1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie Podcast, your 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: go to source for all things movies. I am your 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: host Movie Mike, kicking things off in a big way 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: in two. Coming up, my conversation with actor Sean Aston, 5 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: who you know from Lord of the Rings, Rudy the Goonies. 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: He's on to talk about the twentieth anniversary of Lord 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: of the Rings. I also have my top five movies 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: of the last year, and I'll give you some of 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: the worst ones as well. A lot to cover on 10 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: this brand new episode. So what's that any further ado, 11 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: let's get started. In a world where everyone and their 12 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: mother has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the 13 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: ears of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. 14 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: A man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like 15 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: a walking on Mtvity with classes from the Nashville Podcast Network. 16 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: Movie Movie Podcast. About to get into my conversation with 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: actor Sean Aston, who has been in some very iconic 18 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: roles in his life. We're gonna get into talking about 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: the Lord of the Rings replace Sam Wise, but that's 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 1: only one of what I would say, or is three 21 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: major iconic roles. Taking it back to his very first 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: debut as a kid. He was a teenager in the Goonies. 23 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: He played Mikey and then he was everybody's favorite underdog 24 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: and Rudy. And aside from movies, he was also recently 25 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: in Stranger Things. He has such a wide range of work. 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: I only wish I had more time to talk with him. 27 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: But let's get into it. Let's talk to Sean Asten. Mike, 28 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: how's it going good? Sorry if I'm Charity man. Oh, 29 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: you're all good? All right on now with Shaun Aston. 30 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: It's so great to talk to you. I feel like 31 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: I've been watching you my entire life. And now the 32 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring celebrating his 33 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 1: twentieth anniversary. What does it feel like to be a 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: part of a franchise that'll just be viewed for generations 35 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: and generations to come. Mike, it's good to see you. 36 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: Finally our moment has come to be part of the 37 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: general It is um Well, it just feels like there's 38 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: something no one can ever take away from you that's 39 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: really special. You know. I mean, I got a degree, 40 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: and when when I got my undergrad degree before making 41 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: this movie, and that feeling when you're when they hand 42 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: you the diploma and you know, you're wearing the cap 43 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: and gown and you're like, man, this is even if 44 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: I totally fail in life, at least I accomplish this. 45 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: That's what it feels like. It feels like there is 46 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: you know, when it really capped off, when it won 47 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: the Best Picture, when the Return of the King one 48 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: best Picture in the in two thousands four whatever it was, 49 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: and uh, you just felt like, you know, world culture 50 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: will forever recognize this as an important contribution and and 51 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: I have a you know, meaningful part of it. And 52 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: it just feels like, you know, immortality is that over 53 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: I overreach with immortality. I didn't mean to overreach. You're 54 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: gonna live forever through this movie now, well and tell 55 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 1: somebody figures out how to scrub all the digital bites. 56 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: But but no, Yeah, it definitely it definitely feels like, um, 57 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: you know, there's I don't know what permanence is in 58 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: this world anymore. You know, my love for my wife 59 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 1: and my children is permanent. Uh, you know, no matter 60 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: what happens to me, no matter where I go, it's permanent. 61 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: And there there's something about inhabiting this world of Middle 62 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: Earth that just transcends normal. Normal, just transcends normal. It's more, 63 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: you know, it's like in uh, it's like ins final tap, 64 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: It's it's eleven. It's eleven. So what was the most 65 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: grueling part about filming that movie? The first one being 66 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 1: fat I had? I was, I was a hundred pounds. 67 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: I just run the l A marathon and I get this. 68 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: You know, you're going into place you to read for 69 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: Sandwise Gamg and I get the books out and I'm 70 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: reading through it. It's like, you know, fat portly hobbits, 71 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: but not to it, and I'm like, what all it 72 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: took me to get in shape? So of course it's 73 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: not very difficult to when your weight goes up and 74 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: down to get back into the fat moroad. And I 75 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: don't mean to be just you know, disrespectful, but it's 76 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: it's hard. It's really hard to be to be heavy. 77 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: And in my life my weight goes up and down 78 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: and kind of like four to six month cycles, so 79 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: six months of being I'm not kidding this, you want 80 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: to know, that's what the hardest part was for me. 81 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: I mean, the the hours were hard, the the you know, 82 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: carrying that stupid backpack around, you know, the chafing your 83 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: neck and getting cut. A loom fell in my head 84 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: and knocked me out. I got a big cut on 85 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: my foot. I you know, there was there was a 86 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: lot of stuff, but like I honestly think I suffered, 87 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: like real I suffered. Um, you know, I suffered so 88 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: with with that. And I remember looking in the mirror 89 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: and being like, oh my god, I can't get back 90 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: in shape right now. And at one point I just 91 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: my makeup artist and I, Jeremy and I we went 92 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: to the tennis club. There's like a tennis jym you 93 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: could go to, and we got into it. We were 94 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 1: like playing every day for a week or something. You're 95 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: just having so much fun and just that your neurons 96 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: when you wake up after not being physically active for 97 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: a while. And then somebody from the news and the 98 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: Wellington whatever the national newspapers took a picture of me 99 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: coming out of the say this is before the internet, 100 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: this is before we had really the movies were known 101 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,799 Speaker 1: by anybody. And on the front page of the national 102 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: newspaper is me like with a towel over my shoulder 103 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: coming out of the gym. And when I and my 104 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: heart sank when I saw it, and I walked into 105 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: the set the next day and Peter Jackson is there 106 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: with the paper open and he does the slow turn 107 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: and he looks at me, and I look at him, 108 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: and he's like, they call candy lollies and he's more 109 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: lollies from Mr Aston, please, And he's lonally partly kidding, 110 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: so like having to maintain fat Sam and so like 111 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: when Gollum says, stupid fat hobbits. You know, I'm like, 112 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: f you, dude. So your book club at Fable is 113 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the movie, and you 114 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: can go to fable dot co slash on Aston to 115 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: be a part of that. Have any of your original 116 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: Lord of the Rings costar still not read the original books? Well, 117 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: there's a major publication today. I believe it's Vanity Fair 118 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: with my colleague Elijah Wood on it and the the cat. 119 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: The banner is I still haven't read the books. So 120 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: he still has and did the whole I feel now 121 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: like I used to joke. And the amazing thing is 122 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: he has a better command of the story than I do. 123 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: And I've read them three times. That's not a joke, 124 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: he I every time I read them. So here's this 125 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: is this is the version. I'm gonna you can read 126 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: it digitally on fable dot com, but I'm gonna read 127 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: this one. And I was reading it on the plane 128 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,039 Speaker 1: back for Atlanta last night, and uh, Billy BOYD, he's gonna. 129 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: I think he came in on her zoom yesterday. I 130 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: think he's gonna train the journey. So I'm gonna text 131 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: Elijah after our interview and I'm just gonna be like, 132 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: hey man, we're doing a chapter week. Of course he's 133 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: gonna be a new father for the second time. He'll 134 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: probably like, I will read two words and fall asleep. 135 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: But but yeah, you know it. What can I say? 136 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: What can I say? He's um. I was always asking 137 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: I would finish. I read the books cover to cover 138 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 1: three times while we're filming, and I didn't really enjoy 139 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: it in the sense of like disappearing into the world. 140 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: I was just like data mining. I was just plumbing 141 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: it for like what can I know? What can I know? 142 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: And I would i'd finished, you know, like a big 143 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: chunk of it and beautiful New Zealand with the countryside, 144 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: you know, the mountains and whatever. And we go to 145 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: the set and I look at the script and I 146 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: had to ask Elijah to explain what was happening. He 147 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: would not. He would be like, well, this is what's 148 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: going on. He would so, yeah, he gets to get 149 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: out of jail free card for me. Well, I appreciate 150 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: the time. It was great to talk to you, Mike. 151 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: You b well brother. All right, have a good one. 152 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: Time to get into the list now of my top 153 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: five movies of the last year, for one, and when 154 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: I would put together this list, I don't want to 155 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: focus completely on what I kind of leaned towards of 156 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: my favorite genre, but without a doubt, one was the 157 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: return of superhero movies and a genre that gets you know, 158 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: a lot of hate, a lot of criticism for there 159 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: being so many movies. We didn't really get a whole 160 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: lot in t aside from Birds of Prey and then 161 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,119 Speaker 1: at the end Wonder Woman. There was no m CU 162 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: movie in tw and everything was weird in twenty aside 163 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: from you know, what was going on in the world, 164 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: but how it affected movies. We were living in a 165 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: world of things getting delayed and delayed and delayed, and 166 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: it was really one with Black Widow that was our 167 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: first taste of like alright, big movies are happening again. 168 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: So looking at all the movies I've seen in the 169 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: last year, which is over fifty doing this podcast, I 170 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: tried to watch at least one new movie a week, 171 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: So I looked at every single movie I watched in 172 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: the last year, everything that was rated at least A 173 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,559 Speaker 1: four and above. From there, I ranked them of how 174 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: much of an impact I think they'll go out to 175 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: have later down the line, how much of me would 176 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: want to go back and watch those movies, and in 177 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: some cases, which am I excited to see continuations of 178 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: in their franchises. And at number five I put these 179 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: Suicide Squad from James Gunn. It was one of the 180 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: funniest experiences I had in the theaters this year because 181 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: it was everything I was looking for but didn't really 182 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 1: know I wanted in a superhero movie, and I honestly 183 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: felt that more people should have watched this movie. A 184 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: lot of the things surrounding it was like, why are 185 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: they already making another one of these? That just made 186 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: one a while ago called Suicide Squad that a bunch 187 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: of people didn't like, So I felt it already had 188 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: a whole lot going against it without any reviews having 189 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: come out from the movie. But what really made The 190 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: Suicide Squad memorable for me was all the characters in it, 191 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: from Harley Quinn to King Shark, to Peacemaker to the 192 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: big villain at the very end. They were all just 193 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: so weird and unorthodox but so fun to watch on 194 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: the big screen. And I kind of love what this 195 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: movie did for d C. It wasn't an answer to 196 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: the Avengers, it wasn't an answer to anything else. It 197 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: was really just being its own movie and kind of 198 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: existing in its own world of yes, these characters are 199 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: kind of misfits, but also in a whole kind of 200 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,079 Speaker 1: world where all these movies are a little bit misfits. 201 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: It was the right amount of action, the right amount 202 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: of humor, and just so many things that were visual 203 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: to my eye while watching this movie. It just made 204 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: it visually appealing and kept my attention the entire time. 205 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: So at number five, I'm going with The Suicide Squad 206 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: at number four was first of all, the movie I 207 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 1: had to go back and remember that it actually came 208 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: out this year. In back in February. Judas and the 209 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: Black Messiah was my favorite drama of the year. A 210 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: story that's so powerful, and when you watched this movie, 211 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: you kind of realize that all these actors are in 212 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: a whole different level and you almost immediately know why 213 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: this kind of movie gets nominated for Oscars. It's a 214 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: story about this guy named William O'Neill and he infiltrates 215 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in order 216 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 1: to get close to the leader in order to gain 217 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: intelligence after he was offered a plea deal by the FBI. 218 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: Such a great premise. The casting was amazing in this movie. 219 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: The cinematography was a plus because it really kind of 220 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: puts you inside the action scenes in this movie. Daniel 221 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 1: Khaluya winning Best Supporting Actor was probably my favorite moment 222 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: from the Oscars last year. So at number four, I'm 223 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: going with Judas and the Black Messiah at number three 224 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: is a movie that I and maybe a lot of 225 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: other people felt this way. Wasn't expecting to like as 226 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: much as I did with the character. I had no 227 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: real knowledge about going into this movie, but afterwards completely loved. 228 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: And at number three it is Shang Chi and the 229 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: Legend of the Ten Rings I've talked about on this podcast. 230 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: How moving into Phase four of the m c U. 231 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: It's a lot of getting introduced to new characters, getting 232 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: introduced into new movies, and even for me, as a 233 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: lifelong Marvel fan, I find myself not as excited for it, 234 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: and shang Chi was a title that was one that 235 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: I wasn't that excited about going into it. But I 236 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: realized while watching this movie the overall plan they have 237 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 1: here at Marvel and what they're trying to do it 238 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: is create new storylines, create new characters in worlds that 239 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,319 Speaker 1: they haven't explored yet, something completely different, and I think 240 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: that's what they did here with shang Chi, a new 241 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: character who isn't your typical superhero. You have your Asian lead, 242 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: Asian director, and a predominantly Asian cast, which is why 243 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: I really loved this movie. And at the core of 244 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 1: shang Chi, you take away all the superhero powers, you 245 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: take away all the fighting and the action. A movie 246 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: about family. It's a movie about your relationships with your parents, 247 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: your mother, your father, And I really saw a new 248 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: character get created with a really strong backstory. The superheroes 249 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: that do the best are the ones that we can 250 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: relate to in some way. People with stories like Spider 251 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: Man and I think now with people like stories like 252 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: Shang Chi, it also opens up a whole new world 253 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: when you can see yourself represented in a superhero like this, 254 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: in a cast like this, to where a kid in 255 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: that theater watching this movie finally see somebody that looks 256 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: like them up there kicking but being the hero in 257 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: a movie, being funny, being charming. I think above all, 258 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: this is an important movie for young kids to watch, 259 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: to see a character that just doesn't look like Superman, 260 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: just doesn't look like Batman. Superheroes can be anybody. So 261 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: at number three, I'm going with Shang Chi and the 262 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: Legend of the Ten Rings at number two is a 263 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: movie I actually haven't had a chance to review on 264 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: the podcast, but I'm glad that I ended up loving 265 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: it so much that I had to put it on 266 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: my Tough five movies because it was just so good, 267 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: entertaining from start to finish, in a story that I 268 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: had no idea about, based on a true story, and 269 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: it is King Richard, which is not your average sports drama. 270 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: It is based on the life of Richard Williams, who 271 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: is the father and coach of Venus and Serena Williams 272 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: and Richard is played by the one and only Will Smith, 273 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: and when this movie was first announced, I thought it 274 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: was interesting that they were making a movie about their 275 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: dad and not about them, But upon watching it and 276 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: getting the full story, you realize how much that works. 277 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: It would have been a completely different movie. It was 278 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: based on them, and what you're able to learn about 279 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: their story through the eyes of their dad is how 280 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: much he sacrificed to get them to where they are, 281 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: and how much drive he had behind not only seeing 282 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: Venus and Serena be successful, but all of his daughters 283 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: to be successful, the sacrifices he had to make, how 284 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: much he had to stick to, you know, the entire 285 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: plan that he saw for them, like he had greatness 286 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: on his mind. He always knew they were going to 287 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: be champions and did not stop until they achieve that. 288 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: It's a very powerful and motivating movie, but it also 289 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: shows the flawed side of him, which I love because 290 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: a lot of the times when you make a biopick 291 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: or make a you know, any kind of biographical film 292 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: on somebody, you just show all the good things, maybe 293 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: a little of the bad, but you don't really get 294 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: that other side of them that maybe sometimes doesn't want 295 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: to be seen, but it's important to the story and 296 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: a lot of kind of the downfalls of him being 297 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: so driven and him you know, kind of being so 298 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: stubborn and said in his ways was really kind of 299 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: shown in this movie to where yes, you do need 300 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: that to get your daughters to that level, but it 301 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: can also take a toll on other parts of your 302 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: your life, like your marriage, your relationships with their coaches 303 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: and people, you know, trying to guide them and take 304 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: them another level, and you're saying that you know more 305 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: than them. So it's a lot more than him just 306 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: being their dad and him being their coach, but also 307 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: just struggling with you know, what's going on inside of him. 308 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: And I thought, Will Smith, that's such a great job 309 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: in this role to where I'm sure we'll see an 310 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: Oscar nomination, if not possibly an Oscar win. I think 311 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: it would be so fitting for Will Smith to win 312 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: Best Actor for the first time because of this movie. 313 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: In my heart right now, I think you should win. 314 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: He truly made that movie great. If you haven't seen 315 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: it yet, it's a definite must see because at number 316 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: two it's King Richard and then at number one, my 317 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: top movie of if you haven't guessed it yet, Well, 318 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: yes it is Spider Man No Way Home. Don't mean 319 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: to sound basic here, but you've listened to every capacity 320 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: of me review the movie. At this point, what else 321 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: can I say about it? It was my favorite movie 322 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 1: of the year and I'm not sorry about that. So 323 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: the only thing I have to say about it now 324 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: that I haven't said before is the cultural impact this 325 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: had on movies. And I think it's directors now getting 326 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: upset about how successful this movie has been and how 327 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: the only time people are going to the movie theaters 328 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: now or to see superhero movies. But I see it 329 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: completely different now. We go to the theaters to experience 330 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: things like this. There was nothing else in recent history 331 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: that gets people as excited to go to see a 332 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: movie like this and Spider Man No Way Home. The 333 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: experience of seeing it with other people in a crowd, 334 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: with cheering, that's something that's very hard to create. And 335 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: they're just a whole lot of factors that focus into 336 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: how much these movies make, and that experience alone is 337 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: going to get people out of their homes and into 338 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: a movie theater. So I don't think that movies in 339 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: any way are dying or that the art of film 340 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: is in danger here. I just think the movies that 341 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: are more captivating are obviously going to have big pops 342 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: like this. But if a movie is really great, it 343 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: will find its way to its audience. So you can't 344 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: throw it at these superhero movies that maybe your movies 345 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: aren't warming the way you expected them to. And the 346 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: success of Spider Man No Way Home doesn't take anything 347 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: away from the movie you've created. So those are my 348 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: final thoughts on that, and that is my top five 349 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: best movies. I'll come back and give some honorable mentions 350 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: and the worst movies I saw last year right after this, 351 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: all right, let's get into some of the worst movies 352 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: of the One at number one is the only one 353 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: I didn't finish watching because it was so bad. And 354 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: I think that is the equivalent now to walking out 355 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: of a theater. I don't really see anybody now spending 356 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: that much money on a movie ticket to walk out 357 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: unless you just completely hate a movie like like that 358 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: really takes a lot. And you know, if you walk 359 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: out of a movie theater within thirty minutes, they can 360 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: actually give you a refund. Don't know if you knew 361 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,680 Speaker 1: that or not, but they will give you a refund 362 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,959 Speaker 1: after that. It's all on you. But the one movie 363 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: that I didn't finish watching is that number one on 364 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: the list is the movie called Bliss. It had Owen 365 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: Wilson and Salmahiak and I think this movie it was 366 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: on Amazon, and it kind of suffers from taking a 367 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: mediocre plot and putting too big name actors into the movie, 368 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: throwing it on a streaming service and expecting to get 369 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: to do well. I don't think you can just throw 370 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: two big actors in a movie anymore and have to 371 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: do relatively well. This movie was so bad. I got 372 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: about thirty minutes into it and it was completely checked out. 373 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 1: So my number one worst movie of one was Bliss. 374 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 1: If you haven't even heard of it and you see 375 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: it pop up on Amazon, do not waste your time. 376 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 1: At number two, it was a movie I was so 377 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: excited to see and it did not live up to 378 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 1: my hype. And it was Halloween Kills. I thought Michael 379 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: Myers was completely not Michael Myers in that movie. There's 380 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: a lot of just mindless killing with no real storyline 381 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: there to follow, a lot of plot holes overall, just 382 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: kind of dumb and I love Michael Myers, I love 383 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: scary movies. I love slasher movies. That one was not it. 384 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: At number three was The Conjuring three, and The Conjuring 385 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: the original one is one of my favorite paranormal slash 386 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 1: exorcism movies, a movie that really scared me upon watching 387 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: that one. Two was okay, but three was also borderline 388 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: me not wanting to finish it. Very hard to make 389 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: a trilogy, especially in horror, and they did not follow 390 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: through on this one. So my number three worst movie 391 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: of the year was The Conjuring Three at number four, 392 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 1: again a movie that played onto my nostalgia and my 393 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,719 Speaker 1: urge to want to love it as much as I 394 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: did as a kid, or just kind of remembered back 395 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 1: lot me get as much as I did as a kid. 396 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: But it is space jam to a new legacy. For 397 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: a movie about the Looney Tunes and basketball, it contained 398 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: very little Looney Tunes and basketball. Everything about this movie 399 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: felt phoned in, from Lebron James performance to the voice acting, 400 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: to the animation to the writing. If there was any 401 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 1: and I get it. It was a movie made for kids, 402 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: but even a movie made for kids has to have art, 403 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: has to have a little substance. And if you're going 404 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: to play off of a movie that came out in 405 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: the nineties and now all those kids are adults, you 406 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,879 Speaker 1: have to kind of play to them too. And I 407 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: don't know why I'm getting angry and talking with my 408 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: hands because you can't see me doing this. But that 409 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: is why I did not like Space DM two. And 410 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: there was so much hype leading up to this one. 411 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: It just fell flat. And number four is Space Jam two. 412 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: And then finally at number three is another part three 413 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: of a movie, and it is a Kissing Booth three. 414 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: I somehow made it to watch one and two. I 415 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: don't know why I expected three to be any better. 416 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: So many things that don't make sense in this movie. 417 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: And I also get it here probably not the target 418 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: audience for these movies, but I remember watching movies like 419 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: this when I was younger. The movie is geared towards 420 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 1: teens and dweens of my day. Again, at least had 421 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: a little substance. Was very little in this one. So 422 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: at number five was the Kissing Booth three. Since that 423 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: was the worst list, I decided to go in reverse 424 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: order that I normally do. Because they are all movies 425 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 1: you probably shouldn't spend any time watching, so it doesn't 426 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,159 Speaker 1: really matter where I ranked them, but I did want 427 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: to get back real quick. Before we get into the 428 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: movie review is some honorable mentions of the best movies 429 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: I saw last year. One that almost made the list 430 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: was Cruella, which was a movie I didn't get to 431 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: watch in theaters. I watched it on Disney Plus paid 432 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: the thirty bucks for it and had a really good 433 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: time at home watching that movie. Even though it looks 434 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 1: so big and cinematic, like it would fit perfectly on 435 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: the big screen. The origin story of Cruella Deville was 436 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:45,719 Speaker 1: unexpectedly really good. Emma Stone was fantastic, the wardrobe was fantastic. 437 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: I really loved that movie from Disney. Honorable mention was Cruella. 438 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: Another movie I wasn't expecting to love as much as 439 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: I did was Tick Tick Boom with Andrew Garfield. The 440 00:21:56,359 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: story about Jonathan Larson, who created Rent, but really doesn't 441 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: focus on that at all. Even though it is a musical, 442 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: it's not just a random burst into song and dance 443 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: for no reason. The story has a lot of substance 444 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: to it. It deals more with Jonathan Larson and his 445 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: anxiety is around turning thirty and deciding whether or not 446 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: this dream of being a famous playwright is really going 447 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: to be a dream he's able to live out. So 448 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: for me, also turning thirty in the past year, I 449 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: thought that really resonated with me. And knowing that Andrew 450 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: Garfield learned how to sing for this movie really made 451 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: me love it even more. So that's an honorable mention. 452 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: And then my final honorable mention is a movie called 453 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: Pig starring Nicolas Cage, where he plays a truffle hunter 454 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: who lives out in the middle of nowhere in Oregon 455 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: in this shed and it's him and this pig who 456 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: helps him find truffles in the forest, which he sells 457 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: to this other guy who is a supplier for restaurants. 458 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: And then one day his pig gets stolen and he's 459 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 1: on a mission to get his pig bag. It's kind 460 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,479 Speaker 1: of like Taken with a pig, And it sounds like 461 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: such a bizarre premise for a movie that you realize, like, 462 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: how could that even be good? But it's a really 463 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: great drama, a movie that somehow I felt Nicholas Cage 464 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: was born to play. At this stage of his life, 465 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 1: there he goes some movies not to watch and spend 466 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: your time on, and then some other ones that you 467 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: may have missed. Let's get into a spoiler free movie 468 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: review now. I want to talk about Don't Look Up 469 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: on Netflix, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothy shallow May, 470 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: Meryl Streep, and a lot more actors. Before I get 471 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: into this review, here's just a little bit of the trailer. 472 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: I hear there's something you don't like the looks of. 473 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: We discovered a very large comment tone. It's headed directly 474 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 1: towards Earth. This comment is what we call a planet killer. 475 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: At this exact moment, I say, we sit tight and assess, 476 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: sit tight, and assess sit tight, and then assess. The 477 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: sit type part comes first, and you've got to digest it. 478 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: That's the assessment period. So this was actually one of 479 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: my most anticipated movies of December. So going into this 480 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: I was really wanting to like it. A movie with 481 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: Leonardo DiCaprio as one of the leads, like, how could 482 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,239 Speaker 1: it really be a bad movie? But also, time and 483 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: time again that worries me. When there's so many a 484 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: list actors in a movie, is just boasting like, look 485 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 1: at all these people in this movie. You have Leonardo DiCaprio, 486 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: Jennifer Lawrence, Timothy Shallow May, Arianna grondn A, Meryl Streep, 487 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: Jonah Hill. The list really goes on and on with 488 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: cameos in this movie. And sometimes that's just like, Hey, 489 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,719 Speaker 1: look at this movie. We have all these actors, how 490 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: could it be a bad movie? And you pair that 491 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: with the premise of this movie, which also just sounds 492 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: like something I'd want to watch. It's about these two 493 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: low level astronomers who discover this comment coming straight towards 494 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: Earth and they're trying to tell the government and everybody 495 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 1: that it's basically going to end in six months if 496 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: we don't do anything. And that's the premise of the movie. 497 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: Directed by Adam McKay, who has done movies like Anchorman, 498 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: The Other Guy, Step Brothers, The Big Short Vice, so 499 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: he is known for his comedy and satirical humor. So 500 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: what happens in this movie is Leonardo DiCaprio is an 501 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: astronomer at the University of Michigan working with Jennifer Lawrence, 502 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: who is also an astronomer studying under him, and they 503 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: discovered this comment go to try to tell the president. 504 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: So they think this earth shattering news is going to 505 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 1: really change the world, but it doesn't really do anything. 506 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: So what do they do. They go lead it to 507 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: the media, and then on comes the frenzy of how 508 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: the American people and how the entire world react to this. 509 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: So that's the surface level of this movie, but when 510 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: you watch it further dive into the overall bigger message, 511 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: it's kind of a story about how our country is 512 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: constantly divided, how we interpret information from scientists, how we 513 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: interpret big news events, and it's really just a take 514 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: on the state of the world, how everything gets politicized, 515 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 1: and how no matter the issue, we're probably going to 516 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 1: argue it, even the end of the world, and at 517 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: a satirical look on that. So I think that part 518 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: of the movie was interesting enough, But where I kind 519 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: of got taken out of it is I felt like 520 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: none of the actors really had their time to shine. 521 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: You have all these A list actors, but even Leonardo DiCaprio, 522 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: I'm kind of surprised that he took this role because 523 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: he really wasn't the Leonardo DiCaprio that I was expecting, 524 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: or the level of performance that I kind of know 525 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: going into a movie that I'm going to get. I 526 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: really didn't feel like him in that role really added 527 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: much to the entire movie, aside from the fact that 528 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 1: he was Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Lawrence was okay, but I 529 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 1: think her character overall didn't really fit her. Maybe just 530 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: the comedic timing wasn't there. There was one reoccurring joke 531 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: that I found funny, but other than that, didn't really 532 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: love her character. Meryl Streep was fine, but I did 533 00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: feel her performance was just a little bit phoned in. 534 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 1: She was playing the President of the United States, and 535 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: I just felt like that character could have been so 536 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,440 Speaker 1: much bigger and bolder in this movie because it kind 537 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: of gave me vibes and reminded me of Idiocracy, which 538 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: is a movie that takes a look how society changes 539 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: in the future. I felt like this movie was kind 540 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: of in that similar realm set in a distant future, 541 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 1: but it didn't have that same charm as Idiocracy. Didn't 542 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: have that same comedic timing or overall cleverness that that 543 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: movie had. I felt like the plot itself was bigger 544 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: than the entire movie, and in order for it to work. 545 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: I almost wanted it to be a little bit more silly, 546 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: have a little bit more humor, but it kind of 547 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: walked this line of like a drama, a satire, a 548 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: dark comedy, and just overall trying to make a statement 549 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: on the world, and they never really just combined together 550 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: to make a great movie. And out of all the 551 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,880 Speaker 1: actors in the movie, the only one I felt that 552 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: really owned their character, really got into this movie, really 553 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: kind of made their role their own and shine in 554 00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 1: this was Jonah Hill. He played the son and the 555 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: chief of after the President, and I thought he was perfect. 556 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: I thought, out of everybody, he had the best comedic role, 557 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: the best comedic timing, and overall just the best character 558 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: and the only one I really cared to watch when 559 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 1: they were on the screen. So it being that I 560 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: didn't love the overall development of this plot and the characters, 561 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: I did like the story. I thought it was fun 562 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: to explore that. I did like the story and seeing 563 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: how a possible end of the world situation would take 564 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: place and go down in modern times, so almost more 565 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: so than I cared about everything else going on in 566 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: the movie visually, I was just wanting to see how 567 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: that would play out, and so it could have been 568 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: this movie, it could have been any other movie. But 569 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: just seeing that play out on the big screen and 570 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: what they do to try to stop this comment, and 571 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: just the overall what would happen in the world and 572 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: in this country it has actually happened. That's really what 573 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: kept me watching. So if I had to write this 574 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: movie and this is a rare case in a movie 575 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: that I was excited to see and was a little 576 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: bit let down, It's in no way a bad movie, 577 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: Like I wouldn't watch this and be like, this is 578 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 1: the dumbest thing I've ever seen. It just doesn't really 579 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: live up to that expectation that I had set going 580 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: into it. Maybe my bar was a little bit high, 581 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: very rare that I'm so pumped to see a movie 582 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: and and not deliver in a movie that I was 583 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: expecting with this many a list actors from the trailer, 584 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: from the description of the movie, I was expecting an 585 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: easy four and a half. It went down from that 586 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: high expectation down to three out of five comments. And 587 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: this is coming from somebody who loves disaster movies. I 588 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 1: think it's an underrated genre, but this one just didn't 589 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: quite do it for me. It's not the worst new 590 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: thing you can watch right now, but a movie I 591 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: was expecting to, you know, be up for a lot 592 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 1: of awards. I don't think we'll see that. We don't 593 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: look up. And the only real bright spot I see 594 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,040 Speaker 1: in this movie and other movies released on Netflix in 595 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: the last year is that line is really getting just 596 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: harder to see. If something comes out on Netflix or 597 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: it comes out in theaters, I think people are seeing 598 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 1: them in different ways. And a movie like this, even 599 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: though it didn't have a big theatrical release, a lot 600 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: of people still watch it and we're talking about it, 601 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: and it's proof to actors of any level. I mean, 602 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: you have Leonardo DiCaprio doing a Netflix movie. It can 603 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,479 Speaker 1: be done. So overall, I think it's a solid move 604 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: for Netflix to have this level of movie and continue 605 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: to put out stuff like this. This one just didn't 606 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: quite do it for me. And now it's time for 607 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: the part of the podcast where I break down new 608 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: movie trailers of titles coming to you soon in theaters, 609 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: on streaming, on demand, all the things. In a segment 610 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: we call it's time to head down to Movie Mike, 611 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: coming off of Spider Man, No Way Home. Marvel dropped 612 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: the trailer to the new Doctor Strange movie. It is 613 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: called Doctor Strange Into the Multiverse of Madness. The multiverse 614 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: is alive and well and they're exploring this and every 615 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: single capacity. So let's take a look and listen to 616 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: this trailer. Later you show up, I made mistakes and 617 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: people were hurt. I'm not here to talk about West Pier. 618 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: Then what are you here for? I need your help, 619 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: that's what. What do you know about the multiverse? The 620 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 1: greatest threat to our universe is you. Things just got 621 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: out of hand. So this movie looks like it picks 622 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: up right after Spider Man No Way Home. It is 623 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: Doctor Strange dealing with the effects that is spell cast. 624 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: And at the very start of that trailer you heard 625 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 1: the voice of Wanda from One Division. So now Marvel 626 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: is connecting all of the TV shows from Disney Plus 627 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: back into the movies. And this is where I think 628 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: things get interesting. I think the question I get a 629 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: lot going into a Remarvel movie, especially with the sequel 630 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: like this is which ones do I need to watch 631 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: leading up to this? And I think any good Marvel 632 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: movie are really any movie in general, you should usually 633 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: be able to go into it and within the first 634 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: twenty minutes at least be into the movie to where 635 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,479 Speaker 1: you understand what's going on in the thing you're watching. 636 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 1: Like that's what a movie takes to be a movie 637 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: like that, You can't want to expect people to watch 638 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: all these other things going into it. But I think 639 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: again that's where Marvel plays into serving their fans and 640 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: everybody like me, maybe like yourself, who do watch at 641 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: least title of it kind of has made more for 642 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: you and it's a little more exciting to get all 643 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: the references. But going into this one, I don't think 644 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: people are even as excited to go back and rewatch 645 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: the first Doctor Strange, or have watched One Division if 646 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: you haven't, watch What If if you haven't, or even 647 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: the last Spider Man movie. Like I think a lot 648 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: of what Doctor Strange is writing now is the wave 649 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: of Spider Man as the lead into this movie. It's 650 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: just why I'm excited about actually watching this movie. But 651 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: I do love Wanda Vision in there because I think 652 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: that was such a great TV show last year and 653 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: getting to see her now back on the big screen. 654 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be exciting because I felt 655 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: like Wanda and Vision in The Avengers were so underrated 656 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 1: that now that people know her story, know her powers, 657 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: know what she is capable of, I can't wait to 658 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 1: see that back in an m CU movie. So more 659 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: so than Doctor Strange. I'm excited to see Wanda in 660 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: this movie as the Scarlet Witch, and that movie comes 661 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 1: out on May six. Next up in the trailer park 662 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,800 Speaker 1: is Uncharted, a movie that's based on a video game, 663 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. Let's take a listen 664 00:33:54,480 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: to this trailer. Thank you everything in here? Why the map? 665 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: His treasure that's never been found by billion easy? But 666 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: it's just a story I beg to different. So it's 667 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,320 Speaker 1: a movie based on a video game, which you're always 668 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 1: hard to do, and it's a video game that I 669 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 1: myself haven't played. I kind of got into video games 670 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: probably in my early twenties, I stopped playing them. So 671 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,760 Speaker 1: the video game movies I'm more excited about are from 672 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: you know, the titles that I played as a kid, Sonic, 673 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: The Hedgehog, Mario Brothers. Like those movies I get more 674 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: excited about. But the great thing about Uncharted is it's 675 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 1: an action game and I feel that really transfers so 676 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 1: well to a movie at this level. And this movie 677 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: is actually a prequel to the video games stars Tom 678 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: Holland as a younger Drake what you heard in that 679 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: and how he came to meet his friend in the 680 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: video game who was named Sully played by Mark Wahlberg here, 681 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: and I feel like sometimes studios just make movies and 682 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,840 Speaker 1: kind of throw it under the brand of a video game, 683 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: and sometimes that feels like it's just kind of tacked 684 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,320 Speaker 1: on and it doesn't really add anything of the franchise, 685 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,399 Speaker 1: It doesn't really give anything back to the fans. Mark 686 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: Wahlberg has kind of been a part of that before. 687 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,240 Speaker 1: He was in the movie Max Pain, which was based 688 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: on a video game that people loved and an adaptation 689 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,879 Speaker 1: that really wasn't any good. But this movie comes out 690 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: on February, and what I'm really seeing here is Tom 691 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: Holland on his path to become an all out movie star, 692 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: which it is really hard to create a movie star 693 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,360 Speaker 1: in this day and age, and the level that I 694 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: think Tom Holland is capable of achieving, and he has 695 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 1: done such a great job, and the people around him, 696 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, helping him get his movies and pick his 697 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 1: roles of not being typecast as just Spider Man. I've 698 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 1: already seen the range of his work in the last 699 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: couple of years for movies like Cherry Devil All The 700 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,640 Speaker 1: Time Time and now doing an all out big action 701 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,759 Speaker 1: movie that's not a Marvel movie with this movie uncharted, 702 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 1: and it's so hard not to get type cast, especially 703 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: when you play a character as well known as Spider Man. 704 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 1: But I think he's doing an amazing job at it. 705 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: I think he's definitely one of the next A list 706 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: actors on the brink of that level. Of any movie 707 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,439 Speaker 1: he puts out, people are gonna watch no matter what. 708 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 1: So those are a couple of movies to look out 709 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: for this year, this addition of Law Alright. That is 710 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 1: the episode for this week. But before I hop out 711 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 1: of here, every single week I give a shout out 712 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: to a listener of the podcast, whether it's on Twitter, Instagram, 713 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,520 Speaker 1: or the most old school way, email me at movie 714 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: Mike d at gmail dot com. This week, I'm going 715 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,800 Speaker 1: over to Twitter, and this shout out is for Ryan 716 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,799 Speaker 1: gil Martin who tweeted me and said, cannot believe it's 717 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: been two years. Absolutely love listening to your podcast. Monday mornings. 718 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: Just finished listening to The Spider Man one by far 719 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,760 Speaker 1: one of my favorites of years, Keep killing It. PS 720 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,440 Speaker 1: was finally able to rate you on Spotify five stars. 721 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,920 Speaker 1: Of course, appreciate you, Ryan for listening and for leaving 722 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 1: that rating wherever you're listening to this now, if you 723 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: could take a few seconds and give it a rating, 724 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 1: whether it be on Spotify, on Apple podcasts, hit those 725 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,800 Speaker 1: five stars. We can write a quick little review always 726 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 1: helps to keep the ship afloat here glad to be 727 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 1: back in two Hope you have a great first week 728 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,400 Speaker 1: back in the year and until next week later m