Tag: Darren Aronofsky

XIV – Barbenheimer

The boys celebrate the podcast’s 10th anniversary by digging into the whole “Barbenheimer” thing. 

Show Notes:

Mission Impossible 7 bombs because theatres are dead again:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/mission-impossible-7-ends-its-domestic-run-by-hitting-another-disappointing-low/ar-AA1hdwR7

Censorship on Apple TV and Criterion Channel:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2023/06/06/apple-tv-and-the-criterion-channel-outrage-film-fans-by-censoring-classic-movie/ 

The “Despecialized Edition” of Star Wars:
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-V2-7-MKV-Released/id/12713

Krystal Ball on Barbie’s late-stage capitalist bullshit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQdVQUXgSQ

Ben Shapiro takes Barbie way, way, way too seriously:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynU-wVdesr0

Well, fuck. It looks like the Mattel Cinematic Universe is a thing:
https://people.com/polly-pocket-movie-everything-to-know-7565134 

Shoe0nHead has a balanced take on Barbie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CsTzVyZP4M

Shoe0nHead talks male loneliness epidemic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQv8VuLpKN4

Greta Gerwig is re-booting Narnia?:
https://news.yahoo.com/chronicles-of-narnia-release-date-netflix-cast-greta-gerwig-081617220.html 

There was no CGI in Oppenheimer at all:
https://collider.com/oppenheimer-no-cgi-christopher-nolan-explained/

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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XIII – Darren Aronofsky: Capriciously Comparing ‘The Whale’ and ‘The Wrestler’

Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale and The Wrestler are very different films, but both center on a broken person, unable to achieve their former high, estranged from family and facing a new, less satisfying reality. Yet, one of these films sucks while the other is a cinematic masterpiece. 

Brad and Chad take a hard look at The Whale and dissect how prior knowledge of The Wrestler makes its themes, style, and premise hard to digest. 

Show Notes:

Fatphobia and The Whale:
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-whale-review-darren-aronofsky-brendan-fraser/ 

Daily Beast takes the “Pizza Binge” scene way too seriously:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-whale-brendan-frasers-shocking-binge-eating-scene 

The scene where the Gremlins eat chicken:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs1RPclm5MY 

Wrestlers love The Wrestler:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99825912

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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