1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and I am fired up today. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: I am not to be messed with because I am 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: sick and tired of people calling out superhero movies and 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: Martin Scorsese is at it again. I'll get into his comments. 6 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: I'll give you my movie rant of the week. In 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: the movie review, we'll be talking about Saw X, a 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: movie that caught me by surprise being the tenth film 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: in this franchise. And in the trailer Park, we're gonna 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: talk about a movie trailer that is so subtle but 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: won me over by the end of this teaser that 12 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see this movie. It is called 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: Ferrari starring Adam Driver. So much to get to this week. 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: Thank you for being a part of this podcast listening 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: every single week. Shout out to the Monday Morning Movie crew. 16 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: You guys know who you are. And now, oh, almost 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: lost my mic there for a second. Let's talk movies. 18 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm just that hype today. 19 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: never before in a movie podcast. A man with so 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: much movie knowledge. He's basically like a walking IMTB with 23 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 2: glasses from the Nashville Podcast Network Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: Like I said in the intro, I am fired up 25 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: because legendary director Martin Scorsese, who's done movies like The 26 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: Wolf of Wall Street, one of my favorite movies of 27 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: all time, Goodfellas, Raging Bull. The list goes on and on. 28 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: He is literally a living legend, but for some reason, 29 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: every time he comes out and does an interview, he 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: has to throw superhero movies under the bus. And what 31 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: he said recently got me more riled up than anything 32 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: he has said so far about superhero movies, who he 33 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: has just spoken out about them historically, not liking them. 34 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: And what he has said recently is he his concern 35 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: about future generations of moviegoers. It seems to be that 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: his beef is with superhero and French films and what 37 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: they are doing to our culture. He says we need 38 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: to fight back against thinking that's what movies are. He said, 39 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: the danger there is what it's doing to our culture 40 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: because there are going to be generations now that think 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: that is what movies are. And he went on to 42 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: say that we need to go out there save cinema 43 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: and stop making franchise movies and support non franchise, non 44 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: superhero movies. So let's just unpack what he's saying there, 45 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: because I think now he is completely out of touch. 46 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: He is so old school in his way of thinking 47 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: that he doesn't realize that both things can exist. And 48 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: I love that he called out Christopher Nolan in particular, 49 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: saying that we need to go support films by Christopher 50 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: Nolan forgetting that Christopher Nolan created one of the greatest 51 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: comic book adaptations of all time with A Dark Knight. 52 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: Clearly he did not watch those movies and that came 53 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 1: out in the two thousand So is he that out 54 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: of touch that he didn't watch The Dark Nine two 55 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: thousand and eight? And I think the rea and he 56 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: referenced Christopher Nolan is because he has historically made really 57 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: good standalone films, not a part of any franchise, and 58 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: his main movies in the last decade that has really 59 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: pushed cinema and given audiences something new and fresh to 60 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: go see. And Christopher Nolan is a great director, but 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: I honestly think what punched his ticket and being able 62 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: to make any movie he wants now was doing such 63 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: a great job with the Dark Knight trilogy that really 64 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: cemented him, and then came out more bangers like Inception 65 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: and Interstellar, and has done so much work there, but 66 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: we are forgetting that he also did a great job 67 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: with a superhero franchise film. But again, the reason I'm 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: so fired up here is because he's missing that people 69 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: can enjoy and appreciate both. And I think he is 70 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: so wrapped up and worried that people aren't gonna go 71 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: watch Killers of the Flower Moon, And I feel like 72 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: this is a way of protecting himself, saying that the 73 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: only things making money and the only things pushing the 74 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: level as far as the box office are superhero franchise films. 75 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: But it just sounds like to me he is worried 76 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: that people will not watch his film because it doesn't 77 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: have a superhero in it. I honestly think that good 78 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: work will speak for itself, and you're probably even putting 79 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: it out at a good time right now where I 80 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: feel like there is a little bit of superhero fatigue. 81 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 1: They just announced that The Marvels is going to be 82 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: the shortest running MCU movie of all time, at one 83 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: hour and forty five minutes, and I think that's something 84 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: that would have been a bigger story maybe two or 85 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: three years ago, but right now I think we're like, okay, 86 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: we're good with the Superhero movie under two hours, which 87 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: historically they've always pushed that at least two twenty two 88 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: thirty run time. I think one hour and forty five 89 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: minutes is great for a movie like The Marvels. And 90 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: that's what he's getting wrong, is that I'm going to 91 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: go see The Marvels. I'm also going to go see 92 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: Akaman two later in December, but I'm also really looking 93 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: forward to Killers of the Flower Moon. So don't tell 94 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: me what is killing cinema when both can exist and flourish. 95 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: Dude also puts out a three and a half hour 96 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: movie and wonders why people are hesitant, which makes me 97 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,239 Speaker 1: feel like he is no longer making movies for his audience, 98 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 1: which I think at his level, he probably doesn't really 99 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: care about that so much. He is wanting to make 100 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: movies that are important to him, and he's gonna make 101 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: you sit there and watch them no matter what, and 102 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: you better enjoy it or he's going to yell at you, 103 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: which I think once you get to a level that 104 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: he is at where it really doesn't have to be 105 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: making movies at all anymore. He could have retired ten 106 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: years ago, but still he continues to put out these films, 107 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: and he feels like audiences need to go and respect them. 108 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: I just feel like it's coming from a very self 109 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: serving state of mind that he just wants you to 110 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: go and support his movies, in particular because he even 111 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: forgot that Christopher Nolan made a superhero movie. He just 112 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: cares about himself. Essentially, is what these statements boil down to. 113 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 1: When I really think I don't mind franchises, I don't 114 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: mind superhero movies. Why honestly, I love them. And here's 115 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: what it really boils down to. When I think about 116 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: my favorite movies, oftentimes they are standalone movies, not part 117 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: of a franchise, and they are never or rarely a sequel. 118 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: When I think about the list of my top ten 119 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: favorite movies, that is exactly how they stand for the 120 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: most part, because I think those movies are the ones 121 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: that create a unique experience, that change my state of 122 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: being in some kind of way, or that really alter 123 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: my life or change my way I view the world. 124 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: Because they are that impactful. I think it takes a 125 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: movie like that to really resonate with audiences, and those 126 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: often come from movies that are not part of a 127 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: franchise or are not a sequel. I could argue still 128 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: that a lot of those could still be superhero movies, 129 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: So I see it more on the franchise side than 130 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: the superhero side. But I do think that franchises build relationships, 131 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: and I can find myself loving a franchise more than 132 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: I love an individual movie. Makes me think of the 133 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: Harry Potter franchise, where as a whole, as a collected work, 134 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: it is one of the greatest franchises of all time, 135 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: and I think as a unit, with all of those 136 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: films together is stronger than any one individual movie because 137 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: we grow up with those characters, we learn from those characters, 138 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: and there are different moments from every single movie that 139 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: we love, so as a whole, those work better than 140 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: if it was ever just one movie. And the way 141 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: I think about it is I approach every different movie 142 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: I watch with a different set of expectations. I don't 143 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: need every single movie to change my life. I don't 144 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: need every single movie to reinvent cinema. Sometimes I want that, 145 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: but sometimes I just want a movie that is going 146 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: to make me feel good, that's going to make me 147 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: turn my brain off, that's going to give me some action. Essentially, 148 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: Martin Scorsese is saying every movie needs to be a 149 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: banger and push cinema, and the only time you should 150 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: go to the theater and spend your money is for 151 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: movies like my movie. And so that I say. Bart 152 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: Simpson said it best with glasses that thick be so stupid. 153 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: So what I wanted to share with you first will 154 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: go through the top ten highest grossing non franchise movies 155 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: of all time to get a look at the landscape 156 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: of how impactful movies that have no connection with any 157 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: other movie and are also not superhero movies. At number 158 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: ten is Et making seven hundred and ninety five million dollars, 159 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: which is not just the result of the first time 160 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: it was ever in theaters. The movie gets re released 161 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: every anniversary or so, so it continues to generate money. 162 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: That is some fine Spielberg movie making. With that, at 163 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: number nine, you have Coco, which is made eight hundred 164 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: and fourteen million dollars at the box office. I almost 165 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: feel like certain studios are a powerhouse in themselves. And 166 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: I really think that animated movies don't get the credit 167 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: they deserve for being really great stories, because anytime you 168 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: see something animated, you think, oh, it's made for kids. 169 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: In this case, yes, it is geared towards kids. But 170 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: if you look at the story in Coco, if you 171 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: look at the actual art and the character design and 172 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: the animation, that movie really pushed the boundaries. So I'm 173 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: also glad that Pixar historically doesn't make a whole lot 174 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: of sequels. And I say that thinking of all the 175 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: toy story movies they've made in the cars movies, But 176 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: I like it when they come out with movies like Coco, 177 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: they tell the entire story and don't feel the need 178 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: to start cranking out more. I think the really great 179 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: Pixar stories are the ones that get it out all 180 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: in one movie. At number seven, you have Inception from 181 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: Christopher Nolan, making eight hundred and thirty nine million dollars 182 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 1: at the box office. At number six, another Pixar movie, 183 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: Inside Out, making eight hundred and fifty three million dollars 184 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: at the box office, getting into the top five. At 185 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: number five, you have a biopic Bohemian Rhapsody making nine 186 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: hundred and ten million dollars at the box office. That 187 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: one is a little bit surprising to me, one because 188 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: I really don't enjoy biopicks a whole lot when it 189 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: comes to biopicks of musicians. They keep making them because 190 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: we all love music, and we love these iconic figures 191 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: in music. But I just feel like music biopics as 192 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: a whole don't generally do the artist justice. Very rare 193 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: does it happen. They are just not my favorite movies 194 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: to watch because I always feel like they don't give 195 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: you the full story, especially with Bohemian Rhapsody. And I 196 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: think the reason it did so well is because everybody 197 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: loves Freddy Mercury. He's an iconic singer. He also has 198 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: a very tragic story and he has not been alive 199 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: for a very long time, so I think the demand 200 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: was there at the time this movie came out. The 201 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: thing I did love about this movie is even though 202 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: I didn't love the actual film, it did make me 203 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: go discover and rediscover some queen music. I've never really 204 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: historically been a fan of rock music during that period, 205 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: but you can't deny Freddy Mercury's voice. I also can't 206 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: deny Rammy Malick's performance as Freddy Mercury in that movie, 207 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: which he got the Oscar for, so he deserved that 208 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: as a whole being in the top five here. I 209 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: don't necessarily love it, and I'm glad that the biopick 210 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: that ranks above it took its slot fairly recently, because 211 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: at number four is Oppenheimer, which has currently made nine 212 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty six million dollars at the box office, 213 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: which is an amazing feat not only that it's a biopick, 214 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: but also that it's a rated R movie and the 215 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,679 Speaker 1: only rated R movie in this entire top ten. Also 216 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: the fact that there's really nothing flashy about this movie, 217 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: very limited if any CGI really just straight ahead acting 218 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: and a whole lot of dialogue, which some people find 219 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 1: to be a turnoff when going to watch a movie. 220 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: But I think when it comes to Christopher Nolan, dialogue 221 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: matched with the score that keeps the entire conversations moving along, 222 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: that makes you pay attention. It works so well for me. 223 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: So for the people who said that Oppenheimer was boring, 224 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: I hate that for you. I'm sorry you had a 225 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: bad experience. But it's a great movie. Love to see 226 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: it in the top five at number three. This one 227 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: may be a bit country because, well, I'll get it 228 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: to why exactly that is, But let me tell you 229 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: what it is. First, Super Mario Brothers, the movie that 230 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: came out earlier this year, has made one point three 231 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: billion dollars at the Fox office. It is included on 232 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: this list even though they have made a Super Mario 233 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: Brothers live action movie before this, and even though it 234 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: is connected to a well known video game franchise which 235 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: Mario is one of the most iconic video game characters 236 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: of all time, which I feel does contribute a lot 237 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: to its success at the Fox office. There hasn't been 238 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: a movie like this made that is a great representation 239 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: of what it's like to play a Super Mario game. 240 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: But it's not a part of a franchise yet. They 241 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: are probably going to make more movies within the Super 242 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: Mario world, but as of now, it is just one movie. 243 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: It's not a superhero movie, so if you're questioning its 244 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: placement on the list right now, it is a standalone movie. 245 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: So I'm surprised in a good way at the success 246 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: of this movie. And I think when it comes down 247 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: to animation. It's how much do kids love it? Showing 248 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: you that kids love Super Mario Brothers, and also that 249 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: this movie didn't really have anything you needed to know 250 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: about the characters going into it. There's also just not 251 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: the biggest plot in this They're not really trying to 252 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: teach you a lesson or throw anything else in here 253 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: that's going to go over kids' heads. It's very much 254 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: an honest kids movie, and I think we really needed 255 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 1: one right now. So that is a big win for Illumination, 256 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: who normally just makes all their money on the Minions movies. 257 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: At number two, which is also the number fourteen highest 258 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: grossing movie of all time, but at number two, as 259 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: being one of the top ten highest grossing non franchise, 260 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,599 Speaker 1: non superhero movies of all time is Barbie. As of 261 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: the time of recording this podcast has made one point 262 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 1: four billion dollars at the box office. This movie continues 263 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: to crush it and I'll get into more why I 264 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: think Barbie has changed the landscape of cinema in my 265 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: list coming up after this, but that is just an 266 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: incredible feat to have come out this summer in July 267 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: and not only landing at number two on this list, 268 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: but at number fourteen of all time highest grossing movies. 269 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: So fantastic for Barbie, which is a great movie, but 270 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: at number one, the highest grossing non franchise, non superhero 271 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: movie of all time is the one and only Titanic, 272 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: which is made two point two billion, and it is 273 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: the number four highest grossing movie of all time. James 274 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: Cameron is undeniable as being somebody who knows what it 275 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: takes to make a big cinematic film, and he has 276 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: so many of the highest grossing movies of all time 277 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: that if you ever bet against James Cameron, you're gonna 278 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: lose your money because he only really cranks out hits. 279 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: So that is that list. But as I continue ripping 280 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: Martin Scorsese to shreds, I have another list for him. 281 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: Five non franchise movies that have changed cinema in the 282 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: last five years, and I'll tell you why. I'll start first, 283 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: in no particular order, at number five. We've been talking 284 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: about it earlier, but it's Barbie, and I think it's 285 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: because it has made that much money at the box 286 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: office and we are still going to see the effects 287 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: of this movie in the years to come. I feel 288 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: like this movie is going to open the door for 289 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: more female directors, because let's be honest, it is a 290 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: sausage fest out there, and every time a list comes 291 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: out of the best directors of all time, there is 292 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: always just a lack of female representation, and I think 293 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: that needs to change. And I just saw something in 294 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: Greta Gerwig's work very early on kicking it off with 295 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: Lady Bird. She is a director who knows exactly what 296 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: she wants to say and how she wants to say it. 297 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: All of the actors in her movie have such a 298 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: trust with her, and it is just so important to 299 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: trust a director when making a movie, which I heard 300 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: Robert Pattinson talking about this recently, which he says he 301 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: relies so much on having a great director and a 302 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: great script, but at the end of the day, it 303 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: is his face on that poster, and if it's not good, 304 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: he is going to be the one that gets ripped 305 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: to shreds. No one is going to rip the director, 306 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: no one is going to rip the script. They're going 307 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: to say that Robert Pattinson did not do a good job. 308 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: So I think that I've seen so many great stories 309 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: about Greta Gerwig and her actors trusting her and her 310 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: putting them in the best position to make them look 311 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: great and to make the story flourish. And I think 312 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: Barbie is the best example of that. So if she 313 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: can do that with Barbie, break down the Door, hopefully 314 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: all these big executives making the decisions on what directors 315 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: to attach to what films they bring on more directors 316 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: like Greta Gerwig, who now has the ability to make 317 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: any movie she wants. I think Christopher Nolan, who we've 318 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: also been talking about, he kind of got that right 319 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: after he did the Dark Knight trilogy, but really cemented 320 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: himself with Inception, and now he can essentially do whatever 321 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: he wants. I feel like, after you make a movie 322 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: that has grossed over a billion dollars, you get that right, 323 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: and now they're gonna have to pay her a lot 324 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: of money. So that movie makes my lists from this year. 325 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: Look at that. There's two movies from this year that 326 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: have changed cinema release on the same weekend, Martin Scorsese, 327 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 1: what are you talking about? Did you not go to 328 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: the movies this summer? Because on that same weekend we 329 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: got Oppenheimer, which is now the biggest biopic of all time, 330 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: talked about it earlier, beat out Bohemian Rhapsody. So I 331 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: think this is also changing cinema and showing you that 332 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: movies can be significant, they can be impactful, and they 333 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: can resonate with audiences, even if they take a story 334 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: like Oppenheimer, which is just a character study on Oppenheimer, 335 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: who is this theoretical physicist and by no means on 336 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: his own, is there anything particularly sexy about his story 337 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: on surface level if you were just reading it on 338 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: a textbook in a history class. But you take his story, 339 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: give it a great director like Christopher Nolan, it opens 340 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: up the door for so many more great biopicks. I 341 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 1: even think of Air, which came out earlier this year, 342 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: showing us that you can make a movie about shoe 343 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: be one of the best dramas of the entire year 344 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: as well. So it gives me hope that every single 345 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: biopick that comes out doesn't have to be a famous 346 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: musician anymore. With movies like last year Elvis coming out, 347 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: There's a Bob Marley biopic coming out, I just feel 348 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: like we get those movies so frequently that I get 349 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: less interested because I think they have run out of 350 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 1: icons at this point, and I feel like those movies 351 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: lose out on some attention to detail because they're just 352 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: telling the story of an iconic character in music, and 353 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: you think the songs are going to speak for themselves, 354 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: and you don't really have to focus so much on 355 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: who you cast for it or who you get to 356 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,239 Speaker 1: direct it, which is really the most important thing. So 357 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: then you get these movies that look like they deserve 358 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: to be shown on a cabled network, and I'm expected 359 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 1: to go see those and think they have some kind 360 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: of value just because they're about somebody really famous. So 361 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: I think Oppenheimer is going to change that and get 362 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: back to making biopicks about people in history who actually 363 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: have really great stories to tell if you put the 364 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: time and effort into it, like Christopher Nolan did. So 365 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: that is my number four and number three is another 366 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: recent movie came out last year and swept the Oscars 367 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: this year. It is everything everywhere, all at once. And 368 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: the way I feel like this movie is going to 369 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: change cinema is because it was able to have such 370 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: a massive look with a relatively modest budget of twenty 371 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: five million dollars. And I think the way that this 372 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: movie has changed cinema is showing that you can make 373 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: a film on a relatively modest budget. This one only 374 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: costs twenty five million dollars to make. We're not going 375 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: to make one hundred and forty one million dollars at 376 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: the box office, but had this massive cinematic look and 377 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: obliterated what we thought we knew about any kind of 378 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: multiverse situation. In a year where Marvel also put out 379 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it put that 380 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: movie to shame. It made that multiverse look so one 381 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: dimensional because there was so much more creativity in this movie, 382 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: so much great use of editing that made this movie 383 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,400 Speaker 1: look even bigger than that twenty five million dollar budget. 384 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: And in a world of remakes, reboots, sequels, superhero movies, 385 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: I think you can't go wrong with any A twenty 386 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: four film, which is a studio that put out everything everywhere, 387 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: all at once. Looking historically, in the last five years 388 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: of A twenty four, they have created some of my 389 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: favorite movies that are all standalone, non franchise, non superhero films. 390 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: I mean, just looking at their last five years. This 391 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 1: year we got Talked to Me, which is a great 392 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: horror movie. We've had the Whale, Uncut Gems, Hereditary, Lady Bird. 393 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: Really just diving into A twenty four on their own, 394 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: they could be single handedly saving cinema. They don't make 395 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 1: a big fuss about it. They're not telling you to 396 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: not go watch those superhero films as well. But you know, 397 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: when you go watch an A twenty four film, you're 398 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: gonna get something special, You're gonna get something unique. Some 399 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: times they miss. Sometimes they put out some really boring 400 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: movies that you really have to think about and their 401 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: hit or miss. Sometimes A twenty four puts out some 402 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: very meta movies that you watch and you don't understand 403 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 1: whatsoever until you go read an article on the Internet 404 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: of some other nerd who didn't really understand it when 405 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: they watched it, but made up all these theories, and 406 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: then we're all like, oh, we get it. It's a 407 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: metaphor for why we all had terrible childhoods. But yes, essentially, 408 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: I could have put every A twenty four film the 409 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: last five years on this list, So go check out 410 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: all A twenty four has to offer. But at number two, 411 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: I have a movie from twenty twenty one called Coda. 412 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: It made history as being the first movie to win 413 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: Best Picture that came from a streaming service. It was 414 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: put out on Apple TV Plus back in twenty twenty one. 415 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: I love the representation in the film, and the reason 416 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: I feel like this movie is changing and has changed 417 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: cinema is because it is just great storytelling at its finest. 418 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: In Coda, you will not find any gunfights, no explosions, 419 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: no fight scenes, just regular people maybe having arguments. They 420 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: may be raising their voices, but it shows that you 421 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: can just make a slice of life movie that has 422 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 1: a lot of great representation and make it really resonate 423 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: with audiences. That's all you have to do to make 424 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: a great movie is create an emotional connection, in this case, 425 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: in a story in a world that even though we 426 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: don't really know a whole lot about. So not only 427 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: did it shake things up by winning Best Picture coming 428 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: from a streaming service, but the movie also came out 429 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: in August and was still able to win for Best Picture, 430 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: which the game has been to put out your movies 431 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: in November and December during that Oscar season, being able 432 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: to bait Oscar voters into remembering your movie and thinking, oh, 433 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: I need to vote for that movie. Whenever I throw 434 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: in my ballot. Coda shook things up by being a 435 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: movie that came out in August and still took home 436 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: the biggest prize, but at number one on my list 437 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: that have changed cinema in the last five years. Again, 438 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: and this is in no particular order, but this is 439 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: another movie that came out in twenty twenty three. So 440 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: in my list, I have three movies from this year, 441 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna go with Megan, which I feel that 442 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: it is so hard to create a lasting horror character. 443 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: There's always been the major ones. You're Michael Myers, You're Chucky, 444 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: You're Jason. You also have whatever to consider your second 445 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: tier with your ghost face, your leather face, and your 446 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 1: Pennywise to clown. But now I feel like after Megan, 447 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: a new horror icon is born, and that is huge 448 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: because now I feel like this is going to be 449 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: a character that reshows itself every single Halloween. I'm already 450 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 1: seeing people dress up like Megan, wreaking havoc in neighborhoods, 451 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: walking around in a Megan costume. It is very hard 452 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: to create a new horror character that is iconic as 453 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: all the ones that have been around for years and 454 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: have so many more movies connected to them, but Megan 455 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: has done that. And the other reason I chose to 456 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: include this movie is because as of now, there is 457 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 1: only one. But of course we've heard that Megan two 458 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: is coming, and of course that means Megan three is 459 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: coming in four. There'll be some spinoffs, there will be 460 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: a prequel. It's going to be a big deal for 461 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: a very long time now. But I don't think franchises 462 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 1: are bad. It shows you that if a character has 463 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: success and we attach ourselves to it, we want to 464 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: see more of it. It's not a bad thing. You 465 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: can't hate on a movie for being successful and then 466 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: wanting to create more movies to tell more of the story. 467 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: It would be like me hating on somebody for being 468 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: good at their job and getting a promotion. I think 469 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: the goal is to create a movie franchise, and I 470 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 1: think sometimes franchises are necessary in order to tell the 471 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: entire story of a character. Think of Guardians of the 472 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: Galaxy earlier this year. Finishing out that trilogy in a 473 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: perfectly well told story where every single movie was more 474 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: and more character development. You get a part one, two, 475 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: and three, and that is the entire story. Now, there 476 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: are some other franchises like The Fast and the Perious 477 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: franchises where they're pretty much stand alone and you don't 478 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: really have to watch all those to make sense, and 479 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 1: it's just like, yes, every couple of years you get 480 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: a new movie. That is really the only situation where 481 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: you could argue that franchises are bad. But even then, 482 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: if you make a movie and people love it and 483 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,639 Speaker 1: they want to go see it, why would you deny 484 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 1: them that? And as formulaic as some of those movies 485 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: tend to be, they serve a purpose. So I don't 486 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: think that the solution for saving cinema is just supporting 487 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: non franchise, non superhero movies. I think the true answer 488 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: here is to support any movie that you enjoy, support 489 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: any director that you want to see more movies from 490 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: by going to see their work in theaters or paying 491 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 1: for it to watch on the streaming services. That's all 492 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: you have to do. Watch what you want to watch, 493 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: enjoy what you want to enjoy, and don't feel bad 494 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: about it because some dude passed his primus telling you 495 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,920 Speaker 1: that you should feel bad about it, and go watch 496 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: this three and a half hour movie. So that is 497 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: all I have to say that has been my rant 498 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,640 Speaker 1: of the week. Come back talk about Saw X, speaking 499 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 1: of big, long lasting franchises, and in the trailer park, 500 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: we'll talk about a new movie called Ferrari that had 501 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: my jaw on the floor because of how few words 502 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: were spoken in the trailer, the least amount ever that 503 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: has made me want to see a movie. Let's get 504 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: into it now. A spoiler free movie review of Saw X, 505 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: the tenth film in the franchise, from a film series 506 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: that captivated audiences starting back in two thousand and four 507 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,880 Speaker 1: in one of the most mind blowing and jarring movies 508 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: of our lifetime in the horror genre. And to be honest, 509 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: I have fallen out of love with the Saw franchise 510 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: over the years one, two and three. I was good, 511 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: but after that they became formulaic and it's a hard 512 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: franchise to really attach yourself to because really the format 513 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: is the star. Have your players playing the game trying 514 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: to save their lives. This whole big reason that John 515 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 1: Kramer has crafted because he is somebody who has been 516 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: fighting for his life and wants to show the people 517 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: who are taking their life for granted how much they 518 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,159 Speaker 1: should appreciate the things that they have, So really, the 519 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: Saw movies are the most wholesome when you think about it, 520 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 1: teaching us a lesson that we all need to know. 521 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: We find John Kramer again. He is sick. Basically, the 522 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 1: doctor has told him that he only has a few 523 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: months to live, and they tell him to take it easy. 524 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: He says, I'm not taking it easy. I'm gonna go 525 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: out fighting this thing. So what does he do. He 526 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: learns about this experimental medical procedure in Mexico and it's 527 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: supposed to be one that can cure his cancer as 528 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: far along as he is. So he travels to Mexico 529 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,359 Speaker 1: and then learns about this entire operation and realizes it 530 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Again, that's 531 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: all in the IMDb description, so I'm not rooting anything 532 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 1: by saying that, but that's the entire movie is him 533 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 1: getting back at these people who have stolen money from him. 534 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: The interesting thing about this movie it has an entirely 535 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: different tone, and even in the first twenty and thirty minutes, 536 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: I was worried a little bit because it spent so 537 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 1: much time on his story, what he was going through, 538 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,159 Speaker 1: that it really felt like a drama that I wouldn't 539 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 1: have hated, but I don't really go into a Saw 540 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: movie wanting a drama, so it does take this movie 541 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 1: a little bit too ramp up. And like I told 542 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: you how I feel about horror movies that have really 543 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: slow beginnings, it always gets me. It always feels a 544 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 1: little bit like, all right, let's get to the action here. 545 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: But once it does. I'm not gonna say it's NonStop 546 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: throughout the entire movie, but it is so intense when 547 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: it does show these moments that I feel like they 548 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: had to really step up their game in this movie 549 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: to make it feel more gruesome. And I paid attention 550 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: to all the little sound effects and all the blood 551 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: squirts and all the practical horror elements that they use 552 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: that I found myself a person who is really desensitized 553 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: to anything bloody, anything gory. I can watch the most 554 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: hardcore violent movie and not feel a thing coming from me. 555 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: I found myself a little bit squeamish, and some things 556 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: were hard to watch. I have a thing about bones 557 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: breaking and the sound effects they use of bones crunching 558 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: and blood curdling. It was so well done and so 559 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: properly used that it even made me feel queasy that 560 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: I still kept my eyes on the screen the entire 561 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: time because I felt like if I didn't watch it, 562 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: I would be missing out on what is happening here. 563 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: But it was hard to watch it, and I just 564 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: found myself doing this face like, eugh, this is hard 565 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: to stomach. But if you are squeamish, this movie is 566 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: not for the faint of heart. And after watching this, 567 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: it made me think, how has this soft franchise become 568 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: such a household name with how gruesome they are. It's 569 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: just torture in every single film, and they take it 570 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: to the such extremes and they're so creative that you 571 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: wonder what are these writers going through while they are 572 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: thinking of all these plots. It's like a sick Looney 573 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: Tunes scale every single time. So it's just surprising to 574 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: me that this has become so mainstream and we're all 575 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: kind of cool with it. So if somebody says Saw 576 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: is their favorite movie franchise in the horror genre, I 577 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: question their judgment a little bit. I'm gonna be looking 578 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 1: into your internet history. So this movie isn't really scary. 579 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: I don't think the entire franchise is that at all, 580 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: but it is so gruesome and the most gruesome I've 581 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: seen this franchise in a very long time, so I 582 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,479 Speaker 1: think that is going to get people interested in this 583 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: franchise again. But it's that connection I had with John 584 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: Kramer in this movie that I hadn't really felt since 585 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:38,959 Speaker 1: maybe Part two, because for the first time, he's not 586 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: a good guy. He's kind of an anti hero. He 587 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 1: is doing these things for arguably a moral reason, but 588 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 1: he's also the villain too. So I found myself going 589 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: back and forth in this film. Do I think he's 590 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: doing good? Do I think he's a bad person, Because 591 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, like he says, he 592 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: is not killing anybody, they have the choice, but he's 593 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: just putting them in these situations where they have to 594 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 1: fight for their life. So I found myself being so 595 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: conflicted of rooting for him but also rooting against him 596 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: because it's just hard to see people put in these situations. 597 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: So I feel it from both ends. But again, in 598 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: this movie, they screwed him over so did they deserve it? 599 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. He's like a hardcore vigilante, so overall, 600 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: like it is in the rest of the franchise, the 601 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: format of the movie is the star you have all 602 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: of these people playing this game. I would say the 603 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: only thing that really held me back from fully loving 604 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: this movie. There were a couple of things. One is 605 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: that the acting is pretty subpar. And again, I don't 606 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: really go into a Saw movie thinking there's gonna be stellar. 607 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 1: Acting in this Saw film wasn't really the case. But 608 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: it was so bad in parts that I found myself 609 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: disconnecting from the story because I was annoyed by their performances. 610 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: One character in particular, I was like, all right, just 611 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: kill this guy because I can't stand him anymore. But 612 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: maybe they were just trying to make a really unsufferable character. 613 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: So not really on them for making me hate him 614 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: so much. I think actually being able to write a 615 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: character that invokes that emotion, it's a pretty powerful thing. 616 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 1: If I left a movie feeling annoyed because of one 617 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: specific character, I feel like they did their job. But man, 618 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: I was waiting for it to get to his game 619 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: because I wanted him out of there. I did not 620 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: want him to win. I was definitely rooting against that 621 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: guy because he was so so annoying. But there were 622 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: other interactions in this movie with different characters that felt 623 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: very soap opera ish, not with anything with John Kramer. 624 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: I think he is so great in that role. His 625 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: voice is iconic in the Horror franchise, but it's just 626 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: his interactions with everybody else felt a little bit cheesy 627 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: at times. My second issue with this movie was the runtime. 628 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: I'm not against a long run time if it has 629 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 1: a reason to be that long, but those first thirty 630 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: minutes of building his story could have been condensed a 631 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: little more to get to more of the action, because 632 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: that's what we want in a Saw movie. We want 633 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 1: more blood, we want more guts. Felt like it was 634 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: so slow in the beginning. I found myself being bored 635 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: and it was it's hard to come back from that that. 636 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: It really wasn't until halfway through the movie that I 637 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: realized I'm really enjoying this because it had me so 638 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 1: bored in the beginning. So I worry that if you 639 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: don't go see this movie in theaters and wait to 640 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,160 Speaker 1: shriam it, you may not get through those first thirty 641 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,320 Speaker 1: minutes because it doesn't really hook you in. Even though 642 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: it is emotional in the beginning, you do get to 643 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: feel a lot of the pain that he is going through, 644 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: but man, you just wanted to get to the action. 645 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,479 Speaker 1: And if it would have been at that one forty 646 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: minute range, oh man, it would have been a much better, 647 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: more cohesive movie all the way throughout, and I would 648 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:33,480 Speaker 1: be telling you you need to go see this movie 649 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 1: in theaters today. It did make me feel oddly nostalgic, 650 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,239 Speaker 1: and it reminded me of the epic music that they 651 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: always have at the ending of a Saw movie, and 652 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: whenever this music played, I was like, oh, yes, like 653 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: this kind of takes me back. So there were those 654 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: moments where it felt like they were calling back to 655 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: the original song, calling back to those early films, without 656 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: it feeling kind of cheap and kind of reminding the audience, 657 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 1: hey remember when we did that, which I feel other 658 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: horror movies do that. They just do the exact same 659 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: things that they did in the early films as a callback, 660 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 1: but it just feels like they're reminding it, like, hey, 661 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: remember that that, We're gonna do it again. It's cool reference. 662 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: Not in this case, it was more like odes to 663 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,959 Speaker 1: the original one subtle nods, very subtle placement of things 664 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: that happened in the first and second movie that they 665 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 1: brought back in a more sophisticated way, in a more 666 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,279 Speaker 1: subtle way that didn't really feel like they were just 667 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,719 Speaker 1: cramming it in there for the sake of nostalgia. So 668 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: in the end I left really enjoying this movie. I'm 669 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 1: about twenty four hours now after seeing it and I'm 670 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,279 Speaker 1: still thinking about it. So that is the sign of 671 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 1: a good movie. Also the fact that whenever you have 672 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 1: lower expectations going into a movie and it kind of 673 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,520 Speaker 1: obliterates everything you thought the movie was going to be, 674 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: those movies always just stick with me and mean a 675 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 1: little bit more to me. So if I had to 676 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: rate Saw X, I would give it four out of 677 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 1: five body parts. 678 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,240 Speaker 2: It's time to head down to movie mics. 679 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: Trailer, Paul, this is one of the most polarizing movie 680 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 1: trailers I have ever seen. And I think a great 681 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: movie trailer is supposed to leave you wanting more. It's 682 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: supposed to be a teaser. It's supposed to give you 683 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: just the taste, just the taste of the story, but 684 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: make you want to go back to the theater to 685 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: watch that movie. That is what a great trailer does. 686 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: The bad trailers give you the beginning, the middle, and 687 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: the end in those two and a half minutes, and 688 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 1: then it's completely ruined. They also tell all the good jokes, 689 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: show all the scary parts. That is the sign of 690 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,800 Speaker 1: a bad trailer. But what I love about the Ferrari 691 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 1: trailer is there is only one line spoken in this 692 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: entire trailer, and I'm gonna play it for you here 693 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: in a second. But the rest is just the sound 694 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: of a Ferrari just blaring throughout the entire thing and 695 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,839 Speaker 1: showing you all these dramatic moments in this movie. And 696 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 1: this approach to making a trailer is one I have 697 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: not seen done ever before, showing you all the drama 698 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,399 Speaker 1: but not giving you any of the words, not really 699 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 1: giving you a whole lot of context. But just from 700 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 1: watching this trailer, I can tell you there's going to 701 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: be maybe a sex scandal, There's gonna be death, there's 702 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,479 Speaker 1: gonna be some money issues, there's gonna be racing, there's 703 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 1: gonna be tragic situations. And I get that all from 704 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,800 Speaker 1: the expressions on the actor's face. You have Adam Driver, 705 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: Penelope Cruise, Shane Lean Woodley all in this movie. So 706 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: I'll play a little bit of the Ferrari trailer and 707 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: tell you more about this film. That really just has 708 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: my jaw on the floor because I feel like right 709 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,399 Speaker 1: now every trailer just has to give you so much 710 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: because they're begging you to go to the theater that 711 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: I'll watch this movie. So that is a big statement. 712 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: I love the risk. I hope it pays off for them. 713 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 1: This movie is coming out on Christmas this year. Here's 714 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: just a little bit the one line spoken in the 715 00:36:54,120 --> 00:37:02,839 Speaker 1: Ferrari trailer, if you get into one of my cars, 716 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:10,719 Speaker 1: you get into wind. So Ferrari follows the real life 717 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: story of Enzo Ferrari. In that trailer, all you hear 718 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: is the blair of V twelve engines with just that 719 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: one line of dialogue, which really, for me, just sets 720 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:22,879 Speaker 1: the tone that this is going to be a very 721 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,000 Speaker 1: dramatic movie. So what a great way for a trailer 722 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,920 Speaker 1: to showcase that drama and showcase that emotion. What I 723 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 1: took away from it looks like he cheats on his wife, 724 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 1: it looks like he loses his son, maybe has some 725 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,719 Speaker 1: kind of an affair with Shalen Woodley. Again, these are 726 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:40,279 Speaker 1: all just my interpretations from the trailer, and I love 727 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 1: that I just have all these questions going into it, 728 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,359 Speaker 1: which normally a trailer just answers every single thing, the who, 729 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,520 Speaker 1: the what, the win. But I love that there are 730 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,320 Speaker 1: questions that arise from this, sparking my curiosity of wanting 731 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: to watch this movie. But the story of Enzo Ferrari 732 00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: goes back to the summer of nineteen fifty seven. It 733 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: finds him at a time where bankruptcy has threatened the 734 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,840 Speaker 1: factory that he and his wife have built from the 735 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 1: ground up. Seems like they have a pretty rough marriage 736 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:11,879 Speaker 1: that was only made worse by the loss of their son, 737 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,719 Speaker 1: which we see in the trailer for this movie. And 738 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: what I take away from Enzo Ferrari as a person 739 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 1: after watching this trailer is that he is somebody who 740 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: is probably a little bit troubled, maybe hard to be around, 741 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: maybe hard to love, but has a passion for racing, 742 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 1: has a passion for driving, and has a passion for 743 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:34,720 Speaker 1: creating very top of the line cars like Ferrari, which 744 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: is not only a really expensive car, but one of 745 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: those very prestigious cars that has its roots in Formula 746 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,480 Speaker 1: one racing. And he was a big driver, no pun 747 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 1: intended behind that have Adam Driver really living up to 748 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 1: his name in this movie It's like he was born 749 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 1: to play mister Ferrari. The movie comes to us from 750 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: director Michael Mann, who also did movies like Ali, heat 751 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,720 Speaker 1: Less The Mohicans, but hasn't done a movie in eight years. 752 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 1: So whenever director who has a great body of work 753 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,959 Speaker 1: like that comes back to do a movie eight years later, 754 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: it makes me feel like they found the story they've 755 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: been wanting to tell and are gonna do it in 756 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:13,840 Speaker 1: a way that is really going to resonate with audiences. Also, recently, 757 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,320 Speaker 1: I talked about how there really aren't that many great 758 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,359 Speaker 1: racing movies when talking about Grand Tarismo, that for some 759 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: reason I hold racing movies to this really high standard, 760 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,360 Speaker 1: like they are very prestigious. But when I really started 761 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,960 Speaker 1: to look at all the racing movies that have come 762 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,400 Speaker 1: out aside from Ford v. Ferrari, which Michael Mann was 763 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,960 Speaker 1: actually an executive producer on, there really aren't that many 764 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,279 Speaker 1: great ones. And I'm not really getting the feeling that 765 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,400 Speaker 1: this is going to be a straight on racing movie. 766 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 1: I think it'll focus on how he built the company 767 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,840 Speaker 1: and how he built the car, and how he wanted 768 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,400 Speaker 1: to make it the best and fastest car and have 769 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,399 Speaker 1: the best drivers to really represent the name. I think 770 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: it's going to be more along the lines of what 771 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 1: we saw with movies like Air the Social Network, a 772 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,440 Speaker 1: very deep character study on the person behind the idea. 773 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,880 Speaker 1: But there are some really great shots in this trailer, 774 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:06,440 Speaker 1: in particular the scene where they are racing out in 775 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: the hill country. At the very bottom of these hills, 776 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,720 Speaker 1: there's just one little windy road that all these cars 777 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: are just holling butt on that looked pretty breathtaking. There 778 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: are also some scenes for some races where it looks 779 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: like you have some fiery crashes. So it looks like 780 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 1: this movie is going to have it all. And as 781 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,480 Speaker 1: a kid, I always dreamed of having a Ferrari. It 782 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,000 Speaker 1: was the one car that I just thought was so cool. 783 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,120 Speaker 1: I remember one year for Christmas I got a It 784 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 1: was probably more like a toy model car, except those 785 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,800 Speaker 1: really you just display those. This one you could actually 786 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,719 Speaker 1: play with. Or maybe I was so excited about it 787 00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 1: because it was just so cool looking that I played 788 00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,400 Speaker 1: with it no matter what. But it was a red Ferrari, 789 00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 1: and I envisioned myself someday getting so rich that I 790 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,080 Speaker 1: could afford one. But now as an adult, I realize 791 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,960 Speaker 1: unless I went the lottery. I am never owning a Ferrari. 792 00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,520 Speaker 1: I would just feel so uncomfortable driving it because it 793 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,240 Speaker 1: just seems like a waste to be inside of something 794 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: that expensive. Of that somebody throwing a rock or you 795 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: hitting something on the road diminishes the value. I just 796 00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,560 Speaker 1: can't imagine driving something that expensive, But I do like 797 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,600 Speaker 1: watching other people drive them. So if I ever see 798 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:13,879 Speaker 1: a Ferrari out in the wild and I'm like, oh, 799 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: look there goes a Ferrari, bet they spent a lot 800 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: of money on oil changes. But again, the movie is 801 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,600 Speaker 1: called Ferrari and it's coming out this Christmas, And if 802 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: I had to rink my excitement level, let's see it 803 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,480 Speaker 1: is a four point five out of five. I think 804 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: this will probably be an Oscar contender, given the caliber 805 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,200 Speaker 1: of the director and just looking at the cast of 806 00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:43,799 Speaker 1: this movie. If it was anything less, it would have 807 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:47,400 Speaker 1: had a much different trailer. So I am really excited 808 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,359 Speaker 1: for this one. And that's the trailer park. You heard 809 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 1: it here first at That was this week's edition of 810 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,080 Speaker 1: Movie by Framer par and that is going to do 811 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,600 Speaker 1: it for another episode here of the podcast. Thank you 812 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,040 Speaker 1: for listening is my way of showing you my appreciation. 813 00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,040 Speaker 1: Every single week I do a listener shout out, whether 814 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,200 Speaker 1: you comment on my Facebook page, you tweet me, you 815 00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,520 Speaker 1: send me an email Moviemike d at gmail dot com, 816 00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,439 Speaker 1: or follow me on TikTok if you're not over there. 817 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,560 Speaker 1: I don't only post movie content there. I also have 818 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,400 Speaker 1: a series going with my new hobby of collecting comics, 819 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: so follow me on TikTok at Mike dstro. But this 820 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,360 Speaker 1: week I am going over to my Facebook page and 821 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:31,359 Speaker 1: picking one listener as my listener's shout out. This week, 822 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:35,160 Speaker 1: it goes to Colleen White, who commented on the post 823 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,600 Speaker 1: I made about the Disney one hundred disc collection that 824 00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 1: costs fifteen hundred dollars. Did an entire episode on it, 825 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:43,680 Speaker 1: and Colleen wrote, I can't believe you sent Bolt to 826 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:48,040 Speaker 1: the Fire. That is an awesome movie. Sad crying emoji face. 827 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,239 Speaker 1: I stand by that. I feel like that movie came 828 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,520 Speaker 1: out in an era of Disney that I'm just not 829 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,799 Speaker 1: a fan of. I feel like a lack of creativity 830 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:58,080 Speaker 1: and that movie just happened to be one of the 831 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:02,840 Speaker 1: best representations of Disney just having an awful run of movies. 832 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 1: So I am sorry. But not sorry Colleen that I 833 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:09,200 Speaker 1: sent that movie to the flames. But I appreciate you 834 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,680 Speaker 1: listening to the podcast. Thank you for commenting on my 835 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,719 Speaker 1: Facebook page, because I'll take any kind of engagement I 836 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,239 Speaker 1: get over there, because most of the time Facebook is 837 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,799 Speaker 1: where I just get the meanest comments, where people don't 838 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:21,920 Speaker 1: even just comment on what I say, but just what 839 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,520 Speaker 1: I look like. I can't help that. I'm just as 840 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:28,360 Speaker 1: God made me, so I appreciate you limiting the hate 841 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,160 Speaker 1: to my opinion and not my physical appearance. So Colleen, 842 00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:34,719 Speaker 1: that's why you are the listener of the week. Thank you, 843 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,480 Speaker 1: and thank you listening right now to this, Yes you 844 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,000 Speaker 1: listening in your car, listening on your airponds. You mean 845 00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 1: the world to me. I hope you have a great 846 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,040 Speaker 1: rest of your week and until next time, you know 847 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,520 Speaker 1: what to do. Go out and watch good movies and 848 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,560 Speaker 1: I will talk to you later.