Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
28:18 – 31:05… an honorable mention that you didn't mention, which is retainer like that. Yeah. Ben Affleck flexing in front of the three guys. Yeah. You know, we can get to Apex Mountain and all that stuff later. But like this was way more Ben Affleck's movie than I remembered when I was rewatching it. I was like, holy shit. I wish he was just this actor all the time. Yeah. So funny and so charming and so weird. But the one that I responded to the most and I guess it's really short. So I don't know if it can like draw you in if you catch it on cable, but it's just the fight. It's the weirdest thing ever. Like, why are they …
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He's the one we're going to get to. OK, favorite rewatchable scene for Sean. I have an honorable mention that you didn't mention, which is retainer like that. Yeah. Ben Affleck flexing in front of the three guys. Yeah. You know, we can get to Apex Mountain and all that stuff later. But like this was way more Ben Affleck's movie than I remembered when I was rewatching it. I was like, holy shit. I wish he was just this actor all the time. Yeah. So funny and so charming and so weird. But the one that I responded to the most and I guess it's really short. So I don't know if it can like draw you in if you catch it on cable, but it's just the fight. It's the weirdest thing ever. Like, why are they fighting these guys? Yeah. Because he got picked on in kindergarten and he saw some guy in the street like Will Hunting should be in prison like for life. Yeah. What the hell is he doing? He beat the shit out of that guy for no reason. The judge is Vonnegut? Right. The judge. Oh, yeah. You're right. When Vonnegut reads. It's not Vonnegut. It's not Vonnegut? No. It's a guy who was a member of. It's an actor who was previously a member of Whitey Bulger's gang. The Winter Hill gang. Oh, OK. I thought it kind of looks like he looks like Vonnegut. When he reads the rap sheet, you're definitely like this guy needs to be incarcerated for life when he's just like assault, grand theft auto, like larceny, assault, mayhem. You're like, this guy's out of control. You can't let him like clean hallways. Like, what the hell? Chris? Yeah. It wasn't his fault. That's true. That's true. I do think that it's just a really. Also, you don't think like Gus Van Sant in fight scene. That's not something that really will cross your mind. The Affleck face is the best. When he falls to the punch, he has that orgasm on his face. That scene's phenomenal. I love Cole Hauser. My single favorite scene is the Chuckie construction scene when he gets mad at him if he's going to be there. And he's like, before I know it, I'm going to be 50. Yeah. I'm still going to be doing this. It's just like a great scene. And it's, you know, there's a Massachusetts thing. And I'm sure a lot of states have this. But specifically in Massachusetts, there's a lot of like, I lived here. My parents lived here. My parents are going to die. I'll then live in their house. And then I'll die. And then my kids will live in my house. And it's just kind of the way it is there. And Chuckie's like the perfect character like that. Like, his friends are the most important thing to him. He loves living here. Like, even like the casual mention of if we're still watching Patriots games. And like, that just felt so bossing to me. That's why I know William Goldman ever could have written that. Because he never would have had the little nuances of that. But that whole scene. And like, if you're still here, I'm going to fucking kill you. Like, it's just great. And it's great, Affleck. And then when I was doing the research on it, that was like his scene. Yeah. The scene he was like, he was ready to do it for years. And then they did it. And he nailed it in the first take. And he was kind of like, didn't know what to do. And they were like, you want to do a couple more takes?
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