1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie Podcast. I'm 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: your host Movie Mike a k A. Mike D. Today 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: I want to talk about some actors who have retired 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: or taken a break from acting. Several big movie stars 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: just within the last year have announced their retirement, possible retirements, 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: or just taking a break for a little while, and 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: don't want to get into that. We'll do a movie 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: review of The Lost City starring Sandra Bullock, which is 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: in theaters now and in the trailer park yet another 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: trailer for Top Gun to a movie that's going into 11 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: the history books with the most trailers ever released. But 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: it looks like we're finally getting it. So much to 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: talk about on this week's episode. Thank you for being 14 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: subscribed and listening every single week. Shout out to the 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: Monday Movie crew. Back here for another episode. Let's talk movies. 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: never before in a movie podcast. A man with so 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: much movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking audiend with 20 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: classes from the Nashville Podcast Networks. Movie Movie Podcast. So 21 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,279 Speaker 1: if you haven't seen the news that came out last 22 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: week and we were wondering more about it. Bruce Willis 23 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: has announced that he is retiring. It's been revealed that 24 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: he's been battling a phasia, which has impacted his cognitive abilities. 25 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 1: And what that means is, according to the Mayo Clinic, 26 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: it's a condition that robs you of the ability to communicate. 27 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: It can be caused by a stroke, head injury, a 28 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: brain tumor, or some other disease. So when you think 29 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: about what a actor has to do to prepare for 30 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: a role, to film a movie, to interact with their 31 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: co stars, this would be a very hard thing to 32 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: live with. Just by that, realize how hard it would 33 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: be just to live with that everything single day, But 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: then to have to be an actor where your whole 35 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: job is to interact and react to other people. I 36 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: don't know how he was able to do it for 37 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: that long without it being known. I spent a lot 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: of time reading other people's posts about him. His ex 39 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: wife Demi Moore did a really touching post about it, 40 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: and it just kind of furthers that point of you 41 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: really never know what anybody is struggling with. And Bruce 42 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: Willis has been one of the most recognizable faces in film. 43 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: For so many years he's given us. I would say 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: his best movie would be die Hard, pulp fiction. His 45 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: last movie was called A Day to Die, which came 46 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: out in two and he has a few more movies 47 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: that have been completed, a few in post production right 48 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: now that will come out over the next couple several years. 49 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: So I don't think we'll really feel the effect of 50 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: him retiring after being diagnosed with this for a while. 51 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: But for someone who has nothing else to prove, has 52 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: already given us so many movies, I think he should 53 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: definitely take time and prioritize his health and just step 54 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: away from everything, like forget making movies. And at sixty 55 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: seven years old, he's constantly been putting out movies, and 56 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: I think that just takes a toll on somebody, no 57 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: matter if you're struggling with something with your health or 58 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: just all together. And I think, kind of what I 59 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: was researching this episode, I realize a little bit more 60 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: how demanding it is for an actor. And as movie fans, 61 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: we always just want that next movie, that next project. 62 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: We go watch something in theaters, we get excited about it, 63 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: and we're already thinking about when the sequel come out, 64 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: and to know how long it takes for a movie 65 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: to get made, how much an actor has to travel around, 66 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: be taken away from their families. And I know they 67 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: are paid very well to do this job, and all 68 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: those things are a part of their job. We all 69 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: have things that are, you know, difficult in our jobs, 70 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: but I just feel like there's another level of pressure 71 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: when it comes to putting out content, putting out movies, 72 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: and everybody just wanting and wanting more from you, and 73 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: you get pulled in all these directions. You have people 74 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: kind of relying on you now and you become this 75 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: movie star. I can see how it can really wear 76 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: on you. And I think that's the theme we're gonna 77 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: see here when I talk about some more of these actors. 78 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: But I have a lot of respect for Bruce Willis 79 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: and I wish him all the best in his retirement. 80 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: Next up, I want to talk about Cameron Diaz, who 81 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: kind of quietly retired from acting. She got her start 82 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: back in her first movie was The Mask, which I 83 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: would argue is her best movie. For that to be 84 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: your debut movie, what a strong start in the nineties, 85 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: and then her last movie was, Annie has nothing else 86 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: on the books right now. There's possibly a Shrek five 87 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: coming out that's kind of been in limbo since like, 88 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: so we'll see what happens with that. But she explained 89 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: that her decision to step away from acting was to 90 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: focus and manage other parts of her life. She said, 91 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: when you do something at a really high level for 92 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: a long period of time, when you're the person that 93 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: is delivering one thing, you are the person on the screen, 94 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: and all parts of you that isn't that has to 95 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: sort out to be handed off to other people. So 96 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: I think what she was trying to say there is 97 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: that her entire existence was dependent on her acting, and 98 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: she put so much into her on screen characters that 99 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: all the other aspects of her life had to be 100 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: dealt with by other people, and she didn't really get 101 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: fulfillment out of, you know, being a normal human because 102 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: she didn't have those normal human things in her life. 103 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: She went on to say, this included different parts of 104 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: my life, my home, every aspect from finances to management 105 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: of just me as a human being, not me as 106 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 1: Cameron di as the machine. So she's now married to 107 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: one of the brothers from Good Charlotte and I feel 108 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,559 Speaker 1: like she has stated that she is so much better 109 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: off and doesn't really miss acting whatsoever. And she's done 110 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: so many great movies, not only The Mask, but there's 111 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: something about Mary Charlie's Angels, The Holiday and just always 112 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: has this charming quality to all of her roles, which 113 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: I think is why she was just such a great 114 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: movie star. I think she's even more than just her 115 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: comedic roles. I feel like she is an actor who 116 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: could come out maybe in another five or ten years 117 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 1: and take on something she really believes in the script 118 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: that she is passionate about and show that she could 119 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: give like a really big Oscar worthy performance. I think 120 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: Cameron Diaz has that inner, so we'll see if that 121 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: ever happens. Next up, I want to talk about Jim Carey, 122 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: who just came out saying that he is considering retiring 123 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: and he is fairly serious about it, and he's doing 124 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: interviews right now for Sonic the Hedgehog too, which is 125 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: pretty ironic. And he did step away from acting for 126 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: a good while. He's kind of been known to take 127 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: these little extended acting breaks and when he started in 128 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: the first Sonic the Hedgehog back in that was the 129 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: first major movie role he did since sequel Dumb and 130 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: Dumber two, which wasn't very good. It was exciting to 131 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: see him in that character again and I had a 132 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: lot of expectations going into that movie that weren't met. 133 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: But I guess, what could you really expect from a 134 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: dumb movie like that to have a sequel so many 135 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: years later? But it is what it is. I guess 136 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: I would say his best movie, though, was the original 137 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: Dumb and Dumber. On the serious side, I really love 138 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Truman Show, 139 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: but I think where he really shines is his comedy movies. 140 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: And I just thought it was interesting that he hadn't 141 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: done a movie in so long, and the movie he 142 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: decides to come back with is Sonic the Hedgehog playing 143 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: Dr robot Nick and now not just doing one movie, 144 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: but this so Friday coming out and Sonic the Hedgehog too, 145 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: bringing back that character. And it is a very zany 146 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: animated you know, has all those kinds of ingredients that 147 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: go into a Jim Carey role, but it just seems 148 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: like he's in a place where he's a little bit 149 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: more on, like this heightened intellectual level to play this 150 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: character in a video game movie is just not the 151 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: direction I saw him going in. And now that he's 152 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: considering retiring, how strange would it be if the last 153 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: new movie he was in is Sonic the Hedgehog too, 154 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: Because he has no other projects coming out after this, 155 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: he hasn't filmed anything, so if he's really serious about this, 156 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: his last role will be coming out this Friday. Along 157 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: those same lines, in the comedic Realm, let's talk about 158 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy, who I feel his pinnacle of his career 159 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: was a little bit before my time with Beverly Hills 160 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: Cop in the eighties. I didn't really understand the magnitude 161 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: of Eddie Murphy, and I'm a big fan of his comedy. 162 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: I think Raw is probably one of the best comedy 163 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: specials I've ever seen. And he was really one of 164 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: the first comedians to take snel and stand up comedy 165 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: and be able to turn it into a full on 166 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 1: Hollywood movie career and become one of the most profitable 167 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: movie stars of all time. And everybody wanted a piece 168 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: of Eddie Murphy in the eighties, and he got to 169 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: the level of where he could just do any movie 170 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: he wanted work in any comedic space that he felt 171 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: suitable for, and I think that led to him doing 172 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: some good movies like Dr. Doolittle, and also led him 173 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: to do a lot of really bad movies, which is 174 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: ultimately what led to him retiring from acting, because after 175 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: he won the Razzie Award for the Worst Actor of 176 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: the Decade, that's when he decided to take a break, 177 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: stating that he no longer wanted to make bad movies. 178 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: He made a lot of really bad movies, nor bit, 179 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: why did he do that? The Adventures of Pluto Nash 180 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, 181 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: and I think he just picked the wrong movies for 182 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: somebody who's so funny and such a great comedian. You 183 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: wonder why sometimes that doesn't transferred onto the big screen. Well, 184 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: if the script is terrible, there's nothing you can really 185 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: do in a comedic performance to change that. So we 186 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 1: only planned to take like a year long break. That 187 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: turned into six years and he didn't necessarily want to return. 188 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: But then he did start a movie called Dolomite is 189 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: My Name, which I watched on Netflix, and it was 190 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: a good blend of just serious acting where I think 191 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: he really kind of shines into but also comedic acting 192 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: that he is just known for. And then he also 193 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: returned with the Coming to America sequel that came out 194 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: on Amazon Prime, which was the follow up to Coming 195 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: to America. So kind of along those same lines of 196 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: Jim Carey reprising one of his comedic roles decades later, 197 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy did the same thing, so I feel like 198 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: he is kind of back now. They're supposed to be 199 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: a Beverly Hills cop has been announced, and aside from 200 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: just his live action roles, he's also just a really 201 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: great voice actor. He's Moushoe and Milan and of course 202 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: Donkey and Shrek, so maybe him and Cameron Diaz do 203 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: come back in that Shrek five. I think my favorite 204 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy movie is when that came out back in 205 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 1: nine called Life. It's with him and Martin Lawrence. They 206 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: get accused of this murder and both getting sentenced to 207 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: life in prison. Has a very funny cast. Bernie Mack 208 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: is also in it. It's a movie that kind of 209 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: feels like it was based on a true story, even 210 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: though it's all just fictional. So it's either that movie 211 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: or probably nunty professor the range on this guy. Next up, 212 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: I want to talk about Emma Watson. Next up, I 213 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: want to talk about Emma Watson, who is not officially 214 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: retired from acting, but she takes these acting breaks and 215 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: I feel like Emma Watson is an actor who doesn't 216 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: really have to do anything else. I think with Harry 217 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: Potter alone, she's good. And the last Harry Potter movie 218 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: came out in eleven and since then she's done ten 219 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: movies since, which is still a decent amount, but for 220 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: the demand that she has the level of fame which 221 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: she reached, that's really not that many movies, especially with 222 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: her last one coming out in twenty nineteen, and no 223 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: other movies really announced for her, So she's taken multiple 224 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: breaks over the years. She went to college, she became 225 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 1: a goodwill ambassador for the u N, So she's really 226 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: taken her platform, her fame and used it for good 227 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: even just kind of stepped away from it completely. And 228 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: at one point it was kind of rumored that she 229 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: was retiring after her agent allegedly announced that she wasn't 230 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: looking for any new roles and then came out later 231 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: and said that it was only like her social media 232 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: that wasn't having any kind of presence. But her career 233 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 1: is still happening, So I don't think she'll officially retire 234 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: from acting. I think she's just become more particular on 235 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: the role she does, because what we've been talking about 236 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: here is it's a pretty demanding job, and she's trying 237 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: to do all these other things that fulfill her in 238 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: other places of her life. She's out there doing things 239 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: that are changing the world and doesn't necessarily have to 240 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 1: be acting in a movie that comes out every single 241 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: year in this entire cycle and going down up promoting it. 242 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: It was cool to see her in the Harry Potter reunion, 243 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: and I feel like, for a second we were all 244 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: hoping to have that become a thing in a new 245 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: movie shortly afterward to be announced. We didn't get that. 246 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: I will talk a little bit more about Daniel Radcliffe 247 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: and what I think of him in The Lost City 248 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: and how that all kind of ties in together. But 249 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: I think it's totally fine for actors to take a break. 250 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: Really sometimes we don't notice because at most we do 251 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: get a movie a year from our favorite actors, and 252 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 1: if two or three go by, I don't think we 253 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: start wondering, Hey, when are they going to put out 254 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: another movie? Now? We probably just go watch the movie 255 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 1: we loved him for, so for that reason, I'm okay 256 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: with that. Moving on now to Joe Pesci, who I 257 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: think has a very interesting career. His last movie came 258 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: out in The Irishman on Netflix. Would you think Oh? 259 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: Is fairly recent, but before that he had been retired 260 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: for around twenty years. But Martin Scorsese calls him up. 261 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: Their friends, they've been working together for a very long time, 262 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: and wanted him to start in The Irishman. But he 263 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: has not appeared in another project since. So you think 264 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: not acting for twenty years, Martin Scorsese called you up 265 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: and want you to do another big crime epic. How 266 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: could you say no? Right? And I think why I'm 267 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: so kind of interested it in the career of Joe 268 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: Pesci is because a lot of people know him as 269 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: the short, fused, wise cracking gangster character he plays in 270 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: a lot of movies. It's either that or you know 271 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: him as one of the wet, slash sticky bandits and 272 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: Home Alone and the fact that Good Fellas, which is 273 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: my favorite Joe Pesci movie, and Home Alone which is 274 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: probably my second favorite Joe Pesci movie. Both came out 275 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: in I Wish I was alive in that year to 276 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: feel how weird it was to see an actor who 277 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: in one movie is stabbing a guy in the trunk 278 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: of a car or brutally shooting somebody for making fun 279 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: of them, and then in another movie, well it's not 280 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: that far off now that I think about it, but 281 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: trying to kill a kid while breaking into a house 282 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: and stealing things. It's just weird for somebody to be 283 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: in such an R rated movie and then also be 284 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: in this family friendly Christmas movie. And how he does 285 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: both so well. I think the hardest thing for him 286 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: when he was doing Home Alone was not cursing. And 287 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: he's in a role where it plays so easily into 288 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: his normal stick of uttering curse words. And if you 289 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: go back and watch that movie, all the gibberish he's 290 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: murmuring like just like all of that, and Home Alone 291 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: is masking the curse words he actually wants to say, 292 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: so he kind of invented this own language of his 293 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: to get around you know, I'm not saying curse words. 294 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: But so many other movies like Raging Bull, Casino, my 295 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: cousin Vinny Crime movies have always just been his bread 296 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: and butter, and that is the life of Joe Pesci. 297 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: A few more actors here. I want to talk about 298 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 1: Daniel day Lewis, whose last movie came out in It 299 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: was a movie called Phantom Thread. He announced his retirement 300 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: after that movie, saying that it was something he had 301 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: to do. And this makes sense to me for Dan 302 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: day Lewis because he is a method actor, and I 303 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: feel like as a method actor, those roles probably take 304 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: a bigger toll on you because he does so much research. 305 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: He lives the character before he goes and does these movies. 306 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: I'm talking straight up, lives the life of this character, 307 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 1: whether it be Abraham Lincoln, having people call him by 308 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: his character's name, and the entire time he's on set, 309 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: he is that character. He goes home and takes that 310 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: with him. I do not know what that is like, 311 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: but I imagine you feel completely exhausted after that movie 312 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: wraps and you get to go back to your normal life. 313 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: I bet he doesn't want to speak to anybody for 314 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: months after that, and you can only imagine what that 315 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: does to a person. He also said, I need to 316 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: believe in the value of what I'm doing. The work 317 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: can seem vital, irresistible even and if an audience believes it, 318 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: that should be good enough for me. But lately it hasn't. 319 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: So kind of what I was talking about is he 320 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: does take on characters and he goes full into them, 321 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: but if he doesn't find anything he is passionate about 322 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: enough to give that level of him, he doesn't take 323 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: it on. And that makes sense to me. If you're 324 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: going to dedicate your entire time, dedicate your life to something, 325 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: each movie takes away a piece of you and you 326 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: can never get that back. And if you think it's something, 327 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: even just a little bit, that's not going to resonate 328 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: with audiences. I feel like he is an actor that 329 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: doesn't really get up in the morning for less than 330 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: an Oscar Worthy movie. If it's not like even has 331 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 1: a width of a Best Actor nomination, I don't think 332 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,479 Speaker 1: he's going to do it. So yeah, it hasn't been 333 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: in a movie since. I think his best movie is 334 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: probably from two thousand and seven, which is my favorite 335 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: year in film. There will be Blood before that. I 336 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: really like The Crucible, and he is one actor that 337 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: I would almost argue doesn't really have a bad movie. 338 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: Some that I maybe don't love as much, but for 339 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: the reasons we've talked about here. He is very deliberate 340 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: about these roles and also gives it his all. But 341 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: I still feel like he has another great performance in him. 342 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: Maybe the script will come across his desk someday. Let's 343 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,479 Speaker 1: talk about Rick moranis one of the biggest actors of 344 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: the eighties the early nineties, but he retired from film 345 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 1: actually in the nineties. You probably remember him from movies 346 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,239 Speaker 1: like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Little Giants, Ghostbusters one 347 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: and two, Spaceballs, Little Shops of Horror, and even if 348 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: maybe you didn't know his name and some of those 349 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: movies that you watched, you will always recognize his face. 350 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: My favorite movie, of course is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. 351 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: I really loved that entire series of movies. But he 352 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 1: did his last major movie. But his last major movies 353 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: was playing Barney Rubble in The Flint Stones Into and 354 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: then he came out with the box office flop in 355 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six. It was a movie called Big Bully. 356 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: But since then hasn't done another major movie. He's done 357 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: some voice work here and there, But the reason he 358 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: retired from acting was in n one, his wife passed 359 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: away from breast cancer, and as we know now, acting 360 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,360 Speaker 1: is a very demanding job and he couldn't really continue 361 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: to make films and be away from his family. He 362 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: was trying to raise two kids. Is now a single parent, 363 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: and he decided to leave Hollywood to be a dad. 364 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: He did some voice work for the next twenty three years, 365 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: but still in nine seven he decided to take a 366 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: hiatus from making movies, and he later said in an interview, 367 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: I'm a single parent, and I just found that it 368 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: was too difficult to manage to raise my kids and 369 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: to do the traveling involved in making movies. So I 370 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: took a little bit of a break, and the little 371 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: break turned into a longer break, and then I found 372 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: that I really didn't miss it. And he even declined 373 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 1: an invitation to be in Ghostbusters, the reboot they came 374 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: out in twenty sixteen. I imagine maybe they try to 375 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: get him again for Ghostbusters Afterlife, or maybe they were 376 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: just like, he didn't want to do the other one, 377 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: so he probably wouldn't want to do this one. I've 378 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: also seen him in a commercial with Ryan Reynolds recently 379 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,159 Speaker 1: and then was appalled by the person who randomly punched 380 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: him in the face while he was walking in New 381 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: York City. So I think one of the most noble 382 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: reasons for any actor to ever retire from acting. Props 383 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: to Rick moranis. Another person who retired from acting was 384 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: Michael J. Fox has actually retired a couple of times. 385 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: His last major movie was a movie called The Frighten 386 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: Nurse that came out in nineteen Since then, he's also 387 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: been the voice of Stewart Little. He's done some TV work, 388 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 1: but hasn't made any movies since. If you don't know, 389 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,959 Speaker 1: Michael J. Fox has Parkinson's. So his second retirement from 390 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: acting came back. And I know we are living in 391 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: a world of we're sick of Hollywood doing the same 392 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: thing over and over, and I would hate to ruin 393 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,959 Speaker 1: the legacy that is the Back to the Future trilogies, 394 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: one of the best trilogies and the history of film. 395 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: But I think we're at a point to where we 396 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: want to get people excited again about things, and sometimes 397 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: it's those things that we've loved for a very long time. 398 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: And while he has retired from acting, I don't think 399 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 1: we're looking at him as reprising the role as Marty McFly, 400 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: but I think something along the lines of Mark Hamill 401 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: coming back in Star Wars. How beautiful of a moment 402 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: would it be for him to come back? And I 403 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: think we're all becoming infatuated with different timelines and multi verses. 404 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: Back to the Future was doing that back in the eighties, 405 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: and I never thought I would see what went down 406 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: in Spider Man No Way Home, So the impossible is 407 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 1: no longer impossible. And then finally, which will take us 408 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: into the movie review this week, Sandra Bullock did recently 409 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: announced that she is also going to be taking a 410 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: break from acting to be with her family. She said, 411 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 1: I take my job very seriously when I'm at work, 412 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: and it's seven commitment and now I just want that 413 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: seven to be with my babies and my family. That's 414 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: where I'm going to be for a while. So she 415 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: hasn't really said how long of a break she's taking. 416 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 1: She does have one more movie coming out this year 417 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: called Bullet Train. She's not the star in that movie, 418 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: but you will have a role in it. So The 419 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,719 Speaker 1: Lost City looks like her last major starring role, So 420 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: I feel like that's a perfect place to end this 421 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: right here, because I'm gonna come back and give my 422 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: review of The Lost City. But all I'm gonna say 423 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 1: now is I know after watching this movie it was 424 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: not made for me. We'll do that next. I'm gonna 425 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 1: get into a spoiler free movie review now of The 426 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. It's about 427 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 1: a reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with their 428 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,399 Speaker 1: cover model, played by Channing Tatum. She gets swept up 429 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: in a kidnapping attempt by a Daniel Radcliffe's character in 430 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: that lands on both in this jungle adventure. So you 431 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: have three pretty big movie stars in this movie, Sandra Bullock, 432 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe. Is supposed to be a romantic 433 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: comedy adventure movie. If you haven't seen or heard about 434 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: this yet, here's just a little bit of the Lost 435 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: City trailer. Loretta Sage is missing. I'm going to rescue. 436 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: I just wanted to think of me as more than 437 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: a cover model. Dangerously, Alan, what are you doing here? 438 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 1: I'm surf ppring cross bit. This is like your book. 439 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: We're on a love more Dash adventure right now. You 440 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: a little bit. What are you doing? Don't do that? 441 00:24:54,600 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 1: Feels like there's more, There's just Jomejuice. So I love 442 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: Sandra Bullock. I would say she's one of my favorite actors. 443 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: I think it's because of the range that she has. 444 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: In just the last ten years, she's done sci fi movie, 445 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: she's done action movie, she's done romantic comedies, she's done dramas. 446 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: I feel like she is somebody who can do it all, 447 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: and I love somebody who has the range that she does. 448 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 1: It just makes it a little bit more of a 449 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: refreshing experience every time you go into a movie and 450 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: they're playing somebody different. And I saw a lot of 451 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: other people enjoying this movie. It's supposed to be a 452 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: romantic comedy with some action in it, and I like 453 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: it when she does, you know, these type of movies 454 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: for somebody who can do drama so well. She's also 455 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: just a very funny person. If I had to list 456 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 1: my top five Sandra Bullock movies, I would probably go 457 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: with number five being Miss Congeniality, Number four being Gravity, 458 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: number three being bird Box, number two being Speed, and 459 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: number one being The blind Side. And if I had 460 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: to rank The City it would probably go down there 461 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: with maybe all about Steve or Speed too. And I 462 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: think the reason that is is the casting in this movie. 463 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: It feels a little bit like they got it wrong 464 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: because with Sandra Bullock and Channing Katum, I didn't feel 465 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: like there was a whole lot of on screen chemistry. 466 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: And I know in this movie they're supposed to kind 467 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: of be conflicting character emotions and what the movie it's about. 468 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: She's been writing these romance novels and it doesn't really 469 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: fulfill her anymore. Channing Tatum is just the cover model 470 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: of these books who has, you know, the blonde wig, 471 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: the rippling physique. But aside from his looks, there's not 472 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: a whole lot of substance to him, at least so 473 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: it seems. And then somehow they kind of fall into 474 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 1: him having feelings for her, and he wants to declare 475 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 1: his love by going to rescue her after Daniel Radcliffe's 476 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: character kidnaps her because he believes she is able to 477 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: decode this message that you put into her Lost City book, 478 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: which is all about finding some hidden treasure. So Channing 479 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: Tatum is on a mission to go and find her. 480 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: Then you throw Brad pitt In there randomly, and the 481 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: whole story just doesn't really make sense. And I think 482 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: that's because I don't really find the two of them believable. 483 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,639 Speaker 1: And I love Sandra Bullocks so much, but her acting 484 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: in this movie just feels a little bit pieced together. 485 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: And I know she's just so used to kind of 486 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: throwing herself in a role, and it didn't really feel 487 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 1: like that here. It could be the writing, but there's 488 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: just something about the production of this movie that I 489 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: didn't really feel like I was in the world they 490 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 1: were trying to create. Maybe it's because some of the 491 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: c g I was so apparent that I just felt 492 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: like it was a bunch of actors on a set, 493 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 1: like I was watching Sandra Bullock at work and not 494 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: trying to be this character and really trying to tell 495 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: a story here, or the movie overall was funny ish, 496 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 1: but I think I realized I was maybe a little 497 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: bit too young and too male to be the target 498 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: audience for this movie. And I think I realized that 499 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: in the moments where Channing Tatum was shirtless and then 500 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: when you see his butt in the movie, and Channing 501 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: Tatum can be a funny guy. I like him in 502 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,440 Speaker 1: twenty one Jump Street, and he does what he needs 503 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: to do in this movie, provides a little bit of 504 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: comic relief and provides the eye candy, but I just 505 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: never really bought into the romance aspect of this movie. 506 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,479 Speaker 1: And then you have Daniel Ratcliffe as the villain in 507 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: this and he was surprisingly the best part of this movie, 508 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: and I kind of like him in a villain role 509 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: and it kind of made me realize why I know 510 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: he will never do a Harry Potter movie again, because 511 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: for the first time, I didn't really see him at 512 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: all as Harry Potter, and I feel like kim going back. 513 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: And I know they wanted him to be in The 514 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: Cursed Child, but I kind of feel like that would 515 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: be a step back for him now because he has 516 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: tried so hard to take on roles and really separate 517 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: himself from that. I don't think this movie will really 518 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: change the perception on him overall, but it shows that 519 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: he can be and do more than that. So now 520 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: that Sandra Bowlack is taking a break from acting, I 521 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: feel like it would have been better if she went 522 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: out on a higher note. And it's almost more so 523 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: that I feel like again I can recognize that this 524 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: movie wasn't for me, and I've seen some bad romantic 525 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: comedies in my day, and this movie is in no 526 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: way cringe worthy. But if I had, like an itch 527 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: to see a classic kind of Sandra Bull like romantic 528 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: comedy like The Proposal, I didn't get it here. But 529 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a terrible movie. I think somebody 530 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: else could watch this movie and love it. It's very 531 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: much a turn your brain off, have some popcorn type movie. 532 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: The comparison I've used in the past is it looks 533 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: like it's made perfectly for like TBS Saturday Afternoon. So 534 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: if I had to rate The Lost City, and it 535 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: could also be that I was just coming off of 536 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: seeing Uncharted, which was kind of in the same vein 537 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: of a treasure hunting adventure movie, maybe I just wasn't 538 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: into it for that reason too, But I would rate 539 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: it lower than The Charted, and I would give it 540 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:26,320 Speaker 1: two out of five romance novels. Now it's time for 541 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: the part of the podcast where I break down a 542 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: movie trailer for a film coming to you very soon 543 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,400 Speaker 1: streaming or in theaters, and a segment we like to 544 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: call It's time to head down to movie trail law Paul, 545 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: and today we're talking about Top Gun two, which has 546 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: been a pretty big topic of conversation on this podcast 547 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: for over two years, probably since I started this podcast. 548 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: We've been waiting for this movie for so long, and 549 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: they've released the final trailer, which is a good sign 550 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: because final trail ler is out and that means the 551 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: movie has to come out now on May and Paramount 552 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: has been pushing this back, largely probably due to Tom 553 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: Cruise wanting it to be seen in theaters and break 554 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: all these box office numbers. We'll get into all that 555 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: here in a little bit, but now here is just 556 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: some of the final Top Gun trailer. Captain Pete Maverick Mitchell, 557 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: let me be perfectly blunt. You are not my first choice. 558 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: You were here at the request of Admiral Kazanski, a 559 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: k a iceman. He seems to think that you have 560 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: something left to offer the Navy. What that is I 561 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: can't imagine. Perfect all due respects her, I'm not a teacher. 562 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: I just want to manage the expectations my dad believe, 563 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: didn't you. I'm not gonna make the same mistake. So 564 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: after seeing this trailer, we get a little bit more 565 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: or of a peek into what it's actually going to 566 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:07,479 Speaker 1: be about. You have Tom Hanks returning as Maverick and 567 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,719 Speaker 1: after pushing the envelope after years of service as one 568 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: of the Navy's top aviators, he's back. It's described as 569 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: Tom Cruise having to confront the past while training a 570 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 1: new squad of graduates from a dangerous mission that demands 571 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: the ultimate sacrifice. A few things I really like about 572 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: this trailer. To start, it has like that same kind 573 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: of eighties vibe the hot shot returning to train this 574 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: new set of aviators. It just kind of has that 575 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 1: feeling of this really could have been the sequel that 576 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: should have came out in the eighties. But then the 577 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: parallels to that is the advances in cinematography that this 578 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 1: movie has taken on, and that is easily what I 579 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: am most excited about is the visual aspect of this 580 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: movie and just the scope of the angle you get 581 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: from the fighter jets. All of the stunts and special 582 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: effects in this movie look very practical. They went through 583 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 1: this training to really make it be as believable as 584 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: it can be, and that's kind of Tom Cruise's brand. Now, 585 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: so there's real flying real g forces and it just 586 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: looks like it's meant to be seen on a big screen, 587 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: which is largely due to the reason it has been 588 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: pushed back for so long. I think it probably would 589 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: have been a little bit of an injustice for this 590 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: just to come out on streaming and for somebody to 591 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 1: watch it for the very first time on their TV 592 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: at home, or even worse, their laptop. I think that's 593 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: how the filmmakers feel about this. I think that's really 594 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: how Tom Cruise feels about this. I feel like it's 595 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: that aspect. But also, he makes a lot of money 596 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: from the box office, not just in this movie, but 597 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: in the next Mission Impossible movie that comes out. A 598 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 1: large part of his deal is his bank ability as 599 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: one of the biggest movie stars ever to be able 600 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: to put into his contract the money he gets on 601 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: the back end, and to the point to where he 602 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: can even sue if he feels like he has robbed 603 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 1: of that, if he feels like they put it on 604 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: paramount plus too soon after the theatrical window. He has 605 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: that kind of leverage on a movie like this. So 606 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: Tom Cruise not one of my favorite actors, not even 607 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: the biggest fans of all his movies. But I think, 608 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,280 Speaker 1: just as a movie fan and somebody who loves seeing 609 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: things that are meant to be seen on the big screen, 610 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: and as a fan of somebody who is passionate about 611 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 1: bringing people back into the theater, really keeping that movie 612 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:45,399 Speaker 1: going theater experience alive, I am all for that. So 613 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: I can recognize that this movie is a movie that 614 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: will get people back to having that feeling again, a 615 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 1: feeling that I feel should be enjoyed by everybody. And 616 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: no matter what movie I go and see, I still 617 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: always get that feeling just a little bit. Whether it's 618 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: watching The Lost City, whether it's a movie I've seen 619 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: getting bad reviews going into it, there's still an element 620 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: of enjoyment I get just by sitting in the theater 621 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 1: watching it at the highest quality I feel it can be, 622 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: because I feel like that experience for me can heighten 623 00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: even the worst movie, a movie that at home I 624 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: would turn off and maybe minutes and not ever think 625 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 1: about it again. At the movie theater, it can still 626 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,720 Speaker 1: be a somewhat enjoyable experience. So I hope this movie 627 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,959 Speaker 1: follows through with my expectations and meets all the hopes 628 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: and dreams I've had for over the last two years. Mainly, 629 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: I just want this movie to be out already. I 630 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,879 Speaker 1: can't stand another delay, and this is the last time 631 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,760 Speaker 1: I'm putting it in the trailer park. This makes edition 632 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,960 Speaker 1: and that's gonna do it. For this week's episode. Thanks 633 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: to everybody who makes it to the very end. And 634 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,759 Speaker 1: if you've been listening for any amount of time, you 635 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: know this is where I do the listeners shout out 636 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: because I just like to say thank you to anybody 637 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:12,320 Speaker 1: who post about the podcast and their Instagram story, leaves 638 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 1: a comment on Facebook, tweets about the podcast, because I 639 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 1: really appreciate everybody who posts about the podcast and their 640 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,800 Speaker 1: Instagram story, tweets about it, writes over on my Facebook page, 641 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: or sends me an email Movie Mike d at gmail 642 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:29,040 Speaker 1: dot com, because it's that word of mouth sharing it 643 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,239 Speaker 1: with a friend that really helps this podcast grow. And 644 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: I really just value your time and appreciate that you 645 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,399 Speaker 1: take a part of your week out with me here 646 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 1: on the podcast talking about movie. So that's why I 647 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,759 Speaker 1: do this listener shout out every single week, and this 648 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: week it is going to at Wandering Nurse Katie K, 649 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,240 Speaker 1: who tagged me in her Instagram story in my favorite 650 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,839 Speaker 1: fashion of a picture of the car dashboard. Listening to 651 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 1: last week's episode and she wrote on it. Listening to 652 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 1: movie mis Movie podcast yesterday, and I completely agreed with 653 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 1: his wife Kelsey about Wally. It is the most boring 654 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: Pixar movie ever. I was surprised to see a lot 655 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,919 Speaker 1: more people having similar feelings about Wally. I still think 656 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: the message was important in that movie, but now it 657 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,799 Speaker 1: does make sense to me why some people didn't enjoy 658 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,759 Speaker 1: that one as much. So appreciate that. Katie. Here's your 659 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: shout out for having such a passionate feeling about Wally. 660 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,799 Speaker 1: And I hope this was a good start to what 661 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 1: will be another great week in your life. And remember, 662 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: go out and watch good movies and I will talk 663 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,040 Speaker 1: to you later.