1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: am your host, Movie Mike, joined by my wife and 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: co host Kelsey. How are you. 4 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 2: I'm great. 5 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: We're gonna do a movie review dump of all the 6 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: things we watched over the break. That's what people say, right, dumps. 7 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: I don't know if we're saying that anymore. 8 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: Photo dumps, movie review dumps. 9 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 2: Can we just say like a collection of movie reviews collect? 10 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: It doesn't sound as fun. I like movie review dump, 11 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: and then we'll get into a full movie review. Talk 12 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: about the Ironclaw and in the Trailer Park we have 13 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler in a role that you're probably not expecting 14 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler to be in. Thank you for being here, 15 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: Thank you for being subscribed, and now let's talk movies. 16 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 17 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 3: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 18 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 3: never before in a movie podcast. 19 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 4: A man with so much movie knowledge. He's basically like 20 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 4: a walking IMTB with glasses. From the Nashville Podcast Network. 21 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 4: This is Movie Mike's. 22 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: Movie all right. So we saw a lot of things 23 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: over the holiday break. 24 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 4: We did. 25 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: We're just gonna rip and read these reviews, we'll kick 26 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: it off with the first thing. We will do them 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: all in order that we saw them first. One up 28 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: is Wonka, which I loved the first original Willy Wonka 29 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: and the Chocolate Factory. It's one of my favorite ones 30 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: of all time. Hated the Johnny Depp one. So going 31 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: into this one, I was a little bit hesitant, mainly 32 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: because of how Willy Wonka was going to be portrayed. 33 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: And you have Timothy Shallomey. 34 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 2: Here and all to me, tim wasn't that his rap name. 35 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: And all of my expectations were completely met from the 36 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: very first opening number, right when he comes out singing, 37 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,559 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh man, I'm gonna like this movie. 38 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: I thought I was gonna hate it. 39 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: Why did you think you were gonna hate it? 40 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: I don't always love musicals. There's some that I like, 41 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: but I was like, M like, the original Willy Wonka 42 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: is just so hard to top, and I really thought 43 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: it was gonna be cheesy. Damn it if he didn't 44 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: sell that character. 45 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: Well, let's be like it is kind of cheesy at times, 46 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: like sometimes his will his portrayal of Willy Wonka is 47 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: so extra and so over the top that I feel 48 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: like if you were like a casual fan didn't really 49 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: know what the essence of Willy Wonka is, you would think, oh, 50 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: that's kind of weird the way he's playing. You even said, like, 51 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: what would who is he dating? One of the Jenners 52 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: dating Kylie Jenner? Like, what would she think about going 53 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: to see him in that room? 54 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 2: Do you think Kylie Jenner got the itck? 55 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: Because it's a very extra role and you have to 56 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 1: really own it. But it really for me, it really works. 57 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: I would get the itch though you think so. Yeah, 58 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: But if you're doing something at his level as good 59 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: as he does it, you think you would watch that 60 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: movie and think, oh, man, I. 61 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 2: Just would forever picture him singing about a hat full 62 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: of dreams. 63 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: Oh, but the songs in this movie are so infectious, Like. 64 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: You didn't make us listen to the soundtrack. 65 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 1: Yes, that's what. The first time ever that I went 66 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: to go see a movie and wanted to listen to 67 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: the soundtrack. I don't do that, like you were saying. 68 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: I have said for the longest time that I don't 69 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: consider myself to be somebody who likes musicals. I really don't. 70 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: It's not something I seek out, but when I go 71 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: out to a really good one. Now I love them, 72 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: so I think maybe in the back of my mind, 73 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: I do enjoy them. I just don't want to say 74 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: it that I love musicals, which I don't know why 75 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: I would have a problem with liking musicals. But this 76 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: is the first time that we went to go see 77 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: a movie, and I'm like, I want to listen to 78 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: some of those songs. The other day we were singing 79 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: this Chocolate and this Chocolate, Like we just started singing 80 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 1: these songs. And it's different from the first one, which 81 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: was a musical, and some people were like surprised to 82 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: remember that that one, the Johnny Depp one, wore musicals. 83 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: But this one was a lot more straight on because 84 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: I feel like there are big, important songs in the 85 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: original one with Gene Wilder, but this one is just 86 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: straight up almost song after song, them just busting out, 87 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 1: you know, randomly singing, kind of like how people expect musicals. 88 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: So I still feel like it's a little bit different 89 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: than that first one. But I think the story in 90 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: this one is just really good. 91 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 5: Too, And I think that the greatest part was putting 92 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 5: Hugh Grant in his place. 93 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he hated this movie. 94 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: And making him play a small orange. 95 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: Man because he notoriously is hard to work with, and 96 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: in this one, he's like, I really just did it 97 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: for the money, and he perfectly fits the role because 98 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: Baluba is in this movie at least the grummy character, 99 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: and yeah, that's Hugh Grant, so you get what you 100 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: kind of expect from Hugh Grant. But the interesting thing 101 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: about this one is I feel like Willy Wonka. In 102 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: the original, he's a little bit more cynical. He's a 103 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: little bit weird and does things that you could kind 104 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: of view from a dark point of view, and this 105 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: one it's almost like Willy Wonka before he gets super jaded. 106 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is Willy Wonka before he has his chocolate. 107 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: Factory, and it's like, yeah, it's him. Like you find 108 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: out the reason he wanted to start the chocolate factory 109 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: and that's really heartwarming. And sometimes I feel like in prequels, 110 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: when you learn about a character, I feel like it's ah, 111 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: I don't really care about that, But in this one, 112 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: I was really invested in it and all the other 113 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: characters that were introduced. I really enjoyed it great. 114 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: The side characters were great. 115 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: I think that's what made it even better. 116 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 2: I now want a pocket sized chocolate factory. 117 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: A pocket sized chocolate factory. That's what he had his 118 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: little suitcase. 119 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 5: Suitcase maybe not pocket sized, but was like briefcase chocolate factory. 120 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 2: I would like to building chocolate on demand. 121 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: Oddly, after watching this one, unlike watching the first one, 122 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: I did not crave sweets after it. After I watched 123 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: the first one, obviously I was a lot younger, but 124 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: I like wanted that piece of chocolate. I wanted to 125 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: find the golden ticket. In this one, it was almost 126 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: more of the whimsical effects of the chocolate that made 127 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: it cool. Aside from the way the candy itself looked 128 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: like in that first one when they're first walking through 129 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: the factory and just eating everything, taking bites out of things, 130 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: that just made me want everything. But visually I thought 131 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: the movie looked amazing. There was like one really great 132 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: shot of just like the Willy Wonka silhouette that I 133 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: was like, oh man, they're really going for that classic 134 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: vibe here. So overall, I gave it a four out 135 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: of five. What would you give it? 136 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 2: I would agree I would give it the same. 137 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: Moving on to the next movie, we saw in theaters 138 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: this one we both equally wanted to go see, and 139 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: you're have kind of put me into a position of 140 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: really enjoying a good rom com. Finally, and the movie 141 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: is Anyone but You starring Sydney Sidney Sweeney. I was 142 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: gonna say the artist Sudney. 143 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 2: Sweeney, Sidney Sweeney and Glenn Powell. I was gonna say, 144 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: fellow Longhorn, you didn't let me get my anger. 145 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you introduced them. 146 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: Then, fellow Longhorn, Glenn Powell. He did go to the 147 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: game the other day I. 148 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: Saw, Yeah, if only we would have won that one 149 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 1: didn't win. 150 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: I'm sad, but yes, Glenn Palell. 151 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,280 Speaker 1: So it's about them faking like they're in a relationship 152 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: to get their family off their One of them get 153 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: their family off their back and the other make their 154 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,119 Speaker 1: ex jealous so they could get back together. 155 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,679 Speaker 5: Yes, but also the other premises they did once hook 156 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 5: up and then didn't date after that, so then it's 157 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 5: like them being forced. They have like mutual friends and 158 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 5: so they're like in this at this wedding in Australia. 159 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 2: Did maybe want to go to Australia? 160 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 1: The movie I felt I enjoyed it. It was so good, 161 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: but I almost it was going to be funnier than 162 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: what it was, and I felt like I gravitated more 163 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: towards their chemistry than the comedy. So it was more 164 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: on the romance side of it than the comedy side 165 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: for me, because you probably differ than me. But I 166 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: thought a lot of the funnier parts were in the trailer, 167 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: and there wasn't anything totally new in the movie that 168 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: I found as funny that I did watching the trailer 169 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: for the first time. But the romance was there. They 170 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: have undeniable chemistry, and that's how do you sell a 171 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: rom com chemistry? And we went on opening night. 172 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 2: It was full, it was fun. It was a Thursday night, 173 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 2: It's Christmas. 174 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: And to think now how hard it is to sell 175 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: a movie like this that you could just put on Netflix. 176 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: That has really become the model. They knew, Yeah, they knew. 177 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 5: They were like, we got a moneymaker on our hands 178 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 5: because she's hot off the press, off of Euphoria White Lotus. 179 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 2: He did top Gun. I feel like he's been a 180 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: lot of other things recently. 181 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: It was in Devotion too, yes, and that was good. 182 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: I feel like he is about to be on that level, 183 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: like like being that a list star. 184 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: Glen's popping off. 185 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: And the thing about this movie that I knew they 186 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: were gonna do is have any excuse for either of 187 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: them to take their clothes off and sell that by 188 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: the way they sold the trailer, by the way they 189 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: were selling the poster. 190 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 2: It was rated R. 191 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: You're selling Oh I forgot. 192 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 2: It was rated for some reasons and nothing gratuitous. 193 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: No, not at all. But anytime he took off his shirt, 194 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my gosh, Like he doesn't even 195 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: look like a real human. It's quite incredible. 196 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say anything, I'm a married woman. 197 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: But anyway, I feel like that is also a big 198 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: part of it. But you can you can just put 199 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,239 Speaker 1: attractive people on the screen, but if they don't have chemistry, 200 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: you can't sell the rest of the movie. 201 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 5: There's been plenty of rom coms where people don't have 202 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 5: chemistry and you're just like, oh, this was like watching 203 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 5: Oil and. 204 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: Water, because it makes the story and the lightheartedness of 205 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: a rom com just that much more believable. The R 206 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: rating in this instance does help, not just because of 207 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: like like you said, there's nothing completely explicit, but it's 208 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: also like to the comedy of it. They do curse, 209 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: which I think helps the overall comedy. So I would 210 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: give anyone but you a three point five out of five. 211 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: Oh interesting, where do you give it? I'm gonna go 212 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: four and a half qualas. Oh really, I loved it. 213 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: Will this enter into your rom com classics like one 214 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: you just have in rotation? 215 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 2: I need to watch it more often. It could get 216 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 2: there to be a classic. I have to be able 217 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 2: to watch it over and over and over, and I 218 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: don't know if it's there yet. 219 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: And ask potential, would you want to see a sequel? 220 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 2: No? 221 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: Leave it at once. 222 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 2: Sequels for rom coms are funny. 223 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: Leave it at one. Next up we have Migration, which 224 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: is the only kids movie on this list. 225 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 2: And we were the only adults. 226 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: We were without children, and the trailer got us on 227 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: this bood. The trailer was funny, mainly the line. 228 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 2: What's duck Laurente? It's you with Lorente. 229 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: On to those dang integrations. We were watching Shark Tank 230 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: and they did a Migration integration. 231 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 2: That was weird. 232 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: So maybe there was subliminal messaging by the advertising guy 233 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: that told us we need to go see Migration. 234 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 2: We have to talk about the best part was that 235 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 2: there was a short before the film. 236 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 1: Yes, so it's from Illumination, which does all the Minions 237 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: movies and something that they still do that Disney really 238 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: I think maybe Pixar still does them. Disney doesn't really 239 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: do them anymore. It was always more of a Pixar 240 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: thing anyway. But they have a short that plays before 241 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: the movie. 242 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 2: During the short, this little kid was so confused and 243 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: says out loud, but where are the birds? 244 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: The kid was so concerned because they're going on this 245 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: entire short with the minions and there's no birds, and 246 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: there's no birds, and the kid is like, where the bird? 247 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: Funniest part of the entire movie going experience to see 248 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: migration And we just quote that now, But I thought, 249 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: I think Illumination is doing it better than Disney right now. 250 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: One Like last year they had Super Mario, which was 251 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: just a fun, just all out kids movie. This one 252 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: was a little bit more on like that Disney realm 253 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: of there was a lesson here, you know, teaching kids 254 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: and showing the relationship between parents, going outside of your 255 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: comfort zone to live life. That is essentially what the 256 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: message is of migration. I don't think this movie really 257 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: pushed the envelope in any way. As far as the animation, 258 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: I think it was pretty standard. So aside from that, 259 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: the interesting thing I found out about this movie is 260 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: nothing really bad happens in kids movies anymore. And it 261 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: made me think of like Bambi, where we were all 262 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: traumatized before time. Yes, kids that we grew up with, 263 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 1: there was always something so sad that like just ripped 264 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:30,559 Speaker 1: your heart out. They don't really do that. 265 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 5: Anymore, Lian King. Yes, thinking about sad things, sad sad thing. 266 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: And here they're still teaching that lesson. 267 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 2: No parent dies, but. 268 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: There's no nothing sad anymore, which I don't know if 269 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 1: that's a good or a bad thing. 270 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: I feel like like kids are too soft these days. 271 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that, but I feel like, for me, 272 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 1: who my parents weren't able to teach me all those lessons. 273 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: I went to movies to learn about things like how 274 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: to deal with grief my dad dad when I was little. 275 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: So yeah, you didn't need a movie. You're like, separate 276 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: me from reality. I don't want anything like that. I 277 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: think for me, I look to movies to teach me 278 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: lessons like that, and to learn about those emotions and 279 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: kids movies of today, there really aren't that many Pixar 280 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: movies still do that on the emotional level. You think 281 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: about Coco. 282 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 2: And Inside Out all about your emotions. 283 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: At the new one coming out this year. So that's 284 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: what I was thinking of while watching this movie, of 285 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: like everything is everything is good in this movie. 286 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 5: There's some conflicts, but it's like it's resolved nicely, but overall. 287 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: I love the performance from ankle Fina. I did think 288 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: she was gonna be a bigger part of this movie. 289 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: And sometimes people ask me, like why I still go 290 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: watch kids movies, and I think it's because if I 291 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: ever had a chance to interview some of the people 292 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 1: who were a part of this movie, I would want 293 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: to know their entire work. Why not ask them about 294 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: Migration if you're to ask them about something else, So 295 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: in order to make myself the most well rounded, and 296 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: also that we both thought this is gonna be just 297 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: like a fun time. That is why I won't try 298 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: to watch everything, but for Migration, I would give it. 299 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 2: Through out of five, I would do the same. 300 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: I bet if I was a kid, especially that kid 301 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: who really wanted to see the birds i'd be like 302 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: five out of five. 303 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: I'm gonna give it three out of five. Lorange A 304 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 2: La Range. 305 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: Next up, we did go see The Iron Claw with 306 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: all of my family, which I'm gonna do a full 307 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: review of this movie coming up. You can give me 308 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: your thoughts and what you thought about it. 309 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 5: Loved it emotional so good. Didn't think I'd be into wrestling, 310 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 5: but it's like, not really about wrestling, It's about the 311 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 5: family and how wrestling affects them. Thought it was great, 312 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 5: great performances by zac Efron, Jermill and White. 313 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: Just talk about its Calvin kline, Uh, you're. 314 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 5: Just really feeding me today what this podcast by asking about. 315 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,719 Speaker 1: I'm the one who brought it up and I saw it. 316 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my gosh, I gotta give me 317 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: some Calvin Klin underwear. But we did go see this 318 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: with my entire family over the Christmas break and my 319 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: mom is a way yeah, She's like, hey, what kind 320 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: of movie are you watching? It's about wrestling. 321 00:13:59,400 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 3: Oh. 322 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 5: It was then, oh that we knew she would not 323 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:03,959 Speaker 5: be awake for the whole thing. 324 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: She fell asleep pretty instantaneously and then was snoring throughout 325 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: the movie. She was the one she did loud, and 326 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 1: then my brother had to wake her up, and then 327 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: she I think she forgot where she was and she 328 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: was in such a deep sleep because she was snoring 329 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: that she got upset at him waking her up and 330 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: like smoke out loud and then he was like, hey, 331 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: you can't. You gotta keep it down. 332 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 2: I don't think anyone heard. 333 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: I think it was fun. It was just funny because 334 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: we were sitting here watching this emotional movie and then 335 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: to my left it's, oh it was I guess my 336 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: mom is not enjoying this one. But what would you give? 337 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 2: Iron Claw four point seven five out of five body slams. 338 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: There you go, almost perfect. Next of a wrestler. Next 339 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: up is one we watched at home on Apple TV 340 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: plus The Family Plan and already forgot. We watched it 341 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: with Mark Wahlberg. This was kind of just one that 342 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: we wanted to throw on. Didn't think a whole lot 343 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: about it. It's about his character, who was a former 344 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: elite government assassin, gets away from doing that, starts a 345 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: family and doesn't tell them about it, and then it 346 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: comes out that the people who are involved with all 347 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: of that figure out where he is living and then 348 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: coming after him, and he ends up trying to take 349 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: his family on a vacation to essentially escape and start 350 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: a whole new life. But throughout this entire thing is 351 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: not telling them. 352 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 5: Still, it was giving the pacifier with Finn diesel M 353 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 5: from like two thousand and five, I. 354 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: Think almost yeah, basically the same lines of yeah, this 355 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: dude who has this elite set of skills and he 356 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: is now a family fan. But the hardest thing about 357 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: watching this movie for me was the cgi baby. It 358 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: looks so unbelievable. There is a scene where Mark Wahlberg 359 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: gets into a fight with this other assassin guy in 360 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: a grocery store and he has the baby like strapped 361 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: onto him and those little carrying things baby carrier, Yeah, 362 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: baby carrier, and the baby looks so fake, and. 363 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 2: I was like, this obviously a baby. 364 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: It was so hard for me to for this movie 365 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: to come back after that scene. I was like, this 366 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: is so dumb, so terrible, and it looks awful. 367 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: I guess they don't have like stunt babies like they 368 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 2: have stunt Yeah. 369 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: I guess so normally they just put like a fake 370 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: like just baby doll in there. But I guess that 371 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: probably look too fake and they're like, hey, we can 372 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: see guy it in. 373 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 5: Sometimes they get a little too ambitious with the CGI, 374 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 5: a little too confident about their abilities. 375 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: Over the course of the rest of the movie. It 376 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: did win me back a little bit when I didn't 377 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: hate it. Yeah, I thought I was gonna really really 378 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: hate it and not want to finish it after that. 379 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: But it's just one of those movies that's a very 380 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: casual watch. It almost feels like something that would go 381 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: straight onto TBS. And it's like, I've come to like 382 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: Mark Wahlberg as a comedic actor ever since Ted. I 383 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: feel like he can do it pretty well. This one 384 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: felt a little bit more like a cash grab to 385 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: me though overall. 386 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 2: Oh for sure it was cash grab. 387 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: But it had some charm to it. I feel like 388 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: if you were looking for just like a new family 389 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: movie that you wanted to watch. It's just compared to 390 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: all the other things that Apple has on their service 391 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 1: that I go to them looking for, like quality things 392 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: not just from the plot lines but just how they look. 393 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 2: But they were also putting things out that like you 394 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 2: could watch while your kids were at home. 395 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, overbreak and Apple also just goes for a list 396 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: star so getting Mark Wahlberg in a movie like this. 397 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 2: Michelle moynihan, she's a fairly big name. 398 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: It had almost like a knockoff We're the Miller's type 399 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 1: vibe to it. Not as good as that in any regard, 400 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: but it kind of felt like a bad version of 401 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 1: that in a way. For the family Plan, I would 402 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:48,880 Speaker 1: still give it a one out of five. 403 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 2: Really, yeah, okay, I'm gonna give it a two. 404 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: Next movie I watched that, I did not think you 405 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: would like whatsoever it was. 406 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 2: Did watch the last twenty minutes of it with you? 407 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: Of Rebel Moon, Zack Snyder movie? 408 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 3: That was? 409 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 2: That was my snorre fest. 410 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. So essentially what this movie is is a bugs 411 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: life meet Star Wars. The thing was that the Internet 412 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 1: was just hating on this movie altogether before I even 413 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: sat down to watch it, and that's kind of the 414 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: way that Zack Snyder movies go. My issue with this 415 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: movie going into it is I felt like the title 416 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: was horrible. I despise movies that have a really lazy title. 417 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: Rebel Moon, I don't know anything about it. 418 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 2: Sounds like a energy drink. 419 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: It just sounds lame, like to spend all his money 420 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: on a movie, and it's called Rebel Moon. I also 421 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 1: hate the fact that this is part one of two. 422 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 2: And the second one comes out in a couple of months. 423 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, it just feels like one big movie split in 424 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: the middle. 425 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 2: Well, that's how Zack Snyder does things. Ten hour movie. 426 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: Why not just make one solid movie? And then he's 427 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: out there saying, oh, but part two is gonna be 428 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: so make the first one the best one. Like, why 429 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: would you want people to get invested to go watch 430 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 1: a second part of a movie when the first one 431 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: kind of sucks? It makes no sense to me. Question, 432 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: And he's like, oh, well, wait for the second one. 433 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: That's where the real action starts. All right, we'll just 434 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: put out part two as part one and then later 435 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: make part one the prequel. 436 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 2: That's actually a pretty good idea. That is what you 437 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 2: need to do when people would have been so disappointed. 438 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 5: Maybe now they're disappointed by the first one, happy with 439 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 5: the second one, because usually you're good with the first 440 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 5: one disappointed in the sequel. 441 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, And the thing is, this movie is still two hours. 442 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 1: In like ten minutes, I'm gonna need. 443 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 2: You to bring your blood pressure, Okay, angry over here. 444 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: And this movie it just looks. 445 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 2: It looks terrible. 446 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: It does not look good. It looks like it was 447 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: filmed entirely in front of a green screen, so it. 448 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 2: Looks like a pandemic project that somebody made, like a 449 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 2: dire rom. 450 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: I'm so aware, I am so aware that I'm just 451 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: watching people in a warehouse. It's mainly due to the backgrounds. 452 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: The backgrounds are so lifeless and feel like nothing that 453 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: it forces you to look at all the characters. And 454 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: then he also does like this weird blur of effect. 455 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: I hate this blur effect. 456 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 2: It's me on my zoom calls because why what did 457 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 2: you do one day while. 458 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: I was on a zoom bo I watched out with 459 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: no shirt and you were on a meeting. 460 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 2: So I now have to blur the background. 461 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: So Zack Snyder had been on Zoom during the pandemic 462 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: and thought, I want a movie to look like that. 463 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: He said, the zoom filter. But on a movie. 464 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: The thing is, there is some good action in this movie, 465 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: but it it just feels like it's doing an impression 466 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: of something else, which I think initially this was turned 467 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: down because it was so much like Star Wars, so 468 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: it just feels like it's trying to create this big world. 469 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 2: Even the title is Star Wars esque Rebel Moon. 470 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: It sounds one. So overall, there were some cool visual moments, 471 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: but it was really just like a series of events 472 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: roped into each other and made it feel like, oh, 473 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: here's a movie, but nothing was really that cohesive. It 474 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: just kind of went from here to hear to hear, 475 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: and then it gets to an ending and then it 476 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,120 Speaker 1: makes you think how it goes into part two. There 477 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: was no journey. There was nothing super engaging about this movie. 478 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: We It was really just painful for my eyeballs. So 479 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: overall I would give it a two out of five. 480 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: That is what I got for Rebel Moon. We'll move 481 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: on to one of the movies that has been most 482 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: talked about on TikTok and I think one of the 483 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: most highest just sought out reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb. 484 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: The movie is Saltburn. 485 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:21,360 Speaker 2: Oh I thought we were going Aquaman. 486 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: That's oh not yet. 487 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,639 Speaker 2: No, Saltburn is disregard my sigh. I forgot it was 488 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 2: another one in between. 489 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: We watched that at home. And the thing about this 490 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: one that everybody has been talking about are the bizarre 491 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: things that happened in this movie. 492 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 2: Don't watch this one of your kids around. 493 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely not. It's more of a couple movie 494 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: or even watch on your own time movie. 495 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 5: You seen a lot of people that accidentally thought it 496 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 5: was going to be a family friendly watching their parents. 497 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 5: Did happen to me once when I watched Black Swan 498 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 5: with a friend over and my parents. 499 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: That was that was weird. 500 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: So this is essentially a story about a guy who 501 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: goes off to college means a rich guy. The rich 502 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: guy feels bad for him so invites them back to. 503 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: His estate called Soulburn. 504 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: And it takes place over the summer of two thousand 505 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: and seven, and then some other unfortunate things happen, But 506 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: it's mainly just like a really kind of dark, very 507 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,239 Speaker 1: artsy movie that has some really strong performances despite the 508 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 1: things that are happening. So I feel like you ended 509 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: up not liking this movie as much as I did, 510 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: or did you even like it at all. 511 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 2: I liked it. I thought the performances were good. There 512 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 2: are couple scenes, and it's not because they were gratuitous 513 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 2: or graphic, and be honest, it just made me a 514 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 2: little queasy. 515 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: See when I hear people talking about this movie of 516 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: how weird it's going to be, how gross it's gonna be. 517 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: I was expecting a lot more. I wanted it to 518 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: be weirder. I thought it was going to be not 519 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: so much on the gross side of it. But I 520 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 1: just thought this movie was gonna be a little bit 521 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: more zany and weird, and it really wasn't weird enough. 522 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: There was like three major things that happened, and I 523 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 1: would say of those three majors things, only one was 524 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: that I was like, oh wow, that's I haven't seen 525 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: that in a movie before. 526 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 2: The final I would say third of the movie was 527 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 2: really strong when kind of. 528 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the pieces fall into place. 529 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 2: The third where I was really like, okay, the third act. 530 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: Of this movie was strong, and I think it's really 531 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: what says this movie just apart from everything else I've 532 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: seen in the last. 533 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 2: Year, I was gonna say, it's very different. 534 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 5: Like Emerald Finnel does an amazing job at creating movies 535 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 5: that I haven't been done before. She does want repeating things, 536 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 5: she's not remaking. She has very original ideas. 537 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: And also just the look of this movie of using 538 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: the four to three ratio where it's like the Instagram 539 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: square instead of the full screen. I thought that was 540 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: a great Yes, the colors of it just looking filmy 541 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: and warm. I love that aspect of it. I had 542 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: one issue with it that I kept calling out. The 543 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,880 Speaker 1: movie takes place, Oh yeah, in the summer of two 544 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 1: thousand and seven. But all of this, a lot of 545 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: the songs, the major songs, were not out yet. 546 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 2: Yes, you did google that during the film. 547 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: And they were watching super Bad on TV, so they 548 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: either had to have the DVD or the Blu ray 549 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: or the VHS. That movie didn't come out on any 550 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: physical media until December of two thousand and seven. How 551 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: would they be watching super Bad? Are they super rich 552 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: and have that subscription service where they can watch new 553 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: movies or not? 554 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 4: Rich? 555 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: They were, but it didn't really appear to me that 556 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: they had that kind of service. So I hate when 557 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: movies take place during a certain period and they're playing 558 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: songs that aren't out yet. 559 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 5: I mean, you have the continuity of it, It's kind 560 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 5: of it's a little lazy. It's like you could you 561 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 5: have a producers. 562 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 4: Oh. 563 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: I always google that stuff though, because I know. I 564 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: was like, if they're telling me that this is the 565 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 1: time period, this takes place in I'm gonna hold them 566 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: to it, but I feel like they did that probably 567 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,479 Speaker 1: because it puts you in that state of mind in 568 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: that timeframe, the biggest songs that come out during that time. 569 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: But I'm going to call that out every single movie 570 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 1: that does that. That was the only thing, and that's 571 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: just because I'm very particular about if you're gonna put 572 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: me in a timeplace, keep it within that timeplace. 573 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 5: You also for your job, fact check a lot of things, 574 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 5: like a lot of people probably wouldn't even realize that. 575 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I pick it out, but overall, I would give 576 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: Saltburn a strong four out of five. 577 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 5: I'd give it a three, give it a three five 578 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 5: runny eggs. 579 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: Because I didn't feel like it it didn't reinvent anything, 580 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: but what it did it did really well. And it 581 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: also has those moments that our talking points, the shock value. 582 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 1: So I feel like that is why that is a 583 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: notable movie. 584 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 2: Next up, now, can I say yes a Comman two. 585 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: Which I've already said and put into my top three 586 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: worst movies of the year. What are your thoughts on 587 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: Acaman two? As somebody who hasn't really enjoyed the DCEU movies. 588 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 2: It was terrible, I have no words. Cheesy dialogue, terrible, 589 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 2: CGI overall awful. The only redeeming part was the cute 590 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,640 Speaker 2: baby and it like Aquaman's. 591 00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: Dad, they were good together. 592 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 2: The only redeeming point. 593 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 1: I feel like Nicole Kidman and a lot of the 594 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: other actors did this as a paycheck. I knew from 595 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: the very beginning, when it was Aquaman just retelling the 596 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: story and giving this intro that this movie was gonna 597 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: have a weird tone to it. 598 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 5: The references made a castaway reference at one point, yeah, 599 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 5: but then also referenced like Loki, and I was like, 600 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 5: what world are we living in? 601 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 1: Yeah? 602 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 5: So Marvel does a great job at think about Guardians 603 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 5: of the Galaxy. They go to all these other planets. 604 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 5: They have the weird looking creatures that they create. For 605 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 5: some reason, they make sense in a Marvel world. These 606 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 5: are the strange looking creatures I've ever seen. Just the 607 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 5: whole esthetic of the film was terrible. Amberherd's hair color 608 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 5: was terrible, awful. Just when Nicole Kidman talks in her 609 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 5: amc thing about going to the movies to make you 610 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 5: feel things and movies make you cry, and I was like, yeah, 611 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 5: this movie makes me cry because it is so awful. 612 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: He's like, this is this is why you want us 613 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: to go back to the theaters to watch this. I've 614 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: never wanted to boo while watching a movie. I wanted 615 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: to boo while watching Aucaman. And the best part for me, 616 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: there was an orca cameo whenever he actually uses his 617 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: powers to harness all of the animals in the ocean, 618 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: and then he has like all the dolphins and everything 619 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: and there's some orcas helping him out. I was like, yes, 620 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: the orcas. 621 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 5: I said, this was like the super hero version of 622 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 5: scary movie or scary movie, the parodies of like actual 623 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 5: scary movies. 624 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 2: That's what this felt like to me. 625 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 5: It was a parody amalgamation of all the superhero worlds. 626 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: What felt like they were doing a parody of Iron 627 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: Man because he was almost doing a Tony Stark Robert 628 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: Downey Junior impression throughout the entire thing, even the last 629 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: scene where they have the press conference. And I'm not 630 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: really ruining anything here because I think a part of 631 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: this was in the trailer. I saw it on TikTok 632 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: that he essentially says the Iron Man line. But Aquaman 633 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: and it's like, so you're living in a world where 634 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: you're referencing another superhero movie. What would you give Aukaman? 635 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: I give it a point five at a five. 636 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 2: I'm gonna give it a point two five point two 637 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 2: five for the cute baby. 638 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: We have two more to get through American fiction. I'll 639 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: let you run off on this one because I know 640 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: you loved it. 641 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 5: This was by far. We saw this on the last 642 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 5: day of the year. One of the best films of 643 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 5: the year. 644 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: It was great. 645 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: It was so good. It was funny, the writing was amazing, 646 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:29,159 Speaker 2: the plot, the cast, the wit, everything it wins. It 647 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 2: just wins in my book. 648 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: So the movie is about a writer who is in 649 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 1: a bit of not not only having writer's block, but 650 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: also his books just aren't popular anymore. 651 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 2: He's not even writer's block. He wrote a book, they 652 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 2: just don't want to publish it. 653 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, and he hasn't published a book in a very 654 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: long time. He's a black guy, so he also feels 655 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: like everything that he writes gets grouped into being, you know, 656 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: in lumped in with black fiction or black. 657 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 2: Whatever, African American studies, and. 658 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: He feels like like that's not me, just because I'm 659 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: these are fantasy books. These are fiction books, and I'm 660 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: getting limped in over here. So then he has this 661 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: idea to give the publishers what they want of writing 662 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 1: a quote unquote black book, because he's like, well, I'm 663 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: black and this I'm writing this book. Why don't people 664 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: like it? So he's like, okay, well I'll give you 665 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: exactly what you're asking for, and he goes so over 666 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: the top and just makes it as a joke and 667 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: they prove a point and they love it. So he 668 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: has to create this entire alias to back this personality 669 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: that he made in this fictional book, and it just 670 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,480 Speaker 1: goes and escalates from there. 671 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 2: And his family on the side. Sterling K. 672 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 5: Brown is fantastic, so great in this movie. Tracy Ellis 673 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 5: fross the whole casting. 674 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: And the thing is this movie is funny from the 675 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: very beginning because he's a teacher at the start of 676 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: the movie and he gets in trouble and he's like 677 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: in this meeting with like principles and all these things 678 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: at college and it's just like one liners and the dynamic. 679 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: He's just so good. 680 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 5: I didn't want to have to get up to a 681 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 5: p during this movie. I had to go really quick 682 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 5: one time, and I was so sad to have to 683 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 5: go because it was so funny, and I was like, 684 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 5: I'm gonna miss. 685 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 1: The wit and you did miss a good part, I know. 686 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: But the lead is Jeffrey Wright, who was also in 687 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: The Batman. He played Commissioner Gordon, and man, he has 688 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: some range because. 689 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 2: I recognized him. 690 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 1: He can do a movie. He was also in The 691 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: Hunger Games. He can do all these different types of roles. 692 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,719 Speaker 1: And then I guess I really didn't know how funny 693 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 1: he was and how much comedic timing he had and 694 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: the chemistry. But between him and Sterling K. Brown was 695 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: amazing because they're brothers in the movie and them roasting 696 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: each other was great. So this is an amazing movie 697 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: that I feel like it's probably gonna win some awards 698 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: once all these started coming out. 699 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 2: You give your rating. I have mine prepared. 700 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: I give it four point five out of five. 701 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 2: I get five out of five. Chefs at an omelet 702 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 2: station on a cruise ship. 703 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: That's a great reference. Yeah, it's almost perfect for me. 704 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 2: It was perfect for me. 705 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: The last movie we have to talk about is Ferrari, 706 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: which was. 707 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 2: Start the year on the strongest note with that one. 708 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought it was going to be a lot better. 709 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: So what the movie is essentially is the story of 710 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: the creator of Ferrari, and it's at a time before 711 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: they are just the powerhouse that everybody knows. So Ferrari 712 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: back in the day was a racer and then he 713 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: started Ferrari, and then essentially what Ferrari really was was 714 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: like a racing company. They wanted to win races and 715 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: from them becoming notorious, from winning, they would sell cars. 716 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: But at this point in time where the movie takes place, 717 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: they're not selling cars and they're at a risk of 718 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: going under. So the movie is him trying to bring 719 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: back his company. Win this big crazy race saved the company. 720 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: But that's almost like the b storyline because a lot 721 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: of it is the family dynamic of him and his wife, 722 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: him and his mistress. 723 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was what I would describe I described to 724 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 2: some of the slow burn. There's no like chapters, there's 725 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 2: not really like there's like one big action. 726 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: Watching this movie felt like reading a book to me. 727 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 5: Yes, there was also, again, you make a movie, you 728 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 5: spend a lot of money. There was a part where 729 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 5: you can obviously tell it's not a real human driving yeah, 730 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 5: they forgot to see gi that out. 731 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: There was also some weird adr lines which whenever they 732 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: go back and replace lines in post production that I 733 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: feel like some of the lines didn't sync up with 734 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 1: their lips. 735 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 5: Or the accents Chilians accents in and out. 736 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: Which is she's a good actor. But there were moments 737 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: in this movie where I was like, what exactly, like 738 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: is she Italian? Is she American? Because it would fade 739 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: in and out. 740 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, this was I wasn't racing. I wouldn't race to 741 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 5: the theaters to see it. 742 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: Whenever it got to the actual racing portion of the movie, 743 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: it was good, like that's where the intensity and the 744 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: action was. 745 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 2: There was one action scene where the entire theater gasped. 746 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 1: But overall it wasn't exactly what I thought it was 747 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: going to be, but also like exactly what I thought 748 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: it was going to be. So Ferrari, I would still give. 749 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 2: A three out of five that was gonna be mine. 750 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think it's one you need to go 751 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 1: watch right now. I'll have to race to see it, 752 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: But later down the line, when it's streaming somewhere, I 753 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: feel like it's still a worthy watch. 754 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 5: The only one we didn't get to to go see 755 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 5: is the Boys in the Boat because I haven't finished 756 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 5: the book and it fell behind on my reading on 757 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 5: that one. 758 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: So that one is still to come, and then I'll 759 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: come back and get my full review on The Iron Claw. 760 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: Let's get into it now. A spoiler free movie review 761 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: of The Iron Claw, a movie I've been waiting to 762 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: talk about. I've been sitting and living in this movie 763 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,000 Speaker 1: for so long now, and I wanted to dedicate an 764 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: entire movie review to talking about how much I love 765 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,120 Speaker 1: this movie that after seeing it, easily entered into my 766 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: top ten movies of twenty twenty three. What the movie 767 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: is about the von eric family who rose to dominating 768 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: the wrestling industry in the early nineteen eighties. And I 769 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: was really in wrestling in the late nineties early two thousands, 770 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: but I don't really remember a whole lot about their 771 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,880 Speaker 1: rise to fame and their dominance in wrestling. And the 772 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: movie takes place in Dallas, Texas, which I grew up 773 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: just thirty minutes south of. I was quite honestly surprised 774 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: how unfamiliar I was with their story, but I think 775 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: that led me to really loving this movie more because 776 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 1: I was discovering all about the von Erik brothers for 777 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: the very first time. What the movie focuses on is 778 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 1: the sad, sad history of their family and their association 779 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 1: with their last name and this family cursed. So you 780 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: have four brothers, Carrie, Kevin, David, and Mike, played by 781 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: Zach Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harrison Dixon, and Stanley Simmons. 782 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,280 Speaker 1: So what the movie is about is these four brothers 783 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: and their relationship with their dad. It's not even so 784 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: much about the wrestling, which does drive the story, but 785 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 1: it's not the primary focus, and I think that's what 786 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 1: makes this movie so great. I found it really interesting 787 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: how people were reacting to some of the things in 788 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: the movie, which I guess you don't really get the 789 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: tone from the very first opening scene, in the first 790 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: dynamic between the family, because whenever their dad is ranking 791 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: all of the brothers on who is his favorite and 792 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: who is his least favorite, people in my theater were laughing, 793 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: And I found that to be the most depressing thing 794 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: ever to think about your dad, the person who is 795 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: supposed to be the one who loves you the most, 796 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: the one who wants to see you succeed is straight 797 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,719 Speaker 1: up ranking you. I found that to be one of 798 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: the saddest things out of the entire movie. He is 799 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: trying to live through them. It's really a textbook situation 800 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: of a parent trying to live through their kids and 801 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: them struggling with making him happy and also wanting to 802 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,840 Speaker 1: do the things that they want to do, when really 803 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,240 Speaker 1: at the core of it, they just want to be brothers. 804 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,480 Speaker 1: And I think that is really what I identified with 805 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,400 Speaker 1: in this film. I have a brother who is my 806 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: best friend, and we just happened to grow up loving wrestling, 807 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 1: never tried to actually wrestle. But what I really took 808 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: away from this movie was that power of having a 809 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,839 Speaker 1: sibling that you love and you grow up with and 810 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 1: you have these big dreams of doing things that you 811 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 1: want to do together. For me and my brother, it 812 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 1: wasn't wrestling. We wanted to do music together. We were 813 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,839 Speaker 1: in bands together from when I was a teenager in 814 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: my early to mid twenties, and that was something we 815 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: bonded doing and we loved doing. Our parents were never 816 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 1: supportive of it, but they were never really not supportive 817 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: of it. So we don't really have that same dynamic 818 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,240 Speaker 1: here that's in this movie, but seeing them chasing these 819 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: goals and doing them all together really made me feel 820 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,799 Speaker 1: that connection that I also had with my brother, and 821 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,320 Speaker 1: I also went to go see this movie with my brother, sister, 822 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: my mom, and my wife Kelsey. So there was just 823 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: all these dynamics of family happening that I feel like 824 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: was the main focus in where this movie really shine. 825 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 1: But it all came out through the performances with zach 826 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 1: Efron just really stepping into that lead role like we've 827 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: seen him. And what I loved about this story is 828 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:09,200 Speaker 1: that every single character had their time to shine and 829 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 1: once it was cued up for them, they nailed it. 830 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,680 Speaker 1: And that is really what leads to the effectiveness of 831 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 1: this storytelling. There's just so much drama packed into this 832 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 1: movie and so many sad things that it left me 833 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,200 Speaker 1: wanting more in a very weird way. I've never seen 834 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:28,359 Speaker 1: something so sad. And sometimes people tell you all this 835 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:29,920 Speaker 1: movie is gonna be sad, and you watch it and 836 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, yeah, that's pretty sad. You know, you 837 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: expect of what a sad movie is. It is very 838 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,480 Speaker 1: rare for me to feel this level of emotion. I 839 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,279 Speaker 1: told you in my Best of twenty twenty three. All 840 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,879 Speaker 1: the times I cried in movies, but this one hit 841 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,839 Speaker 1: just a little bit different because it was picking at 842 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 1: me the entire time. With as tragic as their story is, 843 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,359 Speaker 1: all of the things were kind of just picking at 844 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,239 Speaker 1: my inner sadness. But it wasn't until it was all 845 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: said and done where I realized all those little pickings 846 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,640 Speaker 1: at my soul, picking at the scab, that all of 847 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 1: the blood just came rushing out of my body and 848 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,839 Speaker 1: allowed myself to be in a sadness that I've never 849 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,400 Speaker 1: really felt before. And I think it goes back to 850 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: showing how they all bonded as brothers. There's one scene 851 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,879 Speaker 1: in particular where the littlest brother, who has been kind 852 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 1: of an outcast, who out of all of them, really 853 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: never wanted to get into wrestling. He just wanted to 854 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 1: play music. So he has this gig and his parents 855 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 1: don't want him to go perform because they don't see 856 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,479 Speaker 1: that as a real job. But as brothers, they all 857 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: go sneak out to this party and watch them perform. 858 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,319 Speaker 1: And it's the one scene in the entire movie where 859 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,560 Speaker 1: everything is great and if there was one thing I 860 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: wanted to see more of in a film like this 861 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,480 Speaker 1: was more of those bonding moments. I think that really 862 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,440 Speaker 1: would have drove this movie to a level five for 863 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,919 Speaker 1: me if I just had another good win for them, 864 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,520 Speaker 1: because as much as you love all these characters, you 865 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,879 Speaker 1: feel bad for him more than you feel like, Oh 866 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 1: really reached triumph and I know there had to be 867 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,040 Speaker 1: more triumphs that they could have shown in this movie, 868 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,720 Speaker 1: and maybe they were just leaning on that dramatic element 869 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,560 Speaker 1: of it, which it really worked. But if I just 870 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 1: had one more bonding moment, oh man, it really would 871 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,239 Speaker 1: have took this movie to an entirely different level for me, 872 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,840 Speaker 1: because at the core, it was really just stripped down filmmaking. 873 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: There was nothing flashy, there was no emphasis on the action. 874 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: The action was actually very subdued in this movie, and 875 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: showing the wrestling in a really raw form I think 876 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 1: is what added to the effectiveness of this film. And 877 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,280 Speaker 1: it also never really focused on the level of fame 878 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,080 Speaker 1: that the van Erik family achieved. It showed some of 879 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,799 Speaker 1: the things like them signing autographs, but when you look 880 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:46,959 Speaker 1: back on history, which I did and went to see 881 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,480 Speaker 1: some articles and things they were doing at this time, 882 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,160 Speaker 1: they achieved quite the level of fame. The movie doesn't 883 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 1: focus on it, because I think that would kind of 884 00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:00,800 Speaker 1: take away from the wrongness of the storytelling. They also 885 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:05,520 Speaker 1: don't focus so much about the actual wrestling business, which 886 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,440 Speaker 1: I think that would have been an entirely different movie. 887 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,560 Speaker 1: I think it kind of would have changed some of 888 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 1: the dynamics in this story if they would have focused 889 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:17,600 Speaker 1: on a lot of how matches are determined. They kind 890 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: of touch on the fact that wrestling gets criticized for 891 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,680 Speaker 1: being quote unquote fake, which I hate that criticism. And 892 00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:26,600 Speaker 1: you watch a movie like this and see how it 893 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,319 Speaker 1: affects people, being on the road, putting your body on 894 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:35,080 Speaker 1: the line, having to perform like this multiple times a week. Yes, 895 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,440 Speaker 1: maybe the outcomes are determined. There's a script, there's an 896 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: entire plot line of how they want these matches to go. 897 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes things go wrong. Yes, it is sports entertainment, but 898 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,760 Speaker 1: at the center of wrestling, it is a very real 899 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,040 Speaker 1: and raw thing, and you see it in this movie. 900 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,840 Speaker 1: You see how it affects people. How you have to 901 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,439 Speaker 1: fight through injury, you have to reach that level of 902 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,520 Speaker 1: being an elite wrestler, being great behind the mic, but 903 00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: also being great on the screen. It is so physically 904 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: demanding and what a way to earn a living. And again, 905 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to spoil this movie, even though if 906 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: you just google the Van Eric family you realize what 907 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 1: happens to every single body in this movie. But the 908 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,320 Speaker 1: very last scene is one of my favorite final scenes 909 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 1: in any movie I've seen in years. And I just 910 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,440 Speaker 1: reached this level that I didn't expect me to reach. 911 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,960 Speaker 1: These emotions. I didn't think a movie could make me feel. 912 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,600 Speaker 1: And it all goes full circle because there is this 913 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,400 Speaker 1: song featured in this movie called Live that Way Forever, 914 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,960 Speaker 1: and I've been listening to it now that the actual 915 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,400 Speaker 1: version from the movie has been released, and I just 916 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 1: keep hearing that song in my head every single day 917 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:53,920 Speaker 1: I've been listening to it, and that is something I 918 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,440 Speaker 1: haven't really felt from a movie. Yeah, maybe I went 919 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,719 Speaker 1: to go see Wanka and I've been singing all of 920 00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:03,720 Speaker 1: those songs, but in a much different way. We've gone 921 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,879 Speaker 1: back to where a song can really enhance a movie. 922 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:09,320 Speaker 1: And you hear this song and you associated with the movie. 923 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:11,960 Speaker 1: That's something we don't really get a whole lot in 924 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:15,480 Speaker 1: filmmaking right now. So I think that was powerful for 925 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,200 Speaker 1: me to seek out a song after watching a movie 926 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,520 Speaker 1: is a great thing. So many amazing things I can 927 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: say about this movie, and I hope it'll definitely be 928 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:29,480 Speaker 1: in the Best Picture category. I don't think that zach Efron, however, 929 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:33,480 Speaker 1: is at the level to achieve a Best Actor win. 930 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,840 Speaker 1: I think he should definitely get a nomination, but I 931 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,120 Speaker 1: think it comes down to how he decided to play 932 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:43,440 Speaker 1: the character, which I think he nailed. But sometimes when 933 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 1: this voting comes around for Best Actor, you have to 934 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 1: have this almost outburst moment to even be considered. You 935 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,040 Speaker 1: have to be the guy yelling and being over dramatic. 936 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,799 Speaker 1: Doesn't really have a whole lot of that in this movie, 937 00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,560 Speaker 1: but I thought almost what he did was even harder 938 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:04,080 Speaker 1: to do to play this character who they show you 939 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,200 Speaker 1: how he wasn't the best behind the mic. He's the 940 00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,279 Speaker 1: brother who was great in the ring. He had the 941 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,200 Speaker 1: physique and he had all that going for him, but 942 00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:17,279 Speaker 1: when it came to the flashiness of what it's like 943 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,440 Speaker 1: to be a wrestler, he wasn't the best brother at that. 944 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,440 Speaker 1: But that is exactly what zach Efron was showing of 945 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,480 Speaker 1: how a brother like that can struggle with knowing that 946 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,680 Speaker 1: some of his other brothers are better at him at 947 00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:32,840 Speaker 1: different things, and just their internal struggle of not only 948 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:38,040 Speaker 1: trying to make their dad happy, but in turn being 949 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 1: pitted against their brothers to achieve the same goal, which 950 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,040 Speaker 1: was a whole other interesting plot point in this movie. 951 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,960 Speaker 1: So I love this movie. Cannot recommend it enough. It's 952 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,239 Speaker 1: still not streaming, so you still have to go see 953 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:53,680 Speaker 1: it in theaters as of now, but as soon as 954 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:56,600 Speaker 1: it hits streaming, definitely check out this movie. And like 955 00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:00,360 Speaker 1: I said earlier, if it just had that one moment 956 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,040 Speaker 1: to really bring all the brothers together in one more win, 957 00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,840 Speaker 1: it would have hit that five for me. And also 958 00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,359 Speaker 1: when you look at the fact that they left out 959 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:13,200 Speaker 1: an entire brother from the story and then didn't mention 960 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,960 Speaker 1: a whole lot about the youngest brother who died in 961 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,560 Speaker 1: a really tragic way. And the director has said that 962 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,839 Speaker 1: he didn't think that audiences could take another hit like that, 963 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,120 Speaker 1: could take more sadness in a movie, and I think 964 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:29,560 Speaker 1: maybe he was right. And some people have said that 965 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,880 Speaker 1: too big of a story was fit into one movie. 966 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,680 Speaker 1: I don't think that's the case. It did leave me 967 00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,319 Speaker 1: wanting more, but I think that would have been more 968 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:41,480 Speaker 1: effective then if you took this story and split it 969 00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,400 Speaker 1: into like a mini series. I think that would have 970 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,160 Speaker 1: taken away from the power of everything. And yes, they 971 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,400 Speaker 1: did change some things as far as the timeline of 972 00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:53,560 Speaker 1: when things happened to make them so dramatic, because in 973 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,919 Speaker 1: the movie it's like hit after hit after hit, when 974 00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:59,319 Speaker 1: in reality there were some years in between there. So 975 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 1: I think if you spread that at a little bit more, 976 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,400 Speaker 1: it wouldn't really have that same sucker punch to the 977 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:08,520 Speaker 1: gut in the emotions that it had. So yes, it 978 00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,000 Speaker 1: does leave you wanting more and you think, oh, if 979 00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,040 Speaker 1: this movie had a little bit more time to breathe, 980 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,759 Speaker 1: maybe ten more minutes is all I would give you. 981 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,760 Speaker 1: I don't think this is the case where a movie 982 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,880 Speaker 1: would have been more effective as a mini series. But 983 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,520 Speaker 1: for The Iron Claw, I give it four point five 984 00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:32,239 Speaker 1: out of five Championship Belts. It's time to head down 985 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:32,840 Speaker 1: to movie. 986 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:36,839 Speaker 6: Mike Traylor, Paul, we have the first look at the 987 00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:41,840 Speaker 6: Sandman as the Spaceman Adam Sandler in a role we 988 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:44,200 Speaker 6: really haven't seen him do before. 989 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,799 Speaker 1: And Adam Sandler is an actor who's or started in 990 00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:51,040 Speaker 1: comedy and then later he started doing dramatic roles and 991 00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,120 Speaker 1: everybody was like, oh my gosh, Adam Sandler in a 992 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:57,160 Speaker 1: dramatic role. I don't want to see that. But Adam 993 00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:01,400 Speaker 1: Sandler has never done a bad dramatic role, which is 994 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:07,719 Speaker 1: something to say about the Sandman because I really think 995 00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:09,879 Speaker 1: when it comes down to his career, he is an 996 00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:15,360 Speaker 1: impeccable businessman. He knows his audience so well, and he 997 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:19,839 Speaker 1: delivers the movies that his audience wants to see, and 998 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,440 Speaker 1: you may not always be a fan of them, and 999 00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:25,600 Speaker 1: sometimes I feel like it has the ncis effect of 1000 00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:29,040 Speaker 1: who is watching and loving some of these Adam Sandler 1001 00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,440 Speaker 1: movies that are so over the top and so ridiculous, 1002 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:36,759 Speaker 1: and they usually get drugged through the mud by critics, 1003 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,000 Speaker 1: and I think that is a lot of what he 1004 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,880 Speaker 1: has suffered through. And then every now and then he 1005 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:44,200 Speaker 1: comes out with the uncut gems and everybody's like, oh 1006 00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:46,080 Speaker 1: my gosh, I didn't know that that was the same 1007 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:50,000 Speaker 1: guy who did Don't Mess with the Zohan. But here 1008 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,000 Speaker 1: he is now, as a part of his two hundred 1009 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:57,560 Speaker 1: and fifty million dollar Netflix deal, doing a movie called Spaceman, 1010 00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,840 Speaker 1: and it's about his character who heads into space for 1011 00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:03,520 Speaker 1: you six month mission and then realizes that his marriage 1012 00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:07,840 Speaker 1: is failing. He receives unexpected help from a timeless creature 1013 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:11,080 Speaker 1: played by Paul Dano, who is one of my favorite actors, 1014 00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:14,440 Speaker 1: and his character has been hiding on Adam Sandler's ship. 1015 00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:17,640 Speaker 1: This movie is coming out on Netflix on March first, 1016 00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,640 Speaker 1: and this isn't even a full on trailer. It is 1017 00:47:20,719 --> 00:47:23,480 Speaker 1: just a little teaser before I get into all that. 1018 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,880 Speaker 1: Here's just a little bit of the Spaceman trailer. Just 1019 00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,200 Speaker 1: like you, I flat my planet. 1020 00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:35,440 Speaker 2: Through galaxies, through black calls, through. 1021 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:39,880 Speaker 5: Time, and then I found you. 1022 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,680 Speaker 1: So what you hear in that teaser is actually Paul 1023 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,920 Speaker 1: Dano's voice, which the first time I saw it, I 1024 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:49,600 Speaker 1: thought it was Sandler doing a different type of impression. 1025 00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,560 Speaker 1: And then I read more about the plot and the 1026 00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,400 Speaker 1: characters and the actors in this movie, and I realized 1027 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,719 Speaker 1: that's Paul Dano, and I guess at some point he 1028 00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,479 Speaker 1: is hiding on his ship and has been observed him. 1029 00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:04,000 Speaker 1: So in this movie, we find Adam Sandler six months 1030 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,279 Speaker 1: into this mission where it looks like he goes on 1031 00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,200 Speaker 1: it alone to the edge of the Solar System. He's 1032 00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:14,000 Speaker 1: in this astronaut suit, and then he realizes that his 1033 00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,560 Speaker 1: wife might not be waiting for him back at home 1034 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,680 Speaker 1: whenever he returns back to Earth. So he is trying 1035 00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:21,920 Speaker 1: to fix things with his wife, who is played by 1036 00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:25,200 Speaker 1: Carrie Mulligan. And then he finds this creature voiced by 1037 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:28,640 Speaker 1: Paul Dano who has been hiding deep inside of Adam 1038 00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:32,400 Speaker 1: Sandler's ship. So this mysterious creature played by Paul Dano 1039 00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:35,120 Speaker 1: is going to help out Adam Sandler to make sense 1040 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:39,680 Speaker 1: what went wrong before it's too late. Now. Adam Sandler, 1041 00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:42,799 Speaker 1: like I said, is no stranger to a dramatic role, 1042 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:46,239 Speaker 1: even just recently his Netflix movie Hustle, which is kind 1043 00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:50,080 Speaker 1: of that in between of what he knows his audience 1044 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:53,480 Speaker 1: wants from him and also him showing more of his 1045 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:57,160 Speaker 1: acting ability. I think that role in particular is like 1046 00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:00,719 Speaker 1: that fine line of giving audiences both which he has 1047 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:03,719 Speaker 1: done more recently. Even with this movie You're So Not 1048 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:07,040 Speaker 1: Invited to My bar Mitzvah, which start his real life daughters, 1049 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:09,319 Speaker 1: I feel like even that was more of an in 1050 00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:13,160 Speaker 1: between the line of delivering comedy but also delivering more 1051 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:17,080 Speaker 1: of the dramatic side and showing more that he is 1052 00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:21,440 Speaker 1: a three dimensional actor. But this movie Spaceman is based 1053 00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:25,120 Speaker 1: on a twenty seventeen book called Spaceman of Bohemia, and 1054 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:29,440 Speaker 1: it is directed by the same person behind the miniseries Chernobyl, 1055 00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,839 Speaker 1: which that is kind of the vibe I got while 1056 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:34,960 Speaker 1: watching this teaser, and at the same time it reminded 1057 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,839 Speaker 1: me of one of my most hated movies of last year, 1058 00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,720 Speaker 1: sixty five, which I had the same impression after watching 1059 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:45,680 Speaker 1: that trailer that I did after watching this one. For Spaceman. 1060 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:49,040 Speaker 1: You got a dude on a mysterious planet in a 1061 00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:53,239 Speaker 1: space suit, out there all alone, and I thought to myself, Oh, no, 1062 00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,000 Speaker 1: is it gonna happen again. The reason I think this 1063 00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,360 Speaker 1: movie will be different is because it doesn't look like 1064 00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:02,320 Speaker 1: it's trying to be an action movie. It actually looks 1065 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:05,560 Speaker 1: like it's gonna be a serious space movie. So I'm 1066 00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:07,719 Speaker 1: not saying it's one of my most anticipated movies of 1067 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,560 Speaker 1: the year, which I will do that episode next week, 1068 00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:14,319 Speaker 1: But as far as Netflix movies go, it feels to 1069 00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,440 Speaker 1: me like they're actually taking a little bit of a 1070 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,000 Speaker 1: risk here When it seems like they're just putting everybody 1071 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:21,360 Speaker 1: in big action movies that to make it feel like 1072 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,279 Speaker 1: you're going to the movies at home. This is more 1073 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:26,640 Speaker 1: of the realm of movie that I want and I 1074 00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:30,840 Speaker 1: love that they're allowing him to do every type of genre, 1075 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:35,120 Speaker 1: the family comedy, the animated movie, the coming to age movies. 1076 00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,759 Speaker 1: And if he can put out this movie and be successful, 1077 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,360 Speaker 1: which really on a Netflix scale means has the most 1078 00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,960 Speaker 1: minutes of people watching it posting about it on social media, 1079 00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:46,960 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what he could do next. 1080 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,600 Speaker 1: So again, this movie is coming out on Netflix on 1081 00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:53,239 Speaker 1: March first, and it is called Spaceman AD. 1082 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:56,920 Speaker 2: That was this week's edition of Movie Live Frame or. 1083 00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,800 Speaker 1: Bar and that is gonna do it for another episode 1084 00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:02,799 Speaker 1: of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta give 1085 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,719 Speaker 1: my listeners shout out of the week, and this week 1086 00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,200 Speaker 1: I'm shouting out Rebecca Martinez who posted last week's episode 1087 00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:12,399 Speaker 1: in your Instagram story tag me in it. Oh that's 1088 00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,879 Speaker 1: my favorite thing to see me getting tagged in your 1089 00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,440 Speaker 1: Instagram story. Oh and you put the link in there 1090 00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:19,480 Speaker 1: so other people could just click through and listen to 1091 00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:22,960 Speaker 1: the episode. Thank you to everybody who shared last week's episode, 1092 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:26,000 Speaker 1: so most specifically Rebecca, who is the listener shout out 1093 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,120 Speaker 1: of the week. But that was one of my most 1094 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:30,960 Speaker 1: shared episodes in a long time, so that really meant 1095 00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:33,160 Speaker 1: a lot to me, and that really helps out the 1096 00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:36,160 Speaker 1: whole algorithm here. I even made the top ten movie 1097 00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:38,879 Speaker 1: podcasts of the week on Apple because of you guys 1098 00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,840 Speaker 1: sharing it. So shout out to the Monday Morning Movie Crew, 1099 00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,560 Speaker 1: and shout out to you Rebecca Martinez for sharing this 1100 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,360 Speaker 1: in your Insta story. Thank you for listening to another 1101 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:50,799 Speaker 1: episode of the podcast. And until next time, go out 1102 00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:53,040 Speaker 1: and watch good movies and I will talk to you 1103 00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:53,880 Speaker 1: later