1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie mis Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: am your host movie Mike, and today I will be 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: delivering my State of the Cinema Address. We'll talk about 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: the entire movie industry and where it stands as a 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: whole with all these big announcements coming from Disney and 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: d C and AMC making a bunch of people mad. 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: And then in the movie review we'll talk about one 8 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: of my most anticipated movies of the year, you people, 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: which came out on Netflix. That's all I'll say for now. 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: And then in the trailer Park we'll talk about the 11 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: beginning of the end of the road with a new 12 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: fast X trailer. But thank you for listening and being subscribed. 13 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: Shout out to the movie crew. And now let's talk movies. 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 15 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 16 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: never before in a movie podcast. A man with so 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: much movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking Audi MDV 18 00:00:54,200 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: who's classes from the Nastril Podcast Network. Movie Mic, thank 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: you all for joining me on the State of the 20 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: Cinema Address. We have a lot to get to on 21 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: the agenda. Disney has announced some sequels to Toy Story 22 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: and Frozen. D C has laid out their plans for 23 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: what they are doing in the DC universe, and a 24 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: MC is making a bunch of people mad by charging 25 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: more for the best seats in the movie theater. But 26 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: I'd like to start first with my opening statement movie crew. 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: I am happy to say, and I know I'm a 28 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: little bit biased here, but I think movies are coming 29 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: back slowly, but they are coming back. In two the 30 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: box office revenue across the globe was up at twenty 31 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: six billion dollars, which is about a twenty seven percent 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: increase from one but it's still pretty far away from 33 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: reaching those pre pandemic levels. Even at that twenty six 34 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: billion dollars, it's still about thirty five pc lower than 35 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: it was from seventeen to twenty nineteen. But I don't 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: want to think the movie industry is dying. I don't 37 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: think it will die even anytime soon. But I do 38 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: believe that some things need to change, because at the 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: core of it, I still believe that the best movies 40 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: I go and see are in theaters. And I don't 41 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: want to get into this old school mentality way. If 42 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: you need to go to the movies to experience it. 43 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: I don't believe that, but I am just a movie 44 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: fan and I enjoyed that experience, and I feel like 45 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: all of my movie memories still come from sitting my 46 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: butt into a movie theater seat and watching a movie 47 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: with other people. I can recall a bunch of memories 48 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: just within the last five years, and all of my 49 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: favorite movie moments have come from a movie theater. I 50 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: haven't been able to replicate that same experience at home 51 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: with my butt on the couch. So the way I 52 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: enjoy a movie just happens to rely on where my 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: butt is. I don't see enough people talking about that, 54 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean that is the same for everybody. 55 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: And we saw that in we all became more comfortable 56 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: watching things at home. Our TV screens got better, we 57 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: subscribe to more streaming services, and overall we just saw 58 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: how a lot cheaper it was to watch them at home. 59 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: And even now doing this podcast, I still see that 60 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: because I always tried to review the newest movie that 61 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: comes out in theater on the podcast, and I think 62 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 1: when it comes to big movies like ant Man coming 63 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: out next week, or even with Not at the Cabin 64 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: or any big action movie. A lot of you are 65 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: kind of like me and like to experience that opening weekend. 66 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: We like to avoid the spoilers. But with some other movies, 67 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: say one like last year Emily the Criminal, I saw 68 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: that when in theaters, but more and more people really 69 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: didn't watch that movie until it came out on Netflix 70 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: months later. So I think that really kind of leads 71 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: us to where this discussion even begins. And what are 72 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: we arguing about. Is it the size of the screen 73 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: or the size of the ideas, And I think that 74 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: is really what factors into what motivates us to go 75 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: watch a movie in theaters. I think when the idea 76 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: size is really big and the fandom is there, that 77 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: is going to get us to go and watch those 78 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: movies in theaters. But when it seems like something is 79 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more small scale, maybe it's an indie movie, 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: we tend to just wait for those to watch him 81 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 1: at home. So that's why I don't think the movie 82 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: industry is dying. We've just really changed how we watch things. 83 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: And I feel like everybody I talked to is always 84 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: behind on something. You're trying to catch up on a 85 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: TV show, You're still trying to watch this movie that 86 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: came out that you really wanted to see. There is 87 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: just so much now And you don't really have the 88 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: same argument when it comes to TV shows. Even though 89 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: your top three TV shows that you've probably watched in 90 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: the last four years are a lot different than somebody else's. 91 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: There really isn't that one universal anything anymore. We are 92 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: out of the days of everybody watching the same thing 93 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: at the same time in movies and in TV. And 94 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: the only reason people say that the movie industry is 95 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: dying is because of the model where you actually have 96 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: to go buy a ticket to watch a movie. And 97 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: even to me, that idea still starts to feel a 98 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: little bit more forward and so outdated that you are 99 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: paying for something that you could get at home. And 100 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: I started to get into that mentality myself, But then 101 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: I realized, in order to have all those big moments 102 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: that I want, you gotta pay for them, and that's 103 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: just how that industry is built. I think later down 104 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: the line it will change, but I still think that 105 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,119 Speaker 1: that model will stick around at least for another ten years. 106 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: What do I think the film industry needs to make 107 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: it through those other ten years? I think we need 108 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: more cultural moments when it comes to movies. Top Gun 109 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: Maverick was a great example last year. It got a 110 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 1: lot of people back into the theater who had been 111 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: in a very long time, so was in canto with 112 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: the soundtrack going viral. Spider Man No Way Home did 113 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: that as well. It was the first big pre pandemic hit, 114 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: and even the minions got in the action with the 115 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: gentle Minions. And also in the last year, I think 116 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: Horror has own a really good job at that. With 117 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: movies like Smile and Meghan also having cultural impacts, I 118 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: think we need to focus less on all these legacy franchises. 119 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: And when all the big slated movies come out and 120 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: it's all like reboots and Parts four and five, that's 121 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: where you begin the argument of all they're just remaking everything. 122 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: So movie crew, I hope you are like me and 123 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: are optimistic about the future of movies. I think we 124 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: have some great movies coming to us this month, and 125 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: I was just looking at the movies coming out in 126 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: March and marches pretty stacked. On March three, we get 127 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: Create three. On March tenth, we get Scream six. On 128 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: March seventeen, we get Sasam two. On March twenty three, 129 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: we get John Wick four, and on March thirty one 130 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 1: we get Dungeons and Dragons. I know, I was just saying, 131 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: we need to get away from all these reboots and revisits, 132 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: and then we have a bunch of sequels coming in 133 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 1: March that I'm excited about. I think there's a place 134 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: for those two. But now let's get into what Disney 135 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: announced last week. Recently returned Disney Cego of Bob Iker 136 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: made a major announcement talking about out their lineup, and 137 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: it looks like we are getting Frozen three, Zootopia two, 138 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: Toy Story five, and this is an addition to last 139 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: year them announcing Inside Out too, which is coming out 140 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: on June four. Disney also announced that they are cutting 141 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: seven thousand jobs after Disney Plus subscribers were down two 142 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: point four million for the first time ever, which is 143 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: surprising to me, especially when it comes to their model 144 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: and the decisions they've made recently with their movies, some 145 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: going to streaming, some going to theaters and then later 146 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: to Disney Plus. The fact that they lost subscribers for 147 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: the first time makes me wonder if they are revisiting 148 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: and re kind of structuring how they do that, especially 149 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: after Strange World, which came out last year was one 150 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: of their biggest flops ever. And I didn't completely hate 151 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: Strange World, but I think it is an example of 152 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: what is going on with Disney animation right now, which 153 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: as a whole, Disney is not hurting. They have Marvel, 154 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: they have Star Wars. Those continue to bring in a 155 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: lot of money at the box office and for Disney plus, 156 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: so as a whole, I think Disney is all right, 157 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: but I think they are lacking a little bit when 158 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: it comes to their animation, and I think Strange World 159 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: is a bit of that example. The problem is the 160 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: stories and the ideas have a little bit less imagination. 161 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: Even when it comes to the animation, they aren't doing 162 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: anything drastically different. I feel like they're almost stuck in 163 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: this twenty ten style that they really haven't to find 164 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: what Disney is going to look like moving forward. I 165 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: feel like their stories and their concepts and their characters 166 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: as a whole just feel a little bit less inventive 167 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: to me. And maybe that was their decision to green 168 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: light some sequels to their well known hits and their 169 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: biggest properties, even though I still believe that Toy Story 170 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: should have been a trilogy. It was a perfect trilogy 171 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: until they decided to make Toy Story for which was 172 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 1: kind of us the falling action of Toy Story three. 173 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: I think, why not go out on a high note 174 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: with Toy Story three and then do more spinoffs. I 175 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: still enjoy and will defend light Year. I still think 176 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: that was a really great movie, and I think they 177 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: could do a lot more movies like that. Of breaking 178 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: the Toy Story franchise into different genres. Light Year would 179 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: be a great sci fi you could do Western movies 180 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: with Would he even give him a full origin story 181 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: that we've never really got. There are so many characters 182 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: in Toy Story you could get all these different genres, 183 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: kind of like the Marvel model, where you get the 184 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: romantic comedies with Thor, you get the space and sci 185 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: fi with Guardians of the Galaxy, you get more of 186 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: the action with the Captain America movies. Why not do 187 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: that with some Disney animation properties as well. For a 188 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: long period of time, Disney just didn't really make sequels. 189 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: They were such a dominant force that they didn't really 190 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: need to do that. So to me, it kind of 191 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: feels like they're itching for another hit with these announced, 192 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: especially with Frozen three, which is kind of alright, easy money, 193 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: you put up soundtrack, you crank out another movie. That's 194 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: kind of what that announcement feels like to me. I 195 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: also don't think you could top the soundtrack and Frozen two, 196 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: so I'm leaving that up to them to approve me wrong. 197 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: Zutopia two I have no real problems with. I think 198 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: that First Woman was a great movie, had a really 199 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: great message, But of all the sequels they could make, 200 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: I don't know why that one needs one. I wouldn't 201 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,359 Speaker 1: be completely surprised if they just stopped putting out animated 202 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 1: movies in theaters altogether within the next five years, although 203 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: I worry about that because it feels like some of 204 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: these movies go a little bit under the radar when 205 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: they get put out on Disney. Plus, just look at 206 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: the movies in the last two years. Soul, which came 207 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: out in Riya and The Last Dragon came out in 208 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: twenty one, Luca came out in twenty one, Ron's Gone 209 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: Wrong also came out in twenty one, and in Ganto 210 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: was really their first kind of big hit post pandemic. 211 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 1: Turning Red kind of came and went on. Disney Plus 212 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: went very under the radar. Light Year came out in 213 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: theaters and didn't do as well as they thought, and 214 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: then Strange World came out in theaters and also didn't 215 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: do as well as it thought, lost them a bunch 216 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: of money. And the reason I think that this is 217 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: the only genre that the only streaming model could work 218 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: is because primarily it's family is going to watch these movies. 219 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: It's less expensive to watch them at home. The price 220 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: of taking a family to the theater, wrangling up all 221 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: your kids, getting them there, getting them in the seat, 222 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,719 Speaker 1: that takes a lot of time and effort, more than 223 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: it does just to pop on Disney Plus, pay your 224 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: subscription every month and watch a movie at home. So 225 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: I could see that working of them just switching to 226 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: a streaming only model for Disney animated movies, for Pixar movies, 227 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: all that could just straight up go to the home experience. 228 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: But I think if they do that, it will start 229 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: to affect the Disney culture a little bit and their 230 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: impact on popular culture, and could even affect their impact 231 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: on Disney World and Disneyland. If it feels like these 232 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: movies are resonating a little less and less of kind 233 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: of losing that effect of watching it at home versus 234 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: in the theater, and more of that buzz of people 235 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,599 Speaker 1: talking about these movies. It could end up that you 236 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,719 Speaker 1: end up going to Disney World and you see all 237 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,119 Speaker 1: these attractions and all these characters that you're not completely 238 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: familiar with. So I don't think that's the best decision 239 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: for them overall, but they may try that out for now. 240 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,079 Speaker 1: So now let's continue on the state of the cinema 241 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: and talk about what d C is doing. There is 242 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: this newly created DC universe that James Gunn is putting together. 243 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: James Gunn has been behind movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, 244 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: the Suicide Squad, and he is now kind of seen 245 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: as a d C savior and the person who is 246 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: going to bring back and revive the studio that has 247 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: so many great characters and so many great stories to tell, 248 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: but just hasn't had that same success as Marvel. And 249 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: what they are doing now is kind of modeling what 250 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: Marvel has done and has proven successful, but doing it 251 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: their own way. So instead of phases which we know 252 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: about as being Marvel fans, they are doing chapters, and 253 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: this first chapter, chapter one, is called Gods and Monsters. 254 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: And I've read about this for a couple of weeks 255 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: that the stories have been out now, and even for me, 256 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: who is completely dialed into this stuff I know and 257 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: go and watch all these movies whether I want to 258 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: or not, it still feels a little bit confusing to 259 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: me how it's going to work. So I'm going to 260 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: try and explain it as easily as I can. Even 261 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: though I feel like they had all these thoughts out 262 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 1: on paper and it looked good and they're ready to 263 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: do this announcement, but there's still all these little plot 264 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: holes and questions. So what they are trying to do 265 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: is make everything a lot more cohesive, make all the 266 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: stories and characters go together and are going as far 267 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: as Any actor booked to play a role will play 268 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: them in every capacity, whether it be in a movie, 269 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: TV show, on the animated show, or on video games. 270 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,479 Speaker 1: If somebody gets cast as Superman, they will be Superman 271 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: and all of those titles. So what they have done 272 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: is they have asked all the actors they are hiring 273 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: to sign a ten year contract to make sure it 274 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: all plays out in this eight to ten year plan, which, 275 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: again that looks good on paper, but what we've seen 276 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: in DC in the past is actors get unhappy, some 277 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: actors go off the rails. So I feel like it's 278 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: always open to a little bit of nuance of at 279 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: some point some actor deciding, Hey, I'm out. But let's 280 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: talk about the five movies they announced in the d 281 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: C Chapter one and the ones. I'm most excited about 282 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: Superman Legacy, which is coming out on July one, and 283 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: this will be the start of this entire plan. So 284 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: this is where it gets a little bit confusing, because 285 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: there are DC movies coming out this year, but the 286 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: plan won't start playing out for another two years, obviously, 287 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: because they have to get all these titles out. So 288 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: the question kind of just comes out right at the 289 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: beginning of wait does this get to connect? Is this 290 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: going to happen? And we'll get into a little bit 291 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: more of that later, but this is supposed to be 292 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: the start of this entirely new chapter and it won't 293 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: be another origin story, so we won't have to sit 294 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: through that again. The sad part here is that we 295 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: were supposed to get Henry cavill back as Superman. He 296 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: came out and did the announcement. He showed up in 297 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: Black Adam and then at the time that they were 298 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: gearing up to make this announcement of the entire new plans, 299 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: they said he was out. So I just feel bad 300 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: for him as a as an actor. So instead of 301 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: Henry Cavill, they are looking for a younger actor to 302 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: play Superman. No one has been cast yet, but the 303 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: story looks like it'll focus on him balancing his human 304 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: upbringing while also being Superman. It kind of feels like 305 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: to me they're going to do Marvel did with Spider 306 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: Man back when they cast Tom holland make them younger, 307 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: make them more relatable, and get rid of the origin 308 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: story that we've all seen done so many times. So 309 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: I hope it has that same kind of fresh energy 310 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: and does a really good reset on Superman, just like 311 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: Marvel did with Spider Man. I think that's what DC 312 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: needs to do in this new phase, make it a 313 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: little bit more fun and lighthearted, and make all the 314 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: movies not look like two thousands metal music videos anymore. 315 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: I think that is why I really never fully got 316 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: into all the d C movies, and I'm not the 317 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: biggest Man of Steel fan even though I didn want 318 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: to see Henry Cavill come back, but those movies feel 319 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: just so kind of tens to me. I think they 320 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: need to get out of that entire genre altogether, and 321 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: if there's one character that can do that, it is Superman. 322 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: They also announced a movie called The Authority and what 323 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: the Authority is. It's kind of like The Boys on Amazon. 324 00:16:55,480 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: It's a group of superhumans doing good things in general role, 325 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: but not having the most idealistic approach to doing those 326 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: good things, so a little rough around the edges, kind 327 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: of in a suicide squad vein, kind of been a 328 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: Guardians of the Galaxy vein. So this one isn't necessarily 329 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: good guys versus bad guys, heroes versus villains. Maybe it's 330 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 1: a little bit more of an anti hero story. I 331 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: think this is kind of what I was looking for 332 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: in Black Adam. Black Adam was supposed to be a 333 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: superman without a moral compass, and we didn't get that 334 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: at all. So that's what I'm hoping for. I'm hoping 335 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: for superheroes without a moral compass, a little bit grittier, 336 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: a little bit edgier. They haven't announced what kind of 337 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,719 Speaker 1: rating this movie is going to get but for the 338 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: sake of the integrity of the story, I hope it 339 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: is rated. Are also announced. The one I'm the third 340 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 1: most excited about two is The Brave and the Bold, 341 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: which is an introduction to this version of Batman. This 342 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: is where it gets a little bit confusing, because this 343 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: Batman will exist entirely different from Robert Pattinson's Batman in 344 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: The Batman, So this will be all about the bat family. 345 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: We're going to get a version of Robin, which is 346 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: Damian Wayne, who is kind of a hot head. In 347 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: this story, he's an assassin, he's a murderer. And in 348 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: this story, Damien is Bruce Wayne's biological son that Bruce 349 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: Wayne had no idea about until he was ten years old. 350 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: So it's this really strange kind of father son's story, 351 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: which sounds pretty good to me. The only thing that 352 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: will make it a little bit weird is the fact 353 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: they'll have two Batman's going on at the same time. 354 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: I'm hoping for a little bit more of a straight 355 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 1: on action style of movie with this one, especially with 356 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: that Robin character, and since it doesn't have to be 357 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: dark and gritty, because that's what we have in the Batman. 358 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: I really hope that they go for a classic comic 359 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 1: book look when it comes to designing the characters in 360 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: this movie. I think that would be a good kind 361 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: of way to appea some of these DC fans that 362 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: you've had so annoyed and angry for so long by 363 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: giving them things and taking things away from them. Give 364 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: him that classic Batman and Robin look. It doesn't have 365 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: to be as completely cheesy as we've seen previously in 366 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: TV and movies, but some kind of homage to a 367 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: classic Batman uniform. I'm thinking more of the blues and 368 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: grays and highlights on the yellow. Yeah, Batman and Robin 369 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: and Tits probably isn't going to be the thing to do, 370 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 1: you know, post this one doesn't have a release date yet, 371 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: but it will probably be maybe. I don't think that 372 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: is what we need then, but something to bring back 373 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: those classic comic book characters. I think it's important for 374 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: d C that is really where a lot of their 375 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: brand identity lives and it hasn't translated onto the big stream. 376 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: I think that's what they need to really set themselves 377 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: apart and have any kind of edge over Marvel. They 378 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: also announced Supergirl, Woman of Tomorrow, which in this story, 379 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: Supergirl is kind of the opposite of Superman as far 380 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: as her upbringing in this story is being described as 381 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: Supergirl role was raised on a rock chip off of 382 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: Krypton and watched everyone around her die and be killed 383 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: in terrible ways for the first fourteen years of her life. 384 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: So Supergirl is going to be pretty hardcore in this movie, 385 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about. The only sad part here 386 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: is it reminds me that they can the Bad Girl 387 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: movie will never see the light of day, and if 388 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: this is the reason why I don't fully see it, 389 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 1: I don't see why both of these movies couldn't have 390 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: existed in this d SEU. Nothing in the plans that 391 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: I've seen announced really feel to me like they would 392 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: be hindered by the fact that a Bad Girl movie existed, 393 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 1: especially when it was already done. Maybe they were just 394 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: really going for that tax break and needed that money back. 395 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: But nonetheless, I am into this Supergirl movie, and the 396 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: one I'm oddly the least excited about, even though I 397 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: love horror movies, is Swamp Thing. It sounds so old 398 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: school to me, and I'm sure they'll prove me wrong. 399 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: By the time more details come out, by the time 400 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: we get a look to a trailer for this movie. 401 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 1: The only thing I respect here is their decision to 402 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: make something completely different, and I think that's what you 403 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: have to do to keep superhero movies interesting is get 404 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 1: out of that formula altogether by just bringing a movie 405 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: in a different kind of genre. And that's what Swamp 406 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: Thing is supposed to be. The movie is going to 407 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: investigate the dark origins of the character and supposed to 408 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: be d c's horror movie. And not only that, since 409 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: it is a part of this entire d C universe. Now, 410 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: Swamp Thing will interact with the other characters. So it'll 411 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: be interesting to see how they are able to blend 412 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: genres throughout all of these movies. And it doesn't seem 413 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: to me like DC is trying to build up to 414 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: any Avenger style of movie. I think they were burned 415 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: by that with Justice League and they kind of rushed 416 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: together to get that thing together to compete with Marvel. 417 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: It doesn't seem like they are doing that now. So 418 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: they are in a way modeling what Marvel has done 419 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: and has been proven successful, bringing all these characters together 420 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: and creating this world where everything connects, but don't really 421 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: have to take it a step further, and all these 422 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: movies be building towards a grand finale of them all 423 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: coming together to fight this unified villain. And then finally 424 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: they announced that there will be else Worlds, which is 425 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: where all the other DC movies will exist that are 426 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: not a part of this universe. So The Batman with 427 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: Robert Pattinson, the Joker sequel will all exist in else Worlds. 428 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 1: It is a sub brand of DC films, and all 429 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: the stories and characters will be completely unconnected. And I 430 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: think that's where the good stuff is. These are the 431 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: movies that I feel are really noteworthy and also making 432 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,959 Speaker 1: DC a lot of money. So I'm glad they are 433 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: not messing with them and trying to connect these movies 434 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: into it. Just let these movies stand on their own. 435 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: I think the only part getting a little bit confusing 436 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: is when it comes to all the d C movies 437 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: that are still left to come out. You have Shazam 438 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: Fury of the Gods coming out on March sevent the 439 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,200 Speaker 1: Flash coming out on June sixteenth of this year, Blue 440 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: Beetle coming out on August, and Aquaman in The Lost 441 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: Kingdom coming out on Christmas Day. Shazam was supposed to 442 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: at some point connect with Black Adam, but now we 443 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: don't have any Black Adam announced in this next chapter, 444 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: so it kind of feels like Shazam is in a 445 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: way an ending of that era. And they said that 446 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: The Flash is supposed to kind of be the reset 447 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: of the d C timeline and that will be the 448 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 1: start of this chapter one, but it doesn't really have 449 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: its true start into So the way I take that 450 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: as a viewer of DC movies is I feel like 451 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: this is kind of the falling action. This is stuff 452 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: they have to get out. This is kind of the 453 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: bullet they have to bite because they've already made these movies. 454 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: They've already spent that bag. And as much as they 455 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: are saying that no, this is the start of the 456 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: new d C, I feel like they are only saying 457 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: that now because if they didn't, we would be less 458 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: interested in going to watch these movies, because it feels like, 459 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 1: why are we even watching these They aren't going to 460 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: connect to all these cool things you just announced. And finally, 461 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: to close out the State of the Cinema, let's talk 462 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: about what AMC theaters announced last week and their new 463 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: very controversial ticket pricing structured for somebody wanting to go 464 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,360 Speaker 1: watch a movie at AMC. If you miss this announcement, 465 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: what they are doing is they are essentially charging more 466 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 1: money for the good seats in their theaters. They announced 467 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: what is called siteline. So you have standard site line, 468 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: which are all of the most common seats in a 469 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: movie theater available at the normal cost of a movie ticket, 470 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: which the movie ticket the average now is about eleven dollars. 471 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: That has a whole someplace it's as low as nine dollars, 472 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: and in some places like New York it's as much 473 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: as sixteen seventeen eighteen dollars, So it kind of varies 474 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: where you are in the count street, where you are 475 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: in the world how much you pay for a standard 476 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: movie ticket. But you go and you buy these seats 477 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: and it gives you your standard view of the screen. 478 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: So in addition to standard siteline, you will also get 479 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: value Siteline, which sounds awful to me. They couldn't come 480 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: up with a better name for this. And these are 481 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: all the seats in the front row of the movie theater, 482 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: and these will come at a lower price, but will 483 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: only be available to AMC stub members, which is their 484 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: subscription service where you pay twenty bucks a month and 485 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: you get to go to three movies a week, and 486 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: also to their AMC Insiders, which that membership is free. 487 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: But the one people are the most upset about is 488 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: the preferred siteline, which these are typically the seats in 489 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: the middle of the movie theater, which will now cost 490 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: one to two dollars more. And they're really trying to 491 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: sell these seats to their most loyal customers, So everybody 492 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: who has AMC stubs A list members won't pay any 493 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: additional money to get these seats and to reserve them, 494 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: and I feel in the grand scheme of things, that 495 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: is what they are trying to sell more so than 496 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: make people upset in this tier system. They are trying 497 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: to say like, oh, well, we have this subscription service 498 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: where you pay twenty bucks a month and we don't 499 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,400 Speaker 1: charge you anything additional. So I feel like in their 500 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: business plan, they're trying to get more people to subscribe 501 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: to their service that makes them more money in the 502 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,959 Speaker 1: long run. They get those twenty bucks every month no 503 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: matter how many movies you end up going to see, 504 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: and really, when it comes down to it. Movie theaters 505 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: are not making the majority of their money on ticket 506 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: sales alone. A movie chain like a MC is making 507 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: it more off of concessions, so they are really just 508 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: trying to get more and more people to come to 509 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: their theaters. And it just feels like an added on 510 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: tax to now have to pay different levels of money 511 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 1: to sit in the same seat. And that is the 512 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: problem I have with it. It's giving somebody the same 513 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: exact experience for more. It's not like they're adding more 514 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: to these seats that are now one to two dollars more. 515 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 1: The seats not gonna rumble. It's not gonna have this 516 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: little miss. It's not going to provide you with some 517 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: kind of extra experience. They're just charging more for what 518 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 1: we already had. It also just has come at a 519 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: really bad time where we all have this bad taste 520 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: in our mouth with Ticketmaster and how much they charge 521 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: for seat depending on demand. That is kind of what 522 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: this feels like to me. And when it comes to Ticketmaster, 523 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: that really makes my decision to go watch a concert. 524 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to see that come into the movie theaters. 525 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,479 Speaker 1: And AMC has done this before already last year with 526 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: The Batman they tried to charge more if you wanted 527 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,640 Speaker 1: to go see it on opening night. I don't think 528 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: this is what they need to do, but I think 529 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: overall you're just kind of making people mad, and I'm 530 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: glad it's only AMC doing this. I don't really have 531 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 1: a whole lot of AMC theaters around where I live. 532 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: That is why I have Regal Unlimited. They didn't pay 533 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 1: me to say that, but I've had that now for 534 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: over a year. I've saved some money on it because 535 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: I go to see a lot of movies and have 536 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 1: had no issues with that, and I don't see Regal 537 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: implementing a plane like this. They also have a lot 538 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: of problems of their own, to be honest, with closing 539 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: a lot of Regal theater in just the last couple 540 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,879 Speaker 1: of months. So my hopes is that they try this 541 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: out but end up having it just go away, because 542 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: I don't think you need to create this divide in 543 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: a movie theater. It's supposed to be a shared experience. 544 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: It's supposed to be where anybody can go and feel 545 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: like an equal. You don't need to penalize somebody and 546 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: make them pay a dollar or two just to have 547 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: a better seat. You're also kind of saying that there 548 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 1: are some good seats in your movie theater and some 549 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: bad seats. You shouldn't be saying that. You should be 550 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: saying that every seat in that theater provides you with 551 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: a quality experience. The minute you start to put this 552 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: kind of value on different seats, that leads to investigation 553 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: of the theater as a whole. You're telling me I 554 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: can get a bad experience at your movie theater. Why 555 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: was that paying that money to begin with? So thank 556 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: you all for your time that has been movie mis 557 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: state at the cinema address. Will comeback and talk about 558 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: my thoughts on you people, and then get into the 559 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: fast X trailer. Let's get into a spoiler free movie 560 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: review now. I want to talk about you people on 561 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,719 Speaker 1: Netflix and it was one of my most anticipated movies 562 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: of the year, And maybe I was a little bit 563 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: too ambitious to think that Netflix could get this genre right. 564 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: I thought it was going to be a revival of 565 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: the two thousands comedy genre. You have Julia Louis Drive, 566 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: as you have Eddie Murphy, David d Kovany, Jonah Hill, 567 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: who I am a big fan of. I thought you 568 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: have all the tools you needed to make a great comedy, 569 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: and they kind of fumbled. So I'll get into why 570 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: I think this movie didn't completely work. Although some people 571 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: were just saying that the entire love story wasn't believable. 572 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: I don't completely agree with that. But we'll get into 573 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: all those things about you people. But before I get 574 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: into my full spoiler free review, here's just a little 575 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: bit of the trailer if you haven't heard or seen 576 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: it yet. The Black Girl, I've never felt so understood 577 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,239 Speaker 1: by somebody in my entire life. Whether you like it 578 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: or not, we kind of go together. Now, come on, 579 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: then ask her to marry me. He plan to lots 580 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: a family, Yeah, I just haven't had the chance to 581 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 1: meet them. What's going on? Tell me about life? How 582 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: are you so you want to marry my daugh? Yes 583 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: you could try so what this movie is about? You 584 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: have Jonah Hills character. He is working at this big 585 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: financial firm where he goes in every day and hates 586 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: his job but is a real passion. Is doing a 587 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: podcast much like this one where he just talks about 588 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: the culture, music, hip hop, sports, and then he meets 589 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: this girl he is trying to catch an uber. He 590 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: gets into the wrong car. They have this awkward little exchange, 591 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: and then he decides to take her out on a date. 592 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: They go on this state where they shut the entire 593 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: restaurant down with their conversation. But that's a little bit 594 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: where we begin to see the problem is this movie 595 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: just didn't really have enough time to develop their relationship. 596 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 1: I didn't fully think while watching it that they lacked 597 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: chemistry or it was unbelievable. I just thought that you 598 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: only really had one day to base their entire love on. 599 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: So then it goes from that first day to him 600 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: kind of really quickly deciding that he wants to marry her, 601 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: but he has to go to her parents a k a. 602 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy and ask for the approval to marry his daughter, 603 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: and Eddie Murphy just completely shuts him down, as you 604 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: heard in that trailer. So he spends the entire movie 605 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: trying to convince him that he is right for her daughter, 606 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: that he is enough despite the cultural differences, and really 607 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: just Eddie Murphy hates him for no reason whatsoever, aside 608 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: from the fact that he's white. On the other end, 609 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: you have Jonah Hill bringing her back to meet his family. 610 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,880 Speaker 1: Julia Louis Dreyfus. His character is pretty obnoxious. She is 611 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 1: pretty cringe and going way overboard showing that he knows 612 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: so much about black culture, and there's a really bad 613 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: job at welcoming her to the family. And then you 614 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 1: have David Ducompany who plays his dad, who is really 615 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: just the dim wood in this movie and at no 616 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: comedic value or really anything to the story. So really, 617 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: what I think the problem was here, It wasn't so 618 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: much that their low story wasn't believable, It just didn't 619 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: have enough time to develop. It spent so much time 620 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: focusing on their parents, trying to get them to like 621 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: each other, and then just Eddie Murphy just being a 622 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: jerk the whole time without lighting up at all or 623 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: showing any kind of a different side to him, which 624 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: I think is what this movie needed. It came maybe 625 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: very too late in the movie, and by the end 626 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: of it, you don't really care, and I think what 627 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: everybody is saying. Lauren London included that would they even 628 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: be together in real life, or would they even be 629 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: friends for that matter. She said when she got the script, 630 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: she found it very unbelievable that the two would be together, 631 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: so it almost felt with what she said before going 632 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: into this movie that maybe her heart wasn't fully in it. 633 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: But aside from that, I just think there wasn't enough 634 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: emphasis on their love story. There was nothing that made 635 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: me want to root for them or really feel like 636 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: they were fighting for something. And I think in a 637 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: romantic comedy like this, you really need to build that 638 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: in that first act. You have to build that love, 639 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: build that love story, get us all interested so that 640 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: by the time we get to that following action in 641 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: the second act, and you know, there's always something that 642 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: goes wrong. Will they won't they? That's really the formula 643 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: for any romantic comedy like this. You are rooting for 644 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: them to stay together. But there was just no foundation 645 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: of love in this movie. So so I don't think 646 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: so much that it wasn't that I couldn't believe that 647 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: these two were together. I just think there weren't enough 648 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,240 Speaker 1: scenes in the script that allowed them to show that, 649 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: or gave them enough time to even make an attempt 650 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: at chemistry. So when people say that it was unbelievable 651 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: that they would even be together, and I relate on 652 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: that personally. I don't know if other people have this experience, 653 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: but I'm Mexican. My wife is white, and I would 654 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 1: say nine at a ten times that we go out 655 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: to dinner, they don't believe that we're together. They always 656 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: ask if we want separate checks. So even I feel 657 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: that a little bit, even though we're sitting there with 658 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: dding greens, why does it not look like we're a 659 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,719 Speaker 1: married couple. But if you were to go over to 660 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: my Instagram and see all of our pictures and know 661 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: a little bit about our story, you would totally get it. 662 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: So I think you just need that foundation to know 663 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 1: that two people actually care about each other, to know 664 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 1: a little bit more about them. That is what this 665 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,920 Speaker 1: movie needed. We needed an Instagram feed of all their highlights. 666 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 1: That's what we need in the rom com So what 667 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,240 Speaker 1: you have in this entire movie is Jonah Hill really 668 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: trying to carry the comedy. And I'm a big Jonah 669 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,839 Speaker 1: Hill fan, but he just couldn't quite do it. And 670 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: I would argue he is one of the best at 671 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: uncomfortable comedy, but the guy he was playing, I felt 672 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: like his characteristics were off because he does this podcast 673 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 1: where he's so in the know and so knowledgeable about 674 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: rap and hip hop, and he is supposed to be 675 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 1: an expert, but then when he talks to her dad, 676 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 1: he seems more like a dim wit. He doesn't really 677 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: have that same level of intellect, so it's like, is 678 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: he a dummy, is he smart? Or maybe a Murphy's right. 679 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,359 Speaker 1: So they didn't really hone in on his character. He 680 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,439 Speaker 1: was just kind of grasping at all of these little 681 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 1: comedic things to really bring the movie back. There were 682 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: something stylistically that I did enjoy, as far as there's 683 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: this kind of look that Netflix movies are going for now. 684 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: It's very bright and colorful, lots of emphasis on the orange, 685 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: and the movies just look very sleek right now. I 686 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: feel like they're trying to build this unified look for 687 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: all Netflix movies. Also, the little transitions and effects on 688 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: the fonts. I tend to look for those kinds of 689 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: things in movies, so at least visually, it made me 690 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,560 Speaker 1: want to continue watching this movie. There's also the actual 691 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,400 Speaker 1: style in this movie. I'm a big fan of Jonah 692 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 1: Hills fashion. Back when he was posting on Instagram, I 693 00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: would take a lot of fit inspiration by what he 694 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,240 Speaker 1: would wear, and I like that. It kind of felt 695 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,839 Speaker 1: like he got to bring that to this movie. So 696 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: that was probably my favorite thing in the entire movie. 697 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: So because I had such high expectations for this movie 698 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 1: and it didn't leave me laughing at any point. I 699 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: like the message it was trying to convey, but the 700 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 1: performances just did not make it happen. I don't know 701 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,880 Speaker 1: what Eddie Murphy was doing in this movie, and it 702 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: makes me a little bit more hesitant to watch a 703 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: Netflix movie just because it has an A list actor 704 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: in it. I know they are really good at doing 705 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,800 Speaker 1: that and bringing us familiar faces, bringing us the star power. 706 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,879 Speaker 1: But look at what Hulu is doing with much more 707 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,239 Speaker 1: original movies. Look at even what Amazon is doing with 708 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,520 Speaker 1: their original movies. They don't always have all those big 709 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,720 Speaker 1: stars at the forefront, but I think they are bringing 710 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: better stories and delivering better on that aspect, way above Netflix, 711 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,320 Speaker 1: where it kind of seems like sometimes they just really 712 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 1: dumbed down their concepts to reach a wider audience. But 713 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: I feel like we are a lot more knowledgeable as viewers. 714 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,160 Speaker 1: You don't have to dump things down for us anymore. 715 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,399 Speaker 1: We get it. I think we all wanted a movie 716 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 1: that was going to make us laugh, and this movie 717 00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 1: didn't do it. So if I had to rate you people. 718 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: This hurts me to say because I love of Jonah Hill, 719 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 1: but I would give it two out of five. Tide 720 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: Ie Sweatsuits. It's time to head down to movie. Mike Tit, 721 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,719 Speaker 1: Laura Paul. There isn't a film series I can think 722 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: of that has changed so much from the first movie 723 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 1: to the tent movie. It's just really rare for any 724 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 1: franchise to get ten movies. But that is exactly what 725 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,360 Speaker 1: we're getting with Fast and the Furious. The trailer is 726 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,680 Speaker 1: out now for Fast X, and it looks completely ridiculous, 727 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,280 Speaker 1: but that is what I look for in a Fast 728 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: and the Furious movie. And this is the tenth film 729 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,800 Speaker 1: in the saga and the start of the final chapters, 730 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:45,400 Speaker 1: and they're kind of doing a Infinity War endgame situation 731 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 1: here where Fast X will set up the finale with 732 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 1: the eleventh movie ending this series forever. So you have 733 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,399 Speaker 1: part soap opera, part action, part superhero, and a little 734 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,399 Speaker 1: bit of a racing movie and Fast X. So let's 735 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 1: dive into this. Here is just a little bit now 736 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:06,000 Speaker 1: of the Fast X trailer. You build such a beautiful 737 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 1: life with love and family. I never got that chance. 738 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 1: You stole that from me, my future, my family, and 739 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 1: now I'm gonna break yours peace by piece. This looks 740 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,440 Speaker 1: like it could be the most dramatic entry into the 741 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,320 Speaker 1: Fast and the Furious franchise yet, So that being the case, 742 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,239 Speaker 1: I'm going to read the description of this movie in 743 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,719 Speaker 1: the most dramatic way possible. Here we go over many 744 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:51,280 Speaker 1: missions and against impossible odds, Don Torretto and his family 745 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 1: have outsmarted, out nerved, and out driven every foe in 746 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 1: their path. Now they confront the most lethal opponent they 747 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,800 Speaker 1: have ever faced, a terrifying threat emerging from the shadows 748 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: of the past, who is fueled by blood revenge, and 749 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 1: who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything 750 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 1: and everyone that Dom loves wherever. And that is the 751 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 1: description of Fast X. And we see that here in 752 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,120 Speaker 1: this trailer. And just when I thought it couldn't get 753 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: more ridiculous than some of the things we saw in 754 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:28,439 Speaker 1: Fast nine, like them slingshotting over a canyon and all 755 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 1: the other things that completely defined physics, it looks like 756 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,400 Speaker 1: they are taking it up a notch. I think my 757 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,320 Speaker 1: favorite part is when towards the end of this trailer, 758 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: when Dom is driving and these two helicopters. Attached himself 759 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: to his car, they lift him from the highway. His 760 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: muscle car is levitating at an incredible speed, and somehow 761 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 1: he is able to bring both of those helicopters down, 762 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,440 Speaker 1: crashed them into each other, and continue driving on the highway. That, 763 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,239 Speaker 1: my friends, is cinematic art, and that is what I 764 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 1: look forward to in these movies. I think that is 765 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,319 Speaker 1: what gets people back into the movie theater. So we've 766 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,240 Speaker 1: been talking about this entire episode. It's seeing ridiculous things 767 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,360 Speaker 1: like this that exists for no other reason than to 768 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,840 Speaker 1: bring us thrills and to bring us fun. And that 769 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: is exactly what I look forward to in a summer blockbuster. 770 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: Fast X is coming out on May nine three. I 771 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: think this will be a big moment in the summer 772 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,799 Speaker 1: block buster season. I kind of see this in the 773 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:31,399 Speaker 1: same vein for Universal as Jurassic World was last year. 774 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,360 Speaker 1: But unlike that movie, I don't really have high expectations 775 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,120 Speaker 1: for this one. You heard the level of acting in 776 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,640 Speaker 1: that trailer. We don't go to watch a Fast and 777 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,680 Speaker 1: the Furious movie because of the acting, because of the story, 778 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,759 Speaker 1: because of the plot. Why do we go to these 779 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,800 Speaker 1: movies for family. Now, really it's because of the action 780 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 1: and all the ridiculous things and explosions, and there are 781 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 1: so many crazy explosions in this trailer that make me 782 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,759 Speaker 1: think they are really kind of leading up to a 783 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,839 Speaker 1: grand finale here. This is going to be part one 784 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:05,360 Speaker 1: of two that will close out this entire franchise. So 785 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,720 Speaker 1: you have all the cast of characters coming back. Vin Diesel, 786 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:14,799 Speaker 1: Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludicrous, Jason Stadium, John Cena, Scott Eastwood, 787 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,560 Speaker 1: Charlie their own is also in this movie. So there 788 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,000 Speaker 1: are no rules in the Fast and the Furious movies. 789 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: People die, people come back, people die, people come back, 790 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:27,160 Speaker 1: and people are just all out superheroes. Jason Momoa plays 791 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: the villain in this movie. I love the part in 792 00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: the trailer where he gets run off the road, falls 793 00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: into the water and opens his eyes in a very 794 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,359 Speaker 1: cheesy action movie way. In this trailer you also see 795 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,160 Speaker 1: a little glimpse of Paul Walker. They flash back to 796 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,279 Speaker 1: another Fast and the Furious movie, so it's always cool 797 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,520 Speaker 1: to see them pay tribute to him. So I think 798 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:49,719 Speaker 1: this movie will be much of the same that we've 799 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:53,080 Speaker 1: seen in the last few Fasten the Furious movies. It's 800 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,480 Speaker 1: basically the same formula over and over again. It did 801 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,000 Speaker 1: seem like they went a little bit more dramatic in 802 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:02,399 Speaker 1: the trailer with the Slowdown Biggie song. They're really trying 803 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: to build up the finale of this franchise. I'm not 804 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,759 Speaker 1: expecting anything different. I want big action stars. I want 805 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,719 Speaker 1: crazy cars going crazy fast. Although it does look like 806 00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,120 Speaker 1: they are getting back to their quote unquote roots in 807 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,160 Speaker 1: this movie. And there will actually be a drag race 808 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,839 Speaker 1: again in the Fast and the Furious franchise. So how 809 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:26,479 Speaker 1: about that. This makes a movie bar and that's gonna 810 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,920 Speaker 1: do it for another episode here of the podcast again. 811 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,120 Speaker 1: If you want to see individual and movie reviews, I 812 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,600 Speaker 1: have a YouTube channel YouTube dot com slash Mike Distro. 813 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: If you want to go over, subscribe, leave a comment 814 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,000 Speaker 1: on a review over there. I'll shout you out on 815 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: next week's episode, because that's what we're getting to here now, 816 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,319 Speaker 1: the listeners shout out of the week. This week, I 817 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 1: got an email from C and J that says, movie Mike, 818 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,040 Speaker 1: we just finished watching Knock at the Cabin in the theaters. Wow, 819 00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 1: can't wait to hear your spoiler review. Best regards, see 820 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:01,480 Speaker 1: and Jay, thank you. Seeing Jay the email, I've seen 821 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,799 Speaker 1: a lot of people enjoying Not at the Cabin, so 822 00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:07,080 Speaker 1: I feel pretty good still about my review. But later 823 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,160 Speaker 1: this week on the feed, I will put up a 824 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,640 Speaker 1: spoiler version of that review and get into the entire 825 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,359 Speaker 1: plot and more of my thoughts on that movie that 826 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,440 Speaker 1: benefit from being able to speak really about spoilers, So 827 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,960 Speaker 1: look for that dropping later this week on the feed. 828 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,560 Speaker 1: Thank you for subscribing, thank you for telling a friend 829 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,160 Speaker 1: about the podcast, And until next time, go out and 830 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,520 Speaker 1: watch good movies and I will talk to you later.