what's going on to all my apple tv plus fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie
files elliott back again breaking down a new series a murder mystery comedy coming to apple
tv plus by the name of after party got a chance to check out the first three episodes early and
i'm really excited to let you all know what i thought about this and if you should give it a
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the comedy do you like the characters do you are you intrigued by the murder mystery will you be
watching us on a week to week basis let's talk about that in the comments below so again shout
out to apple tv plus if you all do not know i have been an apple tv plus fan since day one covering
the morning show c serving you know defending jacob you named it i've covered probably like
90 of their content i'm a fan i think they have the quality over the quantity so i'm always
willing to give apple tv plus the benefit of the doubt so when i heard murder mystery
comedy chris and lord miller behind it this cast behind it i'm like i gotta give this show a shot
is it worth checking out well let's get into it here so first and foremost like i mentioned
this is brought to us by chris and lord miller more so christopher miller he's the director and
wrote most of the episodes phil has some things that he did behind the scenes but i don't have
to read off their resume i mean you all know who these guys are whether it be the lego movie you
know 21 jump street they are very great content creators i am still hurt that we didn't get to see
their han solo film but either here no there i was very intrigued to see what they want to give us
and when i saw this trailer it reminded me a lot of one of my favorite comedies this past decade
game night which if you guys have not seen game night with rachel mcadams and jason bateman do
yourself a favor check it out such a funny movie but i was getting those type of vibes from that
trailer as well as hulu's only murderers in the building and i gotta say what this show is doing a
good job at at least in the first three episodes i love when shows give us the same situation
but gives us in different perspectives so the whole idea behind the show without getting too
much into the spoilers here you have a high school reunion going down and we have all the characters
coming back and they all have different reasons on why they're attending this reunion whether
it's love rather to show hey you remember when i was a geek well look at me now i'm a celebrity
or it's to get their ex-wife back to rekindle their love they all have their reasons why they're
attending this party but then the party is it's fine it's the awkward high school party but then
there's an after party and there's an after party because one of the students played by dave franco
xavier he's a mega celebrity he's making his songs he got a new movie out so he's inviting all
the people over to say hey you remember when you were picking fun of me i was you know a dork well
look at me now long story short he's made some enemies over the time and he's had some bad beef
with the people in high school so lo and behold at this party someone pushes him over the ledge
and kills him and that's where the murder mystery comes in that's where tiffany haddish comes in as
the police officer or detective of this case and starting off with just kind of my thoughts on how
these episodes are broken down episode one which i think for me personally if i'm being honest with
you all i wasn't really all that invested in it because the comedy team was very safe comedy again
lord and miller when it comes to 21 drum street i love that movie i think it's so goddamn funny
and it's kind of that raunchy comedy that i like i know raunchy coming isn't for everyone
but the kami to me in episode 1 and the pacing and the jokes were just a little dry to me and just
the how they kind of introduced the characters first and foremost it's the longest episode
out of the first three i want to say episode one's like 48 minutes because we focus on one
main character who i'm a big fan of this actor sam richardson he's the first main character
that we focus on he's the lead of the show essentially which i'm so happy because his career
i'm just a fan of sam richton i'm a fan of a lot of these actors in the show but we kind of see why
he's getting back into the mix he has someone he wants to kind of rekindle his love with and as the
episode kind of unfolds not giving too much away but let's just say the fingers are being pointed
towards him for being the reason why xavier died so we kind of get his perspective of the night of
how things went through and how he's trying to get back with one of his high school flings so
like i said there is some good to be taken away from episode one but for the most part i wasn't
really vibing with the comedy i wish it was like i wasn't all that interested in who the killer was
but it wasn't until episode i'm just saying now episode one was my least favorite out of the three
but as a good show should do it gets better as it goes on i have to say as episode 2 unfolds we get
to focus on ike bernhardt's character named brett who is a kind of a douche in people's eyes but
he has a a an ex-wife that he went to high school with who actually happens to be the love interest
of sam richardson he's going through a divorce and he's like i said perceived as like the jerk the
[ __ ] of the group he's also like very vin diesel is he's like very into cars and action stuff so
his episode was very unique and what i like about the speaking of unique episode two was so
different from episode one because it's coming from someone else's perspective so it's more
of like an action heavy type of episode versus like the weird quirkiness that we get with that
character with sam richardson so episode two to me was like oh okay we're getting not only different
perspectives but we're switching the genre up from one episode to the next so episode two to
me which was a shorter episode but more of a focus on action a little bit of you know mystery with a
little bit of like fun moments so episode two to me was very was much better in episode one
to say the least and i just like i was like okay these characters are more interesting
than what we got in episode one because it's from someone else's perspective no disrespect to
uh ezek i believe was sam richton's character but i'm just like this guy is this isn't my cup
of tea he's not all that interesting quite yet so i like that they gave us someone that was a little
bit more interested someone that has an hatred towards xavier someone that wants to get back
with his wife so i was more interested and more invested in episode two which brings us to what i
think is the best episode of three so far we have a character by the name of jasper being played by
ben schwartz and if you all know ben schwartz his time in parks and rec as you know gene as
that character his episode was very unique again i mentioned we have this kind of awkward first
episode we get an action heavy episode in episode two and episode three is a musical if you want to
call it that which is his own job within itself and we see that jasper is someone that installs
av systems and not he's really not too happy with his life right now so he's trying to get
back into his musical side which he was part of a band in high school and he happened to be in this
band with dave franco's character who is the the person that dies in episode one and that's not a
spoiler that's literally in the trailer uh so he's trying to rekindle his relationship he's trying to
re-find reinvigorate himself and give him back into music and he's hoping to kind of rekindle
his relationship with xavier but obviously xavier died so it kind of puts him in the conundrum but
that episode was very funny because again it's a musical it's a hip-hop kind of high school musical
thing going on so the first three episodes again was very unique because it got better as time went
on and i'm really excited to see the different genres that they play into again awkward kind of
high school comedy episode one action movie in episode two uh a high school musical in episode
three so i can only imagine because we're gonna meet more of these characters i didn't mention
the other cast again we have tiffany hannah's shoes i'm a fantasy if you had it sometimes
she doesn't really work for me i i like her when she's not being asked to just be goofy and silly
and loud obnoxious i like when she's like when she kind of plays more reserved and she's just like
pointing out the absurdity of the situation which is very much so her character in this
show so far so i'm really excited to get more of her character and get her solo episode and see
is that more of a murder mystery episode we have you know alana blazer who i'm a fan of from her
days in broad city i think episode four is gonna focus more on her and she's kind of like the
crazy person of the group so it might be more of like a a thriller psychological thriller
episode so it gets me excited and that kind of brings me to my overall thoughts of this show
i have to say i love how the show is giving us different perspectives but more importantly
giving us different genres with each each episode that stuff is great the comedy i can go some of
the comedy doesn't work for me but again comedy's very subjective but some of the comedy works some
of the some of the comedy doesn't but the one thing that i gotta got to say out of the three
episodes that i'm not all that invested in i don't find the murder mystery to be all that intriguing
i mentioned how only murders in a building one of my favorite shows last year the white lotus
you know mayor v sound which wasn't a comedy obviously but it you know it was a murder mystery
i love a good murder mystery uh and this show so far the the elements the plot the the shaping of
the murderer and kind of uncovering the mystery doesn't seem all that interesting in my personal
opinion i care more about the different genres and these interesting characters and their dynamics
more so i do of who the killer is because the show so far doesn't seem to focus
much on that element so that is easily the weakest element of the show so far is
it's a murder mystery but and again i i like that the comedy and the genre switching is working but
also i love murder mysteries and i feel like the murder mystery is the weakest element of the show
so far so overall i gotta say chris miller you know the director and writer this is his
brainchild is doing a good job of kind of bringing us these new genres something fresh something new
you know phil his partner is doing a good job behind the scenes i think he wrote one of the
episodes or later in the season so i'm liking what i'm seeing i'm gonna continue to watch it
but the question i have for you all i personally don't think this is the type of show that like
requires like a week-to-week breakdown because i don't think it's that much meat and potatoes in
each episode but what i'm hoping to do if you all respond well to this video i'll probably i'm gonna
watch the show in this entirety just for my six i am you know i like the show so far even though
the murder mystery i hope the murder mystery gets better as the season goes on but i plan
on watching it and maybe if you all again respond well let me know in the comments i can come back
once the season ends and give you just my general season breakdown review uh if you guys want that
so go ahead and let me know in the comments now once you've seen the first three episodes
if you enjoyed it if you did enjoy it what was your favorite episode least favorite character
are you going to watch this on a weekly basis and then if you want me to come back at the end of
the season to give you all like a season recap season review let me know in the comments so
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