Half in the Bag: Synchronic, Promising Young Woman, and Psycho Goreman

I love that instant karma aspect of the ending of this HitB! Well done!

Marvin Falz

All I remember about Spring is one shot and the rest being very forgettable. Resolution’s my favorite of theirs

Jason Sealy

As for what McLovin’s character did in Promising Young Woman: He was “raping” her. His fingers were inside her, she says it a minute later, “At least you made sure I was conscious before putting your fingers in me.” I say “rape” because if she were actually drunk and being taken advantage of it would’ve been. Such an ingeniously upsetting yet fun/funny movie, I’m glad y’all covered it!

Jason Sealy

I love how Jay handled sharing his opinion at 56:56. I will def use his wording for future conversations with my friends. Thanks for the vid.

Nathan C

I need more movies edited with dialogue from The Room.

Manic Velocity

stuff of nightmares

Alex D

It's nice to see Jay and Mike kinda disagreeing about Psycho Goreman. For me the young actress, Nita-Josee Hanna, really sold me the proposition and the tone of the movie, more so than the rest of the cast (brother, parents, etc.). It's borderline overacted/overplayed... but it really work in contrast to the PG character. Not sure that a 100% straight performance from all the cast would have been possible/funny for more than 10 min. It really reminds me of a 2021 Toxic Avenger....

Alex D

I watched that Heidecker routine as well after this video - great stuff!

JTruts

Hack frauds bring people together. It's about family... and alcohol. Lots of alcohol.

AllGoodNamesRGone

Last weekend, my close friend was telling me all about this "very funny movie" he watched a few months made back by some guys in Wisconson and their YouTube channel with a guy with a strange laugh. Once I found out he was an RLM fan, it made a joyous reunion even better. | We had only planned to meet for 30 minutes...we sat at the park for 5 hours talking about BOTW.

Bort Ward

The Mac & Me alternate ending is insane.

Patrick Milnes

glad to hear good things about Promising Young Woman. as for Psycho Goreman, i will have to put that also on my list to watch.

Lunasm0ke

What a bunch of hack frauds

Sefal

I really loved "Resolution" and "The Endless", but "Spring" was one of the most godawful and fucking boring movies of the last decade... :/ "Synchronic" looks more like "Spring" than the other two...

Manuel Johnen

Google “Armie Hammer”.

CSL

Great episode!

Who's dick do I gotta suck for a mandalorian season 2 re:view?

Charlie Castle

Please I need an explainer on the Armie Hammer joke. It has to be the funniest joke I didn't understand I'm sure...!

Masa

With you loving Wet Hot American Summer, it made me think of the 90s skit comedy show The State. Have you guys seen it? If you haven't it would definitely be up your alley! It's got David Wain, Michael Ian Black, and all those guys, it's super funny! Another great episode thanks guys!

Reid Josephson

PYW absolutely played on the clichés of rom-coms and dudebro comedies. That bit near the end that Mike talked about could have been straight out of a Hangover movie if not for the horrifying shit surrounding it. The film wasn't perfect in weaving between those different genres but having those discrepancies in tone is what helped drive that message home more effectively than a straight revenge story could have. I actually think that the very end, while it felt satisfying in the sense that our main 'villain' got his comeuppance, what I took from it was, oh God, it took the death of this woman to finally have her voice heard and to get some semblance of justice for her friend, you know? Super glad you guys took the time to talk through this one. Thanks for recommending that Tim Heidecker special btw Mike. What a talent.

Rhea

...speaking of anti-comedy, ever seen Neil Hamburger? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n_FJ5RAlnc I saw him open for an act in Denver and by the end people were literally throwing drinks at him and yelling "fuck you"/"get off the stage" and REALLY meaning it... Definitely the most Kaufman-esque thing I've ever seen in real life.

Clancy Murphy

Maybe the "Young/Frankenstein-effect" (AKA "Putin on the Ritz)"? To be fair though the blind hermit scene in "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) might've been the first... I think Mel Brooks thought it was funny too and that's why the Gene Hackman scene in Young Frankenstein is virtually unchanged (it's even more ridiculous that he actually tucks the monster into bed in "Bride"). https://youtu.be/_wRVfzaIRj8?t=107

Clancy Murphy

I sadly could not get into Psycho Goreman. Normally that type of humor makes me laugh, but it fell flat for me (oh and I did enjoy Space Cop 😆)

Maureen Vallette

2 Questions, what was that jazz instrumental at the end, and was that fall from mike at the end real?

Royal

Glad to see not too many Whammies this time! I was on the fence about seeing Promising Young Woman but will give it a go since you both thought it was worth watching.

Jessica

Oh my god its another hackfraud video with a cameo by oscar elligible actor rich evans. He has my vote

die fohl

I agree it was weaker than the other 3 films , but think Benson had perhaps written for a 2 parter like Resolution/Endless which unfortunately left Dornan's character bereft of substance/appeal, and misused in Synchronic alone, giving this superficial overtone. The reference to the red flowers used for the pills, ties back to the french man in the caravan in resolution, who planted the seeds ... (same actor in war scene in synchronic) ) and with Mackie's footage, could drive a follow up which, if it follows on with Dornan, may provide the depth he was missing...or it may just have been a damp squib. Still enjoyed it...and your review of course. Thanks.

Odile Walsh

I clapped! I clapped when Mike mentioned "Skin of Evil"!!

LB876

I remember Chad Vader from another web series called The Grabowskis. He showed up in one episode, which starts out in a funny, fast paced way, then suddenly turns into drama, when they're informed the woman's father died, and the camera lingers very long on the couple crying. The scene lingers, kind of like the outro of this HitB, it even ends with the male character slipping and hurting himself. Some humor just never gets old! :D

Marvin Falz

No

AU

Is it sad that I’m always looking forward to RLM videos?

Lou DiMarzo

Psycho Goreman is way better than I was expecting, and it came recommended.

Phrenological

Yep, definately nothing else of note happening today.

Rick Drake

Love you guys!!! take care! <3

Peter Varga

Did Plinkett get his Macarenavirus booster yet?

Peter Schletty

Plinkett’s ROS review is on the way... I can feel it...

Stephenn

Hell yes!

Poo In An Alleyway

Yay

Steven Wisniewski