Film Junk Podcast #165: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
0:00-06:10 – Intro / In-house Stuff
06:10-43:03 – Headlines: G.I. Joe Character Pics, Blockbuster Censors Another DVD Release, Expelled Documentary Cracks Box Office Top 10
43:03-1:18:15 – Junk Mail
1:18:15-1:42:35 – Stuff We Watched This Week: Walk Hard, Ghosts de Cite Soleil, Hot Docs: Shot in Bombay, The Betrayal, Carny
1:42:35-2:00:10 – Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2:00:10-2:07:35 – Trailer Trash: The Spirit
2:07:35-2:08:45 – This Week’s DVD Releases
2:08:45-2:11:04 – Outro
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Comments (20)
Greg. Has anyone ever told you that you sound exactly like Seth Rogen?
Posted by swarez on April 22nd, 2008Good times.
Fucking hilarious discussion about G.I. Joe and very true indeed. How fucking brilliant would this film be if they used the original designs. Terrorists taken down by a 70’s gay musical group.
About Expelled. Is it really a documentary about intelligent design or is it about the “arrogance” of scientists that deny it and the poor people who try to get this idea recognized in the scientific community?
Posted by swarez on April 22nd, 2008Swarez: Someone e-mailed Filmjunk once and said I sounded like fat, bald, Canadian comedian Brent Butt, another Filmjunk listener said I sounded like some gay film director and my friend Kimmy said I sound like I have a deviated septum, but no one has ever said I sound like Seth Rogan.
I like the Seth Rogan one the best because I hate Brent Butt, I don’t have a deviated septum and the gay dude isn’t quite famous enough to make a cool comparison…although it really did sound like me.
Thanks for listening.
Posted by Greg on April 22nd, 2008Let’s not forget that most of the documentaries on the top all time documentary list (read: Michael Moore’s films) are left wing propaganda, and just as lopsided in view as anything the right puts out.
Posted by Jon Rocks on April 22nd, 2008No less than two references to me on this weeks show, and I am ashamed to say I don’t understand either of them.
Good show though, glad to see you’re back to the marathon-length format.
Posted by Henrik on April 22nd, 2008Martin Scorsese was ‘forced’ by The Weinstein brothers back at Miramax to do a major (MAJOR) re-edit of Gangs of New York.
Since the final cut of that film is a nightmare-of-a-mess, I’d really love to see the original (probably longer, not sure though) cut of the film. As it stands Gangs of New York is a train wreck. And probably a studio engineered one to keep the runtime down (my theory).
Posted by Kurt on April 22nd, 2008Gangs of New York became a train wreck when Martin Scorsese decided to make it a love story. Cameron Diaz is still in his director’s cut I’m sure. It’s unsalvagable.
Posted by Henrik on April 22nd, 2008Can’t say I disagree on Ms. Diaz that is dreadful in the film. I wouldn’t complain with much of her excised out of the film, Paul Dano Style – “GET OUT DEMONS!!”
Posted by Kurt on April 22nd, 2008La Jetee on Google Video is pretty darn solid. Mainly because the film is all stills. It’s still be 100 times better in a Theatre.
Thank-You for Smoking was pretty solid from point of view of Aaron Eckhart’s main character, and his philosophy on debate…Priceless. I think TYFS is a bit underrated actually…And That opening title sequence totally ROCKS, and the film is cinematic enough that watching on YouTube is idiotic.
Posted by Kurt on April 22nd, 2008Opening Credits music from
12 Monkeys
Ravenous
Total Recall
all rule and put me in the mood for those movies.
Posted by Kurt on April 22nd, 2008I was lucky enough to see La Jetee in a theater and it was indeed amazing. You should check it out on google video if you don’t live in a metropol though, it’s a great film.
Kurt: The opening credits is the only thing about 12 Monkeys worth the film it’s shot on
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Posted by Henrik on April 22nd, 2008I too was under the impression that “Expelled” was not really a doc on Intel Design, but actually on the open-minded people who are shunned and ridiculed by liberal fascists for trying to discuss it. I’ve never seen the movie (though I plan to), so I could totally be wrong about this.
Posted by Andrew James on April 22nd, 2008@ “the open-minded people who are shunned and ridiculed by liberal fascists for trying to discuss [Intelligent Design]”
I know you weren’t necessarily advocating this idea just re-iterating it but that’s a statement that is just profound in it’s misguidedness.
The IDers think they deserve parity because their ideas are popular among the theist majority. Well that makes sense in the democratic sense but not in the scientific sense. You don’t get to sue for scientific legitimacy. Far from being a persecuted minority they’re actually a majority claiming they deserve special rights and privileges.
I don’t recall Charles Darwin filling lawsuits all the time and accusing people of being whatever the nineteenth century equivalent of “nazi” was. He wrote up his merticulously researched findings and submitted them for professional review. It was many years later that the fossil record and genetic evidence would conclussively confirm his hypothesis.
It’s called the scientific method and if the IDers want to be taken seriously as a science then all they have to do is start practicing it. Instead they’d rather publish Wedge Documents, distribute PR documentaries and accuse their detractors of being Nazis. They need to get out of the court room and get into the laboratory.
Posted by Rusty James on April 22nd, 2008@ ” Is it really a documentary about intelligent design or is it about the “arrogance†of scientists that deny it and the poor people who try to get this idea recognized in the scientific community?”
That distinction implies that ID is anything more than a PR / political movement. It’s a distinction I might be willing to consider when someone can point to a single research grant given by the Discovery Institute or any other ID outfit.
Posted by Rusty James on April 22nd, 2008I was really unsatisfied with the ending of thank you for smoking, i wish that ol’ nick naylor would of stayed an asshole instead of “learning his lesson”, by the way i do not recomend watching any film on you tube, not only is the video quality terrible but its split into pieces.
Posted by Drew on April 22nd, 2008“The IDers think they deserve parity because their ideas are popular among the theist majority. ”
Yup, they think facts are chosen democratically.
Posted by Goon on April 22nd, 2008“I was really unsatisfied with the ending of thank you for smoking, i wish that ol’ nick naylor would of stayed an asshole instead of “learning his lesson—
If you’re looking for a movie with Aaron Eckhart where he stays an asshole, I highly recommend you seek out “In the Company of Men”. A very good movie from the director of the very bad Wicker Man remake.
Posted by Goon on April 22nd, 2008I was surprised that Ben Stein would be the host of a documentary about ID, I didn’t know he was such a devout christian, mostly because I thought he was a practicing jew, but I know very little about the jewish faith so I have no idea if ID is something that they believe in.
Posted by Swarez on April 23rd, 2008Usually celebrities stay away from controversial material like this to secure their popularity but I guess Stein is more of a cult figure rather than a true full fledged celebrity.
Gung Ho has now been cast for the GI Joe movie. I can only assume that Jay’s interest in the film has taken a serious turn for the better with this stunning news.
Posted by Matt Gamble on April 23rd, 2008I’m surprised to hear that ‘Inside’ is exclusive at Blockbuster because I’ve seen it available for rent on Netflix ever since it came out.
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