1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: am movie Mike on Twitter and Instagram at Mike Destro. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: First of all, I'm gonna sit down with producer Eddie, 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: who I work with on The Bobby Bones Show, who's 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: also a member of the Sore Losers, and we're gonna 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: be talking all about the evolution of Matthew McConaughey as 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: an actor. We both just read his book called Green Lights. 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: Then Eddie and I will also get into how important 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: the movie La Bamba was to us as Mexican Americans, 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: which during that part of this episode, I felt like 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: we kind of had this connection we never realized we 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: had before. And then later on I'll be joined by 13 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: my co host and fiance Kelsey. We just got an 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: early look at the movie called Our Friend. With all 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: that said, let's get started. In a world where everyone 16 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: and their mother has a podcast, one man stands to 17 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: infiltrate the ears of listeners like never before in a 18 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: movie podcast, a man with so much movie knowledge, he's 19 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: basically like a walking Audi MTV with's Glide from the 20 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: Natural Podcast Network Movie Movie Podcast. All right, I am 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: joined now by Eddie from the Sore Losers work with 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: you on the Bobby Bones Show. We are both Mexican, 23 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: that's right, and we both just read Matthew McConaughey's book, 24 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: which this is a movie podcast, but I thought it 25 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: would be kind of cool to just look at the 26 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: evolution of Matthew McConaughey. Yes, because that's just crazy to me, 27 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: how he went from being like the romcom guy to 28 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: being the best actor that we know now. I think 29 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: after reading the book, it was crazy to me that 30 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: coming from a guy who really wanted to be a 31 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: lawyer first, didn't really know what he wanted to do 32 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: in life, to becoming a successful actor. You know, acting 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: is not easy, man like, but I guess to him 34 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: it just came natural, because he even says at the 35 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: beginning of his career he didn't have to try that 36 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: hard to become the actor later in life he did 37 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: because he took on more challenging character. I want to 38 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: start there, like, after reading this book, were you in 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: any bit like inspired to think that you could act? 40 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: Because I was reading and I was like, dude, I 41 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: think I could like figure this out. I've always thought 42 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: that I can act, you know, like even from when 43 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: I was young, but especially after reading this book, I 44 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: felt like I can act. And I'll even add to that, 45 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: reading the book and kind of how he got to 46 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: start in film was interesting to me. You know. Um 47 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: he talks about meeting the producer who was the casting 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: at the time, casting for days and confused, he didn't 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: know what he was doing. He was in Austin going 50 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: to film school, I think, and his friend was a 51 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: bartender at a hotel, and he just goes to the 52 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 1: hotel and has drinks with his friend who's probably giving 53 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: him free drinks. And and while he's there, the bartender 54 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: and his friend says, hey, man, I meant to tell 55 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: you this guy right here. He comes in every night 56 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: he's in town because he's casting or producing a movie. 57 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: You may want to talk to him. So at that 58 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: point McConaughey is like, hey, alright, alright, let me start 59 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: talking to this dude and get in with him. He 60 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: gets really drunk and gets kicked out of the bar, 61 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: and at that point McConaughey says, hey, this is my 62 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,119 Speaker 1: chance to get in with this guy. I'll get kicked 63 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: out of the bar with him. We'll end up in 64 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: the same cab together and we'll talk about the role 65 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: or whatever, or me trying to get into his movie, 66 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: which that's exactly what happened. At the end of the 67 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: car the cab ride, this producer guy's like, hey, man, 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: come by the office in the morning. I think I 69 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: might have a spot free in the movie we're doing 70 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: here in Austin. And that's Waterson. So to me, it's like, 71 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: that's the kind of stuff that happens, Like how I 72 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: joined the Bobby Bones Show randomly interviewing Bobby Bones at 73 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: a steam clean William Hung event means I meet Bobby, 74 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: who becomes who is already a little radio host in 75 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: Austin but becomes a national radio host, wants me to 76 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: come with him, And it's like, that's crazy, how all 77 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: these big things start from a little meeting, like in 78 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: McConaughey's case at a hotel bar, you know, where his 79 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: friend bartended. I thought that was just an amazing store, 80 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: and how he got in and then from there he 81 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: goes to being on the set, And what I found 82 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: just kind of fast sinating was how he approached like 83 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: finding the character and kind of his whole thing throughout 84 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: his career is like finding his guy, like kind of 85 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: man calls him like figuring out why his character would 86 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: do certain things, how he would go about playing a 87 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: certain person, and almost like learning that more than he 88 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: like focuses on like learning lines. Yeah, he I think 89 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: confesses many times he didn't even really read the script. 90 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: He just knew his man going in. And there was 91 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: that one case where he was like, you know what, 92 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: I'm not even going to read the lines for this 93 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: to study for it, and I'm just gonna go and 94 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: knowing the guy, he turns the page and it's all 95 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: in Spanish. It's like this couldn't really pay off. I 96 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: think at that point he says, I'm the twelve minutes, 97 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: learned Spanish in twelve minutes. But he the other thing, 98 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:51,799 Speaker 1: he went to school at the University of Texas in Austin, 99 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: and he started he was going to be a lawyer, 100 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: like you said, and then switched to doing film. What 101 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: was interesting to me was that he reference like in 102 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: his film class that like his other he didn't really 103 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: fit in that class, like he was kind of the 104 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: jot guy and everybody else was like a total film nerd. 105 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: And while they were all going to like art houses 106 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: to watch all these like really artistic movies. He was like, dude, 107 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: I'm want to go watch die Hard, Like that's a 108 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: great movie. And I feel like I've always kind of 109 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: had that balance of like I love big blockbuster movies, 110 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: but I do a movie podcast, so I like watch everything, 111 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: but these are always my favorite movies, and he kind 112 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: of like stood up for them in a way, like, Hey, 113 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: you can like these movies and still be into film 114 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: when it comes to like when you sit down and 115 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: watch something, what do you look for. Do you want 116 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: to watch like something that you totally disconnect from and 117 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: just kind of take his like, Okay, that was fun, 118 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: eight some popcorn to watch that movie, or do you 119 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: like to really dive in and learn something in a movie? Both? 120 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: You know, I think it really depends on how I'm 121 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: feeling or what's on at the time. Sometimes, you know, 122 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: I don't really look for movies a lot. I kind 123 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: of scan channels and if something starts and I'm like, oh, 124 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: that's cool, I like that actor, I like that actress, 125 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: and just watch it for a couple of minutes. Never 126 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: seen this movie. Next thing, you know, I'm watching the 127 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: whole thing and I'm crying at the end. I love 128 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: that experience because I didn't really go out seeking dude. 129 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: My wife and I were get into bed and it's 130 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: like nine o'clock, the kids are all asleep, and we're like, hey, 131 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: let's start a movie, and we look and do We 132 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: search for an hour and a half for a movie, 133 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: and at that point we're like, I'm ready for bed, 134 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: and we end up watching nothing. So to me, it's 135 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: just kind of getting surprised. I like the I'm like McConaughey, 136 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: I like the real, real pop culture stuff, and I 137 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: do like the ones that no one's ever seen. And 138 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: then really getting excited about a movie like that too, 139 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: is pretty cool. So he's going throughout his career he 140 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 1: has days and confused, and then he's kind of just 141 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: like taking kind of odd acting jobs before he moved 142 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: to Los Angeles. And then what I also felt I 143 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: kind of learned from this is like why he is 144 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: such a great actor, Like he went out and experienced 145 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 1: things that sound insane to me to be able like 146 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: to take time away from your life to go to 147 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: another country just to like go to German Men eat, 148 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: Like I feel like that really shaped how he kind 149 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: of was able to be such an interesting person to 150 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: be able to play such interesting characters later in his life. Yeah, 151 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: I agree with that. I mean, he definitely a lot. 152 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: Reading this book, I felt anxiety for the things that 153 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: he was doing the Amazon trip. I felt anxiety over 154 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: not know like not knowing what he was doing there, 155 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: who he was with when the guys wrecked the bike 156 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: in Germany. Yeah, that that that would have totally stressed 157 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: me out, and I would have quit, called my parents 158 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: and gotten back home, you know, Like, but that that's 159 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: that's him. That's how he lived lives life with with 160 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: let's just see what happens mentality and we'll all we'll 161 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: figure it out. The part to me that stresses me 162 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: out is just going to anywhere for an extended period 163 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: of time and then like knowing you have a place 164 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: back home they had to pay rent on. But he 165 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: just has like this approach where he's like, you know what, 166 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: I had a dream. I saw this in my dream. 167 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: I'm going to go accomplish that. He had a dream 168 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: of floating naked in the Amazon, finding some guy a 169 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: couple of times and getting eaten by like river sharks 170 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: and all sorts of stuff. And he's like, I'm gonna 171 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: chase that dream like, are you crazy? What do you mean? 172 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: I had a dream where like I was naked too 173 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: and this guy was robbing me. I'm not gonna go 174 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: try to get robbed. I just woke up like weird dream, 175 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: alright and move on? Yeah, and what was weird too? 176 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: He's kept calling it wet dreams? And I was like, 177 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: is he serious? Did he really have one of those? 178 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: And he was And he goes into detail too, just 179 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: like I'm talking about the wet dreams We don't really 180 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: think I'm talking about. Did you also read the book 181 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: in his voice sometimes? Course, of course you can't help 182 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: but read a lot of it in his voice. So 183 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: then he does that movie Rain of Fire, which is 184 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 1: kind of his last one before he's like, you know what, 185 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: I'm starting to be type cast as a certain kind 186 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: of person. He done like how it was a guy 187 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: in ten Days, he was like the romcom guy kind 188 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 1: of took over after Hugh Grant, like that was kind 189 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: of his role because at that point he was just 190 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: taking whatever Hollywood defeat him because he had made it. Yeah, 191 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: and he quote unquote made it making money doing all that. 192 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: But then he's like, you know what, Like I want 193 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: to do something that challenged me, challenges me a little 194 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: bit more. And there was those twenty months that no calls, 195 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: didn't take anything. Yeah, he had to make the decision 196 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: to tell Hollywood no, no, no, it's no longer what 197 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: you want me to do. I'm telling you this is 198 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: what I'm going to do. And they were really ten months, 199 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: like you said, we're really like fine, big shot. It's 200 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: just crazy how like you can establish such a career 201 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: having all these movies, but it feels like you're maybe 202 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: like two calls or two little instances away from losing 203 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: that all, like totally being cut off from Hollywood and 204 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: someone like Matthew McConaughey to be like, all right, your 205 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: career is done if you don't say yes to something soon. 206 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: But also cool about it is that he did talk 207 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 1: about in the book that he did check with his finances. 208 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: He checked with his accountant and said, hey, before I 209 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,199 Speaker 1: do this, how much time do I have? You know? Like, 210 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 1: and that to me is great to put in the 211 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: book because you can't be telling everyone like, hey, take 212 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: your stance, man, do whatever you want and don't worry 213 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: they'll follow. Not really true, like make sure you're covered 214 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: until you do it, which is what he did because 215 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: he got that offer where I think they offered him 216 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: ten million first, and he said no, and he just 217 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: kept saying no, and it got a movie. Was that 218 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 1: he never I don't think you ever said, but it 219 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: got up to fourteen point five minutes. Let me read 220 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: that again. We read that script again. I thought that 221 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: part he's like, and the script was way better than 222 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: the first time I read it. So he's one of 223 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: the really few actors that I know haven't who have 224 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: like not so much rebranded himself, but kind of unbranded 225 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: himself from being that guesting. He went those twenty months 226 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 1: without taking anything, and then he started doing movies like 227 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: Mud Killer Joe Mud Sucks. Yeah, he loves MUDs so much, 228 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: and he talks about it being his favorite movie and 229 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: the one movie that was aid for him. I'm like, dude, 230 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: that's the one movie I just don't like. I think 231 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: he just had to get something different under his belt 232 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: for a while, and I think he felt like that 233 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: would kind of define that transition period. But I agree, 234 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: if you're going to go back and watch his like 235 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: transition movies, I don't think that's a great one. But 236 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: then he he first read the script for Dallas Buyers 237 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: Club in two thousand seven, which is also crazy how 238 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: long it takes for a movie to get made from 239 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: where it's just a script to when there's a director 240 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: attached to it, to winners an actor attached to it. 241 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: And what usually happens for movies to get made is 242 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: there'll be a big name actor attached to it and 243 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 1: they're like, Okay, that kind of legitimizes the whole thing. 244 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 1: Like whenever they were making Elf that took a long 245 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: time to make, but they had Will Ferrell attached to it. 246 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: They're like, Okay, this will get made eventually. So that's 247 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: kind of what happened with Dallas Buyers Club two thousand seven. 248 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: First draft, they want to take Matthew McConaughey off for 249 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: the first director, but then eventually they find the guy 250 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: who will do it with Matthew McConaughey and he does this, 251 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: which is Jared Letto, who's that he's the other actor 252 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: in the movie. Okay, yeah, but they found a different 253 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,839 Speaker 1: director to do it, and for this movie, he took 254 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: away less than he had ever taken before and it 255 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: really paid off, because I mean, this is kind of 256 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: the movie that I really know him for now, huge 257 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: role and that was is that his first Academy award, 258 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 1: first one for Best Accurate First Academy Award. I think 259 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: the movie was nominated for a lot of Academy Awards. 260 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: I mean it was a huge, huge movie for and 261 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,079 Speaker 1: they shot the entire thing in twenty five days, only 262 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: cost four point nine million to make, which maybe like 263 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 1: five thousand is what was given to him. That's just 264 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: such a big risk to take to be like, Okay, 265 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do this movie. I believe in it so much, 266 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: and then to go to extremes just to prepare for 267 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: this role, which you've been talking about on the Bobby 268 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 1: Bones Show. You were inspired to do with the diet, 269 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: which he talks about how sharp his mind got from 270 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: doing that diet. So when you're reading that, why did 271 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: that kind of stick out to you something you wanted 272 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: to try. I think the first thing, the first time 273 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: I thought about it was early in the book when 274 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: he's talking about living in Australia. He was a foreign 275 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: exchange student with a family, and he was extremely unhappy there. 276 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 1: So he decided to eat let us with catchup for 277 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: like I don't know, months, months of just let us 278 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: and catch up for breakfast, and he said, man, I 279 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: lost so much away, but I look good, you know. 280 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: And I was just like, let us and catch up. 281 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: That's terrible. But that did not interest me. Then when 282 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: he talked about the determination it took for him to 283 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: lose fifty pounds in such a short period of time, 284 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: and I looked at he. I mean, he shared his 285 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: his diet, and I'm thinking, I kind of want to 286 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: try that one, just to see if he's full of 287 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: crap or not. And two, hey, man, if I can 288 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: lose not fifty pounds, Mike, but if I can lose 289 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: like ten pounds in a few months, let's give it 290 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: a shot. I want to see what that's like. It's 291 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: an insane diet. And I mean I was picturing him 292 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: eating the lettuce with the kitchen, I know. And it 293 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: feels like all the stories he tells about this could 294 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: almost be like a mini movie in themselves. So I 295 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: think if somebody wanted to read this book and you 296 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: don't really know a whole lot about him, but you're 297 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: looking for something that has like kind of it's almost 298 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: it's pretty easy to read, and it has like these 299 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: quick little digest stories that you're like, Okay, that was 300 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: pretty interesting and I kind of see how he took 301 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: all of this into being the person that he Isn't sure, 302 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: so if you had a favorite Matthew McConaughey movie, now, 303 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: what would it be? Oh? I mean, my favorite favorite 304 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: favorite is Days of Confused. I mean, I'm just gonna 305 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: have to go with the classic. But honestly, dude, before 306 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: I read this book, I did not know that that 307 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: was so so early in his career. Yeah. You you 308 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: would think that was like his biggest movie at like 309 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: the height of his career. But that's the first thing 310 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: he had, his first hit, his first first real acting gig. 311 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: And he talks about how the first thing he ever 312 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: said on film was the line alright, alright, alright, and 313 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: the fact that he that character Waterson wasn't even a 314 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: character really in the script. He didn't have any lines. 315 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: He was just the old dude that drove the car, 316 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: you know, But he made it into a character that 317 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna he's gonna be a big part of this movie, 318 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: and everyone remembers him as just keep on living, you know, 319 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: just keep v in. Do you find you like him 320 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: more after reading this book way more. I mean, dude, 321 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: I had met him a handful of times when I 322 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: lived in Austin, and it was very short and very 323 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: standoffish and very you you're not important to me kind 324 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: of feeling. And I wasn't. I mean, I was not 325 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: nothing to him. You know, that's just a person on 326 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: the street. But but I always felt like, I don't 327 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: like that feeling of like that just kind of getting 328 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: blown off by Matthew McConaughey every single time, you know, 329 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: so like I never paid attention to him. I watched 330 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: his movies just because maybe it was on, but not 331 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: because I watched it because Matthew McConaughey was in the movie. 332 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: Never a fan like that. After reading this though, I 333 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: just kind of started thinking and and and trying to 334 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: maybe make this as a goal for myself to never 335 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: judge people before you even get a chance to know him. 336 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: Because and not that I know matthe mconaughey after reading 337 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: this book, but I know I know more about him, 338 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: And after reading you know, three pages, more than just 339 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: meeting him three times on the street, I get to 340 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: know really the person that I was meeting on the 341 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: street more than just oh yeah, dude, I know your 342 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: face from the movies, Like, dude, he was. He's really deep. Yeah, 343 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: he's a deep thinker, you know, And I would have 344 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: never got that from him. Yeah, maybe if I paid 345 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: more attention to the Lincoln commercials. He's a deep thinker. 346 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: But really, before that, I thought it was just a 347 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: dumb meat head who had just acted stupid. And I 348 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: guess I didn't really know like how big of a 349 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: celebrity and how big of an actor he is because, 350 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: like you, I lived in Austin too, and he was 351 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: kind of just like the local celebrity. That's how that's 352 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: how I pictured him, like, oh, it's like Matthew McConaughey 353 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: had a Longhorns game. But kind of reading this and 354 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: seeing like how famous he was, he couldn't go places, 355 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: he couldn't go places, and he would like drive out 356 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: to places to kind of I mean, even when he 357 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: went to the Amazon, there was like somebody who was 358 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: a fan of him. So it was kind of put 359 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: it into perspective just how big beyond everything else he is, 360 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: and it kind of made me respect him a little bit. 361 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: Me too, man, I'm a fan now, I'm a fan. 362 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,120 Speaker 1: I follow him on Instagram. Follow his wife on Instagram. Yeah, 363 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: I started. I'm a fan of his. I think if 364 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: there was one thing I would do from this book 365 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: that he did was how he when he drove it 366 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: in that van and he would just record his thoughts. 367 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: He set up like that microphone and basically this entire 368 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: book was that transcribed. I thought that was pretty interesting that. Um, yeah, 369 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: Matthew McConaughey. Who I thought that there was one thing 370 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: he I think he's in the Amazon or maybe Africa, 371 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: because was he in the He did a Nile trip too, right, 372 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: I may have been Africa when he was there. He 373 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: had he found a guide. Again. The way he finds 374 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,040 Speaker 1: these guys is like I just showed up, man, and 375 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: I found I found him, and and he ends up 376 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: spending you know, weeks with this guy or whatever. But 377 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: he's with two guys and they have some sort of 378 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 1: argument about something, and he he tries to he tries 379 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: to understand what they're arguing about, and then he finally 380 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: picks a side between the two guys arguing and then 381 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 1: he says, now, man, I think I think so and 382 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:25,199 Speaker 1: so is right, And they both turned around and said no, no, no, 383 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: you're not understanding. No one is right. You just have 384 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: to understand both points of the argument. And then he 385 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: puts in there, mcconagey boys, America can learn something from this, 386 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,919 Speaker 1: you know, like, and it hit me right straight to 387 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,879 Speaker 1: the brain. I was like, huh, I should learn something 388 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 1: about this, Like that's right. I'm always just like that's 389 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: not right. Oh that's there, we go, you nailed it. 390 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: But no, it's understanding both sides of an argument. And again, 391 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: nothing to do with movies. But McConaughey is weird, deep deep, 392 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: deep mind brought this up, and I thought, that's really 393 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: the one thing I got out of this book that 394 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: really is going to stick with me for a while. 395 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: I think, well, the book is called green Lights, and 396 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: I gotta confess that when I first posted that I 397 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: had read this book and we were gonna do a 398 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: podcast together, people thought I was getting Matthew McConaughey on. 399 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: Oh hey, how's it going? So there we go. Let 400 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: me tell you some back. I wrote this book straight 401 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: from the heart. Alright, Okay, I do want to do 402 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: one more segment with you, if you can hang around. 403 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: I want to talk about the movie La Bamba, Hey, 404 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: come on, a movie that I think you're the only 405 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: person who can identify the same way that I do 406 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: with this movie. Come on, so we'll get into that next. 407 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: Sounds good. Yeah, here's America's newest rock and roll sensation, 408 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: the California kid Ritchie. There's a bit of a rall 409 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:56,160 Speaker 1: snake la all right. So I want to talk about 410 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: the movie La Bamba, which we've told Bobby many times 411 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: to watch the this movie he's never watched, and it's 412 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: a story about Richie Vallens. But yeah, this dude will say, Hey, 413 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: go watch this dumb documentary about an octopus, and we're 414 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: all like, and I didn't watch that one, but I 415 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: guess it's a Mexican thing, is it? Because I was 416 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 1: thinking of Like, when I make my list of movies, 417 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 1: this one always ends up in the top five, And 418 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: I think it's because the first time I watched it, 419 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: it was me seeing somebody who looked like me on 420 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: the big screen, and it's very rare to see a 421 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: Mexican actor or a Mexican story for trade. But aside 422 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: from that, one of my favorite kind of genres is 423 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: biopics and also ones that take place back in the day. 424 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 1: So this has everything kind of set up for me, 425 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: But for you, what is it about this movie that's 426 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: kind of that you identify with the same thing? I mean, 427 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 1: the exact same thing. There's a guy on on a move. 428 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: I mean I was a huge movie fan growing up. 429 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: I loved movies. My brother and I would go to 430 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of movies, Star Wars fans, Indiana Jones, all 431 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: the I mean, we just loved the movie. So to 432 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: see a Mexican on the screen, not knowing his musical 433 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: story was really inspiring to say. And I've always been 434 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: the type of person to be like, I want to 435 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,679 Speaker 1: be that, and that's what I'm gonna go for in life. 436 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: And you know, like everything about him, everything about him 437 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: in the movie I related to I. You know, like 438 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: when you're in elementary school and you lie to people 439 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: and say you have a girlfriend that goes another school. 440 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: I lied and said I had had a girlfriend named 441 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: Donna schoolide town because Richie, did you know, Like, that's 442 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: what it was for me. I'm with you exactly the same. 443 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: I think. The other thing about this movie is that 444 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: it presents Mexican culture in a way that's not overly 445 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: presenting Mexican culture. If that makes sense because I feel 446 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: when either a TV show or a movie is made 447 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,719 Speaker 1: about a Mexican family, they over emphasize the Mexican qualities 448 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: to be like, Okay, this is a Mexican family. They 449 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: like make a point to be like, this is my 450 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: ulita and we are making this for dinner, like very 451 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: like intertwining Mexican themes and Mexican things to make it 452 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 1: a Mexican movie. But in this one, it kind of 453 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 1: just shows how Mexicans in that time we're living in 454 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 1: the United States. How I mean, he didn't even really 455 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: speak Spanish, and I feel a lot of that like 456 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: for me, like growing up, like my parents only spoke 457 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: Spanish and they learned how to speak English from watching TV. 458 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: But by the time it got to me, I was 459 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: kind of in that in between of them only speaking 460 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: Spanish to me but me learning English for the first time, 461 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: which was what Ritchie Allen's was. He was singing lavamba 462 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: when he could barely hold a conversation in Spanish. Yeah, 463 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: you know, I had a that makes me think of 464 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: I had a very awakening moment like right after college 465 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,959 Speaker 1: is I had made it, I had made some you know, 466 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 1: college movies or whatever, and we had we had entered 467 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: the Medican film festivals. Me and this girl, I was 468 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: the kind of DP director of director of photography and 469 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: she had written the script and we both co directed 470 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,479 Speaker 1: and it was just a school project and we made it. 471 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: And then we submitted into a bunch of film festivals 472 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: and there was one in particular in South Texas that 473 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: accepted it. I'm from South Texas, and I was like, 474 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: this is amazing that they're accepting this. It's called Senid. 475 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: They're sold. And uh. We go down there to to 476 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,959 Speaker 1: show our our movie, to screen our movie, and the 477 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: director for LaBamba is also there too, so so I 478 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 1: get to meet him at the festival and he said, hey, man, 479 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: I'm having a party back at my condo. Come back, 480 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: come back with with us. I'm like, cool, all right, dude. 481 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: So I'm like, do not geek out about LaBamba with 482 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: this guy. He's not he's not even here for a 483 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: Labama He's not. He's doing a completely different movie. So 484 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: we got to hang out with him. I even forget 485 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: his and it was Valdez is his last name, but 486 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: I don't really remember his first name. But we hung out, 487 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: we talked or whatever, and I went home that night, 488 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: and I thought to myself, exactly what you're saying, Like, 489 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: how as a Hispanic kid, am I gonna be able 490 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: to succeed in this world also carrying my culture with me, 491 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: but also having relationships with people that are not Hispanic, 492 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: which I think he did very well, which maybe had 493 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: to do with making the movie that way. You know, 494 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: it is making an Hispanic cultured filled film like that 495 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: and presented to the whole world, and not making also 496 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: to the whole world feel like they don't know what 497 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,239 Speaker 1: that culture is. Oh that's so different. Oh that's not 498 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: for us, that's the that's for Mexican people. Know, it 499 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: was for everyone. The story of Richie Allen's like you said, 500 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: he didn't know any English, he didn't know Spanish, he 501 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,719 Speaker 1: just knew English. So I feel like I had that 502 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: moment too in life when I met Mr Valdez and 503 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: things like oh, man, like that is very important to 504 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: not over culturalize our Hispanic culture into whatever we do 505 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: in the future, which why sometimes on the Bobby Bones 506 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: Show people are just like Eddie's the least Mexican dude. 507 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: I'm not. I've just really really dedicated a lot of 508 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: my life to understand the culture that I'm a part 509 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: of because I'm not in South Texas anymore. If was, 510 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: I would still be like, ha, come on like that. 511 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 1: I think the other thing I remember watching a making 512 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: of this movie with the director and he talked about 513 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: how he wanted to make it at the very bottom 514 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: line of the movie a story about brothers. So essentially 515 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: the whole movie is a story about his brother Bob 516 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: and Ritchie. Their relationship is really what kind of makes 517 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: this such an impactful movie. Why you do learn his 518 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: story all about his career, what makes like the emotional 519 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: attachment is learning about them as brothers. So I think 520 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: that's another way he kind of made it to not 521 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: so much focus on like this is away a Mexican story, 522 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: right yeah, um yeah, definitely I love that story. I 523 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: mean again, you talk, you talk about this movie just 524 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: being a movie or whatever, but it's it really is 525 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 1: a big part of our life. And I remember my 526 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: brother to telling me, you know, when we were growing up, 527 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm Bob and you're Richie. And it's 528 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: like when when you're using little examples of like that 529 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: from a movie be that we grew up watching, that's 530 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: how impactful it was in our lives. I mean I 531 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: had the same thing in my brother, like we kind 532 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: of parallel Ritchie and Bob in certain ways. And I 533 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,640 Speaker 1: think even like other cousins I have, like you see 534 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: that same kind of thing, like the older brother going 535 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 1: one way and the younger brother chasing other dreams. I 536 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: think that also resonates. And you don't even have to 537 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: be Mexican. Favorite line from the movie, oh come on, 538 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: I mean the big one is Richie, of course rich 539 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: but I might have to go with let me see. Oh, 540 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: I mean we always quote you and me every time 541 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: we're in the studio. We always quote um uh woody 542 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: would buzz buzzard. I mean, there's so many. This is 543 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:47,959 Speaker 1: one of those movies to where it's just worked its 544 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 1: way into my vocabulary, Like I will just quote things 545 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: and I realize I'm quoting La Bamba, like whenever they 546 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: go play that bar for the first time and he's like, 547 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 1: this one's out a loving Texas, Texas. Like stuff like 548 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: that is just embedded in my brain where I just 549 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: say it and it's from La Bamba. Now, are you 550 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: like me? Where after you saw the movie, you bought 551 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: the soundtrack and then after you had the soundtrack, you 552 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: sort of researching who really sang all these songs and 553 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: and then really going down the Richie Valens catalog. Yeah, 554 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: I did that. That's kind of how I got into 555 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 1: like liking Buddy Holly, like in the movie that song 556 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: and crying Open, like that's one of my favorite songs, 557 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 1: Buddy Holly, mainly because of the movie, and it kind 558 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: of made learned about the Big Bopper and just kind 559 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: of that genre and that time of music. But it's 560 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: it's interesting. I know, man, I have a Ritchie Valens 561 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 1: record back home and I listen to it all the time, 562 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: and the original Richie valence and it's it's very cool. Man. 563 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: I love telling my kids the story, and you just 564 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: reminded me from talking about this in the podcast, like 565 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 1: I will watch that. I want to watch that movie 566 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: with my kids, so because I mean, I grew up 567 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: in McAllen, Texas, South South Texas, seven miles of the border, 568 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: and my kids have never seen that. Even my twelve 569 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 1: year old, he's never been down there. I've haven't lived 570 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 1: down there in years, so I've had no reason to 571 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 1: go down there. But I want to take him down 572 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: there to show them, show them my roots, but I 573 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: think before I do that, I'm gonna show them La Bamba. 574 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: There you right, well, appreciate you hanging out on this episode. 575 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: I encourage everybody listening. If you haven't seen La Bamba, 576 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: learned the story, start quoting new with us. Yeah, it's 577 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 1: a great movie to watch. Thanks Eddie bringing out Man. Yeah, dude, 578 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: thanks for having me Man. All right, let's get into 579 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: a movie review now, joined by my fiance and co 580 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: host Kelsey. We're gonna be talking about the movie Our Friends, 581 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,639 Speaker 1: starring Jason Segal, Dakota Johnson, Casey Affleck, and Jake Owen. 582 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: Before we get into that review, here's a little bit 583 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: of the trailer. Can we talk for a minute, Matt, 584 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 1: it's goooling to get very hard going to see things 585 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: from Nicole you never seen before. You need to do 586 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: this alone, can't help you get to the other side 587 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: of this. How long did I'm hoping just a couple 588 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:57,920 Speaker 1: of weeks. I just want to make sure Mac gets 589 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: back on his feet. I usually make breakfast and dinner 590 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: and you can take some of that weight off. Speaking 591 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: of us, hoping you'd call me Grandma Jane, excuse me, sure, 592 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: I'll call you, Grandma Jane, Thank you. All right. So 593 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: I've been waiting for this movie to come out for 594 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: a while now. I think I first heard of it 595 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: maybe like two years ago. Jac Owen came in and 596 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: he was on the Bobby Bones Show saying like, Hey, 597 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in a movie. And since then I've 598 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: been following along this movie. It was called The Friend 599 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: at the very beginning and now it's called Our Friend, 600 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: and it's basically a movie based on an article which 601 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: I thought was interesting. And the thing about this movie is, 602 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: I feel this was a pretty sad movie. Now, recently, 603 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: we've watched some movies that have made us emotional, but 604 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: I think it's been a while since I've watched a 605 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: movie that just made me sad, Like as close as 606 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 1: I got to like genuinely crying, is what I feel 607 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: this movie was. How did you feel about the emotional 608 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: level of this movie? Oh, it was sad, And I 609 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: had watched the trailer, but I don't think I fully 610 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: processed how sad it was going to be. And then 611 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: we were about like fifteen twenty minute and I was like, Oh, 612 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: this is gonna be sad. From the trailer, you find 613 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: out what it's about and without spoiling any of it, 614 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: which I mean, it is a true story, but I 615 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: feel there's some things that come out to play that 616 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: we won't talk about. But overall, it's about a mom 617 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: who gets diagnosed with cancer and she finds out it's 618 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: terminal and then it's the whole family dealing with it, 619 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: which I thought that's exactly what the whole movie was 620 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: going to be about. But I think where it kind 621 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: of stands apart from other movies is it's really about 622 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: Jason Siegel's character and how much he steps up as 623 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: a friend and how much he kind of helps him 624 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: get through it and like his struggles throughout the movie. 625 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: So I think that's a part of the story that 626 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: hasn't been told in something like this before. So how 627 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: did you feel about this movie? I thought it was 628 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,959 Speaker 1: really good. I really enjoyed it. I mean, it was 629 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: two hours long, but didn't feel like two hours, except 630 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: there was one point where we positive it was like, oh, 631 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: I still have an hour left to be sad. It 632 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: is a pretty good emotional roller coaster because not only 633 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: are you with seeing how the cancer is affecting her 634 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: throughout Dakota Johnson's character, But I mean from their kids 635 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: in the movie to how they're just trying to like 636 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: spend as much time with her before she passes. They 637 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: essentially say she's gonna have six months to live and 638 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: it's all going from that. So there's a lot that 639 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: I've just never really knew about. So it was kind 640 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: of for me like, oh man, this is a lot 641 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: to go through, and you realize how much cancer sucks 642 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: and how much of an emotional toll it is, and 643 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: it does just make you sad, right, Yeah, And I 644 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 1: thought it was a really good portrayal of like all 645 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: of the emotions of like a diagnosis like that and 646 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: just them kind of walking through all of that. And 647 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: I thought Jason Siegel's character was amazing. Yeah, I thought 648 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: it was really good. He was my favorite part of 649 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: this movie. We know him mostly as you know, doing 650 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: the early mid two thousands, just comedic stuff. He mean, 651 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: kind of a goofy guy, which I think he kind 652 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: of is in this movie. He's the comedic relief and 653 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: kind of like the the fun guy to be around. 654 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: But also it just shows like how even those kind 655 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 1: of people have another side of them of things they're 656 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: they're dealing with. And he really just puts his life 657 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: on pause in this movie, and he does a really 658 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: good job at it. Like he was very convincing to 659 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 1: where I didn't think of him as being the goo 660 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: by Jason Segel, right, I like lost track of him 661 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: being kind of the funny guy. Yeah. Who. What do 662 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: you think about the cast overall? I think it's pretty interesting, 663 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: Like I really wanted to watch it because Jake Owen's 664 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: in it, who I wanted to see how he would 665 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 1: do as an actor. And if I had one criticism 666 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: with the movie, it's like he wasn't in it enough. Yeah, 667 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: he could have been in it more like I would 668 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: have enjoyed Oh yeah, I would have liked seeing him 669 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: more throughout the movie. I'd say total, he's in about 670 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: three scenes, So if there was anything, I just wanted 671 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: more of his character in it. But I kind of 672 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,959 Speaker 1: get it compared to like where he was in the story. 673 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: But I thought this was a pretty interesting cast because 674 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: Casey aff like what did he do just sad movies? 675 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: And in Dakota Johnson. I just thought overall it's pretty eclectic. 676 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: So I thought that was an interesting pick for everybody. 677 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 1: How did you feel after we watched this movie sad, right, Yeah, 678 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: you made us watch Toy Story, So I think if 679 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna watch this movie, it's pretty sad, but it's 680 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: I don't know, like some of the other stuff we 681 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: watched recently. It's like emotional and sad, but it's also uplifting. 682 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: Do you think there's had any kind of uplifting parts 683 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: to it or is it just gonna like if you 684 00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: want to watch something to make you cry, I feel 685 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: like if you just want to feel your fields, Like 686 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: for every everyone listening, if you've seen My Sister's Keeper 687 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: with Cameron Diaz about her daughter that has cancer similarly sad, 688 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: I would say it would be my comparison, like there's 689 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: not really necessarily a silver lining to the movie, yeah, 690 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 1: which I was kind of expecting, but I get it's 691 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: a real life. Yeah, it was a true story, so 692 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: it wasn't wrapped up with a bow. Yeah. I feel 693 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 1: like it was hand like the movie itself like told 694 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: the story. Well. Yeah, And that's one of the big 695 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: things I feel like with a movie like that about 696 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: and just cancer in real life, is that like there 697 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,959 Speaker 1: is a life like after and I I don't feel 698 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: like the movie got to that as much, but it 699 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: kind of showed them like having to go on and 700 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,760 Speaker 1: move forward. And I guess the one kind of silver 701 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,200 Speaker 1: lining of it is if you have those kind of 702 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 1: people in your life who have been around you through 703 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: the good times and through the really hard times, if 704 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: you watch this and maybe you're like, oh, this is 705 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: kind of like this person in my life, it makes 706 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 1: you want to text all your friends. And So, if 707 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: you had to give this movie a rating, what would 708 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 Speaker 1: you give it four and a half out of five. 709 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:39,879 Speaker 1: I can't think of a rating system. I can't think 710 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: of anything that was like a little like I don't 711 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: hope we could pick something out. I would give it 712 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: a solid four out of five. I think it's I 713 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: thought the acting was really good. You can just tell, 714 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: like within like the first scene, that it's going to 715 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: be a good movie. It kept me invested all the 716 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: way through. And yeah, it got me emotionally, like the 717 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: closest I've been to like legit crying. I looked over 718 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,920 Speaker 1: several points in you were just experienced. Some of it 719 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: is just very hard to take, and mainly when it 720 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: has to do with anything dealing with the kids, that's 721 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: that's a hard part. But It's in theaters and select 722 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,240 Speaker 1: theaters starting on Friday. You can get it on demand 723 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,439 Speaker 1: wherever you rent movies if you want to check that out. 724 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,320 Speaker 1: So that is a review of the movie Our Friend. 725 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: We're gonna get into now some movie news, which I 726 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: wanted to bring something you kind of mentioned earlier into 727 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: movie news. It wasn't a story anything put out, but 728 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: something I just realized is that a lot of the 729 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 1: Disney Pixar movies on Disney Plus are digitally remastered, which 730 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: I don't think a lot of people will realize that 731 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: I didn't really know. And after we watched Our Friend, 732 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 1: I was like, I need a palate cleanser, Like I 733 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: need something to make me feel good again. So we 734 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 1: watched Toy Story, and from when the movie started, I 735 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: was like, this looks completely different. Yeah, you kick out 736 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: a little. It was fascinating, like I was seeing details 737 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 1: in this movie that I hadn't seen before. And you 738 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: could really like the aimes on like games in the background. 739 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 1: You could see like other little details and like the 740 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: characters like Woody's hair has like these other little color 741 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: imprints on them. And I found out that when they 742 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: put these movies on Disney Plus, they went in and 743 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 1: digitally remastered I think twelve of them, and all the 744 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: toy stories are included. Because if you think about it, 745 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: these movies came out when this technology was like straight 746 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:25,440 Speaker 1: up brand new. The first one. They were just realizing 747 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: like how to do all these things, and it's you 748 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: can't really go back and reanimate everything again. We can 749 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,239 Speaker 1: go back and kind of make it look brighter and 750 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,320 Speaker 1: do all the things they do to remaster the movies. 751 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: But I would say, if you want to go back 752 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: and like, haven't seen these movies in a while, right now, 753 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 1: to see them on Disney Plus, it's pretty cool you 754 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: can see things you haven't seen before. And I feel 755 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: like even kids now who maybe haven't seen all these movies, 756 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 1: they would see these and not think they're completely old movies. 757 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 1: We did comment on that because it's like at some point, 758 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 1: like when we have kids to watch these and it 759 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: won't be like mom, dad, these movies look so old. 760 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: And I'm trying to think of something that my mom 761 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: made me watch when I was little that I was like, 762 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 1: this looks so old. Well, I would think something like 763 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 1: two D animation, like The Brave Little Toaster. If you 764 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 1: went back and watch that movie, you'd be like, the 765 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 1: animation looks just so old in this, But watching this 766 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: movie now, it's like it looks brand new. It looks 767 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,320 Speaker 1: as good as like Toe Story four is now. So 768 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,040 Speaker 1: that's what I wanted to bring the movie news. Also, 769 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,799 Speaker 1: um Chris Evans was kind of rumored to be coming 770 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: back and playing Captain America, but he basically went on 771 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: Twitter and said there's no truth to this. So everybody 772 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: was getting excited that he'd be, I don't know, doing 773 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 1: it again, But he's kind of shut that down immediately, 774 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: which I think you should. I think they should kind 775 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,879 Speaker 1: of just leave those characters as they are. I don't 776 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,800 Speaker 1: want to see him come back as Captain America anymore. 777 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit of like, oh, we 778 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:51,560 Speaker 1: want to like what would he do again? I think 779 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,360 Speaker 1: it's all been done. Save the world again. Yeah, I 780 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,319 Speaker 1: like closure. I felt we got at got that in 781 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: the last Avengers. I don't feel like always like closure 782 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:05,040 Speaker 1: that we've had this conversation when it but that last 783 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:09,040 Speaker 1: Marvel Avengers movie felt so finalizing. They wrapped it up 784 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 1: so well. I think to come back and be like, oh, 785 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 1: he's he's Captain America again, would be a little of 786 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:21,240 Speaker 1: a like, okay doing that again. So and also casting news, 787 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 1: Nicole Kidman isn't pretty much confirmed to be Lucille Ball 788 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:30,000 Speaker 1: and an upcoming biopic, and the drama was that everybody 789 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: was saying that Debra Messing should play Lucille Ball instead, 790 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: and she even like tweeted that she was available, So 791 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 1: I guess she said she wasn't asked. And I get 792 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 1: it that she looks a lot more like Lucy, but 793 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: Nicole Kidman, I feel one has a lot more of 794 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: like an acting kind of buzz around her right now. 795 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,399 Speaker 1: She's been in a lot of great TV shows lately, 796 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,279 Speaker 1: her movies haven't been quite up to that same kind 797 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 1: of standard. But I don't know. I think when you 798 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 1: cast a biopic, you're going more for how good of 799 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: an actor they are, aside from everybody kind of wanting 800 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: them to pick somebody who looks exactly like the person 801 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,080 Speaker 1: they're playing, because I think their makeup and costume you 802 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: can get them to look pretty close to them no 803 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: matter what they actually look like. So I get it 804 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 1: that she looks more like Lucy, but I like the 805 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,239 Speaker 1: call better of having Nicole Kidman do it. What do 806 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,719 Speaker 1: you think I would agree. I think Nicole Kidman is 807 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: a good fit for that. Yeah, she was good. We 808 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,399 Speaker 1: saw her in The Undoing, Yes, great great also saw 809 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: her in Big Little Eyes, So I think that's a 810 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,880 Speaker 1: good fit for her. And then finally, in movie news, 811 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,320 Speaker 1: Netflix is announced they're releasing a brand new movie every 812 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: single week. The thing I love about this is that 813 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:48,200 Speaker 1: these can't be delayed exactly because they come out on 814 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,840 Speaker 1: Netflix no matter what I mean, they come out strong 815 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 1: with all those like really big actors doing really big movies. 816 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,880 Speaker 1: And I'm excited just to have, no matter what, a 817 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,920 Speaker 1: movie to talk about each week. So, and also credit 818 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:03,040 Speaker 1: you for finding that article first. Thank you. It's like 819 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,920 Speaker 1: getting photo credit. I just wanted my credit for finding that. Well. 820 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,359 Speaker 1: I was on a run while the news came out 821 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 1: and I didn't get to see it, but you you 822 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 1: brought that to my attention. I brought it to your attention, 823 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,160 Speaker 1: then you put it all over Twitter and Instagram. Would 824 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,320 Speaker 1: it have killed you to give me a little shout out? Okay, 825 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 1: next time you get to credit, Thank you? All right, 826 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,640 Speaker 1: And this week's shout out of the week goes to 827 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 1: Kelsey No just kidding to get a shout out. All 828 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: you have to do is tweet me at Mike Destro, 829 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:33,600 Speaker 1: send me an Instagram message or Facebook post anything you want, 830 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,040 Speaker 1: or you can email me Movie Mike d at gmail 831 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: dot com. It's also in the episode notes here, but 832 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: this week we're going over to Twitter and it's from 833 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: at Sarah W. S U forty four, who said she 834 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,799 Speaker 1: loved last week's episode and the game was a great edition. 835 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,560 Speaker 1: A lot of people said that they liked the game. 836 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,160 Speaker 1: They enjoyed it when we played the movie theme song 837 00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: game last week. So if you didn't listen to that, 838 00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:58,239 Speaker 1: go back and check that one out, because we do 839 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,000 Speaker 1: it in a way that you can play along too, 840 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,279 Speaker 1: so we'll come up with some more games that's kind 841 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,360 Speaker 1: of your department, all right, okay, welcome back to the 842 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,080 Speaker 1: drawing board. All right, thanks everybody for listening. Talk to 843 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,480 Speaker 1: you again next Monday here and until then, later