1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and in honor of Super 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Bowl Week or whenever you're listening to this episode, I 4 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: want to take you on a history of the best 5 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: football films of all time. I'll give you my top ten, 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: what you voted as the best on social media, and 7 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: then together we'll try to figure out what happened to 8 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: the genre. And in the movie review, I want to 9 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: talk about the new m Night Shamalan movie that I've 10 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: been looking forward to, Knock at the Cabin and figure 11 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 1: out if he got back to his roots. And in 12 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: the Trailer Park, a movie I've been waiting to talk 13 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: about Cocaine Bear in the bizarre way this is actually 14 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 1: based on the true story. Thank you for being subscribed 15 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,639 Speaker 1: in listening to the podcast every single week. Shout out 16 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: to the movie crew, especially those listening on Monday, which 17 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: is released a And now let's talk movies. In a 18 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, one 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like never 20 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: before in a movie podcast, a man with so much 21 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: movie knowledge, he's basically you're like walking on mt it's glasses. 22 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: From the Nashville podcast Networking Movie Podcast. On any journey 23 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: through history, in order to figure out where you were going, 24 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: you have to know where you've been, and that's what 25 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: I want to talk about on this week's episode. Before 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: we talk about football movies, we have to talk about 27 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: the history of football in America. So that's where this 28 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: journey is going to start. In the US, football originated 29 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: from the sports soccer and rugby. The first American football 30 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: game ever was played on November six, eighteen sixty nine, 31 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton, and they used 32 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: rules based on soccer at that time. For the next 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: fifty years they played the game, but it was a 34 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: pretty brutal game. A lot of the rule changes really 35 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: just came down to not only keeping players healthy, but 36 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: keeping them alive. It was a very violent game, to 37 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: the point that Theodore Roosevelt, who was president at this time, 38 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: almost to stop the game from being played due to 39 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: so many deaths. So in response to that, they finally 40 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: got some rule changes made and made the game safer 41 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: for players. Fast forward to nineteen twenty, where the professional 42 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: era started. Ten football teams gathered in Canton, Ohio and 43 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: created what is now known as the NFL. But I 44 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: want to know when they started making money. The first 45 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: big NFL contract red Grange, who joined the NFL with 46 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears in nineteen with a salary right around 47 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: a hundred thousand dollars when all was said and done, 48 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: which was insane at the time because the average players 49 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: salary was about a hundred dollars per game or less, 50 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: and that didn't change for a while. Even up until 51 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: the late nineteen fifties. Baltimore Cults players got paid in 52 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,080 Speaker 1: beer after games. So around this time players started demanding 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: a league minimum, but nobody was really listening. The average 54 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: player was still making about six thousand dollars per season. 55 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: It wasn't until the seventies where owners finally agree that 56 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: players would make a minimum of nine thousand dollars for 57 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: rookies and ten thousand dollars for veterans, and the salaries 58 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: started to increase in the seventies. Fast forward to three, 59 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: the average NFL salary is close to two point seven 60 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: million dollars. So why do I tell you all this? 61 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,359 Speaker 1: How does this connect to movies? Well, it's because of money, 62 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: and even though baseball is still referred to as America's pastime. 63 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: The most popular sport in the United States is football, 64 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: and the rise in popularity greatly has to do with 65 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: all of the games being televised and the amount of 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: money that the NFL makes through revenue on TV that 67 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: easily transfers into film. So you can say that football 68 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: has always just had a great relationship with the camera. 69 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: So that's where movies come in. And we actually have 70 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: to go back to the first ever football movie which 71 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: came out in It was called Two Minutes to Go, 72 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: and it was a silent sports drama about us star 73 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: of the college football team who was forced to work 74 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: as a milkman when his father's business began to fail. 75 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: That movie came out on October seventee. It was sixty 76 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: minutes long and ran on six reels, so back when 77 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: they put the film reels on the projector, but there 78 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: were still no sound at this time. It was a 79 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: silent film and Two Minutes to Go was never preserved. 80 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: Is actually now known as a lost film. Can't find 81 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: it anywhere. But just four years later, a movie called 82 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: The Freshman came out in nineteen which is another silent movie, 83 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: but this one is a comedy about the story of 84 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: a college freshman trying to become popular by joining the 85 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: school's football team, and you can actually watch this movie 86 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: on HBO Max, and The Freshman is often referred to 87 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: now as the first football movie and sports comedy. These 88 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: are the top ten highest grossing football movies according to 89 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: Box office Mojo. At number ten is Friday Night Lights, 90 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: making sixty one million dollars. At number nine is Acepentura 91 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: Pet Detective make seventy two million dollars, which some would 92 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: argue is not a football movie, even though the entire 93 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: thing is about him trying to find the missing mascot 94 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: of the Miami Dolphins, which I would say is essential 95 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: to the plot, so I would call it a football movie. 96 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: That comes in at number nine. At number eight is 97 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: Any Given Sunday making seventy five million dollars. At number 98 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: seven is Heaven Can Wait, which made eighty one million dollars. 99 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: At number six is The Game Plan with the Rock 100 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: making ninety million dollars, rounding at the top five. At 101 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: number five, remember the Titans making a hundred and fifteen million. 102 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: At number four Jerry Maguire making a hundred and fifty 103 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: three million, which I feel like some people would still 104 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: argue that even that movie is not a football movie, 105 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: I would count it. I enjoyed that movie, and I'm 106 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: not even the biggest Tom Cruise fan. At number three 107 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: is The Longest Yard, the two thousand five version, making 108 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty eight million dollars. At number two 109 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler again with The water Boy, making a hundred 110 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: and sixty one million dollars. And at number one is 111 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: The blind Side, making two hundred and fifty five million 112 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: dollars at the box office, and that is pretty impressive 113 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: knowing that the movie only cost nine million dollars to make, 114 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: so that was definitely a good return on that investment, 115 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: and also picked up a Best Picture nomination in Sandra 116 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Bullock won her very first Oscar for Best Actress back 117 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine. And looking at these box 118 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,559 Speaker 1: office numbers, it raises the question for me, what happened 119 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: to football movies? Nothing of note has come out in 120 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: the last five years. Before you get all up in arms, 121 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: yes some football movies have come out, but nothing that 122 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: would even be in the category of the best of 123 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: all time. When football continues to dominate the TV ratings, 124 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: why haven't we had a great football movie. There hasn't 125 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: been one in the last five years, and only two 126 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: of note have come out in the last ten years, 127 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: and both came out in When the Game Stands Tall 128 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: made thirty million dollars and also in fourteen, Draft Day 129 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: made twenty eight million dollars. Just a couple of years ago, 130 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: Amory an Underdog came out, which was a story about 131 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: Kurt Warner. I thought that was a pretty good movie, 132 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: not a great football movie by any means. I also 133 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: just have a problem whenever a biopic gets made about 134 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: a person who is still living, and this one also 135 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: felt a little bit lifetime movie to me, even though 136 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: the story of Kurt Warner is great, felt a little 137 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: bit too fluffy for me and slightly on the over 138 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: dramatic side, even though I love Kurt Warner and I 139 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: love Zachary Levy in that movie. And I know we 140 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: just had another football movie come out, eighty for Brady, 141 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: which I haven't seen yet. Doesn't really look like my 142 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: cup of tea. But I also don't feel like that 143 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 1: is ending up on anybody's list unless you're just that 144 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: die hard of a Tom Brady fan. Also a little 145 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: bit suss that it came out right around the time 146 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: he decided to announce his retirement. So if there hasn't 147 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: been a great football movie in so long, why is that? 148 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: So that's the question, why hasn't there been a great 149 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: one in the last five years? I think to answer that, 150 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: you have to look at what makes football movies great. 151 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: I truly believe it is because of the underdog stories. 152 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: Those are the ones that resonate with us the most. 153 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: The stories about the characters you would never expect to 154 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: achieve greatness and football. Sometimes they don't even win the 155 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: biggest games, sometimes they don't really make it all the 156 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: way to the top. Is just having this small, little 157 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: moral victory that really inspires a great football movie. So 158 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: I think a great football movie kind of goes a 159 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: step further. It becomes less about the game of football 160 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: and more about life, more about social issues, and more 161 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: about those moral victories. That is what gets you in 162 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: the fields. That is what makes you want to watch 163 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: a football movie over and over again. It also gets 164 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: people who maybe don't even typically like to sit down 165 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: and watch a movie into the idea of watching one. 166 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: In this case, most likely guys. A lot of guys 167 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: I know haven't seen a movie in the last ten years. 168 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: But you get to talking about football movies and they 169 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: are all in. They not only have their favorite movie, 170 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: they have their favorite line, their favorite character. No matter 171 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: what of a movie fan you are, you probably have 172 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: a favorite football movie. The other great thing about football 173 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: movies the team you want to win usually wins, not 174 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: like in real life. So as a Dallas Cowboys fan, 175 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: I love watching a football movie where the team I'm 176 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: rooting for actually wins. So I went to social media 177 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: and I asked the question, what is the greatest football 178 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: movie of all time? Here's what you said online? I 179 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: took answers from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and number one, 180 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: hands down, it wasn't even close. Was Remember the Titans, 181 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: based on the true story of Coach Boone's efforts to 182 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: try to integrate a high school football team in nineteen 183 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: one Virginia. This movie had it all, a very charming 184 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: young cast with one of the greatest actors of all time, 185 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: Denzel Washington. And I think why this movie resonates so 186 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: much is that it doesn't shy away from the racist 187 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 1: history of America in education and in sport, and the 188 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: hardships that all the different players face in this movie 189 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: and how they come together is one of the most 190 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: inspiring stories, not only in sports films, but in any 191 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: genre of movie. So I'm not entirely surprised by this outcome. 192 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: Is just really seeing the overwhelming dominance of this one 193 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: coming in as number one. I wasn't expecting the volume 194 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: of that response. But rounding out the top five as 195 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: voted by you, at number five was The Replacements, at 196 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 1: number four was We Are Marshall, at number three was 197 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 1: The blind Side, and at number two was Rudy. So 198 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: I think everything in that top five really embodies we've 199 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: been talking about here of what makes football movies great. 200 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 1: We Are Marshall, now that is an emotional one, and 201 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: that one kind of transcends the football genre since it 202 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: is based on a true story and how Marshall University 203 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: rebuilt itself after that crash in nineteen seventy leaving thirty 204 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: seven players dead, along with eight members of the coaching 205 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: staff and twenty five of boosters. So I feel like 206 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: that movie is less about football and more about a 207 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: community coming together in crisis. So I do want to 208 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: share with you my top ten football movies of all 209 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: time and two things you'll see in my list. I'm 210 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 1: a fan of comedies. I think football movies and comedy 211 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: go hand in hand when paired together. I'm also biased 212 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 1: towards movies that came out in the nineties and are 213 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: ones that I grew up with as a kid. But 214 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: I also love me some dramas too, so I feel 215 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: like this list has a little bit of everything. Kicking 216 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: it off with number ten from nineteen eighties, six Lucas, 217 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: about a fourteen year old boy named Well Lucas who 218 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,599 Speaker 1: is this really bright teenager but he's a nerd. Identify 219 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: with that. I was a nerd in every phase of 220 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: my life through school and even now. So the story 221 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: centers around his life at school, him getting bullied, him 222 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: falling for a girl, and trying to impress her by 223 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: joining the high school football team. So maybe the primary 224 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 1: focus isn't on football, but it's about a nerd like 225 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: me trying to be accepted by his peers, trying to 226 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: show his bullies that he's not going to stand down, 227 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: and trying to land the girl of his teenage dreams. 228 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: And the movie has one of my favorite slow claps 229 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: into freeze frames in movie history at the very end 230 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: where he finally gets that jersey with his name on it. 231 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: So you've got to give it up for a slow clap, 232 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: And at number ten is Lucas. At number nine from 233 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine is The blind Side, which is 234 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: the true story of Michael Or, who was a homeless 235 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: and traumatized boy based on a true story and went 236 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: on to become an All American football player and first 237 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: round NFL draft pick with the help of the two 238 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: ease And I feel like this movie would rank higher 239 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: on my list if it wasn't for Michael Or really 240 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: not liking his portrayal in this movie and some of 241 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: the creative liberties they took with this story. Maybe they 242 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,599 Speaker 1: hollywood his story up just a little bit, but you 243 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: can't deny the performances in this movie. I still believe 244 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: that Sandra Bullag deserved her Oscar for Best Actress. I 245 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: rewatched it recently and still like it. So at number 246 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 1: nine is The blind Side. At number eight, gotta throw 247 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: a comedy in here, I'm going with The water Boy 248 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: from n about Bobby Boucher who discovers his unique tackling 249 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: ability and becomes a member of the team along the 250 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: same lines of Adam Sandler's other movie, Happy Gilmore. I 251 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: feel like Bobby Boucher has that same energy of just 252 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: going all out for it. I also felt like this 253 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: almost closed out Adam Sandler's run of creating very funny 254 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: standalone characters. It's easily in his top three Happy Gilmore, 255 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: Billy Madison, and Bobby Boucher. So at number eight is 256 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: the water Boy. Number seven is the movie I talked 257 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: about earlier, We Are Marshall, which came out in two 258 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: thousand and six, because of the nature of it being 259 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: based on a true story, but also because of Matthew McConaughey, 260 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: who had an interesting career in the tooth thousands where 261 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: he was battling he didn't want to be known as 262 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: the rom com guy anymore, and he did some pretty 263 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: questionable roles in the two thousand's, but I feel like 264 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: this was his bright spot two thousand and six. He 265 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: dominated this role and really brought this coach to life. 266 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: He is just so convincing and the way he speaks, 267 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: in the way you're drawn to every single word that 268 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: he says, it really makes for a captivating performance. So 269 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: this movie could have done it on the story alone, 270 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: but Matthew McConaughey, I felt really elevated it. So at 271 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: number seven is we are Marshal At number six, I'm 272 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: going with nineteen three's Rudy the Ultimate underdog story. Rudy 273 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: was told he was too small to play college football. 274 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: But this guy was determined, almost so determined to the 275 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: point of like, why are you so relentless? But you 276 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: had to be that relentless to get a movie made 277 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: after you already wants to do only thinks about he 278 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: goes to sleep, he dreams about it. He wants to 279 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: play on Notre Dame. I still believe that this remains 280 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Shawn Aston's most iconic role. I associate him with Rudy 281 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: before I do with him in The Goonies or with 282 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: him in Lord of the Rings. I think it's his 283 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: best role. And even for somebody like me who I 284 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: feel like something is broken inside me emotionally, that Rudy 285 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: chance still gets me. It works well. I gotta tell you, 286 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: it's just the curd to any one least rum body 287 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: has been chatting for the last two or three minutes. 288 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: It's literally at number five, I'm going with what you 289 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: voted as the number one. Remember the Titans, which came 290 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: out in two thousand. We all know the story. We've 291 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 1: all seen it at least a dozen times. And that 292 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: was just in my history class alone in elementary school. 293 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: And I love that. In the case of Remember the Titans, 294 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: a lot of what happened in the movie actually happened 295 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: in real life. So unlike in the Blindside, where they 296 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: took a lot of creative liberties, it stays pretty true 297 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: to the real life story. What else do you need 298 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: to say about it? At number five, I'm going with 299 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: Remember the Titans. At number four, I'm going with The 300 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: Little Giants. And family sports movies were so big to 301 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: me in the nineties, movies like Mighty Ducks, Angels in 302 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: the Outfield, air Bud, But this is the football equivalent 303 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: of that, not counting air Bud the Golden Receiver by 304 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: any means. But I love it because it's the story 305 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: of a group of misfits trying to take down these 306 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: elite peewee football players coached by that elite team's brother. 307 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: You have Ed O'Neill, you have Rick Moranus. What a 308 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: nineties combo. So when a see of all these peewee 309 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: sports movies, I would even throw the sand Lot into 310 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: this genre. They probably all got their inspiration from The 311 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: Bad News Bears. That's essentially what The Little Giants is, 312 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: but with football. And while this might not be the 313 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: most acclaimed of all of Disney's live action kids sports movies, 314 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: it's hands down my favorite and my number four football 315 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: film of all time. Little Giants at number three, I'm 316 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: going with Friday Night Lights, which came out in two 317 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: thousand and four. I love this movie so much. It 318 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: inspired me to want to play football, the key words 319 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: being there to want to play football. As much as 320 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: I loved it growing up, it just wasn't in me. 321 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: I wasn't into getting hit. I also struggled as a 322 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: kid with losing, so that's part of the biggest reason 323 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: why I was never put into football as a kid. 324 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: I couldn't handle the losing. But what I loved about 325 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: Friday Night Lights it is such a great depiction of 326 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: how important football is in a small community in Texas, 327 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: which is what I grew up in. I grew up 328 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,719 Speaker 1: in wantsa Hatchie, Texas. This movie is based in Odessa, Texas. 329 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: I feel like so many parallels between the two, where 330 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: it seems like football is the only way out of 331 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: a small town. The entire community revolves around it. And 332 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,360 Speaker 1: that's what Friday Night Lights is all about. That struggle, 333 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: that disappointment, that defeat in high school sports, and how 334 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: getting beat in high school sports seems like the end 335 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: of your life, the end of your career. It's all 336 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: about a town, a team, and a dream, and that 337 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: is what Friday Night Lights is. And then you have 338 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: one of my favorite mostly comedic actors, but he's great 339 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: in the drama, Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw, Connie Britten. 340 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,159 Speaker 1: This movie is so good on so many levels. So 341 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: at number three is Friday Night Lights. At number two, 342 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: I'm going with The Longest Yard, but not the nine 343 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: four version. I just love the two thousand and five 344 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler that much more. Again, this is the movie 345 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: I grew up with more than the original, even though 346 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: there wouldn't be this movie without that movie. The plot 347 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: is simple, it's the prison inmates taking on the prison guards. 348 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: I just love the action once it gets to the 349 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: actual game in this movie, it's so high flying and 350 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 1: so ridiculous, and I think when it comes to the 351 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: best football movies, it all comes down to that Big Game, 352 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 1: and at of any movie on this list, I think 353 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: that one is the most anticipated because it's what the 354 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: entire premise is all about, but it's also everything leading 355 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: up to that. I love the friendship between Adam Sandler 356 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: and Chris Rock and his death in this movie still 357 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: gets me a little bit. I love that they brought 358 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: Burt Reynolds from the original one, who was actually a 359 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: football star himself before he was even an actor. He 360 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: was a great halfback. So there's so many things in 361 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: this movie and it just feels very two thousand and 362 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: five to me, which I love. So at number two, 363 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: I'm going with the longest yard before I get to 364 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: my number one. There are a lot of honorable mentions. 365 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: I could go on for days, and I know you 366 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 1: will comment on social media saying you forgot about this one, 367 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 1: you forgot about that one. There are so many football movies, 368 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: so if you didn't get yours in on the list 369 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: on social media, you can still hit me up find 370 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 1: my socials in the episode notes. I would also throw 371 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: in Wildcats from nineteen eighties six, which is undeniably cheesy, 372 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: but there's always a space in my heart for a 373 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: nice cheesy movie. A couple I mentioned earlier in the 374 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: highest grossing Jerry McGuire from ninety six. Any given Sunday 375 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: from nineteen I'll shout out a relic from the nineties, 376 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: the garbage Picking field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon starring Tony Danza, 377 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: about a sanitation worker who ends up becoming the kicker 378 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: for the Philadelphia Eagles. That movie just brings back a 379 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: lot of memories for me. I could make an argument 380 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: for The Silver Linings Playbook, which is my most controversial 381 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: pick on social media. I still consider it a football movie. 382 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: There's football in it. Bradley Cooper's character is a die 383 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: hard Eagles fan, and I feel like that is essential 384 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: to the story. Also, why are there's so many movies 385 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: about the Philadelphia Eagles. They're already in the Super Bowl again. 386 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: Maybe that's why. Along those same lines, there's a movie 387 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 1: called Big Fan, which came out in two thousand and 388 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: nine starring Patton Oswald. If you're a fan of cringing movies, 389 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: Patton Oswald does them so well, and this one he 390 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: plays this hardcore Giants fan who is just obsessed with 391 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: the team and obsessed with this one player in particular. 392 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: And then gets beaten up by that player, so kind 393 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: of a dark comedy, but I really enjoyed that movie. Also, 394 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: the Eagles have movies, the Giants have movies. What's up 395 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: with the NFC East having all these movies? So if 396 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: that's the case. As a Cowboys fan, I have to 397 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: mention North of Dallas forty, which is based on the 398 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys and an inside look at the crazy life 399 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: of Ventville player is in the seventies. What a time. 400 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,719 Speaker 1: So those are your honorable mentions, But my number one 401 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: football movie of all time has to go to Varsity Blues, 402 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: which came out in even more so than Friday Night Lights. 403 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: Varsity Blues I felt really got into the life of 404 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: a teenager living in a small town where, in the 405 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: same case, the entire community revolves around football. But this 406 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: movie is obviously a lot more comedic. It's about a 407 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: backup quarterback played by James Vanderbeek who ends up having 408 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: to step up and replace the star of the team 409 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: after he gets injured. I think more so than Friday 410 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: Night Lights, it hits you on an oddly different emotional level, 411 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: greatly coming from that speech at the end and how 412 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: much small town life and how much this coach is 413 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: just telling them that this game is everything. The rest 414 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,959 Speaker 1: of their life is going to be pointless, and if 415 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: they don't win this game, their failures, and it's James 416 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: Vanderbeek's character having to rise above that and give my 417 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: favorite speech in a sports movie. For this game started, 418 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: Kilmer said, forty eight minutes for the next forty eight 419 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: years of our lives. I say off that, right, let's 420 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: go out there and we'll play the next twenty four 421 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: minutes for the next twenty four minutes, and we'll leave 422 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: it all out on field. We got the rest of 423 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: our lives to the mediocre, but we have the opportunity 424 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: to play like gods for the next half of football. 425 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: But we go out there and we give it absolutely 426 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: everything that's heroic as the heroes. I feel like that 427 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: speech is only rivaled by any given Sundays and Al 428 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: Pacino's declaration that football is a game of inches much 429 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: like life. You'll find out Life's game of inches souls football, 430 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: because in either game life for football, the margin for 431 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: error is so small, I mean, one half a step 432 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: too late or too early, and you don't quite naked. 433 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: So you have that speech, but also In Varsity Blues, 434 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: you have Billy Bob, who is utterly hilarious and gives 435 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: one of my favorite lines in any comedy. And you 436 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 1: know what that is surrounding if you've seen the movie. 437 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: But not only that, I feel like Varsity Blues is 438 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: a time capsule and truly is a representation of with 439 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: the cast James Vanderbeek known from Dawson's Creek, but you 440 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: also have Amy Smart and Paul Walker. The soundtrack is 441 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: loaded with alternative music from Green Day Collective, Soul, Third 442 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: Eye Blind. It's very much a representation of kind of 443 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: that MTV generation in the nineties, going from into the 444 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: two thousand's. This was kind of like the end of 445 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: a part of my childhood in a way. You know, 446 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: the movie came out when I was eight years old. 447 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: It felt like the closing out of that decade, even 448 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: though we maybe didn't even realize it at the time. 449 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: And that is why I love this movie so much. 450 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: So it has football, it as comedy, it has the nineties. 451 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: At number one is Varsity Blues. It's the only movie 452 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: that I will break my five scale rating system and 453 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: give it a ten ten ten. It's tie him now 454 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: for a spoiler free movie review. I want to talk 455 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: about m Night Shamalan's Knock at the Cabin, one of 456 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,400 Speaker 1: my most anticipated movies of the year. Did it live 457 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: up to the hype? I won't waste any time. I 458 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: want to get right into this review. I actually just 459 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: left the theater, just set down to record this because 460 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: I wanted to share with you my raw emotions. So 461 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: before I get into my review of Knock at the Cabin, 462 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: here's just a little bit of the trailer. If you 463 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: haven't heard or seen it yet. Your family must choose 464 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: to willingly sacrifice one of the three of you to 465 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: prevent the apocalypse. Not sacrifice anyway. For every note you 466 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: give us understood, thousands of people are going to time. 467 00:24:55,480 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: That's really speed on. Blose your eyes. Will you make 468 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: a choice? You have to somehow trust us or normal 469 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,679 Speaker 1: people just like you. It doesn't matter, none of us. 470 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: We will never choose anyone. So what this movie is about. 471 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: You have these two dads and their eight year old 472 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: daughter who go out to a cabin in the middle 473 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,479 Speaker 1: of nowhere on vacation. While the daughter is out playing, 474 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: she is approached by Dave Batista's character, who is very 475 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: ominous and starts talking about all these weird little concepts. 476 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: Starts out innocently enough, and then you see these other 477 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: people emerge from the woods and it gets pretty serious 478 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: pretty quick. And that's really what I enjoyed about this movie. Oftentimes, 479 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: when you get into anything in the horror, suspense or 480 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: mystery space, the first twenty minutes are always a little 481 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: bit boring because they build all this backstory. But this 482 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 1: one wastes no time. It trims all the fat right 483 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: at the beginning and get into the story and get 484 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 1: into the action. And I really respected this movie for that. 485 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: And the way I got into the backstory was through 486 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: flash backs, which I think worked perfectly. But what the 487 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,959 Speaker 1: premise of this movie is is these four people who 488 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: come to this family present them with this really hard 489 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: decision that they have to make. But what these four 490 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: strangers are here to do is prevent the apocalypse, and 491 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: they need these two dads the daughter as a family 492 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: to make the decision. It's a really tough choice to make. 493 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: I don't want to give away too much, but it 494 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: will either prevent or cause the apocalypse. So the question 495 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: it brings to you the viewer, and the question I 496 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: had running through my mind the entire time. What would 497 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: I do, What I save my family, what I save 498 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: the world? What I believe these people who just showed 499 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: up out of nowhere and seem like lunatics, And that 500 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 1: is what the entire movie attempts to answer. And this 501 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 1: movie has a pretty limited cast, so that means you 502 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: have to have some really stellar performances in order for 503 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: this movie to stand out. You really only have the 504 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: three members of the family and the four mysterious strangers 505 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: to carry this entire movie. So I put a lot 506 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: of weight on their perform says and also m Night 507 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: Shamalan as a director to create this tension, which is 508 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: really what makes this movie work. But I'll get to 509 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: that tension a little bit later. And how all the 510 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: action played out without spoiling the movie for you, of course, 511 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: but let's talk about some of the performances. I'm really 512 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: saying his praises and knives out. I went on an 513 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: entire rant how Dave Batista is really solidifying his career 514 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: as a legit actor. At least for me, He's been 515 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: able to show a lot of range in the roles 516 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: he's been taking on. Yes, he's done some action movies, yes, 517 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 1: he's done a little bit more cheesy movies, and I 518 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: feel now that he is really kind of living up 519 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: to his intentions of straying away from that and becoming 520 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: a more serious actor. And him as this character Leonard 521 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: in this movie, I feel like, really cemented him as 522 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 1: a serious actor. To me, he's not just drags. You 523 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,280 Speaker 1: can tell he didn't have a massive ego when going 524 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: into this movie, and he really takes on the character 525 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: he is playing. And I think that's a really hard 526 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: thing for him to do because he has such big 527 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: distinct features, all of the tattoos, all the mud soles. 528 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: He is a massive human. You feel like you put 529 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: him in a scenario like this, it would be hard 530 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: as a viewer to see him as anything but that. 531 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: But he is able to transcend that. This character Leonard 532 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 1: has a lot of depth. You can really feel some 533 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: emotion in his performance, and you really believe and buy 534 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: into his back story. So I felt like he was 535 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: really the star of this movie. But then you have 536 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: the daughter in this movie who was only eight years 537 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: old while filming. Kristen Chuy made her debut on the 538 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: big screen and did it in such a commanding way. Again, 539 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: she was only eight years old while filming this movie, 540 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: but she was so articulate and so convincing. She completely 541 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: crushed this role. Maybe that's due to m Night Shamalan 542 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: and his ability to get a great performance out of 543 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: a child actor. Just look at Haley Joe Osmond in 544 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: the sixth sense, so so a little bit of credit 545 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: to him, but mostly credit to her for completely crushing 546 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,320 Speaker 1: her debut as an eight year old. And then you 547 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: have the two dads in this movie. Andrew played by 548 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: Ben Aldridge, who I recently saw in spoiler Alert. He 549 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: was really good at showing raw emotion in this movie. 550 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: I really felt his conviction and his love for his 551 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: family and trying to protect them. I feel like that 552 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: is the role that most of us would take on 553 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: being thrown into this situation. And it could have been 554 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: a role. It could have been emotions that you clearly 555 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: could have overacted and ruined the entire movie, but he 556 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: in no way messed that up. And then you also 557 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: have the other dad, Eric played by Jonathan Groff, who 558 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: I remember mostly as playing King George in Hambleton's and 559 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: he did a really great job of playing the opposite 560 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: type of personality as his partner and really added that 561 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: balance in contrast that we needed as the viewer. You 562 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: needed the one who was doing anything to save his family, 563 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: and then you needed the one who was kind of 564 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: questioning reality. And then you also have Rupert Grint, who 565 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: you would know as Ron Weasley from Harry Potter. He 566 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: played one of the arms strangers. I've been a fan 567 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: of his work even post Harry Potter, and he hasn't 568 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: done a whole lot of major roles. But I didn't 569 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: really feel like he needed to convince me that he 570 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: was a great actor. Outside of that, I already knew that. 571 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: So you have all those great performances. But what really 572 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: brought it together was the tension the movie was able 573 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: to create. This story works because of that tension. With 574 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: m Night Shamalan, there's always this fine line of something 575 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: being good and awful. He is a very hit or missedirector, 576 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: and what I think what helped him in this movie 577 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: is he kept it pretty grounded. I think what he 578 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: did would Knock at the Cabin is what he tried 579 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: to do with the happening, which completely flopped, And as 580 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: bizarre as the plot sounds, I never found myself questioning 581 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: his choices or thinking this is completely ridiculous. So in 582 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: all of the extremes in the movie, it still felt 583 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: like it was very much based in reality, so the 584 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: entire thing kind of played out like a dark fairy tale. 585 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: So I think this is a movie you will either 586 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: love or hate, much like the rest of M. Night 587 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: Shamalan's work, but I think easily his best since would Split, 588 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: which I liked. I didn't love that movie, but compared 589 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: to some of his bombs previously, that was the last 590 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 1: time I left the theater from an M. Night Shamalan 591 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: movie feeling like I didn't just get ripped off. And 592 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: it's just crazy to me that after a string of 593 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: hits starting in with The Sixth Cents, going from that 594 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: to Unbreakable Signs, The Village, Say what you want about 595 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: Lady in the Water. I still really enjoyed that movie, 596 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: but it kind of began his decline because he followed 597 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: that up in two thousand and eight with The Happening, 598 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: then The Last Airbender in and if that didn't completely 599 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: wreck his career, he really went even further downhill with 600 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: After Earth in. I don't think he's necessarily back with 601 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: this movie. I think some people really like Old his 602 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: movie previous to this one. So I'm still on a 603 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: case by case basis when it comes to his movies. 604 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's back. I'm not saying I'm all 605 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: in on his work, but I think he needed a 606 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: hit for me to even be considering going to another 607 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: m Night Shamalan movie after this. So this movie really 608 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: worked for me. It's a polarizing movie. He makes polarizing art, 609 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: but I think polarizing art is worthy of your judgment. 610 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: So take what you want from this review on whether 611 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: or not you think this movie is for you. If 612 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: you've been a fan, I would say of his early work, 613 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: those first four films that I still really enjoy even 614 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: rewatching them. I think they still hold up to today. 615 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: If you were a fan of those movies, forget about 616 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: some of that stuff in the middle and hop over 617 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: to Knock at the Cabin, I think it is worthy 618 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: of your time. I'm sitting here now within an hour 619 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 1: and a half after watching this movie, and it's still 620 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: kind of lingering with me. The after effects. I still 621 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: kind of have that after movie glow of watching the 622 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: very first good movie of the year, and that's what 623 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: this movie is It's the first movie I've seen so 624 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: far this year that I'm telling people you need to 625 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: go see it. In my book, it is a noteworthy movie, 626 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: and I found myself enjoying it from beginning to end. 627 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: The movie is only an hour in forty minutes, so 628 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: it was to the point that I didn't want the 629 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 1: movie to end. I wanted the story to keep going. 630 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: I think that is a sign of a good movie. 631 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: I love me a psychological mystery thriller, so this movie 632 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: was right up my alley, and if you're into those 633 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: as well, I think it'll do it for you. If 634 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: I had to rate Knock at the Cabin, I would 635 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: give it four point five out of five knocks. It's 636 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: time to head down to movie Mike. I've been meaning 637 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: to talk about this movie trailer for a while now. 638 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: It is called Cocaine Bear. Cocaine Bear. I just love 639 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 1: saying the title of this movie, and I think in 640 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: a world where movie titles are getting less and less creative, 641 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: this is what I look for. I just want something 642 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: that lets me know with two words exactly what I'm 643 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: getting into, because sometimes that influences my decision. When it's 644 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: just these something it's like Okay, that's not that interesting. 645 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: But Cocaine Bear. I hear that title and I want 646 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: to know about it, and the fact that this was 647 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: based on a true story and that title was just 648 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: sitting there just queue it up to make a great movie. 649 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: So this is a thriller, slash dart comedy, kind of 650 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: a little bit of a horror movie. But I think 651 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: even my wife saw this trailer, who doesn't like horror movies, 652 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 1: and said, I'm in on this one. It's about a 653 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: five hundred pound bear who consumed a significant amount of 654 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 1: cocaine and goes on this drug fueled rampage. You have 655 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: some crazy cops, you have some criminals, you have some tourists, 656 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: you have some teenagers all in this Georgia forest that 657 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: all encounter this. Stay with me now, Cocaine Bear. So 658 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: before I get into more of this trailer and this 659 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 1: real life story that inspired it, here's just a little 660 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,720 Speaker 1: bit of the Cocaine Bear trailer. Many usons of dollars 661 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,720 Speaker 1: worth of cocaine fell from the sky this morning in Knoxville, Tennessee. 662 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,760 Speaker 1: There's more this out there if they dumped it somewhere. 663 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: I'm looking for my daughter's first as a dangerous place. Harry, 664 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 1: check it out. Something got into it, a dear, maybe 665 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: a lot of cocaine was lost. I need you to 666 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 1: go and get it. Let's see what kind of effect 667 00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: that has on a bear. Dude, cocaine. So this movie 668 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 1: was inspired by a true story that happened back in 669 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: the eighties. And here is the actual newspaper article from 670 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:12,359 Speaker 1: December nineteen and it says a hundred and seventy five 671 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,760 Speaker 1: pound black bear apparently died of an overdose of cocaine 672 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,800 Speaker 1: after discovering a batch of the drug the Georgia Bureau 673 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 1: of Investigation set today. The cocaine was apparently dropped from 674 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: a plane piloted by Andrew Thornton, a convicted drug smuggler 675 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: who died on September eleven in Knoxville, Tennessee, because he 676 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: was carrying too heavy a load while parachuting. So, in 677 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 1: real life, the bear didn't actually go on a drug 678 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 1: fueled rampage. He was actually found dead in some mountains 679 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 1: in Georgia, just south of the Tennessee border. But this 680 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 1: movie is taking some creative liberties to give us a 681 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 1: fun filled movie. The trailer looks ridiculous and action packed, 682 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,520 Speaker 1: but I think we will set this movie apart is 683 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 1: that it has a good director. Elizabeth Banks, who is 684 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: an accomplished actor, has been in movies like The Hunger Games, 685 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,839 Speaker 1: She was in all the original Spider Man movies, has 686 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,959 Speaker 1: been in a lot of comedies like Zach and Mary 687 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: Make a Porno forty year old version, and has got 688 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 1: into directing recently. She was in the original Pitch Perfect 689 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,400 Speaker 1: and then directed Pitch Perfect two, and also directed the 690 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 1: Charlie's Angels reboot in twenty nineteen. So this looks a 691 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: lot different from her previous work and could quite possibly 692 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: end up being her best. You also have some big 693 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:28,200 Speaker 1: names like Carrie russell O'Shea Jackson Jr. Jesse Tyler, Ferguson, 694 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 1: and ray Leota, which this will actually be the last 695 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: time we ever see ray Leota in a movie. That's 696 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,120 Speaker 1: a little bit sad but also perfect in an odd 697 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 1: way that this be his final film. I love ray Leota. 698 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,879 Speaker 1: I was sad when he passed away at the age 699 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: of sixty seven. You would know him from Goodfellows Field 700 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,879 Speaker 1: of Dreams, but has been in so many movies over 701 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: his career. I'm excited to see him in his final 702 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: role and I always like going into a movie knowing 703 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,360 Speaker 1: that it's not going to take itself completely seriously, and 704 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,319 Speaker 1: you get that sense from watching this trailer. I can't 705 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,320 Speaker 1: wait to see Pablo Escobar on the big screen. So 706 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,240 Speaker 1: this movie is coming out this month on February. Again, 707 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,880 Speaker 1: stay with me Coke Kine Bear this weekes edition of 708 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: movie and that's gonna do it for another episode here 709 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta give 710 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: my listeners shout out of the week this week it 711 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: is coming to us from Twitter. My boy Matt Owens, 712 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,720 Speaker 1: who was on Twitter at will I t V said 713 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: Mike Destro was going off about the whale. Awesome, keep rocking. 714 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,920 Speaker 1: I've seen Nancy Cartwright a lot on TikTok and reels. 715 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 1: Sure would be a cool interview for a mega Simpsons fan. 716 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,880 Speaker 1: Thanks Matt for listening to last week's episode, quite possibly 717 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,959 Speaker 1: the most animated I've ever been on this podcast talking 718 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: about the whale getting snubs. So if you missed that episode, 719 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,400 Speaker 1: go back one in the feed. And I would love 720 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: to have Nancy car right on the podcast. I reached 721 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 1: out to her one time, didn't hear anything back. She 722 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 1: is the voice of Bart Simpson and so many more 723 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 1: characters on the Simpsons, so I'm not giving up on 724 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: that one yet. Working on some guests now for the podcast, 725 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: but if you ever have a suggestion and more importantly, 726 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: a lead on who I should get on the podcast, 727 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 1: you can always send me info Movie Mike d at 728 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 1: gmail dot com. I have so many movies I want 729 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 1: to talk about coming up. I still got to review 730 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 1: you people on Netflix, Infinity Pool, ant Man in the Wasp, 731 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 1: Quantum Mania's coming out on the seventeen, so that inspires 732 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: me to have so many movies that I can't get 733 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: to them all on one episode. I also want to 734 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 1: dedicate an entire episode breaking down James gunns announcement on 735 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 1: all the movies and TV shows coming to d C. 736 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,360 Speaker 1: They're shaking up things big over there, so I'll probably 737 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: get into that next week. I would you have a 738 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 1: great rest of your Monday or whenever you're listening to 739 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: this podcast, and until next time, go out and watch 740 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: good movies and I'll talk to you later.