1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to the first episode of movie Mike's 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: movie podcast Work. Today, I am talking about the highest 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: paid movie roles of all time, including one where an 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: actor made one hundred million dollars for a single movie. 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: Crazy numbers on this. I'm just fascinated with how much 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: actors get paid for movies, so I want to talk 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 1: about that. I will also give my review for the 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: movie Honey Boys starring shy al Abuff, and I will 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: give my top five movies of the decade. I'll give 10 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: you a clue right now to one of them. 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In a world where everyone and their 28 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: mother has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the 29 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: ears of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. 30 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: A man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like 31 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: a walking on MTV with classes from the Nashville Podcast 32 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: Network is movie movie podcast. Alright, So I want to 33 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,639 Speaker 1: talk about the highest paid movie roles of all times 34 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: because I am fascinated with movie numbers because you don't 35 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: really sell a movie nowadays by the big name. It 36 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: used to be you put Tom Cruise in a movie 37 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: and that movie is guaranteed to be number one no 38 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: matter what. Now it's a little bit different because there's 39 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: so many things out there, and people sometimes don't go 40 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: to the movies as much. They'll watch something that's streaming, 41 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: and if they're going to go to the movies, they're 42 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: gonna see something huge and it's going to be an 43 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: experience it. So now people are more attached to franchises. 44 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: You're going because you want to see the newest Avengers movie, 45 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: the newest Jurassic Park movie, the latest chapter in it. 46 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: You're connected more to franchises are big name actors. For me, 47 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: I don't really go to movies anymore just because the actors, 48 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: and that's very rare now for me. So I just 49 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,079 Speaker 1: kind of dove into what actor salaries are based on 50 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: and some of the biggest, highest crossing roles of all time, 51 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: which is what I want to get into first. All right, 52 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: so let's get into the list the highest paid movie 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 1: roles of all time, including one. We're an actor made 54 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: one million dollars for a single movie, which is crazy. 55 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: And the whole thing that led me to this topic 56 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: is because I saw Ryan Reynolds is doing a movie 57 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: for Netflix called six Underground and he is making twenty 58 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: seven million dollars for one role, which for nine is 59 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: not the highest paid start, but that is like the 60 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: highest paying role of the year. Interesting thing though about 61 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: Netflix when you think about it, because because some of 62 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: these other deals, why they make so much is because 63 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 1: actors will maybe take less money up front to get 64 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: some on the back end, which is a deal you 65 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: can make because, um, when movies get up put out 66 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: in theaters, you can take some of the ticket sales. 67 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: Different thing when it comes to streaming services now, which 68 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: more movies are trying to move. They're like, if they 69 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: can't get a movie out in theatrical release, they'll put 70 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: it on Netflix. But the way they get those movies 71 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: made is they offer actors a lot more money, but 72 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: there's no back end because once your movie is out 73 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: on a streaming service, there's no bonuses to make. You 74 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: don't get a bonus because so many people stream it, 75 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: like you would have more people go see the movie 76 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: in theaters and it's a big hit. It's just an 77 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: asset to Netflix for having a big movie with Ryan Reynolds. 78 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: But after that it's like, Okay, we paid to your 79 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: twenty seven million, goodbye. There it is. But I just 80 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: thought that was interesting. He gets paid so much for 81 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: a single role. So I wanted to talk about what 82 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: other actors have made for one role and if they 83 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: had some kind of deal like that. So at number 84 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: ten is Leonardo DiCaprio. For his role in Inception, he 85 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: made fifty million dollars, which is a lot real Leonardo DiCaprio, 86 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: and according to Forbes, he took a pay cut because 87 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: the movie was, like, it was so risky, so he 88 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: took like he normally charged like twenty million dollars for 89 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: a role, but he took much less for this role 90 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: because the concept was just weird. It was like Christopher Nolan, 91 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: who also directed you know, all the Batman movies, all 92 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 1: the Dark Night ones. He came to him with this 93 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: idea for Inception, which if you haven't seen Exception, I'm 94 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: not gonna spoil it, but it's a movie about a 95 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: dream inside a dream. It was a bizarre plot. So 96 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:44,719 Speaker 1: he decided to take less money. But he's like, all right, 97 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: if the movie is a hint, I want to kind 98 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: of split like the first dollar gross point of this movie. 99 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: So he ended up making fifty million dollars on that 100 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: on the back end. And I think without Leonardo DiCaprio, 101 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: that movie probably wouldn't have been the same. Like there 102 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: was some other really great actors, Ellen Page, Jessic, Gordon Levitt, 103 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: Tom Hardy, all really great in that movie, but I 104 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 1: think without him it wouldn't have been a hit. So hey, 105 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: pay the guy a million dollars at number nine another 106 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: fifty million dollar take home for Jack Nicholson, which he 107 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: was paid six million dollars up front for his role 108 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: as Joker in the Batman movie, and his deal was 109 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: kind of that same thing is because he also one 110 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: in an end of the box office earnings and merchandise 111 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: from its upcoming sequels that he didn't even appear in. 112 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: I don't know how you get this role this deal now, like, 113 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: not only am I gonna get ticket sales from this movie, 114 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: but also merchandise from upcoming sequels, Like I think he's 115 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: still probably making a good amount of money just off 116 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: playing the Joker, pretty legit. Coming in at number eight 117 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: is Johnny Depp for playing Jack Sparrow in one of 118 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: the Pirate sequels, Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides, 119 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: which the movie is a really expensive movie production costs 120 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,119 Speaker 1: over four hundred and ten million dollars. And I remember 121 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: when these movies were huge, everybody would go see them. 122 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: Johnny Depp nowadays, I feel like like at this point 123 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: in his career, putting him in a movie it would 124 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: be a guaranteed hit, and then he just started to 125 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: have some flops there and now I kind of feel 126 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: putting Johnny Depp in a movie is a bigger risk 127 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: to take because he hasn't had a hit in a 128 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: long time. I don't think he has that same kind 129 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: of passion for like taking on good roles anymore. And 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: Johnny Depp even admitted that he was overpaid for the 131 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: Pirates movie because at the end of the day, for 132 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,799 Speaker 1: every sequel, every movie he was in, he made three 133 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars combined, which is a lot of money 134 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: and probably explains why he spends like thousands of dollars 135 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: on wine every month and you're set for live. That's 136 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: probably why he's not putting out anything good anymore. But anyway, 137 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: at number eight, Johnny Depp fifty million for Pirates of 138 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: the Caribbean, one single movie, three d million dollars for 139 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: the entire franchise. Coming in at number seven, Tom Hanks 140 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump made sixty million dollars, 141 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: which is a lot of money in nine when this 142 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: movie came out, because he did it in exchange for 143 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: once again YEP, a portion of the box office earnings. 144 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: The movie ended up making six hundred and eighty million 145 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: dollars worldwide and on the back end, he took home 146 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: a pretty good fay check right there, and then not 147 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,239 Speaker 1: only made Tom Hanks a bunch of money, also earned 148 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: him the Academy Award for Best Actor. So a pretty 149 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: good deal and again taking money a little less upfront, 150 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: but money on the back end. Making sixty million dollars 151 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: puts him at number seven on this list. At number six, 152 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: you got Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones 153 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: and the Kingdom of Crystal's Skull, which is when they 154 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: have brought him back to play Indiana Jones in two 155 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, and um, Harrison Ford a bit older 156 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: now at this point. So to get him back, you 157 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: gonna have to pay him a lot of money. And 158 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: not only pay him a lot of money, you're gonna 159 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: have to work out a deal between him, the director 160 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: Steven Spielberg, and producer George Lucas. So they worked out 161 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: a deal to where they would all split a large 162 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: portion of the film earnings between them three to get 163 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: them all back together, because I think without those three 164 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: people in Indiana Jones, movie doesn't work. And when you're 165 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: gonna revamp an old beloved franchise, I think having I 166 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: mean those three or some of the three biggest people 167 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: in film history, not only Harrison Ford as an actor, 168 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: but Steven Spielberg probably the best director of our lifetime, 169 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: probably of all time. Like he's up there and George 170 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: Lucas as producing this movie. You need all those three people. Um, 171 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: so working out a deal for them to split all 172 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 1: the earnings got Harrison Ford sixty five million dollars. And 173 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: I mean they're even still working on another Indiana Jones project. 174 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: It is untitled. Um, there's a release date for July nine. 175 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: They still have Steven Spooberg directing the thing and starring 176 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: Harrison Ford. Uh no report really on a like a 177 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: main title, who else is in it, what it's about. 178 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: But he'll probably do another split share and make a 179 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: lot of money off of this one, which I'd be 180 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: curious to see. Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones is seventy 181 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 1: seven years old. I mean that dude survived like a 182 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: plane crash. Um, He's still been in the Star Wars movies. 183 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: So I mean I'll see a seventy seven year old 184 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: Indiana Jones. Bring it on, fay um all the money. Alright, 185 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: we are to the top five and coming in again 186 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: at number five as The Mad Hatter in Alice in 187 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: Wonderland Johnny Depp, which came out in two thousand and 188 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: ten where they were just handing over money to Johnny 189 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: Depp apparently when he wrecked in another sixty eight million 190 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 1: dollars for Alice in Wonderland as The Mad Hatter. Not 191 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: really a great movie, not really well reviewed, and it 192 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: was Tim Burton. And like, I like Tim Burton movies enough, 193 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: like like I like this Batman back in the day 194 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: when when he directs a movie, you know it's Tim Burton. 195 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 1: I didn't like what he did with Willy Wonka and 196 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: the Chocolate Factory, also starring Johnny Depp. And I didn't 197 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: really like these Alice in Wonderland movies because you're taking 198 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: the cartoon from our not even my childhood, but the 199 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: beloved cartoon of Alice in Wonderland, and he's revamping it 200 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: in such a weird and dark way, which I get it. 201 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: If you revamped something, you want to make it different, 202 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: you want to make it your own. They give it 203 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: to Tim Burton because he's gonna do that, and he's 204 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: gonna do it his way. But I just didn't enjoy it. 205 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: It's too weird. Like I don't like I don't really 206 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: like his style of taking on these movies and making 207 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: him kind of dark and twisted. They just come out 208 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: boring and not fun to watch. And he has like 209 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: a really great relationship with Johnny Depp and putting him 210 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: to starring things and they pay him a lot of money. 211 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: But when it comes to him working with Johnny Depp, 212 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: we can just cut that relationship because I'm not all 213 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: about it. At number four, our first female actor to 214 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: make the list, we have the movie Gravity, Dr Ryan Stone. 215 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Sandra Bull Like who made seventy million 216 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: dollars for Gravity, which she was paid twenty million dollars 217 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: up front, which is a pretty impressive number on its own. 218 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: Because Hollywood tends to pay the female actors a little 219 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: bit less. There's a lot of controversy going on with 220 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: that right now when it comes to actresses like Galagha 221 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: Dot for Wonder Woman getting paid six figures to start 222 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: and Wonder Woman, meanwhile, Henry Cavill for Superman is getting 223 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: paid millions and millions of dollars. So for this movie 224 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 1: to come out back in and her to make twenty 225 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: million dollars up front, but it also included a fift 226 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: of the box office revenue, which got her at least 227 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: seventy million, which I think is awesome, and the landscape 228 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: of today, I don't think it's necessarily a thing. If 229 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: we need to pay, there needs to be a certain 230 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: level that we pay each actor. I get it, you 231 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: have to pay actors on their resume what they will 232 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: draw to a movie theater, what they will draw to 233 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: streaming numbers. But I also think if somebody is doing 234 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: able to bring in that same amount of revenue, they 235 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: are a big name, you need to pay them the 236 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: same amount as you would pay anybody else working in 237 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: that movie. You don't see George Clooney on this list 238 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: because the drawing of the movie with Sandra Bullock. She 239 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: was the star of that movie. So I think we 240 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 1: just need to pay a list actors what they're worth 241 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: and what they are bringing in, despite gender, despite anything else. 242 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: If somebody is bringing in that money, they deserve to 243 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: get paid. If somebody is going to pay a ticket 244 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: price to see them in a movie, they need to 245 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: get paid. That is the point of it. At the 246 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 1: end of the day. I do also think there are 247 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: less big roles just written for women. Like in general, 248 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: I go to the movies and a lot of them 249 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,959 Speaker 1: are male roles as the lead, female co stars. That 250 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: happens a lot. I think now I'm starting to see 251 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: a lot more female directors, which is great because I 252 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: love stories told from a female perspective. I think there 253 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: are a lot like the whole field is a lot different, 254 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: like honey Boy was directed by a female director, has 255 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: a whole different field that you're able to connect with. Um. 256 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: But this has been going on since, like back in 257 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 1: the eighties. Back in the like in the eighties, very 258 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: few movies were starring women because they wanted big action movie, 259 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: tough movies, big Hollywood productions, explosions. So it was hard 260 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: back in the day for like a female lead to 261 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: get a role, not just the starring role, and then 262 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: you're going to get paid the same amount as a 263 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: male co star. So props to Sandra Bullock for making 264 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: seventy million dollars for Gravity Love It. At number three, 265 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: you've got Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible 266 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: Ghost Protocol, which is a big franchise to begin with. 267 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: Tom Cruise arguably one of the biggest Hollywood actors of 268 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: all the time. And he made seventy five million dollars 269 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: for the fourth Mission Impossible, which also allowed him to 270 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: top four highest paid actors for when this movie came out. 271 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: And they're also making a new Top Gun movie next year, 272 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: which he actually took a paid decrease to get the 273 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: movie made, because I think he's asking for about twelve 274 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: to fourteen million dollars for that movie, a lot lesson 275 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: he would normally take it like twenty million dollars first 276 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: long role. But I think he's doing all right, and 277 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: I think that's more of him just wanting to put 278 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: out a new Top Gun movie. I actually am not 279 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: just a big Tom Cruise fan. I I just don't 280 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: really get him, like not as a person, but as 281 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: an actor. I can't really watch anything that he's in. 282 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: Not a big fan of Top Gun. I don't even 283 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: really like the Mission Impossible movies aside from like the 284 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: first one. He's just one of those actors where I 285 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: see him on screen and I'm like, not for me, 286 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: all right. And at number two, we have made it 287 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: to the actor who made one million dollars for a 288 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: single role. His character name was Agent j At the 289 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: movie was Men in Black three. I am talking about 290 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: Will Smith, and this was just his base pay for 291 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: the movie Men in Black three, which went on to 292 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: make six hundred and twenty four million dollars, and he 293 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: got paid a hundred million dollars of that just to 294 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: play Agent J to have Will Smith back in this movie, 295 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: which overall I thought the movie was the worst Men 296 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: in Black movie of all the series. Number one can 297 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: be touched the first Men in Black amazing. It's set 298 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: off kind of Will Smith's really big movie career at 299 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: that point. Went on to make a sequel. It was 300 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: all right, but this one came out way too late 301 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: at that point, like you don't want an a Ben 302 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: in Black movie, and it just kind of fell flat 303 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: for me, even though he made a lot of money 304 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: and the movie made a good amount of money, probably 305 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: the worst Men in Black movie. And I think Will 306 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: Smith now is kind of that actor who at one point, 307 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: anything you put them in people are gonna go see, 308 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a big hit. You can't really put 309 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: Will Smith in a movie now and it'd be a 310 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: guaranteed hit. He's getting paid thirty five million dollars from 311 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: Netflix to make a sequel to that movie that went 312 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: straight to Netflix called Bright. They're making Bright too for Netflix, 313 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: and it was one of the most ridiculed mute movies 314 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: on Netflix, and it came out got like the worst 315 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: reviews ever for a Netflix movie. But Netflix said it 316 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: was still like one of their most stream movies and 317 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: they're paying him thirty five million dollars to come back 318 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: to that. I don't think any one of those actors 319 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: you can just put in a movie and have it 320 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: be a hit. But made a hundred million dollars on 321 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: one single role. Number one, the highest paid movie role 322 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: of all time goes to Kiana Reeves as Neo in 323 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: the Matrix trilogy, where he made a combined two hundred 324 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: and fifty million dollars for playing Neo. Um. Kiana Reeves 325 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: has kind of been through this, I guess, like reinventing 326 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: himself in a way, like not that he ever really 327 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: went away, but with the John Wick movies and with 328 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: him kind of being just such a big like hit online, 329 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: people want more Kiana Reeves. He's making a Bill and 330 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: Tad sequel and they're making a new Matrix movie. The 331 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: Matrix four is in pre production right now. So he 332 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: will add to his total of his highest paid role 333 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 1: is Neo, which he's kind of famously. Stories have come 334 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: out of how he's given part of his earnings to 335 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: like the production staff to make the movie better. He's like, 336 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: I'm getting paid so much money, I'll give money to 337 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: people working on the movie to make it a better movie. 338 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,480 Speaker 1: So all around, I think Kiana Reeves is just a 339 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: nice guy. I also liked him and Always Be My 340 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: Maybe this year and very rare for an actor to 341 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: be able to do not only hardcore violence action movies 342 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: like John Wick, but also like sci fi movies like 343 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: The Matrix, and then doing movies like Always Be My 344 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: Maybe where he's a comedic actor. And then he's even 345 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: gonna be like the new SpongeBob movie next year. So 346 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: Kiana reads pretty big range. So Kiana Reeves also kind 347 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: of get some crap about not being that great actor, 348 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: but just look at his list of what I just 349 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: talked about. You can do all these things and he 350 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: does them all well. And he made two and fifty 351 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: million dollars for playing one role, which is more money 352 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: than I will ever see in my lifetime. So props 353 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: candar Reefs are topping this list, and that has been 354 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: the top ten highest paid movie roles of all time. 355 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: All Right, coming up next, I'm gonna give my review 356 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: of the movie Honeyboy, and also I will reveal my 357 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 1: top five movies of the decade. All right, now, I 358 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: want to get into my review of the movie honey Boy. 359 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: So here's how I want to do reviews on this podcast, 360 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: which normally I do them on my Instagram story and 361 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: they're like thirty seconds detailing it pretty quick. But what 362 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: I want to do is kind of give you a 363 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: background of the director of the movie, the writer who 364 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: stars in it, give you a quick kind of rundown 365 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: and what the movie is about without spoiling it, so 366 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: there would be no spoilers in my reviews. Don't worry 367 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: about that. And then I kind of want to get 368 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: into like the characters in it and also like the 369 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: actors behind it, which was this one child above is 370 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: somebody I'm really fascinated with and I followed a really 371 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: long time since he was an even Stevens back of 372 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: the day, and this is a movie about his life, 373 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: so I think a lot of it parallels with that. 374 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: That a kind of one of I did some research 375 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,479 Speaker 1: on just kind of digging back into his life and 376 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: because he wrote this movie. So we'll get into all 377 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: that right now. But here is a clip of honey 378 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: Boy thinking through, what's your movie? On a job for 379 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: justin like in case you fail, in case don't work out. Yes, man, 380 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: she's filling your head full of fear, pump you full 381 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: of strength because we're on team, and I know you 382 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: got what it takes your stars. I know that's why 383 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: I'm here, your cheerleader, honey Boy. I look at that. 384 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: They said the name of the movie in the trailer. Okay, 385 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: so it's directed by Alma Herrel, which kind of comes 386 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: into play a little bit later um in the story 387 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: of this movie, which is um a bit different for her. 388 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: She's in his Raeli music video director and before that 389 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 1: she has only done like documentaries, and so it's like 390 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: her first real movie, which I thought was pretty interesting. 391 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: But she actually has a relationship with Chila Buff, which 392 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: is kind of how this all came together. Chila Buff 393 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: wrote it semi autobiographical. It's mainly his story and his 394 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: relationship with his dad. Stars him playing his dad and 395 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: Lucas Hedges playing a young version of Shila Buff, which 396 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 1: I thought was pretty interesting. I don't know which is 397 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: weirder playing your dad or having to direct a kid 398 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: on how to play you that that's probably just a 399 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: totally kind of weird um set would be like, Okay, 400 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: I'm playing my dad recalling like the darkest moments in 401 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: our relationship. So a quick plot of the movie, it's 402 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: a young actors stormy childhood and early adult years as 403 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with 404 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: his mental health. So the parts of this that kind 405 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: of plays off right around Shila Buff's life and kind 406 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 1: of where this movie takes place is Shilah Buff had 407 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: some problems with you know, public drunkenness. Um. So the 408 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: first time this kind of happened was he was in 409 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: New York City and apparently he had gone to Ireland, 410 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: was drinking a lot of whiskey, landed back in New 411 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: York City, started drinking watching the World Cup, and some 412 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: guy invited him to some like Broadway play. Chila Buff 413 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: goes and he's like really drunk and out and obnches 414 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: and he gets arrested after that. Um. But then again 415 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: in seventeen he was arrested again for public drunkenness and 416 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 1: this time, they ordered him to get therapy to manage 417 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: his anger, and then after that he got sentenced to 418 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: like court ordered rehab, which while he was in rehab, 419 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: he was diagnosed with PTSD. And that's kind of where 420 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: this movie came about because he started, I guess, part 421 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: of his therapy, he was having to write basically transcripts 422 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: of him and his dad and like all like these 423 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: conversations they had, like the really darkest moment in his life. 424 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: He was having to do this as a part of 425 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: therapy to get over his PTSD. And through that he 426 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: started writing the script. And he has the script and 427 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: it's at a point in his life where like directors 428 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: won't touch him. He got fired from a Spike Lee 429 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: movie and he has basically the script, so he takes it, 430 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: you know, send it to a friend, and then he 431 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: sends it to this director, Almah herrel I was like, Okay, 432 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: I think we can make this into a movie. And 433 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: I actually saw like this interview with him that he 434 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: did for a Variety where it's him and Kristen Stewart 435 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: like interviewing themselves, and he talks about like he's only 436 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: happy like on a set, because that's all he knows, 437 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: like as a kid, that's all he knows. And now 438 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 1: it's just a weird thing of being an adult kind 439 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: of balancing that thing of being an actor and being 440 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 1: a real person, like on an offset. So I thought 441 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: this was a little bit interesting. I just wanted to 442 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: play a little bit of that. And I think I'm 443 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: deeply dissatisfied in life. But this is your life exactly. 444 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,719 Speaker 1: But and this is where things get tricky for me, 445 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: is like it isn't my whole life, and I have 446 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: to get okay with that. And it's usually where things 447 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: go awry from me is when I'm not on a set. 448 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: Life is hard and so like I don't do you 449 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: do anything else? No, this is why I'm trying to develop, 450 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: you know. So take a pottery class. Yeah, pottery class 451 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: like people in existential crisis. Dude, Like, take a pottery 452 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: class about it? Yeah, yes, yeah, maybe I will. But 453 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,080 Speaker 1: yeah then I but I won't like pottery in life. No, 454 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: I know, I'm totally kidding. I know what you're saying. 455 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: I like, I don't like ice cream in life, but 456 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: if you give me ice cream on a set, I 457 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: love ice cream. And I think that's what this does 458 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: for me, it makes me love things. This this job 459 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,040 Speaker 1: makes me love things. So the movie itself, it's pretty powerful, 460 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: Like it starts out kind of like a comedy a bit, 461 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: but it's very dramatic and I think it's very well done. 462 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 1: I could just see it being like a real like 463 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: therapy session for people going to the theater and seeing 464 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: this stuff, which is probably relatable to a lot of people. 465 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,479 Speaker 1: There's not a whole lot of movies about relationships with 466 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: your father, and I just thought it was an interesting 467 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: thing to take on. And I really enjoyed the movie 468 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: because even though I don't have I wasn't able to 469 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: relate to it in a way of like, oh, I 470 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 1: have you know these issues with my father, and therefore 471 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: I kind of identified with the character in this movie. 472 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: I just it was refreshing to kind of see that 473 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: story take place in such a raw, in real way 474 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: to where it at parts of it it's even like 475 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 1: whoa like Like that's was really intense. It's not necessarily sad. 476 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: I didn't want to cry at any point, but it 477 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: just felt so emotional that it's like, man, this is 478 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: a really crazy story, and knowing that it was based 479 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 1: on his life, um, kind of really brought it all together. 480 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: I thought it was great. I think it's great even 481 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: if like me, for me just knowing him from even 482 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: Stevens and watching this is was enjoyable in that um 483 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,239 Speaker 1: but the movie itself, even if you're not a fan 484 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 1: of child a Buff and you just kind of interested 485 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: in that story of having an abusive relationship with his dad, 486 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,360 Speaker 1: not talking to him for almost ten years, and then 487 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: him going back through this therapy, going through those darkest 488 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: moments and writing the script and then being done with 489 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: the script and then telling his dad, Hey, I'm gonna 490 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: make a movie about you, and like his dad, like 491 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: a lot of the stuff like is real. There's a 492 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: part I'm not spoiling anything, but like his dad was 493 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: kind of like a rodeo clown and he really was 494 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: that in real life. And he would teach like Shila 495 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: Buffum stuff about acting from his days. There was like 496 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: some resentment of like, you know, Shila buff being successful 497 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: in his dad not really having a successful career there. 498 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: And there's just stuff about like Shila buff starting out 499 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: when he was basically like ten years old, and he 500 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: would go to comedy clubs and do his own routines 501 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: and his dad's biker friends would be there laughing, you know, 502 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: because it's like, oh, it's kiddy. He wanted to be 503 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: a comedian. And the way he got his first agent 504 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: was he called up like a real Hollywood agent in 505 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: like a British accent, I think, and pretended to be 506 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: representing this new young actor named Shila Buff. But it 507 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: was just him doing like a voice impression, and it worked. 508 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: He got an agent, and he still talked to that 509 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: person to this day with his whole life story is 510 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: just it's unique, and I think this movie is unique 511 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: and that it's telling his story and if I highly 512 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: recommend it just because it's an awesome story, very well done. 513 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: But anyway, that's my review of honey Boy, and now 514 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: my top five movies of the decade. At number five 515 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: is a movie I didn't even expect to like because 516 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: I don't like singing. I don't like dancing in movies. 517 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,479 Speaker 1: But from this opening scene, I was like, Okay, this 518 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: movie has me. It's La La Land from sixteen. I 519 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: love Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling together in this and 520 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: it's a very artsy movie. I thought it was gonna 521 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: be a very pretentious movie. It was getting such great 522 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,719 Speaker 1: reviews and everybody was saying that it was gonna win 523 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: Best Picture. So I kind of went into it thinking 524 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: like I'm not gonna like this and ended up loving 525 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 1: it and have gone back and watched since. I think 526 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 1: it should have won Best Picture over Moonlight. But if 527 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: you haven't seen it, even if you don't like musicals, 528 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: I think you will like this movie. At number four 529 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 1: if you remember this clip from earlier, if you care 530 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: to join me in Nepaula, we will be serving quite gig. 531 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: If you guess Django Unchained, you would be right that 532 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: it is Leonardo DiCaprio from And interesting thing about this 533 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: is he's not even the star of this movie, which 534 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: it's very rare for him to take on a role 535 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: where he's not the lead. Now, Quentin Tarantino is known 536 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: for retelling history and like a really brutal way, and 537 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: this will there's a lot of tension in this movie 538 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: and it really pays off, like in this big epic scene, 539 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 1: a big battle with Jamie Fox and him when he 540 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: goes to rescue his wife. The other thing about Quentin 541 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: Tarantino is he makes movies for the big screen, so 542 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: when you go watch a Quentin Tarantino movie like this one, 543 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: you experience it in a different way that you really 544 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: don't any other movie from any other director. At number 545 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: three is a movie I think was entirely underrated. It 546 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: is Fromleven called Drive with Ryan Gosling, where he plays 547 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: a Hollywood stuntman who also a moonlight as a getaway driver. 548 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,399 Speaker 1: And the movie is really dark, gritty and intense and 549 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: just has this ominous tone because this character is just 550 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: really dark and mysterious, doesn't even have a whole lot 551 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: of lines in the movie, Like he's not even credited 552 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: as a name, he has no name in the movie. 553 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 1: He's credited as driver. And really what won this movie 554 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: over forming was one specific scene where it's him, his neighbor, 555 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: and his neighbor's kid and all they do is go 556 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: for a drive and this song is playing. And it 557 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: was at that movie where I connected with it in 558 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: a different way because it was really just kind of 559 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: dark story told in a really cool way, and this 560 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: scene just kind of tied it all together. I love 561 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: it when a movie can kind of bring it back 562 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: to an original song, which a lot of movies don't 563 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: have anymore. But if you haven't seen this one. I 564 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: highly recommended. I won't ruin it, but man is crazy 565 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 1: at number two with my list really be complete without 566 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 1: a Marvel movie from it's the first Avengers movie, which 567 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 1: it really was the decade of Marvel, but I feel 568 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: this one encompasses them all because it's the first time 569 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: they're all together on the big screen, and I think 570 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: it's a movie that stands on its own. After this one, 571 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: you kind of gotta watch another one for this one 572 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: that makes sense and that wouldn't makes sense, and there's 573 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: a whole lot going on, but I think going back 574 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 1: to this one is when you can just hop into 575 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: at any point and get the story of the Avengers. 576 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: It has everything that makes a Marvel movie great. It 577 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: has a great story, great character, is great humor, and 578 00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: there's always that one scene that makes it go, yeah, 579 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 1: they did it. They saved the world. From my number 580 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: two movie of the decade, The Avengers, and now we've 581 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: made it to my number one movie of the decade. 582 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: Drumroll please? From the movie is her starting Joaquin Phoenix. 583 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,080 Speaker 1: I've never identified more with the movie than watching this 584 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: in theaters as a lonely guy. At the time, I 585 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: was like, man, I gotta give me an operating system 586 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: like that, which I think the movie was a little 587 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: ahead of its time because Siri was already a thing, 588 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: but we were still a couple of years away from Alexis, 589 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: so we didn't really have that dynamic in our life yet. 590 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: But looking back at this movie now, it's like, man, yeah, 591 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: a person could really fall in love with their operating 592 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: system if someone hasn't already. Directed by Spike Jones, who 593 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,719 Speaker 1: I think does a great job of just giving this 594 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: movie a feel. It feels read to me, from the 595 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: cinematography just to the wardrobe, like lacken Phoenix has this cool, 596 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: kind of weird shaped red coat that I actually tried 597 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: to buy because I loved it so much. Um, the 598 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: cell phone. Everything about it kind of has this red 599 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: tone and feel to it, which gives this kind of 600 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: unconventional love story, like a unique I think Scarlett Johansson 601 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: does a really great job because she never appears on screen. 602 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: It's just her voice. And actually Scarlett Johansson wasn't the 603 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: first voice they had for this. There was an other 604 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,239 Speaker 1: actress who actually did the entire movie, but once they 605 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: were done with it, they kind of looked at it 606 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: and heard it and realized, man, this voice doesn't work. 607 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: They got ahold of Scarlett Johansson got her to read 608 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,719 Speaker 1: the part in between her shooting for Captain America. And 609 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: I think it also just gets tied in with the music, 610 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: like I love the Moon Song from this And I 611 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: also think this movie stands the test of time because 612 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: I rewatched it earlier this year and yeah, it's still good. 613 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it 614 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: as my number one movie of the decade. And there's 615 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: the list, and that's the show for this week. Thank 616 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: you so much for joining me on this very first episode. 617 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed it. 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Al right, 628 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: sounds good. I will talk to you next week later