Episode #48 is here and Kurt gets the “good” microphone this week.
In this episode, Andrew and Kurt discuss:
-DVD picks of the week
-Worst and best films from 5 household name directors
-Star Wars nostalgia talk
…and the usual tangents. - see the show notes below for info on the director’s cut of this extremely long podcast.
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Unwrap the complete Show Notes by clicking on this link…
UNWRAP TEXT or SHOW **SPOILER**
NOTICE: Kurt and I felt that this show became FAR too bloviating and long. So we’ve trimmed down our rants to a slightly more comfortable 2 hours. For those of you (cough** Ross **cough) that would like the director’s cut of well over 2 1/2 hours, you can download that show HERE (which is also available on the iTunes subscription page
In the show notes, topics we discussed in the director’s cut (that are edited out of the normal show) will be in a grey color.
Remember, if you’d like to hear these topics, download the director’s cut.
Bumper music from Oceansize and Squirrel Nut Zippers.
“Tracks” - -
Intro Music: 0:00 - 3:20
Opening Remarks/Announcements: 0:23 - 5:49
DVD Picks: 5:50 - 19:50
Best of/Worst of from 5 Top directors: 19:51 - 1:27:36
Star Wars nostalgia talk: 1:27:37 - 1:55:36
Closing Comments: 1:55:37 - 1:58:43
Outro Music: 1:56:33 - 1:59:11
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DVD Picks of the Week:
Andrew picks Apocalypto:
Andrew’s Review
Blockbuster
Netflix
Kurt picks The Third Man:
Blockbuster
Netflix
Other DVDs this week:
Roots (4 Disc sp. ed.)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of Our Fathers
Venus
Epic Movie
Fay Grim
Big Name Directors and their Best of/Worst of:
Andrew’s Picks…
Roman Polanski
- - Best: The Pianist
- - Worst: don’t have one (maybe The Ninth Gate)
Ridley Scott
- - Best: Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down
- - Worst: Kingdom of Heaven and oh yeah, Hannibal sucks too
- - - when I mention American Gangster, I meant Denzel is the ANtagonist. Not the PROtagonist.
Oliver Stone
- - Best: JFK
- - Worst: Alexander
Steven Spielberg
- - Best: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan
- - Worst: War of the Worlds
Stanley Kubrick
- - Best: A Clockwork Orange
- - Least favorite: Spartacus
Andrew’s 3 most recognizable Music Scores:
Jaws, Star Wars Main Theme, Superman
Kurt’s Picks…
Roman Polanski
- - Best: Chinatown - 2nd place: Death and the Maiden
- - Worst: The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth are in my Neck
Ridley Scott
- - Best: Blade Runner, Alien
- - Worst: Hannibal
Oliver Stone
- - Best: Talk Radio
- - Worst: Any Given Sunday
Steven Spielberg
- - Best: Jaws
- - Worst: A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
Stanley Kubrick
- - Best: Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- - Least favorite: Spartacus
Kurt’s 3 most recognizable Music Scores:
Jaws, The Good The Bad and The Ugly (great choice say I), The Emperor’s March (Empire Strikes Back)
Bottom 5 Directors Who have wasted Julianne Moore:
Steven Spielberg - The Lost Word
Ivan Reitman - Evolution
Ridley Scott - Hannibal
Gus Van Sant - Psycho (his shot-by-shot remake)
Richard Donner - Assassins
Top 5 Directors who let Julianne Moore shine:
Robert Altman - Short Cuts
The Coen’s - The Big Lebowski
Todd Haynes - Safe (also Far From Heaven)
P.T. Anderson - Boogie Nights (also Magnolia)
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Upcoming DVD set of Blade Runner - super special edition:
films discussed briefly in our director’s cut: Death and the Maiden, A Good Year, Natural Born Killers, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Saving Private Ryan, Open Range, Full Metal Jacket
Star Wars 30th Anniversary:
Stop back to the Blog Friday for the Star Wars Blog-a-thon and POST YOUR OWN ARTICLE!
Andrew Ranks:
A New Hope (5/5)
Return of the Jedi (4.5/5)
Empire Strikes Back (4.5/5)
Revenge of the Sith (4/5)
Attack of the Clones (3.5/5)
The Phantom Menace (2.5/5)
Kurt Ranks:
Empire (5/5)
Starwars (4/5)
Attack of the Clones (3/5)
Return of the Jedi (2.5/5)
The Phantom Menace (1/5)
Revenge of the Sith (0.5/5) - WRONG
Andrew’s VERY LONG and comprehensive review of Revenge of the Sith
Todd (founder/editor of Twitchfilm.net) at Cannes
This Week’s Homework:
Rest yourself before listening to this complete Cinecast
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- - Kurt’s BLOG - This week, the fantastic “unusual, Aussie” western, The Proposition
Haha you mentioned me!
Here is my opinions of the films of the directors you mentioned (I will change the catagories slightly - Best, Worst, Favourite and possible most hated):
Roman Polanski
Sorry I am not familiar with his work AT ALL. I have only seen The Ninth Gate (yet to see The Pianist)
Ridley Scott
- - Best:
- - Favourite:
- - Worst: Hannibal
- - Biggest dislike: Blade Runner (In the minority I know…)
Oliver Stone
- - Best: JFK
- - Favourite: Natural Born Killers
- - Worst: Alexander
- - Biggest dislike: I didn’t DISLIKE this film per se it was just insignificant compared to it’s counterpart (Andrew YOU should know this)
Steven Spielberg
- - Best: A joint tie between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Saving Private Ryan
- - Favourite: By FAR Catch Me If You Can
- - Worst AND Biggest dislike: War of the Worlds
Stanley Kubrick
- - Best: From a pure directional point of view I give it to 2001: A Space Odyssey
- - Favourite: It pains me to NOT give one to A Clockwork Orange but I have got to give this to The Shining.
- - Worst: Don’t have one
- - Biggest dislike: Don’t have one
Sorry I FORGOT to mention my Best and Favourite of Ridley Scott:
Best - Alien by FAR
Favourite - Matchstick Men (VERY underrated)
Just finished listening to this podcast. At 2 1/2 hours I enjoyed it for the most part, but it stirred a lot of emotions in me hearing your comments on some of the movies I hold close to my heart and those I dislike intensely.
Watching movies is such a personal experience and I know I should respect other people’s point of view, but Kurt’s opinion of A.I. is complete and utter crap! The film is a masterpiece.
I have yet to discover the good aspects of A.I. I admire the ambition of mounting the project, but things fall apart so quickly into laughable plotting and undercooked thematic treatment that yes, the film causes rage upon viewing. Someday I will visit this again, and I dearly hope I see something more. For now, I’m just staying away to avoid an ulcer or damage to my theatre screen!
Cheers.
BTW - Triflic = Kurt.
As an FYI, Haley Joel Osment does not blink once throughout the entire film. Just a neat little bit of useless trivia.
Thanks for listening snowleopard.
and ross, you and I agree completely about Oliver Stone.
Andrew,
Haha I didn’t even need to name the movies and you got my drift! I just watched U93 again the other night. When I first saw it in the cinema/theatre I gave it a 4 out of 5. Then I watched it again and upped it half a star to 4.5 out of 5. And upon my third viewing I have decided - 5 out of 5!
Absolutely. Best film of 2006 easily. With Little Children a close second.
Great show. I didn’t even bother with the short cut and went right for the long extended version which, BTW, I loved.
I’m one of the few people in this world that actually enjoyed A.I. enough to buy it. I’ve only seen it twice and I think it deserves another viewing from me. I may have to review it.