Adum's response to the queer characters question was basically my internal response as well. There's not one correct way to write (or be) lgbtq+. it depends on not only the context of the story and the author's intent, but how the individual interprets the text. The way a queer character is written might make some people feel seen and heard and make others feel pandered to or alienated. All you can do as an author is write something authentic to your story.
I love how lay back this episode was. So many random tangents that are just really funny and not at all relevant to movies. This episode just had me laughing and smiling the whole time.
In Greece the notaries had made it logical, the one above the ground is called "the 1st above the ground floor". This is most probably the true origin of the concept; notaries calling them in respect to the ground.
I like Luca more than a lot of their other recent movies. I feel like them making a simple movie worked because Soul was too complicated for its own good. This just felt like a nice movie that wasn't doing much and didn't need to do much, although I could completely see not liking it
I would have liked Luca more if it just focused more on the 3 kids in Italy and cut out the fish thing honestly. Like, either explore more of the fish world or cut it out and run with the Vespa plot. So I agree with Alex.
Luca might have been the single most pleasant viewing experience I've ever had with a movie. There's a certain "purity" and innocence to the world and the characters that I've never seen to this extent. The low stakes are very much a deliberate choice in accentuating that feeling. To be completely honest, no Ghibli movie has replicated the "wholesome-ness" feeling for me at this same level. I cannot believe none of the Sards liked the voice acting, I don't think the movie would work at all without their extremely lovable performances. I wasn't that surprised none of them enjoyed it much, though; cynicism is kinda the brand of this podcast.
I was actually surprised they disliked it to the degree they did, especially Adam. It's just a pleasant film, like you said, better than anything Pixar did last decade by a wide margin (except Coco). I think they really are just jaded.
I love animated movies. I just thought this was boring. Especially, compared to a Ghibli movie. This doesn't have nearly the same level of craft of those movies, especially im the Miyazaki era
To me it just wastes so much time. They shouldve removed the fish part entirely and developed the relationships more or made the villain more interesting. That or just made it a 40 minute short or something.
Spiral should have tried to trick the audience by showing the dead body of the villain and then revealing it was a fake at the end. He made a perfect life-like duplicate of himself lmao, thats something the old saw movies would do
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The problem wasn't not showing the body, but not showing his death scene at all. My solution for this would be to have a livestream, to give him a reason to fake his death, not just for the audience but for Chris Rock and the other cops. It would even give a sense of urgency, with Chris Rock trying to discover where it's being filmed and trying to save his partner. He would then "die" on camera, be revealed alive at the end and say he faked the footage with CGI or something.
@@markparkinson6947 as if they'd reply to me? If they really wanted to do so they'd just say stop asking or something like we'll get around to it on here instead. I also don't really have the courage to go on to there personal profile with my face and ask them, even if I didn't show my face I wouldn't do it.
@@markparkinson6947 just to say this, if they tell me to stop doing these comments, I totally will in fact I promise to do so, but i haven't and these comments get seen by people, don't take me seriously with asking for this film, although saying that I would still like them to talk about it, so half serious, half not. Especially don't take me seriously when I say stuff like "join the movement"
luca is great because it doesnt try to be the next wall e or toy story. sure it can be predictable but its story just feels pure and fun to watch like a slice of life movie. its very ghibli like where its low stakes and relaxing and pleasent and feels kinda small stakes like my neighbor totoro or kiki’s delivery service (ik ghibli has grand movies too but im talking more of the slice of life movies). i feel like if this was a ghibli film it would be getting lots of praises like its the next kiki’s delivery service but since its pixar people expect grander which i feel like people dismiss it so much. its simple and its an enjoyable watch with great characters, beautiful animation and is just a charming film. i can definitely see this as a cult classic one day in like 10-20 years.
I see this defense all the time for the movie but I just don’t see it. It was never the low stakes that were a problem for me - I’ve seen movies/shows like that and enjoyed them (first thing that comes to mind is Cowboy Bebop, where the tone is very laid back though there is some violence), and honestly the movie’s plot at least was paced fine. It seemed like Luca just took storylines from other movies and didn’t develop on them. You say they’re great characters, but I just saw them as generic and couldn’t feel for them. I’ve seen these archetypes in other movies done much better, especially the mother character (Wolfwalkers, Finding Nemo have protective father characters done well). I also don’t see the Ghibli comparison - I guess the character design, but Miyazaki movies also had more interesting worlds they occupied, as well as more interesting characters. The world in Luca felt somewhat empty to me (no offense to Italy). I’m okay with low stakes movies/shows but usually there’s something else to make up for that in the narrative. I just found myself bored. Tbf I have not seen Kiki’s delivery service so maybe then I’ll see why people love Luca? I’m glad you and a lot of other people enjoyed it more than me, sometimes I just can’t seem to see what other people see in a movie but that’s okay.
@@skepticfilmbuff3885 KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE is all about a young girl moving to a big city, getting a job, and learning responsibility (and she's a witch who delivers mail on her broomstick) and it's an absolute masterpiece. So lo-key and small. Just a girl doing her delivery job. More "big" movies should dare to be that small.
@@iansmart4158 Well yes, but Kiki has a unique an interesting premise that is completely built off of Kiki being a witch and it's all about her witch powers. Luca doesn't utilize the water world, or Italy in any kind of real important thematic way. It just takes place in Italy because it's pretty, it's about fish people because kid's movie and thinly veiled allegory for a fish out of water story. Kiki and Luca are only comparable because they're small, slice-of-life films, and Kiki isn't great because it's a small story, but because Kiki is such a endearing and lovable character going through something interesting. And in 1988, it was more original. Not everything has to be ground breaking but being forgettable is worse than being bad imo
Started watching these videos recently and this comment sums up my experience pretty well. I'd pay good money to someone that could edit him out of all of them.
the funny thing is that Luca is super famous among 10-16, I see so much love and fanart for this movie on Instagram it's insane. it definitely has an audience.
@@soapbiter36577 True for every generation, let zoomed enjoy what’s they enjoy, no harm, I personally loved the movie and it’s cool to se a movie inspire so much creativity from it
the fish monster designs in Luca...I kept thinking about how if Dreamworks did this movie, they would go all out and make them all look distinct and like different weird sea fish. But with Disney/Pixar they all just look the same and are PERFECTLY round and....boring looking. The overall style of the movie looks much better in 2D, but even then the monster fish designs are still...Eh
I live in Mexico. When you go up a floor in a building, it’s called the first floor. We call the floor at ground level planta baja. Anything below is called sótano uno, dos… and so on. However, in a house of more than one story, the first upstairs floor is called the second floor, and the floor at ground level is called the first floor. So it is a very interesting observation. I had never thought about it.
For the LGBTQ character talk i recently really found myself appreciating the character from Invincible. He just happens to be gay and it's not overplayed or anything it's just who he is.
i love Almost Famous and i wondered if they'd mention the main boys acting. I think his line delivery is so flat that it actually helps lend to his childlike naivety, Idk he just has this simple genuine wide-eyed energy that i get. It makes the dirtier sadder elements of the film hit harder because he really seems like a kid.
Those were my exact thoughts towards his performance as well. Like certain line deliveries such as "where and when does this real world occur" and basically that whole speech may hit the ear a bit sharply, but it never once detracted from the film for me. It fit. It feels like a real 15-year old kid who's trying to figure out how to act around all of these other people around you that seem to know EXACTLY how to act -- to be cool. Fuck, I sounded like him when I was 15. I understand where Adam is coming from though. We all have different tastes, and life experiences and interests color our perception of film. It's not perfect but I do love Almost Famous as a total experience.
Idk, I really liked Luca, lower stakes gave them more time imo to focus on the characters. Fish people concept is underused but I find Pixar movies are too gimmicky anyways so I didn't mind.
@@balabanasireti it kinda was considering a considerable section of fanbases (mostly video games but generally that sphere or socially inept media consumers) do genuinely see the inclusion of lgbtq characters or people of other minority group as "political"
1:35:17 I can't believe Alex seriously read this question on the podcast, not even thinking about Ralph having his horrendous Joker review obliterated so badly that he had to delete it......Ralph didn't seem eager to bring up that particular "backlash" LOL
Miyazaki made more than just the BIG MASTERPIECES. Of Course Luca isn't Spirited Away (99% of all movies animated or otherwise don't even come close to that movie. It's unfair to compare it to anything) but watch PORCO ROSSO, CASTLE IN THE SKY, PONYO. Amazing movies about simple characters dealing with ethical (and dangerious) problems. KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE is a masterpiece and it's just about a girl getting a job and paying her bills. That's the beauty of Myiazaki. Finding wonder in the mundane. Finding kindness at the heart of conflict. It's not just about the big spirits and crazy animation. it's the calm, sweet, vibes baby. Dig on the vibes....
The TV licence thing is purely for the BBC, since it was the only channel on TV back in the day, its fee came to be called the 'TV licence'. The licence isn't for the TV itself.
Thank you Alex for recommending trainspotting for the next sardonicast I’ve wanted to see it featured on this podcast for 2 years it’s one of my favourite movies on
I'm glad I'm not as into film criticism as Adam is because being able to enjoy certain popular animated films is nice (I haven't seen Luca so I'm not talking about that, Spider-Verse is the main one that comes to mind as an example)
Yeah, it seems like being a film critic means you need to watch ten times as many movies to see the same amount of films that you actually like. I enjoy being able to watch a popular movie and then talk to my friends about how much we liked it lol
The film critic mindset is a virus that infects your conciousness slowly decomposing your braincells until you become a mindless letterboxd zombie. Take it from personal experience
Stay away from film criticism at all costs. Have no to very little contact with it. Act like it is a disease, because it is. Unaldurated viewing of film criticism will destroy you and shrink your brain with nuclear like fashion. Consequences at a quantum level. It is a biohazard that has allowed to spread for too long. Avoid at all costs and if one must go in with an imprenetrable mind
@@OlPalJoe i'll add to this, even up in MA i'd never heard of pork "scratchings". we've got pork rinds but they aren't a huge snack and you definitely can't find them universally
Regarding Alex receiving backlash for the spoiling of the ending of the book Of Mice and Men, I can understand being frustrated by spoilers completely, because when a person is anticipating the enjoyment of a story, you take that away from them by spoiling the ending, which can be prevented with a simple spoiler warning. By the way, I would not recommend reading the replies if you don’t want to have the ending spoiled for you.
@@ajzeg01 on top of that, everyone had to read it for their GCSE's so its barely a spoiler to people in the UK which is probably why alex doesn't think much of spoiling it
I thought the whole point of Of Mice and Men as a cultural reference is that everybody knows how it ends, so for most people it helps to know in general even if you never got the opportunity to "enjoy" the story
@@Drewbibski yeah I really find it weird that Mauler and co really praise Joker even though everything in the film is clumsy and hamfisted and some aspects don't make that much sense and only works due to Joaquin, basically at odds of everything they criticize in other films. I guess it gets a free pass
@@frankmerker630 I totally agree. But at the same time im not so surprised they praised it. To me Joker panders to those nerd bro gamers who are basement dwellers, it’s mostly those type of people who love love love that movie and praise the hell out of it. and that’s what mauler and his crew strike me as. (Not saying everyone who loves this movie is a nerd bro basement dweller btw).
@@balabanasireti Lmao so? They literally do the same thing. They come out of their way to trash on anyone who has a different opinion over a movie they like/hate. They literally went after Jenny Nicholson just because she didn’t like Joker. Even on twitter they do the same thing. At least Ralph doesn’t do that and only did it once on a video. They’re losers. Sorry not sorry.
“The best stuff is the popular stuff” depends on your perspective of what popularity means. Millions of people have listened to Death Grips, so I’d consider that to be fairly popular even though they’re not as huge as Eminem or Kanye West.
I would say Death Grips is popular in the music scene. Popularity depends on how you scale it. If you are talking about popularity in general, I think it defaults to the "general population." And in that case, I wouldn't call Death Grips popular.
@@clyde2599 I’d disagree, sure they aren’t really well known with “ultra normie” types, but honestly that doesn’t really matter when you get down to it. They still have over millions of views/plays to their music, and I don’t really want to sound hipster-y or elitist in any way, but that doesn’t make them obscure (even relatively) in any way. You know there’s a reason why “I listen to this obscure indie band. You probably never heard of them, they’re called Death Grips” is a meme.
Yeah I enjoyed Luca well enough. I agree with the main criticism that it tried to do a bit too much and doesn’t really flesh out any one of them, but I really liked the characters and their relationships.
@@HOTD108_ when they mention the LGBTQ+ question,they were giving examples of their favorite LGBTQ+ characters and movies. I like Todd from bojack because he's a character that grows a lot in the show,I'm just saying he's asexual. They build up his character as asexual and they dive deeper into that without treating as a joke or just his character is just asexual(as alex mentioned when he mentions Brooklyn 99).
@@greenentertainment3428 it's just weird to me because I don't really feel like there is a long-standing unjust social stigma in not being interested in other people unlike basically everyone in the LGBTQ community and what makes it a great community to seek for solidarity. I'm not gatekeeping lol I was just curious
I do agree artist's intention shouldn't be the end or be all. But I personally hate it when people make horrible conspiracy from somewhat innocent movies and defend it with "death of author" argument. (I.E. Bullshit argument that Totoro is about child murder)
If we want an older example of a film's release date hurting its box office, _Last Action Hero_ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger opened just one week after _Jurassic Park_ in 1993.
In Spain we have Planta Baja (Ground floor), Entresuelo ("Between floors"), Principal (Main) and then 1 to x, Ático (The top most floor), Sobreático (Additional top most floor in some buildings). Some buildings don't have Entresuelo and/or Principal anymore, but historically, Entresuelo was where the staff that did the upkeeping, and the rich people lived in Principal. Now that elevators exist, the richest tend to live in the Ático or Sobreático, since they usually have a lot more extra indoor and/or outdoor space.
I loved Spiral unironically, it was so bafflingly incompetent. The editing was so aggressive, and Chris Rock was either intensely staring at everyone or looked like he was out of it on xanax. Plus I saw it at IMAX Melbourne which is the largest screen in the world, it was like an out of body experience.
If you love it because it was incompetent that is loving it ironically. Loving it unironically would be loving it because you actually think it's a good movie.
English conditionals in grammar also have the "floor" problem. The fourth conditional is called the Third Conditional, and the first conditional is the Zero Conditional.
I agree with alex with the floor thing. Maybe it's a europe thing. And comment on the tv license: In germany every household has to pay the "Rundfunkgebühr" which is basically the same, only you have to pay wether you have a tv or not. The reasoning behind it, is that the news and other shows and even feature films on official channels get funding (everything is for free online because everyone already paid for it). I don't know all the details though
Spiral was a ton of fun for me got 7 other friends and it was so dumb that we loved it like we couldn't take any of it seriously. Like Chris rock serious acting was just so funny to us
I feel that the example of Thor:Ragnorok is the exception to the idea that "studios don't want anyone with style." That movie is loved by fans, made a bunch of money and full of style
Like Ralph said in one episode: It depends of how flashy the director is. When you see Thor, It's a Kenneth Branagh film. When you The Dark World it's boring TV director Alan Taylor. When you see Ant Man, it's the director of Yes Man. That's why i'm excited for Dr Strange 2...from the director of Evil dead trilogy!
honestly, the only similarity i saw between 'luca' and 'call me by your name" was "two guys in italy".. i didn't think it was intended to portray a gay relationship, but there's no way the team at pixar didn't know the allegory of "hiding" a "secret identity" from a hostile society would be viewed as a queer allegory by a large portion of lgbtq+ audiences (the fact that casarosa is apparently incapable of comprehending the difference is irrelevant as far as i'm concerned).. from what i've seen it seems like ppl looking for high stakes plot thought it was boring, while the ppl taking a 20,000 ft view of the bigger theme(s) liked it.
@@balabanasireti I guess we feel the same about the behaviors of the respective TH-camrs. You dislike how Ralph criticized people for enjoying The Joker, and I dislike how Alex is inconsiderate of people when it comes to spoilers.
@@balabanasireti Makes sense? How do i not make sense? And if being a crybaby consists of replying to another person's comments, wouldn't that makes us all crybabies then? Especially since you are also replying to my comment of your comment?
@@balabanasireti I'm good, dude. You can block my notifications if you want. I'm free to treat my comments however I want, thank you very much. It's fun to like my own comments.
@@balabanasireti Also, it’s a shame you couldn’t actually answer my question, and debate me properly, unfortunately, but if that’s how you want to do it, then that’s on you, Nero.
Watched Almost Famous two months ago, and I absolutely loved everything from the characters, to the humor, the setting, soundtrack, and the acting (I didn't even mind that one kids acting), I truly do feel like it deserves all of the praise it got, and I hadn't felt such a connection to a film in quite a while, 10/10 in my opinion
I loved Luca’s simplicity, and regardless of intentions, the gay allegory cannot be ignored. My expectations for Pixar films hit rock bottom when I saw The Good Dinosaur so maybe I’m bias in that way, but I think it was a strong film in Pixar’s recent collection. It was just a simple, cute movie about some kids doing kid things and I appreciate it for that. It was fun, which is so much more than I can say for other Pixar films.
To explain for Adam and American audience: the idea behind a "TV license" (Germany has something similar) is to have a tax without it being a real tax. Because it the government by itself is not involved with it. This means that the government can't force the broadcaster to only talk about things they approve with the threat of (de-)funding them. The BBC has a lot of leeway there (there is still a panel that has oversight though). So with the TV license they fund themselves without the British/German/Whatever equivalent of the IRS involved. Idea being that since funding is absolutely ensured (since everyone has to pay), while also completely independent from the government and advertisers alike, that it encourages more objectivity and neutrality than anywhere else. The difference between public broadcaster and state media is how their are funded and the role of the government. And if the government directly funded those channels it would be state media, because they now have so much influence over it.
That's not necessarily true. The CBC budget is set by Parliament in Canada but it is a public broadcaster, it is run at a distance. The idea that such a financing system makes the broadcaster less susceptible to manipulation is silly anyway since the government still sets rates and can regulate the public broadcaster. Even the PBS in the US and NPR receive some federal grants, but they are funded by donations. Canada also has media taxes on physical media, when you buy a CD or DVD in Canada it includes a tax that goes to arts funding, so Adam isn't entirely right about there being no equivalent to this in Canada. The only difference is Canada uses those taxes to fund production rather than broadcasters.
Something Alex forgot to mention was what the money collected from TV Licences is used for. In Britain, TV Licence money goes towards funding television programs, specifically the BBC. Programming on the BBC isn't funded by advertisers, so you'll have uninterrupted programs playing throughout the day. Personally, I think the mere concept of a TV Licence is stupid. I wouldn't want my money funding entertainment that rots the brain (Love Island comes to mind) or goes towards political parties broadcasts that I don't support.
Love Island isn't on the BBC, thankfully. The children's programming on CBBC is good as the quality is controlled unlike Netflix. I do wish you could select the specific channels you want to support (I don't want to fund Eurovision for example).
@@LilChikyChan Yes, Love Island isn't on the BBC (One of the few times they've dodged a bullet). I'm not an expert on how Eurovision secures its funding, anyone else know if they profit from live broadcasts?
I'd say a GOOD example of a filmmaker who (often) has very little style would be Richard Linklater. They aren't bland, but most of what sets his films apart comes from the script more than the visuals, the visuals are often kind of omniscient and unintrusive, letting the realism shine through.
That's a good point. Also I don't think that "Style" is as clear as many people think. I think that "style" is a spectrum, that can be represented by camerawork, editing, colour grading, lighting, even music and sound. So a filmmaker can have "style" if at least one of those things is distinctive.
I would say a good example would be Ridley Scott (at least for his classics), he can do a wide variety of genres and even within SciFi everything he works on is so distinct yet always look visually stunning and engaging.
Hard Disagree. There's a tangible difference in the way Linklater presents slice of life (Dazed and Confused, Before Trilogy, Boyhood) than say F Gary Gray or Nancy Meyers. His Style is the subtle of the camera work (despite being very precise and impressive) and the defined characterizations.
@@frankmerker630 Scott's style comes in his worldview. His movies have a cynicism that you rarely see in mainstream blockbuster filmmaking. His Alien Movies are pretty brutal in a way I LOVE. Only he'd make movies that mean.
@@iansmart4158 Nancy Meyers is an interesting one to bring up, because she mostly worked in one genre for her entire career. If a director for the most part sticks to a specific genre their entire career, especially comedy or drama, does that mean that they have a style or not?
Almost Famous became one of my favorites immediately, but I definitely was like the target audience for it. I think if you relate to Patrick Fugit’s character, or the setting he’s in, on any level, his performance isn’t as distracting because you already know how he’s feeling, you don’t need him to articulate it perfectly. That’s not an argument to defend his performance, but more so just a perspective from someone who connects more to the main character.
I think you articulated it well. I first saw the movie when I was the character's age so it never occurred to me that he should be emoting more. His feelings were obvious
The whole floor thing makes sense to me. Usually ground floors have reception or whatever (depending on what kind of building) and the main reason you're in the building is held on each floor, going up. So the ground floor's purpose is separate from all other floors.
Ralph clearly knows nothing about Michigan lol it’s one of the most beautiful states in the country with some of the greatest places to see! Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks, Mackinac Island, list goes on!
When you have no ground floor and have a floor beneath the ground level (like a parking lot beneath a building) What floor is that called in the states? Because in an elevator you would have nothing between the buttons between the 1 floor and the -1 floor. That makes even less sense. Here in Europe we have a 0 floor or a ground floor. Alex shouldn't be ashamed of the UK, especially since he is on a podcast with two people from a continent where still a lot of people don't use the metric system.
Wow after the most British duology (Paddington 1+2), Alex recommends the most British duology yet again! I wonder how what it's like to watch all 4 of them in a row!
I’m Greek and we tend to call the ground floor ‘isogeio’ (literally, ‘equal to the Earth’) and one floor up is called the first floor, but, like, in Greek. This sort of thing is prevalent in many parts of the world, not just the UK - including pretty much all of Europe, Australia, much of Latin America and I think India as well, just to name a few
I felt the same way as you Alex and Adam, when i first saw Almost Famous but every time Ive seen it since it gets better and better and now it's one of my favourite films, kinda like Dazed and confused or big lebowski its one of those great hangout movies where the characters grow on you. Never had a problem with Patrick fugit though
I've honestly never disagreed more with their opinion of a movie. It seems to me like they're asking from Luca way more than it set out to do. I don't think there's anything wrong with not having high stakes, or a more engaging story. I simply enjoyed the movie's atmosphere. I also surprisingly liked the humour way more than the last few pixar films. (tbf I do have a craptastic sense of humor)
@@jadeandjesse5908 I've thought about this a bit more. Their main qualm probably isn't the lackluster story, but their disinterest in the mood and setting (which is a completely valid complaint). If a movie wants to do something like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but you're not interested in the movie's vibe, it's gonna fall completely flat, because it doesn't have a solid story to back it up. It's exactly why so many people dislike OUAIH, and I think why they dislike Luca.
It's funny Adam mention the idea of James Bond being gay or bisexual...because after that chair scene in Skyfall, the writer and Daniel Craig denied that, but As a bi guy, i like the idea of 007 being bisexual.
I feel like Ralph got high once and hasn't gotten down since.
I always thought of it as extremely tired or bored, but that’s a good theory.
Nobody has ever offered Ralph weed
Ye
This theory is rather easily disproven by his stature
It honestly feels like he hasnt cared since 2018
Here in Mexico we also call it "ground floor" and the first floor you go up is called "first floor".
I get your pain Alex.
¿y como dices "ground floor"? piso?
Achinga. Por dónde yo vivo siempre se empieza con "primer piso". No hay "ground floor".
La planta baja
@@gumshake689 planta baja
@@luiscaballero8484 Aquí en Tlalpan es así
Adum's response to the queer characters question was basically my internal response as well. There's not one correct way to write (or be) lgbtq+. it depends on not only the context of the story and the author's intent, but how the individual interprets the text. The way a queer character is written might make some people feel seen and heard and make others feel pandered to or alienated. All you can do as an author is write something authentic to your story.
Altho I do also think didney is doing it wrong lol.
I love how lay back this episode was. So many random tangents that are just really funny and not at all relevant to movies. This episode just had me laughing and smiling the whole time.
1:10 In Germany it's the 1st floor too. The ground-floor ("Erdgeschoss" in German) is floor 0 (zero). Then you go up you are on floor 1.
And the above-ground floors are even called "Stock", so litterally "stacks" or "add-ons".
It's a thing in Spain too. I learned it in High school Spanish. "La planta baja" = ground floor.
Yeah preach it Freund, it is the Americans that are wrong!
In Greece the notaries had made it logical, the one above the ground is called "the 1st above the ground floor".
This is most probably the true origin of the concept; notaries calling them in respect to the ground.
the whole of europe does this, but i was really confused in japan where they did the US system
I like Luca more than a lot of their other recent movies. I feel like them making a simple movie worked because Soul was too complicated for its own good. This just felt like a nice movie that wasn't doing much and didn't need to do much, although I could completely see not liking it
yeah, i didnt really feel like they were too many elements which made it messy
I would have liked Luca more if it just focused more on the 3 kids in Italy and cut out the fish thing honestly. Like, either explore more of the fish world or cut it out and run with the Vespa plot. So I agree with Alex.
Luca might have been the single most pleasant viewing experience I've ever had with a movie. There's a certain "purity" and innocence to the world and the characters that I've never seen to this extent. The low stakes are very much a deliberate choice in accentuating that feeling. To be completely honest, no Ghibli movie has replicated the "wholesome-ness" feeling for me at this same level. I cannot believe none of the Sards liked the voice acting, I don't think the movie would work at all without their extremely lovable performances. I wasn't that surprised none of them enjoyed it much, though; cynicism is kinda the brand of this podcast.
I totally agree with you, I had a lovely time with the film.
I was actually surprised they disliked it to the degree they did, especially Adam. It's just a pleasant film, like you said, better than anything Pixar did last decade by a wide margin (except Coco). I think they really are just jaded.
I love animated movies.
I just thought this was boring.
Especially, compared to a Ghibli movie.
This doesn't have nearly the same level of craft of those movies, especially im the Miyazaki era
@@mmike10720 kinda hard for 3D to contest in craft to miyazakis 2D
To me it just wastes so much time. They shouldve removed the fish part entirely and developed the relationships more or made the villain more interesting. That or just made it a 40 minute short or something.
The spiral on Luca is almost famous.
The Sprial of Luca is almost famous but has Sardonicast
I feel like i'm having a stroke
BOOOOoo 😂
Spiral should have tried to trick the audience by showing the dead body of the villain and then revealing it was a fake at the end. He made a perfect life-like duplicate of himself lmao, thats something the old saw movies would do
The problem wasn't not showing the body, but not showing his death scene at all. My solution for this would be to have a livestream, to give him a reason to fake his death, not just for the audience but for Chris Rock and the other cops. It would even give a sense of urgency, with Chris Rock trying to discover where it's being filmed and trying to save his partner. He would then "die" on camera, be revealed alive at the end and say he faked the footage with CGI or something.
Please talk about the Spongebob squarepants movie from 2004, I pray to the Sardonicast gods every night for this to happen. Join the movement.
You should message them privately, rather than spamming the comments section with it.
@@markparkinson6947 as if they'd reply to me? If they really wanted to do so they'd just say stop asking or something like we'll get around to it on here instead. I also don't really have the courage to go on to there personal profile with my face and ask them, even if I didn't show my face I wouldn't do it.
@@FrenchFries2 Okay, dude. Whatever floats your boat. 🤷♂️
@@markparkinson6947 just to say this, if they tell me to stop doing these comments, I totally will in fact I promise to do so, but i haven't and these comments get seen by people, don't take me seriously with asking for this film, although saying that I would still like them to talk about it, so half serious, half not. Especially don't take me seriously when I say stuff like "join the movement"
@@FrenchFries2 Why ask for the 2004 SpongeBob movie in particular? What fascinates you about the film?
luca is great because it doesnt try to be the next wall e or toy story. sure it can be predictable but its story just feels pure and fun to watch like a slice of life movie. its very ghibli like where its low stakes and relaxing and pleasent and feels kinda small stakes like my neighbor totoro or kiki’s delivery service (ik ghibli has grand movies too but im talking more of the slice of life movies). i feel like if this was a ghibli film it would be getting lots of praises like its the next kiki’s delivery service but since its pixar people expect grander which i feel like people dismiss it so much. its simple and its an enjoyable watch with great characters, beautiful animation and is just a charming film. i can definitely see this as a cult classic one day in like 10-20 years.
I see this defense all the time for the movie but I just don’t see it. It was never the low stakes that were a problem for me - I’ve seen movies/shows like that and enjoyed them (first thing that comes to mind is Cowboy Bebop, where the tone is very laid back though there is some violence), and honestly the movie’s plot at least was paced fine. It seemed like Luca just took storylines from other movies and didn’t develop on them. You say they’re great characters, but I just saw them as generic and couldn’t feel for them. I’ve seen these archetypes in other movies done much better, especially the mother character (Wolfwalkers, Finding Nemo have protective father characters done well). I also don’t see the Ghibli comparison - I guess the character design, but Miyazaki movies also had more interesting worlds they occupied, as well as more interesting characters. The world in Luca felt somewhat empty to me (no offense to Italy).
I’m okay with low stakes movies/shows but usually there’s something else to make up for that in the narrative. I just found myself bored. Tbf I have not seen Kiki’s delivery service so maybe then I’ll see why people love Luca? I’m glad you and a lot of other people enjoyed it more than me, sometimes I just can’t seem to see what other people see in a movie but that’s okay.
I don't think it'll be a cult classic seeing as a lot of people already love it and it's gotten good reviews overall.
@@skepticfilmbuff3885 KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE is all about a young girl moving to a big city, getting a job, and learning responsibility (and she's a witch who delivers mail on her broomstick) and it's an absolute masterpiece. So lo-key and small. Just a girl doing her delivery job. More "big" movies should dare to be that small.
@@iansmart4158 Well yes, but Kiki has a unique an interesting premise that is completely built off of Kiki being a witch and it's all about her witch powers. Luca doesn't utilize the water world, or Italy in any kind of real important thematic way. It just takes place in Italy because it's pretty, it's about fish people because kid's movie and thinly veiled allegory for a fish out of water story. Kiki and Luca are only comparable because they're small, slice-of-life films, and Kiki isn't great because it's a small story, but because Kiki is such a endearing and lovable character going through something interesting. And in 1988, it was more original. Not everything has to be ground breaking but being forgettable is worse than being bad imo
Eh the fish characters were bad, it shouldn’t have fantasy, that part sucked
Take a shot every time Ralph says “I don’t know” or laughs awkwardly and you will be dead before the 30 minute mark
Started watching these videos recently and this comment sums up my experience pretty well. I'd pay good money to someone that could edit him out of all of them.
@@johncra8982 bro gets free content and would rather pay for less of it. selfish.
the funny thing is that Luca is super famous among 10-16, I see so much love and fanart for this movie on Instagram it's insane. it definitely has an audience.
Zoomers on social media become obsessive over any popular movie/show/person
@@shoobamocha People have always done that. You were probably obsessive over something as a child too
@@soapbiter36577
True for every generation, let zoomed enjoy what’s they enjoy, no harm, I personally loved the movie and it’s cool to se a movie inspire so much creativity from it
@@soapbiter36577 Obsess over deez nuts lmao
I work at a summer camp, and the kids (ages 6-8) absolutely love Luca. We've watched it like 4 times.
the fish monster designs in Luca...I kept thinking about how if Dreamworks did this movie, they would go all out and make them all look distinct and like different weird sea fish. But with Disney/Pixar they all just look the same and are PERFECTLY round and....boring looking. The overall style of the movie looks much better in 2D, but even then the monster fish designs are still...Eh
As somebody who really liked Luca, I do wish the character designs were more interesting.
My mum almost had to pay a huge fine earlier this year because she forgot to renew a TV license, it's fucking bollocks
This is one of the most British things I’ve ever read and I love it.
I live in Mexico. When you go up a floor in a building, it’s called the first floor. We call the floor at ground level planta baja. Anything below is called sótano uno, dos… and so on. However, in a house of more than one story, the first upstairs floor is called the second floor, and the floor at ground level is called the first floor. So it is a very interesting observation. I had never thought about it.
0:30 lmao, Alex casually out-Aduming Adum
For the LGBTQ character talk i recently really found myself appreciating the character from Invincible. He just happens to be gay and it's not overplayed or anything it's just who he is.
Or stereotyped. But yeah, that character from Invincible and Shore Leave from Venture Bros are both good examples of well written gay characters.
I thought Amy from booksmart was another really great example of this
@@thatonea-hole shore leave is soooo fucking cool, I adore the fuck out how amazingly bad ass and gay he is, one of my favorite venture bros character
@@jules_films That is a great example!
@Alexander Christensen Definitely, and William Clockwell could be considered a good role model too.
I liked the fact that Luca was simple. Made for easy viewing.
Yeah, no twist villain or anything. The dude was just an asshole and easy to hate lol
Ralph gets too high before he does these.. every time
i love Almost Famous and i wondered if they'd mention the main boys acting. I think his line delivery is so flat that it actually helps lend to his childlike naivety, Idk he just has this simple genuine wide-eyed energy that i get. It makes the dirtier sadder elements of the film hit harder because he really seems like a kid.
I love Almost Famous too. There is something about this movie that makes it different from most movies. Obviously, the casting was great.
Those were my exact thoughts towards his performance as well. Like certain line deliveries such as "where and when does this real world occur" and basically that whole speech may hit the ear a bit sharply, but it never once detracted from the film for me. It fit. It feels like a real 15-year old kid who's trying to figure out how to act around all of these other people around you that seem to know EXACTLY how to act -- to be cool. Fuck, I sounded like him when I was 15. I understand where Adam is coming from though. We all have different tastes, and life experiences and interests color our perception of film. It's not perfect but I do love Almost Famous as a total experience.
In Germany you have to pay the television/radio license regardless of you watching tv or not
Wait, they intentionally put "un film" at the beginning of Luca? I honestly thought my torrent was a European rip when I saw that.
Idk, I really liked Luca, lower stakes gave them more time imo to focus on the characters. Fish people concept is underused but I find Pixar movies are too gimmicky anyways so I didn't mind.
Ground floor is just ground floor ("Planta Baja") in Venezuela, you go up to the 1st floor.
Well said, Adum about queer people existing being considered political.
@@balabanasireti it kinda was considering a considerable section of fanbases (mostly video games but generally that sphere or socially inept media consumers) do genuinely see the inclusion of lgbtq characters or people of other minority group as "political"
@@balabanasireti Hey, dude! How’s the crying less going for you so far?
1:35:17 I can't believe Alex seriously read this question on the podcast, not even thinking about Ralph having his horrendous Joker review obliterated so badly that he had to delete it......Ralph didn't seem eager to bring up that particular "backlash" LOL
What? He really deleted his Joker video? I feel sad because I haven't watched it yet and was planning on watching
What was ralph's opinion on the movie?
@@kat8559 he has the based opinion of preferring Taxi Driver in a nutshell
@@StompigatesYT So did he delete it because he accepted it has a poor quality or because people didn't like his opinion? The latter would be weak.
Miyazaki made more than just the BIG MASTERPIECES. Of Course Luca isn't Spirited Away (99% of all movies animated or otherwise don't even come close to that movie. It's unfair to compare it to anything) but watch PORCO ROSSO, CASTLE IN THE SKY, PONYO. Amazing movies about simple characters dealing with ethical (and dangerious) problems. KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE is a masterpiece and it's just about a girl getting a job and paying her bills. That's the beauty of Myiazaki. Finding wonder in the mundane. Finding kindness at the heart of conflict.
It's not just about the big spirits and crazy animation. it's the calm, sweet, vibes baby. Dig on the vibes....
The TV licence thing is purely for the BBC, since it was the only channel on TV back in the day, its fee came to be called the 'TV licence'. The licence isn't for the TV itself.
Thank you Alex for recommending trainspotting for the next sardonicast I’ve wanted to see it featured on this podcast for 2 years it’s one of my favourite movies on
they should do an IRL podcast as a special episode
I'm glad I'm not as into film criticism as Adam is because being able to enjoy certain popular animated films is nice (I haven't seen Luca so I'm not talking about that, Spider-Verse is the main one that comes to mind as an example)
Yeah the only animated movies I can think of that he really likes are Anomalisa, Lion King, and Ratatouille.
Yeah, it seems like being a film critic means you need to watch ten times as many movies to see the same amount of films that you actually like.
I enjoy being able to watch a popular movie and then talk to my friends about how much we liked it lol
The film critic mindset is a virus that infects your conciousness slowly decomposing your braincells until you become a mindless letterboxd zombie. Take it from personal experience
Stay away from film criticism at all costs. Have no to very little contact with it. Act like it is a disease, because it is. Unaldurated viewing of film criticism will destroy you and shrink your brain with nuclear like fashion. Consequences at a quantum level. It is a biohazard that has allowed to spread for too long. Avoid at all costs and if one must go in with an imprenetrable mind
@@finneganlindsay Shut up
I love how Alex’s pronunciation of my name always changes.
I don’t remember Alex ever saying the name “TheEoghShow”.
Mark Parkinson I’ve had my question picked 6 or 7 times lol.
@@ihavemovedtesreviews Now that you mention it, I think I have heard it a couple of times. What episodes were these?
@@markparkinson6947 episode 30 was one. I asked the "worst movie titles" question.
Ralph, the American one: not having pork scratchings is very odd
America is really like, 5 countries, the sub-country homeboy ralph is from (Yorknew City) is not very pork rindy
@@OlPalJoe but doesn't he live in california ?
@@OlPalJoe i'll add to this, even up in MA i'd never heard of pork "scratchings". we've got pork rinds but they aren't a huge snack and you definitely can't find them universally
@@munjee2 oh is he? Well, my theory still holds, California is most definitely it's own sub country
@@OlPalJoe what the fuck is this sentence
Regarding Alex receiving backlash for the spoiling of the ending of the book Of Mice and Men, I can understand being frustrated by spoilers completely, because when a person is anticipating the enjoyment of a story, you take that away from them by spoiling the ending, which can be prevented with a simple spoiler warning.
By the way, I would not recommend reading the replies if you don’t want to have the ending spoiled for you.
It’s a book from the ‘30s. Who cares about spoilers for a book that old?
@@ajzeg01 Why does it matter if a story is fine to spoil if it’s old? How is new and old defined in this context?
@@ajzeg01 on top of that, everyone had to read it for their GCSE's so its barely a spoiler to people in the UK which is probably why alex doesn't think much of spoiling it
@@deelan8664 That makes sense. Still makes IHE a bit of an asshole, though.
I thought the whole point of Of Mice and Men as a cultural reference is that everybody knows how it ends, so for most people it helps to know in general even if you never got the opportunity to "enjoy" the story
@ I'd say the most famous backlashes they got was Joker for Ralph, A Quiet Place for Adam, and The Last Jedi for Alex.
Funny how “mooler” and his buddies went after Ralph and Alex for those videos lmao.
@@Drewbibski Yeah pretty much
@@Drewbibski yeah I really find it weird that Mauler and co really praise Joker even though everything in the film is clumsy and hamfisted and some aspects don't make that much sense and only works due to Joaquin, basically at odds of everything they criticize in other films. I guess it gets a free pass
@@frankmerker630 I totally agree. But at the same time im not so surprised they praised it. To me Joker panders to those nerd bro gamers who are basement dwellers, it’s mostly those type of people who love love love that movie and praise the hell out of it. and that’s what mauler and his crew strike me as. (Not saying everyone who loves this movie is a nerd bro basement dweller btw).
@@balabanasireti Lmao so? They literally do the same thing. They come out of their way to trash on anyone who has a different opinion over a movie they like/hate. They literally went after Jenny Nicholson just because she didn’t like Joker. Even on twitter they do the same thing. At least Ralph doesn’t do that and only did it once on a video. They’re losers. Sorry not sorry.
“The best stuff is the popular stuff” depends on your perspective of what popularity means. Millions of people have listened to Death Grips, so I’d consider that to be fairly popular even though they’re not as huge as Eminem or Kanye West.
unpopular opinion
I would say Death Grips is popular in the music scene. Popularity depends on how you scale it. If you are talking about popularity in general, I think it defaults to the "general population." And in that case, I wouldn't call Death Grips popular.
ding dong that opinion is wrong
@@clyde2599 I’d disagree, sure they aren’t really well known with “ultra normie” types, but honestly that doesn’t really matter when you get down to it. They still have over millions of views/plays to their music, and I don’t really want to sound hipster-y or elitist in any way, but that doesn’t make them obscure (even relatively) in any way. You know there’s a reason why “I listen to this obscure indie band. You probably never heard of them, they’re called Death Grips” is a meme.
Another Canadian checking in. Most apartments and buildings have the 1st floor as the second floor. Houses they usually call second floor.
I found Luca very engaging, it's just a movie about kids being kids. I love movies that are just chill vibes and Luca provided that in spades.
Yeah I enjoyed Luca well enough. I agree with the main criticism that it tried to do a bit too much and doesn’t really flesh out any one of them, but I really liked the characters and their relationships.
@@SlipNJimmy what does that mean it tried to do to much and it doesn't flesh anything out?
@@lampad4549 There's a lot of stuff, but not focused on or expanded
They forgot to mention Moonlight,but I also like todd form bojack horseman. He asexual
Sorry, this comment is formatted kinda strange. Are you saying you like Todd because he's asexual?
@@HOTD108_ when they mention the LGBTQ+ question,they were giving examples of their favorite LGBTQ+ characters and movies. I like Todd from bojack because he's a character that grows a lot in the show,I'm just saying he's asexual. They build up his character as asexual and they dive deeper into that without treating as a joke or just his character is just asexual(as alex mentioned when he mentions Brooklyn 99).
@@greenentertainment3428 is being asexual a part of LGBTQ+? As an asexual I genuinely had no idea
@@frankmerker630 Its classified as LGBTQ+. Do you feel it should be LGBTQ+
@@greenentertainment3428 it's just weird to me because I don't really feel like there is a long-standing unjust social stigma in not being interested in other people unlike basically everyone in the LGBTQ community and what makes it a great community to seek for solidarity. I'm not gatekeeping lol I was just curious
This podcast is perfect for when I’m stoned
I do agree artist's intention shouldn't be the end or be all. But I personally hate it when people make horrible conspiracy from somewhat innocent movies and defend it with "death of author" argument. (I.E. Bullshit argument that Totoro is about child murder)
The fan art at the beginning of this episode is particularly excellent. It usually is pretty good.
The second one was mine :)
oh man I would _LOVE_ to hear the boys discuss the _'Before'_ trilogy (Before Sunset etc...) truly great films, especially the first one
If we want an older example of a film's release date hurting its box office, _Last Action Hero_ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger opened just one week after _Jurassic Park_ in 1993.
Oof. 😬
I’m disappointed they didn’t mention the Tiny Dancer scene in Almost Famous. Legit the best part.
In Spain we have Planta Baja (Ground floor), Entresuelo ("Between floors"), Principal (Main) and then 1 to x, Ático (The top most floor), Sobreático (Additional top most floor in some buildings).
Some buildings don't have Entresuelo and/or Principal anymore, but historically, Entresuelo was where the staff that did the upkeeping, and the rich people lived in Principal.
Now that elevators exist, the richest tend to live in the Ático or Sobreático, since they usually have a lot more extra indoor and/or outdoor space.
I loved Spiral unironically, it was so bafflingly incompetent. The editing was so aggressive, and Chris Rock was either intensely staring at everyone or looked like he was out of it on xanax. Plus I saw it at IMAX Melbourne which is the largest screen in the world, it was like an out of body experience.
If you love it because it was incompetent that is loving it ironically. Loving it unironically would be loving it because you actually think it's a good movie.
the reasons you like the movie are the exact definition of loving it ironically (:
English conditionals in grammar also have the "floor" problem. The fourth conditional is called the Third Conditional, and the first conditional is the Zero Conditional.
I cried the first time I saw that scene where they all sing “hold me closer Tony Danza”
Holy crap its been two weeks? Jesus I don't know whether or not to feel distraught over that much..
You finally did it Adam
been waiting for the trainspotting discussion, so excited one of my all time favs
I agree with alex with the floor thing. Maybe it's a europe thing.
And comment on the tv license:
In germany every household has to pay the "Rundfunkgebühr" which is basically the same, only you have to pay wether you have a tv or not. The reasoning behind it, is that the news and other shows and even feature films on official channels get funding (everything is for free online because everyone already paid for it).
I don't know all the details though
The director with no style is Nancy Meyers, but she kind of made that whole thing her style.
She definitely has a style.
Also...Ron Howard!
Spiral was a ton of fun for me got 7 other friends and it was so dumb that we loved it like we couldn't take any of it seriously. Like Chris rock serious acting was just so funny to us
I feel that the example of Thor:Ragnorok is the exception to the idea that "studios don't want anyone with style." That movie is loved by fans, made a bunch of money and full of style
Like Ralph said in one episode: It depends of how flashy the director is.
When you see Thor, It's a Kenneth Branagh film.
When you The Dark World it's boring TV director Alan Taylor.
When you see Ant Man, it's the director of Yes Man.
That's why i'm excited for Dr Strange 2...from the director of Evil dead trilogy!
honestly, the only similarity i saw between 'luca' and 'call me by your name" was "two guys in italy".. i didn't think it was intended to portray a gay relationship, but there's no way the team at pixar didn't know the allegory of "hiding" a "secret identity" from a hostile society would be viewed as a queer allegory by a large portion of lgbtq+ audiences (the fact that casarosa is apparently incapable of comprehending the difference is irrelevant as far as i'm concerned).. from what i've seen it seems like ppl looking for high stakes plot thought it was boring, while the ppl taking a 20,000 ft view of the bigger theme(s) liked it.
For the Swinden answer, not a city but what came to mind was just Nebraska and Ohio. Maybe Baltimore for city.
I love Ralphs laugh, it makes me smile
this is a comment that needs more likes
I'm definitely with Alex on the first floor thing, it's the same here in germany
Was waiting for Ralph to mention his Joker review when discussing unnecessary backlash
@@balabanasireti how dare he be mean to a film and a major film studio
@@balabanasireti I guess we feel the same about the behaviors of the respective TH-camrs. You dislike how Ralph criticized people for enjoying The Joker, and I dislike how Alex is inconsiderate of people when it comes to spoilers.
@@balabanasireti Makes sense? How do i not make sense? And if being a crybaby consists of replying to another person's comments, wouldn't that makes us all crybabies then? Especially since you are also replying to my comment of your comment?
@@balabanasireti I'm good, dude. You can block my notifications if you want. I'm free to treat my comments however I want, thank you very much. It's fun to like my own comments.
@@balabanasireti Also, it’s a shame you couldn’t actually answer my question, and debate me properly, unfortunately, but if that’s how you want to do it, then that’s on you, Nero.
Eyy I remember suggesting Almost Famous before. One of the greatest coming of age films ever.
Watched Almost Famous two months ago, and I absolutely loved everything from the characters, to the humor, the setting, soundtrack, and the acting (I didn't even mind that one kids acting), I truly do feel like it deserves all of the praise it got, and I hadn't felt such a connection to a film in quite a while, 10/10 in my opinion
I loved Luca’s simplicity, and regardless of intentions, the gay allegory cannot be ignored. My expectations for Pixar films hit rock bottom when I saw The Good Dinosaur so maybe I’m bias in that way, but I think it was a strong film in Pixar’s recent collection. It was just a simple, cute movie about some kids doing kid things and I appreciate it for that. It was fun, which is so much more than I can say for other Pixar films.
To explain for Adam and American audience: the idea behind a "TV license" (Germany has something similar) is to have a tax without it being a real tax. Because it the government by itself is not involved with it. This means that the government can't force the broadcaster to only talk about things they approve with the threat of (de-)funding them.
The BBC has a lot of leeway there (there is still a panel that has oversight though). So with the TV license they fund themselves without the British/German/Whatever equivalent of the IRS involved.
Idea being that since funding is absolutely ensured (since everyone has to pay), while also completely independent from the government and advertisers alike, that it encourages more objectivity and neutrality than anywhere else.
The difference between public broadcaster and state media is how their are funded and the role of the government. And if the government directly funded those channels it would be state media, because they now have so much influence over it.
That's not necessarily true. The CBC budget is set by Parliament in Canada but it is a public broadcaster, it is run at a distance. The idea that such a financing system makes the broadcaster less susceptible to manipulation is silly anyway since the government still sets rates and can regulate the public broadcaster. Even the PBS in the US and NPR receive some federal grants, but they are funded by donations. Canada also has media taxes on physical media, when you buy a CD or DVD in Canada it includes a tax that goes to arts funding, so Adam isn't entirely right about there being no equivalent to this in Canada. The only difference is Canada uses those taxes to fund production rather than broadcasters.
I smiled so big at that intro.
As if hearing my home town getting demolished on a weekly basis over on the JARCast wasn't bad enough, now Adam and Ralph know about it 😂
Does Adam like anything?
Something Alex forgot to mention was what the money collected from TV Licences is used for. In Britain, TV Licence money goes towards funding television programs, specifically the BBC. Programming on the BBC isn't funded by advertisers, so you'll have uninterrupted programs playing throughout the day.
Personally, I think the mere concept of a TV Licence is stupid. I wouldn't want my money funding entertainment that rots the brain (Love Island comes to mind) or goes towards political parties broadcasts that I don't support.
Thanks for the info!
Love Island isn't on the BBC, thankfully. The children's programming on CBBC is good as the quality is controlled unlike Netflix. I do wish you could select the specific channels you want to support (I don't want to fund Eurovision for example).
@@LilChikyChan Yes, Love Island isn't on the BBC (One of the few times they've dodged a bullet). I'm not an expert on how Eurovision secures its funding, anyone else know if they profit from live broadcasts?
I'd say a GOOD example of a filmmaker who (often) has very little style would be Richard Linklater. They aren't bland, but most of what sets his films apart comes from the script more than the visuals, the visuals are often kind of omniscient and unintrusive, letting the realism shine through.
That's a good point. Also I don't think that "Style" is as clear as many people think. I think that "style" is a spectrum, that can be represented by camerawork, editing, colour grading, lighting, even music and sound. So a filmmaker can have "style" if at least one of those things is distinctive.
I would say a good example would be Ridley Scott (at least for his classics), he can do a wide variety of genres and even within SciFi everything he works on is so distinct yet always look visually stunning and engaging.
Hard Disagree. There's a tangible difference in the way Linklater presents slice of life (Dazed and Confused, Before Trilogy, Boyhood) than say F Gary Gray or Nancy Meyers. His Style is the subtle of the camera work (despite being very precise and impressive) and the defined characterizations.
@@frankmerker630 Scott's style comes in his worldview. His movies have a cynicism that you rarely see in mainstream blockbuster filmmaking. His Alien Movies are pretty brutal in a way I LOVE. Only he'd make movies that mean.
@@iansmart4158 Nancy Meyers is an interesting one to bring up, because she mostly worked in one genre for her entire career. If a director for the most part sticks to a specific genre their entire career, especially comedy or drama, does that mean that they have a style or not?
Almost Famous became one of my favorites immediately, but I definitely was like the target audience for it. I think if you relate to Patrick Fugit’s character, or the setting he’s in, on any level, his performance isn’t as distracting because you already know how he’s feeling, you don’t need him to articulate it perfectly. That’s not an argument to defend his performance, but more so just a perspective from someone who connects more to the main character.
I think you articulated it well. I first saw the movie when I was the character's age so it never occurred to me that he should be emoting more. His feelings were obvious
The whole avoiding sudden water thing they described in Luca reminded me of Ranma 1/2
The whole floor thing makes sense to me. Usually ground floors have reception or whatever (depending on what kind of building) and the main reason you're in the building is held on each floor, going up. So the ground floor's purpose is separate from all other floors.
We call it "first floor" in Italian as well, "primo piano"
"the popular stuff is the best stuff, I agree with that" - Ralph
Sure, buddy.
Don’t mind me Ralph just listening from my dump in Michigan 😭😂
Ralph clearly knows nothing about Michigan lol it’s one of the most beautiful states in the country with some of the greatest places to see! Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks, Mackinac Island, list goes on!
Hearing Alex mention Broklyn 99, even though he said he didn't like it, made me happy
Swear down I was thinking that one day they should talk about trainspotting and then Alex recommended it
It’s one of my favorite movies of all time! I’m so excited to hear them talk about it
I feel like Trainspotting is the most Alex movie in existence, surprised he hadnt chosen it yet.
I want Karsten on this thing to defend Pixar!!!
Every episode Adam seems less and less into Ralph's takes lol
The correct answer for the question of “the pimple of Canada”, is Thompson Manitoba
Spiral is definitely the best comedy of 2021
When you have no ground floor and have a floor beneath the ground level (like a parking lot beneath a building) What floor is that called in the states? Because in an elevator you would have nothing between the buttons between the 1 floor and the -1 floor. That makes even less sense. Here in Europe we have a 0 floor or a ground floor.
Alex shouldn't be ashamed of the UK, especially since he is on a podcast with two people from a continent where still a lot of people don't use the metric system.
In Aus we call below ground levels B1, B2 etc., which I think is either "below" or "basement".
Luca is a totally fine kids movie. The animation and visual look is beautiful That's worth seeing it alone.
Wow after the most British duology (Paddington 1+2), Alex recommends the most British duology yet again! I wonder how what it's like to watch all 4 of them in a row!
I can't believe you got the real Dharmann on the podcast. The super hero with the power of Dharring.
I’m Greek and we tend to call the ground floor ‘isogeio’ (literally, ‘equal to the Earth’) and one floor up is called the first floor, but, like, in Greek. This sort of thing is prevalent in many parts of the world, not just the UK - including pretty much all of Europe, Australia, much of Latin America and I think India as well, just to name a few
Maybe they should invite James A Janisse from Dead Meat for a Halloween special.
I felt the same way as you Alex and Adam, when i first saw Almost Famous but every time Ive seen it since it gets better and better and now it's one of my favourite films, kinda like Dazed and confused or big lebowski its one of those great hangout movies where the characters grow on you. Never had a problem with Patrick fugit though
Day 3 of asking for an episode on the Evil Dead trilogy
Imagine if someone at the of tax office decides TV licences apply to twitch since it's live
The plot description of Luca really just sounds like someone at Pixar recently rewatched Ponyo and thats it
"Reccomendation: Trainspotting(s)"
YES! YEEES!!! YEEEEEEE...!!!
Favorite film, been hoping you all would talk about them since the podcast began.
all of Stillwater's music (and the score) is original composition by Nancy Wilson, who was married to Cameron Crowe at the time
How do I find Ralph's channel? He didn't specify this time
I've honestly never disagreed more with their opinion of a movie. It seems to me like they're asking from Luca way more than it set out to do. I don't think there's anything wrong with not having high stakes, or a more engaging story. I simply enjoyed the movie's atmosphere. I also surprisingly liked the humour way more than the last few pixar films. (tbf I do have a craptastic sense of humor)
I think not liking the story is the most perfect and solid reason to not like a movie.
@@jadeandjesse5908 I've thought about this a bit more. Their main qualm probably isn't the lackluster story, but their disinterest in the mood and setting (which is a completely valid complaint). If a movie wants to do something like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but you're not interested in the movie's vibe, it's gonna fall completely flat, because it doesn't have a solid story to back it up. It's exactly why so many people dislike OUAIH, and I think why they dislike Luca.
GWAH-DAH-NEEN-YOH
It's funny Adam mention the idea of James Bond being gay or bisexual...because after that chair scene in Skyfall, the writer and Daniel Craig denied that, but As a bi guy, i like the idea of 007 being bisexual.
theres even some homoeroticism in Casino Royale, aint nothing new
Holy shit i just started reading Uzumaki and suddenly i see Spiral in this title.. goddamn talking about selective perception