Optimist Movies

We finally fulfill our promise and do an entire episode fully on Zack Synder's Justice. We talk about things like mousetache-gate, Jason Momoa's hotness, and much more. Listen!! Or watch the movie!! Or both!! At the same time!!

0:00 Non-Spoiler Talk

35:55 Spoiler Talk

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We talk about movies that we watch purely for fun. What movies do talk about? Action, adventure, comedy? Who knows?? Listen to the episode to find out.

0:00 Fun Movie Talk About Fun Movies

1:06:17 What We've Been Watching

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On this not-so-minisode, we'll be talking about the new John Kransinski film! We also go into other things like who would win in a fight between an alien queen and a Quiet Place monster because we're quirky.

0:00 Non-Spoiler Talk

16:10 Spoiler Talk

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May and Luke are all about talking about all about the 2021 movies (so far) all in one bout! There's also a little bit of Oscars talk and Luke goes on a long spiel about Pinocchio, so fun times all around!

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We talk about a bunch of random movies, and it's pretty fun. You get it. 

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We're back from the dead to restart this movie podcast, and we'll start by talking about music (also movies too though)!!! It's great to be back, and we hope you all have fun listening to the new and improved big ol Optimist Movies REBOOT (kind of, not really)!

4:47: May's 1st album - 4 Your Eyez Only by J. Cole

11:42: Luke's 1st album - Vulnicura by Björk

37:28: May's 2nd album - The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

50:28: Luke's 2nd album - Trench by twenty one pilots

1:14:57: May's 3rd album - ???

1:27:29: Luke's 3rd albums - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance

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Trying out something fun and new this week, and we had some of the most fun we've ever had before doing it! Let us know if you enjoyed it and if you'd like to see more! We also talk about some other films like Ramekin, the Paranormal Activity series, Mulholland Drive, and a whole lot more!

0:00 Making Some Movies!

51:34 What We've Been Watching

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We took some time off, but we're back now! May and Luke have some fun talking about some movies they've been watching since the last episode, which is quite a few!!!

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Getting into an entire new art form is a pretty hard thing to do; especially when there are so many to pick from. Luke and May have picked 25 movies that will hopefully give you a great entry point, and get you really interested in exploring all the facets of what film has to offer!

The List of Films (alphabetically):

12 Angry Men

The Babadook

Casablanca

Django Unchained

Finding Nemo

Groundhog Day

John Wick

Jurassic Park

Knives Out

La La Land

Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)

Love Story

My Neighbor Totoro

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Planet of the Apes Trilogy (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, War for the Planet of the Apes)

The Princess Bride

Raiders of the Lost Ark

[Rec]

Rocky

Saving Private Ryan

Silence of the Lambs

The Social Network

Star Wars (a.k.a. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope)

The Terminator

Whiplash

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This is a weird one, but we had fun! We hope you do too! Make sure and let us know if you did well on the quiz yourself! 

0:00 Pop Quiz!

26:13 What We've Been Watching

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