1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,239 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back, or if you are new, welcome 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: to Movie Mix Movie Podcast. I am your host Movie Mike. 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: I'm a guy who loves talking about movies and that's 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: what I do every single week. I talk to actors, 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: directors and give you spoiler free reviews on all the 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: latest movies and breakdown movie trailers of movies coming to 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: you soon streaming and in theaters. Today, I'm talking to 8 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: my friend Amy Brown, who is going to be in 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: a new HBO Max movie called Holiday Harmony. In the 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: movie review, i'll talk about a new comedy thriller called 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: The Menu that I just watched in theaters, and in 12 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: the trailer park, we'll talk about Will Smith's return in 13 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: a movie called Emancipation and how we feel about him 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: starring in a movie since the oscar incident. Thank you 15 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: for being subscribed. If you're not, hit that subscribe button 16 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 1: to get brand new episodes every single Monday. And now 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,520 Speaker 1: let's talk movies. In a world where everyone and their 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: mother has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: ears of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. 20 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: A man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: a walking on him with Glasses from the Nashville Podcast 22 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: Network Movie Movie Podcast about to get into my conversation 23 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: with Amy Brown, who is going to be in a 24 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: new movie called Holiday Harmony that is hitting HBO MAC 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: this Thursday. The movie is about a character named Gayl 26 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: who is a singer songwriter who lives out of her van, 27 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: performing all across the country trying to make it as 28 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: an artist. She finally lands the opportunity of a lifetime 29 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: getting to perform at an I Heart Radio Christmas Eve concert, 30 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: but then takes a bit of a detour on the 31 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: way as she breaks down and Harmony springs Oklahoma. It's 32 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: a story about Christmas. It's a story about following your dreams. 33 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: But now let's hear from Amy on her debut movie role. 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: I am in studio now with Amy from Holiday Harmony. 35 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: How are you doing. Oh, I'm Amy from Holiday Heart. 36 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: That is who you are, not Amy Brown or Amy 37 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: from The Bobby Bone Show or Amy from Four Things. 38 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: You're here as an actress today. I know it's kind 39 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: of crazy. So well, I am an actress that in 40 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: the movie, I'm playing myself, but you still act in 41 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: the movie. That is true. I did have to act. 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm nervous because well, you've seen it and you're going 43 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: to give a review, and I have to be honest 44 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: with that. I have the same link that you have 45 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: for pre screening, and I can't bring myself to watch it. No, 46 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: I can't decide if I just want to experience a 47 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving day like everybody else and watch it with my 48 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: kids and everybody be there, and then, you know, probably 49 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: close my eyes whenever my scenes come on. Why do 50 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: you think that is that you're so nervous to watch 51 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: yourself back? Is it that you don't feel like you 52 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: did a good job. You just cringe at the thought 53 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: of seeing yourself on screen. I think it's new to me. 54 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: I have not ever done anything like this, and with 55 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: the movie role, I was very nervous but also excited. 56 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: So I don't know if I'll be one of those 57 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: people that just can't watch themselves on screen. Maybe I 58 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: think part of it is Mike. I wish I would 59 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: have taken some acting lessons before, and then I would 60 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: have gone in with a little more confidence. So you're 61 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: saying you're used to being on a stage, Yes, You're 62 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: used to talking to a microphone and the radio show, yes, 63 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: So for you. I feel like you're a natural performer, 64 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: Like you can just walk into your room, you can 65 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: start a conversation with anybody. You have that about you. 66 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: When you felt and you were on set doing this movie, 67 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,679 Speaker 1: do you feel like that came out? There was like 68 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: a switch in your brain. I tried to turn it on. 69 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: I definitely told myself, Okay, you're here. This is something 70 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: that you've dreamt about but never really thought would ever happen. 71 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: That's what being in a Christmas movie is something that 72 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: I just said I would enjoy one day, like that 73 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: would be cool. But would I ever really do it? 74 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, And it would come up casually here 75 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: on the show or in talking with friends. Oh, I 76 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: would love to be the barista at the coffee shop 77 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: where the two main characters fall in love or whatever 78 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: in the small mountain town and it's snowing outside, and 79 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: I would have a small role, just because those Christmas 80 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: movies make me feel good. I love everything about them. 81 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: I have since it's sort of they gained notoriety on 82 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: Hallmark and then Lifetime I think started making some and 83 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: then now they're everywhere. Netflix crips them up. Yeah, h 84 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: ours is on HBO Max, which is one of the 85 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: coolest of the coolest places. I think that there is 86 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: to stream something so there's more and more of them 87 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: out there, which is awesome. But I have always loved them, 88 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: and I know a lot of people have. But I 89 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: think it's because how they make me feel, and they 90 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: just feel they're feel good stories. I love the holidays, 91 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: I love the coziness. I love the same storyline over 92 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: and over and over. It's so predictable, but I don't care. 93 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: Although Holiday Harmony took a different twist, especially with like 94 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: the singing and her career and kind of where she 95 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: was going. I know bits and pieces because I read 96 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: some of the script, haven't watched it yet, but I 97 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: obviously know where she's coming from. What my what my 98 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: job was as her guide in a way in the bathroom, 99 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: that was my job. I had that one scene that 100 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 1: was a pivotal moment for her, so I knew I 101 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: had to turn it on and show up and do 102 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: my job. Even though it was excited eating, I just 103 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: still was nervous too. It's just all the things, Mike, 104 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: all the things. I want to get back to your 105 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: scene here in a bit. But you said this was 106 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: always a dream of yours. Was it an instant yes? 107 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: When the role was offered to you, when this opportunity 108 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: came with it, an instant yes, instant. I was over 109 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: the moon. I don't I didn't even know many details 110 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: at all, whatsoever I think I heard would you ever 111 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: be interested in doing a Christmas Yes? Yes I would. 112 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 1: I don't even think so. Before you knew like how 113 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: much it paid, how much time committment it was going 114 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: to be, it was just automatic, yes, automatic, Yes, that's it, 115 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: like I mean there are Yeah, you didn't have to 116 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: twist my arm. I just was thankful that it worked 117 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: out with the show. Obviously, Bobby always works with us 118 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: if we've got something cool going on, like he'll figure 119 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: it out. But this was interesting too because it was 120 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: part of My Heart Radio and one of our bosses 121 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: in New York, Tom Pullman, was the one that was 122 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: given the script, and so I guess I was probably 123 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: shocked too that he read the script and then thought, oh, 124 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: would Amy Brown be interested in this? And then Sissony 125 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: from Ryan Seacrest Show, she's also considered. I think they 126 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: wanted two females in radio, but that my name made 127 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: the shortlist. Or the list or that I came to 128 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: mind for him. But I was totally flattered and honored 129 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: and said yes right away. So you get the part. 130 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: How intimidating is it once you get your lines and 131 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: you see how much you have to learn? Oh, I 132 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: was studying it. I got out highlighters and pins, and 133 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 1: they said, you know, we'll have you'll have freedom to 134 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: make it your own, but this is what we would 135 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: like to see happen. But also when the cameras are rolling, 136 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: if other things come out, that's okay. Don't feel like 137 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: you have to stick just to this script. And there 138 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: was some things where I was like, oh, I don't 139 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: know that I would say it this way, and so 140 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: I would start just practicing it and the way that 141 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: I felt most comfortable with, but also was still in 142 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: their parameters. I didn't want to go completely row well, 143 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: I actually think that the story line or the the 144 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: scene or my part of the script should go like this. 145 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: I didn't deviate too much, but I tried to make sure, 146 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: especially since I was playing myself, that it sounded like 147 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: something I would authentically say. I think that is what 148 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: came across in your scene and when you came on screen, 149 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: I got really excited, and then when you started acting, 150 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,239 Speaker 1: I was like, I know, she is being Amy Brown 151 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: right now, but I felt there was some genuine acting 152 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: there and I could see that. So that I wondered 153 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: if all that was like the lines like you said, 154 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: or it was some of you adding in like how 155 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: you would say it, because that came across like perfectly. Well. 156 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: So they needed my character to have an agent and 157 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: to have an experience of having other people try to 158 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: tell you who you're supposed to be in the spotlight, 159 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: and that felt a little weird to me because I 160 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: don't have an agent, and so that's where I struggled. 161 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: So that part was the acting. The I don't really 162 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: think are my position on the Bobby Bones Show. No 163 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: one's ever forced me to be anything that I'm not. 164 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: So I felt very fortunate in that because I know 165 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: that's not the case for a lot of people that 166 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: have jobs, whether they're an on air personality, they're on TV, 167 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: they're on stage performers, you know, they sometimes are put 168 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: in really crazy positions where they're altering a lot about 169 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: themselves or they feel like they have to change in 170 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: a certain way. And so I was trying to tap 171 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: into that of what would it really feel like if 172 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: someone had ever told me I couldn't be who I was? 173 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: And ultimately that's what's happening with Gail. You know, she's 174 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: suddenly doesn't even recognize herself and she doesn't feel good 175 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: in her skin because she she wants to be Gail. 176 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: Trevor is up there, and she's not able to be 177 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: because of the label. And so that was that was 178 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: what I had to tap into. That was the acting 179 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: because you know, you know, you've worked with me for years. 180 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: We're not told you, oh, you need to be more country, 181 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: less country, more girly, less girly, which was my line 182 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: and I had, but I had to say to her, Hey, 183 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: I get it, I've been where you are. But I 184 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: also know other pressures. So I tried to just think 185 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: of those and what I would genuinely say to a 186 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 1: coworker or anybody here on the show if I ran 187 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: into them in the bathroom, What what would I say 188 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: to them? And that's sort of what that that scene was. 189 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: I mean, we were literally in the I Heart Radio bathroom. Well, 190 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: I thought that scene was great, and like you said, 191 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: it was a pivotal moment in the entire movie. There 192 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: was no way they could cut you out. No. I 193 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: mean that I think was was my saving grace. Just 194 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: in case I ended up being terrible, they would have 195 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: to completely reshoot the scene with somebody else because the 196 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: it changes the trajectory of what she does. So I'm 197 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: curious about the filming process and all the different roles 198 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: of the people on the movie. So when you get 199 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: on set, what exactly does the director do? Do you 200 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: get to meet with him? I do. He came up 201 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: and introduced himself to me right away, and I I 202 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: don't know if this is on every set. It can't be, 203 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: because you know, you hear horror stories. But every single 204 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: person was so cool, and I was I was a 205 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: little bit shocked that multiple producers, directors, writers came up, 206 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: shook my hand, knew my name, knew exactly what I 207 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: was going to be doing. That it was. It was 208 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: set up that way even before I met them in 209 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: l A. Because they were all on the emails. They 210 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 1: could just tell they were very involved, and I'd be like, Wow, 211 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: I can't believe they're taking the time to email me 212 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: right now. You would think they would have an assistance 213 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: assistant or somebody doing it. I don't know. I just 214 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: had this Hollywood image in my mind of what communication 215 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: would look like. Um, but it couldn't have been more personal. 216 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: And so yeah, super friendly staff everyone, even you know, 217 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 1: Laurence Swickard. She pulled me aside. She's one of the 218 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: writers on it and a producer. She even has a 219 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: few scenes in it as well. But she pulled me 220 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: aside outside the bathroom before I went in, and she said, 221 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: just say it to me, now, how you plan on 222 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: saying it once you get in the bathroom, And I 223 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: have to say too, we'll be back up walking into 224 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: the bathroom. The acting of just casually walking into the 225 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: bathroom because I followed her, that's I struggled with that. 226 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: That's not even words. You're just having to walk in 227 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: a room. It's supposed to be natural, but sometimes doing 228 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: something natural and camera like totally amplified because there's sound guys, 229 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: there's camera guys. You're you know. I I tried to 230 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: be like, okay, just be cool'd be like, you're walking 231 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: into a bathroom, but I also was sort of putting 232 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: myself in a situation. Nobody invited me to the bathroom, 233 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: so I knew I needed to be hesitant in my 234 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: approach because it's not like I was just walking into 235 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: the bathroom with a friend. I was walking in the 236 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: bathroom as someone that picked up on something. My intuition 237 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: picked up on something, and I went in to be 238 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: a guide, and so I had to kind of cautiously 239 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: walk in. It's not like she's my best friend either, 240 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: you know, I'm more of someone that she's just working 241 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 1: with in the movie. So anyway, that walking was acting, 242 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: so we'll see. I don't know if you picked up 243 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: on any weirdness with my walking. I don't think it 244 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: looked weird at all. Okay, well, my bathrooms line outside 245 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: of their outside of the bathroom, Lawrence sick Ward went 246 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: over them with me and she said, Sam, Sam, how 247 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: you plan on saying them? And so I did it, 248 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: and she said, okay, that's good, but I want you 249 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: to think about it this way, and I want you 250 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: to try to use this tone. And then she would 251 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: voice the tone to me of what like softer, like 252 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: almost you know, less country, more country, more a whisper. 253 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: It's more like I was just talking them because I 254 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: was talking the lines out with a with a friend, 255 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: and she's like, you need to be more. I don't know. 256 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: I can't even remember the words she used to describe it. 257 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: But whatever she told me in that moment was so helpful. 258 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: And having her mimic it like her do it and 259 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 1: then me mimic her was incredibly helpful. And that was 260 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: right before we went into film and we filmed it 261 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: probably you know, four or five takes, and I don't 262 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: know which ones they ended up going with or if 263 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: they patched certain ones together. I don't know how it 264 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: came together because again still haven't seen it. Well again, 265 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: I think the scene is great. I think a lot 266 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: of what I picked up on from your acting is 267 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: that sometimes when I see early actors doing their work, 268 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: it's very apparent that they're reading lines. And with you, 269 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: it felt very natural, like it was like you being 270 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: you and they came across. My jaw just dropped. Because 271 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: you watching critique movies well for a living, but even 272 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: before you had this podcast, you did it for fun. 273 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: This is your path, like movies or your thing, and 274 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: so that really means a lot coming from you, because 275 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: you watch a lot of things, and you're watching for 276 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: things that I maybe wouldn't even ever see. I watched 277 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: for that, and I just wanted to see how you 278 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: would do. And I was really surprised and really happy 279 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: for you, Like I got excited. And so now I 280 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: wonder what is next for you? Like what do you 281 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: want to do with this? I know you've had this 282 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: kind of moment of your taking acting classes now and 283 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: you had this kind of struggle of like who am I? Like, 284 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: what am I doing taking acting classes? Where is that going? Now? 285 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: So I left l A. It was a whirlwind of 286 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: a day, every little experience on set, from the trailer 287 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: to the makeup to the lunch time, which I'm sure 288 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: some of that would die die off the more you 289 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: do it, but for me, it got it. We were 290 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: not supposed to be there that long. I think it 291 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: was supposed to be a four or five hour day, 292 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: and we were there for so long. And when I 293 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: left there, I was energized, and I went to bed 294 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: with just this extra pep in my step when I 295 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: should have been exhausted. And so I just sat with 296 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: that for a while, and what does that mean? And 297 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: what could this mean? And and the first thing that 298 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: popped in my head when I was asking myself that is, well, 299 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: maybe it means this is something that you would actually 300 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: really enjoy doing and that would fill your cup up 301 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: and bring you joy. And then that thought was immediately 302 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: followed with another angel devil. I don't know what you 303 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: want to call it, but like the counterpart of my 304 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: brain that's like, oh, but you could never do that, 305 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: and why would you even think you can do that? 306 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: And you're forty one years old? And but when I 307 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: got into radio, I had never done radio either. And 308 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: now here we are, almost seventeen years later, and I 309 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: didn't want to keep myself from that. What if twenty 310 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: years from now and I'm sixty one, I maybe have 311 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: a few movies under my belt and not I don't. 312 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: I don't know that. I have this vision of me 313 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: being some main character in any way, but just being 314 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: a part of the process and that being another layer 315 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: to creativity and something that I like to do. And 316 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: I thought so I thought about that. I thought about 317 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: how I'd never done radio, but I gave it a 318 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: go and it just took Bobby believing in me, and 319 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: I feel like the Lauren Swickard in particular, she was 320 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: on my podcast. The episode will go up this week 321 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving Day, when when the movie comes out it'll 322 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: be on four things. But she I feel as though 323 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: she was genuine when she said, you you do have something. 324 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: So and apparently my name has come up in some 325 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: meetings that they've had for other films. I don't know 326 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: for what, because she didn't elaborate, but I don't think 327 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: she would have said that out of nowhere. But it 328 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: just gave me that extra little piece of validation. So anyway, 329 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: all that to say, I wanted to be able to 330 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: know that when I'm sixty, at least I gave it 331 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: a try. Maybe it works out, maybe it doesn't, and 332 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: I don't have a few movies under my belt, but 333 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: at least i'll know that I tried. And so that's 334 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: when I decided to book acting lessons. Well, I can 335 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: see it in you, and I hope you do another movie. 336 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: I think you could easily translate into another holiday movie 337 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: like this with a similar role. I mean, I think 338 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: if you're taking the acting classes, why not go for 339 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: like a supporting character. Well, okay, I just need to 340 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: get up my confidence and I need to audition for 341 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: things I think, and I'm okay with rejection to Obviously, 342 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: nobody wants to be rejected, but I know that that's 343 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: how I'm gonna That's gonna be me putting myself out there, 344 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: and I'll be proud of myself for just doing that. 345 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: And then from each rejection, I can grow and and 346 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: learn or know that that wasn't the right fit or 347 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: maybe I could have done it a different way. But 348 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna continue working with my coach and see 349 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: where that goes. Some of my acting lessons though Mike, 350 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: have been very therapeutic. She does. Her name's Bridget and 351 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: she works with working with Laney Wilson, you know in 352 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: her yellow Stone stuff. And you know John Party was 353 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: in here not too long ago saying he got auditioned 354 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: for some stuff, but he had been working with Bridget. 355 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: So I knew that she was good, but I didn't 356 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: know the different things she was going to be able 357 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: to bring out in me. But I just heard multiple 358 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: things about her around town, So I honestly was shocked 359 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: that I was able to get in with her. And 360 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: when she sat down with me, she said, you know, 361 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: you really kind of have to go from deep within 362 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: yourself when you're tapping into a character, and that you're able, 363 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: like you can use different feelings and emotions you have 364 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: inside you as long as you're able to tap into them. 365 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: And so she said that we've done some work. She's like, hm, 366 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 1: I'm sensing like a lot of anger. It's like, oh, 367 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 1: maybe I need to get find an angry character. But 368 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,719 Speaker 1: at at that day, the day that I met with her, 369 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: it's crazy. I really did have some anger things going 370 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 1: on and some stuff I was processing and that's genuinely 371 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: what I was feeling. And so she worked with that 372 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: and we did a few exercises and I started bawling, crying, 373 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: and she does a lot of breathwork and then and 374 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: then after we do all of that, then she hands 375 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: you some scripts and we run lines. But it's like 376 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,959 Speaker 1: she wants you to tap into what's going on with 377 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: you before you even pick up a script with her. 378 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: So it's been really cool, isn't it though, Like she's good, 379 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see where it goes. And I'm I've 380 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: even you know, you kind of have to pick and choose. 381 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,239 Speaker 1: I don't have all the time being a mom and 382 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: doing the different the shows and the podcast and uh, 383 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: I also am in therapy as well. But it's been 384 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: so therapeutic for me that I've stopped some of my 385 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: other therapy appointments so that I can prioritize this, not 386 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: only just time wise, but financially. Like I'm like, okay, 387 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: we need to see where I'm spending money. But that's 388 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: how that's how cool this process has been to me. 389 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: It's worth putting something else on the sidelines to invest 390 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: in this and see where it's going to go. So 391 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: you haven't watched him. It comes out this Thursday. How 392 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: are you going to sit down and watch it? Because 393 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: I think holiday movies, I feel like there's this setting 394 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,719 Speaker 1: I like to put myself into, the tree is on, 395 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: just have this cozy environment. How are you finally going 396 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: to sit down and watch this movie? I am going 397 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: to be in Austin for Thanksgiving with I'm having Thanksgiving 398 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: with my best friend from high school, Andrea, which shout 399 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 1: out it was her dad's coll verse that I even 400 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 1: met Bobby at in two thousand five. So if it 401 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: wasn't for Andrea, Mike, you and I would not be 402 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: sitting here talking. You know. I assume maybe we'll all 403 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: gather around like after we finished Thanksgiving, And she said 404 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: that her parents. She lives two houses down from her parents, 405 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: so I'll be with them as well, and that her 406 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: parents have like a little movie room, and so we 407 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: may all gather in there with blankets and popcorn and yeah, 408 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: hot Coco. Make it a whole thing, a holiday thing. 409 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 1: Get the kids be like, all right, kids, Mom's big, 410 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: big screen debut. That is how I see it happening. 411 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: But I don't no for sure. I'll have to tell 412 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: you afterwards what we ended up doing. But that's the 413 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: plan right now. Well, I think people are gonna like it. 414 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: I think they're going to be pleasantly surprised when they 415 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: see you and see your scene. I am one. I 416 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: told you Christmas movies are my least favorite. Dying I 417 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: know it's like, oh great, well, no, I'm extra nervous. 418 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: But I ended up enjoying the movie, and I thought 419 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,239 Speaker 1: that did your wife watch it? Yeah, she watched it too. 420 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: We both liked it. And she is the one who 421 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,239 Speaker 1: has kind of changed my opinion going into movies like this, 422 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: because I realized now that it's a lot of the 423 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: stuff is predictable, but it's that kind of journey and 424 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: that comfortability and just knowing that exactly what it is 425 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: going into it, that that's the joy people finding these movies. 426 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: That took me a long time to kind of understand. 427 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: I like to watch movies to have my mind challenge, 428 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: but I realized sometimes you just need to put a 429 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: movie on feels comfortable, you sit down with some family 430 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: and friends, and that is at the core of what 431 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 1: really makes a movie special. So I think holiday movies 432 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: do that, and I think that's what this movie is 433 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: going to be. Yeah, you're gonna feel good after you 434 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: watch it, like it or any holiday movie, because you 435 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: know that somehow there's going to be joy there at 436 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: the end and it's gonna work out. So that's what 437 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: that that predictability part. I'm there with you on that, 438 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: and I'm thankful that you've been You've been able to 439 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: realize that and now you can enjoy them with us. 440 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: The hardest part for me probably is like grasping on too, 441 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: like the love interest scenes, like that's just hard for 442 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: me to like find enjoyment in. So I think in 443 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: that regard, this movie probably isn't entirely for me, But 444 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: I can see somebody who does love those types of 445 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: things and love those type of themes will enjoy. Would 446 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: you think of Analese the main character will Her character 447 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: name is Gail, but in real life her name is Analyze. 448 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: I thought she was great. I thought she was perfect. Yeah, 449 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 1: she was in West Side Story, the one that they 450 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: redid the Stevens Bielberg one. Yeah. I thought the music 451 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: at like, having the music at the forefront kind of 452 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: made me a little bit more interested in it because 453 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: I kind of grasp onto that a little more than, 454 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: like I said, like the Love Story. Yeah. Yeah, there 455 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: are a lot of funny characters in the movie. And 456 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: I was just waiting the entire time for your scene 457 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: to come up, and I thought it was great. How 458 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 1: much is left after the bathroom scene till it ends. 459 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: It's like your scene is probably in the last twenty 460 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: minutes of the entire movie. Okay, and that's a that's 461 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: a pivotal point in the movie. That is where you 462 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: get to the final lag, the final thing. Yeah, okay, 463 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: so it's yeah, if people want to watch, you gotta wait, 464 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: you gotta watch all the way, watch the entire movie 465 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: to the end to get there. This has been great. 466 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: I love talking to you as the actress. Not Amy 467 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: Brown from the radio show, not Amy Brown from Four Things, 468 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 1: the actress. Well, you're my first interview, So sorry if 469 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 1: I was stumbling a little bit. I swear to you, 470 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: I'm nervous, and I don't we talk all the time, 471 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 1: so I don't know why that is, but maybe it's because, yeah, 472 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: this is a new space. But nerves are good. Nerves 473 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: are good, so I'm trying to lean into them. And 474 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: I would just say to other people because I had 475 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: that thought in my head, oh, maybe I should take 476 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: acting lessons. And then it was immediately when I tell you, 477 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 1: Mike gets like that fast that the other thought pops 478 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 1: into my head. And I'm sure other people have that too, 479 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: but it could be regarding another type of job or 480 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: another decision that you need to make, or a hobby 481 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: you want to try, or a side hustle or something 482 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: in life that you want to do, or school you 483 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: want to go to, or whatever it is. Just that's 484 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: I think that's when, if you're really paying attention, you'll 485 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: notice how quickly it happens. And then you maybe used 486 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: that to be like, okay, because my brain just did 487 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: that to me, I'm freaking going to go do the 488 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: other thing that I was scared of. And I picked 489 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: up that technique after I when I was in eating 490 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: disorder recovery. I would want the oreos and I would 491 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: be at the grocery store and I knew would be 492 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: okay for me to buy the oreos, but I never 493 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: trusted myself to buy oreos before, and I'd be like, oh, 494 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get Oreos, and then instantly my head be like, no, 495 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: you can trust yourself that those you can't have the oreos. 496 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:58,160 Speaker 1: And then now I just if if I have that thought, 497 00:23:58,280 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: if I can't have them, then I grabbed the oreo 498 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: is gonna throw them in my car? Like it's normal. 499 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: It's it's it's called as if, as if it's normal, 500 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: So like as if do it? As if you would 501 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: just do it without that negative thought that pops into 502 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: your head right away, and so you can apply it 503 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 1: to all kinds of things in your life. But I'm 504 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: thankful that I was aware of it, because I think 505 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: there was a time in my life, maybe before some 506 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: of this therapy and other work that I've done, that 507 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: I would have left that negative thought rule and it 508 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: would have shut everything down and be like, okay, yeah, 509 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: end of story. I'm forty one, Why would I even 510 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: try this? Who cares? You? Suck? Goodbye, and then that 511 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: would be the end of it, you know, and I 512 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't be sitting here with you because I'd be like, oh, 513 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: why would you want to interview podcast? So here we go. 514 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. That's just my also tidbit takeaway. I 515 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: know it has nothing to do with movies, but I 516 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 1: just it's something that's served me well the last couple 517 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 1: of years. Well, I think that's inspiring. I think everybody 518 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: should watch Holiday Harmony on HBO Max on Thursday or 519 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: whre never you're listening to this podcast, go watch it 520 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: for the holiday season because how long does it stream. 521 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: I don't know. It should be on there like forever. 522 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: It should be on the Sometimes HBO Max takes off 523 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: old titles, they get rid of them. Yeah, but that's 524 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: why everybody should go watching now. They may take it away, Yeah, 525 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: they may take it away, and then if you stream it, 526 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: that's awesome if you're looking for a way to get 527 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: it free. That is, if you don't have HBO Max. 528 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: I know, if you have Hulu, they have a seven 529 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: day free trial, So if you get it now, you'll 530 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: have it for the next seven days at least, and 531 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: you can watch Holiday Harmony you can watch all the 532 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:27,199 Speaker 1: episodes of Friends. You can watch White Lotus Hacks, what 533 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: other things to be like on HBO Max Righteous Gemstones, 534 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: Righteous Gemstones. Don't watch that with the kids. Yeah, so 535 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: there's other reasons to hop on the HBO Max train. 536 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: But I know for some people, if you're not subscribed 537 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: to it, maybe if you do have hul you can 538 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: get it free. And I think when it comes to 539 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: just being a movie fan, it's one of the strongest 540 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 1: ones that has a lot of good movies. That's one 541 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: of my go twos. Yeah, so to have you now 542 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: on HBO Max, it's kind of cool's huh, Well, thank 543 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: you Amy for being on the podcast. Thank you for 544 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: having me. I could talk to you all day long. 545 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: If you can't tell I think you've tried to wrap 546 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: me up like three times, and I'm like so much. 547 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm good. We'll see you next time you do your 548 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: next movie. Okay, Yeah, happy to come back. We're thinking positively, 549 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: we're manifesting that. Let's go. Let's get into a spoiler 550 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: free movie review now. I want to talk about The Menu, 551 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: which is out in theaters now. And this movie had 552 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: me intrigued from the trailer, but it was unlike anything 553 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: that I was expecting. I honestly had pretty low expectations 554 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: going into this movie, so maybe that's why I ended 555 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: up enjoying it as much as I did. But the 556 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: movie is about all of these rich people who pay 557 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: twelve hundred and fifty dollars to go on this remote 558 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: island to have this very exclusive dinner from this chef, 559 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: and then things start to get weird, and then they 560 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: realized that maybe not all of them will survive the evening. 561 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: So before I get into this full review, here is 562 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 1: just a little bit of the menu trailer. This menu, 563 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: the pictures us disgustless thing, this entire evenings, just it 564 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: or its stage crowd has been painstaken. When we planned 565 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: this is realistic? What the hell is going now? We're 566 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 1: gonna do this. So the movie revolves around this couple. 567 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: You have Onya Taylor Joy's character and Nicholas Holt. They 568 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: are going on a date to this island and the 569 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: guy she is dating is a very big foodie and 570 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: he's telling her all these things about this very famous chef. 571 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: And they get on this boat and there's all these 572 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: other famous people, rich people who have all paid this 573 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: incredible amount of money to go and experience this dinner. 574 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 1: They get to the island, they get to the dinner, 575 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: which is supposed to be a few hours, and then 576 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: pretty soon after that, once the meal starts, there's a 577 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: lot of theatrics, and they're trying to decide whether or 578 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 1: not the things that are happening are all a part 579 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: of the experience or they are in for more than 580 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: they bargained for, and they all start to question whether 581 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: or not they are all going to survive this evening, 582 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: and it escalates pretty quickly. I think one of the 583 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: things I enjoyed the most about this movie is how 584 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: it blended horror, comedy and suspense. It was like this 585 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: thriller at the core of it, but there were moments 586 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: that I felt like it was a traditional horror film 587 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: and some of the things that were just out of nowhere. 588 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: To where it starts to get very intense, I was like, Wow, 589 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: I really wasn't expecting this level of violence going into 590 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: this movie, but that really tied in with a very 591 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: subtle dark comedy in this movie. It is unlike any 592 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: other horror comedy I've ever seen. It's nothing like Shaun 593 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: of the Dead or anything like that, so don't go 594 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: into it expecting that. I just felt like this movie 595 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: was very novel and there aren't very many films that 596 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: I can compare it to. It kind of has that 597 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: knives out vibe, but there's no real murder mystery here. 598 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: It has a little bit of like a black mirror 599 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 1: element to it. It also kind of reminded me of 600 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: Saul when you realize all of these people are there 601 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: for a very specific reason and the chef has hands 602 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: selected every single one of them, and you find out why. 603 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: And the entire movie really plays into the idea of 604 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: this menu and the fact that this entire night has 605 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: been so orchestrated, and every scene and every act takes 606 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: place in courses, just like a meal would. So whenever 607 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: the first course comes out, something crazy happens. The next course, 608 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: something else crazy happens, and it goes all the way 609 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: to the dessert. So that was just a really cool, 610 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: fun way to structure this entire movie and also keep 611 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: the pacing going and going along, because as the viewer, 612 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: you're just waiting for the crazy thing that's gonna happen next, 613 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: the crazy thing that's going to elevate it even more 614 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: and on top of that, since is following this whole 615 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: menu format, if you're a fan of food, you're going 616 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: to love this movie. And I'm a vegan, but they 617 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: were making some meat in this movie that looked delicious, 618 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: and I wanted to be in that restaurant. I'll take 619 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: all the crazy things happening just to try some of 620 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: that food. And that's coming from somebody who eats basically 621 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: plants all the time. I wanted to eat what they 622 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,239 Speaker 1: were eating. And a very well rounded cast with Ray 623 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: Finds really carrying this entire movie. Have Baltimore in one 624 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: of his most sinister roles I've ever seen him in, 625 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: and he plays it perfectly. Probably could have only been 626 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: him to do this part. You mixed that with Anya 627 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: Taylor Joy, who I love her and anything she's in 628 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: now except maybe Amsterdam, which I don't really count that 629 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: one against her, but she is just such a great lead. 630 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: I love John Lukasamo and all of the other supporting cast. 631 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: And it also had a lot of my other favorite 632 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: elements when it comes to a movie, a movie that 633 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: and also had a lot of my other favorite elements 634 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: that I indulged in, like a movie that takes place 635 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: entirely in one day. This movie is basically just one 636 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: evening and really only has one location on this island, 637 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: most of it taking place inside that restaurant, so you 638 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: have to know, if there aren't a whole lot of 639 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: set changes, not a whole lot of other things going on, 640 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: the actual action has to pack a punch, and that's 641 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: exactly what this movie does, and even though it's not 642 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: a straight on mystery, it keeps you guessing and thinking 643 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: of what's going to happen next, what the big plan 644 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,479 Speaker 1: here is the entire time, and the movie does end 645 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: up making the commentary on class and how food ties 646 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: into that and how wealthy people can have nicer things. 647 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: And there's also the other side of it of the 648 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: people working at this restaurant represent the people who work 649 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 1: in the service industry, so there's also this message of 650 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 1: this clash of classes that I thought made a pretty 651 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: strong point. So I thought the movie was great from 652 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: beginning to end. At about an hour and forty five minutes, 653 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: this movie doesn't weigh any time to get going, has 654 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: great action, has some great visuals, has some pretty brutal 655 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: scenes depending on your level of queasiness and how you 656 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: deal with violence, maybe make you gasp a little bit. 657 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,719 Speaker 1: There were even some scenes that I, who, I'm totally 658 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: numb to all this stuff. I have been desensitized since 659 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: I was a kid to watching crazy things. Some of 660 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: it was still surprising to me, and I think even 661 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: if you're a person who doesn't like horror movies, it's 662 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: not really scary in any way. I would say it's 663 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: just more shocking. And the thing I was just most 664 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: surprised about is I wasn't expecting this movie to end 665 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: up being one of my favorites out of the entire year. 666 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: Maybe when you go into something with as low expectations 667 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: are really no expectations whatsoever, only a movie like that 668 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: could do it for you. I don't want to overhype 669 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: this movie, but just the fact that it felt so 670 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: unique to me, it was unlike anything I had seen 671 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 1: in a very long time. That's what really made me 672 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,480 Speaker 1: enjoy it. So if I had to rate the menu, 673 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: I would give it four point five out of five 674 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: Kitchen Knives. If you're looking for something suspenseful to watch 675 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: in theaters, look no further than the menu. It's time 676 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: to head down to movie Mike La Paul. The movie 677 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: is called Emancipation. It stars Will Smith. It is his 678 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: first role since slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, and 679 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: I think that's where everybody's mind goes to right away. 680 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: It was gonna be whatever role he had following that 681 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: incident that would be the one that people would talk 682 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: about the most. It's interesting because this movie looks so 683 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: good that I think that is the reason people are 684 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: even split on this movie. I think before that it 685 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: would have been an instant like, oh, Will Smith is 686 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: in another great movie about a very powerful subject. But 687 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: everything I see about this movie is people debating whether 688 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: or not they will even watch it. So we'll get 689 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,720 Speaker 1: into all that. But the movie is about Peter, who 690 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: is a slave that flees a plantation in Louisiana after 691 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: he was whipped within a niche of his life, and 692 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: now he has to outwit these hunters who are out 693 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: to get him in the swamps of Louisiana as he 694 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 1: travels north trying to find his family, and then he 695 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: also joins the Union Army. So before we get into 696 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: all of that, here is just a little bit of 697 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:28,640 Speaker 1: the Emancipation trailer. I find him, They beat me, they 698 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: whipped me, they break the balls in my body more 699 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: times than I can call, but they never never break me. So, 700 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,759 Speaker 1: first of all, this trailer looks stunning. The cinematography in 701 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,799 Speaker 1: this is top notch, and that's usually what you get 702 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: when you watch a movie that is an Apple TV 703 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: Plus original. Cinematically they look so rich. They don't really 704 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: have the biggest titles at that I think, oh, you 705 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,840 Speaker 1: need to get Apple to watch all these great movies. 706 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: But as particular as I get with how a movie 707 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 1: looks just very crisp and clear, like, I'm just so 708 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 1: into that, probably a little bit too much that I 709 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: just love Apple TV Plus for that. And in this 710 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: movie it is scaled in black and white with a 711 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 1: little bit of like these rush tones. So I just 712 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 1: love the look and feel of this movie. Even the 713 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: big drone shots of capturing the swamps of Louisiana I 714 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: think look magnificent. But aside from that, I feel like 715 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: this is about a very powerful subject and a story 716 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,840 Speaker 1: I didn't really know a whole lot about, but the 717 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: more I read about it, I really want to see 718 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,719 Speaker 1: this movie. So Will Smith plays Peter and it's based 719 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: on a true story, and in this trailer you see 720 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: him get ripped away from his family. You see him 721 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 1: getting beaten, and you see him escaping and trying to 722 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: find salvation as he travels north. And then also towards 723 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,200 Speaker 1: the end of this trailer, you see him fighting in 724 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 1: the Union Army. And just by the looks of this trailer, 725 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: it looks like some of the most powerful acting that 726 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 1: Will Smith has ever done in his career. We had 727 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,360 Speaker 1: King Richard last year, which we got a peak of 728 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,359 Speaker 1: how well he could handle drama. I mean, he's been 729 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: doing it his entire career, but that took it a 730 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: step higher. It got him the Oscar, and now this 731 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 1: movie seems to be the same caliber of acting with 732 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:25,080 Speaker 1: a more intense subject, with a more intense character. So 733 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: it would almost be easy to say that he'd be 734 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,800 Speaker 1: another shoe in for the Best Actor, but he is 735 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,360 Speaker 1: now ineligible from the Oscar. So I think where the 736 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: divide comes with this movie is are you ready to 737 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: watch Will Smith in another movie again? And I am 738 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,720 Speaker 1: one that I can usually separate the art from the artist, 739 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: especially when it comes to movies. We don't know these 740 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 1: people in Hollywood. They live on an entirely different planet, 741 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: it seems like, and I can't base people on the 742 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: characters they play in movies, it's just that's not them. 743 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,839 Speaker 1: They're acting, so I try not to associate the real 744 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,839 Speaker 1: life person with the actor on the screen. There are 745 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 1: a lot of actors that I like that I probably 746 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: would not enjoy hanging out with in real life or 747 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: also know that they're probably not the nicest people, but 748 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: I can still enjoy their work. When it comes to 749 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,680 Speaker 1: what happened at the Oscars and the fact that we're 750 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,880 Speaker 1: even still now talking about it, seems a little bit 751 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,880 Speaker 1: like who cares at this point, But I get that 752 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,920 Speaker 1: when somebody does something like that, it is a reflection 753 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,840 Speaker 1: on their character. So it does become harder for me 754 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: anyway to separate the art from the artist. And this 755 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: being his next movie role to come out, it feels 756 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,719 Speaker 1: like you almost have to pick a side on whether 757 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,399 Speaker 1: or not you're going to watch this movie, and I've 758 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,279 Speaker 1: been thinking about it. I didn't even know if I 759 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,400 Speaker 1: would include this in the trailer park, but as I 760 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,680 Speaker 1: rewatched the trailer again and again, I found myself saying 761 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,800 Speaker 1: that this would be a movie that I would watch, 762 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: and I can't let that incident influence my desire to 763 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: watch this movie. So I'm going to watch it and 764 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: not think about him as the person and just try 765 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: to hone in on what the story being told here is. 766 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: It's from director Antoine Fuqua, who also did movies like 767 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,400 Speaker 1: Training Day, South Paw, and The Equalizer, so he has 768 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: a pretty good portfolio when it comes to the movies 769 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: he's directed, and this movie appears to be fairly accurate 770 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,160 Speaker 1: to what actually happened in this story. There is a 771 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,680 Speaker 1: part in the trailer where he goes to hand to 772 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,920 Speaker 1: hand combat with an alligator. I'm not sure if that 773 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 1: is historically accurate, but visually that looks like something I 774 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:35,080 Speaker 1: want to watch Will Smith fighting an alligator in the swamp. Yes, 775 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: that does sound Oscar worthy. It's like Leonardo DiCaprio fighting 776 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,799 Speaker 1: a bear and being completely honest. I think right after 777 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,919 Speaker 1: the Oscar incident happened, it did take me a little 778 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: bit too like Will Smith again, because he was a 779 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,879 Speaker 1: person who banked on his likability, his president on social 780 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,879 Speaker 1: media of just being a nice guy. That was kind 781 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: of his brand, and that was taken away from him. 782 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,800 Speaker 1: And it's kind of like building back trust with somebody 783 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,800 Speaker 1: who did you wrong. So I would have called myself 784 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: a fan of Will Smith the actor before that, and 785 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: I wouldn't exactly call myself a fan of his now, 786 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: but I'm still curious to watch his work. So I 787 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,440 Speaker 1: can completely understand if you don't ever want to watch 788 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,760 Speaker 1: him in a movie ever. Again, that is your opinion. 789 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 1: I feel like it's there's some validity there. I think 790 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 1: first some it will take longer to separate that, and 791 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 1: maybe this isn't the role, this isn't the subject that 792 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: you want to dive into another Will Smith movie. Again, 793 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 1: I am just curious to see in general how this 794 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,839 Speaker 1: movie is received once it comes out. If it gets 795 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 1: now zero or no attention from the award shows, I 796 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,359 Speaker 1: think that will definitely speak volumes. And to see how 797 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:49,040 Speaker 1: Will Smith goes about promoting this movie, doing interviews again, 798 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 1: doing red carpets, that will also be interesting to see 799 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,720 Speaker 1: how he handles that. So again, the movie is called Emancipation. 800 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 1: It comes out in theaters on December two, and then 801 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,719 Speaker 1: is streaming on Apple t V Plus on December nine, 802 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 1: this week's edition of Movie Bar and that's going to 803 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,719 Speaker 1: do it for another episode here of the podcast. Thank 804 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,680 Speaker 1: you for listening, and thank you for making it to 805 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: this point of the podcast. If you are new here. 806 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,440 Speaker 1: What I like to do is give out a secret emoji. 807 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,840 Speaker 1: So if you enjoy the interview this week, there's always 808 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 1: a secret emoji you can comment with on Instagram, on TikTok, Facebook, 809 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,320 Speaker 1: Twitter to let me know you enjoyed it. So for 810 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,120 Speaker 1: the Amy Brown interview, go and comment on the picture 811 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:35,880 Speaker 1: we took together with the Christmas tree emoji if you 812 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: enjoyed that. And also at the end of every episode, 813 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,759 Speaker 1: I like to give my listeners shout out of someone 814 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 1: who has showed me support online and listen to the podcast. 815 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,239 Speaker 1: And this week the listeners shout out is from Instagram 816 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,920 Speaker 1: and it's a d M I got from Lenz who wrote, 817 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 1: I'm racking my brain to try to think of other 818 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,839 Speaker 1: movies You've given a five out of five rating since 819 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:58,400 Speaker 1: the podcast Inception great episode this week. Really like the 820 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,799 Speaker 1: format and the deep dive into how a movie makes 821 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 1: a billion dollars. Well appreciate it Lens for sending me 822 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: that DM. And since I started this podcast in December nineteen, 823 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: there have only been three movies I've given a five 824 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: out of five rating. In those movies are Joker, Spider Man, 825 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,240 Speaker 1: No Way Home, and last week to Black Panther Waconda Forever. 826 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:20,680 Speaker 1: That is it. It is very rare for me to 827 00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:24,120 Speaker 1: find a perfect movie that I could say nothing bad about. 828 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,040 Speaker 1: And yes, I am showing my bias when it comes 829 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 1: to me loving superhero movies. So thank you Lenz for that. 830 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,279 Speaker 1: D M, thank you for listening. I hope you subscribe 831 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: to the podcast. If you enjoyed this week's episode, tell 832 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: a friend who also loves movies, who loves spoiler free reviews. 833 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,000 Speaker 1: Just tag me and tag them in your Instant story 834 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: and I'll repost those throughout the week. And until next time, 835 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,600 Speaker 1: go out and watch good movies and I will talk 836 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:50,560 Speaker 1: to you later.