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Movie Roundtable: Favorite Films, Franchises, and Unforgettable Performances
Can you imagine watching "Dumb and Dumber" on a flight without headphones? Jordan did, and he kicks off our Movie Roundtable with this hilarious anecdote. Our diverse panel, including JJ, Mister, and Mike, share their all-time favorite films. JJ's love for horror shines through with his pick of John Carpenter's original "Halloween," while Mister passionately quotes lines from "Scarface." Mike takes a unique approach by categorizing movies by genre, especially favoring older classics. This lively discussion sets the stage for a fun exploration of our beloved cinematic experiences.
We jump into a heated debate about our favorite movie series and franchises. From the practical effects and storytelling of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy to the timeless appeal of the "Rocky" series, including the "Creed" films, we cover it all. We also fondly remember classic franchises like "Pink Panther," "Aliens," "Predator," and "The Godfather," along with comedies such as "Naked Gun" and "Hangover." Our conversation showcases a diverse range of cinematic experiences, sparking passionate opinions and personal preferences.
The episode takes a deeper turn as we rank top Hollywood actors and debate the best sports movies. We examine Tom Hanks' legacy, comparing him to greats like Nicolas Cage, Robert DeNiro, and Leonardo DiCaprio. We reminisce about iconic sports films like "Friday Night Lights" and "Remember the Titans," and discuss the relevance of movie theaters in the streaming era. Our emotional moments segment features tear-jerkers like "Hardball" and "Brian's Song," while we debate Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's standout roles. We wrap up with a reflection on the power of storytelling, mentioning the must-watch film "Mississippi Burning." Tune in for a passionate and engaging conversation about all things movies!
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Speaker 1:Save yourself 10%. That being said, this week's show we are going to be diving into everything movies. This is a movie roundtable and I have a ragtag group of guests to help me get through this. I'm going to let them introduce themselves. Guys, when you introduce yourselves, say your name, where you're from, and I just need a yes or no to this question. And it's are aliens real? We're going to start with a staple of the roundtable. It seems like the vampire coach himself. Mr round table. It seems like the vampire coach himself.
Speaker 2:Mr yes, mr ASQ, aka Vampire Coach, are aliens real? Yes, I see them every day. Where?
Speaker 3:are you from mister?
Speaker 2:I'm from the Nasty Natty aka Cincinnati, BKA. As I just said, the Nasty Natty baby Home of the big ones. Alright, Nextanny baby Home of the big ones.
Speaker 1:All right, Next up JJ.
Speaker 4:I'm JJ Phillips, I live in Austin, ohio, and, yes, aliens are real, no doubt.
Speaker 1:All right, and we got the goat himself, mike.
Speaker 3:Hello, bono Mike Worrell here. Originally from Ohio, I've lived in several places. I'm currently sitting in Jacksonville, illinois. Right now I'm not really sure about the alien question, but when I come to a conclusion I will text Spitty, either late tonight or early in the morning, all right.
Speaker 1:And rounding out this group. We got Jordan.
Speaker 5:What's up, I'm Jordan Whetson, I'm from Cleveland, ohio, and, yes, aliens are real.
Speaker 1:All right, that is going to do it for our panelists. We got a great one. And yeah, benny came up with that. Aliens questions for the intro there. I'll answer it too. I think they're real. I look for them all the time. I'm constantly looking at the sky.
Speaker 1:So that being said, we're going to dive right into this. It's a movie roundtable, we're talking all things movie. Jordan, you seem to be new to the roundtables here, new to the show. We're going to start with you. And what is your favorite movie of all time? It can just be one though it can only be one only once dumb and dumber good choice. That's dumb and dumb so real quick story.
Speaker 5:I was flying to birmingham, alabama, on Delta, did not have headphones, and Dumb and Dumber was one of the movies that was on the in-flight menu. Didn't need the subtitles, didn't need the headphones. I knew every line that was coming, every joke, and laughed like I was just watching it on normal volume. So it's one of my all-time favorite movies. It's the one I seem to go to the most. It's the one I quote the most. So Dumb and Dumber.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that seems to be a staple for me. I could quote that movie from start to finish. I've seen it so many times. I definitely get that. That's a solid start to this. But, JJ, let's go to you.
Speaker 4:Well, start to this, but jj, let's go to you. Well, anybody who knows me knows I'm a horror movie crazy guy. So my uh favorite movie of all time is, of course, the original halloween john carpenter's. I mean, there's this. No better movie than that, right there? I mean all the quotable lines. I mean it's, it's just a classic, even even though, um, you see the screwdriver in his hand when he breaks the window. Like, I mean, it's just a great movie.
Speaker 1:That's again solid choice, mister. What about you? Favorite movie of all time.
Speaker 2:Oh man, all I have in this world is my balls and my words, and I don't break them for no one. You understand?
Speaker 4:Scarface baby, oh man my man Scarface.
Speaker 1:That's another solid choice. Mike round us out here.
Speaker 3:I'm kind of weird when it comes to rating movies, bono, and I categorize them. I have a favorite horror movie, comedy, action, documentary, true movie and I'm older than all you guys, so my movies are going to predate a lot of you guys. On this, I'm going to give you a comedy one Animal House, 1978.
Speaker 1:Animal House, oh yeah, that is a solid choice that's up there for me as one of my favorites, mainly because I found out way later in life, when I was at Bethany College Oddly enough, mike, since you worked there and Mr U2, that movie was actually made about my fraternity that I was in Really yeah.
Speaker 1:I had no idea we're not like that now, but apparently back then we were, because if you watch when the car comes through the wall at the very end for the parade scene, if you look you will see Delta Tau Delta on it, which is my fraternity, and it's real quick, you've got to be looking for it. I never paid attention because they have their letters from the movie. They had to change it obviously. But yeah, I saw that and.
Speaker 1:I was like that's instantly up there. But I gotta agree with Jordan Dumb and Dumber. It's a hard one for me not to pick. It was a toss-up between that and Tommy Boy for me, and I'll say it because I could hear in the background my wife I'll tell you hers we watch it all the time and it's the Wizard of Oz.
Speaker 3:That is another one.
Speaker 1:It's up there here in the Bono family, especially around Christmas time, we're always watching the Wizard of Oz. We have a whole room in our house that is dedicated to the Wizard of Oz.
Speaker 1:It's all of her collectibles. She has a ton of stuff and it's everything from it. So, yeah, the Wizard ofz is up there for me, but dumb and dumber definitely takes the cake and it is, uh, one of the movies, like I said, I could quote it from start to finish without sound or anything and I would be spot on with the jokes and everything like that. But, jordan, we're going to go back to you. A second question here what is the best movie series in your opinion? And it has to be a series that has at least two movies or more. Two movies or more.
Speaker 5:Can I throw in an honorable mention? Two honorable mentions 100%. Is that cool? So I would go the Godfather one and two. Admittedly I have not seen the third one. To circle back to Scarface, I feel like every movie Al Pacino has done post-Scarface he's been Tony Montana.
Speaker 3:He seems to always have that same he's become that character actor.
Speaker 5:So, honorable mention Godfather, honorable mention Star Wars, especially the original trilogy. For me, lord of the Rings cannot be beat. I know it's a big book and there's a lot of source material there to go off of, but I think what Peter Jackson did with the movies from the Fellowship of the King all the way through Return of the King and the awards they speak for themselves. So yeah, I think that Lord of the Rings has been like my top series or franchise of movies.
Speaker 1:That's not a bad one. I'm not mad at that. I like Lord of the Rings. It's definitely in my top ten.
Speaker 5:It's not for everybody.
Speaker 1:It's just, they're long, they're very long movies. That's what does it for me.
Speaker 4:It's just the sheer length of it, so which one you like better, lord of the rings or the hobbit? Uh I like lord of the rings better.
Speaker 5:I like lord of the rings better. I think that the hobbit like, I think that the hobbit had really leaned into, like cgi right, the practical, the practical use of makeup and the way that they shot lord of the rings, it's just it, it's better. And then the Hobbit added a bunch of characters it didn't need to add. It added extra plot points. It added a love story that it didn't need to add. I think that you know and I don't know how much of that was studio interference or how much of that was, you know, peter Jackson, I want to say that it was studio interference that, hey, we need an elf to fall in love with a dwarf and we need three movies that's based on one book. I don't think they're bad movies by any means, but they used to see GI for the orcs and then the one orc looking like Kratos from God of War. It was just like.
Speaker 1:You know it's. George has dissected this so much he's oh yeah, but jj. What about you best movie series in your opinion?
Speaker 4:oh, this is tough, man, I gotta. I got a few I like, but uh, number one, I'm gonna go with the rocky series going into the Creed series, that whole legacy. I mean it doesn't get any better cinema than that. I mean it starts out with, of course, rocky V we can throw in the dumpster. But Rocky I, ii, iii, iv, rocky Balboa going into Creed I, ii, creed III is kind of iffy. But I mean there's just a great set of movies and then of course all the halloween movies, I mean the original timeline movies, the h2o timeline movies, and then there's new timeline of movies.
Speaker 1:I mean they're all just been great yeah, and I'm kind of mad you took mine with rocky. That's definitely mine. We just did the show. Yeah, it is coming in a while. By the time this airs, it'll, it'll already be, aired, but we, we just uh recorded the rocky, uh the rocky movie series, uh brown table, which, yeah, I mean it's a and it stood the test of time.
Speaker 4:I mean, that first movie was like, I forget 19, was it 70 something or 80, but I mean it's 80. So and now it's a freaking 2023, 2024 you know what I'm saying and it's still going I still, I still watch them like I've never seen them like yeah, when they're like like you don't know the outcome yeah, when there's a rocky marathon on my website, all right, we gotta shut it down.
Speaker 1:Mike's not doing anything today.
Speaker 4:He's watching, like you'll be flicking through the channels, then you'll see it's on. And then you're like, oh, the other one's coming, you're stuck, it's over.
Speaker 1:The day's a wash. We're just out this day out, I'm not doing nothing. I'm not watching Rocky. All right, mister, what about you? Best movie series.
Speaker 2:Man, I tell you what 01. For me, man, it's like a comedy one man, it's pink panther.
Speaker 2:I don't know you guys ever seen that one. But if you go back, hey, old time, I might appreciate that one. But I love watching the pink panther. The pink panther strikes again. The revenge of the pink panther, the pink panther, the son of the pink panther, oh it, it just goes on and on, man, so that one really do it for me. And then, like you know, I don't think you can go wrong with the aliens, the Predator and, of course, the Godfather man.
Speaker 1:Yeah, those were all solid choices. But Pink Panther I was not expecting that out of that, and anyone really. But that's a good choice too. I love movies so much, oh yeah.
Speaker 2:The original Pink Panther. Yes, sir.
Speaker 3:The original yeah.
Speaker 2:Yes, sir, all the ones, those original ones from the 1960s to the 70s and to the late 80s, 84 or something. Yeah, those are. I love. I watch those man all day long.
Speaker 1:All right, Mike, you're up. What about you? Best movie series.
Speaker 3:Well, again, I'm probably breaking the rules, bono, but I haven't. Oh Mike, hard for me. I'm in categories again, like serious movies. Getting down to it, you know the Godfather yeah, off that subject, one of the best mini series I've ever seen is on paramount called the offer. Yeah, that was about the making of the godfather. That that was tremendous behind the scenes making of the first godfather movie unbelievable. So I have the godfather trilogy comedies I have a tie Frank Drebin and Naked Gun and the Hangover three movies. I got Naked.
Speaker 3:Gun and Hangover, my three Leslie Chow. They have three movies. Then I also have a horror movie. I've always loved Freddy Krueger and Nightmare on Elm Street. Freddy Krueger got it, yes.
Speaker 1:I knew JJ was going to get excited about that last one there. But yeah, I want to start calling you old PR Mike, because you just give like the public relations answer every time like.
Speaker 3:I don't know what that means.
Speaker 1:Oh man, oh the goat strikes again. Mike, we love having you on, I love your answers every time and I know it's going to be that every time and I love it.
Speaker 1:I can't wait for him every time, but those are all solid choices. Like I said, rocky's definitely got to be it for me, uh, with that one, but the hangover that's up there for me too as well. I just watched all three of those a couple weekends ago, so they were on, uh, they were on tv, and I can't not watch them. When they're on, it's like rocky, uh, jordan. All right, let's go back to you here. And where does Tom Hanks rank as an actor in all time in your opinion?
Speaker 5:Like I don't know. To be honest with you, I haven't seen enough of Tom Hanks work like from like start to finish. I know he's got some real great ones up there. I think probably top 10, top 10 is is probably a good, is a good spot for him. I feel like it's a cheap answer, I feel like it's generic, but I'll put Tom Hanks in the top 10.
Speaker 5:I like I think there are certainly better actors than him, but his career has gone and lasted so long and like longevity is uh, so important, especially in hollywood, because so many guys they they burn bright, or so many actors and actresses they'll burn bright and then they burn out. Uh, they just kind of fall off. Like you know nick cage not to bring him into this, but nick cage is a uh quantity over quality guy. He's in every movie, like the SNL sketch where Andy Samberg played him, yeah, but like Tom Hanks. It's rare that. I don't know if I've ever heard anyone say Tom Hanks is done like, oh, this movie was really bad, that Tom Hanks movie was not good. So yeah, top 10. I'd say Tom Hanks top 10. I mean certainly he's probably more up there with guys who are still doing it like living actors. I'd probably you know, maybe top five living actors, but top 10 all time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's. I think that's a fair place for him. Honestly Top 10. But JJ, what about you?
Speaker 4:Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing, probably in the top 10 all time. I'm thinking the same thing, probably in the top 10 all time. I'm thinking more, uh, five to ten range and um, yeah, he has solid movie after solid movie after solid movie and he's very it seems like he picks his roles like very particular about what he does also, so he's not just splattered everywhere in all different type of movies. He picks roles that he wants to do and likes. He has a large variety and different range of his acting.
Speaker 1:Yeah, for sure. I mean, yeah, he's in that 5 to 10 range. Yeah, that's good, but he doesn't make a bad movie.
Speaker 3:Like.
Speaker 1:Jordan said you don't see him like oh Tom Hanks in that movie. That was garbage.
Speaker 4:I mean, he picks his movies well, Scripps, he seems like he's very particular about what he does.
Speaker 1:Absolutely Mister. What about you?
Speaker 2:Man, I'll tell you what I'm going to say. He's top 37. 37., top 37. Top 37., top 37.
Speaker 1:That is a very specific number Top 37. Top 37. Top 37. Top 37. That is a very specific number Top 37.
Speaker 4:So you have him at 37, then yeah, is he number 37 on that list.
Speaker 1:That's a very wide range mister.
Speaker 2:What are we talking about Between 25 and 37. Okay.
Speaker 4:Okay.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Mike what about you.
Speaker 3:I'm going to agree with almost everybody top five to ten and you're all too young. In college he came out with a big blockbuster comedy where he doesn't resemble any of his other movies bachelor party and don't know if they've turned into a more serious actor after that I don't know if this is a future question bono, but my two favorite movies that has maybe correspond.
Speaker 3:They're based on true, true stories apollo 13 and Catch Me If you Can, my two favorite. He didn't get Oscars for those, I don't think, but those are two of my favorite based on true stories.
Speaker 1:No, I definitely think he got snubbed for those two movies, because those were phenomenal movies and more serious roles too, and especially it's about true events and everything like that. But that leads us into this question here Jordan who are your top five actors all time? Oh gosh man, we ask the tough questions here on Ride Home Rants. That's tough.
Speaker 5:Like no softballs. No, where's your favorite place to eat?
Speaker 1:No, we're getting to the meat and potatoes of it here now.
Speaker 5:Meat and potatoes. Man, I think that you have to pay homage to some of the all-time greats, in no particular order. I think De Niro's up there for me. I think Denzel is definitely up there as one of the one of the all-time greats. Um, and of course, like now, I'm starting to draw a blank because, like I got my mind, like I'm like I don't want to say the wrong one, but it's all opinion based. Uh, so you got denzel, you I.
Speaker 5:How do you not say marlon brando? Yeah, how do you not put marlon brando up there? So that's three. Um, I think you gotta I, despite everything I said about al pacino earlier, al pacino is gonna be up there. That's four. Just because I mean, just when you look, and then, um, you just look at his, his work, and just how, like again, longevity, he's had some stinkers in there, but you know he's really good career. And then, uh, I think, man, I the fifth one, I might have to just turn around and just say tom hanks, even though I put him in the top 10. Maybe isn't that five to ten range?
Speaker 1:uh, you of 10 range.
Speaker 5:When you shake it down, I mean Saving Private Ryan, also another movie based off true, like you know, going through the war in Europe, and that movie is spectacular.
Speaker 5:It's great and the cinematography is excellent. You know what DiCaprio? Dicaprio is really good. I would put Leo in there. I'd put Leo at 5. Is really good, I would put Leo in there. I'd put Leo at five, Even though he doesn't have the Oscars to back it up. I think Leo has been in a lot of great movies that have been very deserving of recognition and the awards that just happen to come to him.
Speaker 1:I don't even really go off of the awards when it comes to that, because I think that's all popularity contest in my opinion. How do you snub like half the movies that?
Speaker 5:well, and how can I forget? How can I forget daniel day lewis? You know, like, just like that's another one. So like, the more you sit and think about it you're like, oh, I can throw, I can swap him out for him. Right, you know, we're locking, we're locking in your five.
Speaker 1:We're, they're, locked in, they're locked in. We're not flipping final answer all right, jj. What about you?
Speaker 4:um my five, no particular order uh the left uh, sylvester Denzel, will Smith, keanu Reeves, throw him up in there and then, just because I'm a horror movie guy, the screen cleaner self. Jamie Lee Curtis.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, that's a solid top five, mr. What about you?
Speaker 2:Samuel L Jackson, robert De Niro, al Pacino, millie, millie, millie oh good from Resident Evil.
Speaker 1:I got you. I can never pronounce it, yeah.
Speaker 2:Millie DeNovemich. I think that's how you pronounce the name.
Speaker 1:Yeah, close enough. Yeah, mellick and Navanich.
Speaker 2:I think that's how you pronounce the name. Yeah, close enough. Yeah, there we go, there you go, and um and Reeves.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right, mike, I'm going to hold you to an answer. Top five here now.
Speaker 3:Mine's going to be a little different. I'm older than everybody on this panel. I'll go number one the former mayor of Carmel, california, clint Eastwood. I grew up with Clint, I'm a Clint guy, okay. Number two I got Tom Cruise. I feel he became a legend in Tropic Thunder. That put him up in the top five for me. Three one of my all-time favorites, gene Hackman. First saw him in the French Connection but then he went on to, you know, many others. Ford remember the titans put him over the edge in my top 10, denzel washington. And I got a tie in fifth. It's a. You guys probably haven't seen them together. They've been in maybe three movies or four together. Classic comedians together Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, silver Spring, yeah.
Speaker 2:Silver.
Speaker 3:Spring Movies in the mid-late 70s yeah solid choices.
Speaker 1:That's a tough one to pick, yeah.
Speaker 2:Chris Byrne. Another one of mine, lawrence Chris Byrne yeah, he's great yeah, lawrence surprised nobody said Kevin Hart.
Speaker 3:I wouldn't say top five, he's just done everything lately like in every movie, I wouldn't say top five.
Speaker 1:Kevin Hart he's just done everything lately Like it feels, like every movie, is Kevin Hart.
Speaker 4:He's like him the Rock and Nick Cage.
Speaker 5:They're just like cornering the market in every movie ever made. It's just like again they're not really worried about quality, it's just quantity and you know, it's almost like hey, I got bills to pay, so like, does it have words? Does the script have words? I'm in there.
Speaker 1:Yep, absolutely.
Speaker 2:Hey, they doing the Eddie Murphy style man. Yeah, oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:Normit.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:See, I would probably have Eddie's probably a six, five to six for me up there 28 hours baby. Yeah, but this one I'm really interested in hearing this for me here Jordan, who has the greatest action movie actor of all time? Who has the greatest action movie actor of all time? Who has the greatest action? Who has been the greatest action movie actor of all time?
Speaker 5:So I mean I don't know how you can't say Sly Stone Just based off. I mean, if you just take I don't know if you really count Rocky as a action movie, but you obviously have Rambo right, that whole franchise, and then you have the whole expendables franchise and those are, those are really great. I think Tom Cruise also. I mean Tom Cruise has been um, the, the action star of action stars for a long time, from mission impossible to, you know, um doing his own stunts and several other movies. So yeah, I would say it's a toss up between Sly and Tom Cruise for me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's a little different in mind, but uh, old TC Tom Cruise is up there. I mean, like you said, all the mission impossibles top gun. He's actually flying the planes. He's actually a licensed pilot doing that while filming and saying lines in a fighter jet. But Jason Statham is up there with me, for lack of a better phrase. Dude just kicks a lot of ass in every movie he's in, so you know it's, it's a, it's a toss up between those two for me. But, jj, what about you?
Speaker 4:Oh man, this is tough. Um, I'm going to go with, uh, keanu Reeves. I mean he has the the matrix movies and then the other set of movies, I mean, where he's the Matrix movies, and then there's other set of movies where he's the hitman and all that. It's action-packed. It's not very believable, but they're very entertaining movies. I'm going to have to go with him.
Speaker 1:Okay, mister, what about you?
Speaker 2:I'll tell you what I'm going to have to go with the former governor man. Give me Arnold.
Speaker 4:Give me Arnold.
Speaker 2:Give me the Terminator. I will be back.
Speaker 5:Total Recall.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, that's right Total Recall.
Speaker 4:The Predator movie. Is that action or is that horror? Where does that fall under?
Speaker 5:I would say that's action. Right, I'd say that's action.
Speaker 1:But I think it's kind of cross.
Speaker 2:I'm on.
Speaker 1:Starfire.
Speaker 4:Starfire there we go.
Speaker 1:You're on Starfire. All right, mike, to you here.
Speaker 3:I'll go with Tom Cruise, mission Impossible, top Guns, all those movies. And I did want to ask you know, I listed Gene Hackman up there Any of the younger guys on here, anybody even ever heard of Gene Hackman?
Speaker 5:Oh yeah, hoosiers, yeah, okay.
Speaker 3:I got Tom Cruise as the action figure though.
Speaker 1:We're not that young, Mike, I mean what.
Speaker 5:Timeless movies are timeless movies like the yeah I mean look at look at mike.
Speaker 5:Look at mike and his family. I mean they're watching a movie that came out. What? About 50 years before you were born, where we were born, mike, in the wizard of oz? Yeah, it came out. What? The 1930s? Now I was born in 89, so everybody's, a lot of people have seen that movie. So I think I think a good movie, just like good music, it supersedes age, it supersedes any era. If it's a good album, if it's a good movie, you're gonna find it. It's gonna find you absolutely that's.
Speaker 1:That's a solid way to do it, of putting that. And I actually did, uh, my entire senior project at Bethany on movies and like the graphics and movies. So I like really dove into this like for three to four weeks when I was at Bethany and like I just got immersed and it didn't hurt that people would come in and I'd just have a movie on in my room and they're like what are you doing? I was like actually I'm doing my senior project, I get to watch movies for my senior project, to watch the graphics and the animation and everything like that.
Speaker 4:That's the way to go.
Speaker 1:Wasn't a bad gig. I couldn't complain about that. Jordan, what is your favorite genre of movie?
Speaker 5:Favorite genre, I gotta go comedy man. I just think, like you can't be a good comedy movie. I think, like certain movies, you have to be in a certain mood for. But, like with comedy, you can just throw on something. You could just be at home and the hangover could be on TV. Or you could go on a streaming service and you can be like oh, here's dumbumb and Dumber, here's Tommy Boy, here's Black Sheep, here's Liar Liar, here's. You know any comedy, you know that you grew up watching or that you've loved, and it's anything. Adam Sandler, you know almost anything, adam Sandler, you just see it and you're just like, oh yeah like I'm going to sit here and watch it and I'm going to be engaged.
Speaker 5:There are other, there's some movies where, like, even though you've seen it, you're just not in the mood for all the exposition and all of the you know, and comedy movies are short, tend to be pretty short, so it doesn't require a bunch of your you know, attention span. You can just sit down, you can watch a movie in 90 minutes go about your day.
Speaker 5:Whereas if you're going to watch something, else you might be spending two and a half three hours watching that movie and you might miss plot points. If you get up or, god forbid, you go and send a text, there's something you're missing. You're missing plot points. So comedy is. I think comedy is probably my favorite.
Speaker 4:All right, jj, what about you? Uh, horror films, definitely my favorite. I mean there's nothing like just just a good horror film. I mean I mean, of course, from halloween, nightmare on elm street, friday, the 13th phil's classic, the big three, I mean now the newer ones we got now, like that Smile series. It's pretty good, I like that movie. And just you know, a horror movie is good. After you get done watching it, you got to throw on some cartoons or something before you go to bed Because you don't want to freak yourself out. So you watch a horror movie, then you throw on some cartoons or something so you can go to sleep 100%.
Speaker 1:That's the make of a good horror movie. When you're putting on something stupid, something funny, like you said cartoons just to get out of that mindset Like.
Speaker 5:I need to sleep tonight.
Speaker 1:I'm not going to. Yeah, mister, what about you?
Speaker 2:Oh man, give me that good science fiction man and a good western. Science fiction and western.
Speaker 1:Oh, alright.
Speaker 2:I'll go with those Arthur.
Speaker 1:Mike, what about you?
Speaker 3:My youngest daughter and I are huge horror film fans and I also am into true movies that are suspenseful, I want to say based on facts. You know I'm a history guy, so like JFK and Nixon, I'm a history movies based on true stories. I'm also a Tarantino guy. Like five or six of his Quentin Tarantino movies. I got to go with. Comedy is my number one. Those are real close next to it. I gotta go with comedy. It's my number one. Those items are real close next to it, but I'll stick with comedy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean shocker, the comedian here is going to pick comedy too, but you know it's. You know, yeah, I can't, you can't. Like you said Jordan, it's hard to not watch it. It's like who doesn't like to said, jordan, it's hard to not watch it. It's like who doesn't like to laugh. Like you know what I mean. Like that's where I'm at.
Speaker 5:There are so many comedy movies where, no matter how many times you've seen it, the jokes still hit. Yeah, you know where it's like. You know, the one for me that still gets never fails to get a laugh is like in Dumb and Dumber, when Lloyd gives Harry the laxative.
Speaker 5:He puts it in his, you know, and he goes in the bathroom and he's making the faces and you know all the sounds and she's like, oh, I hope you're not using the bathroom. You know that toilet's broken. He's trying to flush it and yeah. So there's just so many like parts like that in movies, especially comedy, where you're just like man there's that. That just never fails to not be funny. It's's always funny to me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we just watched Liar Liar the other night and I was cackling like it was the first time I watched it and I was quoting it along with the movie too. That's the thing that I don't realize that I'm doing, but I'm saying the line as Jim Carrey is delivering the line, and I'm still laughing like it's the first time I've heard it.
Speaker 5:The pen is blue.
Speaker 1:Yeah. The pen is blue but Jordan. What's the best sports movie of all time?
Speaker 5:Ooh, best sports movie man. I'm kind of a partial to Friday night lights when it came out in 2000,. What four or five somewhere in there? I really love that movie. You know as a in 2004 or 5 somewhere in there, I really love that movie. As a kid I loved the Mighty Ducks series and I thought Angels in the Outfield was great. Hardball is another great movie.
Speaker 5:Hardball is such a great movie. So if I had to go sports movie, if I'm leaning more on the serious side, it's a toss up between Hardball and Friday Night Lights, but I'm probably on more on the serious side, it's a toss-up between hardball and Friday Night Lights, but I'm gonna. I'm probably gonna pick hardball over Friday Night Lights when it when it all comes down to it. So hardball for me, okay, jj what about you?
Speaker 4:um, that's tight, because I'm like is Rocky really a sports movie or is it a drama movie? So no, it's a sports movie or is it a drama movie? No, it's a sports movie, man. It's centered around boxing. It's centered around boxing.
Speaker 5:It blends genres in my opinion. But it is at the end of the day, it's about accomplishing a goal, competing at a high level. So I say sports movie.
Speaker 4:For whatever that's worth, I'm going to go with Rocky 3, and then also my favorite football movie, the Program. For whatever that's worth, I'm going to go with Rocky III. And then also my favorite football movie is the Program. That's my favorite football movie, classic. And then, like, hardball is one of my favorites too. That's a great movie. So I gave you three. I broke the rule. No, you're all right, you're all right, mister.
Speaker 2:Hey, baby, you the program and the last Boy Scout man.
Speaker 4:Oh, the last Boy Scout. Ooh, Come on man.
Speaker 3:Yep.
Speaker 2:Hey, Mike Phew.
Speaker 1:Mike, what about you?
Speaker 3:I'm showing my age again, but I watched this last week. I have DVR from 1971. Not my favorite, but if you guys watch this, you want to watch it by yourself. You don't want anybody to see a grown man cry. But Brian saw them. About Brian Piccolo oh yeah, I just watched that last week. That's probably my top five. Watched that last week. That's probably my top five. I want to say my top is a tie between Remember. The Titans and Hoosiers are my top two. If you're going to ask a comedy sports movie, I'll go with Major League.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, major League is up there for me. Remember the Titans takes the cake for me. Friday Night Lights, that's a solid choice too. All those are solid, but Remember the Titans takes the cake for me For that. Friday Night Lights, that's a solid choice too. I mean, all those are solid, but Remember the Titans, that movie, that's the one movie that it is For sports movies. That's my go-to movie. So let's keep rolling here. All right, jordan. What is one movie you recommend that everyone watches at least once?
Speaker 5:One movie everyone needs to see. At least once I got to go Godfather 1 or Godfather 2. I just think that, even though they're very long, that's just to me that was like classic cinema. Godfather 1, I think, is like the one, obviously the one that like brings you in. I can remember watching it on TV years ago for the first time. I think it was like a young adult, like 1918, 19, somewhere in there and just watching and just being like blown away by the cinematography, the acting. I mean you obviously have Marlon Brando, a young Al Pacino. Her name's, her name's escaping me right now.
Speaker 2:Gosh, I can't remember her name.
Speaker 5:But just like the acting, the actors. Jimmy Conn's in that obviously he's a great actor. His name's escaping me right now and it'll come to me at the worst time me right now and it'll come to me at the worst time. I just think the Godfather is a who's who of actors and directors, directing and writing and cinematography. Godfather is a classic for me that you have to see at least once.
Speaker 1:JJ. What about you?
Speaker 4:I'm going to say Training Day because it is damn near a perfect movie from start to finish. I mean just the plot, the story. Denzel's acting in that movie is just fucking spot on. It's great. I mean, yeah, training Day is a movie I'll recommend everybody to see and did we lose Mr?
Speaker 1:I don't know, I don't see him. I think we lost.
Speaker 3:Mr here. So yeah, wonderful technology with Zoom, mike, we're going to go to you and both Oliver Stone directed movies. Learn a lot of history from like 1958 to 1974, 75, those two movies All right.
Speaker 1:Uh, I'll go here too as well, and I uh, this is a tough one for me, um, but saving private Ryan is gotta be that one movie that I think everyone needs to watch, at least once. You know what I mean. Again, like you were saying, I don't think anybody wants to see a grown man cry, but it gets you. Every time it's like that movie I put on. I need a good cry and a good history lesson today, so let's knock them both out in one. I always put on Saving Private Ryan. That's my movie there. Jordan, with all the streaming services that are out there, is there still going to be movie theaters and drive-ins something to do? Is that still a thing to do, or is everyone just waiting for for the streaming services?
Speaker 5:um, it's I don't know how much. I'm not super connected with everybody else in the outside world, but going to the movie theater is still something that I enjoy. Um, I think the one thing that really knocked movie theaters back, of course, is the pandemic, right like. So that's where we kind of really got this whole streaming, like direct on streaming. Um, I think studios have done a pretty terrible job of promoting their movies. Um, promotion seems all but gone. I I can't tell you like the last time I watched tv, I actually sat down and watched TV and saw a trailer for a movie that was actually going to be in the theaters. Another thing, too, that theaters need to work on is making the snacks more affordable. I think that that's a big thing. Is that, like, hey, when I come in to the movie theater and I want to get popcorn and I want to get some candy, and I want to get a soda Like I don't want to have to spend 30 to $40 to get all of that plus the price of admission.
Speaker 5:So I think movie theaters and drive-ins they need to get a little more creative with how they're going to promote themselves. Studios need to get a little bit creative and bring back the way they promote things. Posters, flyers, trailers Lean into your digital platform a little bit more your Facebook, your Instagram, whatever. I think they're always going to be here and I think that it's up to us to get the next generation to understand the importance of going to the movies and being in cinema and experiencing a movie for the first time, whether it be in high max or on big screen yeah, that's a solid answer, jj what about you?
Speaker 4:yeah, I always prefer to go to the movie theaters and see movies I like to see. I mean it's just something about the, the experience. I mean the xd and the surround sound, and it's there's nothing. I mean it's one thing watching it at home and it's convenient, but you don't get that movie theater experience. Like the snacks. You know me, I'll go to the dollar store beforehand and load up on some snacks and then I bring them in there, bring them in with me. But uh, yeah, I mean there's something about the nostalgia and just like there's nothing beats being in a theater actually seeing the movie. I mean it's just streaming's cool for, like, after you've already seen it and you want to watch it again. You know you can pull it up, stream it, but watching it for the first time, streaming it, it's just not the same. Like during the pandemic, like they've released all the movies on the streaming sites and it just wasn't the same. I don't know it's it's.
Speaker 5:It's like it just wasn't the same feel and it feels like there are too many distractions at home, right like right, there's something there's something going on like who's walking by my house?
Speaker 2:the dog's barking right, you know oh I gotta get up.
Speaker 5:But you know, when you're in a movie theater, it's like you're you're hyper-focused on what's going on on the screen?
Speaker 4:Yeah, and can you imagine, like I'm a big superhero movie guy, so can you imagine watching Avengers Endgame at home, when freaking Captain America picks up Thor's hammer and you're watching that at home instead of the theater? Like the theater went crazy when that happened.
Speaker 5:Right.
Speaker 1:Like you don't get that at home, Like it's just different. Now, Mike, what about you with this question here?
Speaker 3:I agree with everybody it's more exciting, more entertaining to be there in person at the theater. I don't think they're going anywhere. The movie theaters my wife and some friends go every Saturday morning discounted they go like 9 in the morning. They show the movies. We have Tuesday nights here. It's $5 movie night and she's an expert Somebody mentioned she smuggles in her snacks in her purse, yeah, and mixes it with the popcorn.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 3:She puts her candy in.
Speaker 1:You got to get that in, but with me I'm a little torn on this. I like the movie theaters. I prefer drive-ins versus the movie theater. This is the worst reason possible. It's because I'm a smoker so like sitting through like Endgame super long, interesting movie. I don't want to miss anything, but I want a cigarette.
Speaker 3:You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:So I can sit there in my car or my tailgate in my truck while I'm watching the movie and have a cigarette and enjoy it and not miss anything. That's the one thing I like about the streaming services, especially watching them at home. But you guys are right, nothing beats going to the movies to see a movie. It's, it's a whole event. It's almost a whole day's worth of trying to figure out everything and that it's involved, and then, like you said, the surround sound like it's just yeah, you can't be going into the theater to see a movie and I think it's the nostalgia too.
Speaker 5:It's like after the movie as a kid we would go and we'd go get some eat, you know right, and the one. The one thing home has beat on watching a movie in the theater is that you can press pause if you have to go to the bathroom.
Speaker 4:That's yeah one advantage of watching a movie at home other than that yeah and I, when I go to the movies, I have this thing where I can't even be late for the previews. I gotta get there before the previews start. You gotta see all the previews.
Speaker 1:And you gotta do the movie quiz while you're sitting there too. You gotta do the movie quizzes that pop up. So we're got two more questions here and then we'll wrap it up here. But, jordan, what is one movie you find to be the saddest movie you have ever watched?
Speaker 5:This is going to be borderline pathetic. The one movie I still, to this day, cannot sit through and watch without crying like actually weeping tears the Land Before Time. Wow, watch without crying like actually weeping tears, the land before time, from a kid, from a, from a kid to an adult. I haven't, I haven't watched in about seven years, uh, or tried to watch in about seven years, but from as a kid to an adult, when, when I watch it, uh, pretty much from the opening credits to the end, I'm just a mess and I think that's just because that movie, as a kid, it like traumatized you because, like what's what's?
Speaker 5:Every kid's biggest fear is losing a parent at that age. And you watch it at the age of like three or four and like you're, I was, I was emotionally intelligent enough to know what was going on and it scared me and it made me sad and it's like the last time I tried to watch it, I'm like I gotta turn this off because I'm I'm looking like a fool in front of my niece. My niece is gonna be mean about it. So, like borderline pathetic. Answer probably is um, but yeah, land Before Time is just like a movie that just like makes me uncontrollably sad when I watch it, no worries, uh jj.
Speaker 1:What about you?
Speaker 4:oh man, I'm gonna have to go with a hardball that. The way that movie ended with a g-baby getting shot. I mean it's man. Every single time I see it doesn't get any better. For me, it's just just terrible. I mean, whoever would have thought that movie was going to end like that? And every time I see it it just hits home. It hurts like man.
Speaker 5:And the eulogy too. Yes, when he gets the call and he's at the church, he's given the eulogy and he talks about when he lifts his arms up. It gets him every time.
Speaker 4:Yes, every time, every time. That's a tough one.
Speaker 1:Welcome back, mister.
Speaker 3:We lost you there for a second, but we're glad to have you back.
Speaker 1:This question here is what is one movie you find to be the saddest movie you have ever watched?
Speaker 2:Oh wow, that's a good one.
Speaker 1:Boys in the Hood boys in the hood, boys in the hood alright, mike, what about you, saddest?
Speaker 3:movie. I already mentioned it earlier. I didn't know it was going to come back to be asked again. But Brian's song, brian Piccolo, chicago Bears, chicago. Yeah, it's hard. If I'm going to watch that, I'm watching that by myself. Nobody around said, nobody can see me crying like a baby. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 1:And I'll go with this one and Jordan kind of going along yours. You know it's kind of upsetting to miss but the Fox and the Hound keeping it old school. If you don't cry at that movie, you're a sociopath. There's no other way to say it. Like that movie hits you right in the feels every time, but it was that one.
Speaker 1:And I don't know what. I don't know what it was, but like I watched South Paul a couple of weeks ago and that I don't know what it was, it hit me right in the feelings and I don't know why. Luckily I was by myself.
Speaker 4:So, yeah, you know but yeah, one movie I watched recently it really got me as crazy as the Iron Claw movie. Like that movie was crazy, like about the Von Eriks the wrestling family.
Speaker 5:Yeah, that movie yeah, the last one, the last one that I got that really got me and it was. I was with my cousins in the movie theaters. It was on Allied, the very end of that movie, I don't know, I just it made me so like again, just very like teary eyed, and I was just like I'm like I look. I was like I look stupid right now in front of my family, but they're just looking at me. They're like are you okay?
Speaker 1:And I'm like I don't know man, but all right we're going to round it out, this show with this question here, and what is the best movie Dwayne Johnson, aka the Rock, has ever done? Jordan?
Speaker 5:Best movie the Rock has ever done. Man, was it Walking Tall? Is that the one?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:The two by four.
Speaker 5:Yeah, the two by four.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 5:Was it Walking Tall or Standing Tall? I think it's Walking Tall. That one that's like the one where you're like oh, the Rock is a good actor, yeah.
Speaker 4:Okay, jj man, this is tough. I'm going to go with him in Fast and Furious movies. That's peak rock for me. He's just basically playing himself, so I'll take it.
Speaker 1:All right, mister, what about you?
Speaker 2:I'll tell you what I'll go with two off movies. Have you guys ever seen Faster?
Speaker 4:No.
Speaker 2:Have you played Faster? Yeah, okay, if we ever get time watch that movie. And then the other one is man. You know, I got to go with man Black, adam oh man.
Speaker 1:Solid choices there, Mike. What about you?
Speaker 3:I'll agree with the remake of Walking Tall. The original came out, I want to say in 74 or 75 with Joe Don Baker.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 3:I thought the Rock was great in the remake, Believe it or not. We were playing in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a long time ago and ate at a place and the guy that owned it was a sheriff at one time, retired in Tennessee, and knew the real Buford Pusser. Oh, wow. And said most of those stories and at the time only the originals. I said most of those stories were true about Buford Pusser and all the stuff that happened in Tennessee.
Speaker 1:That one's up there for me and this one's probably going to be weird for me, but it's Jumanji, the remake of Jumanji oh yeah, I forgot about that one. Just the subtle things that he does where you can really see that he's a good actor, like the one part where he just whispers to himself don't cry, don't cry, don't cry. Like you wouldn't think that'd be something you would hear come out of the Rock's mouth and it just you know it shows his comedic side too as well.
Speaker 1:Central Intelligence is up there, for me too as well, that's pretty good, but it's definitely the remake of Jumanji.
Speaker 4:No, no, no, no. I like the Toon Fairy movie.
Speaker 1:It was all right, I wouldn't say it was my favorite.
Speaker 2:Oh man, I know it was alright. I wouldn't say it was my favorite, you know. Oh man, I know. Hey, bono, I got one for you. Though. Yeah, what's up? When you asked the question and ironically, the phone went out on me when you asked what movie that everybody should see, and that is Mississippi Burning.
Speaker 1:Mississippi Burning. That's why.
Speaker 4:Samuel.
Speaker 1:Johnson yeah definitely a must see. But, on that note, that is actually going to do it for this week's episode and the movie round table. I want to thank all of my guests jordan, mike, jj and mister for coming on and sitting here and talking about movies for the better part of an hour here. Uh, this was, you know, really fun show. I love movies. I don't know anybody that doesn't. But, uh, thank you guys for coming on. We really do appreciate you sitting here and uh talking with us a little bit here about movies. But, as always, if you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If you didn't tell them, anyways, they might like it just because you didn't. That's going to do it for me and I will see y'all next week.
