March 13, 2026 • 27 mins
In this episode of TV Reload, hosts Benjamin Norris and Brose discuss the film Reminders of Him, based on the bestselling novel by Colin Hoover. They dive into the movie's themes of love, grief and second chances. Sharing their thoughts on the cinematography, score and performances. Benjamin and Rose also discuss the film's portrayal of a young mother returning to her hometown after serving time in prison, and the complex relationships between the characters. With a mix of humor and insight, they dissect the film's strengths and weaknesses and offer their final verdicts on this romantic drama.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast last week.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
That gooday everyone, Welcome back to TV Reload. I am
Benjamin Norris and joining me as always is my co host,
the ever so willing young adult romance fan Rose of Art.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Is that what I watched. It's a young adult romance,
Is that what it is? Yeah, that's what we saw.
I would never I would never ever have seen this
movie if we weren't going to talk about it here today.
And we've seen, believe it or not, this is the
third romance film we've done on TV Reload Friday film Chat,
and it's the worst.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
They've got us wrong though, because we've misled them into
thinking that we're into romance movies. Actually that's problem. You know,
I don't know, like I am, I do like these
sorts of films. Yeah, stuff, don't say yes, you do
not like these sorts of films.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
No, I don't. And I'm very cynical generally as well.
But what I did wanted to say right off the bat,
right off, right at the stafe, whatever I need to say.
In Weathering Heights, the Weathering Heights episode we did, I
made some claim about the male to female ratio, and
you and I described how much they're enjoying the film. Now,
(01:12):
last night I actually counted the people in the audience.
There were thirty five women in the audience and three men,
so tend to one ish kind of ratio there, maybe
just a bit of an eleven to one, twelve to one,
whatever the math says. Weirdly enough, there was one man
on his own, and I kind of want to know
who that man was and why he was there. My
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thought was maybe he was like me, that he was
seeing it for work. I don't know, or maybe he's
just a huge romance film.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Why didn't you go and ask this man? I would
have been like, excuse me, are you lost?
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Hey buddy, buddy, there are you doing it? But I
and much like Weathering Heights, the female contingent of the audience,
which was most of the cinema, loved this film. They
loved it. They were purring and clucking and it was
like I was living old McDonald's farm. The women were
just like there was a gaggle of women that left
(02:09):
the cinema just after me, chattering and chattering away as
they went into the bathrooms, and this spectacular thing happened
where once they entered the bathroom, their voices just echoed
throughout the whole cinema from the echo chamber of the
bathroom was and you could just hear them high pitch
talking and cackling away about how great the film was.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
So just though for them, of course, they've had the
best time of their life. Like literally, the best way
to describe this movie before we get into the nuts
and bolts of it, is it's like Dawson's Creek at
the movies, because you got all of that soon to
be not so pop culture music, you know, playing throughout
the movie. It's cinematic while still looking like it's been
shot for television. I don't know, Like it's just such
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a joyous experience for anyone who watched that Dawson's Creek
era of you know, young adult TV TV shows.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
The So what you're saying is the music is out
of pop culture by the time the film ends as well,
and not necessarily because it's in the film, but just
by the time the film's over, no one wants to
listen to that music anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
It's a Kevin Williamson joke in Dawson's Creek, was that
one of the characters actually says, if this was a
TV series right now, a pop song that will we
soon to be irrelevant would be playing right now. While
never so true, Kevin Williamson, you.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Know, there is possibly the worst cover ever of stand
By Me in this film.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
It was bad. It was bad. I'll give you that.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
That was been so bad, but so definitely see the
film just for that. A country and western version of
one of the greatest rhythm and blues songs ever written.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
One of the greatest mistakes of all time. But also
let's not forget that they did like three different versions
of Coldplay's Yellow and start to realize why we haven't
had a cover sooner of that song? O How Long
Will I Sing for You?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah? That was that was as the car accident is
slowly happening, and I'll say this other thing off the
top as well. Before we get into the more details
of the film, there is a plot element of this
film which is politically incorrect and completely i would say irresponsible.
Potentially a spoiler here, but the car accident we know
about in the preview is caused by half a cannabis
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gummy apparently, is why she she's a lightweight. She was
too high. It's very unlikely the statistically, it was very
unlikely that that was a cause of any car accidents.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Ever, it had nothing to do with sorry, we're in
the spoilt, but it had nothing to do with that.
Like she was, she had the gummy, which she shouldn't
have had. But essentially it would have happened to her anyway.
She hit a rock in the road, crashed.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
They were relying that her reaction time was less because
of the marijuana. It was a political statement and it
shouldn't have been in the film because it should have
been alcohol.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
That's what it always is for anyone out there that
is planning on driving after having a gummy.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh, definitely don't do it.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, you'll be forced to watch reminders of him every night.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
In fact, suitable punishment. I think if the police pull
you over, would you please come into the van, we
have a copy of Reminders of Him for you to watch.
We'll just repeat that. Or when you drive your car
from that day forward, when you blow into your little
breathalyzer thing, it also just plays that cover of Stamp
by Me over and over on your car radio. Torture.
(05:21):
I would never touch another substance of any kind, ever
illegal or otherwise.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
So anyway, today we are talking about after all of that.
Based on the best selling novel by Colin Hoover, the
film tells the story of a young mother returning to
her hometown after serving time in prison. She's trying to
rebuild her life, reconnecting with her daughter and facing the
community that she you know, the community that hasn't quite
forgiven her yet. So that's kind of the premise of this.
(05:45):
To set this up. Let's have a quick look at
the thirty second T's this is remind us of him.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
This court sentences you to seven years incarceration.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
She happened to be hiring.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, we can't take folks with the record.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
What's your trauma? I can't get a job because I
just got out of prison.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Should you win? Hear me?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
The whole tuns books were into a barn.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Scotty was my best friend.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
When he died. We are came together and raised a
little girl.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
How dare she just show up? It wasn't for her,
our son would still be alive. Coming back was a mistake.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I just I want to meet the human that Scotti
and homide. Look, it is directed by Vanessa Caswell, and
the film stars k Withers, Rudy Panko, and Micah Munroe.
And it certainly leans into those themes that Hoover fans
would know very well, which brows. I don't know if
you're aware of pretty much every film that has been made,
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every book that has been written. It is love, grief,
guilt and whether people can truly ever deserve a second chance.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yes, and and you know, much like the surname of
the author, Hoover, this film.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Sucks like doing a thing in the plane where they're like,
you know, and if you are on well sick bags here,
reach out of the chair in front and vomit in
your back.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, as guess well, look, I don't know if she
does all that much here or there as a director.
It's a fairly paint by numbers kind of kind of
direction kind of thing. But I will say that the
cinematographer for this film, mister Tim Ives, who among other things,
did work on Stranger Things, I think he does an
excellent job. I think this film looks gorgeous. I think
he paints a really stunning picture of this little country town.
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He does what Scream seven couldn't do, which is he
gives the town a bit of character and personality, and
we actually get a sense of what the town is
with obviously with the bar, the main street, and then
the Paradise, which I worked out in about ten minutes
that the Paradise Hotel is an ironic name. Who would
have thought so many hotties lived in that hotel before
the Mother's Day party? They have, all of a sudden,
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the Mother's Day party and there's all these young women
in short skirts. I want to live with the Paradise Hotel.
All of a sudden, you're.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
The only person out of the two of us who
had noticed there being any hoddies wearing those quotes.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
They're up dancing on like a up on a belgony
or something. I was like, well, this is this is
spring break, so yes I am. I wanted to say
very quickly that this film looks gorgeous. It looks really good,
and that's I guess one of the things that elevates
the average kind of screenplay from you know what you're
talking with romance kind of TV kind of feel. I
think the cinematographer, I think Tim Heaves really made it
look quite spectacular and they look quite good.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Well, I think where this film elevates itself from just
being a Hallmark movie is those other things that makes
these films great to see in the cinema, because I
don't know if you've seen any of the other ones
it ends with Us, or any of these these books
that have been made into the movies. Have you seen
any of these?
Speaker 1 (08:44):
No? No, no no.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
What elevates them is how great they look on the screen, like, yeah,
they're very beautifully shot, and they normally need a good composer.
Michael Giocchino did this, who also did the Pixar film.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Up Shrinking as well Drinking Yeah, which I just finished watching.
It was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Shrinking, which is also something I have when I go
in those cold pools.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Hang on, now, I've got Tom Howe is the composer
for this. That's what I got on IMDb.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Okay, well, at this point we need to remind people
that is not being composed by the Pixar composer, and
definitely not composed by the Jurassic World composer.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
It is Ted Lasso Wonder Woman. No, Ted Lasso, he
composed he worked on the Music Apartment for won a Woman.
But sorry, Ted lasso, the legend of Tarzan and shrinking. Okay, yeah,
and the music. I thought the score was great. By
the way, I really enjoyed it. This is a fine
film to spend your time watching. It's just not my
type of film. So there was a point where I
just I was leaned back and thought, Wow, this what
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do you call it? Score? This score is pretty tasty.
It's got some really nice elements, and like, I quite
enjoyed it once I started, you know, ignoring the schlock
on the screen and listen to the score.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Yeah, what did you think of the leads? So you've
got the characters Keena Rowan and ledg Award.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Ledger Ward look character or actor. I don't know who
it is I need to say this to, but if
you can't grow a beard, don't grow a beard.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
That was the kind of beard I've ever seen in
the movie.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
He was the kind of bum fluff I walked around
with when I was thirteen, pretending I had a beard.
And was that the point? Like, this guy's so good looking,
they've got to try and make him look a little
bit more more, I don't know, like achievable by giving
him a bum fluff beard. It was awful.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
But also the beard was bad, but it was only
because we needed to do the time jump.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
And he looks much younger without the beard, no question.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, so they were like trying to age him up
with having this horrendous beard.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
But awful beard.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I can't imagine this movie's had a few million dollars
spent on it. Even a cheap mercan might have been
better or believable that he may needed to shave, but
maybe also because suffered the loss of his best friend,
he'd given up all hope on owning a mirror and
having a razor to shave the bum fluff.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I don't know. Well, he just couldn't be around razors anymore,
so he just Yeah, he looks like he's laid a
poodle with super glue on his gin. It just doesn't
look good. It's not not a good look. And similarly,
I think they made her look too. I don't know
whether Thane worn like if.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
You been to prison bros.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Like I know, I know, but her in the flashback
she looks stunning and young. Yeah, she looked so worn out.
And she's supposed to be the romantic lead mak A
the audience should fall in love with the romantic lead.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
They were in love with her, maybe you weren't, But
like she'd been to prison. I think if she came
out of prison and it looked like she'd want a
beauty contest, you'd be like, mate, you haven't just spent
six years in a correctional facility.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Like my thought too when we first see her is oh,
she's wearing those tiny little denim shorts because that's what
she would have worn seven years ago before she went
to prison. But then at one point she put someone
with full confidence like, nope, she still thinks those tiny
denim shorts are appropriate, but that's okay.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
To be fair, I actually thought she should have gone
to prison for wearing those shits.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Because I was horrified.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
There was one point where she was like, you know,
she's going to meet the ex boyfriend who's passed away's
mother or she for the first time, and she's basically nude.
Like yeah, I mean, I just don't think she didn't
have a lot of money so she couldn't afford the
rest of the jeans.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I think, yeah. And also up until towards the end
of the film, after she's worked at the bar and
the grocery store, she couldn't afford bras either. There were
no bras on that woman until pretty much the final scene,
which it's good that she could. Finally she left prison
and she could finally afford a bra. That was awesome.
Not that I care if women wear bras or not.
(12:31):
I'm just saying she couldn't afford one, and then she
could except for the one bra that she had so
she could pick it up off the counter when a
male visitor came and throw it somewhere there.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
It's been for the last ten weeks. Ra no pennies,
which is a weird reference to the movie thirteen, which
I don't know if you've seen.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
But anyway I have. It's a great It's a great film. Yeah. Look,
either of the leads I don't rate at all. They're schmaltzy.
They are over the top. They're cheesy and hammy. They're
like a solid toasted sandwich. But yeah, I don't think
that great. The big surprise in this film for me
really has got to be Bradley Whitford and Lauren Graham.
(13:08):
They're both fineing this because they're both fine actors. I
hope Bradley Whitford got paid per word because I think
he only says thirty words in the entire film and
gets into a bit of a dust up with Tarrek,
and I hope he got paid quite well per word.
I don't know why he's in this film, except again
that I hope he was getting paid really, really well.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
They actually do a very good job because I actually
think those characters are very hard to play. They're the
disapproving parents of the dead boyfriend and you know her
now have now if we haven't explained this before, this
chick goes to prison. She makes sweet love to her
lover on his birthday, on his birthday after having a
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gummy and she gets pregnant. So when she's in jail
for killing said boyfriend accidentally manslaughter, the baby is taken
away from her and the custody has been one by
the parents grandparents. But the parents' role is very hard
to play because they have to go on a real
journey for us to believe them. And I think that
they convincingly carry that off very well, because it's very
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hard to be like, we hate this chick and then
go on the journey convincingly.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
I think, well, Lauren Graham's character, the I don't know
the boyfriend's mother. She never liked this chick, and they
show that in a flashback. But yeah, they do a
good job of that, no question, no question there, because
they've looked after the child the seven years that this
woman was in jail, and you can see that in
their delivery, you can see that in their performance when
they're all such excellent actors, So of course they.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Why did they hate her so much? Though she was
brought over for like it was a very quick romance.
This young boy meets young girl. He brings them over
on his birthday prior to said accident and introduces him
and the parents straightaway wouldn't have a bar of her,
like she's the skankiest skank that he's ever brought home,
Like I thought she looked lovely and why did they
give her a chance? What had she done at that point? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:56):
I don't know, because she does say later on too
that she didn't have a family to grow up with
or whatever the line is. So I don't know. Maybe
she's just seen as someone not worthy, someone from the
other side of the track, someone that they didn't approve of.
Maybe not good enough for Scotty, it's not good enough
for our Scotty. I don't know if she appreciates Bloody
the album parachutes.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Look, I'm going to say at this point it sounds
to me like you didn't enjoy the movie.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
But sorry, And this is the bit I haven't got
to yet. Okay, Like, look, this film's off for me,
and I didn't enjoy it as much as I did,
say the other two romance films were done. It's somewhat charming.
There is a charm to this film, and there is
a yes, charisma to this film that will suck you in.
And by the end of it, I didn't quite tear
up or anything, but well, that was an emotion, did you?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
This is the thing I was ready to How the
hell did you not tear up? But there's a scene
in this movie that everyone was crying in the cinema.
You a serial killer? What were you doing at that?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
I love crying in a movie, By the way, that's
the best place to cry, because you know, let's get
all that repressed, to repress them out of this male body.
And I've got no problem and I've got no problem
admitting that I cry in movies or TV shows. It's
fine if they're emotional and I was ready to go
in this. I didn't quite get there, but people were
tearing up, and it is an emotional film at the end,
and it's an engaging film where if you want to
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watch a romance, it looks beautiful. The score is fantastic
and it will suck you in. And it is a
powerful story as long as you ignore some of the
more ridiculous elements of it, or ignore your own brain
saying what you would do in this situation. If you
just accept what everyone does is what everyone would do,
then yeah, it's very magnetic and it has us kind
of charm. As much as I didn't enjoy it, it's
(16:36):
a charming film it is. How did you feel about
the two leads?
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Well, I actually thought both actors did a great job,
and I think that, you know, in some places, I
think that the script probably wasn't giving them enough, and
maybe that has to do with the adaptation coming across.
But I think that they did a fine job of
what they were given and they took us on the journey,
which I believed, and I loved all of them, these characters.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Yea.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I loved the score, I loved the cinematography. I thought
that there was some really beautiful moments that came together
for me. And it also did what I love about
a movie. It's like, gets in and gets out. It
doesn't stick around and make you watch like two and
a half hours of a rom com that needs to
be shorter. It just gets in there, does its job,
and I walked out of the movie feeling good about myself.
(17:22):
Could be the two champagnes I had. But I think
that anyone who wants to go and see this genre
of film, this will tick all of those boxes for you. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Absolutely, I agree. If you want to see a romance film,
you could do much worse than this film. You could
do a hell of a lot better. But if you're
not going to do worse than this film, like you
could do much worse. Sorry that was I didn't mean
that you could do much worse in this film. It
is very watchable and again there's so there are elements
in it that are very good, which kind of way
up it will balance out the lesser stuff. So it's
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a fine film if this is what you want to see.
And I'm never going to see it again, No.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
No, I don't think I would ever see it again.
Recommended to someone, but I would never be like, oh yeah,
I can't wait to remember him. Do you remember him? No.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
One of the things this film gave me that I
didn't know. One of the things this film allowed me
to find out is that Tarik, who plays the romantic
male lead in this film, he is also in the
all African American starring remake of Don't Tell I'm the Babysitter,
is dead. So I'm kind of excited to see that
film off the back of reminders of him. So you know,
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it's done some good things for me too.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Is Christine appleget can it be in that in a cameo?
Speaker 1 (18:32):
No? I don't think she's in it. It's already been made.
It came out a couple of years ago. What it's out,
and I didn't even know it existed. I'm super excited.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
That sounds amazing. Forget the podcast and talking about that.
I've got to download that illegally right now and watch that.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I watched the I watched the I watched the trailer
for it, and the line is in there too. It's
like the dishes a dumb man, get Outah. They're throwing
the dishes and shooting them with a gun.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
That's amazing. I loved that movie. I saw that at
the cinemas, like with my friend I did.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I did too, So yes, the Tarik is in that
remaking place. Okay for the romantic interest for the older
sister who Christine apple Gate plays in the original.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Well, I'm that is giving me something to do. I
think if you've gone to see the other films or
read the other books, so that's it ends with us,
and Forgetting You, those films it ends with us. Had
like this more grit to it, a bit more of
a serious tone obviously with the subject matter, and Forgetting
You was a little bit more bright. I would say,
I don't know, I feel like this movie right, they
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don't all come together. You're not getting the same feelings
that you get every single time. Where I feel like
this one is more enjoyable. That's where I'm trying to go, Oh,
that's good. That's good.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
And I like the ending of this because it's not
everything solved and everyone lives happily ever after. It's the
first step into you know, it was more realistic.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
You didn't watch the end of the movie left that
it left with the characters not completely finished off. How
much more finished off? Did they need to be?
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I know, but I'm well, it's not all happy families
at the end. It's more this is the first step
on the way to perhaps her becoming part of the
family or part of her own family to an extent.
I like that element too, right, Like she gets to
finally meet her daughter. But it's not like, here, here's
your daughter, Take her and you two live happily ever
after in your mansion overlooking the valley.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
There's a process to it.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
It had a realism to it that I admired, which
when it could have just been, you know, everyone standing
around being happy. There's a great moment too, where she
walks into the kitchen and Lauren Graham's they're kind of
a bit sad, kind of crying a bit.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
And she hugs the skanky girl that she's never liked.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Yeah, exactly, and that cheers are up.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Apparently she was so unwilling to have that skanky hug.
I was like, oh my god.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
And then they can't bang to another cover of Yellow,
So I also.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Yeah, the straightaway anything, anytime anything happened, Yellow just started
playing out this again. You know, I never liked the
Gilmore girls because I didn't like Lauren Graham in Is
that her name, Lauren Graham.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Or Lauren Graham? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Yeah, Did you like Gilmore Girls? Because I could never
stand that show because of how fast that they were talking.
They jacked up on coffee acting that they did throughout
that series.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
I am a fast talker, so it would be insincere
of me to say I didn't like that fast talking.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
But no, I never really got into Gilmore Girls.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Gilmore Girls because it was a bit too soap operary
for me, or a bit too drama of the week.
Some really funny moments and some great actors in it,
but no, one never really got into it.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
But I'm just pleased to know that she doesn't always
talk like that character Laura Lai from that show.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
That's why I want to be.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
As you were saying, when we were going to see this,
you go, oh, look, there's some actors in it I like,
you know, from TV shows. But I was thinking, what
have you seen Lauren Graham in? If you haven't seen
her in Gilmore Girls.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
I've seen her in other things and I know who
she is.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
He's a little tidbit for you and for people out there.
She was actually cast in screened four and she decided
not to do it because of the violence. I think
it was that might have been the reason. And then
she was replaced by the President's wife in Independence Day
was the actress that took over that role. So that
was Sydney Prescott's auntie. So Sydney maure In Prescott's sister
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was that role. But originally Lauren Graham had started shooting
that and then.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Oh wow, all down and left because of the vie.
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
I think that's the reason why. But as people know
listening to this podcast, always google anything I ever say.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
I say, Zoe's Extraordinary playlist. I saw Lauren Graham in
that Kuber Enthusiasm. I've seen obviously as well. She's in
Parenthood as well. There you go. So there's other stuff
that she did that I've seen. There a go. It's
all right.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
I loved the movie Parenthood, but the TV series.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
TV series which is brought o Evan Almighty as well. Yeah,
none of the humor of Parenthood the movie and all
of the drama that series.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
But yeah, okay, well, now we're going to do the scores,
and I'm just going to tell you right now, this
is a three and a half star romance three.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Specifically three and a half star romance. You've given better
films that we've looked at so far, lesser scores than this.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
I'm going to give it three stars. Hang in a
secon that's not necessary, really true. Like, the one thing
I will say is like Wuthering Heights are set different,
set differently for me. So whatever score I did give
it during that episode, I probably would reneg on. I
think it's moved up the line to.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Go up maybe a whole score point. Yeah, right, Well,
for me, this is a solid two. I found things
that I enjoyed about it. I'm not the audience for
it at all, but even if I was, I don't know.
People that watch these types of films know that they're crap, right, Like,
isn't that part of the fun. You can't give a
film on this anything more than two, I don't think, because.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
It's a popcorn click like you literally deserve it. You've
decided to go to the movies and watch this. You
are there to have a glass of champagne and a
box of popcorn. Maybe dip your chok top in the
popcorn assaulted caramel type thing and enjoy yourself, Like have
a great time. You're not going to have a bad
time in this movie. It's not like you're going to
be terribly disappointed or unengaged, like it's a Hallmark movie.
(23:55):
It's the style of TV. I mean, it's the style
of movie that, like, if you see a Hallmark movie
in the mid all of the day, you just sit
down and watch the whole thing and then don't remember
anything that's happened.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Yeah, it doesn't matter if you've come in half an
hour late. Yeah, exactly. So you've just made my point
for me. Two stars, two out of five. Yeah, I mean,
you know, And essentially this podcast has been reminders of
reminders of him.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
So how many reminders did I give you?
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Two?
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Go and see this movie.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
I was always going to see it. I don't know
why you were so paranoid yesterday. You're like, so have
you organized to go and see the film, dude or what.
I'm like, I'm going to see it. Guys.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
The tickets and made sure I send them to you,
packing them up and delivered them.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
But I was I felt like a king at the
cinema walking around on the is them my free tickets,
my free tickets? I'm a king.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
I just can't believe you walked up to that man
sitting by himself and saying did you pay for this?
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Because I didn't?
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Why are you here?
Speaker 1 (24:49):
You lost? Well.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Next week we are seeing Hail Mary, which is the
Ryan Gosling film The.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Gods Project Hail Mary.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Yes, Project Hail Mary. The setup of this film looks
like it could be just any other space movie. What
is your thoughts before we go and see this movie
next week? How do you feel going into it?
Speaker 1 (25:08):
This film Project hal Mary is I guess the kind
of film that reminders of him is for other people.
This just looks like the most fun, ridiculous, crazy, blockbustery
kind of movie. And I just love that idea. I
don't need it to be brilliant. I just want to
have a lot of fun, and it just looks like fun.
And Ryan Gosling's so charismatic. I don't care what he
does on screen. I'll just cheer for him. So yeah,
(25:29):
for me, it's just it doesn't take itself too seriously,
but it takes itself seriously enough. And yeah, I'm super
super charged. I can't wait to see it. Are you
excited to see.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
I'm very excited. My only things done I have with
Ryan Gosling? Is I reckon? About two years ago he
started getting filler in his face or something, and he
started looking like a bit of a chipmunk. I'm asking you,
as a straight male, do you notice things like that?
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Do you go?
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Ryan Gosling's looking a little.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
He did just host Saturday Night Live in the US
to promote Project Hail Mary, and his face didn't bother
me too much. But his hair, He's got this weird mullet,
but his hair's thinning out a bit. Have you noticed
that he's a thin so is the thinning out mulledy thing?
That was kind of like, what are you doing? Dude?
You're a better looking than a mellet? Get it to
(26:12):
hear the son.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
He's probably filming, you know, Joe Dirt the movie or
the remake.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
I don't know it. Maybe he is when David Spaders
met him at is that our live to discuss the
pointers on the character. But yeah, yeah, yeah, I ever
noticed the fillers in his face, But I'm going to
have a closer look.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Well. Early reports from friends of mine who went to
the screening that we did not go to last night
it was that it's quite good. So I'm excited. I'm
more excited about it now And on the podcast, I'm
going to say when are we seeing it? Because I
feel like we should go and see it together, because
oh yeah wants to see it and Ben wants to
see it, So we need to make plans and.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
We can go. It doesn't have to be the night
before the podcast for a change, that's correct. So yeah,
I don't know, we can go. We're going to discuss this.
We're going to Hois's probably either at the District or
at Melbourne Central, probably Melbourne Central as were we'll go.
Anyone else wants to come along and watch project at
the same time as us. Yes, we can't guarantee any
free tickets.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
And Broth will say to you halfway through the movie,
what are you doing here? Man?
Speaker 1 (27:10):
You know what I'm going to do as soon as
there's a bit of mischief and I sing.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Yallow, I'm going to get back to you on that one.
But I'm looking forward to it. Anyway. To wrap up today,
if you are a big fan of the author Colin
Hoover and you're enjoying her books being made into a film,
and this is your genre, you will have a great
time and if not, sit back, relax, have your popcorn,
and send text messages to everyone you know, all the best.
(27:34):
Thank you for joining us today.
It's in the news today, but it was actually on
TV Reload the podcast last week.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
That gooday everyone, Welcome back to TV Reload. I am
Benjamin Norris and joining me as always is my co host,
the ever so willing young adult romance fan Rose of Art.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Is that what I watched. It's a young adult romance,
Is that what it is? Yeah, that's what we saw.
I would never I would never ever have seen this
movie if we weren't going to talk about it here today.
And we've seen, believe it or not, this is the
third romance film we've done on TV Reload Friday film Chat,
and it's the worst.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
They've got us wrong though, because we've misled them into
thinking that we're into romance movies. Actually that's problem. You know,
I don't know, like I am, I do like these
sorts of films. Yeah, stuff, don't say yes, you do
not like these sorts of films.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
No, I don't. And I'm very cynical generally as well.
But what I did wanted to say right off the bat,
right off, right at the stafe, whatever I need to say.
In Weathering Heights, the Weathering Heights episode we did, I
made some claim about the male to female ratio, and
you and I described how much they're enjoying the film. Now,
(01:12):
last night I actually counted the people in the audience.
There were thirty five women in the audience and three men,
so tend to one ish kind of ratio there, maybe
just a bit of an eleven to one, twelve to one,
whatever the math says. Weirdly enough, there was one man
on his own, and I kind of want to know
who that man was and why he was there. My
(01:33):
thought was maybe he was like me, that he was
seeing it for work. I don't know, or maybe he's
just a huge romance film.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Why didn't you go and ask this man? I would
have been like, excuse me, are you lost?
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Hey buddy, buddy, there are you doing it? But I
and much like Weathering Heights, the female contingent of the audience,
which was most of the cinema, loved this film. They
loved it. They were purring and clucking and it was
like I was living old McDonald's farm. The women were
just like there was a gaggle of women that left
(02:09):
the cinema just after me, chattering and chattering away as
they went into the bathrooms, and this spectacular thing happened
where once they entered the bathroom, their voices just echoed
throughout the whole cinema from the echo chamber of the
bathroom was and you could just hear them high pitch
talking and cackling away about how great the film was.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
So just though for them, of course, they've had the
best time of their life. Like literally, the best way
to describe this movie before we get into the nuts
and bolts of it, is it's like Dawson's Creek at
the movies, because you got all of that soon to
be not so pop culture music, you know, playing throughout
the movie. It's cinematic while still looking like it's been
shot for television. I don't know, Like it's just such
(02:48):
a joyous experience for anyone who watched that Dawson's Creek
era of you know, young adult TV TV shows.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
The So what you're saying is the music is out
of pop culture by the time the film ends as well,
and not necessarily because it's in the film, but just
by the time the film's over, no one wants to
listen to that music anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
It's a Kevin Williamson joke in Dawson's Creek, was that
one of the characters actually says, if this was a
TV series right now, a pop song that will we
soon to be irrelevant would be playing right now. While
never so true, Kevin Williamson, you.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Know, there is possibly the worst cover ever of stand
By Me in this film.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
It was bad. It was bad. I'll give you that.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
That was been so bad, but so definitely see the
film just for that. A country and western version of
one of the greatest rhythm and blues songs ever written.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
One of the greatest mistakes of all time. But also
let's not forget that they did like three different versions
of Coldplay's Yellow and start to realize why we haven't
had a cover sooner of that song? O How Long
Will I Sing for You?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah? That was that was as the car accident is
slowly happening, and I'll say this other thing off the
top as well. Before we get into the more details
of the film, there is a plot element of this
film which is politically incorrect and completely i would say irresponsible.
Potentially a spoiler here, but the car accident we know
about in the preview is caused by half a cannabis
(04:19):
gummy apparently, is why she she's a lightweight. She was
too high. It's very unlikely the statistically, it was very
unlikely that that was a cause of any car accidents.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Ever, it had nothing to do with sorry, we're in
the spoilt, but it had nothing to do with that.
Like she was, she had the gummy, which she shouldn't
have had. But essentially it would have happened to her anyway.
She hit a rock in the road, crashed.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
They were relying that her reaction time was less because
of the marijuana. It was a political statement and it
shouldn't have been in the film because it should have
been alcohol.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
That's what it always is for anyone out there that
is planning on driving after having a gummy.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh, definitely don't do it.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
No, you'll be forced to watch reminders of him every night.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
In fact, suitable punishment. I think if the police pull
you over, would you please come into the van, we
have a copy of Reminders of Him for you to watch.
We'll just repeat that. Or when you drive your car
from that day forward, when you blow into your little
breathalyzer thing, it also just plays that cover of Stamp
by Me over and over on your car radio. Torture.
(05:21):
I would never touch another substance of any kind, ever
illegal or otherwise.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
So anyway, today we are talking about after all of that.
Based on the best selling novel by Colin Hoover, the
film tells the story of a young mother returning to
her hometown after serving time in prison. She's trying to
rebuild her life, reconnecting with her daughter and facing the
community that she you know, the community that hasn't quite
forgiven her yet. So that's kind of the premise of this.
(05:45):
To set this up. Let's have a quick look at
the thirty second T's this is remind us of him.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
This court sentences you to seven years incarceration.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
She happened to be hiring.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, we can't take folks with the record.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
What's your trauma? I can't get a job because I
just got out of prison.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Should you win? Hear me?
Speaker 2 (06:14):
The whole tuns books were into a barn.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Scotty was my best friend.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
When he died. We are came together and raised a
little girl.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
How dare she just show up? It wasn't for her,
our son would still be alive. Coming back was a mistake.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I just I want to meet the human that Scotti
and homide. Look, it is directed by Vanessa Caswell, and
the film stars k Withers, Rudy Panko, and Micah Munroe.
And it certainly leans into those themes that Hoover fans
would know very well, which brows. I don't know if
you're aware of pretty much every film that has been made,
(06:51):
every book that has been written. It is love, grief,
guilt and whether people can truly ever deserve a second chance.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yes, and and you know, much like the surname of
the author, Hoover, this film.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Sucks like doing a thing in the plane where they're like,
you know, and if you are on well sick bags here,
reach out of the chair in front and vomit in
your back.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
Yeah, as guess well, look, I don't know if she
does all that much here or there as a director.
It's a fairly paint by numbers kind of kind of
direction kind of thing. But I will say that the
cinematographer for this film, mister Tim Ives, who among other things,
did work on Stranger Things, I think he does an
excellent job. I think this film looks gorgeous. I think
he paints a really stunning picture of this little country town.
(07:35):
He does what Scream seven couldn't do, which is he
gives the town a bit of character and personality, and
we actually get a sense of what the town is
with obviously with the bar, the main street, and then
the Paradise, which I worked out in about ten minutes
that the Paradise Hotel is an ironic name. Who would
have thought so many hotties lived in that hotel before
the Mother's Day party? They have, all of a sudden,
(07:55):
the Mother's Day party and there's all these young women
in short skirts. I want to live with the Paradise Hotel.
All of a sudden, you're.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
The only person out of the two of us who
had noticed there being any hoddies wearing those quotes.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
They're up dancing on like a up on a belgony
or something. I was like, well, this is this is
spring break, so yes I am. I wanted to say
very quickly that this film looks gorgeous. It looks really good,
and that's I guess one of the things that elevates
the average kind of screenplay from you know what you're
talking with romance kind of TV kind of feel. I
think the cinematographer, I think Tim Heaves really made it
look quite spectacular and they look quite good.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Well, I think where this film elevates itself from just
being a Hallmark movie is those other things that makes
these films great to see in the cinema, because I
don't know if you've seen any of the other ones
it ends with Us, or any of these these books
that have been made into the movies. Have you seen
any of these?
Speaker 1 (08:44):
No? No, no no.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
What elevates them is how great they look on the screen, like, yeah,
they're very beautifully shot, and they normally need a good composer.
Michael Giocchino did this, who also did the Pixar film.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Up Shrinking as well Drinking Yeah, which I just finished watching.
It was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Shrinking, which is also something I have when I go
in those cold pools.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Hang on, now, I've got Tom Howe is the composer
for this. That's what I got on IMDb.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Okay, well, at this point we need to remind people
that is not being composed by the Pixar composer, and
definitely not composed by the Jurassic World composer.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
It is Ted Lasso Wonder Woman. No, Ted Lasso, he
composed he worked on the Music Apartment for won a Woman.
But sorry, Ted lasso, the legend of Tarzan and shrinking. Okay, yeah,
and the music. I thought the score was great. By
the way, I really enjoyed it. This is a fine
film to spend your time watching. It's just not my
type of film. So there was a point where I
just I was leaned back and thought, Wow, this what
(09:39):
do you call it? Score? This score is pretty tasty.
It's got some really nice elements, and like, I quite
enjoyed it once I started, you know, ignoring the schlock
on the screen and listen to the score.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Yeah, what did you think of the leads? So you've
got the characters Keena Rowan and ledg Award.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Ledger Ward look character or actor. I don't know who
it is I need to say this to, but if
you can't grow a beard, don't grow a beard.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
That was the kind of beard I've ever seen in
the movie.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
He was the kind of bum fluff I walked around
with when I was thirteen, pretending I had a beard.
And was that the point? Like, this guy's so good looking,
they've got to try and make him look a little
bit more more, I don't know, like achievable by giving
him a bum fluff beard. It was awful.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
But also the beard was bad, but it was only
because we needed to do the time jump.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
And he looks much younger without the beard, no question.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yeah, so they were like trying to age him up
with having this horrendous beard.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
But awful beard.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
I can't imagine this movie's had a few million dollars
spent on it. Even a cheap mercan might have been
better or believable that he may needed to shave, but
maybe also because suffered the loss of his best friend,
he'd given up all hope on owning a mirror and
having a razor to shave the bum fluff.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I don't know. Well, he just couldn't be around razors anymore,
so he just Yeah, he looks like he's laid a
poodle with super glue on his gin. It just doesn't
look good. It's not not a good look. And similarly,
I think they made her look too. I don't know
whether Thane worn like if.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
You been to prison bros.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Like I know, I know, but her in the flashback
she looks stunning and young. Yeah, she looked so worn out.
And she's supposed to be the romantic lead mak A
the audience should fall in love with the romantic lead.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
They were in love with her, maybe you weren't, But
like she'd been to prison. I think if she came
out of prison and it looked like she'd want a
beauty contest, you'd be like, mate, you haven't just spent
six years in a correctional facility.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Like my thought too when we first see her is oh,
she's wearing those tiny little denim shorts because that's what
she would have worn seven years ago before she went
to prison. But then at one point she put someone
with full confidence like, nope, she still thinks those tiny
denim shorts are appropriate, but that's okay.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
To be fair, I actually thought she should have gone
to prison for wearing those shits.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Because I was horrified.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
There was one point where she was like, you know,
she's going to meet the ex boyfriend who's passed away's
mother or she for the first time, and she's basically nude.
Like yeah, I mean, I just don't think she didn't
have a lot of money so she couldn't afford the
rest of the jeans.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I think, yeah. And also up until towards the end
of the film, after she's worked at the bar and
the grocery store, she couldn't afford bras either. There were
no bras on that woman until pretty much the final scene,
which it's good that she could. Finally she left prison
and she could finally afford a bra. That was awesome.
Not that I care if women wear bras or not.
(12:31):
I'm just saying she couldn't afford one, and then she
could except for the one bra that she had so
she could pick it up off the counter when a
male visitor came and throw it somewhere there.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
It's been for the last ten weeks. Ra no pennies,
which is a weird reference to the movie thirteen, which
I don't know if you've seen.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
But anyway I have. It's a great It's a great film. Yeah. Look,
either of the leads I don't rate at all. They're schmaltzy.
They are over the top. They're cheesy and hammy. They're
like a solid toasted sandwich. But yeah, I don't think
that great. The big surprise in this film for me
really has got to be Bradley Whitford and Lauren Graham.
(13:08):
They're both fineing this because they're both fine actors. I
hope Bradley Whitford got paid per word because I think
he only says thirty words in the entire film and
gets into a bit of a dust up with Tarrek,
and I hope he got paid quite well per word.
I don't know why he's in this film, except again
that I hope he was getting paid really, really well.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
They actually do a very good job because I actually
think those characters are very hard to play. They're the
disapproving parents of the dead boyfriend and you know her
now have now if we haven't explained this before, this
chick goes to prison. She makes sweet love to her
lover on his birthday, on his birthday after having a
(13:49):
gummy and she gets pregnant. So when she's in jail
for killing said boyfriend accidentally manslaughter, the baby is taken
away from her and the custody has been one by
the parents grandparents. But the parents' role is very hard
to play because they have to go on a real
journey for us to believe them. And I think that
they convincingly carry that off very well, because it's very
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hard to be like, we hate this chick and then
go on the journey convincingly.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
I think, well, Lauren Graham's character, the I don't know
the boyfriend's mother. She never liked this chick, and they
show that in a flashback. But yeah, they do a
good job of that, no question, no question there, because
they've looked after the child the seven years that this
woman was in jail, and you can see that in
their delivery, you can see that in their performance when
they're all such excellent actors, So of course they.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Why did they hate her so much? Though she was
brought over for like it was a very quick romance.
This young boy meets young girl. He brings them over
on his birthday prior to said accident and introduces him
and the parents straightaway wouldn't have a bar of her,
like she's the skankiest skank that he's ever brought home,
Like I thought she looked lovely and why did they
give her a chance? What had she done at that point? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (14:56):
I don't know, because she does say later on too
that she didn't have a family to grow up with
or whatever the line is. So I don't know. Maybe
she's just seen as someone not worthy, someone from the
other side of the track, someone that they didn't approve of.
Maybe not good enough for Scotty, it's not good enough
for our Scotty. I don't know if she appreciates Bloody
the album parachutes.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
Look, I'm going to say at this point it sounds
to me like you didn't enjoy the movie.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
But sorry, And this is the bit I haven't got
to yet. Okay, Like, look, this film's off for me,
and I didn't enjoy it as much as I did,
say the other two romance films were done. It's somewhat charming.
There is a charm to this film, and there is
a yes, charisma to this film that will suck you in.
And by the end of it, I didn't quite tear
up or anything, but well, that was an emotion, did you?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
This is the thing I was ready to How the
hell did you not tear up? But there's a scene
in this movie that everyone was crying in the cinema.
You a serial killer? What were you doing at that?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
I love crying in a movie, By the way, that's
the best place to cry, because you know, let's get
all that repressed, to repress them out of this male body.
And I've got no problem and I've got no problem
admitting that I cry in movies or TV shows. It's
fine if they're emotional and I was ready to go
in this. I didn't quite get there, but people were
tearing up, and it is an emotional film at the end,
and it's an engaging film where if you want to
(16:15):
watch a romance, it looks beautiful. The score is fantastic
and it will suck you in. And it is a
powerful story as long as you ignore some of the
more ridiculous elements of it, or ignore your own brain
saying what you would do in this situation. If you
just accept what everyone does is what everyone would do,
then yeah, it's very magnetic and it has us kind
of charm. As much as I didn't enjoy it, it's
(16:36):
a charming film it is. How did you feel about
the two leads?
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Well, I actually thought both actors did a great job,
and I think that, you know, in some places, I
think that the script probably wasn't giving them enough, and
maybe that has to do with the adaptation coming across.
But I think that they did a fine job of
what they were given and they took us on the journey,
which I believed, and I loved all of them, these characters.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Yea.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I loved the score, I loved the cinematography. I thought
that there was some really beautiful moments that came together
for me. And it also did what I love about
a movie. It's like, gets in and gets out. It
doesn't stick around and make you watch like two and
a half hours of a rom com that needs to
be shorter. It just gets in there, does its job,
and I walked out of the movie feeling good about myself.
(17:22):
Could be the two champagnes I had. But I think
that anyone who wants to go and see this genre
of film, this will tick all of those boxes for you. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
Absolutely, I agree. If you want to see a romance film,
you could do much worse than this film. You could
do a hell of a lot better. But if you're
not going to do worse than this film, like you
could do much worse. Sorry that was I didn't mean
that you could do much worse in this film. It
is very watchable and again there's so there are elements
in it that are very good, which kind of way
up it will balance out the lesser stuff. So it's
(17:53):
a fine film if this is what you want to see.
And I'm never going to see it again, No.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
No, I don't think I would ever see it again.
Recommended to someone, but I would never be like, oh yeah,
I can't wait to remember him. Do you remember him? No.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
One of the things this film gave me that I
didn't know. One of the things this film allowed me
to find out is that Tarik, who plays the romantic
male lead in this film, he is also in the
all African American starring remake of Don't Tell I'm the Babysitter,
is dead. So I'm kind of excited to see that
film off the back of reminders of him. So you know,
(18:28):
it's done some good things for me too.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Is Christine appleget can it be in that in a cameo?
Speaker 1 (18:32):
No? I don't think she's in it. It's already been made.
It came out a couple of years ago. What it's out,
and I didn't even know it existed. I'm super excited.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
That sounds amazing. Forget the podcast and talking about that.
I've got to download that illegally right now and watch that.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I watched the I watched the I watched the trailer
for it, and the line is in there too. It's
like the dishes a dumb man, get Outah. They're throwing
the dishes and shooting them with a gun.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
That's amazing. I loved that movie. I saw that at
the cinemas, like with my friend I did.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
I did too, So yes, the Tarik is in that
remaking place. Okay for the romantic interest for the older
sister who Christine apple Gate plays in the original.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Well, I'm that is giving me something to do. I
think if you've gone to see the other films or
read the other books, so that's it ends with us,
and Forgetting You, those films it ends with us. Had
like this more grit to it, a bit more of
a serious tone obviously with the subject matter, and Forgetting
You was a little bit more bright. I would say,
I don't know, I feel like this movie right, they
(19:33):
don't all come together. You're not getting the same feelings
that you get every single time. Where I feel like
this one is more enjoyable. That's where I'm trying to go, Oh,
that's good. That's good.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
And I like the ending of this because it's not
everything solved and everyone lives happily ever after. It's the
first step into you know, it was more realistic.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
You didn't watch the end of the movie left that
it left with the characters not completely finished off. How
much more finished off? Did they need to be?
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I know, but I'm well, it's not all happy families
at the end. It's more this is the first step
on the way to perhaps her becoming part of the
family or part of her own family to an extent.
I like that element too, right, Like she gets to
finally meet her daughter. But it's not like, here, here's
your daughter, Take her and you two live happily ever
after in your mansion overlooking the valley.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
There's a process to it.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
It had a realism to it that I admired, which
when it could have just been, you know, everyone standing
around being happy. There's a great moment too, where she
walks into the kitchen and Lauren Graham's they're kind of
a bit sad, kind of crying a bit.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
And she hugs the skanky girl that she's never liked.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Yeah, exactly, and that cheers are up.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
Apparently she was so unwilling to have that skanky hug.
I was like, oh my god.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
And then they can't bang to another cover of Yellow,
So I also.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Yeah, the straightaway anything, anytime anything happened, Yellow just started
playing out this again. You know, I never liked the
Gilmore girls because I didn't like Lauren Graham in Is
that her name, Lauren Graham.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Or Lauren Graham? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Yeah, Did you like Gilmore Girls? Because I could never
stand that show because of how fast that they were talking.
They jacked up on coffee acting that they did throughout
that series.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
I am a fast talker, so it would be insincere
of me to say I didn't like that fast talking.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
But no, I never really got into Gilmore Girls.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
Gilmore Girls because it was a bit too soap operary
for me, or a bit too drama of the week.
Some really funny moments and some great actors in it,
but no, one never really got into it.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
But I'm just pleased to know that she doesn't always
talk like that character Laura Lai from that show.
Speaker 1 (21:30):
That's why I want to be.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
As you were saying, when we were going to see this,
you go, oh, look, there's some actors in it I like,
you know, from TV shows. But I was thinking, what
have you seen Lauren Graham in? If you haven't seen
her in Gilmore Girls.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
I've seen her in other things and I know who
she is.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
He's a little tidbit for you and for people out there.
She was actually cast in screened four and she decided
not to do it because of the violence. I think
it was that might have been the reason. And then
she was replaced by the President's wife in Independence Day
was the actress that took over that role. So that
was Sydney Prescott's auntie. So Sydney maure In Prescott's sister
(22:06):
was that role. But originally Lauren Graham had started shooting
that and then.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Oh wow, all down and left because of the vie.
That's crazy.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
I think that's the reason why. But as people know
listening to this podcast, always google anything I ever say.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
I say, Zoe's Extraordinary playlist. I saw Lauren Graham in
that Kuber Enthusiasm. I've seen obviously as well. She's in
Parenthood as well. There you go. So there's other stuff
that she did that I've seen. There a go. It's
all right.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
I loved the movie Parenthood, but the TV series.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
TV series which is brought o Evan Almighty as well. Yeah,
none of the humor of Parenthood the movie and all
of the drama that series.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
But yeah, okay, well, now we're going to do the scores,
and I'm just going to tell you right now, this
is a three and a half star romance three.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Specifically three and a half star romance. You've given better
films that we've looked at so far, lesser scores than this.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
I'm going to give it three stars. Hang in a
secon that's not necessary, really true. Like, the one thing
I will say is like Wuthering Heights are set different,
set differently for me. So whatever score I did give
it during that episode, I probably would reneg on. I
think it's moved up the line to.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Go up maybe a whole score point. Yeah, right, Well,
for me, this is a solid two. I found things
that I enjoyed about it. I'm not the audience for
it at all, but even if I was, I don't know.
People that watch these types of films know that they're crap, right, Like,
isn't that part of the fun. You can't give a
film on this anything more than two, I don't think, because.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
It's a popcorn click like you literally deserve it. You've
decided to go to the movies and watch this. You
are there to have a glass of champagne and a
box of popcorn. Maybe dip your chok top in the
popcorn assaulted caramel type thing and enjoy yourself, Like have
a great time. You're not going to have a bad
time in this movie. It's not like you're going to
be terribly disappointed or unengaged, like it's a Hallmark movie.
(23:55):
It's the style of TV. I mean, it's the style
of movie that, like, if you see a Hallmark movie
in the mid all of the day, you just sit
down and watch the whole thing and then don't remember
anything that's happened.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Yeah, it doesn't matter if you've come in half an
hour late. Yeah, exactly. So you've just made my point
for me. Two stars, two out of five. Yeah, I mean,
you know, And essentially this podcast has been reminders of
reminders of him.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
So how many reminders did I give you?
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Two?
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Go and see this movie.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
I was always going to see it. I don't know
why you were so paranoid yesterday. You're like, so have
you organized to go and see the film, dude or what.
I'm like, I'm going to see it. Guys.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
The tickets and made sure I send them to you,
packing them up and delivered them.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
But I was I felt like a king at the
cinema walking around on the is them my free tickets,
my free tickets? I'm a king.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
I just can't believe you walked up to that man
sitting by himself and saying did you pay for this?
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Because I didn't?
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Why are you here?
Speaker 1 (24:49):
You lost? Well.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Next week we are seeing Hail Mary, which is the
Ryan Gosling film The.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
Gods Project Hail Mary.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Yes, Project Hail Mary. The setup of this film looks
like it could be just any other space movie. What
is your thoughts before we go and see this movie
next week? How do you feel going into it?
Speaker 1 (25:08):
This film Project hal Mary is I guess the kind
of film that reminders of him is for other people.
This just looks like the most fun, ridiculous, crazy, blockbustery
kind of movie. And I just love that idea. I
don't need it to be brilliant. I just want to
have a lot of fun, and it just looks like fun.
And Ryan Gosling's so charismatic. I don't care what he
does on screen. I'll just cheer for him. So yeah,
(25:29):
for me, it's just it doesn't take itself too seriously,
but it takes itself seriously enough. And yeah, I'm super
super charged. I can't wait to see it. Are you
excited to see.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
I'm very excited. My only things done I have with
Ryan Gosling? Is I reckon? About two years ago he
started getting filler in his face or something, and he
started looking like a bit of a chipmunk. I'm asking you,
as a straight male, do you notice things like that?
Speaker 1 (25:50):
Do you go?
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Ryan Gosling's looking a little.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
He did just host Saturday Night Live in the US
to promote Project Hail Mary, and his face didn't bother
me too much. But his hair, He's got this weird mullet,
but his hair's thinning out a bit. Have you noticed
that he's a thin so is the thinning out mulledy thing?
That was kind of like, what are you doing? Dude?
You're a better looking than a mellet? Get it to
(26:12):
hear the son.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
He's probably filming, you know, Joe Dirt the movie or
the remake.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
I don't know it. Maybe he is when David Spaders
met him at is that our live to discuss the
pointers on the character. But yeah, yeah, yeah, I ever
noticed the fillers in his face, But I'm going to
have a closer look.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Well. Early reports from friends of mine who went to
the screening that we did not go to last night
it was that it's quite good. So I'm excited. I'm
more excited about it now And on the podcast, I'm
going to say when are we seeing it? Because I
feel like we should go and see it together, because
oh yeah wants to see it and Ben wants to
see it, So we need to make plans and.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
We can go. It doesn't have to be the night
before the podcast for a change, that's correct. So yeah,
I don't know, we can go. We're going to discuss this.
We're going to Hois's probably either at the District or
at Melbourne Central, probably Melbourne Central as were we'll go.
Anyone else wants to come along and watch project at
the same time as us. Yes, we can't guarantee any
free tickets.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
And Broth will say to you halfway through the movie,
what are you doing here? Man?
Speaker 1 (27:10):
You know what I'm going to do as soon as
there's a bit of mischief and I sing.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Yallow, I'm going to get back to you on that one.
But I'm looking forward to it. Anyway. To wrap up today,
if you are a big fan of the author Colin
Hoover and you're enjoying her books being made into a film,
and this is your genre, you will have a great
time and if not, sit back, relax, have your popcorn,
and send text messages to everyone you know, all the best.
(27:34):
Thank you for joining us today.
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