Speaker 3
I'll say this about the movie, my closing thoughts. The action sequences and all of this stuff is really fun and engaging, but for me, it's the smaller moments. it's the back and forths it's the honestly the texture of the scenes between will smith and martin that are so good and so and just funny they're just funny and interesting and i loved them and
Speaker 2
they're emotionally resonant in a way yes i don't think these movies in the past have aspired to be like the in the past these movies were just the shoot them up michael bay bayham style isn't this crazy they're blowing this right and
Speaker 3
that's why I didn't mind seeing Martin's age, because I felt like these are two grown ass men dealing with problems and having thoughts and reflections on parenthood or whatever it is that you can only have in your later
Speaker 2
40s. Middle age bad boys. Truly they were. This is middle age. These are bad boys grappling with the vicissitudes of middle age. And let me
Speaker 1
tell you, it's dark out here. What I will say is that's what I love about Bad Boys 3. Because in all these movies where they're doing these reboots, Bad Boys 3 made a really bold choice. It's like, oh, no, no, we're going to acknowledge they're old. And Vanessa Hudgens is like, you're old as shit. And they still save the day and they're a of it but they are making fun of them like they have enough of an ego and a sense or they they have a sense of self to be poked fun of and i think that's what actually makes it really good and which the uh
Speaker 2
only because we keep bringing up the fast and furious but those movies and movies like that or franchises like that aren't interested in having their characters seem like they are interested in looking at themselves or interiority
Speaker 1
or any of that. You asked Vin Diesel how old he is. He was 27. Yeah.
Speaker 3
But also, that's what I loved about it. Will Smith's slap aside and how the movie dealt with it, you would never see anyone in the Fast and Furious franchise grappling with a mental health issue. Like that's, you're just not going to see it. Well, because family
Speaker 2
is the best medicine.
Speaker 3
And the corona. I
Speaker 2
wrote down, again, multiple times, but I wrote down near the end of my notes, I can't stop crying at this movie. Which is an indictment of me. That's concerning for me and me alone. But it is. It's very emotional. Yes. I wrote it. It's a very emotional movie. Everyone is so raw.
Speaker 3
I felt that, too. And again, I didn't know what had happened between any of these characters. Did anyone else notice, though that will smith's new wife christine on her phone doesn't have a picture of will doesn't have a picture of her and will has a picture of the four of them together yeah strange
Speaker 1
and it's next to and her phone lock screen is that but then it's also on a table with a picture of them from the wedding but they also got developed and framed quick quick i, quick. I don't know how long he was in the hospital. Oh, no. Two weeks.
Speaker 2
It's like very short. He says, how long have I, how many years have I been out? He says, it's Tuesday.
Speaker 2
mean, they're getting shit framed. And I love that this movie, this movie isn't interested in any kind of realism or anything like that. They just want whatever is going to look best. In the end of the movie, when there's the final shootout with Eric Dane and Will Smith, and Will Smith's not having panic attacks now. Now he's steady and sure of himself. He shoots Eric Dane about 1,000 times. Sure. Eric Dane is standing, holding Will Smith's wife on the beach. He shoots him a bunch of times. When he dies, he's in waist-deep water. How did he get out to sea? I don't... Unclear. But it looks great. Looks great! Here's
Speaker 1
what I'll say. I love this movie. I take issue with one detail. Why are they using a fucking dirty grill in the public park to cook their meat on? I thought about that too. Never! What the fuck is... Come on, guys, go to Martin's house, cook in his backyard. You know what