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I agree with the negative review they read in the podcast and Sycasey. I didn't rewatch this movie but I remember finding it very boring. I didn't find it have anything interesting to say and I'm not sure what it might be trying to say other than "fuck the old way" in a general sense. While I can get behind that (generally speaking), this felt meandering without purpose or artistry or skill. The only thing I can see that I might appreciate in this is encapsulating a feeling/time. But I think I just don't feel that kind of call that this movie seems to invoke in its fans. Maybe I'm just not connected with 1969 enough to get it. I think what really turns me off is the idea of Wild Hogs (which I haven't seen) or the type of people who just interpret the movie as...I don't know... freedom of the open road, rebellion, whatever. Since the movie is so muddled and the main characters don't seem admirable to me, the movie's influence seems to be people either ignoring its flaws or bringing their own interpretation to it. So, real hard pass on this one. If we must have a movie about what the 60s was like, I'd rather have Woodstock or Gimme Shelter but the AFI doesn't count documentaries.

Yea, I scanned briefly some reactions in the FB group and I saw a lot that were like 'I don't like it, but I get it's very important and should be on the list' conclusions. I'm sort of the opposite. I do really enjoy it, but I don't think it should be on the list. I agree with @sycasey 2.0 that it maybe lacks in filmmaking/storytelling. But I still really enjoy taking that ride with them and I think it did land on something, even if it's restrained to just a very specific moment in time. That's just my personal reaction, I haven't listened to the ep yet so will hold on to more thoughts until I do.

No problem! Intolerance is a breezy 1,000,000 hours long. You can probably watch both...

For me that's very true. Back in the 90's my dad and I got tickets to see Harry Blackstone Jr., the magician. The show was postponed several times. One time we'd even driven well over an hour to get to the theater just to find out it had been postponed yet again. The last time we were getting ready to go. My sister said "Didn't he die recently?" We looked it up and, sure enough, he had, from pancreatic cancer.

How could I have forgotten it the first time around?? I feel bad that I am mostly coming up with those and not the categories Paul posted. LOL.

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Honestly, this is probably my least favorite movie on the AFI list so I vote it down. As my snarky Letterboxd post indicates, I basically find it the reason for the "OK Boomer" meme made into a film. Every time I watch it, with the exception of the musical interludes and the Jack Nicholson character, I find so much of it just plainly ridiculous, a movie entirely concerned with two self-involved guys who cruise around without much purpose other than their own hedonism. If this were a movie like The Graduate, where the lead character's self-involvement is often brought up for criticism or mockery (especially in the critical final scene), that would be one thing, but Easy Rider feels to me like it entirely lacks that self-awareness. The ending plays as pure martyrdom to me; it feels "easy" as Amy says. If these two are martyrs, what was their cause? Riding around, selling drugs, and sleeping with prostitutes? Nicholson's character did seem to have more of a purpose than Fonda and Hopper, but as was noted in the podcast episode the movie seems to just kind of ride past his death without really dwelling on what it meant. I acknowledge that there is historical and cultural importance to this film for what it meant at the time, but I don't think it holds up well as a piece of filmmaking or storytelling unto itself.

Indeed. As per website, schedule is now 4/16 - Cabaret 4/23 - Yankee Doodle Dandy 4/30 - Intolerance

Website now says Cabaret is next.

Ooh! That’s a GREAT one!

Another How Did We Get Sheer nomination the ghost in his hallway, “The Spirit of Christmas” 31 minutes about 50 seconds in.

This is awesome. The stars of Hamilton jump into a Some Good News episode to surprise a fan whose Jacksonville show was cancelled. The Hamilton part starts at 8:30. Make sure to watch the full video after the "credits".

No amount of quarantine is enough for me to consider watching Intolerance again.

Harry Blackstone lived in my hometown! (Where I am currently self-isolating too.) His daughter was a year or two behind me in high school.

Imagine no pants, it’s easy if you work from home.

Support for Deez Nuts is provided by your mom.

Honestly, this feels like the part of the zombie movie that everyone skips.