1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie mis Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and together today we are 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: going to build the ultimate VHS collection from the nineties. 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: In the movie review, we'll talk about a new horror 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: movie that's really brought people together and that is what 6 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: I love about horror movies. We'll talk about Megan and 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: I'll give you my thoughts on that movie. And in 8 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: the trailer Park, we'll talk about a sequel to a 9 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: mystery that I think looks really good. It's called Missing. 10 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: Thank you all for listening to the podcast this week. 11 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: Thank you for being subscribed. Shout out to the Monday 12 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: Morning Movie crew. And now let's talk movies. In a 13 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, one 14 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like never 15 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: before in a movie podcast. A man with so much 16 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking Audi MTV with 17 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: glasses from the Nashville Podcast Network Movie mis Movie Podcast. 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: So I wanted to bring together two things I've seen 19 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: on TikTok and turn them into an episode. One of 20 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: them is called the alphabet game, where two people have 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,959 Speaker 1: a conversation or they play a game going through all 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: twenty six letters of the alphabet, either having a conversation 23 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: naming animals, but today we are applying it to movies. 24 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: And my other fascination is this guy on TikTok who 25 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: makes custom VHS. I just saw him do one for 26 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: fight Club where he took a normal black VHS tape 27 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: that Fight Club was on and move the film into 28 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: a pink one and made it look like a soap bar. 29 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: And I've always just loved the aesthetic of a VHS tape. 30 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: I think of anything that a film can be on, 31 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: the VHS is just most appealing to me because of 32 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: its three D nature, Because when you put it up 33 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: on a shelf, you have the spine and then you 34 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: have the art. It just feels the best in your hands. 35 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: I think it's the best display of the movie art. 36 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: So if I had more space, and if I had 37 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: a VCR, I would probably have a custom VHS tape. 38 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: So that brings me to how I'm going to combine 39 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: my two fascinations. Right now. We are going to go 40 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: through all twenty six letters of the alphabet and we 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: are going to pick one movie from the nineties for 42 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: each letter of the alphabet. There's twenty six movies. I 43 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: asked you guys on social media what your favorite movie 44 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: from the nineties was. I went through all those recommendations 45 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: and then I have my own personal list, so that 46 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: will kind of go into play on which one we 47 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: end up picking. And these won't be the definite best 48 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: films of the nineties, but if I could only pick 49 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: one and it would be the one that I could 50 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: watch forever on this VHS tape, this would be the 51 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: nineties movie I would pick. So let's get right into 52 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: it with letter A. A is for Angels in the Outfield. 53 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: And the main reason I picked this one over movies 54 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 1: like Armageddon or Laddin is because you can't find this 55 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: movie anywhere unless you have this old VHS tape, which 56 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: I used to It's not on DVD, it's not on Disney. 57 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: Plus you can't even own it digitally anywhere. So I 58 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 1: would take Angels on the Outfield and put it on 59 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: my shelf. And there's just something special about a Disney 60 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: movie on VHS. And the thing about VHS, if you 61 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: don't remember this, is that they would have all these 62 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: previews at the very beginning of it, so you would 63 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: press play on a VHS tape. Hopefully it was rewound 64 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: to the very beginning, but you would get trailers, you 65 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: would get commercials. I remember seeing Burger King commercials on 66 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 1: VHS tapes and there were just something special about pressing 67 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: in a VHS tape. And then when it came to 68 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: Disney Movies, every time I heard this sound, it was like, 69 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: all right, the movie is about to start, and now 70 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: our feature presents ATIP. So for that reason, A is 71 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: for Angels in the outfield, B is going to be 72 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: for Beethoven. I feel like this is a bit of 73 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: a controversial pick, but when it comes to movies that 74 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: embody the nineties, these are the type of movies I 75 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: love that came out of the nineties, completely ridiculous concepts 76 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: that you could not make today. Beethoven now would not work. 77 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: And not only did they make one of these, there 78 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: were so many sequels of these, and they were all 79 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: basically the same movie. And it's just a perfect nineties film. 80 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: So I wouldn't put Batman Returns. I wouldn't put Beauty 81 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: of the Beast Bugs Life was almost in there. I 82 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: almost considered blank check, but the movie I could watch 83 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: over and over again and still laugh. I would go 84 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: with Beethoven. Moving on C is for Cohn Air. Kind 85 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: of the same way that Beethoven embodies that for family films, 86 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: coln Air embodies that for nineties action movies that are 87 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: completely cheesy but completely self aware. I don't even remember 88 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: the first time I watched conn Air. This is a 89 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: movie that I don't remember sitting down and watching from 90 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: beginning to end, but it just always happened to be 91 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: on TV. So for that reason, I think this movie 92 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: deserves its place on our v h S shelf. I 93 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: wouldn't put Child's Played two, I wouldn't put Clerks, I 94 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't put Casino. I'm going with Connair. D there's a 95 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: clear winner. For D. D is for Dumb and Dumber. 96 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: No other movie embodies comedies better in the nineties than 97 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: Dumb and Dumber. Jeff Daniels at his best, Jim Carrey 98 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: at his best. There are very few comedies that I 99 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: consider perfect, but Dumb and Dummer is completely that. So 100 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: this was no question. I don't even need to mention 101 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: any other movies. For D. D is for Dumb and Dumber. 102 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: Same case for E. E is easily for Edwards, Scissor Ends, 103 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: Johnny Depp rose to fame in the eighties, but I 104 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: felt like the nineties really solidified him as a list star. 105 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: He continued that on into the two thousand's, but I 106 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: feel like Edward Scissord Hands was him at his best. 107 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: I don't think any other E movie of the nineties 108 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: even comes close. So E is for Edwards Scissor Hands. 109 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: F is a bit of a tough one. You have 110 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: Fight Club, you have Free Willie, you have Forest Scump. 111 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: But the movie I have seen the most that starts 112 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 1: with F and that I could not live without. I 113 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: would need to watch this movie at least once a year, 114 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: a movie I purchased for the first time at a 115 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 1: flea market and still have this movie on VHS in 116 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: my parents house, so I would keep it for me. 117 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: F is for Friday. Ice Cube Chris Tucker one of 118 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: the best comedic duos of all time. The only tragedy 119 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: here is they never reunited for another Friday. A lot 120 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: of that reason is because they were paid so little 121 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: to do this movie. I think ice Cube only got 122 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars. Chris Tucker only got ten thousand dollars, 123 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: and all the other main stars he got like half 124 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: of that they got five thousand dollars, So that was 125 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: one of the biggest reasons that Chris Tucker never returned 126 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: to the role of Smokey. Why would you return to 127 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars for a movie when after this he 128 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: got the paycheck for twenty million to do Rush Hour 129 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: Rush Hour two, There was no reason for him to 130 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: come back. Another comedy that I considered to be perfect. 131 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: So for me from the nineties, F Is for Friday. 132 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: Following up with that, I believe G Is for Good Fellas. 133 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: It is my favorite mobster movie ever made. It has 134 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: a top five casting out of any movie in my opinion. 135 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: With ray Leota, Robert de Niro, and Martin Scorsese directing 136 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: this movie, the only other movie I would consider would 137 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: be one from my childhood. I would put Goofy movie 138 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: in this conversation just because I feel like that's another 139 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: underrated movie of the nineties. But when it comes to 140 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: movies that I could not live without, I would have 141 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: to go with Good Fellaws, So G Is for Good 142 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: Fellas h comes down to two movies for me. On 143 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: the Disney side, I would go with Hercules, which I 144 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: think has one of the best soundtracks out of any 145 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 1: Disney movie, Vie and on the left is another Disney movie, 146 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: but a live action Disney movie, and one that I 147 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: felt really spoke to me being a chubby kid growing up, 148 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: and that is the one I just have the most 149 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: connection with, the one I think still holds up to today. 150 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: So in this collection, H is for Heavyweights, I is 151 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: a clear winner for me. I Is for Independence Day 152 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: one of the most influential films in this entire list, 153 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: one of the biggest movies of the nineties, such a 154 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: big summer blockbuster because this movie was a spectacle. You 155 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: had to go to the theater to watch this movie. 156 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: It may not seem like it now because we get 157 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: so many big action movies really throughout the entire year, 158 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: still more specifically in the summer, but it was still 159 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: a really big deal in the nineties, will Smith punching 160 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: an alien was something we all wanted to see on 161 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: the big screen. So I Is for Independence Day. J 162 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: actually comes down to to Robin Williams movies. On one hand, 163 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: I would put the comedic drama Jack. On the other hand, 164 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: I would put Jumanji, and if I were able to 165 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: carry a v just tape with both feet, holding that 166 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: one together would be Johnny Tsunami, which was a Disney 167 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: Channel movie, which they didn't really put those on VHS tape, 168 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: so I won't really consider that one in the conversation. 169 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: So we're dropping that one and we're going with Jumanji. 170 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: Feeling pretty good about our list so far. Letter K 171 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: is actually a tough one. I went through an entire list, 172 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: I went through your suggestions, and really only one movie 173 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: stuck out to me that I actually enjoy so on 174 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: this list from K is for Kindergarten Cop. As much 175 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: as I like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his straight ahead action movies, 176 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: I think putting him in a comedy is even better 177 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: than that. So okay is for Kindergarten Cop. L is 178 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: a no contest. L is for Lion King, one of 179 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: the best, if not the best Disney movie ever made, 180 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: because it has it all. It has the musical numbers, 181 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: it has the animation, it has the long lasting characters, 182 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: it has the humor, it has everything you look for 183 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: in the nineties animated movie, and more. It gets no 184 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: better than the original Lion King. It also reminds me 185 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: that kids movies used to be so dark. I can 186 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 1: still put myself into the position when I first saw 187 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: that scene with Mufassa dying, Why did they do that 188 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: to us as kids? One of the best movies nonetheless, 189 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: So L Is for Lion King m I also feel 190 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: is a pretty clear cut winner and shows you how 191 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: big of a deal Will Smith was in the nineties. 192 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: From m Is for Men in Black. My only runner 193 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: up here is Mall Rats from Kevin Smith, mainly because 194 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: I feel that movie really embodies the nineties with the cast, 195 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: with the plot, with it being such a great comedy, 196 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: and also being a movie set in the mall in 197 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: what I would consider the golden age of the mall 198 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: the nineties, so that would be my runner up. But 199 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: a clear cut winner here is m Is for Men 200 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: in Black, And as a tough one, there are really 201 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: only two movies I would even consider putting on the 202 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: shelf from this letter, the second one being Notting Hill, 203 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: but I was never really a big fan of that movie, 204 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: so my pick would be from ninet Never Been Kissed, 205 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: which is actually one of my favorite romantic comedies of 206 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: all time. I would put that in my top ten 207 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: on any given day. And this was also like right 208 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: almost at that turn of the century, we got a 209 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: lot of good movies, especially in this genre, right at 210 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: the mark before cinema made a really big shift into 211 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: the two thousands. So I think these movies really thrived 212 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: in the nineties so for that reason, and is for 213 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: Never Been Kissed. Oh, I'm going with another comedy from 214 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: nineteen oh is for Office Space. Like I said, ninety 215 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: nine was a great year. The other old movie from 216 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: ninety nine I would consider it would be October Sky 217 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: with a young Jake Jillen Hall, mainly because that was 218 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: a movie I remember watching an elementary school in my 219 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: science class because somehow it was kind of educational because 220 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: I think at the time we were building rockets in 221 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: our science class, so that's what they do in october Sky. 222 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: And I just remember that feeling of the teacher willing 223 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: in that big TV on that car to with the 224 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: VCR at the bottom, and that just meant, all right, 225 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: it's movie day. And I associate that with a lot 226 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: of Disney movies, october Sky being one of them. The 227 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: other movie that comes to mind is another one I 228 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: associated with school and one of the first movies I 229 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: remember reading the book and then watching the movie from 230 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety two of Mices and Men Again. Kids movies 231 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: used to be so dark, but nonetheless, OH is for 232 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: office space. P is for pulp Fiction, a perfect Quentin 233 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: Tarantino movie, the one that really put him on the 234 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: map and made everybody want to make a movie like 235 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,599 Speaker 1: pulp fiction. I feel like there were so many copycats 236 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: in the nineties of Quentin Tarantino's work, but he did 237 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: it the best and continues to do it till this day. 238 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: The one I would also almost consider putting on this 239 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: list out of the PE category would be Parent Trapped 240 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: from nineteen because I watched that movie time and time again, 241 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: usually in school, but I'd even sit down to watch 242 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: that one now. And my other one would be Pokemon, 243 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: the first movie, which was one of the first movies 244 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: I remember seeing in theaters. But still P is for 245 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,959 Speaker 1: pulp fiction. Q. There was only one clear cut winner here, 246 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: and it's actually a pretty good one, a Best Picture 247 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: nominee from nineteen, which was the best year for movies 248 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: in the nineties. Q is for Quiz Show hands down. 249 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 1: Queue is a tough letter when it comes to any movie, 250 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: but luckily we have a Best picture now. Many here 251 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: are R is for Rush Hour, Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, 252 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: NonStop action, NonStop humor, a killer soundtrack. Rush Hour is 253 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: quietly one of the best comedic action franchises of all time. 254 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: I know Jackie Chan has done interviews. Recently, he did 255 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: a panel teasing that there may be a rush Hour 256 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: for I really won't believe it until I see a 257 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: photo from the set and see Chris Tucker actually saying 258 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: he's on board. Because they've been talking about doing a 259 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: rush Hour for for so long now. I don't really 260 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: want to buy into that hype until I see an announcement, 261 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: until I see a release date. But I feel like 262 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: they have one more rush Hour movie in them. My 263 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: honorable mention in the our category would be the rug 264 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: Rass movie, and that's because I would love to have 265 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,199 Speaker 1: an orange Nickelodeon tape on that shelf. But aside from that, 266 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: R is for rush Hour as is a tough one. 267 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: It's just a popular letter. There are so many movies 268 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: that start with s from Space Jam, Small Soldiers, The 269 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: sand Lot, Scream, South Park, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, shawsh 270 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,680 Speaker 1: Ank Redemption one of my favorites s l C. Punk, 271 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: So you really can't go wrong with any movie with 272 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: the letter S. But we are picking movies to put 273 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: on the shelf that are the most rewatchable, the ones 274 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: that embody the nineties the most, and the ones that 275 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: will be the most aesthetically pleasing on the shelf. So 276 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 1: I feel like for that reason, for me, it comes 277 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: down to three movies sand Lot, shawsh Ank Redemption, and 278 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: Space Jam, which I love shawsh Ank Redemption out of 279 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: those three, it is the best on paper, but I 280 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: don't feel myself wanting to go to that shelf and 281 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: pulling Shawshak Redemption from time to time to rewatch it 282 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: time and time again. You've watched that one maybe two times, 283 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: and I'm kind of good with shawsh Ank Redemption, so 284 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: I think that one is eliminated. So I'm down to 285 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: sand Lot and Space Jam, both sports movies, both great stories. 286 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: But when it comes to what I thinkly embodies the 287 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: nineties a little bit more, it has to be Michael Jordan's. 288 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: It has to be the Loony Tunes. So S is 289 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: for Space Jam, maybe even harder than S is the 290 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: letter T. You have one of my favorites from n Twister. 291 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: You have Titanic from nine, which would actually be the 292 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: two double VHS tape collection. You have Toy Story, Teenage 293 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the one that I saw so 294 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: many votes for. I did not know that you guys 295 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: love this movie so much. But ten things I hate 296 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: about You. This is a tough one for me. I 297 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: love Titanic. I love the fact that it's on two 298 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: VHS tapes. I think that would look great on the shelf. 299 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: Twister is one of my favorite movies of the nineties 300 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: of all time. I'm excited for that remake. But Teenage 301 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: Mutant Ninja Turtles, I just think that is such an 302 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: embodiment of the nineties. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were huge 303 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: in the eighties, but these movies in the nineties were 304 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: so amazing in movies they rewatched so many times. But 305 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: out of all these movies, one I go back to 306 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: the most, the one I've seen over fifty times. I'm 307 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: gonna have to go with Twister from so t is 308 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: for Twister, you no argument here. You is for Usual Suspects. 309 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: I think one of the first movies that really blew 310 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: my mind. And yes, I watched this movie entirely too young. 311 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: All of the language and violence I should not experience. 312 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: I think I watched this movie when I was eleven 313 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: years old. Probably shouldn't have done that. And some people 314 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: say that this movie is all about the ending and 315 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be anything without that, but who cares. It's 316 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: a freaking amazing ending, one of the best twists in 317 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: any movie of all time. So you is for Usual Suspects. 318 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: V another clear cut winner for me. V is for 319 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: Varsity Blues. One of my favorite football movies. And maybe 320 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: it's because I grew up in Texas and saw a 321 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: lot of this culture in my everyday life, growing up 322 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: in a small town where football is so important. But 323 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: I love this movie so much. I wanted my high 324 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: school experience to be much like this movie. But I 325 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: didn't play football. I wasn't any good at it. The 326 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: only movie that would well this as one of my 327 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: favorite football movies would be Friday Night Lights, but that 328 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: came later in the two thousand's, and I'll probably do 329 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: a football episode culture to the Super Bowl. But when 330 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: it comes to these circumstances, V is for Varsity Blues. 331 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: W I really only have two movies here that I 332 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: would feel comfortable picking from. One of them would be 333 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: Wayne's World, which I know is a very influential nineties movie. 334 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: I just never got that into Wayne's world. I never 335 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: found those characters that funny, even though I'm a big 336 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: fan of rock music. Maybe I don't like so much 337 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: the classic rock Maybe that's why I'm not so drawn 338 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: to this movie. I just never thought Wayne and Garth 339 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: were that funny. If I sit down to watch a 340 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: Mike Myers movie from the nineties, I'm picking Austin Powers. 341 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: But I can't deny how influential this movie was in 342 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: the nineties. But for W, I'm going with water Boy. 343 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: I needed Adam Sandler movie on this list. I didn't 344 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: pick Big Daddy. I didn't pick Happy Gilmore, I didn't 345 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: pick Billy Madison. So for W I'm going with an 346 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler movie. W is for water Boy, Slim pickens 347 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: for X but one of the greatest series of the nineties. 348 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: You get your alien sci fi fix here. X is 349 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: for the X Files movie from nine enough said there. 350 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 1: Why is another tough category to pick from, and luckily 351 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: there is a great Tom Hanks movie that starts with 352 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: the letter Y from why is for You've Got Mail. 353 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: I did see this movie at least a little bit 354 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 1: of it recently, and it's just kind of funny that 355 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: the only things that don't really hold up from the 356 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: nineties are any references to technology. The fact this is 357 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: all about email, Yeah, that really doesn't hold up anymore. 358 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: So if I were making a movie, ever, I would 359 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: try to limit anything that has to do with technology, 360 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 1: even showing cell phones. Any references to website will completely 361 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: and easily data movie every single time. But why is 362 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: for You Got Mail? And letter Z is another one 363 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: that has very very slim pickens, maybe even more so 364 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: than any other letter. But the one movie that remains 365 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: is another comedy, and it's actually a really great influential 366 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: comedy from the nineties. Z is for zoo Lander. So 367 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: there we go. We did it, everybody. We now have 368 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 1: our a through the nineties VHS collection. If there's a 369 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: movie you think I missed, I probably did. Just know 370 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: that I went with my heart on these picks. But 371 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,959 Speaker 1: if you want to let me know, hit me up 372 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: on Instagram Mike Destro or send me an email movie 373 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: Mike D at gmail dot com, and remember be kind rewind. 374 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: Let's get into a spoiler free movie review. Now I 375 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: want to talk about Megan which is a horror movie 376 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: kind of unifying the country, and I think that's really 377 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: what I've come to love about horror movies. Unlike any 378 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: other genre, they really have a way of bringing people together. 379 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: We saw this last year with Smile, and I think 380 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: now early in having that same experience with Megan. It's 381 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: something I really enjoy and I like going to watch 382 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: a movie like this in a theater full of people 383 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: and that enhancing the entire movie. And that's exactly what 384 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: Megan did. It was a little bit different than what 385 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,479 Speaker 1: I was expecting, and I'll get into all that. So 386 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: before I get into my full review of Megan, here's 387 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: just a little bit of the trailer. I designed Megan 388 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: to protect Katie from feeling lonely. She will recognize you 389 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 1: as her primary user, and when you do that, you're 390 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: going to pair with her. Crazy. It's insane, right, I 391 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: can have I done something to upset you? I know 392 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: you think you're maximizing your objective function. Oh really, So 393 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: what you have in Megan is an eight year old 394 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: girl who tragically loses her parents and then she is 395 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: sent to live with her aunt, who is now required 396 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: to take care of her. But her aunt has a 397 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: really hard time sitting down and discussing what happened with 398 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: her parents, But instead of working through all of those 399 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: emotions with her, she goes to what she knows best technology. 400 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: She works as a toy creator, and she has this 401 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 1: prototype called Megan, which has the ability to pair with 402 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: the kid and then basically become its parent. Megan can 403 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: each Megan can be there emotionally, Megan can do all 404 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: the things that sometimes become mundane to parents, and it 405 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: causes Katie to form this bond with her and really 406 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: helps her in that transition period of missing your parents, 407 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: but raises a bigger question on the ethical scale, is 408 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 1: it okay to let your kid form a bond with 409 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 1: AI technology? So I really love that concept. I love 410 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: how it dealt with that, And what I wasn't expecting 411 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: from Megan is how cheesy it was going to be. 412 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: The trailer kind of led you to believe that it 413 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: was going to be a little bit more of a 414 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: straight ahead horror movie. What I wasn't expecting in this 415 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: movie was for it to be as cheesy as it was, 416 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: and I thought that was going to turn me off 417 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: a little bit, but it actually made the movie a 418 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: lot more enjoyable, and I think it's because Megan, throughout 419 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: the entire movie was very self aware, and I thought 420 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: the actual horror elements in the movie and the cinematography 421 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: made it to where it didn't feel like it was 422 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: just a bad movie. They were doing these things on purpose. 423 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: I wasn't expecting a musical number, I wasn't expecting a 424 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: dance number, but that really kind of brought character to Megan, 425 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: and I think now is what a lot of people 426 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 1: are really enjoying about this movie. So as I'm watching 427 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: this in the theater, I feel like all these people 428 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 1: I'm surrounded by kind of have this bonding experience, and 429 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: more people laugh throughout the entirety of Megan than any 430 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: other comedy I've seen in theaters. So I kind of 431 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: feel now that horror movies are slowly rebranding to comedy movies. 432 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: And maybe it's because through scary elements, it's almost funnier 433 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: to laugh at sometimes. And maybe that's because when it 434 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 1: comes to horror movies like this, it's just a lot 435 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 1: more fun to laugh than to be scared. So if 436 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 1: you think of this movie as a scary slash horror movie, 437 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: it's really not. It has some scary elements, but there 438 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: are no things like jump scares. It's all pretty straight ahead, 439 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: so it doesn't really feel cheesy or forced anyway. But 440 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: I think the big takeaway from this movie is it's 441 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 1: a comment on our attachment to technology as it all 442 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: becomes so much more advanced and it's easier to automate 443 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: things and push things onto a device to make our 444 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 1: lives easier. It raises the question what do we need 445 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: to do as humans to actually experience life, especially when 446 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: it comes to kids. And I know this movie got 447 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: a lot of comparisons to Chucky, but it never felt 448 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: like a copycat to me. It surprisingly felt really fresh 449 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: to me. Maybe it's because it had the female lead. 450 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 1: Maybe it's because of the origin story of Megan. It's 451 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: nothing like the origin story of Chucky, so I never 452 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: really found myself comparing the two. I loved Megan as 453 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 1: a villain and I want to see more. And I 454 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: know they've already confirmed a Megan sequel, and that is 455 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: immediately what I said after watching this movie. I'm ready 456 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: for the next one. And I feel like this movie 457 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: took a lot from the success of Smile last year. 458 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 1: They also had a viral marketing campaign wasn't as big 459 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: as the one for Smile, but having the group of 460 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 1: Megan's do the dance number at the NFL game, I 461 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: thought was a nice touch. So I feel like the 462 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: movies really cutting through right now are horror movies, the 463 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: ones that people just organically talk about, and that is 464 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: what I love as a horror fan. Even though it's 465 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: not the most traditional horror movie of all time, even 466 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: though it's a lot more cheesy than I was expecting, 467 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: I love that bonding experience. And after this movie ended, 468 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,119 Speaker 1: the people in my theater clapped at the very end. 469 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: That didn't even happen when I went to see Black Panther. 470 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: So I feel like this movie has a lot of 471 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: momentum going into now announcing a sequel. So if you're 472 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: not a horror movie fan whatsoever, if you see this 473 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: trailer and thing Nope, that is not for me. I 474 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: feel like this movie could be your bridge into horror 475 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: movies because it's really not that scary. It's actually a 476 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: lot more comedic, a lot more light than the trailer 477 00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: would lead you to believe. So maybe even if you 478 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: don't want to go see it in theaters, because you 479 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: don't want even to run the risk of being scared. 480 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: I would say give it a chance when it comes 481 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,199 Speaker 1: out on streaming. So when it comes to Megan, I 482 00:23:54,200 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: would give it four out of five Killer Dolls. It's 483 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: time to head down to movie. I find myself being 484 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: more and more drawn to mystery movies. The idea of 485 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: watching something and trying to figure it out as you're 486 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: putting all the pieces together yourself with the main character. 487 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: I've really come to enjoy that. I think it's a 488 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: whole new level of a movie experience that I'm not 489 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: completely familiar with. I was just never really drawn to them. 490 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: But there's a new mystery coming out this Friday called Missing. 491 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: It's about this daughter who is trying to find her mom. 492 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: She went on vacation with her new boyfriend in Colombia 493 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: and never returned. And the idea behind Missing is that 494 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: it all takes place over technology, kind of like a 495 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: found footage movie, except it's all through emails, text messages, facetimes, 496 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: ring camps. That is how the entire movie is displayed, 497 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 1: So a new approach to the found footage movie, much 498 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: like Blair Witch Project back in the day. But before 499 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: we get into more about missing Here is just a 500 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: little bit of the trailer. Mom never came home from 501 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: her trip. I don't know where she did. I'm calling 502 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: about a guest you had. Um. Does anyone speak English? 503 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 1: Please meet your help. Guy doesn't have jurisdiction to investigate 504 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: the Columbia. So is there anything I can do? The 505 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: best thing you can do to help us is just 506 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: way by your phone. But I'm not giving up on 507 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: my mom. So this is actually a sequel to a 508 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: movie that came out in ten called Searching, although this 509 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: story is completely independent from that. But the idea behind Searching, 510 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: which I really enjoyed, was all about this father trying 511 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: to discover what happened to his missing daughter. And the 512 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,239 Speaker 1: way you see it as the viewer is you're just 513 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 1: looking at a computer screen. You're looking at a phone screen. 514 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: There is no camera footage like a traditional movie would 515 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: be shot. And I'm really into this genre of found footage, 516 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: and this is kind of a new take on that. 517 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: It all started with Blair, which back in the day, 518 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: but also movies like clover Field Chronicle, Unfriended, which is 519 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: kind of one of my guilty pleasure horror movies. We 520 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 1: saw it most recently in the horror movie called Host, 521 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: which all took place over zoom. But I thought Searching 522 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: in eighteen took elements from all those movies, except it 523 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: wasn't a horror movie at all. It is just a 524 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 1: mystery where you're trying to figure it out, and I 525 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: think that makes the movie watching experience fun. So I 526 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: think this movie will use a lot of what made 527 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: that movie a really great watch and turn it up 528 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: a little bit. This one has obviously some more technology 529 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: to play around with now that green cams are so prevalent, 530 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: and all other types of social media will be seen 531 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: a lot more in this movie. The only issue I 532 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: have with this one is that there is so much 533 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: revealed in the trailer of this movie. I only played 534 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: you a short little clip because even when I sat 535 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: down to watch this trailer, I felt like they gave 536 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: away so many details, so many things that unravel as 537 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: you watch this movie that I feel should be shocking 538 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 1: as you watch it. They shouldn't give it all away, 539 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: And I think that's why I ended up enjoying Searching 540 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: so much. The original is because I didn't know a 541 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: whole lot about the story, didn't watch the trailer going 542 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: into that one because with the movie like this, the 543 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: fun part is learning all the details and having it 544 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: all kind of blow your mind as it is happening. 545 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: And I felt this trailer revealed a little bit too 546 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: much about the boyfriend about the mom and hopefully that 547 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,479 Speaker 1: was only scratching the surface and there are more crazy 548 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: things that come out in this movie. Otherwise I feel 549 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 1: like I'm gonna be wasting my time after I just 550 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: watched a two minute trailer that went through all the details. 551 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: So I don't know why movies keep doing this. I 552 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: know it's harder to get people into the theater, it's 553 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: harder to get people invested in a movie that's not 554 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: really a big franchise, doesn't really have an A list actor, 555 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: But I just need giving away too much takes away 556 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: from that experience. So hopefully they didn't do that. And 557 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 1: I also think there is only a small window for 558 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 1: a movie like this to be novel and for this 559 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: use of filmmaking to still be interesting. So this one, 560 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: I hope lives up to the hype I've created for it. 561 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: But again, this movie wee is called Missing and it 562 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: comes out on Friday, January twentie. This makes edition of 563 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: movie Law. And that's gonna do it for another episode 564 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta 565 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: give my listeners shout out of the week, and this 566 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: week I'm going over to my Instagram d m s 567 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: and the shout out of the week is the Tyler 568 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: And here's what Tyler said, Tyler Road, glad to see 569 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: you using letter Box again. Man. I discovered it last 570 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: year and it is my favorite social media had made 571 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: a few really good friends on it. A follow back 572 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: would be so dope. Also, your Whale review has me 573 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: more excited to watch it. And Tyler, you've been one 574 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: of my favorite people to talk movies with on Instagram. 575 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: We've been going back and forth on DM for a 576 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: while now. So appreciate the message, Appreciate all the feedback. 577 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: I love when you guys share your thoughts with me 578 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: because that's why I do this podcast, to connect with 579 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: you guys and talk about movies, because literally it is 580 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: my favorite thing to do. And I am on Letterbox now, 581 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: which is a social media app for film lovers, and 582 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: I used to use it a lot when it first 583 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: came out. And what you do on letter Box is 584 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: you log all your movie reviews they have like I 585 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: do on the podcast, the five star rating system, and 586 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: you write a little review, and it's kind of cool 587 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: just to keep track of all your movie reviews. But 588 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: I found it a little bit overwhelming because I felt 589 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: like I was putting my reviews everywhere. I put them 590 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: on the podcast, I do them on the radio show, 591 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: I do the blog, I have my YouTube channel now. 592 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: So I felt a little bit overwhelmed of like, oh man, 593 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: I gotta put one review all these places. But my 594 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: goal for is to keep up with my letter box 595 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: because I just like going back and being able to 596 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 1: see them all. But if you're on letter box and 597 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: want to follow me, my name is just Mike de 598 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: stro Or. I will put the link in the episode 599 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 1: notes of this podcast. So appreciate that. D M. Tyler 600 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: appreciate you for listening to this week's episode. If you 601 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,959 Speaker 1: don't mind, share the podcast with a friend to somebody 602 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: else you know who loves movies and loves spoiler free reviews. 603 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: Next week we'll be talking about the new Tom Hanks 604 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: movie A Man called Auto. Kelsey will probably be in 605 00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: for that review because it's already one of her favorites 606 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 1: of the year, and we're only in January, so until 607 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: next time, go out and watch good movies and I'll 608 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: talk to you later. Mmmmm