You can tell they really liked this movie because they’re talking over each other 😂

Patrick is canonically Bisexual they showed him swiping through tinder and it was men and women

I love y’all very much but pls let Garrick talk 😭😭

Tashi mentions on the night they all kiss that Art should beat Patrick, implying he’s the better player. But Art doesn’t have the confidence like Patrick does.

The SOUNDTRACK to this movie had me feeling like I could run a marathon

I’m with the boys, the glass floor shot was SO GOOD

the absolute love for film and how they’re made and the appreciation that they show and talk about is so satisfying to me. it’s not just about the plot and the actors but the look and the feel

I don’t know if y’all noticed this, or if it was even done intentionally, but when Tashi goes to meet Patrick before the New Rochelle Challenger and they hook up she puts on a big white t-shirt, which looks a lot like the shirt she threw on after her fight/break up with Patrick. And if I remember correctly that shirt is originally Patrick’s. I think they both kept each other’s shirts for like 13 years or however long it’s been. To me that felt so significant and feel like I haven’t seen anyone talk about it.

53:59 what garrick said is so true! Im honestly tired of how many sex scenes are needed in things… this movie was extremely sexy with NO sex

The “I told ya” t shirt is $400 because it’s Loewe. Their creative director, JW Anderson, designed the costumes for the film. The boys will all be wearing Loewe for the meta gala tonight. Hire me as the fashion correspondent for guilty pleasures pls 😆

Kelsey’s absolutely right , all their problems would have been solved if they just lived happily together as a throuple 😭

I think Tashi already had a strong inkling about the attraction between Art and Patrick during the party and beach scene. She came over to their room with the intention to push them over the edge and cross the line and confirm to herself what she’s suspected all along.

it’s just crazy bc this movie has two actors that i’ve been following since my childhood and adolescence-zendaya, since shake it up, and mike faist, since he was on broadway with newsies. my mind is blown that we even HAVE a film with a cast like this that i thought could only ever exist in my mind.

the amount of people who think art and patrick aren't in love with each other shows the lack of homoerotic male friendships that end sort of awkwardly in hollywood

I loved this movie, but, as someone who doesn’t really watch sports, I couldn’t understand about how good of a “sports movie” it was. However, Garrick bringing up Kobe and Michael Jordan’s stories really made me understand the characters motivations and the plot even more in the context of competitive sports. It made me appreciate the movie even more!

zach talks about movies like keith talks about food

Not to have a “um actually 🤓☝🏻” moment but the casting was fully thought of way in advance and no one else was considered (not Jacob, Dominic Fike, & whoever else) which was just a rumor that spread online. I wish I could remember which interview I read it from but Zendaya said that she actually had watched The Crown & was like “Yo this guy is so good he would be perfect” and Luca had him in mind as well in a weird coincidence. Not too sure about how Mike was casted but I think Luca also had watched his projects & thought he’d be perfect for Art. I kinda hate that the internet ran with the “omg Jacob Elordi, Austin Butler, etc. were considered??” story bc the whole production of the movie was super meticulously planned way ahead and the only big name brought in was Zendaya. (Trying to keep this short is impossible lol) but also, Zendaya was the very first person to be reached out for the Tashi role & she actually selected (I’m pretty sure) Luca to direct as well. So overall, she was a producer through and through and helped bring this to life (along with everyone else ofc).

Yall NEED to watch ‘The Idea of You’ with Anne Hathaway and the guy from red white and royal blue!

you guys would love watching the trent reznor and atticus ross video that came out recently where they talked about how one of the only notes luca gave them for writing the score was to make everything as homoerotic as possible 😭

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross simply cannot compose a bad soundtrack. It’s impossible

Liked the discussion but felt there could have been a bit more structure. I feel they missed some big parts like Art stirring the pot for the breakup, more focus on churro scene, sauna scene

Yalls take on the ending, how it doesnt matter who won and the root of Tashis final CMON is making sense of the ending for me and making the film even better in my mind. It was such a great film! It BETTER win all the awards!!

I wished yall mention the fun fact that Mike Faist actually auditioning FOR Past Lives before getting this project!!! That’s in-yun right there

Kobe ACTUALLY SUPPORTED/CHEERED Zendaya on/through her LITERALLY ROBBED stint on DWTS.

46:56 here for the josh o'connor loveeeeeeee

i stand with kelsey that the slow-mo POV shots went on for way too long. the movie was definitely 11 minutes too long

SERIOUS QUESTION: DID ZACH HELP MAKE TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN???? Pls do an episode on turtles all the way down or the fault in our stars

Can't believe I got chills over and over hearing you guys talk about it all again 😂 all the stuff about playing TENNIS - real tennis like it's meant to be done - idk - there's something about it!

it's been a week and i also have not been able to stop thinking about this movie and i really wanna rewatch it but it's not showing in my city anymore 😭😭😭

Zach: LET'S GET INTO IT -- BUT FIRST Zach: LET'S GET INTO THE SYNOPSIS -- BUT FIRST 😂

YOu must see Josh O'Connor in GOD'S OWN COUNTRY...such a great movie.

I'm with Kelsey a little bit on the slow mo tennis. There was one or two times I remember thinking "okay I'm ready for Zendaya again".

Garrett you better do a music episode and talk about the beef kendrik and drake beef with your your girlfriend as a guest.

I saw a fan theory online that Art and Tashi's daughter, could be Patrick's from the Atlanta hookup?? not sure if it's actually a possibility with all the time jumps in the movie but just thought it was wild

A big deal is Patrick when mimicking Art’s “tell” the first time at Stanford-Patrick does a “proper” serve perfectly. Art’s expression changing is more than the reveal about Tashi, it’s that Patrick can have perfect technique and he CHOOSES not to.

i can't watch this yet bc i haven't seen the movie, but i am honoring my commitment of commenting on every episode from now on to ask for you guys to do step up 3d (the best one!) bc i need that zack inside info!

That IMDB cast list consideration is fake. Josh O'Connor was always the first choice. Seems like someone decided to just namecheck people from Euphoria.

Agree with the throuple theory. In my mind the tinder scene confined that Patrick is bi, and they all showed attraction for each other at some point over the years

How come noone is talking about how Lily could be Patrick's daughter... her age and the last time Tasha and Patrick were together?? It's random I know but they could have gone there.

it's not really bi lighting in the studio but i'm gonna take it as one bc challengers really said BI RIGHTS!!

Yay! So glad you did this movie!

13:30 As much as I love Zendaya and challengers is absolutely my favorite movie this year, box office isn’t looking that great for this movie. On a $55m budget, it’s only barely made half of its budget with its second weekend. It had a respectable 49% drop from opening weekend though and I’m sure it’ll still at least cover its budget by the time it leaves theaters. But that’s not going to make noise in the industry. Definitely has made some noise on social media though.

finally watched this ep bc my country censored the hell out of this movie so i choose to wait for the digital to see it. life changing. wish i could get the full experience man

54:40 i get it now kelsey 😂

Begging Kelsey to think more deeply than surface level about anything ever

COSTCO GETTING RID OF CHURROS AFTER THE RELEASE KF THIS MOVIE ?! Hate crime 😂

I would watch the fuck out of an episode of just Zach, Kelsey, and Garrick's Top 5 movies of the year. I'm sure we would get to hear a bunch more Challengers and Dune Part Two love in that episode.

Get familiar with Luca, people! Watch Call Me By Your Name next, trust me.

Watched a couple of my favorite scenes again on my computer…it really doesn’t translate! Yeah you gotta see it on a big screen!

Zendaya/Jhandiya got people to the cinema and the audience stayed for the churros.

Neither Art nor Patrick won the match and that's the point. Art was tired of competing against and hating Patrick; He wanted to retire which is why he kept losing matches in 2019. Art literally committed so many violations throughout the whole match against Patrick. He cursed, tried to hit Patrick in the head with the tennis ball, and jumped over the net. 🙅🏾‍♀💀

This movie gave me bi/pan polyam joy & I almost didn't see it because the promo/images were pretty vague. Agree that it was so sensual (the sound! the muscles & athleticism!)!

Ok I’m back after watching it

Have Eddy on the pod!!!

the "I told ya" tshirt is worn by JFK Jr. in a paparazzi shot from the 90's. hence the price. read into that what you will as its relevance to this movie

Darnell Appling plays the umpire, not the line judge.

please watch White Chicks

12 mins in and NO ONE (not even Kelsey) has talked about how QUEER this movie is. And not queer as in sexual identities but queer as in longing and sexual tension. How much LONGING there is in the movie, for friendship, for tennis, for romantic attraction...!!!

Just saw the movie yesterday..... Can u guys just do a deep dive of all the movies I go to the theatre for this is so nice rn 😭 ♥

Please do Bottoms 😊

Kelsey, fun facts is for the people - stop being a rich kid

I loved this movie so so much

one of the best movies ever!

i objectively understand that this is an incredible film, i subjectively hated it though because of how mad i was the whole time at literally all of them 🙃

Wow. Zach looks so hot!

Please watch small soldiers (1998)! I just know you'll all love the movie: killer action figures, explosions, and bloodshed

oh hell yeah i am SAT for htis episode

Art and Patrick are basically Goku and Vegeta.

Vinny fine and has been fine since day one. The chillest one from the show.

I prefer the original ending

THIS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED RIGHT NOW THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN LIVING IN MY HEAD RENT FREE SINCE I SAW IT LAST FRIDAY IT MIGHT JUST BE MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME 😢 (mind you I'm 20 so.. I can say that 😂)

13:41 I think people saw Dune because it's a masterfully shot, epic tale. Dune 1 is 2.5 hours. Zendaya is in it for 7 minutes.

47:53

losiNG MY MIND

please watch Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion

Zendaya 🎾 is 🎾 the 🎾 ball

Zendaya is our generation's Meryl Streep and I've been saying it since season 1, episode 1 of Euphoria.

wimbledon? the movie with Kirsten Dunst

I mean I've seen the movie 2 times in 3 days I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT 🥰❣️ 30 times to go till the end of the year 🤪😜🥰❣️

This was fun, love your enthusiasm. It's pronounced Goo-A-Da-Ni-No. If characters in a film make you laugh, and it's clearly done on purpose, it's a funny movie. Challengers is funny. Chalamet is hilarious in Call Me By Your Name. Guadagnino just finds human idiosyncrasies funny.

Please do Pirates of the Caribbean!!!

all 3 of you hav taught me to appreciate media in wildly different but equally important ways and i gotta thank u (and autoplay for accidentally bringing me here a year ago), immaculate podcast 🫡🫶🏽

What in the lightning is happening? ❤❤❤

Ok but that fucking cop out lack of an ending really pissed me off. Like, what did I just watch all that for then? ZERO fucking resolution

I hope you just edited out this part for time bc I can’t believe y’all didn’t discuss Art’s manipulation with Tashi and Patrick that led to her injury.

Ummm garrick literally plenty of sports can be played outside. Havevyou ever heard of soccer? Or football? Or polo? Or golf? Or freaking croquet? Or swimming? Or sailing??

this movie is so slay wattpad fanfic but in a slay way when usually its cringe now pleasssseee do muriels wedding next !!!11!

Please watch TAMMY AND THE TREX

Wow somehow got here so early

please watch The Hot Chick

Please talk more about high quality films like this. Not the fluffy teeny bopper movies.

My friend fell asleep during the movie and then said it was a chick flick with lame sport plotline... Suffice to say, we are no longer friends.

i thought it was a reaction video 😢

Do none of you people understand the concept of "homoerotic tension"? Heterosexual platonic friends can still feel confusing ways about eachother with out being romanticly in love, or be attracted to eachother with out being gay. Does anyone else remember the word "gar"? I think we need to bring that back.

Ooo I’m early early

Betterhelp supports Israel #freepalestine

as someone in a long term throuple i kinda hate this movie cause it seems unrealistic and unhealthy but every messy bisexual in my life is obsessed with it so i guess its got their demographic down.

Can y’all do a video taking about Avril Lavigne let go album , because you guys did Olivia Rodrigo album❤

Fucking watch KGF 1 AND KGF 2 from the Indian cinema it is better than RRR it is fucking good

Not gonna lie- I wasn't a fan of the movie. The actors did a great job and the soundtrack was awesome, but I felt like it beat you over the head with "this movie is about TENNIS did you see it? TENNIS don't forget it's a TENNIS movie". Love Zendaya and I'll see anything she's in. I liked the flashbacks when they were teens/in college. Would've loved to see more of that.