Mike, Mike, and Oscar

"Us" Review Part II - Clones + Views Should Always Come in Twos - Spoiler Section Included - Ep 180


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More Non-Spoiler discussion & debate before our full spoiler section.
***This Episode Has a Spoiler Section***
What is This Episode? - Top of Show
Updates/Define “Allegory” - 4:30
Oscars Lens Power Rankings - 7:45
Spoiler Warning Dance Party - 16:26
Jeremiah 11:11 - 18:18
Dance Battle + Orchestras + MJ - 21:22
What the Script/Jordan Peele Demands of YOU - 23:44
Plot Overview:
Merits and Meaning of THAT ENDING - 29:08
Red’s Background + (LITERAL) Come Up - 31:07
Value of the Twist - 33:23
Worsts:
The Meaning of Staring - 38:03
(And Rumor-Squashing - 39:59)
The Big Evil Speech - 42:18
Rules Need Not Apply - 43:33
Bests:
Meet the Tylers and The Tylers - 45:11
(And Their Cinematography - 48:37)
Critiquing the Critics - 49:47
More Bests:
Outfits and Easter Eggs - 52:40
More Tylers, Family Dynamics, + Kid Characterization - 54:00
Setups/Payoffs - 56:47
Not Wasting a Scene - 59:17
Shouting Out Den of Geek - 1:00:55
Check Yourself/Pleading to The Academy - 1:02:17
Final Grades - 1:05:15
Words of Wisdom/Questions for YOU - 1:05:51
What a great movie this is to talk about! We couldn’t resist another non-spoiler discussion. So there’s a full 17 minutes of non-spoiler prologue before we break down the film in a full spoiler review. There’s an Oscars Category Power Rankings segment, a ton of talk about the many themes & symbols in the film, and of course, we recap the plot of Jordan Peele’s “Us” in what turned out to be one of our more enjoyable discussions in awhile.
Normally, we wouldn’t do another non-spoiler section in a two part OSP. But we felt it relevant after taking the movie in for a second time. Plus, there’s a lot of fun updates on the numbers, critical & audience reception, and of course, the Oscar buzz.
Then we move onto our main event, the full spoiler discussion of one of the better mind-bending films in this or any year. Say what you want about the film, and we do have some negatives to share, but this film is nothing if not a CONVERSATION STARTER, and Mike & I cannot seem to stop. In fact, I’m sure we’ll continue to chat about the movie in our upcoming MMO Weekly next Monday as well as our countless previews & reviews & interviews come awards season.
If you enjoyed this episode, do go back and enjoy Part One as well as our Guess The Plot / Preview. In those episodes, we review the production values, performances, and go more in depth on the numbers. We have too much fun in a Guess The Plot segment, which of course, wouldn’t dare spoil you, and there’s always an Oscar Lens throughout.
MMO loves the horror genre. So we added a Top 5’s episode where we chronicle our favorite movie going experiences with Horror films. We’ve also reviewed Get Out on multiple occasions in our 2017/18 Oscars campaign, and last year, we reviewed all of the Halloween franchise, the Conjuring films, both Suspiria’s, Overlord, Hereditary, & we’ve done 4 AllTheHorror themed episodes including a horror news, horror movie awards show, & American Psycho retrospective.
As always, please tell us what you think & how you feel about “Us.” We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!
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