Movie Theater Experiences

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hello and thank you for choosing Men of a Certain Five. We're gonna break down top five everything from the world of pop culture and just the world in general. I'm Phil Rizzo. I'm gonna be joined by Brian Parks on this podcast. But a quick disclaimer. This podcast was originally called the High Five Podcast. We decided after recording a few episodes to change the name for a multitude of reasons. But yeah, now it's called Men of a Certain Five. So if you do hear us refer to it as the High Five podcast, please ignore that for the first few episodes. We think we have some good content. We didn't want to go back and re record the those episodes where we mentioned the High Five. So we're going to stick with it and we appreciate your patience. Listen, thank you so much for listening and yeah, we look forward to putting some pods out there for you. [00:00:54] Speaker B: Hello, here we are. Welcome to another High Five edition. We are pumped up here today. I don't know what we're gonna into, but I'm sure we'll get into some shenanigans. I'm your host, Brian Parks and we have my other host. Your other host, Phil Rizzo. Phil, say hello, Brian. Yes, well, you know, hey, listen, man of a few words there. All right. [00:01:16] Speaker A: Had to give you a little. Little Francesca. I couldn't help it. He does that whole. Does that whole. And then it's dog hilarious. [00:01:24] Speaker B: Does this long lead up, all built, getting old shot and yeah, one word ridiculous. You know, it's kind of like an interview guy that like asks a pumped up question or. And they get. You get the one word answer, you know, like good. You know, like thanks, man. [00:01:37] Speaker A: You know, at some point we're gonna have to play an intro on here because people know what the hell we're talking about. This is probably like the third time we've. We've referenced it on this, this pot alone. [00:01:45] Speaker B: Like in a Mad Dog. [00:01:46] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. [00:01:48] Speaker B: Well, yeah, I know what's funny is now. So we are like currently right now. I don't know, I'm trying to give a time frame here. We're recording this like the Golden Globes happened two days ago. I don't, you know, like, you know, I don't know when we're releasing the initial show here, but it's gonna come down the line here. So this will, you know, you. I don't know what episode is gonna be before this in our timeline, but we're here. We might edit some of this out, I don't know, but I'm just saying we are here for a new episode and we hope you enjoy it. You know, take it away. Phil, what do you got for me here? [00:02:16] Speaker A: Hey, man, I'm just excited. It's, you know, it's fun to do this. It's fun to, you know, we do another pod. We do a Star Trek podcast. So it's nice to branch out a little bit and talk about something other than just Star Trek, you know, just kind of break out and do what we love doing, man. We like making lists. We've been doing it for as long as we. As long as we've known each other. You know, we always do a rank this. What's better than this? Top 10 this, top 10 that, top 5 this, top 5 that. So, yeah, this is always fun, man. I'm looking forward to it. I think we got it. We got a good. Got ourselves a good little topic today. What do you think? [00:02:46] Speaker B: Think we do, you know, we're gonna do top five movie experiences here. [00:02:51] Speaker A: Theater experiences. [00:02:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:02:53] Speaker A: Right. [00:02:53] Speaker B: So it's. So it's kind of like, you know, I don't know. I mean, you know, obviously not just about the idea of just picking a favorite movie and going to the movies or whatever the hit movie is going to see it. It's more about the whole experience of the whole thing wrapped up here. Right. [00:03:07] Speaker A: I mean, you know, 100%, I'm, you know, I. There's almost nothing I love more than going to the movies to see a movie. It's just there's something really special about. Especially in today's day and age of cell phones and distractions. Like, you're in a theater, most people. There's assholes, of course, but most people are in there, they got no choice but to just sit there and watch a movie. Like, I love it. Like, everyone's all on board with the same mission. Usually everyone's excited in the theater. A lot of my list reflects, like, when you have that energy and that excitement that, you know, that's in a theater when you're seeing a movie that everyone's pumped up for. I fucking love it. Yeah, I'd go to the movies every day if I. If I had the time. [00:03:41] Speaker B: That's one thing that. That, you know, especially nowadays with malls closing down left and right and stores and the way. The way technology kind of is, where they kind of make it, where it's like your movie theater experience at home is better than going out, you know, but no matter what, I still have to. I don't know if it's Just an old way of thinking, but, you know, I'm always gonna be one that's like, yeah, I gotta go to the movie. So, you know what I mean? What are we doing here? [00:04:01] Speaker A: 100%. 100%. And I tell you what, man. Like. Like most of the movies I see nowadays, I see maybe by myself, matinee. If it's a movie that, like, usually horror movies. I'm pretty much watching every new horror movie that comes out. And wow, it's almost nothing better than shooting at a fucking movie by yourself. Big bag of popcorn, just watching some fucking horror flick. I love it. [00:04:18] Speaker B: I was gonna. It's funny you brought that up, because I was gonna say I haven't done that in a very long time, go to the movies by myself and, you know. But I have enjoyed doing that. Yeah, it's kind of an interesting thing. I feel like it's like its own thing. I don't know. [00:04:30] Speaker A: I mean, we've always made this joke, but, like, in the movie theater, like, it's not like you're in there talking to people. [00:04:34] Speaker B: Like. [00:04:34] Speaker A: Yeah, you talk while the trailer's on. Well, actually, I don't talk while the trailer's on, but you talk, you know, before the trail come on and. But once the movie starts, it's not even. It's not a social situation. It's just you in the theater, you know, Again, we talked about the energy and, you know, a full. Full house can make a really big difference. But the point of going with somebody, sometimes it has an effect, sometimes it doesn't, you know, But I could almost enjoy it as much just, you know, by myself. Especially if it's a movie that no one I know wants to see it, but I'm pumped to see it. So I'm like, fuck you, I'm going to see it today. [00:05:04] Speaker B: Well, I was gonna say too, like, if you're with someone, obviously what you're gonna do when the movie's over is bullshit about it. You know, I mean it. So you have done that a million times with a group of people, which a lot of us stay in the parking lot talking for like an hour after the movie's over. What are we doing here? You know, that's always fun, but. But there is something about going by yourself, and I don't know how to describe it. It's like your own. You have your own time for yourself, and you're just. You know, you're in your own world and you go and it's. You don't have to worry about waiting on People and doing this and that. You just, you're at your own pace. I don't know, it's like, well, I'll. [00:05:34] Speaker A: Tell you what, I'm 50 years old and like. And yet every time I almost forget that I can go by myself, you know, I mean, like, you look at this, I really want to see this. And I'm like, what? Why can't I just go right now? Like, it's almost like I forget every time that I'm allowed to do that. And then when I do it, I take it. I'm like, this is great. Like, I love it. [00:05:51] Speaker B: I think about that, an adult life all the time. I was like, am I allowed to do this? Like we're fucking adults. Like, what are we doing here? You know, I swear. And I'm not good. [00:06:01] Speaker A: I was gonna say, it's like when you're a kid, you first get your license and you're like, wait, I could just go to fucking Burger King right now and get food if I want to. Like, I could just drive to my friend's house. Like, it's pretty crazy. [00:06:11] Speaker B: I was gonna say. I. I am, I am trying to think now. I'm trying to rack my brain now that you said this. I just. Because I was, you know, obviously Harrison Ford's always been my favorite actor. So I'm like, you know, at one point especially I was in college, I was trying to rip through everything he was. He was doing or he's been in. I went to go see. I think the last movie I saw in a movie that I bought myself was K19, the widowmaker. [00:06:31] Speaker A: Uh huh. [00:06:31] Speaker B: I remember you told me that if you remember that. [00:06:33] Speaker A: I do remember the movie. [00:06:34] Speaker B: Yeah. That was a rough go. [00:06:36] Speaker A: Was that. Was that or Hollywood Homicide? Which one came out later? No, Hollywood Homicide. [00:06:42] Speaker B: I did that. Came out, I believe around the same time. But I think it was after. And I dragged my good buddy Dave Arsenaut decided to take that ride with me. And he probably regrets that now. I regret dragging him. So what can I say? [00:06:58] Speaker A: It seemed like it was going to be at least watchable. I mean, I like Josh Hartnett. [00:07:02] Speaker B: Harrison Ford's to re watch it. Yeah, yeah. You know, just to see if it was as rough as I remember. I mean it was fine. It was just corny, I guess. I don't know, it's kind of dumb. Like a dumb little movie there. But. But anyway. Yeah. So you know, but I never. The horror movie thing, I. I'll tell you what, I can never do that by myself. I need somebody with me, because I'm a little. With the horror movies. [00:07:19] Speaker A: You know what? I prefer to see it with other people, which is the most of the case. But most time people, you know, it's. It's this indie horror. Most people don't want to see it, you know, so I'm like, all right, screw it. Like, I want to see it. [00:07:28] Speaker B: Oh, no. Yeah, no, I was gonna say, as far as the list goes here, now what. You know, how. How was it for you putting this together? I gotta be honest here. This was a tough one for me. Now I. My top four, I'm pretty. Pretty confident with. I mean, some of them are a little weird, which we'll kind of get into. But I. For the fifth spot, I could probably go a million places. So I just. I decided to put one in there. You know, I. I could. I could pick a lot for the fifth spot. I don't know, you know. Well, how about you? [00:07:54] Speaker A: Yeah, it was hard, you know, I mean, I've seen you and I both. I mean, I've seen a million movies in the theater, so it's like, you know, every big movie I've seen first in the theaters pretty much. So. There were so many that I could have put on this list. I actually ended up going with, like, I suppose, like, number one and two were pretty much locked in. I knew. I knew that those. What those were gonna be. But as far as the other three, Yeah, I could. I could have interchanged it with a lot of different things. So I ended up picking a list that I thought was kind of varied. So, yeah, each one is kind of on the list for a different sort of reason in my head anyway. [00:08:26] Speaker B: I like that. I like that. I like that. [00:08:28] Speaker A: So I kind of wanted to do that. But. Yeah, I mean, I could have picked a million different things, like, you know, and we'll talk about a couple honorable mentions, but, you know, again. Yeah, so many different ways. I mean, we've seen every Potter, every Star wars, every Marvel. Like, they're all such fun experiences. So, like, you know. [00:08:41] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:08:42] Speaker A: Let alone you and I are old enough where we've been through, like, the movie revolution. Like, we've seen, you know, cgi, We've, you know, come alive. We've seen, you know, all these classic actors in their prime, after their prime, you know, we've seen so many movies. I've been going to the theater since 1977. I mean, not myself, obviously, but. First time I went to a movie theater, my parents took me when I was, you know, was three fucking years Old. Seeing Star Wars. Spoiler alert. Not on the list. But, yeah, no. So we've been going to the movies for, you know, 45 years, so so many things to draw from. It was a tough one. You know, this five, it's. It's hard to get. Get any list down to five, let alone one like this. [00:09:20] Speaker B: I know. It definitely is a challenge. I totally agree with you there. Because, you know, if you have 10, you can kind of throw a lot in there that you're like, all right, this. I just want to get it on the list, you know, that'll be 10, no problem. [00:09:28] Speaker A: But I want to talk about it, you know, kind of thing. [00:09:30] Speaker B: But yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:09:32] Speaker A: And look, it's funny. I was thinking about our topic today when I was, you know, working, and I'm thinking about, you know, the topics we've had so far. Like, I feel like, you know, some of them are going to be, like, niche. Some of them are going to be like, if people want to listen to it, they might. Some people, the ones who tune in to listen to top five, you know, MCU films or top five. [00:09:49] Speaker B: Right, right. [00:09:50] Speaker A: You know, even historical figures might not be interested in our personal, you know, movie theater experiences or our sports, live sport events, that kind of thing, you know. [00:09:58] Speaker B: But I agree, I agree, I agree. [00:09:59] Speaker A: But it's very. Though, I was just gonna say, I think that means it's. There's. There's a nice variety. There's something kind of for everybody. If you want to just check out, you know, Bugs Bunny cartoons, you could do that. But if you want to hear, you know, maybe try to connect or relate to something kind of personal, you listen to a pod like this, you know, I know. [00:10:16] Speaker B: And I also think that hearing. Hearing other people about it will get people, I mean, you would think, thinking about their own, like, you know what I mean? You know what. What are my own, you know, what are my top or whatever? [00:10:28] Speaker A: I don't know. [00:10:28] Speaker B: Like, you know, I mean, I certainly. [00:10:29] Speaker A: Do that when I listen to a podcast and someone brings something up and boys like, oh, all right. That kind of makes sense. Let me think about that, you know? [00:10:34] Speaker B: Yeah. And I'm also yelling. I'm driving my car yelling, get the out of here. [00:10:38] Speaker A: That's four. [00:10:39] Speaker B: You know what I mean? Like, you know, that's. That's part of the fun of it. [00:10:43] Speaker A: You know, it really is. [00:10:45] Speaker B: I'm trying. How you want to kick this off? You want to just go right into number five. Do you want to do honorable mentions now or you want to save Them for later on. I. [00:10:51] Speaker A: Well, I mean, your call, but I. I think I'd like to talk about the honorable mentions a little bit. [00:10:55] Speaker B: All right, let's. [00:10:56] Speaker A: Let's do it. Yeah. Warm us up till we get to our actual list. In the meat of the list. So I have. Like I said, I had a 68, but I narrowed it down to three honorable mentions just to. [00:11:04] Speaker B: Wow. [00:11:04] Speaker A: Just to talk about, you know, so. So one was Star Trek into darkness in 2013. So this is kind of weird. So this is the reason why this is on the list. And, folks, I have a thing where, like, I pretty much remember whenever I go to a movie that I liked, I pretty much remember every single person who went with us, you know, even though this was, you know, like, you know, 12 years ago. Like, I know for. I remember it was. It was me, my father, my brother, Little Joe, John Adams. And we all went there, and when we walked into the theater, this was the first goddamn movie I ever saw where they had the red reclining seats. I'd never seen that before. So I was like, oh, what the fuck is it? I was like, this is. Are you kidding me? Is this a joke? Like, I didn't know. I didn't hear that they were getting it. I didn't know they were getting it. But we got in there, we got those seats, and, I mean, we must have sat there for 20 minutes just playing with the seats and, you know, oh, my God, it's so great. [00:11:52] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:53] Speaker A: So that. That always sticks out of my head. Like, you know, like, that was a big, big change in the movie theater experience. Before those. Before you reserve seats online, before you. You had to go wait online. You had to get there super early and just wait online. It was bonkers. And then save the seats when people went to get fucking popcorn and cheat. You know? [00:12:12] Speaker B: That's right. That's right. [00:12:13] Speaker A: Terrible. So this was the first time I remember, like, movie theater going being just easier and just a fucking pleasure. So I threw that on there for me. Do you have any honorable mentions? We go back and forth. Or I just bang mine out and then bang yours out. [00:12:26] Speaker B: I do. You know, it's funny. I want to. I mean, I have. I was trying to think of how many to put in. I guess I could rattle of a few, but one, I gotta say is my brother took his kids and he took him for a few years in a row, and I decided to go one year with him, and then they stopped doing it. But Liberty Science center, they would show the Pope. They would show the Polar Express during Christmas time. And just the way the theater is constructed, you know, there it's like obviously like you're laying down, you're looking at shit on the ceiling. Like it's just a gigantic screen. And seeing that there was just a cool fucking thing that I, I had just had a great, great time doing that. But it was a one time thing for me. And I don't know if they show other things there now during the holidays, but they don't do that. That movie was cool to see in that, in that, in that element. [00:13:09] Speaker A: When we took the kids there years ago, they had a cool twister kind of thing there. They had like a. The person who actually invented like the toto thing that they, you drive in for the movie twister when you actually drive it into the tornado and it takes measurements and shit. Like. So the actual, the actual invention of that was. Was there. So that was cool. It's like imax, right? It's like, it's just. [00:13:30] Speaker B: Yeah, right, exactly. [00:13:32] Speaker A: That. That's a cool place. I like that. So another one I got is. Go figure. So I swear it's not because it's Star Trek. So this is Star Trek 2009. You were there. All right. We went together. But this was the first movie that I saw with angel, with my, with my now, you know, wife. [00:13:49] Speaker B: So very nice. [00:13:50] Speaker A: Now obviously it's a Star Trek movie, so I'm gonna be super excited about it. You know, the trailer look great, so I was pumped. It was a midnight show. They were still doing midnight shows back then. Yeah, you know, I think they did those up until like, like right around. There wasn't much longer after that that they stopped doing the midnight shows. They started doing the Thursday night shows the early. [00:14:08] Speaker B: Wasn't that Batman shooting the thing that stopped it or I always put that with that. I don't know if I'm wrong. [00:14:12] Speaker A: In 202012 when Dark Knight Rises came. [00:14:16] Speaker B: Out, right around the time I think I was the one. I think it was the movie. It was the midnight showing somewhere in like Colorado, I want to say. Yeah, you know, I think they started going, I mean, we should tail it back with that. But they still do it now. Don't they do midnight shows? [00:14:29] Speaker A: They do. [00:14:29] Speaker B: Not really. [00:14:30] Speaker A: They do, but you don't like have to like idiots like us see the movie right away. We would go Thursday night because we had to see it first, you know. [00:14:37] Speaker B: Yeah, but now they even do it like Thursday night. Like it's six o' clock or that's. [00:14:41] Speaker A: What I'm Saying, yeah, they started doing that so it's easier. And now, you know, to be honest, I'm just, you know, we go when we can go now. I'll usually try to go first weekend, but I don't. I showed. So. Yeah. So that was kind of cool just seeing that with Angel. Everyone loved it. It's such a popcorn loving, crowd pleasing movie. So that was just. That was just for me personally, just having angel there and my friends there and it's Star Trek. It was just fucking, you know, just boner all night. And then. And then the only one I have is a. Episode two is on here. I'm not a super fan of that movie, but I just remember the excitement in that theater when like Yoda broke out the lightsaber and started doing his thing. Like the place just went nuts and. And you know, and I got caught up in it and I loved it. And to the point where I, I got off work. We used to. We worked at Burger King right there in Brick. I got off work. I went back the next night right after work to just try to catch that. That part again. [00:15:34] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:34] Speaker A: But it wasn't recreated. I couldn't get that. That same energy. You know what I mean? It's not like that first time. Yeah. So that, that's kind of all I had for honorable mentions. What else you got? [00:15:45] Speaker B: Well, I was gonna throw one out there now just because you made me think of it with the going to movie by yourself. I'm gonna put one out there that I did by myself. [00:15:51] Speaker A: Just. [00:15:51] Speaker B: I thought it was a funny, funny story. Now this is going back only because I remember the time it was me, my brother and my friend Sean Finn. My brother's. We knew Sean. We've known Sean, Sean since our childhood there. And he came to me and Alison's wedding, actually. Thank God he was able to come. But I. We went to. We wanted to go to the movies, but I grew up, my mom used to take us to Barnes Noble to pick books, anything. I started reading this book called Basel of Baker street and had a whole series of these books when I was a kid. I read them, you know, and I saw that this movie was coming out. I don't know if it was when it came out. It came out mid-80s, but I think they re released it. This, this because this was like early 90s, I want to say, or something like that. It was. They Disney did a kind of a animated version called the Great Mouse Detective. [00:16:38] Speaker A: Mmm. [00:16:39] Speaker B: And Vincent Price voiced the villain. [00:16:43] Speaker A: That's cool. [00:16:44] Speaker B: It's all It's. It's. I mean, only because mostly the movie's awesome. I love the movie, you know, I love it. But I had never seen it, obviously, at this time. But my brother and Sean wanted to go see Stop on My Mama shoot. And I was like, I want to go see this. This movie. And they. And they were riding me because it was, you know, cartoon. You're gonna go see this by yourself. You're a loser. All this other shit, you know? But I know for a fact that I saw the better fucking movie that day. Yeah, they were playing at the same time. That was the thing. So I was like, yeah. So I went by myself. They went. They went off and did that. But I didn't think of that until you started talking about going by yourself. Like, holy shit. But it was a long time ago. [00:17:22] Speaker A: But that's almost like a necessity as opposed to a, you know, preference, you know? [00:17:27] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, exactly. [00:17:28] Speaker A: But still, that's. [00:17:28] Speaker B: That. [00:17:28] Speaker A: That's so cool. [00:17:31] Speaker B: But, yeah. All right, well, should we hop into this here? [00:17:33] Speaker A: Yeah, let's do it. You want to kick it off? [00:17:37] Speaker B: All right, yeah, I'll kick it off. Why not? [00:17:38] Speaker A: Do you want me to. I'm sorry, I didn't put that out. [00:17:40] Speaker B: No, no, no, I'll take it. I'll take it. Only because I'm like, this is gonna be, you know, it's a. Again, top five. I was like, you know, I. I had some other ones I could bring up here, but I think we might talk about them along the way here. So I'm gonna. [00:17:51] Speaker A: Hold on. [00:17:52] Speaker B: Hold off on those honorable ones. I. I went all the way back to my 10th birthday for this one. [00:17:59] Speaker A: All right. [00:18:00] Speaker B: Yeah, we're going. We're going way back. [00:18:02] Speaker A: High five. Movie theater experiences. Let's hear it. Bomber's got number five. [00:18:06] Speaker B: Yes. Thank you. So you. You mentioned the first movie went to go. I think the first movie I saw, my sister. Older half sister Joan took it, took me to see Return of the Jedi. So that was like 80, whatever the hell it was. But again, you know, I remembered that. But so I bring it up because my sister Joan took me and my brother for my 10th birthday to go see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. And that was, you know, to me, because it was. It was the first Indiana Jones movie I could see in the movie theater because I missed Temple of Doom. I didn't even know it was a thing until, like, you know, it was on vhs, and one of my friends introduced me to it. Then I showed my dad. He's like, oh, you got to see the first one. It was like, all that. I just loved the whole thing. [00:18:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:18:43] Speaker B: And I remember going. And 89, which is a great summer. She had Batman that year, too. It was, you know, the whole thing. We were all pumped up to Driving. [00:18:51] Speaker A: Miss Daisy, killing things. What? [00:18:54] Speaker B: Yeah, Couldn't wait for that one. No, but I. I. All I remember about going to the theater was that I remember the movie theater being so loud that my brother, you know, he was only. He was only like eight, whatever it was, or nine. He was like, his hearing or whatever he was like. He was. I know. He was so fucking pissed off. [00:19:14] Speaker A: Oh, right, right. [00:19:15] Speaker B: He couldn't really enjoy it, but I was like, it couldn't be loud enough for me. I was like, this is phenomenal, you know? But that's it. That's my. That's my number five. That's. That's what I got for you. [00:19:23] Speaker A: Awesome. Yeah, That's a good one. Yes. Like I said, I'm gonna zag a little here. So my number five is the Blair Witch Project. Speaking of horror. Right. So I didn't go to the horror movies back then. I had no interest in it. But, you know, folks, if you're anywhere near my age and, you know, you were into the Internet and movies back in 1990, 99. I can't describe to people who don't know the hype around this movie. Like, honestly, we weren't sure if it was real. Is it real? Is it fake? What's going on? Oh, my God. There's all these Internet sites, and is there really all this freaking hex and voodoo shit going on? Like, it was pretty bonkers. And I'll tell you how bonkers it is. Like, so I went with. With two friends. I went with my friend. Well, Troy. Everybody knows Troy. And I went with Ted, my other friend. Ted does not go to the movies lightly. Like, he. Getting him to see anything that I wanted to see that he kind of didn't was like a fucking chore. Like, you know, he just wouldn't go. I actually, I had to. I'm not going to tell this full story, but I had to drive my bike through a sewer in order to get him to see Ford Fairlane with me. Just saying. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane starring Andrew Dice Clay. That's right. So, yeah. Anyway, so blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So getting Ted to see anything was pretty amazing. So he. He needed to see this film, too. So that kind of says something in and of itself, but only to the four people who know Ted So seeing this movie in the theater, not knowing if it's real, we're sitting there and I got dudes on either side of me. Okay? I've never been. Now, I wasn't scared for my life or anything. So when I say this, it's not hyperbole, but it's not quite accurate. I've never been this scared watching a movie in my entire life. I literally. This is the first and only time it ever happened. I felt the blood drain from my face. I'll never forget what that feels like. And it's never happened since. It's. It's bonkers, right? In case you're curious, it's the scene where they're in the tent and you can hear the kids, you know, pushing on the tent. Fuck that. Anyway, so we didn't know we're into it and, you know, we're in. So I'm thinking, God, I'm such a wuss, you know, Get a grip, dude. You're 22. Whatever. Wherever I was, I was 24, actually. So we get out of the theater and it's daylight, by the way, this was a matinee and I'm still scared like a little bitch. So anyway, we get out, it's daylight, and we're talking. I'm talking the other two. And they both had similar, but different experiences than I do. Like, they both. [00:21:52] Speaker B: Wow. [00:21:52] Speaker A: Whereas I felt. Yeah, exactly where I felt this visceral, like, blood drain. I was just mortified. Troy told me, and I think I got these stories straight. Troy told me that he was so kind of just put off by what he was watching. He kind of had a. I'm not making this shit up. He kind of had an out of body experience. Like he. Like he didn't feel like himself. Like it totally fucked him up. It's so weird. And Ted, who's not fazed by anything, was like, he was looking at the dude in front of him and he, like, was imagining the dude in front of him was gonna do something to him. Like, it was bonkers. So long story short, too late. We were all in this sort of state. You know, the hype around the movie, the fact that, like, you know, everyone was talking about it and now we were going to be a part of that conversation. Plus, that's when I was really getting into films and I was thinking about being a film critic and all that shit. So just seeing that and having that experience and coming out and just being like, oh, man. And by the way, I'm not. I love that movie. I know There's a lot of haters and a lot of people. I always love that film. Always. That was my number five. [00:22:54] Speaker B: I got, I got to tell you, you know, I'm, I think I went with Jen Fanning. I'm trying to remember who I went to the Go. [00:23:02] Speaker A: We were. [00:23:03] Speaker B: I believe I went with her. Maybe, maybe Martin was there too. I can't remember. But what I know is I didn't go at the first initial wave of this thing. It was like a week later. Again, I'm not rushing out for a horror movie usually at any rate. But I was like, all right. Eventually we're like, I gotta see what the fuck is going on with this thing, you know. And again, it's one of those things where I think if a lot of, a lot of times we go into the movies, depends on your energy, your mood and who you go with, who you day. Like you were saying, 100%, you know. So I go to see this thing and I was like, it was like, you know, I'm trying to think of something where it's like when you, when somebody tells you a joke and the whole room is laughing and you're sitting there and I think you just went right. This whole movie to me went right over. I never understood what the fuck was going on. And I never understood, I never understood for one second how anybody was going to be. I was not, I think if I, I think I was more scared watching the Great Mouse Detective than I was watching this film. I did not, I was not scared for a second. I was like, what the is going on? And then it ended and I'm like, that's it. Like I, I again. Again. I've only seen it the one time because I just, I just didn't get it. And I, I, maybe it was the, you know, again, it wasn't like if I had gone on opening night with the crowd and the energy's there, maybe I would have been like, holy. But, but for me, I was like, I guess I was expecting this whole thing like Michael Myers to come out and it's, you know, and I, I don't know, I, I, I just didn't on, I didn't expected of it. For me, I misrepresented her. I don't know how to describe it. I just, it just, I just didn't get it. I don't know what to say here. [00:24:32] Speaker A: It's so polarized. Like Drew hates it, My brother hates it. You know, I mean like, he never like, so it's like, it's one of those movies that, and you know what? It's also, it's one of the first real found. It wasn't the first, but it was the first real found footage movie, you know. [00:24:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:24:44] Speaker A: Which is pretty much named after, you know, after that movie. And I'm a found footage whore, so that's my love of. It might have started right then and there. Like, I watch every found footage movie I can get my hands on now. Love that, love that, that sub genre of horror. [00:24:58] Speaker B: And you're so right, though, that there, that was a moment in time. That thing. That, that thing was a humongous thing when it came out. There's no other way. [00:25:04] Speaker A: And it was the, the, the Internet's a huge factor there too, Right. Because it's not the Internet that we know today. It's 99. So like, not everyone had a computer. Not everyone was on the Internet. But enough people were, especially movie nerds. There was something special about that. Those first, like six, seven years of the Internet when, like, you know, there were so many cult things on there, so many underground things. I mean, just me, you know, how much I miss me, you and Martin sitting around playing that Guess the Movie by the Plot chat room game that we used to play in my house. [00:25:33] Speaker B: Yes. [00:25:33] Speaker A: Yeah, that was just, that was the best fucking game ever. So, so there was something special about that time. So. Yeah. 1999. Blair Witch Project. Yeah, it's, it's my number five. [00:25:42] Speaker B: You, you're so right. It's hard to think about the time before the phones and everything and even Internet just kind of coming out at that time. I don't know. It was, it was a, was definitely an interesting. [00:25:51] Speaker A: Maybe it made what we're talk about more special, you know, maybe that's why some of these, you know. [00:25:54] Speaker B: That's true. Yeah. [00:25:55] Speaker A: I only have one movie in the 21st century now that I'm looking at my list. I didn't really put that together, but interesting. So there you go. [00:26:02] Speaker B: Well, I, I, I think I do as well. And it's going to be this one right here, which I, I'm just going to mention it because I know that we're going to be talking about it down the line. My number four. My number four you were there for. It's going to be Avengers Endgame, you know, and I'm pretty sure we'll talk about it more, but I'm just gonna. [00:26:24] Speaker A: Put that out there. [00:26:25] Speaker B: That's my number four. All right, we'll get back to it. [00:26:27] Speaker A: Very good. [00:26:28] Speaker B: What is your number four? [00:26:29] Speaker A: All right, so my number four. Let's take this all the way back to 1991. 91. Whoa. I know. This is Terminator 2. Okay. [00:26:39] Speaker B: Wow. [00:26:40] Speaker A: Rise. Terminator 2. No, it's not Rise of the Machine, just Terminator 3. Judgment Day. T2. Judgment Day. [00:26:47] Speaker B: Yes, Judgment Day. Right. [00:26:48] Speaker A: So listen, folks, all of you going right now to. Is a decent movie. I get it, you know, but like, what's. What's the big deal? Here's the big deal. The hype around this movie was absolutely insane. The trailer was. No one had seen the trailer. No one had seen anything like that before. They showed you glimpses of what they were doing with the CGI in this movie, but no one had seen it. 1991. No one had seen this shit before. So you saw something in the trailer, and it's almost like, we got to go see if they pull it off. We got to go see if what we're seeing is actually what we're seeing. That sounds silly, folks, but this is before Jurassic Park. Dinosaurs. This is. This is. This is two years before Jurassic Park. [00:27:28] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:27:28] Speaker A: Go, go. [00:27:29] Speaker B: No, I was gonna say, I think that this helped Jurassic park be possible, this movie. You know what I mean? [00:27:34] Speaker A: Big time. Big time. So real quick, just setting the scene clearly. I love doing this. I don't know why. So I saw this movie with my cousin Rob. Rest in peace. So we were. I was staying up in Edison and his father, my uncle, dropped us off at the Menlo Park Mall. We get out. And the tickets, you buy the tickets. I guess you buy them outside because when you. When we stepped in the lobby, no one could move. It was just a sea of people. So T2 was playing on like five different theaters. Like, it was like they knew that was gonna be the movie. And back then, 17 movies didn't come out every weekend anyway. So this was. This movie was gonna dominate everything. So you. It was just. You couldn't move it. I remember thinking, because I wasn't. I didn't think that was gonna happen. I was like, wow, this is pretty fucking cool. Everyone here is. They gotta be CNT too. And we get in there and when I tell you these special effects, no one had ever seen this shit before. The liquid metal. Like, people. I've never seen people before or since applaud a CGI effect, you know, I mean, like. [00:28:36] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. [00:28:37] Speaker A: Like when. When the floor morphed into the red haired security guard and he stuck to. I mean, people were like. People were like clapping for the effects. That's insane because we'd never fucking seen that before that was you, you're sitting there wide eyed like, like a four year old who's looking at Santa Claus because you're like, is this real? Am I seeing really what I'm seeing? It was, it was magical. It was amazing. And the movie was fucking kick ass by the way. So it was an awesome movie on top. So it was the best, the best Terminator in my opinion for sure. [00:29:08] Speaker B: There's definitely, like you said, the effects were kind of like just topping each other during the movie where there was definitely the almost like, you know, the gasps, audible gasps from the audience like the whole time. Like it was like holy shit. Like it was like that was fucking just insane to see. [00:29:21] Speaker A: It was really was that happened for like three years. That's it. You know, I mean like after that, no one's gonna gasp at special effects anymore. Like that was the turn. [00:29:31] Speaker B: You're right. [00:29:32] Speaker A: In the history of movies, you know, the 120 years that we have so far, whatever the hell it is. Like that those three years between say T2 and Jurassic park coming out was the most like awe inspired, like breakthrough with movies. Right? Like we're never gonna feel that again. Really. [00:29:49] Speaker B: It's funny. I mean, I wasn't alive when Star wars came out, but I know that that was the first big special effect thing, right? Like, wasn't it? That, that kind of like holy shit. You know. [00:29:58] Speaker A: But I got nominated six Oscars, none of them acting. [00:30:02] Speaker B: And it wasn't like there was no special. I mean, you know, Raiders had the melting scene. It wasn't like there weren't special effects between Star wars and T2. But the thing was T T, like you said, from T2, like you said draft up to Jurassic park was that was the next level of holy that I don't know if we're ever gonna see that again. Did people do that? But like Avatar, I didn't. [00:30:22] Speaker A: That's the movie I was thinking of, I'll be honest. Like, that's the one. I saw that in 3D and when it first came out. And again, I'm not a super. The movie's okay. It's not like a super great film. But that was the best 3D I'd ever seen and probably the best CGI I've ever seen. But again like it's. There's nothing like the first time, right? Like that first time you saw that. I had seen the new movies in the 80s where I was like, oh, that looks so good. And Star wars looked really, really good for 1977. And it did have a huge impact, but I think nothing like this revolution that. That, you know, started kind of here was. It was just bonkers. [00:30:57] Speaker B: Very nice. That's a good one. I saw that my brother and my. I have a cousin Eddie, we went to go see that movie. And I had never seen the first one at the time. [00:31:06] Speaker A: Oh, wow. Okay. [00:31:09] Speaker B: And I almost wish I had because, you know, I had no idea that he was the bad guy in the first movie kind of a thing. Like in this one, he kind of is the hero, whatever. Right. [00:31:15] Speaker A: You know, that's. That's a. That's a perfect example of how the trailer screws moviegoers. So, you know, James Cameron makes this film thinking, oh, this is gonna be a great twist, and people realize that Schwarzenegger is not the villain, and then they decide to market it like that and the whole thing's ruined. Like, when I see reaction videos to that or if I'm watching, I'm like, wow, they really wanted this to be a reveal that when the roses fell and he took the shotgun out, he didn't shoot John. He shot, you know, at the T1000. You know, that was. I'm. I'm glad. So you thought he was a. You had the reverse. So you thought he was a good guy? He was. And then when you. You found that he was a bad guy in the first one. [00:31:53] Speaker B: I watched the first movie. I was like, wait a second, what the is going on here? [00:31:56] Speaker A: Yeah, I was like, you know, I love it. [00:31:59] Speaker B: It totally was definitely, you know, I had. Didn't know what the hell was going on. But yeah, you know, but I gotta say, the first movie is right there. I love the first movie. [00:32:07] Speaker A: It's awesome. [00:32:07] Speaker B: It really is. [00:32:08] Speaker A: I was. I remember it was on HBO At 8 o' clock on, like, I want to say, a Thursday night or something. It was definitely a weeknight because I had school the next day. And I remember thinking, oh, my God, I'm old enough to do this. I can go downstairs in my grandmother's room and I could put this on and no one's gonna bother me and I'll just. And I went down there and I was a little scared because it's kind of like a creepy sci fi movie. But, yeah, awesome, right? Like, it was fucking awesome movie. And no doubt, even in 84, this is kind of to our point about the special effects. Even in 84, the scene where Schwarzenegger's taking the. His eyeball out, like, even then you were like, all right, they got away with that. But you were still like. Yeah, that looks like shit. Like you still do, you know, so. Yeah. [00:32:46] Speaker B: Oh yeah. Very cool. [00:32:49] Speaker A: T2, my number four. What is your number three. [00:32:52] Speaker B: All right, number three. We're gonna go to a movie. I think you've heard of a little movie called Star Wars. Well, you know, so this is the, I'm talking about the re release when they did the 20 year anniversary in 97 7. Yeah. So I went through this with a few friends from high school and we went in Tom's river there to the. Out of the sea, the sea core. And I gotta tell you right now, this was a phenomenal experience. I mean, first of all, you know, obviously the place is packed now. You know, you're already pumped up going in because, you know, you know, I, and I had never seen it on the big screen. I was all excited for that. And there were these new things in there which you didn't know what it really going to be like. The job of the hut scene. Obviously this was the whole Greedo shot first. Well, that first time that happened. [00:33:35] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:33:36] Speaker B: But I will say two things that definitely stuck out to me. One was there was a guy or a couple of guys acting up in the, in the, in the theater during the movie. You know, they were kind of just being dicks. [00:33:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:33:49] Speaker B: Like, you know, we're like 10 minutes in and we're like, God, these guys, you know, like. And the place is packed, the people are yelling at him. This guy was an usher in the theater and he was dressed up in a full on Darth Vader outfit. [00:34:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:34:01] Speaker B: And he, I'll never forget this. He walks all the way down the fucking aisle and he's got a red lightsaber in his hand and he points at them with the red lightsaber and fucking shoves. Shows him the door like he kicked him. Oh my God, the whole place went nuts. It was phenomenal. I was like, thank God. I wish that happened in every movie when someone was acting like an asshole, you know, it was awesome. And, and you know, the fun thing about it is, you know, obviously, you know, you're. The crowd's gonna react a certain way during certain parts because we all know the fucking movie. But when they, when they escape the Death Star and Luke and Han going to the pods there and they're shooting at the fucking tie fighters and everything, you know, great kid, don't get cocky, all that. [00:34:41] Speaker A: Yep. [00:34:43] Speaker B: When Han blows up the last tie fighter, I'm telling you right now, it was like I was at a football game and the whole we, we Went fucking nuts in the theater. Such. Such, man. I was like, this is. It was just awesome. I was like, you know, I. I saw all three of them eventually when they all came out, you know, I think the next month they did Empire, and then the month after that. [00:35:02] Speaker A: Yeah, whatever. It was like. I feel like it was like. Yeah. Three weeks apart. So I'll tell you what I remember. I think Return came out in March 7 that year. It was in the trail. It's the only reason I remember why. But. [00:35:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:12] Speaker A: And it was definitely after Christmas, so. Yeah. So the three of them were released February, March. There you go. I think. I think you're dead, right? Yep. You nailed it. Yep. Good memory. It's awesome. [00:35:22] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:23] Speaker A: And then I. That's not on my list, but obviously, you know, I saw the remakes. Yeah, I didn't see it with you. I saw it with. [00:35:29] Speaker B: Oh, I didn't know you. [00:35:30] Speaker A: That's right. [00:35:31] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:35:31] Speaker A: Yeah, we met. That's right. [00:35:34] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. [00:35:34] Speaker A: Wow. That's funny. That's why. Oh, yeah. No, I saw it. A bunch of friends. And again, I'm bringing Teddy up again. He hates Star wars, but it was such a thing. He got dragged. Like, he had to go. Right. Crazy. [00:35:44] Speaker B: Right, right, right. [00:35:44] Speaker A: Crazy. [00:35:46] Speaker B: How did you feel? How do you feel after it? [00:35:48] Speaker A: He did not like it. Oh, he never liked it. He's not a. He's not a Star wars guy. [00:35:53] Speaker B: We gave it a try. All right. [00:35:54] Speaker A: Gave it a try. That's a good one. This is. This is going to upset you a little bit. [00:36:00] Speaker B: Oh, no, no, no. Nothing's going to upset me, you know. Go ahead, hop in. [00:36:03] Speaker A: My number three is Avengers. Infinity War. Endgame's not on my list. [00:36:11] Speaker B: Oh, it's not? [00:36:11] Speaker A: No. [00:36:12] Speaker B: Okay. [00:36:13] Speaker A: Well, I didn't know. Okay, very good. You're a chance to talk about it. [00:36:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:36:16] Speaker A: You can do it right now. [00:36:17] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:36:17] Speaker A: So. So, yes, my number three is. Yeah, it's Infinity War. So, you know, End Game was. [00:36:26] Speaker B: Right. [00:36:26] Speaker A: Below that as far as, like, the mcu. Right. Like, Endgame was a phenomenal movie theater experience. Here's the thing I have halfway through Endgame. First of all, I think Infinity was a much better film. So I wasn't as, like, grooving with Endgame as I was with Infinity War. [00:36:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:36:45] Speaker A: You know, I was definitely into it, and I knew it was gonna end well, and it did, but I just kind of wasn't as into it as I was. So Infinity War also had this trailer hype that Endgame had, of course, but they did not. The campaign was Purposefully not as revealing, and it was just not. Not done as well, I don't think. I think. [00:37:06] Speaker B: Right. [00:37:06] Speaker A: For some reason, that gap between, like, you know, whatever it is, like, Ragnarok films and then Infinity War for me, was more anticipatory than, you know, Infinity War to Endgame. Anyway, so. Infinity War. So, like I said, phenomenal film. The build up. I absolutely could not fucking wait. This was the trailer I watched the second most in my entire life. And you know what the number one is, right? And that's saying something. I probably watched this trailer three times a day until the movie came out. I was such a little kid. Anyway, we get in there. I don't remember this or not, because you were there. [00:37:38] Speaker B: Yeah, I was, but maybe I'll remember when you tell me. I don't know. [00:37:42] Speaker A: It doesn't really. So we went with, like. Like, a ton of people. It must have been, like, probably 16, 17 of us, and we had 16 seats and one in the back row. And I was like. I mean, I was. I was so floating on air. I didn't give a shit. I was like, yeah, I'll sit there. Give it to me. You know, I just want to see the movie. I didn't care, you know, so that was interesting. So I get to watch all your reactions, you know, while I'm watching film. And this is funnier because I'm like. Because I'm sitting next to these two young girls. And I don't mean young girls like, you know, I mean young girls like, you know, so. So they're super young, like, so I'm trying not to bother them. I'm trying to not, you know, lean on them too much. I'm trying to give them their space, you know, just because I want everybody to be comfortable in the theater, you know, so they're like tweeners. I guess so. And I. I lost track of them because I'm. All I care about is this movie. But. But they came back to me when. When Thanos, by the way, spoilers on these things. When Thanos snapped. And, like, you know, everybody started when. When Bucky disappeared. I don't know if you remember this or not, because I know you heard me. You might have even chuckled at me when Bucky disappeared. I. I did the most sincere. And I was just like, oh, no. Like. Like, I was. I was so upset, and I. I think I heard the girl next to me be like, oh, come on. You know what I mean? [00:39:01] Speaker B: Like, But I was, oh, my God, that's hilarious. [00:39:04] Speaker A: I was so into it. So, yeah, so, like that, seeing that in the theaters, just these characters come together for the first time. We'd been watching this for 10 years now. The MCU, when this movie came out and the Russos just knocked it out of the park and like, they. They killed it. This was my number one on. On our MCU pod, you know, so it's. No. [00:39:23] Speaker B: No question. [00:39:24] Speaker A: I mean, that's. It. Just. Just the perfect, perfect combination of a lead up to a film, you know, the film itself, and then the movie theater experience. [00:39:33] Speaker B: It's funny, you know, those girls are probably doing a podcast about their top five movie theater going experience. They're like this fucking dork next to us. Fuck, he disappeared. Big shit. [00:39:42] Speaker A: You know, like, he had to be like, 60 at least. You know, the joke is I was, you know, 45 at the time. Yeah, though. So that's. That's just mesmerizing. And. Oh, you know what? I'm sorry real quick. And then I was. And again, I get folks, I know I felt too hard for this movie, so, you know, back off. But I was, like, shaking, like, after, you know, I mean, like, the movie's over, and I was like. I remember you asked me, hey, what you thinking? I was like, I don't know. I didn't know how to answer questions. It was bonkers. I'm such a total. [00:40:17] Speaker B: All you knew was you had to change your underwear. [00:40:19] Speaker A: But, oh, my God, this movie floored me. Anyway, sorry I had to mention that last little part that also played into it, obviously. [00:40:25] Speaker B: No, you're number two. [00:40:29] Speaker A: I'm so. [00:40:29] Speaker B: Well, before we do that, I'll do. I want to go back to number four. There's about, of course, perfect time to do it. Only because, you know, again, this is like you said, we had a bunch of people there and everything, you know, that was what it was. We've done that so many times going to these big movies, a lot of different people. So it's a lot of them sometimes blend together and everything, but the ones that stand out really stand out. So for this one, it was just a matter of, you know, again, to me, it was like, almost similar to the Star wars thing. Like, you know, when the crowd really got into it. There was, you know, once when Captain America Goes Avengers assembled, I thought the roof was gonna come off the fucking Billy again. It was like. I was like the Super Bowl. We were amped up. I'm telling right now, if there was a costume, I would have jumped into the fire. My superpower would have been just get me the Fuck out of the way. No fucking anything up really. But I wanted to get in the goddamn fight. Like, who didn't want to suit up again? And then when they all come in the. And they, you know, the heroes and the villain, whatever, they come in and flying into attack, whatever the fuck it is. It was like every comic book nerds, fucking wet dream right there. Like, oh, you know what? I'm surprised there wasn't like 18 mops that had to go into the theater after the thing was, are we doing here? You know, am I losing my mind? [00:41:41] Speaker A: That was insane. Insane. [00:41:44] Speaker B: And was that. Correct me now. Fuck me. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. [00:41:48] Speaker A: What was that? [00:41:48] Speaker B: The Iron Man 3 kid movie theater? [00:41:52] Speaker A: Yes, because he was at the funeral. [00:41:53] Speaker B: That was it. [00:41:54] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:41:54] Speaker B: That was another part of it that. [00:41:56] Speaker A: You know, that almost put in game on the list. That was the best post game ever. [00:42:01] Speaker B: No doubt. No doubt. So we're standing outside the theaters, a million of us out there. All I remember is Juan out of everyone else and your. Maybe your brother Drew, laughing the most. Meowan couldn't stop after this kid did this. But so break this down for the. For the audience here. Again, we were bullshitting about the movie and it was one character. We couldn't figure out who that was. We were trying to figure out if it was this kid. Right? [00:42:23] Speaker A: Yeah. So as the cameras panning from the water to like over Tony's funeral, you're seeing everyone in the MCU there, and just as they get past, I want to say, like the guardians or something, there's just one teenage kid just standing there and they move right past them. [00:42:36] Speaker B: So, yeah, and then we're trying to figure this out. And then I don't know what tipped this dude off, but we. I don't know if we said it, but we might have said someone might have asked flat out, who was that kid that they showed? And this random dude walks by. [00:42:53] Speaker A: He was far away. [00:42:55] Speaker B: He was far away. I don't know how you even heard right now. Did anybody in our crowd suggest it first or. No. [00:43:02] Speaker A: No. [00:43:03] Speaker B: Maybe it is the kid from Iron Man. No, this guy walks through again. Again, he's in the parking lot at a good distance, turns around, like, points at us, right? Iron Man 3. What was it the kid from Iron Man 3. What did he say? [00:43:16] Speaker A: I remember this. This is fucking great. Yes. He was like. He was probably. He was probably like, like at least 30 or 40ft away. And one of us would probably just like, who's that kid? And then we were so Pumped like two other people. Probably like, yeah, the kid who was he? And he's never stopped walking. But you said he turned us, put pointed at us. It was like, he's the kid from Iron Man 3. And then just went about his business. He just, like. He didn't even. He just didn't slow down. There's something. You're so unfunny and hilarious about that. Like, it's. [00:43:46] Speaker B: No, it. You're so right. It was that visual of the way he did it. [00:43:52] Speaker A: Like. [00:43:52] Speaker B: Like the. No, look back. Like, almost like. Like we kind of joked around about. It was almost like he was waiting in the park. That's exactly. For someone to ask that question. [00:44:00] Speaker A: Exactly. [00:44:01] Speaker B: And right on the money. This was there. [00:44:03] Speaker A: That's what we laughed about for the next hour. Was he. Now, that was such a success that he was going to go to all the movies and wait for somebody to ask that question. He'd hide in the bush and then when they were like, who was that kid? He'd be like, he was the kid from Iron Man 3, you know? Oh, my God. We sat there until like three in the morning. [00:44:22] Speaker B: That shit rolling at that. That was priceless. [00:44:24] Speaker A: That was great. To the point where, like, I swear to God, Doug King has made that joke to me twice since. And oh, my God, he's just like. He just goes. If I'm across the bar, he'll just yell. He's the kid from Iron Man 3. [00:44:37] Speaker B: That is hilarious. It's just epic. Epic right there. That's something. You can't recreate that. That was great. [00:44:44] Speaker A: That's a great one. You're. Dude, that's the best post game ever. That's perfect. Good job. Good job there. And listen, when Cap says assemble, it's one of the greatest moments in movie history. No question about it. [00:44:55] Speaker B: Oh, man. [00:44:56] Speaker A: The culmination of everything, all those movies that came before, just the way that scene crescendoed was an absolute stroke of brilliance. I don't give a. What people say. [00:45:07] Speaker B: And you know what it is too, is I also think there's something in the way he said it from the standpoint of he didn't say. It wasn't like Mel Gibson and Bray for like, where he's yelling, you know, like, he kind of almost whispered that line. And it was almost like they knew that the crowd was going to lose their. When he did it, it was like. It's like he almost like, he doesn't need to get loud. We're gonna get loud. You know what I mean? Like, it was Just. [00:45:24] Speaker A: I don't know. [00:45:25] Speaker B: It was. There was something so awesome about the energy when he did it in the theater. It was awesome, man. [00:45:30] Speaker A: And to a slightly lesser extent, when Cap caught throw his hammer, the place erupted too, like that. That. That was. [00:45:37] Speaker B: I agree with you there. I agree with you there. Yeah, that was. It was. [00:45:40] Speaker A: Loved it. That's a great job. That's a great pick. All right, so now you're number two now, right? All right. [00:45:47] Speaker B: Number two. All right. So my next two are kind of cheats here in a way, so we'll see what you think about these. Now, my number two is something I recommend everybody doing if you have the chance to do it. I don't know, I forget we might have bullshit about this if you've done this or not. But. So this is early on when I was started to date Alison. I told him my favorite movie is City Lights, Charlie Chaplin movie. And I wanted to show it to her, but I saw that Lincoln center was doing this thing. They were showing the movie with a live orchestra playing with the movie. And I said, oh, this is how we're gonna. We're gonna go check this out. And this thing was a phenomenal experience. First of all, the. The place itself is. Is beautiful. They had probably had. They probably had like a thousand. Over a thousand people in the goddamn place, you know, and what's cool is Chaplin wrote the music for that. So it's like they're playing his score with the movie. And this movie is like from 1931, I want to say, or 2. 31. And, you know, it's how many years old? And it's. You know, it's a silent movie, but it was like the movie was made yesterday. Like, the crowd was laughing in every fucking joke. It was. But, I mean, I'm guessing most people in there knew the movie. It was almost like going to see Star wars again. But maybe not. I'm sure. Like there might have been people like Alison that aren't that familiar with it, whatever. But again, you're laughing at everything. You're touched by everything. Almost like it was just made. It was. It was just a. [00:47:07] Speaker A: That must have felt amazing. [00:47:09] Speaker B: And we've done this now with other things. Like we've gone to see. She got. Got me tickets for my birthday to see Bugs Bunny with the orchestra. They show like. I think I showed it. I told you. They do what's opera Doc? And it's phenomenal shit. We've seen Empire with that NJ pack. [00:47:26] Speaker A: They do it. [00:47:26] Speaker B: I'm sure they do it at Other places, You know, obviously, they do it in New York, obviously. But yeah, the. What else do we. Empire then? I know they do it for, like, the Harry Potter movies, Lord of the Rings movies. I mean, they're always throwing them out there, but it's really a cool, cool experience. [00:47:40] Speaker A: I've never done that. Yeah, that must be a. Just a different type of energy. That must be so cool. Jack, Feel the music. Be so. So present. It must be amazing. [00:47:50] Speaker B: Yeah, it is awesome. And, you know, and especially for the Star wars was they. They kind of encouraged the crowd, like, oh, you know, you could boo with the hiss at the villains and cheer the. You know, don't. Don't be quiet here. It's not like you're going to see classical music or something. You know, it's a cool thing. So I definitely would recommend it. [00:48:05] Speaker A: But. [00:48:05] Speaker B: Yeah, that's awesome. That's my number two. [00:48:08] Speaker A: All right, well, look, so my number twos are similar, too. Sorry. You know, so my number two is Episode one. So good. Yeah. I mean, look, when I mentioned the trailer before Infinity War, like, obviously, the episode one trailer was the trailer I had watched more than any other. I mean, we. We both did. [00:48:27] Speaker B: Right. Well, so much so that I'm gonna spoil it right here and just let you know right away that this is my number one. So go ahead. [00:48:32] Speaker A: Yeah, I figured. Okay, so we'll talk about it. [00:48:34] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:48:34] Speaker A: So, yes, I mean, for obvious reasons, we'll tell that story. But so. Yeah, so. So this movie, you know, after I got out of, you know, after Return of the Jedi in 1983, like, you know, I know it's hard to believe now because there's so much content, no matter what fan base or, you know, or intellectual property you're into, but there was no Star wars for, you know, 17 years. You know, it was. It was just. You had three movies to go on. So in my life anyway, I'm watching the same three movies for 17 years, and that's pretty much it. You know, you want to throw in a, you know, battle for Endor Ewok TV special, that's fine, but you shouldn't. [00:49:12] Speaker B: Droids. [00:49:13] Speaker A: Right, right. Novels. And so, yeah, so when this. When. When this. They're making more Star wars, and then you hear it on the news. Yeah, I said the news. And then, you know, you read in the paper that it's okay. The trailer is gonna be on the national news tonight, you know, and I got home from work and I watched this trailer, and I was just. I. I cried. I'm not gonna Lie about that. And then. So Bomber and I met in 1998, the year before this movie came out. And we, you know, we were fast friends and we obviously connect. One of the things we connected with was Star Wars. So part of the reason why this is, you know, obviously on my list is because we decided to. Well, we realized they were. The tickets went on sale and we didn't know and we had to go on the first day. So we. We actually slept overnight in front of the movie theater to be the first ones to get in. Not the first ones, but we did that. [00:50:06] Speaker B: No, I. I remember I was working. We were. We were all working. Me, you and Martin that night. And the guy, the guy came through the drive through with the Lowe's. If that guy never came out there, we never would have had this experience. You know what I mean? I know he came through the drive through and I asked him, hey, you expecting a big crowd tomorrow? Because now, don't forget, the tickets were going on sale the week before the movie, remember? [00:50:25] Speaker A: Yes, that's right. Yep. [00:50:26] Speaker B: And I asked the guy, hey, are you expecting a big crowd for tomorrow? And he goes, tomorrow, we have a crowd out there right now. And I was like, holy shit, you have people out there right now. And this was at, you know, whatever. It was 10 o' clock the night before. The tickets were saying, what, 4 o' clock the next day? Yeah. Oh, 5 o' clock the next day. [00:50:42] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:50:44] Speaker B: And so I went and told you guys that, and you were like, well, I guess we're doing this. And I was like, oh, fuck. You know, and then we. We did. We. We sat online and I drove a. [00:50:53] Speaker A: Half hour home to get my gear, change, get my shit, drove back and yeah, we got online right in front of the Lowe's movie theater, and we just stayed. We slept outside movie theater. And I'll tell you, it's. [00:51:06] Speaker B: But it's one of those things where it's like, you know, will anything like that ever happen again? You always wonder these things, you know, it's like, you know. You know, because now everything's online. You could buy the tickets that you're gonna. Are you gonna sleep online for something? People are gonna do that anymore? I mean, you know what I mean? [00:51:18] Speaker A: I mean, I guess, like, for, like, you know, Black Friday deals and like that, you hear stories like that. But for a movie, there's no need anymore. You know what I mean? Like, like you said, you reserve your tickets, you. You stream it. It's just. But that's what makes it great, right? Like that, that, that, that really, you know, enhanced like the enjoyment of all of it, you know what I mean? And when the movie came out, I like the movie a lot too. You know what I mean? Like, I've soured on a little since then, but, you know, I stand by the fact that I had a blast watching that movie. I saw it five times in the theaters. [00:51:45] Speaker B: Wow. [00:51:45] Speaker A: But that first time, and the funny thing is, is like, it's. There's a disconnect there because we stayed overnight, got the tickets, and then it was like, like, like a full week or something before we actually saw the movie. [00:51:54] Speaker B: I know, I know. [00:51:55] Speaker A: So it's kind of like a jip, folks. I'm sorry. It's on the list. But, but no, I know, but being. [00:52:00] Speaker B: That I was saying cheap. [00:52:01] Speaker A: But yeah, but I stand by the two because here's the. Being in that theater when the lights go out, you know what you're like, you've been watching it your whole life and just seeing the 20th Century Fox. And when Star wars blasted on the screen with that, with that music in my years, it was just. It was an unforgettable experience. Like, it was just something I'll never forget. It was like, it was like seeing like, like, like, like, like a band, you know, that you never got a chance to see. You know, it's like, it's like when I saw Kiss in 96 with the makeup on, that's what it felt like to me. You know, it's like, oh, my God, this is actually happening. And then they act. They showed us a movie too, which was great. [00:52:39] Speaker B: Yeah. Because it was something you never thought you would see again. And then here it was. It was brand new and it was like, you know, and I remember, like you said, like, I guess you tie it all together because at the end of the day, to me, it is the all one experience, really. And it's like, you know, when we were online, that was the other thing too, was that you're online with all these Star wars fucking nerds and, you know, they had the toys they had, you know, and we played touch football in the park. Now we played kickball in the park lot, me and you. We took the camera, we interviewed people about their famous favorite Star wars lines and everything. And. And the one memorable thing I do remember is the. How one of the, One of the deaths in the movie was spoiled to you. [00:53:14] Speaker A: Yeah, I think we talked about that, but. No, no, we talked about it on the other pod. But yeah, we might have. [00:53:19] Speaker B: We might have. Yeah. [00:53:20] Speaker A: Yeah. Tell that. Tell that story. Because that's. That's. No, we're talking about, but this is bullshit. [00:53:25] Speaker B: But one of these guys had the soundtrack for the. For Phantom Menace already, and he was playing it, blasting it in the parking lot, which was so much fun. It was awesome listening to the music and everything while we're all just hanging out and showing fates. And you. You stumbled upon the. Or maybe you asked the guy to take a look at the. The CD disc cover, and you flipped over the back and it lists the title tracks. And one of the title tracks is Death of Qui Gon. [00:53:48] Speaker A: I mean, are you fucking. How fucking stupid do you have to be? Fox? Are you kidding me? If that was Fox, I don't know. You know what I mean? That's. And we were like, well, all right, great. Yeah. I guess it's testament to how pumped we were, is I was like, I only went from, like 101 to 99.9. You know what I mean? Like, I didn't. I didn't lose that much. But still, that was. That was stupid. So then we knew that was ridiculous. Ridiculous. [00:54:11] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, I was proud of. [00:54:12] Speaker A: You. [00:54:13] Speaker B: Didn't share that with me. I was. I went in fresh without even knowing. [00:54:16] Speaker A: Good for me. I kept it to myself. Yeah. [00:54:17] Speaker B: Yeah. I think you said you might have mentioned to me at the time that. Or maybe to me and Martin and Mark was there. I don't remember if it was to the group of us, but I feel like I remember you saying something like something was spoiled for me, but I'm not gonna say anything. You know what I mean? It was. And I think. I think I. In fact, I think you might have warned us to not look at any of the covers of you. You know, the CD covers, if anybody else had them. You know what I mean? Yeah, it was something like that. Because that was just insane that that got for you like that. But. But it was. [00:54:44] Speaker A: But. [00:54:45] Speaker B: But still, I will say, like, you know, it was the whole thing, which is like. I'll never forget that whole thing. It was just a great experience. And again, like you said, that was. I don't know if it's hard to imagine, although we have had things since, like, you know, we had, you know, Lord of the Rings or, you know, whatever you want to say, Harry Potter and Avengers. You always wonder, when am I gonna have that feeling of it. Yeah, that was something very unique because it was like you said, 16, 17 years, whatever the fuck it was with Star Wars. No Star Wars. And then it's there. And we watched that Trailer many times. We couldn't wait. It was everywhere. And the whole thing was just a moment in time that we're just never gonna have again. [00:55:17] Speaker A: That's the most focused I've ever seen. An entire country, planet, whatever you want to say on a movie or like a TV show. I mean, like that was. You couldn't go anywhere without people talking about Star Wars. Star wars was everywhere. Like, it was just, it permeated every aspect of our life for that year and a half leading up to the movie. It was just. I've never seen hype like that ever. Like before or since ever. [00:55:41] Speaker B: Yeah, awesome. [00:55:43] Speaker A: I had a great. I loved it. Like I said, I love that whole experience, everything about it. And you and I, I mean, we probably, you know, grew closer together just being a part of that. You know what I mean? [00:55:54] Speaker B: Oh, definitely. And you know what's funny too is I do remember that Mark and Martin kind of bitched out, right? Yeah. [00:55:59] Speaker A: They did not stay over. They came for a little while, then they left. Little. [00:56:04] Speaker B: But yeah. And in fact, I remember, if I remember right, we got tickets. We went to go see it in the morning and the evening the same day. I do remember that. [00:56:13] Speaker A: Yes. [00:56:13] Speaker B: Do you remember that? 100%. [00:56:14] Speaker A: We saw 10 in the morning and then I think we went to like midnight show or something. [00:56:17] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:56:18] Speaker A: That was a blast. [00:56:20] Speaker B: All right, well now let's, let's get to your long awaited number one here. What do you have for us here? [00:56:26] Speaker A: Well, it's still in a galaxy far, far away. So this is, this is Return of the Jedi, 1983. Ah, yeah, this was, I'm in third grade, you know, I watched Star Wars 178 times. Dad took me to see Empire Strikes Back. I saw that, you know, and I'm just. The anticipation for this movie that my brother and I have was just insane. So we, it opens on a Friday. We get, we went to the Saturday show. My father got tickets, I want to say, to like say the 8 o' clock show, something like that. We get to the theater and it's just like, it's just mobbed, right? It's just like. This is in Freehold. Freehold Cinema 6. Yeah. So and we get there and there's just people. I'm like, dad, why is everyone outside? And he's like, I don't know. So like we had tickets already, so it's not like we weren't gonna get in, but I guess, you know, every theater they had was showing Return of Jedi and everybody there was just to See that? So turns out there was a line coming out of the theater and was wrapped around the building like twice. So we get online and you know what, my father must have known this. We must have gotten there early because, you know, again, I was a kid, I don't remember much, but if we're going to be. We waited online for like three hours. So I suppose he knew. So we got there early. So, yeah, we. Tickets were bought, they were pre sold, but we. You still had to go there to get a good seat. Right. So we wanted four seats together. So, you know, we're wait, we're literally sitting on the curb, me and my mother, my brother, my father walks to Wendy's to get us food. So we're eating and I remember these two dudes right in front of us, man, they were like teenagers. They were older than me and like, they didn't. They were talking to, you know, a third grader because we were both just excited about the fucking movie, you know, I mean, so I'm like, oh, really? You know. You guys heard about this? Yeah, a friend of mine saw it yesterday. Dude, I said it's so, it's so action packed. Two hours, feels like 10 minutes. And everyone's just so fucking excited to see it, you know? [00:58:21] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:58:21] Speaker A: So you get caught up in all that. So finally we get in, you know, the whole family's in there seeing it and like it starts and everyone's clapping and cheering, you know, when the, when the Star wars comes on. But then I'll never forget this. When Darth Vader comes down the, the ramp, the place goes nuts. Cheering and I really. And I was like, I was like, dad, what's going on? Well, he's the bad guy. Why are they cheering for him? And you know, I don't think he even answered me, but like, obviously it was because just everyone was. And they did it for every main character. Every main character that came on screen, the place like cheered, you know. [00:58:55] Speaker B: That's awesome. [00:58:56] Speaker A: Yeah. I'd never experienced that before and probably wouldn't again until like, like some of the movies we're talking about, you know? [00:59:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:59:03] Speaker A: Like, I don't remember people doing that in Platoon, you know, in 1987, but probably not. But no, I mean, just, Just being a kid, you finally getting that, that third movie, just being a part of all that. Like, I felt like I was locked into something so special. [00:59:19] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:59:19] Speaker A: And I mean, I'll just, I'll never forget that feeling. I'll never forget where I was sitting, you know, where my father Was sitting, my brother was sitting, my mother was sitting. And though that kid. I could see that kid's face. Can you believe that? That. Think about that. Some stranger I spoke to for 10 minutes in 1983, I can not bother them, but I could see the one kid's face in my head as he's telling me this. That's how excited I was to hear anything about the movie we're about to see. Fucking. I'll never forget Return of the Jedi, man. That was definitely number one. [00:59:45] Speaker B: And now is this. I might be mixing this up, but I thought it was Return of the Jedi that you. After you saw that movie, wasn't there something like the next day you were going to do something where there was a choice between that and something else? Right. [00:59:57] Speaker A: Thank you. Remember, I wasn't going to bring it up because I've talked about it so much, you know, so much. But I. Yeah, so. So, like it was like a week later and, you know, mom went bowling or some shit. So it was just dad with the kids night, you know, and he's like, hey, let's do something. Do you guys wanna. You guys want to go to Great Adventure with, you know, Six Flags, you know, go to amusement park? Or do you want to see Return of the Jedi again? And like, Drew and I couldn't get it out of our mouths, we're gonna see it again. I mean, you go to amusement park or see a movie you've already seen, and I know my father was like. His father was like, oh, thank God. You know, he could just go to sleep or some shit. But I wonder if he. [01:00:33] Speaker B: I wonder if we preface that knowing you were gonna say that if you guys. A Great Adventure, he might have been. [01:00:37] Speaker A: Like, motherfuck, you sure, you know, right? He chose that carefully. Yeah, no, actually, those. Those were one of the few movies that my father would watch more than once. He was. He was so into him. Star Trek, Star wars, very few old comedies. Mad Men, Mad Men World, he'd watch over and over, stuff like that. But now you couldn't get him to watch like a movie twice. But he didn't with Star Wars. He was. He's so into it. [01:01:03] Speaker B: Wow. [01:01:03] Speaker A: Oh, you know. Hey, you know what's funny? A little add on to the episode one. When we took my parents to see Episode one, that was a really cool experience too, because they both loved it. And it was cool to be able to take them to see Star wars when they took us, Bubba. We were kids, you know, so it was like a. Was a cool little Little. Little Rover Versal. That was fun to do, but. Yeah. [01:01:21] Speaker B: Yeah, that's crazy. [01:01:23] Speaker A: Yeah, crazy. Crazy. [01:01:26] Speaker B: Well, that was. That was a good list right there. You know, what can we say? [01:01:30] Speaker A: That's fun? Listen, I hope everyone had as much fun. Like. Like Bomber said, you know, when you listen to people talk like this, maybe you remember your own, you know, memories. Hopefully you had fun listening to us talk about what was, you know, so specifically special to us. But, you know, hey, listen, you know, tell us about your. You know, if you had a similar experience seeing episode one or episode seven or whatever, you know, let us know. Let us know. We'd love to hear that. It'd be great. [01:01:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm curious, you know, especially if people are in our range range, how many people gotta have some kind of Star wars or even Marvel on there? You know what I mean? You know, or maybe not. I mean, maybe none of those. I don't know. I mean, you know, who knows? I mean, it's such a. It's such a varied world with that. But I feel like for the big movies, you would think that maybe a couple of these big ones got to be on someone's list, you know what I mean? [01:02:15] Speaker A: Especially if anyone's. I mean, you know, we're not the only ones going to see. See these movies. So millions of people who are into it, so they gotta have stories, I'm sure. I mean, I watch reaction videos on YouTube from, like, when Avengers, you know, premiered and stuff. And it's people. Some theaters went more berserk than ours, if you could believe it. It's crazy. [01:02:32] Speaker B: Oh, I'm. No, I'm sure. I'm sure. Yeah. You know? Yeah, it's just like. And you're in our mind. We're like. It was our theater. Everyone else. In fact, you know what's funny? I remember and from episode one, when we were waiting online for the theater, they were saying that now we went to the theater in Brick. [01:02:46] Speaker A: Yes. [01:02:47] Speaker B: And they were saying that the one in Secret was like a longer line. And I don't know. Do you remember this? There was, like, rumors about all the other theaters and the lines they were having. Like, holy shit. You know, I was like, no, our line's better. You know, like, in your mind, you're like, we're here. Like, what the fuck? We. What do we know? You know? You know, it was just our own experience, and we hope everyone had fun experiences, too. And I wish we. I would love to hear other people's shit on this. Like, this would be a cool list to hear a lot of people's. [01:03:11] Speaker A: Oh, hell yeah. Know, because. [01:03:12] Speaker B: Because it is a personal thing with some of the choices, but some of them got to be ones that are going to be bangers, you know? [01:03:17] Speaker A: Yeah, you would think, right? Oh, man, I remember I saw John Wick first night I kissed this girl and like that, you know what I mean? Like, that'd be. What do you got a fight? [01:03:26] Speaker B: Did you ever see a fight in a movie theater? I've never seen that. Ever seen, like, you know. [01:03:30] Speaker A: No, I never did, actually. [01:03:32] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I, I, you know, see people yelling at each other because they won't shut the up and that kind of thing, but, you know, I. [01:03:38] Speaker A: Guess it probably happens more in like, urban areas, you know, in the city maybe. Like, you know, I don't see a lot of movies. Maybe you, you live a little closer to crazy town. [01:03:47] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:03:47] Speaker A: North Carolina. [01:03:49] Speaker B: I haven't really. I've never really experienced anything. Thank God, you know, nothing, nothing too wild. [01:03:53] Speaker A: Yeah, no, just, just. Let's just enjoy the movie, kids. [01:03:56] Speaker B: Well, listen, thanks for listening and we'll see you soon. Brian park signing off. Phil, last word. [01:04:02] Speaker A: This has been fun. This is great. Great. We'll see you next time. [01:04:05] Speaker B: God bless.