WEBVTT - Countdown To Halloween!  Amy & T.J.'s  Creature Feature Pick #1: “The Host” 

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<v Speaker 1>Hey there folks, it is Sunday, October 11th and we

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<v Speaker 1>have reached number one, our number one recommendation in the

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<v Speaker 1>creature feature slash monster horror movie genre. And the crazy

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<v Speaker 1>thing is, this is the movie we are most excited

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<v Speaker 1>to recommend in this genre. It's also the one we're

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<v Speaker 1>maybe the most nervous to recommend in this genre. And

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<v Speaker 1>with that, welcome to this episode. of Amy and TJ Robes.

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<v Speaker 1>I am so excited to put this on people's radar.

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<v Speaker 1>But it is different. It is different.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it's intense.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll be crying in one moment, laughing in the next,

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<v Speaker 3>and screaming in the next.

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<v Speaker 1>And then scratching your head in the next kind of

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<v Speaker 1>a thing because they're in some ways, Robes, it's silly.

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<v Speaker 1>It's unbelievable. It's stupid. It's ridiculous. But how at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time am I crying over a movie like this?

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<v Speaker 2>There is so much heart and humor and horror all

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<v Speaker 2>mixed into one.

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<v Speaker 1>Humor, I forgot about the horror movie. Right?

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<v Speaker 3>I just feel like this is such a brilliant, and

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<v Speaker 3>if we're now, I think, as a country, getting used

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<v Speaker 3>to Korean horror, this is what we're talking about. We're

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<v Speaker 3>talking about March 9th, 2007's The Host.

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<v Speaker 2>And I did not know about this movie. It kept

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<v Speaker 2>popping up.

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<v Speaker 3>I kept seeing it on lists, and I kept thinking

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<v Speaker 3>I had seen, I mean, we're huge fans of Korean horror,

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<v Speaker 3>but I never, I don't even know how this much

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<v Speaker 3>time has passed, and this movie has not been on

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<v Speaker 3>our radar beforehand.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what? I will, we should, full disclosure, we

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<v Speaker 1>should admit, bros, we are turned off sometimes by subtitles.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, so we should give you a heads up.

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<v Speaker 1>We are. We see it, and we will move on. Sometimes,

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<v Speaker 1>even robes, we will see a movie that has subtitles,

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<v Speaker 1>but if it has the dubbing, we'll go, okay, that

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<v Speaker 1>might be a little fun.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yes. But you have to be in the mood.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to be in the right mindset, robes, and

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<v Speaker 1>not everybody, and not every Halloween night you want to

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<v Speaker 1>read subtitles.

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<v Speaker 2>No, this isn't for a party. This is for pleasure.

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<v Speaker 3>This is for sitting down, watching a really, really excellent movie.

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<v Speaker 3>Creature horror film, but one that you are alert for

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<v Speaker 3>and can pay attention to. Look, we hesitated watching Train

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<v Speaker 3>to Busan or Alive, but every time.

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<v Speaker 2>I've watched and we have watched a.

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<v Speaker 3>Subtitled horror movie, it's been worth it because it's been well-reviewed.

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<v Speaker 1>We've done Train to Busan. Yes. That is one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best zombie movies ever made.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>In the history of cinema.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree. And because it has all of the things

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<v Speaker 2>we just described, heart, humor, and horror. But I also

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<v Speaker 2>feel like.

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<v Speaker 3>Once you get into the vibes of the subtitles, and

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<v Speaker 3>there are a few, by the way, horrible Americans in

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<v Speaker 3>this movie.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's a little bit of English spoken, not a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a couple.

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<v Speaker 1>You're right.

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<v Speaker 2>Halfway through and at the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>At the very beginning. Right.

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<v Speaker 3>But the point is like, When you're alert and paying

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<v Speaker 3>attention and you're reading it and watching it, actually you

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<v Speaker 3>forget it's subtitled. I don't even remember the movie subtitled.

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<v Speaker 3>I just remember that. And I think the cool thing

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<v Speaker 3>is I didn't miss anything. I saw everything that was

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<v Speaker 3>being said.

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<v Speaker 1>There was enough action in this one that you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>need to be reading when there was a monster eating somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>But also, this is of note, the director of The

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<v Speaker 3>Host is a director that I think most people might.

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<v Speaker 2>Know his name, Bong Joon-ho.

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<v Speaker 3>He is the Academy Award winning director, best director, best

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<v Speaker 3>picture for Parasite back in 2020. So this was the

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<v Speaker 3>movie he did well before Parasite. So this movie's in 2007,

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<v Speaker 3>Parasite's 2020. So this is 13 years before Parasite was

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<v Speaker 3>ever even made. So this is pretty cool to see

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<v Speaker 3>where he was back then, and it is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>That is kind of cool. We've... We've discovered this as

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<v Speaker 1>we have been researching, at least this month, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of horror movies, Robes. A lot of people who had

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<v Speaker 1>a hand in a horror movie we loved had hands

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<v Speaker 1>in something else we loved a decade ago, 20 years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>30 years ago even in some cases. Robes, these people

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<v Speaker 1>have talent.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's cool to see, oh, wow, this movie's awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>We should look up the director. Oh, he's won an Oscar.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that guy?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, yes. And this was maybe pre-Oscar, which is always

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<v Speaker 3>kind of cool to see. So here's the synopsis of

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<v Speaker 3>the film. Careless American military personnel dump chemicals into South

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<v Speaker 3>Korea's Han River. Several years later, a creature emerges from

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<v Speaker 3>the tainted waters and sinks its ravenous jaws into local residents.

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<v Speaker 3>When the creature abducts their daughter, a vendor and his

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<v Speaker 3>family decide that they are the only ones who can

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<v Speaker 3>save her.

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<v Speaker 2>And so, yes, the family dynamics are hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>That sounded silly to me, the idea of the movie initially.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a monster and it kidnaps a girl.

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<v Speaker 3>What?

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<v Speaker 1>And even when the movie started and the monster shows

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<v Speaker 1>up and all this is going on, how are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to abduct somebody? And then it all starts making sense.

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<v Speaker 1>And we should note, the monster wasn't created at the

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<v Speaker 1>highest in Hollywood CGI company.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it wasn't.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet it was still effective. I didn't mind it

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<v Speaker 2>at all.

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<v Speaker 1>It was still effective. It still did its job. And

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<v Speaker 1>it never at any point, Robes, got in the way

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<v Speaker 1>of the storytelling. You never thought it was too ridiculous

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever else. But yes, it's almost a throwback, Robes,

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<v Speaker 1>to about 10 years ago, maybe 15, before we got

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<v Speaker 1>really good with CGI and everything looks believable.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so this was 2007, so that makes a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of sense.

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<v Speaker 3>This was the best they had available to them at

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<v Speaker 3>that time, right?

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<v Speaker 2>So I thought it was pretty good, and it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>bother me at all. It didn't make the movie seem

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<v Speaker 2>any less threatening or any less frightening.

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<v Speaker 3>But the heart, the heart of the movie, the cast,

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<v Speaker 3>you won't know any of their names, obviously, but the

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<v Speaker 3>little girl and the little boy... steal the damn show.

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<v Speaker 3>And even the befuddled dad. But honestly, everybody is.

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<v Speaker 1>I even think about.

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<v Speaker 2>Drunk brother and overachieving sister. Everyone in this family has

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<v Speaker 2>heart and humor.

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<v Speaker 3>There was something funny or quirky. about each of these

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<v Speaker 3>family members and their dynamic.

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<v Speaker 1>Several times there were scenes that we looked each up.

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<v Speaker 1>Are they for real right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the dad at one point describing his son's farts

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<v Speaker 3>as to what kind of mood he was in.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, what is happening right now?

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<v Speaker 1>It's great. And he's talking to the other kids about

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<v Speaker 1>why one kid is a buffoon, their brother, and they

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<v Speaker 1>go to sleep while he's telling the story. This movie,

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<v Speaker 1>there are some, you know what? I saw it described

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<v Speaker 1>in some places as a satire.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And some of those scenes make sense.

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<v Speaker 2>It was very funny.

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<v Speaker 3>It exploits all of your traditional family dynamics and has

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<v Speaker 3>a blast with it. Although I did note, because Train

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<v Speaker 3>to Busan is the other South Korean horror movie that

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<v Speaker 3>we absolutely love. But I was like, what is it

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<v Speaker 3>with moms and Korean horror films? Like, where are they?

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<v Speaker 2>There are no moms.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all about the father, daughter, or father- son relationship

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<v Speaker 3>there's the moms are missing at least in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Ones we love i'm trying to think of one we

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<v Speaker 1>love that that wasn't the dynamic But yeah, in the U.S.,

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<v Speaker 1>it's final girl. In Korea, it's final dad.

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<v Speaker 2>The dads are the heroes. That's what we've seen, at least,

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<v Speaker 2>which is such an interesting thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Train to Busan? I'm thinking about it. I'm almost in

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<v Speaker 1>tears thinking about how that dad saved the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Hero dad.

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<v Speaker 3>And mom was complaining and screaming on the other end

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<v Speaker 3>of the phone.

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<v Speaker 2>You never even saw her. She was like a non-entity.

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<v Speaker 2>And in this film.

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<v Speaker 1>He was even a buffoon and still a hero. Yes, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>And the point is, he didn't have a mom and

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<v Speaker 2>his daughter didn't have a mom. So like, where's the grandma?

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<v Speaker 2>Where's the mom?

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<v Speaker 1>There's no, there.

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<v Speaker 2>Was a sister, a younger sister, but that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>There are no, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe we just got the wrong two Korean films and

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<v Speaker 3>we're connecting something that doesn't exist. But I just thought

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<v Speaker 3>it was interesting, a little bit of a departure and

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<v Speaker 3>yet a theme that that I've noticed so far in

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<v Speaker 3>the Korean horror.

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<v Speaker 2>That we've loved.

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<v Speaker 3>But this was amazing. Now, Rotten Tomatoes, the critics agreed

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<v Speaker 3>with us, 93%.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this got a very, very good score.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm shocked. Yep.

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<v Speaker 3>Really?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do I think critics would take some high-end issue

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<v Speaker 1>with this movie?

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<v Speaker 2>They loved it.

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<v Speaker 3>Really?

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<v Speaker 2>I can't believe we haven't seen it before now. Like,

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<v Speaker 2>we just.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't. When it's subtitles, we don't. We skip a lot, baby.

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<v Speaker 1>We do, baby.

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<v Speaker 2>The Critic Consensus.

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<v Speaker 3>As populist-pleasing as it is intellectually satisfying, the host combines scares, laughs,

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<v Speaker 3>and satire into a riveting monster movie. Oh, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And the audience score was 72%. So they agreed.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, that's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty much everyone loved this movie.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, the only other departure other than the subtitles is

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<v Speaker 3>the length.

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<v Speaker 2>This actually was a two-hour movie.

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<v Speaker 1>Did it feel that way, though?

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<v Speaker 2>It didn't. I was just going to ask you the

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<v Speaker 2>exact same question.

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<v Speaker 1>And then as soon as I said that, we actually

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<v Speaker 1>had a chance to break it up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't mean to. We just had other things kind

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<v Speaker 1>of going and we broke it up.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the deal.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of times we'll watch movies and then maybe

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<v Speaker 3>we're making dinner or we're other tasks.

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<v Speaker 2>But we still are able to listen and process.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't feel long.

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<v Speaker 3>You said, babe, we can't make lunch because we have

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<v Speaker 3>to read the subtitles.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, oh, right.

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<v Speaker 3>So, yes, we did take a little bit of a break.

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<v Speaker 3>But even still, yeah, I would never have guessed. I

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<v Speaker 3>was surprised. To see that it was two hours.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, and I appreciate this movie. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how much you're giving away. No, this is certainly

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<v Speaker 1>not a spoiler. I appreciated that they didn't leave a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of time. They didn't make us wait for the

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<v Speaker 1>reveal of the monster.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't make us wait with anticipation for what is

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<v Speaker 1>it that's picking people off? It was kind of an

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<v Speaker 1>immediate attack almost. And you're like, wow, so this is

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<v Speaker 1>what we're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>It was good.

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<v Speaker 1>It was good.

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<v Speaker 2>It was actually, it was beautifully shot. There were awesome

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<v Speaker 2>jump scares. It was wonderful.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, when we come back, we're going to tell

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<v Speaker 3>you where you can watch it and why. This one

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<v Speaker 3>is a guaranteed hit in the Halloween countdown. Welcome back, everyone,

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<v Speaker 3>to Amy and TJ. We are at our number one

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<v Speaker 3>creature feature monster horror film of the day, and we

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<v Speaker 3>are going with The Host.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a Korean film.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, it is almost primarily in subtitles, but you will

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<v Speaker 3>completely forget you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Even reading along. It is that good. It is back

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<v Speaker 2>from 2007.

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<v Speaker 3>And look, it's got a director that has a resume

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<v Speaker 3>to prove just how good this movie.

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<v Speaker 2>Is, Bong Joon-ho.

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<v Speaker 3>Remember the Academy Award-winning director from Parasite? Yes, this was

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<v Speaker 3>his film before Parasite, and it is a gem. What

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<v Speaker 3>was your favorite part about the movie?

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing, you know what? This is fair. The

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<v Speaker 1>first thing when you asked was going to be the

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<v Speaker 1>little girl. You said favorite part or thing of it.

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<v Speaker 1>She was my whatever reason, Robe. She carried the movie

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<v Speaker 1>in some way for me with. And I told you, Robe,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a part where I'm rooting for her. And

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<v Speaker 1>then all of a sudden she becomes a hero. Differently

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<v Speaker 1>to where I'm rooting for somebody that she's now taking

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<v Speaker 1>care of. She was special to me. Robe, the monster

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<v Speaker 1>I felt I should have taken issue with. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a monster movie that for some reason, Robes, the monster

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the star. Jaws is the star of Jaws. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>I know, the shark didn't have a nickname. Didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a name. But you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>We get it.

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<v Speaker 1>That shark, we get it. The thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>There are so many monster movies.

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<v Speaker 2>Frankenstein.

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<v Speaker 1>Dracula. You know exactly. For whatever reason, there were people

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<v Speaker 1>around that I thought were the The central point. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know why I felt like the monster was a

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<v Speaker 1>side character for whatever reason. The family dynamic was cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Like it was a whole family of misfits. Even the

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<v Speaker 1>one that was a huge international success was a fuck up. Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Even the one who had the wonderful college degree was

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<v Speaker 1>a fuck up. Was a drunk. And then the one

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<v Speaker 1>they look at that's supposed to be the fuck up

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<v Speaker 1>is actually a great dad who has good heart and

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<v Speaker 1>might be the best among them. Rose, there were themes

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<v Speaker 1>here and everything about these folks to where the monster

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<v Speaker 1>was almost... the thing that highlighted how wonderful these human

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<v Speaker 1>beings were.

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<v Speaker 2>What they would do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a weird thing. And I guess that's the brilliance

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<v Speaker 1>of the movie, baby.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>The movie was awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>And the way you just were describing it, it is

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<v Speaker 3>so much more than a horror movie.

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<v Speaker 2>It really is.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's so much more than a creature feature because

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<v Speaker 3>you usually don't give this much heart when you're talking

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<v Speaker 3>about a monster movie and the heart of this family.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't you usually get more emphasis on the monster in

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<v Speaker 1>a monster movie, right? They should put more effort and

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<v Speaker 1>work into the, I don't know, paying for the CGI

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<v Speaker 1>for whatever the monster is going to do. It just wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>And I haven't thought about that until I'm sitting here

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<v Speaker 1>talking it out with you. This is one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most beautiful horror movies I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a really good way to put it. We won't

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<v Speaker 3>give away the ending or anything that happens. But there is– actually,

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<v Speaker 3>if I start thinking about it, I'll get emotional right now.

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<v Speaker 2>How it ends is not how you expect it to end.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet how it ends is kind of perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>Kind of perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>In every way.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a beautiful film.

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<v Speaker 3>And again, I think even if you aren't, if you've

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<v Speaker 3>got some folks who aren't big, hardcore horror movies, and again,

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<v Speaker 3>the monster genre might turn some people off.

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<v Speaker 2>This one, it's not that gory.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that gory at all. Yes, people die, but

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<v Speaker 2>almost kind of in a hilarious way.

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<v Speaker 1>Several times.

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<v Speaker 2>Like flying through the air.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not gory.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not anything that you couldn't stomach. And because there's

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<v Speaker 3>just so much heart in it, I just feel, and humor.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like this is something that everybody could sit

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<v Speaker 3>down and watch. I can't think of somebody, unless you

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<v Speaker 3>just are so against a foreign film, unless you just

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<v Speaker 3>absolutely can't stand subtitles.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're telling you ahead of time. So you're going

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<v Speaker 1>into it knowing what you're dealing with. This, I don't, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>if you just turned off, no, if you go into this, Robes,

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<v Speaker 1>with an open mind, there's no way you can enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>this movie. babe, this is, we haven't talked this movie

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<v Speaker 1>out until we hit record. And now as we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>it out, I'm realizing this is an Oscar-worthy movie. This

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<v Speaker 1>movie is insane what it was able to pull off, baby.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you think about it, this is the precursor

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<v Speaker 3>to Parasite. So this same director with the same mind

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<v Speaker 3>ended up, yes, creating another movie that ended up landing him, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>with Best Picture, Best Director, a couple other awards to boot.

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<v Speaker 2>So yes, this is the genius behind all of that.

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<v Speaker 2>So please.

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<v Speaker 1>But babe, the hero of this movie is the person

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<v Speaker 1>we thought needed to be rescued. This is how he

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<v Speaker 1>pulled this off. It's pretty spectacular. Now I'm thinking it through. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a brilliance, Robes, that we don't, I know

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<v Speaker 1>it's Hollywood, it's movies and they're actors and Hollywood, this

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<v Speaker 1>and that. But Roams, when something works, there is a

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<v Speaker 1>brilliance to what these people do. And it shows up

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<v Speaker 1>in these moments. There's a CGI stupid biological monster. But

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<v Speaker 1>this might not even be a horror movie, baby. Right?

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<v Speaker 2>It is, though.

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<v Speaker 3>It is.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's horror with heart.

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<v Speaker 1>You would never get me to watch this movie absent

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<v Speaker 1>the monster. If you told me there were just these

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<v Speaker 1>same family dynamics.

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<v Speaker 2>You'd be like, oh, God, no.

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<v Speaker 1>For what? Man, he is. He deserved that Oscar. He

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<v Speaker 1>deserved it.

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<v Speaker 2>We hope he has more up his sleeve, too.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, my God.

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<v Speaker 1>This is great.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, everybody. Hope you check out The Host.

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<v Speaker 3>And we'll be back tomorrow with Morning Run. So please

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<v Speaker 3>look for that on Monday morning. We'll get you caught

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<v Speaker 3>up on all the day's headlines. But in the meantime,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Amy Robach. I got a little bit tongue-tied. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>Amy Robach alongside DJ Holmes. Yes, and we'll talk to

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<v Speaker 3>you soon.