1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I am movie 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Mike on Twitter and Instagram at Mike Destro and this week, 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: in this episode, I am talking about Batman. It's the 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: Batman episode because we saw the first look of Robert 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: Pattinson in the new movie The Batman, and it's pretty 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 1: interesting and causing some debate online or whether or not 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: Robert Pattinson will be a good Batman because everybody kind 8 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 1: of knows him as Edward of Colin from Twilight. So 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: we'll get into all we know about that movie up 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: to this point from the director. I'll also rate the 11 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: best Batman actors of all time and the best villains, 12 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: so all that coming up in the special Batman episode. 13 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: And I'll also do a review of the movie I 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: saw over the weekend, Sonic the Hedgehog, which a movie 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: that made my most anticipated movies of this year, so 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: we'll find out if it was even any good. And 17 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: if you're new here, Hi, Welcome to the show. I 18 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: am Movie Mike. 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This is movie movie podcast. 41 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: So this episode I am dedicating entirely to Batman because 42 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: last week we had the first ever look at Robert 43 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: Pattinson as the new Batman, and I want to kind 44 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: of explain what's going on and what we know so 45 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: far about that movie, what I think that Robert Pattinson 46 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: will bring to the role, if people even work as Batman, 47 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 1: and then I'll also get into later who I think 48 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: the best Batman actors ever were and the best villains. 49 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 1: So first of all, let's just look at what this 50 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: movie is going to be. So there has not been 51 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: a solo Batman movie since the Dark Knight trilogy. Everything 52 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: that came with Ben Affleck was all just it was 53 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: Batman versus Superman. He was in the Suicide Squad for 54 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: a bit and then they did the Justice League. So 55 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: I think Ben Affleck really never had a fighting shot 56 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: to be a decent Batman, to show what he could 57 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: do in that role, because he never really had his 58 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: own solo, standalone movie. It was a bit of a 59 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: controversial casting back in the day when that was announced, 60 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: just because people don't really see Ben Affleck as Batman, 61 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: or they just didn't think he was that great of 62 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 1: an actor. And I kind of feel like Robert Pattinson 63 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: is getting that a bit now. It's such a big 64 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: role to play Christian Bale. That's such a good job 65 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: as the Batman in and now I think it's such 66 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: a more coveted role, even more so than Joker what 67 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: we've seen with Lakim Phoenix done a really good job 68 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: with that. So anybody who's going to play Batman now 69 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: has a really just high level that they have to 70 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: come in with. So everybody kind of thinks is Robert 71 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: Pattinson is still the Twilight guy, and even though that 72 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: first movie came out over ten years ago, they just 73 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: see him as Edward from Twilight. But after this first 74 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: look that we have, if you haven't seen it, the 75 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: director Matt Reeves posted this like minute long video. It's 76 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: pretty much just a close up on Robert Pattinson in 77 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: the bat suit with a really flushed out red look. 78 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: So it's just this music playing underneath it and you 79 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: kind of get zoomed in. You see the see the mask, 80 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: and you see the play and pretty much that's it. 81 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: There's no voice, no talking to or anything. That's the 82 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: only thing we've seen so far of this new Batman. 83 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: So the title of the movie as of now is 84 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: called The Batman. The scheduled release date is June my 85 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: thirtieth birthday shout out. UM. The cast, we have Robert Pattinson, 86 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: Joe Manganello, Colin Farrell, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Kravitz, and Jeffrey 87 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: Wright so far cast in the movie. Um. Rumors were 88 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: that Jonah Hill was going to be in it. He's not. 89 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: He backed out, So this is who we're working with now. 90 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: I'll get into all of their roles here in a second, 91 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: but I think this first looks pretty promising. I know 92 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: he was getting a lot of comparisons as to looking 93 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: like the Daredevil from the Netflix series, which I think 94 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: it's all because of that red tint. You could probably 95 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: argue that the Daredevil suit essentially saw the Batman look, 96 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: which I don't think it's a bad thing. Hey, I 97 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: would love it if it was resemble that Netflix series 98 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: at all, because that's a really great way they pulled 99 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: off a comic book character and made it super gritty 100 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: and realistic. So if they get back to that, I 101 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: think that would be amazing. But with this movie, like 102 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: I said, it's the first solo Batman movie they've done 103 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: since the Dark Knight trilogy, and I think they're kind 104 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: of getting back to Batman as being the greatest detective ever, 105 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: because that's essentially what he is. Batman is an aid 106 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: to the police in Gotham City, and although he is 107 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: a vigilante, he usually works with the police to find 108 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: the criminal that they're looking for. And in other movies, 109 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: he's already kind of established and essentially the thea villa 110 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: that comes to town and he goes in and helps 111 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: defeat them. But I think with this one, there's no 112 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 1: role set plot of the movie, but they're saying it's 113 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: based on the graphic novel Batman Year One, which is 114 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: essentially Batman's first year as Batman, where he's kind of 115 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: figured things out as a detective and essentially solving the crime. 116 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: So kind of like in the other earlier Batman movies 117 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: they did, he's essentially gonna be working with Officer Gordon 118 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: to kind of figure it out, which I think is 119 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: a pretty cool way to approach this new movie of 120 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: kind of giving them back of that initial role as 121 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: just being a detective. There's also really no word if 122 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: there's going to be any kind of origin story in 123 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 1: this movie, which I think it's something they should probably 124 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: stay away from. They tried it in Batman versus Superman, 125 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: and I thought it didn't work. I think we kind 126 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: of know a Batman's story by now, and maybe it's 127 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: a bit overtold. I think kind of what happened when, 128 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: like something like Spider Man, we were just kind of 129 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: over that origin story being told every single time. We 130 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: kind of got fatigue of that character. And what Marvel 131 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: kind of did in the new version of Spider Man 132 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: is just go right into it. Don't get into his 133 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: back story. You make subtle references to it, but you 134 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: don't really need to tell or show that again to audiences. 135 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: I hope they stay away from that in this movie. 136 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: So let's get a look now at where they are 137 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: with making this movie. So they started production back on January. 138 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: You have Andy Serkis, who will play Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred. 139 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,559 Speaker 1: You have Colin Farrell confirmed to play Oswald copper Pot, 140 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: also known as the Penguin, which I think is a 141 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: pretty interesting casting there. I'm not really sure that I 142 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: could find Colin Farrell as a villain like that. You 143 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: have Paul Dano, who you might know from a little 144 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: Bit Sunshine or There will be Blood. He will be 145 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: playing the Riddler. You have Zoe Kravitz you may know 146 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: from Big Little Lives, she would be playing Catwoman. Jeffrey 147 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: Right from West World will be playing James Gordon, and 148 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 1: then of course you have Robert Pattinson playing Batman. So 149 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: this movie has had a pretty long journey as far 150 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: as getting made. They started pretty much coming up with 151 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: this idea back in before all of the Ben Affleck 152 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: Batman movies came out, and after the first reactions of that, 153 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: they were like, Okay, maybe we're not gonna really have 154 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: Ben Affleck move forward with this project, and he eventually 155 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: later tweeted that, like, you know, I'm glad to see 156 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: this being taken into production, but I'm not going to 157 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: be involved in it. It was a pretty peaceful departure 158 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: between the studios and Ben Affleck. So when I first 159 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: heard that Robert Pattinson was going to be Batman, I 160 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: think I had the reaction that maybe most other people 161 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: had of like, oh no, it's Edward Collen was gonna 162 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: be Batman. But the more I thought about it, the 163 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: more I've just seen his recent work and realized that man, 164 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: Robert Pattinson is a really good actor, and if you're 165 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: gonna put somebody to kind of compare. I don't even 166 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: think you're comparing him to Ben Affleck anymore. I think 167 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: that came and went never really stuck. So I think 168 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: people are comparing him to Christian Bale because with this 169 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: movie they're trying to go that same route of being 170 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: that dark, gritty batman again. And I think b casting 171 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: what Robert Pattinson, you kind of get a really great 172 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: actor who can kind of go and make it that 173 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: kind of movie again. I think it's hard for characters 174 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: who get typecast, and Robert Pattinson, I think it's someone 175 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: who kind of realized that and started taking on. He 176 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: was more particular of what roles he took after Twilight. 177 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: He really wanted to lean more George Roles. That kind 178 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: of showed him as an actor. And I'm pretty confident 179 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: in this director of Mike Reeves, who if you don't know, 180 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: he did Dawn to the Planet of the Ape or 181 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: The Planet of the Apes, which were really great reboots 182 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: of a beloved franchise and almost I think better than 183 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: the originals. He also did movies like clover Field, and 184 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: just by this clip they released, I kind of have 185 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: a good feeling going into it again. We have a 186 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: pretty long way to wait until but I'm excited to 187 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: see more details as they come out about this movie 188 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: as far as what they're gonna make it about and 189 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: just what this cast is gonna look like on screen together. 190 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: But I think when I love the most about this 191 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: movie is that has just stacked with the villains, which 192 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: I think is what sets Batman apart from any other 193 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: superhero franchise. So you're getting Catwoman, Riddler, Penguin, and Carmine Falcony. 194 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: So I think if they're able to get the writing 195 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: right in this script and just have a really good 196 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: understanding of the concept of this movie and what this 197 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: story is going to tell, if they're basically on that 198 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: graphic novel, I think that's awesome. I just think that's 199 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: really important, and we'll kind of play out on whether 200 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: or not this will be a hit or another flop, 201 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: because I think that just the fact that it's stacked 202 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: with all the villains. You got Catwoman, Riddler, Penguin, and 203 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: Carmine falconi all in one movie, I think they have 204 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: a lot working for him. They just have to kind 205 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: of nail down the story and get it right, and 206 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: also just kind of get Robert Pattinson his suit right 207 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: in the movie, and his character like all while in 208 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: the suit and while not in the suit. I think 209 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: if they can get all those things right, this has 210 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: a great set up to be a good Batman movie, 211 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: which I think audiences are just ready for. Again. I 212 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: think it's a great time to come in and I'm 213 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: excited to see when they release the actual trailer on 214 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: this and just kind of get more details on the story. 215 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: So what I want to do X is go through 216 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: who I think are the best actors to ever play 217 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: Batman now that Robert Pattinson will be the new one. 218 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: And I also want to get into the best Batman 219 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: villains ever because I think what sets DC apart from 220 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: really Batman, apart from any other superhero is that it 221 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: has these memorable villains that you want to see who's 222 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: going to play them. So I want to get into 223 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 1: that next here, right after this, on this special edition 224 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: Batman episode. All right, I want to get into now 225 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: who I think are the best and worst actors to 226 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: ever play Batman. I'll rank them from worst to best 227 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 1: starting with number six. So I'm only looking at actors 228 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: who played him on the big screen. Um, nothing in 229 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: the animated stuff. Sorry, unless there was a movie about him, 230 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: they are not making the list. So at number six, 231 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 1: going back to Batman and Robin, which was arguably, in 232 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: my opinion, the worst Batman movie ever made, and George 233 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: Clooney just suffered a bad script of overall just bad 234 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: concept of a movie and I just never really all 235 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: him as a great Batman and everything from the suit 236 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: with the nipples on it, you remember that. I don't 237 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: know why they decided to get Batman nipples, and it 238 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: just wasn't a great movie, even though it had some 239 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: pretty good villains in it. You had Arnold Schwarzenegger as 240 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: Mr Freeze, which is a great villain, but it was 241 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: just overall cheesy one liners and just kind of a 242 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: hokey movie for Batman. You kind of wasted Uma Thurman 243 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: as Poison Ivy. They threw in Bad Girl in there 244 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: with Alicia Silverstone, and Bain was in there for really 245 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: no reason other than being a big muscle for Poison Ivy. 246 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: He never even said a word in the movie. I 247 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: think that was a wasted character. I just think overall 248 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: that Batman and Robin story was one that didn't need 249 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: to be told in the Batman franchise, but I think 250 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: everybody did okay after that movie. George Clooney survived at 251 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: number five. I went the year before with Batman Forever, 252 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: which Val Kimmer played Batman, which I don't think was 253 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: as bad of a movie as George Clooney's Bad Man. 254 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: I think it was overall a decent movie. I actually 255 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: liked some parts of it, but I didn't feel like 256 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 1: Val Kilmer as Batman was really believable and even that 257 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 1: he wanted to play the part because he had a 258 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: pretty bad relationship with the director in this movie. They 259 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: went like two weeks without even speaking because they were 260 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: just kind of going back and forth at each other's 261 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: like Val Kimmer was kind of trying to direct the 262 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,199 Speaker 1: movie and they were just at each other's throats through 263 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: out of it, to where it got to a point 264 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: for two weeks they did not speak on the set 265 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: and the director was like, those are the best two 266 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: weeks of the entire production. So that probably has a 267 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: big part to play into why this movie overall didn't work. 268 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: So Michael Keaton was actually good to play Batman for 269 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: the third time in this movie, but after he got 270 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: the script, he realized that it wasn't going in the 271 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: direction he wanted it to be in, so he was out. 272 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: In days later, they cast Val Kilmer as Batman. That 273 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: signal is not a beeper. He was trying to get 274 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: under my cape. Doctor try Fireman to take off. There 275 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: were also a bunch of other potential cast things from 276 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: Daniel day Lewis, Kurt Russell, Alec Baldwin, Ethan Hank, Tom Hanks, 277 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: Johnny Depp, and even Billy Baldwin who were all rumored 278 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: to be cast as Batman in this movie that eventually 279 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: went to Val Kilmer. Overall, I think he just didn't 280 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: really fit the part. He didn't really look right in 281 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: the suit, and he was outshined in the end by 282 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: Jim Carrey's The Riddlers. So I put him at number five. 283 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: At number four, I'm going back to the sixties. This 284 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: was a movie called Batman the Movie, and probably one 285 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: of the most iconic people to ever play Batman could 286 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: arguably say if he did not play Batman, no one 287 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: else would have to come. I'm giving it to Adam 288 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: West first of all. R I p Adam West, but 289 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: I think those Batman just the show alone was iconic 290 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: back in the sixties, and I remember watching that as 291 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: a kid on TV Land, and I was already a 292 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: fan of the Batman movies, but watching the show and 293 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: watching him in Batman the Movie, I just thought that 294 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: it was a really important part in Batman's history. The 295 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: zany kind of throwbacks that people go to now, like 296 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: the whole they throw a punch and there's a wham 297 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: bam on the screen. I think that was really important 298 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: to Batman. How it went from a cheesy sixties TV 299 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: show turned into movie. I think that was just a 300 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: really important thing to know for Batman. I think just 301 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: for the suit alone, it's a reason to put him 302 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: above the other people. That's an iconic Batman's suit that 303 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: only Adam West could pull off. And it's also where 304 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:18,719 Speaker 1: we get the classic Batman theme song. And even though 305 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: that movie was poorly reviewed back in the day, I 306 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: still think it's a great thing to go back and 307 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: watch to get a history of Batman. That's why I 308 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: put Adam West at number four, and at number three 309 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm going Ben Affleck. I know it's gonna be a 310 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: big controversial just because people didn't really like him overall, 311 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: but I think he didn't get a fighting chance to 312 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: be the Batman. Because he didn't get his own standalone movie. 313 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: He was thrown into kind of this whole world. If 314 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: they wanted to make him different than Christian Bales Batman, 315 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: so they made him bulky here, they made the logo different, 316 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: they made him just overall be a different Batman. And 317 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: I don't think he was ever really getting in a 318 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: shot to make the character his own. While when movies 319 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: weren't great, I didn't hate him as Batman, and I 320 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: think if they ned to start him out in Batman 321 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: versus Superman, he would have had a better chance to 322 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: kind of make that role a bit better, and they 323 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: could have even tweaked it from going from that to 324 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: a big flop, because I can look at Ben Affleck 325 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: and think, oh, yeah, he could be Batman unlike maybe 326 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: some of these other people, and I think it would 327 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: have worked with a better script. But I'm glad that 328 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: they kind of went away from that and went with 329 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: Robert Pattinson and this new one. I just think overall, 330 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: he got a raw deal and I enjoyed him suiting 331 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: up as Batman. So I put him at number three, 332 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 1: And before I get into my number two, I want 333 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: to give an honorable mention to Will Arnett, who played 334 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 1: Batman in the Lego movies, Because I'm Batman, don't you 335 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: think it's time you finally face your greatest fear Snakes, 336 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: no clowns, clowns, which I think we're just fun movies 337 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: and kind of bridge my gap of wanting new Batman stuff, 338 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: but in a different kind of capacity. I thought those 339 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: movies were fun, especially the standalone Batman Lego movie. He 340 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: brought a fun, comedic side to Batman that I think 341 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: nobody really knew that they wanted, but once you saw, 342 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: you were like, oh yeah, this is actually pretty good. 343 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: So shout out will our Net as Batman. All right. 344 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: Getting to my top two now, which there's really only 345 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: two left you can go with, and I have to 346 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: go and consider who I think is just a more 347 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: iconic Batman and who I think just fits the role 348 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: of like overall what it should be. So at number two, 349 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: I'm putting Christian Bale. I like that. And even though 350 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: he put Batman back on the map with the Dark 351 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: Knight trilogy and bring in his raw and fresh look 352 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: at Batman, I think overall he was a great Batman 353 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: and he was able to make it less comic bookie 354 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: and just give him a more real life character to 355 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: the role. I think what I love most about what 356 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: Christian Bell did with him is the voice, Like that's 357 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: an iconic voice that I think no one else has 358 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: really done before, and it's something you really remember about 359 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: those movies, and everybody kind of does their own impression 360 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: of it. I think the main reason why I didn't 361 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: rank him higher is because in the first one Batman Begins, 362 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: that was okay movie. He didn't really have a great 363 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: villain in that, and I think later we really ended 364 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: up working for those movies where aside from him being 365 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: Batman was the villains he had up to go against, 366 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: and having really great supporting characters with Joker and Bain, 367 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: and a lot of it too was also Christopher Nolan's 368 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: vision of the character and story. So while I think 369 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: overall the Dark Knight movies are the best Batman movies, 370 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: Christian Bale on his own isn't the responsibility of that. 371 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: So I put him at number two. And to those 372 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: who think it should be number one, well, I have 373 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: this for you, Oh good for you? And how was it? 374 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: So at number one, we're throwing it way back to 375 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: the o g Ninete Batman and Batman Returns. I'm going 376 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: with Michael Keaton. I think it was just such an 377 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: iconic thing for me as a kid to see Michael 378 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: Keaton as Batman. He just worked. Now at the time, 379 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: it was a bit controversial to place Michael Keaton in 380 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: this role because he was known more as a comedic 381 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: actor at the time, because he had just worked with 382 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: director Tim Burton, who did these first two Batman movies 383 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: on Beatle Juice, and Tim Burton is the one who 384 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 1: wanted him to be Batman. He's like, you can't really 385 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: put a straight up action star in that, which is 386 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: what they wanted to do. They wanted to cast somebody 387 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: like a Mel Gibson, Kevin Costin er even like a 388 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: Bill Murray is who they were wanting to go with. 389 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: But he was saying, once you have somebody, you take 390 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: one of those action stars and put him in the 391 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: bat suit, it's gonna be a little more comedic because 392 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: you're expecting him just to be a straight up action star. 393 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: But with Michael Keaton, you have this character who can 394 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: be like a normal guy and what you put him 395 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: in a batsuit to fight criminals. It makes more sense. 396 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: He was just trying to stay away from unintentional audience 397 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 1: laughs in the movie by putting him as a character. 398 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: So Tim Burton fought for him and he ended up winning, 399 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: and he was cast in the first two Batman movies, 400 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 1: which were really great movies, not only for their villains 401 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: but overall just first the straight up story of Batman. 402 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: I think his character just said the tone of that 403 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: initial dark Batman role, and it wasn't until later they 404 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: came back to it where they saw even more successful Batman. 405 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: So I put Michael Keaton as the best actor to 406 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: ever play Batman. And with that, now I want to 407 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: get into whole I think are the best villains ever 408 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: in Batman. So I'm just gonna go one villain, one 409 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: person to play them. I'll do that next. So I 410 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: think what makes the Batman movies great and really stand 411 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: apart from any other superhero franchise is that it has 412 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: iconic villains that you remember and that you want to 413 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: see played by great actors, unlike Marvel, which I think 414 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: has a bit of a villain problem because until Thanos 415 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 1: really came around, all of the villains were really forgettable. 416 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,239 Speaker 1: You can't really go back and think of like, oh, 417 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: who was the bad guy in that movie? They're really 418 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: just put into that movie for like a one off. 419 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: Essentially you could argue Venom and maybe some others, but 420 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: really there's nobody who stands alone. Unlike in Batman and 421 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: the DC franchise, they have really iconic villains. So I 422 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: want to go through and just say who I think 423 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: are the best villains to ever appear on screen, who 424 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: played them, and the movie they were in. So at 425 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: number five, I'm going with Tom Hardy as being in 426 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: the Dark Knight Rises, which I think was just a 427 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: really great interpretation of beIN just basically just from the 428 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 1: mask which everybody did the impression of Plunterford must remo, like, 429 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: I love doing that impression, and I think it was 430 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: just such a cool and kind of ominous way to 431 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: do that character. And Tom Hardy got ripped up with 432 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: that movie almost unrecognizable the dock I was born in it, 433 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: molded by it, and overall in that movie, he was 434 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: really just a character that I rooted against, even though 435 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: I loved him. He was one that just seemed undefeatable 436 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: and really made that movie worth watching again. Not the 437 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: Bane from Batman, and Robin. That band was terrible, but 438 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 1: Tom Hardy has been the number five Batman villain of 439 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: all time. At number four, I gotta go Jim Carrey. 440 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: I know Batman Forever. It was overall not a great 441 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 1: Batman movie, but I think Jim Carrey as the Riddler 442 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: was the really standout star of that movie. He was 443 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: just so Jim Carrey in it, playing it so crazily, 444 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: and I think overall that's what I remember more than 445 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: movie as a kid. But you can call me the 446 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 1: d I think it's funny that him and Tommy Lee 447 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: Jones in that movie, who played two Phace, just hated 448 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: each other on set. And I think it's mainly because 449 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: Jim Carrey out hacked a Tommy Lee Jones and that 450 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 1: and his character is just so over the top, so 451 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: kukie everything from the costume design. I was all for it, 452 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: and I want to see how it's kind of played 453 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: out in this new The Batman movie. I don't think 454 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: he will be a Zany, I don't think he'll be 455 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,479 Speaker 1: as crazy, and maybe even the costume will be a 456 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: bit different. But I think it's such a great character. 457 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: Even from back in the TV show, it was awesome, 458 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: so I put him at number four. At number three, 459 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: I gotta go Michelle Phifer as Catwoman and Batman returns. 460 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: First of all, I love the origin story they had 461 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: for Selena Kyle and this Batman returns, and I think 462 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: Michelle Phifer just played that super great. And I think 463 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: Michelle Peiffer was just a perfect fit for that role. 464 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: I thought the suit was great, she had some great 465 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: one liners in the movie now so am I the 466 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: overall she has been the best interpretation of what the 467 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: Catwoman character is as Batman's love interest and in the 468 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: end of the villain and as we see later down 469 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: the line, Catwoman is kind of a hard story to tell. 470 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,239 Speaker 1: We saw with the halle Berry flop, and I'm not 471 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: really even that big a fan of an Hathaway as Catwoman. 472 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 1: I think her character just a really embody what cat 473 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: Woman is, like Michelle Peiffer did and Batman Returns, not 474 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,719 Speaker 1: to mention probably one of the biggest crushes I had 475 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: as a kid from a movie character. So I gotta 476 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: put her at number three. At number two, I'm keeping 477 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: it in Batman returns and going to Penguin played by 478 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: Danny DeVito, which I think was perfectly cast, just because 479 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,239 Speaker 1: Danny DeVito is just such an interesting looking person on 480 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: his own, and to put him in the penguin costume, 481 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: in the penguin suit, and the way he played him 482 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: with just so weird. And so Danny DeVito made him 483 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: a great villa in that movie. And that's kind of 484 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: why I would have like to see Jonah Hill and this, 485 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: because I think you would have brought a similar dynamic, 486 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: being kind of a comedic actor and taking on this 487 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: kind of dark, twisted role of a villain like Catwoman. 488 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: Danny DeVito also had some great one lines in that movie. 489 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: I played this snacking city like a heart frum now 490 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: and at times you even feel bad for a minute, 491 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: but you realize, oh man, he's actually a pretty bad dude. 492 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: So that's why I put Danny DeVito as the Penguin 493 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 1: at number two. All right, now, I'm at number one 494 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: of the best Batman villain of all time, and it 495 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: easily goes to the Joker. But I kind of had 496 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: to make a distinction here on whether I go with 497 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: Heath Ledger or Joaquin Phoenix, which I've said Joaquin Phoenix 498 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: is the best actor to ever play the Joker. I 499 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: think because he was given his entire movie on his own, 500 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: that he had more time to develop that character and 501 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: really sink into what makes the Joker twisted. But I 502 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: always said that Heath Ledger was a more iconic role 503 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 1: based on what happened around him, the fact that he 504 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: locked himself in a hotel room for like two weeks 505 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: to get the voices down right. So at number one, 506 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: I have to go with Heath Ledger in the Dark 507 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: Night as Joker as the best Batman villain of all time. 508 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: I don't think he's a better Joker. I still say 509 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: it's Joaquin Phoenix. But I think in Joker with Joaquin Phoenix, 510 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: he's not really a Batman villain. Batman doesn't really show 511 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: up in that movie. He is not fighting Batman. It's 512 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 1: mainly just the story of Joker. But in the Dark 513 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,919 Speaker 1: Night he is straight up the antagonist and just the 514 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: perfect villain ever in any comic book movie, because he 515 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: is fighting Batman for really no other reason than to 516 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: fight Batman. He doesn't care about money, he doesn't care 517 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: about any really control. He just wants to start straight 518 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 1: up chaos, And I think that is what made his 519 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: character so great and what made that movie work is 520 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: that he really didn't want anything other than to test 521 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: Batman and what is right and what is wrong? And 522 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: I think he set the bar for making that Joker 523 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: character again one of the most iconic characters and biggest 524 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: roles you can hop into in the Batman franchise. This 525 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: also plays into why I put Christian Bale as the 526 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 1: number two Batman because in this movie he is essentially 527 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: outshined by the supporting character. While Heath Ledger is in 528 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: the movie less than Christian Bale, but every time he's 529 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: on screen, that's just so much more attention grabbing to 530 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: the audience and the really what you remember most about 531 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 1: that movie. So now I hope they don't make another 532 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: Joker movie with Joaquin Phoenix. I hope they're done with it. 533 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: I don't hope he crossed his past with Batman ever. 534 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: I think that movie should just stand alone on its own, 535 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: and I still think he's the best Joker ever. But 536 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: as far as being a villain to Batman, you gotta 537 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: go with Heath Ledger as number one. Sticks to blade 538 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: in my mouth. Let's put a smile on that face, 539 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: all right. So that's all the Batman for this episode, 540 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: I got a movie with you. Next. I saw the 541 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: Sonic the Hedgehog movie over the weekend, So let's get 542 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: right into that, all right, gonna get into my review 543 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: now of the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which I'm 544 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: a nineties kid, so I was going into this movie 545 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: with the intention of just wanting some good old nostalgia 546 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: from the video game back in the day. I played 547 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: Sonic on Saga Genesis, and I just wanted to see 548 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 1: a video game adaptation of a beloved childhood character. I 549 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: was also a really big fan of the Saturday Morning cartoon, 550 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,159 Speaker 1: so all that going into this, I just wanted it 551 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: to be at least a decent movie. So right now, 552 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: here's just a little bit of Sonic the Hedgehog, and 553 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: then I'll give you some background on what happened with 554 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 1: this movie and how it finally came to me. If 555 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: they steal my power, they could conquer in the universe. 556 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: You have to help me, please, It's life for death. 557 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: So this movie had a rough start. It was delayed 558 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: about three months because when they first released the trailer 559 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: for the movie, people were just creeped down by the 560 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: design of Sonic. He looked a little weird and creature ish. 561 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: He had like really small beady eyes, his hands had 562 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: like these really weird fingers, and even like the shoe design, 563 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: people were kind of complaining about. So the movie studio 564 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: actually listened to people. They went and redesigned the entire 565 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: Sonic character throughout the movie, which took him about three 566 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: months to do, and they made his eyes a little 567 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: bigger in bulgire, more cartoony. They gave him the actual 568 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 1: kind of gloves that he wore in the video game, 569 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: and when they released the trailer again people were generally 570 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: welcoming to what Sonic looked like now. But again, I 571 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: think the big selling point of this movie is the 572 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: fact that Jim Carey was playing Dr robot Nick, and 573 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: I realized that when I had this in my highly 574 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: Anticipated Movies episode at the beginning of the year, I 575 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: was calling him Dr robut Nick because that's what Sonic 576 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: called him in the cartoons. So if I sounded ridiculous 577 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: saying that back in the day, that's why that cartoon 578 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: had that pronunciation embedded in my head. So I went 579 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: to see this movie and I kind of realized right 580 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: away that the movie was not made for me, which 581 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: is fine. I'm a twenty eight year old guy, and 582 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: they went the route of making this movie pretty much 583 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: towards kids. I was cool with that. I realized that 584 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: going into this, of course it's a it's a kid's 585 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,159 Speaker 1: character the kids video game. Of course they're gonna make 586 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,479 Speaker 1: a tailored more towards kids. But I don't think it's 587 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: stopped me from enjoying this movie because I think they 588 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: actually did a pretty good job on it. I loved 589 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: the subtle references to the video game. It opens up 590 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: pretty much. I'm not gonna spoil anything, but it opens 591 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: up and even just with the paramount sign instead of 592 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: the stars that has the rings from Sonics from the game. 593 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: And I think the only thing I kind of was 594 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,200 Speaker 1: let down by initially is that they didn't really give 595 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: him a full backstory, which I thought, when you give 596 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 1: a character an entire movie, you kind of have at 597 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: least more than like a few minutes at the beginning 598 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 1: to kind of and on what kind of world Sonic 599 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: comes in. So in this movie, they paint Sonic as 600 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: an alien creature who has to leave where he's from 601 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: and he is sent to Earth for safety. So but 602 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 1: that whole that whole scene kind of takes place within 603 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: Like the first two minutes of the movie. You see 604 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: him there as a kid, and then all of a sudden, 605 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: he's here on Earth. I would have liked a little 606 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: more there, just to see how Sonic was as a kid, 607 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,959 Speaker 1: interacting with other kids and kind of making why like 608 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,679 Speaker 1: the story of why he was kind of weird and different, 609 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: and making him leaving a little more dramatic and a 610 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: little more telling to his character. I would have liked 611 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 1: a little more there. But once I actually got into 612 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,640 Speaker 1: the story, I thought it was pretty good. It gets 613 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: into it pretty quickly, and I think once Jim Carrey 614 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: is on the screen, you kind of realize, oh, this 615 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,959 Speaker 1: is gonna be a pretty fun movie. Because although Sonic 616 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: gets the star of this movie and he is the 617 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: cartoon character, I almost think that Jim Carrey Alex shines 618 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: him a bit as far as cartooning nous. He kind 619 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: of goes back to those days of him being a 620 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: spin turish. He kind of has those mannerisms again. And 621 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: I think my last genuinely came from Jim Carrey more 622 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: so than they did from Sonic. I thought the voice 623 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: of Sign did a pretty good job it's Ben Schwartz, 624 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: who you may know from Parts and Wreck. The rest 625 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: of the cast was okay. James Marsden plays the cop 626 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: in this town, which they kind of form a relationship 627 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 1: throughout the movie. I just thought the rest of the 628 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: cast wasn't anything special. So I'm not a great judge 629 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 1: of like what great acting is, but I can kind 630 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: of feel when there's a bit of a disconnect in 631 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: the animated movie like this, because the hard part about 632 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: this is Sonic is entirely a c G I character, 633 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: so they make him all just with a computer put 634 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: in later, so when they're actually filming the scenes, there's 635 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: nobody really there they're talking to. So I think that 636 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: was a little more apparent in this movie. You don't 637 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,040 Speaker 1: really get it from Jim Carrey's interactions. I think he 638 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: is a great actor and he can kind of pull 639 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: that off greatly, but I think the other actors maybe 640 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: it's a little more apparent than like, oh, they're just 641 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: talking to nothing, and it's a little harder to exchange 642 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: kind of a real dynamic between him and the characters 643 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: throughout the movie. So I felt a little bit of 644 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: a disconnect with the But again, this is a Kid's movie. 645 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: So me analyzing that it is probably sounding a little 646 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: overcritical on my part, which I get. Overall, I thought 647 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: it was a pretty fun movie. I enjoyed it, and 648 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: it's now has like the highest opening ever for a 649 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: movie adaptation, making about fifties seven million dollars, which is 650 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: way more than they even expected it to make. And 651 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: I think in a long line of kind of video 652 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: game movies just bombing at the box office because it's 653 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: a very delicate thing to do because kind of the 654 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: same way book a book adaptations have, like people are 655 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: let down because like, oh, you can't explore as much 656 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: as you can in the book. With video games, we 657 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: grew up with these video game characters and we spend 658 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 1: hours and hours of playing these games, and you often 659 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: wonder like, oh, what if they expanded on their story, 660 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: what would that be like? So when you do give 661 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: it the Hollywood treatment, you see it on screen, you're like, 662 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: that's not really what I was expecting. It's nothing is 663 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: It doesn't give me that same feeling that I did 664 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: with the video game. And I think with this one 665 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: you do get those you get that feeling just a bit. 666 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: Like I said, I wish they would have exported a 667 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: little more in his origin story. They kind of showed, 668 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: like in the opening sequence, they did kind of show 669 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: what a video game level would have looked like inside 670 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: the movie, and then they may just really subtle references 671 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: throughout the movie. There was no real adaptation of like, oh, 672 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: this is straight up something out of the video game 673 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: into this movie. I think they kind of walked that 674 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: fine line of like, Okay, we're just gonna make Sonic 675 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: and put them on Earth, so take away that expectation 676 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: of it being the straight up video game. I think 677 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: before this, Detective Peekaju was probably the most successful, which 678 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: I liked because in that movie they set it up 679 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: as Okay, it's a Detective Peek at you, it's not 680 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: a straight up Pokemon movie, so I think you kind 681 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: of go into it with a bit of a different expectation, 682 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: and I think they get fans of the video game 683 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: just enough references to make you feel like, oh, you're 684 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: not getting cheated here. There's even like subtle references to 685 00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: the video game soundtrack, which son it has probably one 686 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: of the most iconic video game soundtracks of all time, 687 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: and I like the subtle references, like even just taking 688 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: like the video game music and putting in like a background, 689 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: like a piano version. I thought that was a really 690 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: cool touch. So like this one here, that's from the 691 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: video game, and this is what they used in the movie. 692 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: So stuff like that made it for me. Overall, I 693 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: give it three out of five rings, which I think 694 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: is pretty high for a video game adaptation because there's 695 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: just so much to take on here. And like I said, 696 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: that's also factoring in that it wasn't really made for 697 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: an adult like me. It's made for kids. And I 698 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 1: think now if I had like a little brother or 699 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: maybe even a kid, this would be a movie I 700 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: would take them to they would enjoy, and I would 701 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: get that feeling of like, Okay, this is cool, and 702 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: maybe go back and show them the Sega video games. 703 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: So overall, a really great step in the right direction 704 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: of Hollywood just not taking a big name and kind 705 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: of slapping on a movie to it. And maybe if 706 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: they get a little bit of a better cast and 707 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: storylines coming out in the next movies, I think it 708 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: could be a pretty solid franchise. All right, And that's 709 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: my review of Sonic the Hedgehog, all right, And that's 710 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: the episode for this week. Before I hop out of here, 711 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give my Instagram shout out of the week 712 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 1: to John Riser R I Z e Er, who said 713 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: he was listening bright and early on Monday morning. Shout 714 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: out to Josh for checking out the podcast. 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