Film Junk Podcast Episode #325: Transformers: Dark of the Moon and The Trip
0:00 – Intro
2:40 – Headlines: MoviePass is Netflix for Movie Theatres, G.I. Joe Casting, Bridesmaids Becomes Judd Apatow’s Biggest Movie Ever
20:15 – Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
1:08:15 – Review: The Trip
1:23:05 – Trailer Trash: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Captains
1:42:55 – Other Stuff We Watched: Road to Perdition, True Legend, Robot Jox, Crash and Burn, Robot Wars, The Adjustment Bureau, Challenge of the Gobots, The Last Man on Earth
2:12:45 – Junk Mail: Movie Watching Estimates, Mystery Melody and Triangle, Film Junk Quick History, Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer, First Film to Get You Interested in Filmmaking, Reed Rewatching J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, Steven Soderbergh’s Retirement
2:35:00 – This Week’s DVD Releases
2:38:40 – Outro
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Comments (52)
Damn, I forgot about Crash and Burn! That movie’s…not great.
Posted by Fatbologna on July 5th, 2011Awww yeah!
Posted by Napalm on July 5th, 2011Oh my God, is that the new artwork? It’s fucking awesome haha!
Posted by Napalm on July 5th, 2011http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5APPgmwoIQ&feature=related
One of the best Coogan lines.Check out Alan Partridge. Classic.
Posted by Burgus on July 5th, 2011The Music is from the Russian Childrens Story “Peter and the Wolf”. Caught it immediately, it’s pretty big here in Germany.
Great Episode as always, loved it!
Posted by Sven on July 5th, 2011Great Job on the new artwork, Corey!
Posted by Gord on July 5th, 2011Sven: Thanks a million! It was just last week that I was trying to find the name for the same song.
Posted by Senor G on July 5th, 2011Did Jay give Reed the John Lasseter drunk slur effect in this episode or was he just drunk??
Nice episode, would of rather you ripped Transformers a bit more.
Posted by Addieo on July 5th, 2011thanks peoples.
As for the Trip, I like the phone call scenes, I think they contrast well with Brydon’s phone calls (whcih are a bit funnier) as they serve to contrast the two of them well. Rob is comfortable in his life, Steve is not. Peace vs. chaos, and I think it can help make some funny parts funnier. Just as Steve is trying to copy Rob’s man in the box stuff in the bathroom, Rob is trying to copy Steve’s “i could fuck around” kind of attitude in his calls home. They are trying each others personas on.
Posted by Goon on July 5th, 2011Loved the Trip. Beautifully shot and nicely paced. The part when they were trying to emulate the sound of of Submarine ping was hilarious.
As for Transformers, I agree with Jay about the music. The coolest part was when the dudes jumped out of the with wing suits. They dropped the music out all all together and it worked. For about 10 seconds, til he brought the music back in.
Posted by cinekill on July 5th, 2011Why is Reed drunk?
Posted by Kent on July 5th, 2011Thanks to Pete Anderson for providing the Moosehead beer. Oh, and I forgot to wish our American friends a Happy Independence Day! I can’t wait until Canada gets the balls to break away from the British Empire!
@Kent: I was celebrating America’s Independence! I only had 4 beers by the end of the show, but I started to feel the effects after the 2nd one. I think I was relatively sober for the Transformers review. And I was not drunk when I saw Transformers. I probably would have slept through the whole movie in that case. And I’m not drunk now.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 5th, 2011@Addieo: Yeah, Doug would have been great to rip apart Transformers. I’m not that passionate about movies, and I don’t have the linguistic skills that Doug possesses. Besides, I have a soft spot for Michael Bay.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 5th, 2011Reed, now that Greg is on Twitter, do you think he will follow your tweets and vice versa?
I agree with you about severing ties with the royals.
Posted by RC on July 5th, 2011Greg is on Twitter? I’ll follow him, but I’ll understand if he doesn’t follow me back.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 5th, 201113 Assasins should be one of reviews for the next podcast. It is a great action film.
Posted by antho42 on July 5th, 2011@Reed
Woops! Maybe that was supposed to be a secret. Sorry Greg.
Posted by RC on July 5th, 2011I second 13 Assassins. It’s fuckin’ great, the fact that Reed didn’t like it should be recommendation enough. One of my top 3 of the year for sure and definitely a huge turn for the better for Miike. DO IT!!
Posted by fatbologna on July 5th, 2011The mystery music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzjIlni8_qg
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Did this guy never go to kindergarten??? It’s a staple to cream your diapers by!
Posted by Buttonman88 on July 5th, 2011Drunk Reed. Oh God.
Posted by Napalm on July 5th, 2011I can’t find anything when I Google “Costas Boats!”
Posted by Mason on July 5th, 2011Nice show.
Tipsy Reed is awesome.
I was wondering what you guys thought about the Hans Zimmer score for the Fanstrormers. Many people have been pointing this out, and I thought the similarity was pretty obvious. Not just that weird horn sound, but when Optimus swoops in to save everyone for the third time, he spins around alot and the scene was shown in the trailer, the strings come in and it sounds like another part from “Mind Heist”.
And the artwork IS great.
Posted by Nils on July 5th, 2011I know others have already mentioned it but the mystery song is indeed from “Peter and the Wolf” and I as well caught that immediately (It’s a hard tune to forget!).
As a kid I used to watch this short animated film almost as religiously as any Disney movie:
Posted by Joe on July 5th, 2011http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILI3s7Wonvg
@Nils
Zimmer did not compose the score for TF3. Steve Jablonsky did.
Posted by Kent on July 5th, 2011Actually, I would be interested in what the guys have to say about “13 Assassins” as well. I’m not a fan of samurai films, I guess. I did enjoy Takeshi Kitano’s version of “Zatoichi.” I thought I would enjoy “13 Assassins,” but like Transformers, the beginning story stuff is kind of ordinary and the final extended battle scene was “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
As for the Hans Zimmer score, I totally didn’t notice it or wasn’t paying attention to it. The only musical score I can think of that saved a dreary motion picture is Jerry Goldsmith’s score for “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.”
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 5th, 2011I agree with the people saying 13 Assassins should be the review on the next show
Posted by IchigoNL on July 5th, 2011I wasn’t even paying any attention to the music credit.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 5th, 2011I hope the whistling email starts a trend of listeners emailing mp3s from film scores for the Film Junk guys to guess what movie it’s from. Maybe one every week?
Posted by Heaven's Smile on July 5th, 2011I can’t believe Reed actually got drunk. Epic! It sounded like that, but I thought there must be some other explanation. Also, regarding Sam Mendes – he’s set to direct the next James Bond flick.
Posted by rjdelight on July 5th, 2011‘I’ll follow him, but I’ll understand if he doesn’t follow me back.’
This is exactly why I won’t follow Reed on Twitter.
Posted by Greg on July 5th, 2011I would also like the throw in a vote for a 13 assassins review. Just finished watching it and personally I don’t see what people are talking about, it wasn’t really interesting to me. I guess for samurai I’ll stick with 6 less. Also on a side note is the blu-ray censored or something? The quotes on the box keep talking about how violent it is and it seems like they said the same on the Row 3 podcast but I didn’t really think it was all that violent.
Posted by Tomoo on July 5th, 2011I’ve started following you, Greg, but you don’t seem to be tweeting anymore.
@rjdelight: I wasn’t sure if Mendes was still set to direct the next Bond flick. I thought that news might be out-of-date considering MGM’s fortunes of late.
BTW, here’s a bit of odd coincidence that I failed to mention on the podcast. I have the book that Sam’s mom shows to him when she learns that Sam is having problems with his latest girlfriend. The coincidental part is that I was talking about this book to Jay and other friends the night before we saw the movie.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 5th, 2011Hey you got to check out alan partridge for steve coogan. its influence is everywhere.
Posted by Richard on July 5th, 2011as for brydon marion and geoff is incredible.
good podcast , i like the counter of transformers 3 and the trip. couldnt get 2 more different movies if you tried. Wish michael bay would watch the trip. I honestly believe he just wouldnt understand it. i think he would just breakdown.
Takashi Miike is one of the most talented directors in the world. The man has done it all. His biggest weakness is that he is too dam prolific which makes him have an inconsistent filmography. But for every 3 to 4 bad films, you’ll get one good to great film. His Magnum opus remains Audition.
Posted by antho42 on July 5th, 2011@ Reed
Yeah, it was put on hold while the MGM mess was settled, but as far as I know it’s set to start shooting soon for a holiday 2012 release.
Posted by rjdelight on July 5th, 2011‘I’ve started following you, Greg, but you don’t seem to be tweeting anymore.’
I didn’t realize that there’s a tweeting minimum.
Posted by Greg on July 5th, 2011Anyone know what is happening with the Canadian release of 13 Assassins? Had a preorder on Amazon Canada with a release for today, but now it says the release date is September.
Posted by Film Ape on July 5th, 2011So it appears that you haven’t read THE tweeter’s license agreement.. I am afraid you must refund your followers now buddy.
I ll Tweet you my bank account number.
Posted by kyri the elaborate scammer on July 6th, 2011Amazon Canada’s brutal. They haven’t even adjusted their prices all that much for the US dollar. I ordered 13 Assassins and some other stuff through Amazon US and it shipped first thing this morning. They didn’t even have a damn cover for the thing when I was searching for it on the Canadian site this weekend!
Posted by Fatbologna on July 6th, 2011@Kent: Nils means that the score is very Zimmer-like (cue Jay’s impression)
Great episode! I thought Reed was doing a good job, maybe he should drink beer more often. And I agree that you can’t blame the voice-actors for the lack of character. Prime’s voice is the only good thing about him. The biggest problem is that you can’t tell the robots apart. I pretty much hated the first two, but I would gladly rewatch them if they replaced the robots with new models that resemble the originals.
Posted by Bas on July 6th, 2011@ Reed: couldn’t agree with you more – Kitano’s “Zatoichi” is a solid samurai film and beautifully shot. One of the best recent entries in the genre. Have you seen/liked any other of Kitano’s films?
Still looking forward to “13 Assassins,” and would love to hear another review of a Miike film by Jay…for the record I absolutely hated Visitor Q, but loved Audition.
Posted by Palladio81 on July 6th, 2011I have this weird fantasy Jay and Sean are lost in the waters of Niagara and Greg has to take care of Reed due to his loyalty to the filmjunk. it is a odd couple peppered with the phrases, “for f*cksake!” and “sssooorrrryyy…” way to much
Posted by rus in chicago on July 6th, 2011WTF? Replace Prime’s voice with another actor besides Peter Cullen? Are you friggin kidding me? You know how many fanboys would stick a hot poker up your ass for even saying that? Blasphemy!
Posted by WantedWes on July 6th, 2011Reed and Palladio81, check out Kitano’s film Getting Any for a hilarious take on Zatoichi among other parodies/satire such as Ghostbusters etc.
Have to agree with Miike being talented, sure he has some clunkers, but that’s bound to happen with such a huge output.
Posted by Duke Togo on July 6th, 2011It’s crazy how, for me, the sole addition of Reed makes the podcast go from a joy to listen to, to an absolute struggle to finish. Sorry Reed.
Posted by Austin in japan on July 6th, 2011One spy-ish movie I would maybe recommend is “The Eagle Has Landed” with Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, and Robert Duval. Made in 1976. I haven’t seen it in ages, but I remember it being a good, suspenseful caper movie.
For anything by LeCarrè, nothing against the new Tinker Tailor, but just read the books. They’re great.
Party on, Reed!
Posted by other greg on July 6th, 2011@Palladio81: I’ve seen Sonatine, Getting Any?, Dolls, and Brother. I’ve liked them all although Dolls was kind of arty.
@rus in chicago: Greg and I should do a remake of “Rain Man.” I want the Tom Cruise role.
@WantedWes: When Jay suggested Peter Cullen should be replaced, I imagined the fanboys sticking a hot poker up Jay’s ass (pardon your French).
@Duke Togo: To be honest, I can’t remember a thing about “Getting Any?” although I remember enjoying it.
@Austin in japan: I didn’t think I was too disruptive or argumentative during the podcast. Anyway, I guess I am a taste that some people can’t acquire.
@other greg: Thx for your recommendation. I’m familiar with that movie. The podcast guys weren’t much help.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 6th, 2011‘Greg and I should do a remake of “Rain Man.” I want the Tom Cruise role.’
Okay, I’ll admit that this is pretty funny. Well done.
Posted by Greg on July 7th, 2011Yeah Greg, you could be ‘Gasmon Farrington’, referring to yourself as ‘Gas Man’.
Posted by Bas on July 7th, 2011Farrington? No way. That’s a terrible last name.
Posted by Greg on July 7th, 2011True, but ‘Gasmond Gaspari’ sounds like a cartoon character. Or you could use Jerry’s real last name which is [higlight_for_spoilers]
Posted by Bas on July 7th, 2011you have had a transformers review every 100 podcasts.
Posted by James Turnbull on July 7th, 2011ep 125, 224 and 325.
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