The Quest for the Bestest

There's not a lot that needs to be said before talking about this movie. Just watch and feel.

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Well, it's finally happened. The Back Log Boys are being shipping off to war. What will happen when the reach the trenches of France? We might be able to figure out their future by looking at All Quiet on the Western Front! As it happens, things might not be so silent when dealing with war...

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It takes a lot of brain-power to make these episodes. The Back Log Boys want you to know that. Not for any specific reason, not because we've got some sort of special, pretty, attractive brains in our heads, but because you deserve to know. Anyhow, we're talking about Russel Crowe as John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, directed by the same guy who did Solo: A Star Wars Story. Because you deserve to know that, too. Did we like it? Were we just ogling? 

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Sometimes it takes a fight to get a point across on The Quest for the Bestest. But as we saw in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi, putting up a fight can hurt your goals. A thought provoker, right? Well find out if any of the Back Log Boys look that lesson to heart in this episode! Will they stay the course of non-violence or will everything devolve into senseless battles. Only one way to find out! 

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We're talking about the Best Picture Winner that almost wasn't! It's Barry Jenkin's Moonlight. For 45 seconds the academy held its breath as a different film was about to win. What will we think of it? Does the indie spirit of this film shine through or is it too diffuse for our understanding? Find out where Moonlight ends up, and what film we're talking about next at the end of the episode!

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Adventure on the high seas! Drama with life or death stakes! Many, many ocean puns! We're talking about Mutiny on the Bounty! This film turned out far better than any of us expected and yet... We need your help. Run over to our YouTube channel and vote in the comments which film should rest higher on the list: Mutiny on the Bounty or The French Connection. Your input will shape the final rankings of our Quest for the Bestest list!

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4 White guys set their sights on a nearly-unachievable goal: to run in the olymp- Wait that's not what we're trying to do here! We're trying to figure out the best Best Picture winner of all time. And on the road to that goal I guess we've gotta take a stop in 1981 with Chariots of Fire. It's an interesting time.

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I truly do not even know where to begin with this movie. It's so bad it's funny, or not? The only thing I do know is that it's a mess and I'm glad we're done with it.

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Laurence Olivier takes us on a brief (well, compared to the original runtime) jaunt through William Shakespeare's world of Hamlet. But all is not well in the kingdom of Quest. Will cooler heads prevail or is the need for revenge mounting? I'm talking about the movie, of course.

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I'd suggest enjoying this episode with some fava beans and a nice glass of chianti. 

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