1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mix Movie podcast, your 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: go to source for all things movies. I'm your host, Mike. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: I'm just the guy who loves movies, so I have 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: my own podcast where that's all I do. I do 5 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: interviews with actors, directors, and sometimes just come on here 6 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: and talk about my favorite movie topics. And this week 7 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: I'm feeling pretty nostalgic after watching the brand new Space 8 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: Sham movie, which I'll give my full review of that later, 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: but I just wanted to share with you guys my 10 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: top five movies from when I was a kid, and 11 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: I'll explain why those made my list. We'll talk about 12 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: the new Space Sham. I also watched A Quiet Place 13 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: two on Paramount Plus, so we have a lot of 14 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: movie talk to get to on This episode really means 15 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: the world to me. If you're subscribed to this podcast, 16 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: listen every single week without any further ado. Let's get started. 17 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 18 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 19 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: never before in a movie podcast. A man with so 20 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: much movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking AUDIMTV who's 21 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: glasses from the Nastrill Podcast Network, Jesus Movie. So the 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: question is, what is your favorite movie from your childhood. 23 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: I put this question out on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, 24 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,759 Speaker 1: and when I went to sit down and make my list, 25 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: I had some criteria going into it. First of all, 26 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: I didn't want it to be an entirely Disney list. 27 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: I think a lot of us just associate Disney with 28 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: our childhood. I have Disney movies on my list, but 29 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: I don't have any animated Disney movies, so none of 30 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 1: those classic ones will make the list. I think those 31 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: are in a category entirely on their own, so you 32 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: won't see any of those on my list. The other 33 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: thing for me was the rewatchability of these movies as 34 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: a kid. I'm only putting myself into perspective as when 35 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: I was a kid watching these movies and the movie 36 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: that I would go to grab the VHS tape and 37 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,279 Speaker 1: put it in the VHS player. These are all movies 38 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: that kind of build my childhood from that. These are 39 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: all kind of movies that I associate with that memory. 40 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: If you don't remember what a VHS tape is, it's 41 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: basically a big old black square you would put into 42 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: another big black square, press play on it. Sometimes you'd 43 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: have to rewind it. Sometimes the picture with a little 44 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: bit fuzzy. But for some reason it was the best 45 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: way to watch movies as a kid. Something about the 46 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: hum of that sound when you would press play it 47 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: gave it a different little feel. And the other criteria 48 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: I had when making this list or what movies what 49 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: I want to share with my kids later on down 50 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: the line, like these are movies, like all right, these 51 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: are the ones that were important to me as a kid. 52 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: I at least want you to give them a shot 53 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: and watch them. And then finally, the most rewatchable ones 54 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: of the movies I just went back to, and what 55 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: even watches an adult Sometimes they don't have to hold 56 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 1: up and that's okay. Which will find out later which 57 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: one of these doesn't. And also remember that I was 58 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: born in the nineties. I was born, so a lot 59 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: of these movies are gonna be very formative of those 60 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: years of the new movies coming out around that time. 61 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: Not to say I didn't watch movies from the eighties 62 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: or seventies, but there's just something about watching new movies 63 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: when you're a kid that really means something. Alright, the 64 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: stage is said, let's get started first with number five. 65 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: I went with Angels in the Outfield, which is actually 66 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: a Disney movie, but doesn't really feel like a Disney movie. 67 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: It's more like just a good fun summer movie about baseball, 68 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: but there's a deeper meaning there. And as a kid, 69 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: this movie resonated with me for a couple of reasons. 70 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: One because the kids in the movie aren't very well 71 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: off their foster kids, and I think for me at 72 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: that time, seeing a different perspective of a different life 73 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: was refreshing to me because I would watch a lot 74 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: of movies and they would live in really big houses, 75 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: really nice houses, nice neighborhood, suburban homes, stuff like that 76 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: that I just never really identified with. And then when 77 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: it came to Angels in the Outfield, it starts with 78 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: them sneaking to watch a baseball game by sitting up 79 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: in a tree and watching it for free, and then 80 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: getting caught. And then they go back to their home 81 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: where they live in a mobile home with foster parent, 82 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: and it's the struggles of them just living together and 83 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: you know, having to move around a bunch, not having family, 84 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: or having family that's there but not really there. It's 85 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: just a lot of struggles that go into a Dizzey 86 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: movie that you don't really expect. But not only that, 87 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: it's a fun movie if you're not familiar with the plot. 88 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: It's basically about the Angels, the baseball team trying to 89 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: get back to winning and they're a terrible team, and 90 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: then through the help of actual angels helping them out, 91 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: whether it be helping them make plays or pitch faster, 92 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: things like that, they're able to make it to the 93 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: World Series. And it has a pretty sadcast. You have 94 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: a young Joseph Gordon Levitt, Matthew McConaughey cameo that I 95 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: think he barely remembers actually being in this movie, Danny Glover, 96 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: and then Tony Danza. So there's a lot going on 97 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: in this movie. And as a kid, I just remember 98 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: being one of my favorites a scene that even my 99 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: mom could quote when the guy who's taking care of 100 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: the kids, who's kind of helping them be the mascot 101 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: for the team, sits on a think of nachos and 102 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: they call him Nacho. But there's just like a lot 103 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: of things from this movie that stick out to me 104 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: as being a great memory. Just a movie I loved 105 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: as a kid, and even now I think this one 106 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: still holds up. It's a great story, great message, a 107 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: lot of comedy, also with some hearts. So number five 108 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: easily goes to Angels in the Outfield. Moving on to 109 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: number four is a movie that probably couldn't be made today. 110 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 1: It's called Heavyweights. If we're not familiar with this movie, 111 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: it's basically about a bunch of young adolescent kids going 112 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: to fat him, and you could have made that movie today. 113 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: But again, like Angels in the Outfield, it was me 114 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: for the first time seeing like, oh, there's a husky 115 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: kid who looks like me. None of these kids look 116 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: like they should be in the movie. Or who's to 117 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 1: say who should be in a movie and who should 118 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: be like what kind of kids? And for me that 119 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: was always a struggle, Like man, from when I was 120 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: probably in like fourth grade to the rest of my 121 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: adult life. I was a bigger kid, and there was 122 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: a struggle of like, not looking like all the other kids, 123 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: having a shop in the different section of the Walmart 124 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: to get husky jeans, and not only that, of always 125 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: looking like, man, I'm not as athletic as other kids, 126 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: feeling like I couldn't do things that other people could do, 127 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: and like just that your weight was always kind of 128 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: the main hurdle you had to get over and then 129 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: take a movie like Heavyweights, and that whole kind of 130 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: concept is the whole tables are turned where those kids 131 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: are the cool kids now because everybody here looks like them, 132 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: goes through the same things that they do, experience all 133 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: the same bowling they probably do with their normal schools, 134 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: but here they're cool, and here they're able to be 135 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: themselves without the judgment of others. And it almost doesn't 136 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: feel like a kids movie at all, with the cursing, 137 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: the farting, the overall plot of it. It's on that 138 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: fine line of like a kid slash teen movie, but 139 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 1: again a movie you couldn't make today. But if you're 140 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: someone like me who grew up with those kind of 141 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: struggles and just wanted to see somebody have fun who 142 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: looks like you on the big screen, this is the 143 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: perfect movie for that. A lot of memorable quotes, a 144 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: lot of memorable scenes. And as a kid, I wanted 145 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: nothing more than to go to summer camp, which I 146 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: never did, but go and jump on the blob. So 147 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: at number four, given it to Heavyweights. At number three, 148 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: I went with a movie from nine called Small Soldiers, 149 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: which you can actually watch for free if you have 150 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: Pluto TV, which is a free app that has very 151 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: limited TV shows, very limited movies, but actually watch it 152 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: pretty recently, and I got to say, I still like 153 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: this movie. It has a Kirsten Dunce, Tommy Lee Jones 154 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: as the voice of Chip Hazard. Phil Hartman, who is 155 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: one of my favorite actors from the nineties. He voiced 156 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: a lot of characters on The Simpsons, but I loved 157 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: also his roles in this movie Turboman, really funny guy. 158 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: You also have Jay More, David Cross, Dennis Larry. It's 159 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: a very nineties cast, I would say. And the movie 160 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: has the utterly ridiculous plot, but I loved it as 161 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: a kid. It's basically like toy story but in real life, 162 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: and the toys are bad. If you're not familiar with 163 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: this movie, basically they're trying to make the next big toy, 164 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: and at this time in the nineties, which I remember, 165 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: toys keep getting cooler and cooler once technology started getting 166 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: put into them. You have the Tickle Me Elmo, but 167 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: this is basically a tickle Me Elmo on Steroids where 168 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: they put a military chip inside of a kid's toy. 169 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: Somehow it was never tested and they sent all these 170 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: toys out. The chip was too advanced, and they started 171 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: basically terrorizing everybody around them because they thought they were 172 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: actually in war and actually meant to not only annihilate 173 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: the other toys, but also take it out on humans 174 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: as well. And I think this embodies what I loved 175 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: about nineties movies, that the plots could be this ridiculous 176 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: and we would love them no matter what. I feel 177 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: in some ways that kids movies now have been a 178 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: little bit watered down because they're just trying to do 179 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: what works. This movie was very rewatchable for me as 180 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: a kid. I love the toys that came out. Burger 181 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: King did her promotion with them when this movie was out, 182 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: So overall, this just has a lot of great memories 183 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: for me. Had to put it at number three. At 184 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: number two, I'm gonna go with Space Jam, which I'll 185 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: get into talking about the new Space Jam later, but 186 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: I want to talk about why the first one was 187 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: so beloved, and I want to talk about the new 188 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: Space Jam later, but I wanted to talk about the 189 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: original first, mainly because a lot of the criticism I've 190 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: seen online is comparing it to the original. So I 191 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: wanted to first kind of revisit this movie, and I 192 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: rewatched it to see how it compares to the new one. 193 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: So I'm just gonna talk about the first one now, 194 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: and I gotta admit, reway watching this movie, it doesn't 195 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 1: hold up as much as you think. I think when 196 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: this came out and I was five years old and 197 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: seeing this for the very first time, it looked like 198 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: something completely new to me, and it was seeing the 199 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: Looney Tunes, which I was familiar with a little bit. 200 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I think at some point we all probably 201 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: watched at least a few Looney Tunes cartoons or were 202 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: just aware of Bugs Bunny as an entity. I think 203 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: now it's a little bit changed, and I'll get into 204 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: kind of how this new movie has reintroduced the characters. 205 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: But I think at that time, it was the idea 206 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: of taking something so popular with the Looney Tunes and 207 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: combining it with a whole different set of pop culture 208 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: and sports, taking two worlds completely different and putting them 209 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: together in one movie with arguably the most recognizable athlete 210 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: at that time, and probably of all time. Really you 211 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: put them together and it worked. But what it really 212 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 1: worked for was for kids, and that's what exactly what 213 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: this movie was made to do. And in all the 214 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: ways I felt this movie felt very nineties and just 215 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 1: something we cherished a lot because we associated with growing 216 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: up at that time, so we have that memory in 217 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: our heads. But going back and watching it now over 218 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 1: the weekend, I got to say, it's not as great 219 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: as you really remember. It's just as ridiculous as the 220 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: plot of the new one. And even though now this 221 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: one is held like, oh, we all remember Space Sham 222 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: and how great it was when it came out back 223 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: in the day, it kind of got the same crap 224 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: that the one did now, like everybody was like, this 225 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: is ridiculous. Why are you putting Michael Jordans and have 226 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: him act like he shouldn't be acting. It got bad reviews. 227 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: Then just over time, we look back at movies that 228 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: were popular when we were kids, and ten years later 229 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: you forget about that. You just remember the good memories 230 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: associated with it, and what's old now is your favorite 231 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: because you remember it as a kid. I think maybe 232 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: the thing that stuck out with me is that it 233 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: wasn't as funny as I remembered it being as a kid, 234 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: Like there's some jokes that I still found funny now, 235 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,599 Speaker 1: but a lot of it I think it felt a 236 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: little bit flat, And maybe it was that I was 237 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: kind of battling the technology that was out at that 238 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: time of taking the live action actors and blending him 239 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: with the animated characters, like it's a totally blended movie, 240 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: and for me, that was very apparent while watching the 241 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: original Space Jam. I think what I did end up 242 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: loving about it and wish that the new one had 243 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 1: more of, was of the feeling that it felt like 244 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: a movie and its entirety from beginning to end. It 245 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: really felt like a complete piece. And I also just 246 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: loved not so much the Looney Tunes humor now as 247 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 1: an adult, but like Bill Murray in it, and the 248 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: kind of inside jokes he would probably only get as 249 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: an adult at that time, whether it be like the 250 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: Ghostbusters references where he references the wrong Ghostbuster when seeing 251 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: Bill Murray, but also just the kind of even more 252 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: inside thing of that the person who made the first 253 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: Space Jam was also the person who worked on Ghostbuster, 254 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: so that's how they had that relationship. So if you're 255 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: wondering why Bill Murray is even in Space Sham, that's 256 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: why there's a lot of hidden layers inside this movie. 257 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: And I also just kind love the story more about 258 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,560 Speaker 1: why they decided to play this game of basketball, which 259 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: in the first one, the whole thing is that the 260 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: aliens are in search of new attractions for this theme 261 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: park and another planet. They come to Earth and want 262 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: to take the Looney Tunes and take them back to 263 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: their planet to get people to come to their theme park. 264 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: But they're like, okay, we have to challenge you to something. 265 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: You guys are short, can't jump, so would challenge you 266 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: to a basketball game. And then they go and take 267 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,599 Speaker 1: the NBA player's talent and come back and challenge the 268 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: Looney Tunes as ripped up monstars who were towering over them. 269 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: So that's I think. I love that more about the 270 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: original Space Jam. But then when I talk about Space 271 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: Jam the new one later, I'll explain how they differ. 272 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: But still, as a kid, this was one of my 273 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: favorite movies and I think one that among my family 274 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 1: and friends at that time when it came out, we 275 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: all wanted to watch Space Jam and seeing how beloved 276 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: it still is now. I had to put this one 277 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: at number two and at number one. I feel like 278 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: Robin Williams was one of the most consistent actors of 279 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: the nineties and he's really underrated for that, whether it 280 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: be his more serious roles, but really just his work 281 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: in children's movies and doing family movies. He was a 282 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: treasure in the nineties and there was everything from Aladdin 283 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: to what I put at number one was Jumanji. I 284 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: think as a kid, this movie had everything in it 285 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: that I wanted. It had the overall lesson that you 286 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: learn about family and a relationship with your parents, in 287 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: particular in this one with your father. It had the 288 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: big action adventure, the special effects, and overall it just 289 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: feels like an exciting experience from start to finish. And 290 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: no matter at what point this would be on TV 291 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: or if my friend was watching it on VHS, I 292 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: would sit down and watch Jumanji. It's in memes now. 293 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: There's so many things that have kind of stood the 294 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: test of time from this movie, and I think a 295 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: lot of that is oh to Robin Williams his amazing 296 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: performance in that and also Kirsten Nuns makes another appearance 297 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: in this list, and I feel like this's just kind 298 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: of embodies of the movies you want to watch as 299 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: a kid, and you probably wouldn't go back and watch 300 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: the original Jumanji now. And it's also kind of like 301 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: space Sham and have the revamped treatment, which they take 302 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: the original concept and kind of make it more modern 303 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: that kids would like today, which I kind of feel 304 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: like I have a problem with now that I think 305 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: about it, because they take this original Jumanji movie, which 306 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: is a board game, and now it's a video game. 307 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: And I don't want to sound like old crankety movie 308 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: critic hear like, oh, they should just keep it hall 309 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: I was in the original one. I just think that's 310 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: a little like lazy of a of a transition, like, Okay, 311 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: we'll just make it a video game and kids will 312 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: love it. Just say the word Fortnite and it's a hit. 313 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: I think you just got to give kids a little 314 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: bit more credit now they do want something that they 315 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: relate to. But I do think that's just a little 316 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: bit of an easy pick. I do have the top 317 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: five from everybody who voted on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. 318 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: At number five was The Breakfast Club, which came out 319 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: in the eighties, which is a little bit before me, 320 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: but a movie I probably watched later as like a teenager, 321 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: so I don't really associate that one so much with 322 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: my childhood. But a great movie, nonetheless at number four 323 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: was The Parent Trap. I was surprised to see a 324 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: lot of people loving The Parent Trap one with Lindsay Lohan. 325 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: That is, I highly associate that with the movie that 326 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: whenever your teacher willed in the big old TV tube 327 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: set with the attached we see our cart like that 328 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: whole situation that happened as a kid like I highly 329 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: associate The Parent Trap with those kind of days at school. 330 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: So a great pick with The Parent Trap. At number 331 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: three was a Little Mermaid, which I was a little 332 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: bit surprised by, just because when I associate movies from 333 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: my childhood and Disney movies, then Little Mermaid really doesn't 334 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: come to mind. I don't even think that's in my 335 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: top ten favorite Disney movies, although I did see that 336 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: they did finish production and filming on the new live 337 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: action and I'm saying that in air quotes Disney movie 338 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: of the Little Mermaid, so I'm a little bit curious 339 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: to see about that. But I can't say that there's 340 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: one live action Disney movie that I've really loved and 341 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: speaking of that. At number two was Aladdin again just 342 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: and not another one of my favorite disne new movies. 343 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: Wouldn't even make my top ten, but a lot of 344 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: you who voted with with that one. And at number one, 345 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: the one I had the most comments and responses about 346 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: was The Goonies, which was probably pretty close to making 347 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: it on my list. Some honorable mentions were blank check Liar, Liar, Casper, 348 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: which was another movie I had on VHS tape that 349 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: I watched way more times and I probably should have 350 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: and know a lot of quotes about that one. Also 351 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: from I Love Jack with Robin Williams again, just had 352 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: to mention him again on this list. Of course The 353 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 1: sand Lot, which I kind of feel like follows more 354 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: onto like the best sports movies, but overall just a 355 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: great summer kids movie. And then another one was Matilda. 356 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: So that's the list. Appreciate everybody for sending in your 357 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: picks on those. If you ever want to get in 358 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: on a movie topic, all you have to do is 359 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: follow me on one of the social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. 360 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: It's all just at Mike Destro or send me an 361 00:16:52,960 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: email movie Mike d at gmail dot com. About to 362 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: get into a spoiler free review of Space Jam, a 363 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: new legacy. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, here's 364 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: just a little bit of that. Now, what brings shoot 365 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: the computer? Dude? Kitting at my son? What in the matrix? Hell? Okay, 366 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: what'd you do to my phone? The only way you're 367 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: getting your son back is if you and I play 368 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: a little basketball. You want to play me in basketball team? Episode? 369 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: You need a dream team. I'll take it from here, 370 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: Sam shoot the ball. So mixed reviews all over the 371 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: place for Space Jam. It stars Lebron, James don Cheatle, 372 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: but most importantly bugs Bunny. So first of all, let's 373 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: talk about the overall plot and how it differs from 374 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: the original Space Jam. Now I was talking about earlier, 375 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: the original Space Jam really only holds up and we 376 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: only hold it to such a high regard, if you 377 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: even say that, is because we remember it more as kids. 378 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: Going into this review, know that I'm fully aware that 379 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm a thirty year old guy reviewing a movie meant 380 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: for kids. That's not lost on me, So I'm going 381 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: to take it into consideration that this movie is not 382 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: entirely meant for me, even though it's kind of marketed 383 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: towards me, because knowing that I watched it back when 384 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: it came out in and the whole reason it really 385 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: has interest in so many adults now because it starts 386 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: not only Lebron James, but it's a movie we associate 387 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: with our childhood. So it feels a little bit like 388 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: they're kind of messing with something and we're going to 389 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: be critical of it because we wanted to have been 390 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,719 Speaker 1: done justice and not take away from the memories we 391 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 1: associate with the original ones. So I'm fully aware of 392 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 1: that that this is a movie meant for kids, but 393 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: adults are going to watch. And I had to kind 394 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: of watch it with how just overall entertaining is it 395 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: and how much does it hold up as a movie 396 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: on its own. So how this movie kind of differs 397 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: from the original Space Jam, it's really kind of the 398 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: same thing overall, the same plot, just kind of done 399 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 1: in a different way. This one deals more with Lebron 400 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: James and his son kind of battling out. His son 401 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: wants to be a video game developer and build his 402 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: own video game, but Lebron James, being the super megastar 403 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: basketball player that he is, wants his son to work 404 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: hard at basketball. His son is designed a game at 405 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: such a young age that I was kind of having 406 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: this discussion and wondering this now is like I think 407 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: video games are kind of vit as like, oh, you're 408 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: just wasting your time on video games. You should be 409 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: going out and doing something physical as a kid. But 410 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,959 Speaker 1: I kind of see it now is like, you know, 411 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: video games have a whole kind of different culture now, 412 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: and there's so much you can do with video games, 413 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: and they're way more advanced than back when we were 414 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: younger in kids of like it was just Nintendo, but 415 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: now they're so advanced that you can program your own 416 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: and design these video games and use different parts of 417 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: your brain and it's not just associated with just hanging 418 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: out in your room doing nothing. There's really something that 419 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: comes from being into video games now. So I think 420 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: that's kind of what this movie try. I'd a tackle 421 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: on of like, Okay, there's a whole different culture here now, 422 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: and I think overall the message it had with that 423 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: was actually really good. So I like the story that 424 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: they approached it with. I still think I like the 425 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: original concept better because it's being such a ridiculous movie 426 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: concept of you know, looting tunes having to get a 427 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: basketball player from the NBA to play a game with 428 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: them against some other squad. I kind of like the 429 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 1: original premise better than this one, but I was for it. 430 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: I think now in today's world it works, so I 431 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: didn't see a problem with that. And I think one 432 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: of the main things that people got from maybe the 433 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: first twenty minutes of this movie, which I always referenced 434 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: the first twenty minutes of every movie, because I feel 435 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: like that is the most crucial time to a movie. 436 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 1: Within the first twenty minutes, you can tell whether it's 437 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: gonna be great, whether it's gonna be good, or whether 438 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: it's going to be terrible. In that window, it's kind 439 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: of when you have me as a viewer, really anybody 440 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: time to grab their attention and if you're going to 441 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: be able to keep it through the entire hour and 442 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: a half to hours, whatever it may be. If you 443 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: don't have me within those first twenty minutes, I'm out, 444 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: Like I'm already downgrading to a three if you don't 445 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: have me at that point. But what I feel a 446 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: lot of people said about this movie, and again I 447 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: won't spoil anything, but a lot of the things I 448 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: saw online and even me watching this, it felt a 449 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: little bit like an ad for Warner Brothers. Now, I 450 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: love Warner Brothers, and if you're gonna do a major 451 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: flex of all the content you have, especially right now 452 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: at a time when HBO Max is out, you're wanting 453 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: people to subscribe to this service. I didn't go to 454 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: the theater to watch this. I watched this on HBO Max. 455 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: So I'm watching Space dam New Legacy, and then I'm 456 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: also reminded of Oh, Warner Brothers also had Game of 457 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: Thrones with Rick and Morty, Scooby Doo, the Iron Giant, 458 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: Harry Potter, all of these Warner Brothers titles and other 459 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: superheroes even like Batman, Superman. It's all kind of showcase. 460 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: And those first twenty minutes, not only that, you have 461 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: Warner Brothers logo slapped on literally everything, and it's kind 462 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 1: of thrown in your face a little bit. And I 463 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: didn't really have so much a problem with it that 464 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: to me it was distracting. I thought it was kind 465 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: of cool. There was cameos from Rick and Morty, things 466 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: going on in the background, and especially when you're introducing 467 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: the Looney Tunes, which really haven't been relevant since the nineties. Like, 468 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: to be honest, I think having those other elements gave 469 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: it something fun to watch, to go look in the background, 470 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:32,959 Speaker 1: see what's all happening, and just kind of see these 471 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,479 Speaker 1: little cameos. I don't think it took away from anything. 472 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: I think people overall, and myself included, just don't like 473 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: being advertised to, and we don't like to know we're 474 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 1: being advertised to. But if you look at the original space, damn, 475 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: there's advertising all over that movie. There's product placement, things 476 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: that get reference like Gatorade, McDonald's. All these things get 477 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: referenced in that movie, but you don't realize it. It's 478 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: a little more subtle. I felt like Warner Brothers was 479 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: doing a little bit of a flex here, like these 480 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: are all the titles we have. We're going to showcase 481 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: him all in this movie to remind you, wherever you're 482 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: watching this, you should probably go watching another Wonder Brothers movie. 483 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 1: I don't really hate on them for that. I honestly 484 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: think it was more of like trying to create a 485 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: fun element and bring all these characters into a world 486 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: where they all exist, at no point where they trying 487 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: to get you to sign up for HBO Max. So 488 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: the only criticism I think I had with that process 489 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: is I felt it took a little bit away from 490 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 1: it feeling like a movie. It took a little bit 491 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,719 Speaker 1: away from like the overall cinematic field. For me, it 492 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: almost felt like at the beginning, I was watching a 493 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: random sketch that didn't fit with the entire movie. I 494 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: think actually, once they got to the actual basketball game itself, 495 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: it got a little bit more entertaining, which this movie 496 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: took a lot longer to get to that actual game 497 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: than the original one did, which I think that lost 498 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: a little bit of me. And You're having to watch 499 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: Lebron James try an act, and I was curious to 500 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: see that him in a leading role, and I really 501 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: like it wasn't there. I don't know what I expected. 502 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: It's not like Michael Jordan did a really great acting 503 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: job in the original one. He's not a stellar actor. 504 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: You're they even kind of make fun of it at 505 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: the beginning of like, you know, nobody wants to see 506 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 1: an athlete act, And I think overall, it's just kind 507 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: of the novelty of having him there. He's very self 508 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: aware in the movie, but I gotta say it was 509 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 1: a little bit distracting for me. I almost felt like 510 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: in my head I could hear what direction the director 511 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: was giving Lebron James, like, all right, I need you 512 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: to have a serious look now, all right now hit 513 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: me with a confused look, and he's I could just 514 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: see that kind of like a choppy performance of like 515 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: him having this subtle direction for every single action he made, 516 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: every single line he delivered, felt like he had been 517 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 1: fed the line. That was just a little bit distracting 518 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,959 Speaker 1: for me. And if you watch it, you kind of 519 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: feel like he doesn't really have a pace in the movie. 520 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: He's basically line for line, and that's just because he's 521 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: not an actor. He's an NBA champion. He is not 522 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 1: an Oscar winning act. Nor is this movie trying to 523 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: be at that level, which I think is what a 524 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 1: lot of people forget about. This movie was made for 525 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: kids now the same way I watched it, We all 526 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: watched it in nine. There's some five year old kid 527 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: now watching this and thinking it's the greatest thing ever. 528 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: They're also being introduced to the Looney Tunes for the 529 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: very first time, which they're really even before our lifetime, 530 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: like old classic Looney Tunes cartoons go way back, and 531 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: after Space Jam, they never really succeeded again at the 532 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: box office. They did another kind of live action, half animated, 533 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: half real life actor movie with Brendan Fraser what they 534 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: try to bring back to Loony Tunes again, and it 535 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: didn't really work. And they've also just tried to do 536 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: different kind of sequels to this. There's been other speculation 537 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: of other people doing Space Jam two. They've tried to 538 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: do it with other sports, but we've had to wait 539 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: twenty five years to get this version, and I don't 540 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: think this movie will really open up any other possibilities 541 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: for Loony Tune spinoffs because I don't really think that 542 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 1: they were the stars of this movie, to be honest. 543 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: I also wasn't really in love with the voice of 544 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 1: bugs Bunny in this, and I found it a little 545 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: bit of a lackluster Bugs Bunny. That's just me being 546 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: over critical at that point. I did, however, like once 547 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: they actually got to the game and the action inside 548 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: of it, it was a fun different spin of it 549 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 1: being not just a full on basketball game and it 550 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: being actually the video game that Lebron's son in the 551 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: movie created, so that I think was a fun element 552 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: to it. I just think it got there a little 553 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: bit too late. With that said, I don't think this 554 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: movie was for me. But I also don't feel like 555 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: it dishonored anything or take anything away from the original 556 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: Space Jam. I think it's just trying to introduce this 557 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: to kids. Now. I get it. It's a kid's movie. 558 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: Critics are going to rip the shreds one because I 559 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: think you kind of want to rip Lebron James to shreds. 560 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: I have no beef with the guy. I don't really care. 561 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: I didn't really expect him to give a stellar performance. 562 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: If he would have, I think it would have elevated 563 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: the movie a little bit more. But I don't feel 564 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: the need to rip this movie be just because I 565 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: don't like him or want to be like, ha ha, 566 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: you finally fail at something you can't do movies, go 567 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: back to playing basketball. No. I think he did exactly 568 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: what he was supposed to do in this movie. Be 569 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 1: the big name, be the reason that people are going 570 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: to watch this movie. I do think at one point 571 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: I probably said this is the dumbest thing I ever saw, 572 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: but that's fine. Overall, I would give this movie two 573 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 1: and a half Porky Pigs, which Space Jam mean, one 574 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: of my favorite movies as a kid. I was going 575 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: to watch it no matter what. Will I be dying 576 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 1: to go rewatch it or show it to like my 577 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: kids later on in life. Probably not. I'll probably show 578 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: them the original one. But if a kid now watches 579 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: this movie wants to go back and watch the original one, 580 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: wants to get into the loony Tunes, I'm all for it. 581 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: It's not a bad movie. It does exactly what it 582 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: was supposed to do. It's just not for me, and 583 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: I can admit that I'll get into the box office 584 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: stuff with it later. But that's my thoughts on the 585 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: new Space Jam. Let's keep the theme of sequels now. 586 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: I just watched A Quiet Place Too, which is available 587 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: on Paramount Plus, the new streaming service. If you don't 588 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 1: have that yet, I think it's probably one of the 589 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: cheapest streaming services you can get right now. Not a 590 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: whole lot of new movies and content on there right now, 591 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: a lot of nineties nostalgia. If you love Nickelodeon and 592 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: the reason I kind of got in on this one early, 593 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: is because they have some of the paramount movies forty 594 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: days after they're in theaters, so I wanted to wait 595 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: to watch A Quiet Place too, because it was one 596 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: of the biggest titles that they were kind of boasting 597 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: never going to have, so kind of along the lines 598 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: of Space Jam. When it came to the sequel, it's 599 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,400 Speaker 1: a lot of the same of the original Quiet Place. 600 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: I won't ruin anything that happens in that movie with 601 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: this one if you haven't seen that one, because it 602 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: was still fairly recent, but just know that if you've 603 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: seen the first one and going into watching too, you 604 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: do have to see that one first of all. But 605 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: I felt like it was basically the same movie again, 606 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 1: was a bit of addition to it, now in this 607 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: case more of the same. I think was actually pretty 608 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: good because now in part two, you already have that 609 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: original story established. You know the monsters in the movie, 610 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: you know what you have to do to fight them, 611 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: and I think they kind of had the exact same 612 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: plot kind of in this one, but I think it 613 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: still works. What I did like about the sequel is 614 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 1: that they kind of give some backstory to what happened 615 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: when all of this started. So the very first scene 616 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: that's featured a lot in the trailer, you actually see 617 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: John Krazynski his family at the very start Day one, 618 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: when these monsters came to earth, and you learned that 619 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: whole story. And what I found interesting about this one 620 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: is that Part two starts right after the first one, 621 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: like immediately the next day is where this one takes place. 622 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: I thought that was a really cool kind of effect 623 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: of it really feeling like the continuation of that movie, 624 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: so you kind of just hop into the action right away, 625 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 1: and this one, I felt, even with the kind of 626 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: introduction to how it originally happened, it started with action 627 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: from the very start. And it also felt a lot 628 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: scarier to me, because to me, the first one didn't 629 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: feel like a full on horror movie. I felt it 630 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: was a lot more suspense, and I'm not really freaked 631 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: out by big monster creatures like that. I don't find 632 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: those scary. It just had the overall tension and action. 633 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: I didn't really consider that one a horror movie. But 634 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: within watching this one, there were some moments in it 635 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: that were kind of hard to watch because of how 636 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: kind of violent A little bit and how gruesome and 637 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: how real it was. So I really like that aspect 638 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: of A Quiet Place and the way they're also able 639 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: to create these monsters, which I was talking about the 640 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: Tomorrow War maybe an episode ago and giving the review 641 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: of that of how they over featured the monsters, which 642 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: I think in a really great monster movie, you're really 643 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: not supposed to get all of the monster until like 644 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: the final showdown. You get the glimpses here and there, 645 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: but overall, when you're able to build that tension and 646 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: have us as the audience members wanting to see more 647 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: of them, that is really when you're able to create 648 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: a great monster movie. So I think A Quiet Place 649 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: to did that pretty well. You do get a little 650 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: bit more of action and kind of see the creatures more, 651 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,479 Speaker 1: but they keep that suspense of like, all right, when 652 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: did they going to show them again? And what's going 653 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: to happen? So I think the way this one succeeded 654 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: as a sequel is it gave us exactly kind of 655 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: what we got out of the first one. But aside 656 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: from that, I don't think like they added enough to 657 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: make this movie different. My only issue was that there 658 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: was nothing that kind of stood out that made this 659 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: movie different than the first one. I felt like you 660 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: put them side to side, kind of the same plot line, 661 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: kind of the same whole situation. There wasn't a whole 662 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 1: lot more to explore, but again, they create such great 663 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: action that it still works. I just think there was 664 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: nothing new learned, and there was never a moment in 665 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: the movie that I was really hyped up to, like 666 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: see what happens. I kind of knew where it was 667 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: going a little bit predictable, and by the time it 668 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: was over, I was like, all right, that was cool. 669 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: I'm not really interested to see a quiet place three. 670 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: So that was my only issue with this one. Nothing 671 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: bad about it. I just wanted a little bit more. 672 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 1: So if I had to give it a rating, I 673 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: would give it a three point seven five out of 674 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: five radio waves. If you like the first one, and 675 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 1: you'll for sure like this one, and now that they're 676 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: both out, and if you have paramount plus, you can 677 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 1: start number one and then go right into part two 678 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: and it will basically feel like you're binge watching an 679 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: entire series at once. Alright, just a quick bit of 680 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: movie news this week. I really like looking at the 681 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: box office now that movies are back and making money again. 682 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: I think that's really exciting for me to see. And 683 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 1: the most interesting thing about over the weekend, I don't 684 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: think it was really expected that Space Jam would come 685 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: in at number one. Now it came in with thirty 686 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: two million dollars, taking the number one spot from Black Widow, 687 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:44,960 Speaker 1: which that movie declined in ticket sales. That's a lot 688 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: like that. That's a big drop. So that came in 689 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: at number two point six million, and then at number three, 690 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: the biggest movie right now is Escape Room Tournament of Champions, 691 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: which only made three point eight million, So basically you 692 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: have two movies at the top and then one down 693 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: there at number three. I just found it interesting not 694 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: only that it was able to beat out Black Widow, 695 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: but that Black Widow jumped down so much. I don't 696 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: know if that's attributed to the fact that maybe more 697 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: people are watching it on Disney Plus now the mixed 698 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: reviews it kind of got, which I still stand by 699 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: loving that movie. And even at thirty two million, that's 700 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: not really a huge blockbuster to have a number one spot. 701 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: That's just a huge decline from last week's number one 702 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: spot too. Now like the highest learning movie only making 703 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: thirty two million knowledge, which before a movie really wasn't 704 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: considered a blockbuster until it made fifty million at least. 705 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: And if you're curious and wanting to compare this to 706 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: the original Space Jam when that came out, that made 707 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: twenty seven point five million dollars, So on paper, Space 708 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: Dam two doing better than the original. The other piece 709 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: of movie news that I'm excited about, and I get 710 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: any single chance that I get to talk about this movie, 711 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 1: I will until it comes out, because I think maybe 712 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,080 Speaker 1: one of my dream goals from this podcast is to 713 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: be able to interview somebody from this movie. And it's 714 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: that Jackass four now has an official title. It is 715 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: called Jackass Forever that comes out on October twenty two, 716 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: and they also have an Instagram now at Jackass, which 717 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: the full trailer comes out on Tuesday, depending on when 718 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,359 Speaker 1: you're listening to this, but on Tuesday July will get 719 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 1: the first glimpse of actually what they've been up to. 720 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 1: The movie's not done yet, but it's has me excited 721 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: just all the promotion they're already doing for this, and 722 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: I would I think my ultimate goal is to be 723 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: able to meet and interview Johnny Knoxville at some point. 724 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: It's been my hero since I was a kid. Probably 725 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,359 Speaker 1: who has been my hero since I was a kid. 726 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: I've been able to meet Stevo before. Actually, one time, 727 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: I was leaving a movie in Nashville, walked out of 728 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,000 Speaker 1: the movie theater and I saw Stevo, went up to 729 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: him asking for itself and he got a picture with him. 730 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: And I had just gone to see this comedy show 731 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,200 Speaker 1: the night before, so he's basically just hanging out in town. 732 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: Went to a movie and that's how I met him. 733 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 1: But it's the final Jackass movie, and I would love 734 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: nothing more than to get to talk to one of 735 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: them about making this movie and what's going to happen 736 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: to them all after this is said and done. But anyway, 737 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: that's it for movie news and from my Shadow of 738 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 1: the week. I just wanted to shout out every single 739 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: person listening to this right now. I built this podcast. 740 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 1: I started this podcast about a year and a half ago, 741 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: and I was looking and I just realized that it's 742 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,320 Speaker 1: made the top five podcasts here on our Nashville podcast network, 743 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: which means a lot to me. One that's something that 744 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,040 Speaker 1: I'm passionate about. Resonates with anybody. I just love movies. 745 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,719 Speaker 1: I've been reviewing movies for like ten years now, and 746 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: I just started it basically on snapchats, then moved to 747 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: Instagram and then realized maybe I could do a podcast 748 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,879 Speaker 1: about this. And I've kind of learned a lot about 749 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: myself from doing this podcast and how I communicate things. 750 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: I try to get better every single episode, so especially 751 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 1: everybody who's been with me from the very first episode too. 752 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,959 Speaker 1: Now I feel like we've all grown through this and 753 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,240 Speaker 1: that there's so many people now that send me messages, 754 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:56,799 Speaker 1: and you guys are like, you know, I listened every 755 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 1: single week. I watched the recommendations you give. Sometimes I 756 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,600 Speaker 1: don't always agree with your opinions, but I listen anyway. 757 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,400 Speaker 1: Like all those messages really mean a lot to me. 758 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: And the fact that now it kind of reflects in 759 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: the podcast growing in downloads and streams and all that, 760 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: which I try not to over focus on, but to 761 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 1: see it kind of get up there now and be 762 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 1: a little bit of something now means a lot to me. 763 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 1: And that's all because of you guys. So I appreciate 764 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 1: all of you for listening, being subscribed, for telling people 765 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: about this podcast, for tagging it on Instagram and getting 766 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 1: the word out there. It really means a lot to me, 767 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,560 Speaker 1: so I just can't thank you enough, appreciate all the love, 768 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,319 Speaker 1: and I will talk to you guys next Monday here 769 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,719 Speaker 1: on the podcast and until then later