1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike. Today. I want to share 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: with you what I think are the top seven saddest 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: romantic movies of all time. When I look towards love stories, 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: I just gravitate towards the sad ones. I want to 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: share ones with you that if you also like sad movies, 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: or you're just looking for a movie to make you 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: feel right now, I got you covered. In the movie review, 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: we'll be talking about an independent film called Sometimes I 10 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: Think About Dying. You can see there's a theme to 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: this episode and in the trailer park our first look 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: at the prequel of A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place, 13 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: Day one. Thank you for being here, Thank you for 14 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: being subscribed. Shout out to the Monday Morning Movie crew. 15 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: He Now, let's talk movies. 16 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 2: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 17 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 2: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 18 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 2: never before in a movie podcast. A man with so 19 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: much movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking IMTV with 20 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: glasses from the Nashville Podcast. 21 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: Now Movie Mike Movie Podcast. If you're listening on release 22 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: day or release week, we are right around Valentine's daytime, 23 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: which I thought was an appropriate time to put out 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: an episode about romantic movies. Or if you're listening weeks 25 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: months from now, you'll still enjoy this episode because I 26 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: want to share with you movies that will make you 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: feel and they just happened to be in the theme 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: of romance. I had a period in my life where 29 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: I loved romantic movies. This period of my life coincided 30 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: with the time where I was very, very lonely. Throughout 31 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: the twenty tens. I had nothing going on for me romantically. 32 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: And when I say nothing, I mean absolutely nothing, no prospects, 33 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: no anything. The twenty tens. In some or at least 34 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: the early twenty tens, oh man, there were some of 35 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: my dark days. Specifically, the early twenty tens from about 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: twenty ten to twenty thirteen were tough for me on 37 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: a physical and mental health level. I was the worst 38 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: I had ever been in both of those capacities because 39 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: physically my body was I wasn't taking care of it. 40 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 1: I was overweight, I was eating terribly. I was drinking booze. 41 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: I was partying, and when I say partying, it doesn't 42 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: really mean like going out and having fun. I was 43 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: just in my apartment with a few select friends, just 44 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: drinking beer and eating bad food, which led to me 45 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: being at the highest weight i'd ever been, and I 46 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: was just unhealthy. It didn't feel comfortable in my skin. 47 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: But also I had no romantic relationships, no prospects, because 48 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: I felt so bad about myself, you know, the way 49 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: that I looked and the way that I felt like 50 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: people perceived me, that I didn't even try dating. So 51 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: I would watch movies where the main character was also 52 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: going through sadness trying to find love, and I would 53 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: say that romance movies. This may surprise you, they were 54 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: the ones that I really seeked out. Now, Marvel DC 55 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: were in its heyday around this time, so those were 56 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: still the movies I loved. But I think the movies 57 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: I didn't tell people that I really enjoyed during this 58 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: time was romance movies, and it was because I wanted 59 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: to escape through movies and I dreamt about having a 60 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: relationship and seeing other people made me feel even though 61 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: they were on screen, gave me hope. But I also 62 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: felt like I lived through them a little bit, And 63 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: that is also what I love about movies. They're like 64 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: dreams that you remember and watching a good movie about 65 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: romance and having it give you that feeling of love 66 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: that we all search for in this life. And if 67 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: you found love in this life, kudos to you. Hats 68 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: off all the cliche things that people say, because it 69 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: is so hard to find love and stay in love. 70 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: So I think I was watching these movies thinking that 71 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: I would find like a blueprint here. I literally would 72 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: watch movies to try to learn things of how to 73 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: approach women, how to talk to women, how to be 74 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: in a relationship. I went to movies for a lot 75 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: of this type of advice because my parents didn't really 76 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: give me advice as far as my brother was there 77 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: for me, but he was also kind of like me, 78 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: and we didn't really have a whole lot of luck, 79 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: so he gave me what advice he could. But whether 80 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: it came down to talking to girls or just learning 81 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: how to navigate life and career, I would watch a 82 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: lot of movies and gain what I would call experience 83 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: from that, what I would call some kind of just 84 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: motivational advice through movies and through characters. So I just 85 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: wanted to let you know what I was going through 86 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: during this time where I was my most influential when 87 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: it came to romance movies, which is going to reflect 88 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: a lot on this list. I think the romance movies 89 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: I lean towards now are a lot different because I've 90 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: been married now for almost three years, and I just 91 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: have this happiness and I'm so removed from that sadness 92 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: I had when I was single. And the movies that 93 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: Kelsey has exposed me to are rom coms, which coincidentally 94 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: I really didn't enjoy before her, because I didn't you 95 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: have that vision of love that they sell in rom coms, 96 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: of the two people meeting, are they gonna be together? 97 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: And then it's all happily ever after. In every single 98 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: rom com it ends on a good note, but they 99 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: never tell you what happens happily ever after. But now 100 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: those are growing on me. I can enjoy them. The 101 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: last one we watched in theater is Anyone, But you 102 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: actually really enjoyed that one. So if I made an 103 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: episode like this now with current emotions, it'd probably be different. 104 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: So I had to go revisit this list and think 105 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: about these movies and how it was feeling at the time, 106 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: because I still would consider these my favorite movies. Even 107 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: though I don't have those same emotions and those same 108 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: things going on in my life, There's just something nostalgic 109 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,799 Speaker 1: about this feeling. And I know that people go through 110 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: hard things when trying to find love. So if you're single, 111 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: or maybe separated, divorced, or just in a rough patch 112 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: in your relationship, maybe you can watch a movie like 113 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: this and feel a little bit of comfort, because a 114 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: movie that hits you in the field can feel so comforting. 115 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: There are some emotions that we can't really talk to 116 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: people about. We could go to therapy, we can talk 117 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: to friends and family, but sometimes you just have to 118 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: be alone in something and figure it out for yourself. 119 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: And I feel like watching a movie like this that 120 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: is emotional, that does have some romance can really help 121 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: you work through something unlike anything else really can. A 122 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: good movie, maybe a good sad song in a movie, 123 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: all those things combined together can help you get through things. 124 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: So I wanted to share this list with you. Maybe 125 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: you're going through something like that, or maybe you just 126 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: haven't heard of these movies, or maybe you're just like 127 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: watching an emotional movie around Valentine's Day. This is here 128 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: for you too, So let's get right into the list. 129 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: At number seven, I have Up in the Air from 130 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine. Now, this movie is marketed as 131 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: a comedy romance movie, but if you look at the themes, 132 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: what George Clooney's character is going through and Up in 133 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: the Air, this is the It's the saddest movie ever. 134 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: And the more I think about why this movie hit 135 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: me so hard is because I feel like George Clooney's 136 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: character would have been me if I wouldn't have found Kelsey. 137 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: And the reason I found Kelsey was because I kind 138 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: of let go of things and I realized that I 139 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: needed to find somebody to share the things in my 140 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: life that were happening that were awesome. Because when you're single, 141 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: laid into your twenties almost thirties, and you start having 142 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: any kind of success in your career or just experiencing life, 143 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: you want to share it with somebody. And I had 144 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: realized that I had lost all the weight, I had 145 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: moved to a new city, had my dream job was 146 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: traveling the world. At the time, I was on tour 147 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: with Bobby opening up for his shows, and I was 148 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: doing things that I never thought I was going to do. 149 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: But then I would come home and I would feel nothing, 150 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: I would feel emptiness, I would feel lonely. So I 151 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,679 Speaker 1: was having all these things go right in my life, 152 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: but not having anybody to share it with almost didn't 153 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: make any of those things feel worth it, Like why 154 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: did I work so hard for this? And even now 155 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: I have to pull myself back from working so much 156 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: and make time to spend his husband and wifetime and 157 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: realize that this is the most important thing to me. 158 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: And looking at George Clooney's character in this movie, who 159 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: lives out of his suitcase, traveling around the country firing people, 160 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,200 Speaker 1: which is a great premise for a movie, and he 161 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: is so obsessed with the travel and racking up airline 162 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: miles and trying to reach this milestone of being one 163 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: of the only people to travel as much as he has, 164 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: and as he's going around traveling the world, realizing that 165 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: he has nobody to go back home to. He lives 166 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: in a small little apartment where he doesn't really live 167 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: there because he's on the road so much. And the 168 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: tagline of this movie says it all that it's the 169 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: story of a man ready to make a connection, the 170 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 1: play on you know, the connecting playing Ah, that's so cheeky. 171 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 1: So there are elements of this movie that are comedic, 172 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 1: but at the core of it, it's just so sad 173 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: to see somebody just going through life and not having 174 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: anybody to share it with. And there's a moment in 175 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: this movie where George Clooney gives advice to somebody going 176 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: through something, and I feel like it kind of hits 177 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: him of like, oh man, I'm kind of realizing that 178 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: I don't really have a whole lot to show for myself. 179 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: Should I really be the one giving this advice. But 180 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 1: ever since the first time I saw this movie, this 181 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: quote about how you spend your life and finding people 182 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: worthy of your time to share it with. Ever since 183 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: I heard this quote, it has stayed with me. If 184 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: you think about it, your favorite memories, the most important 185 00:09:55,960 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: moments in your life, we're you alone, No, I guess not. 186 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: Life's better with company. Everybody needs a co pilot. 187 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 2: That was a nice touch. 188 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: Thanks, So that is always saved with me. Your favorite memories, 189 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: they're not the ones where we are alone. So for me, 190 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: it would have been where my favorite memories is going 191 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: to be. When I was traveling around just working all 192 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: the time, doing things. No, it was the times where 193 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: I actually got to enjoy things with other people. So 194 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,479 Speaker 1: it was opening myself up, allowing myself to be vulnerable, 195 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: allowing myself to put in the time to find a 196 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,239 Speaker 1: relationship like that and nurture it and do the things required, 197 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: not just like I just want to plug and play 198 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: and there you go. I just get a girlfriend and 199 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. It's not that easy. Got to put 200 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: in the time. You got to put in the work. 201 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: But it was realizing that it wasn't just going to 202 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: be handed to me as well later down the line, 203 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: it was me realizing I did not want to end 204 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: up like George Clooney's character, and I wanted to put 205 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: in the time to find a real relationship. So that 206 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: movie is at number seven. At number six is a 207 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: recent edition a movie called Spoiler Alert, which we have 208 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: reviewed here on the podcast. It came out back in 209 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, and I feel is an understated film. 210 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: It is based on a true story. It is adapted 211 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: from a memoir that came out in twenty seventeen from 212 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: this TV writer and I love that title because it 213 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: implies that the love interest in this movie is going 214 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: to die. So what this movie is about. Jim Parson's 215 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: character's name is Michael, and he finds the guy of 216 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: his dreams and thinks, this is the person I'm gonna 217 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: grow old with. And he eventually loses his partner to cancer. 218 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: And you already know that going into this movie. The 219 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: movie is called spoiler alert. It's telling you you're gonna 220 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: be sad by watching this movie, but it never really 221 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: forces you to be sad. And I think that is 222 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: the struggle I have with sad films going into them, 223 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: because when somebody tells me this movie is going to 224 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: make you cry, this movie is going to make you emotional, 225 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: I'm kind of guarded going into it, and I'm like, 226 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:02,719 Speaker 1: I'm gonna fight it. I'm not gonna cry, I'm not 227 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: gonna get emotional. And this one kind of disarms you 228 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: by telling you on the front end that there's a 229 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: spoiler alert. He's gonna die in the movie. But even 230 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: though you know that, it doesn't make it any less 231 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: sad because through their relationship, through all the things you 232 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 1: go through and seeing the ups and downs of being 233 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: with somebody and seeing the person you love battle cancer, 234 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: there are just so many emotions that you go through, 235 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,599 Speaker 1: and the fact that it is based on a true story. 236 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: There's just so many more levels than just knowing that 237 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: the person is going to die. Doesn't take away at 238 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: all from this movie. There's also a film that came 239 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: out at the end of twenty twenty two. I felt 240 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: like it didn't really get the attention it deserved because 241 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: Jim Parsons is phenomenal in this movie, and he is 242 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: an actor that you look at and for the most part, 243 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: you just associate him with Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. 244 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: But I feel like he's been very selective of the 245 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: movies he has taken on, and at no point in 246 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: this movie that I expect him to say Bozinga. He 247 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: was so good in it. So at number six, I 248 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: have spoiler alert. At number five on my list, I'm 249 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: going to put another recent addition, a movie that is 250 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: nominated right now for Best Picture. I don't think it's 251 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: going to win because of the caliber of the movies 252 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: I think are above it, with Barbie and Oppenheimer both 253 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: being in this category. I would love for it to win, 254 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: but the movie is called Past Lives, and this isn't 255 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: really your traditional romance movie, and what I like about 256 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: this movie and why I chose to include it is 257 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: because I feel like romantic movies don't always have to 258 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: be a sexual thing. Like it doesn't have to be 259 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 1: two people hooking up, and that is romance. I feel 260 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: like you can also romanticize the idea of friendship. And 261 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: what this movie is about is two deeply connected childhood 262 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: friends who they meet growing up in South Korea. The 263 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: female character ends up moving out to the United States, 264 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: and the entire movie has to deal with destiny, love 265 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: and how all the little choices you make end up 266 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: determining what your life is going to be like. So 267 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: it's not your traditional love story, and that is why 268 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: I love it. That's why I chose to include it. 269 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: Because in life, things don't really how they do in 270 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: a movie. Love is not linear. It goes in all 271 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: different types of ways. Think about your relationships and maybe 272 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: people that came into your life early on and then 273 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: later came back into your life down the line, like 274 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: oh yeah, you reconnect. That wouldn't really work in a 275 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: movie in a traditional sense of you normally watch a movie, 276 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: it's some people meeting, they go on a date, another 277 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: thing happens, another thing happens, you find out, do they 278 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: end up together or not. That's usually how a romance 279 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: movie breaks down. But in this movie, I feel like 280 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: it really shows what just people are like in real life. 281 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: Of not everything happens A to B, B two C. 282 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: Your life goes in all different directions based on all 283 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: the choices you make, in this case, somebody moving to 284 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,479 Speaker 1: an entirely different country, And it's kind of the invisible 285 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: string theory of where you always meant to end up 286 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: with a person? Does everything happen for a reason, is 287 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: their destiny, is their love and first sight? So it 288 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: kind of tackles all of those things inside of one movie. 289 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: But again, I don't believe that a romantic movie always 290 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: just has to be sexual. You can love a friend, 291 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: you can love a neighbor and still have what would 292 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: be described as a romantic type relationship because I just 293 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: view romance as passion, and this movie has passion. So 294 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: don't go into this movie thinking that it's going to 295 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: feel like La La Land. But it's a very just 296 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: realistic approach to a love story. So at number five, 297 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: I have past lives. At number four is a movie 298 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: I brought up in last week's episode. And for the 299 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: longest time was the movie I just identified with. And 300 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: I think it's because I had a strong connection to 301 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: Jim Carrey's character in this film, who is a guy 302 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: just going through this really weird time, And I can 303 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: explain the entire sentiment of my existence in this one 304 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: line that he says at the beginning of the movie, 305 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: why do I fall in love with every woman I 306 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: see who shows me the least bit of attention. So 307 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: in that scene, he is sitting writing in his journal 308 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: and he sees Kate Winslet's character across from him, and 309 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: she really just gives him a look, and from that look, 310 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: like you said, he immediately falls in love with her. 311 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: That was me all in my teenage years, all in 312 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: my twenties, any girl that talked to me, I was 313 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: immediately in love with if they were single, Like that 314 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: is how I was, because I was so lonely and 315 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: because well, I was desperate, and I had never heard 316 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: anybody else talk about that of falling in love that 317 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: quickly and immediately upon meeting somebody that you think, hey, 318 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: there could be something here. I think she likes me. 319 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna end up dating, We're gonna get married. We're 320 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: gonna move here out into the country. And you go 321 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: through all these things in your head and all this 322 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: person has said was hello. Maybe you held the door 323 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,680 Speaker 1: open for him and they were just being courteous saying 324 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 1: thank you, and you think this woman is about to 325 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: be my wife. I found her walking into the Piggy Wiggly. 326 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: That is how I was not above shopping at Pickly Wiggly. 327 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: I loved it, have great honey buns. But anyway, that 328 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: is how I felt, And that was the tone that 329 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: this movie started out with. And the entire movie is 330 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: about their relationship and how they both decided to erase 331 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: each other from their memories. So the idea is, if 332 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: you had such a bad relationship and had the ability 333 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: to erase somebody from you from your mind, would you 334 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: do it? That is what they did. But yet in 335 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: this scene you find that they still end up encountering. 336 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 1: So are you doomed to repeat that entire relationship all 337 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: over again? Then how do you feel about it? The 338 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: movie feels so intimate and like it's an indie movie, 339 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: but then you have Jim Carrey, who is one of 340 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: the biggest movie stars of all time. Kate Winslett who 341 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: is also one of the biggest movie stars of all time, 342 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: and they are perfect together. Their chemistry is beautiful in 343 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,719 Speaker 1: a way that you don't really realize how great their 344 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 1: chemistry is because you just view these two characters as 345 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: an iconic couple, and I don't really have to question 346 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: any emotions or any action between an iconic couple because 347 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,199 Speaker 1: this movie is set in history. That is how it is. 348 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: I would change nothing about it. And then you have 349 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: kind of a b story with the other characters involved 350 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: in this movie in another weird love thing. So the 351 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: movie explores a lot of different types of romance, but 352 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: they are all sad because this movie will make you 353 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: feel all the things, but you never really watch any 354 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: scene in particular feel happy. That is why I included 355 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: it on this list at number four. At number three 356 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: was another movie in the Prime of Me being Lonely 357 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen. The movie is called About Time. You 358 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: have Rachel McAdams, who has been in so many great 359 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 1: romance movies. I mean the Notebook. I don't really feel 360 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: like that enters this list, but arguably one of the 361 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 1: greatest romance movies of all time. She has had a 362 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: great run in this type of movie, but hands down 363 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: this one is my favorite because not only is it sad, 364 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: but it also has a little bit of fantasy. Because 365 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: this movie is about a guy who learns that all 366 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: the men in his family have the ability to travel 367 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: through time. So what does he use it for? He 368 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: uses it to fall in love with Rachel McAdam, and 369 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: any little thing that goes wrong, well doesn't really matter 370 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: because I can travel through time and I can fix 371 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: it all. It's kind of like Click with Adam Sandler, 372 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: but not as gaggy, not as comedic, a lot more 373 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: of the consequences that you feel later in Click. But 374 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: what would actually happen if you had this ability to 375 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: travel through time? And realizing that it's not going to 376 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: fix everything. Just because you can go back and redo 377 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: things doesn't mean that some things aren't meant to happen, 378 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: and coming to grips with some things you really just 379 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: can't change. But I really love the chemistry between Rachel 380 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: McAdams and Donald Gleason in this film, and you feel 381 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: that chemistry from the very first time they meet on screen. 382 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: Would it be very wrong if I asked you for 383 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: your number? No, just in case I ever, you know, 384 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 1: had to cool you about stuff. Okay, I thought this 385 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: phone was older, but suddenly it's my most valuable possession. 386 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: Do you really like me? What a line You put 387 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: a girl's phone number in and you're like, Ah, suddenly 388 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: this phone is the most important thing in the world. 389 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: I should have stolen that line, but I don't want 390 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: to reveal all the sad things that happen in this movie. 391 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: I will say this was the movie I would recommend 392 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 1: for the longest time to anybody wanting to watch a 393 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: movie to make you cry. I think also in the 394 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: early twenty tens, even though I wasn't in the best 395 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: mental state, I had a real hard time crying, and 396 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: this was the movie that cracked me. So aside from 397 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: it being a romantic movie, take Valentine's Day completely out 398 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: of this episode. If you just want a movie to 399 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: make you cry, I think about Time could be that 400 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,719 Speaker 1: one for you. So that is why I put this 401 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: one at number three. We made it now to number two, 402 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: and I wanted to include a classic on here. And 403 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 1: when I think about classic romantic sad movies, my mind 404 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: immediately goes to the og from James Cameron Titanic. Kate 405 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: Winslett again making an appearance on this list with a young, 406 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: handsome Leonardo DiCaprio. And this movie always makes me feel 407 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: sad because, much like spoiler alert, going into this movie, 408 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: you knew ultimately what was going to happen, because it's 409 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:23,479 Speaker 1: one of the most talked about things in history, the 410 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: Titanic sinking. We all knew that going into this movie, 411 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: but it did not make it any less sad knowing 412 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: what happens and the fate of our characters and the 413 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 1: fate of a lot of people on this boat. Every 414 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 1: time I watch this movie, I think it gets sadder 415 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: and sadder. Maybe it's because as I grow older, learn 416 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: more about love, I just feel these things a lot more. 417 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: I'm also a lot more aware of the impact of 418 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: scores in movies, and I think Titanic does not get 419 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: enough credit for how perfect the score in this movie. 420 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: Is not only the Celine Dion song, but just every 421 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: other part in this movie where something emotional is happening 422 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,919 Speaker 1: and you just have all these sad strings being plucked. 423 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: That elevates every single emotion in this film. Not only that, 424 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: but the scale of this movie, how big it looks, 425 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: and you think of how much they went through and 426 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: how much money they spent to make it look as 427 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: good as it does, and also the fact that it 428 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 1: holds up so well because a lot of these were 429 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: practical effects. So I always feel like and tell you 430 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: that those aged the best. I feel like Titanic will 431 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: continue to be a classic because there's not a whole 432 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 1: lot of cgi and James Cameron was so specific on 433 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: the details of what to include in this film. He 434 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: didn't cast actors that were I think above five foot 435 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 1: eight maybe five ' nine, because he wanted all the 436 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: other elements to look bigger. And then you have Kate 437 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio at the core of it, and 438 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: it's just so sad that they don't end up together. 439 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 1: And again, this movie is over twenty years old, so 440 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: not a spoiler and one of the most talked about 441 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: endings of all time. But one survives, one does not, 442 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: and I don't even think of that moment being the 443 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: sadus in this film. The moment that actually gets me 444 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: more is whenever Rose chooses to leave the lifeboat to 445 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: go back with Jack, knowing that she may not survive, 446 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: but she doesn't care because she wants to be with 447 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: the person that she loves. So stupid want you to 448 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: do that? 449 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 2: You're so stupid? 450 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: Rose, Why did you do that? Why? That gets me 451 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: every time? Man? And this was also at a time 452 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: where we weren't complaining about long run time because Titanic 453 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: is three hours and fifteen minutes. And maybe it's because 454 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, there was no Twitter or message boards back then, 455 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: that no one had an avenue to complain to about 456 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: long run time. But what a movie is great? You 457 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: don't think about the runtime. You think about the emotion 458 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: it makes you feel. So at number two saddest romance movies. 459 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: I have Titanic at number one is a movie from 460 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen directed by Spike Jones. The movie is her. 461 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: It is set in a not so distant future, has 462 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: one of my favorite actors, Joaquin Phoenix. He plays a 463 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: character named Theodore who was a lonely writer. He is 464 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: navigating the sadness after going through a divorce where he 465 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: had met his soulmate, thought he was going to spend 466 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,719 Speaker 1: forever with this person and now it goes back to 467 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 1: his life of writing greeting cards and romance cards for 468 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: other people, where he is forced to write about love 469 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: when he is feeling just this eternal sadness. So he's 470 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,959 Speaker 1: living in this apartment himself. Again, we're in the not 471 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: so distant future, so he has all these cool gadgets 472 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: to play with. There's this really fun video game that 473 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: I wish they would make now, and maybe with the 474 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: new Apple Vision Pro, I don't think we're too far 475 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: away from having a video game like this. And also 476 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: the fact that this movie really predicted a lot of 477 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,719 Speaker 1: what the world is now. Back then seems so crazy 478 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: at the idea of somebody falling in love with their 479 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: operating system. But now with the prevalence of AI, and 480 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: you have people falling in love now with AI. There's 481 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: like a supermodel AI figure racking in money on dudes 482 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: like Theodore now in twenty twenty four and they aren't 483 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: even real. So now this could actually happen. You could 484 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: just make a documentary on this. Get the cameras out, now, 485 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,639 Speaker 1: let's go over to talk to some of these guys. 486 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: But that is what happens. He falls in love with 487 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: this operating system. He has a really cool looking phone. 488 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,360 Speaker 1: It's like this red phone that essentially has Siri on it, 489 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: and at first it just has suggestions for his calendar, 490 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: it helps him navigate his email, and then they just 491 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: start talking. Gets a little more intimate at times, gets 492 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: a little weird and uncomfortable for the viewer, but then 493 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: you kind of forget about that because of the relationship 494 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: that develops, and you have Scarlet Johansson voicing this character Samantha, 495 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: who does an incredible job for somebody who was just 496 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 1: in a recording booth, and I think she also did 497 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: her lines in a record amount of time. But just 498 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 1: shows you how great of an actor Scarlet Johansson is 499 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: that I found it so believable. I was never taken 500 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: out of this movie thinking, oh, it's just Joaquin Phoenix 501 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: looking up at nothing and reacting to absolutely emptiness. But 502 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: at the core of this movie, it is just so 503 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: sad because you were realizing how much grief that Theodore 504 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: is going through this scene in particular. Sometimes I think 505 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: I felt everything I'm ever gonna feel from here on. 506 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna feel anything new. I know for a 507 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: fact that is not true. At least your feelings are real, 508 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: because you have Theodore feeling the sadness, but also Samantha 509 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: knowing that she is not a real thing, that even 510 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: though she knows what emotions are. She can't feel them. 511 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: She can't feel anything. So how this plays out with 512 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: both of them and all the emotions that come in 513 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 1: the third act of this movie. Ugh, I rewatch it 514 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: at least one time a year and it still gets me. 515 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: It's also just an incredibly good looking film. It has 516 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: that right blend of sci fi and romance, much like 517 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: About Time did. But I love that this movie just 518 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: feels red to me, and everything from the costume design 519 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: to the backgrounds through the way the cinematography just plays 520 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: off it. It just feels so warm, it feels so comforting, 521 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: and feel so sad at the same time. Another movie 522 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: that has remained on my top ten favorite movies of 523 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: all time lists for now over a decade since it 524 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: came out in twenty thirteen. And I will say the 525 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: movie is not for everybody because I feel like some 526 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: have a hard time getting over that weirdness of him 527 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: being in love with this operating system, and you don't 528 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: really want to watch something that makes you feel uncomfortable, 529 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: and I get that, But I think if there were 530 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: any time to revisit this movie, it would be now, 531 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: because I think the idea of it, like I mentioned, 532 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: isn't that absurd? Isn't that bizarre now that we are 533 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: living in a more futuristic world where people are using 534 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: chat gbt to find their soulmates? And I think we 535 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: are scared of AI because we really don't know how 536 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: much it's actually a part of our lives. We just 537 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: think of it as being this robotic force that could 538 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: take over when really a lot of the things we 539 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 1: do in life have been quote unquote AI for a 540 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: very long time. Now that it just has a name 541 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: and that people can have an opinion on it one 542 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: way or another, it kind of freaks us out a 543 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 1: little bit. So if you thought about watching this movie 544 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: in the past, or maybe you have seen it started it. 545 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: I think this is also a movie that some would 546 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: start and think, Ah, this isn't for me and not 547 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: watch it. If you do have a little bit of 548 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: an open mind now when it comes to AI, highly 549 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: encourage you to revisit this movie. That is the list 550 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 1: we'll come back and talk about. Sometimes I think about 551 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: dying the movie not me. And then we'll take a 552 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 1: look at the new Quiet Place movie. Let's get into 553 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: it now a spoiler free movie review. Today we're talking 554 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 1: about sometimes I think about dying. I love that title. 555 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,360 Speaker 1: I like looking at a poster and immediately getting an emotion, 556 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: and that title really says it all about what this 557 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: movie is about. You have Daisy Ridley I love. You 558 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: probably know her as Ray from the Star Wars movies, 559 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: and despite what you read online from nerds who look 560 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: like me but have a much different opinion on those movies, 561 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: because I love Daisy Ridley in those movies. They really 562 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: made me love Star Wars, which if you see what 563 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: anybody says about those movies, they ruined them. I think 564 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: those movies are great, and a lot of that is 565 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: due to her performance in those films. So I was 566 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: excited to see her outside of a Star Wars movie 567 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: because she has done other movies since then, but she's 568 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 1: kind of been in this sci fi action genre that obviously, 569 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: after being in Star Wars she naturally be cast in, 570 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: but I wanted to see the more dramatic side of her. 571 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: And in this movie, she plays a character named Fran 572 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: She's this very socially awkward, depressed woman working at this 573 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: small office in Oregon, and even though she's been working 574 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: at this place for so long, she has a hard 575 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: time bonding with her coworkers. But then comes the day 576 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: where somebody who has been working in the office for 577 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: a long time retires and a new guy comes in 578 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: and they start to form a relationship. They go out 579 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 1: on a date, and the entire movie is her trying 580 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: to pursue a friendship, maybe a little bit of a romance, 581 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: but really having a hard time and doing so because 582 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: throughout the entire film she is well doing what the 583 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: title says, thinking about dying now. I found this movie 584 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: to be very, very personal because I saw a lot 585 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: of myself in Fran's character. The socially awkward part of it, 586 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: I thought was illustrated so beautifully. And how the movie 587 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: does it is it has a very slow pace to it, 588 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: but it's slow paced on purpose. When you're socially awkward, 589 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: it is hard for you to have conversations with people. 590 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: I can sit here right now in this studio and 591 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: have a conversation with you, looking into this camera, talking 592 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: into this microphone. But if you took me out of 593 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: this situation and put me in a room with five people, 594 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: maybe five coworkers, I would have a hard time at work. 595 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: I am known as the quiet person. I've had that 596 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: title ever since I was in school, and it's not 597 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: something I take pride in. I would love to walk 598 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: into a room and immediately own it and be the 599 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: center of attention, but that has just never been me. 600 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: And that is exactly what I saw in france character, 601 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: because throughout this film, she is longing for that. She 602 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: is trying to connect with people and wants to, like 603 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: goes out of her way to do so, but she 604 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: just doesn't have the tools to communicate and sometimes the 605 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: thing she says don't come across the way that she 606 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: intended them to. So even though she's not a bad 607 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: person whatsoever, she just lacks those skills. And I found 608 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: that completely like, oh, that is me. That is me 609 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 1: to a t. And then you have the eternal sadness 610 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: that she is facing and hiding from other people, which 611 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: is something that I mean, I've talked about in this 612 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 1: episode of how much depression and anxiety has been a 613 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,880 Speaker 1: part of my life and going to therapy has really 614 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: helped me with that. But I really felt like the 615 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: film did a great job of showing what that feels 616 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 1: like without it feeling inherently sad. Because I won't say 617 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: that this is a depressing movie, even though it has 618 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:12,240 Speaker 1: a super depressing title and our character is obviously going 619 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: through something here, but there are moments of levity that 620 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 1: bring life to the situation. And it's not trying to 621 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 1: present it of here's just this sad girl doing all 622 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,319 Speaker 1: these sad things. It is showing it in such a 623 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: realistic way that found it very enjoyable to me. But again, 624 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 1: it has that slow pace that really puts you in 625 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: the perspective and in the shoes of fran While watching this, 626 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 1: you may think, Okay, move it on a little bit, 627 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: but if you let yourself live in that, you realize, 628 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: this is how this person is feeling. Those big, long 629 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: awkward pauses are the things that I have built my 630 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: entire life on. I am just trying to fill those big, 631 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: long awkward pauses when talking to people, and that is 632 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: what this movie shows. It also just looks fantastic. The 633 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,520 Speaker 1: movie was shot in a small town in Oregon called 634 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 1: The Story where other movies like The Goonies, Kindergarten cop 635 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 1: or Film just to name a couple. But it also 636 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: just gives it this feeling of it being small, isolated, 637 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,920 Speaker 1: and I just love how the imagery really played a 638 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: part into the look and feel of this movie, and 639 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 1: then you have the score underneath it all, which is 640 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,840 Speaker 1: a lot more cheerful, and that combined with the office 641 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,760 Speaker 1: life situations that I feel like a lot of people 642 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: will relate to. I've never had a traditional office life scenario. 643 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: My workplace is very chaotic and there are a lot 644 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,800 Speaker 1: of different personalities there that we've never had a traditional 645 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: relationship of, like communicating over email and slack. But those 646 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: scenes got a lot of laughs in our theaters, which 647 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: we did watch this in a sold out theater with 648 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 1: the director and editor there. So we'll get into an 649 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,439 Speaker 1: interesting part that almost got me into some trouble during 650 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: the Q and A. But before I get to that part, 651 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: I just want to say that that this is a 652 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,719 Speaker 1: movie that it might not have all the bells and whistles. 653 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,720 Speaker 1: There's not this big elaborate thing you learn by watching 654 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,920 Speaker 1: this movie. It is kind of just a slice of 655 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: life movie and a peek into somebody's world that lives 656 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,839 Speaker 1: like this, and you will watch it and either think, oh, 657 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: I know somebody in my life who is kind of 658 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 1: like fran Maybe I should talk to them and approach 659 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: them a little bit differently. Now that I know what 660 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: it's like to be someone like that, or you'll be 661 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 1: like me and think that is me. I'm glad somebody 662 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 1: made a movie that shows what it's like to be 663 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 1: socially awkward, a quiet person, and also have some mental 664 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,880 Speaker 1: health issues. But now we'll get into the controversy that happened. 665 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 1: So the director and the editor were present at this screening. 666 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,879 Speaker 1: We watched it at our favorite local movie theater called 667 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:41,880 Speaker 1: the Bell Court here in Nashville. Again, we bring it 668 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 1: up all the time. If you ever visit Nashville, you 669 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: have to go see a movie at the Bell Court 670 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: because they do events like this where the director who 671 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,960 Speaker 1: made the movie is there and you can ask them 672 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 1: questions after the screening. And me, naturally I had to 673 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,800 Speaker 1: get into question. What usually happens is there'll be somebody 674 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,279 Speaker 1: hosting the Q and A, the last the big questions, 675 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: and then they'll go around theater, which this was sold out. 676 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 1: There was three hundred people there, a lot of people 677 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: trying to get in questions. Luckily I got in the 678 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: last question. She told me, is your question quick? Because 679 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:11,719 Speaker 1: they were running out of time they had to close 680 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,799 Speaker 1: the theater. I was like, yes, I will make it 681 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:18,399 Speaker 1: quick because I really wanted to know a component about 682 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: the ending of this movie. And I can't even share 683 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 1: you the full clip because this was really the only 684 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 1: situation where I could ask this question because everybody in 685 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: the room had already watched the movie. The director was there, 686 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,239 Speaker 1: so it was free game to talk about endings because 687 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: I wasn't spoiling anything. We all just experienced together, and 688 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,360 Speaker 1: out of everybody who asked the question, no one really 689 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: brought up the ending. So I have a clip of 690 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: it because I hit record on my phone wanted to 691 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: share it with you. Here is me just asking the question, 692 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,279 Speaker 1: but I won't give away any spoilers. I think what 693 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,960 Speaker 1: I love about movies is that people can interpret them 694 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,759 Speaker 1: in different ways. And the thing I got from the 695 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 1: ending was I'll cut it off right there, but immediately, 696 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: here is the reaction in the room, the reaction from 697 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 1: the director. And I had to trim down her answer 698 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: a little bit because I didn't want to give away 699 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,440 Speaker 1: the details. But here is the reaction to my question. 700 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: This is how do we feel? I will not say that, 701 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:27,600 Speaker 1: and then it ends a little bit awkwardly. I thought 702 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:31,239 Speaker 1: the question was fair game. I wasn't poking criticism at 703 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 1: the movie. I just really wanted to know one stylistic 704 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,280 Speaker 1: approach to how this movie ended and what it means 705 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: to the story. And the thing was, I almost felt 706 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: like I got in trouble in that clip. If you 707 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,799 Speaker 1: listen to it back again, she says that no one's 708 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,680 Speaker 1: asked this question before. And then I had to bleep 709 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,280 Speaker 1: the expletive that she said in responding to my question, 710 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,399 Speaker 1: which wasn't even a full answer that I was looking for, 711 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: but gave me at least closure on the subject, just 712 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 1: that immediately, like ooh, everybody in the room just reacting 713 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,440 Speaker 1: to that. I was not expecting for it to be 714 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 1: such a maybe controversial question. And then just listen to 715 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,319 Speaker 1: her tone. If this is how do you feel, I 716 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: will not say that. I will not say another blinking word. 717 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,520 Speaker 1: I felt like when you ask a question in class 718 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: and the teacher gets upset with you. That is exactly 719 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: how I felt in that situation. But I had to know. 720 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 1: But I found that Q and A was very insightful 721 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,759 Speaker 1: to the filmmaking process. On an independent level. I think 722 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: Rachel Lambert has a great vision as a director. She 723 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,320 Speaker 1: got her start here making movies in Nashville, and after 724 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: watching this film, I'm curious to dive into the other 725 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: movie she has done and to see what she has 726 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: coming out next. I also love that they got to 727 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,839 Speaker 1: talk about her relationship with the editor and what an 728 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,720 Speaker 1: editor actually does in a movie, which I've talked about before. 729 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,720 Speaker 1: How I feel like that's an understated position as well, 730 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: and they described a relationship of her essentially having this 731 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,839 Speaker 1: big vision going through the entire movie, and him, as 732 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,800 Speaker 1: an editor, will tell her the points that they are missing, 733 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,160 Speaker 1: so say, if they have a transition from the workplace 734 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,040 Speaker 1: to a bar, he has to look in his mind 735 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 1: like this is what we need to film to get there, 736 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,120 Speaker 1: so it's like filling in all the gaps. I thought 737 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:19,000 Speaker 1: that was a fascinating process. They described it as essentially 738 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: the editor is the therapist and the director is the 739 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,800 Speaker 1: patient in the chair. So I don't think this movie 740 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 1: is for everybody, but if you like darker comedies with 741 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,399 Speaker 1: a heavy hand on the drama, I think you will 742 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,399 Speaker 1: enjoy it. And also if like me, you're a big 743 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: fan of Daisy Ridley and want to see her outside 744 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,279 Speaker 1: of playing the character Ray, she is fantastic in this 745 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:42,400 Speaker 1: I give this movie four out of five. Slices a pie, 746 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,440 Speaker 1: It's time to head down to movie. Mike Treylor Paug. 747 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: The first A Quiet Place movie was a breath of 748 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:56,640 Speaker 1: fresh hair in the horror suspense genre. After that, followed 749 00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,960 Speaker 1: it up with The Quiet Place Part two. Both of 750 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: those movies were directed John Kazinski. But now we are 751 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,080 Speaker 1: getting a look at the prequel coming out on June 752 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,840 Speaker 1: twenty eighth. It's called A Quiet Place Day one. So 753 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,960 Speaker 1: when all those other movies, if you haven't seen them, 754 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 1: I will not ruin them for you. But there are 755 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:20,160 Speaker 1: these big, mysterious monsters that you really don't know a 756 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,799 Speaker 1: whole lot about why they are here killing people. All 757 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,480 Speaker 1: you really know is that they react to sound. So 758 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 1: in order for all the humans to remain undetected, they 759 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:33,120 Speaker 1: have to be as quiet as possible. They learn sign language, 760 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 1: they find ways to get around without making a whole 761 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,320 Speaker 1: lot of noise. And what that creates is a movie 762 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: that is so quiet. I remember the experience I had 763 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,919 Speaker 1: going to watch the first one in theaters. It got 764 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: so quiet. You could hear people oh crunching on their popcorn, 765 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,719 Speaker 1: sloshing around their drinks. You'd hear the rumble from down 766 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,480 Speaker 1: the hall because your theater is so quiet, but it 767 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,799 Speaker 1: added to the enjoyment of this movie and it made 768 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: it feel like an experience. And the second one was 769 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 1: it's really much of the same. You got the same 770 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,480 Speaker 1: kind of story, just the continuation of what is happening 771 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:09,000 Speaker 1: with the family, but nothing really stood out and made 772 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,520 Speaker 1: that movie different. So I think a prequel is where 773 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 1: you needed to go to continue to have life in 774 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,560 Speaker 1: this franchise. But I do think some issues pop up 775 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,080 Speaker 1: with it. But before I get into more what I 776 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,919 Speaker 1: think about A Quiet Place Day one, here's a little 777 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,040 Speaker 1: bit of the trailer which just dropped. And of course, 778 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,279 Speaker 1: since it is a quiet place, there's not a whole 779 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:33,200 Speaker 1: lot if any dialogue in the entire trailer. So really 780 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,799 Speaker 1: what I wanted to showcase here was the fantastic sound 781 00:42:35,840 --> 00:43:07,239 Speaker 1: design that they decided to feature here, So even more 782 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,719 Speaker 1: so than the visual appeal of this trailer, it's all 783 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:12,440 Speaker 1: in the sound. That's why I wanted to share that 784 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,720 Speaker 1: clip with you. But what you see in the trailer, 785 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,359 Speaker 1: it starts off on day four hundred and seventy one, 786 00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:19,920 Speaker 1: which is where the first movie takes place. It clicks 787 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,560 Speaker 1: up to four seventy two, then goes to Day four 788 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,040 Speaker 1: seventy six, and then it goes all the way back 789 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: to day one, whenever the monsters first appeared on Earth. 790 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,680 Speaker 1: What you see throughout the trailer is people in a 791 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:37,520 Speaker 1: city running around from these monsters. They are jumping on buildings, 792 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,839 Speaker 1: people are flooding the streets, and you see our main 793 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:44,319 Speaker 1: character played by Lupita Neangro kind of get knocked down 794 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,920 Speaker 1: by one of these monsters and then wakes up wants 795 00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 1: to scream, but then somebody grabs her mouth, making sure 796 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,680 Speaker 1: that she is quiet so they can remain undetected from 797 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:56,520 Speaker 1: the monsters. And it doesn't feel entirely different from Part 798 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:59,360 Speaker 1: one or Part two. If anything, it kind of feels 799 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,920 Speaker 1: a little bit less. And here's my issue with the 800 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 1: prequel to this movie. I think it's almost better not 801 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,719 Speaker 1: knowing how these monsters got here, not having all the 802 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,480 Speaker 1: questions answered, because that's what adds to the mystery of 803 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:16,360 Speaker 1: this story. Just knowing it from flashbacks gives it way 804 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,480 Speaker 1: more mystery and way more appeal to me than telling 805 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,560 Speaker 1: me here's the definite origin story of how these monsters 806 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:25,720 Speaker 1: got here, and really taking out any kind of curiosity 807 00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:28,840 Speaker 1: you had going into these films. Now you know the story, 808 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:34,000 Speaker 1: and by releasing this movie, it's establishing their definite origin story. 809 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,839 Speaker 1: The problem I think that that creates if we end 810 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,680 Speaker 1: up not enjoying this origin story, it loses all of 811 00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:43,040 Speaker 1: the magic. And I know they have plans to make 812 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,080 Speaker 1: A Quiet Place three, possibly coming out next year or 813 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:50,200 Speaker 1: the following year. If this origin story is lame, it's 814 00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:53,440 Speaker 1: gonna make all the sequential stories that they could build 815 00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,719 Speaker 1: on here feel unworthy of our attention and more importantly, 816 00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 1: unworthy of our money. The trailer here also reminds me 817 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:04,000 Speaker 1: of clover Field, which was a fun movie back when 818 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,839 Speaker 1: it came out, and if maybe the lost footage type 819 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,600 Speaker 1: movie was still trendy right now, I almost think a 820 00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,359 Speaker 1: treatment like this would have a much more of an 821 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,760 Speaker 1: impact on A Quiet Place. This movie has a little 822 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:19,080 Speaker 1: bit of a different stylistic feel because John Krasinski, who 823 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:22,120 Speaker 1: has directed one and two and written them, is not 824 00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,600 Speaker 1: directing this movie. He is a writer on the film. 825 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:28,000 Speaker 1: But we have director Michael Sernowski, who also did a 826 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,680 Speaker 1: movie I really liked with Nick Cage called Pig, So 827 00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna have an entirely different look at these characters. 828 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,000 Speaker 1: The problem I had after watching this trailer It reminded 829 00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:39,000 Speaker 1: me of a movie that came out last year called 830 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:42,880 Speaker 1: bird Box Barcelona, which was inside of the bird Box 831 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,359 Speaker 1: franchise in that same world, but instead of taking place 832 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:49,040 Speaker 1: in the United States, it was the same situation happening 833 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:52,480 Speaker 1: over in Barcelona, and that movie just did not hit 834 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,839 Speaker 1: with me. It was so boring. I didn't finish it, 835 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,120 Speaker 1: therefore did not review it on the podcast, and I 836 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,680 Speaker 1: worry that this movie is gonna feel a lot like 837 00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:03,800 Speaker 1: that of still being in that a quiet play scorld 838 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,920 Speaker 1: with the same monsters, but introducing these new characters and 839 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,520 Speaker 1: having a hard time getting off the ground. Even though 840 00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,720 Speaker 1: I really liked Lapeta Niagro who was in Black Panther, 841 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,720 Speaker 1: she was also fantastic in US. She is really great 842 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,200 Speaker 1: in horror movies, and I think it's fantastic that she 843 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,840 Speaker 1: gets to lead this movie. It also has Joseph Quinn, 844 00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:24,160 Speaker 1: who played Eddie Munson on the fourth season The Stranger Things. 845 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,040 Speaker 1: I love the fourth season of Stranger Things. I feel 846 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:28,760 Speaker 1: like a lot of people checked out of that show, 847 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:30,959 Speaker 1: but man, the fourth season was one of the best 848 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:34,160 Speaker 1: seasons of any show I've seen in the last five years. 849 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,000 Speaker 1: Hopefully we do get that soon, But he was great. 850 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,560 Speaker 1: I feel like the breakout star as Eddie Munson, so 851 00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:42,040 Speaker 1: curious to see how big of a role he actually 852 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:44,600 Speaker 1: plays in this movie. So this is one I'm not 853 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,640 Speaker 1: completely writing off yet, but I have a little bit 854 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:51,440 Speaker 1: of hesitation going into this one given my history with prequels, 855 00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:54,600 Speaker 1: especially in the horror genre, where I feel like just 856 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,239 Speaker 1: keep making the next installment of the story rather than 857 00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,200 Speaker 1: going back and trying to flesh out all these details 858 00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,560 Speaker 1: to be like, ah, this is why things are the 859 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,600 Speaker 1: way they are in the world now, because once you 860 00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:08,360 Speaker 1: reveal the monster's origin story, I feel like it loses 861 00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,560 Speaker 1: that appeal. Going back to what I was saying about Cloverfield, 862 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,560 Speaker 1: the great thing about that movie is not only did 863 00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,720 Speaker 1: you not know why the monster was there, you hardly 864 00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,160 Speaker 1: even got a glimpse at the monster. The less you 865 00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,719 Speaker 1: show of it, the more scary it seems. But it 866 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,680 Speaker 1: seems like this one is just gonna give you a 867 00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:27,879 Speaker 1: lot of monster action. So the challenge will be can 868 00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,760 Speaker 1: they create that same tension that the first movie had 869 00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,480 Speaker 1: being so quiet of you anticipating the monster coming out, 870 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,680 Speaker 1: or is it gonna feel more like a post apocalyptic 871 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,440 Speaker 1: total end of world type movie, which to me doesn't 872 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,960 Speaker 1: feel like in a Quiet Place movie. But nonetheless, this 873 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,640 Speaker 1: movie is coming out this summer on June twenty eighth. 874 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,840 Speaker 2: And that was this week's edition of Movie by framor. 875 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:53,760 Speaker 1: Par and that is gonna do it for another episode 876 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,000 Speaker 1: here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta 877 00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:58,319 Speaker 1: give my listeners shout out of the week. You know 878 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:00,680 Speaker 1: how to get one of these, end me a DM 879 00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:04,320 Speaker 1: on Instagram, you comment on my Facebook page, or comment 880 00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,040 Speaker 1: on TikTok at Mike Distro over there. If you forget 881 00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:09,800 Speaker 1: any of that, it is always in the episode notes. 882 00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,399 Speaker 1: But this week, one of my favorite things to do 883 00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,120 Speaker 1: is to see people who tag me in their Instagram story. 884 00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:17,600 Speaker 1: So this week's listener shout out of the week is 885 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,800 Speaker 1: scrap a Holic, who tagged me in her Instagram story 886 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:24,560 Speaker 1: and posted my review of Argyle and said Mike Distro 887 00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 1: doesn't usually go this hard in his movie reviews, but 888 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:31,400 Speaker 1: this review is hilarious. So thank you scrap a Holic 889 00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:34,200 Speaker 1: for that comment and for sharing my reel in your story. 890 00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:37,000 Speaker 1: That helps your friends see it helps get more people 891 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,520 Speaker 1: into the podcast, so I do post the reel once 892 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,319 Speaker 1: a week, so to anyone else of the movie crew, 893 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,279 Speaker 1: that is an easy way to get a listener shout 894 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,440 Speaker 1: out of the week. I stand by the fact that 895 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:48,840 Speaker 1: I did not enjoy our guyle whatsoever, and when I 896 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,040 Speaker 1: sat down to record that review, I wanted to give 897 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,960 Speaker 1: my honest thoughts and just let it flow out of me. 898 00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,759 Speaker 1: And that clip is a perfect example of how I 899 00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,480 Speaker 1: felt about that entire movie. So if you missed that episode, 900 00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:01,640 Speaker 1: go back one in the feed, or you can always 901 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:04,439 Speaker 1: check out clips on my socials. And until next time, 902 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,000 Speaker 1: go out and watch good movies and I will talk 903 00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:08,200 Speaker 1: to you later.