Episode 202 - Nate vs Ben-ator (and Brad)

[00:00:00] Hey everybody, Hey everybody, Hey everybody, Go Flix Yourself

[00:00:17] Hey everybody, it's another episode of Go Flix Yourself.

[00:00:19] My name is Ben Conowitz.

[00:00:21] With me as always is the Midley Vanilli to my Eminem.

[00:00:24] Did you say Midley Vanilli?

[00:00:26] Midley Vanilli.

[00:00:27] Midley Vanilli.

[00:00:28] Midley Vanilli.

[00:00:29] Okay, I mean you can't see right now but I'm lip syncing.

[00:00:33] Lip talking.

[00:00:35] And to my left we're gonna say that this gentleman is the Mark Wahlberg.

[00:00:41] When he was Marky Mark.

[00:00:43] Oh and the funky bunch.

[00:00:44] Eminem.

[00:00:45] I don't like certain people.

[00:00:46] You love wearing tidy whiteies and baggy pants.

[00:00:50] Listen, don't blame him if I look like that when you know when he was wearing those Calvin

[00:00:53] Klein stuff.

[00:00:54] Ooh, look good.

[00:00:55] He looked good.

[00:00:56] Ooh.

[00:00:57] Also didn't he blind a guy?

[00:00:58] Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

[00:00:59] Then like certain people.

[00:01:00] Yeah.

[00:01:01] I don't know if that was before Marky Mark or if it was during Marky Mark.

[00:01:05] Pretty wild, wild like 16 or 17 year old.

[00:01:07] When he was a teenager he did some horrible things and actually physically hurt somebody

[00:01:11] for a long term but he's a very well celebrated actor.

[00:01:13] We shall all just forgive him.

[00:01:14] Well, I'm not sure about that.

[00:01:17] We shouldn't forgive him?

[00:01:19] Well, I don't know.

[00:01:20] I mean you're the Mel Gibson fan here.

[00:01:22] Oh, how dare you.

[00:01:24] Hey guys, welcome to Go Flix Yourself.

[00:01:26] Good to see you.

[00:01:27] Good to see you guys.

[00:01:28] Second episode of the new year.

[00:01:29] Yeah, it's a movie podcast.

[00:01:31] In case you didn't know we love talking about movies.

[00:01:33] We talk about the last movies we saw.

[00:01:35] We assign movies to each other to watch.

[00:01:37] We talk about some movie trailers.

[00:01:39] Well, we talk about movie trailers Brad.

[00:01:41] That's a great point.

[00:01:42] And tonight we didn't.

[00:01:43] We talked about a series.

[00:01:44] Well, we haven't talked about anything.

[00:01:45] Well, that was strict.

[00:01:46] I was strict.

[00:01:47] Oh yeah, because this is the first time we've ever watched a trailer for a TV series.

[00:01:49] This is a TV podcast.

[00:01:50] No, but normally you tell me like hey, this is how this relates to a movie.

[00:01:54] That's why I'm like.

[00:01:55] You tell me if you're watching a TV series trailer, it's not a movie trailer but this

[00:01:59] time you put the work off of it and I didn't know it was a trailer.

[00:02:03] Is this a terrible air carpet?

[00:02:04] No, it's a great Ben Connellist.

[00:02:06] That doesn't sound like that.

[00:02:09] I don't know Nate was accurate.

[00:02:11] It was very good.

[00:02:14] Son of a bitch.

[00:02:15] Oh my goodness.

[00:02:17] Well, love it.

[00:02:18] What's the stupid spin so cold here?

[00:02:21] It is.

[00:02:22] I don't know where you guys are but it is like negative.

[00:02:24] It's the wind.

[00:02:25] 250 degrees here in Northwest Indiana where we record is tonight as we are recording

[00:02:30] negative 25.

[00:02:31] You said because I saw you Ben of course.

[00:02:34] I don't know if you know this Ben's uniform for everyday life is a t-shirt and shorts.

[00:02:39] Yes.

[00:02:40] And it is negative 40 and you're still wearing a t-shirt and shorts outside.

[00:02:43] I did wear, I went through the arcade.

[00:02:45] I own an arcade with my partner Ryan Hart.

[00:02:47] He's a great person.

[00:02:48] Your life partner?

[00:02:49] My life partner.

[00:02:50] So I went through the arcade tonight checking out a couple things to play some pinball

[00:02:53] and I wore a black t-shirt, shorts and flip flops and it was negative 25 out.

[00:02:58] Yeah.

[00:02:59] Now I will clarify.

[00:03:00] But your nostrils literally froze while you were talking.

[00:03:03] It was a very weird sensation but I will tell you if you're listening maybe Mitch and you've

[00:03:10] never experienced negative 25 here's a couple things that happen immediately.

[00:03:14] You walk outside and your extremities start to get feel pain within about 30 seconds.

[00:03:20] So you really can only be outside exposed for about 30 seconds before things really

[00:03:25] start to hurt.

[00:03:26] But also when you get back inside and warm up let's say you walk into a very warm

[00:03:30] everything and it hurts tremendously more.

[00:03:32] It still hurts.

[00:03:33] You need it to be a very easy transition but no I've always worn, you know, I'm a space

[00:03:39] heater of a person.

[00:03:40] And he rarely wears jeans.

[00:03:41] Do you know what also happens?

[00:03:43] I noticed when it is negative 25 out your nipples got really hard.

[00:03:47] Well his nipples are almost always hard.

[00:03:49] I would say like the room temperature my nipples get pretty hard because you know what they're

[00:03:52] sensitive.

[00:03:53] I'm not going to lie.

[00:03:54] His nipples basically go from being able to cut glass to being able to cut

[00:03:59] diamonds.

[00:04:00] Right now I just reached their heart.

[00:04:02] They are right now of course there because I'm here.

[00:04:05] Well yeah it's because I'm recording the show my favorite part of the week.

[00:04:08] That's because that basements like a fucking igloo.

[00:04:10] Okay, this is not a basement.

[00:04:11] This is our studio.

[00:04:12] This is our podcast studio.

[00:04:13] This is a real podcast.

[00:04:16] This is a real podcast.

[00:04:17] Come on your goddamn studio.

[00:04:19] You shit it all the time.

[00:04:21] I built this for the show and you constantly do it.

[00:04:25] If this was a basement would we have an airbud poster up there?

[00:04:29] No, this is a freaking studio.

[00:04:31] What's behind you Nate?

[00:04:33] It's a curtain.

[00:04:34] It's a curtain.

[00:04:35] What kind of curtain?

[00:04:36] A studio curtain.

[00:04:37] Oh interesting.

[00:04:38] Yeah.

[00:04:39] Fuck you.

[00:04:40] Anyway what's your dumb fucking sponsor?

[00:04:43] Do we have a sponsor or are we out of sponsors?

[00:04:45] Are we out of sponsors?

[00:04:46] Are you kidding me there's fucking new snacks every day.

[00:04:48] If you know this because you follow Brad's junk on Instagram.

[00:04:52] That's at look at Brad's junk on Instagram and you know.

[00:04:56] By the way it is amazing how many people you have that follow that.

[00:04:58] It is ridiculous.

[00:04:59] How many followers do you have right now?

[00:05:00] I just passed 14.3 thousand.

[00:05:03] It is ridiculous.

[00:05:04] I don't love the .3 there.

[00:05:06] So that's how Instagram does it.

[00:05:08] No, no, no.

[00:05:09] You can just say about 14.

[00:05:11] That means that you logged in before you got here.

[00:05:14] You checked that.

[00:05:15] I gotta keep track of my followers baby.

[00:05:17] What?

[00:05:18] My followers baby.

[00:05:19] Okay.

[00:05:20] No it was like Christopher Walken almost.

[00:05:23] I gotta keep track of my followers baby.

[00:05:25] You know you gotta watch on Instagram because the snacks are top notch.

[00:05:30] That's not bad.

[00:05:31] That's not bad.

[00:05:32] Two years, two years right now.

[00:05:35] Do it fast.

[00:05:36] Hey, having a good time.

[00:05:39] Oh, Christopher Walken.

[00:05:40] Yeah way better.

[00:05:41] Good job.

[00:05:42] So much better than Brad.

[00:05:43] You're working as you go aren't you?

[00:05:45] Yeah I can even remember what Christopher Walken sounds like.

[00:05:48] I really don't.

[00:05:49] Yeah fucking asshole.

[00:05:50] I'm walking here.

[00:05:51] That's what?

[00:05:52] That's like typical New York.

[00:05:54] Like audition like you're going to be in a New York play.

[00:05:56] That's his favorite.

[00:05:57] Hey I'm walking here.

[00:05:59] That's what I was.

[00:06:00] Oh he comes into a room.

[00:06:01] He's like hey I'm Christian walking here.

[00:06:03] Hey there's dices here.

[00:06:05] Little Miss Muffin.

[00:06:07] Oh fuck yourself.

[00:06:10] Anyway, what is the you know tremendous sponsor that we have?

[00:06:15] The person that wrote the check is Ben.

[00:06:17] Let me ask you something.

[00:06:19] Nate never tires of the joke.

[00:06:21] I have been tired.

[00:06:23] Brad let me just tell you I'm no longer from now on.

[00:06:26] I'm never going to make fun of this little stupid.

[00:06:29] I'm not going to do it.

[00:06:31] I will just let you know that just for me to you, Nate.

[00:06:35] I've been tired of this since 2014 maybe 20 like for like years.

[00:06:43] It's been I don't think we've been in the podcast since 24.

[00:06:46] It's been I don't care.

[00:06:47] It's been exhausting since you've done it the first time.

[00:06:50] Very first time.

[00:06:52] I'm memory and I'm like okay.

[00:06:54] Hey Ben.

[00:06:55] And I say it's like I hope this bit doesn't stick.

[00:06:58] And here we are 201 episodes later and fucking there it is again.

[00:07:02] You can't come up with any other way to go.

[00:07:04] Lazy.

[00:07:06] Jesus Christ.

[00:07:10] What's your relationship like?

[00:07:12] Who is this for?

[00:07:13] What's your relationship like?

[00:07:14] At this point though who is this for the six people that

[00:07:16] actually like you that listens Alex Pappas Mitch.

[00:07:19] Fun some fucking reason loves you.

[00:07:21] And like you know John Cessna and Charlie maybe Luke.

[00:07:25] I don't even I got to ask Luke if he likes this Mike Flores maybe who is

[00:07:28] this for what's your relationship like with Hello Kitty.

[00:07:31] I don't have one currently why why really happened when we didn't

[00:07:36] use to have one.

[00:07:37] What do you mean?

[00:07:38] Did you guys have a falling out?

[00:07:39] Yeah, like who did she hurt you such a false cheat on Hello Kitty.

[00:07:44] What happened?

[00:07:45] I said goodbye kitty.

[00:07:46] Well sometimes you just got to know your boundaries.

[00:07:49] What are you doing?

[00:07:50] Well, you know what's funny is that don't look over here.

[00:07:53] We were talking a little bit before the show.

[00:08:06] We catch up most most time.

[00:08:08] I mean this most times like 90% of the time he leaves the

[00:08:11] sponsor out on the table and as I'm just walking by he goes

[00:08:15] hey keep it in your fucking bag if you don't bring a bag over

[00:08:21] on the table and you don't look at you put it in the most obvious

[00:08:24] spot and you're mad at us for looking at it that you left

[00:08:27] right in front of us.

[00:08:28] You know, you don't have to look at everything like label

[00:08:30] facing out.

[00:08:31] It's almost like he's trying to get us to look and then

[00:08:34] he gets mad and then it gets really mad.

[00:08:36] Yeah, don't look at it.

[00:08:37] But but literally I looked at you and you were mad at me

[00:08:40] because no you were looking at the bag.

[00:08:41] I saw your eyes.

[00:08:42] But you're talking about it.

[00:08:43] My eyes are up here.

[00:08:44] My eyes are up here.

[00:08:45] Stop looking at my snacks.

[00:08:46] But you weren't getting ready to talk about it.

[00:08:47] I thought that it was okay at that point.

[00:08:49] You're talking about the sponsor to look at the sponsor.

[00:08:51] It doesn't matter.

[00:08:52] You're going to see it.

[00:08:53] What time are we at?

[00:08:54] Is it an hour?

[00:08:55] Okay, so what's really fun about this actually is that

[00:08:57] No, I'm not.

[00:08:58] I'm fun.

[00:08:59] This is the third episode in a row where I have brought a

[00:09:01] Goldfish.

[00:09:02] Yeah, exactly.

[00:09:03] I can see the package.

[00:09:04] Yeah, you can see it.

[00:09:05] Everyone knows Goldfish package when you see it.

[00:09:06] You spot it from a mile away.

[00:09:07] It's like seeing a Pringles can.

[00:09:08] You know what that is.

[00:09:09] Have you guys ever tried the ketchup Pringles?

[00:09:11] You know what happened.

[00:09:12] Yeah, we know.

[00:09:13] You know.

[00:09:14] All right anyway, it's a new Goldfish.

[00:09:15] That's all I'm going to say.

[00:09:16] Don't look at the flavor on the front.

[00:09:18] Just know that it is a new flavor.

[00:09:20] And we're going to try them out here.

[00:09:22] No, just grab the bag.

[00:09:23] The front is facing me.

[00:09:24] So.

[00:09:25] Not allowed to look.

[00:09:26] No, look at the front of the bag.

[00:09:29] Just give Nate some Goldfish snackaroos.

[00:09:32] And don't look at the front of the bag.

[00:09:35] Mmm.

[00:09:36] Mmm.

[00:09:37] Mmm.

[00:09:38] Fuck.

[00:09:39] Can I eat them yet?

[00:09:41] Yeah, these are real fucks good.

[00:09:43] Like graham crackers?

[00:09:44] Mmm.

[00:09:45] Don't chew in the mic.

[00:09:47] These are good.

[00:09:48] These are real good.

[00:09:49] Don't chew in the mic.

[00:09:50] I'm sorry guys.

[00:09:52] He does this.

[00:09:53] I can't say.

[00:09:54] Hey, I don't think you tried them yet, did you?

[00:09:55] They did at three.

[00:09:56] You did.

[00:09:57] Graham crackers.

[00:09:58] Wow, these are great.

[00:09:59] Yeah, these are.

[00:10:00] I'm not used to the non-cheese Goldfish.

[00:10:02] But these are very good.

[00:10:04] This is one of my favorite things I've gotten in a while.

[00:10:06] These actually, you know what they taste like?

[00:10:09] They're like graham crackers with crunch berries on them.

[00:10:12] You're at 100% right.

[00:10:13] Yeah, actually yes.

[00:10:14] And I wouldn't be surprised if that's partially how they got the flavor.

[00:10:16] These are Strawberry Shortcake Goldfish.

[00:10:18] It's a new flavor.

[00:10:19] For some reason Hello Kitty is the sponsor behind them.

[00:10:21] I don't know.

[00:10:22] I don't get the Hello Kitty part.

[00:10:23] I don't know if maybe there's a famous Strawberry Shortcake link to Hello Kitty or what.

[00:10:26] But I believe that these are out right now because it's like Valentine's Day theme

[00:10:29] because it's a red bag and whatnot.

[00:10:31] It's OOPS all Goldfish.

[00:10:33] I would love to have OOPS all Goldfish.

[00:10:35] That's just normal.

[00:10:36] Pour some milk on them.

[00:10:37] Ew.

[00:10:38] You know what I'm saying?

[00:10:39] Yeah, these are really fucking good.

[00:10:41] No, actually those are really good.

[00:10:42] Yeah, these are fantastic.

[00:10:43] Nate, you're right.

[00:10:44] They do taste like the aftertaste is crunch berries.

[00:10:47] It'd be like if you-

[00:10:48] It's graham cracker forward.

[00:10:50] It leaves you with a residual of a cranberry.

[00:10:53] My mouth isn't bleeding though.

[00:10:55] The top of my roof is intact.

[00:10:57] If you sprinkled crunch berry dust on graham crackers, this is what you do.

[00:11:01] I really like that.

[00:11:02] You haven't brought a bad snack in a long time.

[00:11:04] Oh, that's good.

[00:11:05] Don't- don't why.

[00:11:07] Sometimes it's gonna be like-

[00:11:08] Oh, there's puke flavored nachos.

[00:11:11] The brats people are at it again.

[00:11:13] Some pickle gummies.

[00:11:14] Yeah.

[00:11:15] I would never bring pickle gummies.

[00:11:16] Hey Brad.

[00:11:17] Yeah?

[00:11:18] What's the last movie you saw, buddy?

[00:11:19] Hey Brad?

[00:11:20] Yeah.

[00:11:21] Hey Brad!

[00:11:22] Brad, Brad.

[00:11:23] What's the last movie you saw, buddy?

[00:11:24] The last movie I saw was Heartburn, which is a 1986 movie directed by Mike Nichols

[00:11:31] who also directed The Graduate.

[00:11:33] And it's written by Nora Ephron based on the novel that she wrote.

[00:11:37] Nora Ephron being the writer of When Harry Met Sally and Sleep is in Seattle

[00:11:42] and you've got Mayo, the latter of two which she also directed.

[00:11:44] And she's written a lot of-

[00:11:46] Romantic comedies.

[00:11:47] Yeah, and like novels too, right?

[00:11:49] Famously.

[00:11:50] Yes, yeah, very famous writers.

[00:11:51] Romcom, oh my god.

[00:11:53] I'm just now.

[00:11:55] Holy shit.

[00:11:56] Are you serious?

[00:11:57] No, he's not serious.

[00:11:58] Fucking crazy.

[00:11:59] You- I don't know if you're joking.

[00:12:02] He's joking.

[00:12:03] Oh my god.

[00:12:04] He's an idiot.

[00:12:05] Romcom.

[00:12:06] What the fuck?

[00:12:07] That's awesome.

[00:12:08] Anyway, because it-

[00:12:09] What the fuck?

[00:12:12] That's awesome.

[00:12:13] I love-

[00:12:14] Wait till he learns-

[00:12:15] We took two long words and shortened them into one word.

[00:12:18] Wait until he learns about sci-fi.

[00:12:19] What do you mean?

[00:12:20] I don't know.

[00:12:21] Oh my god!

[00:12:22] Oh my god!

[00:12:23] So it starts with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson

[00:12:29] and it's the story of how these two people fall in love

[00:12:32] and get married and have kids and whatnot.

[00:12:34] But it's a very grounded down-to-earth kind of practical approach to it.

[00:12:40] It doesn't have the same romantic comedy feel as it does

[00:12:43] that her other movies do, which is partially why I think

[00:12:46] ended up getting fairly panned by critics.

[00:12:49] The interesting thing is, is the book that she wrote,

[00:12:52] the story is, is actually inspired by the relationship

[00:12:56] that she had with Carl Bernstein, one half of Ward Wood and Bernstein,

[00:12:59] the two reporters who cracked the deep throat story about Nixon

[00:13:03] that's depicted in all the president's men.

[00:13:05] She was married to Carl Bernstein for a while.

[00:13:07] He cheated on her while she was pregnant with their second kid

[00:13:10] and this movie-

[00:13:11] Oh that's a great guy.

[00:13:12] This movie follows that trajectory.

[00:13:15] And so it's a little bit more of like a-

[00:13:19] It's just not as upbeat, you know, or as like fun

[00:13:23] or funny as other movies.

[00:13:24] And I wonder if that's kind of why people didn't dig it as much.

[00:13:27] You know, signing up for one thing, getting together.

[00:13:29] Yeah, but the performances are really good at Meryl Streep.

[00:13:32] Of course you can't go wrong with Meryl Streep.

[00:13:33] Jack Nicholson is good in it as well.

[00:13:36] But yeah, it's-

[00:13:37] Stockard Jamies in it.

[00:13:38] I like Stockard Jamies.

[00:13:39] Yeah, she's very good.

[00:13:40] Rizzo.

[00:13:41] And so, yeah, it's a-

[00:13:43] I was kind of surprised because I didn't realize

[00:13:46] that it was a Nora Ephron script when I was watching

[00:13:49] and I looked it up and was like, oh yeah, that.

[00:13:51] And it just feels a little bit more subdued.

[00:13:55] And honestly, I wonder if that's kind of like

[00:13:57] what attracted Mike Nichols to it is it's kind of-

[00:14:00] It's the kind of romantic comedy that you would expect

[00:14:03] a director like Mike Nichols, how you would expect him

[00:14:05] to tell a romantic comedy.

[00:14:06] Yeah, talk a little bit about Mike Nichols

[00:14:08] and what else he's done that maybe listeners would know.

[00:14:10] Yeah, so I mean the most famous thing that he did

[00:14:12] was The Graduate obviously.

[00:14:13] And that's, you know, like a-

[00:14:14] That was a super-

[00:14:15] That was an Oscar winner.

[00:14:17] And it's kind of like one of the definitive

[00:14:19] movies of that generation.

[00:14:21] He also did another one of my favorite films

[00:14:23] from the 90s, The Birdcage.

[00:14:24] Yes, The Birdcage is also a fantastic movie.

[00:14:27] But yeah, he was a very famous director

[00:14:30] and he also has a history in improv too.

[00:14:32] He was part of a famous duo, Mike Nichols

[00:14:35] and Elaine May were very famous.

[00:14:37] Oh, Nichols and May.

[00:14:38] I didn't know that was-

[00:14:39] It's Mike Nichols?

[00:14:40] I didn't know that.

[00:14:41] Okay.

[00:14:42] In this film though, Brad, in Heartburn,

[00:14:44] there is one of Ben's favorite actors.

[00:14:47] Oh yes.

[00:14:48] Sam Malta makes his debut in this.

[00:14:50] I was surprised.

[00:14:51] Yeah, I saw it and I was like,

[00:14:52] oh, I can't wait to tell Ben.

[00:14:53] Who is it, Ben?

[00:14:55] What are my favorite actors of all time?

[00:14:56] Uh-huh.

[00:14:57] Is it Emile Hirsch?

[00:15:00] No.

[00:15:01] Is it Jai Courtney?

[00:15:02] No.

[00:15:03] No.

[00:15:04] Jai Courtney?

[00:15:05] Sam Worthington?

[00:15:06] No.

[00:15:07] These are all great boring choices though.

[00:15:08] No, those are the people I hate.

[00:15:09] No, this is something you genuinely love.

[00:15:10] You're talking about Malta.

[00:15:11] Oh, yeah, yeah.

[00:15:12] I would say you probably admire his lifestyle.

[00:15:14] Yeah.

[00:15:15] I mean it's like one of the things where you're like

[00:15:17] on your vision board in your bedroom,

[00:15:19] I've seen his picture up there.

[00:15:20] Yeah.

[00:15:21] Tyler Perry?

[00:15:23] Kevin Spacey!

[00:15:25] That's such an asshole.

[00:15:27] Yeah, no, I actually looked it up because he does

[00:15:29] have a small role in this.

[00:15:30] It's his debut movie.

[00:15:31] Yeah, it was his very first role.

[00:15:33] Which is interesting because I see your...

[00:15:35] What are you...

[00:15:36] Real question, whatever happened to Kevin Spacey?

[00:15:38] I don't want to spoil it.

[00:15:39] Okay, well, you know...

[00:15:41] Natasha Leonson as well.

[00:15:42] The fourth season of House of Cards right now.

[00:15:44] He's doing really good.

[00:15:46] No, she's not.

[00:15:47] Yeah, she is.

[00:15:48] She plays a baby.

[00:15:49] No, she's not.

[00:15:50] She's Rachel's niece.

[00:15:51] Rachel's niece?

[00:15:52] Yeah, she's in a very, very small role.

[00:15:55] Is she a baby?

[00:15:56] Yeah, she must have been four years old.

[00:15:58] So this film was made in 1986 and she was born in...

[00:16:02] In 1969.

[00:16:03] 1979, so yeah, she was probably seven.

[00:16:06] Five versus six.

[00:16:07] Yeah, I'm trying to think of like where...

[00:16:09] Hey, did you...

[00:16:10] Merrill Streep's daughter, Mamie Gummer's in her as well.

[00:16:12] Yeah, her daughter plays her daughter.

[00:16:14] She's a child actress that goes like,

[00:16:16] Hey, I'm from...

[00:16:17] I'm walking here.

[00:16:18] There was a little young girl who was smoking a cigarette.

[00:16:21] Yes, of course.

[00:16:22] Perfect.

[00:16:23] But no, yeah, I didn't even clock her.

[00:16:24] So like she must not be like...

[00:16:26] Let's see if I can put a picture of her in the film because maybe...

[00:16:28] But it sounds like it's at the bottom of the list.

[00:16:31] Wow, Brad, I can't believe you didn't clock a seven-year-old Natasha Leonson.

[00:16:34] I thought you were in the industry.

[00:16:37] I wouldn't be surprised if it's one of those things where like it's a background

[00:16:39] role where you don't see her.

[00:16:40] Oh, I'm sure it is a very small role.

[00:16:41] For example, the kid who plays Averman in the Mighty Ducks movies is in Home Alone.

[00:16:46] Yeah, he's in...

[00:16:48] Isn't he the kid that goes through the trucks?

[00:16:51] No, the van?

[00:16:52] No, that's a different actor.

[00:16:54] He plays one of the kids who's in Paris when their family's in Paris.

[00:16:58] He's in the background and you can see him briefly

[00:17:00] and there was apparently a scene where he actually did have a speaking part

[00:17:03] but it got cut but he's still there in the background.

[00:17:06] You just kept bringing up Mighty Ducks, that's why.

[00:17:08] Yeah, and done Mighty Ducks again, I don't think.

[00:17:11] Both in the night? Oh, you're right, Home Alone 90.

[00:17:14] Mighty Ducks, 1992, I think.

[00:17:17] Anyway, what else did you watch?

[00:17:19] I also rewatched The Holdovers.

[00:17:21] My mom hadn't seen it and she wanted to watch it.

[00:17:23] Such a good film.

[00:17:24] Is it even better on the second or third watch?

[00:17:26] Does it hold over?

[00:17:27] No, is it even better on the second or third watch?

[00:17:29] Come on!

[00:17:30] I honestly do think that I liked it better the second time.

[00:17:33] Not that I didn't already love it the first time

[00:17:35] because it was one of my favorite movies of the year.

[00:17:37] I was able to absorb it a lot more and just appreciate a lot more about it.

[00:17:41] Sometimes, I don't know if the studios are paying somebody on X or Twitter

[00:17:48] to get it in my algorithm because it's constantly in my algorithm

[00:17:53] for some reason The Holdovers was.

[00:17:55] I think partially it's because they're promoting and that kind of thing.

[00:17:58] Yeah, so it'd be on the side as trending.

[00:18:01] But oftentimes when I see those things

[00:18:04] it's because a film is not going to do very well.

[00:18:07] And they're trying to...

[00:18:08] But this was worth everything, I thought.

[00:18:11] It's getting a lot of awards attention right now too.

[00:18:13] So I'm sure that's why it's a big part of it.

[00:18:15] Yeah, I rewatched The Holdovers and it definitely holds up.

[00:18:19] Is that it?

[00:18:20] No, I did a double feature in theaters pretty much

[00:18:24] right after we recorded the previous episode

[00:18:26] because I was still doing some catch-up for my proper year-end movies.

[00:18:30] So what did you like better, Barbie or Obinac?

[00:18:33] I saw American Fiction, which is a new movie with Jeffrey Wright in the lead.

[00:18:37] People love this film.

[00:18:38] It is fantastic.

[00:18:40] People are saying.

[00:18:42] People are saying.

[00:18:43] It's almost like if Jeffrey Wright was in a Paul Giamatti-esque role

[00:18:47] that's kind of the character he plays in a way.

[00:18:49] He plays an author who he's not really selling stuff very well

[00:18:54] and he's very frustrated by the state of black literature especially

[00:18:57] because there's a popular book being sold by an author played by Issa Rae

[00:19:01] and he's sick of the idea that black books, black stories and whatnot

[00:19:05] always constantly seem to have to tap into the poverty

[00:19:08] and the drugs and the crime and all stuff

[00:19:10] and he's really frustrated about it.

[00:19:12] And so as like an act of like, okay, well, you know, fuck you.

[00:19:15] He writes this like totally bullshit like novel

[00:19:18] that's like in the same style with like poor grammar

[00:19:21] and like about this guy who's like a thug and everything

[00:19:23] and of course immediately gets a book deal.

[00:19:26] Like everyone wants to buy it and publish it

[00:19:29] and make it a movie deal and all that.

[00:19:31] And he's just like, fuck you.

[00:19:33] So it's very, very funny.

[00:19:35] There's some sharp satire in it.

[00:19:36] Jeffrey Wright is fantastic in it.

[00:19:38] I mean everybody in this movie is really good.

[00:19:39] I feel like Jeffrey Wright, I really love the-

[00:19:41] I don't know.

[00:19:42] Jeffrey Wright can do no wrong.

[00:19:44] Well, but what I love about Jeffrey Wright

[00:19:46] is he has a head of ton of like vehicles

[00:19:48] where he is the main guy.

[00:19:50] No, not at all.

[00:19:51] And he's older.

[00:19:52] He was born in 1965.

[00:19:53] But I love how his career is just kind of simmered up, right?

[00:19:56] A slow rise up.

[00:19:57] He has kind of-

[00:19:58] And well deserved, well deserved.

[00:20:00] Kind of a similar trajectory to that of Paul Giamatti.

[00:20:03] I think that Jeffrey Wright has maybe had

[00:20:07] more note for less period of time

[00:20:09] because I think only maybe in like the past decade

[00:20:11] is maybe when Jeffrey Wright has kind of risen up

[00:20:13] and like people know his name.

[00:20:15] I mean he was-

[00:20:16] I first saw him in Westworld.

[00:20:17] That's where I was exposed to.

[00:20:19] He was in Game Night as like a third detective there, right?

[00:20:23] The movie I talked about last week.

[00:20:25] He's the guy who is supposed to be the fake detective

[00:20:27] who like is introducing the game.

[00:20:29] Yes, yeah.

[00:20:30] But he comes in like three fourths through the film.

[00:20:32] Yeah.

[00:20:33] Has a very small role.

[00:20:34] That's what I'm saying.

[00:20:35] So that's the level of roles in 2018 he was getting.

[00:20:38] Game Night was what?

[00:20:40] 2018?

[00:20:41] Yeah.

[00:20:42] Oh my goodness.

[00:20:43] Yeah, so that's a pretty big resurgence.

[00:20:44] And now it's Commissioner Gordon.

[00:20:45] Yeah.

[00:20:46] But yeah.

[00:20:47] If you can see American fiction,

[00:20:49] I believe it's wide in theaters now.

[00:20:51] It should be everywhere.

[00:20:52] Very funny.

[00:20:53] It also has a great emotional core to it as well.

[00:20:56] The best thing about it is all of the characters feel so rich

[00:21:01] and like you love all the characters in the movie

[00:21:03] despite their flaws.

[00:21:04] Sterling K. Brown is also in it.

[00:21:06] He gives a particularly understated performance.

[00:21:09] That is fantastic.

[00:21:11] But yeah, I loved it.

[00:21:12] Very good.

[00:21:13] Please go out of your way to see it.

[00:21:14] The director of that, Corde Jefferson?

[00:21:15] Yes, he's a newcomer.

[00:21:16] I was just saying he's a newcomer.

[00:21:17] Yeah, this is his first movie.

[00:21:18] First movie was Corde?

[00:21:19] Corde.

[00:21:20] Good for him.

[00:21:21] But good for him.

[00:21:22] Yeah, first movie.

[00:21:23] He's done things in the Hollywood.

[00:21:24] Corde.

[00:21:25] Very strange and wonderful name.

[00:21:27] And then the other thing I saw was The Zone of Interest

[00:21:30] which is the latest movie from Jonathan Glazer

[00:21:32] who has done some peculiar stuff.

[00:21:34] The one that you might have heard of is Under the Skin

[00:21:37] with Scarlett Johansson.

[00:21:38] Very strange sci-fi thriller.

[00:21:41] But yeah, this movie knocked me on my ass.

[00:21:45] It just totally threw me for a loop

[00:21:48] because it is a tough watch.

[00:21:50] It is haunting.

[00:21:51] The movie is about a German family who live in a house.

[00:21:57] The father is the commandant for the Nazis

[00:22:00] and the house is situated right next to Auschwitz.

[00:22:04] And when I say right next to Auschwitz,

[00:22:06] I mean the wall that separates their garden from Auschwitz

[00:22:09] is the only thing that separates their house from Auschwitz.

[00:22:13] And so it follows this German family

[00:22:15] and the thing that is just so...

[00:22:18] It's like a real story.

[00:22:20] Yeah, it's based on a true story.

[00:22:22] And it's the thing that is so hard hitting about it

[00:22:27] and this happens throughout the entire movie too

[00:22:29] is the way that they just so nonchalantly

[00:22:34] and with such mundane depiction

[00:22:38] show this family just living their life like a normal family.

[00:22:43] If this were just like a family drama

[00:22:45] and you were following them doing whatever

[00:22:47] and there's the fucking...

[00:22:49] You hear screams?

[00:22:51] No, literally. Throughout the entire movie you'll hear screams.

[00:22:53] You'll hear muffled gunshots.

[00:22:55] You'll see the glow of the fire burning

[00:23:00] because of the ovens in the gas chambers and everything.

[00:23:03] And it's the entire movie,

[00:23:05] it's just all underlying right there

[00:23:07] while it's focusing on this family.

[00:23:09] And it's just so cold and it takes the heinousness

[00:23:15] and the evil that there is there to another level

[00:23:17] by having such a normal family just living...

[00:23:20] An insane juxtaposition.

[00:23:22] Yeah, just unbelievable.

[00:23:24] It's so well done though.

[00:23:26] I'll never watch it again probably.

[00:23:28] That's fair.

[00:23:30] But yeah man, it's just...

[00:23:32] So feel good movie of the year.

[00:23:34] Yeah, and there's a great ending to it too.

[00:23:36] I won't spoil it because you won't expect

[00:23:38] what happened. It's not like it's a twist or anything like that.

[00:23:41] Well the Nazis lose.

[00:23:43] But it's something that's done that John Ecclidio chose to do

[00:23:46] and the juxtaposition of certain imagery and things like that.

[00:23:50] It was stellar.

[00:23:52] It shot right onto my top ten list after I saw it.

[00:23:56] What's that called again?

[00:23:58] The zone of interest.

[00:24:00] Tough. You didn't even heard of this.

[00:24:02] Yeah, it's just now getting a limited release.

[00:24:04] Where did you hear about this?

[00:24:06] Yeah, I mean it had been getting awards buzz and I heard that was very good.

[00:24:10] Thankfully it was one of those movies where I was able to stay in the dark

[00:24:13] about it quite a bit where I knew that it had something to do with Nazis

[00:24:16] but I didn't really know what the plot or anything like that.

[00:24:19] And honestly the movie doesn't even really have a plot per se.

[00:24:23] That's the thing is you're just watching this family...

[00:24:26] Their life unfold with the backdrop being something so horrific.

[00:24:30] Yeah, but yeah, it was...

[00:24:33] Did you have to pause it at all?

[00:24:35] Was it that tough to watch?

[00:24:37] I saw it in theater.

[00:24:39] So you paused it at all?

[00:24:41] You tried that.

[00:24:43] Hey, can I pause this?

[00:24:45] Did you raise your hand?

[00:24:47] Yeah, but not at an angle.

[00:24:49] Dumb joke.

[00:24:51] So yeah, zone of interest.

[00:24:53] Don't check it out.

[00:24:55] Take my word for it, vote for it for all the awards.

[00:24:57] You don't need to see it, just know that it's amazing.

[00:24:59] Yeah, it's very, very good.

[00:25:01] What was it?

[00:25:03] It's a double feature, right?

[00:25:05] Yeah, American fiction.

[00:25:07] I also watched some TV.

[00:25:09] Nope.

[00:25:11] Where'd you watch?

[00:25:13] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[00:25:15] We're already over.

[00:25:17] Over what?

[00:25:19] Over time, we're at hour and ten right now.

[00:25:21] Well guess what?

[00:25:23] The two shows I watched are actually tied to movies.

[00:25:25] Middle fingers in the air just don't care.

[00:25:27] Not at me though.

[00:25:29] I watched so many movies and guess what?

[00:25:31] I did watch them.

[00:25:33] It is surprisingly very good.

[00:25:35] The last couple they've done have not been great.

[00:25:37] It's surprisingly very good.

[00:25:39] I like her, I don't know her at all but I like her.

[00:25:41] Yeah, it doesn't quite feel like a necessary piece of storytelling

[00:25:43] and that's partially the point because

[00:25:45] it's the first series in what Marvel's calling

[00:25:47] their Marvel Spotlight series

[00:25:49] and they're going to use that label

[00:25:51] for shows where you don't need to have seen

[00:25:53] a bunch of stuff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

[00:25:55] You can kind of just watch it and not really need to understand.

[00:25:57] This one, it feels a little bit muddled at first

[00:25:59] because the first episode they have to do some recapping

[00:26:01] since the character debuted in Hawkeye.

[00:26:03] Which I didn't dislike Hawkeye.

[00:26:05] Yeah and they do a pretty decent job of

[00:26:07] giving you an idea of who the character is

[00:26:09] because the whole first episode basically provides her origin,

[00:26:11] shows some of the Hawkeye stuff,

[00:26:13] fills in the gaps and then expands into

[00:26:15] the story that ties to her family

[00:26:17] and also her Choctaw Nation origin

[00:26:19] because she's the character is

[00:26:21] of the Choctaw people

[00:26:23] and that's actually one of the best things

[00:26:25] about the story and makes

[00:26:27] the enhances the character who's in the comics

[00:26:29] because they make

[00:26:31] her Choctaw background

[00:26:33] such an integral part of the character

[00:26:35] and the family dynamic

[00:26:37] that she has, that's what makes

[00:26:39] the story really shine.

[00:26:41] And so it's only five episodes

[00:26:43] and the way that the narrative

[00:26:45] is structured, especially the first three episodes

[00:26:47] the way it lays out

[00:26:49] it's done in a really clever way where once you get to the final episode

[00:26:51] and it ties certain things together

[00:26:53] it's really well done.

[00:26:55] You can't wait to see it.

[00:26:57] I think you'll end up, you would like it a lot if you watch it

[00:26:59] so yeah, I think it's worth seeing.

[00:27:01] And then I watched

[00:27:03] Ted which is the new Peacock series

[00:27:05] that is the prequel

[00:27:07] adaptation of the Ted movies that Seth McFarland did.

[00:27:09] Yeah, it was funny.

[00:27:11] What did you think? You liked it? I did.

[00:27:13] It is. The episodes are

[00:27:15] a little long. It's sitcom-y.

[00:27:17] They do a good job of translating

[00:27:19] into sitcom but...

[00:27:21] It's like a contemporary edgy version

[00:27:23] of the 90s sitcom in a way.

[00:27:25] No laugh track, it's single camera so it feels just like the movie

[00:27:27] but it's a prequel series

[00:27:29] so it's set, followed by Michael Wahlberg's character

[00:27:31] when he's a teenager

[00:27:33] and he's obviously friends with Ted

[00:27:35] and they go to high school together

[00:27:37] and they discover weed

[00:27:39] and it has all the hallmarks that you would expect

[00:27:41] of Seth McFarland to have.

[00:27:43] It has a little more heart than I was expecting.

[00:27:45] I thought so too.

[00:27:47] And you'll find even in later episodes if you keep watching too.

[00:27:49] Alana Yubak is especially great

[00:27:51] because she's doing this thing where

[00:27:53] she's putting on a voice

[00:27:55] but it's not cartoonish enough to be

[00:27:57] silly but it still gives her

[00:27:59] a funny character dynamic.

[00:28:01] Scott Grimes, on the other hand,

[00:28:03] really got on my nerves because he's always

[00:28:05] fucking yelling.

[00:28:07] When I saw that

[00:28:09] first episode I'm like

[00:28:11] I know that character but

[00:28:13] I can't figure out who it was. I had to look it up.

[00:28:15] Scott Grimes has gotten old.

[00:28:17] Yeah, he has.

[00:28:19] I get what they're doing here because

[00:28:21] they kind of want to give him

[00:28:23] a Carol Conner vibe

[00:28:25] where he's supposed to be that angry dad

[00:28:27] but it just gets grating after a while

[00:28:29] because it doesn't feel like there's any dynamic to him.

[00:28:31] Also, Scott Grimes is an incredibly talented voice actor.

[00:28:33] Yes.

[00:28:35] But if he picks a voice that is grating

[00:28:37] and goes with it as the character

[00:28:39] that can get...

[00:28:41] It's not even the voice that's grating.

[00:28:43] It's the fact that he's always...

[00:28:45] 90% of his dialogue

[00:28:47] is like,

[00:28:49] I'm fucking Boston father.

[00:28:51] And it just gets old real fast.

[00:28:53] Does it have anything endearing about him

[00:28:55] like the albundies of this world either?

[00:28:57] From the first episode or two that I watched

[00:28:59] there was nothing there that

[00:29:01] made you like him either.

[00:29:03] What streaming services is on?

[00:29:05] It's on Peacock.

[00:29:07] But it's very funny.

[00:29:09] I think it's worth watching.

[00:29:11] I was thoroughly entertained by it.

[00:29:13] There's a lot of really just laugh out loud moments.

[00:29:15] I feel like he kind of restrained himself

[00:29:17] because Ted...

[00:29:19] He was executive producer, director and writer

[00:29:21] of every episode.

[00:29:23] It's totally his.

[00:29:25] And I feel like he kind of restrained himself

[00:29:27] because Ted had a little too many

[00:29:29] family guy-esque elements

[00:29:31] and I think here he

[00:29:33] tried to keep it more contained

[00:29:35] to a proper sitcom as opposed to doing

[00:29:37] some of his family guy jokes.

[00:29:39] There's little hints of it here and there

[00:29:41] but it's not quite as overwhelming as it was

[00:29:43] but Ted Salieri...

[00:29:45] I also thought Ted looked good.

[00:29:47] He looks surprisingly good.

[00:29:49] I thought so too.

[00:29:51] There was never a shot where I was like,

[00:29:53] oh this is a cheap TV version of Ted.

[00:29:55] He looks great throughout the entire series.

[00:29:57] Does that speak to the fact that the movies

[00:29:59] came out years ago and so

[00:30:01] the CGI has changed so much

[00:30:03] that it's cheaper to do it

[00:30:05] even better than it was back then?

[00:30:07] Probably.

[00:30:09] It's probably cost less to do it.

[00:30:11] So Brad says A.I. is good.

[00:30:13] Okay?

[00:30:15] We're gonna get there.

[00:30:17] That's it, that's all I saw.

[00:30:19] Nate, how about you buddy?

[00:30:21] I don't know if we have time to talk about what we talked about.

[00:30:23] Again, we're gonna skip me tonight.

[00:30:25] It's fine. Brad had to talk about two TV shows

[00:30:27] so I watched five movies

[00:30:29] and I really won't talk about any of them

[00:30:31] but Nate, what did you...

[00:30:33] The first thing I saw was a documentary on the Netflix.

[00:30:35] Can I say something real quick?

[00:30:37] I'm sorry to interrupt you, Nate

[00:30:39] I'm gonna just interrupt you real quick.

[00:30:41] So when you say what you watched,

[00:30:43] I'll go thumbs up, thumbs down

[00:30:45] and you'll say one of the... and we'll move on.

[00:30:47] And that's how we'll gain the time back

[00:30:49] that we lost from Brad.

[00:30:51] Yeah, because if there's one thing that's super entertaining on a podcast

[00:30:53] first of all it's hand signals

[00:30:55] and also cutting down on the talking.

[00:30:57] Cutting down on the talking.

[00:30:59] We're already overtime and you chose to talk about two TV shows.

[00:31:01] You don't even know what time we're at.

[00:31:03] 57 minutes.

[00:31:05] 30 minutes.

[00:31:07] Way over.

[00:31:09] I bet you two of the movies you watched

[00:31:11] are probably bandits and farts

[00:31:13] and Predator vs. Nuts.

[00:31:15] Bandits and farts.

[00:31:17] Loki, one of the best films of the year

[00:31:19] and I'm gonna tell you why.

[00:31:21] And now what?

[00:31:23] Predator vs. Nuts?

[00:31:25] He would watch that on a heartbeat.

[00:31:27] I know he would. I bet you've already seen it.

[00:31:29] I wrote it.

[00:31:31] And the thing is it's just been using a Predator action figure

[00:31:33] and just hitting his fucking ball sack

[00:31:35] and just looking at it.

[00:31:37] I'm gonna go back to the movie on Tiktok.

[00:31:39] I do do that.

[00:31:41] Do-do.

[00:31:43] Nate, what did you watch? A documentary?

[00:31:45] I did watch a documentary on the Netflix.

[00:31:47] Gotta finish this joke.

[00:31:49] No, no, no, no.

[00:31:51] No, no, it's your time.

[00:31:53] It was gonna be...

[00:31:55] No, say it.

[00:31:57] That's it.

[00:31:59] That's why I wanted to use the word.

[00:32:02] Nate, back to you.

[00:32:04] From the studio, back to me.

[00:32:06] Back to you.

[00:32:08] I watched a documentary that came out in 2023.

[00:32:10] If you guys remember

[00:32:12] a biographical documentary film

[00:32:14] called American Symphony.

[00:32:16] Have you seen this?

[00:32:18] American Symphony? No, I haven't seen this.

[00:32:20] So this is a film

[00:32:22] about a year in the life of John Bautista.

[00:32:24] Oh, okay.

[00:32:26] Who is the musician...

[00:32:28] Most people know him as a musician

[00:32:30] that led the Stephen Colbert...

[00:32:32] Still does, I think, right? No.

[00:32:34] Who is it now?

[00:32:36] It's one of his guys in his band.

[00:32:38] But he has actually gotten quite a bit of success.

[00:32:40] I didn't realize he left.

[00:32:42] Yeah, but he did leave.

[00:32:44] And so what it ends up though...

[00:32:46] So the documentary sets out

[00:32:48] to follow him

[00:32:50] in a year in the life kind of.

[00:32:52] As I'm a big fan of musical documentaries.

[00:32:54] One of my favorite documentaries

[00:32:56] was down on the Food Fighters.

[00:32:58] And it just kind of shows them through

[00:33:00] Hawkins drug addiction

[00:33:02] and stuff like that.

[00:33:04] And how much they care about each other.

[00:33:06] What's that Food Fighters documentary called?

[00:33:08] I don't know, but I'll tell you afterwards.

[00:33:10] It's called Food for Thought.

[00:33:12] But it's really good.

[00:33:14] It's a great title.

[00:33:16] Brad was so mad and he looked at me like

[00:33:18] I'm not going to give you this.

[00:33:20] It's better than Ben-N-Dur.

[00:33:22] Yeah, it's way better.

[00:33:24] Why do you bring up my failures

[00:33:26] when we can just focus on successes?

[00:33:28] Sounds like you...

[00:33:30] That's what you would do for a campaign for Congress.

[00:33:32] I made it up really quickly, okay?

[00:33:34] They all can't be winners, but sometimes...

[00:33:36] Don't we fucking know it?

[00:33:38] Don't we fucking know it?

[00:33:40] So the...

[00:33:42] I believe that the Food Fighters documentary

[00:33:44] is the one from

[00:33:46] 2000 and

[00:33:48] it might be Sound City,

[00:33:50] but I don't think it is Sound City.

[00:33:52] No, Sound City isn't about Food Fighters.

[00:33:54] I've seen that. It's great though.

[00:33:56] It might be Sound...

[00:33:58] Just shut the fuck up.

[00:34:00] That was not bad either.

[00:34:02] Oh, it's Food Fighters back and forth.

[00:34:04] It's really, really good though.

[00:34:06] I love Food Fighters and I didn't know there was a full documentary.

[00:34:08] Yeah, so it follows him on tour.

[00:34:12] Taylor Hawkins at this time has a relapse.

[00:34:14] He gets put in a hospital.

[00:34:16] And so actually, when Taylor Hawkins died,

[00:34:18] this was the thing I thought about most

[00:34:20] was this has been

[00:34:22] a battle

[00:34:24] and a part of this band's history

[00:34:26] for a long time

[00:34:28] and I have to imagine it hurt them deeply

[00:34:30] because Dave Grohl particularly

[00:34:32] felt that deeply

[00:34:34] in 2011 when this documentary was made.

[00:34:36] But this one, again...

[00:34:38] So it's going to follow him

[00:34:40] in a year of the life and what happens

[00:34:42] is his long-term partner

[00:34:44] who is an author herself...

[00:34:46] I'm going to butcher her name

[00:34:48] but it's Suleika Jawaoud

[00:34:50] I think is her last name

[00:34:52] and she gets leukemia.

[00:34:54] And so it is about

[00:34:56] their story, about their love story

[00:34:58] about how they're dealing with it

[00:35:00] and I don't know if you know anything about John DeBetitza

[00:35:02] but he is a...

[00:35:04] I put him almost

[00:35:06] at the level of Mr. Rogers

[00:35:08] he is as glowing

[00:35:10] and encouraging and as kind

[00:35:12] as anybody I've ever seen

[00:35:14] and when anybody at that level of kindness

[00:35:16] and I think optimism

[00:35:18] goes through darkness

[00:35:20] as leukemia is

[00:35:22] it is just an interesting juxtaposition

[00:35:24] it is a beautiful documentary

[00:35:26] I would recommend this to anybody

[00:35:28] that's on Netflix, it's called American Symphony

[00:35:30] you may cry as I did

[00:35:32] if not you will probably feel things

[00:35:34] but it's really good.

[00:35:36] I hadn't heard about this but yeah I know

[00:35:38] John DeBetitza... It's one of his awards even

[00:35:40] like it is very good.

[00:35:42] Obviously I know him from the Colbert show

[00:35:44] but he also was one of the composers

[00:35:46] for Pixar's Soul as well.

[00:35:48] Great score.

[00:35:50] He is a savant

[00:35:52] he is so stinking talented

[00:35:54] and I think his wife now

[00:35:56] is as well

[00:35:58] but navigating this

[00:36:00] illness

[00:36:02] so interesting fact about this

[00:36:04] and I won't get too deep into their story

[00:36:06] but they met at band camp in high school

[00:36:08] just really interesting

[00:36:10] and

[00:36:12] what was the documentary set off to do a year in the life

[00:36:14] was still a year in the life

[00:36:16] but it really took a turn

[00:36:18] maybe like the worst year

[00:36:20] and so

[00:36:22] but like

[00:36:24] John says things that are just almost

[00:36:26] I don't use this word lightly but like almost prophetic

[00:36:28] it's just beautiful, it is wise

[00:36:30] it is

[00:36:32] so good. We're definitely not getting any

[00:36:34] Benators from John Batiste. Nope probably

[00:36:36] not a lot of those

[00:36:38] but you gotta have salt and pepper

[00:36:40] Not all on my level Brad

[00:36:42] Another film I was assigned was a film

[00:36:44] called

[00:36:46] Notice that you said

[00:36:48] you had a lot of praise for him

[00:36:50] one of the most generous

[00:36:52] giving people you've ever met

[00:36:54] and somehow I was left off that list

[00:36:56] You're on that list

[00:36:58] But also he didn't like list anybody else

[00:37:00] he just mentioned that John Batiste was one of them

[00:37:02] He's just kind and

[00:37:04] Yeah it was a list of one

[00:37:06] But he didn't say hey

[00:37:08] It's not the final list

[00:37:10] He didn't say hey here's a list of 10 people

[00:37:12] that are the most generous and then leave you off of it

[00:37:14] This guy is on the list

[00:37:16] of however many people but I will put him

[00:37:18] on the list

[00:37:20] I feel like there's a lot of vulnerability coming out

[00:37:22] right now what happened

[00:37:24] What did I do? Are you just

[00:37:26] desperate for praise right now?

[00:37:28] What happened? Did somebody say something to you?

[00:37:30] I'll kill him

[00:37:32] Better to joke, it didn't land

[00:37:34] It wasn't bad

[00:37:36] He bring it up

[00:37:38] This is the thing now

[00:37:40] The total episode is going to be

[00:37:42] terrible

[00:37:44] Don't do that

[00:37:46] That's not what I meant

[00:37:50] Alright the other film I watched

[00:37:52] I was assigned by my friend Brad Omen

[00:37:54] Hold on

[00:37:56] We got some

[00:37:58] house cleaning to do

[00:38:00] We've already talked about

[00:38:02] I didn't watch the one that Brad assigned me last time

[00:38:04] I still haven't watched it yet

[00:38:06] But I did watch the one that Brad assigned me

[00:38:08] Yet again you didn't

[00:38:10] watch Looper?

[00:38:12] I haven't had a chance

[00:38:14] Now I'm getting mad

[00:38:16] Let me talk

[00:38:18] It's my turn

[00:38:20] I have the mic

[00:38:22] You have lost your privileges

[00:38:24] because you watched an entirely different movie

[00:38:26] He did

[00:38:28] He actually did

[00:38:30] I'm on your side

[00:38:32] You fucking

[00:38:34] piece of shit

[00:38:36] Okay so here's the thing

[00:38:38] Listeners

[00:38:40] I did not have a chance to watch it

[00:38:42] I did not have a chance to watch it

[00:38:44] I told you last time

[00:38:46] that I watched about half of it

[00:38:48] and I thought I'm not into this yet

[00:38:50] and I know this is a good film

[00:38:52] I'm going to be into it

[00:38:54] It's just my attitude

[00:38:56] Whatever was happening

[00:38:58] I got a lot of stuff going on in my life right now

[00:39:00] So I did not feel like this was the time

[00:39:02] to watch it

[00:39:04] because this last week was really busy for me

[00:39:06] So I didn't have a chance to do it

[00:39:08] I wanted to give Looper the right time

[00:39:10] and the right respect and the right energy

[00:39:12] and the right attention

[00:39:14] when I watch it

[00:39:16] instead of just doing what Ben does

[00:39:18] he'll watch 10 minutes of a film

[00:39:20] and then turn it off

[00:39:22] and then come back 10 minutes later

[00:39:24] It's just a terrible way to watch film

[00:39:26] That's the way he does things

[00:39:28] It is not the way that Nate Lough chooses to live his life

[00:39:30] Listeners

[00:39:32] I will watch Looper

[00:39:34] but I did watch another film

[00:39:36] and I will talk about that now with my friends

[00:39:38] Hi guys, welcome back

[00:39:40] You son of a bitch

[00:39:42] You're still not on

[00:39:44] Aw you son of a bitch

[00:39:48] I don't know if I'm going to add Ben

[00:39:50] Brad back because he seems more angry

[00:39:52] He is angry

[00:39:54] Are you there, Brad?

[00:39:56] You watched a movie

[00:39:58] Hold on, let's catch the listeners up here

[00:40:00] Ben Brad

[00:40:02] We're really nice to let Nate give a proper explanation

[00:40:04] I already calmed him up

[00:40:06] We've already had this conversation

[00:40:08] We're on the same page

[00:40:10] Nate, shut off our mics

[00:40:12] It's the first time he's ever pulled a power move like this

[00:40:14] and frankly, I respect it

[00:40:16] When you produce the...

[00:40:18] But also, fuck you

[00:40:20] There's no way his mic didn't pick up my screaming

[00:40:22] But at the same time

[00:40:24] The listeners talk to me about that

[00:40:26] They're a little mad

[00:40:28] When? What?

[00:40:30] Oh my god

[00:40:32] You watched a whole stupid documentary

[00:40:34] about John Baptiste

[00:40:36] And...

[00:40:38] And yet...

[00:40:40] He's not like John the Baptist

[00:40:42] He's a prophet, right?

[00:40:44] No, he's not wearing camel hair or anything

[00:40:46] He's a musician

[00:40:48] Camel hair, common trade of prophets?

[00:40:50] I mean, John the Baptist wore camel hair

[00:40:52] Okay

[00:40:54] I'm out of my death right now, Brad

[00:40:56] I don't know

[00:40:58] He failed his catechism

[00:41:00] I'm not quite sure that John the Baptist wore camel hair

[00:41:04] You know what, Brad? Take it from there, buddy

[00:41:06] Here's the thing

[00:41:08] I understand you

[00:41:10] Hey, Brad

[00:41:12] You have busy schedule

[00:41:14] You got a lot going on

[00:41:16] And all that stuff

[00:41:18] This is the worst recovery

[00:41:20] of a failed assignment we've had in the podcast

[00:41:22] ever

[00:41:24] We've gone on over three weeks now

[00:41:26] because we had a break

[00:41:28] I think it's actually been about five weeks

[00:41:30] It really has

[00:41:32] I'll get to it

[00:41:34] Guys, guys

[00:41:36] I get it

[00:41:38] You've had a couple of good weeks though

[00:41:40] Guys

[00:41:42] I've got a life

[00:41:44] This is like if...

[00:41:46] I've got things to do

[00:41:48] Yeah, like watching Looper

[00:41:50] I will watch Looper when I'm in the right emotional state

[00:41:52] How many fucking movies you have given us

[00:41:54] that aren't in the best

[00:41:56] place for us for our emotional space?

[00:41:58] I give you great films

[00:42:00] You know how many movies you've given me about

[00:42:02] Dead Fathers?

[00:42:04] Because you have a dead father

[00:42:06] I thought you would resonate with those

[00:42:08] I want to step in here a little bit

[00:42:10] because Nate and I both

[00:42:12] went through a little bit

[00:42:14] of a depression

[00:42:16] Sure, but I didn't assign you

[00:42:18] the breakup after that happened

[00:42:20] But Nate did

[00:42:22] Nate assigned me

[00:42:24] like the weatherman

[00:42:26] That's what I'm saying!

[00:42:28] Yes!

[00:42:30] Looper is a great film

[00:42:32] Nobody even gets a divorce in Looper

[00:42:34] Here's the thing

[00:42:36] Would you rather me watch Looper and think

[00:42:38] I'm just not into this

[00:42:40] I told you this before

[00:42:42] Ben, off the podcast

[00:42:44] you agreed with me

[00:42:46] There's a statute of limitations

[00:42:48] It's freaking, I'm gonna...

[00:42:50] Nate, I need you

[00:42:52] to admit

[00:42:54] that when we had that conversation

[00:42:56] about what you needed, I agreed

[00:42:58] but it was all based on previously

[00:43:00] Previously you were not in a good headspace

[00:43:02] You had admitted at the end of that conversation

[00:43:04] and now I'm feeling better

[00:43:06] and I can't wait to watch this film

[00:43:08] Is Brett still off?

[00:43:10] I don't know if I'm going to put you back on

[00:43:12] I'm not even being as loud as Ben was

[00:43:14] Ben is the one who's being worse

[00:43:16] The thing is, you specifically told us

[00:43:18] you were going to watch Looper

[00:43:20] So it's not even something

[00:43:22] where we're forcing you into it

[00:43:24] You said you were going to

[00:43:26] I will watch Looper because you guys won't

[00:43:28] shut up when I'm talking to the listeners of this podcast

[00:43:30] They deserve our respect

[00:43:32] Alright?

[00:43:34] And what did they come here to listen to?

[00:43:36] Which is taking its time to listen to

[00:43:38] Nate, you're right

[00:43:40] They deserve our respect and the respect comes from

[00:43:42] watching the assigned films

[00:43:44] The film called Saving Silverman

[00:43:46] Didn't watch Looper though

[00:43:48] You know what? To me, all that

[00:43:50] says is

[00:43:52] I don't matter

[00:43:54] What I'll do

[00:43:56] I can't talk about my movies I saw this week

[00:43:58] because Brett already talked about two TV shows

[00:44:00] And now you get to talk about your fucking films

[00:44:02] Also we can't talk about that because we've spent

[00:44:04] 20 minutes talking about this crap

[00:44:06] I am the one

[00:44:08] That I have to level with our listeners

[00:44:10] Because they rely on me to be the rational one

[00:44:12] You said two things

[00:44:14] No but you guys keep on saying

[00:44:16] you're not listening

[00:44:18] That's the problem

[00:44:20] I've been talking to your parents about this

[00:44:22] You guys don't listen

[00:44:24] You literally just met my mom for the first time

[00:44:26] She was delightful too, I really like her

[00:44:28] He's not like five minutes

[00:44:30] She's very nice

[00:44:32] I had lunch with Seal Conowitz this week

[00:44:34] That's cool

[00:44:36] I was there too so it's not weird

[00:44:38] Well Nate's on the dating scene

[00:44:40] My mom is looking

[00:44:42] Tim's getting up there

[00:44:44] He's 70 now

[00:44:46] How was Looper Nate?

[00:44:48] How was saving Silverman?

[00:44:50] It wasn't great

[00:44:52] It's not a great film

[00:44:54] Did you laugh?

[00:44:56] Very little

[00:44:58] Did you laugh at my favorite scene?

[00:45:00] The only thing I remember about that?

[00:45:02] It's the nacho scene

[00:45:04] It's one nacho

[00:45:06] It's probably the best lines in the movie

[00:45:08] I'll laugh at this more in college

[00:45:10] Oh for sure

[00:45:12] It's my turn to talk

[00:45:14] It is not a good film

[00:45:16] Actually I will defend Nate here

[00:45:18] You can't start defending it before he's actually talked about it

[00:45:20] It's true

[00:45:22] Sometimes my friend Brad gets mad

[00:45:24] at little like just things that don't work out

[00:45:26] in a film

[00:45:28] Things like details that don't work out

[00:45:30] There's a nit that I want to pick

[00:45:32] in this film that bothers me

[00:45:34] So

[00:45:36] The three main characters of this film are

[00:45:38] The great Steve Zahn

[00:45:40] Jack Black

[00:45:42] And Jason Biggs

[00:45:44] Who is probably at this point big mania

[00:45:46] He's American Pie

[00:45:48] He's doing all these great films

[00:45:50] Actually Jason Biggs is one of my favorite parts about this

[00:45:52] He's just a delightful guy

[00:45:54] I like Jason Biggs

[00:45:56] The problem with this is they're supposed to be classmates

[00:45:58] They're supposed to be friends from high school

[00:46:00] They're

[00:46:02] very clearly in different generations

[00:46:04] I looked it up

[00:46:06] Steve Zahn was born in

[00:46:08] 1967

[00:46:10] He was 34 years old when this film was made

[00:46:12] Jack Black was born in

[00:46:14] 1969

[00:46:16] He was 32 years old and he looks 32

[00:46:18] Actually looks 35 in this

[00:46:20] Jason Biggs was 23 when they made

[00:46:22] this film in 1978

[00:46:24] Those three don't work, why would you cast

[00:46:26] I never questioned it though, did you

[00:46:28] I don't think you don't look at film with a critical eye like I do

[00:46:30] However

[00:46:32] That's very true, I've known this

[00:46:34] for a while, I didn't actually want to say anything

[00:46:36] In this specific movie

[00:46:38] It drives me crazy, it drives me crazy the whole film

[00:46:40] I do think it works a bit

[00:46:42] To that favor though because both

[00:46:44] Jack Black and Steve Zahn's characters are losers

[00:46:46] And so like

[00:46:48] If they're

[00:46:50] Clearly older

[00:46:52] than him and the movie says

[00:46:54] they're also classmates

[00:46:56] He was mid 30s Steve Zahn, mid 30s making this film

[00:46:58] I still feel like because they're both slackers

[00:47:00] They're not going to put it into the whole like

[00:47:02] other losers and that's why they

[00:47:04] Even if they look more mature they're not more mature

[00:47:06] And Jason Biggs always felt like

[00:47:08] he's an old soul in kids body

[00:47:10] He's a kid

[00:47:12] But he looks like a kid, he has baby face

[00:47:14] He's the only one in there that had a baby face

[00:47:16] Steve Zahn had wrinkles

[00:47:18] Jason Biggs still had baby face

[00:47:20] Jack Black had wrinkles, they were old

[00:47:22] They were old when they made the film

[00:47:24] They were in their 30s, mid 30s

[00:47:26] Just didn't bother me

[00:47:28] I saw this film, I don't think you're really thinking about that

[00:47:30] I've rewatched it, it's saving Silverman

[00:47:32] Several times and

[00:47:34] Doesn't bother me

[00:47:36] I just love that it's just unapologetically

[00:47:38] Unapologetically silly

[00:47:40] Steve Zahn is my favorite part

[00:47:42] I love seeing him in a role like this

[00:47:44] Because he's just so

[00:47:46] Ridiculous and goofy

[00:47:48] Especially when he's yelling

[00:47:50] Out of anger at Jack Black

[00:47:52] In frustration

[00:47:54] There are so many lines in here, the way he says them

[00:47:56] It really cracks me up

[00:47:58] So Scott Grimes could take a

[00:48:00] Lesson from Steve Zahn on yelling

[00:48:02] Oh for sure

[00:48:04] This came out at the same time, or

[00:48:06] In a year difference than Orange County

[00:48:08] Have you guys seen Orange County?

[00:48:10] Colin Hanks, Jack Black

[00:48:12] Such a better film than this

[00:48:14] It's not the same

[00:48:16] They're both comedies

[00:48:18] Orange County has

[00:48:20] Jack Black is silly

[00:48:22] In saving Silverman

[00:48:24] Like a dumb screwball comedy

[00:48:26] Right, and Orange County is

[00:48:28] If A24 existed back then

[00:48:30] They would have tried to do that

[00:48:32] Orange County feels like a Sundance movie

[00:48:34] Saving Silverman is not a Sundance

[00:48:36] But compared to saving Silverman

[00:48:38] Yeah, because any film compared to those

[00:48:40] It does feel like a very independent film

[00:48:42] Compared to a studio shitty comedy

[00:48:44] Saving Silverman

[00:48:46] I just didn't find the lie

[00:48:48] Also let's not forget that Clerks was a Sundance movie

[00:48:50] Clerks was a good film

[00:48:52] What are you doing?

[00:48:54] I'm saying Sundance isn't

[00:48:56] Reserve exclusively for

[00:48:58] So you named the one movie

[00:49:00] That's a straight up comedy in Sundance

[00:49:02] No, no, they came together as a Sundance movie

[00:49:04] Yeah, two? Okay cool

[00:49:06] Most of them are like

[00:49:08] It's a frozen lake and my dad died

[00:49:10] And I feel bad

[00:49:12] See that's just the vibe that Indie films generally

[00:49:14] Yes, and they're all terrible

[00:49:16] And then there are like five good ones a year

[00:49:18] But we're subjected to watch a hundred of them

[00:49:20] That's why we wait until the year

[00:49:22] Everything you just said is the same thing about action movies

[00:49:24] Yeah, so we wait until the years end and we pick the best five

[00:49:26] Fucking idiot

[00:49:28] I didn't find the characters very sympathetic

[00:49:30] So Amanda Pete's the villain here

[00:49:32] I'm not sure I ever thought I would hear this about Saving Silverman

[00:49:34] No, but there are comedies

[00:49:36] Where you're like oh, I like these characters together

[00:49:38] Orange County is one of them

[00:49:40] The lovable losers

[00:49:42] I figure who his friends are

[00:49:44] I don't know who those actors are

[00:49:46] But they're in the van and they want to go

[00:49:48] Surfing all the time with him

[00:49:50] They're lovable losers and they're characters that I cared about

[00:49:52] Even though they've got no future

[00:49:54] And stuff like this

[00:49:56] And you get why Colin Hanks loves them

[00:49:58] Steve's on and Jack's like

[00:50:00] They're not lovable really

[00:50:02] No, they're just idiots

[00:50:04] So I don't know

[00:50:06] Jason Bix is a...

[00:50:08] Yeah, I'm just saying

[00:50:10] They're idiots

[00:50:12] Amanda Pete's awful

[00:50:14] You know she's not great

[00:50:16] Of course

[00:50:18] I just didn't find the development of the film that great

[00:50:22] For me this is...

[00:50:24] I know you love it, but I just...

[00:50:26] It's just one of those movies where

[00:50:28] It's a comedy where I don't need to care about those things

[00:50:30] So like it's like those things don't bother me

[00:50:32] Like there are certain kinds of comedies

[00:50:34] Where like I take them

[00:50:36] At face value and like I like the

[00:50:38] Silly screwball elements about them

[00:50:40] I don't necessarily dig deeper

[00:50:42] You know than that

[00:50:44] Like you know character

[00:50:46] Motivation and all that kind of stuff

[00:50:48] Says the guy that doesn't like Super Troopers

[00:50:50] Yeah, or Rat Race

[00:50:52] I don't dislike Super Troopers

[00:50:54] I don't think it's as great as everyone thinks it is

[00:50:56] Do you think that Super Troopers is not as funny

[00:50:58] As Saving Silverman

[00:51:00] Super Troopers is better than Saving Silverman

[00:51:02] By far

[00:51:04] I think Super Troopers is more clever than Saving Silverman

[00:51:06] But I laugh more at Saving Silverman

[00:51:08] That's insane to me

[00:51:10] That makes me question your taste

[00:51:12] Firstly because I like Steve Zahn

[00:51:14] And Jack Black more than anybody

[00:51:16] Sure

[00:51:18] But the jokes in Super Troopers are tremendously better

[00:51:20] There's also just dumb stuff

[00:51:22] Like it wasn't even silly

[00:51:24] It was just dumb like

[00:51:26] I think what I like about it is

[00:51:28] Amanda Deppmer

[00:51:30] She plays the Sandy Perkis character

[00:51:32] The one that

[00:51:34] Jason Biggs ends up falling in love with

[00:51:36] And he's in love with her

[00:51:38] The whole time I guess you could say

[00:51:40] That's just a dumb part

[00:51:42] Wow, spoiler

[00:51:44] She's like

[00:51:46] I joined the circus

[00:51:48] And I fell in love with

[00:51:50] It's just a dumb part

[00:51:52] And then my brother

[00:51:54] Wolf Boy or something

[00:51:56] We thought we were going to have to put him down for rabies

[00:51:58] It's just a dumb line

[00:52:00] It's just a dumb little mini plot

[00:52:02] I hated that part

[00:52:04] It's reminiscent of comedies in the 80s

[00:52:06] Where they didn't try to adhere much

[00:52:08] Like screenplay rules

[00:52:10] Or like the traditions of storytelling

[00:52:12] It was kind of just like

[00:52:14] A free for all of random weird things

[00:52:16] If you go back and watch

[00:52:18] Wayne's World is a great example of that

[00:52:20] There's a ton of randomness in Wayne's World

[00:52:22] But Wayne's World also still follows

[00:52:24] A very familiar screenplay structure

[00:52:26] Yeah, but there's a lot of weirdness in it

[00:52:28] Still though

[00:52:30] A lot of side weirdness

[00:52:32] But weirdness that has inspiration elsewhere

[00:52:34] That's not the best comparison

[00:52:36] That's one of the greatest comedies

[00:52:38] But all you're saying is

[00:52:40] They say something that doesn't make sense

[00:52:42] And pulls me out of the narrative

[00:52:44] Of the universe they've built

[00:52:46] But I'm expected to go along with it

[00:52:48] Because it's dumb fun

[00:52:50] But Seth McFarland

[00:52:52] Is a king of this

[00:52:54] He does this really well

[00:52:56] And all the things he makes

[00:52:58] This was not funny though

[00:53:00] It just wasn't good

[00:53:02] What you're saying is I respect parody

[00:53:04] Because airplane

[00:53:06] Does not exist

[00:53:08] We're talking about one of the greatest movies in the world

[00:53:10] But no, these are parody movies

[00:53:12] But you told me this is one of the greatest movies

[00:53:14] I never remotely said that

[00:53:16] I even specifically said I think

[00:53:18] This is not a good movie

[00:53:20] But it's very funny

[00:53:22] You're over here defending it

[00:53:24] If you think about his brother being the wolf

[00:53:26] And they have to put him over ribs

[00:53:28] I just love the fact that that went nowhere

[00:53:30] It did nothing for the film

[00:53:32] They're bad

[00:53:34] I love American Pie

[00:53:36] It is not a good film

[00:53:38] I love it still

[00:53:40] I don't know what it has in Iran

[00:53:42] Tomatoes, but it's probably under 30%

[00:53:44] This is like 15 or 20%

[00:53:46] I figure what it is

[00:53:48] 19%

[00:53:50] So I get it

[00:53:52] I get loving these types of things

[00:53:54] But Orange County is a better film

[00:53:58] Yeah, I would never deny that

[00:54:00] I just wanted to make a go on record for that

[00:54:02] Alright, Predo

[00:54:04] Brad, did you want to talk about your aside movie or

[00:54:06] Did you die? You talked about so many movies

[00:54:08] Oh, I didn't, I forgot about that

[00:54:10] My word!

[00:54:12] I saw Hit and Run and it was fine

[00:54:14] Cool, so I watched

[00:54:16] A Vengement

[00:54:18] That's not a real movie

[00:54:20] This is a movie that you made up

[00:54:22] It's a movie on Netflix

[00:54:24] Is it a Predator movie you wrote when you were in the shower?

[00:54:26] A Vengement?

[00:54:28] Yep, I searched for the most underrated

[00:54:30] Revenge movies

[00:54:32] And this popped up and I'm like

[00:54:34] This can't be good

[00:54:36] It's British, it's not necessarily

[00:54:38] Hello, was there a lot of that?

[00:54:40] It's like a guy-richy

[00:54:42] Oi, what are the Avengers, mate?

[00:54:44] It's a guy-richy

[00:54:46] knockoff with

[00:54:48] You know, the skeet all rich to Johnny Depp

[00:54:50] Jason Statham

[00:54:52] Scott Adkins?

[00:54:54] Who is this?

[00:54:56] He's a good actor actually

[00:54:58] As far as action is concerned

[00:55:00] Other than a Vengement

[00:55:02] He can kick some- I mean that's the thing

[00:55:04] The action scenes are incredible

[00:55:06] It's a movie about

[00:55:08] A brother that's in kind of like this

[00:55:10] kind of mafioso

[00:55:12] You know, loan-sharking business

[00:55:14] This has an 84% of right to Rando

[00:55:16] How many reviews?

[00:55:18] Two

[00:55:20] 19

[00:55:22] But still

[00:55:24] What about this where you're going

[00:55:26] Alright, this guy, he's playing a character

[00:55:28] Where he gets caught up with his brother

[00:55:30] And he's always been in his brother's shadow

[00:55:32] His brother does him dirty

[00:55:34] He gets sent to prison

[00:55:36] And he becomes a tough guy

[00:55:38] Like he was like a boxer

[00:55:40] But when he goes to prison

[00:55:42] He gets sent to the most horrific prison

[00:55:44] In Britain or whatever

[00:55:46] And he spends a year there

[00:55:48] His brother puts a bounty on his head

[00:55:50] For 20 grand to kill him

[00:55:52] Because he's a veneers that are metal

[00:55:54] And he just has to endure brutalization

[00:55:56] For like fucking years

[00:55:58] He finally breaks out of prison

[00:56:00] And he confronts his brother in a pub

[00:56:02] And he just starts telling stories about

[00:56:04] What he had to do to survive

[00:56:06] For like seven years while he waits for his brother

[00:56:08] To get there because eventually he's going to kill

[00:56:10] And everybody- I think the saving grace

[00:56:12] Of this movie is everyone in this film

[00:56:14] That is part of his life

[00:56:16] Before he breaks through the door

[00:56:18] Thinks of this guy as like this little

[00:56:20] Woos

[00:56:22] He's a boxer, he's kind of tough

[00:56:24] But like, man

[00:56:26] What a sick event

[00:56:28] Like he was always trying to just

[00:56:30] Hey brother, can I just-

[00:56:32] And when he comes back out

[00:56:34] He's this hardened fucking killer

[00:56:36] Who has in prison murdered like three or four people

[00:56:38] Been stabbed multiple times

[00:56:40] Been just beaten

[00:56:42] Every ounce of him is now just

[00:56:44] I want to kill

[00:56:46] And nobody recognizes them

[00:56:48] He comes in and locks the door of this pub

[00:56:50] And traps all these mafioso people in here

[00:56:52] They're not taking him seriously

[00:56:54] And so he knows this

[00:56:56] And he starts like

[00:56:58] Spoiler-er

[00:57:00] Shoots a guy's head off with a shotgun

[00:57:02] And blood splatters everywhere

[00:57:04] And it's this insane thing

[00:57:06] It was fun to watch

[00:57:08] Not a great movie

[00:57:10] But fun to watch those scenes specifically

[00:57:12] It was awesome

[00:57:14] This director is interesting

[00:57:16] He's got films with like

[00:57:18] I see here

[00:57:20] He did a film in 2022

[00:57:22] That's on AMC Plus

[00:57:24] Called White Elephant

[00:57:26] With Michael Rooker

[00:57:28] Bruce Willis, Olga Kurlinko

[00:57:30] He works with John Malkovich a ton

[00:57:32] So if you ever wonder where John Malkovich is

[00:57:34] He's in Jesse Johnson films

[00:57:36] But

[00:57:38] He does these films with these kind of

[00:57:40] Formerly A-list guys

[00:57:42] John Boyce in the next one

[00:57:44] Yeah

[00:57:46] And makes

[00:57:48] Somewhat decent films with them somehow

[00:57:50] It was crazy because there was enough to like about it

[00:57:52] Where I was engaged the whole time

[00:57:54] And I respected what the

[00:57:56] Especially the fight scenes were incredible

[00:57:58] But when he's sitting on the bar stool

[00:58:00] Drinking a pint and telling these stories

[00:58:02] I'm like, oh boy, this could use some work

[00:58:04] But when the actual action scenes happened

[00:58:06] It was fantastic

[00:58:08] It's on Netflix?

[00:58:10] Yeah, it's like hour 30, you know

[00:58:12] Yeah, it's starting to know when I know

[00:58:14] Yeah, Scott Adkins and no one else

[00:58:16] That's it

[00:58:18] There you go

[00:58:20] Interesting, okay

[00:58:22] What else do you watch?

[00:58:24] What were you saying?

[00:58:26] Well before my assignment I watched

[00:58:28] Sympathy for the Devil

[00:58:30] I was supposed to interview

[00:58:32] Nicholas Cage and Joel Kinneman for this

[00:58:34] Together and then the strike happened

[00:58:36] So this is

[00:58:38] Not a good movie

[00:58:40] It is

[00:58:42] A very bad movie

[00:58:44] It's a 58% on

[00:58:46] Everyone that likes it, it's wrong

[00:58:48] But Cage

[00:58:50] How's Nick?

[00:58:52] Unhinged Cage is of course

[00:58:54] It's watchable because of that

[00:58:56] I love watching Unhinged Cage

[00:58:58] I will spoil the entire film

[00:59:00] Because I don't want you to watch this

[00:59:02] Watch a History of Violence

[00:59:04] Is that what this is trying to be?

[00:59:06] Yes, this is

[00:59:08] A sea or maybe

[00:59:10] Dealist knockoff of History of Violence

[00:59:12] When

[00:59:14] Nicholas Cage holds hostage

[00:59:16] Joel Kinneman's character

[00:59:18] When Joel Kinneman is at the hospital to watch his

[00:59:20] Son or daughter be born

[00:59:22] And instead, Nicholas Cage

[00:59:24] He puts it into his driver

[00:59:26] And then they go

[00:59:28] And the entire movie is

[00:59:30] Nicholas Cage is like, you're going to act like you're somebody or not

[00:59:32] And it finally gets to the point where

[00:59:34] Like, yeah, it's him

[00:59:36] But the whole time with the title

[00:59:38] Sympathy for the Devil

[00:59:40] There were a few scenes in this movie early on

[00:59:42] Where Nicholas Cage

[00:59:44] Said something to him while he was driving

[00:59:46] That only the

[00:59:48] Joel's character was thinking

[00:59:50] And so it made it sound like or think

[00:59:52] Like maybe he is the devil

[00:59:54] Maybe he is actually able

[00:59:56] To hear his thought

[00:59:58] But no, just a guy

[01:00:00] Just guessing

[01:00:02] Like I'm like, okay, well that paid off nothing

[01:00:04] And then at the end

[01:00:06] So was it disappointing?

[01:00:08] It was terribly disappointing

[01:00:10] What makes you think he's not the devil?

[01:00:12] No, because he fucking

[01:00:14] Because the thing that makes me feel like

[01:00:16] He's not the devil

[01:00:18] Is that he admits that

[01:00:20] He's just a guy that knows him from

[01:00:22] Back in the day and was come to kill him

[01:00:24] And they were supposed to drive

[01:00:26] To that guy's house to get murdered

[01:00:28] Just like William Hertz house

[01:00:30] History violence, but instead

[01:00:32] Josh Kimmel again's character

[01:00:34] Stomps on his face and shoots him

[01:00:36] And actually kills him

[01:00:38] Ben, the greatest trick the devil ever pulled

[01:00:40] Convincing people that he didn't exist

[01:00:42] This is so

[01:00:44] This is so dog shit

[01:00:46] It's not good

[01:00:48] I was so disappointed

[01:00:50] Because it was this whole build up

[01:00:52] Something good is going to happen

[01:00:54] Nope, he just

[01:00:56] Sorry for assigning that film for you

[01:00:58] Third of sympathy for the devil before

[01:01:00] You decided to watch it

[01:01:02] I watched the trailer

[01:01:04] Actually, I'm reading a lot of reviews

[01:01:06] Of this right now and people

[01:01:08] No, we didn't review this

[01:01:10] But there's a lot of people praising

[01:01:12] Nicholas Cage's performance here

[01:01:14] And again, I said that's the saving

[01:01:16] That's why I wasn't mad at the whole film

[01:01:18] When you're watching it

[01:01:20] And you think there's a build up

[01:01:22] He's unhinged in the best way

[01:01:24] He's doing the whole

[01:01:26] Is when

[01:01:28] Nothing matters

[01:01:30] And it's just

[01:01:32] You were who I said you were the whole time

[01:01:34] And I'm just going to kill you

[01:01:36] Okay, cool, and nothing happens

[01:01:38] The plot of the film is just not good

[01:01:40] It's just terrible

[01:01:42] I'm going to watch it

[01:01:44] And I hope you love it

[01:01:46] So that you can tell me why I'm wrong

[01:01:48] Like oh cool

[01:01:50] Because I sat down

[01:01:52] And within the first 15 minutes

[01:01:54] I was like oh, he is the guy

[01:01:56] That Nicholas Cage thinks he is

[01:01:58] This is history of violence

[01:02:00] And I was hoping the whole time

[01:02:02] That maybe

[01:02:04] I think he got like a limited release

[01:02:06] But I think he was primarily VOD

[01:02:08] I said they can't just do that again

[01:02:10] There has to be some twist and yet no twist

[01:02:12] Well, I thought it was history of violence

[01:02:14] Was the first movie to ever do that

[01:02:16] But it's so paint by numbers though

[01:02:18] Like it's so simple

[01:02:20] Because again, Brad

[01:02:22] I'm not a movie viewer

[01:02:24] Stop it

[01:02:26] Sometimes I watch films and then

[01:02:28] When the twist happens

[01:02:30] Oh shit, but even I am able to tell

[01:02:32] Within the first few minutes

[01:02:34] You've seen enough movies where

[01:02:36] Especially this kind of film

[01:02:38] You have seen a lot of them

[01:02:40] I would say when it comes to art house

[01:02:42] You don't always pick up everything

[01:02:44] They're putting down

[01:02:46] I wouldn't see it as a hard time

[01:02:48] Connecting emotionally with those kind of movies

[01:02:50] Trying to make me win something

[01:02:52] You're not really a stew when it comes to comedy

[01:02:54] Saving silverman

[01:02:56] Just palm the ore or whatever

[01:02:58] First of all, silverman would never

[01:03:00] Ever be out for the palm of the ore

[01:03:02] I don't know what clerks was

[01:03:04] It was comedy

[01:03:06] Clerks were the Sundance

[01:03:08] That's not where the palm of the ore is

[01:03:10] The palm of the ore from Cannes

[01:03:12] You know you're from that too

[01:03:14] Cannes

[01:03:16] Can I have a time out here

[01:03:18] You said this is released on VOD

[01:03:22] According to the Wikipedia

[01:03:24] I'm sure it may be slightly more than this

[01:03:26] But it made $150,000

[01:03:28] This film was produced

[01:03:30] Partially by Nicholas Cage

[01:03:32] I'm sure I had a budget of what

[01:03:34] $5 million or something to make this film

[01:03:36] Oh yeah, this is almost like Locke

[01:03:38] They're in the car 80% of the time

[01:03:40] So how do

[01:03:42] If you're releasing on VOD

[01:03:44] How do you recoup this money

[01:03:46] Well, I mean

[01:03:48] I've noticed there's a lot

[01:03:50] I watch movie releases and stuff like this

[01:03:52] And there's a lot of films that just get a

[01:03:54] VOD release

[01:03:56] And I'm not talking like Netflix or anything

[01:03:58] I'm talking just VOD rentals

[01:04:00] And they can't be making that money back

[01:04:02] No, I mean, so some of it is like

[01:04:04] You won't make your entire budget

[01:04:06] Back on VOD alone

[01:04:08] But what you might make it back for

[01:04:10] Is licensing rights for when it's on cable

[01:04:12] When it's on network TV

[01:04:14] It's the long game a little bit

[01:04:16] If it's available on a plane or something like that

[01:04:18] Every time a movie is available anywhere

[01:04:20] There's like a separate licensing fee

[01:04:22] And this might be on Netflix next year

[01:04:24] It might be on Netflix in six months

[01:04:26] And sometimes

[01:04:28] A lot of times if you see a movie

[01:04:30] And it's getting a VOD only release

[01:04:32] That's either because the company

[01:04:34] That made it doesn't have enough money

[01:04:36] To give it a proper distribution

[01:04:38] Or they couldn't find a big distributor

[01:04:40] To actually give it a full release

[01:04:42] It's harder and harder now

[01:04:44] Okay, that's right

[01:04:46] I was just thinking like a film like this

[01:04:48] That has two major stars in it

[01:04:50] That are going to require some money to get in the film

[01:04:52] Obviously Nicholas Pitches

[01:04:54] Besides those two there aren't really

[01:04:56] Yeah, the cast doesn't look big at all

[01:04:58] So they save some money there

[01:05:00] But like how it's going to be

[01:05:02] At least a couple million dollars to make this film

[01:05:04] How are you going to on VOD get that money back

[01:05:06] And this isn't the only film

[01:05:08] I see these all the time where films are just released on VOD

[01:05:10] Apple TV didn't buy them, Voodoo didn't buy them

[01:05:12] I also feel like we are

[01:05:14] Maybe underestimating the number of people

[01:05:16] Maybe like me that see

[01:05:18] Josh and Nick are starting

[01:05:20] You did pay to rent this

[01:05:22] And the number of people that see the new

[01:05:24] Nicklication film and they remember that

[01:05:26] It might be in the one million to two million dollar range

[01:05:28] Of the first few weeks that it's out

[01:05:30] And by the way

[01:05:32] Apple is really good about that

[01:05:34] Here's the top 100 now

[01:05:36] They've changed it where your store and your purchases

[01:05:38] They just changed it

[01:05:40] You've been buying things that you didn't know

[01:05:42] They now have a top 100

[01:05:44] I'm scrolling and like oh shit

[01:05:46] Number 49 the marvels

[01:05:48] And I clicked it and was like oh I didn't know

[01:05:50] And I couldn't

[01:05:52] It's a good point there too Brad

[01:05:54] To say that just because they don't recoup it

[01:05:56] Right away doesn't mean in distribution

[01:05:58] Throughout the history of this film's

[01:06:00] Life they're not going to

[01:06:02] And the studio

[01:06:04] Will obviously if it's

[01:06:06] This is a three million dollar budget

[01:06:08] And in its life cycle it will

[01:06:10] Generate 2.9

[01:06:12] It will almost break even but it will lose

[01:06:14] $100,000 that is enough for the studio

[01:06:16] Every single time to take that risk

[01:06:18] Because every time they do that

[01:06:20] Here's okay well the next Nicklication

[01:06:22] Movie that cost three million made

[01:06:24] 80 so they're going to still bank

[01:06:26] On some bankable stars to do that

[01:06:28] Hey

[01:06:30] Benny were you assigned a movie or no

[01:06:32] I did but I've seen some other things too

[01:06:34] Because fuck Brad

[01:06:36] Now we're going to go two hours long sorry

[01:06:38] We'll just want to talk about trailers

[01:06:40] I watched

[01:06:42] I don't really care about the trailers

[01:06:44] I watched popstar never stop

[01:06:46] Stopping I've seen it

[01:06:48] Never stop never stopping

[01:06:50] Is it never stop never stopping

[01:06:52] Why are we talking about this again

[01:06:54] You've seen this so many times

[01:06:56] The podcast is about movies we've seen

[01:06:58] But I thought it was supposed to be movies we haven't

[01:07:00] No but like you can bring out movies you've seen

[01:07:02] I'm going to talk about them how great they are

[01:07:04] And if I know Ben he's going to want to talk about

[01:07:06] I am okay with talking about how great this family is

[01:07:08] All I'm saying is this is a movie I watched

[01:07:10] It is so good it's great still great

[01:07:12] Still holds up but we've

[01:07:14] What is your favorite part of this

[01:07:16] We've definitely talked about movies we've already seen

[01:07:18] We just ended up watching

[01:07:20] I think it's a nice week actually

[01:07:22] I'm still a little mad about what happened earlier

[01:07:24] Yeah join the club buddy

[01:07:26] Hey I feel like kind of we're on a loop

[01:07:28] Oh

[01:07:30] Hey is there that's a reference you'd get

[01:07:32] If you saw the movie

[01:07:34] I fucking wish

[01:07:36] That was like a big part of the movie

[01:07:38] Hey hey

[01:07:40] I'm Bruce Willis we're on a loop

[01:07:42] So as

[01:07:44] You watch this film and you've seen it so many times

[01:07:46] Is there a new part that you like

[01:07:48] Different things always

[01:07:50] Is there a new part that you like about it more

[01:07:52] I've seen this movie 11 or 12 times now

[01:07:54] Honestly and this is

[01:07:56] So let's say this is my 12th viewing

[01:07:58] And for the first time ever

[01:08:00] I spent more time

[01:08:02] Paying attention to the

[01:08:04] Catchphrase verse

[01:08:06] You knew it?

[01:08:08] Squirrel jam

[01:08:10] DJ Tanner

[01:08:12] Also

[01:08:14] Hunter the Hungry

[01:08:16] So when he

[01:08:18] Confronts Connor

[01:08:20] And sorry

[01:08:22] When Connor is confused about

[01:08:24] Who maybe did this as a prank

[01:08:26] And maybe it was me

[01:08:28] Nah it wasn't

[01:08:30] Later on in the movie

[01:08:32] It was me

[01:08:34] I laughed

[01:08:36] I watched it with Ashley

[01:08:38] And we were sitting there

[01:08:40] And she's like

[01:08:42] Pause it

[01:08:44] Cause I was cackling when he goes

[01:08:46] It was me

[01:08:48] And I went

[01:08:50] And she's like pause it

[01:08:52] Why is that funny

[01:08:54] You do connect with these

[01:08:56] Different moments in the film

[01:08:58] I mean

[01:09:00] Again

[01:09:02] I told you

[01:09:04] Can we get the wolves to be more quiet

[01:09:06] Cause that's a very

[01:09:08] No

[01:09:10] But they don't even know their wolves

[01:09:12] And he just was

[01:09:14] No

[01:09:16] Also

[01:09:18] When they cut the black into the bees

[01:09:20] Flameflour scene

[01:09:22] It's such a

[01:09:24] And I did pause it and I was like

[01:09:26] She doesn't give a shit

[01:09:28] So this is brilliant writing

[01:09:30] And here's why

[01:09:32] It's on another level

[01:09:34] We don't have the money for this scene

[01:09:36] But this is a fun way to do it

[01:09:38] Where we can still do it

[01:09:40] And also man

[01:09:42] So a cool thing they did

[01:09:44] There was an exclusive steel book release

[01:09:46] Of pop star that I think

[01:09:48] Shout Factory did

[01:09:50] In addition runs a certain movies

[01:09:52] On steel book and sometimes they have

[01:09:54] Packages that come with an exclusive poster

[01:09:56] That's only available with so many copies

[01:09:58] Of the movie

[01:10:00] And I got pop star because

[01:10:02] It came with a poster

[01:10:04] Depicting that scene from the movie

[01:10:06] With the bees and everything

[01:10:08] Which of course does not exist

[01:10:10] Yeah that's fantastic

[01:10:12] No again holds up

[01:10:14] For some reason you're hearing my voice

[01:10:16] Right now and you've never seen

[01:10:18] You just

[01:10:20] Shut the podcast off

[01:10:22] Pull your car over

[01:10:24] And download it and watch it

[01:10:26] It's fantastic

[01:10:28] And then I watched Horrible Bosses

[01:10:30] Which happens in a while

[01:10:32] And it still is very funny

[01:10:34] It's funny to me because

[01:10:36] Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell

[01:10:38] And Jennifer Aniston

[01:10:40] Kevin Spacey even

[01:10:42] I love it because the main three guys

[01:10:44] Those are the stars of the film

[01:10:46] And you've got these

[01:10:48] Significant at the time

[01:10:50] A-list actors and actresses

[01:10:52] Playing these bosses

[01:10:54] And I think that's probably why it was so successful

[01:10:56] If you had these unknown actors

[01:10:58] Playing those parts

[01:11:00] I've seen this film four or five times

[01:11:02] That's probably I keep leaning into

[01:11:04] Like that's why this movie works

[01:11:06] Colin Farrell is so good

[01:11:08] Kevin Spacey is a dick

[01:11:10] And you kind of get it

[01:11:12] Jennifer Aniston is kind of trying to be

[01:11:14] A sexual harassment, I get it

[01:11:16] But in this movie Colin Farrell

[01:11:18] Is the reason why I'm like

[01:11:20] They should all die

[01:11:22] He's so bad

[01:11:24] I fucking love him as the villain

[01:11:26] He's a perfect, it's one of the more perfect villains I've seen

[01:11:28] We're going to trim the fat around here

[01:11:30] You know what, I want you to fire the fat people

[01:11:32] And the way he says it right

[01:11:34] Or like he wants to fire the kind of wheelchair

[01:11:36] He's rolling around, he can't even

[01:11:38] He's lazy, like what

[01:11:40] He's so terrible, I love it so much

[01:11:42] My favorite

[01:11:44] Underrated lines is

[01:11:46] Jason Bateman's delivery

[01:11:48] When they get arrested

[01:11:50] And he's like you were drag racing

[01:11:52] In a Prius

[01:11:54] I don't win a lot

[01:11:56] Yeah, no and then I watched about

[01:11:58] Smith and it was sad

[01:12:00] So

[01:12:02] Sad, sad or no?

[01:12:04] It's not sad, sad

[01:12:06] It's pretty fucking sad

[01:12:08] It's incredibly sad

[01:12:10] Both of you assholes were like

[01:12:12] Yeah, but don't worry, at the end

[01:12:14] First of all I didn't say that

[01:12:16] You did

[01:12:18] Go back in the day

[01:12:20] Don't worry

[01:12:22] It's redeeming or like there's some

[01:12:24] It's worth it in the end

[01:12:26] I don't know, it's not

[01:12:28] You didn't like this one?

[01:12:30] No, I get it

[01:12:32] It's a character study

[01:12:34] Which is great

[01:12:36] He is

[01:12:38] I never argue about a film like this being good

[01:12:40] This movie is good

[01:12:42] It's also insanely sad

[01:12:44] And why do you want to watch things like this

[01:12:46] This is

[01:12:48] Well

[01:12:50] So my work life

[01:12:52] The thing I built my entire life

[01:12:54] Is trash

[01:12:56] The relationship I had with my wife

[01:12:58] And my best friend

[01:13:00] He was writing her love letters 30 years ago

[01:13:02] So that's how

[01:13:04] My daughter does not respect me

[01:13:06] Till it makes her admit

[01:13:08] And then

[01:13:10] The redeeming quality is I get to go

[01:13:12] Hang out with this trash family

[01:13:14] And be uncomfortable all the time

[01:13:16] But then don't worry, I kind of get it

[01:13:18] At the end

[01:13:20] But no, he doesn't

[01:13:22] It's not a revelation

[01:13:24] He changes life

[01:13:26] Like does it always happen in like revelations

[01:13:28] We just sometimes start making the right changes

[01:13:30] Why does anybody want to watch this kind of film

[01:13:32] So I would try to go back

[01:13:34] And confirm I did not give you any

[01:13:36] Leading whatsoever that this was going to be

[01:13:38] An uplifting movie

[01:13:40] What did you say?

[01:13:42] I said that one has a sexy scene too

[01:13:44] You didn't know it when you see it

[01:13:46] By the way, did you like the sexy scene?

[01:13:48] No, I knew about it

[01:13:50] I knew Kathy Bay's got a negative

[01:13:52] No, no, I literally that's it because

[01:13:54] You said more though

[01:13:56] No, I didn't, I swear to God

[01:13:58] Those are the only two things I said about about Schmidt

[01:14:00] Because Nate is the one who like

[01:14:02] I didn't know about the sexy scene

[01:14:04] I remember feeling that

[01:14:06] This character that is

[01:14:08] I don't want to say morally

[01:14:10] To pray but certainly

[01:14:12] Down on us

[01:14:14] Not a great person either

[01:14:16] Some of these things where you get

[01:14:18] Why his life is in shambles

[01:14:20] I felt like at the end

[01:14:22] He was starting to see a little bit

[01:14:24] Of maybe a little bit of sunshine

[01:14:26] A little bit of light

[01:14:28] Or a little bit of clarity

[01:14:30] But that's the thing like

[01:14:32] Again, I understand that this is a movie

[01:14:34] That like the character

[01:14:36] It's not resolved at the end though

[01:14:38] But it shouldn't in this movie

[01:14:40] Like if the character literally was like

[01:14:42] You know what? I'm gonna go fuck Kathy Bates

[01:14:44] And start my life over

[01:14:46] It would have been weird

[01:14:48] For the whole narrative

[01:14:50] The driven narrative of the entire film

[01:14:52] Is that he is this person

[01:14:54] And I never wanted to get away from that

[01:14:56] Because I did enjoy his performance

[01:14:58] Like summed it up at the end

[01:15:00] However, it doesn't mean that it was like

[01:15:02] At all redeeming or elitist

[01:15:04] It was just it ended

[01:15:06] Man, I'm worried about becoming Schmidt

[01:15:08] Man

[01:15:10] I don't know why

[01:15:12] Like I'm like

[01:15:14] Do you feel like this is me giving you a dead dad movie

[01:15:16] A wake up call?

[01:15:18] The weather man and about

[01:15:20] Hey, this is your life now Ben

[01:15:22] I want you to watch movies

[01:15:24] And by the way, never gonna get better

[01:15:26] But also towards the end of your life

[01:15:29] You'll be like hey

[01:15:31] Hey Ben

[01:15:32] It's not as bad as I thought

[01:15:33] Hey Ben, hey Ben

[01:15:35] We're not even recording tonight actually

[01:15:37] This whole

[01:15:38] This is an intervention

[01:15:39] To get to this point

[01:15:40] We're worried about you

[01:15:42] I'm worried about you because you give me these movies

[01:15:45] That are so just depressing

[01:15:47] And then you don't even watch the movie you're supposed to watch

[01:15:49] About Schmidt is not

[01:15:51] It's a good movie but it's not

[01:15:53] It's not uplifting, it's not

[01:15:55] I just feel like I might have to be uplifting

[01:15:57] I wanna, I don't know

[01:15:59] Maybe Ben is just hoping for you to give him a little bit of hope

[01:16:02] Anything

[01:16:03] Just something I can actually enjoy

[01:16:05] Musicals are helpful and you don't like them

[01:16:07] I'm not sure that Fiddler is the most uplifting thing

[01:16:10] That is an exception

[01:16:12] And I said that kind of treacherously

[01:16:15] Like maybe I'm missing something

[01:16:17] Nope, nope, nope, that one is

[01:16:19] Not sure that Fiddler is

[01:16:21] But then again, I don't know musical theater

[01:16:23] Holocausting

[01:16:24] Maybe there's something I'm missing

[01:16:26] You know what, Les Mis is coming back to theaters

[01:16:28] Why don't you sign that to Ben?

[01:16:29] I've not given him Les Mis

[01:16:31] I specifically have not given him Les Mis

[01:16:33] They're on a ship though, that should be good

[01:16:35] That's maybe like 10%

[01:16:37] That's all I know about it

[01:16:39] Very small portion

[01:16:40] I don't know, people on ships are happy

[01:16:42] No they're not, Ben

[01:16:44] There is not a single fucking happy person in Les Mis

[01:16:47] No, literally

[01:16:49] My assumption is

[01:16:51] The translation is the miserable

[01:16:53] I mean, I don't speak French but like that's

[01:16:55] Speaking of Les Mis

[01:16:57] It is coming back to theaters

[01:16:59] That's what I just said, 20 years

[01:17:01] Hey Ben, your next movie I'm going to sign you

[01:17:03] The Fucking Depressants

[01:17:05] Oh don't worry, it's not what you think

[01:17:07] They're all depressed

[01:17:09] I've given you non-depressing films

[01:17:11] Name the last one

[01:17:13] I don't know what I've given you

[01:17:15] I know I have

[01:17:17] Yeah, you know what

[01:17:19] That's an unfair question

[01:17:21] I should not have asked that

[01:17:23] What was the one that I gave you

[01:17:25] Schindler's List, again I loved it

[01:17:27] It was historically accurate and I enjoyed it

[01:17:29] But again buddy

[01:17:31] Oh with Ben What's His Nuts

[01:17:33] I gave you that film, it was a good film

[01:17:35] What?

[01:17:37] Ben What's His Nuts

[01:17:39] Leave No Trace, that's the happiest movie

[01:17:41] That's the happiest movie

[01:17:43] You know what, again, pretty

[01:17:45] I imagine the daughter went on to have a good life

[01:17:47] You've been some laughs

[01:17:49] I will tell you, the universe that they built

[01:17:51] Was very believable, also very sad

[01:17:53] I'm just giving you a picture of my soul

[01:17:55] What I did, what I did

[01:17:57] I want you to be better, Nate

[01:17:59] Can I talk over here real quick

[01:18:01] So just real quick, I love you to death

[01:18:03] You ever need to talk

[01:18:05] I bet that therapist is a lot of money to talk

[01:18:07] I know but I don't think they are doing a good job

[01:18:09] So we should talk about it

[01:18:11] Sorry about that

[01:18:13] I do wonder if in our text

[01:18:15] What you misconstrued was me saying

[01:18:17] Don't worry Ben, I'll lift you up

[01:18:19] And maybe you thought I said it'll lift you up

[01:18:21] Oh, I actually did kind of just glance at that

[01:18:23] Yeah, I was saying I'll lift you up

[01:18:25] With the movie that I give you

[01:18:27] I'm not joking, I literally thought

[01:18:29] That it'll lift you up

[01:18:31] Okay, at least at the end

[01:18:33] And then I was waiting for that

[01:18:35] And then it didn't happen and I was like

[01:18:37] What the fuck is Brad talking about

[01:18:39] Also I thought maybe the bar is so low for you guys

[01:18:41] Where like you watch these depressing movies

[01:18:43] And like the last part of it

[01:18:45] Is their depression goes from zero

[01:18:47] To point oh one

[01:18:49] Well, that's it

[01:18:51] I gave you little women

[01:18:53] Sure

[01:18:57] It's half sad

[01:18:59] It's a dramedy

[01:19:01] More drama than Edie

[01:19:03] Yeah, like at least a character dies in it

[01:19:05] Chris Cooper is so sad when he can't go in

[01:19:07] Like he's stuck at the fence and he can't go in

[01:19:09] That's the part that you're bringing up

[01:19:11] In your mind that you remember

[01:19:13] So sad

[01:19:15] I just can't go back into the house

[01:19:17] The comedy I gave Ben was

[01:19:19] The part where Chris Cooper was so sad that he

[01:19:21] Was really sad and that made me cry

[01:19:23] Alright, you know what

[01:19:25] Now I know what to give you next time

[01:19:27] I'm gonna find the sad part

[01:19:29] Don't you like it when films make you feel things

[01:19:31] I cry my real life all the time

[01:19:33] I'm so sad all the time

[01:19:35] Everything's horrible

[01:19:37] The world's on fire

[01:19:39] When I watch movies I wanna feel like Eddie the Eagle

[01:19:41] Eddie the Eagle's great

[01:19:43] Actually uplifting

[01:19:45] Baby Driver, have you seen The Driver?

[01:19:47] Yes, or something like Revenge

[01:19:49] Where if it's that bad

[01:19:51] Something happens to those bad people

[01:19:53] The Revengers

[01:19:55] You're talking about Revenge the movie Revenge

[01:19:57] Or you're talking about Revenge as a pro

[01:19:59] As a pro

[01:20:01] Alex Struick was a genre

[01:20:03] Oh, cause there was a good movie called Revenge

[01:20:05] I've seen it

[01:20:07] There's not a film called Revenge

[01:20:09] Let's make sure we're talking about the same movie

[01:20:11] Is the one with Olivia Wilde?

[01:20:13] No, that's a different movie

[01:20:15] I think it's a Spanish film

[01:20:17] And it's about a girl

[01:20:19] Who almost gets killed

[01:20:21] But then she ends up surviving

[01:20:23] And she tries to kill

[01:20:25] The man who tried to kill her

[01:20:27] What is the one that I'm thinking of with Olivia Wilde

[01:20:29] That was a revenge film?

[01:20:31] I'm not sure actually

[01:20:33] I've decided the next film I'm gonna give you

[01:20:35] Is Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spot

[01:20:37] I've seen that film

[01:20:39] It's just boring

[01:20:41] It is very boring

[01:20:43] It's so boring

[01:20:45] There's no real... I love Garrett Oldman

[01:20:47] But in that movie I'm like, what are we doing here?

[01:20:49] I don't care

[01:20:51] It has been 2 hours and 15 minutes

[01:20:53] And I don't know what we're doing here

[01:20:55] In my soul I was like, I have to like this

[01:20:57] I went to the theater

[01:20:59] There are so many good people in this

[01:21:01] And it seems like it's really well written

[01:21:03] I went to the theater to see it

[01:21:05] I was so bored

[01:21:07] It is a slow burn

[01:21:09] I would never say it's bad by any means

[01:21:11] You also love saving silverman

[01:21:13] So I don't know what to think anymore

[01:21:15] Are you thinking of a vigilante?

[01:21:17] That's what the movie is

[01:21:19] Right on

[01:21:21] I will actually talk about Hit and Run

[01:21:23] Because you hate Dax Shepard

[01:21:25] I don't hate Dax Shepard

[01:21:27] I don't really get him though

[01:21:29] I don't like him

[01:21:31] I don't get why people like him

[01:21:33] Everyone says he's one of the nicest guys

[01:21:35] In show business

[01:21:37] He's a very good guy

[01:21:39] From what I understand

[01:21:41] I understand why he's appealing people

[01:21:43] I just never thought he's very funny

[01:21:45] And I don't really like him in movies very much

[01:21:47] Is it because you've got a thing with

[01:21:49] Sports Bros and he's a little bit of

[01:21:51] A little bit of a bro

[01:21:53] It's not even that

[01:21:55] I've never really liked anything about his delivery

[01:21:57] He's never really made me laugh

[01:21:59] I don't know what it is

[01:22:01] So I don't know necessarily

[01:22:03] That Dax Shepard has had

[01:22:05] A vehicle in which I can point to this

[01:22:07] Has he ever had a great film?

[01:22:09] This is the thing that he...

[01:22:11] And I don't mean any disrespect

[01:22:13] Because again, I know he's a good person

[01:22:15] Where did he come from?

[01:22:17] What was the thing that was like

[01:22:19] Oh now he's a movie star

[01:22:21] What are we doing?

[01:22:23] I think his...

[01:22:25] He was on punked

[01:22:27] There's a film that I love

[01:22:29] That he started in

[01:22:31] Was it Without a Paddle?

[01:22:33] Yes, Freaking Love Without a Paddle

[01:22:35] He's had a lot of roles in comedies

[01:22:37] Like Don't Ever Judge Freakin Without a Paddle

[01:22:39] When you gave me Savings of the Moon

[01:22:41] Chips, Without a Paddle is trash

[01:22:43] Oh, Without a Paddle is Freakin' hilarious

[01:22:45] Chips is them like putting

[01:22:47] Trying to give Dax Shepard his own 20

[01:22:49] Exactly, but it didn't work

[01:22:51] The film I think that he got most famous for

[01:22:53] Was Idiocracy, wasn't it?

[01:22:55] Yes, that's a good point

[01:22:57] But he is though

[01:22:59] Yeah, everyone is

[01:23:01] But you said it in the way

[01:23:03] Because I don't like it

[01:23:05] He's a fucking idiot

[01:23:07] I'm trying to give you a chance here buddy

[01:23:09] So yeah, I watched Hit and Run

[01:23:11] Because that's what you signed Ben

[01:23:13] Because I liked that movie

[01:23:15] I wanted to give it a fair shake

[01:23:17] 48% in Robin Tomino's

[01:23:19] Unlike Savings of the Moon at 19

[01:23:21] It's honestly not bad

[01:23:23] But I do think that there

[01:23:25] There is a much better movie here

[01:23:27] Because I wish that they had

[01:23:29] For all the favors that Dax Shepard called

[01:23:31] And to get his friends in this movie

[01:23:33] And to get this movie made

[01:23:35] I don't think he called enough of the funny ones

[01:23:37] To make the script really pop

[01:23:39] Because there are like

[01:23:41] Three or four really great jokes

[01:23:43] In this movie

[01:23:45] Like there was a few hilarious scenes

[01:23:47] And I was like, oh that's really funny

[01:23:49] But it's the core of the movie

[01:23:51] And I respect what he's trying to do here

[01:23:53] Because it's a clever concept

[01:23:55] And I wish that it was executed

[01:23:57] A little bit more

[01:23:59] Just well

[01:24:01] Because the idea

[01:24:03] Is that Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell

[01:24:05] Are a couple

[01:24:07] They live in this small town

[01:24:09] All of a sudden Kristen Bell

[01:24:11] Her job is in danger

[01:24:13] And she thinks she's going to get fired

[01:24:15] But she actually ends up getting a new job

[01:24:17] But she has to go to LA to get it

[01:24:19] And so Dax Shepard is willing

[01:24:21] To get psyched about it

[01:24:23] Because he has some kind of history in LA

[01:24:25] And you don't really know what it is

[01:24:27] You slowly find it out in the first 30 minutes of the movie

[01:24:29] And it's that he was in witness protection

[01:24:31] He turned in his friends

[01:24:33] After they got fingered for a bank robbery

[01:24:35] That went wrong and somebody got killed

[01:24:37] And so he testified against them

[01:24:39] And he's been under a different name ever since

[01:24:41] And Kristen Bell doesn't know any of this

[01:24:43] So when she finds all this out

[01:24:45] It's kind of like a big thing

[01:24:47] She doesn't trust him anymore

[01:24:49] And so Dax Shepard is a very passionate person

[01:24:51] When it comes to cars and stuff like that

[01:24:53] He actually used a lot of his own cars

[01:24:55] In this movie to make it

[01:24:57] He has an extensive car collection

[01:24:59] The main black Lincoln in this movie

[01:25:01] Is his

[01:25:03] And because this was an independent production

[01:25:05] That only cost like $2 million

[01:25:07] He's been doing this for a long time

[01:25:09] And he's been doing this for a long time

[01:25:11] And he's been doing this for a long time

[01:25:13] And he's been doing this for a long time

[01:25:15] And he's been doing this for a long time

[01:25:17] And during this independent production

[01:25:19] That only cost like $2 million

[01:25:21] He and almost everyone else did a lot of their own stunt driving

[01:25:23] Because of that

[01:25:25] The stunt driving sequences themselves

[01:25:27] Aren't particularly exciting

[01:25:29] There's a sequence where it's supposed to be

[01:25:31] This big chase and it ends in a big air field

[01:25:33] Where there's like no real danger

[01:25:35] Of like running into anything

[01:25:37] Or anything like that

[01:25:39] If you know this

[01:25:41] But he used his own cars for the film

[01:25:43] So I don't

[01:25:45] know a lot about movies but when it's a low budget and you have to use your own

[01:25:48] cars you don't really want to suggest them to things like a born movie where

[01:25:52] that they're going upstairs or you need like 19 Lincoln Continental. It does hold

[01:25:56] back a movie though that's called Hit and Run and supposed to be. Yeah the movie is called Hit and Run.

[01:25:59] It's not called Open Air and Not. But yeah I did like what he was shooting for

[01:26:06] here and I wish that like he would have had the money to pull it off a

[01:26:10] little bit better that he had a little bit sharper of a script but I

[01:26:13] didn't dislike it and there's there are some really funny bits in it though the

[01:26:17] best one because it comes out of nowhere too is they're they're pulling into like

[01:26:20] a motel to like rest after driving part of the way to Los Angeles and they walk

[01:26:25] into the wrong room and it's just like a four-person old people orgy and

[01:26:29] they're just sitting there naked and they're like oh my god what the fuck

[01:26:33] was that and then later when Bradley Cooper is coming after them because

[01:26:37] he's the villain in the movie they walk into the same room by accident

[01:26:40] because they think that he's in there and so it happens again. Bradley Cooper is

[01:26:44] particularly good in this movie though because he plays just this asshole crime

[01:26:48] guy who's got dreadlocks and he has a great moment where he gives like a

[01:26:55] speech to this guy who's in the grocery line with him it's this big black guy

[01:26:58] and he's like listen man he's like I don't know if you want to buy that

[01:27:02] food for your dog he's like because it's like she's made of a lot of

[01:27:04] chemicals it's not really good for him and like the guy gets pissed at him

[01:27:07] and he gets in his face and he's like okay you know I'm sorry I'm sorry I

[01:27:10] just I just care you know about the dog so it goes out and then all of a sudden

[01:27:13] like he hooks the guy with a leash and like drags him and like is like slamming

[01:27:17] dog food in his mouth and everything and the it's such this was like there was

[01:27:21] like this was the bit of cleverness that I wish they would have been able

[01:27:23] to like fit into like the movie elsewhere because so much of it felt

[01:27:28] like it was like Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell acting out like a lot of

[01:27:32] real relationship squabbles which probably because they were in a

[01:27:35] relationship when they did this yeah well and I read that actually part of it

[01:27:37] the movie itself was kind of inspired by the dynamic that they had when he was

[01:27:41] still dealing with his addiction struggles and how she didn't trust him

[01:27:45] because of that and like that's kind of what he's like that's what works in

[01:27:48] the movie right it feels authentic but the script itself rest of it yeah it's

[01:27:52] hard but so so Bradley Cooper he's talking to me he's because he

[01:27:56] threatens a guy with a gun to like to eat more dog food or else is gonna

[01:27:59] shoot him and like he says no and he's like this is what I'm talking about

[01:28:02] man he's like I just threatened to kill you unless you eat some more of this

[01:28:06] dog food and you won't even eat it but you're gonna give that to your dog how

[01:28:11] fucking profound is that and so like he's crazy but like that's hilarious too

[01:28:16] there's we've talked about a thousand times over the best part about a lot

[01:28:21] of films is the villain yeah and so if you and honestly Bradley Cooper's

[01:28:26] villain right there is not wrong no yeah you know and so that when the

[01:28:31] villain is not wrong necessarily you kind of do side with them and you believe a

[01:28:34] little bit more and it makes more effective film so even this film is

[01:28:37] insane and stupid in that moment that's a real moment where you're like well I

[01:28:41] mean he's not wrong yeah the dick yeah it's a it was it was fine I do I wish

[01:28:47] it was a little bit better interesting about this is Roger Ebert gave us a

[01:28:52] three out of five or sorry 3.5 out of four stars Richard Robert gave the

[01:28:58] film an F it is a film that either people like or they do not yeah and so I

[01:29:04] are you in the middle of the road about it Brad do you love her hit I love it no

[01:29:07] you like it what I was getting what I said like no no no no no no no

[01:29:11] people who love it or hate it and everybody goes it was fine so it's

[01:29:16] better right 50% it was fine yeah see okay Brad is you said you call oh it's

[01:29:22] either people are you love it like in the reviews it seems it is literally

[01:29:26] the audience score is 48 and the critic scores like 48 like it is it is fine

[01:29:33] but no that means is one with people who love it or they hate it yeah I know

[01:29:37] there was a lot of good and bad about the film do you love it or hate it neither

[01:29:42] so you said calling your friends he did right I mean there's a lot of no he

[01:29:46] literally everybody in this movie is like either a friend of his or a friend

[01:29:49] of Kristen Bells yeah Sean Hayes Jason Bateman Beau Bridges Ryan Hansen

[01:29:53] David Kekner Bradley Cooper Sean Hayes in this movie he's Sandy Osterman it's a

[01:30:01] who's why is there a scene that I missed it was a pretty good joke but yeah that's

[01:30:08] why right but no it literally is just just deck shipper like bring in him and

[01:30:13] Kristen and my assumption is this is his shot right he's like I'm gonna I'm

[01:30:18] going to have the opportunity to make a feature film and I need my friends to

[01:30:21] help me yeah right yeah that's that's it we made it's just a big long

[01:30:25] discussion one and a lot of it is because Nate went on his you know big

[01:30:28] diatribe and cut our mics I will cut you so quickly again I know and it's just

[01:30:35] one of those episodes where you know we we honestly weren't super jazzed about

[01:30:38] the trailers we're gonna talk about anyway and we would have talked about

[01:30:40] that but now we won't now we won't now and one of them was gonna be a TV

[01:30:45] series and Ben got really kind of pissy about it so it's fair then he

[01:30:49] gets pissy about a lot of things these days though like you don't watch a

[01:30:52] movie he assigns you and all of a sudden he's mad well that's right

[01:30:55] you're talking to the wrong person really really bark up the wrong tree there

[01:31:00] also I was fucking I watched the first stupid James Franco Planet of the Ups

[01:31:04] movie oh yeah rise of the planet I like that I'd like to let go it was fine

[01:31:08] yeah yeah I like it the first one's fine they get infinitely better and I'm

[01:31:11] very excited it is a series that I did finally recommit to do this to

[01:31:14] brezz been talking about this for a while that they're better than I thought

[01:31:17] were you watching me so I'm gonna do this I'm committing this week I'm

[01:31:20] gonna watch both of the next ones I'm very excited to hear what you think of

[01:31:23] Donald and I'm taking them seriously I don't want I'm not gonna have that

[01:31:26] chip in my shoulder I really am gonna I'm excited to just like give them that

[01:31:29] lens that they need to have okay yeah I think that's good is there anything

[01:31:32] coming out this weekend that I need to see the beekeeper no the beekeepers

[01:31:36] already out it's already out it's got decent reviews about this past weekend

[01:31:39] I actually don't really remember what's coming out this week but well that's

[01:31:42] fun thank you so much for listening to this extended episode of go fix

[01:31:47] yourself Nate I love you buddy I don't feel like you do sometimes well when you

[01:31:51] got my mic I get really upset Brad I'll do it again yeah I love I love you I

[01:31:56] especially when everybody bye