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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I

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Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike. Today, I want to talk

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Speaker 1: about movies that never saw the light of day and

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Speaker 1: the reasons why you may have seen some controversy going

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Speaker 1: Warner Brothers completely shelving the product. We'll talk all about that,

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Speaker 1: and then in the movie review I'll talk about the

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Speaker 1: new Brad Pitt action movie called Bullet Train. And in

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Speaker 1: I think I'm here for it. Thanks everybody for being

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Speaker 1: you guys know what this is. Let's talk movies. In

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Speaker 1: Unreleased never before seen movies and the shocking reasons why

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Speaker 1: I got completely obsessed with this topic in the last

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Speaker 1: the new Batgirl movie. And maybe you haven't heard about this,

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Speaker 1: big changes that they are making for their streaming platform,

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Speaker 1: are a lot of reasons why, and none of them

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Speaker 1: really make that much sense to me. Something that the director,

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Speaker 1: isn't the first time this has happened. This has happened

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Speaker 1: They say they started screen testing it, which is where

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Speaker 1: these things kind of working together. But the jokes are

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Speaker 1: very exaggerated, the action is very exaggerated, and the movie

435
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Speaker 1: is based on a Japanese novel. It takes place on

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Speaker 1: this bullet train in Japan, so I almost feel like

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Speaker 1: it borrows from that kind of anime style where you know,

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Speaker 1: it's very expressive, which on the service level may feel

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Speaker 1: a little bit corny, especially when you go into it

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Speaker 1: just expecting, oh, it's Brad Pitt in an action movie.

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Speaker 1: But once you allow yourself to understand what is going on,

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Speaker 1: know that it's supposed to be over exaggerated for a reason,

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Speaker 1: to realize there's something a little bit more there. And

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Speaker 1: what I really liked about this is the direction on

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Speaker 1: the action. It's very practical, and I think that's because

446
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: it's directed by David Leach. She also did movies like

447
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Speaker 1: Deadpool too. He worked on the first John Wick movie,

448
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Speaker 1: so I know that's why a lot of people are

449
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Speaker 1: comparing it to that he has a relationship with Brad Pitt.

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Speaker 1: He was a stunt double in movies like Fight Club, Troy,

451
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Speaker 1: Mr and Mrs Smith, and he worked with Brad Pitt

452
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Speaker 1: to get him to be able to do his own

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Speaker 1: stunts in this movie, and I thought that added a

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Speaker 1: pretty good touch to it. It's not like he's jumping

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Speaker 1: off of buildings or doing anything too out there, but

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Speaker 1: the fact that it is Brad Pitt, who is almost sixty,

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Speaker 1: which I found pretty surprising doing about of his stunts.

458
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Speaker 1: I think that shows his commitment at his point in

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Speaker 1: his career where he could just hop out and have

460
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Speaker 1: a stunt double do this, and within that action, it

461
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 1: kind of feels like part kill bill, part anime, part comedy.

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Speaker 1: And at moments it does kind of feel like it's

463
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Speaker 1: trying a little bit too hard to have that tarantino

464
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Speaker 1: esque style to it, but it's not as artsy, it's

465
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Speaker 1: not as cinematic enough to be a Quentin Tarantino movie.

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Speaker 1: But I do think it is the overexaggeration of these

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Speaker 1: characters of the comedy that gives this movie a little

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Speaker 1: bit of charm. I ended up enjoying that all the

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Speaker 1: senses were overheightened, all the facial expressions were very kind

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Speaker 1: of comical, cartoon like, but I can see where that

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Speaker 1: may lose some people. I think I actually saw a

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Speaker 1: couple get up at one point during the movie and

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Speaker 1: leave and never come back. And maybe it's because it

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Speaker 1: is over the top violent. I'm talking people getting stabbed,

475
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Speaker 1: sliced in half, that kind of thing where it doesn't

476
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Speaker 1: really feel completely realistic. But if you're not comfortable with

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Speaker 1: a lot of blood and guts, maybe really not your thing.

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Speaker 1: Even though it happens so frequently throughout the entire movie.

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Speaker 1: It's not really shocking, it's just kind of like, oh,

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Speaker 1: that's what this movie is. So it's kind of in

481
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Speaker 1: that same John Wick. We're going for a lot of blood,

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Speaker 1: a lot of death in this movie. But I think

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Speaker 1: where this movie really shines is with the movie star,

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Speaker 1: Brad Pitt. If it wouldn't have been for Brad Pitt,

485
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure I would have liked this movie at all.

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Speaker 1: I kind of realize why he is a movie star,

487
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Speaker 1: and because he is so captivating to watch. There's something

488
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Speaker 1: about Brad Pitt being on screen that really just pulls

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Speaker 1: me into the movie. And he knows what it takes

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Speaker 1: to create a character to live in that character, and

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Speaker 1: I really enjoyed seeing this performance of playing this assassin

492
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Speaker 1: who is kind of on the road to recovery. He

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Speaker 1: is very in touch with his emotions and wanting to

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Speaker 1: get to a place where he doesn't have to do

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Speaker 1: this type of work. So he almost has this very

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Speaker 1: chills and like attitude throughout the movie while he's getting

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Speaker 1: into fights and trying to avoid being killed. And from

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Speaker 1: an interview I saw with the director that was largely

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Speaker 1: due to Brad Pitt putting that into his own character,

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Speaker 1: so you have Brad Pitt really carrying this movie. But

501
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Speaker 1: it's also just a really great cast all the way around,

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Speaker 1: from Bad Bunny to Joey King. And I thought Brian

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Speaker 1: Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor Johnson were a really great duo.

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00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: I almost feel like they could have had a movie

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Speaker 1: on their own. The other parts of this that I liked.

506
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Speaker 1: It did all take place within one location, which you

507
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: think could get boring after a while, and you think

508
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: of movies like Murder on the Orient Express or Death

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Speaker 1: on the Nile, where it's not something that hasn't been

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Speaker 1: done before. But I thought, unlike other movies where it

511
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Speaker 1: just takes place primarily in one location, there was so

512
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Speaker 1: much going on because it goes between all the five

513
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Speaker 1: Assassin storylines, there's flashbacks, so it always feels like it's

514
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Speaker 1: moving along, and as far as only really seeing the

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Speaker 1: bullet train in the entire movie, doesn't really feel like

516
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Speaker 1: I gets stale at any point. And I guess what

517
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Speaker 1: I was expecting was a little bit more straight on

518
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: of an action movie, a little bit more of a

519
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 1: darker tone, and this movie just has a lot of

520
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: bright comedic spots and it's pretty hard to get me

521
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 1: to laugh during a movie, but I did find myself

522
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: maybe not like dying laughing, but a couple of outward chuckles.

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Speaker 1: This movie got out of me so almost hesitant to

524
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,399
Speaker 1: say that it is a comedy, because you could go

525
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Speaker 1: into this and think that wasn't funny at all. I

526
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 1: found it kind of stupid. That's kind of the line

527
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: that this movie walks. You could either totally be in

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00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 1: the mood for this. It's a very good Friday night

529
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,959
Speaker 1: almost reminiscent of like the nineties action comedy movie. But

530
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: if you're not in the mood for that, you could

531
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Speaker 1: think this is one of the dumbest movies you'll see

532
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,679
Speaker 1: all year, because even though it has the star power,

533
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: it has some fun action, it doesn't do anything particularly well.

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00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: There's not one quality of this movie that I felt

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00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 1: really defined this that created something long lasting with me.

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00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,880
Speaker 1: It kind of just felt like, oh, that was a fun,

537
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: entertaining ride. Nothing completely novel. Nothing. I think that it's

538
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Speaker 1: going to change the way action movies are made. It

539
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 1: almost kind of felt like riding the wave down and

540
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 1: all the summer action we've had so far, but it's

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00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: a pretty fun way down. So I think if you're

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Speaker 1: a fan of movies like Kill Bill, if you like

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00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: very campy animated things and over the top blood and

544
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 1: viole lens, I think this could be in the movie

545
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: for you. But if you're going in expecting to be

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Speaker 1: wowed by Brad Pitt being an action star, I don't

547
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 1: really think that movie will meet those needs for you.

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00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: So it's not one I would say to rush to

549
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: the theater and watch right now. Unless you have very

550
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: low expectations on what you take from an action movie,

551
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Speaker 1: then you might find this one as enjoyable as I did.

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00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: So if I had to write Bullet Train, I would

553
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Speaker 1: give it three point five out of five man buns.

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Speaker 1: And that is a reference to a moment in the

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Speaker 1: movie where Brad Pitt puts his hair up into a

556
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Speaker 1: man bun and I realized, man, dude still has it.

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Speaker 1: It's time to head down the movie, Mike Paul. This

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Speaker 1: week we're talking about Samaritan, which is a new superhero

559
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Speaker 1: movie starring Sylvester Stallone. He plays the character Samaritan, who

560
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Speaker 1: apparently died many many years ago, has gone into hiding

561
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: is now working picking up garbage. But there is this

562
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Speaker 1: kid who is thirteen years old and suspects him to

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Speaker 1: be a superhero. So before we get into what we

564
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Speaker 1: think about this trailer, here's just a little bit of Samaritan.

565
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Speaker 1: I found him Samaritan. Samaritan died years ago. That's what

566
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Speaker 1: do they say. Do you think you live across from

567
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Speaker 1: a superhero? Do you have a therapist? Kid? Good? Samaritans

568
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 1: is dead. I picked up garbage. We're living about. Samaritan

569
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Speaker 1: cleaned up the streets. You mind your business on my mind.

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Speaker 1: So what you here there at the end of the

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Speaker 1: trailer is Sylvester Sloan's character, who is Joe Smith, a

572
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Speaker 1: k a. Samaritan getting hit by a car and totally

573
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 1: gets annihilated, taken out by this car, is all bruised

574
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Speaker 1: up and broken bone and then is able to pop

575
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Speaker 1: all those bones back into place because he is a superhero.

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Speaker 1: And the kid in that clip is Sam Cleary, who

577
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Speaker 1: is played by the same actor who is Ashtray in Euphoria.

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00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: And you also hear Martin Starr in that who is

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Speaker 1: in Freaks and Geeks back in the day, is also

580
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: in Silicon Valley, a very funny actor. And what this

581
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: movie is about is twenty four years ago there was

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Speaker 1: this superpowered vigilante named Samaritan. He supposedly died in a

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Speaker 1: warehouse battle with his rival. The whole thing went up

584
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: in flames. He was taken out by Nemesis, but he

585
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: has stayed living in secret, and now crime is coming

586
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: back up, and you have this kid Sam who wants

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Speaker 1: him to come out of hiding to save the city.

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00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 1: And it kind of feels like an old school eighties

589
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: action movie, very similar to what we have seen Sylvester

590
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Speaker 1: Stallone in before. But I'm kind of all about it.

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00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: I like the idea of an age superhero. It kind

592
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: of reminds me of one of my favorite animated bat

593
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: Man movies called The Dark Knight Returns, which came out

594
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: has nothing to do really with the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight.

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Speaker 1: That movie is about Batman coming out of retirement. He's

596
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: in his fifties now and he fights the Joker, he

597
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: fights to face and then gets involved in this battle

598
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: to the death against Superman. There is a part one

599
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 1: and part two on HBO Max if you haven't seen that,

600
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Speaker 1: But that is what this new Sylvestor Stalone movie kind

601
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 1: of reminds me of. This idea of a superhero who

602
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: isn't as strong or fast, or doesn't even recover as

603
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: quickly as he used to. I think that's a pretty

604
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: interesting premise. And if you put him against his old

605
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: arch nemesis, I think even if it's a little bit cheesy,

606
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 1: even if it's a little bit cliche, at least there's

607
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: something a little bit more here to chew on. This

608
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: movie was actually supposed to come out in theaters and

609
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: has been delayed time after time. They filmed it back

610
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: in and it was supposed to be released in November,

611
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Speaker 1: and that got pushed back all the way to June

612
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: fourth of last year, never came out in theaters. But

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Speaker 1: now it's coming out on August two after Amazon bought MGM,

614
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 1: and they're like, you know what, let's just put it

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Speaker 1: out on prime video. And I just got to say

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Speaker 1: shout out to Sylvester Stallone who is seventy six years

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Speaker 1: old and still doing this type of action movie. He

618
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: doesn't have to do this at seventy six years old.

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna be chilling. I'm not trying to fight

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Speaker 1: anybody anymore. I don't know if he's still just enjoys

621
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Speaker 1: making movies that much, or this was just something that

622
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Speaker 1: he really believed in. I feel like he's still a

623
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Speaker 1: very passionate actor who I feel like he will keep

624
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Speaker 1: making movies probably until his eighties. So this is one

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Speaker 1: I'm curious to check out on Amazon. This makes ad

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Speaker 1: and that's gonna do it for another episode here on

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Speaker 1: the podcast and from my listeners shout out this week,

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Speaker 1: I am going over to my Instagram M d M

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Speaker 1: and he wrote, Hey Mike, I am learning English and

631
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Speaker 1: practicing while listening to Movie mis Movie Podcast. I'm a

632
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Speaker 1: Venezuelan actor living in Mexico City and I appreciate the

633
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Speaker 1: content that you were doing. By the way, Leela and

634
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,720
Speaker 1: Stitch is my favorite animated film. I think it's amazing

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Speaker 1: you're trying to learn English. I may not be the

636
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Speaker 1: best example as the one to listen to to learn

637
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: how to speak English, but I remember this is something

638
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Speaker 1: I experienced as well. My parents were both born and

639
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 1: raised in Mehicol. They moved to the United States and

640
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: had to learn English primarily by watching TV. My older

641
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: brother and sister learned so much by watching Sesame Street,

642
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,439
Speaker 1: and I think my parents watched it with them too

643
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Speaker 1: and picked up on things because they didn't speak any English.

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Speaker 1: So later once I was born, I also learned a

645
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Speaker 1: lot from Sesame Street because still now to this day,

646
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Speaker 1: my parents will speak Spanish to me and we just

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Speaker 1: kind of have this way of communicating. Of sometimes I

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Speaker 1: speak a half in English half in Spanish. But I

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Speaker 1: do owe a lot of learning English to television. I

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Speaker 1: think if maybe podcasts where a thing back in the day,

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Speaker 1: I would have taken this approach to But appreciate that message,

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Speaker 1: pastor and all the luck into learning English. It's a

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Speaker 1: very weird language. A lot of things don't make sense,

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Speaker 1: so I will do my best in representing the language

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Speaker 1: as best as I can. Thanks everybody for listening. If

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Speaker 1: you don't mind, If you enjoyed this episode and think

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Speaker 1: you have a friend who may enjoy it, to share

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Speaker 1: it with them, texted to them, tag them in your

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Speaker 1: Instagram story, or if you don't want to bother a friend,

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Speaker 1: just do me a favor. And wherever you're listening, whether

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Speaker 1: it be on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate at five stars,

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Speaker 1: write a quick little review. It doesn't take a whole

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Speaker 1: lot of time. You can do it in seconds and

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Speaker 1: it helps me out in the podcast algorithm helps me

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Speaker 1: compete with all the other movie podcasts out here. And

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Speaker 1: until next time, go out and watch good movies and

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Speaker 1: I will talk to you later