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

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Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike. Today, I want to give

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Speaker 1: you my top ten actor power rakings. This was such

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Speaker 1: a horror comedy called They Will Kill You, very Tarantino inspired,

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Speaker 1: we're breaking down the live action Molwanna trailer starring the

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Speaker 1: Morning Movie crew. And now we're fired up. Let's go,

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Speaker 1: All right, we're coming off the oscar some big box

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Speaker 1: office performances. I wanted to give you my top ten

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Speaker 1: a lot of my favorite actors that I think deserve

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Speaker 1: to be in the top ten these are not of

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Speaker 1: all time, this is right now. Who I think are

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Speaker 1: I came up with this top ten list? Hollywood impact?

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Speaker 1: Have they led a movie in the last year? How

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Speaker 1: coming up next? Cultural presence? How much are these people googled?

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Speaker 1: Their social media following just general interest in them as humans?

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Speaker 1: Where does that rank? Style influence? I think that's a

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Speaker 1: power rankings list. Audience appeal. How do they do with

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Speaker 1: Were they just nominated or do they just win an oscar?

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Speaker 1: Quentin Tarantino. This movie serves as a sequel to that movie.

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Speaker 1: about her red carpet looks. She is constantly being spoken about,

432
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: and she also has this elusive movie star quality to

433
00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: her still where not really on social media aside from

434
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Speaker 1: doing interviews and not even like long form podcast interviews,

435
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,879
Speaker 1: just red carpet interviews. But that is really the only

436
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 1: time I see her out is when she has a

437
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Speaker 1: movie coming out that she's promoting, which she has a

438
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,439
Speaker 1: lot of them coming out at any given time. But

439
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 1: she is not somebody who puts her personal life out there,

440
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,200
Speaker 1: and why she keeps things so secret and not kind

441
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 1: of like that, I don't want to know every single

442
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 1: detail about all my movie stars. It gives them some aura,

443
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,479
Speaker 1: it gives them some mystery. It gives me a reason

444
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,680
Speaker 1: to go see them in theaters because I can't really

445
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: see them anywhere else. When somebody is all over Instagram

446
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 1: and all over TikTok, you kind of feel I can

447
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 1: see them all the time. And I think that could

448
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 1: be a contributing factor to why some people say, why

449
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: am I gonna go pay to see them in theater

450
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,879
Speaker 1: if I could just see them online? And even though

451
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: they're promoting their things to their millions and millions of followers,

452
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 1: does it really transfer into ticket sales. We've seen it

453
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 1: fail with even the biggest of celebrities, but she is

454
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Speaker 1: one of the biggest gen Z stars. Oh Man, I

455
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 1: totally forgot the Odyssey. She's gonna be in four movies

456
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 1: this year, the drama Dune Part three, Spider Man, Brand

457
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 1: New Day, and the Odyssey Wild. So at number two

458
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: I have Zendeia, but at number one in my power

459
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Speaker 1: rankings of actors right now, I have Ryan Gosling, coming

460
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 1: off of his highest rated movie of all time, Project

461
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Speaker 1: Hail Mary, his lowest rated movie is a movie called

462
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: Stay Before Project Hail Mary. His last full box office

463
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 1: run was The Fall Guy, which made about one hundred

464
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,920
Speaker 1: and eighty one million dollars worldwide. Even when he puts

465
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,359
Speaker 1: out movies that don't perform well at the box office,

466
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,639
Speaker 1: right now, I still believe that they are good movies.

467
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Speaker 1: So I still stand by the fact that I really

468
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Speaker 1: enjoy The Fall Guy and think it's still a great

469
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Speaker 1: Ryan Gosling movie. On deck, he is going to be

470
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Speaker 1: in a movie called Star Wars Starfighter, where he plays

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Speaker 1: a pilot who becomes entangled in a crucial mission as

472
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,679
Speaker 1: a new threat emerges and they find out their journey

473
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,080
Speaker 1: may alter the future of the Force itself as they

474
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Speaker 1: rebuild a galaxy. So that sounds good if you're a

475
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Speaker 1: Star Wars. He's also going to be in a new

476
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 1: movie directed by the Daniels, who is the directing duo

477
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,120
Speaker 1: behind Everything Everywhere, All at Once. This just came out.

478
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: Everything's still under wraps, but it is expected to start

479
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: filming this summer. All we know about it. It's going

480
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: to be a fun sci fi action comedy with a

481
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 1: big heart, and it should come out in theaters on

482
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Speaker 1: November nineteenth, twenty twenty seven, Ryan Gosling, I believe has

483
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: the most momentum right now, coming off of Project Hill Mary,

484
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: still coming off The Fall Guy, coming off of Barbie,

485
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: and I think he is the most prime example of

486
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: balancing prestige and blockbuster era, which I think it is

487
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,600
Speaker 1: something we need right now. He is not only somebody

488
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,679
Speaker 1: who is just a really great actor pound for pound,

489
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,639
Speaker 1: who can have chemistry with anybody, whether it's a person,

490
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,159
Speaker 1: whether it's a puppet, whether it's a piece of paper,

491
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: whether it's a CGHI character. He can have chemistry with anybody.

492
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: He is so charming, so endearing, and I really love

493
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Speaker 1: what he said recently. He said it's not on the

494
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: moviegoers to save the movie theaters. That responsibility falls on

495
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,880
Speaker 1: the Hollywood studios, say Ladder. Ryan Gosling quote. Six years

496
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 1: ago I got the manuscript for Project Hill Mary, the

497
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: most ambitious thing I'll ever make. It seemed impossible, it

498
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: was too good not to give it a shot. Six

499
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: years later we did it. Here we are, we're all

500
00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: back in theaters. It is not your job to keep

501
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: them open. It is our job to make things that

502
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: are worth you coming out for. That is what I'm

503
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: talking about because I think sometimes some people, whenever they

504
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: have a project fail, they blame the audience, which is

505
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: the thing you can't do. And if you look at

506
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 1: some of the most prime examples of box office hits,

507
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: talk about weapons, you talk about Sinners, you talk about

508
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: Project hill Mary, you talk about Superman. Things that have

509
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 1: given people a reason to go to a theater. We

510
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 1: have done it. You can't keep us away from a

511
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 1: really great movie when it generates a buzz, when it

512
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,760
Speaker 1: generates people wanting to go experience it in theaters with

513
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: the crowd. And then you try to push out something

514
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: and say you gotta come watch it, you gotta come

515
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 1: support it, you gotta support original movies. I do think

516
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: it does fall on the filmmakers. It falls on the

517
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: studios to create those moments, find those movies, find those stories.

518
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 1: Not give us the same crap anymore and think, why

519
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: isn't this working? Why is nobody wanting to go to

520
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: the movies. It is your job to make those things

521
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 1: that are a spectacle, because there are directors out there

522
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: and studios out there that are going to do it.

523
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: A Christopher Nolan is going to do it. A Ryan

524
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: Gosling is going to find a project that is going

525
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: to do it. So I think he has it all.

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00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: He has the qualities I want in a movie star.

527
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 1: Seems like a great dad. Him and Eimendez seem like

528
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 1: fantastic parents. I love how they found a way to

529
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 1: make their kids a part of Project Hill Mary. He

530
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 1: has I believe, the best filmography. If I could only

531
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: take one actor's film allography with me to a desert island,

532
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: I would take Ryan Gosling and I put him at

533
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Speaker 1: number one because I wanted to declare now that Ryan

534
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 1: Gosling is my favorite actor, because that is a question

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Speaker 1: I get a lot, what's your favorite movie, What's your

536
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: favorite actor? And it's always been really hard for me

537
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 1: to have a favorite actor. But when I look back

538
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: on all his movies, The Place Beyond the Pines, going

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Speaker 1: back to The Notebook, Blade Runner, twenty forty nine, The

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00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: Big Short, First Man, all these movies that have been

541
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Speaker 1: a part of my life for so long. Now Drive

542
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,960
Speaker 1: I didn't even mention my favorite Ryan Gosling movie. He

543
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: is my favorite actor, and I believe the number one

544
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Speaker 1: actor in the Power rankings right now, that is my

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Speaker 1: top ten in the Power Rankings. Who would you put

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Speaker 1: in years. Let me know Moviemike d at gmail dot

547
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: com or at Mike dstro on all socials. I'll come

548
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: back and give my spoiler free movie review of They

549
00:30:51,880 --> 00:31:00,600
Speaker 1: Will Kill You. Let's get it to it now. A

550
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 1: spoiler free movie review of They Will Kill You. One

551
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: of the most original movies I've seen this year. What

552
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: a wild theater experience. I first saw the trailer for

553
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 1: this a couple of months ago going to see another movie,

554
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: and I thought, I don't know what that is not

555
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,720
Speaker 1: familiar with the director, but it had such high intense

556
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: violence and blood splatter kind of reminded me of Kill

557
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: Bill meets Ready or Not meets a little bit of

558
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Speaker 1: John Wick, and I thought, I have to be a

559
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: part of that movie and go and see that when

560
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: it comes out in theaters, and it did deliver what

561
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: the movie is about. You have Zase Beats character who

562
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: you may remember her from Atlanta, which I loved her in.

563
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: She was also in Deadpool two. She did an episode

564
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: of Black Mirror. She was also in the First Joker,

565
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: had a small appearance in Joker Too, but her character

566
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: went to prison, gets out and then gets a job

567
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: as a maid to go work at this place called

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Speaker 1: the Virgil, which is this really high and kind of

569
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: apartment style building where a lot of wealthy people live.

570
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 1: She is on a mission to rescue her sister, but

571
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: what starts out as a rescue mission turns into full

572
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: out mayhem when she stumbles upon this satanic cult that

573
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: lives within the walls of the Virgil. So it gets

574
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: crazy in the trailer. I won't spoil anything, but in

575
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: the trailer you see her fighting a lot of people

576
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: in her room and it is really crazy stylistic violence.

577
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: So who this movie is for, it is for me.

578
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: I love horror movies. I feel like it's had a

579
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 1: big resurgence in the last just two years of being

580
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: one of the most creative genres, and the resurgence has

581
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: been in the horror comedy space, where you go see

582
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: a movie and its intention really isn't to frighten you anymore,

583
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: which I think some people think horror movie is supposed

584
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: to be scary. Not always the case, especially now, where

585
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: I think horror is so flexible in what it can

586
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: give you, whether it comes to the emotions or the actions,

587
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: And there is this style of movie that is existing

588
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: right now in the horror space that has a little

589
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: bit of comedy, which I think is important, has a

590
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 1: little bit of action, and then mixes in some pretty

591
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: dark elements to make it a horror movie. I would

592
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 1: probably credit this a little bit to Sam Raimi, So

593
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 1: maybe if you saw Send Help earlier this year kind

594
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: of in that same style, except they Will Kill You

595
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: is so much more disturbing and bizarre. But I think

596
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: this movie style is really thriving right now where people

597
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: want to go to the theater and have a good

598
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: time and watch a movie that doesn't take itself too

599
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 1: seriously but also doesn't paint you out to be a

600
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: domy as the viewer, which is a really fine line

601
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: to walk because it is so off the wall if

602
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: you go into it with a closed mind and think

603
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: this is dumb, this is ridiculous, This is too cartoonish.

604
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: This feels like a live action anime, which was one

605
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: of the things that really stick out to me and

606
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: what I loved about it. I just got back into

607
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: one Piece on Netflix, fully loving that it kind of

608
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: reminded me a little bit of Attack on Titan. If

609
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 1: Dragon Ball had bloodshed, it would remind me a little

610
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: bit more of that. But anything that has a lot

611
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: of swords and gun violence. That is what I feel

612
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: is the source material for this movie. So it's just

613
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. So if you like horror movies,

614
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: if you like comedy movies, if you like anime, or

615
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,799
Speaker 1: if you like video games. Because the other thing that

616
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: really stick out to me was how all of the

617
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 1: levels and different rooms inside of the Virgil kind of

618
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 1: felt like a video game level. And I know they

619
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,400
Speaker 1: did draw some inspiration from Dante's Inferno and the adaptation

620
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: of that video game. Of the different levels of hell

621
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 1: that you kind of experience. It kind of had that

622
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 1: feeling of putting you inside of that action. Maybe if

623
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Speaker 1: you were playing an old school Mortal Kombat game or

624
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: like a tech and fighting game, one of those old

625
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: school two thousand maybe even arcade video games, where it

626
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 1: is that style of over the top violence and over

627
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: the top bloodshed that I was craving for as a

628
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: kid in the nineties and early two thousands. That is

629
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 1: what I felt while I was watching this movie. It

630
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 1: felt very organic and felt very alive. They used a

631
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: lot of practical effects. I'm talking crazy amounts of blood

632
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 1: splatter and blood clouds, where I think that's what kind

633
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: of gave me the vibes with like a kill Bill

634
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: martial arts style movies like back in the Day. I

635
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 1: feel like that was a big reference point and inspiration

636
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: behind a lot of these scenes. So I very much

637
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: got Uma Thurman inside of Jase Beat's character. But then

638
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 1: it kind of takes on this entire mind of its

639
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: own because it comes to us from a director from

640
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: Russia who I'm not that familiar with but I find

641
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: really interesting. His name is Ki Real Sukolov. His story

642
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 1: is crazy because he started out as a scientist in

643
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 1: college and then started making DIY movies with his friends

644
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: and decided this is what I want to do. He

645
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: put out a movie that came out back in twenty

646
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: nineteen called why Don't You Just Die? That was really successful,

647
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: really put him on the map, and now he is

648
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 1: getting to show everybody this is my style, take it

649
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 1: or leave it. This movie is so unapologetic that I

650
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: loved how much it was committed to the style, which

651
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,880
Speaker 1: I know it might not be for everybody because it

652
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: does get pretty twisted, especially in the third act. If

653
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:28,400
Speaker 1: you don't like anything that has any kind of demonic

654
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 1: presence or satanic cult like Even though It is not

655
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: indulging in it. It is more I would say, poking

656
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: fun at it. But some people just don't like watching

657
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 1: that type of imagery. I get that because the way

658
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: it is used in this movie, it's shown as the

659
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 1: evil force, and the character of Asia played by Zasse

660
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: Bates is trying to take that evil force down. But

661
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,719
Speaker 1: in order to have such a crazy evil force, you

662
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: have to depict them in this way. So I don't

663
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: really feel like it's here is this really dark, twisted imagery.

664
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,720
Speaker 1: I am supporting this. I am supporting the person taking

665
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: that demonic presence down and taking down all these sick,

666
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: twisted individuals that live inside this building. The thing I

667
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 1: wasn't expecting to work so well and they will kill

668
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: you was the cast. You have Patricia Arquette, you have

669
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: Heather Graham, and you have Tom Felton. Oh, Draco Malfoy

670
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: from Harry Potter, I have never seen him in a

671
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,720
Speaker 1: movie like this. And you combine all these different personalities

672
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: and actors that you know from vastly different things, from

673
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: Harry Potter to Boogie Knights and The Hangover to Severance,

674
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: and you think, how would there be any world where

675
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: all these people could exist in one movie and it work,

676
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: and somehow it does. I think even the style of

677
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,240
Speaker 1: acting caught me a little off guard in the beginning

678
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 1: of this movie, where I did feel it was a

679
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 1: little jarring at the start, where it just kind of

680
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,760
Speaker 1: threw you into this world, didn't really explain a whole lot,

681
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: and kind of went back and forth between timelines. In

682
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: the beginning, there was like a timeslate of kind of

683
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: telling you where it was. But the intro of the

684
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: movie kind of felt mashed together. Even once the action

685
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: starts picking up, it kind of comes out of nowhere.

686
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: But I think because the movie is under ninety minutes

687
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: and it had a lot of action to fit in there,

688
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: that was the only way to get the story going

689
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:27,280
Speaker 1: without boring you. But I ended up enjoying the way

690
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 1: that it played out from the beginning because it didn't

691
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 1: waste a whole lot of time giving you the backstory

692
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 1: on this building and why it is the way it is,

693
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: because if they did that, that would have been boring.

694
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: This building, the Virsil just exists. There's some crazy things

695
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 1: going on within the walls. You learn about the details

696
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: you need to learn about, and everything else you don't

697
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 1: need a history lesson on which I find so boring

698
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 1: in horror movies when they dig into all the history

699
00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:00,959
Speaker 1: of whoever lived there back one hundred or two years ago,

700
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,320
Speaker 1: and there's this big exposition on details you don't really need.

701
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 1: The tone shift all the way throughout this movie, where

702
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 1: it feels a little bit comedic at times, sometimes within

703
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,319
Speaker 1: the same sentence, which I found really interesting, where a

704
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,799
Speaker 1: character will start delivering a line that feels funny and

705
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: then they kind of snap back into this dramatic tone.

706
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: Then it feels a little bit more horror movie. It

707
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: goes all over the place so much so that I

708
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 1: kind of feel like this movie was designed for people

709
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: with the short attention span, the TikTok generation, people who

710
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,879
Speaker 1: will instantly swipe out of a video, of people who

711
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 1: have not made it this far in this review, because

712
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: at any moment, there is something happening, and if you

713
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: don't like what is happening within that moment, in about

714
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 1: four or five minutes, that scene is going to change,

715
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,320
Speaker 1: the action is going to develop, there's gonna be another

716
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: character thrown into the mix. So your brain is just

717
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,239
Speaker 1: kind of the entire time because there is so much

718
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: happening and you never really feel like the movie drags

719
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 1: at any point because there is no time to and

720
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: there's so much story to fit in. It just really

721
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,399
Speaker 1: feels like wham bam, think you maam, and you're out

722
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: of there, and then by the end of it you're wondering,

723
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,799
Speaker 1: what in the world did I just watch? Am I

724
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: gonna have nightmares tonight? Or am I gonna laugh at

725
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 1: myself when thinking about some of the most ridiculous moments,

726
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: like body parts becoming a character within the movie. So

727
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: I think if you go into this movie with the

728
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 1: open mind, don't ask a lot of questions. And I'm

729
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 1: not saying that as a way to maybe mask some

730
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 1: of the style of filmmaking of Oh, don't pay attention

731
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 1: to any plot holes. I'm just saying, don't question every

732
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:46,200
Speaker 1: little detail, which I find myself doing. That makes me

733
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,000
Speaker 1: like a movie less because if I went into this

734
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: movie with a little bit more cynicism and thought, why

735
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: is this building here? Why hasn't it been condemned? Who

736
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,040
Speaker 1: pays the rent at this building? If there are some

737
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,280
Speaker 1: really crazy things going on, why haven't the police showed

738
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,959
Speaker 1: up it? To me, it was more like a dark

739
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: fairy tale that kind of exists in its own world.

740
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 1: I don't see this story taking place in our universe.

741
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: It's kind of like a bizarro universe. It kind of

742
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: reminded me of one of my favorite Goosebumps episodes from

743
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 1: back in the nineties, Attack of the Mutant, where there

744
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 1: was this building that would pop up out of nowhere.

745
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: The kid would go discover it and there was this

746
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: crazy mutant living inside of it, and then when he

747
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: would leave the building, it would disappear. I remember the

748
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: first time I saw that episode, it blew my mind

749
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 1: because I was convinced that there was this building out

750
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:33,240
Speaker 1: by this lot where we lived that would appear and reappear.

751
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 1: It was all inside my head. But that kind of

752
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,399
Speaker 1: reminds me of the Virgil in this movie of it's

753
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: this building. Maybe it's there when all this action is

754
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,320
Speaker 1: going down, but when you go back, it's completely gone again.

755
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: Also kind of reminded me of the Continental in John Wick,

756
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: So another parallel there. So if you are a fan

757
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 1: of horror, if you like really over the top violence

758
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: in the style of Kill Bill, it kind of feels like,

759
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: I don't want to say he was doing a Quentin

760
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: Tarantino in Press where you can really see the influence

761
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: of Quentin Tarantino inside of They Will Kill You. For

762
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:11,760
Speaker 1: this movie, I give it four out of five eyeballs.

763
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 1: It's side to head down to movie Mike Trailer Park.

764
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,399
Speaker 1: I am trying not to be angry about this because

765
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,360
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I know it doesn't matter.

766
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:30,320
Speaker 1: This movie is not for me. I've been just since

767
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 1: this thing was announced that they're remaking Mowana less than

768
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: ten years after the original came out. It just doesn't

769
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: feel right. And now looking at the live action trailer,

770
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:47,240
Speaker 1: it doesn't look right. I'm trying not to go crazy here,

771
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 1: but this is gonna come out. It's gonna happen, It's

772
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 1: gonna be a thing. It is probably still going to

773
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,759
Speaker 1: make a lot of money. I just find it fascinating

774
00:42:55,800 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: how much Disney is dipping into this well. I have

775
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: so many thoughts on this that I'm just going to

776
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: get right to playing the trailer and then talk about

777
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 1: it more after. But the live action Mowana is coming

778
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 1: out in theaters, not Disney Plus. On July tenth, The

779
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: Rock is playing Maui in a very questionable wig, wearing

780
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 1: a full body muscle suit. Oh boy. Before we get

781
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 1: into more about this trailer. Here's just a little bit

782
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:32,840
Speaker 1: of the live action Mowanna. Fine Maui, We stole the

783
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:42,919
Speaker 1: heart of Defichi and save us all. Maui Demi, God

784
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 1: of the Wind and Sea, Hero of men. Huh.

785
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 2: So it goes like this, Maui shape shifter, Demigod of

786
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 2: the Wind and Sea, hero of men. Ah, women women too,

787
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 2: men and women, thank you.

788
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: Here's got a little bit too excited there. Here's the

789
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:07,719
Speaker 1: reason this movie exists. It's because Disney is making so

790
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 1: much money off of Mowana. The original movie came out

791
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: back in twenty sixteen, and it was a hit, but

792
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,080
Speaker 1: it wasn't massive. It wasn't the best thing that they

793
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: had ever done. It wasn't something that they instantly thought,

794
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: this is going to be what we are going to

795
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 1: dig all our resources did to make this the best

796
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:27,320
Speaker 1: thing ever. Because whenever they were making the sequel, instead

797
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,240
Speaker 1: of getting a full theatrical release, what they really made

798
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:35,240
Speaker 1: was a Disney Plus series that was gonna come out

799
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: just on Disney Plus, broken into parts. But then they

800
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: realized that the original Mowana from twenty sixteen was their

801
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: highest stream movie. Everybody was watching this movie on Disney

802
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 1: Plus that they thought, you know what, let's not put

803
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 1: out this show on Disney Plus. Instead, let's recut it,

804
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: put it into theaters across the country and make some

805
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,040
Speaker 1: money off of it. And what did they do? I

806
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 1: ate a lot of money off of it. So in

807
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 1: under two years now they are dipping back into the

808
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: well because that movie came out in twenty twenty four

809
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 1: and they are putting out a live action version of

810
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 1: the original twenty sixteen movie right around the tenure mark

811
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 1: of when that movie came out. And I think, to me,

812
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 1: that was the most upsetting part whenever this was first announced.

813
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,280
Speaker 1: Why are you going to make a live action movie

814
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,359
Speaker 1: of a movie that just came out ten years ago,

815
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 1: less than a decade. There's no nostalgia associated with this

816
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:34,399
Speaker 1: movie yet it is simply because it is a cash cow.

817
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:36,880
Speaker 1: And I was annoyed by that. But I thought, you

818
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 1: know what, if they do it justice, if it looks good,

819
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: if the rock is Maui because he voices him in

820
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 1: the original, he looks good and live action, I'll be

821
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: okay with it. But by the looks of this trailer,

822
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:51,600
Speaker 1: it does not look good. And the issues I have

823
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 1: with these live action movies is they blend so much

824
00:45:55,560 --> 00:46:00,760
Speaker 1: CGI and animated characters. And I understand that you can't

825
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 1: make this completely live action or completely practical, because there

826
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: are things that exist in the world in Mauana that

827
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: you just could not make. You can't turn a human

828
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 1: into a shark with practical effects. You can't create a

829
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 1: big lava monster, you can't create this giant crab. I

830
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 1: understand that part of it. But I think, if you

831
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,439
Speaker 1: think about it, why give a movie a live action

832
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 1: adaptation that has so many elements that can't be translated

833
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:32,359
Speaker 1: from animation. It just doesn't work. And that has been

834
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 1: the issue with a lot of these live action Disney remakes,

835
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:39,719
Speaker 1: Lin King, Aladdin, a little bit, The Jungle Book, a

836
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: lot of these movies where you can't recreate these characters.

837
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,840
Speaker 1: So it's one thing to create CGI characters where it's needed. Okay,

838
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,239
Speaker 1: And I get I'm not the target demographic for this.

839
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:51,879
Speaker 1: There's not going to be some four or five year

840
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: old who loves Muwan who's going to be like, I'm

841
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,400
Speaker 1: not going to see that because the animated movie just

842
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:59,000
Speaker 1: came out. It's this isn't probably going to affect that audience.

843
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 1: So therefore, it's not going to affect their money. I

844
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:05,240
Speaker 1: just think overall, when you think about what they are doing,

845
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: they are just setting us up to be able to

846
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 1: get the same thing over and over again and us

847
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: be okay with it. But if you look at why

848
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,839
Speaker 1: they continue to do this, it's our own fault because

849
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 1: we still go watch them. We still continue to support

850
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,919
Speaker 1: these movies by giving them our money, whether it comes

851
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,400
Speaker 1: to paying for the ticket or paying for the merchandise.

852
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: And then we are not supporting the more original movies.

853
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: Thank goodness that Hoppers was a success this year, but

854
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: we are not supporting the movies that are originals, therefore

855
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:40,320
Speaker 1: telling them we don't need to invest anymore in original stories.

856
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 1: Let's just keep making mowanas, toy stories, Let's keep making

857
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: z utopias, all the things that work. So from a

858
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: business standpoint, it makes sense. You're gonna continue to put

859
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: out the products that people want and that people are

860
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 1: paying for. Much like if you're a restaurant, if you

861
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:57,760
Speaker 1: have an item that is selling a bunch, it's flying

862
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,760
Speaker 1: off the menu, You're gonna keep making that menu slight

863
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: different variations of it, but you're gonna keep selling what

864
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,919
Speaker 1: is working, what is keeping your business afloat. I don't

865
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:09,920
Speaker 1: think Disney has to focus so much on the little things.

866
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 1: They can take big risks. They are a giant, huge

867
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 1: corporation company when it comes to film and entertainment and

868
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 1: all the things. But when it comes down to me

869
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 1: having a big problem with this movie, it doesn't look good.

870
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:27,720
Speaker 1: It looks so flat. And I'm not even talking about

871
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,360
Speaker 1: the wig that the Rock is wearing. I think because

872
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 1: I just see him as a bald person now, it

873
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: is really hard to see him in the Maui wig.

874
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: That there's also this weird effect on all the humans

875
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: in this movie where it almost looks like they have

876
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: like this glossy effect over their face, where there's a

877
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 1: big disconnect between their skin tone and their hair, and

878
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:52,919
Speaker 1: it almost looks like even the wardrobe looks a little

879
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,799
Speaker 1: bit cgied all these people. And I know the Rock

880
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 1: is wearing this full torso bodysuit to make them look

881
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,840
Speaker 1: bigger like Maui, but even then he doesn't look like

882
00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: how massive Maui is in the animated story. But the

883
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,439
Speaker 1: wig does not look good. Therefore, it just doesn't feel

884
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:10,960
Speaker 1: to me that it has that attention to detail. It

885
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,760
Speaker 1: looks like they just grabbed one wig and said, Okay,

886
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,279
Speaker 1: that's it. The Rock only has an hour to shoot today,

887
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,759
Speaker 1: let's get it in. That's the wig, because we don't

888
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 1: have time to find one that looks a little bit better.

889
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: There's just a big disconnect between the hair and the

890
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: rest of the MAUI look that it is so distracting

891
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,080
Speaker 1: that it just looks like the Rock and a wig.

892
00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:35,440
Speaker 1: It doesn't look like he has really become the character.

893
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:39,240
Speaker 1: Even his hair and makeup and the smashing machine, which

894
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,480
Speaker 1: was a fraction of the budget of what this movie is,

895
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:47,400
Speaker 1: looked so much better. That was a true transformation for

896
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: the Rock, even though he did shed his hair towards

897
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 1: the end of that movie. But aside from the wardrobe,

898
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 1: aside from the wigs, the problem I have with it

899
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: is it just doesn't look like it has any depth

900
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: to it, especially all the scenes out on the water.

901
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,320
Speaker 1: Some of the villains and the other characters, they look okay.

902
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,720
Speaker 1: It looks like some of the action sequences will feel

903
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,919
Speaker 1: just like the animated movie, because all those are going

904
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 1: to still be animated and CGI. But there are scenes

905
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:19,400
Speaker 1: where the Rock is talking that Someone on YouTube commented

906
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:22,240
Speaker 1: that this looks like an SNL sketch, and I can't

907
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 1: get that comment out of my mind because that is

908
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:28,640
Speaker 1: what it looks like. It looks like it lacks any

909
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:32,959
Speaker 1: kind of depth. Everything in the background just looks second rate,

910
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,920
Speaker 1: where I don't feel like I'm going to this island.

911
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 1: I don't feel like I'm looking at anything that is

912
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:43,040
Speaker 1: alive and real. It just looks like I'm looking at

913
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 1: a big empty studio lot where they just kind of

914
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,720
Speaker 1: splashed everything in the background, and it feels put together

915
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:56,080
Speaker 1: so quickly and so cheaply, when that should not be

916
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,960
Speaker 1: the case. And I think about one of the greatest

917
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,839
Speaker 1: Disney franchises out at Water, Pirates at the Caribbean. Those

918
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: movies hold up so well even the CGI and those

919
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:10,360
Speaker 1: movies came out back in the two thousands, where it

920
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: is so next level compared to what we are getting

921
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,759
Speaker 1: now in twenty twenty six, that if you went back

922
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,480
Speaker 1: and watch those movies, these special effects still hold up.

923
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:23,120
Speaker 1: All the scenes out at Water look I would say

924
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:27,239
Speaker 1: the best of any Disney franchise that takes place out

925
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: at the sea, where you should feel like you were

926
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 1: in this magical place. Those movies hold up. They have

927
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:36,319
Speaker 1: great wardrobe, they have great acting. Not the case here.

928
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:39,560
Speaker 1: It does look like they are doing the rock hosting

929
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:43,959
Speaker 1: SNL and they decided to do a Mawana sketch. And again,

930
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,480
Speaker 1: this is probably only going to matter to me. I'm

931
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:48,439
Speaker 1: not the demographic, so I think this movie is still

932
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:51,920
Speaker 1: gonna come out and make a lot of money. It

933
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:56,239
Speaker 1: is probably, I would say, at least a billion dollar movie.

934
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,240
Speaker 1: I don't think the outrage from some people, even though

935
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:02,719
Speaker 1: I still I think It's Justified, is really going to

936
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: hurt the bottom line. It didn't hurt Dutopia two whatsoever,

937
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:09,960
Speaker 1: although that was a good movie. It just feels really

938
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: weird to me to put out a movie that is

939
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: less than ten years old that is live action, but

940
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:21,400
Speaker 1: the only live action element is the humans, and you

941
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,960
Speaker 1: didn't really do any work to make anything else feel

942
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,840
Speaker 1: like it deserved a live action treatment. It truly feels

943
00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:31,880
Speaker 1: to me like it is a cash grab, and that's it,

944
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: plain and simple. They are just trying to make another

945
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:38,960
Speaker 1: billion dollar movie, which they will probably still achieve if

946
00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 1: the first movie has over one point four billion hours stream.

947
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 1: Of course they're going to do a sequel to it.

948
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:50,440
Speaker 1: And I think a big driving factor is because the

949
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:52,520
Speaker 1: rock wants to be a part of it now when

950
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: he is in I would say, his second prime of

951
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:57,640
Speaker 1: his career, and if he doesn't do this movie now,

952
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:01,680
Speaker 1: he doesn't have another five to ten years to wait

953
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:03,719
Speaker 1: and do the role of Maui. He kind of needs

954
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 1: to do it right now. So I bet that is

955
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 1: a big factor and then cranking this out right now.

956
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: But if that's the case, just pass the torch, give

957
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:14,960
Speaker 1: it to somebody else. Because they're also not bringing the

958
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 1: original voice of Majana to be a part of this

959
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 1: live action cast. Recasted her and a big part of

960
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:24,000
Speaker 1: why that movie was so good was because of the

961
00:53:24,080 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: voice acting. And I do feel a little bit of

962
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: a disconnect seeing the Rock do the exact same scenes,

963
00:53:29,719 --> 00:53:33,360
Speaker 1: but now live action doesn't feel as lively, feels a

964
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 1: little bit more flat. But this is just the nature

965
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:38,920
Speaker 1: of the Disney model now, so I'm not hitting on

966
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:41,799
Speaker 1: the idea. Overall, I think sometimes it can be done right.

967
00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:45,240
Speaker 1: They did do to me Leelo and Stitch Justice, because

968
00:53:45,239 --> 00:53:48,400
Speaker 1: I think the character of Stitch in that movie actually

969
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:51,200
Speaker 1: look good. But when it comes to the treatment for

970
00:53:51,239 --> 00:53:53,919
Speaker 1: this movie, I'm just not buying it. But I think

971
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 1: they want to strike when the iron is hot. I

972
00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: don't even think they're going for a one billion dollar movie.

973
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,880
Speaker 1: I think they want to get a two billion dollar

974
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:05,680
Speaker 1: movie and to become the most stream movie on Disney Plus.

975
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 1: Because I also think what is happening now with K

976
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 1: Pop Demon Hunters too. I think Disney is laughing at

977
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:15,960
Speaker 1: because Netflix isn't going to get a sequel to that

978
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 1: movie until twenty twenty nine. Because unlike Disney, the Sony

979
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 1: Animation Studio takes a lot of pride in their process.

980
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 1: They don't want to rush it. They want to make

981
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 1: it perfect. They want to make it up to their standards,

982
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:33,480
Speaker 1: and those movies take time. I don't feel like this

983
00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:37,320
Speaker 1: movie took that same amount of time. But again, Mawana

984
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 1: two is coming out in theaters from Disney on July tenth.

985
00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 1: And that was this week's edition of Movie Mike Trailer Bars,

986
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,400
Speaker 1: and that is going to do it for another episode

987
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:54,000
Speaker 1: here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta

988
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:57,040
Speaker 1: give my listeners shout out of the week. This week,

989
00:54:57,080 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 1: I'm going over to my Instagram DMS and I am

990
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,640
Speaker 1: shoutout out Jill who sent me this really nice DM.

991
00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:05,560
Speaker 1: And Jill says, just a quiet message to say that

992
00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:08,439
Speaker 1: movies aren't really my thing and I don't even watch many,

993
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:11,600
Speaker 1: and yet I never missed an episode of your podcast.

994
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:14,320
Speaker 1: Really fun to listen to, and I love when Kelsey

995
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,520
Speaker 1: joins to have a great day. Thank you Jill for listening.

996
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:20,319
Speaker 1: I have to say that is the highest compliment I

997
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:23,279
Speaker 1: have ever received, Jill. If you don't love movies and

998
00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 1: you never miss an episode of this podcast, that is

999
00:55:27,239 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 1: an extra shout out to you for this week's listener

1000
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,200
Speaker 1: shout out of the week. And I do tell some

1001
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:37,359
Speaker 1: people because even though you don't love movies, I still

1002
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:40,400
Speaker 1: think some of the themes of this podcast and discussion

1003
00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:44,160
Speaker 1: goes beyond movies because when I review them, I do

1004
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 1: like to try to find a piece of myself to

1005
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: share with you, because I think that is every movie.

1006
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,040
Speaker 1: And just because you don't love going to the movies

1007
00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:54,080
Speaker 1: as much as I do, see movies in theaters, maybe

1008
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:57,160
Speaker 1: just like watching them at home. I think it's that

1009
00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 1: experience and those lessons you learn and getting a peek

1010
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:05,239
Speaker 1: into lives that you never thought you would see by

1011
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:07,279
Speaker 1: watching movies. That is what I love and I like

1012
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:09,520
Speaker 1: to bring those out and share those here on the podcast.

1013
00:56:09,560 --> 00:56:14,680
Speaker 1: So I try to share things from my life, things

1014
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 1: from my perspective of my experiences from living on this planet,

1015
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,480
Speaker 1: and adapt them to the movies that I see and

1016
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:26,040
Speaker 1: share that with you guys, and also connect with you

1017
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:28,560
Speaker 1: guys about what you like and what you enjoyed, what

1018
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 1: you thought was good that maybe I thought was bad,

1019
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,000
Speaker 1: or what I thought was bad that maybe you thought

1020
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:35,040
Speaker 1: was good. That is why I love doing this podcast.

1021
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 1: So appreciate that, Jill, Thank you for listening every single week,

1022
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 1: And thanks to you wherever you're listening right now, whether

1023
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:45,200
Speaker 1: you're a new listener, whether you have been here since

1024
00:56:45,239 --> 00:56:48,279
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, the start of this podcast, or maybe it

1025
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:51,360
Speaker 1: just randomly stumbled upon it. I couldn't do this without

1026
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 1: all of you, so appreciate that. And until next time,

1027
00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:57,520
Speaker 1: go out and watch good movies and I will talk

1028
00:56:57,560 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 1: to you