Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the Oscars, but Hollywood seems incapable of talking about the movie on its merits. After discussing the struggle between art and identity politics, Brad and Chad both fail to remember the plot to Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, despite seeing it multiple times. Then, CinTan praises the shit out of the dumb-but-fresh movie called 65, longing for the days when blockbusters took risks.
Show Notes:
Chris Pine laments how Hollywood is dominated by Marvel Cinematic Universe profit incentives:
https://www.ign.com/articles/chris-pine-vents-star-trek-frustrations-feels-like-its-cursed
Quentin Tarantino is/was making a Star Trek movie:
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-quentin-tarantino/
Chris Gore on the death of the American movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5KLe1QE5Q
Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeps the Oscars:
https://www.onthebulletin.com/film-television/2023-oscars-reaction-eeaao-sweeps-yeoh-makes-history-academy-award
Freddie DeBoer asks: “Are You Sure You Want to Say That White People Are the Lone Agents in Human Affairs, the Main Characters, the Sole Movers of History?”:
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/are-you-sure-you-want-to-say-that
Operation Fortune is cool, but it may not stick around:
https://www.looper.com/1219017/why-guy-ritchies-operation-fortune-ruse-de-guerre-bombed-at-the-box-office/
Intro Music: https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-fun-punk-opener-14343/
Other Music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-105/ and https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-rock-it-21275/
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