Half in the Bag: Jurassic World and Jurassic Park Commentary Track

I was hoping Mike would rip this movie a new f*cking a**hole, but alas... Mike, I am disappoint.

Andreas Sommer Ebbesen

I know right. I literally did a spit take

VHS VCR

I gotta be honest. I was nodding in agreeance to the "Sensitive Joss Whedon" comment and as soon as I saw the initials SJW on screen I genuinely laughed out loud at my computer. That was a hilarious bit.

bigmikey

I agree with your sentiment. It was also interesting (weird?) to see Mike give a pass to a lot of flaws that he may not have done in the past or with other movies, and defend it so strongly. But hey, if it was his genuine opinion then I can't really argue with that.

Mira

If there is something a little weird with this Half in the Bag – and I’m now unsure if there is or isn’t – then it probably has something to do with another unusual comment from Mike at the 12:33 point in the preceding Fury Road review: “My particular mood at the moment was that I didn’t want everyone just to die and have some sort of miserable ending. I like a happy ending.” So if Mr Stoklasa is on either an up or a down and wants a bit of optimism from films currently then I’m not going to argue with him. I like David Lochary in Multiple Maniacs, Marina Vlady in 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle and Claude Rains in Casablanca for different reasons and just about equally. It all depends on whichever version of me happened to get out of bed that day. The only thing I’ve absolutely come to distrust after 45yrs on this planet are one-note people. Just like the great, late and sorely-missed Jhonn Balance once remarked: ‘Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil’. Living from one perspective isn’t a very good choice if you care about exploring yourself ;-)

Jonathan Sillis

I know what you mean. It was a lot in Mike's cutaways at the beginning - normally he sits there looking blank, but this time he was looking kind of pissed off with Jay.

SCC Overton

It looked to me like Mike and Jay had worked out what they were going to talk about, and then Mike just went 180 on him. I liked the dynamic it gave, it wasn't nearly as self satisfied as some of the more recent reviews, even if I found the film itself to be an annoying, practically unwatchable, piece of crap.

Patrick Collins

Valiant knights of twitter hahaha

It did seem different. Different style or lighting or even personalities. I agree with you.

VHS VCR

You’re probably right, David. I perhaps misread it. A few people on the RLM forum had the same ‘wtf?’ reaction to this Half in the Bag, so that’s what prompted me to comment. Basically I don’t want these guys to crash the same way as Goldcrest Films – not until I’ve seen Rich Evans star in a remake of The Killing Fields or The Mission.

Jonathan Sillis

I didn't notice anything. They had opposite opinions which I think is awesome.

David Anderson

Think back, Andreas. Mike once even confessed that he had...what do you call those things again? Oh, yeah, emotions.

Jonathan Sillis

Are you suggesting these guys are actually human beings with changing moods and personalities? Because if that's the case I'm outta here!

The tone of this review seemed off -- and not because Mike liked something that many people expected him to hate. Just look at Metacritic, plenty of decent reviewers have given Jurassic World a pass so he’s in good company. It’s rather something specific about the edit or perhaps the atmosphere at RLM that feels jarring in comparison to all the other videos/audios. Jay looked uneasy. Mike seemed aggressive. Rich sounded genuinely despondent in the commentary. This isn’t usual for RLM so what’s the score, guys? I hope you’re not stressed from trying to finish Space Cop while working on the reams of other stuff you’ve no doubt committed to. Leaving all ‘hack fraud’ cynicism aside here, you have stacks of unconditional support both on Patreon and elsewhere -- so remember to just go easy on yourselves ;-)

Jonathan Sillis

That "sjw" joke was cringe-worthy. Please don't be that guy, Mike.

David Dunn

Nevermind! Fixed! TY.

Domo

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