1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mix Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: am movie mic on Twitter and Instagram at Mike Destro 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: and today I am talking about weird reasons that actors 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: turned down major roles. Now, none of these will have 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: to do with scheduling conflicts or anything like that, because 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: that stuff is kind of boring because pretty much every 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: time an actor was offered a role, it was probably 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 1: offered to like three other actors before them. That's just 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: how movies work, that's how scheduling works. So I'm not 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: looking at anything like that where it's just like, oh, well, 11 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: I was doing this other movies, so I couldn't do 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: that movie. That's kind of boring. What I'm looking at 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: is where actors were pretty much given a role that 14 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: was going to be a grand movie and there was 15 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: something wrong within the script or with the character or 16 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: something they wanted to change, and they gave just this 17 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: really weird reason of like, no, I'm not doing that 18 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: movie because of this. So we'll get into a bunch 19 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: of those roles. Also give my reactions to the oscars 20 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: last night. I got a lot of thoughts on those, 21 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: and I also have a review of Birds of Prey, 22 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: which is the Harley Quinn movie I saw over the 23 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: weekend when didn't really do well at the box office, 24 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: and I was kind of surprised by but I think 25 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: there may be a reason for it, so I'll get 26 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: into that again. Thanks everybody for being here and listening 27 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: to the episode. 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Now, 54 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: I am not going to include any actor who turned 55 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: down a role because of a scheduling conflict, because I 56 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: feel like that happens all the time, because the first 57 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: time they picked somebody for a movie, it's probably not 58 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: their first pick. They've probably had like two or three 59 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: or four or five people in mind for the role 60 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: at any given time, So you could say anybody was 61 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: offered a role before it ultimately gets to the person 62 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: who ended up playing them. Because I think maybe the 63 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: one of the most popular ones is that John Travolta 64 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: was offered the role of forrestco but he turned it 65 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: down to and Debt instead do Pulp Fiction, which was 66 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: also a big hit. They both ended up being nominated 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: for Best Pictures. So you kind of see it as like, oh, 68 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: he could have been Forrest Gump have been even more memorable. Well, 69 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: he actually ended up doing a pretty good role, but 70 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: all of that was because of scheduling conflicts. What I'm 71 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: looking at our movies that just have weird reasons for 72 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: an actor turning down the role because they were given 73 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: the script and either they don't like it, they don't 74 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: get it, or there's something they want to change and 75 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: the directors or the writers won't budge on it and 76 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: they end up saying no, and ed role ends up 77 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: going on to be a pretty big deal. So I 78 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: got the idea for this because of last week, this 79 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: story came out about Jessica Simpson saying that she turned 80 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: down the role of the Notebook because of a sex scene. 81 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: So she wrote in her recent memoir called Open Book 82 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: that she was up for the role of Ali Hamilton's 83 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: which ended up going to Rachel McAdams, who started the 84 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: movie with Ryan Gosling, and she was offered the role 85 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: and she kind of tried to like negotiate and budge 86 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: with them that, hey, I'll do the movie if there's 87 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: no sex scene in this, because she was uncomfortable with it. Again, 88 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: at the time, Jessica Simpson was pretty much just known 89 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: as the singer hadn't really been getting into movies yet. 90 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: She was in like the newly Ed Show with Nicholas 91 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: on MTV, but she hadn't really started a movie yet, 92 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: so she was kind of getting into it. So she 93 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: ended up saying no, and then later said she was 94 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: let down a bit when she found out Ryan Gosling 95 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: was cast in the film, because apparently that was like 96 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: one of her first crushes. They both auditioned for The 97 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: Mickey Mouse Club together, like back when they were twelve. So, 98 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: but that's just an example of someone turning down a 99 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: role for kind of a weird reason, aside from just 100 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: there being a scheduling conflict. So what I went through 101 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: is just found a bunch of actors who were offered 102 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: roles and turned them down for various reasons. So looking 103 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: at the first one, which is a pretty big one 104 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: as far as how much it could have changed this 105 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: actor's life, but I think they ended up having a 106 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: good reason for Um turning down this role that they 107 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,559 Speaker 1: eventually talked about, but when they when it was first 108 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,839 Speaker 1: just kind of revealed that Will s this was offered 109 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: the role of Neo, who has ended up being played 110 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: by Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. He turned it down 111 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: pretty much because saying that he didn't really get the 112 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: script when it was pitched to him. This was at 113 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: a time when Will Smith was like the biggest thing 114 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: in Hollywood. He had just done Independence Day. He gets 115 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: the script and this offer for The Matrix, and his 116 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: first idea is I'm not going to do this, mainly 117 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 1: because it's another He thinks it's another alien movie. He 118 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: just not an Independent Day, which is all about them 119 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: Um fighting aliens. And then he gets offered this Matrix thing, 120 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: which is very sci fi, and he's like, I don't 121 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: want to be known as the alien guy. And he 122 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: ends up doing Men in Black after that, and in 123 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: Black is a big hit and he's coming off of that, 124 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: and then he gets now he gets pitched for the Matrix, Like, 125 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: he actually goes in with the directors and again he 126 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: just doesn't get it. So it's not the fact that 127 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: he thinks the bad script. It's not the fact that 128 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: he thinks the movie doesn't work, because I can kind 129 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: of see it when you're pitched a movie that's so 130 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: kind of out there and different at the like at 131 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: the Matrix, you don't know that it's gonna be a 132 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: big hit it and having a director kind of tell 133 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: you all these crazy concepts, it's probably weird. So Will 134 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: Smith actually did this video last year where he explained 135 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: why he didn't take the role of the Matrix. But 136 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: there's a fine line in a pitch meeting between genius 137 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: and what I experienced in the meeting. So this is 138 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: the actual pitch that they made for The Matrix. Like, 139 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: imagine you're in a fight and then you're like jump. 140 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: Imagine if you could stop jumping in the middle of 141 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: the jump, Sam say that again, but then people could 142 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: see around you three sixty while you're jumping, while you're 143 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: stopped jumping, right, and then we're gonna invent these cameras 144 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: when people can see the whole jump while you stopped 145 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: in the middle of the jump. The funny thing after this, though, 146 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: is that he ended up doing that movie Wild While 147 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: West after this, which was a pretty big flop for him. 148 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: He didn't really know that at the time that movie 149 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: was going to be so bad. But I think the 150 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: other interesting and he kind of made with this is 151 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: that if he would have been cast as Neo, that 152 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: they would have changed Morpheus as well, because Morpheus was 153 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: played by Lawrence Fishburne. He said since he was black 154 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: that they would have changed Morpheus, and they actually had 155 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: Val Kilmer and to replace Morphous if that would have 156 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: been in the case. So essentially Will Smith says he 157 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: saved the Matrix. If he would have started it, it 158 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: would have been not the same movie and maybe not 159 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: have done as well. All Right, I want to stay 160 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: on Will Smith because there's another role that he passed down, 161 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: which was Django Unchained, which ended up being played by 162 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: Jamie FOXX. But Quentin Tarantino came to two other people 163 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: first before he came to Jamie fox Actually he went 164 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: to Michael Kay Williams who was in the Wire, but 165 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: it was really pitched to Will Smith and will Smith 166 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: ended up saying no. Because he has a kind of 167 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: specific way that he picks movies, especially during this time 168 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,559 Speaker 1: when this movie was being made, is that essentially Will 169 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: Smith wants to be the lead, Like he doesn't really 170 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: start in many movies where he's a side character or 171 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: where the movie's focus isn't just directly on him. So 172 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: Will Smith when he read the script and was talking 173 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: to Quentin Tarantino, he was like, I think there's another 174 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: character in this movie that's essentially the lead. He also 175 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: kind of wanted to change the script up a bit 176 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: and give his character just kind of a bigger presence 177 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: and also like have a bigger fight scene at the end, 178 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: and he just didn't think the script was all that 179 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: brilliant and not for him. What's looking back on it 180 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: now is a bit of a bummer because I mean 181 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: Jingle and Chain went on to be nominated for like 182 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: five Oscars, one of Quentin Tarantino's probably best movies, and 183 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: the movie that Will Smith ended up doing after this 184 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: was that one with his son called After Earth, directed 185 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: by him not Shamalan, which did pretty bad. So I 186 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: think Will Smith has kind of changed a bit how 187 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: he takes roles now. I mean, he was in Suicide 188 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: Squad where he wasn't the main character in that also 189 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 1: didn't do a little. It had relatively good box office numbers, 190 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: but overall critically, he didn't get a whole lot of 191 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: praise for that, and he's not gonna do the next one. 192 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: I'll kind of get into more about Suici High Squad 193 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: later in my review of Birds of Prey, but I 194 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: think he has changed a bit of taking on roles 195 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: where he's not the lead. But I think that's the 196 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: one that actually may have worked. Like Will Smith is 197 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: Jango Unchained, I think would have still been a pretty 198 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: good movie. This next one, however, This next one, however, 199 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 1: I'm pretty glad that it didn't happen because Tom Cruise 200 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: was initially offered the part of Andy Dufrain and the 201 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: Sea Shank Redemption, and the only reason he turned it 202 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: down is because he was uncomfortable with the director who 203 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: was It's his first time ever directing. Now, I've heard 204 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: a lot of interesting things about how hard it is 205 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: to work with Tom Cruise, not because of like he's 206 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: a jerk or anything, but he is like so serious 207 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: and so like like he is a straight on, I guess, 208 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: a controlling actor, and he's very particular of how he 209 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: likes things, and he goes in and he's all business. 210 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 1: And he was coming off the movie A Few Good Men, 211 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: which was just like nominated for a bunch of Oscars 212 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: the year before, so he was hesitant to come into 213 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: somebody who had never directed a movie before and get 214 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: such a big actor like Tom Cruise, And even after 215 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: being offered tons and tons of money, he still said 216 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: no because he was uncomfortable working with this director. A 217 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: big miss on Tom Cruise's part, because it ended up 218 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: being nominated for like seven Oscars. It pretty much made 219 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: Tim Robbins career. And I'm pretty glad he didn't do it. 220 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: I know, I'm just not a big Tom Cruise fan 221 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: and I could not see him in that role. This 222 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: next one is kind of funny because kind of along 223 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: the lines of the way Will Smith didn't want to 224 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: be known as the alien guy. The same thing kind 225 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: of happened with Russell Crowe when he was offered the 226 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: role of Wolverine. So he was just coming off of 227 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: doing Gladiator, which was a big success for Russell Crowe, 228 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: and he was offered the role of Wolverine and the 229 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: new X Men movies like the very first ones that 230 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: came out, and he was the director's first choice, like 231 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: way before it even got to Hugh Jackman. But since 232 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: he was so close to coming off of Gladiator, he 233 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: felt that it was a bit too similar to his 234 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: character Maximus in that because he said, at the beginning 235 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: of Gladiator, his character, you know, he had a wolf 236 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: with him and he didn't want to be known who's 237 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: the wolf guy, which he thought Wolverine was some kind 238 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: of wolfman, and by doing the world of Wolverine and 239 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: then being in Gladiator before that with a wolf, that 240 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 1: people were gonna be calling him the wolfman. And obviously 241 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 1: Wolverine has nothing to do with wolves. That's just the 242 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: name of his character. Yes, like the razors and stuff 243 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 1: come out of his fists, but overall, he doesn't turn 244 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: into a wolf at any point. It has nothing to 245 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: do with him really being a wolfman, aside from maybe 246 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: his facial hair. And this is actually what Russell Crowe said. 247 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: He said, now, I'm no Mr Wolfman. I can't do 248 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: movies that only have things to do with wolves. But 249 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: it is the way he thought it was a wolfman. 250 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: So we told the director he would not do it, 251 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: and he ended up missing out on a bunch of 252 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: money because they did a bunch of sea wolves. And 253 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: I really think it would have been a lot harder 254 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: to warm up audiences with Russell Crowe as Wolverine because 255 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: Hugh Jackman just he's one of the very few people 256 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: who is that role. Like, I don't think they could 257 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,079 Speaker 1: do another Wolverine with any other person. And I think 258 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: a lot of that has to do with Hugh Jackman's 259 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: personality and how he played Wolverine. So maybe even those 260 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: first X Men movies, which were a big success, would 261 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: not have been the same with Russell Crowe. And yeah, 262 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: maybe he didn't lose that on that payday. So Sean Connery, 263 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: who did James Bond movies, has been in a bunch 264 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: of older movies. So going back to the matrix for 265 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: a bit, I talked about Morpheus, who ended up being 266 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: played by Laurence Fishburne. Well, that role was initially offered 267 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: to Sean Connery, before it even got to Laurence Fishburne 268 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: or even Val Kilmer was considered for it. And in 269 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: addition to that, I'll do a double here because Sean 270 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: Connery was also offered the role of Gandalf in The 271 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: Lord of the Rings. But he gave the same reason 272 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: for both of these movies why he didn't take the roles. 273 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: He read the scripts and after reading them, he simply 274 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: said I don't get it. He didn't get the world 275 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: of the Matrix and he didn't get what they were 276 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: trying to do in Lord of the Rings. And even 277 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: after Peter jack Sen convinced the producers of the film 278 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: to offer him ten million dollars for every movie they 279 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: were going to do for The Lord of the Rings, 280 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: as well as a fifteen percent cut of the trilogy's 281 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: box office, he still said, you know what, I don't 282 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 1: understand the script. I don't get it. It's not for me. 283 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: I won't do it, So just off the Lord of 284 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: the Rings movies alone. He would have made four hundred 285 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 1: million dollars by taking this role. I mean he's still 286 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: were like a hundred million dollars, but next ra four 287 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars and the legacy of the Lord of 288 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: the Rings would have looked pretty good for all. Sean Connery, 289 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: I just think it's so interesting when actors are offered 290 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: just like pretty much like movies. You know we're gonna 291 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: be hits, Like you know, when they're making The Lord 292 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: of the Rings, like that's not a risk to take. 293 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: You have like a great director like Peter Jackson and 294 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 1: a book franchise that's already successful. You know, those who 295 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: are going to be great, So why would you read 296 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 1: that script essentially telling them that, oh no, these books 297 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: are terrible, like highly successful books. And he still says 298 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: that he doesn't get it. So he essentially had all 299 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: this money just teed up for for him to hit 300 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: out of the part and said, no, how hard it 301 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: is for an actor to get like a successful role, 302 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: even at the caliber of where Sean Connery is in 303 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: his career. But just pretty much be handed a role 304 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: to you, like, just play as a part in this 305 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: movie and it's going to be a guaranteed hit, and 306 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: you still don't take it. Oh man, that's a lot 307 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: of money. I gotta call myself down here for this 308 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: next one. But Christina Applegate, who you know from Mary 309 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: with Children, She's been in a bunch of other things, 310 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: but she was coming off from doing that show while 311 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: she was offered the role of l Woods and legally Bond, 312 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: which ended up going to Reese Witherspoon. Now I kind 313 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: of think that Christina Applegate has a pretty good reason 314 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: for not doing this movie. I still think it's a 315 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: little weird. I don't really get this concerned that actors 316 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: have a being type cast, like, I don't think that's 317 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: a I feel they think it's like a like a 318 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: bad thing to be type cast as a specific character. 319 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: But I think even for audiences, I think it's not 320 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: the worst thing in the role to like kind of 321 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: know what an actor is kind of gonna be on 322 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: on screen and what kind of characters they play. I 323 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: don't think that's a kill all for for actors now. 324 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: But she was coming off of that that TV show 325 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: and she was offered this movie and she just didn't 326 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: want to be the ditzy blonde. She said she had 327 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: spent like a decade playing Kelly Bundy, un married with children, 328 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: and she was worried that taking this role would just 329 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: be leading her to just be typecast in movies and 330 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: always just taking roles at the dumb blonde, which I 331 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: get for her. Maybe on script that legally blonde character 332 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: was just seen as maybe a dizzy blonde, but it 333 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: kind of glosses over the fact that I think the 334 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: movie ended up not being that exactly. I think Reese 335 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: Witherspoon ended up fighting like a smart way to play 336 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: the character almost relatably to where you don't just see 337 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't just see Reefs Witherspoon as a 338 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: dumb blonde during this movie, and even afterwards, Christina Applegate 339 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: was like, Yeah, that was probably a stupid move on 340 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: my part to miss out on such a big paiday 341 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: for that. And by the way, they are making a 342 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: Legally Blonde three. There's still no official release date, but 343 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: Reese Witherspoon is posted about it on her Instagram. There's 344 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: no real word I want to leave in hit theaters, 345 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: but I think right now they're saying pre production is 346 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: about to start here in May, so a new Legally 347 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: Blonde on the way to that's something to look forward to, 348 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: all right, So I have one more here for you. 349 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: So Ralph Maccio, who you know as the Karate Kid, 350 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: and pretty much that's it. He was offered the role 351 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: in Back to the Future, so he wasn't initially the 352 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: first pick for this movie. Like they already wanted Michael J. 353 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: Fox to play Marty in Back to the Future, but 354 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: unfortunately he had some scheduling conflicts while he was shooting 355 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: Family Ties. So they were thinking of the scheduling of 356 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: Michael J. Fox and Family Ties filming wouldn't line up 357 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: with Back to the Future. They were gonna find somebody 358 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: else to play Marty McFly. So they went and talked 359 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: to Ralph maccio, gave him the script and he didn't 360 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: get it. Again, I don't understand these actors who don't 361 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: get scripts. He said, the movie is nothing more than 362 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: a kid, a car, and plutonium pills, and he declined 363 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: the role of Marty McFly and back to the Future, 364 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: which was probably pretty tough for Ralph Macio, who at 365 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: the time kind of never really replicated his success from 366 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: The Karate Kid. He's kind of one of these actors 367 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: really just the one hit wonder actor, which is something 368 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: maybe people don't really talk about a whole lot, but 369 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: there are actors who have pretty much just been in 370 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: one starring role and have never really replicated that success again. 371 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: And I think Ralph Machio as the Karate Kid is 372 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: probably one of those. I mean, he has come back 373 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 1: on like YouTube with the Cobra Kai series, which a 374 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: bunch of people like, but still he's still this the 375 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: Karate Kid. All right. So that is it for actors 376 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: who turned down major roles for weird reasons. Next, I'm 377 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: going to get into my reactions from the Oscars last night. 378 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: I got a lot to say about those, and also 379 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: I'll get into my review of Birds of Parade, the 380 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: new Harley Quinn movie. All that coming up later in 381 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: the episode. Alright, so let's talk about the Oscars last night. 382 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: I thought, overall the show was pretty good. I was 383 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: really excited for all these movies, probably more so than 384 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: I've been in a while, so I was enjoying it 385 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: just for that reason alone. But I do think it's 386 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: a little weird when they don't have a host. This 387 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: is like the second year they haven't had a host, 388 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: and I think the show loses a bit of I mean, 389 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: there's no cohesiveness to it. It feels a little disconnected 390 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: between segments. I think having that host, you think it's 391 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: not a big deal, but when you watch this award show, 392 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: it really feels like it needs that host. So I 393 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: thought they could have used somebody. Overall, I thought it 394 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 1: was pretty good. I liked the musical performances were okay. Um. 395 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: I thought Eminem coming out and I expectedly doing Lose 396 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,479 Speaker 1: Yourself for from eight Mile was pretty cool. I liked 397 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: the whole little musical montage they had leading up to 398 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: that Billy Eilish. I thought her performance was all right. 399 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,879 Speaker 1: She looked a little confused during the ceremony like she 400 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: didn't really know like why she was there. But let's 401 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 1: get into the biggest categories, the ones I was the 402 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: most excited for. We'll go through Supporting Actor Actresses. UM, 403 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director and Best Picture. 404 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: UM just kind of recapping who won. So for Best 405 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: Supporting Actors, he had Laura Dern for Merrit Story, which 406 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: was my pick for who I thought was gonna win. 407 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: I thought she had the strongest performance out of all 408 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 1: the other movies. And I thought that movie on its 409 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: own was just a really great, powerful movie that made 410 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: you think about divorce in a way that I've never 411 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: really thought about before. It was just really it's a 412 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: really raw movie. There's no bills and whistles to that movie. 413 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: It's just straight on acting. And I thought her performance 414 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: kind of stick out, um from really anybody's in that movie. 415 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: So that was cool to see her when she gave 416 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: a really great speech last night. Best for Supporting Actor, 417 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: I also nailed that one. UM. It was Brad Pitt 418 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: for Once upon a Time in Hollywood. I just think 419 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: he was the standout in that movie. More soule than 420 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: Leonardo DiCaprio like his character, and that was just really cool. 421 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 1: I kind of had like this whole ominous vibe, like 422 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: what his backstory was thought overall, he was really what 423 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: made that movie and what made that movie enjoyable for me. 424 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: So it was really cool to see him when first 425 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: his first ever oscar as an actor, because he's one 426 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: as a producer before he was a producer on tob 427 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: Just a Slave, which won a few years back, maybe 428 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: four or five or so. So to see him go 429 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: up there and win that as an actor, I think 430 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 1: that's really great for Brad Pitt. That was cool to see. 431 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: And then getting into Best Actress and went to Renee's 432 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 1: cell Ledger for Judy, which I thought was a pretty 433 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,120 Speaker 1: interesting win for her. She did win the Golden Globe, 434 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: and that movie it didn't really make a whole lot 435 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: of like a whole lot of noise with like critics 436 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: or even like audiences, so I thought that was a 437 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: bit of surprise. I think when you you play a 438 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: character based on a real person, I think it gives 439 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: you a stronger chance to win. And then we get 440 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: to Best Actor, which I was gonna throw a chair 441 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: if Joaquin Phoenix didn't win for Joker, and to see 442 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: him go up there and accept that award was pretty 443 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: satisfying just because how much of an impact that movie 444 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 1: had on me. And I think he is the best 445 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: Joker overall. Like I know, Heath Ledgers performance is probably 446 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: more iconic, and it's hard to say that it compares 447 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: to his because of what happened surrounding his Ledger and 448 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: all everything around that movie. But I think when you 449 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: put Joaquin Phoenix in this role and has an entire 450 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: movie to develop the Joker's character, I think it really 451 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: outshone any other person who's ever done the Joker before. So, um, 452 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: He's Ledger one Best Supporting Actor for the Joker back 453 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: um when he did that in thousand and eight, and 454 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: this is the second time an actor has one playing 455 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: the Joker, but this time for Best Actor. That was 456 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: cool to see him win. He went on a really 457 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: big speech afterwards, and um, yeah, I thought Joker was 458 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: gonna win a lot more awards. They were nominated for 459 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: the most out of anybody, but I think Joaquin winning 460 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: this one was just a really big win overall for 461 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: that that movie and then the final two we go 462 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: into Best Director Bong Jiho for Parasite, which was really 463 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: cool for him. I just to see how excited he 464 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: was at these awards, like he would he would go 465 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: up there and he would speak in Korean and then 466 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: have somebody translated, and even like after he won, um 467 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: it was for Best International Film. After I saw of 468 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: them win that, I was like, they could have a chance, 469 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: and um he was even like he said a bunch 470 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: of cool things, like he would split the award with 471 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 1: the other people in category. He was like, I'm gonna 472 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: go party after this. And this was all before we 473 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: get to the final one. But I think he's a 474 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: really great director. I think his vision in that movie 475 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: was spectacular, and he told a really unique story in 476 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 1: a really cool way that like moved audiences that don't 477 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: speak Korean. You. I mean, he had been advocating for 478 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: people to kind of open up their mind to foreign 479 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: films and to not be scared to go see a 480 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 1: movie because it has subtitles. So I really liked all 481 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: the things he said leading up to this, and to 482 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: see him win was really cool. And then we get 483 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: to the final category of Best Picture, which was a 484 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: shalker to me that Parasite won for Best Picture. I 485 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: love this movie, and I did see it before I 486 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: made my pick of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 487 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: But I remember leaving the movie theater. I came on 488 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: here and reviewed that movie right afterwards, and I was 489 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: so excited about that movie, mainly because I had very 490 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: little expectations going into it. I almost went into it 491 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: like I go into homework, like, Okay, I have to 492 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: watch this movie because it's nominated, but it's in subtitles. 493 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: I'm probably not gonna enjoy it. I had kind of 494 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: a skewed view on it because I thought it was 495 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,479 Speaker 1: gonna be a scary movie, and it ended up not 496 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: being that at all. If you haven't seen it, or 497 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: listen to my review on it, it's essentially a story 498 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: about this really poor family in South Korea. I was 499 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: just struggling to get by, and they eventually turned into 500 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: this group of con artists that work their way into 501 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: all finding a place in a position to work for 502 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: this really wealthy family, kind of by a winter of trickery. 503 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: But it's really a great story about class and just 504 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 1: about like this ruggles you go through when you're poor, 505 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: and if you can socialize with people who have more 506 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: money than you, and like where you fit into society. 507 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: And you get all of this from a foreign film. 508 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: You're sitting in the theater reading the subtitles. You're able 509 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: to connect with these characters unlike I've connected with any 510 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: character in a very long time in a movie. I 511 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: was really excited for them to win. They ended up 512 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: winning four awards over the night, and really this award 513 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 1: the Oscars this year came down to nineteen seventeen and Parasite, 514 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: which were two really great outstanding movies. Um. I think 515 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 1: it's a really big win for Parasite and really for 516 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: foreign films, because no other foreign film has ever won 517 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: for Best Picture, and it's it ties for the most 518 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,880 Speaker 1: amount of Oscars that one single foreign film has won. 519 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: So I think people are probably gonna go and watch 520 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: this movie now, and people are pretty much probably gonna say, like, 521 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 1: what is Parasite? I've never heard of it before. It's 522 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: a foreign film. But I'm just saying, give this movie 523 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: a chance. Um, you can probably you can stream it now. 524 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: Just sit down and give yourself some time to watch it. 525 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,919 Speaker 1: And I think you will enjoy this movie. I know 526 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: it's it's weird to watch some things with subtitles and 527 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: you think you're not going to understand the language, you 528 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: think you're not going to get the humor. But really 529 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,640 Speaker 1: it's a really great movie and it's a really novel idea, 530 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: and I think that's really what you have to consider 531 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: when you think of what deserves to win Best Picture. 532 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: It's not what the most popular thing is, which a 533 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 1: bunch of people complain about the Oscars saying that, oh, 534 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: it's a bunch of movies that no one has ever watched. Well, 535 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: it's because they're supposed to make movies that are outstanding 536 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: and they're supposed to be unique in their own way. 537 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: That's what's great about the Oscars. It's not just what 538 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: the most. It's not a popularity contest. It's about what 539 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: movie cut through the most and kind of identifies that 540 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: year of movies. So that's what all the movies in 541 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: this category did. I think the biggest shocker out if everything, 542 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: was Toy Story for winning for Best Animated of Film, 543 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: mainly because I didn't think that was the strongest movie 544 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: in the franchise, and it's really hard for a Part 545 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: four to win anything. My biggest letdown was probably Scarlett 546 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 1: Johansson not winning for Marriage Story. I just thought her 547 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: acting was so great in that I really loved her 548 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: in that movie, and I really would have liked to 549 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 1: see her win just because, um, I think her acting 550 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: was just so straightforward to that movie and so raw. 551 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: But I guess a bunch of people have just thought 552 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: that movie was a bunch of yelling. So maybe that's 553 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: why she didn't win. But that was the Oscars last night. 554 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,199 Speaker 1: Let me know what you thought about the winners, all right. 555 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: Going to get into my review now of Birds of Prey, 556 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: which is the Harley Quinn movie. I just going to 557 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: preface thissterview by saying, I am not a d C 558 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: comics fan. I'm pretty much all Marvel. I do like 559 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: Wonder Woman, of course, Batman, and then I kind of 560 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: wanted to like The Suicide Squad, but every other movie 561 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: has really just kind of let me down. And I 562 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: went into this one wanting it to be good because 563 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: I didn't really love Suicide Squad. But the one kind 564 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: of redeeming quality of that movie was Harley Quinn. I'm 565 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: a big Margot Robbie fan, so I thought this movie 566 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: would be pretty good of her just kind of exploring 567 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 1: that character and exploring that role hasn't really done that 568 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: great as a box office So we'll get into all 569 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: of that. But here's a bit of Birds of Prey. 570 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: This was started when the Joker and I broke up. 571 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: It was completely mutual and I was back on my 572 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: seat ready to embrace the fierce goddess within. Are we 573 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: ready to? So, first of all, everything you read online 574 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 1: right now is saying that Birds of Prey was just 575 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: a really big flop. So let's just clear that up. 576 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: It's really not a flop. I mean, it happens to 577 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: be the lowest box office numbers ever for a DC, 578 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 1: opening at thirty four million dollars, which it was expected 579 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: to make about forty five, but it's not a flop 580 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: thanks to the million dollar budget that the movie was under, 581 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 1: and it will eventually make that money back over the 582 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: week's coming and of course with them ticket sales worldwide. 583 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: But it was just didn't meet expectation. But it's not 584 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: really a flop, and I think overall it's a pretty 585 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: good movie. The action is really good. They actually work 586 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,720 Speaker 1: together with the director of John Wick to kind of 587 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: work on these action sequences which are pretty brutal, like 588 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: there's a lot of bones breaking, not a whole lot 589 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: of bloodshed. Really, I think it's a little lighter than that, 590 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 1: like the John Wick movies would be, but it's a 591 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 1: lot of cracking of legs and stuff and limbs. So 592 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: it is an R rated movie, which maybe it heard 593 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,359 Speaker 1: it a bit because the kind of cool thing about 594 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,479 Speaker 1: this movie it's it's all centered around female characters, and 595 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: maybe it could have been a movie for young girls 596 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: to kind of go see and be like, oh, there's 597 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: a superhero movie where they're all female, which Harley Queen 598 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: is actually kind of anti hero. She's pretty much like 599 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: she's essentially a villain in a way, but you kind 600 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: of root for it, so it's an antihero. But the 601 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: fact that it's an R rating it keeps kids out 602 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: of the theater, so that's a big kind of number. 603 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: Maybe you're losing out on a bit. I think the 604 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: movie is kind of just struggling to find its audience 605 00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,959 Speaker 1: because I mean, I'm just a big comic book movi 606 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: be nerd, and I'll go pretty much watch anything that 607 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: just looks appealing to me. And I think the movie 608 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: has a really great aesthetic, but I don't know if 609 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: this movie was really particularly made for me. I think 610 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: it's just struggling to find its audience and who they're 611 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: trying to get into the theater for this one. Maybe 612 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: it's even that people aren't that familiar with Harley Quinn 613 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: because I know the story of Harley Quinn because I 614 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: grew up watching the Batman animated series which Harley Quinn 615 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: was in that she actually wasn't even in comic books 616 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: before she was in that show, but she was with 617 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,719 Speaker 1: the Joker and her story was kind of told throughout 618 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: that cartoon. But I think overall audiences and probably you 619 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: they're listening to this right now, don't really know much 620 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: about Harley Quinn, so maybe to give her her own 621 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: movie is a bit of a risk at this point. 622 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: So for that reason, I think maybe they could have 623 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: teamed her up with somebody else, like Poison Ivy or 624 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: a catwoman and made it more of like characters or 625 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: villains that people were a little more familiar with, and 626 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,719 Speaker 1: pitched it as that kind of movie. Because I know 627 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: what they're trying to build up too, is the suicide 628 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: squad that they're making in one which Harley Quinn will 629 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: be back in that, so I don't know, maybe introducing 630 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: more characters would have been bad for that. I also 631 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: think maybe that d C has just kind of burned 632 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: audiences movie after movie. Like I said, I was done 633 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: with DC after Batman Versus Superman. Now, I've never walked 634 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: out of a movie before because hey, I've paid money 635 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: for a ticket. I'm gonna stay and watch the whole movie, 636 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,959 Speaker 1: no matter how bad it is. But after that movie, 637 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: I fell asleep during that movie. It was so boring 638 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: and it was just so bad. But even after that, 639 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: I still went back for Justice League, and I, like 640 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: I said, I loved Harley Quinn and Suicide Squad, so 641 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: I was excited for this one. But I think there 642 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: is a fact that just audiences have lost confidence in 643 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: d C movies. But it is a pretty good movie, Like, 644 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: not only is it getting good reviews from critics, but 645 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: everybody who's going to see it is actually enjoying it. 646 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: But I think the people who have been burned and 647 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: have been just kind of tired of getting bad movies 648 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,239 Speaker 1: from DC aren't going to see it. So that's kind 649 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: of where they're losing out on this one. Overall, I 650 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: thought the movie was fun. It was funny without being corny. 651 00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: I really liked the aesthetic in this movie, like the 652 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: colors in the US, the costume design. It just has 653 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: a unique feel to it towards It's very quirky and 654 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: just fast paced, and the action is just very brutal 655 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: and head on, just the action movie. I love all 656 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: the characters in it. All the actresses in it are 657 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: just amazing together and it just has you like rooting 658 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: for Harley Quinn in this one and you kind of 659 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: get to know her story a little more. I think 660 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: maybe they could have just marketed this movie just a 661 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: different way, because I like, even just looking at it. 662 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: When I look at movie times on my phone, you 663 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 1: see Birds of Prey and you don't see Harley Quinn's 664 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: name even in the very beginning of this. So maybe 665 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: people are just scrolling through looking at things and you 666 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: don't even know what it is exactly, or you just 667 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: don't know enough about the character to want to go 668 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: watch an entire movie about him without really knowing what 669 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: it's going to be about. I do like the fact 670 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: that they stay away from the Joker in this one. 671 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: They didn't try to bring back like Jared lettle Is 672 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: having a cameo in it. There's like one scene maybe 673 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: where it's like an older kind of flashback where you 674 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: just see his back, but there's no face of him 675 00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: in it. And there are also no really ties to 676 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 1: Batman and or anything in this one. So I like 677 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: that they just focused on Harley Quinn. So overall, I 678 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 1: give it a three point five out of five, which 679 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: is a pretty high rating for me to give a 680 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: d C movie. I think it's a fun movie. I 681 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 1: think it's a really well done movie. I love that 682 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: it has a female director and that Margot Robbie produced 683 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 1: a movie that's awesome. It's not up there with Wonder 684 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: Woman by any means, but I think it's a good 685 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: step for d C in the right direction. Maybe one 686 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 1: you don't have to go see in theaters. But I 687 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: think later down the line, if you're interested in Harley 688 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: Quinn's story before a new Suicide Squad movie comes out, 689 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: I'd say check it out. Then. I've just become a 690 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: really big Margot Robbie fan. I guess from once upon 691 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: a time in Hollywood. I just realized, Hey, she's a 692 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: really great actress. I really just like her as a person. 693 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: When I see her in interviews, and the fact that 694 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: she was a producer on this movie. I really wanted 695 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: to see it do well for that reason alone, and 696 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: the fact that I saw it kind of underperforming and 697 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: getting slammed online, I kind of felt bad for her. 698 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: So I just liked it a lot more than I 699 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: was expecting to and was just sad to see it 700 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: not do as well. All right. So that's my review 701 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: of Birds of Prey, all right, And that's gonna do 702 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: it for this week. But before I get out of here, 703 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: I gotta get my Instagram shout out, which I do 704 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 1: every single week to what are you guys listening? And 705 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: to this week it goes to Who's Your Mama? Underscore 706 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: a k a. Leslie Arnold, who said that she was 707 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: catching up on the podcast and she was actually listening 708 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: in her car, and she took a picture of her 709 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: like her screen where you can see my logo and 710 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: the name of the episode, which I thought was really cool. 711 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,479 Speaker 1: Like when you listen in your car and have my 712 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,960 Speaker 1: picture on in there, that's pretty cool to see. So 713 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: that's another way to do it. But all you have 714 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: to do to get an Instagram shout out is just 715 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: screenshot wherever you're listening to it, and then post it 716 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: in your Instagram story and tag me, and I'll repost 717 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: a bunch of those throughout the week and then i'll 718 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: give somebody a shout out. But if you're listening in 719 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: your car and my artwork comes on in your car, 720 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: that's really cool for me to see, so I'll definitely 721 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: shout those out. So if you have that feature in 722 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: your cool car, so yeah, you can follow me on 723 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: Instagram at Mike Destro or on Twitter at Mike Destro 724 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: as well if you want to see all my tweets 725 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: from the Oscars last night. I had a lot of 726 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: thoughts on those, so go check that out and I 727 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: will see you next week on another edition of Movie 728 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: Mix Movie Podcast Later m HM.