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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I

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Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike. Today is a ranking episode.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be ranking all of the seven movies inside

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Speaker 1: of Marvel Phase four and answer the question are we

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Speaker 1: living in the worst era of movies ever? Because director

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Speaker 1: Quentin Tarantino says so, Do I believe it? Well, we'll

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Speaker 1: talk about that in the movie review. We'll talk about

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Speaker 1: a new war action movie called Devotion, which is in

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Speaker 1: theaters now so over the weekend, and in the trailer park,

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Speaker 1: we'll talk about a action, dark comedy Christmas movie coming

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Speaker 1: out on Friday called Violent Night. Shout out to the

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Speaker 1: Monday Morning Movie crew. That's everybody who listens on release

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Speaker 1: day when these episodes are out, So thank you for

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Speaker 1: being subscribed, listening and showing your support on social media.

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Speaker 1: And now let's talk movies. In a world where everyone

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Speaker 1: and their mother has a podcast, one man stands to

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Speaker 1: infiltrate the ears of listeners like never before in a

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Speaker 1: movie podcast. A man with so much movie knowledge, he's

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Speaker 1: basically like a walking at MTV, which classes from the

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Speaker 1: nastrill podcast network Movie Movie Podcat Marvel Phase four. I

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Speaker 1: knew from the very beginning that this was going to

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Speaker 1: be a rebuilding stage in game forced us to say

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Speaker 1: goodbye to a lot of our characters. A lot of

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Speaker 1: those actors have moved on, and now we are being

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Speaker 1: introduced to so many new characters in Phase four, and

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Speaker 1: a lot to keep up with, and I'm fine with that.

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Speaker 1: I take all the content we can get, but I

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Speaker 1: do feel like Marvel Phase four hasn't really had a

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Speaker 1: it just feels like this Phase four was at little

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Speaker 1: We saw no new Marvel movies. Black Widow didn't come

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Speaker 1: out until so we had the longest gap in between phases.

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Speaker 1: in two with Waconda Forever, so in that we had

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Speaker 1: seven movies. So let's talk about now where all those

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Speaker 1: seven movies ranked within this Phase four. I wanted to

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Speaker 1: kick it off with number seven, The Eternals. I think

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Speaker 1: that is the only Marvel movie I've ever watched only

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Speaker 1: And I loved all the actors individually, but together as

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Speaker 1: I am going to put Doctor Strange in the Multiverse

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Speaker 1: It's probably a harder thing to do than other actors realized,

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Speaker 1: number four, I'm gonna go with Thor, Love and Thunder.

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Speaker 1: I really loved that this movie leaned into the fun

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Speaker 1: what Shanchi did for me. It was the perfect Marvel formula,

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Speaker 1: two thousand's evens. They're great. But I don't think that

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Speaker 1: is the attitude we need to get the next best,

435
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,280
Speaker 1: greatest film ever made, because I know it is still

436
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:28,760
Speaker 1: out there, and that's why I continue watching movies. Let's

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00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,720
Speaker 1: get into a spoiler free movie review now. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk about Devotion, which is a new movie out

439
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 1: in theater starring Jonathan Majors, and it is the inspirational

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Speaker 1: true story of Jesse Brown, who was the first ever

441
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 1: black aviator in the U. S Navy. It's about all

442
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,400
Speaker 1: the hardships you could expect to go through, breaking that barrier,

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00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 1: and his friendship with another aviator named Tom Hudner played

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00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,679
Speaker 1: by Glenn Powell. And yes, another movie about aviators just

445
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 1: six months after one of the biggest of all time,

446
00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,920
Speaker 1: Top gun Mavericks. So there will be some parallels here.

447
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,680
Speaker 1: I just kind of have to compare them when talking

448
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,439
Speaker 1: about two major movies about the same subject. Also starting

449
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,439
Speaker 1: one of the people who was also in the other movie,

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00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,119
Speaker 1: So our aviator movies back now, we'll talk about that too.

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00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,280
Speaker 1: But here's just a little bit of the devotion trailer

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Speaker 1: before we get into this full review. The commanding officer

453
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: called you one of the best pilots has ever seen.

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00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,600
Speaker 1: It must be hard being the naval aviator. It's a

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00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 1: stop the rest to think that you'd be in a

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00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 1: squashron colored avia. I can't take it. How many times

457
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:38,119
Speaker 1: people have told me to give up a quick not

458
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 1: even that's more. You could always do what you're told.

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00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: What do you want me to do? Just be babling man.

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Speaker 1: So this ended up being a pretty powerful movie, and

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00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,679
Speaker 1: I didn't really know the emotional roller coaster that you

462
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,360
Speaker 1: were going to go through from start to finish. And

463
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: the interesting about this is I tend to like my

464
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 1: war movies to be grittier. For example, Fury is one

465
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,880
Speaker 1: of my favorite war movies. It's very bloody, a lot

466
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 1: of it is focused on the action, but this movie

467
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,160
Speaker 1: was nothing like that. It was almost like the actual

468
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,160
Speaker 1: war scenes were important, but they weren't the main focus.

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Speaker 1: So it's a lot different than Top Gun Maverick in

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Speaker 1: that regard. And really, it is a story about friends.

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00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 1: It is a story about love, and it is a

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Speaker 1: story about breaking down those barriers. Jesse Brown was the

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Speaker 1: first black aviator in the Navy, and I think Jonathan

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00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: Majors was the perfect person to play this Navy officer

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00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,879
Speaker 1: and tell his real life story. All the men in

476
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,199
Speaker 1: Jonathan Major's family have actually served in the Army, so

477
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,239
Speaker 1: it was kind of cool to see him take on

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Speaker 1: this role. And alongside him you have Glenn Powell, who

479
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: was also in Top Gun Maverick. He plays another real

480
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Speaker 1: life pilot named Tom Hunter, and the story is all

481
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Speaker 1: about their friendship and their heroic sacrifices that they made

482
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Speaker 1: in the Korean War and how they went on to

483
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:03,520
Speaker 1: be two of the most celebrated wingmen in history, so

484
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 1: there aren't very many Korean war movies, So for that reason,

485
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 1: I think this movie is right up the alley of

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Speaker 1: history buffs and also just aviation fanatics. And I love

487
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 1: Jonathan Majors and Glenn Powell's chemistry throughout this entire movie.

488
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 1: They worked impaired very well together, and I think that

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Speaker 1: is important because it is a lot more emotional than

490
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Speaker 1: I was expecting. I think this is the most crying

491
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: I've seen from characters in a war movie like this,

492
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,399
Speaker 1: which was really interesting to see to show the weight

493
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,479
Speaker 1: of war and the weight of all these decisions that

494
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,959
Speaker 1: you make and how one little mistake can lead to

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00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: some catastrophic results. And this movie was also beautifully shot.

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Speaker 1: They used a lot of the same technology as Top

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00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,600
Speaker 1: Gun Mavericks, so visually, I think it's just fun to

498
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: watch airplanes like when it comes to movies like Top Gun,

499
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest fan of that movie, but going

500
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Speaker 1: into that movie, I was so intrigued by the technology

501
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 1: they use of really putting these actors into those planes

502
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: and flying them. And they did a lot of those

503
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: same things in Devotion. The only real difference is Devotion

504
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: didn't have the budget that Top Gun Maverick did. They

505
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: didn't have the pool that Tom Cruise did to get

506
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,240
Speaker 1: those same kind of hookups to make a movie like that.

507
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: But from what I've read online from big aviation fanatics,

508
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: devotion is actually a lot more historically correct, and they

509
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 1: actually used real vintage planes that some of them were

510
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 1: eighty years old. And I felt like the action in

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00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: Top Gun Maverick was a lot more like a video game.

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00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 1: It was very fast and high flying. It was a

513
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: big summer blockbuster. You gotta make a movie that looks

514
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 1: like that. This one kind of had more of an

515
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: Oscar s type movie feel to it, So a lot

516
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 1: of the action and the airplanes wasn't as high flying

517
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: and intense, but it was more so that you were

518
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: invested in these characters more so than you were in

519
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 1: a movie like Pop Gun. This movie is a bit

520
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,919
Speaker 1: of a slow burn, but the reason it is is

521
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 1: because you're getting to know the story of Jesse Brown.

522
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: You're getting invested in his life and all these obstacles

523
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: he has to go through. So so there's a lot

524
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,399
Speaker 1: more substance in this movie because at the core of

525
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 1: this movie, it is a drama. I guess I was

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00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 1: going into it expecting more of just a straight on

527
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: war movie, and I was actually happy with having a

528
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: drama like this because you have two really great actors here.

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Speaker 1: I think if I was buying and investing in an

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00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,880
Speaker 1: actor like you would have Stock, I would definitely invest

531
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: in Jonathan Major's he's gonna be in the new Creed

532
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: three movie. He's also gonna be Kane the Conqueror, and

533
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 1: he gave a really solid performance here. I don't think

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00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 1: it's Oscar worthy. This movie doesn't quite get to that level,

535
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: but it kind of feels like Oscar batty at times.

536
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: And then you have Glenn Powell, who I feel Hollywood

537
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: is really trying to make him a thing right now.

538
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 1: Very good looking guy, great actor, so I feel like

539
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 1: we're gonna see him and a lot more movies like

540
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 1: this as a lead. I thought he was actually pretty good.

541
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 1: So this was a movie I had low expectations for.

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00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: And one of the main reasons is there's a Jonas

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00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: brother in this movie, Joe Jonas, And sometimes I feel

544
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: like whenever you put a musician like that in a movie,

545
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: it feels like a cheap tactic to get all of

546
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 1: their fans to come in and watch them in this movie.

547
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 1: But his brother has also been in an aviator movie.

548
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: But Joe Jonas actually did a pretty good job in

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00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: this It wasn't distracting, and that was all I guess

550
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: I was looking for. And the other thing about this

551
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 1: film is you don't have to be somebody who loves

552
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 1: or movies. You don't have to be somebody who loves

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00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: action movies to enjoy this movie, because I think Jesse

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00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 1: Brown's story is very motivational, very powerful. There are some

555
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: scenes in this movie that will get you in the gut.

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00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 1: I think if I had a soul and my heart

557
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: wasn't made of stone, I probably would have found myself

558
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: crying at least at a couple of parts in this movie.

559
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: But like the soulless person I am, I just didn't

560
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 1: quite get there. I do feel like this movie is

561
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 1: in a little bit of a weird place. Like I said,

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00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: it is not quite a Oscar Worthy film. I think

563
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 1: the acting doesn't quite get there even though the story

564
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: is powerful. I don't think it's powerful enough to get

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00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: that type of recognition. But it's also not like a

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00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: full on action movie like Top Gun, So I think

567
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 1: it's one that people may overlook, but it's a pretty

568
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: good solid pick to go watch in theaters right now.

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Speaker 1: I think seeing it on the big screen definitely adds

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00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: another level to watching this movie. It didn't quite reach

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Speaker 1: that IMAX scope that Top Gun Maverick did. I wasn't

572
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: really expecting it too, but there were some very beautiful shots,

573
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Speaker 1: and I love how this movie wrapped up and really

574
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: went out on a high note and brought even the

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Speaker 1: title all the way around together. I thought that was

576
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 1: a really strong moment too. So if I had to

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Speaker 1: write devotion, I would easily give it four out of

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Speaker 1: five Aviator jackets. And now that I've watched two a

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Speaker 1: Via Eater movies this year, I think I'm about ready

580
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: to give my pilot's license. It's time to head down

581
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: to movie Mike Try Laura Paul. Christmas movies they're my

582
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: least favorite genre, right there at the very bottom. They're cheesy,

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00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: they're predictable, and I know you have to be kind

584
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: of have an open mind when going to watch a

585
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: Christmas movie. It's all about the feeling they give you.

586
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: Is something I've really just recently learned after being married.

587
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: There are very few movies that are Christmas movies that

588
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 1: I love, and they're usually only the ones that I

589
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 1: watched as a kid and just associate those early childhood

590
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: memories with movies like Home Alone. Those will always be

591
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: my favorite Christmas movies and ones that I also view

592
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: as just being good movies, even outside of the genre.

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00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 1: But for some reason, I have this fascination with R

594
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: rated Christmas movies because they take everything that you expect

595
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: from a movie in this genre and kind of turn

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00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: it on its side. They're supposed to be cheesy and

597
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: wholesome and family friendly, but you take those same concepts,

598
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 1: that same imagery with Santa with snow, with carrying with presents,

599
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: and then you add an R rated element to it,

600
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: And now you have my attention. And there's a movie

601
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: that appears to be doing that coming out this Friday.

602
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: It's called Violent Night. It's about an elite team of mercenaries.

603
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: They break into this very wealthy Famili's compound on Christmas Eve.

604
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: They take everybody hostage to try to get all the

605
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: money in their family vault, but then they are surprised

606
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 1: to find that Santa Claus is also making his rounds

607
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: and just happens to stop at this house and now

608
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 1: they have to face off with st Nick himself. As

609
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 1: ridiculous as this sounds, the trailer actually looks pretty promising.

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00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: It's from the producers who made movies like Nobody in

611
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,240
Speaker 1: Bullet Train, which both had very great levels of action

612
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 1: in it. But before I get into more about this movie,

613
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: here is just a little bit of the Violet Night trailer.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to your worst Christmas Summer. You have three hundred

615
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: million dollars in your personal vault. That's what I want

616
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 1: for Christmas? Are you going to help? No? My nice list.

617
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: Santa Claus is coming to down time for some seasons beatings.

618
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: So you have David Harbor in this movie, who you

619
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: would know as Hopper on Stranger Things. He plays Santa Claus.

620
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: You have John Luca Samo as Mr Scrooge, who is

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00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: the bad guy in this movie. He is the head

622
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: of this team who has broken in and holding these

623
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: people hostage trying to get into their vault. And after

624
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: watching this trailer, you may have think that you just

625
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: saw like a skit on S and L. And that's

626
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: kind of the vibe I get from this trailer. But

627
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: it takes that cheesiness of a Christmas movie and combine

628
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: some very fun looking action. You have somebody getting a

629
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: star into their face. You have Santa taking a candy

630
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: cane and sharp ending it like a knife to stab

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00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: somebody with. And that is what I look for in

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00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: an R rated Christmas movie. I do have this weird

633
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 1: fascination with them. Some of my favorite Christmas movies that

634
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: come out that are new just happened to be the

635
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: R rated ones, because, let's be honest, Christmas movies on

636
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: their own aren't really that great, but they don't have

637
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: to be. I'm not looking to really be challenged on

638
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 1: a Christmas movie. You want to know exactly what's going

639
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: to happen and have something that you can put on

640
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: and the entire family enjoy. So I kind of love

641
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: the oxy moron that is the R rated Christmas movie.

642
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,879
Speaker 1: Some of my favorite recent ones that have come out

643
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: have been Office Christmas Party, A Bad Mom's Christmas, and

644
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: The O G to Me, which is Bad Santa. I

645
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: watch at least one, if not all of those, every

646
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 1: single Christmas now, because I think when you make an

647
00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,120
Speaker 1: action movie, there's always just a level of cheese this

648
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Speaker 1: and one that is sometimes hard to look past. With

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Speaker 1: just the traditional action movie, but making it a Christmas

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Speaker 1: movie kind of makes that cheesiness acceptable because you already

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Speaker 1: kind of expect that going into a Christmas movie. And

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Speaker 1: I think this could be the first real Christmas action

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Speaker 1: movie that I enjoy, because, let's be real, die Hard

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Speaker 1: is not a Christmas movie. And that's another reason that

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Speaker 1: I don't love Christmas movies is we have to fight

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Speaker 1: for any movie that just has a hint of Christmas

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Speaker 1: in it and justify its reason to be a Christmas movie.

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Speaker 1: That is how weak the genre is. We have to

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Speaker 1: fight for die Hard. We have to fight for Gremlins,

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Speaker 1: which are not real Christmas movies. They just have like

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Speaker 1: a Christmas light in it or a Christmas tree, and

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Speaker 1: everybody's like, oh, it's a Christmas movie. No, those movies

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Speaker 1: are not Christmas movies. This one is. We just have

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Speaker 1: to cling onto those little things to give us an

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Speaker 1: excuse to actually watch a decent movie around Christmas. And

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Speaker 1: I've actually really come to enjoy David Harbor as an

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Speaker 1: actor and as a lead. I thought he crushed it

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Speaker 1: in Stranger Things season four. He was pretty good in

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Speaker 1: Black Widow, and I'm kind of starting to see him

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Speaker 1: now as an action star he got pretty ripped up

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Speaker 1: for Stranger Things, and seeing him play this violent Santa

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Speaker 1: actually translates it really well. I think in that trailer,

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Speaker 1: my favorite lines are the cheesy lines. I am all

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Speaker 1: for the Santa Claus puns and everything to traditional Christmas

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Speaker 1: movies getting thrown out the window. So if you're like

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Speaker 1: me and looking for an alternative Christmas movie to watch

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Speaker 1: this season, Violent Night comes out this Friday on December two.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to watch Santa Claus kicks him. This

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Speaker 1: makes a movie. And that's gonna do it for another

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Speaker 1: episode here on the podcast. But before I go, I

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Speaker 1: gotta give my listeners shout out, which I do every

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Speaker 1: single week, and this week it is going to somebody

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Speaker 1: who commented with the Christmas tree emoji, which was the

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Speaker 1: secret emoji from the Amy Brown interview from last week.

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Speaker 1: I went through and read all the comments on Instagram,

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Speaker 1: Facebook and Twitter and randomly selected one of you, and

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Speaker 1: the winner of this week's Listeners shout out is Kimberly

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Speaker 1: Suzanne on Instagram, who commented with the Christmas tree emoji

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Speaker 1: and said I am not a huge fan of Christmas movies,

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Speaker 1: but my family and I are so excited to watch

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Speaker 1: this because Amy is in it. Mike, thank you for

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Speaker 1: all of your spoiler free reviews. I have used and

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Speaker 1: enjoyed many of your movie suggestions that I otherwise may

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Speaker 1: have skipped. So appreciate you Kimberly for listening to last

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Speaker 1: week's episode and for listening to a lot of the

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Speaker 1: reviews here on the podcast. I try to cover all

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Speaker 1: different types of movies and bring you guys what I

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Speaker 1: enjoy and let you know what kind of movie fan

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Speaker 1: you need to be to watch all these movies. And

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Speaker 1: if ever I do have a viewer bias going into review,

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Speaker 1: I try to be up run about that as well,

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Speaker 1: just to let you know. I have no agenda on

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Speaker 1: my reviews other than just talking about what I like

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Speaker 1: and what I don't like, So I try not to

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Speaker 1: lead you guys astray, and hopefully, yeah, you've seen some

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Speaker 1: stuff that you otherwise wouldn't have watched unless I mentioned

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Speaker 1: it here on the podcast. I think that is also

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Speaker 1: my biggest goal from doing this podcast, because my favorite

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Speaker 1: era of film will always be what is happening now,

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Speaker 1: and that is the entire purpose of this podcast. So

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Speaker 1: thank you Kimberly, and thank you all for listening I

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Speaker 1: will give a bonus shout out. I was in Austin,

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Speaker 1: Texas over the Thanksgiving break and actually ran into a

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Speaker 1: few listeners on that trip. One in particular, I didn't

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Speaker 1: get your name, but it's because I ran into you

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Speaker 1: at the Torches bathroom, and it's also just kind of

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Speaker 1: weird to ask for somebody's name in the bathroom. But

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Speaker 1: we were washing our hands together and you said you

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Speaker 1: were a fan of the podcast. And it was also

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Speaker 1: one of the first times that I've been recognized as

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Speaker 1: just movie Mike and not from being on the Bobby

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Speaker 1: Bones Show, So that kind of meant a lot to me.

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Speaker 1: And it also made me realize that I have been

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Speaker 1: doing this podcast for three years now and it's really

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Speaker 1: been in the last year that I've felt the love

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Speaker 1: from you guys, So I really appreciate that. And it's

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Speaker 1: still just kind of weird to me. So if you

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Speaker 1: ever meet me, and I'm kind of stunned by the

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00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 1: fact that you listen to this podcast, that is why

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Speaker 1: I'm just surprised that anybody listens, and for that to

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Speaker 1: be the first thing you reference when you do run

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Speaker 1: into me, that is kind of the greatest compliment ever.

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Speaker 1: So I'm weird with compliments. I try not to be

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Speaker 1: awkward in person, so if ever i am, that is

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Speaker 1: why is because in my head I'm thinking, why is

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Speaker 1: this happening? So thank you for saying hello. That has

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Speaker 1: definitely made my day. So thank you, even though I

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Speaker 1: didn't get your name. And thanks to you again you're

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Speaker 1: listening now for listening to this week's episode. I'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you again next week here on the podcast. And

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Speaker 1: until then, go out and watch good movies and I

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Speaker 1: will talk to you later. Mmmmm