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On the podcast this week, Skipper Steve and Sean are going to avenge our best friend in the delightful and unique Wes Anderson film, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Seems like Scuba Steve is doing his very best to become our nation’s very first Pun-Maker Laureate. He’s got them firing off left and right as we get into this film. Somebody nominate him for that very prestigious role already!

It may be safe to say that this one is Wes Anderson’s least appreciated films and we’re not really sure what that’s all about. Even his first film, Bottle Rocket, gets more love and we think that’s a damn shame. This is all anecdotal, of course, but we’re probably not far off with that assessment and we want this one to get the love it deserves!

The Life Aquatic has a lot of heart. That seems to be a constant facet of Anderson’s films—underneath their quirky veneer, they’re full to the brim with real and affecting emotion. The script and actors are always giving it everything they’ve got. This one also has more melancholy than many of his other films. I mean, the thing opens with Zissou’s best friend being eaten by a freaking shark! How damn terrible is that?

But then he meets someone who may be his son and that just changes his entire world even more. We found it fascinating to see Zissou filled with more purpose after losing his friend and meeting his possible son than he’d had in many years. It’s a wonderful thing when someone knows exactly what they want to do with their life.

But enough with the heavy emotion. Let’s talk about the Belafonte! Steve Zissou’s ship is amazing! And those stop-motion fish were so inventive! And we want one of those red caps! But maybe not those Speedos? …Screw it, give us some of those Speedos! We can rock them!

Papa Steve feels that this film has a wonderful soundscape and Sean can only agree with that. Not only does the sound work and the music bring you into a complete and fascinating world, it’s also just a blast to listen to. It can be funnier than you’d ever expect the sound to be. This is work done at a very high level.

Robert Yeoman’s cinematography is, as always, in a class of its own. Sure, the look of a Wes Anderson film is usually attributed to its exacting, eccentric director, but leaving it at that would be doing a disservice to Mr. Yeoman. His eye for lighting, movement, and framing is top-notch. Anytime he’s listed as the cinematographer for a film you know it’s going to be a good one.

Oh yeah, we were serious about that Academy Award for Best Podcast. We want that thing on our mantles!

(Recorded on June 04, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - IMDb

 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou trailer - YouTube

Scrubs - IMDb

Nitrogen narcosis - Wikipedia

Those wonderfully wacky Batman transitions - YouTube

The Criterion Collection version of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Michael Gambon - IMDb

Fantastic Mr. Fox - IMDb

Criminal Minds - IMDb

The Evil Dead - IMDb

Army of Darkness - IMDb

Kevin Conroy - IMDb

Will Friedle - IMDb

Sigur Rós

The Grand Budapest Hotel - IMDb

Mark Mothersbaugh - IMDb

Devo - Wikipedia

Whip It - YouTube

Danny Elfman - IMDb

Oingo Boingo - Wikipedia

Bottle Rocket - IMDb

Ash vs Evil Dead - IMDb

Monty Burns Excellent Compilation - YouTube

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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are getting into numerology and seeing 23s everywhere while talking about the Joel Schumacher film, The Number 23.

Did you know that 11 + 12 is 23? And that the nuclei of cells in human bodies have 46 chromosomes made out of 23 pairs? And that William Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April and died on the 23rd of April? And also that if you add 3 to 6 and minus 12 but then add 49 and divide by 2, then you’ll end up with 23?!?!?!

Crazy, right?

Jim Carrey certainly thinks so in this movie and that’s why he’s going about as cuckoo as someone can go for Cocoa Puffs. And that’s pretty dang cuckoo. We think it’s understandable because when you go through what his character went through, we’d all probably have some trouble discerning reality from insanity.

I know we’d definitely treat dogs better, though. Poor Ned the dog. All he wanted to do was sit around and stare at Jim Carrey. Who doesn’t want to do that? I know we do because he’s amazing.

This one has some twists and turns that are hard to see coming. They’re out of left field and seemingly created by an unassuming red book. Who knew that literature could have such dire consequences? And not just for Jim Carrey, but for every character who reads this book. It seems cursed! Or is it? But maybe it’s not! Or is everything actually just in Jim Carrey’s head? Steven has some interesting theories about that possibility. The answers may be inside this episode…

…Or maybe you’ll just become obsessed with the number 23, too!

This film had a lot of fun with its sound design and it shows. This entire thing is basically just a playground for the sound designers to stretch out and try some new stuff. It’s clear they had a lot of fun creating a tense and spooky soundscape for the entire film. Matthew Libatique (one of Sean’s favorite cinematographers) is in experimental mode here. He has the opportunity to create the looks for both the real world and also a noir-styled mystery world. He knocks it out of the park with this one, as he does with all his films.

(Recorded on May 20, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The Number 23 - IMDb

The Number 23 trailer - YouTube

23 fascinating facts about the number twenty-three - Independent

Heat - IMDb

One Hour Photo - IMDb

Insomnia - IMDb

Man on the Moon - IMDb

Drive - IMDb

What Dreams May Come - IMDb

The Shining - IMDb

Kubrick’s Genius Use Of Colour in The Shining - Back to the Movies

Fake Doctors, Real Friends - Apple Podcasts

A Little Respect | Erasure - YouTube

Sin City - IMDb

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - IMDb

Matthew Libatique - IMDb

Inside Man - IMDb

The Number 23 - Rot

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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are getting into numerology and seeing 23s everywhere while talking about the Joel Schumacher film, The Number 23.

Did you know that 11 + 12 is 23? And that the nuclei of cells in human bodies have 46 chromosomes made out of 23 pairs? And that William Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April and died on the 23rd of April? And also that if you add 3 to 6 and minus 12 but then add 49 and divide by 2, then you’ll end up with 23?!?!?!

Crazy, right?

Jim Carrey certainly thinks so in this movie and that’s why he’s going about as cuckoo as someone can go for Cocoa Puffs. And that’s pretty dang cuckoo. We think it’s understandable because when you go through what his character went through, we’d all probably have some trouble discerning reality from insanity.

I know we’d definitely treat dogs better, though. Poor Ned the dog. All he wanted to do was sit around and stare at Jim Carrey. Who doesn’t want to do that? I know we do because he’s amazing.

This one has some twists and turns that are hard to see coming. They’re out of left field and seemingly created by an unassuming red book. Who knew that literature could have such dire consequences? And not just for Jim Carrey, but for every character who reads this book. It seems cursed! Or is it? But maybe it’s not! Or is everything actually just in Jim Carrey’s head? Steven has some interesting theories about that possibility. The answers may be inside this episode…

…Or maybe you’ll just become obsessed with the number 23, too!

This film had a lot of fun with its sound design and it shows. This entire thing is basically just a playground for the sound designers to stretch out and try some new stuff. It’s clear they had a lot of fun creating a tense and spooky soundscape for the entire film. Matthew Libatique (one of Sean’s favorite cinematographers) is in experimental mode here. He has the opportunity to create the looks for both the real world and also a noir-styled mystery world. He knocks it out of the park with this one, as he does with all his films.

(Recorded on May 20, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

The Number 23 - IMDb

The Number 23 trailer - YouTube

23 fascinating facts about the number twenty-three - Independent

Heat - IMDb

One Hour Photo - IMDb

Insomnia - IMDb

Man on the Moon - IMDb

Drive - IMDb

What Dreams May Come - IMDb

The Shining - IMDb

Kubrick’s Genius Use Of Colour in The Shining - Back to the Movies

Fake Doctors, Real Friends - Apple Podcasts

A Little Respect | Erasure - YouTube

Sin City - IMDb

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - IMDb

Matthew Libatique - IMDb

Inside Man - IMDb

The Number 23 - Rotten Tomatoes

The Majestic - IMDb

Joel Schumacher - IMDb

Batman & Robin - IMDb

Phone Booth - IMDb

Falling Down - IMDb

Flatliners - IMDb

The Lost Boys - IMDb

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The day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here!

This time, for our monthly B-movie bonus episode, Skipper Steve and First Mate Sean are subjecting themselves to the clearly very accurate documentation of the hunt for mankind’s greatest aquatic murder machine. That’s right, we’re talking about the Declan O’Brien masterwork, Sharktopus!

If Skipper Steve’s dog is any indication, it’s immediately clear to all living beings that this movie probably shouldn’t have been made and definitely shouldn’t have been watched. If only we had listened to that cute fuzzball…

But we didn’t and now we’re defeated husks that used to resemble human beings.

Let’s try to talk about this thing. Okay, an entrepreneurial tough guy helps unleash a scientific marvel known as Sharktopus (half shark-half octopus) because he’s got the military breathing down his neck. Surprise surprise, Sharktopus starts killing people after the device controlling it is destroyed. Who could have seen that coming?! The tough guy’s daughter and a cocky pretty boy who used to work for the tough guy are tasked with hunting down Sharktopus and stopping it. Along the way, the media gets involved, people die, there’s loads of brooding, more people die, and then even more people die! But then it’s exploded because it can’t be stopped any other way, but is that really the end?

Take that Citizen Kane, you piece of crap!

Skipper Steven and First Mate Sean give this film more consideration and thought than most people involved in the production probably did. Except when it came to the inventive deaths that take place. Those were intense. The real mystery here is what did they think of this film by the end of it? Was Sharktopus B-movie brilliance or was it an utter B-movie blunder? The only way to find out is to listen to this episode!

(Recorded on June 4, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Sharktopus - IMDb

Sharktopus trailer - YouTube

Snakes on a Plane | More Movies Please! - Apple Podcasts

Snakes on a Plane - IMDb

Demolition Man | More Movies Please! - Apple Podcasts

Demolition Man - IMDb

The Asylum

Sharknado - IMDb

Space Cop - IMDb

Piranha 3DD - IMDb

The Room - IMDb

The Disaster Artist - IMDb

Tommy Wiseau - IMDb

How did Tommy Wiseau get his money? 4 insane theories about the "The Room" writer and director - Hello Giggles

Edward D. Wood, Jr. - IMDb

Plan 9 from Outer Space - IMDb

Sara Malakul Lane - IMDb

Eric Roberts - IMDb

“Not like this…” | The Matrix - YouTube

Baby Shark Dance - YouTube

The inclusion of this link is 100% Skipper Steve’s fault. Send him all your

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The day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here!

This time, for our monthly B-movie bonus episode, Skipper Steve and First Mate Sean are subjecting themselves to the clearly very accurate documentation of the hunt for mankind’s greatest aquatic murder machine. That’s right, we’re talking about the Declan O’Brien masterwork, Sharktopus!

If Skipper Steve’s dog is any indication, it’s immediately clear to all living beings that this movie probably shouldn’t have been made and definitely shouldn’t have been watched. If only we had listened to that cute fuzzball…

But we didn’t and now we’re defeated husks that used to resemble human beings.

Let’s try to talk about this thing. Okay, an entrepreneurial tough guy helps unleash a scientific marvel known as Sharktopus (half shark-half octopus) because he’s got the military breathing down his neck. Surprise surprise, Sharktopus starts killing people after the device controlling it is destroyed. Who could have seen that coming?! The tough guy’s daughter and a cocky pretty boy who used to work for the tough guy are tasked with hunting down Sharktopus and stopping it. Along the way, the media gets involved, people die, there’s loads of brooding, more people die, and then even more people die! But then it’s exploded because it can’t be stopped any other way, but is that really the end?

Take that Citizen Kane, you piece of crap!

Skipper Steven and First Mate Sean give this film more consideration and thought than most people involved in the production probably did. Except when it came to the inventive deaths that take place. Those were intense. The real mystery here is what did they think of this film by the end of it? Was Sharktopus B-movie brilliance or was it an utter B-movie blunder? The only way to find out is to listen to this episode!

(Recorded on June 4, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Sharktopus - IMDb

Sharktopus trailer - YouTube

Snakes on a Plane | More Movies Please! - Apple Podcasts

Snakes on a Plane - IMDb

Demolition Man | More Movies Please! - Apple Podcasts

Demolition Man - IMDb

The Asylum

Sharknado - IMDb

Space Cop - IMDb

Piranha 3DD - IMDb

The Room - IMDb

The Disaster Artist - IMDb

Tommy Wiseau - IMDb

How did Tommy Wiseau get his money? 4 insane theories about the "The Room" writer and director - Hello Giggles

Edward D. Wood, Jr. - IMDb

Plan 9 from Outer Space - IMDb

Sara Malakul Lane - IMDb

Eric Roberts - IMDb

“Not like this…” | The Matrix - YouTube

Baby Shark Dance - YouTube

The inclusion of this link is 100% Skipper Steve’s fault. Send him all your disgruntled messages and emails.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space - IMDb

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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are doing some very morally and legally questionable things to Paul Dano in the mysterious Denis Villeneuve drama, Prisoners.

If it’s not clear by now, we kinda really super duper love Denis Villeneuve’s work. We started with Enemy, hit up Sicario, and are continuing our apparent series of emotionally tense and dramatic films with Prisoners. To call us shell-shocked by this point would be an understatement.

Before getting into the film we’re supposed to be talking about, we end up walking down a long, reptile-filled road and discussing the clearly inimitable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie series. Will they become part of a future b-movie extravaganza? Will we try to watch them all for a single podcast episode? Will we go crazy in the process? Tune in later to find out!

Back to Prisoners…

This film is a tough one to get through, we’ll say that upfront. It’s about what people are willing to go through and do in the face of extreme concern and agony. It brings up interesting questions about your personal morality. If your child was kidnapped, what lengths would you go to find them? We find out that there are lengths that some people are more than willing to travel down than others.

In the midst of all the tension and torture, there’s a fascinating mystery swirling around at the center of this film. Who was it that took the children? What do all those mazes mean? Who are all these other creepy dudes in the film? It’s fascinating to see a master filmmaker slowly peel away the layers of a complex case. If you want a stellar example of a police procedural, then Prisoners is for you.

Much like every other Denis Villeneuve film, Prisoners had a level of sound design and scoring that is second to none. This film was made by someone who really values how a film can affect a viewer, indeed how it can chill you to the core. In another Oscar-nominated role, Roger Deakins knocks the cinematography out of the park with this one. We can’t recall a moment that wasn’t bathed in rainy grayness. His mastery of lighting, framing, and camera movement is a thrill to witness.

As we wrap this description up we want to ask, why the hell hasn’t Jake Gyllenhaal won an Oscar yet? In fact, why didn’t all of the actors in this movie win Oscars? They were incredible. Get back to us about this major oversight, Academy.

(Recorded on May 6, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Prisoners - IMDb

Prisoners trailer - YouTube

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - IMDb

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze - IMDb

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - IMDb

TMNT - IMDb

The nine circles of hell - Wikipedia

Wolverine - Wikipedia

How to Report a Missing Person - Lifehacker

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - IMDb

Prince of Persia games - Wikipedia

Jake Gyllenhaal Explains His Move to the Dark Side and Reason for His ‘Prisoners’ Twitch at Awards Lunch - IndieWire<

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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are doing some very morally and legally questionable things to Paul Dano in the mysterious Denis Villeneuve drama, Prisoners.

If it’s not clear by now, we kinda really super duper love Denis Villeneuve’s work. We started with Enemy, hit up Sicario, and are continuing our apparent series of emotionally tense and dramatic films with Prisoners. To call us shell-shocked by this point would be an understatement.

Before getting into the film we’re supposed to be talking about, we end up walking down a long, reptile-filled road and discussing the clearly inimitable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie series. Will they become part of a future b-movie extravaganza? Will we try to watch them all for a single podcast episode? Will we go crazy in the process? Tune in later to find out!

Back to Prisoners…

This film is a tough one to get through, we’ll say that upfront. It’s about what people are willing to go through and do in the face of extreme concern and agony. It brings up interesting questions about your personal morality. If your child was kidnapped, what lengths would you go to find them? We find out that there are lengths that some people are more than willing to travel down than others.

In the midst of all the tension and torture, there’s a fascinating mystery swirling around at the center of this film. Who was it that took the children? What do all those mazes mean? Who are all these other creepy dudes in the film? It’s fascinating to see a master filmmaker slowly peel away the layers of a complex case. If you want a stellar example of a police procedural, then Prisoners is for you.

Much like every other Denis Villeneuve film, Prisoners had a level of sound design and scoring that is second to none. This film was made by someone who really values how a film can affect a viewer, indeed how it can chill you to the core. In another Oscar-nominated role, Roger Deakins knocks the cinematography out of the park with this one. We can’t recall a moment that wasn’t bathed in rainy grayness. His mastery of lighting, framing, and camera movement is a thrill to witness.

As we wrap this description up we want to ask, why the hell hasn’t Jake Gyllenhaal won an Oscar yet? In fact, why didn’t all of the actors in this movie win Oscars? They were incredible. Get back to us about this major oversight, Academy.

(Recorded on May 6, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Prisoners - IMDb

Prisoners trailer - YouTube

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - IMDb

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze - IMDb

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - IMDb

TMNT - IMDb

The nine circles of hell - Wikipedia

Wolverine - Wikipedia

How to Report a Missing Person - Lifehacker

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - IMDb

Prince of Persia games - Wikipedia

Jake Gyllenhaal Explains His Move to the Dark Side and Reason for His ‘Prisoners’ Twitch at Awards Lunch - IndieWire

10 Surprising Signs That Batman And The Joker Need Each Other - The Richest

Blade Runner 2049 - IMDb

Incendies - IMDb

Dune - IMDb

Zodiac - IMDb

The Blair Witch Project - IMDb

Predestination - IMDb

That amazing shower prison shot we talk about - Evan E. Richards

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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are rackin’ up those sweet Bitcoins in the L.A. adventure Rick Famuyiwa film, Dope.

Sean is thrilled to have made Steven watch this underappreciated and phenomenal gem of a movie and even more thrilled to find out what he ended up feeling about this movie by the time the credits began rolling. It was tough going at the beginning for Steven, though. Rightly so, he wasn’t too keen on yet another young high school kids to get up to some hijinks sort of a movie.

But then the movie takes some twists and turns that could surprise even the most jaded movie watcher. This one’s doing some very clever things with its story.

Talk about onion layers!

We loved all the acting on display in Dope. These actors really feel like they belong in this high school and in this particular L.A. world. This is all despite their love for the music and culture of the ‘90s, or maybe it’s because of that love? Why did the high top fade ever go out of style anyway? Regardless, the story in this film may be a little absurd, but it still feels completely authentic and sincere.

Dope has got some pretty stellar sound design, especially noticeable in the nightclub scene toward the start of the movie, and one of the cooler soundtracks we’ve heard in a long time.

The cinematography by Rachel Morrison captures the energy of these kids while also making you appreciate the heat and hustle they’re constantly dealing with throughout the film. She’s the first woman to ever be nominated for the Best Cinematography Oscar (for a different film) and she totally deserved it.

(Recorded on April 29, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Dope - IMDb

Dope trailer - YouTube

Demolition Man - IMDb

Sharktopus - IMDb

The Art Theatre in Long Beach

Hey, it’s the theatre that Steven and Sean did one of their very first film productions at. It’s a cool place that deserves your support if you’re in the area.

Fight Scenes: Overlap Your Edits for Impact - YouTube

A neat little YouTube video by This Guy Edits to show how repetition in action scenes can improve the feeling of a fight scene.

It’s cool to spool again as the cassette returns on a wave of nostalgia - The Guardian

13 Reasons Why - IMDb

Schitt’s Creek - IMDb

Blake Anderson - IMDb

Workaholics - IMDb

X-Men: First Class - IMDb

X-Men: The Animated Series - IMDb

Sorry to Bother You - IMDb

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - IMDb

Can’t Bring Me Down | Clip from Dope - YouTube

The Shape of Water - IMDb

Superbad - IMDb

Meet Joe Black - IMDb

Brad Pitt gets hit by two cars | Meet Joe Black - YouTube

Support the show

On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are rackin’ up those sweet Bitcoins in the L.A. adventure Rick Famuyiwa film, Dope.

Sean is thrilled to have made Steven watch this underappreciated and phenomenal gem of a movie and even more thrilled to find out what he ended up feeling about this movie by the time the credits began rolling. It was tough going at the beginning for Steven, though. Rightly so, he wasn’t too keen on yet another young high school kids to get up to some hijinks sort of a movie.

But then the movie takes some twists and turns that could surprise even the most jaded movie watcher. This one’s doing some very clever things with its story.

Talk about onion layers!

We loved all the acting on display in Dope. These actors really feel like they belong in this high school and in this particular L.A. world. This is all despite their love for the music and culture of the ‘90s, or maybe it’s because of that love? Why did the high top fade ever go out of style anyway? Regardless, the story in this film may be a little absurd, but it still feels completely authentic and sincere.

Dope has got some pretty stellar sound design, especially noticeable in the nightclub scene toward the start of the movie, and one of the cooler soundtracks we’ve heard in a long time.

The cinematography by Rachel Morrison captures the energy of these kids while also making you appreciate the heat and hustle they’re constantly dealing with throughout the film. She’s the first woman to ever be nominated for the Best Cinematography Oscar (for a different film) and she totally deserved it.

(Recorded on April 29, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Dope - IMDb

Dope trailer - YouTube

Demolition Man - IMDb

Sharktopus - IMDb

The Art Theatre in Long Beach

Hey, it’s the theatre that Steven and Sean did one of their very first film productions at. It’s a cool place that deserves your support if you’re in the area.

Fight Scenes: Overlap Your Edits for Impact - YouTube

A neat little YouTube video by This Guy Edits to show how repetition in action scenes can improve the feeling of a fight scene.

It’s cool to spool again as the cassette returns on a wave of nostalgia - The Guardian

13 Reasons Why - IMDb

Schitt’s Creek - IMDb

Blake Anderson - IMDb

Workaholics - IMDb

X-Men: First Class - IMDb

X-Men: The Animated Series - IMDb

Sorry to Bother You - IMDb

Brooklyn Nine-Nine - IMDb

Can’t Bring Me Down | Clip from Dope - YouTube

The Shape of Water - IMDb

Superbad - IMDb

Meet Joe Black - IMDb

Brad Pitt gets hit by two cars | Meet Joe Black - YouTube

Drug traffickers’ favorite way to move fentanyl is FedEx and USPS - Quartz

Lethal Weapon - IMDb

The Magic of Making Sound | Great Big Story - YouTube

All the inventive work that goes into making the sounds in a movie is remarkable. This short story shows all the hard work that is needed in sound design for films.

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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are doing some legally questionable things with the help of government agencies in the very tense Denis Villeneuve film, Sicario.

We open up with a quick overview of just who this amazing Villeneuve director guy is and all the amazing films he’s produced in his time. Sean gets on Steven’s case for not having seen his Blade Runner movie and then promptly gets a heaping dose of karma served to him when he can’t remember if it’s Blade Runner 2049 or 2048. That’ll teach him.

We then head off down another peculiar path and talk about how old we were when 9/11 happened. Spoiler warning (AAAAAAAHHH!): we’re getting old.

But then we’re back into this film and its crazy, insane, ridiculous opening. I mean, talk about starting a movie off with a bang! What other movie have you seen that begins with a giant armored truck crashing through the entire front of a house? And then it just doesn’t… let… up… at all. Even its quiet moments boil over with enough tension to leave your entire body clenched.

We tip our collective hats to the amazing performances from Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro! I’ve never wanted to piss off somebody less in my life than him. Whether he’s taking out some people at the America-Mexico border or killing an entire cartel boss’s family, he’s probably one of the most intense and dangerous people who have ever lived.

The sound design and music in Sicario absolutely floored us. The quality of the audio in a film is at least 50% of what makes it good and this movie was of the very highest quality. The expert cinematography by Roger Deakins does a great job of setting a tense mood in every single scene. It’s really a masterclass in stellar, groundbreaking lighting and camera work. And what do you know, Sicario earned Oscar nominations for sound, music, and cinematography!

We dug this movie a whole lot and can’t wait to see what Denis Villeneuve cooks up in the future.

(Recorded on April 22, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Sicario - IMDb

Sicario trailer - YouTube

Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 - IMDb

S.W.A.T. - IMDb

The Exorcist projectile vomit scene - YouTube

If you haven’t seen The Exorcist before, know that this one’s probably not for weak stomachs.

Diet Coke & Mentos | Mythbusters - YouTube

This was basically Steven’s youth, as we find out.

Two Axis Dolly & Children of Men: Behind the Scene - YouTube

Knives Out - IMDb

Jon Bernthal - IMDb

The Walking Dead - IMDb

The Punisher - IMDb

The Descent - IMDb

FLIR Systems

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