Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
62:33 – 69:26… be too crazy to film this at someone's real house. And apparently they still got the cops called on them because it was so loud. 12 noise complaints, I think. Apex Mountain. I think every cast member you could argue except for Miles Teller, right? Yeah. The IMDb's are pretty grim for pretty much everybody after this movie. Alexis Knapp, she ends up being in the three Pitch Perfect movies, so she probably did the best. That's probably her Apex Mountain. North Pasadena. Yeah. Arguable Apex Mountain. Nice area, by the way. Yeah. Yeah. Good place to raise kids. Good food scene. Really nice. Family friendly. But …
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You would have gone, Jacobes. You would have gone for one day. I would have never come back. I would have never come back. They filmed this movie on the Warner Brothers lot because they knew it would be too crazy to film this at someone's real house. And apparently they still got the cops called on them because it was so loud. 12 noise complaints, I think. Apex Mountain. I think every cast member you could argue except for Miles Teller, right? Yeah. The IMDb's are pretty grim for pretty much everybody after this movie. Alexis Knapp, she ends up being in the three Pitch Perfect movies, so she probably did the best. That's probably her Apex Mountain. North Pasadena. Yeah. Arguable Apex Mountain. Nice area, by the way. Yeah. Yeah. Good place to raise kids. Good food scene. Really nice. Family friendly. But this is the only time I think North Pasadena was really hammered home in a movie. So maybe North Pasadena has a movie location. Craig, what about movie parties, Apex Mountain? I don't know how it can't be. Name me a movie that has a better party scene than this. I mean, it's probably, if we did the bracket, it's definitely in one seed. Animal House is probably looming somewhere. Mm-hmm. House Party. The original House Party. Original House Party, 1990. I mean, there's a lot of movies in the last 15 years where there's parties super bad. Neighbors has fun party scenes, but this is unparalleled. It's a real party. I can't stress that enough. It's literally happening. How about ecstasy in a movie? Mm. Mm. Oh, wait a second. When has this been pulled off in a more positive way? Ecstasy specifically or just kind of hallucinogenic drugs? I was going to say ecstasy. Ecstasy is a plot device. Ecstasy adding to it. There's no downside to ecstasy in this movie. It's one of the reasons. No hangover. No hangover. Everybody's fine the next day. My friends have told me the next day after ecstasy, you don't feel great about yourself in life. You don't feel good for like a week. Yeah. I've been told. That's what my friend said. I've never tried. How about roof jumps? Ooh. I think almost famous Billy Crud up on the roof is probably the go-to roof jump. But this is at least in the final four. A lot of good acrobatics in this movie. There's the zip line that somebody created. Where did it come from? Zip lines never work. Yeah. I was very curious about where the zip line came from. Did someone bring it in their backpack and then climb up a tree and like screw it in with industrial drills? Oh, is it a conveniently placed telephone wire? I don't know. I had that in picky nits. That zip line is way more complicated. The zip line. Yes. And they never work ever. How about bouncy castles? Is this best use of a bouncy castle in a movie? I mean, you got the dog. You got nudity. You got people jumping off the roof onto it. Yeah. I don't know what else you'd want. How about tequila revolvers, Jacobes? And why did we ever have one at a Grantland party? I can't think of other movies that feature tequila revolvers. But post-COVID, tequila revolver doesn't play the same way it did pre-COVID. Great point. Jonah Hill ripoff characters? I feel like this was the peak. The peak and the valley, perhaps. A Hollywood studio going, Jonah Hill, we can't get him. Could we get somebody like him? Any other Apex mount for you guys? Sweater vests. Oh. Great sweater vest. I like it. All right. We're moving on to best racehorse name from this movie. Wheelchair Robert. Wheelchair Roberts in there. Project X. What if there was a horse named Project X? You'd bet on that horse, Jacobes. I would bet on that horse. I went with Molly Gnome. Molly Gnome. Molly Gnome is just a good one. Molly Gnome comes around the corner. I also had Mr. Cub. Because it could be either Ernie Banks or Mr. Cub from this movie. But either way, I think Mr. Cub is a good horse name. What about my dad's Mercedes? Mercedes. And my dad's Mercedes down the stretch. Maybe just dad's Mercedes. Dad's Mercedes. Yeah, you dropped the my. Dad's Mercedes. Oh, I forgot that in Apex Mountain, dad's car landing in a body of water. The risky business is still the Apex Mountain for that. The Porsche falls in the water. But this was nice so much. And Ferris Bueller is adjacent. There's no body of water, but it's like the same vibes. That's one of the things I liked about this movie is it does dip into the past with some of this stuff, right? Like the car falling in the water, classic. Like picking nits. I feel like the three best friends would have been way more fucked up way sooner. Great point. Like JB is just throwing up at like 10 o'clock. They're doing shots before anyone shows up. Yeah. I don't see a lot of stamina for these three guys. They would need a strong food base. Craig? Very much agree. They did show Costa puking. There's some puke and rallying going on in this movie. I do like that they took a break after they swam in the pool. They like showered and did their hair again. Yeah. Great point. Refresh. Costa with the blow dryer. Just getting his look back. Yeah. That's a great point. Rarely seen at the party. Half hour break there. Yeah. Yeah. Very Bill Simmons at a Grantland party. Yeah. That definitely happened once. Nobody rallied better than me. No. Look, I know this movie. This is part of the charm of this movie is that it's completely realistic. But this, how do they know this many good looking girls who all know how to like drink and do all these drinking tricks? And I was like, these girls are like 16, 17. I love that. Is that realistic? Yes. That's his nitpick. Girls know how to drink. No. I'm saying like there's like 50 supermodels at this party. They're in North Pasadena and all of them know how to like shotgun and do all these different things. It's very movie-ish. Yeah. They're not just like sipping cocktails on the rocks. Yeah. There's always like a gimmick to every way they imbibe. I don't think that's that unrealistic. The supermodel thing, sure. I guess maybe they're more attractive than they should have been. But the entire high school came and everybody, I mean, they're all 17, 18. I don't know. Okay. It's pretty realistic. Mine is just like, is a little more serious. Like the whole Kirby character, like not, not close to flushed out whatsoever. Didn't even touch the handle on the toilet with flushing that one. It was just like, she pops up. She's a cheerleader. Tom's interested in her. They make out. It's just like, I don't know anything about her. Like I wouldn't know how to describe her personality or anything. She's just like a figurehead of an idea. She's not a character. They didn't, honestly, they didn't even need any of that. Like, I know they tried, they needed like some sentimental storyline, but her just quickly, like she walks in on him having sex with what, Alexis. And then like. Alexis. 18 hours later, he's like, sorry about that. And she's like, all good. He's cool now. That's the power of being cool. Literally.
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