September 5, 2025 • 14 mins
Movie critic and content creator Juju Green joins us to dive into the world of film! He shares his top pick for the must-see movie out right now, dishes on the buzz around KPOP Demon Hunters, and reflects on how movie reviewing has evolved over the years. Plus, we debate one of the biggest questions for film lovers: is it better to watch a movie in theaters or stream it at home on Netflix?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Get your hit us together and we're going to start
to party. Start. I'm ready to party.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
See Elvis Duran after Party.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The Party podcast. We got a guest everyone, soone fun
that came to see us.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Hey, Juju Green, welcome to the podcast. How are you
doing and thank you for coming on both of those?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Oh man, I am doing just fine. You guys got
a head start on me over there on the East coast. Uh.
You know, when I started being an influencer, the first
thing I was excited about was being able to wake
up whenever I wanted. And then you guys asked me
to wake up at six thirty in the morning, So.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Just fine, okay, boo hoo. You know what, It's kind
of funny because we have you on late. We've had
people on the on the West Coast have to wake
up at three o'clock and they do hair and makeup audio, which.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Makes no sense at all. So I don't know, you
look good though, you look great, so Juju Green.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Of course, millions of people were following every week on TikTok,
and he is reviewing not only movies that you see
in theaters, but also streaming. And I gotta tell you,
I miss the art form of a great reviewer of film.
We lost a lot of that of course during Pandemic
when no one would go to a theater, were streaming
with it.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
But you do both, Yeah, but which do you prefer?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Do you like theater or streaming the best for you?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
You know what? Man? I think this year has proven
that the theater experience is unmatched. Like you know, there's
also you know, a certain genes, a quad of just
being on the couch and watching something that you just chose,
like on the TV screen. But I feel like with
movies like Sinners and f One coming out this year
and also weirdly enough k Pop Demon Hunters to sing
(01:53):
along event, it's just something about sitting next to a
theater with some strangers and just freaking weapons too, just
interacting with the people and strangers around you, Like it's
it's really nothing like it. So I'm gonna have to say, theaters, man,
it's my thing.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Oh can we just can we go back to something
he just said? Yeah, interacting with the people around you
or are you like high five and people are you talking
to them? What's going on over there?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Depends on the movie, man. Like you know, I was
at screening for Weapons, and I don't know if you
guys have seen that movie, but it's a highly interactive movie,
and when certain things happen sometimes you just want to
kind of look to the person on your left to
like be like, did you see what I'm just seeing?
And you know, we're all in this like one moment together,
and it's really cool to just feel like you're a
part of something. So when I say interacting, it's not
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like I'm running up and down the aisles of the theater.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Yeah, for sure, yelling at the screen. I'm like, no,
don't be one of those guys, Okay, And.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I I want to go to one of those type
of theaters one day. Maybe one of those midnight showings
of the Room will help. But you know there's a
theater for that, but not just every theater can do
that for you.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Gandhi went to see Weapons and she was covering her eyes. Yeah,
so that's another thing. You see people covering their rights.
You're like, what the eff are you doing? Could you
watch the show?
Speaker 5 (03:06):
ID I do one of these things where like I
can see just a little bit, but I feel safer
with you know, an index finger and a ring finger
kind of blocking things.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You know, it is one of those movies you cover
your eyes too. But also I think it's one of
the best comedies of the year. Strangely enough, it's it's
a strangely hilarious movie. So I think if you cover,
if you uncover your eyes, you'll get as much last
as you get scarce.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
I did laugh out loud towards the end a lot
more so that.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Ending is is one of the best endings of the
If you're wondering creepy and growth at the same time,
I need to see it again.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
If you wonder if the theater experience is about the
huge screen and the lounge loud sound versus the people
around you. You could actually go sit in a theater
with the huge screen and the loud sound, but by
yourself it's not the same. You're absolutely right, it's the
people around you. Danielle, What do you want to say?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So, I know we're going to talk about the Conjuring
and it's like my favorite horror movie franchise. I love horror.
You being a movie reviewer and going to see all
of these movies, does it now take a lot to
scare you?
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Like?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
I know you went to Universal, Halloween, har Knights the
other night, Like, does it take a lot to get
to you?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
So it doesn't take it takes a lot to scare
me in a movie now, So when a movie does
truly genuinely terrify me, I use that as a metric
for how great the movie is. And I feel, you know,
thank you for mentoring The Conjuring, because I've said that
The Conjuring is one of the movies that have revolutionized
the jump scare. Usually when it comes to jump scares,
(04:34):
you can kind of tell when they're happening, and when
you could tell something's happening, the scares are just not there.
But with the Conjuring, they've really perfected the timing of
when exactly to scare you, like lulling you into a
sense of security and then just going clap on, clap
off right, And so I feel like the Conjurings franchise
is really good at that. But with all the movies
that I've seen, you know, you feel like you start
(04:56):
to see everything right, and so, you know, weapons didn't
necessarily scared me as much that I saw the New Conjuring.
I wasn't necessarily terrified. But movies like Bring her back
that also came out this year from Age twenty four
and the Filippo Brothers terrifying stuff because it's mostly about
tone setting. So I joke about this and I say, like,
you got a monster's ink me and you got to
(05:16):
basically like psychologically tenderize me and then hit me with
the jump scare versus I just hit me with the
jump scare. You gotta play with me a little bit
like it's a relationship.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
You know, why did dine first?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Why did I eye me first? With the terror? Don't
just get raw dog.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
It fast, Juju Green. I'm I'm praying I get tenderized
this weekend. So I mean, are you a student of
film actually from a collegiate standpoint or just because you
like to go see movies? Where did your love and fascination.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
For the art come from?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
I just love movies, man. Like I didn't go to
film school. I took a couple of films classes in college.
But you know, I wouldn't necessarily call myself like a
film school student. You would say, like, I was just
a guy who didn't really have a lot of friends
when I was a kid and didn't know how to
connect with people. And you know, I just found out
at an early age that everyone loved movies. So I
(06:15):
would just watch movies all day. Not just because they
were my only friends, but I figured, if I can
watch this whole thing, remember every quote, and then quoted
back to them at school, maybe I can make a friend. So,
you know, at the end of the day, like it's
just something that I truly love. I feel connected to
the stories and the characters, and you know, I won't
always have like the most intelligent review that goes out there.
(06:38):
I have friends that do what I do, that are
just so smart, and they can just break down the ratio,
They could break down the cinematographers and things of that sort.
And me, I feel like I call myself an emotional
movie watcher, and so I just I think that's what
kind of attached a lot of people to me, because
I just I speak for kind of like the every
man who loves films, who usually feel like that being
a sin of file, there's a barrier entries. So that's
(07:00):
kind of where I'm at.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Well, that's how we watch films.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
We don't.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I don't.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
We don't watch for we don't we don't know if
it's a shot that's perfect.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
That makes you feel a certain way. We just know
we feel a certain way. We can't really explain why.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
I don't know, So someody knows about that. It's always
cool if you know they can explain it to you.
And that's and that's like the power of movies. Like
there's many different types of movie watchers, right, so I
feel like I'm a different type.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
So, uh, you know, years ago we had Ciskel.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
And Ebert and then uh and actually on our show
we had we had mister movie Phone.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I don't know if you're familiar with him, maybe.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Yeah, I remember miss the movie Phone.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Yeah, he was here every way. So you're totally different.
I mean, if we if we found a way to.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
To beg you and plead with you to come on
with us from time to time to talk about what's
in the theaters that weekend. It's different now because back then
it was a one way communication from the reviewer. Now,
because of TikTok and and social media, it's two ways.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
What are you finding?
Speaker 4 (07:55):
You give as far as the review goes, that moves
the meter the most, That moves the to go. Yes,
that's why I want to go see it. Do you
are you seeing patterns like that.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Yeah, no, see, I think you're one hundred percent right
with like you know, the System and eBird and you know,
they just kind of watch their movies and then they
put out their reviews. And I don't know if they
were one hundred percent Obviously, you know, they got a
lot of accolades later on with everyone knowing them and
calling them legendary reviewers. But I feel like they just
kind of put out their review and then people just responded. Now,
since there is that two way communication and you know
(08:27):
social media, people like myself, like you know, we look
at the views and like we hope they do well
and things of that sort. But when I put out
my review, I feel like the authenticity of just kind
of like here's something that I saw, here's something that
I liked, And I feel like that authenticity is what
attaches people to it. Right. Like I said, I'm an
emotional movie watcher, so like I can give you kind
(08:48):
of like, you know, the deep dives on what this
movie's about, what certain scenes mean, and things of that sort.
But at the end of the day, I just go, yo,
I just saw this movie like The Long Walk, and
it's the best movie one of the like my number
movie of the year under centers because it made me
feel this and I'm feeling this so strongly right now,
and I feel like that's what people at the end
of the day want to go to the theater to do.
(09:09):
They just want to feel, whether it's like terrified in
The Conjuring, or they want to feel dread with a
weird mixture of hope in The Long Walk, or whether
they just want to see something really freaking cool with
sinaters that just will like it's like, you know, one
of the best films I feel like of the last
of the last century. It's I don't know what necessarily
(09:30):
moves the needle, but I feel like the authenticity of
just saying, hey, this movie is great for me because
of A, B and C. And then like whatever audience
that catches on to when it comes to the algorithm
is you know, whatever it catches on to. We're all
slaved to the algorithms at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
All right, should we just put Juju to the test here? Yeah? Yeah,
let's go.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
We watched it. Oh god, yeah, there's a test.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
What are we watching this weekend?
Speaker 4 (09:56):
If if I have forty five thousand dollars to spend
at the theater this weekend?
Speaker 3 (10:00):
What am I going to go see?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
And what is something that's not getting a lot of
attention that you really think we should be seeing because
I think you're absolutely the go to guy for stuff
like that.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Yes, So if you had forty five dollars this weekend
and you have to see one movie, I would say
if you could get a chance to go to a
theater and see this movie called Lurker, I would highly
recommend this movie called Lurker.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Lurker.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Okay, that's the best movie in the theater right now.
If you don't know, the story is essentially about a
guy who is a super fan, like we're talking like
an eminem Stan of this Frank Ocean like musical artist.
And one day the musical artist walks into his store
and he basically weasels his way into his life, into
(10:48):
his friend group, and you see how the line between
fan and friend starts to blur, how he's obsessed with him,
how he basically just wants to hold on to him
and treats him as a commodity. And it's a movie
that just basically talks about social media and desperation and
people who are people who are fans essentially being like
(11:09):
not original and not the same, and just it's a
very parasitic relationship and how we're all just looking for
a connection, whether that be from the artist who just
wants to have a real friend or a fan who
just wants to touch a little bit of fame. It
is a very deeply unsettling movie while also being a
darkly funny movie. The ending is something that will make
(11:32):
you go what and it will create conversations with your friends.
But it's just really interesting to see this character do
everything that it takes to stay within the vicinity of
this music artist. And again, it's very creepy, but it's
also very darkly funny.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
So is that in theaters or streaming?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
It's in theaters right now. You can check it out.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Okay, God, I gotta get back to a theater.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Do you know there's such a huge percentage of people
who have yet to return to theaters after COVID and COVID.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Was what fifteen years ago? Know what it was?
Speaker 4 (12:01):
I'm gonna go back, yeah, but it's kind of crazy.
Is it safe to say that Lurker will eventually be streaming?
And I'll be okay, I can be safe at home
to watch that, or is this that you need to
be in the theater full of people to see.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Yes, it's gonna be on streaming. I believe it will
be on if I'm correct Shutter, which is, yes, another
streaming service, but Shutter is like really great when it
comes to horror. They're like kind of the horror capital
of all streaming services. And if you know, Spooky Season
is here now, it's official. Halloween is next month, So
I feel like, if that's what you're into, that's movie
(12:34):
you should definitely check out. But also K Pop Demon
Hunters is always right there on Netflix, just crushing it.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I think I'm gonna watch that this weekend. I'm so
excited because everybody talks about this.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Well that's the thing.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
I think I should watch it, yeah, because everyone else
is watching I have, Otherwise.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I wouldn't really have any need to watch. Did you
see it?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Have I seen it? I've seen it maybe like twelve
times now. I have an eight year old dog. Once
I'm a dig like now new K pop fan, But
you know it's none by Sony Animation, the same creators
of Spider Verse Mitchell's Versus the Machines. The animation is sublime,
the music is addicting. I'm warning you right now, when
you watch it, you will be addicted to the soundtrack
for life. But it's one of the biggest movies on
(13:14):
Netflix ever. I believe. I think it's their number one
watch movie now and it's only been out for two months.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
All right, all right, now I gotta see it. I
got tough to do this weekend. Juju Green, of course,
thank you so much for being here. And would you
would you kind of come back and do this again,
because let's let's like make make it a usual dance.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Can you remember that a lot.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Let's let's let's have a relationship. Tenderize me. Let's do it.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
We're gonna tenderize each other. And Danielle, he says, Spooky
Season is here. If Shutter is your streaming service you need,
if you need to have a film on that's frightening
twenty four hours a day, go to Shutter.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
And do it.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
And I love the fact that he said Spooky Season
is here. It's official. High love a lord.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yes, it is just a problem with that.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
She loves it.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Juju Green, thank you so much. For coming on with
Let me appreciate it. Of course you're gonna catch.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Them, Like, where do we find you everywhere online?
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Other than Juju Green on TikTok, your your straw Hat
Goofy on Instagram and that's where I first saw you.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
What else can we find you Instagram, TikTok. Follow the
YouTube channel as well as well. Follow the Get Reck
with straw Hat Goofy podcast on iHeartRadio. Everyone like where
you can everywhere you know, substacked, like get some really
great guests, we got some long walk podcast. Goodness happening
is when we have the Ryan Coogler episode. We got
(14:28):
we got some good stuff over there, so you guys
wouldrobably check that out.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Juju Green, thank you for coming on with us. You
have a great weekend and we'll see you soon.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
Okay, all right, thank you guys, Thank you
Speaker 2 (14:42):
After party
Get your hit us together and we're going to start
to party. Start. I'm ready to party.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
See Elvis Duran after Party.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
The Party podcast. We got a guest everyone, soone fun
that came to see us.
Speaker 4 (00:21):
Hey, Juju Green, welcome to the podcast. How are you
doing and thank you for coming on both of those?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Oh man, I am doing just fine. You guys got
a head start on me over there on the East coast. Uh.
You know, when I started being an influencer, the first
thing I was excited about was being able to wake
up whenever I wanted. And then you guys asked me
to wake up at six thirty in the morning, So.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Just fine, okay, boo hoo. You know what, It's kind
of funny because we have you on late. We've had
people on the on the West Coast have to wake
up at three o'clock and they do hair and makeup audio, which.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Makes no sense at all. So I don't know, you
look good though, you look great, so Juju Green.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Of course, millions of people were following every week on TikTok,
and he is reviewing not only movies that you see
in theaters, but also streaming. And I gotta tell you,
I miss the art form of a great reviewer of film.
We lost a lot of that of course during Pandemic
when no one would go to a theater, were streaming
with it.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
But you do both, Yeah, but which do you prefer?
Speaker 4 (01:28):
Do you like theater or streaming the best for you?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
You know what? Man? I think this year has proven
that the theater experience is unmatched. Like you know, there's
also you know, a certain genes, a quad of just
being on the couch and watching something that you just chose,
like on the TV screen. But I feel like with
movies like Sinners and f One coming out this year
and also weirdly enough k Pop Demon Hunters to sing
(01:53):
along event, it's just something about sitting next to a
theater with some strangers and just freaking weapons too, just
interacting with the people and strangers around you, Like it's
it's really nothing like it. So I'm gonna have to say, theaters, man,
it's my thing.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Oh can we just can we go back to something
he just said? Yeah, interacting with the people around you
or are you like high five and people are you talking
to them? What's going on over there?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Depends on the movie, man. Like you know, I was
at screening for Weapons, and I don't know if you
guys have seen that movie, but it's a highly interactive movie,
and when certain things happen sometimes you just want to
kind of look to the person on your left to
like be like, did you see what I'm just seeing?
And you know, we're all in this like one moment together,
and it's really cool to just feel like you're a
part of something. So when I say interacting, it's not
(02:37):
like I'm running up and down the aisles of the theater.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
Yeah, for sure, yelling at the screen. I'm like, no,
don't be one of those guys, Okay, And.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I I want to go to one of those type
of theaters one day. Maybe one of those midnight showings
of the Room will help. But you know there's a
theater for that, but not just every theater can do
that for you.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Gandhi went to see Weapons and she was covering her eyes. Yeah,
so that's another thing. You see people covering their rights.
You're like, what the eff are you doing? Could you
watch the show?
Speaker 5 (03:06):
ID I do one of these things where like I
can see just a little bit, but I feel safer
with you know, an index finger and a ring finger
kind of blocking things.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You know, it is one of those movies you cover
your eyes too. But also I think it's one of
the best comedies of the year. Strangely enough, it's it's
a strangely hilarious movie. So I think if you cover,
if you uncover your eyes, you'll get as much last
as you get scarce.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
I did laugh out loud towards the end a lot
more so that.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Ending is is one of the best endings of the
If you're wondering creepy and growth at the same time,
I need to see it again.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
If you wonder if the theater experience is about the
huge screen and the lounge loud sound versus the people
around you. You could actually go sit in a theater
with the huge screen and the loud sound, but by
yourself it's not the same. You're absolutely right, it's the
people around you. Danielle, What do you want to say?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So, I know we're going to talk about the Conjuring
and it's like my favorite horror movie franchise. I love horror.
You being a movie reviewer and going to see all
of these movies, does it now take a lot to
scare you?
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Like?
Speaker 2 (04:06):
I know you went to Universal, Halloween, har Knights the
other night, Like, does it take a lot to get
to you?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
So it doesn't take it takes a lot to scare
me in a movie now, So when a movie does
truly genuinely terrify me, I use that as a metric
for how great the movie is. And I feel, you know,
thank you for mentoring The Conjuring, because I've said that
The Conjuring is one of the movies that have revolutionized
the jump scare. Usually when it comes to jump scares,
(04:34):
you can kind of tell when they're happening, and when
you could tell something's happening, the scares are just not there.
But with the Conjuring, they've really perfected the timing of
when exactly to scare you, like lulling you into a
sense of security and then just going clap on, clap
off right, And so I feel like the Conjurings franchise
is really good at that. But with all the movies
that I've seen, you know, you feel like you start
(04:56):
to see everything right, and so, you know, weapons didn't
necessarily scared me as much that I saw the New Conjuring.
I wasn't necessarily terrified. But movies like Bring her back
that also came out this year from Age twenty four
and the Filippo Brothers terrifying stuff because it's mostly about
tone setting. So I joke about this and I say, like,
you got a monster's ink me and you got to
(05:16):
basically like psychologically tenderize me and then hit me with
the jump scare versus I just hit me with the
jump scare. You gotta play with me a little bit
like it's a relationship.
Speaker 5 (05:26):
You know, why did dine first?
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Why did I eye me first? With the terror? Don't
just get raw dog.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
It fast, Juju Green. I'm I'm praying I get tenderized
this weekend. So I mean, are you a student of
film actually from a collegiate standpoint or just because you
like to go see movies? Where did your love and fascination.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
For the art come from?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
I just love movies, man. Like I didn't go to
film school. I took a couple of films classes in college.
But you know, I wouldn't necessarily call myself like a
film school student. You would say, like, I was just
a guy who didn't really have a lot of friends
when I was a kid and didn't know how to
connect with people. And you know, I just found out
at an early age that everyone loved movies. So I
(06:15):
would just watch movies all day. Not just because they
were my only friends, but I figured, if I can
watch this whole thing, remember every quote, and then quoted
back to them at school, maybe I can make a friend. So,
you know, at the end of the day, like it's
just something that I truly love. I feel connected to
the stories and the characters, and you know, I won't
always have like the most intelligent review that goes out there.
(06:38):
I have friends that do what I do, that are
just so smart, and they can just break down the ratio,
They could break down the cinematographers and things of that sort.
And me, I feel like I call myself an emotional
movie watcher, and so I just I think that's what
kind of attached a lot of people to me, because
I just I speak for kind of like the every
man who loves films, who usually feel like that being
a sin of file, there's a barrier entries. So that's
(07:00):
kind of where I'm at.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Well, that's how we watch films.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
We don't.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I don't.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
We don't watch for we don't we don't know if
it's a shot that's perfect.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
That makes you feel a certain way. We just know
we feel a certain way. We can't really explain why.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
I don't know, So someody knows about that. It's always
cool if you know they can explain it to you.
And that's and that's like the power of movies. Like
there's many different types of movie watchers, right, so I
feel like I'm a different type.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
So, uh, you know, years ago we had Ciskel.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
And Ebert and then uh and actually on our show
we had we had mister movie Phone.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
I don't know if you're familiar with him, maybe.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Yeah, I remember miss the movie Phone.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Yeah, he was here every way. So you're totally different.
I mean, if we if we found a way to.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
To beg you and plead with you to come on
with us from time to time to talk about what's
in the theaters that weekend. It's different now because back then
it was a one way communication from the reviewer. Now,
because of TikTok and and social media, it's two ways.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
What are you finding?
Speaker 4 (07:55):
You give as far as the review goes, that moves
the meter the most, That moves the to go. Yes,
that's why I want to go see it. Do you
are you seeing patterns like that.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Yeah, no, see, I think you're one hundred percent right
with like you know, the System and eBird and you know,
they just kind of watch their movies and then they
put out their reviews. And I don't know if they
were one hundred percent Obviously, you know, they got a
lot of accolades later on with everyone knowing them and
calling them legendary reviewers. But I feel like they just
kind of put out their review and then people just responded. Now,
since there is that two way communication and you know
(08:27):
social media, people like myself, like you know, we look
at the views and like we hope they do well
and things of that sort. But when I put out
my review, I feel like the authenticity of just kind
of like here's something that I saw, here's something that
I liked, And I feel like that authenticity is what
attaches people to it. Right. Like I said, I'm an
emotional movie watcher, so like I can give you kind
(08:48):
of like, you know, the deep dives on what this
movie's about, what certain scenes mean, and things of that sort.
But at the end of the day, I just go, yo,
I just saw this movie like The Long Walk, and
it's the best movie one of the like my number
movie of the year under centers because it made me
feel this and I'm feeling this so strongly right now,
and I feel like that's what people at the end
of the day want to go to the theater to do.
(09:09):
They just want to feel, whether it's like terrified in
The Conjuring, or they want to feel dread with a
weird mixture of hope in The Long Walk, or whether
they just want to see something really freaking cool with
sinaters that just will like it's like, you know, one
of the best films I feel like of the last
of the last century. It's I don't know what necessarily
(09:30):
moves the needle, but I feel like the authenticity of
just saying, hey, this movie is great for me because
of A, B and C. And then like whatever audience
that catches on to when it comes to the algorithm
is you know, whatever it catches on to. We're all
slaved to the algorithms at the end of the day.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
All right, should we just put Juju to the test here? Yeah? Yeah,
let's go.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
We watched it. Oh god, yeah, there's a test.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
What are we watching this weekend?
Speaker 4 (09:56):
If if I have forty five thousand dollars to spend
at the theater this weekend?
Speaker 3 (10:00):
What am I going to go see?
Speaker 4 (10:01):
And what is something that's not getting a lot of
attention that you really think we should be seeing because
I think you're absolutely the go to guy for stuff
like that.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Yes, So if you had forty five dollars this weekend
and you have to see one movie, I would say
if you could get a chance to go to a
theater and see this movie called Lurker, I would highly
recommend this movie called Lurker.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Lurker.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Okay, that's the best movie in the theater right now.
If you don't know, the story is essentially about a
guy who is a super fan, like we're talking like
an eminem Stan of this Frank Ocean like musical artist.
And one day the musical artist walks into his store
and he basically weasels his way into his life, into
(10:48):
his friend group, and you see how the line between
fan and friend starts to blur, how he's obsessed with him,
how he basically just wants to hold on to him
and treats him as a commodity. And it's a movie
that just basically talks about social media and desperation and
people who are people who are fans essentially being like
(11:09):
not original and not the same, and just it's a
very parasitic relationship and how we're all just looking for
a connection, whether that be from the artist who just
wants to have a real friend or a fan who
just wants to touch a little bit of fame. It
is a very deeply unsettling movie while also being a
darkly funny movie. The ending is something that will make
(11:32):
you go what and it will create conversations with your friends.
But it's just really interesting to see this character do
everything that it takes to stay within the vicinity of
this music artist. And again, it's very creepy, but it's
also very darkly funny.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
So is that in theaters or streaming?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
It's in theaters right now. You can check it out.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Okay, God, I gotta get back to a theater.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Do you know there's such a huge percentage of people
who have yet to return to theaters after COVID and COVID.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Was what fifteen years ago? Know what it was?
Speaker 4 (12:01):
I'm gonna go back, yeah, but it's kind of crazy.
Is it safe to say that Lurker will eventually be streaming?
And I'll be okay, I can be safe at home
to watch that, or is this that you need to
be in the theater full of people to see.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Yes, it's gonna be on streaming. I believe it will
be on if I'm correct Shutter, which is, yes, another
streaming service, but Shutter is like really great when it
comes to horror. They're like kind of the horror capital
of all streaming services. And if you know, Spooky Season
is here now, it's official. Halloween is next month, So
I feel like, if that's what you're into, that's movie
(12:34):
you should definitely check out. But also K Pop Demon
Hunters is always right there on Netflix, just crushing it.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
I think I'm gonna watch that this weekend. I'm so
excited because everybody talks about this.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
Well that's the thing.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
I think I should watch it, yeah, because everyone else
is watching I have, Otherwise.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
I wouldn't really have any need to watch. Did you
see it?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Have I seen it? I've seen it maybe like twelve
times now. I have an eight year old dog. Once
I'm a dig like now new K pop fan, But
you know it's none by Sony Animation, the same creators
of Spider Verse Mitchell's Versus the Machines. The animation is sublime,
the music is addicting. I'm warning you right now, when
you watch it, you will be addicted to the soundtrack
for life. But it's one of the biggest movies on
(13:14):
Netflix ever. I believe. I think it's their number one
watch movie now and it's only been out for two months.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
All right, all right, now I gotta see it. I
got tough to do this weekend. Juju Green, of course,
thank you so much for being here. And would you
would you kind of come back and do this again,
because let's let's like make make it a usual dance.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Can you remember that a lot.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Let's let's let's have a relationship. Tenderize me. Let's do it.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
We're gonna tenderize each other. And Danielle, he says, Spooky
Season is here. If Shutter is your streaming service you need,
if you need to have a film on that's frightening
twenty four hours a day, go to Shutter.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
And do it.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
And I love the fact that he said Spooky Season
is here. It's official. High love a lord.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yes, it is just a problem with that.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
She loves it.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Juju Green, thank you so much. For coming on with
Let me appreciate it. Of course you're gonna catch.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Them, Like, where do we find you everywhere online?
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Other than Juju Green on TikTok, your your straw Hat
Goofy on Instagram and that's where I first saw you.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
What else can we find you Instagram, TikTok. Follow the
YouTube channel as well as well. Follow the Get Reck
with straw Hat Goofy podcast on iHeartRadio. Everyone like where
you can everywhere you know, substacked, like get some really
great guests, we got some long walk podcast. Goodness happening
is when we have the Ryan Coogler episode. We got
(14:28):
we got some good stuff over there, so you guys
wouldrobably check that out.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Juju Green, thank you for coming on with us. You
have a great weekend and we'll see you soon.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
Okay, all right, thank you guys, Thank you
Speaker 2 (14:42):
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