Speaker 1: Hey, the folks, it is Oscar's weekend. You haven't done
Speaker 1: your homework, have you? We're here to do it for you.
Speaker 1: A number five on our list, Bogonia. As we get
Speaker 1: you caught up, giving you the cliff notes, make sure
Speaker 1: you're good to go if you're gonna be watching the
Speaker 1: Oscar Ceremony on Sunday night. But haven't watched all ten movies?
Speaker 1: We watched them for you. We've gone through the first four.
Speaker 1: Number five on the list is Bogonia. Surprised, Well, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna give an opinion yet, but Bogonia, as
Speaker 1: you just say, it's number five on the list.
Speaker 2: Yes, and it has four nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress,
Speaker 2: and Best Adapted Screenplay. And the cast is phenomenal in
Speaker 2: this movie. Emma Stone who was nominated, Jesse Plemmons who
Speaker 2: got snugged, Aidendulvis. But this was a movie that we
Speaker 2: actually went into, at least I'll speak for myself. I
Speaker 2: went into watching this movie not really having a clue
Speaker 2: what it was about. I only knew that Emma Stone
Speaker 2: had to shave her head for it. That's what I
Speaker 2: went into watching this movie. That's all I knew.
Speaker 1: Because we saw that it didn't make that kind of
Speaker 1: a big deal. In the preview you couldn't miss it.
Speaker 1: But I think it was out there in the press
Speaker 1: that she was out there in public a little bit.
Speaker 1: We knew she had to shave her head. So what
Speaker 1: is coming this movie? Bogonia? What is Bogonia about? I
Speaker 1: still delusions? Delusions?
Speaker 3: Or what were they not?
Speaker 1: Ah? Yes, the synopsis here, two conspiracy obsessed young men
Speaker 1: kidnapped the high powered CEO of a major company, convinced
Speaker 1: that she's an alien intent undestroying planet Earth. Some of
Speaker 1: the promotion was pretty good for this.
Speaker 2: It was, and so I truly I went into this
Speaker 2: movie with no expectations and I was just kind of
Speaker 2: ready to see what it was going to deliver.
Speaker 3: It was rated R and it came in.
Speaker 2: This was another reason why I think we were like, Okay,
Speaker 2: we can watch this at an hour and fifty eight
Speaker 2: minutes mart right under that two hour remark, and so
Speaker 2: it seemed very digestible, at least compared to the.
Speaker 3: Other best picture movies.
Speaker 2: And we actually watched this movie before we even thought
Speaker 2: about doing this series, where we thought, okay, we'll watch
Speaker 2: all the Oscar movies for everyone else and let them
Speaker 2: know what's worth it what's not. We actually just watched
Speaker 2: this movie out of pure curiosity.
Speaker 1: Because the promo, I give them credit, this didn't do.
Speaker 1: Gang Bust was necessarily at the box office made forty
Speaker 1: three million dollars, But there was something about how they
Speaker 1: promoted this movie that really got me curious about it. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone, Okay, you got my attention there,
Speaker 1: but I just remember so well the promos of her
Speaker 1: running from them and beating them up, and them looking
Speaker 1: like crazy people holding her hostage, and her hair was bald,
Speaker 1: and her some white makeup was on her face, like,
Speaker 1: what is going on?
Speaker 3: What is going And honestly, throughout a lot of the movie,
Speaker 3: I was thinking what is going on?
Speaker 2: And that is why this movie was so thrilling in
Speaker 2: moments to watch, because you were trying to figure out
Speaker 2: the entire time if these two conspiracy obsessed guys were
Speaker 2: on the right track, if they were legit, or if
Speaker 2: they were actually insane, if Emma Stone was her character
Speaker 2: was actually evil and an alien and how to take
Speaker 2: over a planet Earth, or if she was just this
Speaker 2: victim of these crazy people, And you really were trying
Speaker 2: to figure it out throughout the entire movie.
Speaker 1: Roberts, was this one. I'm trying to think of the
Speaker 1: ones we went to the theater to see Sinners. What
Speaker 1: was the other one we wanted? What was the other
Speaker 1: one that we voluntarily Is this the one? This is
Speaker 1: the only other one we voluntarily watched.
Speaker 2: I think this was the only other one on the
Speaker 2: list that we actually wanted to watch based on promos
Speaker 2: and hearing people talk about Emma Stone performance.
Speaker 3: That actually was a motivator.
Speaker 2: For me as well to watch it. And so we
Speaker 2: were like, let's just see what this movie's all about.
Speaker 1: I'm curious.
Speaker 3: Mystery around the movie.
Speaker 1: Oh, f one was the other one we were.
Speaker 2: Considering considering, but we and we know, but we only
Speaker 2: watched it after it got nominated.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we watched this one before.
Speaker 3: No, but we we watched it before we knew we
Speaker 3: were doing. We watched one after we knew.
Speaker 2: We were compulsory, like this was going to be like Homer,
Speaker 2: we were gonna watch all the movies.
Speaker 3: Made a decision to watch all the movies. We watched
Speaker 3: this one before we made that.
Speaker 1: So only two movies out of the ten did we watch,
Speaker 1: and weren't forced to watch.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good way to put it.
Speaker 1: And Bgonia is one of the two, so that's worth noting. Yes,
Speaker 1: this one is, like I said, hour fifty eight. But
Speaker 1: the critics, what did you see? And again I always
Speaker 1: put it on you because you end up reading through
Speaker 1: more of the reviews than I do. But with the
Speaker 1: Riding Tomatoes eighty seven versus eighty four, the audience and
Speaker 1: the critics are about the same. What issue were people
Speaker 1: taking with the movie?
Speaker 3: I think they just thought it was weird.
Speaker 2: It was people described it as tragic and ironically funny.
Speaker 3: And here's what someone wrote, I love this.
Speaker 2: They called it something akin to a joy ride in
Speaker 2: a clown car going one hundred and twenty miles an hour.
Speaker 1: That's well done.
Speaker 2: What do you think of that? I think actually they
Speaker 2: nailed it when they said that. That's a really good
Speaker 2: way to put it, because there was something ridiculous about it.
Speaker 2: There was something wildly uncomfortable about it, and there was
Speaker 2: something thrilling about it, and I think with that description
Speaker 2: they nailed all of it.
Speaker 1: But the clown car a part in going one hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty, I actually don't know that I should be
Speaker 1: in danger, Like I am sitting in a clown car.
Speaker 1: I'm going one hundred and twenty? What do I do here?
Speaker 1: That's what the movie was. I didn't know if I
Speaker 1: should take it seriously, like is she in danger? Are
Speaker 1: these guys silly and crazy? That is a good way
Speaker 1: to put it. You're confused about how to feel because
Speaker 1: this feels dangerous. But I want to laugh.
Speaker 3: Or cry or both? Or are they going to kill her?
Speaker 3: What are they gonna do?
Speaker 1: Ye?
Speaker 2: And I think you're like the whole time, and that
Speaker 2: is brilliant because I'm watching this the whole time thinking,
Speaker 2: because we all do this when.
Speaker 3: We're reading a book, we're watching a movie.
Speaker 2: We're trying to be our own sleuths, our own detectives,
Speaker 2: and we're trying to be the smartest one in the room.
Speaker 2: How does this end? I'm going to figure it out?
Speaker 2: And you're doing that this entire movie. Your mind is
Speaker 2: racing while you're watching it.
Speaker 1: And you know what, I don't know how much love
Speaker 1: she is getting out there because during the award season,
Speaker 1: as far as the Best Actress and all those categories,
Speaker 1: I mean, quite frankly, Tayana Taylor's been getting a lot
Speaker 1: of attention because and even she's in the Supporting Actress category,
Speaker 1: But I think the ladies from the lady from sentimental value. Yes,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen Emmastone getting a lot of love for
Speaker 1: this role, getting a lot of the chance of winning.
Speaker 2: Which is unusual because I mean, look, if you've prior
Speaker 2: Oscar shows or who wins the best Actress category, some
Speaker 2: times it's when a beautiful actress makes herself look ugly,
Speaker 2: When a beautiful actress shaves her head. I can talk
Speaker 2: about Halle Berry, I can talk about Charlie's their own.
Speaker 2: So it's actually interesting that Emma Stone isn't getting that
Speaker 2: same kind of Oscar buzz or love because look, I'm
Speaker 2: not saying that those performances by those two actresses weren't
Speaker 2: Oscar worthy and worthy of winning, but it does. You
Speaker 2: do see a theme sometimes when you see beautiful actresses
Speaker 2: make themselves into something they aren't usually seen as while
Speaker 2: they're putting on a powerful performance, Those oftentimes are the
Speaker 2: recipes for winning an Oscar.
Speaker 1: They've talked about this forever. The Academy loves when an
Speaker 1: actor changes their appearance. When somebody gains a lot of weight,
Speaker 1: loses a lot of weight, yeah, I'm thinking of that.
Speaker 1: I think McConaughey was he what was that movie? He
Speaker 1: lost a lot of weight in this is that is
Speaker 1: just a history of this. Even Brendan Fraser for the Whale,
Speaker 1: these things just have happened. I loved her. I'm trying
Speaker 1: to think of who else could carry this movie in
Speaker 1: the way she does. She and Jesse Plemons. To see
Speaker 1: those two acting heavyweights so good spar in this movie
Speaker 1: is awesome.
Speaker 2: I thought it was amazing and there was heart in
Speaker 2: this story because there was a reason behind why the
Speaker 2: Jesse Plemons character was doing what he was doing, so
Speaker 2: you actually you felt something for even these crazy, conspiracy
Speaker 2: obsessed guys who were doing this weird thing to Emma Stone,
Speaker 2: and then you start to question, wait, is she an alien?
Speaker 3: Is she from the mothership?
Speaker 2: But there was actual heart to this because she was
Speaker 2: trying you. You also put yourself in her position. You're thinking, oh,
Speaker 2: my god, if I were ever abducted. She was trying
Speaker 2: to manipulate and be smarter than them and find a
Speaker 2: way out of this situation she found herself in. And
Speaker 2: I just there were so many relatable moments in a
Speaker 2: very unrelatable odd bizarre movie that actually I think is
Speaker 2: kind of brilliant, that I actually felt something that was
Speaker 2: so absurd.
Speaker 1: Not sure how I should feel. My fiance can relate
Speaker 1: to aliens and abductions. But stay here, we'll tell you
Speaker 1: if my fiance also thinks you should watch or skip
Speaker 1: this movie. All right, we continue with aliens and abductions,
Speaker 1: Pogonia number five on our list. Watch it to skip it.
Speaker 1: What would you tell somebody coming to you, a friend,
Speaker 1: family member, I'm gonna check out Pagonia tonight.
Speaker 2: You think should I would say to watch it? I
Speaker 2: would say to watch it. I think this is phenomenally
Speaker 2: well acted. I thought it was a brilliant original script.
Speaker 2: And I love anything that keeps me guessing and keeps
Speaker 2: me awake. Honestly, that's kind of a huge litmus desk
Speaker 2: for me at this point.
Speaker 3: With the hours we work and the time we get up.
Speaker 2: It is actually a to me, a litmus test as
Speaker 2: to whether or not a movie is great or just okay.
Speaker 2: If I can stay awake, you already are winning points,
Speaker 2: and this one kept me on.
Speaker 1: The edge of my right. You just gave me an
Speaker 1: idea we should launch a whole movie review site. Show
Speaker 1: whatever it is, that's simply it. That's the test. Can
Speaker 1: you keep me awake past dark? Yes?
Speaker 3: And at what point do I fall asleep? We'll give
Speaker 3: you that'll be how.
Speaker 1: Many stories break down?
Speaker 3: Yes, if I make it to the whole thing, five stars.
Speaker 2: But seriously, that is where I am in my uh
Speaker 2: like my life, and yes, I staying awake is a
Speaker 2: huge check.
Speaker 3: In the right direction.
Speaker 1: You mentioned expectations, Rose, maybe that thing is real, because
Speaker 1: I didn't have high expectations going into this, and I thought, Wow,
Speaker 1: this is a cool movie. I really really enjoyed this movie.
Speaker 1: It was fun. It was like you said, there was
Speaker 1: a mystery here that you're trying to figure out, and
Speaker 1: it was bizarre and it was weird. Maybe in a
Speaker 1: way we like to see weird movies, but it was entertaining.
Speaker 1: Right at two hours, this was cool. And I have
Speaker 1: loved Emma Stone, some of the stuff in the middle
Speaker 1: that she's done between this and Super Bad Like Back.
Speaker 1: You don't remember that that teen Coming of age, vulgar, foul,
Speaker 1: potty mouth, just hilarious movie she was in.
Speaker 3: I forgot she was in that.
Speaker 1: We're gonna watch this today, crazy.
Speaker 3: Stupid love too right, she was in that I love
Speaker 3: Is that? I say that?
Speaker 2: Right?
Speaker 1: Crazy super Love?
Speaker 3: Is that?
Speaker 1: What is that movie about?
Speaker 3: Crazy stupid Love?
Speaker 1: Is it a what category?
Speaker 3: It's funny? It's a is it a rom com?
Speaker 1: You just asked me if it's okay? You just asked
Speaker 1: me if I've seen it?
Speaker 3: Okay, So maybe we can put that on the list too.
Speaker 2: Then if you love Emma Stone, you'll love this movie.
Speaker 3: She's great.
Speaker 1: That's it. She's great in I guess everything she does
Speaker 1: because she's one of the Best Actress Award profore, it's.
Speaker 2: Also an awesome human being. I have to say, like,
Speaker 2: I really really appreciate her. She has been phenomenal. Just
Speaker 2: I've gotten the opportunity interviewer in my career and she's
Speaker 2: just one of those people when you meet her, you're
Speaker 2: hoping she's as great as she seems to be, and
Speaker 2: she's that and more.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Okay, So there you go. Obviously we recommend
Speaker 1: this movie highly. This wraps up, so we're lumping the
Speaker 1: We did the first five we dropped them here on
Speaker 1: Saturday on Oscars Weekend, but then we're going to do
Speaker 1: the next five for you, and we're dropping those on
Speaker 1: Sunday so check all of these out look for those.
Speaker 1: They'll all be posted around noontime on noon Eastern time
Speaker 1: on Sunday. And the ones we have left Hamnet, Marty Supreme,
Speaker 1: the Secret Agent Train Dreams, and Sentimental Value. I have
Speaker 1: no idea why we decided to do them in that chunk.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of movie back then.
Speaker 2: You know what, you just put the list down. I
Speaker 2: don't know what order you chose to kind of put
Speaker 2: these in, but I'm here for it because these are
Speaker 2: perhaps I mean, maybe Hamnet had what I mean they had.
Speaker 2: I feel like that was the one and Marty Supreme,
Speaker 2: those two got the most promotion. The other ones the
Speaker 2: Secret Agent, Train, Dreams, Sentimental Value. I had to look
Speaker 2: them up. I didn't even I never even saw them
Speaker 2: being promoted, truly, but some of these are are You're
Speaker 2: gonna want to hear what we think about them, because
Speaker 2: you may want to check some of these out just
Speaker 2: because they didn't get the big PR blast or the
Speaker 2: big marketing value. There is some there are some incredible
Speaker 2: performances in these next movies.
Speaker 1: Getting y' all caught up before the ceremony on Sunday night,
Speaker 1: we appreciate, as always by hanging with us. Look for
Speaker 1: the next five. They'll all be posted on Sunday.