1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie podcast, your 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: go to source for all things movies, and I'm your 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: host Movie Mike. Today, I'm giving you five South Korean 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: movies you need to watch. If you're like me and 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Binge watched with Game on Netflix. I also got into 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: a heated Twitter debate about streaming and the way you 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 1: support film nowadays, so I'll get into that argument that happened. 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 1: Have a spoiler free movie review from a new Netflix movie, 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: and some trailers to talk about in the trailer park. 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: I think a lot of you have still been enjoying 11 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: that segment, so we're keeping it going for another week. 12 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Appreciate you for being subscribed to listening to the podcast 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: every single week. With that any further ado, let's get started. 14 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 16 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: never before in a movie podcast. A man with so 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: much movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking au MTV 18 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: with glasses from the Nashville Podcast Networking Movie Movie Podcast. 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: So you're like me and you Binge watched Squid Game 20 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 1: on Netflix. You may be thinking to yourself, what other 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: things from South Korea could I watch. And there have 22 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: been some movies before Squid Game came out that I 23 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: really loved, but I think it was kind of watching 24 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: Squid Game and being reminded about those that I realized, like, 25 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: they make some amazing content and oftentimes as Americans, we're 26 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: a little bit turned off by subtitles, and I think 27 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: it was a movie I'll get you later on this 28 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: list that really kind of opened my eyes to the 29 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: fact that once you get past that, there's just so 30 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: many movies out there that you can really enjoy and 31 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: you're really missing out in some great stories. I think 32 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: Austro winning director Bond june Ho really said it best. 33 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: He said, once you overcome the one inch barrier of subtitles, 34 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: you will be introduced to so many more amazing films. 35 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: And I really can't agree more with that statement. So 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: I wanted to share with you five movies I watch 37 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: if you're looking for more great South Korean art and films. 38 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: So at number five is a movie called Trained to 39 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: Boss On From And if you're in this bombie movies, 40 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: I know, just a whole month long of Halloween and 41 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: scary movies, but I feel like it's always the right 42 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: time for a zombie movie. They're kind of their own thing, 43 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: not as popular as they once were in like the 44 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: late two thousands tens. But a good zombie movie, when 45 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: done right, has a couple of things going for it. 46 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: It has the action, it has the horror, but it 47 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: also has the crazy death scenes and the emotional connection 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: to the characters. And this movie from has all of 49 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: those things and a little bit more. It's about this 50 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: man along with the strange daughter, and they're on this 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: train basically just trying to fight out some crazy zombies 52 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: along with all the other passengers. And what makes this 53 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: movie different than an American zombie movie is the action. 54 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: I would say in this one, the sense of urgency 55 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: they created in the film of giving it a pacing 56 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: to makes you feel a little bit anxious. And then 57 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: I just feel like this movie holds nothing back as 58 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: far as the story goes. It really goes all in 59 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: and became one of my favorite zombie movies of all time. 60 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: And the other good thing about this type of movie 61 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: with this action is kind of violence. This kind of storyline, 62 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: even if you don't fully follow along to the subtitles, 63 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: you basically get what's going on just by the action. 64 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: So at number five is trained to boost on from 65 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: at number four. Is a movie from seventeen called A 66 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: Taxi Driver, and this one is based on a true story, 67 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 1: and I think I just love the overall shift in 68 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: what this movie was at the beginning to what it 69 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: became at the end. Again, I won't say any spoilers 70 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: about this one, but I really didn't know what expect 71 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: when I watched this movie. It starts out a story 72 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: about a taxi driver working in Soul, barely making it. 73 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: He's trying to raise his daughter as a single father, 74 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: and he gets this job kind of by accident, kind 75 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: of by him forcing his way into this about where 76 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: he is taking this German reporter to a city called 77 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: wang Jew and he is there from Germany trying to 78 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: cover this nineteen eight uprising that is happening but not 79 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: being reported on. So it kind of goes from this 80 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: story of just a guy trying to make ends me 81 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: trying to raise his daughter, really finding any way he 82 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: can make money, kind of trying waste he can save money, 83 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: a guy who's a little bit just in his own 84 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: world because he's an all out really survival mode and 85 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: then gets this opportunity to make a bunch of money, 86 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: but then realizes that something is going on that is 87 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: larger than him. And just how this movie scales from 88 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: being this small little story about this guy to this 89 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: really big thing that ends up affecting the entire world. 90 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: And I've never really seen that kind of dynamic shift 91 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: in a movie before. And it's through the storytelling and 92 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: the way this movie is shot and the director's vision 93 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: to make this movie come to life. That was really 94 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: refreshing for me. And there's moments in this movie that 95 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: you feel sad, There's moments in this movie where you 96 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: feel really happy. There's even moments in this movie where 97 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: you feel scared. There's such a range of emotion from 98 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: this and I think it's also just through the acting. 99 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: And this is a movie where you will have to 100 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: follow along with the subtitles to understand what is happening. 101 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: But what I find, and I'll explain kind of with 102 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: all these movies, is you are watching a movie with subtitles, 103 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: it does kind of make you focus into more of 104 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: what the story is and exactly what's going on. Because 105 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: what I think I find is I hyper focus in 106 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: on the dialogue. I'm paying attention to every single thing 107 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: coming out of every person's mouth when watching a movie 108 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: like this and subtitles, and it almost makes you enjoy 109 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: it a little bit more. It feels like you're reading 110 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: but also seeing it. And while you're not getting the 111 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: actual like inflections of all the emotions, through that, through 112 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: the visual storytelling, and then through you're reading it, you're 113 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: able to really create a bigger picture in your mind. 114 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: Is why I think that we should not let this 115 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: barrier kind of keep us from watching these movies, and 116 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: why I encourage you to check out at least some 117 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: of these movies, and why I encourage you to check 118 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: these out. And while the whole reason I'm doing this 119 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: entire episode is to give you these recommendations of movies 120 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: I just find proven to be good even if you 121 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: don't speak the language. At number three is a movie 122 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: called Minari, which came out last East Year. I actually 123 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: reviewed loose when it came out because I was really 124 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: excited about it, one because it's in four Film, which 125 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: is a movie studio I'm just a big fan of. 126 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: But two I felt that it kind of represented my 127 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: story on a couple levels. It's a story about a 128 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: family who moved to the United States from Korea and 129 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: they moved to a small farm in Arkansas and are 130 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: living in a really small trailer out on just a 131 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: piece of land in the middle of nowhere in Arkansas. 132 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: And it deals with a couple of things I experienced 133 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: in my childhood. One being broke to having parents that 134 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: don't speak English. Three living in a trailer which I 135 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: did up until I was probably fifteen years old. And 136 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: then four is assimilating to American culture. It's a hard 137 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: thing to do while you come from another country and 138 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: you want to be proud of that. You want to 139 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: bring over your values. You still want to hold the 140 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: things that make you, but you also want to fit in. 141 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: You want to be a part of American culture and 142 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: know about things going on in the United States. So 143 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: it's a struggle of wanting to belong but also wanting 144 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: to keep your identity and the things that really make 145 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: you you in this whole new place, and it can 146 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: be scary, especially when you don't speak the language. So 147 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: this movie is really about the search of the American 148 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: dream for this Korean family. I think if you're like 149 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: me and lived in a trailer park, you will relate 150 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: to some parts of this story of how hard it 151 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: is to keep an entire family in such a tight space. 152 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: And again it also deals with those struggles of assimilating 153 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: into American culture, how it is for non English speaking 154 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: people living in this country. And this movie takes place 155 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: during the eighties, so it was a lot different than 156 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: than it is now. And really at the core of 157 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: this movie, it's a movie about family and how important 158 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: it is to stay together through the hard times do 159 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: things as a family, and raising your kids and getting 160 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: everybody to a point to where everybody is happy. So 161 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: it is a drama, but there's also some comedy in there. 162 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: Acting is really great. I love the grandmother in this movie, 163 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: and I think one of my favorite things was when 164 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: she won the Oscar for her performance in this movie. 165 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: She kind of called out Brad Pitt of meeting him 166 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: for the first time because he is an executive producer 167 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: on this movie, and she was like, Hi, Brad Pitt, 168 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: it's nice to finally meet you. I think that was 169 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: one of my favorite moments. But that is a Minari 170 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: from at number three. At number two is the one 171 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: I watched the most recently. It's a movie called Oak 172 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: Ja came out in seventeen on Netflix, and that is 173 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: Okay j A. It is the name of this super 174 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: pig in the movie, and out of all these movies, 175 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: I think it's the one I was expecting to like 176 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: the least. And I actually remember seeing this on Netflix before, 177 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: kind of scrolling by and thinking that that movie is 178 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: not for me because I hadn't seen many South Korean 179 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: movies and I was like, I'm not going to enjoy that. 180 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 1: But this movie is actually part English and part Korean, 181 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: and I wasn't expecting to love it because it's a 182 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: sci fi adventure. Really, it's about this fictional super pig 183 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: name Oakja, and it's the story about this young girl 184 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: who raises this super pig. Because there's a whole global 185 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: thing going on. It's basically this company who was trying 186 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: to find an alternative way to make food in order 187 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 1: to feed the entire world. So they send out these creatures, 188 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 1: these basically what they call them are super pigs, and 189 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: they send him out all over the world to live 190 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: with all these different families, to raise them and to 191 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: grow them. And then after ten years time goes by, 192 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: they'll have this big unveiling of all of them and 193 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: it'll be launching this whole new product of this new meat. 194 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: So it's this girl who has been the caretaker of Okja, 195 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: living at her home in the mountains and South Korea 196 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: for ten years, and here come the Americans to her 197 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: home to take away her best friend basically and bring 198 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 1: him to the United States. And it's her mission in 199 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: the movie to save him. So it really just turns 200 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: into a big adventure film. You also have a great 201 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: cast with Jake Jillenhall playing the face of this corporation 202 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: kind of like a zany Zookeeper TV personality. But then 203 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: you also have a little bit more serious actors like 204 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: Paul Dano who's going to be in the new Batman 205 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: movie as the Riddler. He plays the head of this 206 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: animal rights activist group who is trying to stop this 207 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 1: corporation's evil plan. And I think the thing I love 208 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: the most about the movie is the visual aspect for 209 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: them to be able to create this big, gigantic pig 210 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: slash elephant slash hippo like thing creature and make it 211 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: look realistic to the point to where the humans in 212 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: the movie interacting with them, putting their hand on them, 213 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: like I honestly could believe while watching this movie that 214 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 1: this thing is a real creature that existed somewhere. So 215 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: a plus special effects. I also like the way it 216 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: kind of blends English and Korean together in a movie. 217 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: And it's from director Bong June Ho, who is probably 218 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: now my favorite South Korean director. Great storytelling, great visual effects. 219 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: So at number two, I'm going with oak Cha again. 220 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: You can watch that on Netflix and it came out 221 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: and you just spell that, okay j a. And then 222 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,599 Speaker 1: at number one, I'm putting the movie that really introduced 223 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: me into South Korean filmmaking from is Parasite, which is 224 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: one of my favorite movies of the last five years 225 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: despite any genre, like one of my favorite movies of 226 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: all time, if I'm being honest, came out in which 227 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: I think is hands down one of the greatest years 228 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: in all of film. And it's also from director Bong 229 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: June Ho, So he holds both the number two and 230 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 1: the number one spot on this list. And I remember 231 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: my feeling of going into watching this movie. I went 232 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: to watch it at a small theater here in Nashville 233 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: called the Bell Court, which is the only theater in 234 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: town that had this movie at the time because it 235 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: was a smaller independent movie, and I loved the Bell 236 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: Court here because they do that. There are a small 237 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: independent theater that takes pride on showing international films. And 238 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: I guess I felt a little apprehensive going into watching 239 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: a movie like this in theaters. I think the first 240 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: movie with subtitles I've ever seen in theaters, and I 241 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: didn't know how I was going to react to not 242 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: knowing the language they were speaking, and if I was 243 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: going to be able to understand the story, which was 244 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,959 Speaker 1: my main concern. But within twenty minutes of watching Parasite, 245 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: there was no problem whatsoever. I didn't even second guess 246 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: that I was reading something I was watching the movie. 247 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: It just kind of comes second nature to you of 248 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: being able to watch what's going on in the screen 249 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: but also read along with the movie. And I just 250 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: loved the story in this movie. It's about this unemployed 251 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: family and they try to basically con this family into 252 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: hiring them all on to their staff, this very rich family. 253 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: And despite the movie poster, despite the name Parasite, it's 254 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: not a scary movie at all. There's just a lot 255 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: of suspense, a lot of drama, with a little touch 256 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: of comedy, and what I found the most surprising is 257 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: that all of that translates through the subtitles. Like I 258 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: found myself laughing in this movie, I found myself being 259 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 1: anxious in this movie. I found myself having all those 260 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: emotions just by reading the subtitles. And I credit that 261 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: again to the director and his vision in this movie. 262 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: And I also love that this movie tackles concepts bigger 263 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: than what you see on screen. There's a whole concept 264 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: of greed, class discrimination, the relationship between the wealthy and 265 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: the lower class. I love the way the house was 266 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: personified in this movie, which was a unique thing in 267 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: a movie that I felt like the house itself that 268 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: the family lived in, was a character in its own Stylistically, 269 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: this movie looked unlike anything I had seen that came 270 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: out that year, and I think that's why that ended 271 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: up winning for Best Picture. It was a novel story, 272 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: It was novel in the way it was shot, and 273 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 1: it became the first non English language film to win 274 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: for Best Picture. Only have good things to say about parasites, 275 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: So that's why I put them at number one on 276 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: this list. So I encourage you if you haven't seen 277 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: that one to watch Parasite first and then work your 278 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: way back through all of this list. I'm yet to 279 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: see a bad movie from South Korea, so hopefully you'll 280 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: enjoy these two. Let me know which one you checked out, 281 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: Send me a tweet or send me an email. Movie 282 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: Mike d at gmail dot com. I love a good 283 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: movie debate. I just got in one on Twitter with 284 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: a listener named Paul. Shout out to Paul. If you're 285 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: listening to this now, and to think about debates online 286 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: is sometimes you can see them like heated and like 287 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: you're both going after each other. But as long as 288 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: you never really go with each other personally or make 289 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: just accusations, I'm fine with a good debate, especially when 290 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: it comes to movies, because it's all opinion based. If 291 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: you're listening right now, I have listened for any amount 292 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: of time to this podcast, you probably don't agree with 293 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: all my reviews. Everything I say about movies, you're not 294 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: supposed to. These are merely my opinions. But the debate 295 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: I just got into with Paul was he kind of 296 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: called me out for last week watching Dune on HBO 297 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: and Max as opposed to going to the movie theater 298 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: and I kind of commented replied back jokingly that I'm 299 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: trying to get the most out of my HBO Max subscription, 300 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: and that just kind of turned into this back and 301 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: forth of what it means to support cinema right now. 302 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: And if you listen to this podcast for any amount 303 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: of time, you know I am the biggest advocate of 304 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: going to the theaters. Every time I talk about movies 305 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: and when they come out and when I'm excited about them, 306 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: I always say that I favor the movie going experience. 307 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: I love going to see it on the big screen, 308 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 1: experiencing the big sound, just everything that goes into seeing 309 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: a movie in theaters is what I really love. But 310 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: over the last year and a half, I've also realized 311 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: that supporting movies and supporting film has greatly changed. And 312 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: just because you don't buy a ticket, I don't think 313 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: that means that you're not supporting movies. I kind of 314 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: look at it now the way music has adapted to streaming. 315 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: I can't remember the last time I bought a CD. 316 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: I can't remember the last time I bought a physical 317 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: copy of anything. But I pay for music subscription services 318 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: to listen to my favorite artists. That's supporting an artist 319 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: in one way, but from my favorite artist, I go 320 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: a step further and I'll buy merchandise, I'll go pay 321 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: to watch them in concert, So that's a whole different level. 322 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: Movies are a little bit different. But I think the 323 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: benefit here is that we are able to pick now 324 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: what we want to do most of the time when 325 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: it comes to how we see a new movie. And 326 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: just like in music, if we have an HBO Max 327 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: subscription and we choose to watch a movie available there 328 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: at home, we're still supporting that movie. And I often 329 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: reference interview I read recently with director James Gunn, who 330 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: just did Suicide Squad. Basically he says that he really 331 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: doesn't care how people watch his movies. He references the 332 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: movie Jobs, which is his favorite movie, and how he 333 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: never got to see that movie in theaters. But from 334 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: the power of it being now on streaming services, from 335 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: the power of it being on TV all the time, 336 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: that movies are really able to live more than just 337 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: their theater run. So in turn, I think that comes 338 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: back to what it really means to support film right now, 339 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: and the lines have really kind of become blurred. But 340 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: I think as long as you're not stealing movies, going 341 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: and ripping them offline or downloading you know, bit torrent 342 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: files to what movies you have them on a streaming service, 343 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: you go see them in theaters? Do you wait for 344 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: them to come out on blue ray? All of those 345 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: things are supporting movies because at the end of the day, 346 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: I think directors and actors really just want to get 347 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: their work out there and appreciated. They're looking for passionate 348 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: movie fans like you and I to go out through 349 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: word of mouth, tell friends, and ultimately get to where 350 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 1: they can make another movie. So at the end of 351 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: the day, we're all going to have our ability to 352 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: choose how we take in a movie. And when it 353 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: came to Dune, I wasn't that excited to see that movie. 354 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: I know it was a highly anticipated movie, and Paul, 355 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: who I was commenting with on Twitter here, said that 356 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: this movie really deserved to be seen in the theater 357 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: of the large scale, and I even said that in 358 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: my review. But I don't think that took away from 359 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: me interpreting the storytelling, interpreted how I felt about that movie. 360 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 1: I don't think the cinematography alone was going to make 361 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: me enjoy that movie. Anymore, it was gonna change the 362 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: way I felt about the characters and about the overall 363 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: lull I just felt from that movie. So anyway, that 364 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: was the debate I had with Paul, a very reasonable 365 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: adult debate. At the end of it, we decided to 366 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: agree to disagree, and the best part, nobody called each 367 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 1: other any names, and it all just kind of helped 368 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: a healthy discussion about movies. But I also think it 369 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: comes down to doing what you want to do. Sometimes, 370 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: if you have a big family, it's a lot easier 371 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: to watch a movie at home and maybe pay the 372 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: premium price on Disney Plus or watching on HBO Max, 373 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: and sometimes you just want to get out of the 374 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 1: house and go watch a movie in the theaters. For me, 375 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: each week doing this podcast, I kind of take a 376 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 1: week by week deciding what I want to experience in theaters, 377 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: what I think warrants the big screen. For a movie 378 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: like June, wasn't that excited about it, chose to watch 379 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: it at home. But for a movie coming out later 380 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: this week, like The Eternals, I love superhero movies. I 381 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: know I'm probably going to really enjoy that movie, so 382 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,200 Speaker 1: I want to see it on the biggest screen possible. 383 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: So there you go. Whether you watch something at home, 384 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: whether you watch something in theaters, you can still support 385 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: film as long as you're not selling blue rays out 386 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: of the trunk of your car. I think we're all 387 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 1: good here. It's gonna get into a movie review now, 388 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: talking about a movie called The Starling, which is on Netflix. 389 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: It stars Melissa McCarthy Chris O'Dowd. So we're taking a 390 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: total departure from all the horror movie talk and reviews 391 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: we've done in the last month and getting into something 392 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: that will get you in your fields. And if you 393 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: haven't seen a trailer for this movie yet, here's just 394 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of The Starling. I just damn minute 395 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: to figure out what happens next. You everything everyone character 396 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: for nine months, So why are you here? Jack? It's 397 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: not about Katie's about tracking you. How do you restart? 398 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 1: So your shrink but in a vet form? Yes technically. So. 399 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: My wife and I watched this movie because we needed 400 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of a palate cleanser from all the 401 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: crazy things and we've been watching lately, and I think 402 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: that's exactly what we got out of this movie. It's 403 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: a comedy slash drama It stars Milsa McCarthy and Chris 404 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: O'Dowd and they are married in this movie, and it's 405 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 1: about them dealing with the loss of their daughter, which 406 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 1: you learned very early on in the movie that they 407 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: lost their daughter, and both are dealing in very different 408 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: ways of how to tackle grief and how to really 409 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: kind of get back to the life they had before 410 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: this tragic loss. Chris O'Dowd gets checked into a mental 411 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:37,239 Speaker 1: facility and Melissa McCarthy really kind of keeps going with 412 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: her life as normal, working at a grocery store, living 413 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 1: at home alone and just going to visit her husband 414 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: once a week, driving an hour there and back both ways, 415 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: and really kind of takes a toll on her to 416 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: the point to where she learns that she never really 417 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: dealt with the loss of her daughter because with her 418 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 1: husband going away, she kind of had to be the 419 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: strong one and stay at home and was never really 420 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: able to process those emotions. And the way the bird 421 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: comes into play in this movie is why it's named 422 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: the Starling, and the specific bird starts to torment her 423 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: as she takes on the hobby of gardening while trying 424 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: to deal with all these emotions and it ends up 425 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: kind of being a metaphor for her in her marriage 426 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: and dealing with the loss of her daughter, and how 427 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: she ends up doing that is through an unusual form 428 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,199 Speaker 1: of therapy that you find out in the movie, and 429 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 1: through that therapy she's able to tackle on her grief. 430 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: You learn more about her character, what exactly happened to 431 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 1: their daughter, and overall just kind of learn that we 432 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: all kind of process things in a different way. You 433 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: have two very different reactions to the same tragic event 434 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: in this movie. I thought Melissa McCarthy did a great 435 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: job in this role, specifically because I've kind of seen 436 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: her in recent things shift from being just the comedic 437 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: actress that she kind of built her brand onto now 438 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: having a little bit more of a range, a little 439 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: bit more I don't even want to say just a 440 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: straight on, like oh, a more dramatic side, which we 441 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: saw in Nine Perfect Strangers that she was in, but 442 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: just having like a full on more range of like 443 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: tools interacting belt to where at the same time that 444 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: she can be comedic in a role like this, she 445 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 1: can also have she can also show these high notes 446 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: of vulnerability and a character dealing with something so serious here, 447 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: but It doesn't feel in any way like forced, in 448 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: any way like it's like, oh, it's Melissa McCarthy trying 449 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 1: to do a more dramatic role. It just feels very 450 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: natural to watch her be like this, and I think 451 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: that's just kind of attributed to her being such a 452 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: great actress who has been in things for years now. 453 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: So I really like this kind of avenue she's created 454 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: for herself right now. I think it works both in 455 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: limited serious that she's done this year and in this movie, 456 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: So I would like to see more things from her 457 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 1: like this. So I also would say this is a 458 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 1: great date night movie if you're wanting something to watch 459 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 1: with your significant other, husband or wife, if you're looking 460 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: for a good drama, I would write this one three 461 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: point seven five at a five Snowballs, which will learn 462 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: about why I picked Snowballs after watching this movie. And 463 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: while I loved it, like I did say at the 464 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: beginning of this, there's no bells and whistles on this movie. 465 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: It's a very straightforward drama, so it doesn't quite get 466 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: to that four star range. But I think this movie 467 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: knew exactly what it was going for. It wasn't trying 468 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: to be anything bigger than it was. Also love the 469 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: easy accessibility for this one on Netflix. I think this 470 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: will end up being a nice little hidden gem on there. 471 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: I don't think it's sad enough to the point that 472 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: it will make you cry. It's more on the heartwarming 473 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: level of emotion. So that is the startling on Netflix. 474 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: Time now for the newest segment on the podcast, movie 475 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: Mike's Trailer Park. And I think we all know why 476 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: I call it this, right. It is a node to 477 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: the days that I lived in the trailer park back 478 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: and walk Satti, Texas. So it's back to those roots. 479 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: But it's also movie trailers to get a collection of 480 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,719 Speaker 1: them at the trailer Park. Just making sure we're all 481 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: on the same page. Here, here we go, it's time 482 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 1: to head down the movie al right. First up in 483 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: the trailer Park this week is a trailer that I 484 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,119 Speaker 1: felt caused some controversy and confusion last week, and it 485 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: is light Year, which is the story of the real 486 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: quote unquote Buzz light Year in the toy Story universe. 487 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: So I think where some people got confused, and I 488 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: guess I get it is everybody thought that this was 489 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: still the Buzz Lightyear toy from the Toy Store and movies, 490 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: And what I found is the director said, what light 491 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: Year is this movie that's coming out next year. In 492 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: theory would be the movie that Andy from Toy Story 493 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: went to go see that gave his desire to want 494 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: to own the buzz light your toy that he got 495 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 1: on his birthday and Toy Story, so it's kind of 496 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: an origin story of the actual buzz Lightyear that inspired 497 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: the toy. Here's just a little bit of that trailer. 498 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: Recorders are on or to Infinity Damn, and that is it. 499 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: So it's really just basically a teaser. But what you 500 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 1: saw in that trailer is buzz light You're in his 501 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: iconic suit. He looks more like a human, of course, 502 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: because he is no longer a toy. You see a 503 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: spaceship which also resembles the spaceship packaging that buzz Lightyear 504 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: came in on. You see what his villain is going 505 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: to be like in the movie. It kind of looks 506 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: like an Emperor Zurg type space invader situation. And what 507 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: I'm seeing about this movie is it to sci fi 508 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: animated movie greatly kind of inspired by Star Wars, which 509 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: there was always a little bit of loose Star Wars 510 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: tie in, especially in Toys three two with the whole 511 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: Zerg thing, and this movie is kind of being described 512 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,159 Speaker 1: as a love layter to sci fi. I'm excited for it. 513 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 1: I love the fact that it's not just a solo 514 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: Buzz Lightyear movie. It's going a step further and doing 515 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: something I really haven't seen done before, of kind of 516 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: going backwards but still in the Toy story universe. I 517 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: think that's great. I like the fact that it's Chris 518 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: Evans voicing this, and again, it's not the same buzz Lightyear, 519 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,199 Speaker 1: so there'd be no reason for Tim Allen to voice this. 520 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: He voices the toy buzz Lightyear. They needed a voice 521 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: for the human buzz light Year, so that's the reason 522 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: they got Chris Evans. I think visually this movie looks 523 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: really great, Like I think this is probably gonna be 524 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: like Pixar's best animation they've ever done. They've never really 525 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: tackled sci fi like this before, and I think their 526 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: animation in their style really lends itself really great to 527 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: that kind of world. So I'm excited to see that. 528 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: And I'm also just excited to have a movie in 529 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: the Toy Store universe. That's not a Toy Story five. 530 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: Like I think, like I've said on this podcast, Toy 531 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: Story should have been a trilogy, part fowards, like just 532 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: the epilogue of the franchise. I don't think it added 533 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: anything to it. But I think if this movie is 534 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,880 Speaker 1: a hit and successful, I mean, they could go back 535 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: and do a movie like this for what He's you know, 536 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: round up that was a TV show in Toy Story two. 537 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: I think it really kind of opens up a whole 538 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,959 Speaker 1: other world for Disney, for Pixar. I hope it's successful. 539 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: I hope the fact that people are a little bit 540 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: confused by the premise of it doesn't hold people back 541 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: from going to see it, and you know, it doing 542 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: what it should at the box office. So that's why 543 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: I'm excited for that movie. It comes out on June. 544 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,880 Speaker 1: So next summer, got a big animated movie to look 545 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: forward to. Next up in the trailer park is a 546 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: new Sandra Bullock movie that looks pretty intense. It's called 547 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 1: The Unforgivable. And here is just a little bit of 548 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: that trailer. John, there's a woman in the front yard. 549 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 1: Can I help you with something? If you're a lawyer, 550 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: what would Katherine j are meeting her now, I wonder 551 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: at the time she looks like but she became your 552 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: life starts here now, not twenty years ago. She did 553 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: her time. She killed somebody in cold blood. If that 554 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: were any of your black sons who had been in 555 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: the system, that would be dead. So this movie looks 556 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: pretty intense, Like I said, Sandra Bullock Viola Davis, and 557 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 1: the trailer tells a little bit about what the story 558 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: is going to be about, and from what I've pulled, 559 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: it's about Sandra Bullocks. She's an ex convict. She reunites 560 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: with her sister twenty years after being in jail for 561 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: a crime. She committed that they don't really reveal what 562 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: it is in the movie, since it is a crime drama. 563 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: You're kind of probably finding out as the movie goes 564 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: along or what exactly happened. But at one point in 565 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: the trailer she's called a cop killer. And the whole 566 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: what I see is the plot of this movie. She's 567 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 1: coming back trying to get her life back together, but 568 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: also trying to reunite with her daughter and have a 569 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: relationship there. She's fighting this legal battle of being able 570 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: to see her what it looks like, and I think 571 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: you'll find out exactly what happened, who she killed, why 572 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: she killed them. But I think this is gonna be 573 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: a pretty big role for Sandra bull Like just by 574 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: the look of her in this movie, she looks very 575 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: kind of unlike herself, looks like a very gritty role. 576 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: There's a lot of like yelling and dramatic screaming in this. 577 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: So it's her character named Ruth and this violent crime 578 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: that I'm very curious to learn about. All she really 579 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: says in the trailer is that it was an accident, 580 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: and it's other people saying it wasn't an accident. You 581 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: are responsible for killing somebody in cold blood. So excited 582 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: to see that. One looks like a good drama. Comes 583 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: out for a limited release in theaters on November and 584 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: then it will premiere on Netflix on December. So the 585 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,720 Speaker 1: reason it comes out in theaters first is to give 586 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: it that initial small theater run. So that would mean 587 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: that would qualify to be nominated for an Oscar, which 588 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: is probably what they're going for. Here. You get Sandra 589 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: Bullock and a dramatic movie like this, You're chasing that oscar. 590 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: Putting out a movie in November December for sure, So 591 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: if you're looking to watch a potential Oscar nominee, I 592 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 1: would say watch this movie when it comes out. All right, 593 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: that's going to do it for this week's episode. But 594 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: before I hop out of here, every single week, I 595 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: give a shout out to one of you listening to 596 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: the podcast and commenting online, sending me a d m 597 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: an email at movie Mike d at gmail dot com, 598 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: just as a thank you for listening to the podcast 599 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: and just to know that I see all the comments 600 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: you send in. I see all the tweets that come through, 601 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: and I think it's your interaction with this podcast that 602 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: has really helped it grow and really made it something 603 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: unlike any other movie podcast I've seen out there, So 604 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: I really appreciate that. This week, we're going over to 605 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: the Facebook comments on my Facebook page, which is Facebook 606 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 1: dot com slash Mike Destro if you want to go 607 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: follow that post a bunch of movie content over there, 608 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: and it's from Sherry Morris, who says I was catching 609 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: up on this podcast yesterday and listening while in the 610 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: car with my fourteen year old son. We arrived at 611 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: our destination a few minutes early, and I asked him 612 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: if you wanted to go in, and he said, no, 613 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: I want to finish listening to this. It's been reference 614 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: to the podcast, and she says, I asked him if 615 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: he wanted me to wait for him to finish, and 616 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: he said yes. So, Mike, you gained a young new listener, 617 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: so appreciate that. So that's a shout out to Sherry 618 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: and your son Reese. Appreciate you both listening to the podcast, 619 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: and not only that, that you listened to an entire 620 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: episode all the way through, so that means a lot 621 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: to me. I hope you guys have a great week 622 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: and until next time, I'll talk to you here on 623 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: the podcast later