We try to make sense of The Kissing Booth 3 - The Kelsey and Alex Show Ep. 2

i like how this podcast really expands on the points alex made in his original video, and i found it interesting what he brought up in regards to Lee and Elle’s friendship feeling really weirdly ‘girly’, like it made me think about it and it does seems that when hollywood tries to write strictly platonic friendships between people of opposite sexes, they tend to give the male counterpart a lot of feminine coded qualities and interests and equally give the female counterpart like tomboyish and ‘one of the guys’ energy, as if they have to reassure the audience that “look see they could never be into each other like that”, when the reality has so much more nuance. Lee as a character would have been more interesting if he was allowed to be more than like a female bestie(hollywood trope) substitute that is like severely codependent, even if they explored why theyre attached so much to each other.

not gonna lie, i thought the third movie would show Lee realising he is in love with Elle and it being a huge drama or Marco being back and actually being a legit threat to the relationship

This episode is proof that Alex and Kelsey could talk about anything and I’d still listen and enjoy it lmao. They’re talking about a movie trilogy I’ve never seen, in a genre I have little interest in (except Kaguya-Sama: Love is War, peak Rom-Com), and it’s still entertaining. I’d honestly love to see more episodes like this in the future, it feels like a blend of ‘Doin the Devil’s Tango’ and the brief serious review Alex usually does in the last two minutes of his videos. Can’t wait for more uploads like this (if there are any)

Elle and Lee had a gaming podcast in the first movie so I assume that’s the tie in to her wanting to make video games.

Yess speaking on all the plot threads going on, it was rly over the top. 1. Friendship rules and bucket list 2. Elle and Noah relationship 3. Picking schools 4. Dad and girfriend 5. Marco shows up 6. Beach house 7. Rachel and Lee 8. Berkeley guy 9. And EVEN Chloe's parents splitting up, as if we have much of an emotional connection with her or anything, like-

What I want to know is how did LJ not get into Standford when we were told she has perfect grades (or close too) but some how Elle not only gets into berkeley but also Harvard because she wrote a subpar essay then she also gets into the other school (I don’t remember which one it is now) because she gave a less the subpar pitch about a video game idea. Also the Venn diagram for Noah and Marco is, Noah plays football I think, and he rides a motorcycle. Marco plays the guitar and dances. They are both tall and like Elle

I was an extra in a small part of the movie when they filmed the water slide scenes which was filmed at ushaka in Durban, South Africa When me and my friends were hanging out after the last shoot I nearly hit Joey King with a frisbee. The whole experience was such an amazing experience

concerning the girls as people pleasers convo: you're almost there = it's socialization. women-assumed people are socialized from the get-go to exist for others, to be completely concerned about others' needs/wants/opinions. taught from day one. hammering in living-for-yourself to a teenage girl protag feels like the best part of this movie ;u;

i hope you do more of these podcasts. i have never watched the kissing booth and obviously don't plan to. like I wouldn't be able to get through a minute of it. but I love listening to your reactions! And I have to say, Kelsey, you sound like a fun person. And Alex's reactions are always so funny. I play your videos in the background while working. so hope to see more of this kind of content!

more of Kelsey's laugh please, it makes my day every time I hear it

Oh, and Kelsey, there are 12 movies based on the book, A Cinderella Story. I think you'd like at least a few. Here is the list of them all - A Cinderella Story Another Cinderella Story A Cinderella Story - If The Shoe Fits A Cinderella Story - Once Upon A Song A Cinderella Story - Starstruck A Cinderella Story - Christmas Wish A Cinderella Story - Starstruck DJ Cinderella - Cinderella Pop Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale Not Cinderella's Type Teen Spirit The High Note Wild Rose

I have 2 male best friends and my relationship with both of them is very close. With one of them I actually had to have several conversations about how he's allowed to express care and affection for me without it being misconstrued as sexual. Men are more or less taught by society to keep their friends at arms length lest they be labelled "gay" or "weak". Elle and Lee's friendship is not a "girl" friendship. It's a close friendship.

Just some advice, don't watch this while drinking water because I almost choked >.>

I like this type f thing where y'all talk more in-depth about it, because as funny as your videos are they are formatted in a much more "for the laughs" format with punchy one liners where here you talk more societal implications and what the movie is really about which is refreshing how you are less trying to keep our attention and more just having a genuine conversation about it which I very much enjoy. Plus who doesn't love a good podcast?!

I know this is not super important to anything honestly, but I really like how Alex is publicly acknowledging how kissing booth launches his career. Most people would say it was all them and their hard would or some emasculate tale. Instead Alex is just like “yep kissing booth, I owe it all to you.” Takes integrity.

I just finished the video! Can’t wait to watch this!

Yep! This was rly fun having an extended version of the commentary basically! Keep it up you two! It's reassuring that Kelsey said she reads all the comments haha. My first time hearing her speak today!

And Elle literally broke most of those friendship rules. Ik they should be useless, but still. Gurl.

How did you guys never brought up Elle’s terrible video game idea pitch that they bought. How did they not just start laughing at the idea immediately?

Dude I loved this. I would for sure watch more of these for your future videos.