POOR THINGS PODCAST.
Oscar nominated for 11 2024 Acadamy Awards
Have you ever questioned the thirst for knowledge, liberation, and self-discovery? Join us as we share our fascinating discussion on the modern Frankenstein tale, "Poor Things", exploring the unique journey of its protagonist, Bella Baxter. With insights from the talented cast Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, we peel back the layers of this captivating film. We also take a moment to appreciate the treasure trove of behind-the-scenes content that we highly recommend for all movie enthusiasts.
Imagine witnessing the incredible impact of Emma Stone on the film industry, particularly with her astonishing involvement in "Poor Things". This episode sheds light on her versatility as an actress and producer, and the importance of supporting original films like this one. We are also joined by the brilliant screenwriter Tony McNamara, who shares his thoughts on the film's departure from its source material, opening up a conversation about the constraints and liberation in adaptations. The chapter concludes with an engaging clip of Bella criticised for her love of knowledge, a situation too familiar and relatable for many of us.
This journey of exploration doesn't stop there. We navigate through the films unique style, including interviews with the cast and crew right from the red carpet. We spotlight the performances of Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Ruffalo, and delve into the film's energy and originality. So, grab a drink and join us in our movie oasis, a haven for movie lovers, as we traverse the captivating world of films. A toast to you, our listeners, and to the world of movies. Cheers!
POOR THINGS PODCAST.
Oscar nominated for 11 2024 Acadamy Awards
Have you ever questioned the thirst for knowledge, liberation, and self-discovery? Join us as we share our fascinating discussion on the modern Frankenstein tale, "Poor Things", exploring the unique journey of its protagonist, Bella Baxter. With insights from the talented cast Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, we peel back the layers of this captivating film. We also take a moment to appreciate the treasure trove of behind-the-scenes content that we highly recommend for all movie enthusiasts.
Imagine witnessing the incredible impact of Emma Stone on the film industry, particularly with her astonishing involvement in "Poor Things". This episode sheds light on her versatility as an actress and producer, and the importance of supporting original films like this one. We are also joined by the brilliant screenwriter Tony McNamara, who shares his thoughts on the film's departure from its source material, opening up a conversation about the constraints and liberation in adaptations. The chapter concludes with an engaging clip of Bella criticised for her love of knowledge, a situation too familiar and relatable for many of us.
This journey of exploration doesn't stop there. We navigate through the films unique style, including interviews with the cast and crew right from the red carpet. We spotlight the performances of Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Ruffalo, and delve into the film's energy and originality. So, grab a drink and join us in our movie oasis, a haven for movie lovers, as we traverse the captivating world of films. A toast to you, our listeners, and to the world of movies. Cheers!
Because we now have the Cinema Judge Music. Hello, hello, hello and welcome to the Cinema Judge. To all my regulars out there, welcome back. If you're new to the show, welcome aboard, and I hope my voice finds you well Now approaching the bench. Today we have the film Poor Things. Think Frankenstein for the modern times, but here's the official tagline the incredible tale about the fantastic evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr Goodwin Baxter. Say no more. Here's a trailer for Poor Things Music.
Speaker 2:This is Bella. Bye, bye Bella. This is Mr McCandles. Hello Bella, no, she's an experiment.
Speaker 3:Good evening.
Speaker 2:Her reign and her body are not quite synchronised, but she is progressing at an accelerated pace. Music.
Speaker 4:Tell me, where did she come from?
Speaker 2:I shall For it is a happy tale Music.
Speaker 3:I am Bella Baxter and there is a world to enjoy, so can navigate.
Speaker 5:It is the goal of all to progress grow A woman plotting her course to freedom and a knuckle.
Speaker 2:Music Bella.
Speaker 1:Oh, music. Now I just want to get this out of the way right away. Every day we always hear people out there complaining about Hollywood not being original, doing the same rehash stuff over and over again. Well, this is the one time this silences the whole crowd, because this is truly one of those amazingly original films. Yes, is it inspired by Frankincend in a sense? Okay, there is no such thing as a completely original piece. But what they do with this story is wildly different Inspiration. It just breaks levels and ideas and it's creative. This kind of movie.
Speaker 1:Obviously it's not for everyone, so she later on, when you start hearing more of the interviews, it's about the liberation of your mind, in a sense of what society expects of you and what we're taught our whole lives, of how you're supposed to act about certain things. We lose our innocence after a while. When we're kids we're free, wild, we do whatever we want, but through time we're told this is how you behave. And this is a neat, fascinating character study about starting off with a clean slate and just here's life. What happens? Everything's. For the first time, this movie is directed by your goals, lanthimos. You might ask yourself what has he done? Well, what he's done is always incredible stuff from the 2015 film the Lobster and also the 2018 film, the Favorite and if you haven't seen the Favorite yet, you got to see that movie. It is just as an original, amazing director. Check it out. But look at this cast Emma Stone, mark Ruffalo, willem Dafoe just them alone. You already know the bar's being raised. So all you naysayers out there me included we keep begging for original films. You want it, you got it, and that's poor things.
Speaker 1:And you're going to hear some really great interviews today and I'm just going to try to let a lot of them just roll through, because that's what you're here for. You hear them talking so up. First, we're going to play several interviews just back to back, because most of these interviews generally talk about what's the stories about, about the whole Frankenstein idea, but everybody has their own spin on it, what they feel it's about. First, we're going to hear from the screenwriter, tony McNamara, then we're going to hear from the director and then producer Andrew Lowe, another producer, ed Gini, mark Ruffalo, and then Emma Stone. And immediately after that I'm not going to interrupt it, even at that point we have a feature for you and in this feature, you're going to hear from the cast and everybody else talking about the character in this movie.
Speaker 1:So, in the order that they come up, at least the first several moments you're going to hear from Emma Stone, the director, willem DeFoe, then Emma Stone, again Mark Ruffalo, rami Yousef You'll hear a little bit more from Emma later on and also that little feature. In this feature it's just a couple of minute thing that comes pre-packaged that tells people what the movie's about. Thank you, and if you want to watch this I'll get the end of the show I'll give you a website, because in these featurettes like this they really give a lot of on set stuff clips, outtakes, things of that nature and sometimes it's really fun to watch. So at the end of the show I'm going to give you that website.
Speaker 6:It's about the extraordinary journey of Bella Baxter, who is a woman who how to give it away? It's like a young Frank. It's like a Frankenstein movie inverted. It's a comedy, it's a sci-fi, it's a fantasy, it's a coming of age movie about a young woman. It's sort of creating her own life from scratch, even though she and she starts at 36, but her brain is like three months old, and then she accelerates through time incredibly quickly and goes on this amazing journey with the amazing Emma Stone.
Speaker 7:It's the story of this woman who gets a chance in life to experience the world in her own terms.
Speaker 8:It's a kind of a retelling of the Frankenstein myth, with Willem Dafoe playing the mad scientist and Emma Stone playing the monster, and really it's a story about a young woman who finds her place in the world and the story about empowerment and self-discovery, and a very positive story ultimately.
Speaker 9:It's a sort of riff on the Frankenstein myth and it's kind of Emma Stone playing the monster, in this case, who's brought back to life by Willem Dafoe, who's the kind of mad scientist and it's set in the late 1800s, starts in London and then travels the world.
Speaker 10:It's a it's kind of a reverse Frankenstein movie about freedom, and growth and turning everything on its head.
Speaker 3:It's about a woman's journey of self-discovery. The other son, I started talking about poor things in 2017. The idea of having a brain that is brand new. What would that be?
Speaker 2:Where did she come from? She's an experiment. She's progressing at an accelerated pace.
Speaker 7:I was blown away by Bella, by the character. I don't think I've ever seen or read anyone like that Working with Emma. That's the reason this film for me was so exciting to make Bella Out now.
Speaker 2:My character. The doctor sees her as an experiment which at some point reaches a crisis.
Speaker 3:I can't let you go If you do not, bella, it'll turn rotten with hate. I must set forth into waters that you could have the kind of mind that isn't taught to be a certain way, I think that's very inspiring.
Speaker 10:All of these things that women are conditioned the whole lifetime through, do not apply to her. You can find yourself to three phrases how marvelous, delighted, and how do they make the pastry so crisp? Yes, you get some very funny situation.
Speaker 4:Oh, emma is unbelievable. The development of the brain. It's such a fine line, especially as we shoot things out of order, and she's really tracking the progression, not just with her voice but also with her body. It's an incredibly challenging part.
Speaker 3:It's probably the hardest part I've ever played.
Speaker 5:A woman plotting her course to freedom. That's enough.
Speaker 7:It's a huge leap for her forward. That's incredible to witness. I don't know how this could have been made without her.
Speaker 3:I wanted to play Bella because it felt like acceptance of what it is to be a woman, what it is to be free, what it is to be confident and just a little bit of a f***ing up. We will need less of your tongue in the future, but overall most agreeable. It just felt like the perfect combination of all of that.
Speaker 1:What do you guys think? I think you're starting to get a feel for this movie, but what you can't see is the visual, stunning photography in this film. The director is incredible, the tone that he creates the visuals. The man is a master of cinema. It is amazing to watch somebody so talented and work with some subject matter that is not easy to tackle. And that's what's interesting about this movie too.
Speaker 1:It deals with woman's sexuality and her development of it and enjoying it, because we often don't, we very rarely discuss that in cinema at all. It's always the men conquering this is what they like to do, all that jazz. But we all know we're all humans, we're all animals and animals are a key word in developing that taste, that hunger of finding your sexuality, finding what that does to you. This movie explores that, finding out for the first time and then growing from there. And we all know through history the sad, pathetic nature of mankind where women aren't supposed to enjoy sex or anything like that. How dare you that's revolting In its sad, pathetic and its time like this, where finally movies can be brave enough to have women enjoying the act and not apologizing for it, not being ashamed of it that society has placed on society for women forever. So this is one of those movies where it's like, yeah, just stick it to them, because the reality is we're all animals. We all have most okay, I shouldn't say all so many human slash animals have those urges, and this addresses that.
Speaker 1:I tip my cap to the filmmakers, screenwriters, emma Stone, for tackling such a brilliant role. It's truly one of those rare films and that's another reason why I love doing this show. It's introducing films like this that you might not have ever dreamed of seeing. But I think it's vital that we as movie lovers see these kind of films, so they do make more of these, not just the same old cookie cutter movies that all of us complain about. How can they make movies like this if we don't support them, or if we don't watch them, or if we don't buy the DVD when it comes out, whatever it is? We have to stop complaining and support something that is original, and I'm not saying you have to see this movie, I'm the same. For those of us who love movies, who want original content, how do you do that? You support it by watching it. It's really that simple.
Speaker 1:Now coming up next we're in here a little bit more from Emma Stone talking about her character, as I want to let you guys know. On another thing here most of these interviews well, all of them that are just not pre-packaged, they're from the red carpet, they're from a premiere of some sort, so that's what the noise is in the background. There wasn't any interviews pre-made during the making of this film, except for during the ones that are in the featurette. So that's why you're going to hear a lot of noise in the background. But after her interview then we're going to have another featurette primarily talking about Emma Stone dealing with this role and people talking about that and what a challenge and what a reward it was to make this film.
Speaker 3:Bella is her own creature. She's a woman who is hungry for experience and she's curious and bold, and I don't know she's my favorite. She was very inspiring. My name is Emma Stone. I am playing Bella Baxter in the film Poor Things.
Speaker 2:This is Bella. She's an experiment.
Speaker 3:She is understanding what it is to be a member of society. Good evening. The more autonomous she becomes, the more challenged men seem to be by it. Bella's sexuality it's an incredibly important part of the story. The human experience is fascinating to her. Sex is a major part of that. Why do people not do this all the time? I wanted to play Bella because it felt like acceptance of what it is to be a woman, to be free to be scared and brave.
Speaker 5:We must experience everything, Bella. This makes us whole.
Speaker 3:The artist is giving me a gift by asking me to be a producer on this. I've gotten to be very privy to the whole process that I wouldn't have if I were just acting in it. It just felt like the perfect combination. Bella, why I keep it in my mouth if it is revolting?
Speaker 1:There's so many great lines in this movie. It's just the actors, the music, everything about it is just top notch. And let's be honest, I think here's the deal. I think so many people just wrote off Emma Stone when she first came out, thinking, oh, it's just another, another actor's coming and going and they'll be gone. But what a phenom she's turned into. She's been, she's been allowed or not allowed, but she has to spread her talents and just can do any kind of movie there is.
Speaker 1:Look at I'm going to give you a brief synopsis of just a sliver of her catalog that she's doing La La Land, eza, the Help, cruella, zombieland If you've never seen Zombieland one and two, just awesome, I mean, it's hilarious. Bill Murray's in there, woody Harrelson, I could go on and on. But if you just want a fun, fun movie, zombieland, check it out. But again, that's just the tip of the iceberg. What she's done. She's a producer, she's an actress, she it's amazes me that, what she's done and where she's going to go, and that's what's exciting. I don't see any limitations that she's doing, because now, being producing, you have more control over your projects and what you do, and that's what really sets people apart now these days when they are allowed in seeing visions, in becoming producers on their own, not just taking roles that are given to them by the studio or whatever it may be. I'm just this era that we live in, where so many actors, actresses, can find and create their own projects without fear of oh gee, I've only made these kind of movies. I only make these kind of movies. That's why they're actors because they have skills, they have abilities. They can offer us more than what we just think they are. And that's what's really great about Emma Stone just seeing what she's done and what she's going to do Now.
Speaker 1:Coming up next we're going to hear from screenwriter Tony McNamara and he talks a little bit about how the movie's very different from the book. But because of what they wanted to do with it, because, emma Stone, they knew they could do something different and him being a writer, he's like this is totally fine. And then we have a clip for you, and in this clip we have Bella. She's reading a book and around a boat, and the colors in this shot are just blended. It's just spectacular, just a photography.
Speaker 1:But in the scene, duncan, who's played by Mark Ruffalo, he comes up to her and starts criticizing her for reading because, as the story evolves, her mind is growing and she's learning more things. She's not just this young mind of a person, it's now collecting data and adjusting to it and, of course, him being the simple, pathetic, insecure, petty little man. How dare you read? You want knowledge. Everything I say should be good enough. I mean, it's just it's. We all know that that happens sometimes. Guys can be so petty, insecure. Oh, how dare you learn? Oh, my god, the blasphemy of it all. So he's criticizing her and then he takes a paper or book and throws it away, but this elderly woman sitting next to her just kind of looks over and hands her her book and then she keeps reading. It's like a score. Check it out.
Speaker 6:The book was quite different. We had to put Emma's character at the center of the story, and in the book she's not quite at the center. But it was fun. I mean, yorgos is just a great director and he's a joy to work with and I knew Emma was going to be in it, so it was all good from a writer's perspective.
Speaker 3:These two are fighting and ideas are banging around in Bella's head and heart like lights in a storm.
Speaker 10:Oh, you're always reading. Now, bella, you're losing some of your adorable way of speaking.
Speaker 3:I'm a changingable feast, as are all of we, apparently, according to Emerson, disagreed with by Harry. Come come, just come, you were in my son.
Speaker 1:What Now, making any movies insanely difficult? It's a circus happening every day, balls in the air, chaos happening. Especially when you make this kind of film that's so creative, so full of energy, you need somebody who can orchestrate it all and that's not always an easy task. Coming up next, we're going to have some people talking about the director in the process that they took in making this film, about rehearsals and how they created their characters, because this kind of role isn't kind of where you just read it off the page and be done, because these characters interact in such a way that it's not something you just plainly read. If you, if you just show up on the set from coming from another movie and just I'm going to read the script and that's it. No, it's not going to work.
Speaker 1:So first we're going to hear from Mark Ruffalo. He talks about this being a part of a lifetime and that says a lot. Look at, look at what he's been in. So him saying something like that, that's, that's pretty big time. He talks about working with the cast, emma, and then the director, and then after him we're going to hear from the screenwriter and he talks about the director in that process, about rehearsing and things of that nature.
Speaker 1:And then we're going to hear from Catherine Hunter talking about the director and then the incredible, the insanely talented a guy that we could do a whole show on or several shows on Willem de Faul. The guy is a genius. I'm not just saying that, just to say it. Willem de Faul, look at his catalog. I can't even start, but one day I'll do a whole show on him, maybe because the guy is insanely talented but humble, he's just. He doesn't walk around like he's a big shot, he's just. He seems like a normal dude. You're going to hear him talk about rehearsals and that whole process. And then we're going to hear from the director and he talks about how he can be stressed out sometimes but the importance of that rehearsal and on the set fun can just make his whole world and the whole process a little bit more tolerable.
Speaker 10:It's a part of a lifetime with an incredible cast and seeing partner and Emma and incredible director and Yorgos. It's been a dream come true to play it.
Speaker 6:They're so funny and they're so fun and Yorgos spends weeks with them before we shoot, three weeks rehearsing, which is just really just playing around, and so by the end we're all a company. We're like in a ensemble, fun family kind of. So yeah, they're joy and they're so brilliant. You know, they just do it so well.
Speaker 5:Yorgos is such a wonderful director to work with. We rehearsed with him, we played mad games, we kind of tore up the text and put it back together again and she's a wicked character, but she's fun. She's immoral and, yes, she's moral. So many contradictions, like the film itself, which makes it a wonderful thing to play, a wonderful character to play.
Speaker 2:We did something that's kind of unconventional, as we had rehearsed before, and it wasn't necessarily to explore the text, it was really to create a company. So we played theater games and got a level of trust and cooperation that's very rare. So that really bonded us and even now, when we're reunited, there's a very good feeling. It was a good cast and beautiful experience.
Speaker 7:We had a lot of fun I mean, mostly the cost did, I'm very stressed when we were filming. So we had a lot of fun during rehearsals and, yeah, on the side it was very pleasant, I think for everyone, because the film itself is quite funny. So a lot of the times we enjoyed it.
Speaker 1:Now, you've heard many people describe this film, but now we're going to have a more, dare I say, blunt description of the film, because up next we're here from Rami Yousef and pretty much she says the film is filthy. And then we go to a clip and in this clip, at the very beginning of it, the Yousef's character and Emma are walking amongst trees. It's beautiful background and Emma is narrating and she talks about how upset he was when he found out about her whoring. And then the conversation picks up. Well, she says, well, usually I charge people this amount of much and he's like well, that seems pretty small, but it's just such an incredible fun scene.
Speaker 1:If you see this film, I want you to look how the focus is, look in the background, look at the trees, see how it's focused, and I would love to find out what that, what he was trying to portray, what was a director saying with that focus? Obviously, I'm not smart enough to understand it, but what he does in that shot with both of them is that it's part fish eye, part blurred. I have no idea. I'm not a filmmaker. I have no idea.
Speaker 1:There's little details like that that set a movie apart from a film, because there's a movie and film, and I realize that sounds extremely pretentious, but you and I both know there's a difference between a movie and a film. This one is right there, but between both, because it's fun like a movie, but there's some shots in the color and everything else that's filmish and that's what sets this kind of film apart. And then after that scene we're gonna hear from you stuff again and I just love it. He just talks about how, how happy his family was that he was one of the very few people that remained clothed.
Speaker 4:The film is. It's filthy and it's and it's crude and rude. Everyone involved with it is disgusting, and I'm glad to be a part of it.
Speaker 3:Wetterbird became much weeping sweary when he discovered my whoring.
Speaker 4:I find myself nearly jealous of the men's time with you. Rather than any moral aspersion against you, it is your body, bella Baxter, yours to give freely.
Speaker 3:I generally charged 30 francs. Well, that seems low.
Speaker 4:I play Max, who's probably the only person who keeps his clothes on, and I was very happy to be able to say that to my family. Me, keeping my clothes on means a lot to everyone I'm related to.
Speaker 1:And I can relate to that, my friends, because I can guarantee you there's a party of none who would like to see me just rolled on a giant big screen. So I hear what he's saying, but come up. Next we have more interviews from the red carpet, and I'm just gonna step aside here because I love what these people are saying about the, the movie, the director, the cast, everything that is important they say. So I'm not gonna interrupt it from this point on, I'm just gonna let them roll.
Speaker 5:So here it goes amazing sets and Emma always a kind of force to work with and your list some very precise. But you can see I'm a Greek origin and so your list is not a classical Greek. But he, he has lots of passion which he contains, but his mind is working, so you have to be very alert all the time, and he allows games and relax and jokes as well, so it's wonderful really your goss.
Speaker 9:The director he had read the book and Almost eight years ago now and he mentioned that he, you know, wants to make a film out of it and we'd made the lobster together at that point and we absolutely love working with him, so it was a kind of easy thing to get behind.
Speaker 3:The actors in this are incredible, as Mark and Willem and Ronnie and Look at them and Catherine it was. It was so incredible. Like I, you couldn't ask for a better, for a better Group of actors. So I was so, so, beyond lucky.
Speaker 4:Literally the best group of people you could ever be involved with. It was so, so special. Emma's a genius willem is your ghost, obviously, mark. It was the best time I've ever had.
Speaker 2:I just recommended highly Okay, beautiful, beautiful story. Yorgos Lanthimos is an exceptional filmmaker. Emma Stone gives an incredible performance, so whole cast is great. It's a very special.
Speaker 11:It's about this woman, that I Don't want to say it and then ruin the movie. It's just like a fantastical, whimsical experience of growing up in the world at a rapid pace due to set circumstances, in this kind of magical landscape of a world that he invented, the orgo invented, and Emily's just amazing in it. It's like all the performances and are so beautiful Willem and Mark Ruffalo and it's just like it's yeah, it's a, it's a wild ride.
Speaker 2:It's a beautiful, complicated relationship he has with the Bella character played by Emma Stone and and I enjoyed it very much I've got quite extreme makeup, which is Provides me with a mask for as fights me, with a trigger that really allows me to and have it the character, because when you have something like that, it it really pushes you, it really allows you to leap into a being another person. So I Don't know, it's great fun to do and it's a beautiful movie.
Speaker 8:What can I say it's? I say it's very much a life-affirming story. It's very funny. Emma Stone gives an extraordinary performance. So I you know, I think think the thing I noticed most about audience to the film. They just talk about how energetic they feel and energized they are by it and I positive. So I hope people take a lot out of it.
Speaker 6:You're gonna see something I don't think. It's quite unique, like I feel like it's a piece of cinema that hasn't quite what your guess is down. It was quite extraordinary as a movie and even when I saw it I was like, wow, I haven't seen anything like this. Even I knew how it was being made. I was still like blown away when I saw it. So, yeah, I think come for an amazing time.
Speaker 5:I think the main thing is that it's gonna be you're gonna a roller coaster of a story so original like you've never seen before, and it's unique. So the original writer is Scottish, so there's this amazing kind of connection between a Scott, alice, dare gray, and a Greek, and so it throws all the kind of norms of story into the air and grips you from beginning to end and takes you, you know, by surprise Every, every turn. So you're gonna have a good time and laugh and be appalled and be shocked and and totally engaged.
Speaker 9:It's a really joyous film. It's loads of fun. It's a little bit out there, but all of the cast are incredible Emma, obviously, mark Ruffalo, willem Bifoe, rami he's a fantastic bunch of people. So, yeah, I think people will have a great time, like I'm gonna see it.
Speaker 4:I hope people are inspired by Emma's performance, and she just does this thing that I've always wondered about, which is you know, what would it look like if you didn't have pre-programmed societal ideas on you and you just kind of ran free, and I think she really Kind of exemplifies that idea in such a cool way.
Speaker 10:It's the most imaginative, most original movie probably made in decades. It's hilarious, it's funny, it's moving and it's really satisfying.
Speaker 2:I hope they enjoy it. It offers many things. You know it's the kind of movie that you know people will see themselves in it. It there's elements that really show you how sometimes we accept social conditioning that we take as a given, and it kind of allows us, through Bella's journey, to See another way of looking at some of these things that control us.
Speaker 3:Whatever people take is what they're meant to take. I think it asks more questions than maybe gives answers. So that's yeah, it will save.
Speaker 7:I hope they're able to ask questions about stuff like about how we're structured as a society, human behavior, you know all sorts of things according to their own Experiences in background.
Speaker 1:So what do you guys think, something you want to see? Here's a deal with this movie. It addresses a lot of stuff but it deals with it in a very Unique way. It can make you laugh, make you think, if you really break this movie down. It deals with so many more issues about control. Whether it be man, woman doesn't matter. There's so many people out there who control people to what they want and it's really sad to see.
Speaker 1:Most of us have seen this kind of behavior, whether it be a spouse, significant other, where they control everything they do, from their text messaging to their email, to their calls you name it, they control it and they freak out if somebody that they're with emails, somebody call somebody, mention, somebody has furniture from somebody, kind of goes back to the whole Ross thing from if any of you have ever watched friends, it's embarrassing when you watch that, that those episodes with Emily when Ross has to get rid of everything because somebody else said he once knew Sat in that couch. Whatever it may have been, you got to get rid of it because, oh my goodness, somebody might have sat in it. The control things of that, that nature really working this film, because we often don't see it, we just take it for granted. And it's sad to see people we know I know, I've seen it. I've sent somebody a text message or an email and their spouse will grab their phone. Let me look at that. I want to make sure what they're sending you. They can't even have their own phone. They can't even have their own email. They can't even have their own text message, whatever it is. That kind of behavior is terrifying to me, and yet we still let it happen.
Speaker 1:And I don't blame the person that it's happening to, because that's an unabusive, controlling relationship. It's the person on the other end who's manipulative, pathetic, sad, insecure. You shouldn't be in a relationship if you can't let that person be who they want to be, and that's what this movie talks about too. She starts developing who she is, but the world around her is freaking out. How dare you think on your own, if you're not secure enough to be in a relationship? Don't be in one. Don't be an embarrassing, pathetic loser who controls every aspect of that person around you. And we've all seen it. It's so sad and that's what this movie addresses, but in a funny way, but by showing out. They said hey, raising your hand to if you're in this kind of relationship, if you ever feel controlled, abused, do whatever you can reach out. That's not right. It's not healthy. If you just watch Friends, it's a perfect example. Ross is a pathetic, controlling, insecure piece of dog dirt.
Speaker 1:I'm not knocking the show. I watch it all the time. Sometimes I watch it every day before I go to work, whatever. But I hand it to the writers. They created a character women at that time or anybody at that time oh, isn't that adorable? No, it's not adorable, it's sick. But yet they created a character that said why, that's attractive, that's okay. No, he's a sick bum and one day I'm gonna do a complete show on this. What a monster Ross was. Again, I don't hate this show. I love it. I watch it all the time.
Speaker 1:And this is that character. He just wanted to throw a brick at the TV. Every time he comes on, he can't finish a sentence. What? Watch it. Trust me, he could barely ever complete a sentence Everything. Oh, I can go on and on. That's what this movie is kind of a boat, and if you're in that situation, run, run, run.
Speaker 1:Well, I hope you enjoyed our in-depth look at poor things. If you guys have any questions, comments, concerns any way to improve the show, please let me know CinemaJudge at Hotmailcom or Instagram, tiktok threads, youtube, whatever it is, feel free. I love hearing from you because I can't grow if I don't know. Now, this is one of my favorite parts of the show. This is where I give a shout out to you, everybody who listened to the podcast, from all around the world, and I don't care how you listen to it. I love hearing how you listen to the show, whether you're driving to work, sitting at home, doing a road trip, whatever it may be. It might be two weeks from now, it might be two months from now, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1:What I want to do here is create a movie oasis, a place we could come and just listen about a movie. Whether it's a blockbuster, independent film, it doesn't matter, because there's so much noise out there. Guys, all I want to do is create the haven we could come and listen to one movie, and I'm not going to tell you whether it's a C movie or not. We all come from different paths. Who might have told you what to see? Because any movie is somebody's favorite movie. I just want to learn about a movie, take that deep dive and learn about something, because it's movies like this.
Speaker 1:Sometimes, like I said earlier, you might not have ever wanted to see this film, but maybe after hearing the interviews, you might say there's something more to this film that I want to see and that's what it's all about. But you might listen to it and say I don't want to see this movie at all. That's all good. I just want to share all the information I have with you. So this goes out to everybody who listened to this podcast on the platforms. You might say, hey, I listened to you on YouTube or whatever it may be. Well, that's a whole different animal that doesn't show up on this podcast version. If you want to have a shout out, listen to the podcast, whether it be on Apple, spotify, whatever platform you have. You'll get a shout out. But to everybody who does give me feedback on YouTube and listen there, because it's a lot, I am truly grateful. But if you want a shout out, go to a platform and then you'll get this To all my listeners from the United States, germany in Canada, dallas, texas, saint Paul, minnesota, somerville, south Carolina, nashville, tennessee, halifax, nova Scotia, cheyenne, wyoming, glenview, illinois, detroit Lakes, minnesota, rogers, minnesota, stevenson Ranch, california, frankfurt AM, maine, hesse.
Speaker 1:To each and every one of you, that's just to name a few. Thank you so much for taking time out of your life to listen to this show. In this week's bourbon shout out goes out to two incredible people that have known for probably more than 18, 20 years Ray and Jill. I recently lost both of you within hours of each other and I can't tell you how much I enjoyed working with you, talking to you but movies, music, whatever it may be, tons of TV talk. It was so fun chatting to both of you and Jill I saw you most recently. It's just gonna be heartbreaking knowing you are no longer there. You provided so much joy, happiness and all the talk again. We talked about movies, tv, music. It was so enjoyable and now, knowing that you're gone, it's just heartbreaking. I truly appreciate every conversation we ever had. It was so wonderful talking to you. So to Ray and Jill cheers.
Speaker 1:Now most of you know when I'm making the TV version of this, I'm cranking tunes, because that's my happy place. I have tunes, I have music, I have movies. It's wonderful. In this week I was cranking the news album from Neil Young before and after. This album is an acoustic album but it touches on a lot of his old songs. But he does his own little version acoustically and it's just so wonderful he does. His catalog is phenomenal and I was listening. When I was listening to this album it reminded me a couple years back he toured and I went to his concert and it was so awesome. It was all acoustic. But here's the funny thing sitting right in front of me. I swear it was Rick Lagina, if you don't know who that is. I have been obsessed with this show for 11 years now. It's called the Curse of Oak Island. This guy, I swear he was sitting in front of me and I'm like, oh my God, I want to say hello.
Speaker 1:But I don't want to be that typical fan who interrupts them while he's out there trying to enjoy a show. And to this day it will always bug me because I watch that show every Tuesday night come wintertime. That's my best part of winter because you know I'm not a fan of winter anymore. But I will love watching the Curse of Oak Island and every time I see him on the screen I'm like Damn it. I wonder if it was him. I just I didn't have any courage. I wanted to say thanks for doing the show, but I don't want to be that guy. Anyway, I digress.
Speaker 1:But like I said earlier, if you want to watch a TV version of this where you can see the interviews behind the scenes footage, go to bitly slash cinema judge. That's bitly slash cinema judge. But just a side note if you listen to this the next day, it's not going to be there right away on Monday because, well, right now it's the weekend. So when I send this out it might take a little time. But if you listen to this a few months from now, a few weeks, it'll be there. Just be patient, just let you know It'll be there. Check it out on demand, whatever you want, 24 hours a day. Well, that is it, my glass of weights. I'm thirsty, so cheers to you and to the movies. So until next time. Be well, be good, and I'm gone. I'm Jeff. Thanks for listening to the Cinema Judge.