Comments on: Download Film Junk Podcast for Nov. 11, 2007

By: Goon

Goon — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:30:30 +0000

Snowleapord, a show you (and this goes for most of you here) should give a shot is Scene Unseen (sceneunseenpodcast.com) – one of them sees the movie, the other doesnt and they talk both about the movie and the marketing behind it and why the other would or wouldnt see it based on that. other than that they make a theme DVD pick of the week. its a good, short show thats easy to fit into my own podcast listening schedule.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:26:02 +0000

Annie Hall over Star Wars isn’t that horrible. I enjoy both films and AH made me a Woody Allen fan. I think he’s a great director and is one of the best at showcasing New York and as an actor find him hilarious. I do prefer his early work though.

As far as Ordinary People goes. I’m just not a fan of the movie. I based my top 4 on personal preference. I enjoyed Raging Bull more than Ordinary People, so I would have prefered it win Best Picture. I don’t think anyone ever said OP was a bad film.

By: TheSnowLeopard

TheSnowLeopard — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:19:32 +0000

I’ve never heard of Mark Kermode. I’ll definitely give his podcast a listen. Always interesting to hear a British point of view.

Here’s how I’d rank the podcasts I listen to weekly:

1. Filmspotting
2. Film Junk
3. Movie Patron
4. Cinebanter
5. Cinemablend
6. The Movie Blog

By: Goon

Goon — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:49:52 +0000

“I also really like filmspotting (though a bit downhill without Sam Van Halgren).”

oh no kidding. Matty “Ballgame” Robinson is a twat of monstrous proportions.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:15:08 +0000

Annie Hall is a masterpiece. Star Wars is also a masterpiece for its genre, but hardly holds up for adults, so I definitely think that was 100% the right choice.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:18:25 +0000

Hey Andrew, for some reason your comment got filtered out by our spam plug-in. Not sure why… probably your filthy language! (I’m kidding of course.) It makes me wonder what else is being filtered out though.

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:52:38 +0000

VARIOUS THOUGHTS ON EPISODE 143:

I’m with Sean – who doesn’t like the show, “Seinfeld?” It’s arguably the best 30 minute sitcom of all time. Not that that necessarily translates to “Bee Movie.”

BUG – Hell yes. I gave that movie a fairly positive review. But after thinking about it and talking about it a little more with Kurt, I realized it’s completely awesome. The ending goes a bit over the top for my tastes, but the rest of the film is bordering on amazing. Lots of people walked out of my screening (like 20 people) – totally expecting something else I think. I’ve been meaning to buy that movie for a while.

2Girls1Cup – HAHAHA! I just had that emailed to me last night. HO LEE SHEE ITE. – http://www.2girls1cup.com/ – a couple of people at work have actually seen it too. Seems to be the newest “thing” with the kids these days.

Other movie podcasts: Kermode is a great podcast – don’t always agree with him, but his rants are hilarious. – I posted a streaming version of his Pirates 3 rant here: http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/05/31/my-favorite-film-critic/

I also really like filmspotting (though a bit downhill without Sam Van Halgren). “Movies you should see” Podcast is just okay. Too many people talking and not much meat to their discussion. I heard the Movie Patron podcast is pretty good

Shakespeare in Love – a decent movie; but beating out Saving Private Ryan for best picture is preposterous. Maybe it’s too obvious, but how could you miss Annie Hall over Star Wars for best picture?

I remember being upset about Phillip Seymour Hoffman (who I LOVE) winning for Truman Capote. If the performance were on Saturday Night Live, everyone would’ve laughed their ass off. It didn’t seem all that poignant to me. I agree with Jay – there is a difference between acting and impersonating. I think a good example is Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line.” Her performance was deserving of her nomination and win.

“There Will Be Blood” – Most anticipated movie of 2nd half of 2007…. except that it is being pushed back to Jan of 2008. Sigh…

DVD sizes PISS ME OFF! Those Simpsons series (in the shape of heads at season 4 and on) suck ass. However, if I can afford it, I’m totally picking up the Deckard briefcase for the new Blade Runner DVD release.

Paris Je T’Aime is awesome – definitely my DVD pick of the week. In my top 10 of the year for sure.

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:51:05 +0000

Not sure what happened to my really long comment. Maybe there was a problem. Will try again. Sorry if I post this twice…

By: Goon

Goon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:08:35 +0000

the only movie to win best picture that truly made me retch was Crash.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:35:58 +0000

I think when oscar season comes around, you should do “Top 5 Best Picture Winners”. Even though Greg’s list would be kind of predictable .

By: Primal

Primal — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:33:58 +0000

Nice Sean on the segment times or whatever its called. You guys shouldn’t really have to worry about spoilers now, right? Well I, for one, actually don’t mind if you do mention spoilers if you give us fair warning on the show notes.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:27:32 +0000

Yeah, when we chose this topic it was a lot harder than we thought it would be in the sense that there weren’t many “upsets” that we felt all that strongly about. In most cases, someone deserving did win, just maybe not quite as deserving. As for Ordinary People, I haven’t seen it… I just know that in retrospect it doesn’t seem like quite as significant a film.