1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mix Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: am your host movie Mike. Today I am talking to 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: director boz Lerman, who did the new Elvis movie coming 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: out in theaters on Friday. We'll get all the behind 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: the scenes on that movie in the review for this week. 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: It's a movie on Netflix starring Chris Hemsworth called Spiderhead, 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: a psychological thriller I was looking forward to, and we'll 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: find out if it lived up to those expectations. And 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: then in the trailer Park we have the first look 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: at another attemas in the new Maryland Monroe biopic, also 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: coming to Netflix later this year. So a lot to 12 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: talk about on this week's episode. If you're ready, I'm ready. 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: Let's talk movies. In a world where everyone and their 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: mother has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the 15 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: ears of listeners like never before in a movie podcast, 16 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: A man with so much movie knowledge. He's basically like 17 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: a walking on MTV with glasses from the Nashville Podcast. 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: Movie Movie About to get into my conversation with director 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: boz Lerman. He has a new movie coming out that 20 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: he directed on Friday. It is Elvis, the movie I've 21 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: been talking about for a while now. In addition to that, 22 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: you're probably familiar with some of his movies. He's done 23 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Mulan Rouge Australia. So 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: he's known for these very big cinematic movies. So I'm 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: excited to talk to him about how he got Elvis made. 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 1: So let's get into it here. I am with Boss Lerman. 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: How are you, Boss, I'm good, I gotta say. I 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: looked it up and I saw that Tom Hanks has 29 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: only played a bad guy four times before this role. 30 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: Do you have you know, do you have to go 31 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: to him and convince him that he is going to 32 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: be a great villain in this movie. The the opposite, 33 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: the complete opposite man like he was like like normally 34 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: with an actor like Tom an such a big false 35 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: in acting, it might take a month just sort of 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: slow early steps someone through a role or whatever. I 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: didn't have a script, I just had words, and I 38 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: was with him maybe fifteen minutes, describing the nature of 39 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: this sort of you know, charismatic, gigantuan character, that it 40 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: was also diabolical manager who you know, never colonel never 41 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: Tom never bark up blot twist. Let's not reveal that, 42 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: you know, and I reckoned twenty minutes in. He looked 43 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: me in the eye and he said, wait, if you 44 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: want me, I'm your man. And I remember I walked 45 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: outside and my guys, did he just say yes? He 46 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: couldn't wait to play that. And you mentioned it being 47 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: such a great actor, how long does it take Tom 48 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: Hanks to master a role. He's he's amazing, Like he 49 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: really is. Like I worked with all sorts of actors 50 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: and performance, but he does it all himself, you know, 51 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: like he doesn't. I mean, we have robust conversations, and 52 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: what I love about Tom's all set out a plan 53 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: and he'll go, yeah, could I try this? Great? I'll say, well, 54 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: why don't you try this? And I'll go watch this. 55 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 1: He almost like revels and showing off like if he 56 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: was a gymnast. And I said, what about doing to 57 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: back flips? He'll do three? You know, like you just 58 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: sort of like it's just kind of unbelievable, Like his 59 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: range is unbelievable. It really isn't. I can't say that enough, 60 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: like you can sort of do anything that's amazing. I 61 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: remember the day that it was announced that filming got 62 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: shut down because he got COVID. It changed the entire world. 63 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: How did that? Did you ever at a point in 64 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: those six months that you were shut down think the 65 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: movie wouldn't see the light of day? Oh? And I 66 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: didn't think it wouldn't. It wasn't going to We lost 67 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: the movie. Like there was the COVID. There was not 68 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: being able to hold the cast together. There was the 69 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: fact that Queensland was isolated, which was good because later 70 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: on when we did get it going, we're able to 71 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: live a normal life. But it meant that people couldn't 72 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: come and go. And I ranked Tom and I used 73 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: the time to reconstruct the beginning of the film, and 74 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: I ranked Tom and I talked Austin, and Austin said 75 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: I'm not leaving Australia because he thought, well I leave, 76 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: maybe I can't come back. And I'm not going to 77 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: give up on this role. Even though the movie I 78 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: knew it was going away. But I ran time and 79 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: I said, Tom, you know, I don't think if we wait, 80 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: the movie will come back, because there's too many elements 81 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: falling apart. And very bravely he said, well, look, if 82 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: I come back, do you think you could get it 83 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: done by Christmas, and I said yes, and he came back. 84 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: It was the smoothest shooting we ever had. I mean, 85 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: I came in on time, under budget. Don't tell the 86 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: studio that, but I did. So do you feel like 87 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: that break was beneficial for you to get the movie right? Absolutely? 88 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: I hate to say, I mean, I don't wish pandemic 89 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 1: on anyone, but absolutely we used it to our advantage. 90 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: I mean absolutely, I really did. I mean, Tom and 91 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: I took a really big turn on the Colonel and 92 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: I'm trying to tell afford a two year life in 93 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: two enough hours. And then layering of the music and 94 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: all those you know, guest musical artists that I've got 95 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: in there. I was able to get a bit more 96 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: time to reach out and call upon everyone from you know, 97 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: like Dodge cat Eminem and all those young rappers that 98 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: are in there. And yeah, and you mentioned it being 99 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: hard to tell his entire story in two and a 100 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: half hours. If it was up to you, how long 101 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: would this movie have been if you didn't have any 102 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: time constraints. Oh no, the movie, I think is the 103 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: length that needs to be Look, I make theatrical movies, man, 104 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: you know, I made the cinema, and I gotta tell you, 105 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: you know, Mike, I have a mission to get all 106 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: kinds of audiences back into the movie house, strangers to 107 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: sit there in a dark room and laughed together and 108 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: cry together, and field together. And I made the movie 109 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: absolutely for that purpose. So I don't think it should 110 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: be longer. I couldn't make it shorter. But I'm not 111 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: just saying this, but more than any movie I've ever made, 112 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: I often need people say, gee, it went by so quickly, Well, 113 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: congrats on the movie. I really appreciate the time. Thanks 114 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: so much. You take Kevin all right, have a good day. 115 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: So that was cool to get to talk to Boz. 116 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: I think one of the most interesting things about that 117 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: was how he didn't have to do a whole lot 118 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: to convince Tom Hanks to play this character in this movie, 119 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: which is a lot different than we're used to seeing 120 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: Tom Hanks. And I'm always interested whenever there's an actor 121 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: kind of known for their specific type of movie, their 122 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: specific type of role, and they're so good at it 123 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: that they just keep doing those roles over and over. 124 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: And I think that's what we get with Tom Hanks, 125 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: is we kind of know him as like America's actor. 126 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: He is the person who can play any good guy. 127 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: You can root for him in a movie. And even 128 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: though he has a lot of range within that, he 129 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: can do comedies, he can do dramas, he can really 130 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: do it all. We always just see him as the 131 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: good guy. And before I got into that, I looked 132 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: up how many times he actually has played a villain, 133 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: and the only time he has played a bad guy 134 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: is four times. The most recent times where the Circle, 135 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: the Lady, Killer's Cloud, Atlas, and Road to Tradition. So 136 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: I just find it very interesting when an actor gets 137 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: cast into a role and your immediate reaction is why 138 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: why are they playing that character? That doesn't really make 139 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: sense in my mind. But once you see the final product, 140 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: once you see a trailer, once you see them in 141 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: the costume and makeup and all that, you think, oh, yeah, 142 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: they were the perfect person to play that. And I'll 143 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: get more into Elvis next week when I do that 144 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: full movie review, but I did want to share some 145 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: other times that actors were cast in unexpected roles and 146 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: they ended up being good or sometimes not as good 147 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: as we thought we were expecting. But I just find 148 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: that pretty fascinating. One of the biggest ones that comes 149 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: to mind, and it's kind of the opposite of the 150 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: Toms Hank situation is whenever Jonah Hill got cast in Moneyball, 151 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: and it was at a time where he was really 152 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: just known as the funny person in Seth Rogan movies. 153 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: We knew him for super Bad and he was really 154 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: just seen as a comedic actor. But then here he 155 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: is in Moneyball, and you're like, how is the guy 156 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: from super Bad gonna be compared to the acting chops 157 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: of Brad Pitt, And then when you see him in 158 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: that role, you think immediately like, no, he is just 159 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: a great actor. And I think what Jonah Hill has 160 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: really shown over his career now even more so as 161 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: he gets into directing, is that he really can play anything, 162 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: and he just does comedy so well that it makes 163 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: more sense to see him in a comedy. So Jonah 164 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: Hill is my personal favorite actor who has gone from 165 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: doing comedies to now being able to do them both. 166 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: I think the first original time we saw that was 167 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 1: with Jim Carrey, who had one of the largest not 168 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: just comedic movie careers in the nineties, but was just 169 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: one of the biggest actors of the nineties and he 170 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: was just known for being in Dumb and Dumber a Spentura, 171 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: And I think the role that really changed it for 172 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: him was in whenever he was cast in The Truman Show, 173 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, we have to see the 174 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: guy who is known for talking out of his butt 175 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: now having a character with more depth, with more range, 176 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: being able to be this leading actor in a movie 177 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: that's not reliant on his comedic timing, not reliant on 178 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: the catch phrases or anything like that. You just really 179 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: see the range in him. And that was the very 180 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: first time we all saw that, and I think some 181 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: people have kind of a a battle if you're a 182 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: serious Jim Carrey fan or a comedy Jim Carey fan. 183 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: And seeing his career now over the last I mean 184 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: twenty years from that movie, he's really been able to 185 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: do it all as well. And it's just interesting to 186 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: see him go from roles in Eternal Sunshine to Bruce 187 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: Almighty and then now possibly retiring as an actor with 188 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: his final acting credit being so like the Hedgehog the 189 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: other role that comes to mind, and it's still the 190 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: more I look back on it doesn't make as much 191 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,719 Speaker 1: sense that it works so well, but whenever Robert de 192 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: Niro was cast and Meet the Parents. Robert de Niro 193 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: is one of the most hardcore actors I feel like 194 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: of our lifetime, to where he has played intense roles 195 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: in Taxi and Good Fellas and Raging Bull to be 196 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: this person who's probably just so intimidating to be around 197 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: as it is, he seems like a person who has 198 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: been doing this for so long that when he comes 199 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: on a movie set, he is there to work. He 200 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: is there to read his lines, and it's strictly all 201 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: business this and I find it interesting when you take 202 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: an actor like that, who seems so serious and passionate 203 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: about their work, take on a comedy like Meet the Parents, 204 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: which is utterly ridiculous just on paper. I can only 205 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: imagine Robert De Niro getting the script to Meet the 206 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: Parents and being like, Yeah, this is something I want 207 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: to do. So it works so well because maybe it 208 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,239 Speaker 1: is his demeanor, maybe it is his sense of humor 209 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: that he makes that movie funnier and more entertaining. But you, 210 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: to me, I just still see this gangster from Good 211 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 1: Fellas in a comedy. But this was the first time 212 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: we saw that since that movie he did kind of 213 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: open himself up to taking on some more comedic, fun roles. 214 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: But I think that was the first one where it 215 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 1: was just interesting to see him cast like that. Along 216 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: those same lines, one of my favorite ones is James 217 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: Khan and Elf, which I think if you're a millennial 218 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: like myself or maybe gen Z, you really just know 219 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: James Kahn as Buddy the elves Dad, because that's the 220 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: movie we associate him with. You maybe don't think back 221 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: to Misery and all the hardcore movies he was in 222 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,719 Speaker 1: where he plays a tough guy, and not only did 223 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: he play that in movies, but he had that reputation 224 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: off screen as well. Not that he was difficult to 225 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: work with, but much like Robert de Niro, he was 226 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: very all business, very serious, was just a tough guy, 227 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: like you don't want to mess with this guy type 228 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: of person. I mean, there's no messing with the guy 229 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: from the Godfather without actually making him mad. And then 230 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: you put him in Elf, where it is also a 231 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: ridiculous movie on paper, it's also a family Christmas movie. 232 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: To take this person who just has this persona of 233 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: being a hardcore gentleman and now has this grown man 234 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: in a ridiculous costume, playing with him, messing around with him. 235 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: I feel like he lit really got irritated with Will 236 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: Farrell during some of those scenes. Was probably taken out 237 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: of his comfort zone a lot during the filming of 238 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: that movie, and I feel like some of the outbursts 239 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: that he has on the screen seem a little bit genuine. 240 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: So maybe that is attributed to his real persona coming out. 241 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: But I always thought that was such an interesting casting 242 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: that maybe to some other people who just know him 243 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: as Buddy else Dad don't really see it. But if 244 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: you look back at all of his other filmography, it's like, man, 245 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: how did they get him to do that. I feel 246 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: like there is always a little bit of outrage whenever 247 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: somebody gets cast in a superhero movie. It just kind 248 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: of goes with any fan base, whether you're Marvel, whether 249 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: you're d C. If you're hardcore about the superhero who 250 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: is your favorite, you are going to be nitpicky about 251 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: who they picked to play them. So any time they 252 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: announce a villain, any time they announced a superhero, there 253 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: is always just madness in the comments of people upset 254 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: about it. But I think one that was the most 255 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: interesting that people shook their heads at when it was 256 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: first announced because it was a little unexpected. Was Heath 257 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: Ledger being cast as the Joker in the Dark Knight, 258 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: who was really just kind of known for teen comedies 259 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: like Ten Things I Hate About You, or maybe you 260 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: saw him in A Night's Tale or Brokeback Mountain and 261 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: you just saw that side of Heath Ledger and you wondered, well, 262 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: how can that guy go on to play the Joker? 263 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: And his performance that he gave in that movie was 264 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: probably the most unexpected to go down in history as 265 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: one of the greatest villains of all time, even outside 266 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: of the superhero genre. That is just one of the 267 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: greatest acting performances that will ever exist. Because to me, 268 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: the Joker in the Dark Knight doesn't even feel like 269 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: somebody playing a character. In my head. That person just 270 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: exists somewhere. I know, it's just in a movie, but 271 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: it's done so well that all of his personal attributes 272 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: are completely taken out of that character, ripped apart, basically 273 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: pulled his entire existence out to play that character. And 274 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: that's why I think that works so well, coming from 275 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: a person who was also intend Things I Hate About 276 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: You and there are a couple more I wanted to 277 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: mention that are actually upcoming roles that I've seen people 278 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: debating about these characters getting cast in these roles. And 279 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: the first one is Ryan Gosling as Ken and the 280 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: new Barbie movie that's being made. And maybe it wasn't 281 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: so much of the casting of Ryan Gosling. It was 282 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: nobody really knew what this movie was going to look 283 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: like or what it was going to be about. And 284 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: we still don't have a whole lot of details. But 285 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: last week the first photo of Ryan Gosling as Ken 286 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: came out, and all of a sudden, it's starting to 287 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: make a little bit more sense to everybody else. And 288 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: I said this way back when they announced that Greta 289 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: Gerwig is behind this project, so they haven't said a 290 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: whole lot about what this movie is going to be about. 291 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: But I just feel like Ryan Hustling and Margot Robbie 292 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: are going to be great in it. And even though 293 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: we haven't seen a trailer or anything yet, I don't 294 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: feel like it's just going to be here. Is Margot 295 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: Robbie and Ryan Gosling playing them like their dolls come 296 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: to life or something. It seems like it's going to 297 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: be the story of Barbie, person who created the doll. 298 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: And it almost looks like from this picture, like maybe Margot, 299 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: Robbie and Ryan Gosling will exist kind of in a 300 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: fantasy world where they're playing Ken and Barbie, and maybe 301 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: there's a whole other level of another story going on, 302 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: of the business side of the story. So maybe it 303 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: kind of reminds me a little bit more when everybody 304 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: was losing their minds of how dumb could they be 305 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: to make a movie about Facebook, Like is it just 306 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: gonna be people posting their status is and people writing 307 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: on each other's walls and the social network was nothing 308 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: like that. Instead, it was the dramatic story of how 309 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: Facebook was made in all of those crazy things that 310 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: we didn't even know about. Do you get this thing 311 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: under compute? So I'm seeing a version of that kind 312 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 1: of being made behind the scenes here in just a 313 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: couple of photos we have to go off from the 314 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: New Barbie movie. But if you were just curious why 315 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: Ryan Gosling was cast in that, seeing that picture, at 316 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: least for me now makes a little bit more sense. 317 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: And then there was also the news announced of Lady 318 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: Gaga possibly playing Harley Quinn in a Joker sequel, which 319 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: I actually love the idea of Lady Gaga coming into 320 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: play Harley Quinn. I know it's a little bit not confusing, 321 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: but I just love Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn so much. 322 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: But I get that this Joker movie needs to exist 323 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: in its own world and if you brought her over, 324 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: it would kind of have more of that comic book feel, 325 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,719 Speaker 1: and I don't feel like that is what this Joker 326 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: sequel is going to be. It will definitely be a 327 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: different role for Lady Gaga, really only seeing her and 328 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: straight on dramas like a Star is Born in House 329 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: of Gucci. I guess the interesting element is that it 330 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: is being announced or rumored to be a musical, which 331 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: sounds so crazy that I think it could work, especially 332 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: if they're randomly bursting into song. I feel like Lady 333 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: Gaga would be great at that. We've seen Joaquin Phoenix's 334 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: singing abilities before and walk the line, so I feel 335 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: like it's so crazy that it just might work. And 336 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 1: then the upcoming unexpected casting that I'm still not happy 337 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: about is Chris Pratt being announced as the voice of 338 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: Super Mario in the new animated Super Mario Brothers movie. 339 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: I will wait to make my final decision on that 340 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: once I see a trailer from this movie. I do 341 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: think the career of Chris Pratt has been interesting to watch, 342 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: to go from being the comic relief, the funny guy 343 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: in Parts and Wreck to being an undeniable action star 344 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: and guard into the Galaxy and the Jurassic Oral movies. 345 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: And also almost every time I see any kind of 346 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: action movie, if they don't get the Rock, they probably 347 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: get Chris Pratt. So maybe it's just that seeing him 348 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: all the time year round in projects, but also that 349 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: Mario is such a beloved character and when I think 350 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,959 Speaker 1: of his voice, I just never really think of Chris Pratt. 351 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: There are a lot of different other comedic actors that 352 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: I would have cast before this, maybe like a Sasha 353 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: Barrack Cohen, Jim Carey, Will Ferrell, or something a lot 354 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: different like Shilah buff Is, who I would have rather 355 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: have seen do Mario. But we'll see what happens with 356 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,719 Speaker 1: this one, all right. I'll come back and do a 357 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 1: spoiler free review of Spider Head, and then we'll talk 358 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: about the new Marilyn Monroe movie coming to Netflix after 359 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 1: this I'm gonna get into a spoiler free movie review. Now, 360 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: let's talk about Spiderhead, the new movie on Netflix starring 361 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller. A psychological thriller, and if 362 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: you know me, you know I love what psychological thrillers. 363 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: So before we get into what I thought about this movie, 364 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: here's just a little bit of the trailer that Spiderhead. 365 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: We're proud of our work. Your presence in this facility, 366 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: while technically a punishment, is a privilege in science. We 367 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: have to explore the unknown then testing me up and 368 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: down a lot weirder stuff than usual. Before we begin, 369 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: I need your permission to administer P forty. This place 370 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: can really mess with your drip on acknowledge. Drip on acknowledge, 371 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: acknowledge acknowledge. And what this movie is about. It's Chris 372 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: Hemsworth's character. He is the lead guy at this facility 373 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: called Spiderhead, where they test these mind altering drugs on 374 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,479 Speaker 1: their subjects. And all the subjects are people who are 375 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 1: going to be sent to prison, but they applied to 376 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 1: get sent here instead, so it's more of kind of 377 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: an alternative prison, but instead of being in a hostile 378 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: environment like prison. They are sent to this place, and 379 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: Spiderhead has a little bit more of a laid back, 380 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: open door policy. You can come and go as you please. 381 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: Chris Simsworth's character builds a relationship with everybody there, which 382 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: seems a little bit weird. But in exchange for that, 383 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: they have to go and put themselves through these different 384 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: kinds of tests, and it feels very futuristic. It almost 385 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: reminded me of a Black Mirror episode where they all 386 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: have like these packs on their back and they put 387 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: different drugs in these little vials that are on their back, 388 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: and then they can control the whole thing through a 389 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 1: nap so they can turn it up on the little 390 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,239 Speaker 1: level and whatever drug they want to put them on 391 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: gets sent into their body. I felt like this movie 392 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: was a little bit of a blend of a Black 393 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: Mirror episode, like I said, And I also had a 394 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 1: feeling of like Lost, the TV show. If you watch that, 395 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,479 Speaker 1: there was a whole thing on there called the Dharma 396 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: Initiative where you're trying to figure out like what exactly 397 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: they were doing at this place where they conducting experiments 398 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: on people. I kind of got that kind of vibe 399 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: because it's basically a big, distant island in the middle 400 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: of nowhere. I felt like this movie had a lot 401 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: going for it already going into it, being a psychological thriller, 402 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: I was interested in it. But then you have two 403 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: big actors like Chris Hemsworth, who is for the most 404 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: part known as being Thor and now he is a 405 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: little bit more known as being known just an action star. 406 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: I think he's done some really great work with Extraction. 407 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,919 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see the follow up to that, but 408 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: this was unlike I've seen him before. And then you 409 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: have Miles Teller coming off of Top Gun Maverick, being 410 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,439 Speaker 1: right up there at the top list of actors. And 411 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: then you also have a big director attached to this 412 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: coincidentally the director of Top Gun Maverick, Joseph Kazinski. And 413 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 1: I just find it weird that a movie like this 414 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 1: doesn't get more promotion from Netflix. Aside from what I 415 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: saw on Instagram, I don't see a lot of people 416 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: talking about this movie. And maybe it's because, well, the 417 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: movie didn't really turn out to be as good as 418 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: I was expecting, and even though it reminded me of 419 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: two of my favorite things, Lost in Black Mirror the 420 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: story just never really developed. It never really had any 421 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: kind of emotional groundwork to make me care about the characters, 422 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: to make me care about what was going on, And 423 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: I felt like within the first twenty minutes it didn't 424 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: do a very good job at creating a setting. And 425 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: for a movie that basically takes place in one location, 426 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 1: it's just this facility. I feel like you have to 427 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: almost personify the building a little bit to make it 428 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: another character. Because you have Miles Teller giving the best 429 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: performance he can, Chris Hemsworth trying to do something different 430 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 1: than I haven't seen him do before. There's no role 431 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: action in this movie that he kind of leans into, 432 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: and I just felt like they didn't really get his 433 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 1: character right. It wasn't his acting abilities. I just felt 434 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: like the character himself wasn't really fleshed out enough, and 435 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: a lot of the things he did in the movie 436 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: didn't really stick to one kind of moral compass. I 437 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: feel like his entire psyche just didn't really make sense 438 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: to convey one character. Miles Teller, on the other hand, 439 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: I felt like he did the best he could in 440 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: this role, and for me, he was a standout star 441 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: of this movie because he did have the best character arc, 442 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: and I found his story in this movie to be 443 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: the most interesting. But again, it just never really got 444 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: me on that emotional level that they were trying to get. 445 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: And for something that was, you know, dubbed a psychological thriller, 446 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: I was never thrilled. They didn't really build any suspense. 447 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: The story itself was fine, but all of this, you know, 448 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: use of the drugs and the experiments, I wanted a 449 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: little bit more sense of horror. There was one scene 450 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: kind of showcase in that trailer there to where it 451 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: looked like this movie was going to get very dark 452 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: and very twisted, but I never really felt it get there. 453 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: And for somebody like me who really likes those type 454 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: of movies, really likes things too, you know, with a 455 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: movie that's called Spiderhead, you feel like it's going to 456 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 1: be a little bit darker, a little bit more on 457 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: the horror side, and it never really got there. And 458 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: it was never really an action movie, so it just 459 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 1: kind of felt like a movie that didn't really need 460 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: to be made. It felt like a very subpar black 461 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: mirror episode. And about an hour and forty five minutes, 462 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 1: I really felt like there was only about forty minutes 463 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 1: of story here with it really not living up to 464 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 1: my expectation. It did have a little bit of charm 465 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 1: to it, and I think that came across between Miles 466 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: Teller and Chris hemsworth relationship in the movie. I think 467 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: just seeing those two actors on screen together was enjoyable 468 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: for me. I just wish there would have been a 469 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: little bit more backstory to both of their characters, a 470 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 1: little bit more detail on the facility to get us 471 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: to care about this movie, because with a little bit 472 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: more horror elements, with a little bit more suspense in 473 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: this movie, I felt like it could have been a 474 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 1: really great movie. It just never quite got there for me. 475 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: So when it comes to Spiderhead on Netflix, I have 476 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: to give it a two point five out of five 477 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: vials of experimental Drugs. It's not the worst thing you 478 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 1: could watch on Netflix right now, but I just couldn't 479 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: really recommend it to you of like, oh, watch this 480 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: movie and you really enjoy it. It's just not a 481 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: good movie. And it hurts me to say that because 482 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: I wanted it to be. If I would have had 483 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: even lower expectations, I could have seen myself. I can 484 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: get a little bit more, but I think overall it's 485 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: just probably not worth your time unless you're a die 486 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: hard Miles Teller fan, because he does have a pretty 487 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: good performance in this, But when it comes to getting 488 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: your Chris Hemsworth fix, I'd say probably just wait until four, 489 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: which hurts me to say because I feel like he 490 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: is a really great actor and I like that he's 491 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: trying different things to not pigeonhole himself as just being 492 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: four or just being an action star. I just feel 493 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 1: like this wasn't the best role for him, and he 494 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: did what he could in there, but within the script, 495 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: within the story, I just felt like he couldn't have 496 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: reached that level of, oh, we're seeing a totally different 497 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: side of him, because it wasn't like he was in 498 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: a serious role. It wasn't like he was in a 499 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: comedic role. I just felt like the character itself didn't 500 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: really have any weight to it. So that is my 501 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: review of Spider Head on Netflix. It's time to head 502 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: down to movie Mike Paul. Let's take a look now 503 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: at one of the most intriguing movies I have to say, 504 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: because it's about somebody that has been so famous for 505 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: so long and to the point that I don't even 506 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: know why this person is so famous. And the movie 507 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: is called Blonde. It is the story of Marilyn Monroe 508 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: played by an Attemas, and we now have our first 509 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: look at what she is going to look like as 510 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: one of the most famous people in American history. Movies 511 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 1: coming out on Netflix on September. I feel like the 512 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: reason people are so interested in this, besides the fact 513 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: that it's just the story about Marilyn Monroe, is that 514 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: the movie has an n C seventeen rating, which if 515 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: you watch Deep Water with the Automas and Ben Affleck, 516 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: you can see she's no stranger into getting into a 517 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: role like this. But that just tells me that this 518 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 1: is going to explore her real life. I think it's 519 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: also mixed with some fiction, and it looks like it's 520 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: going to get very gritty by that rating. But here's 521 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: just a little bit. It was pretty much just the 522 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: first look at the trailer of another Automas in Blonde. Yeah, 523 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: please come, son ePAT to me, she's coming. So this 524 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: movie is written and directed by Andrew Dominic and it 525 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: is based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates all 526 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: about the professional and personal life of Marilyn Monroe. It 527 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: is going to mix fact with a little bit of 528 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: fiction and dramatization, which we always see in biopics, which 529 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: I think makes it more interesting. I would rather watch 530 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: something that is pretty factual throughout the entire movie, but 531 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: also just makes the story a little bit more entertaining 532 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: by adding elements that maybe didn't exactly happen, or just 533 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: creating storylines to make an overall better movie. I'm fine 534 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: with that because I can always go back and research 535 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: things and see that that actually happened, and if it did, 536 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: it makes it cooler. And if it didn't and I 537 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: enjoyed it, I don't really care. I don't want to 538 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: watch a completely accurate movie. I just want to watch 539 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: the most entertaining portrayal of Marilyn Monroe. And what the 540 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: director said about this movie is he is trying to 541 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: portray not only Marilyn Monroe, but her real life personality. 542 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: Her real name is Norma Jean, So it's following kind 543 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: of like what it was like to be Marilyn Monroe 544 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,479 Speaker 1: and what it was like to be her as just 545 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: a normal human. They said, the story follows a person 546 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: who was deeply traum ties so in public, she's this 547 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: very big figure that everybody knows and everybody loves, and 548 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: everybody wants to take pictures of. And you see that 549 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: in the trailer of this movie. A lot of our 550 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: iconic shots are showcased in this, But then the real her, 551 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: Norma Jean, was a very private person that was dealing 552 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: with a lot of this trauma that they're talking about. 553 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: So I'm curious to see how that plays out over 554 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: a film and what warrants the n C seventeen rating 555 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: on this, which I believe is Netflix's first NC seventeen 556 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: rated movie. And I feel like in movies now that 557 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 1: line is a little bit blended now when it comes 558 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: to what you put out on streaming because me personally, 559 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: I don't usually look at the rating. It doesn't deter 560 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: me from watching a movie. I just know what Hollywood 561 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: sometimes like to put in movies. Sometimes there's nudity, Oftentimes 562 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: it gets the rating because of violence. And I feel 563 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 1: like as viewers, we've become a little bit more accustomed 564 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: to seeing that, at least when we watch things at home. 565 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: I know in theaters it is a little bit more 566 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 1: jarring to see, especially when you go with other people 567 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 1: sometimes it's not a movie for everybody, But I think 568 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: if it is essential to the story, if it plays 569 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: a purpose, then I am okay with the n C 570 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,200 Speaker 1: seventeen rating. Another Attama said this movie took about forty 571 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: seven days to shoot, which required a lot of hours 572 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: in makeup, which the side by side between her and 573 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: Marilyn Monroe is pretty convincing. And I often feel that 574 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: you don't have to look exactly like a person you're portraying. 575 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,720 Speaker 1: I think through hair and makeup, as long as it's 576 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: not distracting that we can't see the real person they're portraying. 577 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: I feel more it's about having a person dedicated enough 578 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: to the role to create the best on screen version 579 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: that anybody else could do, despite how much they just 580 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: resemble the character. I mean, if you really wanted to 581 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: look I mean, if you wanted like an exact replica, 582 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure you could just put out a huge cast 583 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,719 Speaker 1: thing and find somebody who looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. 584 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: But do they have the acting ability, do they have 585 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: the name attached to him? I don't think so, so 586 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: I would rather see her in this role, even though 587 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: I still have that bad taste of that deep Water 588 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: movie on Hulu that was probably the worst movie I've seen, 589 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: not only this year but in a very long time. 590 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: But I do think she's a really great actress. I 591 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: loved her and knives out and I think this is 592 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: the role for her, just by seeing this first little 593 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: look in this trailer. So I never thought I would 594 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: be excited to see a Marilyn Monroe movie, but I 595 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: will definitely be watching this on Netflix again. That comes 596 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: out on September. The movie is called Blonde This Make 597 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: and That's gonna do it for another week here on 598 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: the podcast. Hope you guys enjoyed the interview today. 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So shout out to the Movie Cast. 614 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: I'm always down to support a fellow movie podcast, especially 615 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: one from the Movie Cast who is hosted by a teenager. 616 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: So keep at it, Movie Cast, and shout out to 617 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: the Monday Morning Movie Crew for listening every single week. 618 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: And until next time, go out and watch good movies 619 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: and I'll talk to you later.