The Director's Chair Network

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hello and welcome to the final episode of ZX flicks the Ed zck podcast
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this is the wrap-up Show You could argue it's the first time I've actually done a solo show I think in all my podcasting
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years as the amazing podcaster that I am I've usually always had a co-host on I very rarely if ever have really flown
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solo I've done a couple little I guess I've done a couple little shows here and there by myself it's more of a commentary type episodes but definitely
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for this podcast this is the first time I've run solo and I really admire those fellow podcasters that I've podcast with
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such as Katie for her retrade podcast and Craig at times for his theala
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podcast that he's doing hearing them fly solo it's always admirable to hear them do it because they do a great job on
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their own and I don't know if I like the sound of my own voice I don't know if you guys like the sound of my voice but
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bear with me because today is actually going to be I think it's going to be a fun little exercise a fun little show uh
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we're going to talk about where this podcast is going so if you're listening to this right now do not delete the feed
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because shortly after this episode drops there is going to be a title change to
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the podcast it is now forever going to be known as the director's chair Network
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how do you like them apples that's right the director's chair Network I thought this was just a simple title just
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indicate that yes the classic chair that the director sits in to call Action and
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I don't know I think there's just nothing more yeah wonderfully cliche
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than the director's chair the spot where the director sits it's used in movies that we see in TV shows and pictures but
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yeah the chair of the director the director's chair Network what it's going to basically entail is yeah every season
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will have its own director so season one was Edwards Wick season two yeah we have
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fellow Craig Cohan of the goat podcast the Brian to Palmer coverage his show
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will be season two and season 3 will be me again with
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Michael man and at the time of this recording I'm recording that episode tomorrow at the time of this recording
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so quick changes to this network so I'm really excited to be doing that we'll be uh doing Michael man's debut film
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Thief yeah so stick around folks if you want to hear the Michael man coverage
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and Brian to Palma coverage so I'm excited for those changes because the one thing I learned
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or enjoyed about doing this podcast Journey with aswick it's just how much I enjoy films in general especially this
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era of filmography and the when I was really big into films Teenage life to
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early adulthood and it just reminded me again of why I like film so much and I
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just finished watching Michael man's thief and that same feeling came back to me's like man I love these films this era of films nothing to say about
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today's films not at all cuz Michael man and even edwick as late as 2018 they
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were making films and great films I think it's nice to sometimes watch films aren't always comic book films or
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whatever or I don't know nothing against those films but I like these Standalone Stories the good old Standalone
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stories so what we're doing today is we are going to rank we me I'm going to rank the
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films of edwick and I'm going to do that for the end of each each season as well and let me know via comments email
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if my ranking system was bunk if you totally disagree and that's fine it look
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it's all subjective there is no objective how can you be objective it's art and stories speak to you for
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different reasons in different ways and I almost hesitated doing uh ranking list of sorts because
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it can I don't know I feel like because maybe something's last it doesn't mean it's
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not good all right so we are going to rank EDS Wick's 13 films why do I keep saying we I'm so used to having a
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co-host I'm going to do this maybe we the audience so let me know if you agree with the rankings but before we get to
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the rankings I thought it' be fun to let you guys know how each movie did at the box office we touched on that but you
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probably forget I certainly forget I wouldn't be able to list all the films in order so we're going to go from least
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box office to greatest let me know what you think was the greatest box office or least box
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office film of career and I did adjust for inflation the reason why I do this is important
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because if a movie ticket cost a dollar obviously you know say 50 years ago and
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it sold a million tickets it's going to be a million dollars to the box office right that's not fair if now inflation
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is tickets cost $15 right so that's what I did I made sure that the number kind of represents ticket sold if that makes
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sense so that's why I think inflation is important to adjust for if this movie sold the same amount of tickets in
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2025 what would its box office be strap in folks this is very
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exciting at number 13 we have trial by fire not really a big surprise there I
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it almost makes me feel sad and bad that Ed's last film and I'm not GNA say what
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I feel about just right now this isn't what this part's about because we're going to get into the ranking but yeah
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it is a little sad that his last film was his least successful film at the box office
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$185,000 only so I guess that limited screen run did not produce the box
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office shot in the arm that was needed to have a wider release as my guess at
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number 12 we have leaving normal coming in with $3.5 million at the box
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office yeah that's little low it came out in competition with them Louise and
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I remember we talked about it when we read the audio book I believe that I just whimpered at the box office Ed
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blame bad timing in the news Rodney King stuff and Allie riots and I don't know
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not that Ed's making excuses but maybe this just did not resonate with audiences
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then and number 11 we have Pon sacrifice with a $75
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million at the box office again I shouldn't be too surprised by that it's a chess movie
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right that did start to Toby mcgu I would say half of that draw was probably Toby fans at the very least all right
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now we're going to the top 10 now this is very surprising to me number 10 I was
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surprised and this is adjusted for inflation I find this very surprising because it's my understanding this film
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was both loved by critics and by audiences but maybe it found
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life at the DVD rentals and buying Glory 1989 is
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Glory 67.8 million again Glory I'm surprised coming at number nine Defiance
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with 76 million I wonder why that one didn't do
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that great again not bad not great 76 million and I suspect that Daniel Craig
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being in that film probably helped it out a little bit and number eight we have about last night look at that his
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first film 107 million and the turnaround or the profit in that film was pretty high which probably
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allowed Ed to get Glory so about last night maybe good timing 86 film romantic
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comedy drama dramedy healthy 107 million
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coming at 148 million was Love and Other Drugs again not too surprising we have
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Jake ghal and Anne Hathaway very strong actors in their own right Young
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good-looking good date movie 148 million now we're into the 200 million
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Mark area we have Jack reachers never go back 2016 Tom Cruz vehicle goes well
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saying Tom Cruz very rarely does he have a box office bomb just his name alone even today is pretty Marquee name that
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probably drove a lot of the box office it wasn't quite the Hope or the
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draw that they wanted box office wise because we never got a third film 1996's courage Under Fire is next
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with 218 million that's strong very strong and this one surprised me The
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Siege did better than courage Under Fire at 240 million now we're going to the last
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three no surprises here at 276 million we have blood diamond that movie did very well when
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Doug and I talked about this when we did the show and we'll get into our breakdown but surprised it did this well to some degree because it is such a hard
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watch so I don't think this film was a repeat viewing film I don't think people went back necessarily to watch it again in the theaters the draw of Leo DiCaprio
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was probably a big part of it just looked like an exciting film heavy on the drama I would say action but there
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was just obviously a lot of tense action moments throughout the film and at number two Legends of the Fall with 361
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million not too shabby for a movie about a guy on a horse and a
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bear lastly doubling Legends of the Fall by far zwick's biggest film
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success was nearing I mean we're talking nearing the $800 million box office Mark
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if it came out today with the tickets prices of today and it sold what it sold today this would be considered a huge
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success so would Legends of the Fall at 360 quite frankly or blood diamond even today's standards of film box office The
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Last Samurai Nearing $800 million at the box office wow okay so you go I hope you
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guys enjoyed the little bit of a journey there of where films fell into the box office Journey Justice for inflation for
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ticket sales now we're getting to the nitty-gritty now we're getting to the fun part you could say we're gonna have
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Ryan's oh Ryan's rankings that's has a nice ring to it doesn't it here is how I
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rank these films this probably doesn't come as any surprise but at number 13 we have Pawn
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sacrifice the chess movie not a bad idea of a film
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or a bad idea for a character of a film Craig and I talked about this and we both agreed that the last two minutes of
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this film where we got the what do you call the epilog stating where Bobby
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fiser had gone with his life how he went off the grid and all these conspiratorial
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stuff that should have been the film the film should have started with his final match
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with his opponent the Russian opponent and then go into his after when
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he went really mentally Rogue as you could say when his brain went chess
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crazy because you can see even in this movie poster you're watching this on YouTube you've got the image of the chess pieces the game squares flying out
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of Bobby Fischer's mind to indicate that he's losing his mind because of Chess
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and everything else that you know to be a genius in some way he's losing his mind ironically by being that genius
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that would have been the better film but yeah this comes in last I and of the films with my
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ranking I think Pawn sacrifice truly was a film where it was a bit of a SLO to
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get through and I hate that because Ed even with some of his other R I think for almost the next 12
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films weren't slogs to get through and now I have to rank them and there's reasons why I put them where I put them
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it doesn't make them necessarily bad films but I would give Pawn sacrifice we didn't give them letter grades it is my
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last movie we said it throughout the episode yeah it just it was boring it
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was boring well acted Lea Shriver did a great job in his role I almost wish I had more of him I think the character
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that Toby played and the way he played it was a combination of Toby's acting which I know he's a good actor but his
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acting of Bobby Fisher just was it was a slog and not a great watch but I thank
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Craig for joining me for that at number 12 we have leing normal now
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again don't get mad at me leing normal was an adorable fun film all these films
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I enjoyed I I think Pawn sacrifice oh I hate to say but it might be legit the one film of his 13 that I don't know if
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I necessarily even enjoyed I'm glad I watched it look at me I'm trying to be an apologist here but not every film by
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every director is going to be amazing but Ed has a pretty good record of just enjoyable films right and leing normal
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was a fun film it was perfectly enjoyable and in fact it was more enjoyable than I anticipated when I saw
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that he did this his filmography I never really heard of it looks like most of the public hasn't really heard of it but
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it was a completely enjoyable fun film I don't think I have any real desire to go
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back and watch it I think for the rest of this list folks it's going to be a combination of maybe what were my expectations were they even met or was
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it higher then so this is a situation where my expectations were low but I found myself quite enjoying it but then
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what is my kind of spiritual connection how do I identify with this film and I do admit you two
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lovely women seeking healing and adventure with themselves yeah I well
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done I didn't identify with their Journey like in the sense of I didn't find myself in with them on the journey
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but I enjoyed watching their Journey it was very well acted by mag Tilly and Christin ly and it was a fun film and it
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was fun to see Ed tackle this type of film I believe I remember correctly this
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did come after Glory so it's an interesting film after Glory so number 12 leaving normal
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and number 11 we have the 2010 movie Love and Other Drugs and I knew Ed had
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done this film for years it came out in 2010 and I remember when this film came out and edwick had directed it I
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remember just by the movie poster this was different than his previous outings with blood diamond stuff like that so I
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knew this was a different film but I never just got around to watching it I'm trying to remember yeah I can remember what's going on in my life I I don't
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mind saying at in 2010 I was going through a divorce and I started dating my obviously my current wife Becky and
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everything's fine but it's just a tumultuous time of my life 20091 so films in that area I just probably had
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other things on my mind than watching Love and Other Drugs so then as the years go on you just there's just certain movies as years go on you're
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like I'll get to it I get to it I'm glad I did I'm glad I got to it it ranks just a little bit higher than leing normal
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because there's I think there's more oomph in this movie I think I enjoyed watching Jake a lot and that's the thing so I think for this movie to rank a
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little higher than leave normal uh Jake is incredible actor I really like is acting so I don't think I've ever
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watched again a movie that Jake has been in where I'm like oh my gosh this is a SLO or this is boring he just has some
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so much Charisma he was great to look at yes guys I can say that too about men he was great to look at and he was a great
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Charisma and which brings us to an hathway I said during that episode with Kaylee thank you Kaylee for joining me
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on that episode she's just not my favorite actress just something about her I don't
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know what it is it's just a sense I get with her I could be totally wrong I just don't
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see myself thinking she's I don't know it's weird I it's just some celebrities
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they're all public figures right hey look there's probably people who listen to me who probably don't think I'm that great so it's just how we feel about
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certain personalities or people and it does come through even under their acting I know my many time co-host Katie
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she feels that way about Nicholas Cage for some reason and that might be blasphemy for a lot of you listeners but there you go she just does not like like
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Nicholas Cage does she have any reason not to like I don't know it's just a feeling that people get and sometimes you just can't shake it so for me it was
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an hathway in this film I would be very interested to see a different actress in
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this role how much I would have enjoyed the film like I'm talking like everything's the same but it's a different actress acting the parts and
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if I got to pick my own actress I'd have to figure out who would I want to see naked many times throughout the film because yes you get to see an halfway
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naked a lot and no complaints there I'm just saying yeah if you are interested in seeing the naked an hathway Love and
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Other Drugs is your film at number 10 we have courage Under Fire I had
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Jared with me for that one thank you Jared for joining me on that episode of the three Denzel films this one ranks a
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lowest for me not for Denzel Denzel like Jake do you ever watch a Denzel film and
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think oh boy boy Denzel Denzel brings it every role in a movie with some strong
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acting and some interesting storyline I would say Denzel was the best the highlight of that film and I only wish
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Ed and Denzel did a fourth film together I don't think any of us would have complained had they done more films together and we get to watch more Denzel
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who doesn't love Denzel and I know this sounds terrible because I just finished ragging on the last film with an hathway
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being the weakest link and unfortunately that was a big problem I had with courage on fire was mag Ryan this is a
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situation where you have she's the mystery of the film her intentions and the firing and her getting shot and all
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that mystery stuff and what really happened in that raid or that incursion in the Middle East she looked great see
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she looked the part in a sense like she looked AP part if you just to see you look at the movie poster looks great mag Ryan over Denzel's shoulder she's got
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red hair she's got that fiery attitude you can see in the poster but the delivery it just seemed off it just
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again we said it during that podcast episode I wish me Ryan would just be Meg Ryan she had this southern thing and
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redit fiery redhead attitude that just didn't translate in the acting shops like well she just spoke normal her
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normal you know what I mean she left normal okay so that being said courage Under Fire still top 10 number 10 um it
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was a tough one to put it there but this film and I also I have a hard time watching Matt Damon being so thin I just
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have a hard time with that people really getting into their acting where they lose that kind of weight uh speaking of
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Christian Bale and The Machinist I believe it's called The Machinist I will never watch that film I've seen the photo of him
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obviously 100 pounds or whatever he is it's hard to watch people essentially abuse their bodies essentially it's just
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it's tough to watch I know that's what they're doing but I have a tough time because I'm trying to just watch a movie
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and have fun I I don't need to be challenged that much I don't need my film to be challenging so much where it's hard for me to watch I know there's
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tough subjects and tough things to go through but but yeah Kur of fire is also one of those films too
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where once you know what really happened the mystery of it all the interview process that Denzel goes through you
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lose the the what happened goes away and so the repeat reviewing of this goes
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down a little bit so when I watched it for the podcast it had been a while so it was good to watch it again but I
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think it might have to be another 20 years before I watch it again I remember everything that's happened so the mystery part's gone and then the replay
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value kind of goes away and there's no real oomph in this until sort of the very end but yeah all right number
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nine we have Daniel Craig into Defiance andless people get mad at me
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number nine look we're getting to the point now there's only nine more films and these are all great films we're getting to that part of the filmography
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now where they're just they're all really strong films ranking them is in a question of because it's number nine
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number eight is that much better and so forth It's not really till the maybe the top three where or top four where we get
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to the level of a level films but defin was a really good film and I watched it for the first time for this podcast I'd
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like to thank my uh co-host Scott coming on for that review
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and Daniel Craig was great in it I didn't even know it was a true story till I started watching it it was really
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fascinating film on on these brothers LIF shriber again doing a great job in this
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film this film I definitely recommend everyone to watch all these films essentially but if you haven't seen Defiance give it a chance it is a really
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good film This falls into the repeat watching I don't know if it has again that oomph to watch it over and over
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again some of like my higher films that I've done throughout the years but it is a very very well-crafted very well-acted
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film once you just know the story of the brothers and the survival and what they went through I don't know if repeat
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viewing would do much for me but I'm glad I saw it it belongs in the top 10 well belongs in the top nine I think
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also it was almost what I expected part of my criteria here is what do I expect from this film I did have high expectations for a film like this
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dealing with this subject matter knowing Ed was edwick ability to film War scenes
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and to deal with this tough subject and he did it so he met expectations it didn't exceed those expectations but
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they were met I guess it lacked a little bit of the emotional oomph of some of his other War
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films and number eight L you think I'm just like shiding all over anything that has to do with like romantic comedy or
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all that good stuff we have the amazing about last night his debut film who I had Katie on as my co-host who helped me
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debut this season of the director's chair you like that network but also of edwick filmography
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uh yeah this is a combination of a film that I did not have expectations for so
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they I want say they were low but they were pretty low in the sense like sure it's a romantic or dramedy of adults
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young adults finding love but the acting of Demi and Rob low and even Jim blushi
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all fantastic Elizabeth Perkins was great the Great Central cast I love the story I thought everyone did great it
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was adult it was um well acted did great dialogue it was an ' 80s film without
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feeling like an ' 80s film in that sense it didn't have no offense to some of those ' 80s films it it ages very well
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minus of course some of the Styles and stuff like that but you get what I'm saying I I I miss these type of films
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and a lot of dialogue just dialogue heavy great back and forth and yeah it's
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great to see a young Rob low and Dey Moore doing some great acting that you
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forget sometimes I think some of these earlier roles from these well-known actors and what they really brought to
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the table back in their hungrier days of acting so this movie ranks a little higher for me because I had no
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expectations of this film they were exceeded more than I thought I was going to enjoy the film so ranks a little bit
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higher and it's one I definitely watch again for sure number seven yes I can
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hear my co-host Katie yelling at me oh Ryan how could you have Tom Cruz's Jack reach and Nal back beat about last night
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I can tell you hell because I'm a guy no I'm just kidding maybe a little bit but
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uh I I enjoyed this film I look I'm a Tom Cruz fan I've said it before I've said 100 times I am a Tom Cruz fan so
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having him on film he is an easy rewatchability for me I've seen a lot of his films more than once Jack Reacher
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I'd only seen the one time then watch it again for this podcast Journey but this is a film I could easily watch again and
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I had a great time I guess it's also for memories for me watch it with my son oh my kids now but my one son who's 10
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years old who's a big Tom Cruz fanatic and it was fun watching it with with him so I admit it goes up a little bit higher for me just the replayability it
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has with my family the Jack Reacher character is cool there's a great argument I understand regarding Tom's
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height I didn't realize the public was such he highst I didn't know we're allowed to make fun or criticize
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people's height but I guess we can so uh Tom Cruz is too short to play Jack Creer right I love how other topics in the
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Hollywood regarding other factors of the human body are often debated height seems to be one that people can be
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height us and never be criticized for being that way uh but the point is I think Tom Cruz did a great job
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channeling the uh Jack Reacher personality and fighting skills Colby smolders was great in it she was fine in
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it Craig thought that she maybe lacked the level that Tom brings to the table so Tom had to bring his acting down a
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little bit I I can see that but uh I just wish this film had done better of
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course because I think everyone that enjoyed this film of course would have loved to seen another adventure of Jack
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Reacher in the gang but also mentioned that we're getting that anyways with the long running and not in a bad way eight
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film series whatever it is of Mission Impossible which are just high octane incredible stunt sets but the
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interesting thing is regarding Ethan Hunt in Mission imposs play by Tom Cruz not a very deep character it's just
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a platform for Tom and rightfully so to Showcase his incredible stunt work again stunt pieces and action sequence it's
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they're great action films and they're intelligent action films too mind you however the character of Ethan Hunt
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isn't really that deep but ironically Jack Reacher is a more of a deeper character and personality that you
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actually really enjoy seeing him in certain situations so the set pieces aren't as Grand as the mission possible
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films but the Jack Reacher character is actually a much more in interesting character so yeah it's too bad we didn't
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get more Jack Reacher all right number six maybe higher on the list of people would
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think 2018 Ed's last film maybe forever
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trial by fire with my co-host Doug at the time Doug actually reached out to me after the uh podcast dropped he goes boy
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that was probably the best one we ever did and I admit it was a fascinating discussion and the reason why it's so high on my list maybe not necessar for
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the replay value I admit but the reason why it's so high on my list is because of the emotional impact it had for both
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me and Doug was how much it made us think and that's really important for art as well
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so yes Jack Reacher doesn't necessarily make you think that type film it's fun to watch but the reason why I like trial
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by fire is because it challenged my own preconceived notions regarding the death penalty it made me reconsider some
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previous thoughts I had on it to the point where it did change my mind on things and that's a powerful thing when
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art can do that when a movie can do that so this has to rank higher for me for that reason for what it did to me now
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replay value I probably won't watch it again but what I did was I researched
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things I looked into things I went to interviews like it spawned so much from
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the film that it deserved to be in the top 10 right in the middle of the pack there number six a great acting by Laura
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Duran and Jack Jack oconnell that's the other thing it made me want to see more of those individuals of their films so
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it did all the things that a film should do it uh made you think challenge your preconceived notions and actually change
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them sometimes people just watch what they want to watch they don't want to be challenged and preconceived things and it was done very well and it's a
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bittersweet because it's a great final film if this is Ed's final film like I said he's in his 70s we have to retire
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at some point and if this is his final film there's nothing to be ashamed of with this film it did not do well at the
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box office but don't let that discourage you or dissuade you from watching this
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film dear listeners if you haven't already please I beg you to watch trial by fire give it the love it deserves
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trial by fire number six number five we have the
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siege yeah I know this I admit this is Maybe higher than for some of you again
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it depends on what your kind of films are if you're a romantic comedy person and those type of films yeah you're loving other drugs and about last night
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and leaving normal they'll be higher but for me yeah I admit I'm a guy adrenaline junkie blah blah blah no I like this
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film because it's combination of action set pieces it deals with a time in our world's history before 911 ironically
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but definitely it was in the air cuz this was 1998 when this came out so this is Nostalgia we're getting to that part
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of the list where the Nostalgia plays a big role for me in Ed Ed's films so I saw this in '98 I was 23 at the time so
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I was definitely kneed deep in the love of edwick and his films that he was releasing in those types of films in the
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90s has Denzel Czech it has Bruce which I'm a big fan of course in the 90s and
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80s and 90s it just it was so cool to see Bruce play the character that he played had some dark moments in it it
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had some Intrigue it had some mystery some action sequence and it had the lovely yeah I have a Crush onette Bening
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as an actress as a person I've always enjoyed her I think she's just adorable pretty powerful strong actress seen her
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in this film too mixing up with Bruce and Denzel is really great so yeah this hits all the spots for me as for
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Nostalgia and then for repeat viewing I think it's a great film I think it's filmed well it looks good and I think
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the U maligning that Bruce got I don't it's just people I think he did great I think he did fine as the general I think
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he played the role well was he the strongest of the three no it was Denzel andette then Bruce but still great film
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I enjoyed it it it is number five for me and thank you to Scott who joined me
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on that episode number four we have the amazing Blood Diamond thank you Doug for
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joining me on this uh episode of Blood Diamond boy this was a rough watch I
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hadn't seen it since it came out in 06 or around that time and that's probably why and we mentioned that of course
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during that episode this was a tough watch but it was so darn good uh I am a
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huge Leo fan I love his films I love his acting in films I should say I think he's an incredible actor he has
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proclivity for younger gals legal mind you but younger and that can sometimes smear people and I get it I understand
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people's personalities will affect their art or people's enjoyment of that art but that being said I love him as an
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actor I think he's an incredible actor and he really does a great job in this movie uh with his accent he carries it
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throughout the film his death scene at the end swirl alert is so well done and this is such a great move of course the
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message about blood diamond industry and actually this is another film since this film came out I have never bought a
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diamond that's right I'll never I'll never buy a diamond no even if it was like a multi-millionaire type thing I
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don't think I'd buy diamonds knowing what unless you can really guarantee this did not come from the the blood diamond mining tactics but it just also
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goes to show you the greed that we as humans so what we do as humans the whole idea of what what we're willing to
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sacrifice in humanity for something that sparked uh this is a powerful message by Ed that
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he portrays in this film not necessarily a true story but these are true stories on how Diamond's come to be in the
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world all great actors in This film great job by the cast and crew
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incredible child actors in This film as well that we talked about j hansu i I'm
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probably butchering his name and I apologize I'm do the top my head of course Jennifer Connelly the lovely beautiful amazing talented Jennifer
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Connelly another great actress that I can watch her and anything and she's always fantastic she was incredible actress and yeah Blood Diamond at number
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four number three we're getting down to folks who gets bronze medal who gets
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bronze medal Tom Cruz gets the bronze medal for The Last Samurai and I can understand why this was Ed Wick's number
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one box office movie it had everything it's as sleeping epic as Tom Cruz big box office draw especially in 2003
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probably 22 years ago already um the score the acting everything about this
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film is just amazing I totally get why it's number one in the box office but it's number three for me this is
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incredible film check out that conversation if you haven't already with myself and Craig we love this film The
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set pieces the designs the costumes the acting everything about this film was amazing totally get why it was the
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number one and it's number three for me did I mention it was a good film yet did I mention that yet yeah this is just a
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great film and what I think people misunderstood about this film people thought this film was white watching that they thought Tom Cruz was The Last
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Samurai and and I get it you look at the poster it's him it says The Last Samurai you must think oh it's Tom Cruz but no
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it's not him he is not the last yeah he is amongst the samurai as we know it's Ken watab who is
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The Last Samurai but yeah it's a beautiful film incredible number three
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Last Samurai all right guys this is it we're getting to the number two number one now of course when I mention number
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two you're going to who know who number one is and and I'll give you my reasons this was was tough to objectively State
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what was my number two versus my number one and the reasons why but boy it was close and people's opinions will differ
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I understand that so coming in queue in the drop of a drum roll
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sound which I will not do because I just my life is busy I can't do that silly sound effects for everything but in your
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mind's eye drum roll please for number two we have Glory that's right Glory
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ah just hearing the musical score in my head right now makes me want to cry I had a great time with Doug on this you
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think two manly men okay one manly men me no Doug I'm not the man yeah this
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movie makes us both cry like blubbering idiots I love this film true story the courage of the first black regimen to
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fight in the Civil War everything about this film is just amazing the set pieces the acting even Matthew brck with
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Matthew brck he did a great job of the film despite the behind the- scenes drama it made for a fun podcast discussion but on screen Matthew did a
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great job of course Denzel won an Academy Award we have Morgan Freeman car ules this is just an incredible film
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totally deserves to be in the top two I know some of you who listening think Ryan this has to be number one hey
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there's a lot of great arguments especially for me this was the film it was Glory that got me on the Ed Ed train it was this film who made this film Ed
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zwick who is this guy so this is definitely my gateway drug into the Ed filmography that's why it ranks so high
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it is number two It's just tough I had to choose between this and number one I'm like which film put a gun to my head
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would I watch over and over again again this is a incredible film and I'll give my reasons why number one beats out just
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by a smidgen and the soundtrack of this film is amazing the acting is amazing the story of this first black regiment
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fighting for their freedom it's it's all there folks it's just an amazing amazing movie but we're gonna have to get into
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number one why number one did win for my top film by edwick obviously if you're tracking I'm
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sure you haven't Legends of the Fall 1994 couple reasons like I said Glory
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was hey I was one of those people Glory who got it on DVD I didn't see it in the theater so I admit I didn't add to the box office draw I think Glory helped
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Legends of the Fall become the box office success it was as well because even back then Brad Pit wasn't Brad Pit
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at the time does that make sense like he wasn't the Brad think this film Word of Mouth gets around who's this hunk of a guy so there wasn't a lot of big names
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on this film at the time really like box off draw Incredible actors but nobody on this movie is like I'm going to this
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film because of Brad Pit I'm going to this film because Anthony Hopkins Aiden Quinn I'm sure people maybe but you get
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what I'm saying Tom Cruz we get it they went for Tom Cruz Last Samurai we get that and the sweeping epic that it was
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this one's another sweeping epic and I think Word of Mouth got around too as this film continued to the box office but I actually saw this film because of
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edwick now so that's why it ranks number one for me a little bit Glory was a m not a mistake it was an accident it was
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a happy accident soon right like I watch Glory because I like war movies I enjoy I've always enjoyed war movies where the
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Civil War Vietnam War World War II I I love a war story so Glory was definitely that and I
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didn't realize until I watched it just how emotional made me even as a young teenager I was emotional but Legends of
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the Fall was the first film I saw in the theaters because of edwick Glory so I went to the theaters say oh he's
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tackling this film cool cuz I remember seeing this trailer in the theater I can't remember for what film but I saw
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the trailer for Legends of the Fall in the theater and I was like holy smokes the soundtrack that whistling soundtrack
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and the horse riding and the narration everything about this film in that trailer and then it said like from the
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director of glory and I'm like okay I'm done I'm going and this film has it all too it chokes you up the drama between
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the brothers that's the other thing I have I have three brothers in this film there's two brothers or three brothers in total but I have I'm one of four but
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so the drama the brothers and the love of a woman and I I get it Julie Arman is gorgeous and she's great in this film
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strong female lead and just the the tragedy and the drama and the Heartbreak
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and just everything about this film it's everything I love in a sweeping epic heavy drama incredible score when Henry
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Thomas starts playing at the piano at the very beginning I talked about in the podcast when he starts singing that song
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it's that score it's his score it's interesting the character score but he's singing that song when he dies and
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Tristan played by Brad pit runs to him no it's just like guys this film has it all it has like ships it has the ocean a
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war horses it's an insane film it's one of my favorite films of all time that's
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a discussion for another day what is Ryan's top five films that this would be in the top five yeah fantastic film go
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listen to the episode we spent a long time with Katie and myself we spent a long time talking about how much we loved that and yes we have Brad Pit's
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glowing locks blonde hair okay folks thank you for joining me on this season
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of zwix flick the edwick podcast this is the final episode of said podcast I have decided and we are going to move on to
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the director's chair Network so zuk flick is season one Brian De Palma
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hosted by Craig Cohen will be season two on your feeds and season three starting very shortly season three will be so two
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and three will be like they'll be going together right you'll get the feed as you get the feed but you get the point they're going to be alternating episodes
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but the idea is that season 2 if you have a some podcasts have a
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chapter or season like organizers right but anyways season three will be Michael
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man's films I have a lot of guest co-hosts lined up for season three the Michael man season my second season of a
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director the first episode Thief starring James con will be myself and Kaye Kaylee as you'll remember the
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lovely Kaylee she was with me for the movie Love and Other Drugs she's returning to do Thief that's the film
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she chose and like I said I have some new co-hosts that weren't on the first season coming on for the second SE
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second season but I've already confirmed Katie Craig and Doug they're coming back as well so stand by for that yeah I just
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want to say thanks to Ed zwick for giving us some incredible filmography for his hard work behind and on the
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director's chair thank you everyone who's joined me for this journey I hope you'll stick
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around for uh my journey with Michael man so do not change the dial is what
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I'm saying if you're on this feed if it hasn't happened already it's going to be called the director's chair Network and
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you will see that change in a different thumbnail all that good stuff so don't panic that's why the change so it just
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depends when you've listened to this yeah okay thank you so much
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