1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike. Today, I am breaking down 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: CinemaCon twenty twenty three for you. 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: I am crowning a winner. 5 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: I am ranking all top five major movie studios based 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: upon all the announcements they made, all the movies they're teasing, 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: all the trailers and footage they've shown. I'm telling you 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: who has the best things coming out in twenty twenty 9 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: three and twenty twenty four. 10 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: In the movie. 11 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: Review, I'll talk about Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, which is 12 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: a war movie starring Jake Gillenhall. And in the trailer 13 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 1: park we have the final look at the flash. So 14 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: thank you for being here, Thank you for being subscribed 15 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: and listening every single week. Shout out to the Monday 16 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: Morning movie crew. He now, because I've an itching to 17 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: do it, let's talk movies. 18 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 3: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 19 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 3: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 20 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,919 Speaker 3: never before in a movie podcast. 21 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: A man with so much movie knowledge. He's basically like. 22 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: A walking IMTB with glasses From the Nice Podcast Network. 23 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 2: This is Movie Mikes. 24 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: Movie Podcacast CinemaCon is an annual convention held in Las Vegas. 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: It is one of the top three movie events I 26 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: look forward to every single year. So it's a convention 27 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: for movie theater owners and they all get together to 28 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: come listen to all the movie studios talk about their 29 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: upcoming releases. 30 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: They bring out actors and directors. 31 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: It's kind of like a pep rally for the movie 32 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: industry where all the studios say, hey, we're bringing. 33 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 2: All these big new movies. 34 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: So you, as movie theater owners, should be really excited 35 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: and you don't have anything to worry about. So what 36 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: I did is I crowned a winner of the entire 37 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: thing based upon all of the trailers they showed, all 38 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: the movies they announced, and who I think is going 39 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: to dominate at the box office based on all the 40 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: big titles they have coming out from their studio. And 41 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: then I ranked all five major studios on that same criteria. 42 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: So we'll be talking about Universal Paramount, Warner Brothers, Disney, 43 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: and Columbia Slash Sony. So, because I want to talk 44 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: about what I I'm the most excited for, I'm gonna 45 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: hit you with my winner right now. The winner of 46 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: CinemaCon twenty twenty three, and the number one slot is Paramount. 47 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: They're the studio I'm the most excited about. The announcements 48 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: that Paramount made were about their upcoming movies Mission Impossible, 49 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: Dead Reckoning Part one, Killers of the Flower Moon, Transformers one, 50 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: and a new untitled Smurfs movie. I also just really 51 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: love their mission statement. Paramount CEO Brian Robbins said that 52 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: theatrical needs to thrive in order for streaming to work, 53 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: so essentially that all these movies need to come out 54 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: in theaters in order to have success in streaming, which 55 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: I've been feeling a shift in the last year because 56 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: after the pandemic, a lot of models switched to all right, 57 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna put these movies out either same day on 58 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: streaming and in theaters, or we're just gonna invest in 59 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: some streaming movies. But now I feel like the best 60 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: movies are coming out in theaters. In the last year, 61 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: nothing has really caught my interest that came out just 62 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: on streaming. Some decent rom colms, maybe a Netflix action movie. 63 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 2: I feel a little. 64 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: Bit that streaming has turned into what straight to video 65 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: used to be back in the nineties and two thousands, 66 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: So I think we're kind of done with that, and 67 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: I love that. Paramount came out and said that, and 68 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: they opened up CinemaCon with a big presentation on Teenage 69 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: Mutant Ninja, Turtles Mutant Mayhem. A Paramount executive came out 70 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: of a manhole cover and a turtle mask and gave 71 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: the crowd pizza. I just love that commitment to their movies. 72 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: It just brings me joy that the people behind the 73 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: decisions on these movies actually love what they're doing, actually 74 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: invest in their properties to do something like that. So 75 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: their panel opened with that, a dance performance a DJ 76 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: breakdancers wearing TMNT inspired outfits. 77 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 2: I love it. 78 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: At CinemaCon, Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg said they have 79 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: finally made something that parents can show their kids and 80 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: not be awful parents for doing it with them, which, 81 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: if you know Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, they have 82 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: not made a kid friendly movie ever. Paramount also showed 83 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: what is being described as an insane twenty minutes for 84 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part one, which comes out on Wednesday, 85 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: July twelfth, twenty twenty three, which is now two days 86 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: earlier than the original release date. 87 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 2: Doesn't really change. 88 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: A whole lot, I don't think, but in the scene 89 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: they showed it features a high speed what they call 90 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: adrenaline filled chase through rome that involves stolen police cars, 91 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 1: two people handcuffed to each other, some gun battles, and 92 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: a very mismatched car race. And it's hard for me 93 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: to get excited about a Mission Impossible movie. But I 94 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: feel like Tom Cruise and Paramount have really kind of 95 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: saved movies in the last year and are some of 96 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: the biggest drivers behind making films for the silver screen. 97 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: Another thing Paramount announced that Cinema Con is that Transformers 98 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: one is coming out. This is an animated Transformers movie 99 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: that stars Chris Hamsworth as a young Optimist Prime, Brian 100 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: Tyree Henry as a young Megatron, and Scarlett Johansson as Alita. 101 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: Transformers one is coming out in theaters on July nineteenth, 102 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, and is directed by Josh Cooley, who 103 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: did Toy Story four. I was just saying this last week, 104 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: when I was talking about Spider Man into the Spider Verse, 105 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,119 Speaker 1: how a lot of those type of movies, superhero movies 106 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: in particular, would benefit a lot by doing animated movies 107 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: that are a little bit more visually appealing, not just 108 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: cartoons for kids, but doing something that really cuts through. 109 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: And I guess I never really thought about Transformers as 110 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: being the same category as superhero movies, but when you 111 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: break it down, all the elements are basically the same. 112 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: So I can't wait to get the first look at this. 113 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: You also have among the cast Keegan Michael Key as Bumblebee, 114 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: John Hamm as Sentinel Prime, and Laurence Fishburn as Alpha Tryon. 115 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: They also talked a little bit about Transformers Rise of 116 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: the Beasts, which is coming out on June ninth, twenty 117 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: twenty three, which the. 118 00:05:58,440 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: Trailer just dropped for that as well. 119 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: What I loved that they said about that movie is 120 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: they tried to use as little green screen as possible, 121 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: and they really wanted to film on real locations, And 122 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: I really think that as a level of depth to 123 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: movies like this. When I've watched superhero movies in theaters recently, 124 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: I am very aware that it's just a bunch of 125 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: actors on a green screen. Especially when I went to 126 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: go see ant Man, I was just trying to picture 127 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: it in my head the entire time that this really 128 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: didn't feel like it was set in any kind of reality, 129 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: and I know that movie was set in the quantum realm, 130 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: so it didn't really lend itself to be able to 131 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: be viewed like that. But I just love getting back 132 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: to putting superhero movies or big action movies in the 133 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: actual real world. And I've always just given Transformers movies 134 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: the benefit of the doubt. So hopefully they don't let 135 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: me down on that one, but I'm excited about it. 136 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: Paramount also announced Gladiator two is coming out. Filming begins 137 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: soon for that movie. Paul Meskal and Denzel Washington are 138 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: attached to that movie. They also announced that Rihanna will 139 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: start at Smurf fet and a new Smurfs movie, and 140 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: she is also a writing and performing original songs for 141 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: the Smurfs movie. I feel like that's the only time 142 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: Rihanna puts on new music now is whenever it's attached 143 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: to a movie now. Her work on Black Panther Waconda 144 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: Forever amazing. I don't know how that's going to translate 145 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: into a Smurfs movie, but I'm into it. That movie 146 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,239 Speaker 1: is set to release on February fourteenth, twenty twenty five. 147 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: Paramount also announced a new SpongeBob movie. I love me 148 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: some SpongeBob. Even as an adult, I still get excited 149 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: every time they announced a new SpongeBob movie. It is 150 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: called The Search for SquarePants and it's promised to be 151 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: SpongeBob's biggest film yet. We're going back into Bikini Bottom 152 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: and SpongeBob will face off against the Flying Dutchman. That 153 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: movie is set to release in theaters on May twenty third, 154 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. They also revealed the trailer for a 155 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: new Bob Marley movie. It's called Bob Marley OneLove, will 156 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: come out in theaters on January twelve, twenty twenty four. 157 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 2: It is a biopic. I wonder if they're ever going to. 158 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: Run out of movies to do biopicks on. It just 159 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: seems like every famous historical figure in music and history. 160 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: Now kind of has their biopick. 161 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: I wonder if they're going to run out of people 162 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: and just start doing pop stars who are alive right now. 163 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,239 Speaker 1: We also got the first look at A Quiet Place 164 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: Day One. The movie takes place in New York and 165 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: follows a mother trying to survive following the alien invasion, 166 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: so it's kind of the origin story of what exactly 167 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: went down in a quiet place. John Krasinski was also 168 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: there talking about his next film called If. It is 169 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: a live action movie combined with animated characters, so it's 170 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 1: being described it's kind of like a live action Pixar movie. 171 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: Ryan Reynolds is one of the main stars of that one, 172 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,559 Speaker 1: along with John Krasinski. The movie is an animated tale 173 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: about a young girl who can see people's imaginary friends 174 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: who have been abandoned as they grow older. That's coming 175 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: out on May twenty fourth, twenty twenty four. I just 176 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: love the concept behind that reminds me of who framed 177 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: Roger Rabbit from back in the day, where he makes 178 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: real life humans and animated characters. And finally, they announced 179 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: that there's a sequel coming to Smile calls Smile two. 180 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: It is in. 181 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: Development right now, which really isn't a surprise, and I 182 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: hope they can make some improvements to the first one, 183 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:12,679 Speaker 1: and I just kind of hope they go all out 184 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: on the second one, don't leave anything on the table, 185 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: which that is the reason I didn't. 186 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: Fully love the first one. 187 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: It just felt like it was going to be a 188 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: setup to a sequel, So give me more Terror in 189 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: Smile too, So Paramount gets an A plus in my book. 190 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: At cinemacn we'll go through now the other four remaining 191 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: studios I want to talk about. At number two, I'm 192 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: going with Warner Brothers. I love their mission statement. Warner 193 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: Brothers CEO came out and said they no longer have 194 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: any interest in doing direct to streaming movies. They are 195 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: all about the big screen right now. They showed a 196 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: bunch of trailers to all their DC movies coming out, 197 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: like The Flash, Blue Beetle and Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, 198 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: so a lot of big things coming on the DC side. 199 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 2: But they also gave a look at. 200 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: Doune Part two, Barbie Wonka, and they confirm a sequel 201 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: to the Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, which came out originally back 202 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty eight. They also announced that Final Destination 203 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: six is officially in the works. The director of Tom 204 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: holland Spider Man trilogy, John Watts, will be writing and 205 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: producing this movie. I feel like Warner Brothers is always 206 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: just solid. Out of all those movies, I am still 207 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: the most excited about Wonka, which they also announced that 208 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: Hugh Grant will play one of Timothy challow May's umpa 209 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: Lumpas which the movie is the story of a young 210 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: Willy Wonka before he opens the chocolate factory. At CinemaCon, 211 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: Timothy Schallomey said that he ate too much chocolate on 212 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: the set of this movie and swam in actual chocolate, 213 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: which in the first movie it was clearly fake chocolate. 214 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: It was just brown water that probably smelled and tasted disgusting. 215 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 1: So I can't wait to see what a real chocolate 216 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: river looks like. Wonka is coming out this December. On 217 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: the fifteenth, twenty twenty three. Oprah also stopped by to 218 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: reveal the first footage of The Color Purple, which is 219 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: coming out on December twenty fifth, twenty twenty three, and 220 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: Dune Part two. The first trailer was released, and the 221 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from that is that Dune two was shot 222 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: one hundred percent in Imax. They're supposed to be a 223 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: scene where Timothy Chalomey's character is writing a sandworm and 224 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: the movie takes place right after Part one. Dune two 225 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: is said to have a lot of action. It's supposed 226 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: to be the apex of the Dune series, so that 227 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: has me excited for this movie because I love the 228 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: visuals in Dune one, but honestly, I felt the movie 229 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: was a little bit boring. Beyond that, with so many 230 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: great looking characters, so many great looking sets, I just 231 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: found nothing really to grasp onto that made me excited 232 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: for that movie. So it is being described as an 233 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: action packed epic war movie now that I can get into. 234 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 1: So that's coming out on November seventeenth, twenty twenty three. 235 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: Warner Brothers still really solid. But as I talk about 236 00:11:55,160 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: all these movies, they're all remakes, sequels and just revisit. 237 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: It's to other intellectual properties. I just don't feel like 238 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: they are taking as many risks over at Warner Brothers, 239 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: which I feel is important to the advancement of cinema. 240 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, I just want 241 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: some entertaining movies, so I don't hate it. At Number 242 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: three is Sony. Sony CEO Tom Rothman came out and 243 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: said streaming does not create movie stars, only. 244 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 2: Global theatrical hits do. 245 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: What a statement really saying that, hey, movie stars are 246 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: still here and they are in the movie theater. At 247 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: Cinema con Sony boasted trailers and movie clips from Spider 248 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: Man across the Spider Verse, Craven the Hunter, Grand Tarismo, 249 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: the movie Bad Boys four, in the first look at 250 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: Ridley Scott's Napoleon. They also showed the trailer to The 251 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: Equalizer three, starring Denzel Washington as he returns as a 252 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: former government assassin, and they showed extended trailers to Insidious, 253 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: The Red Door, and footage from Ghostbusters Afterlife. What I 254 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,080 Speaker 1: love the most coming out of Sony has to be 255 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: that Craven the Hunter is going to be Sony's first 256 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: R rated Marvel movie. So with Marvel, you basically have 257 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: two sides. You have the Disney side, which has all 258 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: your Avengers, and then you have the Sony side, which 259 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: kind of has all the Spider Man universe characters. That's 260 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: where it gets a little bit confusing because you have 261 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: Tom holland Spider Man on the Disney side, but on 262 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: this side is where you have Morbius and Venom and 263 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: now Craven. So Aaron Taylor Johnson came out and described 264 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: the movie as a Marvel movie grounded heavily in the 265 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: real world. In the trailer at CinemaCon, they had the 266 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 1: first look at Craven, who is a fierce hunter who 267 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: brutally kills his victims using claw shaped weapons, and the 268 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: fact that the movie is rated ror was met with 269 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: huge applause. I really want to see that footage. That 270 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: trailer is coming to us the general public this summer. 271 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: I think that is what the Sony side of Marvel 272 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: needs to do to set themselves apart. Forget about PG thirteen, 273 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: forget about making family friendly superhero movies. They should own 274 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: the R ed Marvel movie genre. 275 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: That's it. 276 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: That's how they are going to win. Stop putting out 277 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: movies like Morbius. Just make them rated R. I think 278 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: that'll get more people interested in all these titles. Focus 279 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: more on the villains like they have been doing. Venom 280 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 1: has seen some success over there, but I want to 281 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: see Venom get nasty, so hopefully Craven is a start 282 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: to that. Sony also gave the first look at their 283 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: GameStop movie. It is called Dumb Money, where Paul Dano 284 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: plays a YouTuber who puts all his money into GameStop. 285 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: The character is based on a real person. It also 286 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: stars Seth Rogan, Sebastian Stan Pete Davidson, Shalen Woodley, and 287 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: Vincent Dinafrio. So this movie starts out on January twenty fifth, 288 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, in Miami. In the trailer, you mainly 289 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: get an introduction to all the characters, where basically all 290 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: these people on Reddit just started investing in GameStop. So 291 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: this movie comes out on October twentieth, twenty twenty three. 292 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence also announced that Bad Boys 293 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: four is in its fourth week of shooting. The only 294 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: mishap there is they already use Bad Boys for Life 295 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: for part three, and that would have been a much 296 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: better Bad Boys four title, but they didn't think they 297 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: would get to this point. So overall, Sony gets a 298 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: B plus at number four is where I put Universal. 299 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: Universal gave us looks at Oppenheimer, Kung Fu, Panda four, 300 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: Asteroid City, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, three, Driveaway. 301 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 2: Dolls, The Holdovers, and Fast X. 302 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: But the thing I'm probably the most excited about when 303 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: it comes to Universal is the new Exorcist movie. 304 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 2: It's called The Exorcist Believer. It's a direct. 305 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: Sequel to the nineteen seventy three original, and it's about 306 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: two possessed girls. It comes out this year on October thirteenth. 307 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: This is what they say in the movie is about 308 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: two girls become possessed after being dropped off from school 309 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: and they never come home. They are finally found in 310 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: the woods after three days, thinking they were only gone 311 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: for three hours, and then it quickly becomes clear that 312 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: these girls are possessed. One of the girls walks into 313 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: a church during communion and drenched in blood, screaming the 314 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: body and the blood in a demonic voice. There's just 315 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: something about movies that involve possessions, that involve exorcisms that 316 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: give me nightmares. As desensitized as I am to horror movies, 317 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: these movies get me. Watching the original Exorcist is still 318 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: something I have to psych myself up for, so I 319 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: am really excited about this one. They also showcased a 320 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: movie called The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling. He plays 321 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: a retired stunt performer who gets called back into the 322 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: film industry by his ex girlfriend, who is directing her 323 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: debut feature movie. And then Vin Diesel announced that Fast 324 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: X will be split into two movies, which I thought 325 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: I already knew this. So part one comes out later 326 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: this month on May nineteenth, and the second part will 327 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: be released in twenty twenty five. He also said something 328 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: that a lot of people were upset about, claiming that 329 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: the Fast franchise is the longest running movie franchise to 330 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: have the same actors playing the same characters. He also 331 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: kind of took a shot at the Oscars, saying that 332 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: he liked the room much better at CinemaCon than he 333 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: ever did at the Oscars. That's probably due to the 334 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: fact that he's never been nominated for an Oscar. But 335 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: I just love how passionate he still is about Fast 336 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: and the Furious movies. I will be going to see 337 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: Fast X. They still hold a special place. 338 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 2: In my heart. 339 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: I think they are big, fun movies, so it will 340 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: be kind of sad to see them come to an end, 341 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 1: if they ever really come to an end. Will there 342 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: be an end of the Fast franchise, I don't really 343 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: think so. I think it'll be much like when artists 344 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: say we're going on a farewell tour, and then a 345 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: couple years later, hey, we're coming back. So I don't 346 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: think that this movie or the next movie will be 347 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: the last we see of Fast and the Furious. So overall, 348 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: for Universal, I'll give them a BNUS. That great is 349 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: greatly helped by the fact that I'm so excited about 350 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: that Exorcist movie. But at number five in the bottom 351 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: of all the major studios, I have to put Disney. 352 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: I'm not really excited about anything they have coming out. 353 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: And the big thing they kind of teased at Cinema 354 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 1: Con is they gave a twenty minute look at Elemental, 355 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: which got a lot of praise from everybody there. So 356 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: Pixar's Elemental is an animated movie about the residence of 357 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: element City, each of whom belong to a different element 358 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 1: group land, air, water, and Fire. In this twenty minute 359 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: clip that they showed, it focuses on the Fire character 360 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,719 Speaker 1: named Ember, from the time that she was a baby 361 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: to her younger years. Ember is one who is unable 362 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: to control her temper and she causes the disaster, which 363 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: brings in her conflict with water element character Wade. So 364 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: it's an entirely original story, which I like. From the 365 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: people who saw this twenty minute clip, they are saying 366 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 1: that the animation is great, and when it comes to 367 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: Disney and Pixar as of late, I feel like they've 368 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: become a lot more reliant on all of their big 369 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: historic titles that we all know and love. It's a 370 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: lot of remakes, it's a lot of reboots, it's a 371 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: lot of sequels over there, And I feel like the 372 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: imagination has really been sucked out of Disney. Where is 373 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: the inspiration now? Even with some of their animation styles, 374 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: it all kind of starts to look the same. I 375 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: kind of feel like they've been making the same movie 376 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: for the last three years. Elemental kind of looks like 377 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: Inside Out. It also kind of looks like Soul. It 378 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: just feels like they altered the same story just a 379 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: little bit and then crank another movie out of it. 380 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: Give me some imagination. You are Pixar, you are Disney. 381 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: You're supposed to be the best at this. You're supposed 382 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: to be the ones making us feel emotional about animated characters. 383 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: I want to be an adult sobbing while I see 384 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 1: a Pixar movie, not just thinking, Eh, that was all right, 385 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: that's forgettable, Move on to the next one. They also 386 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: showed some new footage on their other movie called Wish, 387 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: which has now added Chris Pine as King magnific Old. 388 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: That movie is coming out on November twenty second, twenty 389 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: twenty three. I just think that something big has to 390 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: change at Disney and Pixar, and what I didn't see 391 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: them come out and say, like all the other movie 392 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: studios did, is we are focusing on theatric releases, or 393 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: we are focusing primarily on Disney Plus. 394 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 2: They're still kind of in this in between. 395 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: They want to have the best of both worlds, but 396 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: it's not really working for them. I don't know where 397 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: to go to find the best Disney content. Is it 398 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: supposed to be on Disney Plus, like they just dropped 399 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: Peter Pan and Wendy but that feels a little bit 400 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: like they don't really care about it, or is it 401 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: going to be in theaters? 402 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:14,479 Speaker 2: I don't know. 403 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: And what's the point of watching all their new movies 404 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: when they're just remaking their old classics that are all 405 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: up on Disney Plus. I'm just gonna go watch Toy 406 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: Story again until they get it right. So for Disney, 407 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: I give them an F. 408 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 2: That's an F. So that is it. 409 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: That is my recap and ranking of all the movie 410 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: studios and their announcements at CinemaCon. 411 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 2: What are you the most excited about? Let me know. 412 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 2: Was I a little bit too unhinged there at the end? Yeah? 413 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: Probably, But man, I just missed the golden age of 414 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: Disney and Pixar. So let me know what you're excited 415 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: to see. Hit me up on social media at Mike 416 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: Distro or send me an email Moviemike d at gmail 417 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: dot com. Let's get into a spoiler free movie review. 418 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk about Guy Ritchie's The Covenant. The 419 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: modern war film is one of my favorite genres if 420 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: you get it right? 421 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 2: Did Guy Richie get it right? 422 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: Did Jake Dyllenhall prove to me yet again that he 423 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: is one of Hollywood's most underrated and versatile actors in 424 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: the entire game. 425 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 2: He's done the war movie before? Can he do it again? 426 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: Before we get into my full thoughts on The Covenant, 427 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: here is just a little bit of the trailer. 428 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 2: For three weeks, this family believed you were dead. 429 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: We owed a man in your life. 430 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 2: There wasn't enough for him to carry me across those mountains. 431 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: He's hiding in a hole somewhere. I should be in 432 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: that hole. There is a hook in me. Ahmed and 433 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 2: his family are in trouble. We can't intervene. I am 434 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,640 Speaker 2: gonna actually get him out myself. 435 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: So what The Covenant is about? Jake dyllen Hall plays 436 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: a sergeant named John Kinley. He goes into the Afghanistan 437 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: War and he needs a new interpreter after one of 438 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 1: theirs gets killed in battle, so they hire a new 439 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: guy named am I played by Dar Salim, and they 440 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: are going on this mission to track down these ied 441 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: factories to shut him down. And that is just Jake 442 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: Gillenhall's character's mission. But I felt like it was kind 443 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: of hard to get a grasp on his character. Is 444 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: he a good guy, is he a bad guy, or 445 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: is he just a person who has a range of 446 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: different emotions. It was hard for me to really kind 447 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 1: of hone in on what his character was all about, 448 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: so I needed a little bit more backstory on him. 449 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: So I love the modern. 450 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: War movie because usually they are based on a true story, 451 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: either one or a group of soldiers who have been 452 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: in the Afghanistan War, and just tell it scene for 453 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: seeing exactly what happened. Sometimes you embellish a little bit 454 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: for Hollywood, but for the most part, a lot of 455 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: my favorite modern war movies are just true stories. The 456 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: Covenant is different because it's not based on one actual 457 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: true story. It's a culmination of a lot of different 458 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: stories from interpreters in the Afghanistan War. So I felt 459 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: like that hurt the movie a little bit, because if 460 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna make a movie about a fictional soldier, I 461 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: feel like I got a hone in on what his 462 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: personality is, what his mission statement is, and really just 463 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: create his fibers as a human being to really make 464 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: that resonate with audiences. I really didn't get that from 465 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: Jake Jillenhall's character. Now, he's a very versatile actor, and 466 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: he plays the soldier role really well. We also saw 467 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: it in jar Head. Whether he is in his full 468 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: military uniform or just in a baseball cap with his beard, 469 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,440 Speaker 1: he looks the part. And the thing about Jake Jillenhall 470 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: is he is able to go to places that I 471 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: don't really see other actors go into. 472 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 2: So quickly. 473 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: He goes from just being a normal person to having 474 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: this fit of rage that sometimes makes me question exactly 475 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: where does he go in his mind? Because he's able 476 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: to have this ability to just kind of freak out 477 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: as a character, and we see that in this movie. 478 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 2: We've seen that in a lot of his other movies. 479 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: I think my favorite one where he does that is 480 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: probably Nightcrawler one of his most underappreciated roles, So we 481 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: saw a little bit of it in this movie, but 482 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: I almost feel like it didn't really make sense in 483 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: this scenario. I almost feel like they got this movie 484 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: wrong on who it's supposed to be about. I really 485 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 1: think this movie would have been a lot stronger if 486 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: it would have just focused on the story of Ahmed. 487 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: That is what I was drawn to personally, because I 488 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: think that was the overall message of this story is 489 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: all the things that the interpreters in the Afghanistan War 490 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: had to go through, all the things they sacrifice to 491 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 1: help the United States. In this story in particular, shows 492 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: Ahmed and his incredible bravery to save John Kinley and 493 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: put his own life in danger to get Sergeant Kenley 494 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: out of harm's way. So I feel like, overall, it 495 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: would have been a better movie to just focus on 496 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: his story, but I guess that would have been a 497 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: harder movie to sell, and when you have Jake Jillenhall 498 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: as the star, so I feel like the focus on 499 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: his character and what his character goes through wasn't as 500 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: impactful to me as what Ahmed's character goes through in 501 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: this entire movie. So would have just been stronger if 502 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: they'd focus more on Ahmed, because in that second act 503 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: it proved to be the best. 504 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 2: Out of the entire movie. 505 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: So for that reason, I it felt like the tone 506 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: was off a little bit in the beginning of the movie. 507 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: It felt a little bit too over dramatic, which I 508 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 1: think when it comes to a war movie, it's better 509 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: to be over dramatic than under dramatic and not create 510 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: any kind of sense of urgency, any kind of sense of, Oh, 511 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: things are about to go wrong, And that is exactly 512 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: what this movie does. It creates a lot of anxiety. 513 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: If you like going into a movie and being on 514 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: the edge of your seat, having your stomach and knots, 515 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: this is the movie for you. You're always kind of 516 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 1: like on edge, thinking, Oh, what's going to happen next? 517 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: Is something really awful gonna happen. I love the tension 518 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: that this movie created, and also just the overall cinematography 519 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 1: that helped me really put myself into a position that 520 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 1: I was there in Afghanistan with these soldiers. I loved 521 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: all the drone shots of the mountains. I was able 522 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: to as a viewer feel the heat of this movie 523 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: and what it would be like to be walking alone 524 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 1: in this desert trying to survive. 525 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 2: It was like the set was living and breathing. So 526 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 2: I felt like Chie. 527 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: Did a really good job in getting that tone correct, 528 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,360 Speaker 1: especially when it came to the lighting and the coloring 529 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: of this movie. Sometimes you can go a little bit 530 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 1: too green and dark in a war movie, but I 531 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,679 Speaker 1: felt like this one had it just right, some nice 532 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: mid tones, and the night scenes didn't feel washed out, 533 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,959 Speaker 1: like you weren't able to see everything going on on screen. 534 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: So overall, visually, I thought it was really well done. 535 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: And also when movies like this just go straight into 536 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 1: the action. I have to give them a lot of praise. 537 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: Usually those first twenty minutes are crucial, and this one 538 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: got to the action pretty quickly. But what I felt 539 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: like this movie needed was a little bit more backstory. 540 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,199 Speaker 1: I think if it would have went head on just 541 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: like it did with all the action, and then gave 542 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: us a little bit of a peek into Ahmed and 543 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: Sergeant Kinley's lives through flashbacks, it really would have helped 544 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 1: me get a little bit more emotionally invested in these characters. 545 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 2: So I just felt like. 546 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 1: The writing was a little bit unhinged when it came 547 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: to character development. Again, if you're not basing them on 548 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: actual people, you really need to drive home all the 549 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: characteristics of our characters and get us wanting to root 550 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: for them so much. And this one just didn't quite 551 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: get there. And it's inside of a genre that I 552 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: really love, the modern war film. I think my favorite 553 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,719 Speaker 1: theater experiences have been in movies like This, Zero Dark thirty, 554 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 1: The hurt Locker, Lone survivor American Sniper. These are some 555 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: of the best movie theater experiences I've had in the 556 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,479 Speaker 1: last fifteen to twenty years. So where I would put 557 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: The Covenant in relation to those other movies, it would 558 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: be at the bottom of those movies. 559 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 2: Still a fun. 560 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: Movie theater experience, it still gave me that anxiety. I 561 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: just really feel like I didn't get the guide Richie 562 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: Grinn in this movie, and some of the scenes where 563 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: they were really trying to show the courageous efforts from 564 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 1: both of these characters really just played out more like 565 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,199 Speaker 1: a folk story. The interesting thing about this movie is 566 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 1: they used no real guns in the movie, and I 567 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: feel like I couldn't even tell as a viewer they 568 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: didn't even shoot the thing in Afghanistan. Obviously they shot 569 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: it in Spain. Couldn't tell that either. Without Jake Gyllenhaal, 570 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: this movie probably wouldn't have had my interest as much 571 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 1: as it did. But I feel like Dar Salim really 572 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 1: stepped up as being the real star in this movie. 573 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: His character story was really the most impactful and really 574 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: was the main message this movie was trying to make. 575 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: So if it was going up that hill, it would 576 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: be like almost almost there in that four category. But 577 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: for The Covenant, I would give it three point five 578 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: out of five rescue missions. 579 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 3: It's time to head down to movie Mike trailer Paul. 580 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: The Flash was screened at CinemaCon, which we've been talking 581 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: about all episode long, and it reportedly left audiences in tears, 582 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: which I've been going back and forth how I feel 583 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: about the Flash movie, and by the end of this 584 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: trailer park, I will determine if I think it's going 585 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: to flip or flop, and what I mean by that, 586 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: is it going to flip our perspective on what we 587 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: think about DC movies. I've always hyped them up so 588 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 1: much to myself, probably more than they needed to be. 589 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: Just be in the movie that changes the way we 590 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: all feel about them or is it gonna flop and 591 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: not do so well at the box office and kind 592 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: of kill their momentum going into this new James Gunn 593 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: headed operation. So this trailer, it looks amazing, It looks 594 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: really slick. It really has a different feeling than the 595 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: trailer that came before it, and oh boy, there's a 596 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: lot to talk about. There's some cool stuff in this trailer. 597 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: So before I get into my full thoughts about the 598 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: Flash coming out on June sixteenth, here's just a little 599 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: bit of the brand new trailer. 600 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 2: I lost my parents. 601 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: That pain made me who I am. 602 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 2: I spent a lifetime trying to right the wrongs. 603 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: Of the past. As if fighting. 604 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 2: Crime would bring my parents back, you actually did it. 605 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 2: You want to get nuts, Let's get nuts. 606 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: So what this trailer served as was giving us a 607 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: much better look on how impactful Michael Keaton's Batman is 608 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: going to be in the Flash. I love the reference 609 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: to the original nineteen eighty nine Batman. 610 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 2: Now you want to get us, come on, let's get nuts. 611 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: So the Flash is set thirty years after Batman returns, 612 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: and Michael Keaton, I've said on this podcast numerous times 613 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 1: He's the best embodiment of Batman when you combine his 614 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: work as Bruce Wayne and his work as Batman, like 615 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: that is who I picture. Maybe a little bit biased 616 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: because he's also the Batman I grew up with, and 617 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: seeing him come back and have more screen time in 618 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: this trailer, it really gets me excited about this movie. 619 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: So I read a review after CinemaCon. I don't really 620 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: dig too much into reviews, especially early screenings, but this 621 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 1: headline caught my eye talking about the Flash and the 622 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: subject matter, and they described it as kind of a 623 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: back to the future slash No Way Home. And I 624 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: really get that feeling more in this trailer. This trailer 625 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: feels a little bit more dramatic to me. The first 626 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: ta just felt like your average superhero movie and they 627 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: were really just selling the Flash. This movie is really 628 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: selling it on an emotional level. I love that little 629 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: part of Michael Keaton connecting with the Flash, who has 630 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 1: been able to travel through time and try and go 631 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: back and save his parents, but also creating a bunch 632 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: of havoc. So that is the parallel between this movie 633 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 1: and No Way Home. But the way I think this 634 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: movie will differ in a good way is. I don't 635 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: feel like Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton's Batman in this 636 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: movie is as gimmicky as. 637 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 2: Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire. 638 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,600 Speaker 1: And No Way Home. Now, don't get me wrong, great cameos. 639 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: That scene alone changed and really kind of fulfilled a 640 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: lot of my childhood to see them back on screen, 641 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: but the reasoning for them being there didn't seem as 642 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 1: impactful to the overall story. You could have taken them out, 643 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: and I think that still would have worked as a 644 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: great moment for Peter Parker's life and No Way Home, 645 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: but here feels a little bit different, like they're actually 646 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: going to play a big part in this entire movie, 647 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: not just a quick cameo, not just a quick cash grab. 648 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: So seeing Michael Keaton back, seeing Ben Affleck back and 649 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: looking better than ever. I always said that I love 650 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: the way his suit looked in all the movies that 651 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: he's played Batman in. I've just never really loved his 652 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,320 Speaker 1: storyline in any of those movies. I'm a big fan 653 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: of that big Batman logos, So seeing that again makes 654 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: me happy and gives me hopes that people won't ridicule 655 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: him for his portrayal of Batman. 656 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:25,719 Speaker 2: In this movie. 657 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: You also get a better look at Supergirl, focusing on 658 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: the s meaning hope, which is a reference back to 659 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 1: Man of Steel. And we didn't get a look at 660 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: gal Gado as wonder Woman, but she is reportedly going 661 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: to be in this movie and probably will be the 662 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: last time for her to play wonder Woman, which is 663 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: a bummer to me because I'm a big wonder Woman fan. 664 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of all these DC characters on 665 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: their own. It's just that they haven't really clicked in 666 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: a movie yet, so I'm hoping this one will get 667 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: it right. But it's also weird that if this movie 668 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,479 Speaker 1: gets it right and there's nothing else to really build on, 669 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: because they aren't really saying there's going to be another 670 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: Flash movie. Obviously, everything going on with Ezra Miller, it 671 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: doesn't look like they are going to continue into the 672 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: new DC universe that James Gunn is creating. So if 673 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: they make something magical here that everybody loves and then 674 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 1: it just kind of goes away, it'll be kind of 675 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: a bummer. But I'd rather them go out on a 676 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 1: high note, give us a great movie and leave us 677 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: wanting more. So when it comes to will I think 678 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: this movie will flip or flop. Right now, I think 679 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: it's going to flip. I think it's going to change 680 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: the way we think about DC and give some really 681 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: great momentum going into all the changes they are going 682 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: to be making. If the early reviews are saying it's 683 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: leaving audiences in tears, I think the real struggle they 684 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: will have to face is gaining the trust of the 685 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 1: general public to go back and watch another DC movie 686 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: after what just happened with Black Adams. So if first 687 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 1: reviews are good again, it's cinema con it's movie theater owners, 688 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: so there's a little bit of bias in those reviews. 689 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: I think they will be okay, but they are banking 690 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: on some nostalgia here. I think having Michael Keaton back 691 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 1: will definitely get a lot of old school DC fans 692 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: to get back into a theater to see Michael Keaton 693 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: on screen. But aside from that, the action in this 694 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: trailer looks really impressive to me. Michael Keaton's Batman is 695 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: unlike any other depiction of Batman I've ever seen in 696 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: any movie. He is flying, he is bulletproof. He looks hardcore, 697 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,520 Speaker 1: but not hardcore in the sense of the Dark Knight. 698 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: He feels more like a superhero, and the suit just 699 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: looks so great in twenty twenty three. I think that 700 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: was a really important thing for it to look updated. 701 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: But also, just like that classic Batman suit with that 702 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: black and yellow logo, all of the action in this 703 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 1: trailer looks like it demands the big screen, and that 704 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 1: was really a treat for me to see big, bold 705 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: and colorful fight scenes. It doesn't look like it's being 706 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,919 Speaker 1: suffocated by that two thousands metal dark look that Zack 707 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 1: Snyder used in all of his movies. You also have 708 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,760 Speaker 1: the return of Michael Shannon as Zod With She asked 709 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: for the blessing of Zack Snyder to return in this movie, 710 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: which I guess was cool of him, But you don't 711 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: really need to do that. DC has made it clear 712 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,359 Speaker 1: that they are moving on without Zack Snyder. I don't 713 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: think they owe anything to him. It's not like they're 714 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: taking away something that just had so much success. It 715 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: was a little Man for the entire run. So let's 716 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,440 Speaker 1: move on to some fresh blood. So again, I think 717 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 1: it's a flip. I think it's going to change how 718 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: we think about DC movies at a time where they 719 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: really need it again. The Flash is coming out on 720 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 1: June sixteenth. 721 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 2: At that for was this week's edition of Movie b 722 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 2: Tramer Bar. 723 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: And that's gonna do it for another episode here of 724 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 1: the podcast. But before I go, I gotta give my 725 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,880 Speaker 1: listeners shout out of the week. We had an interview 726 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: last week with Alex Conberry, the writer of Air, and 727 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: every time we have an interview there's always a secret emoji, 728 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,840 Speaker 1: and since he was the writer on Air, the emoji 729 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: to use was the basketball. I picked a comment at random, 730 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: and the listener of the week is it's Beco ONEC 731 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,320 Speaker 1: on Instagram, who commented with the basketball and said, great interview. 732 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: I always enjoy your reviews and point of view, even 733 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: though I don't always agree, but it's a different perspective 734 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: and I can appreciate that. 735 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 2: So thanks for that comment. Becca. 736 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,280 Speaker 1: I always say, that's what this podcast is all about. 737 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 1: Movies are so subjective, and that's what I love about it. 738 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: I always give you my honest opinions, my honest thoughts, 739 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: sometimes a little bit unhinged and unfiltered, but it is 740 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: just how movies make me feel and I want to 741 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: share that with you. I also try to tell you 742 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,800 Speaker 1: the point of view that I'm coming from certain genres. 743 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm just not the biggest fan of certain actors. I'm 744 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,879 Speaker 1: just not the biggest fan of So I always try 745 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: to be upfront about those things so you can use 746 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,600 Speaker 1: your best judgment in picking movies that are for you, 747 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 1: that you're going to enjoy. But I love talking about movies. 748 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 1: I love discussing them with you in the comments. I 749 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 1: just love being a part of a movie community, and 750 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: I think that's what we've created here with this podcast. 751 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,439 Speaker 1: So thank you, beca thank you for listening every single week, 752 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,239 Speaker 1: for being subscribed, for telling a friend. We have some 753 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,319 Speaker 1: new people on the podcast after we went viral, so 754 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: welcome to all you new listeners. If you hear me 755 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 1: reference the Movie Crew, you don't have to sign up 756 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 1: to be a part of it. 757 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 2: It's just the name we have here for all the 758 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,280 Speaker 2: listeners of the podcast. 759 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: So have a great risk of your week, and until 760 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: next time, go out and watch good movies and I 761 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: will talk to you later.