1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. This week, I 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: am talking about the best movies based on books. I 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: asked a lot of you guys online what your favorites were. 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: I took all those into consideration when forming my list, 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: and there's a lot, so I'm not gonna get it 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: to everybody's don't tweet me and saying, oh, you didn't 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: get to this movie, like how could you miss this movie? Actually, 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: when you look and google and search about how many 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: movies were based on books, and there's a lot, so 10 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: there's no way to get to all of them. So 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: what I did was just kind of talk about my favorites, 12 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: and I also took a stab at what movies I 13 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: think were actually better than the book. Would you never 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: hear that Everybody's like, oh, the book was so much better? Well, 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 1: I found five were. In this case, the movie was better. 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: So I'll get to that list too. And this was 17 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: all inspired because over the weekend I watched a movie 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: called Just Mercy, which is based on a book which 19 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: a lot of my friends really enjoyed. I actually haven't 20 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: read the book yet, but I wanted to watch the movie, 21 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: and I will explain why I thought it was a 22 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: great movie. I wasn't expecting to like it as much 23 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: as I did, but I'll get into that later. I'll 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: also kind of do a quick news roundup of all 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: the recent movies that have been pushed back now and delayed, 26 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: so a bunch coming up in this episode. It means 27 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: still much to me that you guys have been coming 28 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: back every single Monday to check this out. 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One man stands to infiltrate the 46 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: ears of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. 47 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: A man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like 48 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: a walking on MTV with glasses from the Nashville Podcast 49 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: Networks Movie Movie Podcast. Alright, so today we are talking 50 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: about movies based on books. And I asked you guys 51 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: on Twitter and Instagram what were some of your favorites. 52 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: And what I realized how plading this is together, is 53 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: almost every great movie has been based on a book 54 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: or like a short story, you're some kind of literary work. 55 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: So what I wanted to do with this talk about 56 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: some of my favorite movies based on books, and what 57 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: I kind of tried to take was just straight up 58 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: interpretations of a book, because a lot of times the 59 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: idea maybe comes from a book, but the movie isn't 60 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: really based on that. So that's why there's so many 61 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: out there. If you just are searching online about movies 62 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: based on books, a lot of stuff will come up. 63 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: And I also want to do what movies I think 64 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: we're better than the book, which is something you never 65 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: really hear. You always hear, Oh, the book was so 66 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: much better than the movie, And there's a reason for that. 67 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: I'll kind of get into that right now and then 68 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: explain later why I think some of these movies were 69 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: better than the book. So, first of all, when you 70 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: watch a movie, you're watching a little segment of what 71 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: the amount of time you invested in a book. A 72 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: book is able to go into so much more detail 73 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: and maybe describe things a lot more vividly than the 74 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: movie would. So I think what people think when you 75 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: when you read a book, you get a lot more 76 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: out of it, You spend more time with it, and 77 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna feel more invested in it. It lets your 78 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: brain kind of go into a whole different like a 79 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: creative space, like a whole different imagination. You're using a 80 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: whole different part of your brain. We're reading a book, 81 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: so you're kind of creating that landscape and creating that 82 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: world inside your head. You're seeing characters the way you 83 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: think they need to be seen, and that's going to 84 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: create something powerful. I'm not denying the power of books. 85 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: I'm not denying the patter of literature, But what a 86 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: movie does is it takes the director and whoever adapts 87 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: the book into a screenplay and it portrays their vision. 88 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: And what that's meant to do is kind of provide 89 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: a whole different kind of sense. Is because sometimes you 90 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: can visually express something that you can't do in a book. Now, 91 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: there's some examples. I'm just gonna get into one of mine, 92 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: A Perks of Being a Wallflower, which is a great book, 93 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: but I feel there's parts of that movie that are 94 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: more like you get a different feeling when you watch 95 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: them on the screen. When they're like driving in the 96 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: truck down the tunnel, you feel something in that moment, 97 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: like what mixed with like a soundtrack and the cinematography 98 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: and the characters, the moment that that's in. I feel 99 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: moments like that are things you don't get in a book. Now, 100 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: in a book, you're gonna get a lot more of 101 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: the details of the characters, maybe some of their interactions. 102 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: But I also feel sometimes just because something is written 103 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: in a book doesn't mean it's it's always better, doesn't 104 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 1: mean that it was told in a better way. So 105 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: that's why I think you go and you watch a 106 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: movie and sometimes you let down because yes, you did 107 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: invest so much, and yes they were able to get 108 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: into every little thing in the book. But I I 109 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: want to start with just some of my favorite movies 110 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: based on books, and I gotta hit some of the 111 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: big ones, which are you know, I mean some of 112 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: the biggest franchises in the last twenty years have been 113 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: based on books. So starting off with one of my 114 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: favorites that I read every single book before I watched 115 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: the movie. It was The Hunger Games, and I remember 116 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: these books coming out and I was so invested in 117 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: I think I read every book in The Hunger Games, 118 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: maybe in a day or two, just because I I 119 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: one of the books that I couldn't put down. I 120 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: just kept reading it and kept reading it, and I 121 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: created this vision of what Catniss Everdeen looked like in 122 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: my head, and I remember that, and I wasn't let 123 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 1: down by the movie. But I also felt that the movie, 124 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: the first movie they didn't invest as much money as 125 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: I would want them to put into a movie like that. 126 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: I felt it got. It wasn't anything with the way 127 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: it was portrayed on the screen, like it was pretty 128 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: close to the book. It just I felt like it 129 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: was a little rushed through, and the movie production wasn't 130 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: quite there because they didn't know if it was going 131 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: to be as big a hit as it was. I 132 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: felt like there was just something missing in the quality 133 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: of the movie, which they got a lot better in 134 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,119 Speaker 1: the second third. And then they broke up the third 135 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: book because it's a trilogy, but they broke up the 136 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: last one in the two movies, and I kind of 137 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: hate when they do that, and I know why they 138 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: do that. They do it to make more money. But 139 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: that's the kind of thing that Harry Potter started in 140 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: a bunch of other movie franchises based on books that afterwards, 141 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: and I don't like that at all. But the first 142 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: one I thought was fine, and then Catching Fire and 143 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: Mocking j I thought were a lot better because they 144 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: invested more money into it. And then you have Jennifer 145 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: Lawrence as Catnets, And when I read the book, I 146 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: had a whole different kind of vision of what Catnets 147 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: Everydeen looked like. I didn't really picture of Jennifer Lawrence 148 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: because in the book she's described as being a lot 149 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: more frail, and they don't really kind of portrayed that 150 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: in the movie. Of how like scarce Food was and 151 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: how like skinny she was, and how that was a 152 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: part of the book, like the whole actual like hunger 153 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: wasn't in the Hunger Game, which is a little weird. 154 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: It was kind of more just in the whole battle 155 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: and everything around that. I think that was a big 156 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: part of the book that was not portrayed in the movie. 157 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: But I get it because you can only tell so 158 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: much story. And not only that is a book can 159 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: go in a bunch of different directions and kind of 160 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,679 Speaker 1: put them together and place things in the parts where 161 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: reading it it makes little more sense. But if you 162 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: try to put all that in a movie, it doesn't 163 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: make sense. You kind of get lost in it. So 164 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: they have to streamline it no matter what. So that's 165 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: why it's gonna be a little bit kind of not 166 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: as descriptive. But I thought the Hungry Games overall did 167 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: a pretty good job in the movies as far as 168 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: sticking to what happened in the book, because that's a 169 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: big part of like I think the bigger movie franchises 170 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: they pretty much stick to exactly what they did in 171 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: the books. So that's probably my favorite interpretation. Um, of course, 172 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: you got the Harry Potter books, which are a whole 173 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: different other category, and I think in in that whole world, 174 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like the books and the movies 175 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: are kind of their own separate whole thing, just because 176 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: the movies are just so iconic on their own without 177 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: the books, it's harder to compare. I don't know, I 178 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: feel like it's hard to compare them both as two 179 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: separate things because the movies. Now you go back and 180 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: you kind of just talk about the movies, I feel like, 181 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: and then the books are just kind of this whole other, 182 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: different in segment. But I remember as the kid, you 183 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: know that's coming down and being such a big cultural 184 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: impact of like people waiting in line and like a 185 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: midnight release for a book and then waiting in line 186 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: for the midnight release of the movies. So I feel 187 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: like both of those were just so huge. So I 188 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: feel like The Hungry Games was probably my favorite movie 189 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: franchise based on a book. I think it got me 190 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: at a time when that was kind of the last 191 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: book series I really got into and really invested my 192 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: time into reading every book and then watching every movie, 193 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: And I think before that it was probably Harry Potter, 194 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: and then I would kind of get into and put 195 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: into this category of all the other kind of big 196 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: movie franchises based on books, which I would also throw 197 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: in Twilight, which I really wasn't a paid of the books. 198 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: I didn't read those books, but the movies I felt 199 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: get some pretty harsh criticism when it comes to people 200 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: saying that the love story isn't quite there. I just 201 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: feel like those movies were so big and so huge 202 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: and so very kind of mid to late two thousands 203 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: that you can't deny that's one of the best ones. 204 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,680 Speaker 1: Whether you agree with the movies or not, that's that's 205 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: got to be up there. And then I feel like 206 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: one of my other really favorite ones was a book 207 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 1: and a movie by the same title called Holes. Now. 208 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 1: The book is one of those you read pretty early 209 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: on in elementary school, and I felt like the movie 210 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: came out and it was starring Chila buff at a 211 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: time where he was coming off even Stevens, and I 212 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: like this movie so much because it feels like the book, 213 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: and it feels The thing I love about movies based 214 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: on books is the dialogue in it is so much 215 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: better than a normal movie because when you take that 216 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: adaptation from a book, it's already so much more well written, 217 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: and the dialogue is going to be so much better. 218 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: I think you can kind of tell, Like even when 219 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: I watched go into a movie not knowing it's based 220 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: on a book, I can kind of tell after a 221 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: while like, oh, just the storyline is so much more 222 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: or like okay, it goes from here to here to here, 223 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: and it's just told in such a better way where 224 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: it has a different feel. Like even earlier this year, 225 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: I watched a movie called The Invisible Man Storry Elizabeth Moss, 226 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: and I wasn't really familiar with that movie so much 227 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: as far what it was about, and I could kind 228 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: of tell that it just had a different feel to it, 229 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: and it was actually, yeah, I found out later it 230 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: was based on a book. So I think when you 231 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: go into it, you kind of have a different expectation 232 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: of a movie based on a book, because either the 233 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: book was like a best selling novel where it's already 234 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: well established and it's gonna be like, Okay, we are 235 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: going to take a story that's already been proven on 236 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: paper and turn it into a movie, and that's kind 237 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: of where you get movies like this. But holes, I 238 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: just thought it was kind of a classic and it's 239 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: kind of an underrated movie too, because came out in 240 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: two thousand and three. You can watch it now on 241 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: Disney Plus. And I think it's one of those books 242 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 1: that you read as a kid and it's just all 243 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: this kind of imagery that you're like realizing what it's about. 244 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: And I feel like back in the day as a 245 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,199 Speaker 1: kid when you read a book and then you're kind 246 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: of so excited to see the movie because you've already 247 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: spent so much time with it. At this time, I 248 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: think I took like a test over it, maybe even 249 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: wrote a report about this book. And then the movie 250 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: comes out and you're just kind of watching scene for scene, 251 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: first scene of like, oh, this is how they're gonna 252 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: do this, Oh, this is this character, and you're like, oh, 253 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: this is how I pictured them in my head. And 254 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: then you're like, oh, this character makes no sense and 255 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: now in the book, and I just really like it 256 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: in this movie. It's funny as a great cast and 257 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: I think even now still holds up. And then another 258 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: one of my favorites, which I actually didn't know was 259 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: based on a book when I saw the movie. I'm 260 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: not that culturally inclined, but Gone Girl it's a really 261 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: great movie, and it's one of those movies that just 262 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: so kind of sick and twisted and takes you on 263 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: so many turns that I think it maybe one if 264 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: I were to go back and read a book and 265 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: then once the movie again, that would be one for sure. 266 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: And I know last week I was talking about actors 267 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: who are considered bad actors, and Ben Affleck is in 268 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: this movie and he does a really great job been 269 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: that so may motivate me to go back and read 270 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: the book and then rewatch it and maybe even rejudge 271 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: Ben Affleck's performance in that one. But all right, so 272 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it. For what my favorite movies based 273 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: on books are what I want to get into next 274 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: and go through real quick. Are actually movies that I 275 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: thought were better than the book, which you don't hear 276 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: about often. But I'm gonna list mine and then I'm 277 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: gonna wait for the backlash. But anyway, I'll do that 278 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 1: after this, alright, alright, alright, so I went on Twitter 279 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: and Instagram and asked all you guys, what are your 280 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: favorite movies based on books? And I read through all those, 281 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: So thanks for everybody for sending this in and then 282 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 1: I also compiled this list of movies that I think 283 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: we're actually better than the books, and I have some 284 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: reasoning for this, so I'll explain why. And some of 285 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: these I'm gonna say that I haven't read the book. 286 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: But the reason I think that they are better movie 287 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 1: than they are a book is because you didn't even 288 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: know that it was based on a book, and nobody's 289 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: talking about the book. There's really no indication in any 290 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: way when they present a movie like, oh, this is 291 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 1: based on a novel. Note they are just great movies 292 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: and probably really iconic movies without even the book being 293 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: attached to them. So at number five, I'm gonna put Jaws. Now, 294 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: like I said, I've never read Jaws. I didn't even 295 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: know it was based on a book written by Peter Benchley. 296 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: But I'm just gonna think about the plot of Jaws here. 297 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: It's about a big shark that attacks a bunch of 298 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: people on a beach and then they go out on 299 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: a boat and try to kill Jaws. So I'm just 300 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: gonna go out of a limit saying that the book 301 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: is probably nowhere near to as iconic as the movie. 302 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: And when you think about Jaws, you think about the movie. 303 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: Nobody really mentions the book. So I'm putting that at 304 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: number five. At number four, I'm gonna go with Forrest Gump. Now, 305 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: Forrest Gump one of the biggest, most iconic movies of 306 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: our lifetime. Tom Hanks is a man Erican treasure and 307 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: this movie just kind of it's the test of time. 308 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: It's a movie that is pretty much on a whole 309 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: bunch of people's list of their favorite movie. But you 310 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: never hear anybody say that I loved the book more 311 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: than I love Forrest Coump. And you probably didn't even 312 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: know that it was based on a book written by 313 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: Winston Groom? Did you? Did you know that? So I'm 314 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: gonna say that Forrest come better movie than the book. 315 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 1: And number three, i'm gonna go with the Lord of 316 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: the Rings. Now. Lord of the Rings, written by J. R. R. R. Tolkien, 317 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: was a book that I was forced to read in 318 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: like sixth grade, and I think we were all probably 319 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: forced to read The Hobbit and all these books, and 320 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: I just felt there was so much I guess the 321 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: fact that they were assigned to me and it felt 322 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: like homework. I just never really enjoyed these books and 323 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: it's mainly because there's just so much description in these books. 324 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: They're so long and thick, and there's so much going 325 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: on that they're describing, like the way they cooked food 326 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: and all this weird stuff about these characters. And maybe 327 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: it's more character building, but I feel like it's too 328 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: much character building, and it's just so much reading and reading, 329 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: and even in the movies, I feel they're not my 330 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: favorite movies, Like I like the Lord of the Rings movies, 331 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: all right. I know there's some really they won a 332 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: lot of awards, you know, and there people love these movies. 333 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest fan of them. I just feel 334 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: like there's not enough action in them, and they're a 335 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: little slow. It's a lot of just them walking and 336 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: walking and walking. I'm not the biggest Lord of the 337 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: Rings fan. So I think what they did here was 338 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: take the book and made it more exciting by turning 339 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: it into a movie and making it a lot less shorter. 340 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say Lord of the Rings the movie 341 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: series better than the book. At number two, I'm putting 342 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: Fight Club now. I remember Fight Club the book probably 343 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: also in my middle school days, and it was one 344 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: of those books that people kind of passed around as 345 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: a cool book because it was like written weird and 346 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: had curse words in it, and it was kind of 347 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: supposed to be like, oh, we're not assigned to read this, 348 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: but here, here's The Fight Club and there's a movie 349 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: on it too. But I just think the movie is 350 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: so much more iconic than the book and really does 351 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: a better job of making it its own kind of 352 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: unique kind of vision of the story that's told in 353 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: the book. Because in the movie they create the narration 354 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: of Edward Norton that's not in the book, and I 355 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: think that's just such a big part of why that 356 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: movie works so well and why it's so unique. It's 357 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: because it is him inside of his head and you 358 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 1: get that whole kind of different perspective and vigidly. I 359 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: think the movie is just even more iconic than the story, 360 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: and there's so much music in it and the imagery 361 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: of the actual fighting and everything inside of the movie. 362 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: I just feel it was so visual that the movie 363 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: is better than the book. And also it has Brad 364 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: Pitt shirtless and ripped, so that's not in the book. 365 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: So I'm going to get at number two, Fight Club 366 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: better movie than the book, and at number one, I'm 367 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: gonna have to go with Jurassic Park, easy one directed 368 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: by Steven Spielberg, one of the best directors of all time, 369 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: and another one I just feel is so much more 370 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: visual than anything could kind of put in a book. 371 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: And I just feel like the story of dinosaurs and 372 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: the way this whole franchise kind of works is it's 373 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: such an action based movie and it's so visually driven 374 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: that I think the movie is better. And it's also 375 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: kind of one I think you kind of forget that 376 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: it's even based on a book. And yes, it has 377 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: spawned more sequels that aren't based on a book, but 378 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: I guess the first one alone was taken from the 379 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: story and it created really one of the biggest franchises. 380 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: And as a kid, I'm not going to read Jurassic 381 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,239 Speaker 1: Park the book. I want to see the movie. So 382 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put at number one movies better than the book, 383 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: I'm going with Jurassic Park. And there's the list. Don't 384 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: at me, everybody, all right, you're gonna get into a 385 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: movie review now. Over the weekend, I watched a movie 386 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: called Just Mercy, which I actually wanted to see in 387 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: theaters but never got a round to it. And it's 388 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 1: based on a true story and novel, which kind of 389 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: what gave me the idea for the episode this week, 390 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: because I have had some friends read the book and 391 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: said it was one of the best books they've ever read. 392 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: Watched the movie and they said it was all right. 393 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: But I wanted to go in and just watch the 394 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,200 Speaker 1: movie on its own, and I actually kind of wanted 395 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: to try to bring in somebody who watched both the 396 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: movie and read the book and maybe we'll kind of 397 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: do an episode on that later down the line. But 398 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: I saw it and I kind of wanted to get 399 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: my thoughts on it because I wasn't expecting to like 400 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: it as much as I did, not because what it 401 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: was based on, just because when it came out, it 402 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: didn't really make a whole lot of waves and it 403 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: didn't really get a whole lot of just kind of 404 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: buzz around it that I was like, Okay, maybe it 405 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 1: wasn't that good. But I watched it, and I gotta 406 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: say it had my attention pretty dialed in, unlike any 407 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: other movie I've kind of seen recently. And I think 408 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: it's because of the law drama that it kind of portrays. 409 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: But um, before I get into it, here's just a 410 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: little bit of just mercy. I can't believe you talk 411 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: to all my people say you want to fight from me? 412 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 1: I mean a lot. Keep going digging in those wounds. 413 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: They're gonna be making a lot of people very unhappy 414 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: when people care about We find that much day mainland 415 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 1: anything to get what they want. When I first learned 416 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,360 Speaker 1: about all this, it was like looking at a river 417 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: full of drowning people and not having any way of 418 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: helping him. So the movie is based on the young 419 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,199 Speaker 1: lawyer named Brian Stevenson. He is going to Harvard and 420 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: then he has this internship where he has to go 421 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: and visit an inmate on death row, and he's kind 422 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: of taken back when he goes because he realizes that 423 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: this guy on death row is basically his same age 424 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: and grew up in a neighborhood just like him. So 425 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: after that he goes back and the movie Kick starts 426 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: about two years later where he graduates and then seeks 427 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: out to basically fight and give legal representation for free 428 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: to people who are on death row who have basically 429 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: just kind of been put there without any evidence, without 430 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: any proof, and they're just falsely imprisoned. So that's where 431 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: the movie kind of takes place. He meets Bree Larson's character, 432 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,360 Speaker 1: who helps him start this law firm in this organization, 433 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: and they worked together and basically he has all these 434 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: cases that he's working with. But the one that really 435 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: follows is Jamie Fox's character, which he plays Walter McMillan, 436 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: who was accused of killing an eighteen year old girl 437 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: in a small town in Alabama, and he is accused 438 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 1: even though there was no real proof ever. It was 439 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: basically just a testimony given by another guy who was 440 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: formerly convicted of a crime. And he has placed there 441 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: and he's there for about six years. So what Michael B. 442 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 1: Jordan's character does is he meets with his family and 443 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: then just kind of starts drilling out and digging into 444 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: evidence to clear his name. So that's kind of where 445 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: I'll even on what the movie is based about. I 446 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: think if that sounds interesting enough to you to kind 447 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: of watch this movie, I don't want to explain and 448 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: give away what happens throughout the movie. I'll just kind 449 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: of give my reaction to it because it is a 450 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: legal drama, and I think for that reason, you're kind 451 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: of watching the whole time, anticipating what's gonna happen next, 452 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of ups and downs and their 453 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: side character stories, and it's very emotional. And I think 454 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: the reason it kind of got my attention so dialed 455 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: into it because of how kind of powerful the story was, 456 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: and I feel like it's pretty close to what actually 457 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: happened in the book and also what happened in real life. 458 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: I kind of did some research afterwards, just kind of 459 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: trying to see what the characters look like. I always 460 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: kind of do that when I watch a movie based 461 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: on a true story, and I feel like it was 462 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: done pretty well in that regard, and everybody kind of 463 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 1: says and the consensus is that it does hold true 464 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: to what actually happened, even from like the news stories 465 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 1: that's placed inside the movie and all that is kind 466 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: of cool to see. And I think the cast is 467 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: really great. I like Michael b Jordan's and this Jamie 468 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: Foxx is great, even Brie Larson, who is a great 469 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: supporting cast in this. And there's even one scene that 470 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: kind of had me taken back because it's Michael b 471 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: Jordan's and Brie Larson sitting at a dinner table together, 472 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: and I can only think of, like, oh, it's Keptain 473 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,360 Speaker 1: Marvel and kill Bonger from Black Panther having a beer together. Um. 474 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: But I just think it's a really well done movie 475 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: and a movie that I felt didn't get enough kind 476 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: of critical acclaim, which I guess I could kind of 477 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: see because it's not so much a novel of a movie. 478 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: But I feel it's such a powerful story and something 479 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: that we should kind of watch and be like, Wow, 480 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: I can't believe this actually happened. And it's so kind 481 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: of twisted, and it makes you very angry at parts 482 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 1: of the movie, and it kind of really invests you 483 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: in like him wanting to succeed in seeking justice. So 484 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 1: I think it invokes a kind of emotional aspect inside 485 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: of you watching this movie, and it really makes you 486 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: just kind of open your eyes to like, I mean, 487 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: injustice in the world and it's just crazy to see 488 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: played out. I think it was done really well. I 489 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,640 Speaker 1: think the movie was shot really well. There's some really 490 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: great just kind of cinematography in this that you don't 491 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: really expect, and it just has a really powerful message. 492 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 1: So I recommend checking it out if you're looking for 493 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: something just kind of to take you on that kind 494 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: of route. I wouldn't say overall it's a sad movie. 495 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: I think it's kind of just like eye opening that 496 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: it's a bit gut wrenching at moments. So I guess 497 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,479 Speaker 1: that's the only thing I would say. If you're not 498 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: looking for something that dramatic, maybe don't watch it right now. 499 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 1: And I would easily give it four out of five 500 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 1: lawyers that thought it was really well done. And it's 501 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: one of those movies that I like because you can 502 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: go back and look at how accurate it was to 503 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: what really happened. And I kind of like watching a 504 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: movie and then going back and doing some research online. 505 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: So I think for that reason alone, I think it's 506 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: worth watching. You can rent it now. I watched it 507 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: on Apple and it was like four bucks, so you 508 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: can check that out now streaming watch it at home. 509 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: All Right, that's gonna do it again for this week. 510 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: But before I go, I gotta give some quick movie news, 511 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: just because last week a bunch of movies were officially 512 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: announced that they are delayed to what kind of run 513 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: through these and all the kind of sulked together, mainly 514 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: because the Spider Man movies are now pushed back. So 515 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: the Third Spider Man was supposed to come out in 516 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,120 Speaker 1: July six, Now it's not coming out till November five. 517 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: That's November into the Spider Verse two moves from April 518 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 1: two to October seven two, and then once you move 519 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: one Marvel movie, you kind of have to push them 520 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: all back because they have to sink up in order. 521 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: So now Doctor Strange is number two is coming out 522 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,719 Speaker 1: on March two, and thor Love and Thunder is now 523 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: coming out on February eleven. Two. Let's hope these movies 524 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: don't get pushed back anymore. Paramount also announced that both 525 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 1: the Mission Impossible movies seven and eight have been pushed back. 526 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: Seven is now coming out on November nineteen and number 527 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: eight is coming out on November four two. That's kind 528 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 1: of the last round of the biggest movies being pushed back, 529 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: but a good news on that side of it. I 530 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: know this whole theme has kind of been movies based 531 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: on books. But they did announce that there's a now 532 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: a Hunger Games prequel in the works because Suzanne's Collins 533 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 1: is writing a prequel to the Hunger Games and the 534 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: movie rights are already written into it, so that would 535 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: kind of be interesting to see. I'm not the biggest 536 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 1: fan of prequels, mainly because they over explain origins about things, 537 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: and I feel like it's a little bit of like, Okay, 538 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 1: we didn't really need to know how this happened. You 539 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: go into so many details explaining like, oh, this is 540 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: why this happened. Okay, that's kind of cool, I guess, 541 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: but I didn't really need to know that. I think 542 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: that's a lot of the reason I didn't like episode one, two, 543 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: and three of Star Wars, because they were explaining so 544 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 1: much about Star Wars that you were just kind of 545 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: you just kind of took it on, like you watch 546 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: Star Wars and we're like, Okay, I'm into this world. 547 00:26:58,160 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: They're talking about things I don't really know about, but 548 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: I'm into it. I'm buying into it. And then those 549 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: prequels are just like, oh, well, here's the long story 550 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: about why this happened. I'm not going to show you what. 551 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you exactly why, and that's very boring. 552 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: So I hope they don't do that in this case 553 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: with these prequels. Again, I'm a big fan of the 554 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: Hunger Games, books and movies. I'm probably gonna read the 555 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: book now, so I'll be excited to see that one. 556 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: Hope it's not that boring anyway. Sorry, I don't like prequels. 557 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: I also, I gotta give my Instagram shout out of 558 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: the week this week. It is going to the Robert 559 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: Herrick Jr. I hope I'm getting that Ryan Robert, but 560 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,239 Speaker 1: he actually posted on his main fee that he was 561 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: listening to the episode I did with Morgan number two, 562 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 1: which is a pretty popular episode where we reviewed all 563 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: twenty three Marvel movies. So if you want to go 564 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: back and listen to that one, that's a great one 565 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: to check out. Morgan number two also joined me on 566 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: the Star Wars episode where we reviewed all those movies, 567 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: so two great episodes to go back and listen to. 568 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: Thanks Robert for tagging me in that and listening to 569 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: the podcast. If you want to shout it out, all 570 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: you have to do is post on your Instagram or 571 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 1: tag me in an Instagram story that you're listening to 572 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: the podcast. I'll shout you out in the next episode 573 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: and try to repost as much of those as I can. 574 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for hanging out and hitting download. On 575 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: this episode, remember to tell a friend and until next week, 576 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 1: I will talk to you later