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2024 Year in Review
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The year was still 2024. Enrique's congested but trying his conbested.
What do you think about 2024 releases? Is "goddamn" one word, or even a word at all? Or is "summamabitch" a better one word? Were this years tag lines not as good? Was Nosferatu the GOAT of 2024? What is your top 10 best movies of 2024? Is a lazy, psychic grave digger cool? Is this the year of John Cena? What was the best popcorn bucket of the year? Are they worth it? Should you eat during 4D films? Should your feet be allowed to stink if you're cuddling in a theater for a 24 hour Star Wars marathon? If you smell bad should you at least be cute?
Thank you for listening! Enjoy!
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Transcript
Kickoff with 'Memory Lane' Game
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um we' good ready yeah i awesome again lose another and percent of what We saw last night but of yourself jerseys preeminent so um horror culture podcasts we got no sprout on deck along with a You will look back at all the things we've seen as always we start with a warm-up um This game is called memory lane.
Review of 'Night Swim'
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I will give you a movie and give a few words to describe it. I'm going to start with the first movie we saw him theats in 2024. Well, at least my, what I think was the first movie we saw in theaters in 2024. And that was Night Swim. Yeah. That was actually like first week of January, 2024. Yeah.
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I actually wrote, I have that in my notes just because it came out this year. So is it how many words? Cause I think the doc said one word and now you're telling me a few words. So what's I know. Well, I, some of y'all can't be restrained to one word. Pat's going on script. Okay. Listen, okay. First of all, just to clear some up today, I told Julia that from now on I will answer the question as it's told to me. All right. One word.
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Okay. Starting with Nice Swim.
Discussion on 'The Watchers' and Other Films
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Yes.
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Disappointing. Interesting. That's not my word. um I was going to say my word is going to be decent because I feel like that film does not deserve the hate that it gets. It was, it was all right. It wasn't probably the last quarter. It went off the rails as many films do.
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But the majority of it, I think I kind of enjoyed it. It was not, I thought the casting was great on that. Maybe the writing was bad, but the casting was pretty spot on, I'll say. All right, all right.
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um Let's go to the first omen. Great. Hmm.
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i I'm trying to think of a more creative word than that. Phenomenal. I'm going to go with sassy. Are you going to work name? no no No. No. That was great.
Guessing Game: Movie Taglines
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a The Watchers.
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Triggering. Oh wait, Watchers. i'm I'm thinking of... Wait, which one's Watchers? the have night yeah Yeah, okay. Yeah triggering. Okay triggering Disappointing I Never let go wait. Did you guys see it? Yeah, we did Unhinged um Basic
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and last movie in this game really strange darling god damn one word that's not a word it's a word okay then if that's not a word um i got a word i'm gonna go with fresh okay then i'm gonna change god damn because that's not a word to
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Son of a bitch.
2024 Film Reflections and 'Wicked' Discussion
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Also a word. Yeah. And one word. You got me there. All right.
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Fun time. Let's move on. We're going to, I'm going to do, give you guys a tagline. Give me the movie. We can work together or against each other. Okay. Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?
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That's the substance substance. Yeah, that's easy. Yeah, yeah. These are all very easy. Hollywood is a killer. Maxine. Yeah. You can see them, but they are, you can't see them, but they can see everything. The Watchers. Yeah. Leave a big footprint on the soul.
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What? Sasquatch Sunset, I don't know. Yes, you're right. What is it? It's just a guess. Yeah. I heard Bigfoot and I was like, it's got to be the one Bigfoot movie we saw. Oh, fuck. OK. You better not shout. You better not cry. Prepare yourself to be terrified again. Terrifier 3. Yeah. This year had some weak tag lines and I went through, like,
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a lot and and that's what I came up with so weekly year for taglines I will say this though I will say this in space they can hear you scream that's all the aliens though no that's ISS oh shit dammit alright yeah that's a good one someone isn't living in 2024 anymore I'm already in the future. Welcome to the future because when you listen to this, it will be the future.
Favorite 2024 Film Scenes
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We are going to go through ah just talk about some of our favorite moments. I broke down in different like segments and we'll just go through and kind of like give our thoughts on it. We'll start with ah music. Did any like music musical scenes or songs used in music stick out to you this year?
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no Not really, but I did put, um so I actually did like Wicked a lot, um despite it being a musical and me not really liking a lot of like movie musicals. Because if I'm going to see a musical, I'm going to go see it on stage, like I don't want to see it in a movie. That's right. But I guess the obvious choice for me would be Wicked, but
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The Story of Neighbors was really like. The Story of Neighbors had a lot of music in it. Yeah, it was really ra rock on, you know. I was gonna say the first Omen, I don't remember it a lot, but I feel like the score was like, jarring, I'm gonna say. Yeah. The music in the, I have for my notes, the first Omen had some really good like music in it.
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I also have, uh, I liked ISS for their use of, um, the the song by the scorpions. Cause I just happened to like that song and they thematically used it pretty well. Um, there's a few other moments. Um, I'm surprised to read it. You did not mention the music from challengers. Oh, you know what? Sorry, forget any answer. I said challengers hands down best music of like the past.
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fucking 10 years. i Pat, I'm
Directors Making an Impact in 2024
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sorry, man. I completely blanked on that. I think it's because challenges is a lot of, a lot of my answers to these is challengers. And I think I just completely blanked on the music, but you're right. Challengers, hands down, best of the year. Yeah. And like, I don't know if you guys saw, cause we saw it in 4D, so it really,
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was a great viewing experience, but we saw Twisters and they use like country music really like, well, so like various times whenever um ah the guy, I forget the actor, Glenn Powell, whenever he shows up on screen, they'll play like country music, like loud. And it's- I think it's like character music, yeah. Yeah, like that that thematically was pretty awesome.
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And you know what, now that I'm also thinking about it, I always enjoy all the music in every Deadpool movie. They do a good job with fitting it into
Favorite Characters of 2024 Films
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the like goofy silliness that they do. Yeah. That's a great answer. The use of Madonna was great in this movie.
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um A Quiet Space using Nina. Simone really well and heretic used the hollies really well. So we had some like yeah Where they were just like using music thematically and I just wanted to kind of acknowledge that Because this year had some really good ones um Also Beetlejuice always has like decent music um We're gonna move on though Scenes overall, well, what are what are some of your favorite scenes could be hard could not be hard
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Um, I asked that you give at least one horror movie though. Um, what are some scenes? So if you were to think back on the year 2024, what are some scenes that stuck out as exceptionally well?
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I can't think of a lot that stuck out well, except for Nosferatu, which we just saw like every, pretty much like every. Like possession scene in that. Oh yeah. 10 out of 10. Yeah. Yeah. They were great.
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I have a few. All right, go. The final scene in Challengers was just jaw-dropping. The final scene in Challengers is probably the best scene I've seen in a long time. Complete. And I know you have like an issue with Zendaya. I don't have like an issue. I'm just not a fan. OK, well, if you ever do get around to seeing Challengers,
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um The final scene is fucking... What if I just watched the final scene? you Well, you have to get it you would have to see a somewhat beginning scene to understand the final scene. Okay. I have nothing against that movie. I just have zero interest
Standout Performances and Disappointments of 2024
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in it. is One, it's such a phenomenal movie, but two, that last scene, it was such a fucking power move.
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um And if anybody's not sure what scene I'm talking about, it's the scene where it's like, oh they i was say you I'm sure you know, but it's, it's the best one.
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um I originally, I put down every scene in Twisters for a week, but that's because I don't know what the fuck was happening in Twisters. Honestly, I loved the experience, but I didn't see half that movie because you're getting thrown around so violently that it's like you are in the tornado. Yes. So I could not tell you whether it looked good or not. I am going to take that away. I did write it down, but I'm going to take that away and add, um,
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Matt, so Matt Damon's character in the instigators is just like a middle aged man trying to rob, do like a, I don't know, trying to rob some guy or something. But as they're describing the robbery, he's, he's like sitting there taking notes. And I don't know, maybe because I'm getting older, I find like stupid shit funny. But that to me, that was That was pretty funny. That was one of the funnier scenes I've seen throughout the year. There's a lot more, but that was one that stood out when I was looking through my letterbox of movies. And if I want to say, so the one scene in horror that I think is the one scene that pops up every time without me looking at my letterbox is when you find out in Strange Darling that she's the fucking, like that it's her, not him. When I found that out, I was like,
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This bitch is crazy. I feel like all of the reveals in that movie were great. I feel like it is really difficult to do like that narrative style where everything's out of order. a And you know, you have um the scenes are not chronological. That's really difficult to do well. And I think that's one of like the greatest examples I've ever seen of it because all of the reveals just hit so great. It's like they reveal bits of information.
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in like the perfect sequence and to be able to like edit a film that it like is easy to understand and you're getting these like little reveals throughout the entire thing. And one more quick one that
Exploring Genres and Directors' Future Projects
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only me and probably like 20 other people will know it is when you first find out Josh Harnett was the killer in trap.
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because we saw it before it was like a thing. It was like a free preview, so we got to see it. So when I found out that he was the guy, I was like, oh shit. Right, because we didn't see the trailer. Yeah. And the trailer spoils the movie. so So because we got to see it before the trailer, it did hit different. Yeah, so that that that did, um I do remember that also,
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watching that and just being like Because it it happens right away almost right away, you know into the movie So when that happens then the whole time it like it makes the movie a little more Thrilling because it's like oh this guy needs to get the fuck out It's not like you're typical there's a killer in here and they need to get out to escape the killer. It's your typical He's the killer and he needs to escape by doing all these like cart lavish cartoon Things and yeah, but yeah doesn't know when I stood out ah Yeah, I got like a few um I'm gonna do the non-horror ones and I'm gonna try to I'm gonna pick ones that haven't been said could you guys pick some great ones? Reggie scene like the Reggie kill scene in bad boys. Oh my god get that That like Seeing that and be like people were like getting ready to like
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you applaud him and it was such a wild time to witness that in a packed house. And it was, it is a great violent like fight scene. Um, the, the scene in DD where he goes, um, I didn't, uh, where, where he goes, where they like call him out on, um, all his shit. And it's like the cringiest scene ever. and And they're like, man, you gotta be nicer to your mom.
00:15:44
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, he's finally hanging out with the cool kids and his mom. You got to see that is such a heartwarming movie. That that like is like the perfect cringe movie. Or cringe like scene. I love the scene in um flat and in Thelma when whenever and whenever she's using a computer, I left like hysterically and I'm going to Think about that forever. Thelma was actually, I felt Thelma was actually really good. i really It is really good. I feel like it was educational. I hope some people learn from it. Yeah, no, you're not wrong. I hope, like that could be seen as a very educational film. i For Hart, late night with the devil, when um when everything's going to shit and the guy's just like trying to pay for his salvation, the skeptic.
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is like, I got the check right here. That shit, that is great. Like he's like. Pulls it out of his shirt pocket. Yeah. Um, I'll say, uh, the, the, the, it's the base. It's there's similar scenes, oddity and, um,
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the, I forget the name of it. Oh, you'll never find me. Their opening scenes, which are kind of similar, are both really well done. I didn't love Oddity as much as other people, but that opening scene was well done and scary. And I liked both of those scenes. And um throwing it out there, the the kill scene in Salem's lot was was fun, whether at the drive-thru.
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Didn't love Salem's Lot, but I give respect to that scene. um
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Directors, so like let's go into that. hum What directors do you think kind of like popped off this year, produced some cool things, and um who do we want to see more of? Definitely Zelda Williams with Lisa Frankenstein. That was a banger. a lot of There was a lot of banger, like,
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debuts this year. The first woman also was was directed by Arkasha Stevenson. That was one of my top movies. um state sorry Sting was pretty good. Sting reminds me of that movie we saw a couple of years ago, Separation. It's like separation if it was good. ah yeah Like very similar vibes. I hope that That director gets a bigger budget. Yeah. Cause like like pleasantly surprised by sting. I think we saw it as like a secret movie on like a discount day. And I wound up being like pleasantly surprised and being like, Oh, that wasn't bad.
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Oh, definitely agree. I want to add, um, I don't know directors so, but Terrifier three.
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Oh, yeah. David Leon. Yeah, good for him, man, for like kind of finding something you want to do and then doing it and people liking it and not saying, let me try to get a shit ton of money because you can stay
Creative Film Marketing Strategies
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true to yourself. And I respect that, you know, I respect people that want to just kind of stay true to themselves.
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Yeah, I specifically didn't mention him only cause I knew someone else would, but really happy for him. And it, uh, and I forget, do you have anyone else to add? Uh, no, cause I don't know anything about directors. All right. All right. That's what's right. Uh, blink twice. Uh, so Kravitz. Okay. I forgot she directed that. I didn't even, yeah she didn't, that was a directoral debut.
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And, um, I thought that was, Yeah. I want to see like more of her, um, whoever did cuckoo. I liked cuckoo the more I think about it. I did actually like cuckoo. I was not a fan. I'm not saying more from that director. There was enough in that movie. Well, yeah, I feel like it's, it's one of those things where I'm like, maybe try again. Like I want to work because I think you can do better. I like the guys you did.
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Late night with the devil, I wanna see like more of them. There was enough in that where I'm like, yeah. Definitely. Yeah. Unfortunately, Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum are no longer a couple. Never knew they were. Good to know. They they were together for over. I think they were engaged. And that's why like they both did this movie together. Sorry to hear it. Yeah.
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All right, characters. What are some of your favorite characters from the year? I got quite a lot. So I don't know if you want to go first or? I'm just going to say pretty much everybody in Nosferatu, I feel like that was a great cast of characters.
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um Especially Ellen, but like all of like the main cast. the I agree. Like her, her husband, their two friends, like those four.
00:21:36
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All right, so I'm gonna go down my list real quick. Patty, I think, if I remember correctly, that's the name I wrote down. Speak No Evil, James McAvoy's character. Oh, hell yeah. This, well, characters and performances are kind of similar, but this one in particular, John Cena, when he played this guy named Noel. You've seen Jackpot, right? Yeah. All right.
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he's He's... John Cena's just fucking great in everything he does, but... Mia Gough has Maxine, I really liked. I did write Ricky Stenicki, so... instantly Ricky Stenicki as a character was great. um Arthur from La Kimera. Nice. Yeah, he was...
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a Psychic grave digger and I feel like that character was so fucking cool. He was also really fucking lazy Could have been very real relatable. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's probably why Again, I don't know if it's maybe because I Was looking so forward to it but I'm gonna go with Deadpool and Wolverine I Enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. But I don't think I enjoyed it as much as like everyone else. I don't think I enjoyed the movie like all the nerds did. And Zendaya's character, Tashi and Challengers. What a fucking bitch.
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i Amazing. I never hated somebody more than I've hated her. Tara. um Jacob Battlone's character in Tarot. I love that character. Which one was he? but He's the big, the ah goofy friend. Yeah. Oh, okay. Oh, we know him. Yeah. I like it. You know, I liked that. I liked that character. I thought that was great. um Like, I feel like ah Jack Black in Dear Santa.
00:23:59
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I enjoyed that movie like way too much. oh All of the William Defoe characters from Kind of Kindness, I really enjoyed that movie a lot. oh I wanted to say Maxine, you already said Maxine, all of the Sas Watches, I enjoyed that. Jason Statham in The Beekeeper, that was an awesome character.
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ah beekeeper DJ Provi from kneecap that was fucking he his character was awesome and for people who haven't seen kneecap go see it and Austin Butler in his character Benny he played that character well but also the character was just really cool in the bike riders oh yeah I really like the bike riders yeah I like that movie a lot
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And I'm gonna throw one horror on it. And I'll do Jack from Late Night with the Devil. His character was enjoyable. Oh, and Harker from Long Legs. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. I love their character too. Yeah, like that was just cool. oh One of my favorite female like horror characters in a year where we had a lot of strong like female characters in horror.
Notable 2024 Films and Performances
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All right.
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Best marketing or like if you guys paid attention to the popcorn buckets, if you guys have any favorites, feel free like ads, commercials, marketing schemes. We saw a lot of gimmicks this year. Definitely the twister when they, whenever the theaters had like the tornado machine in the lobby that you can stand inside 10 out of 10. Oh, hell yeah. And I feel like we got to give credit to Wicked because right now,
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You can literally buy like wicked macaroni and cheese. You can get any wicked product related that you want. It exists. I had a hard time following the marketing this year, but looking at some of the popcorn buckets, the Garfield bucket does look kind of cute. It's just Garfield holding a bucket of popcorn and your popcorn goes inside the bucket, but... And I feel like that's got reuse value.
00:26:19
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because who doesn't? It's not too gimmicky. Yeah. but Everyone just loves Garfield. Like it's not weird to just have that. The alien cup. I didn't see it now, but I just remember that was one that I was a little upset and get was the alien cup. Or was it a cup or a bucket? I think the alien. a Yeah, I think because someone was on um someone was on Facebook Marketplace trying to sell it.
00:26:51
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And I was like, no one's gonna fucking buy it, man, like... Didn't you just say you wanted it? Yeah, but I'm not gonna buy it if I missed it out at Cinemark. I'm not paying some fucking... You know, I'm not paying some fucking douchebag. How much were they selling it for? 50 bucks. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm not paying some guy 50 bucks to sell. I really liked long legs marketing.
00:27:15
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I just, I don't and don't remember a lot of the marketing, man. i don't I don't know if it's necessarily the year. I think by this time of the year, I'm just like mentally burnt out and I can't remember shit. I do like the thing is they never showed long legs, which I feel like is really valuable in an era where like everything is given away in trailers. The fact that yeah the fact that they never reveal long legs until you watch the movie.
00:27:42
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Yeah, they did things like that. They, they set up like a weird, like call line. Um, they, they, they promoted the movie very well. They had an extensive campaign. It paid off. Um, popcorn bucket wise, I, the nose for auto had like a sarcophagus. That was really cool. Uh, Dune had one that was pretty neat.
00:28:09
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There was like a handful of like just good ones out there. ah Alien. ah Lord of the Rings had one that was pretty cool. It was like the hammer from Hellhammer. So there was some like creativity in the popcorn puffy game. And although I'm not going to buy them, I want to pay more attention in the few in the future. This is one of the alien ones. Oh, yeah, that's cool. Yeah.
00:28:38
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And then there was a cup. Let me see if I can find a cup. From what? Alien. Alien this year. Nope, nevermind. Does anyone own these popcorn? like Do any of you have any novelty popcorn buckets? I got the screen. I'm curious about like the longevity of them. i't They last.
00:29:07
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Which one do you have? I got a Scream one. You got two. You let you gave me one. It still works. I've never used one. Yeah, I'm sure it works, but does it get like fucked up as you wash it and stuff? yeah No. they They doesn't hold an insane amount of popcorn, so like there's that. like The Scream one doesn't. The one for Gladiator,
00:29:34
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held a lot because they made it like the site, like the, you know, like the Coliseum. Yeah. I tried to, I tried to buy a few this year and the end of like, I want to say August from August on, I had a hard time getting to the movies and I think that's what ruined my trying to buy popcorn bucket experience.
00:30:04
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Cause by the time I would get to go see a movie, there's no popcorn buckets left. Right. I just don't believe in like plastic dishware at all. So I'm skeptical about it. I've never used a screen one. I just keep it as a decoration. Right. I would keep it as decoration probably. Yeah. I've used it to like check out the functionality and it's okay. You use it, you watch it. And I think that, so here's the thing too. I don't know if it's necessarily,
00:30:35
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If you want to eat popcorn, they're worthless because you get like two handfuls of popcorn. But if you just want to eat popcorn from a cool thing, then then, then it's fine. Cause most of them are cool, but like to eat popcorn, you're better off just getting a, like when I bought the screen ones, I got a bucket. Like I asked for a bucket.
00:31:00
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To get my actual popcorn in the bucket and then yeah, you want to buy it separately. You're like, yeah Yeah, yeah and and like I'm not gonna eat like if someone's over and we're watching the screen and it's this person's Watching and scream for the first time I will break out the screen bucket and fill it up and we can eat out of it But outside of that, I don't see the use for it. I nephew gets so fucking terrified every time he sees it. So now it's like now it's facing the wall. I was going to say, maybe you should put it away then? Well, no, I don't do it intentionally. It's like at the bottom of my of of a lamp I have. Just scaring children? and No, but since I don't know, it's there because you know I'm tall. So like anything that's on the ground, I don't even know it exists. Oh, you don't know what's at his eye level? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:31:56
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All right, I'm gonna move on. Best performance. um What actors and actresses really showed up, caught your attention. We had a lot of great ones. Feel free to go through your list of best actors and actresses.
00:32:14
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Definitely Lily Rose Depp in Nosferatu. I feel like she she ate that movie up. um I am thoroughly convinced now as of her as an actress. I didn't, I haven't really seen her in anything else. And she did something weekend. Yeah, that was gross and I didn't watch it. I just heard like really bad things about it. So I was like skeptical of her, but she really like, and so that whole movie
Most Disappointing Films of 2024
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was recast. A lot of the cast was replaced. It was supposed to be Anya Taylor joy. And I just feel like we,
00:32:49
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probably would not have gotten the same performance. Anya Taylor Joy is great. She's like the hottest girl of all time. But I feel like Lily Rose, really like she really did something. I feel like there was a lot of really great performances that may not get recognized. Oh, yeah. like I know that one's definitely.
00:33:14
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um I genuinely kept thinking. I was genuinely worried for her well-being. And usually I don't give a shit about characters. like i don't like If if if like a character is about to die, you know you don't never feel bad for them. Because you know it's like it's a movie. and stuff But as she's going through it, I'm like, she has to physically do these things.
00:33:40
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I wonder how much pain she's in. That's how great. Yeah, I feel like they really weren't afraid to like send it. She's might be one of those actresses that's like, kind of like a Mia goth type where she's like, she's like, I'm getting in there. I'm going to be crazy. Yeah. Yeah. She did great. You got any more? No, I think that was, that was like the one that really stands out to me. I know it's probably because I just watched it, but that That really is probably one of like my top movies, if not the top movie for 2024. And it's December, or so. I got a few. And I'm probably going to think of a few more when this is all said and done. Obviously, Kirsten Dunst in Civil War. Nice. i I've already been told by you guys, but she played ah an amazing middle-aged woman. But she's also a middle-aged woman, so.
00:34:36
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who knows how much acting she was doing. Obviously Zendaya and Challengers was a fucking just amazing performance. um
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Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, a 60 year old man putting in, you know putting in such a performance in like a comic book role ti is beyond. He keeps doing it because Logan was great. Right, right. like In Logan, it was great. and then But but like in this in this particular one, there's he's got a lot of emotions flowing through him. He's angry, he's sad. you know and But you feel these. you know There's this scene where he's, there's a scene where
00:35:32
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um she's like in his mind and you know you kind of see him and he's about to break down and just based off of his performance throughout the whole movie you immediately are like oh man this is fucking heartfelt but then he's you know but then he goes back to being like a fucking asshole and you're like crazy how he goes back and forth i thought he was great in a row, he didn't have to be as good. I guess it's because I don't know why you need to be that good in a movie like this, but he was phenomenal.
00:36:10
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um Josh Garnett in Trap was really fucking cool. I think him in Trap, Trap might've missed a mark on some things, you know, whatever, whatever, but at least the the new version of Trap really did not um do the movie justice, but his, him in Trap was, he was great, phenomenal. And again, John Cena in, so he was in Die Hard 2, which one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life, but obviously he's a great, he's phenomenal in that.
00:36:56
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um Ricky Stanicki, what a great character. And then in Jackpot, he's a Ninja Turtle loving Jackpot winner bodyguard. he The thing is, and and it's kind of the cliche thing for him, I feel, where it's kind of he gets kind of typecast as like this huge muscle man who is super overly sensitive.
00:37:25
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But he does it so well, you know and he's actually not that bad of an actor. you know Granted, I mean, he's a former wrestler, so they are some of the greatest actors of our time, but he's not that bad of an actual actor. And and people kind of forget that John Cena being from wrestling into these roles, it's like,
00:37:54
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he He's he's gold Those are the ones I wrote down I'm sure at some point I'll get some other ones but And like yeah, I like when I talk like you'll probably think of something from the first omen she was phenomenal stay with Sydney same with Sydney Sweeney and and Immaculate, both really good. Mario Cawley in the substance. And in Driveaway Dolls. And in Driveaway Dolls, Naomi Scott in Smile 2, that was, she she did really good. Like I, the more I think about it, the more that you Grant was awesome and heretic. um Love that forum. Mikey Mattson in Annora. She was,
00:38:48
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like next level and great for him. Justice Smith and I saw the TV glow. I don't think anyone else could play that role. Um, Mike monroe and in a long legs. So yeah, we just had a great year, some great performances all around different genres, having a good time. Um, I also liked Coleman Domingo and drive away to us.
00:39:15
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Oh, yeah. Oh, I forgot he was in that. I'm mad because I saw drive away dolls before I saw Ruston for the Oscars. And I could not fucking separate the two. Like, I couldn't separate the two roles. And I feel bad because I feel like I can give him a fair shake in Ruston. Not a lot of people saw this, but until the swing in in problemista,
00:39:45
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Um, she was great in that she played that role. Like you hated her throughout the entire movie because she played her role. Well, it's a great movie. Hope people check it out. And, um, I liked Holly Barry and never let go. I thought she played that, that role really well. You had a lot of fun. She was just fucked up in the head. Yeah. And I had.
00:40:12
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Who gave the worst performance or biggest letdown overall? have a And we we can go. I have a whole list of movies I was disappointed by. no it Didn't like, hold your breath was bad. Heretic wasn't bad. I just, it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Afraid, terrible, awful. Tarot, we all know how that went.
00:40:43
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Godzilla versus Kong, terrible. Don't know what happened there. Salem's Lot was a huge letdown. And the Planet of the Apes movie was also a huge letdown, basically the same thing as Godzilla versus Kong.
00:41:03
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I want to say I had no expectations for Kingdom of the Planet
Surprises and Letdowns of 2024 Films
00:41:08
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of the Apes, and they still let me down. Yeah. Like I did not think it could be that bad. Yeah. When, when, when I go into it, I'm like, and same with afraid. I'm like, man, there's no way it could be that bad. Still that bad. And I want to throw, um, did you say imaginary? No, I forgot that one. Yeah. I want to throw imaginary ISS night swim.
00:41:39
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And the new, the strangers chapter one, all of them.
00:41:46
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So let's see, where do I start? Mean Girls, horrible. So mad because the original Mean Girls phenomenal. So I, and actually I think if I'm not mistaken, Mean Girls is the worst movie so far that I've seen this year.
00:42:07
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um I saw the TV glow right above me and girls, literally one spot, Madam Web. I was not expecting anything, but like I could have went without watching it and I still watched it. um Let's see. Oh, here's one. I talked about how much I loved John Cena and Jackpot, but the movie Jackpot, horrible. Awkwafina really let me down in this movie.
00:42:35
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like tremendously let me down to where I expected like some effort. And there was a movie I saw called, there was a couple of movies. So trigger warning, I saw, I thought it'd be like a fun thriller with Jessica Alba's in it. I really enjoyed the show she was in. Things called like LA Finest where she's, her and Gabrielle Union are like cops and LA Finest is actually like a, it's,
00:43:05
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It's in the world of bad boys. So I was like, oh cool. She's in another kind of like, cop ish. Matter of fact, I think she was a cop in this too. um So bad of a movie. And Atlas was another movie that I thought was going to be like, okay. And maybe the unpopular opinion, but I think Jennifer Lopez has potential sometimes, like when she does certain movies. And with Atlas, it was a no for me. um Unfortunately, The Exorcism was also a big letdown for me. Russell Crowe was great, but but he wasn't great enough for me to enjoy the movie. Like these are movies that I had like, not big expectations for, but- I was gonna say, yeah.
00:44:04
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But these are like the the, plus the ones you've mentioned, Imaginary, Tarot, Night Swim. um f every It seems like every single Kevin Hart movie is bad. But i for some reason, he comes out with new movies on Netflix every year and I watch them. And I'm not sure I'm disappointed because I know they're bad. I think I'm more so disappointed because they're allowing it, you know?
00:44:36
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And then the final one, I love the movie, My Spy with Dave Batista. The sequel came out this year and it was total garbage. Very, very, very disappointed. What was the one movie that you guys had the biggest expectation for and was let down the most? And what was one movie that you guys had no expectation to and was just pleasantly call out guard
00:45:04
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I can give you... I was... Oh man, I was looking forward to A Quiet Place so much for some reason. And then I saw A Quiet Place and I was like... But it wasn't bad though.
00:45:21
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I mean... It was still a really great movie. It just wasn't what you expected. I wouldn't go as far as saying it was a really great movie. I just was looking forward to it and it just didn't hit.
00:45:34
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it didn't hit how I thought it was going to. I'm going to go with Salem's lot because that was just genuinely like a poorly made film and there's like no way to get around it. And I had just done a marathon of like watching every other adaptation and like reading the book. And then you see the 2024 version and it hurts. The plot literally just didn't make sense. Like,
00:46:02
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It was just really, really poor writing to the point where like they changed certain things. They cut out certain things. And I'm not being like a purist. I'm not saying it's got to be like the original. But the way the things that were rewritten, the plot literally did not make sense. like There were gaping holes. it didn't
00:46:23
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You didn't understand like the relationships between any characters. like Characters would just walk up to each other and act like they knew each other when they had never met before. Just like strange things like that that made it just like a bad movie. I agree with you on that, because I also i read the book and watched all the movies, and I was so hyped for it. And he it hurt, because I was like, man, like I can't believe they, they, like you said, nothing made sense in that entire fucking movie.
00:47:00
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Yeah. And it's one of those situations where like, I kind of knew what was happening cause I've read the book, but yeah, like characters would walk up to each other and just start talking and like just start hanging out and you'd be like, wait, but do they know each other? And it's like, I know that they've met 20 years ago cause I read the book, but We don't know that. Yeah. Like there shouldn't be required reading for.
00:47:29
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And I'll just throw in also ISS was expecting a little more from ISS. Let me down. I was expecting something from imaginary or Tarot or night swim and and and we got nothing. Yeah. That actually like hurt me physically.
00:47:51
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Blumhouse has been hurting this past couple of years, unfortunately. man What were your biggest surprises?
00:48:05
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I would say the first omen, because like no one thinks a remake is
Top and Bottom Movie Lists of 2024
00:48:10
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going to be good. We're all trying to quell our expectations. And that was really great, in my opinion.
00:48:18
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You're like, oh, how can they, it's been so long. What are they doing touching the omen? Like we just got like the worst, um, exorcist sequel that ever could have possibly come out. And following up that the first omen was really solid.
00:48:37
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There's a few I didn't see coming fly me to the moon. I thought I would like, but I didn't think I would like as much. um I was gonna say if I had to pick movies that you would like Yeah, yeah I knew i knew i needed to move No, no the thing is I knew I would like it but I didn't think I would like it like that much, you know um probably bad Example these aren't like my picks though, but it's like Driveaway dolls also was a movie I think um Was like a one of those secret movies that me and Julia went to go see Driveaway doll
00:49:15
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I love Drive Away Dolls way more than I would have any other, you know, if it just came out. But Fall Guy was the one movie that I saw. And I was like, this movie is really good. Why does everybody hate it?
00:49:39
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Like I went to the theater to see Fall Guy and I When I still had AMC's ah A-list, I went to the theater one night. I caught like a fucking 11 o'clock fall guy. Obviously it was in shitty Voorhees and I think I got stuck to the seat at one point and I couldn't get up because it was like fucking bubblegum or something on the seat. But with all that being said, I left the theater thinking I
00:50:10
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want to see this movie again right now. Like I thought I was so good. Um, did not see that come in whatsoever.
00:50:23
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For me, Lisa Frankenstein, like going into it, I didn't think I was going to like it at all. And I actually, I thought I was going to hate it and I ended up liking it a lot. And I'm really happy that I saw it.
00:50:42
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Complete 180 result. Love it. Love everything in about it. I thought it was gonna be trash and I can't say enough good things about Lisa Frankenstein. um I'm gonna ask bottom five movies of the year and top ten if you guys have it. Okay. Bottom five. I feel so bad for these movies.
00:51:08
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You wanna go? Sure. Bottom five. We'll all do our bottom fives and we'll do our top 10s. Okay. Godzilla versus Kong, Planet of the Apes, Afraid.
00:51:23
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Um... I'll say Salem's Lot, and... I'm trying to think if there's one... I don't wanna... I wanna say Cuckoo, but I don't know...
00:51:37
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Yeah, I'll go with that one. Cause I can't think of, that wasn't like awful awful, but I can't think of, Oh no, I'll say Sasquatch sunset. Maybe, maybe that one I just didn't personally like. So it's hard. It wasn't bad. Yeah, that's fair. No, that's fair though. I'm still part of, all right. Um, I'm going from worst to fifth worst.
00:52:07
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Mean Girls, I Saw the TV Glow, Madam Web, Tarot, Imaginary. Nice.
00:52:18
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All right, I have on bottom five, least worst to worst, Garfield, um Madam Web, Trigger Warning, Mean Girls, ah and am I a racist?
00:52:37
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Interesting because trigger warning is like top 10 and I wish it was a lot better. So I'm glad you saw it and thought the same thing. Well, you probably didn't think you wish it was a lot better, but you didn't think it was really funny. It was a lot better because I saw it. I wish everything like, man, my, my sixth worst movie was the Sandy Cheeks movie.
00:53:05
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And I was like, damn, I really, and like, I watched it at work and I left mad. I was like, I fucking wish this, I wish trigger warning was better. I wish Mean Girls was better. Madam Web, I honestly don't care if it was better or not. All right, the top 10 movies, go. Or wait, we wanna do our 10 through five, and then we'll do our five to one. 10 to six, and then five to one. Yeah, let's do that. I'm confused, bud.
00:53:32
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like do Like you would do 10, nine, eight, seven, six. Oh, I have 10, but they're not in order. Oh, all right. Then Enrique, you go first and we'll that will stall while Julia gets her shit together. Oh, goodness. All right. So it's not fair to one movie that is 10A, 10B. So I'm going to use, these two movies are going to be 10 because they're literally, it's not,
00:54:01
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Strange Darling and Blink Twice, 10A, 10B.
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00:54:05
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I literally put Blink Twice first because that's the first movie that I saw. Like I saw that then Strange Darling. At nine, I got Fall Guy. At eight, La Kimera. At seven, here we go, Satanic Hispanics.
00:54:23
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And at six, and this, I might rearrange it later, but at six, so far as I have twisters. But I might rearrange it because I don't know what the fuck the movie's about. So that's purely off of just how much fun I had with you guys at the theater.
00:54:47
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All right. um i'll I'll go, Julia, if you need more time. Yeah, I need a second. Go ahead. yeah so my 10 is Nosferatu it's like one day I feel like they're all just tied because I love them so much and Nosferatu might go up because I'm gonna see it again this weekend at least one more time this weekend Sasquatch sunset at nine eight strange darling seven twisters
00:55:22
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And then six is kneecap. Love those movies. They're all great. I think it's so fascinating that I remember you mentioned Sasquatch Sunset being so high before and it's so fascinating to me. like I love that movie. The thing is i respect all like I respect all of your opinions, even though some I don't agree with at all.
00:55:52
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But that one just fascinates me so much how indifferent we all are on Sasquatch Sunset. Well, it really was a movie made just for me. The thing is, I have a probably dead smack in the middle. And like, Julia has a dead smack in the end. and And it's like, I don't know. That's fascinating.
00:56:23
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Julia, you ready? I have, sorry, I have 10, but I fucked up the numbers. How do I not have a nine? Wait.
00:56:43
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Okay. I think I got it. So what, what do you, what do you want from me? What am I saying right now? 10, nine, eight, seven, six. Oh, oh, from 10. Okay. All of them. All right. Number 10, I have Caddo Lake. Number nine, I have Maxine. Eight, I have Wicked.
00:57:06
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Seven, I have Immaculate. Six, I put Last Witch at the Demeter. Five, I have the first Omen. Four is the Deliverance.
00:57:18
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three Nosferatu, two Hell House, and one Priscilla. Okay. Those are my hot takes for the evening. I think songs were 2023 though. No. Yeah. 2023? No.
00:57:37
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Not according to letterbox. Anyways. Um, I looked up 2024 movies and that's what came up. That's what it's listed under. So.
00:57:52
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i and Well, my five through one. um At five, I got Deadpool and Wolverine. At four, I got Challengers. At three, I got Civil War. At two, I got Late Night with the Devil. And at one, I got Doom. But this list is pending because ah I haven't had time to get on letterbox. So like a lot of the newer movies like like Nosferatu, Wicked, like a lot of those I haven't even ranked yet. So, but as of now, those are my five.
00:58:34
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um out My five is Destroy All Neighbors, loved it. Four was Long Legs. Three, La Jimera. Two was Substance and one was Late Night.
00:58:47
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Oh, see, I didn't put late night with the devil.
00:58:52
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Yeah, that was a, that was a, that was one. And and what I like to do, I didn't, well, I say I like to do, but I've literally only done it one time. But last year I did go through my top 10 movies, re-watch them.
00:59:10
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and then realize, nah, you got it all wrong. So. And there's, there's a lot of stuff I like specifically left out of my notes cause I knew that we were going to talk about them a lot. So that's why I missed some things.
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00:59:24
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Yeah. Well, that's fair.
00:59:29
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But I, I will say, um, late night with the devil, civil war challengers, um, blend tight, strange darling. la chimera those won't move much if they do move because I don't see many movies topping that like I don't see any of the newer movies that I saw topping it I don't see there's a few movies I'm missing streaming movies Nosferatu might I really enjoyed it but I don't know if I enjoyed it more than like strange darlings for example
01:00:07
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Maybe I did. I don't know. Maybe I have to watch Strange Darning again. I don't know. Like, I thought really long and hard where to put Nosferatu. And that's when I landed at 10. That's fair. Julia, do you have yours ready? She said it. Oh, right. My bad. OK, so she went 10 to 1, and then I started at five. so Middle. What is your direct middle movie?
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01:00:40
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Again, it's hard to say because I have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. I have 15 movies. I haven't moved on my list yet, but out of what, 84, um,
01:01:03
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If I were to flip a coin, it would probably be Sasquatch Sunset. i think i was I think I was pretty on the money when I said that that's probably the middle. Because it there's there's probably like close to 90 movies that came out this year that I've seen. There's a lot of like Christmas movies I haven't added on here and stuff like that. There's a lot of movies i I haven't even put on Letterbox yet. But if you add all of those, I'm going to say Probably Sasquatch sunset. All right I'm gonna say my middle is immaculate because I really appreciate it But it was not the top and it was also the same movie as the first omen and the first omen was better Then My direct middle on the header box for the year and releases is ah not another Cabin in the woods movie
01:02:01
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Oh, nice. Yeah. Love that. Shout out Joe. Thanks for coming on.
01:02:10
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All right. Um, what are some of the better kills from the horror aspect? I feel like I'm not a big fan, but in a violent nature deserves credit for what it's done for the culture. Agreed.
01:02:32
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like the the yoga kill where he takes that girl's head and like puts it through her stomach. Like, all right, I can, i know I know a lot of people enjoyed that. I didn't really care one way or the other about that movie, but I feel like that's up there with Terrifier where like they're making moves for the culture. So pretty much everything and in in a violent nature and also in Terrifier 3. Respect.
01:03:02
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Yeah, I don't have like one specific best kill. But, um, where is it? Oh, boy kills world had a lot of cool kills. If I remember correctly, maybe they were near deaths, but, um,
01:03:28
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who else had some good kills? but Besides, obviously besides, um oh, Kevin Bacon dying and Maxine was pretty cool. Getting squashed by the car. Yeah, I feel like it was a little too soon. Well, yeah. Maxine had good kills though. It did, it did. And it was one of those things where it's also like they did some good things for like our culture that I respect.
01:03:59
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so much so I'm glad that that happened. um
01:04:06
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Abigail had a couple fun kills. They're also like happy at that nonsense that was. I didn't love the movie but oddity her falling that just stuck with me so. What a fucking waste of a good idea.
01:04:31
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Her literally falling because she she's blind. What a fucking waste, man. There's no fucking way that... I don't know. I won't even have that, but...
01:04:45
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glad though that yeah was That was low key, like a cartoon ass trap. He was like, I'm going to put the cell phone on this side of the room. And there's a big hole in the floor. She can't see it because she's blind. Like, what kind of losing his ass? And then he calls the cell phone, so she crawls across the floor to get it. It just falls through the hole in time. The only thing that was missing is him saying, like, I'll just leave the phone here and then going, put it in.
01:05:14
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yeah That was missing. and it would just wouldve That would have made it better. that was That would have just made it so much better. He should have shot her with a gun that a little flag comes out of it and says, bang. Like when she walked, she should have been like, Ollie Kiyohi. She should have stood in midair. The fucking feet running, though, he should have happened. You know what other killed too? the fucking the dumbass cops in that scene. They were good kills, but I was kind of glad they fucking died. I'm like, God damn, these they were so dumb. These bumble and cartoon cops, man. um I was so happy they died.
01:06:00
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Overall, like that like there was a lot of good kills this year and I'm happy to have seen some of them. I can't wait for the chainsaw awards when They'll have their list of best kills and see what happens with that. Overall, a lot of fun. um Best movie you saw in theaters and best you watch streaming.
01:06:24
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Twisters, hands down. Oh, I feel like that's unfair though, because we saw it in 4D. Okay, I can think of another one. Civil War.
01:06:38
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Civil... Did we see Civil War together, all three of us? I don't remember. We saw it together. Okay. So, okay.
Strange Occurrences in Cinemas
01:06:53
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I would say Civil War because I saw Dune. It's between Civil War and Dune. I saw Dune in like AMC's greatest prime or Dolby or whatever.
01:07:09
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And I was sick that day, and all of my symptoms went away.
01:07:17
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No, I'm so serious. like It was so loud in there that all of my like symptoms went away. You shook it out of you? I think so, yeah. It was, yeah. But i but because there was that aspect to it on ah on an even playing field, I would say doom.
01:07:38
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I may not do um Civil War because um if i I think we did see it in, in Cinemark. And yeah it was probably, yeah, it was one of those movies that I saw and I was like, wow. I'm going to say, best is probably late night with the devil. Are we saying best streaming or you want me to wait?
01:08:10
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bob all you know know Let's do theaters first. Okay, what's your theater pick? um
01:08:18
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I want to agree with Enrique with Dune. It was just a good theater experience and we saw it like in the Dolby and Enrique suddenly gets cured of his ailments and like it was just like perfect um screen like It looked so good on the on the massive screen. like It was great. um Can I say an honorable mention? Sure. Watching Bad Boys in Philly on opening night. I was going to save that for best moments. We'll talk about that. Okay. Then scratch that. Yeah. All right. What's your best streaming? This is tough because I don't remember what I streamed and what I saw in theaters.
01:09:07
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um
01:09:11
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You know what, okay. There was a lot of good streaming movies I saw this year, and I'm just kind of glancing really quick. the But you know what, there's a movie called, and it's a rom-com, but it's called Players, right? I remember watching that just because I was trying to get to sleep, and it was great. and I've seen a lot of great streaming movies, but that one, that one did what it was supposed to do. It wasn't even like the top streaming movie, because I think, Destroy All Neighbors, Satanic, Hispanic, these are like movies that I saw streaming. But I would say, yeah, I would say players. Huge Damon Wayne Jr. fan, so yeah.
01:10:06
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Mine's gotta be, and you're gonna be upset that you forgot this, but Hell House, Carmichael Manor. Was that the shoot? Yeah, and we saw it streaming. Oh. Was that the shoot? Yeah. Oh, man. I have a hard time with what? I'm almost positive. I have been wrong before, but I will not admit to it. That was, no, no, but that that really,
01:10:34
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It's not like a bit of mine. like That truly fucking pissed me off because I was like genuinely afraid. and Yeah, like that was pretty spooky. And I hate being genuinely afraid. I love it, but like if i I have to pretend I'm not afraid because I can't be afraid of you in front of you guys. I'm afraid of you guys, but I can't be afraid in front of you guys.
01:11:03
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What? like yeah Yeah, yeah, I cannot be afraid in front of you guys. But you fear us? Listen, we all have our reasons for why we do and do not do things. Oh, OK. So if if that was 2024, then, yeah, that probably was. Because that did genuinely, and that left and a fucking long lasting impact on me. Although you'll never find me as one of my favorite streamers just because I had no expectations for it and me and Enrique both like were like engulfed in it. And it was such a short movie. So I it made like a good streaming experience. ah Yeah, it was so frustrating.
01:11:57
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Cause it's like you thought you knew who it was, then you didn't know who it was, but then you're like, no, I was right. And other things happen. Yeah. It's one of those movies where like you're right and you're wrong every single time. Super frustrating. Lots of fun. I just, best moments in theater. If anything like stood out slash bet your favorite theaters you were in.
01:12:21
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Um, when we went to see Twisters in 4d and I was eating mozzarella sticks, and I was so violently thrown about that it like dipped my mozzarella stick for me like I was holding it in one hand and it like from me being jostled it got dipped in the sauce she kept double dipping yeah you're lucky you're lucky that that sauce didn't end up on you Yeah, and I was like, oh, you shouldn't eat during 4D films. Now I know. I also had mozzarella sticks, and it was the most difficult thing I've done in my life. And I took the fucking SATs. And this was like the most difficult thing I've ever done. They were really good mozzarella sticks also. I feel like that makes it. They were. Oh, oh, fuck. How did I forget this? um best This is what? Best theater experience, right?
01:13:20
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Yeah, experiences. Okay. This is just the obvious one. And I mentioned, Julia and I went to go to see the 24 hours of Straight Star Wars, possibly the greatest. and And I know you guys think I exaggerate a lot. It was possibly one of the greatest days of my life. Yeah, that was so fun. Honestly, obviously not a 2024 release, but that was a really fun experience. yeah I really loved how For like all nine films, the lights would dim and people would clap. The opening crawl would start, people would clap. The opening and crawl ended, people would clap. And then the first scene would begin and people would clap like for all nine of the films. like They would do that every time. When Leia shows up in and The Force Awakens, people went crazy. like If it was the first time they saw it,
01:14:18
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when Han Solo first gets introduced, when like when fucking Vader chops off Luke's hand, you hear gasps and oh such. It really, honestly, truly was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had, only because It started off as a packed house. you cannot get We had the worst seats ever. We were like right in the front. Our necks were hurting. The movies weren't really... you know But by the by the original trilogy, half of the people were gone. And by the last movie, they took a picture of us and you can fit all of us inside like three rows. Whereas like when A Fan of Menace came on,
01:15:08
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there was at least 50 seats filled up. So it was, and we both got these like amazing fucking posters from it. oh yeah So it just, you know, it was tough. Um, I know, i I know I have trouble sleeping most of the time and my adrenaline kind of would kick in. So there was points when I was tired.
01:15:38
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But there was and there was enough movement. Like after the movies, there was a nice intermission where we would go to the bathroom or we'd walk around. they had Like it was at the King of Prussia. Yeah, the same theater where we saw Twisters, which great theater, 10 out of 10, always a great experience. Which leads to the next question Pat asks, what's the best theater? The two greatest experiences I think I've ever had in movies besides like watching a movie with my dad, Twisters, and um Star Wars marathon at the Regal in King of Prussia. But that that those 24 hours of straight Star Wars, amazing. I did fear for my life a little bit, because you did stay awake for the whole 24 hours, and you're like, I'm just going to drive a straight home. and i was like
01:16:36
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You're not gonna take a nap or nothing. You just. No, I just fucking. Well, we went to Red Lobster. Yeah, we went to Red Lobster. And it was fucking horrible service. And I got like a little upset, but I think I was just going off with just so much genuine joy that. Yeah, I think especially like the staff at that theater like will really take care of you. Everyone there is like super kind. They look out for you.
01:17:05
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um Like they would let you know, they would be like, hey, do you guys need anything? Just so you know, the next movie starts in 15 minutes. um They gave us like gift bags with like little things in it. yeah um once After a couple of movies had passed, like once the theater thinned out, they actually took us all and moved us to like a different um theater, which apparently they had to because I learned you can only play like three movies consecutively on a projector before it has to have a break. So they did have to move us, but like we ended up getting way better seats because we were in like the very first row, which sucked in the beginning. But like once we got to move, we got like amazing seats. We got to sit wherever we wanted, because they put us in like the best theater they had. Yeah. is that That honestly, again, possibly one of the the best moments of like my life, just from just
01:18:05
Speaker
I've never been in a spot where people are, well, one, when we got to fucking the rise of the Skywalker, you look around and you're like, holy shit, there's still 20 fucking people that are still here. Or maybe more, I don't know how many were there, but like when we got to the rise of the Skywalker, people were still, they still had the same energy. I think that's more so what it was, is cause like, I didn't go to sleep,
01:18:33
Speaker
And right like I said, like the same excitement was there, like how they would clap every single time for every film. And I know like i and you would hear people sleeping and you would kind of look around. People were sleeping and stuff because that makes sense. I mean, fuck, it's 24 hours. That's a long time, you know, but there was also a lot of people. They tough it out and all because they shared the same interests that we shared.
01:19:03
Speaker
in a series of movies. And honestly, hands down, I think that tops how much fun I had ah watching Twisters in 4D. And Twisters in 4D was probably the most fun I've ever had in my life. And I will say, I think the 24 hour marathon was a really good value. Because I yeah want to say it was like $45, but you get nine films. Like I said, it's a beautiful theater. They have a bar. They have all kinds of food.
01:19:32
Speaker
So it it made it really easy to spend 24 hours at the theater cause they have like a nice like lounge area. So you could like get up, walk outside, you could get food. They had a good variety of food. They even gave you wipes so you could go to the bathroom and like wash up a little bit. Yeah. Cause there was a, like at some point I did like which I was like in the bathroom brushing my teeth and I felt weird cause like no one else is doing that. But I was like, why am I the weird one? We're here for 24 hours. I'm going to brush my teeth. like I just tried not to talk.
01:20:03
Speaker
And that's fine. I didn't even think of that aspect of it. I was just really nervous because I talk a lot of shit, but then I'm like, oh my God, what if I fall asleep? And then I snore, so I was more so like, I would be so fucking embarrassed. I think I literally washed my face in the bathroom sink. It was kind of awkward. No, but that was- Is it though? That seems like more necessity. It is.
01:20:30
Speaker
i Wouldn't have if I didn't have to but I have like eye problems so I need to like rinse the area around my eyes a lot if that makes sense and 20 watching movies for 24 hours my eyes were like fucked so I was like yeah, I took my eye drops for that reason that I knew it was gonna be yeah difficult um I Think we took snacks, but I don't even think I ate them all it was like I I think I remember I brought like weird I remember I had like a ah like a sandwich bag of bacon in my bag for some reason because I think I just had it left over at home so I just threw it in my bag. I think I had like apples or something like we apples make sense.
01:21:15
Speaker
But either way, like the the food at that theater is genuinely good. They they have a good, and and we got that like collectible cups, oh which and it was unlimited refills. So you're there for 24 hours, $15 unlimited drinks. For the year though. The thing is yeah comes that cup is like, we can go back there now and use that cup. But the thing is a drink is like,
01:21:40
Speaker
$78 so if you're getting two drinks, it's worth it to always get whatever collectible cup they have if you're gonna get two drinks Yeah, and for the 25th anniversary of a fan of menace first Star Wars movie I ever saw in the theater I Fucking had the I had the battle droid gun I remember I had the battle droid gun and my dad's like why the fuck do you want a gun you're fucking 11 years old and I was just like you'll never fucking understand me and So great. The thing is I remember um remember watching a fan of Menace and I never ever since that missed an opening day of Star Wars. Obviously I didn't see the original trilogy because I wasn't, my parents were fucking young then, but like six out of nine, I've never, I've even
01:22:34
Speaker
One of my first interactions with Pat was I met him because he wrote one. He was like, what the fuck makes you think I watched that shit? And I felt so bad because it was like, I had just met him. To be fair, he fucking looks like the type. And that's why everyone just assumed. And this is me being prejudiced, but I assume that like almost every man is into Star Wars. And if you're not, it's like a little bit weird because I'm like, well, why not? like What's wrong with you? I just genuinely, and you know what? I think Sam was kind of the one that like, hey, should I expat maybe? um
01:23:12
Speaker
I think she wanted to like make us friends. Sam was also wild for that. I mean, she did she just assumed she also just assumed, like, oh, he's kind of nerdy. He has to like Star Wars, man. And here we are. I was so upset. I just drove the violin and watched it. I just i was so mad, Sam.
01:23:38
Speaker
The thing is, then we saw Rogue One and Pat was like, I wish I would have went. And it's like, that's literally why I asked. Because I knew that these movies were great. Because I think we saw The Last Jedi in theaters together. I think we went from our birthday to go see that. We saw that at um the South south Village. Because we got free tickets.
01:24:03
Speaker
I bought tickets to go see it, but then the fucking kid that was there was doing his homework. It was just like that. That was for it.
01:24:14
Speaker
Brian got his tickets for it through work. And then the guy was just like, I'm doing homework. I'm not going to check your tickets. So we just had free tickets to any movie. So we were like, shit, let's go see Rogue One. um The Last Jedi. That's right. Last Jedi.
01:24:34
Speaker
But yeah, i'm I'm upset you couldn't make it Pat, but um I will not lie, that was life changing to see. Nice. And kind of, now that I think about it, I did not even think about how like,
01:24:54
Speaker
nervous I would have made you that like I've been up for 24 hours plus two hours at Red Lobster plus almost two hours driving back home. Yeah, so it was like at least like 30 hours that you were awake. And I'm like, ah yeah. And it's like a one hour drive home. Yeah, I didn't put two and two together until honestly until now that I was like, yeah, I'll drive. Yeah, no problem. And then it's like you've been up for like 30 hours.
01:25:24
Speaker
And I don't even think I went to sleep as soon as we got home either. I think I like did something else and then went to sleep. But yeah, so yeah, sorry, enough rambling about that. That was hands down greatest movie experience of 2024 and probably 34 years of my life.
01:25:47
Speaker
Nice. Speaking of moments, when is the last time that we experienced someone like shitting their pants in the theater. Cause it's happened a lot. Has it happened in the last year? It did not happen this year. That's crazy. Cause there is, is at least like three. Well, no, I don't remember. two back to back Yeah. But then there were, there was one time where the guy sitting next to me like pissed himself, oh but it smelled like he had pissed himself like that morning.
01:26:19
Speaker
Yeah. that Someone peed themselves. A person that smiled too peed themselves. No, but I remember Julia. That was for me. There was a guy that like reeked of urine so much that it was like it had to be old.
01:26:34
Speaker
um that's em I was like, I pissed himself at like 8am and he's wearing the same pants. Oh my god, you know what? I don't know if she shit herself, but at the Star Wars marathon, there was a couple in front of us, like a few seats in front of us. And they were like laying down, they had the blankets and they fucking stunk like shit. So then maybe that's just how they smell. Oh, I think it was somebody's feet.
01:26:57
Speaker
Remember somebody kicked their shoes off and were like... Fuck, man. It was... Yeah, somebody like sitting behind us or something like kicked their shoes up and like had their feet propped up. yeah And we were like, what's that fucking smell? God, it smells like like rotting garbage. And you turn around and it's just somebody's like crusty sock. Here's the thing. Now, you're probably thinking, oh, well, yeah, after seven movies, eight movies, this was like Attack of the Clones.
01:27:28
Speaker
yeah yeah like they had not had a bath in like, this was the be days. It's like they stayed up. Even like, for your feet to like really stink, you got to not wash them for like a long time. yeah Not bathed in like weeks and then went to, and you know, we know we're going into this. This is a 24 hour marathon. I'm making sure I'm as fresh as possible when I walk in. The thing is I took a, I literally took a fucking shower.
01:27:58
Speaker
like 10 minutes before I left the house. Right. Cause you're like, all right, I'm not showering for 24 hours and I'm going to be in public. Well, not even that, but like, I got to sit next to you for 24 hours. I'm not embarrassing myself in front of you. You know what I'm saying? Right. So most of us, as you know, you put on like clean clothes, you haven't worn before you shower. I think I brought deodorant. I don't know if I like. I wore a vest.
01:28:23
Speaker
Yeah, we had like special outfits on. like Yeah. like And I was like, okay. But this person showed up to a 24-hour fucking marathon in socks that they had been wearing for like six weeks. they They showed up to the Star Wars marathon with the same clothes they wore.
01:28:40
Speaker
like three marathons ago it's like they why it's like they had you know for a fact when they took those socks off the sock seat stayed still no no when they took the socks off the grinch when they fucking run away yeah so maybe they didn't shit themselves but literally like that's crazy if you smell something and you're like man who shit their pants somehow so much worse cuz it's like if you shake your pants it's like you feel bad it's like oh man I know you didn't do that on purpose like I hope you're all right you must be having this part was they were if I remember correctly they were like right next to you
01:29:28
Speaker
And I think it was a couple and they were like cuddling. It was. And I'm like. How do you cuddle? And it's like, bro, I know you smell her fucking feet. I don't remember if it was the girl or the guy. It was the girl. Yeah. And her her boyfriend must have had COVID like 10 times and have no sense of smell anymore because.
The Bad Smell Theater Saga
01:29:46
Speaker
I'm like, she's got some fucking dirt on you because you can't be with someone whose fucking feet smell like that. Literally three hours into the event.
01:29:57
Speaker
Yeah. That's the type of shit where they, where they break up. And then she posts on Facebook and was like, well, I didn't shower for six weeks and he still stayed with me. So he's the clown and everybody's like, girl, why would you post this? And you know, it's crazy.
01:30:15
Speaker
I think every year we're going to have a bad smell experience in the theater. The thing is the kid shitting himself wasn't a smell, but he shit himself. And then I swear that same kid again. I'm saying somehow shitting yourself is like the least offensive of all of these because you know that it's an accident.
01:30:35
Speaker
The guy that pissed himself, he pissed himself and then wore the same pants for like 12 hours in the hot sun. That's his fault. If you're having tummy troubles and something happens, I don't really blame you. That sucks. But I feel bad. you know I'm not mad at someone who shits their pants because they didn't shit their pants on purpose. If you didn't fucking bathe before you came to the theater. I don't know how I fucking forgot about that bitch's nasty feet.
01:31:05
Speaker
Oh my God. It was the worst fucking thing. And it's like, Oh my God. It was like, as soon as the opening fucking scroll comes up for attack, it's like, there's war in the Republic. And it's like, and it was, you know, it's one of those dropped the bombs. It was like that couple from high school where the girl had like the cookie monster, pajama pants. And it was that couple oh god and the fucking like, and the fucking like,
01:31:36
Speaker
Cookie Monster's slippers to go with it. The snapback. The Cookie Monster snapback. Pat, I know it sounds like we're just reminiscing, but when I tell you, Pat, this was one of the, and here's the thing, I have, like I had Athy's foot growing up.
01:32:01
Speaker
never in my life has it. and and And I've had people say like, Oh, you fucking feet stink bro. But like never in my entire life have I smelled someone's and I've smelled some stinky fucking people. and There's a guy at the gym who never wears any kind of deodorant because it's like a religious thing. My friend, I'm gonna say his fucking name so I don't give a fuck, but this kid named Mike Brown, I used to go to high school with fucking stunk so bad in the locker room. Like,
01:32:29
Speaker
We would start practice and he fucking smelled so bad. Like he would be changing into his gym clothes and stink. Yeah. And then I had to wear his jersey one day because I forget why and I was, I almost fucking threw up five times. Even then I have never in my life smelled anyone like If not, had she shit herself, I would have been okay with smelling the shit throughout the whole movie. That's what I'm saying. Cause it's like, Oh, you feel bad. Like, but they like, it was like this cute, let's cuddle up and watch this movie. And I'm like, but your fucking feet smell so bad. What is going on here? You know, a lot of people were sleeping at some point. I laid down across like three seats or the blanket cause we're there for 24 hours. I took a fucking nap.
01:33:21
Speaker
but they're cuddling under a blanket, like, grow up, bro. Kid, like, do you not, like, his face was like, somehow the blanket was kind of coming over his nose and like, bro, you do not smell that shit? I understand, I understand really liking someone and genuinely- That blanket probably has never fucking been washed. Man.
01:33:47
Speaker
God, it was hard. You could probably crack that blanket in half. I walked in, there was this dirty fucking kid in school when I went in his house once and he had a dead cat next to a pile of laundry. That didn't even smell as bad as this. For perspective, Pat, sorry. For perspective, that didn't even smell as bad as this. And I somehow don't believe that. oh I know, and and that's fair, and that is fair if everyone thinks I'm just being silly.
01:34:16
Speaker
But I promise you, we are not lying whatsoever when I say a dead animal next to a pile of laundry did not smell worse than this fucking girl's feet. So if you're listening, girl, I hope you get help. Like I genuinely, um, you need to get those feet exercise.
01:34:39
Speaker
You need to call Russell Crowe and he needs to fucking... Yeah, like I'm being mean because I feel like you kind of deserve it, but also I feel like you get help for whatever problem you're experiencing. I hope you're in therapy. I've been through some stuff in my life. I don't know how I would live. I would kill myself. I would honestly... I'm not saying like... Not to be that guy, but you cannot shower for a couple days and you're not gonna like, reek that bad.
01:35:09
Speaker
Yeah, it was. This is like, this tells me she's probably one of those white people that never washed her feet. Look, I ain't the pick of the litter myself, but if you're gonna smell like that, you gotta at least look somewhat decent. She wasn't even that cute. And I didn't get a good look at her, but if she's not washing her feet, you know, she's probably not washing nothing else. Like you could be cute and kind of stink a little bit, but I mean.
01:35:39
Speaker
Anyways, sorry, Pat. we
Olivia Hussey's Passing and Theater Year Reflection
01:35:40
Speaker
we hit a struggle We can move on. It's just... It's probably time to wrap this up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was a also part of the great experience was just how fucking bad her feet smelled.
01:35:57
Speaker
Olivia Hussey died. Oh, when? Like a couple of minutes ago. Oh, shit. All right. Yeah. Damn, I'll have to watch a film. Black Christmas, it. Take your pick. She's got a handful of hard ones. Maybe we should pick one after after we're done recording and and see it. All right, yeah, let's wrap it up. Overall, how was your year in theater? First half, great. It's been a rough couple weeks. I feel like there hasn't been much out.
01:36:35
Speaker
So I haven't really been making a huge effort to get to the theater, but we did have some bangers in the first half. I would say it's not the theater's fault that it's been bad. I blame myself for not, I blame myself for not being able to put as much effort in as in half of the year.
01:37:03
Speaker
um say I think it's been a great, great year all around and, um, like strong all the way through. We just saw on those for R2. Like last week, I saw like three really good movies and we're ending the year pretty strong. I think knows France is going to carry the end of the year. And, um, yeah, hopefully 2025 is even better. It should be, but we'll, we'll find out soon.
01:37:35
Speaker
If we start off with another night swim, I can see it's going poorly.
01:37:42
Speaker
All right, let's end it. All right.