Half in the Bag vs. Godzilla vs. Kong

And I do realise its not the same thing at all, but I saw it and loved it and wanted to share it.

Gavin Scott

The 'Harvey Weinstein' trope began life 30 years ago this week when he stopped a song and dance number on Broadway to perform "I am what I am". I very commanding moment of silence. https://youtu.be/yPk7iH1ON8s?t=57

Gavin Scott

I’d like to hear Jay talk about Peter Jackson’s Kong a bit more.

J.R. Shartzer

I miss my wife

Hunter Clifton Mann

Yes it had me laughing quite a bit too

Chad M Gentile

I rewatched Kong: Godzilla (2014), Skull Island, Godzilla King of the Monsters as it had been years since I had seen them before Kong vs Godzilla. I'm going to see that KvG again in an hour so I wanted to do a review. But I forgot how much those movies annoyed the crap out of me. All the characters are as dumb as pocket lint. And the reasoning is to cause an improbable, or really impossible plot point. Which is the hallmark of lazy as hell writing. Example. People sitting there and just gaping for 1:02 minute instead of running, leads to their chopper getting swatted on takeoff because the engine wasn't running. Or all the choppers circling in close to Kong so he can swat them from the sky and they have to go on foot. Or radiation is too high so someone has to sacrifice themselves to detonate a nuke. DUDE. A nuke is not something that needs to be 12 feet away from someone. The list of this contrived crap is endless. Its far worse on some then others. All 4 movies have this and I was trying to figure out: was it the director? What it the writers? A quick look shows all 4 movies have different directors. No one high profile. Zach Shields did the story for the last two, no others. Michael Dougherty did the story on one and screenplay on the other for the last two. There is nothing consistent here about who is involved across the board expect Warner Bros. Entertainment . We saw this studio meddling with the DC universe and I'm 100% certain they are pulling the same shit here. Paint by numbers, boring as hell, predictable plots. (Studies show that X or Y are trending with Z demographics! Put that in!) Looking at the directors they have few big name titles under their belt, which probably means that WB pushed them around. (Try that with Steven Spielberg.) I think I am done with WB tentpole movies. The spectacle is all well and good but the older I get the more important the story is to me. I still like spectacles and standard beat em up movies. But stop treating your audience like idiots.

Kellic

Mike trying to recreate his newly coined trope had me in tears

sebastian the pirate

This was wholesome

Gary Oldman twice: Fifth element: " Oh no..." BOOM Professional: "Oh shit..." BOOM

Charlie

Clever girl.

Michael Puttré

This may be an all time classic HitB. Even more surprising is that Rich Evans or a beginning sketch isn't even in the episode! Sometimes with HitB you get a really good breakdown of a movie and it's pros and cons. Sometimes you get a flub, classic bit, or skit that really makes an episode. This review it was a bit of both. Mike was in top form here: his acting moment, his confusion over the two guys who look alike, etc. Awesome stuff, Mike.

AllGoodNamesRGone

I still think, after the Edwards-Godzilla, the world collectively owes Roland Emmerich an apology... at least that movie actually TRIED to be fun and wasn't a dour and depressing nightmare, that constantly "subverted your expectations"... :/

Manuel Johnen

So they have those "Tron" ships, but the Navy is fighting a super-monster with WWII-era anti-submarine weapons. Sure, why not.

Bort Ward

That Charles Foster Kane sequence has been ruined for me forever by you hack frauds because all I can picture is Zaat ransacking a pharmacy

Ben-K

I think my favorite part was mike's "I'm gonna do it, okay" bits. you go, girl

Molly Wiedemann

Mike I'm still waiting to sign up for your acting class. I need to re-watch the 2014 Godzilla, it had some really gorgeous imagery (the halo jump sequence especially), and like you guys said, the way it was shot really let you feel that sense of scale. And I love those atmospheric kaiju sounds, they're used in Pacific Rim and Cloverfield too I think, like the whole earth is creaking and shifting. Idk monsters are cool and sexy.

Rhea

Kind of surprised Mike didn't use the example of Data saying "Oh Shit" in Generations as an example of that first trope

19day

I mean Godzilla is big... but Kong, he monke.

Andrew Chung

BTW I see this is HITB Ep 191. So we're going to get its ten year anniversary, the 100th episode of BOTW and HITB:200 all in the same year. Wild how that worked out

Will Cooling

I love how many times Mike got shit wrong in this ep. I bet that was fun for Jay to edit. 😂

Panda S

Another great episode! And I have to say... Watching Mike in this, especially during the MIKE IS WRONG sequence, had me picturing Rich Evans sitting in a dark room rocking back-and-forth with a menacing smile on his face muttering over and over, "Who's DEFEATABLE now? Who's DEFEATABLE now?"

The first trope reminds me of pre computer animation when someone (usually a villain of some sort) realized there was a bomb ticking and no time to deactivate it.

Juan Calvo

Citizen Kane vs Monsterverse Supercut was just masterful. Bravo!

Matt Roberts

No mention to the worst moment in the movie. Podcast man: "What's that, Robogodzilla?" Kid with an accent: "No... (looks right into the camera) it's MECHAGODZILLA!" Do you GET THAT? It's a thing you know! Horrible, stupid clichéd characters, almost on par with the Emmerich movie. Kong was the most relatable one in the entire fuckin' thing.

Lelio Mulas

Dickshark blows. ...

AshesBoomstick

Bradley Whitford in Cabin in the Woods: "Oh, come on!"

Jason Cooley

Dickshark the Birthday Boy

A Pulsating Ball of Pure Energy

Hilarious. HITB just keeps getting better.

Casey Smith

Is Dickshark the prequel to Shark Exorcist?

Reid Josephson

Near the end of his life Charles Foster Kane experienced a sleepwalking rampage. He dreamed he was King Kong risking his life to save Brie Larson. In the chaos of the situation he nearly drops her, which prompts her to make her charming remark. Angered by her remark, he goes ape in his dream, slams the skyscrapers of New York into the ground, while in reality his somnambulant body trashes his room. King Kong lived inside Charles Foster Kane's dream, and Jay's wonderful cut finally revealed to us this truth, that the government hides from us in some secret vault inside of Hollow Earth.

Marvin Falz

Dick Shark better go on the wheel ;)

Jeff Kleist

Dickshark and It Came sounds like a good double feature.

rachel

One of the best Easter gifts I could have asked for. Just watched the movie last night. I agree that it was dumb fun.

Michael Parker

I wonder if Mike had more frightened staring takes to throw on Patreon later lol

James Graham

I loved Krampus. I thought I was fun and smart. That's just me though.

Great review. I was not sure I wanted to see this movie. Now I will. Thanks!

yes! thank you!

Peter Varga

I don't get Mike's love for "Krampus"... "Trick 'r Treat" was great, but "Krampus" was a goddamn disappointment... :/

Manuel Johnen

fuck yeah

hamish smith

... ... ... "Dickshark"... ... ... intriguing...

Manuel Johnen

I can't wait to not see these movie in person! The best part is that it exists, for YOU guys to talk about it!

AshesBoomstick