1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and my favorite time of 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: the year has finally arrived. So I want to share 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: with you my top ten most anticipated summer blockbuster movies. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: I feel like it's gonna be a great summer if 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: you're like me and enjoy watching a movie on the 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: big screen and kicking it all off was Top Gun Maverick, 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: which came out over the weekend, so I have that 9 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: full spoiler free review coming up for you, and then 10 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: we'll keep that theme going in the trailer park and 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: talk about the new Mission Impossible movie that's kind of 12 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: riding the wave of Top Gun and Tom Cruise going 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: into next year. Shout out to the Monday Morning movie crew. 14 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: You guys, well you already know what this is. Let's 15 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: talk movies. In a world where everyone and their mother 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the ears 17 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. A 18 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like a 19 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: walking aud MTV with's glasses. From the Nashville Podcast Networks 20 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: Movie I've looked forward to the summer ever since I 21 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: was a kid. For multiple reasons, because it meant the 22 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: end of school, because growing up I always wanted to 23 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: go to the Warp Tour, which took place in the summer. 24 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: But my favorite thing out of all those things was 25 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: it meant that I could see all the movies I've 26 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: been looking forward to on the big screen. All the 27 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: big franchises came out in the summer, and in the 28 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: last ten years it's been heavily dominated by superhero movies. 29 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: I feel a little bit of a shift now because 30 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: only one superhero movie has made my top ten movies 31 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: this year. But I have selected the ten movies that 32 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: I feel deserved that big screen experience. And this is 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: the time of year where I just want to completely 34 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: turn my brain off and not think about anything else. 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: I want big explosions, I want bizarre plot lines, maybe 36 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: a horror movie thrown in there somebody know, you know, 37 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: frighten me in the summer. I'll take that. But what 38 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to do is a whole lot of thinking. 39 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: I'll save that for the fall, whenever Oscar season rolled 40 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: around and I want to live in my fields a 41 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: little bit and see something, you know, a little bit 42 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: more novel. I'll save that for when it's cold out, 43 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: but when it's summer, I want to go into a 44 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: cold theater and watch something that's going to completely engulf 45 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: the entire screen and really make me escape reality. I 46 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: think that's why I love summer blockbusters so much, is 47 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: because they are such an escape. I'm not thinking about 48 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: my normal life when I go watch these type of movies, 49 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: and I think that's why these movies continue to do 50 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: so well. I think that's what we all look forward 51 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: to when we go to the movies. We just want 52 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: something that doesn't exist in our reality at all. And 53 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: I think that's why superhero movies have dominated the last decade, 54 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: because they don't really deal with real life problems. It's 55 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: all just big explosions and big fun. So that's what 56 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: I look forward to going into summer blockbuster season. Occasionally, 57 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: I will settle for a drama, if done well, if 58 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: there's a little bit more of an outside reason why 59 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: I want to go watch that, And that's actually what 60 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: I'm going to start here. At number ten, I put 61 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: Where the craw Dad's Thing, which is coming out on July, 62 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: and it is a book adaptation and the movie is 63 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: produced by Reese Witherspoon, who is really starting to dominate 64 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: as a movie producer. She is the executive producer on 65 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: Where the Crawdads Sing. She put this book in her 66 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: book club, I believe back in the last time she 67 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: started and produced in a movie that I really enjoyed 68 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: was Wild, which came out back And aside from that, 69 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: Daisy Edgar Jones is the star of this movie. It's 70 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: about a reclusive North Carolina woman who is accused of murder. 71 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: She's kind of an outsider who lives out in the marsh, 72 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: so the plot seems interesting to me. I haven't read 73 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: the book yet, but my wife read it, and it's 74 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: curious to see how the adaptation goes. But we are 75 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: both currently also enjoying Under the Banner of Heaven, which 76 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: Daisy Edgar Jones stars in. And maybe I'm just kind 77 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: of into a crime drama right now, a little bit 78 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: more than I was expecting to be. So that's why 79 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: I put this movie at number ten. Where The Crawdad 80 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: Thing comes out on July fift At number nine, coming 81 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: out on June eight on Netflix is Hustle, which stars 82 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler. He plays this essentially like a struggling basketball 83 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: coach who thinks he has found the next great NBA player, 84 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: and he's trying to recruit players from overseas and bring 85 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: them to play in the United States, and he thinks 86 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: he's found this really great player from Spain and has 87 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: to convince everybody that this player has what it takes 88 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: to make it in the n b A. I really 89 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: love seeing Adam Sandler in more of a dramatic role. 90 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: I think that's where he really kind of flourishes and 91 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: his acting abilities, which we all kind of just think 92 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: of him as a comedic, you know, really zany, over 93 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: the top actor, but he has some really great dramatic 94 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 1: chops that I feel will be showcased in this movie. 95 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: And it's also about a subject that he's really passionate about. 96 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: I feel like Adam Sandler always finds a way to 97 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: work his passions into his movies. He works in a 98 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: way that he is able to do movies with all 99 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: of his friends in very exotic locations. So now I 100 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: feel like he has taken that passion of basketball, which 101 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: he is highly known for just going and playing random 102 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: pickup games in different cities and and basically every movie 103 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: he goes on he has to find a time to 104 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: play basketball. Well, now he has this movie about basketball, 105 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: so he gets to do all those things in one 106 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: I feel like he is such a smart business person 107 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: on side of being one of the most famous actors 108 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: of all time. So I'm really curious to see those 109 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: two things combine. Trailer looks pretty good, and that's coming 110 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: out on Netflix on June eighth. At number eight is 111 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: a movie called Bullet Train, which is coming out on 112 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: August five. It's an action comedy movie with a lot 113 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: of heavyweight actors from Brad Pitt to Bad Bunny to 114 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: Sandra Bullock and Joey King, and the movie is about 115 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: brad Pitt's character is hired to retrieve this briefcase from 116 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: this bullet train, and once he gets on board, he 117 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: finds out that there are five other assassins there who 118 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: are paid to do the exact same thing, and they 119 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: are now all trying to kill each other to be 120 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,679 Speaker 1: the one to take home the briefcase. And this movie 121 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: has what I see to be everything I'm looking for 122 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: in a summer blockbuster movie. You have the fun, dumb action, 123 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: you have the comedic aspect of it, and then you 124 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: have a list stars like Brad Pitt. So I feel 125 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 1: like you can't get any better than that when you 126 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: want a movie that's gonna make you escape reality for 127 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: a little bit again. That movie is called Bullet Train, 128 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: coming out on August five at number seven. Another action 129 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: movie with no comedy, it's called The Gray Man, which 130 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: is coming out on Netflix on July fIF This movie 131 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: has now set the record as the most expensive film 132 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: in history, and by watching the trailer to this movie, 133 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: I can see why. But with Ryan Gosling being the 134 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: good guy in this movie Chris Evans being the bad guy, 135 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. 136 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: The movie is about Ryan Gosling's character. He is a 137 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: skilled c I, a assassin. He finds out some dark 138 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 1: secrets within the agency, so then he finds himself on 139 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: the run from a former colleague played by Chris Evans, 140 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: who is this well basically a psychopath. So the entire 141 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: movie is Ryan Gosling has a target on his head 142 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: and people want him dead trying to retrieve this bounty. 143 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: The movie also includes Billy, Bob Thornton and another Ottomas 144 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: in the cast. And the interesting about this movie and 145 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: some of the other movies on this list is that 146 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: it has that big summer blockbuster feel, but it's going 147 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: straight to Netflix. And when you have the Russo brothers 148 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: directing this movie, who have also done movies like Avengers 149 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: Endgame and Infinity War and Captain America, you know you're 150 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: gonna get those big special effects and that big cinematic field. 151 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: And it's kind of based on whatever viewing system you 152 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: have at home to be able to take that in, 153 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: which is interesting because I feel as excited about this 154 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: movie as I am about the other movies on this list. 155 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: But the reason I rank it a little bit lower 156 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: is knowing that I won't have that full big screen 157 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: experience or have the option to watch it that way 158 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: or have that same big sound. And part of the 159 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: thing that I love going to watch a movie in 160 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: theaters like that is experiencing and feeling that I don't 161 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: really get that same kind of thing at home. Yes, 162 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: it is a little bit more convenient, but there's something 163 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: about the rumble of a movie theater, even when you're 164 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: just walking down the hall and you hear another movie 165 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: like in Progress and you're like, oh man, they're at 166 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: a good part right now. Like that part of the 167 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: theater experience just really excites me and kind of makes 168 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: me feel like I'll miss a little bit by not 169 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: seeing this movie in theaters, But again we don't have 170 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: the option because it's coming out on Netflix. So that's 171 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: number seven, The Gray Man, which is coming out on July. 172 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: At number six, I gotta have my horror movie fix 173 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: in here. And the movie I've been looking forward to 174 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: a while is finally coming out on June. It's called 175 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: The Black Phone stars Ethan Hawk, and the movie follows 176 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: this young teenager who was abducted by a serial killer 177 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: and then once he's kidnapped, there is this disconnected phone 178 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: it allows him to communicate with the previous victims, which 179 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: just sounds utterly insane. And Ethan Hawk is such a 180 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: great actor that I really love him when he steps 181 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: into horror movies, and his character kind of gives me 182 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 1: Pennywise from It vibes. And there's just something that excites 183 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: me about a masked serial killer in a movie that 184 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: just is reminiscent of all my original favorite horror movies 185 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: like Halloween, Friday, The Thirteen, Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, Chucky, 186 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: like all those classics. I feel like when there's a 187 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: mask involved, it just kind of heightens the level of 188 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: horror for me. And this movie just looks really creepy. 189 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: So I'm excited to have that feeling of maybe a 190 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: movie finally scaring me again in movie theaters. But that 191 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: is called The Black Phone comes out my birthday weekend 192 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: on June. I don't know why I had to get 193 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: that shameless birthday plug in there. Made it now to 194 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: the top five. At number five, I'm going with Jurassic 195 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: World Dominion, which comes out on June tenth. I really 196 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: enjoyed the Juras Sick World rebooted series here, and this 197 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 1: is the final one in this installment. So there's been 198 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: three of these movies now. And while these movies aren't 199 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: the most rewatchable, they don't have the same kind of 200 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: classic feel as the original Jurassic Park movies. But anytime 201 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: you put dinosaurs on the screen, you can almost fill 202 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: in all the other gaps that it just makes for 203 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: an entertaining movie. And I think as a kid, like 204 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: many other kids, I just had this fascination with dinosaurs. 205 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: There's something cool about seeing something that we've only seen 206 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: pictures of, we've never really experienced. There's obviously no real 207 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: life footage, but having Jurassic Park bring historic creatures to 208 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: life just creates a really fun movie. And what I'm 209 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: most excited about is the original o G cast from 210 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: Jurassic Park coming back in this movie. You have Sam Neil, 211 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: Laura Dern, and my favorite, the One and Only Jeff 212 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: Goldbloom who are back to help Chris Pratt's character in 213 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: this movie, and they're all just trying to save the dinosaurs. However, 214 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: I do feel like this movie will have a little 215 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: bit of a cheesy quality to it just by watching 216 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: the trailer. I don't know how I feel about dinosaurs 217 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,719 Speaker 1: in the winter environment. I feel like they were just 218 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: trying to create a new setting to take the Jurassic 219 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: Park characters in. That felt a little bit different, That 220 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: felt a little bit new. I don't know if I 221 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: love that so much, so I can look past the 222 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 1: cheesy action in this to be able to relive a 223 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: little bit of my childhood. But that's coming out on 224 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: June tenth. So another movie just right around the corner 225 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: at number four, I am going with light Year, which 226 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: is coming out on June. It is the quote unquote 227 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: true story of Buzz Lightyear, who is the person in 228 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: the Toy Story world that would have inspired the Space 229 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: Ranger dolls. So if Andy from Toy Story it was 230 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: a real kid, this would be the movie that he 231 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: would have seen in theaters and made him want the 232 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: buzz Lightyear toy. So it's this totally fictionalize the world 233 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: within the Toy Story universe, but not a Toy Story movie. 234 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: When you have Chris Evans making another appearance on this list, 235 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: he's the voice a buzz light Year in this movie, 236 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: so it's all about his character and kind of his 237 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: origin story, which I think is interesting and I really 238 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: love the direction they are taking this character, which they 239 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: could have easily just made like a buzz Lightyear solo 240 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: kids movie and that would have been successful. But this 241 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: feels more like a love letter to sci fi film. 242 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: It has almost a Star Wars quality to it. The 243 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: soundtrack looks interesting and for a Pixar Disney movie, it 244 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: looks nothing like that type of animation. You don't really 245 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: have those same big like eye qualities, the same kind 246 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: of bubbly three D animation that we're all used to 247 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 1: with Pixar movies. It looks very sleek, very refined, and 248 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: a little bit more lifelike and realistic with you know, 249 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: still that little Pixar LM meant with like the cat 250 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: character in this and the buzz Lightyear suit, having the 251 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: same kind of specs of the toy, but just having 252 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: a more kind of realistic approach, which is the cool 253 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: step for Pixar movies to go. And I really like 254 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: this whole world they could create of you know, origin stories. 255 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: Maybe the next one we get is the Woody origin story. 256 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: This movie just looks like a big, fun adventure and 257 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: I think one that kids will like and that parents 258 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: will also enjoy or thirty year olds like me will 259 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 1: also be in the theater and lose their minds over 260 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: at Number three also coming out on June, and I 261 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: think this movie will easily dominate that weekend at the 262 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: box office. And it is Elvis, and I've been seeing 263 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: so many good things about this movie and it has 264 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: all the qualities that I love in a film set 265 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: back in the day. It's a biopic, Ya bos Lhrman 266 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: as the director, Austin Butler who plays Elvis, Tom Hanks 267 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: playing his manager, Colonel Parker, And with biopics, you always 268 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: have to wonder if they are going to do the 269 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: story justice if they are going to cover all of 270 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: the early aspects of icons lives. And the problem I 271 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: usually have with biopics is they tend to gloss over 272 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: some of the grittier details. Sometimes the pacing is off 273 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: and it goes from them just being young and not 274 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: famous to all of a sudden super famous. And I 275 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: get you have to fit a lot into a two 276 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: and a half hour movie, but I still feel like 277 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: you need that struggle in the beginning. You need all 278 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: those early qualities that I just want to learn through 279 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: the film. I don't want to have to have previous 280 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: outside knowledge to kind of fill in the gaps. I 281 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: want to experience that and see that character fleshed out 282 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: just like any other movie character. Just because we know 283 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: who Elvis is. We shouldn't have to learn or assume 284 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: things because of what we just know from history. And 285 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: why I think that this movie will get into the 286 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: darker side, or at least tell the whole story of 287 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: Elvis is that his family has come out saying that 288 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: it's a great representation of him. They're saying it's nothing 289 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: short of spectacular, and when it comes to the casting, 290 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: I feel like that is right on like Austin Butler 291 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: looks like a young Elvis. He really took this role seriously. 292 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: He said for two years, he didn't exist in the 293 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: world like he was Elvis. The entire time while filming 294 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: this movie, he lived and breathed Elvis, and he almost 295 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: kind of had like a weird emotional snapback once the 296 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: movie wrapped and he went back to being himself. So 297 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: if he truly was in the role, I feel like 298 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: that will greatly play out on the big screen and 299 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: will really kind of do this movie justice and do 300 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: elvis story justice. And I hope everything goes in this 301 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: movie and it's not just a fluffy biopic, which I 302 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: don't think we're gonna get its, specially with bos Lerman 303 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: directing this movie, who has also done movies like Mulan Rouge, 304 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: The Great Gatsby, and Romeo and Juliet. He has this 305 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: very stylistic approach that will be interesting to see how 306 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: it applies to Elvis. Again that it's coming out on June. 307 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: At number two coming out on July, I'm going with 308 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: a movie called Nope. It is from one of my 309 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: favorite new directors, Jordan Peel, who also did Get Out 310 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: and Us and I feel like he is what I 311 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: go to when I want a modern horror movie, which 312 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: is what I considered to be a little bit more 313 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: elevated horror. While I do enjoy the classic slasher films, 314 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: I like movies that take you a little bit more 315 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: on a psychological ride. His movies always have like a 316 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: message or overall lasting kind of like, oh man, that's 317 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: what he was trying to say in that movie. And 318 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: I also love that Jordan Peel doesn't really give a 319 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: whole lot of details about his movie, doesn't reveal a 320 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: whole lot in the trailer, and it leads this kind 321 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: of feeling of like mystery, And I like that going 322 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: into a movie, I don't want to know every single 323 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: thing after watching the trailer. I want there to be 324 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: an element of I have to go and see this 325 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: movie to figure out what it's all about, what is 326 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: happening in this movie. You give away an entire movie 327 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: in the trailer. It's probably not that great a movie, 328 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 1: and especially when it comes to a horror movie, you 329 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: don't want the best parts ruin for you. But what 330 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 1: I've learned about the plot, it's basically these caretakers at 331 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: this California Horse Ranch. There's some mysterious force coming from 332 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: the sky, and it looks like it's going to be 333 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 1: a movie about humans and aliens, and maybe by the 334 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: end of it you believe in aliens. And from the 335 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: times that I've recommended Jordan Peel's movies to other people, 336 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 1: I feel like you either love or hate them, especially 337 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: if you go into it wanting to be scared. I 338 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: don't think it will leave you with that. I think 339 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: they're more of a mind game. They're more of like 340 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: what is happening in this So if you enjoy movies 341 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: that kind of leave you with that feeling, I think 342 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: Nope will probably be that next one for you again. 343 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 1: That comes out on July twenty and at number one. 344 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: The thing I'm excited for every single summer is what 345 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: is going to be the big Marvel movie. Dr Strange 346 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: wasn't really it for me, But coming out on July 347 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: eight is Thore, Love and Thunder, And after seeing this 348 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: last trailer that just came out last week, I feel 349 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 1: like this may be one of the top ten Marvel 350 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: movies ever. And I feel like four is such an 351 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: underrated Marvel character, and I feel like Thour is such 352 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,919 Speaker 1: an underrated Marvel character and his story has really just 353 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: kind of flourished in the last movie, and I feel 354 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: like this one is going to have it all. It's 355 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: going to have the comedy, it's going to have the action. 356 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: Christian Bale is the villain in this and looks utterly insane, 357 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: and just think of the level of actor that Christian 358 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: Bale is. You have Batman coming into the m c 359 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: U now playing a villain. I couldn't really asked for 360 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: anything more. On most the thing I'm anticipating the most 361 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,679 Speaker 1: is seeing him as Gore, the god butcher. But then 362 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: you have Natalie Portman back. I feel like she kind 363 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: of got screwed out of being in the m c 364 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: U being in the early thor movies. Felt like if 365 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: this character would have been around for the Avengers movies, 366 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: that would have been amazing. But maybe now it's just 367 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: the right place at the right time and fitting perfectly 368 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: into this store installment. So that is the list. Take 369 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: your pick and do yourself a favor. Go see a 370 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: movie in theaters this summer. All right, let's get into 371 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,680 Speaker 1: our movie review now. I'm talking about Top Gun. Maverick. 372 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,360 Speaker 1: Was it worth the weight? And I posted my initial 373 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: thoughts online, and you would have thought I said the 374 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: most controversial thing ever. And all I'm gonna say is 375 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: Top Gun two was better than Top Gun one, and 376 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: I'll explain that. But before I get into my full 377 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: spoiler free review, here's just a little bit of the trailer. 378 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: You're not my first choice if you were here at 379 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: the request maadmore Kazanski a k e Iceman. He seems 380 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: to think that you have something left to offer the naming. 381 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: What that is, I can't imagine all th you respects her, 382 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: I just want to manage the expectations. So what you 383 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 1: have in Top Gun Maverick. It's Tom Cruise's character Maverick, 384 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: basically thirty years after the original film, and he is 385 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: back doing reckless things, pushing the limits being Maverick, and 386 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 1: he finds himself back at Top Gun, but this time, 387 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: instead of flying, he is the one teaching about a 388 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: dozen young pilots and they're going on this really dangerous 389 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: mission and basically he is the only one who can 390 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: get them to this level that they need to be 391 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: at their most elite. You have a lot of the 392 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: original cast back, which was cool to see, but now 393 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: Miles Teller is playing Anthony Edwards, who was Goose in 394 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: the original, and Meg Ryan's son, so there's this whole 395 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: dynamic of them to not getting along and Maverick having 396 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: to deal with these from his past all while trying 397 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: to train them. And I'll preface this review by saying, 398 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: if you listen to this podcast for any amount of time, 399 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,919 Speaker 1: you know I'm not the biggest Tom Cruise fan. Just 400 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: over his career in the movies he's put out, I 401 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: really gravitate more towards eighties Tom Cruise and more of 402 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: his dramatic roles. But when it comes to what I 403 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: look for in an action star, I don't really lean 404 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: towards Tom Cruise movies. And it's just something about him 405 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: that I don't really like. And I asked a question 406 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: online of asking you guys what your favorite Tom Cruise 407 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: movies were, and hands down, Top Gun came in at 408 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: number one, So I found that interesting and just yeah, 409 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: first and foremost, I wasn't the biggest fan of Top 410 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: Gun one, but I was excited mainly to see how 411 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: the practical effects played into this movie. I do find 412 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: it so interesting how much Tom Cruise puts into making 413 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 1: it seem as realistic as possible in the process of 414 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: wanting to do his own stunts and having his co 415 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: stars do the same. And I have to say that 416 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: really paid off in the movie. And why I found 417 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: myself so much more invested in this one is when 418 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: you have action like this in the air, in these airplanes, 419 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: it's so much more detailed and you feel so much 420 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: more inside of that with this style of cinematography, and 421 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: they really kind of pushed the limits of making it 422 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: seems so realistic, almost to the point that you forget 423 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: how hard it would have been to do the same 424 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: kind of movie back in the eighties, and now just 425 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: having so many more advances in technology, it really makes 426 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 1: you feel like you're in it. And I really loved 427 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: how they capture that kind of anxiety inducing thrill of 428 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: a great summer blockbuster movie. So cinematography really lived up 429 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: to my expectations and made the action that much more entertaining. 430 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: Because when I watched Top Gun one, I just rewatched 431 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: it on Netflix a few weeks ago, it almost felt 432 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: like I was playing like an old big Deo game, 433 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: and the style of a movie back then was just 434 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: a little bit disjointed, and I didn't really feel like 435 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: it was that believable. So now everything in this new 436 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: one I really loved, and the pacing of this one 437 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: was just so much better that there were no real 438 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,160 Speaker 1: lulls in the movie except for a couple of plot 439 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: points that I didn't love. I didn't really love the 440 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 1: romance story thrown in there. I felt like it would 441 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,199 Speaker 1: have been a completely fine movie without kind of forcing 442 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: that in there. But when it came to the action, 443 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: when it came to all the new characters, which I 444 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: thought was a big part of it. They were able 445 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: to do something in a movie I haven't seen done 446 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: this well in a really long time, and it was 447 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: having a time to give all these side characters kind 448 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: of their own personality, because that was such a big 449 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: thing in the original Top Gun movie. You like hearing 450 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: all their call sign names, and in this movie you're 451 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: introduced to so many more people, and it really kind 452 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: of creates this camaraderie among the cast, and it really 453 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: allows us to feel more connected to the movie because 454 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: as at the core of it, yes, Maverick is the 455 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: main character and the one everybody's rooting for, but then 456 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: you have the other cast that you're like getting to 457 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: know and maybe you're more of a Hangman person, Maybe 458 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: you're more of a Phoenix person, maybe you're more of 459 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: a Bob guy. I just love that they were able 460 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 1: to create the supporting cast that I feel could set 461 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: itself up for a sequel to this movie. And like 462 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: I said, I'm not the biggest Tom Cruise fan, but 463 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: I was almost able to set that aside while watching 464 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 1: this movie. And I think the reason is because then 465 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: his other action movies like Mission Impossible or like that 466 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: Bad Mummy movie he made, it's a little bit more 467 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: reliant on him as an action star. He always likes to, 468 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: you know, run around and do things that you know 469 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: he probably can't really do, and it doesn't really feel 470 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: unbelievable to me. But while watching this movie, it's a 471 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: lot more of his mentality that's the driving force and 472 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: his skill while flying a plane, which just feels a 473 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 1: little bit more believable to me. And I just feel 474 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: like he really becomes Maverick in this role and really 475 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: feels like he just dominates the screen. And I kind 476 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: of realized, like that is why he is such a 477 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,320 Speaker 1: big movie star. I found him charming, I found him 478 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: oddly the best looking I've ever seen Tom Cruise look 479 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: in a movie, and I just found overall like he 480 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,199 Speaker 1: really enjoyed getting back into this character, and it didn't 481 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: really feel like lessened in any way. It really felt 482 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,400 Speaker 1: like a continuation thirty years later. So do I think 483 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 1: fans of the original Top Gun will be happy with 484 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 1: this movie? Absolutely? I think if Top Gun was one 485 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: of your favorite movies or is your favorite Tom Cruise movie, 486 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: you're going to love this one. After I posted that 487 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: about this movie, a lot of people were jumping on 488 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: me saying like, how in the world could be better 489 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: than the original war that I was, you know, giving 490 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: it too much credit. And I would imagine if you 491 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: grew up in the eighties or just as a kid, 492 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: you watch Top Gun and loved it, it would be 493 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,719 Speaker 1: hard to kind of take that down the level as 494 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: your aver A movie. So I get that. I was 495 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: obviously born after that movie came out, so I didn't 496 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: really know and it's heyday. I watched it later in 497 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 1: the nineties as a kid, so I don't really have 498 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 1: any early emotional attachment to this movie like some other 499 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: people do. So I just felt like everything that a 500 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: Top Gun movie could have been back in the eighties 501 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: really kind of made more sense making this movie now, 502 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: so that's why I enjoy it more. And I also 503 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: felt like seeing it in a full theater with a 504 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: lot of people added to that experience, and I give 505 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: credit to Tom Cruise for that, for making this a 506 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: wait to see this in theaters, because I really think 507 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: that experience heightened the whole thing. So that's how I 508 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 1: think it compares to the original. I think this is 509 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: one of the biggest blockbusters we've had in a very 510 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: long time that's not a superhero movie, which is also 511 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: exciting to see. It's the most like packed I've seen 512 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: the movie theater parking lot. We were in a smaller theater, 513 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: and even this one was packed. So I really feel 514 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: like this is getting people out there who maybe haven't 515 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: seen a movie in two, three or four years to 516 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: go back and have that kind of experience again. So 517 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: that part of it I really love. So not only 518 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: was this my favorite of the top gun movies, but 519 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: it's probably maybe top three of my favorite Tom Cruise movies. Now, 520 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: like I said, I don't really like action Tom Cruise. 521 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: I'm more into eighties drama Tom Cruise, so I leaned 522 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: towards him and the Outsiders. I leaned towards him in 523 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: rain Man Like those are my favorite Tom Cruise movies. 524 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: I also like Into the World stuff with Tom Cruise, 525 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: So Wore The World's The Edge of Tomorrow. Those are 526 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: probably my top five favorite Tom Cruise movies now. And 527 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: I would rank Top Gun Maverick over the original Top Gun, 528 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: and that's mainly because I don't feel like Tom Cruise 529 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: made the original Top Gun. There were other people in 530 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: that movie, like Meg Ryan, like Val Kilmer that were 531 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,120 Speaker 1: had a bigger role. I would say in that Top 532 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: Gun movie, like this one is all Tom Cruise. He's 533 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: the main character. Everybody else is kind of supporting cast. 534 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: I felt like in the original Top Gun there were 535 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: several stars in that movie, although I will say Miles 536 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 1: Teller had a really strong performance and I was just 537 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: kind of giving him crab last week of not knowing 538 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: if he was a great actor or just kind of there, 539 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: And in this movie I saw a little bit more, 540 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: so I would say he was the other standout in 541 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: the cast. Also, John Ham plays a really good guy 542 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: that you don't really root for in the movie, and 543 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to say too much about it. Even 544 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: though Tom Cruise has been out talking about how much 545 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: he fought for Val Kilmer to be a part of 546 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: this movie. I will say after watching Val Kilmer's documentary 547 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 1: on Amazon, it made his role in this movie that 548 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: much more emotional. To see him back as Iceman felt 549 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: really special just knowing his story. So I feel like 550 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: for the original fans of the movie, I think that 551 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: was just a really cool part to experience. I also 552 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: just think this is one of the best action movies 553 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: we've had in a very long time. It wasn't your 554 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: average just things blowing up movie. There's just something about 555 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: watching these type of planes like that in the air 556 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: and the almost anxiety inducing aerial acrobatics just all over 557 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: the place, and Maverick just kind of pushing those limits. 558 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: Like I don't know anything about flying, but after watching 559 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: this movie, it made me want to go and, you know, 560 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: learn how to fly, which I think is the direct 561 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: result after Top Gun one is everybody signing up for 562 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: the Navy so they could fly planes like this. So 563 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: it's one of the best action movies in a very 564 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: long time. My really my main criticism was back to 565 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: them kind of forcing a love story into this. There's 566 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: also just a little bit of cheese and this to 567 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 1: a Top Gun movie, And I think it's because it 568 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: tries to emulate that eighties style just a little bit 569 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 1: where you could be a little bit more cheesy. There's 570 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: just something about that mentality when you're trying to portray 571 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: these types of characters that lends itself towards that cheesiness. 572 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: So I almost felt like the acting was taken down 573 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: the level, like it was a little bit apparent in 574 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,959 Speaker 1: some of these scenes that they were acting to me, 575 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: which was surprising for an actor like Tom Cruise. But 576 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: maybe it was just the writing in there. Again, I'm 577 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: not expecting something super deep, But if there was anything 578 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: that took me a little bit out of the experience 579 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: was when it tried to be a little bit more 580 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: dramatic and where it tried to be a little bit 581 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: more than surface level action. I don't feel like it 582 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: really flourished in that scene. I don't feel like it 583 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: really needed to explore that as much as it did, 584 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: although oddly it did get a little bit more emotional 585 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: than I was expecting. And this kind of leads me 586 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: to my next point is do you have to see 587 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: Top Gun one to watch Top Gun two? And enjoy it. 588 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 1: Not necessarily, they do remind you what happened in the 589 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: original one with all the characters. They kind of set 590 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 1: that stage again. But if you haven't seen the first one, 591 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 1: I don't feel like some of the emotional moments will 592 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: have the same effect on you, so you don't have to. 593 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,719 Speaker 1: But it's on Netflix right now and you can go 594 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: watch that before you go see this in theaters and 595 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: it will take it up a level for you. And 596 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: I will stand by saying that Top Gun two was 597 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: better than Part one, but I do recognize what Top 598 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: Gun one set up. That movie needed to crawl for 599 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: this movie to be able to get up and run, 600 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: so it doesn't exist without part one. But I feel 601 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: the story here is better, the conflict is better, the 602 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: action is better, and somehow Maverick makes more sense in 603 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: this role. In this position, it's a little bit more 604 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: heroic and you kind of get more of a grasp 605 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 1: of how good of a pilot he is. So that's why, overall, 606 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: I just think it's a better movie, and it does 607 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: leave you wanting more. Like I was saying earlier, it 608 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: creates this entire new cast that you get to know, 609 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,719 Speaker 1: and it doesn't really just focus on, you know, building 610 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: up Tom Cruise is Maverick, A lot of other people 611 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 1: have their little moments to shine, especially with Miles Teller, 612 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: So I could even see it at a point of 613 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: them making maybe another Top Gun movie with Tom Cruise, 614 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: but eventually you don't even need him anymore. If you 615 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: continue to flesh out these characters and put them in 616 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: more situations where they can exist on their own. I 617 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 1: think that's a possibility. To so am I dying for 618 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 1: another Top Gun movie? I wouldn't say. I almost think 619 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: the first one had such a lasting effect on pop 620 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: culture and this was such a great follow up. Why 621 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: not just go out on a high note, because I 622 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: really don't know how you get it any better than 623 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: this movie. You could probably make the exact same movie again, 624 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: and we would be cool with that. But I would say, 625 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: go out on a high note. Everybody seems to be 626 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: loving it, so why ruin that. If I had to 627 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: give this movie a rating, I would give it four 628 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: out of five helmets. Now it's time for the part 629 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 1: of the podcast where I break down a movie trailer 630 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: coming to you very soon in theaters or streaming online. 631 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: In a segment we call it's time to head down 632 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: to movie Mike, and this week we are keeping the 633 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: Tom Cruise steam alive and looking at the new Mission 634 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: Impossible movie, which I don't like the title. I'll say 635 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 1: that right off the top of it. It's called Mission Impossible, 636 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: Dead Reckoning Part one. It comes out on July Foe. 637 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: I think they're kind of writing off of the momentum 638 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: that Top Gun and the moment they are having right now. 639 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: And I say that because this is a trailer you 640 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: see right before watching Top Gun in theaters. So here 641 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: is just a little bit of the new Mission Impossible. 642 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: Your days of fighting for the so called greater good 643 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: are for This is our chance and control the truth, 644 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: the concepts of right and wrong. So I never got 645 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: two into the Mission Impossible movies after the original one. 646 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, that's enough for me. I know 647 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,879 Speaker 1: people have really been loving the latest installments of this, 648 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: and I didn't really give these movies a chance. And 649 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: this is the seventh installment of all the Mission Impossible movies, 650 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 1: and the third in this series that they have going 651 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 1: on now, following Rogue Nation and Fallout, which I know 652 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: a lot of people have been enjoying. I haven't really 653 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: been able to get into again. I think that's my 654 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: personal thing of not really liking Tom Cruise movies. But 655 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: this one looks a little bit interesting to me, even 656 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,880 Speaker 1: though I don't like the title. I don't like it 657 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: already setting itself up to have a sequel. While watching 658 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: this trailer, it looked like such great crazy stunt I 659 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: candy to me that I couldn't really look away. And 660 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: there's a moment in the trailer that kind of got me, 661 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,879 Speaker 1: and I wasn't really considering watching it until I saw 662 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: Tom Cruise writing on a motorcycle flies off like the 663 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 1: edge of a cliff. Fike goes writing and he just 664 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: goes into a free fall, And in that moment, I 665 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: realized that that's all I really look for in a 666 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: good summer movie. And me denying myself of watching that 667 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: for any other reason of I just have him been 668 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: a fan of these movies, I was like, I gotta 669 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,880 Speaker 1: give these a chance. They made so many of them, 670 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,240 Speaker 1: there has to be something there. Because on the other hand, 671 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: I'll go and watch every single fast in the Furious movie, 672 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 1: which plots make no sense. It's all there for dumb 673 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,319 Speaker 1: jokes and big you know, races and crashes, so this 674 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,840 Speaker 1: one at least feels a little bit more refined. Overall, 675 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: I just feel it's not completely my brand of action. 676 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 1: I don't really like to see Tom Cruise just running 677 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 1: on screen, which I feel is a lot of what 678 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 1: the Mission Impossible movies are. Him running in the field, 679 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:59,240 Speaker 1: him running on roofs, you know, jumping into bodies of water. 680 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: Like that's fine line. But I will give this movie 681 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: a chance again. That comes out on July Free and 682 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: then Dead Reckoning Part two comes out on June. So 683 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,520 Speaker 1: it looks like we're about you have a lot of 684 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,239 Speaker 1: Tom Cruise in the summer, whether we like it or not. 685 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 1: This makes edition of movie bar and I did want 686 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 1: to talk about this because ray Leota, as you probably saw, 687 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,719 Speaker 1: passed away last week. And ray Leota is such a 688 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: great actor. You probably know him best as Henry Hill 689 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 1: and good Fellas, which is one of my favorite movies 690 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 1: of all time. When I sit down to make my 691 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: top ten movies, good Fellas is always hovering around like 692 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: the ten, eleven, twelve slot, and it changes over the 693 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 1: years because new movies come out. I shift things around, 694 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,480 Speaker 1: but good Fellas has always been up there. There was 695 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,319 Speaker 1: no movie I've ever seen that had me from the 696 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,839 Speaker 1: opening scene one of the greatest openings to movie I 697 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: think ever, and when ray Leotis says this, I was like, 698 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm all in. I don't really care what comes after that, 699 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: like I am in and ready for this movie. As 700 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,239 Speaker 1: far back as I could remember, I always wanted to 701 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: be a gangster. That one line that's all you needed, 702 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,680 Speaker 1: and that pretty much says what Good Fellas is going 703 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 1: to be about, and it was sad to see him pass. 704 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 1: He was also in movies like Field of Dreams. I 705 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: really loved him as George Young's father in Blow. Most 706 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,799 Speaker 1: recently he was in Marriage Story on Netflix. And one 707 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: of my favorite eighties movies is Something Wild, which I've 708 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,279 Speaker 1: talked about on this podcast before, and it was just 709 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 1: a movie I remember randomly stumbling upon when I was 710 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: a kid on like Saturday afternoons where they were just 711 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:51,320 Speaker 1: ruined random midday matinee and I remember watching that movie 712 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: from beginning to end, and I was like, what is 713 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 1: this kind of action comedy movie with Jeff Daniels, who 714 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 1: I knew from Dumb and Dumber and Rayliota, who I 715 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,279 Speaker 1: only knew from Good Fellas, but That's still one of 716 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,440 Speaker 1: my favorite movies, and I just have that memory of 717 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 1: the first time watching it. So from that, and of 718 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 1: course Shootless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. He also 719 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,400 Speaker 1: had a really great role in Observing Report with Seth Rogan. 720 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: But again, I think it all comes back to Good 721 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,839 Speaker 1: Fellas and him as Henry Hill, and that movie just 722 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,720 Speaker 1: defined that whole gangster movie genre. It's really the gold 723 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,959 Speaker 1: standard for any kind of movie like that. It had 724 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,719 Speaker 1: the commercial success, it also had the critical success, and 725 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,520 Speaker 1: it received six Oscar nominations and one win back in 726 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,040 Speaker 1: which is well deserved. And Good Fellas is a movie 727 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,439 Speaker 1: I've watched so many times I've probably lost count, and 728 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,359 Speaker 1: it's it's my go to movie that if it's on TV, 729 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: I'll watch it at any place. So that's really how 730 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,799 Speaker 1: I can't tell how many times I've watched it. I've 731 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 1: seen it edited, I've seen it unedited, and in every 732 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,919 Speaker 1: version I love it. And the driving force in that 733 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,400 Speaker 1: movie is ray Lyota from his acting and his performance 734 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: and how dominant he is as Henry Hill, but also 735 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 1: the narration and good Fellows, which I really haven't seen 736 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:14,440 Speaker 1: done that well in a movie ever. Again, and how 737 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:18,839 Speaker 1: well his voice over carries that entire movie, and how 738 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: iconic his voices in that, and how that line still 739 00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,120 Speaker 1: lives in my head of as far back as I 740 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,160 Speaker 1: can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. Start 741 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: the movie. Let's go, let's get into this action, just 742 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,360 Speaker 1: the masterpiece. And it was so sad the way he 743 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,360 Speaker 1: passed away in his sleep while filming another movie. He 744 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,480 Speaker 1: does have some movies that will come out now after 745 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 1: his passing. February three is a movie called Cocaine Bear 746 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,799 Speaker 1: with Elizabeth Banks that he'll be in, and that'll be 747 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,760 Speaker 1: the next time we get to see his work. So 748 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,479 Speaker 1: really sad to see that passing, and in his honor, 749 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: you should probably go watch Good Fellows, especially if you've 750 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: never seen it. So that'll do it for this week's episode. 751 00:39:58,360 --> 00:39:59,960 Speaker 1: And I gotta get it in because I do it 752 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: every single week, and it's the listeners. Shout out. If 753 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,280 Speaker 1: you send me an email movie Mike d at gmail 754 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:09,239 Speaker 1: dot com, if you leave a review on Apple podcast 755 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: or Spotify, I go and read those and shout those 756 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 1: people out as well. But today I'm going over to 757 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: my Facebook page and I was just going through reading 758 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,040 Speaker 1: some of the comments on my picture that I posted 759 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,920 Speaker 1: outside of the theater in front of the Top Gun poster, 760 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,320 Speaker 1: and I wanted to shout out Darcy, who left a 761 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: comment and said she watched Top Gun, loved it, saw 762 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,200 Speaker 1: it last night along with the trailer starring Robert Duval, 763 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:36,240 Speaker 1: Queen Latifa, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise Again, Tom Hanks, Minion, 764 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: Sandra Bullock, Adam Sandler, and Elvis. All their movies looked 765 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,600 Speaker 1: so different and so good. I cannot wait. And Darcy, 766 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: I feel like you're me and you're excited for all 767 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,880 Speaker 1: these movies. And I also kind of feel, maybe, Darcy, 768 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: you and I have this thing in common now is 769 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm kind of going back to enjoying seeing a trailer 770 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:58,480 Speaker 1: in theaters again. It was just cool seeing all the 771 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,800 Speaker 1: different types of movies show Case, which you know, I 772 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:03,640 Speaker 1: ran through the list in this episode, but there's just 773 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 1: so many different kind of movies coming out that no 774 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,080 Speaker 1: matter what kind of movie fan you are, there's something 775 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: for you. And I think at the core of it, 776 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,239 Speaker 1: that's what I love about movies, and they are this 777 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:18,880 Speaker 1: shared experience. You can't really go somewhere and hop into 778 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,239 Speaker 1: a TV series like that. It doesn't really have that 779 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,839 Speaker 1: same kind of camaraderie aspect to it. So whether it's 780 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: watching a movie trailer like this or watching the entire 781 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,440 Speaker 1: movie together, I think that's what I'm most excited to 782 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,200 Speaker 1: see back. So shout out to Darcy for leaving that comment. 783 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,759 Speaker 1: Thanks for everybody for listening to this week's episode. If 784 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 1: you saw a top Gun over the weekend as well, 785 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,400 Speaker 1: let me know your thoughts. I'd love to hear them, 786 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 1: especially if you are opposite of me and think the 787 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,799 Speaker 1: original is better. So I will talk to you next 788 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,759 Speaker 1: week here on the podcast. Until then, go out and 789 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,080 Speaker 1: watch good movies and I'll talk to you later