For years, Dean and Phil railed against the collective Hollywood wisdom (”Hollywood wisdom” being a contradiction in terms) that films shouldn’t open in January and early February. Now, that they’ve been proven correct and the studios are releasing box-office behemoths like Shutter Island and Valentine’s Day in the first part of the year, Dean and Phil cry out for the need to see something that’s actually, you know, a half-way DECENT film! They finally caught up with Zombieland, and it only added to their cinematic depression. Where can a true movie lover turn for quality? Netflix? Don’t get Phil started on Netflix … Or, rather, please DO get him started as it’s always delightful to hear a podcast host take on one of his show’s sponsors! After concluding their discussion with a few insightful and promising takes on the future of their own films’ distribution, they reveal the latest from their search for the truth (because The Truth Is Out There) … Interviews abounded this week, including discussions about what really happened on 9/11 with Eric and Eliza Roberts and Bruno from WeAreChangeLA. Dean also sat down with G Edward Griffin to discuss the New World Order, the United Nations, the Federal Reserve system, collectivism and the possibility of a world without cancer. All in all, it’s scary stuff. And speaking of scary, yes that WAS Phil with kind words to say about both Ashton Kutcher AND Colin Farrell … Let the apocalypse begin!
Feb22nd
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March 19th, 2010 at 6:41 am
I thought the plot of “Shutter Island was interesting”. I didn’t see the trailer and went watching it at the cinema yesterday. And though I wouldn’t say it was made “pretty” as in looks/picture I really liked it. I am sure if one is in the movie-business, then one sooner looks at the decisions that were made to tell the story.
But I just liked the story. It was thought provoking on a level that most movies are not. In that way(content) it was rather unique.
To watch it also was an unusual experience. My friend and I discussed it for quite some time after we saw it. It wasn’t ‘just’ entertainment. It was fascinating.
I liked how the movie dealt with the Holocaust. Even though there really was no snow when they freed the concentration camp Dessau, I think. Sunshine wouldn’t have fit into the mood of the movie I guess. Violence and fascism wasn’t the main theme of the movie, but a lot of times the script was cryptic in a way that there was room for analogies. For example when the main character said he didn’t pay enough attention to his wife (fascist regime?), so that it was his fault too, that his children (victims of fascism) were murdered by here. Those things still very happen, so that makes the movie timeless. Maybe thats a bit of a jump there, but on that cryptic level I think the movie said a lot about human beings and guilt and fault.
My favourite scene was that in the cave, where the woman (dont know the name of the actress, but she is fabulous in everything I saw her in) talks about the secret experiments world wide.
March 19th, 2010 at 6:45 am
Ups. Sorry for all the typos and mistakes. Didn’t do a 2nd check after typing. : /
March 19th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
! dACHau not dESSau. sorry!
March 28th, 2010 at 2:39 am
Hi Phil,
Can’t make Sci Fi London, but would you mail me a signed copy of Karl Rove, I Love you (I could send you the money via PayPal perhaps)?