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

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Speaker 1: your host Movie Mike a k A. Mike Destro a

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Speaker 1: k A. The guy who just loves movies and does

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Speaker 1: an entire podcast about it. And today I'm talking about

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Speaker 1: my top five great movies that I only watched once.

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Speaker 1: So that's the question, what is a movie that you love,

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Speaker 1: watch it one time. Also going to give my spoiler

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Speaker 1: free review of The Suicide Squad which came out in

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Speaker 1: theaters and on HBO Max and I actually don't think

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Speaker 1: I've been this excited to review a movie in a

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Speaker 1: very long time, so we'll get to that. Also, got

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Speaker 1: to talk about another Ninja Turtles reboot in the works.

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Speaker 1: So appreciate everybody for being here, for being subscribed to

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Speaker 1: the podcast. If you're listening on episode Release Stay, which

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Speaker 1: is on Monday's special shout out to you guys. Without

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Speaker 1: any further ado, let's get started. In a world where

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Speaker 1: everyone and their mother has a podcast, one man stands

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Speaker 1: a movie podcast I made with so much movie knowledge.

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Speaker 1: He's basically like a walking audio TV Who's Glasses from

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Speaker 1: the Nashville Podcast Network Movie Movie Podcast. Alright, alright, alright,

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Speaker 1: So how this episode idea came to my mind is

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Speaker 1: I have a lot of streaming services now. I have Hulu,

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Speaker 1: HBO Max, Paramount plus Apple Like, I have all the

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Speaker 1: streaming services now, and I get really excited when a

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Speaker 1: movie that I've seen in theaters is available on the

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Speaker 1: while now, but the other day I was scrolling through

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Speaker 1: and Joker is available on HBO Max. And that's a

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Speaker 1: movie that I loved when it came out, one of

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Speaker 1: my favorite movies in the last five years. But for

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Speaker 1: some reason, I've not been able to go back and

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Speaker 1: see it, it altered my entire view on movies unlike

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Speaker 1: And it was almost so perfect, and I loved it

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Speaker 1: suggesting that movie for other people who haven't seen it

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Speaker 1: think that's a true power of filmmaking that it alters

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Speaker 1: like Joaquin's Phoenix wasn't as strong as I felt it

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Speaker 1: At number three, I went with Parasite, which came out

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Speaker 1: I don't know it's because I like identified with him

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Speaker 1: the most of being this big, violent kind of being

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Speaker 1: and kind of a little bit the outcast of the

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Speaker 1: entire suicide squad, But there were just something emotionally that

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Speaker 1: struck a chord with me about King Shark and his

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Speaker 1: story in this movie that I felt like James Gunn

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Speaker 1: totally really took these characters that you probably have no

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Speaker 1: idea about and put them in this world that, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I totally get it. There's a guy throwing polka dots

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Speaker 1: and I totally invested in it. So I really loved

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Speaker 1: that whole side of this. And if you're not familiar

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Speaker 1: with James Gunn, who directed this, you've probably seen his work.

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Speaker 1: He did Guarding into the Galaxy one and two he's

447
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Speaker 1: been rehired to do three. He also did a movie

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Speaker 1: I really love from back in the Day called Super

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Speaker 1: From with Rain Wilson and Elliott Page. If you haven't

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Speaker 1: seen that movie, I think that really kind of gives

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Speaker 1: you a glimpse of the mind of James Gunn and

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Speaker 1: the way he was also able to make this movie

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Speaker 1: have some surprisingly heartfelt moments in the midst of all

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Speaker 1: this chaos and ridiculousness. There's some moments you actually feel

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Speaker 1: some emotional attachment to these characters. So on all levels,

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Speaker 1: I think there was just a lot going on here,

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Speaker 1: a lot more depths than your average comic book movie,

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Speaker 1: and easily one of the best DC movies. I think

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Speaker 1: if I had to rate the top five DC movies,

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Speaker 1: it would be right up there and number five I'd

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Speaker 1: probably put Harley Quinn number four. I'd go with Wonder

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Speaker 1: Woman number three, Shazam at number two, I would put

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Speaker 1: The Suicide Squad, and that's only because my favorite movie

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Speaker 1: has been Joker, which is kind of in its own

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Speaker 1: other little DC universe in a way, but that would

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Speaker 1: be my top five. I would easily put this one

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Speaker 1: on there, and if I had to rate it, I

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Speaker 1: would give it four point five out of five. King

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Speaker 1: Sharks uneasily. You must see this movie. If you're into

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Speaker 1: comic book movies, if you're just into action movies, I

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Speaker 1: think you should watch it. I personally love seeing it

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Speaker 1: on the big screen, but if you have HBO Max,

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Speaker 1: I want to watch it at home for free. I

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Speaker 1: think it will totally translate over. So one of my

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Speaker 1: favorite movies of the year, so I think it's a

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Speaker 1: definite must see. Let's go over now and check out

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Speaker 1: the movie headlines. One of my favorite stories and movie

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Speaker 1: news in the past week is that Colin Jos and

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Speaker 1: his brother Casey are writing a brand new teenage mutant

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Speaker 1: Ninja Turtles movie. Yes, it's getting rebooted yet again. The

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Speaker 1: plot details are still under wraps because they're still just

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Speaker 1: in the early stages they're writing the movie, but it

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Speaker 1: said it will refocus on the four Turtle brothers, Michelangelo, Leonardo,

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Speaker 1: Donna Tello, and Raphael. And also at the same time,

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Speaker 1: Nickelodeon is working with an animated movie that SETH. Rogan

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Speaker 1: is executive producing that will come out in three And

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Speaker 1: I think Ninja Turtles is one of the biggest franchises

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Speaker 1: that since the original movies, they haven't really known what

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Speaker 1: to do with. You know, I kind of grew up

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Speaker 1: with those movies in the nineties, and the Ninja Turtles

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Speaker 1: were a little bit before my time because my brother

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Speaker 1: who grew up in the eighties like they were the

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Speaker 1: biggest thing there. And I think that's great while and

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Speaker 1: I think that's one of the biggest reasons why I'm

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Speaker 1: excited that Colin Jos and his brother are doing this,

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Speaker 1: because over all the reimaginations and reworkings of Ninja Turtles,

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Speaker 1: I think this is the first time that it's been

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Speaker 1: worked on by somebody who was a fan of them

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Speaker 1: in their early childhood days. They were so big now,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's kind of harder for things to

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Speaker 1: be like an overall culture phenomenon among kids. I think

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Speaker 1: maybe now it's like Fortnite or maybe like what Minecraft was.

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Speaker 1: I think that's what Ninja Turtles were in the eighties.

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Speaker 1: So for somebody to grow up with them and now

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Speaker 1: be working on a movie, I am really excited about that.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't really the biggest fan of the Michael Bay movies.

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Speaker 1: While I was excited to see him on the big

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Speaker 1: screen again, I think those movies came and went and

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Speaker 1: they really didn't give a new voice, a really bring

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Speaker 1: anything new to the franchise. So I also just read

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Speaker 1: Colin Joe's book, which is called A very Punchable Face

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Speaker 1: and maybe in a little bit of like just being

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Speaker 1: kind of all about him and into a story right now,

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Speaker 1: So it could be another reason why I'm excited about that.

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Speaker 1: I just think he has a really interest pass from

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Speaker 1: you know, growing up being a writer, being with SNL

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Speaker 1: for so long, now being married to one of the

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Speaker 1: biggest movie stars ever, Scarlett Johanssen, and seeing where he's

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Speaker 1: gonna go from kind of his departure from sn L

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Speaker 1: and now kind of getting more into writing for movies.

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Speaker 1: I think he's really funny, So excited for that one.

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Speaker 1: Also in movie news, Brendan Fraser has been announced that

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Speaker 1: he will be in the new Martin scorseseon movie called

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Speaker 1: Killers of the Flower Moon, which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio

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Speaker 1: and Robert de Niro. I'm most excited about this one

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Speaker 1: because we haven't really seen Brendan Frasier in a movie

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Speaker 1: in a very long time. I know he's had a

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Speaker 1: pretty interesting past that kind of led him to staying

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Speaker 1: away from starring in big movies, kind of took him

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Speaker 1: out of the spotlight. He felt like he was kind

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Speaker 1: of blacklisted from the industry and really hasn't done a

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Speaker 1: whole lot of movies, and he was kind of the

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Speaker 1: biggest action star for a little while with movies like

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Speaker 1: The Mummy. I feel like he was kind of the

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Speaker 1: Chris Pratt of that time, and he's hasn't really been

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Speaker 1: around sense, So I'm excited for him to have a

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Speaker 1: big feature role here. I mean to go from being

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Speaker 1: in that trilogy of the Mummy, but also doing comedies

539
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Speaker 1: like George of the Jungle. He was in Looney Tunes,

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Speaker 1: back in Action, also in Encino Man. I feel like

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Speaker 1: he has quite the range. So seeing him in a

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Speaker 1: Martin Scorsese movie, I will be watching that. I'm really excited.

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Speaker 1: It's supposed to come out next year, so that's definitely

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Speaker 1: a movie at the top of my list. And then finally,

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Speaker 1: in movie news, the Suicide Squad has the best R

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Speaker 1: rated opening during the pandemic, making twenty six point five

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Speaker 1: million dollars at the box office, but that's also one

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Speaker 1: of the lowest openings for the franchise. A couple of

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Speaker 1: things going on here. It's one it's also available on

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Speaker 1: HBO Max, and you have the ability and the decision

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Speaker 1: to make of do you want to go watch it

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Speaker 1: in theaters and experience there or we just want to

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Speaker 1: watch it at home. That's kind of what we're seeing now.

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Speaker 1: We're also seeing the country in a bit of a

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Speaker 1: different situation right now with some things closing down again.

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Speaker 1: Something's going back into being restrictions, so that could change

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Speaker 1: somebody's decision to want to go to the movies. I

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Speaker 1: want to see this on a Friday night, seven pm

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Speaker 1: showing and the theater was relatively empty. I'm talking there

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Speaker 1: was maybe one person on way the other side of

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Speaker 1: us in the theater, maybe another couple or two a

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Speaker 1: row back, and then maybe a couple in the front.

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Speaker 1: I'd say it was like twenty people in this entire

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Speaker 1: big theater, which is a little bit sad for me

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Speaker 1: to see because I love experiencing movies like this in

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Speaker 1: the theater. But I also saw James Gunn, who directed

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Speaker 1: the movie, kind of expressed the way I've been feeling

568
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Speaker 1: too is that he really doesn't care and this is

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Speaker 1: coming from a director if people see his movie in

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Speaker 1: theaters or at home. He was like, Jaws is one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite movies of all time. But I've never

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Speaker 1: seen that in the theaters. I've only seen that at home.

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Speaker 1: And the way movies are really going to be able

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Speaker 1: to last is for people to be able to see

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Speaker 1: them at home, Like that's how they live. Like, yes,

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Speaker 1: you can go experience it and have that feeling in

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Speaker 1: the theater, but five years from now, you're gonna watch

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Speaker 1: movies that came out a long time ago, and that's

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Speaker 1: how they kind of carry on their legacy is through

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Speaker 1: streaming services. I just thought that was a pretty interesting

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Speaker 1: take to see the whole situation in a world where

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Speaker 1: people are trying to keep movie theaters open, I'd say,

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Speaker 1: just give us the option. So it was sad to

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Speaker 1: see that I had kind of an underwhelming box office debut,

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Speaker 1: and I feel it's also attributed to the original one

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Speaker 1: just being pelted to death with really bad reviews. And

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Speaker 1: I would also like to say that I don't see

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Speaker 1: myself as a movie critic. I am a film enthusiast,

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Speaker 1: and just like you, I pay my ticket to go

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Speaker 1: see a movie, I pay for my streaming services at home.

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Speaker 1: I'm just a guy who loves movies. Basically, if you

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Speaker 1: went to a party, and there's a guy there who

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Speaker 1: just happens to know a lot about movies and seems

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Speaker 1: to be only talking about movies the entire time. We've

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Speaker 1: all seen that person at a party like that is me.

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Speaker 1: I don't have any affiliation with any movie studio. I

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Speaker 1: don't feel the need to alter my reviews on any

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Speaker 1: external thing. And I feel like sometimes movie critics are

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Speaker 1: like that. They go into it, whether they have a

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Speaker 1: kind of feeling about the to or the directors, just

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Speaker 1: the franchise, and they want to take a movie down

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Speaker 1: and give it a bad review. And I feel like

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Speaker 1: DC and Suicide Squad in particular suffers from that. Like

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Speaker 1: there was nothing inside of me that felt the need

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Speaker 1: to say a bad thing about this movie. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: it gets bad reviews. Even though it has one of

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Speaker 1: the highest ratings on Rotten Tomatoes for all the DC movies,

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Speaker 1: it's still not doing so well at the box office.

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Speaker 1: And I think people just have that kind of mentality

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Speaker 1: of the DC movies not being as great as Marvel

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Speaker 1: and not giving them a chance. I just want to say,

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Speaker 1: give him a chance. But all right, that's gonna do

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Speaker 1: it for this week's episode. But before I hop out

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Speaker 1: of here. Every single week I give a shout out

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Speaker 1: to one of you guys listening, especially a shout out

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Speaker 1: to anybody who listens when these episodes come out on Mondays.

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Speaker 1: And last week I gave a not so great review

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Speaker 1: so informative and interesting. Always enjoy listening to Mike and

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Speaker 1: you can send them over to my Gmail movie my

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Speaker 1: losing my voice, so before I completely blow it out,

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Speaker 1: that's the episode for this week. Talk to you next

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Speaker 1: week here on the podcast, and until then, later