's almost reminding you. Remember what good music sounds like In the beginning of the movie, I said to Paul, I guess I did say a lot of things. I wasn't as silent as I thought I was. But I did say to Paul, like, oh, I can't believe I'm gonna have to listen to this music, the whole movie. Like it was such a bummer for me to realize that this is the music . It's not what I call music. Oh, it's not. What do you call music, Jim? You released four albums called Now That's Not What I Call Mus ic . And it says you just it's just track that you don't like . And it's you intro in each song. Now this is not what I would call you . I like to know, I like a chorus I can hang my hat on. I like what kind of hat is it that you're hanging, Jin? Like a like a jaunty cap, an Amy Sherman Paladino nonsense hat? What kind of hat are we talking about? I will say, I will say, um, Dominic West, uh McNulty, who I will only call McNulty. McNulty's house in this movie is anybody? Chilton Academy and Gilmore Girls. Wow. That's a deep cut. Pretty good. By the way, I thought he was incredible on this movie. I thought he was great . I thought he was great . You thought he was incredible in this movie? I did . I did. There was a lightness to him that I haven't seen him do. I enjoyed him. I enjoyed him. And listen, here's the thing: Jen Ann and Mark Wahlberg are so goddamn watchable. A hundred percent. They are so watchable. And they had a chemistry that could not be denied. Absolutely. There was there for it. Deep tongue kissing in this movie. I feel like they they all led with the tongue. Like the tongue came out of the mouth first before the lips hit every single time. Like that was the rule. Like a shark jumping out of the water to get a pelican before . Like in that in that sort of everyone is dancing scene, it was all tongue first. It was all just a bunch of tongues out. It was uh I didn't know that's how you kiss, but I've adopted it since The best part of the like the net the morning after that dancing scene I'm always I see this in movies, the orgy, yeah, the massive orgy. Post-orgy. I see this in movies and I'm always curious about it. And maybe I'm the one that's off, but the the scene opens with Jennifer Aniston waking up and then realizing like she doesn't know where she is and then looking into her sheets, but I've seen this before in other movies, like looking into her sheets to see what she's wearing. Or I thought it was like those she couldn't feel it . Like that's what I'm curious about. Like I've never I would love it if she looked down, pulled the sheets down and was just wearing a man's tuxedo. Like oh no, what have I done? Not too bad. Not too bad. Tails. White tie. Don't mind. Like that's a pet? That's what happens to you like when you have an orgy, then like a little orgy creature comes in, puts different outfits on you all. Oh, leprechaun. Cool. All right, good. What did I get? It's as though like she it's as though like these people are not in their own bodies to simply feel the clothing. It's also, it also presumes situ ational amnesia. Yes. Like when you wake up, even after a night of hard partying and drinking and poor sexual decisions, you still kind of know what's up. Instead, it's kind of like Everywhere she goes , she is genuinely shocked. Right? As if she has been unconscious for 10 hours. I also like that the way they got into that orgy was uh Mark Wahlberg had two drinks. Yeah and then he's like, Hollywood is crazy. I'm gonna fuck 3,000 people in one night. And by the way, Jen Aniston in this photo is like, oh shit, did I fuck the guy wearing chain mail ? Who did not take off the chain mail. Did I find the guy wearing chain mail? Chain mail, not a comfortable thing to fall asleep in. Oh, or I imagine have sex in. By the way, a very noisy shirt. Slink. Slink. It's like imagine a slinky back and forth. That's the noise of fucking the guy wearing chain man. Come on! Why? Her makeup and hair still perfect. I was upset that when that orgy scene began, there were two beautiful woman women who came over to both of them and then they sort of turned, they both turned to Mark Wahlberg, and then like a grosso, like blonde-tipped fucking weird guy came over to Jennifer Aniston and started grinding on her. I was like, what the fuck? But then they all she gets this guy. They all kind of kept changing partners though. Like switching. Yeah. Yeah, they that blonde guy and the bongaye not established. Yeah, there's a lot of like neck so much time Like I loved it. This is this is like this is not sexual . It's just open out it's like how they kiss in Pittsburgh, I think. Oh, be careful, Jake. Pittsburgh is listening. Healing. All uh the kissing is I felt like they were just doing playback play playback and the director was just shouting, kiss grosser . Kiss grocer, remember you're drunk, kiss grosser . More neck. More rub his neck. Open your mouth wider if possible. Try to try to envelop him. Swallow him like eat eat her chin. Like a praying mantis. Eat them alive. Swallow her face! Swallow his face ! Rip his tongue out ! Um This is sex, I think ! A virgin directed this movie. Um The way that this movie when he finally when he gets called up when he gets called up to the big leagues to be the lead singer of Steel Dragon, he has a a pretty amazing intro into the band. Like he walks off the like walks down the platform and then the most amazing slow-mo sequence of a fall that you think, oh shit, the movie's over, this character's dead. Or it's gonna take a regarding Henry-esque turn where we're gonna be like, oh shouts shouts to JJ Abrams. But it's like he takes a fall like two steps falls about twelve feet on on his head. Oh no. He falls in a way that is irreparable. Yes. Irreparable. You would he i uh you know I don't want to say the rest of the movie's a Jacobs Ladder scenario, but like never has there been a more obvious Jacobs Ladder scenario than the visible death that we watch. Like, this might as well be a snuff film for Mark Wahlberg's character. And and and then when he goes down, he immediately then pops back up, doesn't miss a beat of the song, sings it bloody. By the way, the song's lyric is do you want blood? Or show me blood? Like blood is in the lyric of the song, apparently. God, he got lucky. Um he got lucky. Classic. But yeah, that scene is so so bizarre. Yeah, he is fully bleeding from the head. Then he grabs a hose, pretends it's a dick, and then like wets down a lot of the audience. This is what's so weird with the tone of the movie though. Like his so the his parents follow him around from you know, they m they I guess move from Pittsburgh to like tour with them. They can fly out to see a show. No, I know that I know they can . Oh boy. But I'm saying like it almost but then you also see them partying at one point. Like it the tone of this movie They're allowed to party. All right . Wow, you're really advocating for like older parents whose kids are out of the house . Remember when they insinuate that the dad loves eating pussy That thing, like that thing, that thing. Alright. So at the press conference, we should just show the press conference. This it this is like to me this feels like an improv scene because it's a throwaway line that then they're like it's a short form game called press conference. Well no but like like like the throwaway line well you'll we'll see like here like so here. Izzy is that your name Izzy yeah the ninth Izzy like Izzy's revenge. Izzy I'm not Izzy pause why does he affect a British accent for only that line? Yeah. You'll never hear that again. Never again. No, and like when he's on stage, he doesn't even try. He goes, I grew up in Pittsburgh and I with these guys in the wall. Like it's like it's gone, but Izzy Izzy or Izzy not like because his name is not Izzy. Wait, Izzy Izzy or Izzy not? Doesn't he also at some point make Jen Jennifer Annison call him Izzy, refer to him as Izzy. Yeah. Because that's two movies where he insists on being called by another name. I feel like there's a lot of Boogie Knights in this movie, but it's like five times worse. This is like the trial run for Boogie Knights. Yeah it was like also this guy's hair is a real problem . So I I think we're coming up to the thing here. So here we go. Oh Miss Reed, my choir teacher, she'd always give me some really cool exercises. Oh, yeah, I know what I'm saying is that. Like Father Like Sun. Like how are they watching a press conference? She's the like father like, son . And then you go, okay, that's weird. And then they continue it. The next scene, Jennifer , is like, don't make uh I'm gonna make it, I'm gonna make you an honest man, like so you're not gonna lie about eating a lot of pussy because you'll eat my pussy. And then he the next scene he's in a mirror going like a little pussy, oh you and then Jeff Ran's like hey stop talking about it, come on in here and do it. It's like wow, they really went to town. That's on that drug. That's his like you talking to me moment. That's his taxi driver scene, is like practicing I, eat a lot of pussy. I eat a lot of pussy. But he would never need to practice that line because he never uses the accent. There you go. Sorry. His parents, by the way, isn't it nice that his parents support him? I really I I like that his parents were supportive. Well, I feel like he this guy doesn't overcome anything. I feel like his parents are supportive. He wears makeup, no way he never gets made fun of. Like it's like there he's not a hero. He's just like a really privileged person. He wears makeup in Pittsburgh and people are fine with it. And when he wears makeup like the the again it feels like an almost scene, like he's repairing the toner on a copier. And the guy goes, is that makeup? And he goes, yeah, I'm in a band. And he goes like, end of scene. No, no take on that. No anything. It's like, oh, misunderstanding. Most movies. Genuine misunderstanding. Yeah. They also pull up to a truck and in tons of makeup and long hair, and they sing to these like steel workers, and the guys are like, this is totally normal. Uh this is the town we live in, and I'm fine with it, and I don't hate you. I live in an America that has never existed I also feel can we talk about the hair? Because I feel like it's the most hair that's been in any movie. Oh. It's it's aggressive hair. It's almost as if like there's a competition, like that's their wig. I want mine to look like an Elizabethan wig. It was like it just like it's I feel like everybody got to choose who they wanted to be. I feel like McNulty was like, I want Brian May hair from Queen. Give me giant crazy hair . A dedicated mentor, an empowered parent, an efective after school program , digital literacy tools that protect kids online. These are just some of the solutions to the youth mental health challenge. At the Coalition to Empower Our Future, we're bringing together experts in youth well-being to solve this complex challenge. Our mission: keep kids happy and healthy . Learn more at Empower Our Future Coalition.com slash solutions. Paid for by the Coalition to Empower Our Future. When it comes to designing your outdoor space, there's more to it than pure function. You need to a space unwind, make memories, and enjoy a meal. You need versatility, style, and craftsmanship. Bellegarde pavers are different. They're designed to elevate your life outdoors. They're designed forward, weather tested. 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But I was confused too, like once she's slotted into like they they kind of put it, Tim Spall is the band's manager, and he's like, well the wives, they ride in that limo over there, no wives on the thing, whatever, whatever. Like she doesn't get a storyline that is like, well, I'm his manager, like you are the band's manager. Like there is no like for her moment of like, well, no, this is my job, you know. She is just relegated to that and wife position. That part was so weird because that was the how did I get here montage and it insinuated that years were passing or like that a long time was passing. So she rode in that shitty little car with all those blonde women for years. And by the way, you told me this years. And it's seemingly like it got the cover of the same magazine like seven times. If you told me this movie took place over the course of seven years, I would The w interesting thing about the the limo scene was that they kept on they kept on alluding to all this fun she could have if she wanted to. What did that mean like she can fuck around too. Yeah. Is that all it meant like you can fuck other guys? And well here here we go. And I have some interesting facts about this. It comes with the territory. And I mean you can either drive yourself baddie trying to change it or you can simply adapt. You gotta let him off release for a bit of a romp every once in a while. Otherwise they get a little cranky, you know. Besides at the end of the day they always come home. And who's to say that you can't have your own fun. Exactly. Here's some advice from me . Number one, learn to share. Oh. Number two, get very close with his accountant. And number three , don't sign anything, even if it's not typed. I had to learn that the hard way. Now, what makes this scene interesting is that all three of these women are actual wives of rock stars. Rachel H unter was married to Rod Stewart and was in a relationship with Kip Winger, who was in Alice Cooper's band. Heidi Mark was married to Vince Neal, and Carrie Stevens was the girlfriend of the KISS drummer Eric Carr. So they all are playing versions of themselves versions of themselves, which makes it a little bit This movie did not need to get meta. You know what I mean? Like it's a little bit of a waste . But I would love to follow that Rachel Hunter character. Rachel Hunter? Yeah, I guess just Rachel Hunter. Just follow her on Twitter. Oh, like i is it that easy? I think I think so. All right . It is uh wow, wow, wow, wow. Um interesting thing uh about this movie was Brad Pitt was supposed to play the lead and uh and he dropped out due to creative differences. I like to think of Mark the character he plays in this movie as the guy Rachel dated after Ross but before Brad . Um let's uh let's go to the crowd. Let's see what they have to say uh about this movie. Um, all right let, me come down to you. And tonight you'll, if you ask a good question, or pretty much any question, you'll get a gift uh uh from our good friends at IMAX who one day I showed up to work and I have like boxes of IMAX shit. And uh so thank you, IMAX. Um okay, yes, uh right over here. And ask the question in your best British accent, okay? And it could you we've seen what's happened in the movie, so just try it. It doesn't have to work 100%. So okay, your name? It's Candy. Okay, Candy, ask her question. British accent, go. Can we talk about how after the British accent pussy conversation he has with himself in the mirror, the song is Lick It Up by Kiss? Amazing. Amazing. That was great. You're awesome. Yes. All the music cues are so obvious. All the music cues are so on the nose. There is no subtlety at all . Um, sir, your name? Uh Greg. Greg, your question in the British accent. Go. First of all, I have a little something for you. Okay, great. In the British accent. Okay. I got a little something for you, Paul and Jason . I have uh the movie that shall not be named, uh Jacob's Ladder. Oh, a r an actual Jacob's Ladder toy. Oh my god, thank you so much. Thank you so much. So I have a question. At the end, uh he when he leaves the band and just walks off stage, where'd the money go? He he seems to be hitchhiking home . Yeah, they didn't pay for a f a return flight. Hitchhiking home And will never play. He's not a guitarist . By the way, I just want to point out that this gentleman is wearing a steel dragon shirt. Wait. Where did you amazing ? Is that is that homemade or is that where did you find that? Wait a don't applaud this . Why is that homemade or did you find it? Online. Wow, all right, get your steel dragon shirt. Um your name and your question in a British accent. Uh I'm Eloise. Can I please not do it? Try, just try it. Just try it. Just try it. You got this, Elohim. Okay, so I I'm not, but okay. So um Jennifer Anniston drinks a drink before the orgy scene and then is like stumbling around and like the creepy manager dude is like gravity doesn't exist Was she roofied? I thought the same thing. I thought they did I thought here we go. I thought they did have a thing I thought she's been roofied as well. Um let me go over here for a second. Um that was a good question. Here we go . All right, what do we got? All right, yes, you Guys, don't not raise your hands because you don't want to do a British accent . Raise your hand. Be brave, audience. Be brave. All right, my name's Brittany. My question is, I don't know what the saxent is, but they have the orgy, right? Mark Walbert wakes up the next day, he walks in, the girl is peeing, standing up. Were you confused on that? This movie is pretty homophobic, transphobic every every which way. But also like the band kicks out the the singer for being gay but then is very o very progressive on trans issues. Which was so confusing. I couldn't figure out if they were kicking him out because he was gay or if he was using that against them. I couldn't figure that whole conversation. And then he's like Irish dancing at the end as if that's a gay thing. That was also so Michael Flarity is a a virulent heterosexual man. I just thought Michael Flatly? Yeah, he's super, super straight, trust me . Yes, so your name and your question in uh in Bridge . Uh Damon. And on that same point, uh why is this a world where only gay people don't have big hair? And that's how his big secret is I'm gay, therefore this is always a wig. Even though I have a perfectly healthy full head of hair, I couldn't grow it out 'cause I'm really ga y . It's a good point. Good point. Good point. All right, uh one more question, one more question. If if you're British, you definitely get to ask a question. You're British in the back? I'm actually absolutely from Britain and uh uh listen. No , you British? Alright, come forward, all right. You can come forward. All right, oh sorry. Alrig right, a real let's just let's see, a real Brit. Here we go. Hi, how are you? All right. I got your name and your question. Kylie and my question. Kylie, I know you you're not British. Yeah, I don't believe it. I don't believe it. Kylie, no. Not a real britt punch. Kylie, you're getting a real brittle. Very crazy with the mic, Kylie. I know you. Kylie, she's not British, right? She's not British. She's a lovely individual. I do want to like have a couple more people stand up to figure out if they're really British or not. Yeah. Okay, here's the challenge. Who can trick us into thinking they're actually British? Say one line. Kylie, you blew it. So Kylie's already not British. Alright, so let's say. Alright. Ma'am . One line. One line. Hello, I have one app to do small question. Nope. It was pretty good. It was pretty good. I need one more line. I need one more line. Um do you have a specific line you want me to say or just You're not British. You're not British. All right. These guys are dressed like Steel Panther by the way. Amazing. All dressed as Steel Panther. Steel Dragon. Steel Dragon. Do do you think No, I don't think this British chest feels racist . And I love it. Cheer up, Chucky, it might never happen. Yes, totally British. Totally British. That was real . That was crazy real. You did it . Oh my goodness. Ladies and gentlemen, Prince Harry . So his character that uh Mark is playing at one point he gets upset at the time on the road, whether it's a week, seven years, a month. We don't know how long it's been. And then he replaces himself on stage effortlessly. He's like, you can do this. Great. Get up here. Later. It that's the weirdest way. Like it's so easy to be in that band. You just have to go to the front of the stage and just scream. And then they're like, Yeah, that's fine. Yeah. Like it's not hard to be in the band at all. And and the fact that the audience is like kind of okay with it. Like, yeah, works. Works for us. They're on so much heroin. They don't care. Well, it really is the idea of like, oh, the interchangeability of these lead singers is like, oh, I guess anybody can do this. But that's not a thing. That guy's literally not a thing that happens. Also, that guy's never played these songs live before with this band. It's also like, I feel like at that moment, um, it's supposed to be like this really cool thing that Mark Wahlberg is doing for the guy, but it's like the guy who introduces you to smoking when you're eight, you know what I mean? Like it's like this is g just ruined this motherfucker's life. Like this guy is gonna kill himself in like two years. It's like you can replace me because I'm miserable. I'm like, yeah. Jake, who introduced you to smoking at eight? That is a British person. No, come on, they just Oh no . Um this interview with Jennifer Aniston made me laugh because you'll see what I is happening. She was dating Brad Pitt at the time. That's why the interviewer asked her about Brad Pitt. So here you go. Did Brad give you any advice to play this to play this role? Um Well, you know, there's all sorts of I can't say he sat down and gave me advice, but he definitely um talked me through just sort of her sensibilities, you know, and and which we kind of I figured out sort of anyway, which was just not knowing because there wasn't much of a part there, so I didn't know how to elevate her. You know, I didn't know what its purpose was, except that once I figured out that she was sort of, you know, I mean, once we developed the character, because there was really nothing at first. And then she sort of became the the audience's perspective. Which I just think is fun that she or like it's like wasn't much of a part there. She's not wrong. She's great though. She is. I wouldn't I would watch this movie. Like that's what this movie is. Like this movie, I like when we picked it, I was like, I've seen this on TBS. This is fine. Like and when you just have to sit and watch the whole thing. I would argue she is the most interesting character in this movie. This movie, if it was from her perspective, more than anybody else's . Well, she's the only one. But hang on, I didn't need one single person to app laud through that . The only thing that I the only thing that was me. No, no, no, don't that wasn't what I was doing. What's wrong with you people ? More of you need to leave. She's obviously she's the smartest , most developed character ultimately. She has a plan, she has a job, she's getting forward, and she's like, you know what? I don't like this lifestyle. I'm gonna open up my coffee shop and start a fucking trend in America with independent coff ee shops. And if that falls apart, I'll just pierce people's nipples. That nipple piercing scene was not fun for me. No, I couldn't watch that. It was too many clothes. No, huh no, he definitely got an infection. In more ways than one in this movie. I for real feel like it the line should have been like when he's playing in the case. Well I won't even play the whole thing because it's really visual, but the I will just say that this is the oh yeah, there's a lot of tongue, but this is what I don't wanna see. Close up on needle in the liquor and then here we go. Hold on one second. We don't have to get that close. We don't need it. And you know, you know that's not Mark Wahlberg. So you know they're like, uh does anybody want to get their nipple pierced today? And some grip was like, I'll do it. So then they do it, they they get the nipple, they you know then they cut away, they cut away from this. Sorry June. All right, cut away, and then as soon as you think, oh it's over, thank God, boom, right back in . Which is by the way, like a paperclip. Like a twisted up paper clip is what she puts in. It looks so painful. Oh, yes, painful. I agree with Paul, painful. I don't mean hot. Uh obviously we had an opinion about this movie, but there are people out there with a different opinion. It's now time for second opinions You know, I'm just a normal guy. I grew up with uh posters of these guys on my wall. And now now I'm one of them. Stand up Stand up and shout ! Five stars, five stars, five stars for Mark and Mark! Fastos , fast us, fast os Don't know what you want or what you're thinking . I can change your taste and mov ies . Read my hammer's on and you will see Opinions are all you will ever give from me . Roll our review five stars, five stars this fucking movie rules! Faster s, faster faster ! Amazing, it's everybody . Amazing. That was unbelievable. What's your name? Ryan. Ryan. Well, here we go. Here's a book by our friend Scott C, and you can have that. and have a seat Thank you so much. Holy cow. Wow . Here's the thing . I would ask now our audience to take that raw vocal track and put music to it. That was pretty fucking impressive. And that guy was nervous to come up like I think I got something. Meanwhile, he had a fucking whole act worked out flawlessly. And by the way, Ryan like sat like a fucking gentleman, waited until nobody raised their hand, then was like, fine, I'll fucking do it. And by the way, I'm looking at you four dudes dressed like steel dragon . Who were like, let's dress up but not prepare a song. Yeah blew it, dummies. Um well here we go five hundred and two reviews for this film, fifty percent five stars. Um 50% are five stars. Yes. Holy shit. So uh this one is called my all-time favorite rock and roll movie by Rick Bruns on. Having spent a number of years on the road with an American hard rock band, Reed, White Snake, Def Leopard, Van Halen, I was blown away by the authenticity of Rockstar. In particular, the characters were believable and authentic, read, egocentric, self-absorbed, with a dash of charisma. The film has an accurate depiction of how it really is, headlining and living the life. For those of you who lived or want to experience the edgy in-your-face hardcore era , this is it. Five stars . And by the way, a majority of these reviews express a very similar sentiment. So all of them are written from people who are in bands? Yeah. A lot are. Like I'm being uh not that's not yeah, a lot R. Um this one's written by G Madison, what can I say? Excellent movie, Mark Wahlberg, excellent. FYI, when I submitted my first review, it was based on the TV version. Now that I've seen the uncut DVD version, I want to say I don't care for the raunchy, vulgar, sexually related terms like the P, the D, and the F word . I know that doesn't bother many others and I know those terms are used in many R-rated movies and they should be expected in a movie about a rock band, but I just want to make it clear that I don't care for that . Aside from that though, an excellent movie. Five stocks. Wha what else was there besides that in the movie? The version he watched was 45 minutes long. Um this is from I uh A.I. Bar uti . As one who fully accepts that you are what you desire and act upon, this movie hits the spot. Not only is it about more than music as alluded to. Uh, it is about life itself. Life in the sense that we all have a secret, and sometimes not so secret, dream that we all hold within. More often than not, such a dream goes unrealized. Perhaps this will be lost on some, then again, maybe not . But live your life and you will feel me. Defer not your dreams, for they are the very thing that can and will and do guide the ship that you call your life. I would bet I would bet my life that Wahlberg wrote that review himself . Um this one um uh this one right here. This is just a one a one-liner. Uh, this is from uh Randy Given. I see many movies of this genre. Although movies like Almost Famous have won more awards, this movie is my favorite. It's more honest. Five stars . Almost famous, written by someone who actually was on the road with babe, no big deal. Um okay. Uh D Roush writes this. Yep, that's right. With Rockstar, a film where he went to take a piss is the ultimate catchphrase . Not all the cliches in the world can stop it from being a really deep drama . Half of you probably think I'm on crack. Oh well, I'm not by the way . With the vehicle for this rite of passage themed story being heavily dipped in 80s excess. Many people trash this movie despite its somewhat tongue-in-cheek satirical treatment. But you know what? You're missing the point of the film. What is life about? Yes, folks, that is the question. And a little movie called Rockstar left me pondering that as I exited the theater. And more recently, when I turned off the DVD player. Five stars . And then this one should be read in a cockney British accent. Well, anyone wanna take a shot at that? You made everybody else do it. Alright, I'll say like this. Bloody hell, mate, this flick is tops man. Long live steel dragon and stuff and show! A must for any music lover. Five stars. There you go. Those are our five star reviews. By the way, that was a great that was a great rendition of Stand Up and Show. Yeah, really solid, right? I would love it if that became your karaoke songs. Clear enough. I lost it. There was uh one more piece of trivia I just wanted to say. Um when I Googled this movie, I went to the Wikipedia page and the movie came out September 7, 2001 . Which was four days before 9-11, which Mark Wahlberg said he could have stopped . But he couldn't save his own movie, so I doubt it. And I think it's a beautiful part about this movie's history. Go to Wikipedia, it's real. Um just a couple of uh quick facts about the movie. Uh the tagline is the story of a wannabe who got to be. Uh and also uh it was made for fifty-seven million . And yes. And it um made seventeen . I do believe that the 9-11 probably affected that. Uh and um fifty seven million dollars fifty seven million dollars american uh this is made in yeah american dollars and here uh if you are following with us, uh this movie, the top three movies of the year were Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone, Lord of the Rings, and Shrek . And this movie uh