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  1. Posted

    21 minutes ago, sycasey 2.0 said:

    Hey, you started the topic, but we need a poll. Does it stay on the list, yes or no?

    Did I correct this correctly? 😉

     

    Edit: I am also open to closing this thread and letting someone who knows what they are doing open the real one... I just felt complled to share my thoughts this time and got overexcited 😉

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    Paul & Amy run through 1994’s satirical American history tour Forrest Gump! They learn the nutty plot of the sequel book Gump & Co, listen to a bit of the Lt. Dan Band, and ask how John Candy would have played the Forrest role. Plus: We take your calls and hear why this film has resonated with so many movie fans.

    What do you think The Best Years Of Our Lives is about? Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer! Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com  and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall

     

    Hi everyone!

    I find this episode fascinating in regards to the reception of the movie! Especially the apparent difference between the reaction of Americans and Non-Americans. I mean I was shocked when I first heard that people see this as a sweet, wholesome movie!

    It’s of course only anecdotal but most Europeans I talked to seem to think of Forrest Gump as a rather scathing deconstruction of America and the American Dream. With Forrest’s story being a parable showing that the American system is unjust and destructive and the only person who can succeed in this environment is someone who ”ignores” reality and blindly does what the system expects them to do ("following orders"), while everyone else who dares to question the dream gets punished HARD (like Jenny). Success in this movie is based on a combination of luck and a lack of critical thinking.

    Maybe it’s because there’s already a widespread skepticism regarding what America is and symbolizes and this movie only confirms an already existing negative bias? I don’t know…

    In any case a truly fascinating episode for me that makes me question how much you yourself bring to the table when looking at a piece of art...

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    I have seen the Oprah stuff and Cruise CLEARLY jumps onto the couch. How Amy can deny this is baffling to me. And he did tell dangerous nonsense on the Daily Show. And that a year earlier the show would have been blackmailed into not airing the truth is neither a defense nor a good thing. I lover her but all in all I feel Amy has lost a little of her distance there in defending her favorite movie star... ;-)

  5. Posted

    While Iron Man and The Dark Knight reinvigorated the superhero genre, Marvel's The Avengers is maybe the more important milestone in superhero movies. Never before we thought a team up of superheroes like in the comics was possible on the big screen. Even Marvel was skeptical; the Iron Man post credits scene with Nick Fury talking about The Avengers Initiative was merely an afterthought when they heard about Jackson being interested in appearing. It was all a big gamble. And then in came The Avengers and changed the game forever. Hell yeah, it belongs in the canon.

  11. Posted

    Oh god! This has to be the worst episode of The Canon yet. Armond White was unbearable. He seemed in no way interested in having a discussion and hitting the coversational ball back and forth. Any ball Amy was hitting into his court - he just let ... drop.

     

    And I don't know if it's because Amy is a woman or if he's that way to everyone, but he was so condecending I almost quit listening halfway through.

     

    On a semi-related note: Amy should get Scott Mantz for a La La Land episode! THAT would be a fun battle to listen to and observe. He's such an outspoken fan of La La Land that would be a blast to listen him and Amy duking it out over that movie. Who's with me? ;-)

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  12. Posted · Edited by JJ95

    I am feeling a little disappointed by Devin and Amy for basically going the clickbait entertainment route and pitting "The Thing", "ET", "Alien" and "Blade Runner" against each other for the knockout episode - and therefore I wanted to start a thread where we all can post our opinions about this decision - whether we support it or not.

     

    To elaborate on my own little opinion:

    I kind of get that it's difficult to get people excited for an episode like "Cannibal Holocaust" vs "Working Girl" or something like this and it is "more dramatic" this way, but to me it feels mainly like troll baiting and purposefully trying to get people angry "to create a better show" or - more cynical - to get "higher listener numbers".

     

    In the end I feel more manipulated this way than entertained which is why I won't be listening to the episode, I won't be calling in and I will abstain from voting.

     

    I think Amy and Devin have all the rights in the world to do what they want on their podcast, but that episode won't be fun for me so I will not participate in any way, shape or form.

     

    I am inviting anyone to join me in this little naive protest if they want :) - but in the meantime: Let's discuss!

     

    PS: I know there's typos and bad English but English isn't my first language.

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  13. Posted

    With the Westworld TV series having come out and the Westworld movie not being available for streaming at the moment I would suggest to just do the best Sergio Leone Western - scratch that - the best Western of all time:

    Once Upon A Time In The West

     

    (which is in fact available at the moment for streaming on Netflix in the US)

     

    It's a masterpiece. You can talk about it for hours. It belongs in the canon. Period.

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    As I said before

     

    I don't know if the decision is really that easy. On Rotten Tomatoes Out of Sight edges out Jackie Brown slightly and I know many Elmore Leonard fans who greatly prefer Out of Sight.

     

    Don't get me wrong I adore Jackie Brown and it's probably the more effortless cool movie but I think Out of Sight is an amazing film as well - maybe the quintessential Soderbergh movie with the non-linear structure, the jump cuts, freeze frames and the color all contributing. It definitely put him back on the map and without Out of Sight I don't know if Clooney's career would have recovered from Batman & Robin and flops like Peacemaker. And I would even say that overall the cast is a smidge better than in Tarantino's caper.

     

    But even if you think Jackie Brown would stomp Out of Sight into the ground I would say contrasting the styles of Tarantino and Soderbergh when they are doing basically the same kind of movie with the same kind of characters could make a fascinating listen.

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    Hi everyone

     

    so my suggestion suggestion for another vs episode would be

     

    Beverly Hills Cop (as of Sep 20, 2016 available on Netflix)

     

    VS

     

    Lethal Weapon (as of Sep 20, 2016 available on Netflix)

     

    Both are quintessential 80s LA cop movies / action films and the Canon should have one of those. And even if they are not Oscar candidates they did both make it on the nominations list for the AFI 100.

  21. Posted

    As I already wrote in the homework thread "There Will Be Blood" just didn't click with me. I fully appreaciate the extraordinary directing, acting and cinematography and recognize the artful writing - but I couldn't relate to anything in this movie. It's an amazing accomplishment but for me nothing else.

     

    I need a minimum of sympathy for the characters to be interested in a movie, and there's just nothing there for me. Boogie Nights is completely different. While it's also a completely different world the ensemble is just so engaging and "loveable".

     

    For me it's therefore not a difficult choice: Boogie Nights - every day of the week. There Will Be Blood belongs in a museum - Boogie Nights belongs in The Canon!

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    I propose pitting the two submarine movies against each other. Both are very different of course but they convey their theme very well and derive a lot of tension out of the premise. And I kind of like the "themed" Versus-Episodes...

     

    What do you think? Or are there any other submarine movies that deserve more to be in the canon?

  23. Posted

    After recently watching "A Most Wanted Man" and being completely blown away by PSH's performance in it and the near perfect storytelling I was shocked to see that hardly anyone was really talking about that movie when it was released and even afterwards even less so.

     

    Therefore, I was thinking: What are some of your "overlooked great movies"?

     

    Maybe we can point some more people to those forgotten treasures...

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    I watched "There Will Be Blood" for the first time last night and I have to completely discredit myself and my opinions:

     

    The movie left me completely cold. I get that the directing is perfect, the acting amazing, the cinematography beautiful, the writing full of important themes and very artistic - but I don't care about anything in the movie. Sadly, there were moments where I even found DDL's performance to be almost a parody of his acting (maybe because I have seen the parodies of his performance first?).

     

    The story and the characters - to me - are just not very engaging. I need a minimum of sympathy for the characters to be interested in a movie, and there's just nothing there for me. I don't even find them particularly fascinating. Those people are so completely separate from my world and I have no way to relate to any of them (aside from H.W.).

     

    And I felt very obviously and annoyingly manipulated by the music. It was near perfect in conveying a permanent feel of dread - but I knew very well WHY I felt uncomfortable and I didn't feel the movie earned this, particularly in the first act.

     

    OK, now people can make fun of me...

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