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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, and today I want to

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Speaker 1: share with you a list of the top ten final

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Speaker 1: what a final girl is, I'll explain that run through

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Speaker 1: the list. I'll give you my picks on who should

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Speaker 1: two people? In the movie review, we'll keep that theme

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Speaker 1: alive and talk about Smile too. Did it improve upon

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Speaker 1: the first one? Because I left that first one thing

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Speaker 1: and ah, that wasn't it. But the trailer for this one,

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Speaker 1: all the hype around this one was similar. Can they

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Speaker 1: cash in on that momentum? And in the trailer park

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Speaker 1: there's a new erotic thriller from Nicole Kidman. She loves

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Speaker 1: doing erotic thrillers. It's called Baby Girl. We'll talk about that.

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Speaker 1: Shout out to the Monday Morning Movie crew. And now

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Speaker 1: If you're a fan of horror like I am, you

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Speaker 1: already know what the final girl is in a movie,

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Speaker 1: but if you're not too familiar with it, the final

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Speaker 1: Sometimes the killer is male, sometimes the killer is female.

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Speaker 1: The final girl is usually portrayed as somebody who is resourceful, resilient, morally, uptight,

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Speaker 1: smarter than Oliver appears in this movie because she knows

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Speaker 1: how to survive. Whenever I think about the final Girl,

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Speaker 1: it takes me back to the first screen movie in

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six, which obviously some characters from Scream are

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Speaker 1: going to make this list, But whenever Jamie Kennedy's character

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Speaker 3: There are certain rules that one must abide by in

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Speaker 3: order to successfully survive a horror movie. For instance, number one,

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Speaker 3: you can never have sex sex even seth okay. Number two,

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Speaker 3: extension of number one and number three. Never ever, ever,

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Speaker 3: under any circumstances say I'll be right back because you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, I'll be right back. So the final girl

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Speaker 1: back that clip to think of what do you need

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Speaker 1: a horror movie. So let's get into this list again.

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Speaker 1: This is from rinker dot com, so a lot of

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Speaker 1: people on the internet voted on this list. At number ten,

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Speaker 1: they have Sally from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre played by

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Speaker 1: watch The Chainsaw Massacre now, the original one, it's on

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Speaker 1: a chainsaw massacre. To me, tob is the streaming equivalent

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Speaker 1: where she is making it her main objective to save

432
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Speaker 1: the kids but also save herself make sure they're out

433
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:47,200
Speaker 1: of harm's way, and has the most iconic scene in

434
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Speaker 1: any horror movie. It is the blueprint of how to

435
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 1: make a great final act. Luri Strode in the closet

436
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,440
Speaker 1: with Michael Myers breaking down the door is a scene

437
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 1: that all turd my brain's chemistry. If there's one scene

438
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,000
Speaker 1: in Horror that I wish I could go back and

439
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,199
Speaker 1: rewatch for the first time, have my memory erased, just

440
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,159
Speaker 1: so I could experience it again, it would be this scene.

441
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 1: Jamie Lee Curtis did a fantastic job as she was

442
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Speaker 1: being introduced into the world. Halloween two takes place right

443
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Speaker 1: after the events of Halloween one, and growing up, I

444
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 1: would always just watch those back to back every Halloween,

445
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: and two isn't as iconic as one, but if you

446
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,320
Speaker 1: watch them all together, it makes for a great movie night.

447
00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: The entire journey that Lorie Strode goes through all of

448
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:38,439
Speaker 1: the movies doesn't really make sense. They kind of change

449
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 1: her character from movie to movie, create this backstory of

450
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,919
Speaker 1: her and Michael being related. Are they related? Are they not?

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Speaker 1: I enjoyed it as they moved into Halloween h two O.

452
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Speaker 1: Even though I think people hate that movie, that is

453
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Speaker 1: one of my favorite Halloween movies. And then they reintroduced

454
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Speaker 1: her again in the twenty eighteen version, which I thought

455
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Speaker 1: was fantastic, but I hate how that run ended. Twenty

456
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 1: eighteen was a great reboot Halloween Kills in twenty twenty

457
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,400
Speaker 1: one was pretty mid and I completely hated Halloween Ends.

458
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Speaker 1: But I can look past all that to go back

459
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Speaker 1: to the original Lourie Strode at number one as the

460
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,360
Speaker 1: best final girl in all of horror. Come back, I'll

461
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Speaker 1: give you my review spoiler free of Smile Too, and

462
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,760
Speaker 1: then in the trailer park we'll talk about Nicole Kidman's

463
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Speaker 1: new A Rick thriller. Why I say that so weird?

464
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Speaker 1: Let's put a smile on that face and get into

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Speaker 1: it now. A spoiler free movie review of Smile Too.

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Speaker 1: I had a few questions going into this movie. Is

467
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: it going to improve upon the first one? I wasn't

468
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Speaker 1: the biggest fan of the first one. I rated that

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Speaker 1: one a two point five out of five because I

470
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,679
Speaker 1: felt that movie came to a screeching halt in the

471
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: second and beginning of third act where it got so boring.

472
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,199
Speaker 1: It spent so much time focused on the curse and

473
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,360
Speaker 1: unraveling the mystery of the curse. If you're not familiar

474
00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: with Smile it's basically somebody commit suicide in front of

475
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: you with the smile on their face, passing along this

476
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,919
Speaker 1: curse to you, much like the ring from back in

477
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 1: the day. You have seven days until this curse takes

478
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,959
Speaker 1: you out, and it keeps moving from person to person.

479
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 1: I believed in the idea of the first one. If

480
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Speaker 1: I were an investor, I would have taken my money

481
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 1: and invested in Smile Too. Knowing that director Parker Finn

482
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,199
Speaker 1: had something there had people talking about this movie just

483
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 1: didn't really have the movie down quite yet for me

484
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 1: as a horror movie fan. So is this one going

485
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,159
Speaker 1: to improve upon Smile one and really cash in on

486
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: that hype? The second question I had is it going

487
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,439
Speaker 1: to rely again on jump scares. I find jump scares

488
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,680
Speaker 1: to be pretty cheap. When I think about my favorite

489
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,639
Speaker 1: moments in horror, it's never around a jump scare, and

490
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,439
Speaker 1: they do get me from time to time. You're in

491
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 1: a theater, it's dark, big loud sound has an impact

492
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 1: on you. Watching this movie. I did jump out of

493
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Speaker 1: my I mean not fully out of my seat, but

494
00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,560
Speaker 1: it got me a little bit. My heart rate going

495
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 1: it'll get you. But when I think about my favorite

496
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 1: moments in horror movies, it is never a jump scare.

497
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: It's fun, but I feel like it's almost cheat because

498
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 1: you're just taking the audience kind of for granted there,

499
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: because yes, they are in this vulnerable state, and if

500
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: you played anything really loud and comes out of nowhere,

501
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: you're going to scare people. But that's not gonna be

502
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: the most memorable thing about your film. You have to

503
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:27,000
Speaker 1: really create an energy and create memorable experiences by building

504
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: that tension, not just relying on big loud sound effects

505
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,159
Speaker 1: to scare your audience, unless that's all you want and

506
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 1: unless that's really how you get your kicks when going

507
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,360
Speaker 1: to a horror movie, but for me, I don't love them.

508
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,920
Speaker 1: And the third question is was it going to be

509
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: so predictable? And I know this is an annoying thing

510
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: about me, but I always like to predict movies after

511
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 1: watching the trailer. That's why on this podcast I do

512
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: the trailer bark, and it might be annoying to you

513
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: when I'm like, Okay, I see this in this trailer.

514
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: They are focusing on these parts. This is what I

515
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 1: think is going to happen in the final act, and

516
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 1: I don't like that because I feel, well, especially in horror,

517
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 1: I want things to come out of nowhere and when

518
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 1: I can pick apart everything that is going to happen

519
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 1: it's just not that enjoyable to me. I feel like

520
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 1: you could be a little bit more imaginative. But I

521
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,159
Speaker 1: get why they do it. They're trying to appeal to

522
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 1: a mass audience. So those are my three questions going

523
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,200
Speaker 1: into this film. Let's get into what actually Smile two

524
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,360
Speaker 1: is about. It takes place six days after the original,

525
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: which I like that these movies are tying into each other,

526
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,120
Speaker 1: and after watching Smile Too, I really feel like these

527
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 1: are both definitive chapters. They are still inside the same world,

528
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: but they have an entirely different feeling, and I think

529
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 1: that is something Smile to really benefited from, because the

530
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: entire tone of this movie changed. This one centers around

531
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 1: a pop star named Sky Riley played by Naomi Scott,

532
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: who did a fantastic job. She is about to embark

533
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 1: on this big world tour after just going through something

534
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 1: pretty dramatic. It starts out with her going on to

535
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 1: Drew Barrymore's talk show talking about how she appreciates her

536
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 1: fans sticking with her through a really tough time in

537
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: her life. Talks about doing drugs, gives a little glimpse

538
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: into her dark past, and you learn more about that

539
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 1: as the movie and story develops. This movie is a

540
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: big commentary on the pressures of fame, trauma, and overall

541
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: what it feels like to go completely crazy and have

542
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: nobody believe you. Because everything is writing on this tour

543
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: that she's about to go on, because it is going

544
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 1: to be the definitive moment in her career now, because

545
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 1: this tour to her is going to make or break

546
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,959
Speaker 1: her career. But she has a lot of things to

547
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,680
Speaker 1: get through in order to make it happen. One of

548
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 1: those being a big injury that she is dealing with

549
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: that is causing her a lot of pain and not

550
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,239
Speaker 1: being able to perform the way she wants to. So

551
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: she goes to a drug dealer's house to get some

552
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: pain medication, and that is where if you've seen the trailer,

553
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: you see Lucas Gage's character there unlive himself, and that

554
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: is where the fun begins, because it starts to blend

555
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 1: the line of what is actually happening in the real

556
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: world and what is just happening inside her mind and

557
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,959
Speaker 1: all these illusions that are being created because of this curse.

558
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 1: My biggest problem with the first one is it spent

559
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: so much time talking about this curse and trying to

560
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:15,479
Speaker 1: unravel the secrets, and Smile really try to be a

561
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: much more sinister movie than it was, really diving into

562
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,600
Speaker 1: the past and had one of my worst tropes in

563
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 1: horror movies of all time is whenever you go on

564
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 1: a big mission to try to figure out what is

565
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 1: happening here, you unravel this secret and you try to

566
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 1: figure it all out before it's too late, then you

567
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: have a big lame battle at the end. I hate

568
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: that whole driving to another town, another city to talk

569
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: to somebody who may have some information on this. And

570
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: what Smile Too did was take all that out of

571
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 1: the movie, out of the plot line, and focus more

572
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: on sky Riley and how the curse is affecting her,

573
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: and you really see her fall into this just manic

574
00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: state happen and unravel. Piece by p that was just

575
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: really fun for me to watch. I do like it.

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Speaker 1: At the beginning of the movies where the actor comes

577
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: on says a little something about the movie thanking you

578
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: for coming to the theater, and sometimes I think that

579
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: has no effect on me, but Naomi Scott said something

580
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 1: in that that kind of set up my expectations of, Hey,

581
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Speaker 1: go on this ride with me join me in the

582
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: story of Riley, and I thought about this movie a

583
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: little bit different of Okay, I'm gonna take this journey

584
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 1: with this character and experience it the way that they

585
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: are experiencing it. And I feel like as the viewer,

586
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 1: if you really let yourself dial into this movie, you

587
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: start to feel it too. I will say it does

588
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: it kind of like the first one, in a very

589
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: slow approach, where you start out just little by little,

590
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: and it's really not that scary in the beginning, because

591
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Speaker 1: when watching it on the big screen, just having somebody

592
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: standing there smiling really isn't that scary. And what do

593
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: they do? They still rely on that jump scare. The

594
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: biggest moments that came, I would say, in the first

595
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 1: and part of the second act very much rely on

596
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: catching you off guard with a big sound effect, and

597
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: some of the visuals are pretty bloody and mildly disturbing.

598
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: But I would say it doesn't really become to me

599
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: a full on horror movie until that second and third act.

600
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: In those last forty minutes, it becomes an entirely different

601
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: movie when all the chaos starts unfolding, when all of

602
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: the big actions starts happening in the sky. That is

603
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: when it really gets good. And that is such an

604
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: improvement from the first one, because in those last forty

605
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: minutes of the first one, all the action was in

606
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: those last ten And there was a point in that

607
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 1: movie where I almost fell asleep because there was nothing happening.

608
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: It was a lot of dialogue. The entire plot line

609
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: of that main character was kind of a snoozefest. But

610
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: here you had multiple layers going on with sky Riley,

611
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: not only the pressures of needing this tour to work

612
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: and having her mom slash manager control all the aspects

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Speaker 1: of her life, trying to do all these appearances, trying

614
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: to just be a human at the same time, where

615
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 1: you have fans trying to approach you, you're trying to

616
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: do a meet and greets. That in itself was a

617
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 1: story that I was interested in. And then you have

618
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: all these horror elements happening on top of it, of

619
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 1: her going crazy and not being able to know what

620
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: is actually happening in real life, really not even knowing

621
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: that she has a curse on her because she has

622
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: no idea what is happening. That is an entirely different

623
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: thing going on at the same time. So combining those

624
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 1: things together really made me invest in her character and

625
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: made this movie really entertaining for me. But was it predictable? Yeah,

626
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: it was predictable. Hate to say, but I probably predicted

627
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: everything that was going to happen in this movie. But

628
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: even though it was predictable, it was still enjoyable. I

629
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: knew what was coming, I felt it, I could see

630
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: it in the writing, just because I feel like this

631
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: movie didn't really take a whole lot of risk, but

632
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,479
Speaker 1: what it did it did well. So even though it

633
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: was predictable, I didn't find myself being unsatisfied with the results.

634
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: I actually enjoy living in this world. That felt a

635
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: little bit more grounded than the first one. Like I said,

636
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: the first one felt like it was trying to be

637
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: much more sinister, felt more like a nightmare tale. This

638
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: one really felt more like how you and I would

639
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: experience this happening to us. So this one just had

640
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: much more of an effect on me, so much so

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00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: that I had a nightmare after watching this movie that

642
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: I too saw certain things happening in my dream where

643
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 1: I was walking by a poster and it was like

644
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: a picture of somebody and then suddenly their smile got

645
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: really big and I started to freak out thinking that

646
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 1: this was happening to me too. So it definitely had

647
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: much more of an effect on me. But what really

648
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: made me enjoy this movie was Naomi Scott's performance as

649
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: Sky Riley, who is the character that you don't entirely

650
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:52,000
Speaker 1: root for the entire time because she has some good

651
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: qualities about her, actually very few when you think about it,

652
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: and a lot of bad qualities about her. So I

653
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: like movies where you don't present the person going through

654
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: all this as somebody who you entirely root for because

655
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,200
Speaker 1: she has done some things in her past. I think

656
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: for me, I just hate when they have somebody who

657
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,839
Speaker 1: is like a global pop star, but they make sure

658
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: to say it in every interview. If you think about

659
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: the most famous people in music right now, they don't

660
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: go on TV shows and everybody's like, welcome global pop sensation.

661
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,479
Speaker 1: You just know if Harry Styles goes on a talk show,

662
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 1: if Selena Gomez goes on a talk show, which is

663
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: about the level of fame that Sky is in this movie,

664
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,720
Speaker 1: they don't need to give any qualifiers of how famous

665
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 1: this person is. And I don't know why that bothers me,

666
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: but it does. And how they put so much emphasis

667
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 1: on this world tour like everybody is talking about it.

668
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 1: That really doesn't happen now unless you're Taylor Swift going

669
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: on the Era's tour. Nobody is talking about a world

670
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: tour like there's so much pressure. But as an artist,

671
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,320
Speaker 1: I think they feel this pressure when they put tickets

672
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: on sale, when they go out in these cities, this

673
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: is their entire world. They do feel that, I think,

674
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: so I think it did portray that of how to

675
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 1: you and I, we see a concert go on sale,

676
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: we think do we want to go see that? Do

677
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: we want to pay that amount of money? And that

678
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: is just something we think about in our week. But

679
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: to this artist going on this tour, they can feel that,

680
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 1: they feel if this is going to make or break them.

681
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: But I just think that the way they portrayed this

682
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: character isn't entirely true to how somebody at this level

683
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 1: would be. But I do think it showed some of

684
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: the things they have to deal with, like super obsessed fans,

685
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: if you get bad press and how hard it is

686
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,799
Speaker 1: to recover from that, and just overall the pressures that

687
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 1: not everybody sees when you just see people on Instagram

688
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: or on TV shows. Naomi Scott went all in on

689
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: this performance and the movie left nothing on the table,

690
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,239
Speaker 1: which is usually my biggest criticism when it comes to

691
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: a horror movie that is trying to build a franchise,

692
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: leave some things in mystery. But this movie gave you everything.

693
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: It went all out, It cranked it up to eleven

694
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: and said we're gonna give you the best performance we

695
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,399
Speaker 1: can in this movie. So they really capitalize going into

696
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: this movie with more momentum, having more people talking. They

697
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: still did all the promotion like they did for the

698
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: first one, which I think is something that really sets

699
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:14,479
Speaker 1: a movie like this apart. Because there are other good

700
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: horror movies that have come out this year. I don't

701
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,280
Speaker 1: think this one is the best one, but it's probably

702
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,800
Speaker 1: the one that is stuck in more people's minds because

703
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: of that promotion. And that's what you have to do

704
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,439
Speaker 1: really when it comes down to having a successful horror movie.

705
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: Right now, it's all in the promotion. How can you

706
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: get people talking? Look at what Terrifier three did? They

707
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 1: put all that press out themselves of saying people were

708
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: walking out of the theater vomiting there was nobody vomiting.

709
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: That's all marketing, and it went on to beat Joker Too.

710
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,760
Speaker 1: I think in order to succeed and set yourself apart,

711
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: you have to do things like Smile is doing. Create

712
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 1: that aura not just around the stars of this movie

713
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: or even the characters, it's just around the idea of it.

714
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,840
Speaker 1: Because you have that image in your mind as somebody smiling,

715
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: that poster can terrify you alone. So I found myself

716
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: enjoying all two hours of this movie. Definitely a major

717
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: improvement on the first one, which that one I give

718
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 1: a two point five out of five. But for Smile Too,

719
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,800
Speaker 1: I give it four out of five.

720
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 2: Pop Stars, It's time to head down to movie Mike.

721
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:29,320
Speaker 1: Traylor Paul Christmas movies are my least favorite genre of movie,

722
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: New Christmas movies in particular. It is so hard to

723
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: create a new classic. And the reason that we all

724
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: love Christmas movies is because they were something that we

725
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 1: grew up with and we have this memory attached to

726
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: them that we love. So it's all the movies we

727
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: rewatch every single year that give us that feeling again,

728
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: that feeling of being a kid. But if you break

729
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 1: down exactly what a Christmas movie is the fiber of

730
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: a Christmas movie is not good. It's predictable, it's the

731
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 1: same thing over and over. The acting isn't anything that's

732
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:09,280
Speaker 1: going to move you. So as a movie on its own,

733
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: they're not great movies. Doesn't mean they're not fun. They

734
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,439
Speaker 1: don't bring you back to having good memories. If I'm

735
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,720
Speaker 1: just sitting down to watch a movie, I'm only watching

736
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: a Christmas movie around Christmas time. I'm not watching them

737
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: in March in July. There's a reason they only come

738
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 1: out around the holidays. It is so much a reflection

739
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 1: of the Christmas season, and it's so hard to make

740
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: a new classic, and they keep trying. Only movie I

741
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 1: can think of that has come out in the last

742
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,840
Speaker 1: twenty five years that has cemented itself as a Christmas

743
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,879
Speaker 1: classic that you can watch every single year is Elf.

744
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 1: That is the only one. And a movie that is

745
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 1: twenty plus years old, almost thirty years old at this point,

746
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: is still considered a modern classic because it's so hard

747
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: to do, and maybe it just takes that amount of

748
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 1: time for a movie to be out out for us

749
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 1: to watch again and again and again every single Christmas

750
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: to really cement it as a classic. Much like classic

751
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: cars need like twenty twenty five years to be a

752
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: classic car. Same thing here applies to movies. So to

753
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: really set yourself apart as a new Christmas movie, you

754
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 1: have to do something innovative. And I think that is

755
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: what Baby Girl is doing with Nicole Kidman because it

756
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: is an erotic thriller centered around Christmas time. So does

757
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 1: it embody the Christmas spirit? No, because it's all about

758
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 1: her playing this character, who is a business executive, has

759
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 1: an affair with a young intern played by Harrison Dickinson,

760
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,240
Speaker 1: who was really great in The Iron Claw. I also

761
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: liked him a triangle of sadness. This movie happens to

762
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: take place around Christmas, and it wasn't until I saw

763
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: the trailer and heard the music and saw all the

764
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 1: imagery that I was like, oh man, they might actually

765
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,640
Speaker 1: be onto something. So before I get into more about

766
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: Baby Girl, here's just a little bit of the trailer.

767
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 4: We're gonna do this. We need to set some rules

768
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,879
Speaker 4: that you and I post agree on. Did you order

769
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 4: this starting with I tell you what to do when

770
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 4: you do it?

771
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 1: Funny fect out guys?

772
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 4: No, what get on your knees now?

773
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 1: Is that what you want. You're very young. I don't

774
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 1: want to argue. Oh my gosh, I feel like I

775
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: should get out of the room and leave them two together.

776
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,320
Speaker 1: I wonder what Nicole Kidman looks for in a script.

777
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,480
Speaker 1: Are these movies being pitched to her because they have

778
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 1: her in mind for these parts, or is she actively

779
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 1: seeking out these types of roles. You look back on

780
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:45,240
Speaker 1: the movies and probably more in particular the limited series

781
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,319
Speaker 1: that she's done, which I think she in the last

782
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: five years has done much better work in limited series

783
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,360
Speaker 1: than she has in movies. I feel like the movies

784
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: she has done have been a little bit more of

785
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 1: a paycheck because she is at that status. She could

786
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,760
Speaker 1: go in make fifteen twenty million dollars on a movie

787
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 1: because you bank on the Nicole Kidman name. And I

788
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: think where she's really shown how great of an actor

789
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 1: she is is on all these limited series, everything from

790
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: Nine Perfect Strangers, Lioness ex Pats, The Perfect Couple earlier

791
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 1: this year. Because if you look on the movie side,

792
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 1: in the last five years, she's done movies like The Goldfinch, Bombshell,

793
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: The Northman Being the Ricardos All Command in The Lost Kingdom.

794
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: She did a Family Affair on Netflix earlier this year.

795
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,800
Speaker 1: So if I had to take Nicole Kidman in a

796
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: limited series versus Nicole Kidman in film, I would take

797
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 1: the limited series. But if you look at her characters

798
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: in those limited series, she always kind of goes for

799
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: roles like this, and she does them so well of

800
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: being this person who is so dominant, a true driving force,

801
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 1: but then also having relationships like this that are toxic

802
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: but are so intriguing. And I have to imagine that

803
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: a lot of these roles take a bit of a

804
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,319
Speaker 1: toll on you as an actor to put yourself through

805
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,799
Speaker 1: that mental anguish, And I just wonder where in her

806
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 1: does she go to to get these amazing performances that

807
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 1: she does. And I don't know if she's actively seeking

808
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: roles like this because she finds these to be the

809
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: most enjoyable, or directors know in order to have these

810
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 1: stories really come to life, they need Nicole Kidman to

811
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:17,880
Speaker 1: portray this character. Living in Nashville, I've actually seen Nicole

812
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 1: Kidman around town in the most random places. I think

813
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: both of them have been at the Mall in different

814
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: locations of the mall. But the thing about her is

815
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 1: she is so nonchalant. When you run into her, you

816
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't even know. Because sometimes you see people out in

817
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: public and they look famous. They're dressed a certain way,

818
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 1: they have people around them, and you can just tell.

819
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know exactly what I know them from,

820
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 1: but I can tell that that person is famous. When

821
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 1: I've seen Nicole Kidman out, she looks just like everybody else.

822
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: She sticks to her own lane. She doesn't make a

823
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: big fuss out of anything, and it looks like just

824
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 1: running into anybody, maybe your friend, your neighbor out at

825
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:57,320
Speaker 1: the mall, but it's Nicole Kidman, Academy Award winning Nicole Kidman,

826
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: just doing some shopping at the mall. Now, she has

827
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,959
Speaker 1: a much larger bank account to work with than any

828
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: of us. While shopping at the mall, I don't really

829
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: think she needs to look at price tags, even though

830
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: that story came out that she prefers to drive her

831
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: SuPAR Rue over the Lamborghini that her husband, Keith Urban

832
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 1: bought her, which is another wild thing because I've seen

833
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 1: them both out together, and you have one a list

834
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 1: movie star on the right, flash TV star, and one

835
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,359
Speaker 1: a list country star on the left, And really, when

836
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: you see them together. The only defying factor that you

837
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 1: can tell that they are famous is Keith Urban's tattoos

838
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 1: make them look famous. So I just find it crazy

839
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,760
Speaker 1: that their level of famous so high and they seem

840
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: to be so low maintenance when just hanging out in public.

841
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: So back to the movie Baby Girl, which is coming

842
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 1: out on Christmas Day, an erotic thriller on Christmas Day.

843
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:45,280
Speaker 1: Who would have thought, especially with this holiday season being

844
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 1: so so competitive with Sonic and The Lion King. This

845
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: is almost the counter programming to that. Because I have

846
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,759
Speaker 1: great memories of going to the movie theater around Christmas time.

847
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 1: There is a warmth to it. I think when you're

848
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: hanging around your family for more time than you're probably

849
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 1: used to around the holidays, the movies are a good escape,

850
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,760
Speaker 1: and there's just the feeling of going to the movie

851
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: and watching something where the world has kind of slowed down.

852
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 1: Hopefully you're enjoying some time off and you can go

853
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,840
Speaker 1: and relax and watch a movie. And this is not

854
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: something I'm used to going to see around that time

855
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,640
Speaker 1: of year, something that's probably gonna get my blood boiling

856
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 1: a little bit, because by the looks of this trailer

857
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: of Nicole Kinman's character going behind the back of her

858
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 1: husband this dude showing up at her house. I feel

859
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: like there's going to be a lot of good cringe

860
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: those moments where you're like, oh, man, I can't believe

861
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 1: this is happening, but I cannot look away. And Nicole

862
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 1: Kidman does not shy away from taking very steamy roles,

863
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 1: and just by the looks of this trailer, it looks

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Speaker 1: like her and Harris Dickison have some very great chemistry,

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Speaker 1: it was Sunny Sweeney and Glenn Powell completely keeping everybody

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Speaker 1: Completely selling that movie and giving that movie a big

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Speaker 1: life in theaters and even more so once it went

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Speaker 1: to streaming. I don't know that Baby Girl is going

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Speaker 1: to be one that everybody's going to be rushing to

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Speaker 1: watch around the holiday season. But if there is a

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Speaker 1: name that could do that in a role like this

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Speaker 1: that I think people are now starting to associate her

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Speaker 1: with more, I think it could be Nicole Kidman. Again.

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Speaker 1: Baby Girl is coming out this Christmas on December twenty fifth.

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Speaker 2: At that was this week's edition of Movie by Tram or.

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Speaker 1: Bar and that is gonna do it for another episode

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Speaker 1: here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta

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Speaker 1: give my listeners shout out of the week, and this

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Speaker 1: week it is a collective shout out to the movie crew.

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Speaker 1: Thank you all for voting in the awards for the

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Speaker 1: best Podcast in Nashville. We came in three guys. That's

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Speaker 1: pretty good. I'll take it. We did win a couple

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Speaker 1: of years ago in twenty twenty two, taking home first

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Speaker 1: place for best Podcast, but twenty twenty four, I'll take

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Speaker 1: third place. I'm kind of in that place of I'm

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Speaker 1: How many more votes do we need? Could I have

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Speaker 1: you know what, I'm just glad we're here because if

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Speaker 1: this sucks. Maybe it's time to close up shops. So

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Speaker 1: happy to be on the podium. You're listening to and

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Speaker 1: are a part of the third best podcast in Nashville.

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Speaker 1: So thank you everybody for voting, everybody for listening, for

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Speaker 1: telling a friend, for being subscribed, coming here on release

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Speaker 1: day which is Mondays or maybe Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, whenever

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Speaker 1: you have time. It means the world to me, So

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Speaker 1: thank you from the bottom and the depths of my

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Speaker 1: heart and bowels. And until next time, go out and

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Speaker 1: watch good movies and I will talk to you later.