1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mix Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: am your host movie Mike. Today we are breaking down 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: how a movie makes one billion dollars at the box 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: office and the fifteen superhero movies that have done it. 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: In the movie review, I'll give you my spoiler free 6 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: thoughts on Black Panther, Wakonda Forever, and in the trailer 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: Park we'll talk about Brendan Frasier's return in a new 8 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: four film called The Whale. Thank you for being here, 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: Thank you for subscribing and listening every single Monday. Shout 10 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: out to the Monday Morning Movie crew. All right, now, 11 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: let's talk movies. In a world where everyone and their 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: mother has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: ears of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 1: A man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like 15 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: a walking Audi MTV with classes from the Nashville Podcast 16 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: Network Cases Movie Mi Movie Podcast. One billion dollars. That 17 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: is the number of we are talking about today. How 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: in the world does a movie make one billion dollars? 19 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: And what does that even mean? Let's look into the fascination. 20 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: First of all, with one billion dollars, I think that 21 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: is the new gold standard when it comes to making 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: something that audiences are resonating with making something that is impactful. 23 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: Can the movie make one billion dollars? And what does 24 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: that mean for your movie? So, out of all the 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 1: movies that have been made in the world, only fifty 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: one titles have ever made a billion dollars, and of 27 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: those fifty one movies, fifteen are superhero movies. The first 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 1: movie to ever make one billion dollars at the box 29 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: office was Titanic back in n The second was The 30 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,479 Speaker 1: Lord of the Rings Return of the King in two 31 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: thousand and three, and since then, another movie before the 32 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: year of two thousand has since crossed the one billion 33 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: dollar mark, and that is the original Jurassic Park. So 34 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: that is only two movies ever before the year of 35 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: two thousand. A majority of the movies that have done 36 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: it have been in the last ten years. US two 37 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: movies alone in two have done it, with Jurassic World, 38 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: Dominion and Top Gun two, which have both made the 39 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: list this year. So how exactly does a movie make 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: one billion dollars and what exactly does that mean. Let's 41 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: talk about first how a movie makes money, and we 42 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,399 Speaker 1: are going to use Avengers and Game as the example 43 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: in the situation when looking at the top fifteen superhero 44 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: movies that have done this, this is number one. But 45 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,279 Speaker 1: let's break down how exactly that happened. So in this situation, 46 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: you have the studio, which is Marvel. You have the distributor, 47 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: which is their parent company, Disney. Disney is the one 48 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: getting all of the Marvel movies out into theaters so 49 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: that we can go see them. And then you have 50 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: what is known as the exhibitor that is your A 51 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: m C. Your regal, any movie theater that you go to. 52 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,279 Speaker 1: They are the ones making the deals with Disney the distributor, 53 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: and they make the deal to split the profits of 54 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: ticket prices, so it costs student yos and distributors money 55 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: to get these movies into the theaters. And the relationship 56 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: has changed over the years because now more than ever, 57 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: the theaters need the big movies more so than the 58 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: actual movies need the theaters, because the a m c 59 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: s and the regals are trying to just get people 60 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: back into the seats, get people back buying concessions and 61 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: buying drinks more so than actually paying for tickets, So 62 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: they really need big billion dollar movies from the studios 63 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: to keep their businesses afloat. So typically in these deals 64 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: with the studios, so Marvel would get of the box 65 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: office profit in the theaters like AMC and Regal would 66 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: get of that. So end Game made two point eight 67 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: billion dollars globally, that means Disney to come one point 68 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: five six billion, and movie theaters made about one point 69 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: to four billion dollars. But not all of that is 70 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: profit because the movie costs three and sixty five million 71 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: dollars to make and another two hundred million dollars spent 72 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: marketing Endgame, so you're looking at five hundred and sixty 73 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: five million dollars taken away from that one point five 74 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: six billion. So in reality, Avengers Endgame only made nine 75 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty nine million dollars at the box office. 76 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: So even when a movie makes one billion dollars, the 77 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: studio isn't seeing all of that money, so it does 78 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: feel like an arbitrary number to hit of like, oh, 79 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: we made a billion dollars, Well you really didn't, because 80 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: there are so many things you have to pay for, 81 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: and we'll get into exactly what all of that is. 82 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 1: But for a movie like Avengers Endgame, Disney demanded sixty 83 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: five percent of the profits instead of that fifty, which 84 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: is a pretty steep thing and it's very rare for 85 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: movie theaters to make that deal. But Endgame was a 86 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: movie like no other. They could demand that. And it's Disney. 87 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: They can make those kinds of deals that say a 88 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: smaller independent studio like fo couldn't because they know this 89 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: movie and this franchise is going to get people into 90 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: those seats regardless, and they're going to sell tickets and 91 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: they're gonna fill out the theater, so they can make 92 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: that deal again in this situation, the theaters really need 93 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: a movie like this more so than Marvel needs them 94 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: in this situation, especially now with services like Disney plus 95 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: Netflix and Hulu. And that's where the relationship is also changing, 96 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: because there are some additional costs when it comes to 97 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: just what the movie costs to make. So, going back 98 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: to our movie Endgame, that movie cost three hundred and 99 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: sixty five million dollars just to make. So to pay 100 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: all of the actors, to pay the crew, to pay 101 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: the visual effects, just to make that product, it costs 102 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty five million dollars. So whenever you 103 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: search out what a movie cost to make. That is 104 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: all you're going to see. You're not going to see 105 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: the hidden fees, which for a movie like Endgame, it 106 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: costs two hundred million dollars just in the marketing budget, 107 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: so not even what they paid the cat, the crew 108 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: or general production fees. This was on top of all 109 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: that two hundred million dollars. And in order to get 110 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: a movie to get to that billion dollar mark, that 111 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: is how much you have to spend on just advertising, 112 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: to get commercials running on everything, to get deals with restaurants. 113 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: If you want your movie on a cup at the 114 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: seven eleven, that's how much you're going to have to 115 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: pay to reach everybody and know that you have a 116 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: movie coming out in theaters on this day. Marvel did 117 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 1: it pretty aggressively with Wakonda Forever. I mean I couldn't 118 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: watch anything on TV or get on TikTok or Instagram 119 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: without knowing that what Conda Forever was coming out this 120 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: past weekend. And with a movie like Endgame, which that 121 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: is a lot, two hundred million dollars in marketing is 122 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: on the super high side, probably more typical in the 123 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: fifty or maybe even hundred million dollar range, depending on 124 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: the different movie. But it's all about that return and 125 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: investment and knowing that if you spend two hundred million 126 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: dollars on marketing, that it will show itself in the 127 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: sales and where they make their money back. Even more 128 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: so is video on demand, Reynolds later when you pay 129 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: to watch it at home, Blu ray sales, and merchandise. 130 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: Oh how sweet the merchandise is, especially with Marvel movies. 131 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: You think of all those toys, all those t shirts, 132 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: all the pop toys, cups, key chain stickers, Disney World itself, 133 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: like it's all just a big commercial to get you 134 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: to buy something outside of the movie. And that also 135 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: creates the fan base. And if you look at these 136 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: big billion dollar movies, they are all films with passionate 137 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: fan bases. Look at Marvel, look at Star Wars, look 138 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: at Jurassic Park, and that is also what you're building 139 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: on here, so you can justify the spending here. So 140 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: looking at that number, it kind of puts into perspective 141 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: the reason we're seeing more and more movies go straight 142 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: to on demand, whether it be Netflix, Disney Plus, or Hulu, 143 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: it's because studios don't have to take that risk, especially 144 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: when it comes to smaller movies. And I'll continue to 145 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: use Disney as an example here because they have done 146 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: it a lot with whether it be their Pixar movies 147 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: or their live action remakes. They could spend fifty million 148 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: dollars to make this movie, and you think, oh, why 149 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: don't they just put it in theaters. Well, they'll have 150 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: to spend that other fifty sixties seventy million dollars to 151 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: market it at the chance of it returning on their investment, 152 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 1: at just the chance of risking it. What if a 153 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 1: movie bombs and they spend all that extra money to 154 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: market it and to get it in the theaters, and 155 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: then it takes just so much longer to dig themselves 156 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: out of that hole. Why not just put it on 157 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: Disney Plus, where their job there is to keep subscribers. 158 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: Their job is to give you new content to make 159 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: it feel like it is worth the money you spend 160 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: every single month on that. So you go in there 161 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: and you see something new, all right, I'll keep it 162 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,719 Speaker 1: for another month month, or they are trying to get 163 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: you back. Maybe you had Disney Plus for a few 164 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: months and realize it's not really worth the money. But 165 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: they put out Hocus Pocus too, and you're like, oh wait, 166 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: I do want to have a family movie night and 167 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: watch hocus Pocus to let me renew that subscription for 168 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: another month. And there you go. They got you for 169 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: another month because of that movie. So it's like the 170 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: risk reward. It's that all about that return on investment. 171 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: How will they be able to make their money back? 172 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: How can they just keep their subscribers on Disney Plus 173 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: to keep everybody happy? So that is why we are 174 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: seeing that more and more. But what is bankable at 175 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: the box office right now? What continues to work time 176 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: and time again, It just happens to be superhero movies. 177 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: And we'll move forward now to looking at Wakonda Forever, 178 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: which justin pre sales alone made fifty million dollars. That 179 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: is a built in fan base. No one else can 180 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: do that in pre sale tickets. I'm not even talking 181 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: day of I'm talking just people anticipate eating, wanting to 182 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: see this movie so much so that they would spend 183 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: money early to get their tickets. Movies have a hard 184 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: time crossing that fifty million dollar mark opening weekend. Unheard 185 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: of to hear that amount in pre sale tickets. So 186 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: that is what's working right now, and that's why we 187 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: continue to see so many superhero movies two three, sometimes 188 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: for a year, because that is what's getting people to 189 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: reach these numbers. That is what has the best return 190 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,359 Speaker 1: on investment right now, all things considered, ticket sales, merchandizing, 191 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: blue rays, the list goes on and on. And I 192 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: know they get criticized now, and I'm a big superhero 193 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: movie fan. I will defend them to the death. And 194 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 1: we feel like it's so recent because we see them 195 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: so much now with the m C, U and d C. 196 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: But superhero movies have been apart for cinema for decades. 197 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: Looking back at movies like Superman, Tim Burton's The Batman. 198 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 1: Just back in the day, they would pop up every 199 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: now and again. It wasn't as frequent as we see 200 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: them now, and it really wasn't until the two thousands 201 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: where movies like X Men and The Original Spider Man 202 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 1: changed all that and led to us having Marvel and 203 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: DC movies who began to make billion dollar hit after 204 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: billion dollar hit, and Marvel now has become one of 205 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: the biggest brands on the planet out of any kind 206 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: of product, and Warner Brothers is trying really hard to 207 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: put d C on that list as well. So let's 208 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: look now at out of the fifty one movies that 209 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: have made a billion dollars, the fifteen superhero movies that 210 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: have done it, and there's some interesting things to look 211 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: at here, because some of them have both things going 212 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: for them. They have been critically acclaimed and they have 213 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: also been loved by fans. Some have been loved by fans, 214 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: which is a little bit more expected when it comes 215 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 1: to superhero movies. They have a passionate fan base, so 216 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna love them because we love seeing our favorite characters. 217 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: But sometimes critics ripped those two shreads for being pretty 218 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: surface level or just being another super hero movie. Critics 219 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: are not fun. So at number fifteen, the first superhero 220 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: movie to ever make one billion dollars at the box 221 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: office with two thousand and eights The Dark Night, which 222 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: is significant for a couple of reasons because it became 223 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 1: the marquee movie for the superhero genre, the one that 224 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: tore down the walls of something being critically acclaimed and 225 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: loved by fan basis, so it became the first and 226 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: the best to do it combining those two worlds, So 227 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: it is very rare for a movie to be that 228 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: significant when it comes to critics and audiences alike. So 229 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: I love that that movie was the first to do it. 230 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: And right above that one at number fourteen is Joker, 231 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: another DC movie, And I don't even fully consider Joker 232 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: to be a superhero movie. It's in the comic book 233 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: world because Joker is a villain. But that's almost a 234 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,839 Speaker 1: movie that just exists under the DC banner. But again, 235 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: another movie that has the critical acclaim and the passionate 236 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 1: fan base behind it, and I'm curious to see how 237 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: they make that Joker to musical. So that's Joker making 238 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: just over one billion dollars, the same as number fifteen, 239 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 1: The Dark Knight. Then you have at thirteen, The Dark 240 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: Knight Rises. Also in the one billion dollar club. At 241 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: number twelve, you have Captain Marvel making one point one 242 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: billion dollars back in twenty nineteen. At number eleven is 243 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: Spider Man Far from Home, also making one point one 244 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: billion dollars. Above that you have Aquaman making one point 245 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: one billion. Then you have Captain America Civil War at 246 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: number nine, also making one point one billion. At number 247 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 1: eight is Iron Man three making one point two billion. 248 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: At number seven, is one unlike all the others. At 249 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: one point two billion, The Incredibles to which is the 250 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: only movie from Pixar to make the list. At number six, 251 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: you have Black Panther making one point three billion dollars 252 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: back in twenty eighteen. At number five you have Avengers 253 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: Age of Oltron making one point four billion back in 254 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Number four The Avengers making one point five billion. 255 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: At number three from last year making one point nine 256 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: billion dollars at the box office is Spider Man No 257 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: Way Home. And then in the top two slots you 258 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: have at number two Avengers Infinity War making two billion 259 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: dollars in eighteen, and at number one, the movie we've 260 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: been talking about, the highest grossing superhero movie of all 261 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: time and the second highest grossing movie of all time 262 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: out of any genre, is Avengers Endgame, making two point 263 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: seven billion dollars in twenty nineteen, just under two point 264 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: eight It's like two seven nine seven. So as I 265 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: summarize how a movie makes one billion dollars and hearing 266 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: that entire list and seeing what all of these have 267 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: in common, Yeah, to have your main characters here, there 268 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: are a few that can stand alone. I feel like 269 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: when it comes to d C. Anything Batman is going 270 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: to generate a lot of interest and make a lot 271 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: of money. Even this year with the Batman making seven 272 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy million dollars and it would put it 273 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: on the list at number twenty nine. Anytime you make 274 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: a Batman movie, you're going to get people to go 275 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: want to watch that. I think out of all these, 276 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: the most surprising is probably Aquaman making one point one 277 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: billion dollars for a movie that didn't get a lot 278 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: of word of mouth, a movie that's not even seen. 279 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: Is that great of a superhero movie? Surprising that that 280 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: movie is in the top ten. I wonder how far 281 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: it's going to fall coming out with a sequel on 282 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: that one. But that's probably the most surprising to me. 283 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: Other things that work, obviously, is when you put all 284 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,479 Speaker 1: the superheroes together in the Greatest Hits movies, The Avengers, 285 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: all of those movies sitting in the top five. The 286 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: only other movie in that top five to do that 287 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: it was Spider Man No Way Home last year. I 288 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: think there were a couple of reasons why that movie 289 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: did what it did. It really was the first big 290 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: movie coming out of the pandemic to shatter those type 291 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: of numbers and really get people back into the theater 292 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: for the first time with those shared kind of experiences. 293 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: There is also the cameos in that movie and the 294 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: rumors surrounding that going into that movie that made that 295 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: movie a big deal. And I also think they really 296 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: crushed it with the marketing of that movie and not 297 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: giving fans a whole lot going into that of what 298 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: to expect and that explosive factor of when it actually 299 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: happened and how much word of mouth really influenced people 300 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: to go continue to watch that movie and then coming 301 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: out with different versions of it, and then going out 302 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: on Blu ray, Like I actually bought a copy of 303 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: Spider Man Knowing Home because I physically wanted to own 304 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: such a piece of movie history. It felt like something 305 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: I needed to buy. Rarely buy blue rays, but that 306 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: is one of the only ones I've purchased, probably in 307 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: ten years. And looking at this list, you really just 308 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: see how much of an influence that Marvel has and 309 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: why people continue to bank on superhero movies, and I 310 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: think they are here to stay. Maybe in the next 311 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: five years we start getting fewer and fewer per year, 312 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: but I still believe that super hero movies are the 313 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: best at creating an event, creating a spectacle, creating a 314 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: shared experience unlike any other. And that is the reason 315 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: we go and watch these movies in theaters. And it 316 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: goes back to my initial love for movies. It's because 317 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: you go into a theater with all these people, you 318 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: don't know, you're strangers, but after you watch that movie, 319 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 1: you laugh, you cheer, sometimes you cry. We all leave 320 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: with the shared experience, and it's almost like you leave 321 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,120 Speaker 1: and you're not even strangers anymore because you all witnessed 322 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: and experience that together. And out of all the movies 323 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: I've seen in theaters in the last ten years, there 324 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 1: are very few movies that create a core memory in 325 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,959 Speaker 1: my mind. And movies that have done that are the 326 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: ones that make a billion dollars because it's something we 327 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: want to experience again. We want that feeling again. I 328 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: chase it every single time I go and watch a 329 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: superhero movie. Last year, Spider Man No a Home did 330 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: that with the guest appearances. Avengers Endgame that with all 331 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: of the Avengers returning for that final battle scene. The 332 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: only other movie this year to do that was probably 333 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: Everything Everywhere, all at once, which was another sleeper hit. 334 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: So I think that is why Hollywood will continue to 335 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,479 Speaker 1: bank on superhero movies. But I do think they'll have 336 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: to get a little bit more inventive when it comes 337 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: to origin stories, especially now as we move into other 338 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: phases of Marvel. But we'll see how they ride the 339 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: success of Black Panther Wakonda Forever, and we'll have to 340 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: wait and see what the next movie will be to 341 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:40,719 Speaker 1: join the billion dollar club. Let's get right into it. 342 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: Black Panther Wakonda Forever. My spoiler free review. This movie 343 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: makes you forget everything you know about the genre. On 344 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: the surface, it is a superhero movie, but at its core, 345 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: it is a story about grief. It is a story 346 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: about vengeance, and it is the most emotional, well rounded, 347 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 1: character driven Marvel movie to date. In the perfect way 348 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 1: to close out Phase four and right at the beginning 349 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: of this movie, it packs a punch and obviously, just 350 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 1: by the plot of this movie, it has to address 351 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: the passing of King Tachalla because Chadwick Boseman passed away 352 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: in and that is how the movie starts. And I 353 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: love the way they handled that scene and that opening. 354 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 1: It was pretty quiet, And I was in a movie 355 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: theater that was completely full. Every seat was taken up 356 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 1: in this theater, and as soon as the movie started 357 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: and began with that, everybody got silent. That doesn't happen, 358 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: and I thought that was a pretty powerful thing right 359 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: at the beginning. So it starts with that, and Wakanda 360 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:52,479 Speaker 1: is now mourning the death of their leader. But at 361 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: the same time, there are all these world powers starting 362 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: to mess with them. Everybody still after their vibranium, and 363 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: they have to prove to everybod buddy, hey, we're still Wakonda. 364 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: We are still the most powerful nation in the entire world. 365 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: Even though our king is passed, We're still here and 366 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,719 Speaker 1: we still mean business. But the entire movie follows the 367 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: story of Sherry, her story of grief at the same 368 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: time trying to protect the country. And then you have 369 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: this new threat with the villain of nay More, who 370 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: I believe is the best villain since Stanos, And maybe 371 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: that isn't saying a whole lot at this point, Marvel 372 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: tends to have a problem when it comes to their 373 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: villains being so forgettable, but nay More, it felt like 374 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: that threat I wanted in a Marvel movie. You want 375 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: a villain that every time they are on screen, you 376 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: pay attention and what they are trying to do and 377 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: their plan in the movie has to make it feel like, 378 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: oh man, You're superheroes aren't going to be able to 379 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: defeat this person. That is what I love in a villain. 380 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: I got that feeling with Thanos, he did it the best. 381 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: I got that feeling with Loki in The Avengers, and 382 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: I think probably kill Monger in the original one, but 383 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: now with nay More, I love that character. I love 384 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: to note Schwertha the way he played him. Also some 385 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: representation there with a Mexican villain, so personally I enjoyed 386 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,360 Speaker 1: that too. All around the board in this movie, there's 387 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: so much representation and this cast altogether combined, Like individually 388 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: they're also great, but when you put all these characters together, 389 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: with all these actors, I think everybody has their moment 390 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: to shine in this movie. From Angela Bassa Latisha right, 391 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: Winston Duke as Umbaku, like he really stepped it up 392 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: in this movie. I know he had more of a 393 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: supporting role in Black Panthers the original one, but I 394 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: say he was probably one of my favorite characters. In 395 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: this entire movie. They're just so many strong performances that 396 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: I really wasn't expecting for him to be one of 397 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: my favorites. But he brought the comic relief in this movie, 398 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,959 Speaker 1: not that typical cheesy superhero comic relief that you and 399 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: we've all kind of come to know and expect from 400 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: Marvel movies. It was just funny and I love their 401 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: camaraderie in this movie. Whether or not they're all actual 402 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: friends in real life, it really plays off on screens. 403 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: So when they are joking around and there's some levity 404 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: in this movie, which the movie all around is pretty heavy, 405 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: but there are some moments for comedy. There some moments 406 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 1: for some laughter, which I think was needed. But it 407 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: never feels cheesy, It never feels forced. It just feels 408 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: like they all have such great on screen chemistry that 409 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: it comes natural. So it really takes it to the 410 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: next level and doesn't feel like a superhero movie at all, 411 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 1: doesn't feel like a Marvel movie. And I think that 412 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: was really set whenever the first Black Panther came out 413 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: and it was so critically acclaimed and loved by fans, 414 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: this one had a lot of expectation going into it, 415 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: and it was almost like, how would you even live 416 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,719 Speaker 1: up to that first one? But I really think they 417 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: nailed it here. So I think anybody who is a 418 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: fan of the original, you'll be a fan of this one. 419 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: I don't think you would love Black Panther and see 420 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: this one be like not for me. So if you 421 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: love the first one, I think you'll love this one 422 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: even more. The weird criticism I have is a really 423 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: unfair one, and it's obviously nothing that they could do, 424 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: but you do feel the missing presence of Chadwick Boseman 425 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: as Black Panther, and it's just unfortunate he is no 426 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: longer here. And there was something inside of me that 427 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, I'm gonna bring him back, but 428 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: you realize that no, like that's real life. He is 429 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: actually not here anymore. And I think sometimes when you 430 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: think about celebrities and actors, it feels like they live 431 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 1: on this entirely different planet. But that really grounded it 432 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: for me, knowing that he's really not here anymore, Like 433 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: I know he passed away, I know he is no 434 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: longer here, but it made this weird connection in my 435 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: brain of oh, this is a knowledge superhero escapism, like 436 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: there's some real life here. So that was a weird 437 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: thing that I wasn't expecting to feel. And you want 438 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: him to be in this movie so bad, so I 439 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: can only imagine how it felt for them coming back 440 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: and working on this movie without him, And it felt 441 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: like in some of these scenes, and I know they've 442 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: said this in interviews too, they were dealing with their grief. 443 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,360 Speaker 1: I know they're playing their characters here, but they are 444 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: dealing also with their real life grief. So I think 445 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: as fans as we watch these movies, that will probably 446 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: set in with you a little bit during this movie 447 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: when you just want Chadwick Boseman to be there. But 448 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: I think going back to everybody else's performance, I think 449 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: they stepped it up even more so to elevate all 450 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: these other characters. And what this entire movie does is 451 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: so much character development. And I will admit that two 452 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: hour and forty minute run time plus you feel it. 453 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: It's abo actually about halfway through the movie, and it's 454 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: easier to say like, oh, the movie is too long. 455 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: They could cut this and cut that, And you know, 456 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: I generally do sometimes say that when it comes to 457 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: a movie this long, but I think it's all of 458 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: that character development and all those things building and building 459 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: and fleshing out these characters. It's the journey they go through. 460 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: And I think that runtime is warranted. You could be 461 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,880 Speaker 1: nitpicky and say you gotta cut this, cut this, cut that, yeah, yeah, yeah, 462 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: But I think I'm never going to look back on 463 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: this movie and think if that movie was just a 464 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: little bit shorter, I would have enjoyed it more. No, 465 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: because this is a movie I'm gonna rewatch again again 466 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: and time again, and we'll still enjoy And when I 467 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: think about any major criticisms I've had while watching this movie, 468 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: there really wasn't anything. And what I loved about it 469 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: so much is that it gave me that feeling again 470 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: of being excited while watching a superhero movie. I wanted 471 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: them to get to the action, and they did. I 472 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: wanted certain things to happen, and they did, and it 473 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,919 Speaker 1: just had me so invested from the very opening scene 474 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: to the very ending. Even the mid credit scene didn't 475 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: feel cheesy and forced like sometimes those mid credit scenes are, 476 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: which I get a little bit tired and annoyed of 477 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: those from time to time, But this one, even even 478 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: that was handled perfectly, So how would it rank among 479 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: all the other films in Phase four? Now that this 480 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: one closes out Phase four? Easily the best, there's just 481 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: no comparison to this when it feels like it's on 482 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: an entirely different level. When it comes to how it 483 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: ranks to every other Marvel movie made, it's easy top ten. 484 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: I don't think it's top five, but it's an easy 485 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: top ten. There are just so many now at this 486 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: point it almost feels arbitrary to try to rank them 487 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: all at this point, so I'll just focus on phases. 488 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 1: Easily the best film in phase four. So if I 489 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: had to give this movie a rating, I think it's 490 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: a perfect Marvel movie, even outside of being Marvel. I 491 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: think it's just a perfect movie because of the themes 492 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: in this because of the representation, because of the villain, 493 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: because of the lesson learned after watching this movie. There's 494 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: nothing that I could say that would take away from that. 495 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,919 Speaker 1: So I think it is a perfect movie, and it 496 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,719 Speaker 1: is my only five out of five out of the 497 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: entire year. I give Black Panther Waconda Forever five out 498 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: of five. Vibranium suits. I can't wait to do the 499 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: spoiler version of this review so I can get into 500 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: the mid credit scene and some of the other surprises 501 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,959 Speaker 1: in this movie. But I think it's one you have 502 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: to see in theaters. Watching this on the big screen, 503 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: and the crowd of people really elevated the feeling while 504 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: watching this movie. And there weren't any VFX problems like 505 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 1: Marvel has kind of been letting slip into the cracks lately. 506 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: Everything was perfect down to the very new detail. There 507 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: you go, it's time to head down to movie Mike 508 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: La Paul. I want to talk about a movie called 509 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: The Whale. It stars Brendan Fraser. It is from a 510 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 1: and it's his big, highly acclaimed returned to the big screen. 511 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: And this trailer has moved me in a way I 512 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,159 Speaker 1: wasn't expecting a trailer to move me. I think it's 513 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: a combination of things. I think it's because it is 514 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: Brendan Fraser's return, and we'll get into more about what 515 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: that means. But seeing the love and support that Brendan 516 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: Fraser has had in his return to acting has been 517 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: pretty inspiring. Of all the things he's gone through after 518 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 1: basically being blacklisted from Hollywood, to now see him in 519 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: a role where there's already oscar bus surrounding this. I 520 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: think it's a very cool thing to witness him getting 521 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: standing ovations after screenings of this movie. So I'm excited 522 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: on an emotional level. But the movie itself, now getting 523 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: this trailer, actually looks really good. It's about Brendan Frasier's character. 524 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: His name is Charlie. He is an English teacher living 525 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: with obesity and he has decided to eat himself to death, 526 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: and the movie follows his pain and misery that comes 527 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: after the death of his lover leading to his chronic 528 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: binge eating. So here's just a little bit of the 529 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: whale trailer. Do you hear people are incapable of not going? 530 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: People are amazing? So this movie will follow his story 531 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: of somebody dealing with these issues and reaching a six 532 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: pound own weight, and how he is struggling to reconnect 533 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: with this seventeen year old daughter played by Sadie Sink 534 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: in this movie, who you would know from Stranger Things. 535 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: And I think, aside from the fact that this is 536 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: Brendan Fraser's major return to movies, the movie also resonates 537 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 1: with me of also having somebody who was dealt with 538 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: weight issues over my life and seeing how Brendan Fraser 539 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,240 Speaker 1: is going to depict this character, I think, well kind 540 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: of bring a lot of things to light of what 541 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: it is to live like that, to have people judge you, 542 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: to feel like an alien, and just to bring light 543 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: on what that struggle is of somebody who suffers with 544 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: chronic binge eating. That's definitely something I have faced in 545 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: my life. I think when I reached my heaviest weight, 546 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: that was something that I had to have a real 547 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: realization with, like that was something I had to come 548 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: to grips with that I did have an unhealthy relationship 549 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: with food, and I was always wanting to eat healthier 550 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: or just eat better, or just not eat the same 551 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: things that I was eating that was causing me to 552 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: feel this way. But it's a vicious cycle. I would 553 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: try to break it time and time again of trying 554 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: to eat healthier, and over my lifetime I failed more 555 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 1: times than I succeeded. I only succeeded once, but I 556 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: failed probably a hundred times of trying to make it stick. 557 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: But I think even now after losing a hundred pounds, 558 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: it's still something that kind of hangs in the back 559 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: of my mind of what would happen if I fell 560 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: back on those habits and what my life would look 561 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: like and how I would change. So it is an 562 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: ongoing thing that you have to deal with day after day. 563 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: So I hope they took that story on knowing of 564 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 1: how sensitive it can be to some people, especially for 565 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: those who have dealt with issues like this, So I 566 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: hope it. Just by the looks of this trailer, it 567 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 1: doesn't look like they are poking fun at his situation 568 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: in any regard, And I think Brendan Fraser is the 569 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: perfect person to play this part. And it's crazy of 570 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: how big of a career he had and how he 571 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: was the go to guy in Hollywood in the nineties 572 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: and the early two thousands, I mean with movies like 573 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,240 Speaker 1: The Mummy or my favorite George of the Jungle. He 574 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: was just one of the biggest movie stars. And he 575 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: stepped out of the spotlight to deal with some personal issues. 576 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: He had some surgeries with some medical things, his mother 577 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 1: passed away, he got divorced. He also was blacklisted from 578 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: Hollywood because of an assault allegation he put on someone else, 579 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: causing him to lose a lot of his roles and 580 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: people not want to put him in movies anymore. And 581 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: now we have this renaissance of people on TikTok and 582 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: Instagram of people rooting him on to get back to 583 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: becoming a leading man. So I hope this movie does 584 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 1: that for him. I think that video of him standing 585 00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: there receiving a six minutes standing ovation after this movie 586 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 1: was screened back at the Venice Film Festival, I think 587 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: that is inspiring. I think that is what is leading 588 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: to all of the Oscar bus for him to win 589 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 1: for Best Actor, How amazing would that be. I mean, 590 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: we gave it to Will Smith last year. Why can't 591 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: we give it to Brendan Frasier this year? He ain't 592 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: slapping nobody. I just feel like that would be a 593 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: very inspirational moment, especially while reading early reviews for this 594 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: movie saying that his performance will floor you. So I 595 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: can't wait to see this movie. It comes out in 596 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: theaters on December nine. That is the whale this week's 597 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 1: edition of Movie Bar and that is going to do 598 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: it for another episode here on the podcast. Hopefully you 599 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: learn something on this episode. I tried a little bit 600 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: of a different format. I like the ones where I 601 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 1: get to research a topic that I'm already passionate about 602 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: and connect all those dots. So my goal with this 603 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: one was to inform and entertain. So if you enjoyed 604 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: today's episode, let me know, let me know what you 605 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: thought about that format, and I will hit you right 606 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: now with my listeners shout out of the week, which 607 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,360 Speaker 1: I mentioned last week that it would be going to 608 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: anybody who used the secret emoji from the David Silverman interview, 609 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,879 Speaker 1: and that secret emoji was the yellow pencil. So thanks 610 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: everybody who commented on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok with 611 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: that secret emoji, and my shout out goes to a 612 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: comment from TikTok. It is from black Quill Signs. You 613 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 1: are the winner of the listeners shout out, and black 614 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: Quil Designs wrote, awesome episode. I had to watch some 615 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 1: Simpsons after this episode today, so did I black Quil Designs. 616 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: I think that interview also added fuel to my fire 617 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: that is my Simpsons lifelong obsessions. So if you missed 618 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,240 Speaker 1: that interview last week with the director of the Simpsons movie, 619 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: go Back one episode in the feed. He talked all 620 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: about what it was like making that movie, how long 621 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 1: one episode of the Simpsons takes to make, and reveal 622 00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 1: the actual reason why the Simpsons are yellow. So not 623 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 1: only can you go back on the podcast feed and 624 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: listen to that episode, I have also revamped my YouTube channel, 625 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: so YouTube dot com slash Mike Distro and you can 626 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 1: watch interviews from the podcast that I'll be posting now, 627 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: and you can also watch individual movie reviews all up 628 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: there on my YouTube channel again that is YouTube dot 629 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 1: com slash Mike Destro or it will be linked in 630 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:28,080 Speaker 1: the episode notes of this podcast, So if you're on YouTube, 631 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: be sure to subscribe to that channel. Thank you for listening, 632 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,240 Speaker 1: and until next week, go out and watch good movies 633 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 1: and I will talk to you later.