Blank Check with Griffin and David Podcast • Page 40

Shallow Grave is a solid debut. Looking forward to this Boyle mini

 

Same exact thing David was talking about where they tricked a teacher into showing the class Shallow Grave happened to me in 8th grade but instead of Shallow Grave, it was Scary Movie 3

 

Insanely packed lineup this year, really conflicted on who to rally behind

edit: Settled, let’s get real weird and go with Cronenberg!

 

They should just do Sataoshi Kon next animator mini (it's only 4 movies!)

David Cronenberg, Wong Kar-Wai, Sergio Leone, Baz Luhrman, and Park Chan-Wook are the 5 potentials im most excited about

 

This bracket is gonna be a lot more competitive than last year. There’s like 10 huge names on it that could have sweeped last year

 

I have no idea what this is but every time I see the thread title I just immediately think of the movie.

 

They covered that movie for their 100th episode haha

 

The Boyle series plus having just seen “Titanic” again got me to watch “The Beach” and good lord what a stinker. One of Leo’s worst.

 

I can’t imagine how they looked at the video game sequence and thought “yes, this is good enough to be in my film! Not embarrassing at all!”

I know it’s only like a minute long but that hangs over the entire movie for me.

 

I keep forgetting they haven't done Del Toro yet.

 

Can’t believe how hard it was to track down 28 Days Later

 

pretty much no matter who wins that bracket, we win. I'm personally pulling for PCw, Cronenberg and WKW. Satoshi Kon and Lynne Ramsey have incredible but super short filmographies. they should just do them anyways.

 

Del Toro and Cronenburg both feel like obvious ones they need to cover. Park and Bong would both be great. Kon would also rule. I've never seen a WKW film so if he wins that would force me to fix that sooner than later

 

Almodovar being on there is so funny to me: one of my favorite directors but its very hard to imagine them covering 20 Spanish sex melodramas in a row

 

Wtf. It was on HBO a couple months ago

 

Yeah, I for sure streamed it in 2020. Rights are so weird.

 

Watched “Sunshine” for the first time before listening to the pod. Wow. That really takes a turn in the last act.

 

the turn is good

 

I remember the turn really souring the movie for me, but I haven’t seen it in years. Really need to give it another shot knowing the turn it takes

 

Yeah, I always loved the turn. Such a great movie, ends on a bang. Need to rewatch for the podcast, been awhile.

 

I also think the turn is good even though it very much can throw you.

 

I love Sunshine so much, including the final act.

 

Listening to the podcast, they make a good case for the turn. I like the turn and the movie is great.

 

I have heard about the "third act sucking" in Sunshine since 2007. I only just watched it for the first time for the pod and the turn is good, I don't think it's too far out of the left field - maybe that's because i've been prepped for it for so long and my expectations were set? idk good movie!