One question I do have for you buddy What was your biggest surprise out of 1996? Like a movie that you had never watched that totally surprised you you're like that was actually really good
What a massive undertaking this was I'm impressed you actually pulled it off overall there was a few gems that year but quite a bit of stinkers. All in all though thanks to your reviews there's a lot of titles that I want to check out now and some that I might avoid like the plague lol
I couldn't agree more on the English patient. It had a great cast but what a terrible movie The only thing it's good for is when you have insomnia you can put it on and you're guaranteed to fall asleep. Uncle Sam sounds right up my alley I never heard of that I definitely have to check it out now hahaha. I found first contact was okay but I wasn't a fan of pretty much all of the next generation I thought they were all fairly weak so stacked against that first contact is amazing even though it's just a mediocre film in my opinion. The craft is a bit overrated and cheesy. I've never seen it until my wife recommended it. It was ok
harry potter is stupid shit in harry potter almost everyone has magical powers and can use them at any time in LOTR only 4-5 people have magical powers and they almost never use them
@@criticafterdark Yes, however, anything can be good if written and directed properly. In LOTR, the writer and director are smarter and more talented; It's clear they're aware the use of magical powers undermines the agency of the characters and the poignancy of the story (i.e. "if anything can happen, what's the point"). In order to justify the use of magic, they depict fantastical acts as an allegory for divine intervention. This helps rectify the concept of fantasy with peoples real world beliefs. Alluding to magic as being "transcendental" allows the audience to see the drama through, both, a physical and philosophical lens. A moral justification creates a sense of credibility the audience can deploy to excuse the impossible and maintain emotional investment. Since nobody knows what happens after death; appealing to divinity and existential fate will always remind the audience of God and mortality. This creates a real worry about ones own future, which, then, snowballs into a worry about the fate of the characters in the film.
I love both franchises equally! Sucks about the cost of the more exciting sets but like you said hopefully they will come down! Haha watching this at work, I’m awful but I know I have sets of both but they are unopened and can’t remember which ones! 😂😂😂 I’ll take pics when I get home and send. Another great episode brother
Night of the Demons agreed is a must have for any horror movie fan especially if your an older fan who’s passions started in the 80’s. Loved Dracula untold as well and hate it got the bad reviews that it got. I seen it in the theater and was blown away. Cruises mummy was pretty bad but still was fun watching and Russel Crowe as Hyde, and can’t go wrong with the Creature from the Black Lagoon Easter egg in the lab. Great episode!
The Funhouse is a great movie and insane practical effects. When I was younger I would get it confused with Linda Blair’s Hell Night another fucking great movie. Shock to hear you never seen the original Slumber Party Massacre till after the remake! I never seen the remake I will At some point if you enjoyed it that much. The two mummy movies minus the third and even Scorpion King were fun movies to watch. Rachel Weisz in any movie only helps!
Love Watchmen as well! I always recommend it to others . Have the Uk release couldn’t remember if you said if you have region free or not but it’s a bad ass release will send you the picture. Great episode!
Agreed Watchmen is amazing. There is so much depth to it. It's so relevant in today's world and the ultimate version is the only way to watch it. The black freighter adds so much depth to the story. Everything about that movie is perfection. The only slight I'll give it is the Hallelujah sequence. That's the only song choice I didn't agree with. If you get a chance. Check out the HBO series it was really good too. It's different for sure but I thought it was a cool take on the continuation of the story and what they did with the Hooded Justice. I expected to hate it but it surprised me. You probably already know this but there is an animated version coming out soon. They did release a motion comic which is was great. My fave issue of the entire series is the issue which focuses just on Doctor Manhattan. The graphic novel itself had so much depth that you just can't translate it to a movie. Yet somehow Zack Snyder did Alan Moore's graphic novel justice.
Thanks for the shout out brother!! Not an understatement to say that Ghostbusters is Jays life Hahhaa, I’ll send you the link of the episode we did, even though every episode we have has some kind of ghost busters reference in it! That’s so awesome it’s your daughters favorite or close to favorite movie of all time! I did see it in the theater when it first came out, showing my age for sure but it was such a great experience it’s hard to forget, literally rode in the back of an open pick up truck with my cousins. Seen it with my Grammie. We didn’t sleep the entire night after from both loving the movie and also scared shitless of the librarian ghost!! The all girl cast one I know seems like a black eye on the franchise and I never seen it cause I had no urge, I was old school and you weren’t going to fuck it up. I refused to watch for years. Then we started the podcast and it hit me it wasn’t fair for me to trash it without seeing it. We did a review but I can say I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would have. It’s not great but I didn’t despise it like I expected I would. I LOVED ghostbusters afterlife and I appreciated Frozen Empire. But anyway great episode!! Catch ya Saturday!!
True story I agree the all female cast remake is absolute garbage but that being said the 4k on it is actually kind of cool. What they did with it is the movie is in widescreen right? But when they do special effects like the Slimer character the slime will shoot past the black bars and when they're firing their proton packs the laser beams will go outside of the black bars which creates this really cool effect still doesn't make the movie worth owning though hahaha but cool to watch it once. I'm glad to hear that Frozen Empire is actually pretty decent! I know it got some slack in the review department but from what I saw in the couple trailers they released it actually looked fun it just has one actor in it that I normally cannot stand something about him just greats on me so I hope he is in it with limited screen time hahaha I'll give you a hint as to who he is he showed up in eternals and Obi-Wan the TV series. Good to hear he was actually funny in it from your review
Ya I didn’t mind him but he does have a style so you probably won’t like him in this either. Well maybe I will grab the 4K and give it one last watch lol
Seen Memento years ago, enjoyed it at the time I thought it was inventive. It wasn’t until we started our podcast did I find out that Christopher Nolan did it, Jay is a huge Nolan fan. I’ll humbly admit there’s alot of big budget blockbusters that I haven’t seen and wasn’t until very recently did I see Inception per Jays demands. Haha. Never seen Life although I own it! One I haven’t unwrapped yet. Great pick up with Graduation day. I got their Hard Rock zombies during the sale. I had the original release but I got it for the slipcover. Great episode!
I freaking LOVE Memento! It's so good when you watch it in chronological order. The best of watching it was watching it good with zero uupennso it completely caught me off guard. The cleverness of the writing how the movie is kinda of a palindrome in a way. Not as good as the Prestige. That's top tier for me.
Having multiple copies of Pumpkinhead > other movies you don’t own all day! Haha totally agreement of Pumpkinhead, that’s what I had Lance Henrickson sign when I met him. The Last Exorcism was incredible and Ashley Bell was so nice in person when I met her! She was so humble!! The Changeling is in my top 10 movies of all time. George C Scott will always be my favorite male actor of all time. Loved Immaculate as well. Great episode Beau!
Agree with you on Kirstin Stewart. Mind boggling at times. Got to see Oppenheimer in the theater and loved it, and also yes the next day seen Barbie with the Mrs haha. Was incredible in the theater. Your better with names then I am. Huge fan of Chopping Mall haha. Misleading is correct but that’s the magic of vhs artwork, drew your eyes to it on the shelf.
Great FFDP pick up!!! Great album! My number 2 band of all time after Slayer! Incredible Live!! Did a meet a greet with their second album. They played a small venue in Philly, Matt Snell original bassist was at one of pharmacy stores near the venue before the show and my wife was behind him haha he was getting flu medicine. The DMX track is worth listening to too.
Got my copy of Godzilla x King Kong, I seen all the recent Godzilla and king films in theater this is the first one I skipped. The trailer was nauseating. I dread even watching it but I have to watch it to say that I did. Not a fan (unpopular opinion) of any of the Planet of the ape films other then the originals. And that’s the feel I got as well. I LOVED the Monarch series. Godzilla minus one is on a completely different level greatness. I’ll watch it this weekend to check it off my list.
Great episode! I give Jaws 2 probably a little more then you! Haha hope your feeling better now brother! Matrix is great, not a massive fan of the franchise but it’s entertaining putting it mildly. 300 is perfect to me in everyway!
I love 300. I know some people will argue it's not historically accurate but if you think about the movie it's all being recounted by one of his So already you have an unreliable narrator. If you think back to the movie Braveheart when William Wallace walks out into the battlefield he starts talking about how all these myths and legends started surrounding him including how tall he was and that he could shoot lightning bolts out of his ass. So I think what's happening in 300 is leonidas's lieutenant is trying to get the rest of the soldiers fired up. They are literally going into battle against one of the greatest armies of all time and for better or worse it's essentially a suicide mission. Most of these guys would be afraid. But if they're hearing stories about how Leonidas took on immortals who couldn't die, a guy with essentially chainsaw bow hands, and a king that was 20 ft tall and was able to make him bleed that's going to get the army fired up and ready to go into battle. So once you look at it from that lens all the historical inaccuracies don't matter the weirdness of some of the characters don't matter because it's all based on an unreliable narrator who is embellishing events to get the troops fired up. I know rise of an empire gets a lot of flack but I also think that's another incredible movie that does the impossible it serves as a prequel, and equal, and a sequel to 300 while showing a completely different aspect of the war by focusing on different mentalities and philosophies and a different form of combat in this case naval. Both of the 300 movies are absolutely amazing and I am so stoked to hear they're going to be making a TV series set within that universe I hope it's as good as both movies
Couldn’t agree with you more about welcome to raccoon city. It felt like a horror movie, the rest were awesome action movies with horror elements. Great episode Beau!
Lol that opening review killed me you actually made my morning I couldn't stop laughing you just wet for it and smoke your mind hahaha with those audio sync issues did you feel like you were watching Madame Web again lol
Train to Busan was such a welcome surprise I went into it not expecting anything and walked away with my jaw on the floor from the storyline with the father and the daughter to the way the zombies were portrayed to just the constant ramping up of tension throughout that movie it was so well done A+ for me
Planet Terror is one of the greatest movies ever. Josh Brolin is fantastic in it as well. Robert Rodriguez understood the assignment and took it to the next level. Same way he did with Machete