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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I

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Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike. Today, I want to break

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Speaker 1: down what actor had the single best year run at

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Speaker 1: the box office. In the movie review the highly anticipated

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Speaker 1: sequel Wicked for Good.

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Speaker 2: Did it live up to the hype?

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Speaker 1: And I'll compare it to my experience going to see

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Speaker 1: it on Broadway for the first time this summer. And

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Speaker 1: in the trailer park, I'll be breaking down Super Mario

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Speaker 1: Galaxy and my list of the top five most anticipated

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Speaker 2: Thank you for being here, thank you for being subscribed.

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Speaker 1: Shout out to the Monday Morning Movie crew. And now

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Speaker 1: let's talk movies from.

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Speaker 2: The Nushville Podcast Network. This is movie Mike's Movie Podcast.

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Speaker 1: As apparently in movie history there are only two actors

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Speaker 1: to have three number one movies in a year.

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Speaker 2: That sounded crazy to me. I saw this headline everywhere.

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Speaker 1: I saw the memes, not only on Facebook, which you

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Speaker 1: always can't believe it usually lies over there, but I

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Speaker 1: also saw it on TikTok, I saw it on Reddit.

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Speaker 1: I saw this everywhere, and I thought that sounds like

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Speaker 1: a record that could be broken. And I know that

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Speaker 1: number one movies don't really have as much weight to them.

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Speaker 1: Right now, there have been a few movies that have

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Speaker 1: been number one this year and made less than ten

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Speaker 1: sometimes when you see movies saying we're the number one

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Speaker 1: movie in the country, it is not the same that

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Speaker 1: it was ten years ago. But I thought, with all

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Speaker 1: these big properties happening around the same time right now,

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Speaker 1: there had to have been one actor who has broken

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Speaker 1: that record since nineteen ninety four, and I found a couple.

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Speaker 1: I don't know why the Internet is lying to you,

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Speaker 1: but let's get into it. Going back to nineteen ninety four,

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Speaker 1: this is the gold standard. Jim Carrey had three number

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Speaker 1: one movies in this year, which nineteen ninety four is

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Speaker 1: historically one of the best movies in film of all time.

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Speaker 1: With movies like The Lion King, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, Redemption,

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Speaker 1: Forrest Gump all coming out in nineteen ninety one four,

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Speaker 1: it goes down in the history books as being one

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Speaker 1: of the best. And Jim Carrey was responsible for three

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Speaker 1: number one movies that year. The Mask, Dumb and Dummer,

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Speaker 1: and Ace Spentra all came out this year, And I think,

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Speaker 1: what we're gonna see as we go through all these actors,

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Speaker 1: is some of the movies are gonna be a little

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Speaker 1: bit debatable. In this instance, the Mask, Dumb and Dumber,

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Speaker 1: are all great movies and are all classics from the nineties.

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Speaker 1: If Jim Carrey was your favorite actor, I would not

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Speaker 1: flinch if you told me those are your top three

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Speaker 1: Jim Carrey movies. I love all three of those movies.

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Speaker 1: Dumb and Dumber is my favorite comedy of all time.

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Speaker 1: The Mask is so wacky and it still holds up

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Speaker 1: even though it is so inherently nineties with the dance

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Speaker 1: classic movie. And Ace Ventura. The fact that all three

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Speaker 1: so very Jim Carrey is amazing. So that is a

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Speaker 1: who that name might not be super familiar to you,

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Speaker 1: per my research, but Mason Thames start in the How

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Speaker 1: to Train Your Dragon live remake, which I thought was

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Speaker 1: Didn't have as big of an impact on some other

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Speaker 1: enjoyed it. I am still a bigger fan of the

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Speaker 1: part of the problem because this year, Leelo It's Ditch

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Speaker 1: Mowana is the highest stream movie on Disney Plus of

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Speaker 1: dollars off of that. Why would they not go to

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Speaker 1: their number one movie when The Rock is still able

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Speaker 1: And that is what I felt watching that Mawana teaser.

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Speaker 1: It looks exactly shot per shot like Mowana one, and

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Speaker 1: it almost looks less than almost a parody of because

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Speaker 2: So how to train your dragon?

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Speaker 1: Going back to that, I didn't mean to go into

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Speaker 2: But I am guilty of it. I still do it.

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Speaker 2: I did it twice this year. I would to see

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Speaker 1: why don't they do it the reverse way? They come

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Speaker 2: Just doesn't work that way.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, Mason Names was the lead and how to

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Speaker 1: He was also in The Black Phone two this year

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Speaker 1: And if you have a supporting role, is that still

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Speaker 1: for Ben Stiller, so was it a number one movie

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Speaker 1: That is another reason that I just don't think we

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Speaker 1: a year and maybe another small cameo or smaller part,

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Speaker 1: or just a smaller budget movie that they film in

439
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Speaker 1: a much smaller window of time. But I was so

440
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Speaker 1: interested in finding out about actors like Robert de Niro

441
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Speaker 1: and all these even Tom Cruise or Leonardo DiCaprio, when

442
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Speaker 1: you go look at their filmography, a lot of times

443
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Speaker 1: it's just one, maybe two other years for some of

444
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Speaker 1: these bigger actors that you would be more familiar with.

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Speaker 1: Nineteen eighty three, Tom Cruise had The Outsiders, risky Business

446
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Speaker 1: and all the right moves. In twenty thirteen, Leonardo DiCaprio

447
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Speaker 1: had The Great Gatsby and The Wolf of Wall Street,

448
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Speaker 1: two of his biggest movies came out in twenty thirteen.

449
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Speaker 1: But for the most part, every other year, especially in

450
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Speaker 1: the last ten years, he only does one big movie

451
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Speaker 1: a year. Takes all of his time, it takes all

452
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Speaker 1: of his energy. In twenty ten he did happen to

453
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Speaker 1: put out Shutter Island and Inception, but throughout his entire career.

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Speaker 2: Those are the years we had two.

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Speaker 1: Multiple big hits come out in a year. Have other

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Speaker 1: actors like Will Ferrell in two thousand and three, who

457
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Speaker 1: had Old School in ELF that was really at the

458
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Speaker 1: start of his career where whenever he got cast for

459
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Speaker 1: ELF that was seen as a big risk. He was

460
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Speaker 1: just the guy from SNL and just happened to blow

461
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Speaker 1: up after that and had an amazing run in the

462
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Speaker 1: two thousands. Orlando Bloom also in two thousand and three

463
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Speaker 1: was in The Lord of the Rings, The Return of

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Speaker 1: the King and Pirates of the Caribbeing The Curse of

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Speaker 1: the Black Pearl, two of the biggest franchises of the

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Speaker 1: two thousands. Orlando Bloom probably could have stopped working altogether

467
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Speaker 1: after finishing out those two franchises. Nicole Kidman in two

468
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Speaker 1: thousand and one was in Mulan Rouge and the Others

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Speaker 1: and Birthday Girl in ninety three. I was kind of

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Speaker 1: surprised Tom Hanks did not have a bigger year than

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three, where he was in Sleepless in Seattle

472
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Speaker 1: and Philadelphia. Timothy Chalomagne in twenty seventeen, this is kind

473
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Speaker 1: of like what I was describing earlier with Jennifer Lawrence

474
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Speaker 1: in twenty twelve, To Me at the Shalome really registered

475
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Speaker 1: in my head. In twenty seventeen, he was in Call

476
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Speaker 1: Me by Your Name, Hot Summer Nights, Lady Birds, and Hostiles.

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Speaker 2: Just with Lady Bird alone, I was.

478
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Speaker 1: Like, who is this Timothy shallow May kid? And why

479
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Speaker 1: am I so drawn to him every time he is

480
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,400
Speaker 1: on screen? And then Call Me by Your Name kind

481
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Speaker 1: of changed everything I thought about him and made me

482
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Speaker 1: look at Peaches in a much different way after that,

483
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 1: even the Rock is pretty much just in one, maybe

484
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Speaker 1: two big movies a year, despite him working all the

485
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Speaker 1: time and always promoting a movie. The year where he

486
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Speaker 1: actually had three big hits at one time in a

487
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Speaker 1: year was twenty thirteen with Paint and Gain, which I

488
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Speaker 1: love that movie him and Anthony Mackie, a very chaotic

489
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Speaker 1: action movie and really ridiculous. Also Mark Wahlberg in that

490
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Speaker 1: That is kind of one of those underrated movies of

491
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Speaker 1: the twenty tens for me that I could just throw

492
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Speaker 1: one and kind of watch as a comfort, just because

493
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Speaker 1: it's so ridiculous and so dumb, but a lot of fun.

494
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Speaker 2: He was also in Fast and Furious six and g.

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Speaker 1: Joe Retali, So maybe not the most quality when it

496
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Speaker 1: comes to the movies he put out that year, but

497
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Speaker 1: definitely mattered in quantity in regard to the theme of

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Speaker 1: this week's episode. Somebody who also does not get the

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Speaker 1: credit they deserve is Samuel L.

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Speaker 2: Jackson.

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Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, dude has been in over one hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty one movies, and in twenty nineteen he was

503
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Speaker 1: in Captain Marvel, he was in Spider Man Far from Home,

504
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Speaker 1: he was in Glass, he was in Shaft, and he

505
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Speaker 1: also had a voice over cameo in Star Wars The

506
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Speaker 1: Rise of Skywalker. Now I think it's because in all

507
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Speaker 1: those movies he did not have a lead role in.

508
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Speaker 1: But Samuel L. Jackson, if he cannot get this recognition,

509
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Speaker 1: who else has a chance? He is acting in every

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Speaker 1: single movie all the time. Somebody else who I believe

511
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Speaker 1: has a shot of having the record in twenty twenty

512
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Speaker 1: six is Tom Holland kind of like Zendaya. He's also

513
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Speaker 1: going to be in The Odyssey, Spider Man, Brand New Day.

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Speaker 1: There is speculation he is going to be in Avengers

515
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Speaker 1: Dooms Day.

516
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Speaker 2: At the end of the year.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Brand New Day is going to be more of

518
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Speaker 1: a lead in into Doom's Day than we think.

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Speaker 2: There's not a whole lot on that.

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Speaker 1: Now. I can't really speculate too much, but the last

521
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Speaker 1: time I was so convinced that a Spider Man was

522
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: not going to be in a movie was in No

523
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Speaker 1: Way Home and I was like, there's no way Toby

524
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Speaker 1: Maguire and Andrew Garfield are going to be in it,

525
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Speaker 1: and then they showed up. So now I don't doubt anything,

526
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Speaker 1: Especially with him being on the tail end of being

527
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Speaker 1: Spider Man, I could see him being a part of it,

528
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Speaker 1: unless they decide to end Brand New Day in a

529
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Speaker 1: really tragic way.

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Speaker 2: I kind of feel like.

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Speaker 1: You gotta keep Spider Man around, especially with Robert Downey

532
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Speaker 1: Junior now going to be Doctor Doom. Could you imagine

533
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Speaker 1: that moment on screen of Peter Parker seeing Iron Man

534
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Speaker 1: Tony Stark as Doctor Doom. That would be a scene

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Speaker 1: for the Ages. Finally, somebody I have to recognize as

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Speaker 1: I close out this episode, Old Schwarzenegger. Well, we've been

537
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Speaker 1: talking about a lot of his movies recently because of

538
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Speaker 1: The Running Man and because of Predator. I did not

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Speaker 1: realize the run that he went on in the eighties,

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Speaker 1: because I think I was just kind of past real

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Speaker 1: action star Arnold Schwarzenegger growing up in the nineties. I

542
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Speaker 1: was more aware of his Kindergarten Cop Last Action Hero

543
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Speaker 1: jingle all the way him.

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Speaker 2: As mister Freeze.

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Speaker 1: That was more my Arnold Schwarzenegger that I grew up with.

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Speaker 2: But if you go back and look.

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Speaker 1: At his run in the eighties, he didn't have a

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Speaker 1: year where you put out three number one movies in

549
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Speaker 1: a year, but he was so consistent from about nineteen

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Speaker 1: eighty two all the way, I would say to the

551
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Speaker 1: year two thousand.

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Speaker 2: Look at his movies.

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Speaker 1: In nineteen eighty two was his breakout with Conan the Barbarian,

554
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Speaker 1: followed that up in nineteen eighty four with Conan the

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Speaker 1: Destroyer and The Terminator. A huge nineteen eighty four for him.

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Speaker 1: Next year in eighty five, he was in Red Sonja

557
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Speaker 1: Commando than An eighty six, Raw Deal, eighty seven, Predator,

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Speaker 1: and The Running Man. Had both of those in one

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Speaker 1: year in eighty eight, Red Heat and Twins in ninety

560
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Speaker 1: Total Recall and Kindergarten Cop ninety one, Terminator two, Judgment

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Speaker 1: Day ninety three, Last Action Hero ninety four, True Lives

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Speaker 1: in Junior, ninety six, Eraser and Jingle all the Way,

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Speaker 1: ninety seven he was Mister Freeze, and Batman and Robin.

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Speaker 1: In ninety nine he was an End of Days, and

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Speaker 1: then in two thousand he was in the sixth Day.

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Speaker 1: That is an historic run. You could argue that maybe

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Speaker 1: there's a solid seven years in there, but I think,

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Speaker 1: just looking at not only box office numbers but historical

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Speaker 1: relevance to all of that body of work, that so

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Speaker 1: many of those are standouts of both the eighties and

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Speaker 1: the nineties, I kind of forget how much of a

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Speaker 1: star Arnold Schwarzenegger was, and I can now see why

573
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Speaker 1: he went on to have a run in politics, because

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Speaker 1: look how famous he was. And now it makes more

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Speaker 1: sense to me why he recently became a billionaire. Look

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Speaker 1: at this body of works. He made millions and millions

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Speaker 1: of dollars, not only from his upfront salary, but can

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Speaker 1: you imagine some of the back end deals on some

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Speaker 1: of these movies. So as we celebrate actors with historic

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Speaker 1: runs at the box office, I wanted to include Arnold

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Speaker 1: Schwarzenegger on this list. But who do you think out

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Speaker 1: of all these people women talking about or maybe there's

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Speaker 1: someone I missed who has had the single best one

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Speaker 1: year at the box office. Let me know and I'll

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Speaker 1: come back and give my spoiler free review of Wicked

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Speaker 1: for Good.

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Speaker 2: Let's get into it now.

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Speaker 1: A spoiler free movie review of Wicked for Good one

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Speaker 1: of the most anticipated movies of the year, and I

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Speaker 1: will say the only reason there will be spoilers in

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Speaker 1: this review, even though it's always spoiler free if you

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Speaker 1: haven't seen part one. First of all, what are you

593
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Speaker 1: doing here? And where have you been? But just going

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Speaker 1: into part two, there's gonna be spoilers. Just by watching

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Speaker 1: the trailer alone, it already ruined some things for you.

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Speaker 1: If you haven't seen the first one, I will say,

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Speaker 1: if you go into part two without seeing part one

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Speaker 1: fairly recently, you will be a little bit confused. Luckily,

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Speaker 1: we did watch part one maybe a month or so ago,

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Speaker 1: and even that I was like, wait a minute, where

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Speaker 1: exactly is that one leave off? We also Kelsey and

602
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Speaker 1: I went to New York and saw Wicket on Broadway

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Speaker 1: for the first time ever, and that was amazing. So

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Speaker 1: I was going into it being pretty refreshed on everything.

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Speaker 1: But even in the first ten to fifteen minutes I

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Speaker 1: was still getting adjusted to remembering exactly what was going on.

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Speaker 1: So if I could have been a part of those

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Speaker 1: screenings where they showed you part one rolled right into

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Speaker 1: part two, I would have felt fully fresh. But that

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Speaker 1: would have been a long day at the movies. So

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Speaker 1: where this movie starts out, you have Alphaba exile. She

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Speaker 1: is now pronounced as the Wicked Witch of the West.

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Speaker 1: She is living out in the forest, and then you

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Speaker 1: have Glinda, who was living in a palace in Emerald

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Speaker 1: City soaking up all the fame and popularity as all

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Speaker 1: the people are really mad at Alphaba and want to

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Speaker 1: see her taken down, and Glinda is caught between finally

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Speaker 1: having all the popularity that she wants and wanting to.

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Speaker 2: Help her friend.

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Speaker 1: So that's really all I want to get into about

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Speaker 1: the plot of this movie, because once you get into it.

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Speaker 2: Is just pretty much spoilers galore, which I.

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Speaker 1: Do have an issue with how this movie was set up,

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Speaker 1: And before I get into what I didn't like about

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Speaker 1: this movie, because I think there was a fair amount

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Speaker 1: that I ended up not enjoying about it, which was

627
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Speaker 1: probably a bit on me because I went into it

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Speaker 1: with such high expectations.

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Speaker 2: But Let's talk about the good first, because.

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Speaker 1: I do love the energy this movie has created that

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00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: was palpable in just the movie theater lobby. I can

632
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: always tell how successful a movie is going to be

633
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Speaker 1: based on how packed the parking lot is, because for

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Speaker 1: the most part, we go to Regal. We have Regal Unlimited,

635
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: so we can go see as many movies as we

636
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Speaker 1: want every single month. So every week when we drive

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Speaker 1: up and I see how full the parking lot is,

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Speaker 1: I kind of get an indication that is my.

639
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Speaker 2: Box office kind of pulse.

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Speaker 1: Because if I drive up there and I can't find

641
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: my favorite parking spot, I know that that is good

642
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: for business because there are so many people here. There

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Speaker 1: are tons of showings that the theater basically just has

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Speaker 1: to put one on every thirty minutes starting. And that

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Speaker 1: is what I felt, just by parking and then going

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Speaker 1: into the lobby seeing how all out the theater went

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Speaker 1: for it, just because they know that there's going to

648
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: be so many people there. They had this marketplace, they

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Speaker 1: had a costume contest. When you wait in line, people

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Speaker 1: are dressed up. There are people there of all different

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Speaker 1: walks of life. I saw moms and dads, sons and daughters,

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Speaker 1: all these people that this movie brings together. There was

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Speaker 1: a former bachelor Rett in the line to get snacks

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Speaker 1: for this movie.

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Speaker 2: It just brings everybody out.

656
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: And I love that about the Wicked franchise, any franchise

657
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: that can do this, because this is what the box

658
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: office needs right now, and it proves to you that

659
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: it's not dead. As much as people online want to

660
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 1: say that movie theaters are going away. To create an

661
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: environment like this is something I've really only seen two

662
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: or three times in the last maybe three to four years.

663
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: Barbie Oppenheimer Weekend that was one where you had people

664
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: going dressed up in pink some people and all black

665
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: going to see both of those movies in the same weekend.

666
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: That is the energy I crave. We walked into a

667
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: fully almost sold out showing, which is rare right now,

668
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: and I think that adds a lot to the movie

669
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: theater experience because for a movie like this that has

670
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 1: a lot of big musical moments, there was clapping throughout,

671
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,959
Speaker 1: which made it more enjoyable to me, which reminded me

672
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: more of when we saw it on Broadway. It felt

673
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 1: a little bit as close as you can get to

674
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: a live show in the movie, theater, so everything surrounding

675
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: it is what I love that even if I didn't

676
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: enjoy the movie as much, that definitely brings it up

677
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: a level in my book. But now let's talk about

678
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: what I didn't like, which I didn't want to tear

679
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 1: down so much, because it's not that I hated the movie,

680
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: it's just, if you know me from this podcast, I

681
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: have a problem when one story gets split up into

682
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: two movies, and I had such a high expectation that

683
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: it wasn't going to be the case for this That

684
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: story itself is so big that they couldn't quite possibly

685
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: contain it into one film, which the first part was

686
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 1: about two hours and forty minutes close to that, probably

687
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,720
Speaker 1: less with credits. This one was right around two hours

688
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 1: and seven minutes without counting credits, so you're looking at

689
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: almost five hours, less than five hours of Wicked. But

690
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: by watching Wicked for Good, it didn't feel as complete

691
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: to me as Wicked Part one, where this entire movie

692
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,320
Speaker 1: kind of felt like the falling action because if you

693
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: just look at the structure of both of these movies, part.

694
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:47,399
Speaker 2: One has it all.

695
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: It has the beginning, the middle, and the end does

696
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: kind of end where it leaves you wanting more.

697
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 2: But that is a complete movie. That is a complete story.

698
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:01,319
Speaker 1: You get the entire scope of Alpha character in that movie,

699
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: which is what Part one was. And I guess I

700
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,800
Speaker 1: wasn't expecting Part two to really just be Glenda's story,

701
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,359
Speaker 1: which is really where her character was fleshed out.

702
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 2: You had her as a.

703
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 1: Kid, you had all of the struggles going on in

704
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: her mind and in her relationships, and I felt that

705
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 1: Alphaba's story was kind of on the back burner a

706
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 1: little bit. Cynthia Arrivo's best performance was in Part one,

707
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: and I don't feel like Ariana Grande stepped it up

708
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 1: to her level in Part two to really justify this

709
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: movie being split up into two. And there were a

710
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,319
Speaker 1: lot of things that they tried to cram in there,

711
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: but I just don't think it was strong enough. All

712
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: the best songs were in Part one, all the best

713
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: set design also, which is what I love about this

714
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: franchise is that this movie feels unlike anything that you

715
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 1: can go see in the theater right now, because it

716
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: has texture, real sets, them singing live where it seems

717
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 1: like a lot of things you go see in theaters

718
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: right now, or things you watch at home on streaming

719
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,840
Speaker 1: just feel so flat, like there's nothing that's going on

720
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 1: on those sets that you could actually physically touch. And

721
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: I think just that level of texture, that level of

722
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: depth in all these frames John Cheo's vision of just

723
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:17,720
Speaker 1: creating a big spectacle, especially when it comes to anything

724
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: regarding Wizard of Oz, which is one of the most

725
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:26,720
Speaker 1: monumental films in history. I think honoring that by putting

726
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 1: as many real sets and real costume design that really

727
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: adds to the artistry of these movies is what we

728
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 1: need more of. We need more visionaries doing movies on

729
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,959
Speaker 1: this scale. So Wow, I didn't fully love Part two

730
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,760
Speaker 1: and felt like it was a complete story. I get

731
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,240
Speaker 1: why they did it because this movie shattered and crushed

732
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,800
Speaker 1: it at the box office, being one of the biggest

733
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,879
Speaker 1: movies of the year, made over two hundred and twenty

734
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: eight million dollars worldwide, which is incredible. It is now

735
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: the biggest Broadway adaptation since Well Part one. So I

736
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: understand why they did it because I think most studios

737
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 1: are trying to generate as much money out of their

738
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: ip so it makes sense to me. And as much

739
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: as I want to hate on it for creating this

740
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 1: moment again just a year after. I understand it and

741
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 1: if we do need to split movies like this into

742
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,359
Speaker 1: two to keep the theater alive and to keep these

743
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 1: types of moments every single year. Although I do want

744
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: the three hour and thirty minute version, because if you

745
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 1: go see the Broadway production, that is about two hours

746
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,360
Speaker 1: and forty five minutes, you got to intermission there. I

747
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,280
Speaker 1: want the Avatar agreament. I want to see this movie

748
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: cut down and put into an under three hour version

749
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: because you can take some stuff out and really create

750
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,760
Speaker 1: that unified story that you get when watching the musical.

751
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: And it is weird for me to say that I

752
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: enjoyed the musical more than the movie. I'd never thought

753
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: I would be that guy. I never thought I would

754
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 1: go see a musical on Broadway, let alone go see

755
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 1: the movie and then say, well, the musical was so

756
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: much better. I kind of feel like how most people

757
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: do when they read the book before going to watching

758
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: the movie. I feel so elitist in saying that I

759
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,919
Speaker 1: love the Broadway production so much more. But obviously, when

760
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: you were there, you see the people performing it, you

761
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 1: realize that they are live right there and they do

762
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: multiple showings a day that they're so just honed in

763
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: on their craft. It is just amazing to watch, and

764
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: while watching it live in person, you feel like you

765
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 1: went to Oz.

766
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 2: I don't feel like I went.

767
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 1: To Oz while watching this movie, and in a film

768
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: that does immerse you in the characters and immerse you

769
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,800
Speaker 1: in this world, I was surprised by that. I felt

770
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 1: like all the connections it tried to make to Wizard

771
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: of Oz were a little bit crammed in there where

772
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: the storyline just got a little bit too convoluted with

773
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: some of the songs they.

774
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 2: Added in there.

775
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,959
Speaker 1: I didn't really feel the emotional impact then I did

776
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: when I watched it live, although I found that stuff

777
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: really fascinating. Probably my favorite part. It was kind of

778
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: like seeing cameos in a Marvel movie. There were some

779
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: moments that Cynthia Rivo really felt like a superhero to me.

780
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 1: All of the flying action sequences were amazing, and the

781
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: battles and the flames, all the magic and the spells.

782
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: That was my favorite part of the movie. I just

783
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: wish there was a little bit more of that. I

784
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: wish there was a little bit more depth to her

785
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,240
Speaker 1: character in this version. Even though I enjoyed Ariana Grande.

786
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: I just feel like she didn't have her one defying

787
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: moment like Cynthia Arrivo did in Part one. There was

788
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: no defying gravity moment, there was no popular moment. Even

789
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: though the songs were still really good in this it

790
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 1: just didn't have as much of an impact, but still

791
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,840
Speaker 1: a really great movie, one of the best of the

792
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,839
Speaker 1: year for wicked for good, I give it four out

793
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,239
Speaker 1: of five bubbles.

794
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,760
Speaker 2: It's time to head down to movie Mike Trey Lar Paul.

795
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: So many things that I loved about The Super Mario

796
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 1: Gala see trailer. It is coming out next year on

797
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:06,799
Speaker 1: April third. I think the thing that stands out the

798
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: most is it is obvious to me that since the

799
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: first one was such a big success, making one point

800
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: three six billion dollars at the box office back in

801
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, that they have more money to play

802
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 1: with in this sequel, because if you look at the

803
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 1: character design, it looks so fantastic. I love the way

804
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: that Bowser looks like you could reach into the screen

805
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 1: and pull him out and he would be this three

806
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: D object that you could manipulate like a figure. Because

807
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 1: you can see the level of detail on his skin,

808
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: whereas you can see the scaliness of his dinosaur lizard skin.

809
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 1: That is a sign of they are really pulling out

810
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: all the big guns when it comes to the character design,

811
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,720
Speaker 1: and also the fact that the villains are getting bigger

812
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: and bigger. This world is expanding. I feel like they

813
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 1: could get to an Avengers level type of movie when

814
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 1: it comes to the Super Mario World. Now, myself personally,

815
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,720
Speaker 1: who was first introduced to Super Mario in the nineties

816
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: and early two thousands, I would have loved for them

817
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 1: to have done a s NES Super Mario World movie

818
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: or an N sixty four Mario movie. But I see

819
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 1: from watching this trailer that they are catering to a

820
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: much younger audience who have been continuing to play these

821
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: Super Mario video games or have just been introduced in

822
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: the last ten to fifteen years. That is who they

823
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: are making these movies for. And I have to understand

824
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: that that I'm not the key demographic they're gonna get

825
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: us anyway, because they are banking on all the millennials

826
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: and Gen X who grew up with these video games

827
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 1: to just go because they want to see the things

828
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: from their childhood play out so they're gonna get our

829
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: money regardless, especially those who have kids, and you can

830
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: go and say, oh, this is the game I played

831
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: as a kid, and now you can play it too.

832
00:41:56,120 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 1: So I do love that this franchise spans several different

833
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: generations and seeing this trailer and now me accepting that

834
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 1: I won't get that N sixty four movie or that

835
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: Super Mario World movie, that this is going to open

836
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: up Nintendo to be able to do a lot in

837
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: this world because the first one was such a huge

838
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: success in twenty twenty three. If you get another smash

839
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: hit on your hands, another billion dollar movie with this one,

840
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: it is going to prove to Illumination, who also makes

841
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: all the Minions movies, that there is a big demand

842
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: for these and they can stretch their wings out a

843
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: little bit and start focusing on maybe the Luigi character,

844
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: some of the other side characters, or focus more on

845
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: other Nintendo properties. So I want to get into more

846
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: about what is going on in this movie and with

847
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: other movies that are video game adaptations that I am

848
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: excited about. But again, this is coming out next year

849
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: on April third. Here's just a little bit of the

850
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 1: Super Mario Galaxy trailer.

851
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 2: What do you think love the colors? It's trash a

852
00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,320
Speaker 2: da you're look at my nice say night. I'll stop

853
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 2: your bow.

854
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: Wow.

855
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 2: I'm sorry about that. That's the old Bowser talking. Anyway,

856
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,919
Speaker 2: I need my eight hours or else I really turn

857
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 2: into a monster. I'm Bowser Junior, and I'm gonna be

858
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 2: taking my father now.

859
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: So Super Mario Galaxy is picking up right where the

860
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: last movie left off. So not a case of you

861
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 1: could just hop into the franchise right now and understand

862
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: what is going on. You do have to go back

863
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: and watch the Super Mario Brothers movie, but what is

864
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: going on in this one. Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and

865
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,040
Speaker 1: Toad are going out on an adventure, going into space,

866
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 1: going across the galaxy, and they have to face off

867
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: now against Bowser's son, Bowser Junior, who in this trailer

868
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: you hear Bowser, but his voice is higher because he

869
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 1: has been shrunken down. He is living in this little

870
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,879
Speaker 1: castle that's like a toy house, where he is now

871
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: taken upon the hobby of painting. So that is what

872
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:07,240
Speaker 1: he is showing off to Luigi and Mario in that trailer.

873
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:11,240
Speaker 1: He's just focusing on still being obsessed with Princess Peach,

874
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Speaker 1: trying to channel his anger into creating art. So there's

875
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Speaker 1: one painting he makes that is of Mario as a skeleton,

876
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,719
Speaker 1: so dead Mario. But then the painting he shows him

877
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:25,800
Speaker 1: there is him all buffed up with Princess Peach because

878
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 1: he is still obsessed with her. But now Bowser Junior

879
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: his son, who is a little bit more hardcore. He

880
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: is trying to free as father and.

881
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 2: Get him back to his normal size.

882
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 1: So you have Chris Pratt coming back as Mario, Anya

883
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 1: Taylor Joy as Princess Peach, who I think she does

884
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:44,919
Speaker 1: a fantastic job voice acting in this movie. Charlie Day

885
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: is probably the best voice actor out of anybody who

886
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 1: you would know from It's always Sonny in Philadelphia.

887
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 2: He is back as Luigi.

888
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 1: Jack Black is returning as Bowser Keegan, Michael Key is Toad.

889
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: Now joining the cast is Ben saff who just directed

890
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: The Smashing Machine. He was also the villain and Happy

891
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: Gilmore too. So he is one of those rare people

892
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 1: who is doing acting and directing at a high level,

893
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 1: even though to me he is primarily a director. He

894
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: has done a lot of movies with his brother like

895
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Speaker 1: Good Time Uncut Gems. I think that is really inspiring

896
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: to see somebody who has had so much success creating

897
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:28,800
Speaker 1: really powerful and dynamic movies now moving into a place

898
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: where he can do these big Hollywood roles like a

899
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: happy Gilmore too and now a part of a major

900
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: animated franchise, and not one of those people who just

901
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,840
Speaker 1: has a huge name that lends itself to an animated

902
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:41,920
Speaker 1: movie because that's what they do.

903
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 2: Sometimes, like Chris Pratt.

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Speaker 1: As Mario is more of a marketing thing because you still,

905
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Speaker 1: even though it's an animated movie, you need that a

906
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Speaker 1: list star to sell it, to go around and do press.

907
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 2: That is why you get a guy like Chris Pratt.

908
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: A lot of people were really upset whenever he was

909
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Speaker 1: first announced as Mario after the first movie. I was

910
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: okay with it because you don't want Mario to sound

911
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:07,480
Speaker 1: like the video game character for a ninety plus minute movie.

912
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,240
Speaker 1: I think he actually works. Is he's the best choice

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Speaker 1: of all time? No, But for somebody like a Ben Saftey,

914
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Speaker 1: he doesn't have a huge name that is gonna get

915
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Speaker 1: people to go watch it just because Ben Saftie is

916
00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 1: voicing the character, so he is somebody that is actually

917
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Speaker 1: bringing that level that you heard there in that trailer

918
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Speaker 1: of somebody who was actually putting a lot of emphasis,

919
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: a lot of passion behind an animated role. And that

920
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: is what I love, because I think in order to

921
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 1: really bring these characters to life, it's not just about

922
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Speaker 1: sitting and in recording booth that anybody could do and

923
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 1: just sitting there and recording your lines. Even Jack Black,

924
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 1: who is a well seasoned actor, he is perfect for

925
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: animation because he is so just animated himself that he

926
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Speaker 1: puts that same amount of passion into voice acting. I think,

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Speaker 1: maybe unfairly I said Charlie Day was the best voice

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Speaker 1: actor in this movie. I kind of forgot how great

929
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,600
Speaker 1: Jack Black is as Bowser, But I do think his

930
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,400
Speaker 1: character is going to be not as dominant as he

931
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Speaker 1: was in the first one, and they're going to focus

932
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Speaker 1: more on Bowser Junior. Then you have Bree Larson coming

933
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Speaker 1: in as Rosalina. I like Bree Larson as an actor.

934
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Speaker 1: I think she had a pretty raw deal when it

935
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 1: came to the Captain Marvel movie. The whole timing of

936
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,799
Speaker 1: that just felt a little bit off. And then what

937
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,839
Speaker 1: the Marvels didn't really do her any favors, but I

938
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: still really enjoy her as an actor and can't wait

939
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:32,280
Speaker 1: to see how that translates into animation. The thing about

940
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 1: these movies that I love is that it is not

941
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:39,280
Speaker 1: the male characters that are the most dominant. I think

942
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 1: the more inspiring characters, especially to young kids, are a

943
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:45,359
Speaker 1: Princess Peach and I think in this one, you see

944
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: in the trailer Rosalina who has some really cool powers,

945
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: as you see Bowser Junior take on his role as

946
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 1: the Prowler where he almost turns entirely metal and has

947
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:58,440
Speaker 1: this big machine body that she is taking on with

948
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:02,439
Speaker 1: her powers, and see seeing the female characters in these

949
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:06,480
Speaker 1: movies not need the help of Mario or Luigi, being

950
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:09,799
Speaker 1: able to stand up to threats like Bowser, I think

951
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: that is really inspiring for a young generation because you

952
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: do not get that a lot, especially not in live

953
00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: action movies where it's few and far between. Now that

954
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:22,440
Speaker 1: we get strong female leads that show kids that not

955
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: all these heroes have to be men, that women do

956
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 1: not always need to be saved. So maybe something you

957
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,359
Speaker 1: don't expect to find in a Super Mario movie where

958
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 1: you think it is just an animated movie, about a

959
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 1: video game. I think these movies are more impactful than

960
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:38,280
Speaker 1: we think. When it comes to my top five most

961
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:42,640
Speaker 1: anticipated video game movies, Super Mario Galaxy definitely makes the

962
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:45,440
Speaker 1: top five, but it is not number one. And number

963
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 1: five I have Mortal Kombat two, which is supposed to

964
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 1: come out next year, even though it's been delayed a

965
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 1: little bit. I thought the first one was good, not great,

966
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 1: but I see a lot of potential. There definitely a

967
00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 1: major upgrade from the Mortal Kombat movies back rup in

968
00:48:59,080 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: the nineties.

969
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 2: Even though those movies.

970
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:04,800
Speaker 1: Are hilariously cheesy and still entertaining because they do represent

971
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:07,359
Speaker 1: a big part of my childhood, I do like now

972
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 1: seeing how much more hardcore these video games are, so

973
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: I have that one at number five. At number four,

974
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: Five Nights at Freddy's two, which is coming out next

975
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:17,800
Speaker 1: month on December fifth.

976
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 2: I was a huge hater of the first.

977
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 1: One, and never have I received so much negative feedback

978
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,399
Speaker 1: on a review. Then when I first talked about Five

979
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: Nights at Freddy's, because I just did not get it,

980
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: did not understand the lower of Five Nights at Freddy's.

981
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,879
Speaker 1: I think I went into that movie just expecting a

982
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: horror movie, and I was like, this isn't scary at all,

983
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: what are they doing? But now I understand it more.

984
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:45,600
Speaker 1: I understand the campingness of it, and after watching the

985
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 1: trailer for two, I think, Okay, I can go into

986
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,640
Speaker 1: it with a much different state of mind and enjoy

987
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 1: it a lot more and hopefully, maybe just a little bit,

988
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:56,279
Speaker 1: we get some more scares in there. At number three,

989
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 1: I have Street Fighter, which is coming out next year

990
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 1: on October sixteenth. I think I'm just really into Marvel

991
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: versus Capcom right now. The video game, which was an

992
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: arcade game back in the day that I used to

993
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: play every time we went to CCS. There is a

994
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,360
Speaker 1: place here in Nashville that actually has the real arcade

995
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:17,799
Speaker 1: version of it, and I don't think we could ever

996
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,680
Speaker 1: get a movie adaptation of that because of all the

997
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,920
Speaker 1: licensing of all the characters in Marvel and Capcom. So

998
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,319
Speaker 1: I think just getting on the Capcom side with the

999
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,239
Speaker 1: Street Fighter characters, I am just itching for that. Even

1000
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 1: though back in the day when the Street Fighter movie

1001
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:34,560
Speaker 1: first came out that was a pretty big fail. That

1002
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: is one we don't really talk about a whole lot.

1003
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: So hopefully they get it right with this one. It

1004
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 1: does have a lot of interesting people in the cast

1005
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: WWE wrestlers like Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns. You also

1006
00:50:45,560 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 1: have Orville Peck in there, Jason Momoa, Eric Andre Andrew

1007
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,279
Speaker 1: Schultz in fifty cent, just to name a few. So

1008
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: hopefully they're brewing up something good on the Street Fighter franchise,

1009
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 1: or it could be a straight utter disaster.

1010
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:02,279
Speaker 2: It's gonna go either way.

1011
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,640
Speaker 1: But that's why I have it at number three because

1012
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,040
Speaker 1: I just want to see what happens. And number two

1013
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:09,919
Speaker 1: is where I would put Super Mario Galaxy. I think

1014
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 1: out of all the movies on the list, it is

1015
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 1: going to be the best because the first one delivered

1016
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,319
Speaker 1: so much. I have no reason to doubt that the

1017
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,400
Speaker 1: second one will not be on that same.

1018
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 2: Caliber of movie.

1019
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:21,920
Speaker 1: But for number one on the list, which is The

1020
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:24,439
Speaker 1: Legend of Zelda, supposed to come out on May seven,

1021
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,040
Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven, I have it there because I.

1022
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,400
Speaker 2: Have no idea what to expect.

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00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 1: They did post last week the first shots in our

1024
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:36,840
Speaker 1: first look of the live action movie, which is just

1025
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: Zelda and Link sitting out in the field, doesn't really

1026
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 1: tell you a whole lot. Part of me had a

1027
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:45,800
Speaker 1: little bit of worry that they give us these first

1028
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: looks so early on. I almost don't even want to

1029
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: see it until it's a full trailer. But because that

1030
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,879
Speaker 1: is such a major franchise, and one if they get right,

1031
00:51:56,160 --> 00:51:59,120
Speaker 1: like I've been talking about this whole time, really opens

1032
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: itself up or Nintendo to make all different types of

1033
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 1: movies because the fan base is there. I mean, I

1034
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:09,280
Speaker 1: think what we all would love is a Smash Brothers movie.

1035
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: If they could build Hump to an Avengers style movie

1036
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:15,839
Speaker 1: where everybody comes together for a big fight, that would

1037
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 1: be amazing. Or just a straight ahead Mario Kart movie.

1038
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: I'm talking f one level of detail, make it live

1039
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:26,959
Speaker 1: action while we're at it, like the SNL's get they did.

1040
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: That would also be a really fun time. Some other

1041
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:34,560
Speaker 1: anticipated video game adaptations are Sonic The Hedgehog four, supposed

1042
00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:38,239
Speaker 1: to come out in twenty twenty seven, Resonant Evil, which

1043
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,920
Speaker 1: is directed by Zach Kreiger, who did weapons really interested

1044
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:44,440
Speaker 1: how they're going to reboot that franchise, especially because he

1045
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,480
Speaker 1: is attached to that movie, and Return to Silent Hill

1046
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:51,319
Speaker 1: is coming out next year on January twenty sixth. But

1047
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,799
Speaker 1: out of all these movies, I think only one has

1048
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:57,560
Speaker 1: the chance to cross that billion dollar mark. It is

1049
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,320
Speaker 1: Super Mario Galaxy coming out on April third.

1050
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:06,600
Speaker 2: Wid That was this week's edition of Movie by Framer.

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00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,880
Speaker 1: Bar and that is gonna do it for another episode

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00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:11,399
Speaker 1: here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta

1053
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 1: give my listeners shout out of the week loving YouTube

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Speaker 1: right now.

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00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,359
Speaker 2: Thank you everybody who has subscribed in the last week.

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00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:19,799
Speaker 1: So I'm going over there to find the listener shout

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Speaker 1: out of the week if you want to hop on

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1060
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:31,680
Speaker 1: can always find the links to my YouTube channel and

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00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:34,719
Speaker 1: all my socials in the episode notes of this podcast.

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00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:38,320
Speaker 1: But this week's listener shout out goes to Omega Agent

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Speaker 1: sixty nine, who commented on my review of The Running

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Speaker 1: Man and said Glenn Powell should be the new Captain America.

1065
00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,600
Speaker 1: He needs it now. Plus it's a good salary and

1066
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 1: Marvel is looking to recast Omega Agent sixty nine. I

1067
00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:56,720
Speaker 1: think a case could be made unfairly. I cannot see

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00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: anybody else but Chris Evans in that role, even the

1069
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:03,839
Speaker 1: Anthony Mackie is Captain America right now. When I think

1070
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 1: of like classic Captain America, I think of a more

1071
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:09,719
Speaker 1: filled out Do you remember that reveal of Chris Evans

1072
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:13,880
Speaker 1: going from being the scrawny guy to being the full

1073
00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:17,319
Speaker 1: Here's Captain America with the serum, And I just feel

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00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:20,479
Speaker 1: like Glenn Powell is built a little different. Obviously super

1075
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:23,600
Speaker 1: ripped up, big arms, incredible abs. I'm getting a little

1076
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:25,799
Speaker 1: bit too into the detail's ear, but I just think

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00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:28,320
Speaker 1: he has more of the build for Cyclops, because.

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00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,000
Speaker 2: Cyclops his nickname was Slim, who has a little bit

1079
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:33,759
Speaker 2: more of that spelt body type. I could just see

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00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:35,440
Speaker 2: the suit working more for him.

1081
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:38,360
Speaker 1: But again, I wouldn't be mad on either front of

1082
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:41,960
Speaker 1: getting a Glenn Powell Cyclops or a Captain America. I

1083
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:43,799
Speaker 1: just think he would fit in so well. So thank

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00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: you Omega aged sixty nine, for watching over there and

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00:54:46,920 --> 00:54:49,799
Speaker 1: commenting on YouTube, and thank you right now wherever you

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Speaker 1: are listening, and until next time, go out and watch

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Speaker 1: good movies and I will talk to you later.