January 6, 2025 • 18 mins
In this episode, we’re diving into our 2024 movie catch-up list with takes on some of the year’s most intriguing films. From the quirky indie charm of Hundreds of Beavers to the epic fantasy battles of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, we’re covering it all. We’ll also unpack the emotional journeys of The Outrun, the courtroom tension in Juror #2, and the highly anticipated return to the islands in Moana 2.
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(01:08):
In the dying embers of humanexistence. As the asteroid, a behemoth
the size of Texas, hurdlesrelentlessly toward Earth, the world
braces for an apocalyptic end.Deep beneath the bunker, a refuge
plunges into the bowels of theearth. Here, the chosen gather their
purpose clear to preserve thevery soul of our civilization. The
(01:31):
35 and 70 millimeter printsthat encapsulate the magic, the emotion,
the dreams of generationspast. These masterpieces, each frame
a testament to the humanspirit, are carefully cataloged and
cradled in the cavernousconfines of the bunker. Perhaps there
was room for more, for friendsand family yearning for salvation.
(01:52):
But sacrifices must be made.The movie nerds stand united, the
keepers of a flame, promisinga future where the art of storytelling
endures, transcending theboundaries of time and space. God
help us all.
(02:17):
Welcome to Back to the FrameRate, part of the Weston Media Podcast
Network. Join us as we watchand discuss films on VOD and streaming
platforms, deliberating onwhether each one of us is worthy
of salvation or destined fordestruction in the face of. Of the
impending asteroid apocalypse.I am Nathan Shore, and accompanying
(02:37):
me are the extraordinary moviemavens Brianna Butterworth and Sam
Cole. How was everybody?
Hello.
Let's. We're going to get toour first segment, which is going
to be our weekly highlights,but it's probably. I have so much
I saw this past week because Iam in this end of the year. Let's
(02:58):
catch up on everything from2024 that I missed, and this actually
even more than I did. I'm notgoing to probably get through all
of these, but I had a lot oftime on my hands this past weekend,
so I'm like, yeah, I. I did alot of watching, and this isn't even
including the things thatweren't from this year that I decided
I was just gonna, like, get through.
What were your favorites?
So I took the family to see.I'm not gonna go through my favorite.
(03:22):
I'm just gonna mention a few.I took my family a couple weeks ago
to see Moana too, and this isnot gonna be even close to my top
10 of the year, but we allloved the. My family and I, we loved
the first film a lot. I thinkthe songs are great. They are sung
in my household all the time.Yeah, I think the entire story of
(03:47):
that first film wasgroundbreaking. But Moana too, what
I can say is that my kidsloved it. It delivered what they
wanted. But for me, this wasan inferior film in just about every
conceivable way. From thefirst film, I think not having Lin
Manuel Miranda back to writethe music was a big loss because
(04:07):
the songs are not there. And Iwould be shocked if any of the music
from this movie enters thezeitgeist of the mainstream culture
the way that the first filmdid, the way that many other Disney
musicals have done in recentyears. It's also very much a beat
for beat retread of the firstfilm. It's not putting the characters
(04:27):
in new situation situations.It's about the safest version of
a Disney animated sequel thatI've seen, you know, in a really
long time. I mean, I'm happy,my kids love the movie, but I'm.
A big part of me is sad that afilm like this is setting all these
records because it just meansthat we're going to get more sequels
(04:48):
that don't take chances. Atthe same time. You know, I looked
at Inside out too. A moviethat I liked a lot. Not wasn't everybody's
cup of tea. But what I didlike is that it took the characters
and really did some did takesome chances. It did not tell the
same story again, which I knowthis Pixar Disney Animation isn't
(05:10):
two different entities in alot of ways. But Moana 2 is really
did took no chances at all.And that really disappointed me.
So that's one thing that I. Isaw in the theater about two weeks
ago, I'll mention. You want meto keep going? You want to like ping
pong around?
I would like to bring somecomedy to this discussion. All this
(05:31):
is true. So I've been inobviously in Los Angeles recently.
And the only reason I'mmentioning that is because I've been
to events and premieres likeincredible movie theaters, picture
and sound. And so I went toProvidence Place to see War of the
Rohir, Lord of the Rings andexcellent IMAX theater. As we all
know, we saw a Twister there.The IMAX theater is excellent. But
(05:51):
went to see the 9:50pm show onthe night of Friday December 13th.
I should have known because itwas Friday the 13th. Get there, there
are me and four other peoplein the auditorium. It did not do
well at the box office thisweekend and no one is there. And
then it gets to 10:15pm and bythis time I realized they forgotten
(06:11):
to start the movie. Meaningthe. The management, they're just
not playing it. So I knew I'dalready known this like it was happening.
And so the one. And so I wasjust sitting there waiting because
I didn't want to be the guy togo out and speak to management. I
was hoping somebody else wouldget motivated because I was feeling
lazy. So someone did. Theycame back in. Then the previews start,
but the projector is off. Andso it's every. All the images are
(06:35):
all tiny on the screen.There's a lot of black space. So
I go outside, fix it again.They fix that, they get it a little
bit better. But the wholefilm, which is in like a beautiful
235 to 1 aspect ratio, playedsmall on the screen. Like they just
couldn't get the fittingright. All right. Then halfway through,
it's mid December, it's awinter night, they started blasting
(06:55):
the air conditioning and itwas freezing. And I was like, guys,
I mean you don't have to beperfect, but this is like unbelievable.
But that was the story. And toget to the film, I will not give
away any spoilers. I will saysome really cool animation. I solidly
(07:16):
enjoyed the movie. It was notbad. I think for me, the whole time
I was watching it as an anime,my entire feeling throughout the
film was I wish this was alive action film with like actors
present, like a cast with likea, you know, a fresh director. Even
though it's, you know, gooddirector. And ultimately it felt
(07:38):
like a storyboard for a liveaction film. The story I liked. The
plot I liked. I just. For me,anime was not a fit. And I like anime.
I've seen some anime films,but this was this strange, awkward
hybrid for me where the wholetime I appreciated it. I recommend
people go see it, but boy didit just make me want a liveaction
(07:59):
film. If this movie had beenacted out and they'd gone to New
Zealand to shoot it, thismight have been a worthy, worthy
spin off film in my opinion.
Okay, I'm gonna say yeah. Itdid not. It did not do well. I think
it made about 4.5 million.
I think it's a little bit deadon arrival. People were saying the
animation style was very. Likea well tread animation style. Very
(08:21):
standard, nothing exciting tobring out the anime people.
Not innovative.
I still.
I would love it though, if yousaw it. Be like I. Because I just
want. I would love your be fascinated.
What?
You can't wait to see it?Yeah, it's just. It's so busy right
now. I hear that.Controversial. Controversial. I caught
up on Juror number two, so.
Hated it.
Hated it. How did you.
(08:43):
Now I have to watch it. No,I'm just kidding.
So tell. Why did you hate it?Give me, give me, give me your thoughts.
I hated it.
So I hated it from Beginningto end there I, you know, I hated
it in a box. I hated it with afox. I do not understand why people
like this movie. It looks likeit was made for like TV reruns. It's
flat. The lighting on it is soflat and boring to look at. It's
(09:07):
an A story I've heard like abunch of times. It's 12 Angry Men
at points. And it does not atany point reach those heights.
To try to get to the lingo ofthe cool new kids. This. If they
say, like this movie slaps orthis movie, you're saying that this
movie definitely does neitherof those things, right?
It does neither of those things.
I know I'm cool. I'm hip, I'm.I'm young. Guys, I'm not this movie.
(09:32):
People really are. And Nathan,maybe you have a different opinion.
I know a lot of people reallylike this movie. There's clearly
something that I just totallymissed. It did not anchor me emotionally
or visually. And I do thinkyou have to have one or the other.
Well, I will say that I thinkthat there was a period of time where
(09:53):
Clint Eastwood in the midaughts could do no wrong between
Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby.
Million Dollar Baby, yeah.
Changeling. I think even GranTorino, that whole period from 2003
to 2008 was a sweet spot forhim. And I think he's been very hit
and miss since then. Iactually loathed Cry Macho, which
(10:15):
came out maybe over thepandemic. I don't. I think it was
just terrible, terriblestorytelling, terrible writing. Juror
number Two, I think, is hisbest movie since that heyday, actually.
I really. Although I've misseda lot of his movies since then. I
did not see Sully. I did notsee several. I've missed about two
(10:35):
or three of his movies in thelast 10 years. But I actually did
have a good time with Jurynumber two. I found it very pulpy
and. And kind of silly in alot of ways. And I do watch a lot
of courtroom drama, law andorder type things. And this felt.
Yes, it felt like an extendedepisode of that. I do see your opinion
(10:56):
on it is not out of theordinary. Be. I've seen people that
are really loving this movieand I've seen a backlash that this
is one of the worst thingsthey've seen as well. I feel most
opinions are in the positiveon this, but I did like this. I really,
I really did have a good timewith this. I think Nicholas Holt
(11:16):
is great in this movie, Ithink. And also we're I think on
the cusp of a whole assanceright now.
Between I'd like to see him inmore roles like this.
They could have done more withhis role. They could have done more
with this guy. He's a littleflat his character. I would have
liked to have seen him kind ofwrestle with this. The situation
(11:37):
that he's going through. Hedoesn't kind of sweat it out maybe
what's going on. We're notreally spoiling what this movie is
about. Although it'severywhere. But I. I can't wait to
see him in Nosferato next weekand he is going to be Lex Luthor
next year in the Supermanmovie, which I see. So. But I. I
did have a fun time with thismovie is all I'll say. I. I have
(11:58):
the opposite opinion. I'm inthe more this fair the.
Do you liked it camp.
Yeah, I did like it.
I really.
Guess we're gonna have to waitand see what Jura number three says,
huh?
Just so it's not all heavy. Imovie that I loved. I finally caught
up on the Beast with LeaSeydoux. So fun. Oh my gosh. This
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movie was all over the place.I thought it was a rip burn. Good
time. Really interesting,innovative, different, engaging,
fun to watch. Not necessarilythe lightest watch, you know.
But the Beast, I don't know the.
Beast, you gotta check it out.
Where. Where is it at? Is iton the streaming platform now?
(12:44):
Yes, good question. Wherethough? I don't remember. I think
maybe on Max is where I sawit. Or it's definitely on Criterion
and Emilia Perez. I don't knowif anyone's caught up on that, but
that's another just like bigtaking chances, big swings.
That's on my end of year listif I can squeeze it in.
Yeah.
So speaking of things I'vesqueezed in B, there was something
(13:09):
you watched early in this yearthat you mentioned that I finally
caught up on. I. When youmentioned it, I kind of dismissed
it, but I finally caught up onit and it's called Hundreds of Beavers.
Wow.
What can I say except you're welcome.
I'll credit you for puttingthis on my radar. So I had no idea
(13:30):
what I was getting myselfinto. This is this, I guess I'll
call it a low budget comedythat it's hard to describe, but basically
a man stranded in thewilderness trying to survive the
winter and he encounters thesemany woodland creatures in these
comedic situations. And mindyou, these creatures are just basically
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actors dressed up, you know,in as rabbits, raccoons and beavers.
This movie is like a feverdream and it's almost like a sitcommy
situations that it gets into.I didn't know in the first like 20
minutes of this movie if I wasgonna make it through or not. Like
if this is like is this themovie? Is this what's happening?
And then I looked at this isan hour and 40 plus minute movie.
(14:13):
Like this can't be what themovie is, but it is. And the whole
time it won me over after awhile because I didn't realize because
the first, I'd say the firstlike 20 minutes of it actually are
kind of slow in some ways. Butthis movie picks up. The jokes come
rapid fire at the end andthere's so many wonderful callbacks.
(14:36):
The, the way that jokes areset up and paid off in this movie
are genius. I can't evendescribe this in a way that would
make people probably want towatch this. But you just have to
like check this out. It's onAmazon Prime. It is really really
cool. It's done for only Ithink a hundred and forty thousand
dollars this movie orsomething like that. And it got did
(14:59):
really well at Fantastic Fest.
You have to wonder how it evengot that budget. The guy was like
picture guy Madden MeadsLooney Tunes.
Honestly, it really does havesome wonderful post effects in it
and it's a.
Brilliant, it's a good looking film.
And I like the fact that it'sreferencing like Legend of Zelda
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video games and other stylevideo games. The way that it's creating
like a map of his fur trap andstuff like that. It's like something
I never expected was gonna happen.
What's the name of the film again?
Hundreds of Beavers. And youknow what, I think they're underselling
it. There might be thousandsof beavers.
And honestly it's the kind ofmovie. I will say I don't encourage
(15:40):
this to everyone but. Butbeing under the influence of maybe
something that assist youmight be the way to enjoy this movie
just a little bit more.
We shouldn't Raw Dog Hundredsof Beavers completely sober.
But it was a lot of fun. So Ido recommend this movie and I almost
kind of want to find a way offitting this in my top 10 list of
(16:02):
the year. But like can I takethis movie seriously? I don't know.
But man, what a wild time itwas. So yeah, I, I do think it could
have been a little bittighter. It's hour and 40 plus minutes.
It feels like something thatcould have been like a Short film.
Hour and 25, tops. Yeah, theydid kind of milk this.
(16:22):
Oh, yeah.
All right. Anything else? B.Or should mention? My last thing.
Go for it. All right.
My last thing is.
Or.
Sam, do you have anything elseor just the war.
Just, just, just.
Okay. The last thing I'll justmention is I. On the same day, I
watched two films that wereboth getting some critical acclaim
(16:45):
starring Saoirse Ronan. And Iwatched both the Outrun and Blitz
on the same day. But theOutrun is a movie I'm going to talk
about in this. And Blitz wasdirected by Steve McQueen. But I
think Blitz is the film I wasactually looking more forward to
based on McQueen's trackrecord with 12 Years a Slave. And
I really like Shame, but Idiscovered that the Outrun, which
(17:08):
is directed by. I'm gonna notsay name. Right. Nora Fig Sheet.
Oh, my God. Was a far superiorfilm. And so Ronan plays a woman
who is recently. Has recentlyleft rehab for alcoholism and returns
home to northern Scotlandwhere she helps her father on her
(17:29):
farm. And this film is told ina series of flashbacks of her time
in London showing her slowdemise and eventually hitting rock
bottom. And Ronan is excellenthere as a woman battling her past
demons of addiction. She givesan Oscar caliber performance and
I wouldn't be surprised ifshe's nominated for this. The on
location filming in northernScotland is so gorgeous. It's the
(17:55):
most of all the films I'veseen this year. The cinematography,
the location filming is thebest of any movie I've seen. So I
highly recommend the Outrun.It is. It really wrecked me as well.
And there's some fun comedicmoments in this as well here and
there, but it is a fantastic film.
I want to see it.
Yeah, I'll definitely see it.I'm a huge fan of Cersei Ronan. I
(18:18):
know it's 15 years ago, butI've always enjoyed the lovely bones
I was thinking about. I reallylove that movie. Yeah.
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Signing off.
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You to know it's over.
Well, bye.
In the dying embers of humanexistence. As the asteroid, a behemoth
the size of Texas, hurdlesrelentlessly toward Earth, the world
braces for an apocalyptic end.Deep beneath the bunker, a refuge
plunges into the bowels of theearth. Here, the chosen gather their
purpose clear to preserve thevery soul of our civilization. The
(01:31):
35 and 70 millimeter printsthat encapsulate the magic, the emotion,
the dreams of generationspast. These masterpieces, each frame
a testament to the humanspirit, are carefully cataloged and
cradled in the cavernousconfines of the bunker. Perhaps there
was room for more, for friendsand family yearning for salvation.
(01:52):
But sacrifices must be made.The movie nerds stand united, the
keepers of a flame, promisinga future where the art of storytelling
endures, transcending theboundaries of time and space. God
help us all.
(02:17):
Welcome to Back to the FrameRate, part of the Weston Media Podcast
Network. Join us as we watchand discuss films on VOD and streaming
platforms, deliberating onwhether each one of us is worthy
of salvation or destined fordestruction in the face of. Of the
impending asteroid apocalypse.I am Nathan Shore, and accompanying
(02:37):
me are the extraordinary moviemavens Brianna Butterworth and Sam
Cole. How was everybody?
Hello.
Let's. We're going to get toour first segment, which is going
to be our weekly highlights,but it's probably. I have so much
I saw this past week because Iam in this end of the year. Let's
(02:58):
catch up on everything from2024 that I missed, and this actually
even more than I did. I'm notgoing to probably get through all
of these, but I had a lot oftime on my hands this past weekend,
so I'm like, yeah, I. I did alot of watching, and this isn't even
including the things thatweren't from this year that I decided
I was just gonna, like, get through.
What were your favorites?
So I took the family to see.I'm not gonna go through my favorite.
(03:22):
I'm just gonna mention a few.I took my family a couple weeks ago
to see Moana too, and this isnot gonna be even close to my top
10 of the year, but we allloved the. My family and I, we loved
the first film a lot. I thinkthe songs are great. They are sung
in my household all the time.Yeah, I think the entire story of
(03:47):
that first film wasgroundbreaking. But Moana too, what
I can say is that my kidsloved it. It delivered what they
wanted. But for me, this wasan inferior film in just about every
conceivable way. From thefirst film, I think not having Lin
Manuel Miranda back to writethe music was a big loss because
(04:07):
the songs are not there. And Iwould be shocked if any of the music
from this movie enters thezeitgeist of the mainstream culture
the way that the first filmdid, the way that many other Disney
musicals have done in recentyears. It's also very much a beat
for beat retread of the firstfilm. It's not putting the characters
(04:27):
in new situation situations.It's about the safest version of
a Disney animated sequel thatI've seen, you know, in a really
long time. I mean, I'm happy,my kids love the movie, but I'm.
A big part of me is sad that afilm like this is setting all these
records because it just meansthat we're going to get more sequels
(04:48):
that don't take chances. Atthe same time. You know, I looked
at Inside out too. A moviethat I liked a lot. Not wasn't everybody's
cup of tea. But what I didlike is that it took the characters
and really did some did takesome chances. It did not tell the
same story again, which I knowthis Pixar Disney Animation isn't
(05:10):
two different entities in alot of ways. But Moana 2 is really
did took no chances at all.And that really disappointed me.
So that's one thing that I. Isaw in the theater about two weeks
ago, I'll mention. You want meto keep going? You want to like ping
pong around?
I would like to bring somecomedy to this discussion. All this
(05:31):
is true. So I've been inobviously in Los Angeles recently.
And the only reason I'mmentioning that is because I've been
to events and premieres likeincredible movie theaters, picture
and sound. And so I went toProvidence Place to see War of the
Rohir, Lord of the Rings andexcellent IMAX theater. As we all
know, we saw a Twister there.The IMAX theater is excellent. But
(05:51):
went to see the 9:50pm show onthe night of Friday December 13th.
I should have known because itwas Friday the 13th. Get there, there
are me and four other peoplein the auditorium. It did not do
well at the box office thisweekend and no one is there. And
then it gets to 10:15pm and bythis time I realized they forgotten
(06:11):
to start the movie. Meaningthe. The management, they're just
not playing it. So I knew I'dalready known this like it was happening.
And so the one. And so I wasjust sitting there waiting because
I didn't want to be the guy togo out and speak to management. I
was hoping somebody else wouldget motivated because I was feeling
lazy. So someone did. Theycame back in. Then the previews start,
but the projector is off. Andso it's every. All the images are
(06:35):
all tiny on the screen.There's a lot of black space. So
I go outside, fix it again.They fix that, they get it a little
bit better. But the wholefilm, which is in like a beautiful
235 to 1 aspect ratio, playedsmall on the screen. Like they just
couldn't get the fittingright. All right. Then halfway through,
it's mid December, it's awinter night, they started blasting
(06:55):
the air conditioning and itwas freezing. And I was like, guys,
I mean you don't have to beperfect, but this is like unbelievable.
But that was the story. And toget to the film, I will not give
away any spoilers. I will saysome really cool animation. I solidly
(07:16):
enjoyed the movie. It was notbad. I think for me, the whole time
I was watching it as an anime,my entire feeling throughout the
film was I wish this was alive action film with like actors
present, like a cast with likea, you know, a fresh director. Even
though it's, you know, gooddirector. And ultimately it felt
(07:38):
like a storyboard for a liveaction film. The story I liked. The
plot I liked. I just. For me,anime was not a fit. And I like anime.
I've seen some anime films,but this was this strange, awkward
hybrid for me where the wholetime I appreciated it. I recommend
people go see it, but boy didit just make me want a liveaction
(07:59):
film. If this movie had beenacted out and they'd gone to New
Zealand to shoot it, thismight have been a worthy, worthy
spin off film in my opinion.
Okay, I'm gonna say yeah. Itdid not. It did not do well. I think
it made about 4.5 million.
I think it's a little bit deadon arrival. People were saying the
animation style was very. Likea well tread animation style. Very
(08:21):
standard, nothing exciting tobring out the anime people.
Not innovative.
I still.
I would love it though, if yousaw it. Be like I. Because I just
want. I would love your be fascinated.
What?
You can't wait to see it?Yeah, it's just. It's so busy right
now. I hear that.Controversial. Controversial. I caught
up on Juror number two, so.
Hated it.
Hated it. How did you.
(08:43):
Now I have to watch it. No,I'm just kidding.
So tell. Why did you hate it?Give me, give me, give me your thoughts.
I hated it.
So I hated it from Beginningto end there I, you know, I hated
it in a box. I hated it with afox. I do not understand why people
like this movie. It looks likeit was made for like TV reruns. It's
flat. The lighting on it is soflat and boring to look at. It's
(09:07):
an A story I've heard like abunch of times. It's 12 Angry Men
at points. And it does not atany point reach those heights.
To try to get to the lingo ofthe cool new kids. This. If they
say, like this movie slaps orthis movie, you're saying that this
movie definitely does neitherof those things, right?
It does neither of those things.
I know I'm cool. I'm hip, I'm.I'm young. Guys, I'm not this movie.
(09:32):
People really are. And Nathan,maybe you have a different opinion.
I know a lot of people reallylike this movie. There's clearly
something that I just totallymissed. It did not anchor me emotionally
or visually. And I do thinkyou have to have one or the other.
Well, I will say that I thinkthat there was a period of time where
(09:53):
Clint Eastwood in the midaughts could do no wrong between
Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby.
Million Dollar Baby, yeah.
Changeling. I think even GranTorino, that whole period from 2003
to 2008 was a sweet spot forhim. And I think he's been very hit
and miss since then. Iactually loathed Cry Macho, which
(10:15):
came out maybe over thepandemic. I don't. I think it was
just terrible, terriblestorytelling, terrible writing. Juror
number Two, I think, is hisbest movie since that heyday, actually.
I really. Although I've misseda lot of his movies since then. I
did not see Sully. I did notsee several. I've missed about two
(10:35):
or three of his movies in thelast 10 years. But I actually did
have a good time with Jurynumber two. I found it very pulpy
and. And kind of silly in alot of ways. And I do watch a lot
of courtroom drama, law andorder type things. And this felt.
Yes, it felt like an extendedepisode of that. I do see your opinion
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on it is not out of theordinary. Be. I've seen people that
are really loving this movieand I've seen a backlash that this
is one of the worst thingsthey've seen as well. I feel most
opinions are in the positiveon this, but I did like this. I really,
I really did have a good timewith this. I think Nicholas Holt
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is great in this movie, Ithink. And also we're I think on
the cusp of a whole assanceright now.
Between I'd like to see him inmore roles like this.
They could have done more withhis role. They could have done more
with this guy. He's a littleflat his character. I would have
liked to have seen him kind ofwrestle with this. The situation
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that he's going through. Hedoesn't kind of sweat it out maybe
what's going on. We're notreally spoiling what this movie is
about. Although it'severywhere. But I. I can't wait to
see him in Nosferato next weekand he is going to be Lex Luthor
next year in the Supermanmovie, which I see. So. But I. I
did have a fun time with thismovie is all I'll say. I. I have
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the opposite opinion. I'm inthe more this fair the.
Do you liked it camp.
Yeah, I did like it.
I really.
Guess we're gonna have to waitand see what Jura number three says,
huh?
Just so it's not all heavy. Imovie that I loved. I finally caught
up on the Beast with LeaSeydoux. So fun. Oh my gosh. This
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movie was all over the place.I thought it was a rip burn. Good
time. Really interesting,innovative, different, engaging,
fun to watch. Not necessarilythe lightest watch, you know.
But the Beast, I don't know the.
Beast, you gotta check it out.
Where. Where is it at? Is iton the streaming platform now?
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Yes, good question. Wherethough? I don't remember. I think
maybe on Max is where I sawit. Or it's definitely on Criterion
and Emilia Perez. I don't knowif anyone's caught up on that, but
that's another just like bigtaking chances, big swings.
That's on my end of year listif I can squeeze it in.
Yeah.
So speaking of things I'vesqueezed in B, there was something
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you watched early in this yearthat you mentioned that I finally
caught up on. I. When youmentioned it, I kind of dismissed
it, but I finally caught up onit and it's called Hundreds of Beavers.
Wow.
What can I say except you're welcome.
I'll credit you for puttingthis on my radar. So I had no idea
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what I was getting myselfinto. This is this, I guess I'll
call it a low budget comedythat it's hard to describe, but basically
a man stranded in thewilderness trying to survive the
winter and he encounters thesemany woodland creatures in these
comedic situations. And mindyou, these creatures are just basically
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actors dressed up, you know,in as rabbits, raccoons and beavers.
This movie is like a feverdream and it's almost like a sitcommy
situations that it gets into.I didn't know in the first like 20
minutes of this movie if I wasgonna make it through or not. Like
if this is like is this themovie? Is this what's happening?
And then I looked at this isan hour and 40 plus minute movie.
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Like this can't be what themovie is, but it is. And the whole
time it won me over after awhile because I didn't realize because
the first, I'd say the firstlike 20 minutes of it actually are
kind of slow in some ways. Butthis movie picks up. The jokes come
rapid fire at the end andthere's so many wonderful callbacks.
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The, the way that jokes areset up and paid off in this movie
are genius. I can't evendescribe this in a way that would
make people probably want towatch this. But you just have to
like check this out. It's onAmazon Prime. It is really really
cool. It's done for only Ithink a hundred and forty thousand
dollars this movie orsomething like that. And it got did
(14:59):
really well at Fantastic Fest.
You have to wonder how it evengot that budget. The guy was like
picture guy Madden MeadsLooney Tunes.
Honestly, it really does havesome wonderful post effects in it
and it's a.
Brilliant, it's a good looking film.
And I like the fact that it'sreferencing like Legend of Zelda
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video games and other stylevideo games. The way that it's creating
like a map of his fur trap andstuff like that. It's like something
I never expected was gonna happen.
What's the name of the film again?
Hundreds of Beavers. And youknow what, I think they're underselling
it. There might be thousandsof beavers.
And honestly it's the kind ofmovie. I will say I don't encourage
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this to everyone but. Butbeing under the influence of maybe
something that assist youmight be the way to enjoy this movie
just a little bit more.
We shouldn't Raw Dog Hundredsof Beavers completely sober.
But it was a lot of fun. So Ido recommend this movie and I almost
kind of want to find a way offitting this in my top 10 list of
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the year. But like can I takethis movie seriously? I don't know.
But man, what a wild time itwas. So yeah, I, I do think it could
have been a little bittighter. It's hour and 40 plus minutes.
It feels like something thatcould have been like a Short film.
Hour and 25, tops. Yeah, theydid kind of milk this.
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Oh, yeah.
All right. Anything else? B.Or should mention? My last thing.
Go for it. All right.
My last thing is.
Or.
Sam, do you have anything elseor just the war.
Just, just, just.
Okay. The last thing I'll justmention is I. On the same day, I
watched two films that wereboth getting some critical acclaim
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starring Saoirse Ronan. And Iwatched both the Outrun and Blitz
on the same day. But theOutrun is a movie I'm going to talk
about in this. And Blitz wasdirected by Steve McQueen. But I
think Blitz is the film I wasactually looking more forward to
based on McQueen's trackrecord with 12 Years a Slave. And
I really like Shame, but Idiscovered that the Outrun, which
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is directed by. I'm gonna notsay name. Right. Nora Fig Sheet.
Oh, my God. Was a far superiorfilm. And so Ronan plays a woman
who is recently. Has recentlyleft rehab for alcoholism and returns
home to northern Scotlandwhere she helps her father on her
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farm. And this film is told ina series of flashbacks of her time
in London showing her slowdemise and eventually hitting rock
bottom. And Ronan is excellenthere as a woman battling her past
demons of addiction. She givesan Oscar caliber performance and
I wouldn't be surprised ifshe's nominated for this. The on
location filming in northernScotland is so gorgeous. It's the
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most of all the films I'veseen this year. The cinematography,
the location filming is thebest of any movie I've seen. So I
highly recommend the Outrun.It is. It really wrecked me as well.
And there's some fun comedicmoments in this as well here and
there, but it is a fantastic film.
I want to see it.
Yeah, I'll definitely see it.I'm a huge fan of Cersei Ronan. I
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know it's 15 years ago, butI've always enjoyed the lovely bones
I was thinking about. I reallylove that movie. Yeah.
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