1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mix Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: am your host movie Mike. Today I want to share 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: who I think have the top five portrayals of musicians 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: and movies, and just so you know, my number one 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: is not going to be Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash. 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,159 Speaker 1: So if it's not him, who could it be? And 7 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: then I'll finally get to my movie review of Elvis 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: and talk about Austin Butler portraying Elvis. So I wanted 9 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: to tie all this into a fun music episode. 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Everybody, you already know what this is. 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: Let's talk movies in a world where everyone their mother 21 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:05,199 Speaker 1: has a podcast. One man stands to infiltrate the ears 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. A 23 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like a 24 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: walking AUDIENDV which classes from the Nashville Podcast Network. This 25 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: is movie Movie Podcast. I think we all have a 26 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: fascination with music biopics. Music is a very personal thing, 27 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: and when we think about some of the most iconic 28 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: artists and we think about their lives, if they haven't 29 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: had a movie about them, you have, we always wonder, 30 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: how are they going to depict this person. I only 31 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 1: think that music biopics can really be done justice when 32 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: the artist has already passed. I think you have to 33 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: look at their entire body of work. You have to 34 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: have the most objective view on their entire life. You 35 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: also have to include not only the highs of their 36 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: career and all the cool things they did, but also 37 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: the lows. What made them human, what made them tick, 38 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: what made them these complex figures that were able to 39 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: create this music. Know what it was like for them 40 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: with those struggles sharing that with the world. So when 41 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: combining all these factors together, I came up with my 42 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: top five portrayals of musicians in movies. And I will 43 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,119 Speaker 1: start a little bit by talking about Austin Butler portraying Elvis, 44 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: which he just missed out on my top five list. 45 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: I think he did a really great job. The thing 46 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: people probably talked about the most with this portrayal was 47 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: that he didn't look enough like Elvis to some people's liking, 48 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: and I found that a little bit discouraging. I think 49 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: when you want to find the right actor to play 50 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: somebody as iconic as Elvis, you want to find somebody 51 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: who's really going to do the work and doing the 52 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: research and finding out all about Elvis's history, learning his mannerisms, 53 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: learning how to sing like Elvis, and then just trying 54 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: their best to get down the look. So I more 55 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: so want to feel like they are doing a good job, 56 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: like they have the acting capability to portray that character 57 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: like that far exceeds me wanting to see a splitting 58 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: image of that musician. I think a lot of that 59 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: comes through the wardrobe, the makeup, the hair, All of 60 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: those things can make you resemble an artist. And as 61 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: long as I'm watching that movie and it feels authentic 62 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: in that sense, I don't think they have to look 63 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: exactly like the character, and even looking at a side 64 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: by side, I think Austin Butler does look like a 65 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: younger version of Elvis. Of course, not an identical, splitting image, 66 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: but that combined with him spending so much time getting 67 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: down the dance moves, actually learning how to sing like Elvis, 68 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: and having some of his own voice inside of the movie, 69 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: I think that really played the biggest part for me. 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: And as I was watching that movie, he really helped 71 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: me feel like I was watching elvis story being told 72 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: from his perspective. So I think he did a really 73 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: good job of taking himself out of that movie, dedicating 74 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: so much of his life to living as Elvis for 75 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: two plus years, and that really showed in the movie. 76 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: And also with that, I think his portrayal of Elvis 77 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: will stand the test of time. And as I get 78 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: into my list here, I think all of these, except 79 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: for this first one I'm about to get into here, 80 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: have already done that. They've been out for over ten years. 81 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: So I'll get into more about how his character in 82 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: the entire movie worked for me in Elvis, But now 83 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: let's get into the rest of this list. At number five, 84 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: I'm putting Rammy Malick as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rapsody, 85 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: which came out in the band Queen was before my time, 86 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: and even growing up, I never really got into their music, 87 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: but I understood how important it was to rock music 88 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: pop culture in general, and I always had an infatuation 89 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,119 Speaker 1: with Freddie Mercury and his singing abilities. I could listen 90 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: to Queen and know how important that was and know 91 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: how different he sounded and what that meant to people. 92 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: But when it came to me identifying with Queen's music, 93 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,799 Speaker 1: it was never really there. With that being said, I 94 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,480 Speaker 1: was really excited when this movie came out because Rammy 95 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: Malick is a really great actor and was able to 96 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: bear a really close resemblance to Freddie Mercury when it 97 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: came to the fake prosthetic teeth and just his signature look. 98 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: And they did a really good job with wardrobe at 99 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: this entire movie to where it felt like he really 100 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: did him justice. And I think this one, aside from that, 101 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: really all comes down to Remy Maleck's acting ability, Like 102 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: he is just an Oscar worthy actor, whether he's playing 103 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: Freddie Mercury or whether he's in a James Bond movie. 104 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: He just has this very captivating thing about him, So 105 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,799 Speaker 1: I think he was the perfect person to play Freddie Mercury, 106 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: although I would argue that the original person who was 107 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: meant to play him a Sasha Barrick Cohen, who's you 108 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: probably know him as ball At. I really think he 109 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: would have looked exactly like Freddie Mercury and he would 110 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: have been great for it. So I was sad to 111 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: see him not be a part of the project because 112 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: of issues he had with the band what they wanted 113 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: to do with the movie. So I also would have 114 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: liked to see that version of Bohemian Rhapsody. But it's 115 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: hard to argue with what Rommy did, and he proved 116 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: that by winning Best Actor at the Oscars the following 117 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: year after this movie, And this is probably the last 118 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: movie that I really loved him in. But when it 119 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: comes to my favorite musical moment in the movie, it 120 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: has to be that final performance at Live Aid. And 121 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: throughout the entire movie, you know, Rammy is not actually 122 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 1: singing in it. They had somebody else come in and 123 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: recreate some of Freddie Murgrey's vocals, but when it came 124 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:29,119 Speaker 1: to that final performance, they used the actual audio from 125 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,679 Speaker 1: that live Aid concert, so I think that made it 126 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: sound a lot more authentic. But what I found so 127 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: cool about it, which Elvis also did later in this movie, 128 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: is they were able to cut it pretty much scene 129 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: for seeing exactly how that whole live event went down, 130 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: down to the placement of everything on the piano, down 131 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: to the crowd, which was a pretty cool feat, even 132 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: though I'm pretty sure a lot of that was c 133 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: g I. But if you put the two performances side 134 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: by side, Rommy Malick did such a great job recreating that, 135 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: which is a really hard thing to do shot for shot, 136 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: movement for movement while staying in character. So I thought 137 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: that was put together beautifully and that was my favorite 138 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: part probably the entire movie. God Against Much Forgot. I 139 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: think my biggest criticism when that movie came out is 140 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: the entire story felt very rushed. It went from them 141 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: being kind of a nobody band to immediately stardom. For 142 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: me personally, the movie got kind of boring there in 143 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: the middle, and then it wasn't until the very end 144 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: where all of this stuff happens that it came back 145 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: to life and really left on a high note. So 146 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: I did leave the movie theater feeling like that was 147 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: actually pretty cool and inspiring, and it made me want 148 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: to go and listen to Queen and discover their music. 149 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: We're really the first time after this. But if it 150 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: wasn't for that ending, it wasn't for the fact that 151 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: he died and it had that tragic ending, I don't 152 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: think I would have loved it as much. And the 153 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: crazy part about that is that Freddie Mercury died twenty 154 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: four hours after announcing he had aids. He died on 155 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: November So I just feel like this movie has been 156 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 1: in the works for so long before it was made, 157 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: and they did get into a little bit of the 158 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: dark side some of the demons he dealt with, But man, 159 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: I want the grit in a biopic. I don't want 160 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: those early details to get glossed over. I think that's 161 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: where some of the great story was and some of 162 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 1: the crazy party stories that I know about Queen were 163 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 1: nowhere to be seen in this movie. Maybe partly due 164 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: to the band being so involved in the story and 165 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: how they were portrayed, Maybe some of that stuff was 166 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: let in, but if there would have been a little 167 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 1: bit more grit to it, I think overall, as a 168 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: music biopic, I would have liked it a lot more. 169 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: But I can see and pick apart Remy mall like 170 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: as Freddie Mercury as being one of the best, so 171 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: I put that one at number five. At number four 172 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: from two thousand and four is Jamie Fox is Ray 173 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: Charles in Ray another case where the lead actor took 174 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: home the Oscar for Best Actor, And again that all 175 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: comes down to the dedication that the actor takes in 176 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: playing the character, which Jamie Fox was super involved in 177 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: the research process. He learned how to play pianos so 178 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: it would look more authentic on screen, and you think 179 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: that he would also learn all the songs and sing 180 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,559 Speaker 1: them in the movie, because not only is Jamie Fox 181 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: a great actor, he's also a great singer, a great comedian. 182 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: He's a triple threat. But the director wanted to use 183 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: the real recordings of Ray Charles, a lot of old 184 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: demo stuff, unheard stuff, and then the actual recordings themselves. 185 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: So you see Jamie FOXX playing in this movie, but 186 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: what you're actually hearing is Ray Charles voice, which sometimes 187 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: I like to see an actor who can sing actually 188 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: do the singing in him movie. I don't think it's 189 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: necessary in this case. I love the grit and the 190 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: gravel of Ray Charles's voice and think it adds that 191 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: much more emotion to the movie and more authenticity. So 192 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: that worked for me. And when you watch this movie, 193 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: you can see that the characters themselves are so invested 194 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: in their characters when they're singing. Even though they are 195 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: lip syncing, it's very skillful. It's not distracting in any way. 196 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: What I love about Ray is that it also dives 197 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: into the darker side of his character. I mean, starting 198 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: out from the very beginning of the movie of watching 199 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: his seven year old brother drowned at the age of seven, 200 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: losing his eyesight at the age of nine, him coming 201 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: up through the Seattle jazz scene, and then it gets into, 202 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: you know, his struggles with drug addiction and fidelity, his womanizing, 203 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: like all of that is in this movie, and it 204 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: was all things that I had no idea about. And 205 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: my favorite musical moment in this movie is one that 206 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: I really liked the contrast in and there's a scene 207 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: where she tells them that he's pregnant and he tells 208 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: her taket rid of it, and it's a very just 209 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: raw seeing raw emotion, and it goes from him dealing 210 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: with something as serious as that that would probably shatter 211 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: anybody else's world. But the fact that he's sitting there 212 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: at his piano trying to work out a song, he 213 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: really is able in the movie just to put that 214 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: to the side and just continue working on the song. 215 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: And the song he happens to be working on is 216 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: Hit the Road Jack, having this argument, her being so 217 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: angry at him, and then taking that anger into helping 218 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 1: him with the song and write it. I just thought 219 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: that was a really powerful moment. Don't come back, No mo, No, 220 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: don't you come back? No Mo? Hit the road to 221 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: come back? No mon, hit the Road, Jack, don't come back. 222 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 1: So yeah, Jimmie Fox did a great job at pulling 223 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: that emotion out, and he also took it a step 224 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: further of putting prosthetics on his eyes so he couldn't 225 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: see while they were filming, went twelve hour days with 226 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: no vision to get further into that character. At some 227 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: point even forgot that he could actually see. And this 228 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: movie was actually made while Ray Charles was still alive. 229 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: They said he was able to experience the movie before 230 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: he passed away. I believe they provided a verbal audio 231 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: track that provides some description of what's going on with 232 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: the movie. And he passed away on June tenth, two 233 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 1: thousand and four, and the movie came out on October 234 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: two thousand and four. So I feel like the timing 235 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: of that is a little bit eerie to know there's 236 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: a movie coming out about you, you're able to experience it, 237 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: and then you pass away and don't really get to 238 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: see you being celebrated again, seeing your music sales go 239 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: up again. It's just crazy how that all kind of time. Now. 240 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: Ray Charles passed away from liver failure on June tenth, 241 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: it was after filming ended. So with that at number four, 242 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: I put Jamie Fox as Ray Charles in Ray. At 243 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: number three, I'm going with Jennifer Lopez as Selena in 244 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: the movie Selena, which came out in nineteen seven. This 245 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: movie had a big effect on me as a kid. 246 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: Selena died at the age of twenty three. She was 247 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: shot by the former manager of a boutiques and fan club, 248 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: Yolanda Saliva, And this was maybe one of my earliest 249 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: memories as a kid. I was four years old and 250 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: I remember vaguely watching it on the news and my 251 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: parents being sad, my entire family being sad because Selena 252 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 1: was such an icon for Mexican Americans. And I remember 253 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: getting a T shirt with her face on it, and 254 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: I didn't really know what death meant at the time. 255 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: I didn't really know what everybody was sad, but I 256 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: remember everybody listening to her music. And then here, just 257 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: a couple of years later, this movie comes out, and 258 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: I really feel this movie and Jennifer Lopez as Selena 259 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,959 Speaker 1: is the reason her legacy has lived on for so long. 260 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: I think if it wasn't for this movie telling her 261 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: entire life story and exposing her music to, you know, 262 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: the generation that would come after her, not knowing her 263 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: when she was alive, and really Jennifer Lopez being the 264 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: vision that we had of Selena, that is who I 265 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: picture when I think of Selena first, I think of 266 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: Jennifer Lopez before I think of Selena Condonia, because I 267 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: just remember watching this movie so much and just greatly 268 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: associating Jennifer Lopez's face with her music. Even when I 269 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: hear it now, I think of Jennifer Lopez, so I 270 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: feel like she already looks so much like her and 271 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: It was also that Selena had so many iconic wardrobe pieces, 272 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: and when you put your character in that wardrobe already 273 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: striking a resemblance to her, it's gonna feel like she 274 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: has come back to life in this movie. And not 275 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: only that, Jennifer Lopez is already a musician, already a performer, 276 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: so she was able to nail sele as Cadence on stage, 277 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: so there's really no one else that could have played 278 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: this part. My favorite musical moment out of the entire 279 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: movie had to be when Selena went to make to 280 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: play a concert at the concert started getting pretty rowdy 281 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: to where people were getting crushed at the front gate 282 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: and they were telling her, you gotta get off the stage. 283 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: It's about a collapse, and she is able to come 284 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: back out on stage and single Mala Floord totally slow 285 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: it down, calm down the entire crowd which is about 286 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: to erupt into a riot, and through this song, everybody 287 00:15:32,600 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: stops the pushing and just listens to her sing. I think, 288 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: aside from Jennifer Lopez in the movie, aside from the music, 289 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: this movie also really resonated with me of portraying what 290 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: it's like to be Mexican American, and I think, above 291 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: all the other themes in this movie, all the other aspects, 292 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: that is kind of what I always take away from it. 293 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: This was the first movie to do that, and maybe 294 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: since really the only one to get it down of 295 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: showing the struggle to need to feel and be American 296 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: when you're here in America, but then you going back 297 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: to Mexico, if you don't speak Spanish, they look down 298 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: on you. So I was always glad they included that 299 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: part in this movie. And then it also just has 300 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: one of my favorite quotes that I say from time 301 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: to time because I also love punk rock and found 302 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: the scene where her boyfriend at the time, Chris and 303 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: his other rambunctious rock star friends trash a hotel room 304 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: were not so. At number three, I with Jennifer Lopez 305 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: Selena in Selena from At number two, I'm putting Joaquin 306 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: Phoenix as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line from two 307 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: thousand and five, and I'm also going to include Reese 308 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: Witherspoon as June Carter Cash. I feel like she gets 309 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 1: left out of the conversation a lot because they both 310 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: did really great jobs in singing in this movie and 311 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: having so much great on screen chemistry and really doing 312 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: the story of Johnny Cash. Justice debatable on how much 313 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: Joaquin Phoenix looks like Johnny Cash. I think if you 314 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: were just going out in public and randomly bumped into him, 315 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: you would never think, oh, you bear a striking resemblance 316 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: to Johnny Cash. But when you put them in all black, 317 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 1: you slick the hair bag and then do a black 318 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 1: and white side by side, you're like, yeah, you kind 319 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: of do look like Johnny Cash. But more important than that, 320 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: I think he really got a stage presence down, and 321 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 1: that's probably the most important thing out of this entire movie. 322 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: Stage presence and just the way he talked and how 323 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,719 Speaker 1: you know, Johnny Cash wasn't a big exuberant character like 324 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: an Elvis. He had this somber tone always, and I 325 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: think Joaquin Phoenix was the perfect one to really be 326 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 1: able to dig in and bring that out in Johnny 327 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: Cash and the moment I knew that this movie was 328 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: going to be great, And my favorite musical moment and 329 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: the entire movie is when he first goes in his 330 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: very first audition with Sam Phillips at Sun Records. And 331 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: I often think about the scene because I work in 332 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: country music, and we have a lot of new artists 333 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: come by the radio station for interviews and performances. And 334 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: when I see a new artist, I always want them 335 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: to bring like their very best song, like the song 336 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: that they would just want everybody to hear and feel 337 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: like this song represents me. And it always takes me 338 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: back to this scene and what Sam Phillips told him 339 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: after he played After Johnny Cash played a gospel song, 340 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 1: he thought that was the song that defined him, that 341 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: was the song that was going to get him a 342 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 1: record deal. And Sam Phillips was like, really, like, this 343 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: is what you bring to me, Like, this is what 344 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: you want to say. One song, one song people would 345 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: remember before you're dirt, one song that would let God 346 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: know what you felt about your time here on earth, 347 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: one song that would sum you up. You're telling me 348 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: that's the song you'd sing. So that's what I go 349 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: back to you, like, what's the one song you would sing? 350 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: Like you had one song left, somebody could either buy 351 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: a sandwich or buy that song. What song would you play? 352 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: And I think sometimes that would change a new artist's perspective. 353 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: Maybe they play a better song, Maybe they go back 354 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: to the drawing board and think of, you know what, 355 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: I'm not really saying anything in this song, because in 356 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: that moment, Johnny Cash realized, well, I was just playing 357 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: that because I thought that's what I should be playing, Like, 358 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: that's what I've been playing. That's you didn't let me 359 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: bring it home. But then he digs deep and I 360 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: don't know if it is actually how it happened in 361 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: your life, but he's like, all right, you want a 362 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: song that's more me? How about the song I wrote 363 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: while I was in the military. I hear the train 364 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: of coming, it's rolling around the bend and nine seeing 365 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: the sunshion. I don't know him. I'm stuck in fulsome 366 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: prison and time keeps dragon on, but the train keeps 367 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: a rule and on down to the sun tone. So 368 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: I felt like that really just defined the entire movie. 369 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: And from there his performance is Johnny Cash only got better, 370 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: and then you throw in Reese Witherspoon and in real life, 371 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: June Carter Cash passed away on May fift thousand and three, 372 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: and Johnny Cash followed soon after on September twelve, two 373 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: thousand and three. Sadly, they both did not get a 374 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: chance to see the movie since it came out two 375 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: thousand and five. They had died two years before, but 376 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: before their desk, they did know that this movie was 377 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: being made about them. They did know that what Keen 378 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon were going to play them. They'd 379 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: worked with the director on the script, so they were 380 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: aware of the movie involved in the movie. Gave their 381 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,919 Speaker 1: blessing to the movie, But sadly we're not able to 382 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: see it. But at number one, did you really think 383 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: I would pick anybody over? My favorite portrayal ever? My 384 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 1: favorite music bio pick is La Bamba, and I'm going 385 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: with Lou and Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Vallens from nineteen 386 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: eighties seven. This movie became the blueprint for me on 387 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: what I expect out of a music biopick. I want 388 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: the story of the artists. I want the music in there, 389 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: but I need something else to grab onto. And while 390 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: La Bamba shows Richie Vallens rise to fame and Lou 391 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,959 Speaker 1: Diamond Phillips portraying him and bringing life to a character 392 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: that you know, there aren't even that many video clips 393 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: of him out there, not really a whole lot of 394 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: performances or music videos, mainly because his career was cut 395 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: so short, and he died at seventeen years old, quickly 396 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: after his rise to fame. There wasn't a whole lot 397 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: to work with here, and really kind of along the 398 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: same lines as Selena, how I know and picture Richie 399 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 1: Vallens is through lou Diamond Phillips in this movie, but 400 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: again it shows his rise to fame, how much of 401 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: an impact quickly his music had. But at the core 402 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,360 Speaker 1: of La Bamba, it is a story about two brothers. 403 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 1: It's Richie Valens and his brother Bob, their struggles early 404 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: on with their parents, of Richie kind of always being 405 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: the favorite one, being the one who had his stuff 406 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: a little bit more together, and Bob seen as the 407 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: kind of the screw up, the reckless one, the one 408 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: always in trouble, and how Bob struggled with that, and 409 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: it was their relationship that was really the driving force 410 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: of this entire movie and what really makes his death's 411 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: so more impactful at the end because they are able to, 412 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: you know, have their struggles, have their fights, and come 413 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: to a point they're ready to reconcile, and then Richie 414 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: Ballens gets taken away. So you have that story of 415 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: brothers and then you also have the story of a 416 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: mom losing your son, and then you throw in the 417 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: love story of him and Donna, which brings me to 418 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: my favorite musical moment of the entire movie is shortly 419 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: after he gets his record deal, he cuts his first 420 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: single and then he has this song Donna, that he's 421 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: been working on to, you know, profess his love for 422 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: her at a time where they couldn't be boyfriend and girlfriend. 423 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: And then he got super popular and he was able 424 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: to convince her he didn't want all those other girls, 425 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: he wanted her. Writes and records this song, and it's 426 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: a bit of a music montage of his rise to 427 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: start him since she left me? Does love Donna? Can 428 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: you be? So that's just hands down my favorite. You 429 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: can argue with me, and you probably will, and you're 430 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: probably wondering, where are these other ones that didn't make 431 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: the list. I'll do some honorable mentions now. One that 432 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: almost made my list was Jason Mitchell as Easy and 433 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: Straight out of Compton. I think when it comes to 434 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 1: music biopics, straight out of Compton often gets overlooked, and 435 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: I feel like that movie is not only the story 436 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: of all their lives, but It's a really good depiction 437 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: of what America was like in the eighties, the social 438 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: issues that we're going on, and how n w A 439 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: and their music was so impactful on that. And Easy 440 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 1: Ease also feels like this mythical character that I also 441 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: don't know a whole lot about, so it was cool 442 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: to see his story be told and somebody really bring 443 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 1: his character to life. And of course I have to 444 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: include O'Shea Jackson, who played his dad in the movie. 445 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: His dad is ice Cube, literally was born to play 446 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: this part, looked exactly like him, just where out he 447 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: was around the same age when they you know, we're 448 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: making this movie. And O'Shea Jackson actually tweeted me in 449 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: response to this question. So this is all the more 450 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: reason to follow me on Twitter at Mike Destro because 451 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: I always tweet out the question for the topic that week. 452 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 1: And I don't know how he saw this tweet. I 453 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: don't know if I got pushed to his feed for 454 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: some reason because of it being musical adaptation where he 455 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 1: searches this thing out on Twitter. But he replied to 456 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: simply me with this gift of this goat, saying may 457 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: and then even quote retweeted it with a Ricky Bobby gift. 458 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,959 Speaker 1: He also surprisingly followed me. So now it's our mission 459 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: to get him on the podcast. So if you would 460 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 1: like to hear O'Shea Jackson come on and defend his claim, 461 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,959 Speaker 1: go reply to the tweet. You can find it on 462 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 1: my Twitter at Mike Distro and say you gotta go 463 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: be a movie mis movie podcast. I thought that movie 464 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: was great, should have got more attention. Even though I 465 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: loved Buddy Holly being concluded in La Bamba, I think 466 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be doing this list justice if I didn't 467 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: include Gary Busey as Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly 468 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: Story without a doubt, probably Gary Busey's best role that 469 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: he's ever done. When I asked a question online, a 470 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: lot of people said Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and 471 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 1: what's love got to do with It? I think that 472 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: is a great one. Also, Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison 473 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: in The Doors movie, Sissy Space as Laretta Lynn and 474 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 1: coal Miner's daughter. And another one that a lot of 475 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: people sit in that I'll tell you I didn't really 476 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: like was Taron Egerton as Elton John in Rocketman, even 477 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 1: though I thought he was a good Elton John. I 478 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: didn't love that movie, and I think it was me 479 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: struggling with the idea of a movie like that being 480 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 1: made while Elton John is still alive. I feel like 481 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 1: the story is a little bit incomplete and just be 482 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: a little bit self serving to me. Some of you 483 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: online also said Chadwick Boseman as James Brown and get 484 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: on up what should be an injustice not to include? 485 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: And then of course a lot of people said Austin 486 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: Butler as Elvis in the movie Elvis, and I probably 487 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 1: would have ranked that one a little bit higher, but 488 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: I do feel like that came out so recently. I 489 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: don't want to have that bias of just being fresh 490 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: off of that movie and look back in five years 491 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: and like, well, it wasn't really Top five Worthies. So 492 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: I'll get into more what I thought about Elvis after this. 493 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: Let's get into a movie review now, spoiler free, although 494 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: I don't really think you could spoil this movie, but 495 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 1: I won't. But let's talk about Elvis. I've been wanting 496 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 1: to do this review for a while now. I kind 497 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: of wanted to give myself a little bit of time 498 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: of separation because I love this movie. So much more 499 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,560 Speaker 1: than I was expecting to, and when I was going 500 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 1: to rank it among all my other favorite music biopics, 501 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: I didn't want to come off fresh from watching this movie, 502 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,479 Speaker 1: but like that's my favorite. It's my favorite, And I 503 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: think why I enjoyed it so much is because it 504 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: wasn't your straight ahead biopic, and I probably credit that 505 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: a lot to the director bos Lerman, who this is 506 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: the kind of movie he makes. He makes big theatrical pieces, 507 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: whether it's movies he's made like The Great Gatsby or 508 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: Movelan Rouge, they're very cinematic, they're very elaborate. They he 509 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: really focuses in on the music, combining combining sounds that 510 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: would be out around the time the movie is set in, 511 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: but also combining it with modern day music, which we 512 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 1: saw in this Elvis movie. So I felt all those 513 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: things combined gave it a different feel. And right from 514 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: the beginning of the movie, I felt like I was 515 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,439 Speaker 1: watching a Christmas movie. I felt like I was watching 516 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: a fairy tale, and I found that really entertaining. With 517 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: Tom Hanks narrating the entire movie as Colonel Tom Parker, 518 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: and from the very beginning of the movie, he's talking 519 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: about how he was accused of being the one to 520 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: kill Elvis, and then the entire movie plays out of 521 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: him trying to defend his claim of he's not the 522 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: one responsible. And it also just provided an entirely different 523 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: dynamic between Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker. What you don't 524 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: normally get in a music biopic is a villain. Most times, 525 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: the artist themselves is the actual protagonist and antagonist because 526 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: of all the things they have going on in their life. 527 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: Usually they're the ones keeping themselves down. Maybe it's a 528 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: record company, but usually that's where you find an antagonist 529 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: and protagonist in a normal biopic. In Elvis, you get 530 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: a villain, Colonel Tom Parker. So it's almost not so 531 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: much about the rise and struggles of Elvis and his 532 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: entire career. I think at the root of this entire movie, 533 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: it's about their relationship, him screwing over Elvis, him manipulating Elvis, 534 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: which I found the most entertaining thing out of the 535 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: entire movie. Really sad when you think about it, and 536 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: some of the scenes in this movie just really make 537 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: you hate him, which was an interesting thing to watch 538 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: a movie where you're not rooting for Tom Hanks, but 539 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: I like that different emotion enemy when going into watching 540 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: a Tom Hanks movie, and that's what the entire movie follows. 541 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: You get his early career, you get him as a 542 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: kid and how he kind of grew up around this music, 543 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: where he was influenced, who he was friends with. I 544 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: really like that they included that of him going to 545 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: Memphis and going into those clubs, even when he was 546 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: already a superstar, to go meet with his friends BB King, 547 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: Little Richard and be inspired by those guys. I thought 548 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: that was a really important thing to include in the 549 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: entire Elvis story because oftentimes that doesn't get talked about. 550 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: And it also focused on the struggles during that time, 551 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: the social issues of Elvis rising to fame and people 552 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: hitting him for different reasons. It also told a bit 553 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: of the dark side of his story, probably not fully 554 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: as I was expecting, which was what I was going 555 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: to be the most curious and maybe critical about if 556 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 1: they didn't get into the darker side of his character. 557 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: Not saying they covered every single thing, but I like 558 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: that they did at least address some of it, being 559 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: with a relationship with his wife and then also later 560 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 1: in his career. You know, taking drugs. The movie also 561 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: really helped me kind of lay a timeline to his 562 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,959 Speaker 1: entire career. I'm a fan of the music from the fifties. 563 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: I'm really in to do up if he didn't know, 564 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: I like, you know, groups like the Drifters, the Platters, 565 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,720 Speaker 1: Frankie Lyman, Little Anthony and the Imperials, the Sharell's, like 566 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: all those kinds of things. I gravitate towards, you know, 567 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,479 Speaker 1: listening to music from the fifties, and I love movies 568 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: said in that time period. And this movie was really 569 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: able to help me place Elvis into that which he 570 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: was just such a huge icon throughout his entire career 571 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: that it kind of helped me place to where his 572 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: career was at its height, where he started to fall, 573 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: where he did all his movies, and then where he 574 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: started to come back on the rise before he died. 575 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: So while this wasn't your straight ahead music biopic, it 576 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: did provide me at least with a bit of a 577 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: history lesson and kind of a refresher. Before this, I 578 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: think my biggest exposure to knowledge of Elvis, who was 579 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: probably Uncle Jesse and full House and later Leelo and Stitches. 580 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: Love for Elvis and I always just knew when you 581 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: thought of Vegas. When you go to Vegas, you think 582 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: of Elvis, you think of impersonators, think of wedding chapels 583 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: where it's a you know, a guy is dressed as Elvis. 584 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: And this movie really helped to explain where that comes from. 585 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: And I found that fascinating. I think above all, it 586 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: just really made Elvis seemed like a much more complex 587 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: individual than I really ever imagined, like he cared about 588 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: what was going on in the world, what his music 589 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: was doing to affect the world, and how he could 590 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: not just be this musical icon but also use this 591 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: platform when he had something to say. And then it 592 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 1: just also shows you how awful his manager was to him, 593 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: how he manipulated him, and how even though Elvis is 594 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: one of the biggest things to ever happen in America 595 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,479 Speaker 1: and in the world, he could have been a lot bigger. 596 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,240 Speaker 1: So I really enjoyed this movie. I think some people 597 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: may have a bit of an issue with it having 598 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: that kind of fairy tale theatrical feel to it, even 599 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: with some of the music. It does have all the 600 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: classic Elvis songs. I feel like, maybe more in the 601 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: beginning of the movie. It had more of that walk 602 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: the line type vibe, and then it kind of got 603 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: bigger and bigger as the movie went along. I felt 604 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: like it also drew a lot from Bohemian Rhapsody and 605 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: some of the styling. But I, for one, like the 606 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: use of some modern songs in there, like the Doja 607 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: cad in there to where with your eyes you know 608 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: you're watching something set in the fifties, but then you 609 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: have like these hip hop drums in the background, or 610 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: later you have Casey Musgrave singing. I just found it 611 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: made the movie that much more unique. So I love 612 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: that stylistic choice, and I also love the fact that 613 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: this movie had so many people in the theater that 614 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: maybe haven't been to a movie in a very long time. 615 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: The line was packed to get into this movie, which 616 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: was a rare thing for me to see, and I 617 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: think it's one that really greatly benefited from being seen 618 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: on a big screen. And it is at a boast 619 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: full two hours and almost forty minutes. I think that 620 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: first hour flew by the second hour felt just as 621 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: fast to me. But if you have a problem with 622 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 1: longer movies, I feel like right around that two hour mark, 623 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,279 Speaker 1: you'll probably start itching a little bit, wanting to get 624 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: to be wrapped up. So if you just don't like 625 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 1: longer movies, you could probably wait a little bit longer 626 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,799 Speaker 1: and watch this one at home. But I think the 627 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 1: scale of it just benefits so much from being seen 628 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: on a big screen. And the movie also just crossed 629 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: the hundred million dollar mark at the box office here 630 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,760 Speaker 1: in the United States, which is rare for a modern 631 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: day non franchise movie. This is in a sequel, this 632 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,360 Speaker 1: isn't part of a whole series that's going to be made, 633 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: so it making a hundred million dollars is a pretty 634 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: big deal. It also came out during a time that 635 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,359 Speaker 1: was pretty competitive at the box office. The only other 636 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: movie this year in that same category of being a 637 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: modern non franchise movie was The Lost City, which also 638 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 1: crossed the hundred million dollar mark. So I feel like 639 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: that's also a pretty big win for this movie. And 640 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,840 Speaker 1: I think this movie will stand the test of time. 641 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 1: I'm already ranking You Get Up There is one of 642 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: my favorite music biopics. I thought Austin Butler did a 643 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: really great job as Elvis. I think we'll look back 644 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 1: on his performance in ten years and see him as 645 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,800 Speaker 1: one of the best. So I give Elvis four point 646 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: five out of five jumpsuits. If you haven't seen it 647 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: yet and you're looking for something to see on the 648 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,439 Speaker 1: big screen, definitely go see Elvis, whether you're a fan 649 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: of his music or not. I don't even consider myself 650 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: that much of an Elvis fan, but I just found 651 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: this story fascinating. It's time to head down to movie 652 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 1: Mike today. I want to talk about a movie I'm 653 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:41,399 Speaker 1: very excited to see part of my I would say 654 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: one of my favorite comedic franchises, from one of my 655 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: favorite comedic directors, in part of one of my favorite 656 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: movie universes that I think people don't give enough credit 657 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,839 Speaker 1: to then it deserves. And the movie is Clerks three, 658 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: directed by the one and only Kevin Smith. It's coming 659 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 1: out pretty soon on September, and you have all the 660 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 1: old characters from Clerks one and Clerks to coming back, 661 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:08,800 Speaker 1: and the movie is about the main character, Randall, suffers 662 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: a heart attack, comes back from it with a new 663 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: lease on life, and decides to make a movie because 664 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,760 Speaker 1: his entire life he's loved movies. He's been talking about 665 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,760 Speaker 1: movies and now is deciding to finally put his money 666 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: where his mouth is and finally make a movie. So 667 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: before I get into more about this movie, here's just 668 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: a little bit of the Clerks three trailer. I'm living 669 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,839 Speaker 1: on borrowed time, no more watching movies. I'm gonna make 670 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:37,839 Speaker 1: your movie. What's the movie going to be about? It's 671 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: about him working here met up. Everything in the script 672 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: is something either me or someone I know said, I'm 673 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,800 Speaker 1: not even supposed to be here today. Maybe Jane Silent 674 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: Bob could be characters Jay and Silent Bob or like 675 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: see three po in art two d do. They've been 676 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 1: here since the first movie, which was the last time 677 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: they were cool, But they've been with the franchise so 678 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: long they still give them cameos and put them on 679 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: the lunch boxes. I just find this kind of humor 680 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,359 Speaker 1: is so funny. In the movie, you have all your 681 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 1: favorite characters back randall of course, Dante Aliah's Jay and 682 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,920 Speaker 1: Silent Bob. You have Kevin Smith's old friend Ben Affleck 683 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,880 Speaker 1: making a cameo in this movie playing an entirely new character. 684 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 1: And Kevin Smith wrote, produced, directed, and edited this movie. 685 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,480 Speaker 1: This is all Kevin Smith, and this will be a 686 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:29,240 Speaker 1: sequel to the movie A sequel to the two thousand 687 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: and six movie and the ninth overall movie in the 688 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: view Eskew universe, which is all of the Kevin Smith movies, 689 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 1: so movies like Mall Rats, Jay and Silent Bob, Strike Back, 690 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: Chasing Amy Dog, mall all those movies. But Clerks is 691 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,840 Speaker 1: the one that's been the ongoing franchise, and this is 692 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: a movie I've been wanting to see be made for 693 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:53,400 Speaker 1: a very long time. Clerks one in nineteen four is 694 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: the movie that put Kevin Smith on the map. Was 695 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: very well received even though it didn't make a lot 696 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:03,240 Speaker 1: of money. He put his entire really everything into that movie, 697 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,319 Speaker 1: maxed out credit cards to get that movie made, and 698 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,759 Speaker 1: has been able to create a really awesome career by 699 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,799 Speaker 1: doing things he is passionate about. He's been able to 700 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,360 Speaker 1: work with some of the biggest actors of all time 701 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: and is one of my favorite directors because he's a 702 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: big nerd. He's a guy who loves making movies for 703 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,880 Speaker 1: people who love movies, and he also just includes his 704 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,240 Speaker 1: character's love for movies or some kind of filmmaking element 705 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: into every single one of his movies, whether it be 706 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,759 Speaker 1: with Jane Simon, Bob who did movies like, oh, this 707 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,880 Speaker 1: is the big studio movie, this is the reboot movie. 708 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,319 Speaker 1: And then in Clerks one and two, his characters just 709 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,240 Speaker 1: talk and criticize and make fun of different kinds of movies. 710 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,759 Speaker 1: And he's saying that Clerks three will serve as the 711 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,280 Speaker 1: indie movie and is really putting his own life into 712 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 1: Randall's story here of making an independent movie. And in 713 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 1: a way, it's the telling of the filming of Clerks. 714 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,839 Speaker 1: And out of the other two Clerks movies, Clerks Too 715 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,400 Speaker 1: was my favorite. I thought having the real budget really 716 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,600 Speaker 1: attributed to making that movie look a lot better. I 717 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: thought that jokes in that movie are funny. It's also 718 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: still the test of time as I go back and 719 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: watch that movie and still enjoy it. You have Rosario 720 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,879 Speaker 1: Dawson added to that cast, and she'll be coming back 721 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,760 Speaker 1: in Clerks three. And growing up, these were just movies 722 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,040 Speaker 1: that I watched and looked forward to coming out every 723 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: single time. And I think it was because they always 724 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,160 Speaker 1: had this feeling of I knew my parents didn't want 725 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,840 Speaker 1: me to watch this type of movie because of the language, 726 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: because some of the content, because some of the jokes. 727 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 1: But I just found this stuff so hilarious that there's 728 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,000 Speaker 1: a type of movies that if I was a director, 729 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: if I was a writer, these are the kind of 730 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,200 Speaker 1: movies I would make. And I think that's why Kevin 731 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 1: Smith has been so successful is his style just speaks 732 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 1: to people like me. He's also just a very loyal 733 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: guy of casting all the same people actors that you 734 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 1: don't really see in any other type of movie and 735 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,279 Speaker 1: maybe wouldn't have had a career if it wasn't for 736 00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,520 Speaker 1: him being friends with them and putting him in his movies. 737 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: So that aspect to makes me love these movies even more. 738 00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,960 Speaker 1: And it's like going back and watching some of your 739 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,359 Speaker 1: old friends because these characters have been around so long. Jane, 740 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: Silent Bob, I feel, are some of the most important 741 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: characters to come out of movies since I've been alive. 742 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,960 Speaker 1: Even though you've maybe never seen a Clerk's movie, maybe 743 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,319 Speaker 1: you've never seen a Jay and Silent Bob movie. You 744 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,319 Speaker 1: just know those characters from pop culture. And if there's 745 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,160 Speaker 1: one on screen character that I relate with the most, 746 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,280 Speaker 1: it has to be Silent Bob because in my personal life, 747 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: I don't talk a whole lot, especially in social situations, 748 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,840 Speaker 1: but every now and then I say, like one important 749 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 1: line that people remember like that is me and a character. 750 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:39,960 Speaker 1: I am Silent Bob from Jay and Silent Bob. I 751 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,440 Speaker 1: think my favorite movie he's ever done, aside from the 752 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,320 Speaker 1: Clerks movies as Mallrats. I just think that's a perfect 753 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:49,440 Speaker 1: nineties comedy. And although I didn't love the latest installment 754 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 1: of Jay and Silent Bob, the reboot, it was good, 755 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: not what I was expecting, but I think this one 756 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: has the potential to be the strongest in the franchise 757 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: of Clerks. So again, that is coming out on septembo. 758 00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,800 Speaker 1: I will be checking that out for sure that opening weekend. 759 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:12,960 Speaker 1: This makes edition and that's gonna do it for another 760 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: episode here of the podcast. Before I hop out of here, 761 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,839 Speaker 1: I gotta do what I do every single week, give 762 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 1: my listener shout out of the week. How do you 763 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:22,880 Speaker 1: get a listener shout out of the week? All you 764 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,799 Speaker 1: have to do is tweet me at Mike Distro, send 765 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,200 Speaker 1: me a d M on Instagram, or if you're at 766 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:29,879 Speaker 1: to send an email, you can hit me up at 767 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:34,000 Speaker 1: movie Mike d at gmail dot com. I just want 768 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,480 Speaker 1: to say thank you to everybody who commented with the 769 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 1: alien emoji, which was the secret emoji on the Chris 770 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,839 Speaker 1: Sanders interview last week. I think without a doubt that 771 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,920 Speaker 1: has been the interview I've done that's just had the 772 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: biggest response. So it really was cool to go and 773 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,640 Speaker 1: read all those comments. I tried to reply to everybody, 774 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,560 Speaker 1: tried to like them all. So, first of all, just 775 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: shout out to everybody who listened to that episode who commented. 776 00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,560 Speaker 1: If you missed that episode, I did talk to the 777 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,800 Speaker 1: creative year of Lelo and Stitch, and he's the voice 778 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,879 Speaker 1: of Stitch on last week's episode, So just go back 779 00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: one in the feed and check that episode out if 780 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,680 Speaker 1: you missed it. So the shout out is to all 781 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,919 Speaker 1: those comments, but I'll give one person a specific shout out, 782 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,000 Speaker 1: and it is ce Trout on Instagram, who commented such 783 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,120 Speaker 1: a wonderful episode. I've already shared it with friends. That 784 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,879 Speaker 1: would meant a lot to me, because not only did 785 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,160 Speaker 1: you listen to the episode, but you thought this was 786 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,799 Speaker 1: so interesting that you felt the need to share it 787 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:31,399 Speaker 1: with a friend, which as a podcaster helps me out immensely. 788 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,000 Speaker 1: Of sharing it with somebody who's never listened to this podcast, 789 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,240 Speaker 1: maybe they check that episode out and then subscribe, maybe 790 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 1: eventually tell another friend about it, and we're able to 791 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 1: have more people here part of the movie crew, listening 792 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: every single week and being a part of this. So 793 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,239 Speaker 1: it's also not too late to do that. Go back 794 00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:51,240 Speaker 1: and share that episode with a friend. That's definitely taking 795 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,800 Speaker 1: it up a level. But thanks everybody for listening this week. 796 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:57,399 Speaker 1: I'll be back next week to talk about book movie 797 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:01,719 Speaker 1: adaptations after watching Where the Cry Dad Sing. And until then, 798 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:03,960 Speaker 1: go out and watch good movies and I'll talk to 799 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,800 Speaker 1: you later. M h.