1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and this is the spoiler 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: review of Blue Beetle, which is one of my favorite 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: DC movies probably ever. I think it's now a top 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: five DCEU movie for me, and I'm going to get 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: into all the details about why I love this movie. 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: So continue listening if you too have seen Blue Beetle, 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: or if you had no intentions of seeing it and 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: you just want to hear all the spoilers, or if 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: you're going to see it maybe later and you're one 11 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: of those rare people who like hearing about every single 12 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: aspect of a movie before you go and watch it. 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: So we're going to get into all the spoiler details, 14 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna do this episode a little bit differently 15 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: and give you my top five moments of the film 16 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: that will essentially recap the entire movie with all the 17 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: spoilers in it. But the overview of this movie, it's 18 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: about Haima Reyes and the origin story of the Blue 19 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: Beetle and how he becomes the Blue Beatle by accident. 20 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: So how that happens is you have this company called 21 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: Cord Industries, which Susan Sarandon is the co founder and 22 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: CEO of this company, and at the very beginning of 23 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: the movie, she discovers this ancient alien artifact known as 24 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: the Scare of I was worried at the beginning of 25 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: this movie because it had a very kind of generic intro, 26 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: and I was okay with I think one of the 27 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: most cliche things about this movie was her character just 28 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: being the overarching mean villain throughout this entire movie, with 29 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: this mastermind plan that really wasn't anything we hadn't seen before. 30 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: And I had to look past that, because really, what 31 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: happens with Coord Industries in this movie isn't much different 32 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: than what we explored with Ironman and the whole dilemma 33 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: of making military grade weapons and things that caused destruction 34 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: and war. And that's really what we experienced in this 35 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: movie because Susan Sarainda's character wants to make this army 36 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: of super soldiers, and you have Jenny Cord, who is 37 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: the daughter of the original Blue Beetle, trying to stop her, 38 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: because she says, Court Industries is not making weapons anymore, 39 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: but they are going to use the scareb to essentially 40 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: power all of these super Soldiers and create this entire network. 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: So what Jenny Cord tries to do is stop Susan 42 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: Sarandon by stealing the Scareb. Jimen just happens to be 43 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: in the right place at the right time, because at 44 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: the beginning of the movie, after his post college plans 45 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: don't really go as planned because he finds out that 46 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: his family is going through all these financial troubles. His 47 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: dad is having these health issues. He ends up working 48 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: at Susan Sarandon's mansion, gets fired from that job, but 49 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: then Jenny tells him she can come to Court Industries 50 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: and he will get her a job. Happens to be 51 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: there on the day that she decides to steal the scareb. 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: She gives it to him in a fast food box, 53 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: tells him to guard it with his life, but not 54 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: to open the box. 55 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: And what does he do. He takes it home and 56 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 2: opens it. 57 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: The thing just infiltrates his body through his face or 58 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: maybe there was butt, and then the entire movie is 59 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: at first Hymen and his family trying to get the 60 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: blue beetle out of him, and Susan Sarandon's character trying 61 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: to retrieve the blue Beetle back so that she can 62 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: use it to power her army of super soldiers. But then, 63 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: of course you find out that the only way for 64 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: the Blue Beetle to be taken Adaheim is for him 65 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: to die, so the mission shifts with ultimately them just 66 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: trying to stop Victoria Chord from her mastermind evil plan. 67 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: So let's get into what my top five moments of 68 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: the movie were, and I'll just rank these one through five. 69 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: At number one, I think that first fight scene really 70 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: set the tone of this movie, and it's really where 71 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 1: this movie. 72 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: Started to feel different to me. 73 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: I feel like that first beginning of the act, like 74 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: I said in the spoiler free version, felt a little 75 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: bit generic and a little bit I was worried that 76 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: it was just going to be a movie that didn't 77 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: really have a whole lot to say. 78 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 2: And I think that's. 79 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: Because the whole scene of Haim first being taken over 80 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,119 Speaker 1: by the Blue Beetle and Kashi taking him on this 81 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: kind of fight test to see if he is compatible 82 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: and trying out all these things that felt fun and lighthearted, 83 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: but it didn't really give me that essence of what 84 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: the Blue Beetle was going to become. But that first 85 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: fight scene really set the tone, and it had a 86 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: little bit of an edge to it, which I was 87 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: surprised by, and I just really love what it showed 88 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: about Heima's character that he had no idea what was 89 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: going on. He let the suit kind of take control, 90 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: and you really saw the power of the suit and 91 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: what it was capable of. And you also get into 92 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 1: the moral dilemma of he had a chance to kill 93 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: the bad guy, but he decided that he didn't want 94 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: to be a killer, which I feel is something that 95 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: a lot of superheroes go through. Batman has an issue 96 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: with killing, Spider Man has an issue with killing, Superman 97 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: has an issue with killing. So that's nothing completely novel, 98 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: but for some reason it really resonated with me in 99 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: this moment because he does get to a point where 100 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: he can take him out chooses not to. Then the 101 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: evil guy comes back and essentially beats up Jimus so 102 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: bad and is about to kill him, but then George 103 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: Lopas's character Rudy and Jenny come to the rescue in 104 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: a pretty fun way. So that is moment number one, 105 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: and number two is the dad dying, And you kind 106 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: of knew it was coming because of what they said 107 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: about his heart issues. But man, that moment really really 108 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 1: got me. And I have not cried in a movie ever, 109 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: never have cried in a movie. I've gotten close. Whenever 110 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: Tony Stark died. I got very close in that moment, 111 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: but it was ruined because the lady next to me 112 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: decided to get up at that point, and I was like, 113 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: you're ruining this moment for me. So whenever Tony Stark 114 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: was going to die was probably the closest. 115 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: I'd got before this. I also got teary. 116 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: Eyed whenever Aunt May died in No Way Home, But 117 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: this is one that really really got me. And I 118 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: think it's because recently, because I'm in my thirties now, 119 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: my dad is in his sixties, I've. 120 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 2: Just been thinking about. 121 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: A lot that I don't know what life is going 122 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: to look like when he is not around, when he 123 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: or my mom are not and they're not super old, 124 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: but you just start to think about it at this 125 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: point in life when you see, you know, people around 126 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: you start to lose their parents, which is new to 127 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,239 Speaker 1: me that I think it's because I've been thinking about 128 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: that so long, and I've been making attempts to go 129 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: home more attempts to call my dad more, just knowing 130 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: that someday he won't be there to answer my phone call. 131 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: And I think it's seeing other people go through that 132 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: and knowing that all they want is more time back 133 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: that at least I've been able to be conscious of 134 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: that and make things a little bit more manageable when 135 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: that time comes, and know that I at least made 136 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: the strides, at least made the efforts. And it was 137 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: always in my mind to talk to my parents more 138 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: and make that time more, because really, all you want 139 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: back is time with them. So now in my thirties, 140 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: I've realized that, And maybe that's earlier than some will 141 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: have the chance to think about that, but it's because 142 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: I've had that in my head for so long now, 143 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: of thinking of the thought of just losing my dad 144 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:12,679 Speaker 1: or losing my mom, that in that moment when Jiman 145 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: loses his dad, I felt like that's what I was 146 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: going to feel like. And the fact that he was 147 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: just wrapped up in that big claw, couldn't move out 148 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: of it, couldn't save his dad, and coming after a 149 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: pretty heroic moment of him rushing to save his family 150 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: taking out all those soldiers but then not being able 151 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 1: to save the thing that meant the most to him. 152 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I lost it. 153 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: I just started crying. I wouldn't say it was like 154 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: a heavy like eow, but it was just the tears 155 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: started coming down my face and they wouldn't stop. And 156 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: then it just kind of opened up the floodgates of 157 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: me being emotional and not really recouping after that moment. 158 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: And that leads me to my number three moment is 159 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: the conversation he had with his dad after he has 160 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: that vision of his father, when they're essentially sucking all 161 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: of the life out of him, trying to retrieve the 162 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: code to the Blue Beetle so they can power their 163 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: super soldiers. And in that moment, Jima is unconscious and 164 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: he goes into this kind of realm that's this purgatory, 165 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: if you will, and he sees his dad sitting on 166 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: this chair that has the plastic lining, which if you've 167 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: lived in a house where everybody's concerned about preserving the furniture, 168 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: that also struck home with you. 169 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 2: But it's all the. 170 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: Candles behind him and him realizing in that moment that 171 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: his dad has passed because he didn't know at this 172 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: point he was taken to this island. He hadn't seen 173 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: his family, and he didn't have that kind of closing 174 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: moment that the family did. He did see his dad 175 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: have the heart attack and knowing that he wasn't going 176 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: to make it because Kanshi told him that he was 177 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: suffering cardiac arrests. But it was in that moment, just 178 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: having that closure and knowing that his dad had passed 179 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: and now he was there telling him that the reason 180 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: for his existence was to be here in that moment 181 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: to tell him to keep going, that it's not his 182 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: time to go right now. Which this moment also reminded 183 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: me of a similar moment in Black Panther where T'Challa 184 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: had essentially the same interaction with his father and then 185 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: you see Kashi and Hime essentially become compatible. 186 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,479 Speaker 2: He comes back to life. 187 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: And is able to escape and not die in that process. 188 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: So that was my number three moment, and number four 189 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: was probably the reveal of the Grandma's revolutionary past, which 190 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: this movie had a lot of comedic moments, and I 191 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: would still say Rudy was my favorite character overall when 192 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: it comes to the family, which this family really kind 193 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: of steals the show throughout this entire movie, because you 194 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: don't just fall in love with Heima's character, you fall 195 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: in love with this entire family. 196 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 2: And what a great. 197 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: Ensemble cast and a great use of all these characters 198 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 1: throughout this movie. But I think the moment that just 199 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: really kind of won my theater over, not just the 200 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: first time, but the second time, because I took my 201 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: mom to go see it, and my mom does not 202 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: really like superhero movies. She loves horror movies, comedy movies, 203 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: and classic Mexican movies, but has never really sat down 204 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: to watch a single superhero movie. And I was back 205 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: home and watch Ahatchie earlier this week. I told her 206 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: she would love this movie. Took her to see it, 207 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: and she thought she was going to fall asleep at 208 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: some point because she didn't think she was going to 209 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: be that interested in it. But loved every single aspect 210 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: of this movie, from the soundtrack, from the humor, and 211 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: I think what she really loved was the Grandma character, 212 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: maybe because she reminded her a little bit of her 213 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: mom and her grandma. But I think it was that 214 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: moment that you find out that the grandma had this 215 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,439 Speaker 1: revolutionary past was one of the best comedic moments, and 216 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: then her handling that gun about the entire final battle 217 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: scene was great. And it was also in that moment 218 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: that I realized that my mom is the type of 219 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: moviegoer that repeats back the funny lines, and it was 220 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: just so cool to see her enjoy this movie and 221 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: be able to take her to see a movie that 222 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: represented us in a way that I felt authentic because 223 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: to me, when I went to see it, I felt 224 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: that same way. But my mom, being from Mexico and 225 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: also loving movies as well, I wondered what her reaction 226 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: was going to be, and she loved it. I think 227 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: she ended up really enjoying the fact that there was 228 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: so much Spanish throughout this movie really allowed her to 229 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: enjoy this movie even more so. I love that scene, 230 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: and I love that moment I kind of share with 231 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: my mom while watching this movie at number five. It 232 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: would be a combination of that final fight which there 233 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: was just so much pent up energy and emotion and 234 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: the family just you know, really having it with being 235 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 1: just pushed. 236 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 2: Around throughout this entire movie. 237 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: And I think Blue Beatle does have a lot of 238 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: commentary on the rich and the poor and gentrification of 239 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: how the rich. All they do sometimes is take from 240 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: the poor, and they don't want anything to do with 241 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,959 Speaker 1: you until they like your property or until there's something 242 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: that you can do for them. And you saw that 243 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: a lot throughout this entire movie. Another moment that really 244 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: resonated with me was Susan Sarandon's character at the beginning 245 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: being very condescending towards Hima and his sister as she 246 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: fired them, telling them to andale, Oh, there is nothing 247 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: that gets me more than somebody condescendingly using Spanish towards me. 248 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: And I think this movie really spoke on that, whether 249 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: it was that scene of her dismissing them in a 250 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: very condescending tone, or also when Jim goes for that 251 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: job interview and them essentially directing him to where the 252 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: deliveries are because they think, oh, this guy could be 253 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: here for any other reason than to do a lower 254 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: level job. I felt that moment too, and it was 255 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: all of those pent up things that the family had 256 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 1: been going through, losing the dad, essentially being pushed around 257 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: this entire movie, and then finally his mom telling him 258 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: to use all that pain we're feeling and turn it 259 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: into power. And that is exactly what Hima does, and 260 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: he takes all that emotion and also the fact that 261 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: this evil guy has been telling him this entire time 262 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: that your family is your weakness, and Hima tells him, no, 263 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 1: my family is my strength, and that is what allows 264 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: him to unlock the full ability and power of the 265 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: Blue Beetle and defeat him almost to the point of 266 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: killing him, where Kashi again has to remind him and 267 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: it goes full circle that hey, we're not killers, and 268 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: you see the past of this guy, and you let 269 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 1: him live. And then he is the one who ends 270 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: up taking out Susan Sarandon because she has been the 271 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: one who has made his life a living hill. So 272 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: that final fight was great, and then the family just 273 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: getting their closure and the grandma saying that now is 274 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: the time that we can cry. I want to see 275 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: for the most yorad that is what she says. Coming 276 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: after earlier when they did not allow themselves to let 277 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: the passing of the dad keep them from fighting and 278 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: keep them from moving on, they didn't cry then, but 279 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: once the battle was done, once the fight was over, 280 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: they finally allowed themselves to cry. They go back home 281 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: to see it burn down, but then the entire community 282 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: comes together after the funeral to help them build back 283 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: their home. Jenny Cord comes back, and I love that 284 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: moment of Rudy getting that new truck and pretending not 285 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: to like it, and then of course you get the 286 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: final closing scene with Jenny and him finally going in 287 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: for that first kiss, which I thought they had a 288 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: lot of chemistry throughout this movie. It didn't focus a 289 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: whole lot on the love story, which I thought was 290 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: a good move. 291 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 2: I think if they end up making. 292 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: A Blue Beetle too, they'll probably explore that a little 293 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: bit more, which that leads me to my final point, 294 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: will there be a Blue Beetle too? Because we get 295 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: that mid credit scene and you hear that message from 296 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: Jenny Cord's dad, who was the original Blue Beetle in 297 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: this story, that he is still alive, so he is 298 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: still out there, A pretty easy setup to making a 299 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: sequel would probably explore. 300 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 2: Them trying to find him figure out where he is. 301 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: I could also see them kind of going the ant 302 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: Man route, which there are a lot of parallels to 303 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: ant Man and Iron Man in this movie, but it 304 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: just reminds me more of ant Man, of them having 305 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: to go maybe into some kind of quantum realm like 306 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: they do to find her dad, and then he comes 307 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: back and they have to go defeat some other villain, 308 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: with Hime being the more powerful Blue Beetle, her dad 309 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: having the more. 310 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: Old school approach being a. 311 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: Little bit outdated, and then I could probably see Jenny 312 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: becoming kind of a wasp like character of also having 313 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: a suit of her own, and it essentially becomes a 314 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: three piece trio combined with Heima's family, who has also 315 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: shown that they can put up a fight given some tools. 316 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: So I think there is another story to be told here. 317 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: I just don't know if we're going to get it, 318 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: not only because of the box office performance of Blue Beetle, 319 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: which again comes at a time where the actors can't 320 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: promote this movie because of the strike, so the studio 321 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: put in less money to do promotion on this movie. 322 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: Came at a very competitive summer. Not trying to make 323 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: excuses for this movie because I wanted to be successful. 324 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: It's just the state of the DCEU, and all of 325 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: the last eight releases. 326 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 2: Have failed to gross four hundred million dollars. 327 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: So that's a pretty harsh five year rut for Warner Brothers, 328 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: which isn't all warranted. They've put out some pretty good 329 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: and then also great movies in the last five years. 330 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 2: Blue Beetle for me is a top five DCEU movie. 331 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: Now, I would put it right behind Man of Steel, 332 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: so my top five would still be The Suicides God 333 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: from twenty twenty one, Zack Snyder's Justice League from twenty one, 334 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: Wonder Woman from twenty seventeen, Man of Steel from twenty thirteen. 335 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: At number four. Right in that top five for me 336 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: is Blue Beetle. So again, James Gunn is going to 337 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: do an overhaul on DC starting in twenty twenty five 338 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: with Superman Legacy, so I don't really feel like Blue 339 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: Beetle was a part of the old DCEU that is 340 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: wrapping up with Akaman. The character himself, I feel could 341 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 1: easily translate into another DC movie, whatever they decide they're 342 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 1: going to do with it, because I think the character 343 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: means a lot to so many people, and maybe they 344 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 1: don't have to make a direct sequel, but somehow combine 345 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 1: them into another DC property. 346 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 2: I think it would be great. So maybe we don't 347 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 2: get a Blue Beetle too. 348 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: But maybe we get him in another project, but it 349 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: would be hard not to see this entire family again. 350 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: So come on, James gun keep Blue Beetle around. So 351 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: that has been my spoiler review of Blue Beetle. Be 352 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: back next week with another brand new episode where we 353 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: talking about Grand Tarismo, our top five movies of the summer, 354 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: and we'll get into some nostalgiel with a good Burger too. 355 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 2: Trailer. 356 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: Hope you have a great rest of your week, a 357 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: great Labordig weekend, and until next time, go out and 358 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: watch good movies and I will talk to you later.