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woah i did one too haha, theyre fun haha

I feel like there's no way that Pavarotti's wife could have watched this movie and not been a little concerned. Also the way Pavarotti moves his lips while speaking is extremely upsetting to me.

Sadly, the ending is literally spoiled for everyone because the composer died before he got a chance to finish the opera. Puccini's student wrote what is accepted today as the standard ending, but the music just isn't as good as the rest of it.

just gave what I predict will be the only "Haha" reaction ever on the earwolf forums to the sushi planes. Thanks everyone

yeah i posted that to entice kevin's mom to post here, she loves Trainmaster185

Okay so now I have listened to the episode. It does kind of suck that this is such a BUMMER of a movie. Because I, like June, thought maybe one day opera would be a thing I get into. Like right now I don't understand it. I know the Ruth Bader Ginsburg is really into it. I love her. She's goals. So I thought maybe when I was old like her, I'd be into it. After watching this movie, I am don't think it's going to happen. Maybe I am just TOO DUMB? Or maybe I'm not musical? I don't know. But why did we all know who Pavarotti was in the 80s? Was it because of the Three Tenors? But then that was him and two other guys. I had to Google them just now to confirm it which two other guys. Why was Pavarotti part of our cultural awareness then? I don't think I know any current opera singers. Was this opera's ONE chance at mainstream success? I mean, besides Pavarotti those are real singers at the Met, right? Famous people? If this movie had done better, would we know their names like Pavarottis? I guess I wish it had shown why he loved opera so much a little bit. Or maybe made opera more accessible somehow, like translating the plots of one of them? Wouldn't it have been more cost effective to just film the Met people doing TURNADOT? Okay so I CAN'T spoil it for you because I don't know. I did google how to pronounce it after getting the Olivia set. And apparently it means (dokt) daughter of Turan, which was what they called Central Asia. And there is a debate about the proper pronunciation. So I figure the woman is Turandot? The Asian princess? I don't know who Pavarotti was supposed to be. These are things I wish the movie explained, honestly.

I don't understand why this movie needed to be a more painful viewing experience than most others, or why Paul provided a music-free cut of the film to help us get through it. You're watching a Pavarotti movie; the singing is the whole point! Especially the week after Paul talked on his other podcast about how opera in films like Shawshank Redemption and Pretty Woman is a shortcut to understand that a character has depth. The plot/acting is the painful part that you should fast-forward. You don't skip the breakdancing in "Body Rock", or the BMX racing in "Rad", or the splits and kicks in a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. Maybe opera isn't for everyone, but then neither is bicycling, martial arts, or Neil Diamond. If you skip the arias and songs then you're missing out on the one thing that Pavarotti was known for. (Actually, scratch that...you would still get the womanizing and the eating. Let me rephrase: if you skip the singing then you're missing out on one of the three things that Pavarotti was known for.) But the singing is what the movie claims is Pavarotti's get-out-of-jail-free card. His voice is the reason for the bottomless adulation he receives. No one ever compliments him on anything else other than his singing, or relates to him as a person. It's all about his greatness because of his singular talent, and it entitles him to act like an entitled creepy stalker. The movie fails because it takes for granted that the singing will sell Giorgio as a sympathetic character; we'll fall in love with him just as Pamela does. The problem is that the music itself only exits to serve Pavarotti's ego. Opera novices like June won't be more inclined to like opera any more after watching this movie, because each vocal performance only inflates the image of the man who exhibits narcissistic personality disorder even when he's not singing. Not once does Giorgio speak about opera as an art form, or the craft of singing, or the emotion of music. Each song is either a vehicle to show off his physical stamina, or a call for everyone in the vicinity to gather around him in adulation, or a vehicle for him to cynically manipulate and flatter his groupies and fans. The final line of the climactic aria "Nessun dorma" is "Vincero!" - "I will conquer!" - which is basically the theme of the film. It's all about him. He can do whatever he wants: have an affair but stay married with no consequences, destroy a kitchen's worth of food, return to the Met Opera after a self-imposed exile provoked by a hissy fit, soldier on even after his lover leaves him. The craziest part of the whole movie is that "Nessun dorma" is sung twice! There's still about 30 minutes left to the opera. So the movie effectively gives Giorgio an encore that no one asked for. There was no doubt that "Nessun dorma" would be the climax of the film, but do we have to hear it twice in its entirety, both verses? Apparently yes, so Pav can sing the high B even longer the second time (6 seconds the first time, a whopping 10 seconds the second time). I think it's musically thrilling, but the movie definitely pushes the audience as far as they can go to the point of admiring the singing and not caring for anything else. Especially nowadays, when the #metoo movement and general impatience for diva-ish behavior has finally caught up to the opera world that created the likes of Pavarotti.

I shouldn't be surprised that Jason had no idea about spilling tea but honestly I'm still surprised.

I was at this show and wanted to raise my hand and ask a question but chickened out and didn't, so I'm going to say my piece here. I really wanted to know more about that nun. Where was she flying to with that loaf of bread and other groceries? Did the car bring her to her plane after it dropped off Giorgio or did she get stuck there on the tarmac next to his plane? I would have preferred a movie about her travels. It was bound to be better. Also, Paul's Italian accent in this episode was flawless.

I recommended this one to June on twitter, and really how can you say no to Irelands only Kung-Fu movie! I think it handily meets the criteria for the show James Bennett really did try his best with this one and it has a genuine cult following on the internet. Finding the DVD can be nightmarish as the company who made it has disowned it but the whole movie is on youtube and no one will be taking it down. Honestly its worth watching for the final scene alone!

I haven't seen this movie but just the thought of Robert Loggia as a vampire makes me very happy.

The boy airplane has a really big Adam’s apple and the girl airplane has bad grammar Kevin’s mommy!

i can't believe the boys got TONY PARKER for next week's episode in an exclusive interview talking about why he left the spurs, the recession of manu ginobli's hairline, and how he strong-armed the hornets into trading away dwight howard

Those airplanes are eating sushi mommy!

Although the person who wrote the review about this movie and their experience with hitting puberty and watching this movie was completely over the top, it reminded me a little bit of the feeling I got when looking at my mom's copy of this record back in the day. I'm perplexed by it now.

check this shit out

can we track down a picture of kevins mom so CMB can make a 'where in the world is kevin's mom' poster? please

Leonard Maltin's review of this is classic:

Thanks for another great season of Bonding!

The way ACH called the podcast listeners "viewers" and then Scott said "well, listeners" made me miss Mike and Tom Eat Snacks

That would imply that the title has something to do with things that happen in the movie. I promise you it does not.

One of my all-time favourite bad movies! here's the full version: