1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I'm 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: your host Movie Miked Shrow, and today I am celebrating 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: Hispanic Heritage Month. If you've been listening for any amount 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: of time and haven't realized, I'm Mexican. So I'm going 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: to be sharing some of my favorite movies as a 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: Mexican American to celebrate this month. And I also think 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: that if you haven't seen these movies yet, you may 8 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: enjoy them as well. I'll explain why these movies are 9 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: important to me. I'll also get into a movie review 10 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: of Clinting Swood's new movie called Crimacho, which is on 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: HBO Max and I want to give a tribute to 12 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: Norm McDonald and share what I think are some of 13 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: his funniest movies after sadly he passed away last week. 14 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: So lots to get you on this week's episode. Appreciate 15 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: you being subscribed in listening every single week to the podcast. 16 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: Without any further ado, let's get started. In a world 17 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: where everyone and their mother has a podcast, one man 18 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like never before 19 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: in a movie podcast. A man with so much movie knowledge. 20 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: He's basically like a walking Audien TV with glasses from 21 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: the Nashville Podcast Network movie. So it is Hispanic Heritage 22 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: Month that kicked off last week on the fifties and 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: then the sixteens with Mexican Independence Day. So I wanted 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: to bring to you what I feel like are the 25 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: most influential movies on me being a Mexican American and 26 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: movies have had an impact on me, but also that 27 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: I've seen kind of myself and my family represented on 28 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: the big screen, because I feel like these movies are 29 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: very far and few in between, and as you'll see 30 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: as the years that some of these movies came out, 31 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: it was like very early on, like right before I 32 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: was born that these movies came out, and then two 33 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: that really came out since I was born, and it 34 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: really had an impact on me. But I think for me, 35 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: I've kind of struggled with seeing myself when my family 36 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: and our culture represented on the big screen. I think 37 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: it really wasn't until like the last ten fifteen years 38 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: that I realized that could actually be an option, and 39 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: I feel like Hollywood had become more inclusive about that 40 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: and done a better job about representing everybody. I think 41 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: everybody should be a would have looked at like superheroes 42 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: and you know, big leading actors and main characters that, oh, 43 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: that person looks like me. They've grown up the same 44 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: way I have. There's something there that I can grasp onto. 45 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: And it was these movies that I'm going to talk 46 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: about that I feel like do a good job of 47 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: representing that but also being entertaining movies that I think 48 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: anybody will enjoy. But for me personally, these are ones 49 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: that I kind of looked at as kind of the 50 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: stepping stones of not just great movies, but they affected 51 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,959 Speaker 1: me on a personal level, you know, coming from that background. 52 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: And if you're not familiar with my story and you 53 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: know my family story, my parents were both born and 54 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: raised in Mexico. They grew up in Wan of Fata, Mexico, 55 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: in this really small little ranch outside over the Lord Stigo, 56 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: and they lived there, you know, from when they were 57 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: kids to about teenagers. And my parents grew up really 58 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: really poor, I'm talking dirt poor. My dad tells me 59 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: stories about I don't know if this is true or not, 60 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: but I don't know a question why he would lie 61 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: about this, But at one point he says he was 62 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: so hungry, and they were so broke that he ate 63 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: a skunk just to have something to eat. He also 64 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: tells me stories about going to sleep just so he 65 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 1: wouldn't feel the hunger pains in his stomach. So that's 66 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: where my family kind of grew up. And it was 67 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: my dad realizing that if he wanted to start a 68 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: family and wanted something better for his kids than you know, 69 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: to live through that that he did, he would have 70 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: to come to the United States. He met my mom, 71 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: they came over here and had my older sister, my 72 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: older brother, and started their family here. My dad worked 73 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: the lowest level of jobs you can imagine. He started 74 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: out like cleaning escalators and then eventually became a truck driver, 75 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: which he's been doing now for over twenty five almost 76 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: thirty years now. They both become citizens when I was 77 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: in elementary school and really just love being American, like 78 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: it's their favorite thing. When my dad got a citizenship test, 79 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever seen him that excited and 80 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: that proud. And it was growing up like that that 81 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: we would sit down and watch movies and whenever we 82 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: were able to see characters or families like us, that 83 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: really got us a side of these became our favorite 84 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: movies that we would all watch together, and I think 85 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: that's why they hold such a close place to my heart, 86 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: not only because what they are about, but also because 87 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: these are all movies that my family and I have 88 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: bonded over watching and still if I go home to 89 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: this day, we'll probably watch these movies and all enjoy them. 90 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: So starting out, I want to talk about Selena. Would 91 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: you've probably heard of the most out of every movie 92 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: on this list I'm gonna talk about, and it's because 93 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: maybe you've heard her music as being the biggest the 94 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: Hano pop star we've ever seen. They've also done a 95 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 1: Netflix show on her, but she was famously played by 96 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: Jennifer Lopez and everybody just kind of knows her story 97 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: now through this movie, and for me it was a 98 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: little bit more than that. Of course, as a kid, 99 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: I was old enough to remember when she did die, 100 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: but I guess I really didn't grasp of how big 101 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: she was at the time, And it was watching this 102 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 1: movie that really made me realize how influential her music 103 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: was on kids like me and families like mine, and 104 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: how that also just kind of even took a step 105 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: further and got into the pop world, and it's just 106 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: so sad how sure her career was cut when she 107 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: was killed. And I think the movie goes a step 108 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: further from just focusing on her as an artist in 109 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: her music to focusing on what it's like for a 110 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: Mexican American family. And there's this scene where they're all 111 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: driving and she's already starting to rise to fame, and 112 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: she's bridging the gap of you know, performing in the 113 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: United States, but then also wanting to go over and 114 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: perform in Mexico. And the hard thing for Selena is 115 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: like me, she was born in the United States and 116 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: grew up speaking mostly English. That's how I was like. 117 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: I was the youngest of my two older siblings, so 118 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,239 Speaker 1: by the time I came around, my siblings are already 119 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: speaking English and my parents were still like half Spanish, 120 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: mostly Spanish, but also New English. So by the time 121 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: I came around, I just learned English first, and I 122 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: would pick up Spanish by also learning from them, but 123 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: I would gravitate more towards English. It took a long 124 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: time for me to become more fluid in Spanish, and 125 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: I had to really practice at it more. But there 126 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: was this kind of divide with me of wanting to be, 127 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: you know, American. I love being American, but also having 128 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: this culture of being Mexican. And there was a scene 129 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: that I'll play for you right now that I think 130 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: kind of fully explains that battle. So here's that scene. 131 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: Being Mexican American is tough. Anglos jump all over you 132 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: if you don't speak English perfectly. Mexicans jump all over 133 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: you if you don't speak Spanish perfectly. We've gotta be 134 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: twice as perfect as anybody else. I mean, we gotta 135 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: know about John Wayne and film and funding. We gotta 136 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: know about Frank Sinatra and Augustine Latta, we gotta know 137 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: about Oprah and Christina, And we gotta prove to the 138 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: Mexicans how Mexican we are, and we gotta prove to 139 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: the Americans are American we have. We gotta be more 140 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: Mexican than the Mexicans and more American Americans both at 141 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: the same time. It's exhausting, and I think I always 142 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: just related to that scene in those feelings of you know, 143 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: like for me, growing up, I was into punk rock 144 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: music and that wasn't seen as being like a Mexican 145 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: thing for some reason. I was like, what I like 146 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: punk Ruckt music, This is what I like. But I 147 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: also like, we'll sinking that to the North thing, Like 148 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: that's just kind of how I grew up. And I 149 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: related so much to that scene to where I was like, 150 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: it is exhausting to have to prove to my family 151 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: in Mexico that hey, I can speak Spanish. I know 152 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: I live in America now, but I come here and like, 153 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: I get it. I'm not trying to sound in any 154 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: way better than you, Like I am Mexican. I come 155 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 1: here and I fully embraced my roots. But also when 156 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: I go back to the United States, I keep that 157 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: with me too. So that will always be like my 158 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: favorite scene of that entire movie because it perfectly explains 159 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: everything I felt as a kid is an adult even now. 160 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: So I think if you were able to go back 161 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: and watch Selena now if you haven't seen it, aside 162 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: from her career and the music, I think you could 163 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: take away that theme and really learned a little bit 164 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: more about Mexican American culture in that way. Next up 165 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: on my list is a movie I've talked about a 166 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: lot on this podcast. It's one of my favorites I've 167 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: also interviewed Lou Diamond Phillips and we got all into 168 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: talking about Obamba. So if you haven't listened to that episode, 169 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: it was earlier this year, or you can go back 170 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: and the catalog here on the podcast and check out 171 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: that interview. And I've talked before about how important this 172 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: movie is, but there's one specific scene that I haven't 173 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: really talked about when it comes to my life and 174 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: how I don't use my real name, and it's kind 175 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: of a radio thing. I think when I got into radio, 176 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: even when I was just younger, always wanted to have 177 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: a different name. And it's not that I'm ashamed of, 178 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: you know, my real last name or don't want to 179 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: use it in any way. I just thought it was 180 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: a lot cooler to make up a name that could 181 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: be completely you. And then, you know, I saw people 182 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: in bands doing this, I saw actors doing this, and 183 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: once you got into radio, hardly everybody uses their real name, 184 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: if you like. At just our radio show, the Bobby 185 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: Bones Show, Bobby has a radio name, Lunchbox has a 186 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: radio name. Eddie doesn't really use his last name, although 187 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: it's out there. Amy for the longest time didn't use 188 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 1: her last name Raymundo goes by, Raymundo, He's Ray he 189 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,599 Speaker 1: goes by, says it now. So I think it was 190 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: always a thing of like, once I had a shot 191 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: to be on the radio, I wanted to have a 192 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: different name. And aside from that, I also know there 193 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: are a lot of mics out there and I wanted 194 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: something completely different. So when I got onto social media, 195 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: I got on Instagram and Twitter that I could for 196 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: sure secure my name. So I came up with Distro. 197 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: It really means nothing. It's all made up. If you're 198 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: listening now and they're like, his real last name is 199 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: not Distro, it's not I have a Mexican last name. 200 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: And then part of that, while I was inspired by 201 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: it was the movie La Bamba and this scene specifically, 202 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: I want to discuss one thing with you. Okay, what 203 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: is your professional name from now on? It's Richie with 204 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: the T R, I T C H I E. I 205 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: got a new last name for you, to Valence with 206 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: an S Richie Valence. As I grab you, I don't 207 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: like it, I mean Vallence. Well, it was our dad's 208 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: last name. You can't just cut it in half. It's 209 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: no big deal. People in this business they changed their names, 210 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: like like they change wives, trust me on this one school. 211 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: So thinking about that scene, I just remember that of 212 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: like him not wanting to change his name, but they also, 213 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 1: you know, wanted to make his name and sound more American, 214 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: which I get it, and I feel like when it 215 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: comes to my name, I just wanted people to see 216 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: it and not have any inclination what my name was 217 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: pertaining to. It just sounded like a different name. And 218 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: I was like, if Ritchie Vallens can do it, I 219 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: can do it too. And that seems specifically was a 220 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: big decision why I was like, all right, I'm gonna 221 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: change it and use a different name. So if you 222 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: ever wondered the story behind my name, there it is. 223 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: It means nothing. And then the third movie I really 224 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: want to get into is a movie from called Standing Deliver, 225 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 1: also starring Blue Diamond Phillips, who I've talked to you 226 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: very briefly about this movie, and if you're not familiar 227 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: with this movie, it's about a math teacher named him 228 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: Escalante who's played by Edward James almost and he's working 229 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: at this high school in East l A where it's 230 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: mainly a huge Hispanic population, and he takes these kids 231 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: who won't have a hard time just coming to school. 232 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: Others just have been told that they will never really 233 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,839 Speaker 1: amount to anything. They'll go to jobs that aren't really 234 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: high paying. And there's some kids that really want to 235 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: focus in on class, so it's going to be something, 236 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: but they're all just kind of stuck at the school. 237 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 1: And what he does comes in teaches them advanced calculus 238 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: and is able to get them at a level to 239 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: where they get so good at taking the tests that 240 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: people think they're cheating is essentially what the movie is about, 241 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: and them kind of getting to that level of you 242 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: know what, there is something else out there for me, 243 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: Like I can go to school and I can make 244 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: something of myself and don't really have to do what 245 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: everybody in my family has done over and over again, 246 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: Like you can kind of break that cycle. And this 247 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: is all based on a true story. The real teacher 248 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: has really happened. And this movie was huge for me 249 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: growing up because, like I talked about earlier, my parents 250 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: came here from Mexico, and in Mexico they didn't make 251 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: it past grade school. It just wasn't a thing. Once 252 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: you are able to go out and work in the 253 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: field and go do things like that, or come to 254 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: the United States. You really just stopped going to school. 255 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: My dad made it to about third grade. I don't 256 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: think my mom made it much further, maybe fourth or 257 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: fifth grade before they were like, all right, you gotta 258 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: start working now, you gotta help out the family, and 259 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: this is just kind of what you do. And being 260 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 1: a first generation here in the United States, I really 261 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: didn't have much of a roadmap of like how do 262 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: I do well in school? But outside of doing well 263 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: in school, like how do I go to college? Like 264 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: what is it that gonna look like? There was no roadmap. 265 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: There was no one I could ask because no one 266 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: in my family had done it before. And these are 267 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: the thoughts that have in elementary school. Luckily, I had 268 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: an older sister who did go on to be the 269 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: first in my family to go to college and to 270 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: graduate college. And I was the second and first mail 271 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: to actually go to college and graduate. So I related 272 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: with this movie a lot of in some ways being 273 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: told by society that you couldn't really amount to a 274 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: whole lot, but kind of pushing on those boundaries and 275 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: being able to know that you're really capable of anything. 276 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: You do despite any kind of background you come from. 277 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: As long as you dedicate yourself into something, you put 278 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: your mind to it, you focus, you study hard, you 279 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: can go on and do whatever you want. And I 280 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: think it was watching this movie, seeing and learning about 281 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: their stories and realizing that it was a true story, 282 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: it wasn't just some completely Hollywood made up thing that 283 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: I realized if I dedicated myself to school, to learning, 284 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: to studying, that I could kind of do something with 285 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: my life. And it was something that my parents really 286 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: wanted me to do. They didn't want me to have 287 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: to go through what they went through and work in 288 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: the positions that they had. They always wanted something more 289 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: for me and my brother and sister, knowing where they 290 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: came from and how hard it was for them and 291 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: their families of just you know, being at the very 292 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: very bottom and not having a lot and having to 293 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: go in every single day two jobs that we're not 294 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: only a toll on them physically, but mentally too. And 295 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: the movie is also just a great representation of that 296 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: kind of divide and feeling of you know, being an 297 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: outcast and living in areas of cities and parts of 298 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: the country where you struggle economically, you're not living in 299 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: the best housing. You're not living in the best scenario. 300 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,079 Speaker 1: If you go outside and there's people fighting and there's 301 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,479 Speaker 1: you know, crime happening, you know, there's all these situations 302 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: where you can come from, but the idea that you 303 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: can get out of those situations. And I think for me, 304 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: I really wanted to make sure that I didn't put 305 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: myself in those situations, but also really think my parents 306 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: do giving me a chance to be more than that. 307 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: So I think that's why this movie was really so 308 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: special to us as a family to sit down and watch. 309 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: And it also has some comedy in there's some white 310 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: moments too that do make it funny. So those are 311 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: the main three movies that if I had to say, 312 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: watch these movies for Hispanic Heritage month to kind of 313 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: know a little bit more about what that kind of 314 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: life is like, I would suggest those three. The close 315 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: one next to that, and the one that's come out 316 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: the most recent is one that I feel like really 317 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: just took Mexican culture and put it in a fun 318 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: way that everybody could enjoy, which was Coco from Pixar. 319 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: Did an amazing job just visually with this movie, but 320 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: also taking you know, the Day of the Dead and 321 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: making that kind of a fun visual concept and bringing 322 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: in the emotion. But also at the core of that movie, 323 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: it's about family, and that's really what Mexican American culture, 324 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: Hispanic culture is. It's so family focused of like being 325 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: there with your elders and you know, caring and remembering 326 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: those who passed before us. I think that's what I realized. 327 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: It's just really so important of like taking time to 328 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: remember those we have lost, which is at the core 329 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: with this movie is about and also throws music in there. 330 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: So there's just so many layers to this movie and 331 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: it's done so well that I love just that it 332 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: represents Hispanic culture at its core, and it's a movie 333 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: that I'm excited that once my wife and I do 334 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: have kids, that they would enjoy but also get to 335 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: know about their culture and get to know about what 336 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: it is to be Mexican American, because I think that's 337 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: something I'm starting to think about now. Is I grew up, 338 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: you know, I was lucky enough to where I had 339 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 1: to learn Spanish because that was the best way for 340 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: me to communicate to my parents and my uncles and 341 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: my grandparents. But knowing that I want to keep that 342 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: instilled in my future children too, like, Okay, you're also 343 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: Hispanic too, You're gonna learn some Spanish as well. And 344 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: I think hopefully this movie will inspire them just a 345 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: little bit, at least before I get into showing them 346 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: standing the liver and lamamba and all that, Like we 347 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: will start with Coco, but of course there's the scene 348 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: where you know, he sings with his grandma. He wanted 349 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: you to have this, Mama, wait burn me? Do I 350 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: have to shake? Yeah? The scene that made us all cry. 351 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: And I think it made me cry for a couple 352 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: of levels. One because like right when I moved to Nashville, 353 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: I actually lost my grandma. Like on the day I 354 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: was driving leaving Texas to come to Nashville, I made 355 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: a stop in my hometown walksa Hatchie to go to 356 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: her wake. And a year later this movie comes out, 357 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: and that all kind of came flooding back, and I'm 358 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: thinking about it now and let's stop talking about it. 359 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: But there are also some honorable mentions I do want 360 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: to add in there. Me Familia, which was another important 361 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: one for me growing up, but I didn't really get 362 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: to watch as a kid because there is some nudity, 363 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,239 Speaker 1: so I wasn't allowed to watch that movie, but I 364 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: remember watching it later. There's also some great comedies like 365 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: Born in East lay A Million t Juan. I never 366 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: really got into the Cheech and Chong movies, but I 367 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: feel like I really like those movies because they embrace 368 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,479 Speaker 1: Mexican culture, but they're also funny. Not a whole lot 369 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 1: of Hispanic comedies out there, and a lot of them 370 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: were done like late eighties, early nineties. There have also 371 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: been some recent kind of like family comedy dramas like 372 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: Instructions Not Included or Under the Same Moon that my 373 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 1: mom really loves, and I've watched those movies with her 374 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: because she loves with Handy there the best, one of 375 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,479 Speaker 1: her favorite actors. Those are also just some great family movies. 376 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: Despite that, there you know his Bandic movies, so those 377 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: are a little bit more on the family side. But 378 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: I just wanted to share that with you, let you 379 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: guys learn a little bit more about where I come 380 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: from and my family and these movies that have had 381 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: this impact on my life. So just a special shout 382 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: out on this month to all my fellow Hispanics out there. 383 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 1: If there's any movie that you feel represents Hispanic culture 384 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: and want me to add to this list, hit me 385 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: up on Twitter at Mike Destro, send me a d 386 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 1: M on Instagram, or you can always send me an 387 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: email movie Mike d at gmail dot com. Let's get 388 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,239 Speaker 1: into a movie review now, talking about Clint Eastwood's new 389 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: movie called The Crime Mocho, which I guess we're kind 390 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 1: of following along with the Hispanic theme here. I'll get 391 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: into what that title means. But if you haven't seen 392 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 1: or heard about this movie yet, which I didn't really 393 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: see a whole lot of promotion on it, maybe we'll 394 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: find out why. But it is on HBO Max and 395 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: also in theaters right now. But here's just a quick 396 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: little bit of the trailer. My son Profail Rubble. I 397 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: want to get him out of Mexico. Who are gonna 398 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: go down there and kidnap him? Please? Just get him 399 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: back up here. You just me, You're off, You come 400 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: out now. I'm a friend of the firm. Touch me 401 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: in and keep dress on then Jesus Christ. Alright, so 402 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: let's get into first what this movie is about. It's 403 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: about Clint Eastwood and he plays this retired bull Rider slashed. 404 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: He just got fired from his ranch hand job, but 405 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: he's a ninety year old guy kind of down on 406 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: his luck at the moment. The movie starts out by 407 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: him getting fired by his boss played by Dwight Yoakum. 408 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 1: Fast forwards about six months later, and Dwight Yoakum's character 409 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: comes to him and says, Hey, I got this job 410 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: for you. I need you to go into Mexico City, 411 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: bring back my kid from his alcoholic mom and convince 412 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: him to go with you and bring him back into 413 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: the United States to come live with me on the ranch. 414 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 1: Kind of the premise of this movie, which I was 415 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: pretty interest sit in, I would say the first twenty minutes. Again, 416 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: I always talking about the first twenty minutes of a movie. 417 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: We're pretty entertaining because I love that premise, and I 418 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: guess I thought the movie was gonna be a lot 419 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: grittier than it was. And when it comes to movies 420 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: that Clint Eastwood rights and directs, I just feel like 421 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: that's kind of the vibe I was expecting. I was, 422 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: of course going into it having knowledge of all the 423 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: movies he's done. I was expecting a Western, but I 424 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 1: was also expecting a drama, and when the movie started out, 425 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: I thought that's what we're getting into. But then right 426 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: around the main plot kind of started to kick off 427 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: and he goes and meets with the mom and tried 428 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: to talk to the kid. I realized that Clint Eastwood 429 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: was not the actor needed for this movie. And I 430 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: think a bit of it is just kind of taken 431 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: away that the fact that he is a ninety one 432 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 1: year old guy playing this character who at times is 433 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 1: meant to be intimidating at times is meant to be 434 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: a love interest. And I just felt it was a 435 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: bit of a stretch for Clint Eastwood. And maybe it's 436 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: also that he directed and started this movie that his 437 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,879 Speaker 1: acting just was enough to part. Like I guess he 438 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: couldn't direct himself like perfectly to get the performance out 439 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: of himself that he needed. I felt like the dialogue 440 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: was very weak and the acting was a little bit 441 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: awkward on his part. So from where I was going 442 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: into this expecting like this greedier kind of dark drama 443 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: crime movie, a little bit, it really kind of turned 444 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: into just like a road trip movie. And if it 445 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: had a little bit more laughs and a few more gags, 446 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: it would have been like a full on like I 447 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 1: could have seen this as like a Nickelodeon movie because 448 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: it's rady PG. Thirteen, not a whole lot of violence, 449 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: not a whole lot of cursing or anything like that. 450 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: I feel like the movie just really kind of lost 451 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: its edge and it just turned into like a full 452 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: out road trip movie, which would have been fine, but 453 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: then just throughout the entire movie, not a whole lot happens. 454 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: And aside from that, it kind of goes back to 455 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 1: him just not being completely right for this role, Like 456 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: you mean to tell me that a nine one year 457 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: old Clint Eastwood and this you know, teenage kid can't 458 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: be tracked down by he's hired Mexican henchment, like they 459 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: can't be apprehended. Like it's just a little bit of 460 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: a stretch for me. It was hard for me just 461 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: to fully embrace what was going on in this movie. 462 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: And aside from that being Mexican American, and aside from 463 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: that of being you know, Mexican American and knowing what 464 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 1: Mexico was actually like, I don't think it was accurately 465 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: portrayed in this movie. The whole time, it felt very 466 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: safe in every situation. I've traveled from Texas all the 467 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: way down to where my parents are from in a 468 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 1: car and I know there's some place in Mexico you 469 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: just don't stop. But yet they're pulling off on the 470 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 1: side of the road, finding, you know, all these paths 471 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: to take and felt completely safe the entire time. I 472 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 1: don't think that would actually happen in the world world, 473 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: And they also encounter a lot of people would just 474 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: happened to speak English. Now, every time I go to 475 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: Mexico and have been to Mexico, that's very hard to find. 476 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: And I get it's a movie, but if you're, you know, 477 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: in Mexico filming this movie trying to accurately kind of 478 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: portray that that culture, I think they missed the mark there. 479 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: So I just really didn't get what I was expecting 480 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: at in this movie, and I just think he shouldn't 481 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: have started and directed in it. Like I like Clint 482 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: east Wood as a director, I think it's a little 483 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: bit hit or miss. Now. Richard Jewell was a little 484 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: bit awkward in the beginning and then got better towards 485 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: the end, but movies like American Sniper were great. I 486 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: think the last time he was able to direct and 487 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: start in a movie and do a great job at both. 488 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: Who was probably back in two thousand and eight with 489 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: Grand Torino, But I felt like since then, even movies 490 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: like The Mule, he hasn't really got there yet. But 491 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: I think at this point this movie just felt like 492 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: a parody of an old Clint Eastwood movie. But I 493 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: still I just got to give props to Clint Eastwood 494 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: for still acting at his age, but also knowing and 495 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: well that he's going to be in a scene in 496 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: this movie where he's seen as the romantic interest and 497 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: that this woman is throwing himself at him. I think 498 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 1: that's why I bumped this movie up just a little 499 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: bit in the grading system. But I would say probably 500 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 1: just skipped this movie. Definitely glad I didn't go see 501 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: this one in theaters. If you have HBO Max and 502 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: have just been curious to watch it now that I've 503 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: been talking about it, It's not the worst thing you'll 504 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: ever see, but just don't go into it expecting this 505 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: great Clint Eastwood movie. I would give it two out 506 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 1: of five roosters, which that is a node to his 507 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: pet rooster in the movie, who was named Macho, which 508 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: means tough. So the whole movie is supposed to be 509 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 1: this representation of you know, being tough, crying macho, and 510 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: I think even that gets lost a little bit, but 511 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: that's what the title means. But anyway, Yeah, that's my 512 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: review of Cry Macho. Let's get into some movie news now, 513 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: and the only thing I want to talk about is 514 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: Norm McDonald, who passed away last week at the age 515 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: of sixty one, a nine year battle with cancer that 516 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: he told nobody about. And Norm McDonald. I saw a 517 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,439 Speaker 1: lot of stuff last week about, you know, all the 518 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: great things he did on SNL, his stand up which 519 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: is amazing, his last special on Netflix. It is really 520 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: one of the best if you haven't seen that, But 521 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 1: I didn't see a whole lot of people talking about 522 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: his movies. And he started in a lot of movies. 523 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: He did a lot of great cameos too. But I 524 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: wanted to talk about what I thought were his funniest 525 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: three movies and just kind of give a backstory on 526 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: Norm McDonald. But he got his big break in Hollywood 527 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: right for Roseanne, and then he wrote for The Dennis 528 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: Miller Show in two and then a year later he 529 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: joined Saturday Night Live, which I think is what most 530 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: people would know him for if you haven't really followed 531 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: along with this comedy in his movies, since you probably 532 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: know him from doing Weekend Update on SNL. But he 533 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: did that for three seasons. He also had his own 534 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: sitcom on ABC called Norm. But then he was in 535 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: a lot of movies. That's really what I kind of 536 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: knew Norm McDonald for the most, at least when I 537 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: would watch movies in the nineties. In the two thousand, 538 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: there was a lot of his cameos in different movies 539 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: like Funny People, Man on the Moon, Douced Big, a 540 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: Little Male, Giggilow, and then of course I will talk 541 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: about Billy Madison. But there are two movies that he 542 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,239 Speaker 1: was the lead in that I really just loved and 543 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 1: I thought they were the funniest movies. Had him on DVD, 544 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: I would watched these movies all the time. One of 545 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: them is probably one of my favorite comedies of all time. 546 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: I'd easily put it in the top ten. But his 547 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: three funniest movies what I think we're at number three. 548 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: I think his best role as a character in an 549 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler movie was him in Billy Madison. He was 550 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: one of his friends in the movie. I just thought 551 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: he delivered the funniest lines in this and the thing 552 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: about Norm McDonald. Sometimes it's not even what he says, 553 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: but how he says that. He just has this gate. 554 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,159 Speaker 1: It's about him that he you know, the way he talks. 555 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 1: It's just funny in itself. But I think he had 556 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: some of the best one lines in Billy Madison. What's 557 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: today October Brow? This is great. When I graduated first 558 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: grade on my father did tell me to get a job. Hey, 559 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: I want to feed that donkeys some beer. You got 560 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: it all messed up. Maybe later I'll gonna put some 561 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: beer in a bucket. Okay, Oh man, Billy, I just 562 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: had the funniest thing Billy. Where's Billy? He's in school? Man? Yeah. 563 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: So I thought that was a good compilation. Was funniest 564 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 1: moments in Billy Madison. I think that one scene alone, 565 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: like I would just remember saying, for no reason whatsoever, 566 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna put some beer in the bucket. I 567 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: put that one at number three. At number two, he 568 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: started a movie called Screwed, which was like a Christmas 569 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: comedy movie, and he started alongside Dave Chappelle and the 570 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: movie is about him working for this rich woman who 571 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: doesn't treat him the best and he tries to and 572 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: him and Dave Chappelle come up with this scheme to 573 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: ransom himself to get a bunch of money from her 574 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,439 Speaker 1: so they could go and live these big, extravagant lives 575 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: and leave behind their dead end jobs. And it doesn't 576 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: exactly go as planned. You can't talk that it's a 577 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: toll way though, we're never coming back. Go parking up 578 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: your ass? What excuse me? We'd like two tickets to 579 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 1: Valley First Place? And how will you be paying for that? 580 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 1: That really occurred to us, really, Oh, I don't know. 581 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: How about this cash? We got money back off there? Lady? 582 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: Oh there's no money. There's no money. There's crack double cross. 583 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 1: That great. Shouldn't care if I lived or die. So 584 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: that's a great movie. It's also a great comedy for 585 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: if you want to watch something during Christmas that's not 586 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: really a Christmas movie, but it kind of is. Danny 587 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: DeVito is also in it. So it's a very funny, 588 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: like completely nineties comedy movie and a very norm McDonald movie. 589 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: But at number one one of my top ten comedies 590 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: of all time, and one I feel that doesn't really 591 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: get talked about a whole lot. One because I wasn't 592 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: that big of a success at the box office to 593 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: you probably couldn't make this movie today. And three I 594 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: think Norm McDonald just didn't have the biggest success when 595 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: it came to being a leading man. Even though these 596 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: movies are funny and they were great, I just think 597 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: they were never as well received by everyone as maybe 598 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 1: I found them funny. But the movie is called Dirty Work. 599 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: He's started this movie with Already Laying, Chris Farley. There's 600 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: also a cameo for Adam Sandler, a bunch of funny 601 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 1: people in this movie, and it's about him and Already 602 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: Laying trying to raise money to save Artie Lane's dad, 603 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: and they come up with this revenge for hire business 604 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: to where people hire them to get back at people 605 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: who have done wrong to them in their lives. It's 606 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: a very funny concept for a movie. So many great 607 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: comedic scenes, but I think at the core of it 608 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: is just Norm McDonald being Norm McDonald and being completely funny. Mitch, 609 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: you're really starting to like this, Cathy, Are you no? Mitch? 610 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: I know you, man, when you say no, like that. 611 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: You really mean, yes, are you talking about watch? I'll 612 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: show you, Mitch. Did you have a rob a bank? 613 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: Did you ever climb Mount Everest? Did you ever say 614 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: that you can see why women find Sean Connery sexy? No? Okay, 615 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: so I like Cathy a little bit. Man. I hate 616 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: the fact that we have to destroy your grandmother's building, 617 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: but we have to. So those are the three that 618 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: I would consider the funniest Norm McDonald movies. If you 619 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: haven't seen those, are looking for a laugh or just 620 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: looking to remember Norm McDonald, those are three great ones. 621 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: Check out. I just wanted to do that in movie 622 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: News and just r I p to Norm McDonald. But 623 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for this week's episode. Thank you 624 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: for listening. I really saw a lot of love last 625 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: week on social media, Like all the tags and comments 626 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: that I saw about that week's episode really meant a 627 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: lot to me. And every single week I like to 628 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: shout out one of you guys who do those things 629 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: of you know, tagging me on your Instagram story, posting 630 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: on Twitter a picture of you listening to the podcast, 631 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: and just give you a shout out here on the podcast. 632 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: That's all you have to do. To get one of these, 633 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: you can tweet me at Mike Destro or send me 634 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: an email movie Mike d at gmail dot com. This week, 635 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: this one comes to us from Instagram Stories. I was 636 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: tagged by this nerd to seven eight two A k Andrea. 637 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: She wrote it must be a Monday and posted a 638 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: picture of her iPhone propped up insider car listening to 639 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 1: the episode. So that was really cool to see. I 640 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: think those are my favorite, like the screenshots of your dashboard, 641 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: so shout out to you. I think those are my 642 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: favorite to see of like a cute up listening on 643 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 1: a Monday on your car dashboard. That means a lot 644 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: to me, so I'll be looking out for those again 645 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: this week. Thanks everybody for listening. Help you have a 646 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: great rest of your week and until next time. Later