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Jurassic World Rebirth: Dinosaurs Return, Humans Yawn
Two movie enthusiasts discuss the latest Jurassic World installment alongside summer blockbusters and theater experiences, evaluating whether the dinosaur franchise should continue or go extinct.
• Fourth of July weekend reflections and personal experiences at parties and lake houses
• Discussion of theater experiences and debates about optimal seating positions
• Deep dive into Jurassic World Rebirth's disappointing storyline and predictable plot
• Analysis of character inconsistencies, especially the pointless family subplot
• Praise for Mahershala Ali's performance despite the weak script
• Excitement about upcoming Superman and Fantastic Four films
• Speculation about leaked Superman reviews and the future of superhero movies
• Draft of favorite movies released on Fourth of July weekends
• Frustration with lack of consequences and stakes in modern franchise films
• Appreciation for the film's CGI dinosaurs despite storytelling shortcomings
Now streaming on Max: Sinners. Recommend watching Top Gun: Maverick for those looking for a better summer blockbuster experience.
excuse me, is anybody sitting here? Sorry, this is taken. Sorry, tell me about the fourth. How was the fourth?
Speaker 2:yeah, dude, uh, fourth of july, awesome weekend. Obviously it's been a while since it's been on a friday, so being able to take a little bit longer break always refreshing. How about yourself?
Speaker 1:fourth was cool. I got invited to a party. I got a couple parties that, um, I went to the fourth of july party, had a live mexican band. It was pretty cool and um, I I really honestly wanted to go to the movie theaters, um, like the morning of fourth july at least, but it didn't happen listen.
Speaker 2:What a better, what a better time to get to the movies. When everybody else is not there. You get a little almost guarantee yourself a little private screening.
Speaker 1:Yeah, dude, that's gonna lead me directly into our movie. We're gonna be talking about Jurassic World Rebirth. There was an early show. We talked about this last time how they're doing early, early showings, but I think it's pretty traditional for when it's 4th of July weekend, I think it always does release on a Wednesday, if when it's 4th of July weekend, I think it always does release on a Wednesday, if I'm not mistaken.
Speaker 1:Before we get into the actual review, I have a couple things. You know. 4th of July is here. We're going to be doing a draft for the second half of the episode 4th of July weekend movies, movies that were released on the weekend of 4th of July. It's obviously a big time at the box office here, so I'm excited to get into that with you. I think we both have six movies listed that we're going to do what? Drafton is not really necessarily the biggest box office. We're doing just our favorites that we're really setting up. Let's talk about your full July. You were busy. You were busy, actually, the past month. You've been busy every single weekend. It seemed like dude.
Speaker 2:That's literally weekend. It seemed like, dude, that's a little bit of my entire listen man, I am taking uh summer to the max, right, you know, really enjoying it, dude, I can't, but I'll tell you what I'm getting old, we're getting up there. I'm tired man, but you know it was cool. I get to hang out with my buddies, um, obviously you know the guys, um, this is like year 15 of us going to, uh, my friend's lake house. So you know, just bruise, bruise on the on the boat. You know, hanging outside playing bags can jam just pickleball. I don't know if you're a pickleball guy I.
Speaker 1:I told myself I want to get into it this year, but I've yet to go and do it it's a lifestyle, so be careful.
Speaker 2:Once you hop in, there's no turning back. My man, yeah, you know I'm a big, uh, I'm a big golfer.
Speaker 1:I like to golf, but I haven't done it this year yet, so I'm still need to get out there. It's just too damn hard to do anything I can't stand this heat. Yeah, I'm a mini golf guy, you know, but that's my, that's my bag uh, speaking of your buddies, I did hang out with one of your friends, cheyenne, on the fourth of july. He was at the party oh really, yeah, yeah, yeah he said not to mention it to you because he was invited to hang out.
Speaker 2:I'm pissed actually you just started, uh, a big old fight in the friend. No yeah, he had to work so he couldn't uh come with us for the entire weekend.
Speaker 1:But yeah, he didn't stay too long with uh he didn't stay too long at the party but like I, I left um the party. I left one of the band loves, which is like around 9, 9, 30 and just driving home in a small town it's probably perfect timing for, like you, just driving through and see fireworks everywhere.
Speaker 2:That was awesome, that's just like man, yeah, but like. But that's almost like uh cheyenne loves to like hop into a party for like 15 minutes, so that doesn't surprise me anyway he's always the first one at the party.
Speaker 1:I get that. He's like usually one of the first people leave.
Speaker 2:Respect, yeah, I'm kind of the same way, though he's got a game plan but similar when there's like this big fireworks show that they do on a lake and then when that's done, you know you're driving back and there's like everyone has their fireworks going, so it just looks really, really great Especially that time of night.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you still hear me, okay, though, right? Yep, okay, what was I going to say? Um, what I was gonna say going the fireworks awesome this year. Fireworks are awesome this year. Uh, I like going to the movie theaters on holidays. In general, like you said, it's not that busy. Even if it is busy, I don't mind it because it's pretty cool, I think. Um, I, however, I did go see jurassic world on wednesday. I think you did too. Yep, um, because it wasn't on a thursday, it was releasing. I'm not sure if it was shown in imax for you just yet, but it wasn't on a Thursday, it was releasing. I'm not sure if it was shown in IMAX for you just yet, but it wasn't for me, because I think F1 was still in the IMAX.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I realize that's the issue when you have a summer blockbuster season like this. Going back to centers, man, we went from centers to Thunderbolts, to Mission Impossible, and then I think Lilo and Stitch had it for like a week and a half. You know we're already here, uh, with f1 taking it, and now, uh, jurassic. But no, it was, uh, I don't think it released on imax near me until friday, so I wasn't waiting that long to see this no, no, it would have been cool to see an imax.
Speaker 1:I think it should have been seen in imax but, um, because it wasn't, it was shown in the small theater. I think it made my theater a little bit more busy. It seemed more busy than what it was. It was a lot of people there for a Wednesday on top of that, a lot of people there and, of course, there's a mom and kid behind me and the kid was crying A lot of it. It was annoying. It was a bad theater experience.
Speaker 2:Dude. I was so because we always talk about our theater experience. I was so excited to tell you mine because it was terrible Really. I was so excited to tell you mine because it was terrible Really. It started off so bad and I never have Like I'm pretty good, I don't like really get too irritated or whatnot, but right when we walk in, there's like these group of dudes talking full volume and it was fine because it's like during the trailers, but it was like you knew that they were going to be a problem like halfway. And I'm old guy mode.
Speaker 2:I'm like it's I don't think I went to the nine o'clock. I was like I'm pretty sure this theater is like 18 and up. After you know, 8, 30. You said someone, no, I was getting big mad. And then, um right, when the movie starts, they finally like started to settle down. I'm like all right, no, no biggie, uh, and I'm watching with my buddy dad, son, combo, come in.
Speaker 2:We. I'm a top row guy, there is nothing but open seats. And then he's like loudly looking for seats and he's like, oh, it's this one next to him. So he like moved over to sit right next to me. I'm like, dude, the entire row is good, you don't have to do not. Yeah, I was, I was. No. The best start of my uh, my journey that's.
Speaker 1:I hate that. That's like a like a pet peeve of mine dude, it's so insane um, when you, especially when there's no one in the whole theater, you know like that's like a like a pet peeve of mine, dude, it's so insane.
Speaker 2:Um, when you, especially when there's no one in the whole theater, you know like there's like rows and rows available, yeah, that's just like unethical, were they at least quiet, the most movie yeah, they were, and you know it was a kid so they were having fun. So I got. I got over it pretty quick. But just like every time I would look to the left of me seeing 10 empty seats and the dude sitting like we're sharing a you know armrest there.
Speaker 1:I was like you didn't have come on, man, this is weird for you and your friend, cause I know you can't talk to them really like that. Yeah, exactly, and you know I like to like as long as it's like just us.
Speaker 2:I can whisper like we'll react. But that one I was just like all right, yeah, yak, yeah. But that one I was just like all right, yeah, you're here.
Speaker 1:Oh, you said, you're a back row guy. I'm not a back row guy, actually. Um, I'm usually right I'm in middle depends if it's just me going to the theaters. I like to sit in the aisle. It's like quick in and quick out oh, that's crazy.
Speaker 2:That is the hottest thing I've ever had you. Yeah, that is actually nutty to me I, I like it, dude, like, especially.
Speaker 1:Like, if it's a movie that I don't, if I'm the only one in the theater, I'll go in the back, or I don't care where I sit because, like, I'm like I'm on my phone most of the time, like if I'm by myself. If there's only like a handful of people, I'll sit further back just so I can still be on my phone. Um, but it was like a good handful of people. I'll sit like an aisle, or even like within the first two rows, at the end of the aisle, first two roses dude.
Speaker 2:No, yeah, back on top row, back middle um, is the preferred seat, if it is like really crowded or if I have a lot, a lot of flexibility because I I might like do a note on my phone. Uh, if there's no one behind me, I will sit, you know, as it was intended, in the middle of the theater, right like remember when oppenheimer came out and they had, like the seating chart on how you like that's what I live by now.
Speaker 1:Dude, it was funny. You said I don't know if I think I told a story on the podcast. Uh, I went to cinemark to go see oppenheimer because those bigger screens. And then, um, I bought my ticket pre, like a week, a couple weeks before, and went to go scan my ticket. The guy who has having trouble scanning the the ticket was like just go ahead. I get to my seat and it's packed. I said you know what? I'm going to get my money back. I returned my ticket even though I was sitting in my seat. It gets more packed, more packed. I was like, oh fuck, I hope someone doesn't buy my ticket.
Speaker 1:I look online to see if it's available. That seat still is available now.
Speaker 2:I was hoping somebody wouldn't come and see my seat.
Speaker 1:It'll be not good, but I was kind of salt eppenheimer for free. Then rest. You're more stressed about that than the bomb going off. You're just yeah, yeah, um, uh, go go make some theater experience. Uh, I would you. You go to amc.
Speaker 2:You're still right down there yeah, yeah, 90 percent of the time. Uh, cinemark is closer, so like when in doubt, I might sprint there.
Speaker 1:But yeah, when I can, it's always amc well, I wanted to talk about this because I was really disappointed with amc's popcorn bucket for this movie. I don't know if you've seen it, it's literally just it's just a regular popcorn bucket with dinosaurs on the side of it, like it was nothing you could have did, like a dinosaur skull head or something like that.
Speaker 2:That would have been cool yeah, I mean quite literally we're coming off of again, not to just keep hyping up f1 but the you know, literal helmets from f1 like just show me that you I don't know about it because they obviously didn't even market it either, like just what a wasted opportunity for such a mega franchise you know what?
Speaker 1:I'm glad because I I you saw my instagram story I posted I do have two full notes of pages. And then one thing is marketing about this movie and, um, in theaters it was good, you know, showing before the movies, like I was getting excited. It looked pretty good. Outside of that, I didn't see too much of it at all and it's like it's mostly just because it's getting overshadowed overshadowed by, uh, superman and fantastic four. So I mean, being real, we talked about it. This movie should have came out way earlier, or like in may or something like that, or or push back. But being released on the 4th of july weekend is probably its best chance it's gonna get not only because it's a holiday weekend everyone is off, um, and also released a day earlier too, so it's gonna look better for the box office weekend, um.
Speaker 1:so, yeah, that was probably the smartest thing they could have done for the timing for this movie if they wanted to do it in July, because between Fantastic Four and Superman, I think you got I know what you did last summer that's the only one I can remember that's coming out. There's several other movies, actually there's several other movies in theaters right now. I haven't seen that. I want to yet.
Speaker 2:But you said it right now, all that is about to disappear. Like this. We were here Tuesday. I'm going to see Superman, so we are. We are in full, you know, nerd mode and this is going to be one of the most important months for like comic book movies. Like this is going to. This is going to set the tone for what we get you know for the next five years.
Speaker 1:So we're we're locked in in. Okay, let's talk about, uh, nurture right now, because did you see the leaked review of the superman movie?
Speaker 2:yeah, yeah, and it's like it's a pretty bad one saying like this is the nail in the coffin for the superhero movies. Um, how do you feel about that? Yeah, I think that's somebody trying to get attention. It's like the guy who gave, uh, when black panther had 100 on robin tomatoes, and then like the one guy gave it a negative review like all right, you know. Like obviously you leaked this. If you look at everything else, there's nothing telling me that this movie's bad. Right now.
Speaker 1:I'm not gonna let some random anonymous leaked review, uh, dampen my spirits for it yeah, I understand it's one review, like I said it's I don't know, it's from a. I think I read that source that released it also bashed another superhero movie that was pretty.
Speaker 2:Oh no, they were a fan of zack snyder superman, that's what it was that yeah, yeah, um, and you know, like the cultural war of like the snyder cut bros, you know really hating on like this type of stuff. That's why I'm like dude and let, hey, we'll see it before most people anyway, so I'm sure. But even like the with there's, there's this thing that happens Now you're going to get me on a rant. So like even review embargoes, like the telltale sign is when the premiere is versus when the movie releases, right, if they say like, oh, you can't talk about it until the day before the movie comes out.
Speaker 1:Not a great sign.
Speaker 2:But if they're letting people see it two or three weeks in advance you know, so many people have already seen it that's probably a good sign that they have a lot of faith in the movie.
Speaker 1:So I'm not, I'm not worried about it at all. I mean, james gunn is like putting this whole thing on his whole reputation, like he's talking the movie, this movie, up, like not just him, like everyone in the cast is saying, like we had a lot of fun and it looks a lot of fun in this movie too. It's very bright and very fun. Um, I'm excited to see it. Even if it flops, I'm sure it's going to be a fun ride going down.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean like, and that's the thing too, he is the captain of the ship, right? It's not like this is just a random director coming in from the studio.
Speaker 1:He is the.
Speaker 2:CEO right of a DC studio. So it's like you know, he wrote the pilot, so this is his movie. If it does well, now they can build more, and here we already know his plans for if it doesn't I'm with everybody else. This is not going to be a great sign for the rest of uh his tenure, but he's he hasn't let me down yet between peacemaker suicide squad gardens of galaxy I I got faith in my boy. You got a guardian sign right behind you, man yeah, I'm ready, I'm ready to go.
Speaker 1:Um, he even comes out like he's been having a lot of fun in these interviews. Yeah, he's come out like he's technically declaring this his first superhero movie, because the other ones are like team ups or like misfits and like. So he added like a lot of fun thing in that way. Um, and he's he's definitely putting his money with his mouth because he's talking about future projects with superman. Like he said, yeah, there will be a sequel, but not for a couple years, but we are going to see that character again. Um, he's talking about peacemaker, the new season. He's talking about supergirl coming out soon.
Speaker 1:Um, he's talking about these, these character, that character you know, he has plans for everything and like there's a big thing that's being rumored that the sequel to superman is going to be another batman superman movie and a lot of people are kind of disappointed in that or kind of hating on that too, which I'm kind of hating on that too. I was like can superman, like at least cats in america have three movies, but at least they waited to the third one to bring iron man in that too, you know, yeah, yeah, I mean I don't, I don't think that'll happen.
Speaker 2:He already announced that. Um, supergirl, obviously we know, like lobo and all that going on Matt Reeves just posted I know it's Elseworld, but he just posted that he finished the script for the Batman 2 and they're going to be doing a Batman Brave and the Bold. I think we have a little bit of time before anything like that happens.
Speaker 1:Anyway, what movie are you excited or what movie are you hoping to see being made in the DC world? Like, what superhero, superhero.
Speaker 2:It could be a remake of a flash movie, something yeah, I think, um, funny enough, the teen titans movie, um, if it happens, has been the most intrigued for everything that they can do, uh, with the teen titans. Obviously we grew up on that show. It's almost one of the shows that got me into superheroes like in the first place, and that was before superheroes were cool. I was just like me watching, you know, robin, you know absolutely murder people for fun, uh. So I I think it would be like a really like a really cool dynamic to see them have a true, true, uh chance at the big screen that's.
Speaker 1:I think they did confirm that with the original like, uh, the cartoon version um team time lineup. Yeah, yeah, so that'll be interesting. I'm more excited to see. I just wanted like a good adaptation of robin in this movie. You know okay robin movie, so I'm excited for that.
Speaker 2:Yeah nightwing is one of my favorite characters of all time, so I know this one. I think the uh they're going damien uh for his robin, but it'll be really like I want to see the entire bat family. You know, I'm not even that much of a batman guy, but I want to see how they flesh out these characters we've seen, because this movie is canon, with a dc show that came out earlier this year.
Speaker 1:Uh, what's that? Creature commandos, creature commandos. And there is a cameo with batman in there. Uh, do you think we'll see cameos or any references to batman and superman?
Speaker 2:um, I think we will absolutely um hear like a name drop maybe, or like you know, the guy, the guy in gotham, or something like that, um, maybe like a little cheeky nod, but no, I mean, they haven't even cast them for this version of the dcu. Uh, so I think they're, they're gonna play it real, real safe there yeah, yeah, we were.
Speaker 1:We um veered way off of jurassic World in this movie. But going back, I want to talk more about July 4th. News Sinners is now officially streaming on Max on July 4th. Have you seen it yet? I already started watching it.
Speaker 2:No, I haven't seen it yet, but I'm so excited. I know that's going to be on the hell of a rewatch list, because I want to break it down. I don't know how many times you saw the theaters, but I only saw it twice and every time I watched it I was like, all right, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta see what else is in here and it's just fun. Soundtrack is dope, uh, cultural, you know iconic moments, it's, it's, it's good to be back yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Uh, speaking of streaming, ironheart finally finished on disney plus, have you started that one?
Speaker 2:I did. I finally started it, but I only made it through the first three Because of how crazy everything's done with the 4th of July plans. But I'm going to go. It's not as bad as everybody was saying it was.
Speaker 1:I think it's pretty bad.
Speaker 2:Listen, I haven't finished it. It's not as bad, but there's nothing that I love about it. I can say that confidently.
Speaker 1:Um like it's not like something I was sprinting to finish the first three episodes released and then the second week came in, the last three episodes released, um, first of all, I don't think that was a good sign, that like there was just dumped them all out at the same time. Um, I started to watch the fourth episode. I was like this, this, I just couldn't get past the first 10 minutes, like this sucks, this just sucks. And then like I'm just gonna watch youtube videos recapping everything.
Speaker 1:Uh, because he, you know big spoilers released on on online as soon as the episodes dropped it was kind of lame so I mean now I feel like I just don't have to watch the show and it's kind of weird that they set up for the villain to be an iron heart villain, like I'm not sure their paths crossing the comics. But I was like you pass up wandavision, you pass up agatha, you talk, pass up dr. Strange like you just need to introduce that character in a non-magical movie is kind of insane to me very very right.
Speaker 2:And here's the. This is something I feel strongly about. I don't necessarily. I'm so tired of the trope of like the superhero and villain having the same power set. Like, I'm over it. I don't need to see it again, right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like you're talking about, like Aquaman or even the first Iron man, exactly Like every like another super soldier fighting another super soldier, like I'm good.
Speaker 2:So I do like the idea of like, all right, this is way outside the realm, but like you said, man, and we were talking about the villain popping up back in WandaVision. So it's like all that buildup, all the hype that you guys had, you finally release it, and I'm a D hero, you know it. Just that's a head-scratcher for sure. Don't know why that would happen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, even there's talks of rumors. I don't know if you've seen these theories going around already that Johnny Storm, not Johnny Storm, ghost Rider, what's his name?
Speaker 2:Oh, I'm listening cash, johnny blaze no, anyways, ghostwriter.
Speaker 1:There's rumors that that guy who died in episode three was ghostwriter. Um, you gotta listen to the theory about. I'll see if I can send it to you because like it kind of makes sense the way they're gonna go with it, like if they do it. But I don't know because he does have a past with mofesto, mofesto and we'll see it was.
Speaker 2:Uh, his name is Johnny Blaze, by the way. I'll just cool myself there um.
Speaker 1:One last thing before we get into the Jurassic World review. The first trailer for the Odyssey premiered. Have you seen it in the theaters? Hell yeah, I did. I love the fact that it didn't release it online or anywhere else, like you had to go to the theaters to see. I'm sure there's, like there's someone filming it like version out there, but oh for sure it was so cool. Like it was after like the amc commercial, like right before the movie starts. Usually it was there and you see um tom holland and I'm having a little scene there is.
Speaker 1:I mean they look, I mean you don't see much at all, like it's nothing really, but it was so cool seeing on camera together, and then you just mostly get the vibe of what they're going for, like it is going to be like a mythology movie oh 100 and like it kind of gets you in right away.
Speaker 2:I I was nervous. I don't know about you, but I am a big old movie trailer skipper. Now, uh, because I've just seen, them all and I'm like I just don't want to be surprised.
Speaker 2:So with uh, movies like this, I'm like all right, I know I got at least 28 minutes of trailers. So I showed up like right around like 25 minutes early. I was like no, I saw online that this was going to be here and I thought I missed it. But like AMC trailer came on, I was like ah, all right, whatever. And then the quiet and seeing us like this is why we come to the movies, because I'm glad I didn't see that like online first, not for my iphone.
Speaker 1:I saw it on a big screen. Yeah, looks so cool. I mean it's being released exactly one year from now. I mean it's kind of insane that we got this footage even right now. I mean no, literally.
Speaker 2:I was gonna ask how do you feel about that? Because you know the typical point of a trailer is to give the hype. No matter how much hype like they give right now, it's not like it's gonna last that long. Do you think they should have?
Speaker 1:saved it. They can get away with it because just one, it's chris for nolan and two, it's an insane cast like you honestly don't even have to release any trailer at all and people are gonna still go see it each week, just put a new like just release another name.
Speaker 1:That's in it I mean, I would have loved to see like zendaya in the trailer. That would have been sick. Yeah, that would make me like excited to see it even more. Um other than that there's trailers? I don't think there's. Oh, we did get a new trailer from ryan gosling's the movie um the project hail mary, so and I'm really glad now.
Speaker 2:This is why I skipped stuff. Dude, I'm reading it right now, like on, like on time, like I just started reading it, and then the trailer came out as I was on chapter five of the book, so like I am avoiding that trailer at all costs. I have four hours left on my audiobook. It's like not a huge deal, but it was a book. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I am. Uh, I'm very excited. I love the book right now like it's. It actually caught me off guard on how much I like it.
Speaker 1:So I did hear the description before, like maybe a week before the trailer came out, and it did sound very, very good. And the trailer does look good. I'll give it that, um, but the trailer is also like five to six minutes long. It's way long. Oh, really, it's, it's really long. They, they're just really selling the idea that ryan gosling is not an astronaut, he does not want to do this mission, and then like, oh yeah, by the way, there's an alien too. You know like, yeah, they didn't need to like either cut some stuff out or or save the alien stuff later yeah, well, the book is that's and that's, I think, why I was avoiding it.
Speaker 2:Um, so, thankfully I'm way past that part. But uh, like it's really funny as I'm listening to the auto book and I have like I'm that guy too, I'll read it as I'm listening, sometimes like I'm flipping through the pages, and I can hear Ryan Gosling Like it does feel like this is a role for him. It reminds me of like really fall guy-ish, like his character in there. So I am, I'm pumped for this. When is it coming out?
Speaker 1:Ooh, I want to see Augustust september. Well, I want maybe like september or something like that. I can't remember, it's a, it's a while away. Like, especially, we're just getting the trailer now. Um, last week we did a movie, um a draft of movies coming up pretty soon and there's a handful. Like I'm surprised we haven't got any trailers.
Speaker 2:Like, if they're being released in november, in october, november, like usually they start pumping out trailers like five to six months at times and then I remember when, um, even like deadpool and wolverine came out last july and I remember we didn't get like that first trailer until around the super bowl. Yeah this is almost way too late. Like you know, it obviously depends on the, but you want to generate as much, like I said, hype, excitement, intrigue, before that, the timeframe, so you can really ramp it up as the movie starts to release.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I don't think there was any like. I'm sure there's more trailers for Jurassic World Rebirth, I don't remember one, but even the one wasn't enough to get me enough to get excited. This movie going in, I was expecting it to flop. I think it was on my flop list last episode and I didn't think it was that good I thought this movie was this is skipping ahead to my final thoughts about the movie but extremely safe, nothing groundbreaking. It was very forgettable. It was not disappointing because I was going in there already think it's gonna suck.
Speaker 1:But, um, did we need it? No, did we ask for it? No, did they give it to us? Yeah, yeah, and it made good money, like the first wednesday, I think, but I have no idea yet what it's done for the weekend. Um, like I said the first day there, I went there and, um, there was, my theater was filled, it was packed and, uh, not with just all groups of ages too, like older, younger, and um, yeah, they had a great chance of releasing on the fourth of july weekend because all the kids are off school to it. A lot of people are off of work. Yeah, um, and it's dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are always gonna sell too, no matter, like if it's jurassic world, like um, um. What's that movie with um? It just came out a couple years ago. Is the guy like from who plays darth maul?
Speaker 1:uh ray um, he's a white guy, long hair. Um, he came, he came out. He was six million years later or something like that. He came out with a movie like he went and tried to have time time traveled and it was like in a prehistoric time with the dinosaurs and, um, I mean, the trailers like that look made it look really cool because he's running away from dinosaurs, but the movie sucked and now this movie sucks. So I mean I don't know what the fascination is about dinosaurs if these movies keep sucking.
Speaker 2:Because it's like just that monster, like when you think about even going back to like the Godzilla's of the world, right, any of those like mega monster movies, dinosaurs is like the first one we've ever explored, like they're still new to us now. You know what I mean. Like the original Jurassic is such a iconic like world stopping moment that of course they're going to always want to go back to that. Always try to give people that feeling and, more importantly, always try to make that type of money.
Speaker 1:But the least with like, like, I'm not drastic world Godzilla. Like you know, we're we're learning more things about him. He keeps, he keeps evolving in every movie. We're keeps evolving in every movie. We're not learning anything new about these dinosaurs. It's the same story, brandon. Like they, oh, humans run into dinosaurs. They get chased for the lives. They escape the last minute and it's always a bigger, badder dinosaur at the end of the movie, every single movie. It's. How much bigger can you get?
Speaker 2:you know that's exactly how jill is going to come in and they try to change it too right like they're like oh, these ones are mutated or these ones are, you know, have this extra gene and a dinosaur. Is that we could, you don't have to do anything to. With a t-rex, is a t-rex?
Speaker 1:right like I'm running regardless, man, you're not gonna, that's just, and at this point, like there is no difference between, uh, like, these mutated dinosaurs and an alien. You know, it might as well make it an alien movie. All right, so we can get into the jurassic world's rebirth uh, five years post-jurassic world domination in 2022, and expects an expadiation braves isolated, jeez louise equilateral regions to extract dna from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough. This stars scarlett johansson, mahershala ali and jonathan bailey. All right, I, I I had to go through my notes, like because there's so much stuff I hated about this movie and it just didn't oh my god, okay, I'm so excited seventh movie from the seventh movie of the franchise good reviews.
Speaker 1:A lot of people are praising this movie, saying it's like they're like top three of the franchise. I don't know what these people are smoking, because this movie sucked ass. Uh, very different. You know, steven, like you said last time, steven spielberg, um, really backed up this movie like he. He was excited about it and I was reading interviews with him he's talking about like he's been wanting to make a movie like this for years, like he wanted to get back into the drastic, uh, drastic world um for years and one of his biggest pitches is like we've only seen dinosaurs in the world of humans At the theme parks. We're the ones controlling them, at least having cage and stuff like that, even trying to train them. At one point His pitch was let's see humans in the dinosaur world and I give him that it was cool to see that. It was a good change of pace in that alone.
Speaker 1:Calling it jurassic world rebirth was kind of like a slap in the face of the franchise. It had nothing to do with the original franchise at all. None of the other characters are mentioned, other than the fact that I think they do name drop like oh, you put them in a park and something like that. Like it was a lame line. I was like it would have been cool to see like a tagline or a news article with some of the main characters. You know, this is the first movie in the franchise where there are no original characters in the movie. Yeah, um, and it's, I'm tired of them going back in time showing a flashback. Oh, they're mutating dinosaurs. It's like this is like the third, fourth time we've seen something like. This is like no one is raising questions, like and no other team science teams are communicating with each other. Like oh, we're also working on this too.
Speaker 1:You know, I I hated the plot line. It's very predictable, like it was very safe, there was no risk or there was no consequences. I feel like in this movie, um, it was very pg. I don't think there's a drop of blood in this whole movie. Um, yeah, I'd say right. First, like one of the family members in that that group of small family, one of them should have died. I don't care who it was, at least one of them should have died easily. And the fact that the villain turns and like pulls a gun, it's the same thing. And then like the, the, the biggest, baddest mutated dinosaur, kills him, and then I I had like a lot of thoughts on the ending, so we'll get into that later. What was your initial reaction to this movie?
Speaker 2:yeah, I was similar. I I think I liked it a little bit more than you, but I I think the only word I could use I was just frustrated throughout. A lot of the decisions were stupid, a lot of the character moments were nonsensical. Bro, I was like, literally, and listen, it did the thing where it got me on the edge of my seat, but I don't think like in a good way, like f1, I was like, oh man, what's gonna happen this one? I was like have you lost?
Speaker 2:your mind go paddle like go jump in the water. Why are you acting stupid right now?
Speaker 1:I was more so irritated with the movie itself I was irritated from the get-go because they're in the beginning like, oh, first of all, the beginning is like a horror movie, like I love that. I was like, okay, we're gonna lean more into the scary stairs, stuff, like, and it immediately pisses you off, like the whole movie is. It's kind of like end game, like the whole thing is set off by a rat stepping on a button. The whole thing in this movie is set off by a guy in the snickers bar and it like a clogging up one of the machines and the blocking off. I was like, first of all, I don't think anyone would bring a snack in there like that and just toss their garbage on the ground. And it's a billion dollar tech company and it can't withstand a rapper.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I don't even like how that scene was shot, Cause like it's not like he was eating it because he had the full it because he had the full you know get up on. So it's like was he just holding this and then randomly wanted to go into this pressure controlled room? Like there's no version where that happens? Like that was that's what I mean.
Speaker 1:like even from the start I was starting to get mad yeah, I mean, but they did like foreshadow it very well, like with, like, having it all red and smoky in there, like you see outside, like just getting eaten, that was pretty cool. But then it cuts to like black, and then you get these texts come up and it kind of catches you up from what's going to happen, what's been happening since the last movie. Like, because the last movie it shows like the dinosaurs are starting to live with the regular, like bird, you know, birds in the sky, like oceans, like that. And then like all the text reads like, oh, like, since then a lot of the dinosaurs either have died off or they migrated to the equator because, like, this world is not meant for them, for the condition, living conditions at all and then the next several scenes.
Speaker 1:Brandon is the. It's the cast pretty much saying the exact same thing. It's like why do we need the text if you're going to tell me what happened? If anything, I wish they showed a clip like like the in the original jurassic world's, like the little dna, like cartoon guy, yeah hell yeah, that would be cool yeah but like I, I don't you kind of wasted your time with the texting.
Speaker 1:Like, this movie was like two a little over two hours long. This movie could have been an hour and a half, with a lot of the dumb decisions that aren't being made and, plus, that was one of the scenes you could have cut out. Um, and this movie also had a lot of random scenes. I'm going on a rant here. I love it. Um, scarlett johansson character. I love scarlett johansson. I think she's a great actress. She was cool in this movie. But what the fuck was her role in this movie? What was her purpose in this whole movie?
Speaker 2:I don't even know why she was involved in this team in the first place she was easily my standout like favorite, like she's the reason I went to go see it. She looked amazing in it, like she was dope. But even there, you know, it's the scene in the trailer where I don't know about you, when they're on the boat and they're getting attacked and they got this huge monster and she has to shoot it and she's like I can't aim. I was like what do you?
Speaker 1:mean it's right there. It's right there Like you can almost touch it you know losing my mind.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely a line there, but it's thoroughly joanne's, so I'll let it slide yeah, but like she brought almost nothing to the table, like she had the only benefit she was, she was the only one who was smart enough to get an extraction team to coming. You know, like no one else thought of that, she is the spy and stuff like that. Even the guy who was hired to get him out of situations like that, he, he was the first guy eaten on a boat. Like what the fuck is a.
Speaker 2:See, and that's what I like, and that's what you mean by like playing it safe, Like the moment we there's a difference of the characters that are just around the movie and like the named, like you know, plot armor characters, and there was just too many of them. If they would have had like a really like one of the important ones die off-run or like, like you said, someone in that family died, then there's actual stakes to it.
Speaker 1:But by the time we get to the end of the movie.
Speaker 1:I'm like no, that'll be all right, I know, I know what this movie is yeah, um, the scientist that's recruited in the beginning I can't remember his name off the hand, like that that very handsome guy, um, I, I didn't. I didn't like his introduction at all. Like he's this professor who was like really invested in museums. They asked him to come help and it's like, all of a sudden, this guy's the genius, like he knows what we exactly need to to the whole purpose of this movie. They're trying to get dna from the dinosaurs to create medicine, to expand the life of humans, basically by 20, 30 years yeah and he knew, knows exactly what kind of dinosaurs you need to.
Speaker 1:And he's teaching and, like he, they're telling him why or what the plan is and they're trying to convince him and randomly he kind of stops and he sits down, he goes. You know, there was a time when people came lined up at the door lying down the street to come look at these dinosaur bones and stuff like that. And now no one even comes. It's like this is like the most random is monologue ever. Like, and that was all I needed to convince him. Like to go, like join this team, this dangerous team. And they like oh, I thought you guys were just going to have me out as a consultant. Like I didn't know how to be on the field. Like he didn't need to be there. I would have fought that more. Um, and what a coincidence. The DNA you needed is from a C and C dinosaur, a lane dinosaur, and of like a flat air dinosaur. I like that, the mission to the dip. Like it was just too much of a coincidence.
Speaker 2:Like yeah, it almost felt like in a good way, it almost felt like video gamey, you know, like yes, you gotta get to the next stage, type, um, but I don't know, man, that was a tough one see, but but that alone would have been a good enough story to carry out the full two hours if they wanted to.
Speaker 1:Instead they had this half-ass, pointless b story with this family that had nothing to do with the plot line. They didn't add anything new to the the story. They didn't, if anything. They they slowed down the movie a lot and I'm convinced that this family was putting this movie as rage bait because everything they did just pissed me off.
Speaker 2:Dude, I could not agree more at all. I thought you're about to say, like you know, to get like a little bit more kids in there, because, uh, that little stupid dinosaur that was following the little girl around, I was like, that's just, they wanted to sell more plushes like that's. That's how I felt during this movie, like I just every, I felt every decision that they made. I mean they could have.
Speaker 1:They could have marketed that little dinosaur a lot, you know like if they wanted to get more kids in there, they could have like had like dinosaur sippy cups or some shit like that in the theater. Um, but going like, we'll talk about the family right now, actually, like the, their introduction was pissing me off. It's a father, a single father, who has the kids for the weekend. It's his teenage daughter who's getting ready to go to college, and the kid may be like 12, 13 years old, and also the teenage girl daughter's boyfriend who tags along. They are sailing across the sea just like for fun they're just like a summer vacation kind of thing and on a small ass boat too, in an ocean known to be filled with dinosaurs.
Speaker 1:I'm not gonna do that. This, and he sees nothing wrong with it. Well, there's plenty other boats on the on the water too. It's like I'm sure they are. They're probably half your size, though, and of course, they get attacked by dinosaurs, and they had to be saved by Scarlett Johansson's boat, and from there they did nothing to the story. They did nothing. They even had to derail Scarlett Johansson's boat off like their, their planned attack, like it's shorter than like two hours to go out of their way Didn't affect the story at all. Like, why make that a big thing if it's not going to affect the story at all?
Speaker 1:no, no I mean they went off.
Speaker 2:They were literally not with the group for the significant part of the movie. So what were we doing? You know, they were just other people who were in danger that never had any consequences of that danger. Like when you think about that, that's just such a stupid thing to happen.
Speaker 1:And the boyfriend, I mean he was there purposely to piss you off because how lazy he was and like he didn't do shit for this movie, but because he was so lazy and because he was such a jackass in this movie, it made me hate that father even more. We're not standing up for it, like to to him, or like telling them what to do, or like you were on a boat. There's so much you can like you. There's so much you can do. You have to like put your foot down and especially with him, being a hispanic dad, I was like my dad would not put up with that. I would not put up with that. You know, like it was ridiculous, like if it was a white guy, maybe I could see that being more realistic, being a pushover, but no, that would not like that.
Speaker 2:I don't know what they were trying to do there, because they tried to give the guy some character moments, but even those pissed me off like he got. Yeah, there was nothing that happened and, uh, no spoilers. But the funny part about the movie is when he was supposed to be standing watch he's like oh, I gotta go to the bath, I gotta go piss yeah, it takes a mile hike down the road I was like what is it sinners like? Bro, where are you going?
Speaker 1:I hate that trope dude but that was probably the only scene that made me jump in this movie is like when they were about to jump on him and then the pterodactyl came jumped on. It was like a whole fight scene. But then he's zooming out of his face. You don't even see what's happening, but that was. I was like I'll give him that. I like that scene. Um, there were a couple scenes where the father kind of gains respect for this, that new boyfriend, and then he just does something else to piss you off.
Speaker 2:I was like yeah, because I think the one time he was like you know, like hey, I respect, and he's like I don't need it or some stuff like snarky ass comment, it's like dude, chill out, chill out. But I mean that sums up exactly my thoughts about the movie as well as, like when the dinosaurs were like around, I like the movie. It's good movie, like I, you know, I was enjoying it anytime. It was like all right, break for character, break for story. I was like this is not working.
Speaker 1:Yeah, at all yeah, you're like get back to the dinosaurs come on.
Speaker 2:Yeah, come on. Let me see him rip something else in there.
Speaker 1:But but, that being said, I think Duncan was probably my favorite part of this whole movie, played by Muhammad. Did I say Muhammad Not?
Speaker 2:Muhammad.
Speaker 1:Mahershala Ali. Mahershala Ali, he was my favorite part of the movie. They gave him a good backstory. He was a widowed father. No, he wasn't a widowed father. He had a son that passed away and he was divorced from his. They gave a very sad backstory, which is why he's such a heroic uh character two kids. He's the one who wanted to go see the kids. He's the one who went to go distract him at the end of it.
Speaker 1:Um, but they did that timing, that monologue very randomly on the boat with scarlett johansson, like oh, they're good friends and like so how are you doing? Like it's been tough. I was like you guys were just bullshitting like a second ago. It's there's a whole monologue. That was just like random and it felt so misplaced and I like that backstory for him. It was cool, but I don't know they could have done a little bit better. Um, but he was. He was definitely the best part of this movie for me, like he was the most like grounded and most leader in this movie for me yeah, he was um, listen, you know how I feel like this only irritated me more about us not having a blade movie.
Speaker 2:Like he has this, this natural elevation that he brings to movies, even if it's the script is bad, like you can tell. He was like no, my character needs something. And without him like doing that, I would have been like why do we care about these stupid little kids? But like him constantly being like no, we gotta like prioritize and you know, looking at them, I'm gonna get you guys out of here and, like you, felt that right, like that meant something.
Speaker 2:But you know everybody else, they, they were kicking rocks for me you know, I got a?
Speaker 1:um interesting fact that towards the end of like his character. How was his character destined in the movie? We'll save that for a little bit later. But how did you feel about the CGI in this movie? I thought it was very good. I thought it was awesome.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was actually one of the moments I was kicking myself for not seeing it in IMAX. I actually turned to my friend and I was like this would have been amazing in IMAX and I feel like I'm missing. I don't know if you like feel that sometimes I feel like I'm missing a little bit of a movie now that I'm like used to seeing it in a bigger way. But no, you know, people like to shit on like CGI, that you subbed it like how we're doing. If you look at Planet of the Apes movie, if you look at this like avatar, we have it right and this is how it's supposed to be used.
Speaker 1:I think this is the first movie. I read that they didn't have any practical dinosaurs. If I'm not mistaken, it was all.
Speaker 2:CGI. Oh really.
Speaker 1:Okay, yeah, speaking of CGI, like how about the first CGI sex scene of a dinosaur? Like that was insane, it's not needed, it was random, it was like we did not need that. I'm sure it happens in real life about like well, dinosaurs have sex. But like it was like, oh, we need to distract them. I was like I think they're pretty distracted right now.
Speaker 1:I was like and they had long ass tails like it was weird and then he was like touching them while they were doing it. Like you weirdo. Yeah, um, that was like the easiest easiest extraction of the dna, I think like that, like they kind of like. I like that dinosaur a lot. I can't remember what's on with all the long necks. I like that. You know that's everyone's favorite dinosaur. Yeah, um, but I wish they would get a more challenging dinosaur like to get the extraction from.
Speaker 2:I see like hard in a world where they're just around. Like that's how I felt when we saw those you know, big, big dudes just rolling around. I'm like, yeah, I guess if there's like you know, eight of them around in the wild, like that's like a bug bite tool, you know. So I did like that one versus the uh velociraptor type or like the flying one that was chasing them down, you know, trying to murder them for the head I, uh, I did appreciate that difference um, how about the t-rex in this movie?
Speaker 1:you had the smallest cameo in this movie. I was like you what I? I wish they used them more in that boy was swimming, though he was swimming. But then, like the moment you got it, like oh, he's like swipe or no swipe, like oh, rats, and he walks away like he's gonna. He got his head stuck in the rock and he just nah, it's not worth it that's like the hard part about.
Speaker 2:Um, you know these movies as well because as I'm watching it I'm like, all right, I'll buy for a buck that if they see a human like it's gonna or like you, you know it's it's a creature like they're going to be curious. I was like, but what the hell? Like what that T-Rex, who just woke up from that nap, like really chase them down that much and then go up so like in the wild, like I'm sure things cross him every day. It's not like he's like I don't know, but obviously when they had the big yellow raft, that'll draw his attention a little bit more.
Speaker 1:But yeah, you got to remember too, like this is the humans in their world, Like this is probably the first time a lot of them never seen humans before. You know too, Like I feel like they were a different reaction a little bit too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I don't know if the reaction is straight pissed off, though.
Speaker 1:Hey, you know what that's nature I, I wouldn't be caught dead there. So I mean, there was a moment I thought, like that t-rex was gonna help them, like like fend off other people, like to leave it, to like to leave the kids alone, or something f.
Speaker 2:No, that dude was trying to have a little girl's sandwich. He was. He was actually like making eye contact, chasing them down, which I actually appreciate. Like, listen, like I said, when the dinosaurs are on screen I'm happy and I like that, like they just want smoke, you know, he saw it. I hated that scene leading up to it, like it was tense, I guess, but like I was like girl move, like why would you stop in front of it?
Speaker 1:like that shit was driving me crazy um scene like where she drops the raft and it's gone, like I mean. First of all, they showed that in the trailer. I wish they didn't. Um, and I don't know the whole scene, like you're probably 13 feet away from a dinosaur and you're taking your time, or yeah, I don't know. Roll with it like and then she like drags it and makes the most noise too, like you, idiot and then the one that me and my friend kept laughing at.
Speaker 2:We're like where the hell did those oars come from, because that those oars were not inflatable and it was bigger than the like what the tiny raft was. It was like those didn't just spawn in there.
Speaker 1:It was interesting for sure, yeah, and speaking of like just random stuff that spawned, like how about the next dinosaur, the volop, like the one that they had first of all? Like they realized like, oh, we gotta get the flight that was a velociraptor or something like that, the one that flies, yeah, whatever it's called. Um, we gotta go hiking up the mountains. Cut to a different scene, cut to the back to them. They're already at the top of the mountain, like there was no struggle at all, like ain't no way, they're all there no one's out of breath.
Speaker 1:This is what they've remained for and they're all right, rock climbing experts too and they go start climbing, descending from the, the rock like the mountain, to go find this cave and they, oh, there's stairs right here. I was like what the hell, like no, there's no explanation what those were, because it looked like a temple or something like that kind of. Yeah, I thought there's gonna be a scene where they they go down there into the nest and, like other guys come back from the. Oh guys, there was actually stairs here the whole time. You know, that would have been a funny scene, I thought. But then I don't know, I just don't know what that thing was like that. That it was weird.
Speaker 2:They never go back and touch on it no, and then they like immediately, even like um, with that. I think it was a, maybe it was a pterodactyl. I don't agree with dinosaur names, but like with the eggs, like them being able to get it. You know that one was a little easy, like oh you just know how to handle a dinosaur gag like out of nowhere, like all right man pop off also a dinosaur egg would have been a pretty cool popcorn bucket too. I missed that now you're talking, did you?
Speaker 1:see, actually brought this up like, yeah, the amc popcorns bucket. I don't know which theater sold this, but there was a popcorn bucket that looked. It was huge, it was flat, but it was huge. It was a footprint of a dinosaur. It was almost like a platter, okay, but it was impractical because, like I said, it was probably the size of Captain America's shield just laying on its side. It looked cool. The concept was cool. Alright, it looks cool. It was. The concept was cool. All right, fair enough, but that mean the dinosaur egg would have been a cool thing. Um, and then, all right, so they got all three dnas. They're now they're gonna make it to an extraction point, which is like the old facility landing pad for helicopter pad, um, that the scientists used to use on experiments. And sure enough, they go there and like, oh shit, like there was something they're experimenting with something here and what are the odds that it's still in there? You?
Speaker 1:know like it's been there for 17 years and it's still ready to go actually, and it it could have got out at any time like, why does it, like, does it choose to go back there every night? Is that like it's nest? Is that it's cave? It's, it was too much coincidental. And man, oh man, oh man, was that a cool scene? I'll give him this. It was a cool scene when it comes down by in a helicopter, like when you see how big and massive it is. That was insane, dude.
Speaker 2:And I like that's where, and that's like my frustration with these types of movie. It's like I don't need a lot, you know, if it's a dinosaur movie, just show me something dope and very like, and they did it so good with it coming out of the fog and you see the lights and you're just like, oh no, my jaw actually dropped. Very much so Dope introduction.
Speaker 1:I mean it's called a D-Rex. I forget what the D stands for, but they never say it in the movie. I think I read in the description I mean I read in the fun facts what it's really called movie. I think I read in the description like um. I mean I read in the fun facts like what it's really called. But it's like it's kind of weird. They should at least named after it once um.
Speaker 1:But the biggest thing in mutated, like it was several different dinosaurs. They had like eight limbs for arms and um, it had a huge tail. You don't really see the full body of it like. First of all, it's also dark too. You don't really get a good glance of what it really looks like um, and it's ginormous. But, like I said, it's nothing different than any other ending of the movie too. They all almost get caught and eaten. I mean there is a side story too where the main villain, who was trying to get the DNA, turns on them. He doesn't really turn on them, he just pulls out a gun. I was like I'm getting the shit out of here.
Speaker 2:And then getting the shit out of here, like, and then, um, like, when I say, like character moments, that maybe if a guy is I don't know holding a gun, you don't charge him, like little girl, like that was pissing me off, that everybody was just like letting her pop off, I was like, have you lost your bro? Maybe wait until you're off the island to then be like, oh, by the way, this is what he did and you know not as he can.
Speaker 2:Literally no one's gonna oh, by the way, this is what he did, you know not as he can. Literally no one's going to hear from you ever again Like this. Is my moment to stand up, Shut up.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was very stupid. Like the little girl like trying to be friends with the dinosaur still, and stuff like that, it was ridiculous.
Speaker 2:You don't know what these things are. You have no concept of like what this thing can do, but put it in your backpack that seems smart.
Speaker 1:Um, this is what I'm talking about with the ending. Like yeah, obviously you know the ending. Like they die and stuff like that. And um, they get a life rope. Where the fuck are they driving to? Where are they going? They are just driving off into the sunset. Anyone who was looking for them is dead. You know, like the helicopter, like they're on a lifeboat going into the ocean where they just fought off a bunch of dinosaurs. From the beginning of the movie I was like you guys are all relaxed and stuff like that.
Speaker 1:It would have been a more interesting movie, I think, if they would have shown the D-Rex Instead of just showing for five minutes. He was a good plot point in the movie and like, yeah, they escaped the island by swimming. Like floating away in a boat, make the dinosaur able to swim. He's mutated. That would have been cool to see. Like, oh shit, like we thought we'd get away from him, but no, his ass is right underneath us. On top of that, she takes a dinosaur home with her. Either A the government's gonna to come looking for that dinosaur or she's going to treat it like a dog and make it like a family household pet Ridiculous right there or two. It's going to die because it can't live in the human world.
Speaker 2:Literally that's how they started the movie, talking about why they moved to the equator. If anything, I'm with you. Hey guys, you're going to jail. Okay, the equator, if anything, I'm with you. Hey guys, you're going to jail okay actually like you're in prison, put the hands up. I don't care what you have. You, you have what you have dinosaur, dna, hell going straight.
Speaker 1:Now have you lost your mind I think they did establish that, like that part of the world is forbidden to go to too. Very much so.
Speaker 2:That's why they couldn't call for or they didn't want to call for help. You know it's. It's when a movie breaks its own rules that really just starts to piss me off. Don't explain something and then just completely disregard it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and Scarlett Johansson's big dilemma in the movie was like so what do we do with this Like? Do we give it to this corporate who's going to make millions off of it, or do we give back to the world who's? I was like I mean, is it guaranteed you can make DNA Like is it going to help the world? Like it's?
Speaker 2:That's something that also didn't make sense. Like her introduction was being like oh, I heard you're. You know, this mercenary type that can be like a little shady has no moral compass. Like you know, can really do that. And I know she was like oh, you know, maybe that wasn't true, she's really good like slick, who knows well, it's a black widow winner, it's the black. And then, like first sign of like struggle, she's like maybe I don't need a million, like a billion dollars.
Speaker 1:You know like, shut up, dude, shut up I'm. I'm kind of glad, though they didn't have a romantic relationship in this movie, though, like between it.
Speaker 1:Didn't need it, didn't want it um, they did a lot of setup for possible sequels, because adonis d-rex is still there, yep, and also like, um, there was also other plot points that didn't do anything like that. There was a point where the villain saw a plane crash that landed like right there. It was like, did nothing with that, yeah, um, they also could do that with the next movie too. Like, if they do one, I'm sure they're gonna do another trilogy, which they shouldn't. Uh, because their boat is still there too. I'm sure they're like, the next people are going to come like, oh, there's a boat here, there's people here, but once before you know, and the d-rex is going to come by, or something, I mean, they set up endless possibilities for the sequel. It's going to be dumb, it's going to be stupid, we're not going to need it.
Speaker 1:Um, this movie is very forgettable. I wish I'd seen it. I wish there was a better movie released in the fall of July weekend. What would you give this movie? One out of 10. Oh, no, no, before they get to that, the ending I was talking about, like with what's his name at the one who's?
Speaker 1:Duncan, duncan's character, he, he lives at the end of the movie. There was a big possibility Like I think original script he was going to die in that movie. I kind gonna die in that movie. I kind of like that ending better for him. But they kind of him and the studio all agree they're like no, like I'm sure only because they talk about possible sequels?
Speaker 2:yeah, I mean when you have a big, but that's what I'm talking about. Where are the stakes? Right, like everybody, like two of their allies died and the one bad guy died, but like if you would have had um him truly sacrifice himself, that would have been like damn, that's why you don't go?
Speaker 2:to that island. You know like versus that. But again, if you got maher charlie and he's interested in doing a franchise for you, you keep him alive, but then just don't put him in that situation, you know yeah, but because, like that gave the character more meaning.
Speaker 1:Like, like he, he was probably going to be okay with dying because he could be with his son again, you know, and he, he was sacrificing himself for kids like he loved, he was a dad. He was a dad without a kid um, he was okay with being a distraction. And then like, randomly, and where did the drx go? He's not dead. No, he sees the light too. That you shot off this movie was stupid as hell.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah and that's like why I didn't like it, because, yeah, even that part like if he came the light, there's no version where he would have got away with that with still the flare in hand Like I just it could have been, it could have been done significantly better.
Speaker 1:He didn't need to. He could have just thrown the flare From the beginning.
Speaker 2:That's what I was like, yo just toss it like get far enough and like show movement.
Speaker 1:Or like far enough and show movement.
Speaker 2:Or even start a forest fire. You know, I think the last thing they needed was the world burning around them trying to get off. Maybe that would have sent some red flags. Somebody could have sent some more help for them.
Speaker 1:What would you give this movie 1 out of 10?
Speaker 2:Man, I think I'm thinking like 5. 10, man, I think I'm thinking like five. Yeah, yeah, I'm in the five realm like five, five or six because, like I said, I did enjoy it when the dinosaurs were on, but it just, it just pissed me off so much that I I can't really give it like into the positives. So, yeah, around that five, six, what about you? Um, five as well, I think. Give it 2.5 on letterbox. Yeah, it's definitely a.
Speaker 1:What about you? Um five as well. I think I gave it 2.5 on longer box. Yeah, it's definitely a five for me. Um, I'm probably never gonna go watch this movie again. The only reason I liked watching it is because scarlett johansson man she looked good in this movie yeah, yeah, you know what? A fun fact about that. Like, uh, jennifer lawrence was supposed to be in this movie. She was as her character and she turned it down really. Um, as well, as well as glenn powell this.
Speaker 2:So that's really funny to say that this seems like a glenn powell movie for sure, especially the trajectory that he was on. Uh, like you know, he's crushing it right now. Uh, and his, his trailer for his new movie released right before this one too. Um, but I could.
Speaker 1:I could have absolutely seen him in here yeah, yeah, I mean, the characters like the actors themselves weren't the problems in this movie. No, no, it's script 100 script. Yeah, yeah, I mean, the characters like the actors themselves weren't the problems in this movie. No, no, it's script 100 script. Yeah, yeah, um yeah, good movie, jurassic world, and not good movie. I don't know why I said that jurassic.
Speaker 1:Jurassic park is a good franchise I liked it like, except for, like the last jurassic world movie. Um, the other ones I really liked, I like vince vaughn was in there at one point. You know, it's kind of it's kind of insane to see like some of these famous actors are in the same world as this. I wish they would have done more references to the originals. Do you think chris pratt would come back in the future?
Speaker 2:probably, you know, especially as things wind down. I was very I think this is the first one that what's his name? Jeff Goldblum was in it. I subconsciously was like there's no weird voice in here, but still, like you said, there's so much they can do. This isn't going away anytime soon and, similar to you, I think it made enough money. I think when I saw it it was like $, you know, to start this off.
Speaker 1:so, um, good on them yeah, yeah, jeff goldblum, I wonder.
Speaker 1:I would like to hear jeff goldblum's take on this movie, if he wants to go see it um, but yeah, like I said, their best chance of what happened for this movie was opening up on um memorial day or not memorial fourth of july weekend. Um, with that being said, I think it's perfect time going for a draft, like for our, for our favorite movies that were released on fourth of july weekend. Like I said, it's not necessarily the most that made the most money, just movies that we liked that we probably went to go see in theaters. Yep, all right. Uh, we're doing six movies each for the best opening weekend for fourth of july. Do you want to go first?
Speaker 2:yeah, I'll go first. Um, so didn't watch it in theaters. Um, but coming to america, um, like, how, what else do you start with? Um, obviously, uh, you know, phenomenal culture impact. Eddie murphy at his prime.
Speaker 1:Uh, can't, can't, start without that were you a fan of coming to america too? Uh?
Speaker 2:we don't talk about that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, keep it focused for my fourth of july weekend I got. Spider-man 2 came out 2004 I believe, yep 2004,.
Speaker 2:I believe Yep, and then you can go back to back.
Speaker 1:You know, for my second choice. I got Batman 1989.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, so two comic book movies as we've been talking about superhero movies all day, back to back yeah, absolutely Setting the tone For me. I know this is a little bit of a weird one, but Purge, all right, I'm going back to back Purges the first Purge and Purge forever. I remember, even like the second Purge, seeing the ambulance on fire. I remember seeing that in the trailer and being like, okay, what is this? The Purge had everybody in a chokehold when it first came out. Uh, it really showed, like you know, a little bit of rebellion, you know, and trying to, like you know, talk about america. 12 hours of pure chaos, absolutely, uh, earns a spot for my two and three man, I'm not a fan of that franchise listen, you gotta admit it's interesting the concept is very interesting.
Speaker 1:I think just the way they told it and handled it was kind of poor. You're trying to get it right no, I went for purge.
Speaker 2:The first purge and then the last purge, forever so. I'm back to back purge movies. First purge and then the last forever.
Speaker 1:So I'm back to back purge movies. Uh, you know what this is more for the fans. Uh, I'm going.
Speaker 2:The twilight saga eclipse okay, okay, didn't know you were gonna go. There were you a twilight guy?
Speaker 1:no, not at all. I think I watched. This is a safe space. You can tell that you were opening weekend, it's all right I did the uh, the first twilight movie on this podcast with somebody and that was my first time watching it and, uh, that movie just sucked. Maybe if I watched it during the time we released it would have been a little bit better. But um, this is also a hot take on the number, but I'm gonna go. Toy story 3 stole my pick that's my.
Speaker 2:That's really no, it's not. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Absolute banger. I think it's hot. I don't care if it's hot. Take, I think it's the best toy story movie by a country mile. I love it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 100 are you excited for Toy Story 5?
Speaker 2:No, but to be fair, I said the same thing about Toy Story 4. I actually liked that movie. It was a good one, alright.
Speaker 2:So Twilight and then Toy Story 3. I'm going to go for the fans as well, but also for myself, because I saw this for the first time a little while ago. Devil Wears Prada Must have been doing numbers. That movie's an absolute banger. Um, I don't really know what it has to do with the fourth of july. It's not even like a blockbuster, but the uh, the way that it stayed in, uh, our, our cultural wavelength is is testament enough to this movie, so it absolutely earns a spot for me here okay okay, all right, and then I'm gonna go in the exact opposite direction and then, uh, uh, die hard two.
Speaker 2:Not the best die hard movie, not really great, but it just. That is like getting back to the, the old school. You know what would have done well over the, uh, over the weekend. So Shout out to the Die Hard franchise.
Speaker 1:There you go. Okay, I got Transformers. Dark Side of the Moon.
Speaker 2:I was wondering if you were going to put that on there. You know what?
Speaker 1:I'm not a big Zack Snyder. What's his name? Is that Colin?
Speaker 2:Michael Bay.
Speaker 1:I'm a big Michael Bay hater, but those movies just scream summer to me. Blackbuster, michael Bay.
Speaker 2:I'm not. I I'm a big Michael Bay hater, but um, those movies just scream summer to me. You know blackbuster yeah.
Speaker 1:Slow motion yeah, Confusing robot fights like that that were shot poorly, and for my last one I'll go grownups.
Speaker 2:Okay, okay, absolutely Safe.
Speaker 2:One End on safe one and unsafe one, yeah yeah, and I mean, dude, this is one uh gross, is one that strange summer like that. What they were doing was me and my buddies at this, like at swiss lake house this weekend. So I absolutely can feel that. And then I guess, for my last one, I'll end us off with apollo 13. You know something, something respectable for the fourth of july weekend. Uh, you know, really emotional, really tight, makes you feel all patriotic. Um, sad story, but still inspiring, which is, which is what the fourth of july is all about triumph, you know, yeah yeah, I think last, uh, last year for the july weekend was um the indiana jones movie.
Speaker 2:That I, yeah, I saw that on there. I wouldn't have mentioned it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I read it and I was like, oh cool, I was going to put that up, but I saw it was that one. I was like, nah, never mind, yeah, if it was any other one, literally any other one, that would have been fine.
Speaker 2:No, there's a few on there that I was like how dare you?
Speaker 1:yeah yeah um, well, brandon, we're here, like the next episode of superman. Like we made it. Like I'm excited, like god we need to get the taste of jurassic world out of our mouth. Uh, so superman's probably gonna come do that for us. Um, and then from there it's like right around the corner fantastic four, my more anticipated movie. For that movie um, I know you're not into horror movies we got to talk about if we're going to do I know what you did last summer. We'll see if you'll be down for it well, we'll see.
Speaker 2:I may uh, I may let you tell me about it. You know that's cool, but um yeah, I mean, like you said, we are absolutely here. It's blockbusters and man we we have. We have been eating really well. I think we are in a much better spot than when we were last year for movies. So far, um, this summer at least, like it's just been big movie after big movie and fairly doing well. Even though this one didn't do well, it still got people to go to the theater, which is what this is all about.
Speaker 1:So I'm incredibly excited for, uh, the next few weeks yeah, we also got brand new trailers that looked really great in this movie. Got a lot of new posters for movies coming out. Um, let's keep this tradition going with recommending movies at the end of the episode like what, what do you recommend people to watch this weekend?
Speaker 2:you know, if it's me, fourth of july just ended everything. Actually, I want people to go back and watch the first purge again. I think just to spite, just a spite here. I think that's absolutely the movie of choice. See, if it aged on you.
Speaker 1:No, it does not. I just seen it on the list. I don't know why it was on this list, because it didn't come out before the July weekend. But talk on Maverick.
Speaker 2:I was going to say that one as well, yeah it was in June. It was in june. It was, it was in june, but then the first one was in may, so it didn't make sense but I think like, uh, I think it carried over into the fourth of july weekend.
Speaker 1:That's probably why I was on the list. But yeah, hey, and it was making a billion dollars doing it so absolutely go watch that one please multiple times. Oh, you know what? I'll take that back. Go watch sinners and stream me now why not both?
Speaker 2:yeah, make a whole like a whole time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right brandon uh, good episode. Um, like I said, superman's next week. Stay tuned, next week we'll be saving you. Bye.
