Our Oscars Reaction (Wicked, Anora, Dune 2)

Live at my Oscar's Party. We try to predict the winners of the 97th Academy Awards and test our knowledge on all this years' nominees.  

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Hey guys, welcome to Welcome back to Yeah Whatever Special edition Oscars version Welcome to March 2nd, 2025 Today is Oscars, actually it's in about 8 minutes Counting down Yeah we are counting down I feel like we're on the red carpet right now Robert Downey Jr. just passed us Totally snob But yeah, we have here today With us Erica neighbors Erica. Could you explain like all the ups and downs you had this year the you know movie wise? Yeah You will we only have 30 we only have 30 seconds there Well, you know it was a really challenging role for me to fill but I eventually fully adopted the character into my Essence and then eventually I was able to you know I had if I had to send a few people a few and use needles in the nail. But eventually I was able to completely adapt the character into a part of myself and now I just feel. Completely psychopathic that's amazing Everyone's wondering why did you refuse? doom twos Big sequel rule that matters. You're all that matters There's like there's a stray cat that wandered in onto the red carpet guys. I don't know what just happened Calico here. Turning down the- Yeah, and Zendaya got the role. You could have played it in Dune 2, but you turned down the role. Why was that? Everyone asks me this. I just don't feel like the movie or what it's about or any of the characters or the director or the writers or really anything, the budget. I don't feel like any of it is really good enough for me. Really any part of the film really okay? It's just you have to know your worth jeez and this oh this came three months before you rejected the lead role in wicked as Glinda the good witch of the north right why did you do that? I mean, I just knew that Ariana Grande would do such a good job, okay? And you guys are having best friends since you're high exactly and it's just I had to let her have it You know she's gotta have a win now and then wow that's really kind of you I think you and you want you also gave up a third role You were supposed to play Pope Benedict the second. Oh my gosh. Did you just delete cat? Okay, go we're still recording. Hey get out of here Whoo, okay, we're still live. We're still live everybody Yeah, it's coming March 2nd watch the trailer. I don't know why I have an ad for that It's probably into my browser history Somehow thinks I've been searching the exact term into my browser history. I don't know why it's so weird Anyway moving on so you actually rejected the third film where you got to play Pope Benedict the second in Conclave Yeah, so why did you was it because it was a man and your woman or no I played a man many times Oh, it was actually because what you're known for Unfortunately, I just completely disagree with his morals. Oh, I see. Don't kill your neighbor and stuff like that. Yeah, that's weird. So what a pain in the a**. That's weird. Who wants to live with morals when you would actually just end up feeling like you have a stick up your... Exactly, exactly. Well, you know what? Congratulations on your success this year and good luck to your future. I think it's on Hulu where you're actually playing Joseph Stalin. So congratulations. Yeah. Thank you. You can get entirely behind. So yeah, someone like me. Yeah. Yeah But anyways, I wanted to say I was really glad to be here with you on the red carpet Oh, thank you. It should be starting momentarily. It's gonna be starting anytime now. And how do you feel today being around all these celebrities? I know I saw you saying hi to Jennifer Lawrence Okay, they're just kind of weirder version of their TV selves. Like they don't have all the prop, you know, post processing. You know, the makeup's not perfect and everyone's a little flawed. So, yeah, it's kind of underwhelming a little bit. Yeah. You talk to someone, they're like, oh, hey, I'm excited. I'm like, oh, no, I was looking for a catchphrase. Like I wasn't I actually did not like want to ask you about your day or if you were nervous or not. I really don't care. I just want those like classic lines that I've heard before in movies. And yeah, I just, you know, a little underwhelmed. So. Oh, so you just wanted to hear them like, yeah, say their lines word for word. Yeah, basically, like when I talked to them, I just want them to be like, oh, get to the chopper, you know, instead of like, ah, you know, I would love someone to, you know, give me money for my next project, you know? No, I don't care about that. I want you to kind of relive the past. What was that accent? That was Austrian. Oh, OK. Yeah. And could have fooled me. I know. I know. I mean, you kind of the master at dialect, you know, you know, Accent was flawless, by the way. Like you've got that. And then when you put the cigar in your mouth, you're just like, yeah, and I was just so sucked in that. Yeah. And even though it was a four hour movie, I never left. Even for the bathroom, you were so engaging. But anyway, you should probably talk about this year's best picture nominees. Yes. OK, yes. Yeah. How many films did you see out of the 10 that were nominated today? I don't think I saw any of them. Oh my gosh. You know what? I just came up with a really fun game and we might have to cut it short. Actually, we're gonna have to cut it right now because we're about to start the actual program. Oh yes. So we'll see you guys right now. Okay, we are back. Yeah, and we saw the first section of the Oscars Conan O'Brien was opening up and he had his little opening Monologue and then we got to see the first award that went to Kieran Culkin for best supporting actor. Yes Which a movie you probably didn't see but yeah Thank you guys so much for tuning in this is gonna be our Oscar Kind of live or yeah kind of a live podcast Even though it's not going to be live when I post it, but it's live on recording. It is. We are watching the Oscars. And if I may say so, we are both dressed in our finest attire. Yes. Minus the pants for me. But you dressed head to toe. You even have high heels on. So, yes, I mean, actually, I took them off momentarily. Hold on. I'm putting them back on to relax, to watch the first part of the Oscars. Forgot. But no, you really were. So. Yeah, we usually have an Oscar party. Well, you usually host an Oscar party. Yes, I usually host an Oscar party Um, I think since covid it's kind of gone downhill a little bit But uh, and then I got sick a couple days ago and I was like, I don't I don't know if I can do it Because when I throw a party, it's not like, oh, let's just sit on the couch kind of a thing. It's like a whole thing. It's like there's games. There's maybe a little scavenger hunt, drink competition, voting, things like that. And I just didn't feel like I could do all that. And people just don't seem, they've never seemed to be as interested in it as us. Yeah, I know. I think you really need like some movie buffs in your friend group to really be excited for an Oscar party Uh, I think our friend group might be more excited maybe for like an 80s or 90s party. So um, but yeah, I know, um me being sick kind of just put a wrench in things so Um, I told erika it was cancelled, but she still showed up in her best attire I said let's get dressed and we'll order some little do you know in a little bit? I'm gonna get i'm gonna door dash us some of our favorite I don't know what oh wow I am excited about my favorite crumb. Thank you gonna pick we will get some and I don't know where, but we get to decide. And we'll just have ourselves a lovely little feast and enjoy the Oscars. And I'll be the pretentious one that really doesn't know anything about what's happening. Anything about anything? But I do enjoy film and I enjoy the stardom and the glamor. And I just wanna feel like I'm a little part of things. Yeah, no, it's a great, honestly, I always like it myself because you're in the glamor and you kind of get to pretend like you're in it, right? You're like, oh man, like, of the films that were nominated and I didn't get a chance to do that. I think I only saw two out of the movies but usually I'm like more into it. But yeah you actually are the one that knows what you're doing and what you're looking at and talking about and I've always admired that about you because you're a director and you always kind of know what you just you're just good at it. I've seen the way you film. Well, thank you actually you edit to and we both have a film that are still after what how many years seven eight years Are still in the computer somewhere that we still have to edit and release I thought of a pretty funny game we can do. Okay. Yeah, so basically since all of the ten nominees this year have been kind of obtuse And that's a college word, by the way. That's why I don't know it. They've been pretty, how do I say this? Like judging off the title, you can't really, it's not like the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and his, you know, like Western adventures. You can't really guess, you can guess that film, but you like by these titles, you can't really guess these films. So since you probably watched like maybe one or two of them, What I thought would be a fun game is I'm gonna read a little bit of the description of the movie and you get to see You get to pick which movie you think that is. Oh boy. Yeah. Okay ready. Yes, okay this movie Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the horror the harrowing trials of a reformed school together in Florida And we can play some Josh you want to play some music right now. Just a little bit of like Little bit of a guesswork music. I think I've got it. Okay, what do you think that movie is? Nickel Boys. Ding, ding, you got it. Oh yay, great. Yeah, you got it. Perfect. Good job. All right, here we go. I'm embarrassed I haven't seen any of these movies, not even Wicked. I thought you saw Dune II with us. No. No, you didn't see Dune II? Oh my goodness. That must have been a different 10 out of 10, Blond Chick. Uh, you know it was. I think it was, yeah. Alright, are you ready? Don't look at my screen! Okay, now I'm ready. Alright, alright, ready? Three... Uhhh When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern the modern United States, their lives are changed forever by mysterious wealthy client. What do you think that is? Okay, well I might not play that one. We don't know. I'm gonna go with Anora. That is not a Nora. What? Yes. Okay. Um, that is the Brutalist. Really? Yes. Okay. I don't know if I should actually give you, because every time I give you the correct answer you're gonna be more correct at the end. So do you want me to give you the correct answer or no? Okay. So the Brutalist is off the table. But everything else is back on the table except for the boys. Oh, and Nora is still on the table too. Yeah, Nora is still on the table. But the brutalist is off. Okay, ready? I'm just gonna guess, Nora for everything. Alright, ready? A fading celebrity takes a black market drug, a cell replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. What is this movie? Okay, I'm gonna go with the substance. You are right, that is the substance. Sweet. I'm going 100% based off of this picture, the title, and Conan's very bizarre opening. That was pretty bizarre, wasn't it? When Cardinal Lawrence's task was leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new pope, he finds himself at the center of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church. Conclave. What movie? Ah, gosh. That was pretty easy. Yeah, that was pretty easy. So you got that one. See, you don't need to watch the movies. Yay, I learned that word this year. You basically watched the movie. You heard of Conclave more than today? I heard. Yeah, it's a thing they do every, like, when they need to select a pope. Oh, wow. I didn't know you knew that. I just learned it this last year or some time. And I don't know. It's all a blur because of, you know, trauma and brain injuries. So. Oh, I see. Well that's pretty impressive. Alright, ready for the next movie? Yes. This one is, A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil in 1971. What is this movie? I'm tied here between Nora and Amelia Perez, but I'm gonna go with Amelia Perez Okay, that is not correct I'm so sorry Okay, moving on this movie follows three more remarkable women in Mexico each pursuing her own happiness There's a cartel leader In listen unappreciated lawyer to help fake her death so she can finally live authentically as her true self Okay, that's Amelia Perez. That is Amelia Perez. Okay. Perfect. That's what we need. I'm covered. So yeah, you had to narrow it down. That's good. That's good detective, deductive or detective space. The other one must have been a Nora. Right when I didn't say a Nora. A man unites with the free men while on a warped. while on the warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future. You want to look at the? I'm trying not to because I saw something orange and red over here. So I don't want to see the pictures. You're looking at. I'm not in my peripheral. I literally can't turn my eyes at all. Are cheating. Can you just turn your laptop for the love of God? Yes, that's better. OK, perfect. OK, not of everything you said, you've gotten a lot right. You almost gotten half of them right so far. So it's just got to get the other half right. OK, I literally have completely forgotten. Like, can you just read to me the movie titles here? Yeah, I can read the movie titles. Okay, ready? We have The Substance, Wicked, Nickel Boys, Dune Part II, Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, The Brutalist, I'm Still Here, Amelia Perez. Dune 2. Yes, that is Dune 2. Good job. Oh my god. That's great. You're doing pretty well for us having never seen these films. OK, ready? Yes. OK. An unknown 19-year-old arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges a relationship with musical icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance. Complete unknown. Yes a complete unknown. You got it the guitar. Good job. You piece those two together You can be detected. All right. This is gonna be a little tough. So it's kind of big. Okay ready? Yes, okay Alphaba a young woman ridiculed by her green skin and Glinda a popular girl became his friends at Shiz University in the land of Oz After encounter with the wonderful wizard their friendship recent reaches a crossroads I'm still here. It's so close, Erica. You were so close, but that's actually wicked. Yeah. Man, it was between those two, right? Mm hmm. Okay, that and. Amelia Perez and okay and even though she already won I mean it could hey There's no rule that they can't be two movies of the same name, right? There's three women on there and I know Glenda and alpha B and the Oz alpha B Okay, ready for this one. Yes a Mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil We already went over this we did Is this a Nora? No. Nora already won. You got a Nora already. No, I got Amelia Perez. Oh shoot, right? I never got a Nora. Oh my gosh. Okay. But I think so then it's- Yeah, you're right. Wait, this is another one with Brazil? No, no, no. Okay. I thought you talked about Brazil. You know what? I'm reading, well, who do you think that is? I mean that sounds like Amelia Perez. No. But I was talking about her two daughters, I think. So I don't know. So let me read you this one. Are you ready for the next one? Okay, there's another one with Brazil. A young escort from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. Which movie is this? Do, do, do. Which one is it, huh? Do you have a guess? Do you not have a guess? I'm still here? No. Ah! I can't, I don't have a lot of choices left. You don't have a lot of choices left. It's gotta be Anora or I'm still here. Yes. Okay, so it's a Nora then it's a Nora and the one with Brazil is I'm still here and those are the only two that you Have to flip is that the one where she reinvents herself. Yeah, so that's I'm still here. Oh Yeah, so if you think about it, like I'm still here like reinventing yourself. I guess I don't know Wow, that was a massive fail Yeah, well, you know what? What I want to see is once we watch this, the next part of the Oscars, if you can kind of get a feeling of all these movies, and we'll take our two cents afterwards. How about that? How about the next segment is maybe gonna be right after the Oscars and what you feel about them. And who you feel about them. Well, you know. It's not all about me. I already know the favorites. I know, even though I've watched only two of these films, I've only watched Dune II and... I've watched, gosh, what was that one? The one with the skin one with the Conan O'Brien. The substance. Yeah, the substance. So I've seen those two. The substance is really crazy. Kind of, yeah, disgusting, honestly. I wonder if there's anybody sitting at the Oscars. That has also not watched all of these films. Oh, yeah No, everyone was worried that this year was going to have like the lowest viewers in like history because not a lot of the Um names were known in fact um, that's kind of the only reason why they uh nominated wicked usually they don't have 10 nominees they only have five But to get wicked in there they expanded it to 10 because if when popular films get nominated, there's more people watching the show. Yeah. If you have a bunch of random movies that no one ever even heard of, everyone's gonna go out Saturday, Sunday night, do something else. And I mean, obviously you see the opening, the opening was great, like the whole singing and all the songs and stuff like that. If Wicked was never nominated, all that goes away. Oh wow. So yeah, all that was Wicked. Yeah, I would have been shocked if Wicked didn't get nominated for anything because honestly, like the people loved it, you know, and you kind of got it like, I just think sometimes they don't give enough credit to things that like people actually like. No, like you can't get so lost in like the art of film that like you forget the basic people love, you know. Yeah, no, I agree. I think that, you know, in the 90s, usually the most popular, it's the 90s. The most popular film usually would be the one that would win the Oscar. Our 90s reference just happened. AHHH 90S! We did Yes, we're contractually obligated to mention something about the 90s on this channel and we did it But yet in the 90s the popular film of the year usually won like Titanic Braveheart, you know, whatever But nowadays it's like oh, yeah, seven sleeves one. It's like what seven sleeves like I don't like what is that? Oh, yeah, it's a movie about this guy who you know, has a bakery and it's like That one best picture, you know, it's like, what the heck is going on? Hopefully, you know, one day we might go back to it, but I don't know. I think we're just gonna remain in this kind of weird state for a little bit longer. Okay. Anyway, you guys, you want to take a little break? Yes. All right. And we will join you guys right after the Oscars for our take. Oh. So big spoilers you guys. Well this is gonna be aired in the future so it shouldn't be a spoiler. Spoilers for anyone that hasn't read anything. So spoiler for the Oscar Awards right now. Best picture. Oh wow. The biggest one, the big finale. It's like kinda means like best overall, right? Yeah. Sorry, my voice is off the charts. You are clipping through the roof. Sorry. That's why. See, every time we do your testing, you're just like, ABCD, one, two, three. And you're like, no, I'm not going to get any louder than this, I swear. I swear. And they're just like, oh my gosh, have you heard? Best Picture is kind of like the best overall film, right? Yeah, no, but Best Picture is the best. It's like all things considered. Yeah, the best picture of the year. So out of the year 2024, this is the best picture. So who won, Joshua? It was a Nora. How do you feel about this? I'm not happy about it, even though I haven't seen it. But after watching the trailer, I was like, oh, this is like a really weird, like, just another, like, Netflix thing or whatever, like a Hulu project that, like, they just cobbled together. And it just kind of felt like one of those really fast, kind of brought together films. But, you know, who am I to judge? Right. I am not that impressed by it, honestly. To be honest, I'm looking at IMDB right now, so the best picture of the year, out of pretty much 100,000 people, got a 7.7 rating. The Brutalist, or I'm sorry, Dune II, out of 600,000 got an 8.5 rating. So it was like, okay, other films, I'm Still Here got an 8.6, it was like, okay. This is why I don't like about the Oscars. It's very subjective. Like, if you were to ask me like a month ago who was gonna win, I would say the Brutalist because they were kind of riding a little bit of a high, right? And then all of a sudden, Anora, like I was like doing a lot of research and Anora kind of got this last minute surge and I'm like, okay, is the film good or not? Like... How is it so like what are these surges in popularity? You know like what does that even mean? Right like I don't know But I can't say that I Disagree because I haven't seen it yet I just thought that maybe a more popular film like none of these films have reached like a hundred million dollars except for wicked so That's kind of just telling about the American American climate right now the importance of the best picture Oscar like back in the day when Titanic one It was a billion dollar film right and it won best picture It was right with the world. Everything made sense in 2003 skip five years later Lord of the Rings best picture of the year. It won 11 Academy Awards and it was the highest grossing film that year Everything made sense and then right it seems like right after that. I don't know like the best The best grossing films didn't exactly win best picture anymore. They were kind of seen as popcorn films. And then the best pictures of the years weren't exactly seen as like American classics. Yeah, it seems like there's this striking difference between movies that the Academy votes for and movies that America votes for. Yes, yeah. And America votes with their wallets. So right, which is what's paying the Academy. I mean, you're not wrong. The Academy would not exist without, you know, like serious billions of dollars into these, you know, what the Academy would see them as popcorn films. But honestly, it's like, and she probably give them some credit. You know, they're keeping this whole economy, this whole industry like you like to quote, up float. But but to be fair, it's probably a good thing that they don't just go with, you know. what sells at the box office because then those little guys would never stand a chance, you know? So it's good that they pick these rando things that everyone's like, what? The parasite? Like, what? You know, everyone's confused. And it's like, well, these are people that actually really know their trade that are voting based on talent and skill, not just, you know, maybe the theatrics and aesthetics that attract the rest of America to things like wicked and stuff. Like people, you know what I'm saying? Right. Like, like your average American probably can't appreciate the finer things of film that you've taught me about, such as like script supervising, like having like consistency all the time in your film and. just nuances of cinematography, things like that. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah. Like the average American like doesn't necessarily appreciate those things. But like the academy does. And so it's cool because like at least they can maybe vote in some films that you know are pretty skilled at things that the average eye can't see, you know? Yeah, that's true. But Having your picture to be named the best film of the year, not the most artistic film of the year, or the most groundbreaking or the most like, um, I don't know, internally steering, you know, like, you know, but the best picture of the year is kind of very subjective. Um, how do you like, how would you rate that as like the best movie of the year? What? Like, how would you rate that? Like, would you rate it as like, oh, it made me cry or it made me laugh. Like there's certain genres that never get mentioned. Like comedies usually don't get nominated. Fantasy films usually don't get nominated. Um, it's almost always the dramas. The dramas always win, get nominated. So is there like a bias towards that? Like the best picture of the year is usually a drama that could make you cry. You know, like is that. Is that a thing? Should that be a thing? I don't know you're the film major. Oh, no, I'm asking you as just a regular person like if Like like should a comedy ever win best picture over a drama Like if something can make you laugh is that better than making you cry or is always is something that makes you cry always? Better than making you laugh, you know if you have two movies back-to-back I mean, I guess like to me, I, I would pick the one that could make you cry. Hmm. Um, yeah. And most of the Academy would agree with you. Cause it's, it's pretty easy to make someone laugh. It's not that it's valueless, but it's just very doable, but it's, it's pretty hard to make people cry. So I think, yeah, if you can invoke that much emotion out of somebody. I would actually say it's harder to make someone laugh than to make them cry. Really? Yeah. Because making them cry, you just have to do something very formulaic. The family dog has a disease. Or the child has a disease. Something has to do with death, loss. That'll make you cry. To make you laugh, comedy is very subjective. Will Ferrell, he makes movies all the time. Sometimes he makes movies that no one laughs. Sometimes he makes movies that everyone laughs. And these kind of just depend on what he does next and what he does, you know. But to make someone cry, everyone kind of understands. Like it's either like you bring a pet in, you love the pet, like the pet's important and the pet dies. Like then people start to tear up. But to make someone laugh, it's like, it's not usually the same scenario. Like I can't even think of a scenario that would make you laugh. Like other than like someone slipping out of banana and falling on their butt like that might make you chuckle That might make some someone not chuckle But someone thought something like loss of a parent loss of a child loss of a dog that will automatically make you cry So I think that's more formulaic and that's actually kind of easier to make someone cry And this is why most disney films start with orphan children because you feel for them Automatically, it doesn't even matter like what their story is you automatically feel for them because oh my gosh They lost her mom or they lost her dad or like their orphans or you know, they you know, they're single parents or whatever it's almost kind of like a Like a joke at this point where it's like we know what to do to get people emotional towards a film And that's what I don't like When it comes to the Academy's like I don't know It's kind of like going into the Louvre and saying, here's three ribbons, blue, red and yellow. Find three paintings and find a first, second and third place. And it's just like, this is the greatest paintings of all time. How am I to judge the first, second and third greatest paintings of all time? But it feels like that sometimes. It's like, OK, this year, pick the three or four best films of all time, or at least this year. And I feel like it's so subjective. For my point, I'm looking at the past year's best films. Let me just say, have you ever heard of The Departed? Yes. Okay, that one best film, $300 million. Have you ever heard of CODA? I don't know, because that is a 12 step program I used to go to, so it sounds really familiar. It's about sign language. No, I've never heard of it. So that one in 2021 for best picture, a film called Coda, no one's ever heard about it. It made about $2 million. Best picture of the year, $2 million. And the departed almost $300 million way back in 2006. Okay. So there is a difference. I think that the difference kind of lies pretty much, yeah, around the artist, the King Speech Argo. Do you know what won last year? It was actually a pretty big film. Kaboom. Boom. It was against Barbie. So Barbie in this film. Oh yeah. Oh that one won. That one won. Barby Heimer. Oppenheimer. Barber Heimer. Yeah that was the that was good. That almost won a billion dollars. So that was really good. But Coda was just two years before that and made two million. Nobody saw it. So nobody cared. What is your point? My point is I don't believe that there I believe that, um, it's super subjective. And to say coda one best picture is like, OK, like, what is your what were the other films that year? And I actually wish I could click on this so I can find out. But, um, I'm pretty sure there was better films that year. Um, before that, no man land. Nomad land. Oh my god. I remember the one that won. I Remember, I'm sorry. Go for it. Can I interrupt you? Yeah. I remember the one that won best picture That lost my faith in the Academy. Oh, what was it? Take a guess Lost your faith in the Academy? Yeah, and it was within the past I want to say Eight maybe ten years, okay Um, was it moonlight? No, no, that was close to that time though. Okay, was it spotlight? Honestly, is that real? Yeah, back and back and forth through a spotlight moonlight. That's so weird. And they both the name that one of them piggybacked off of the other's name, both of them were under $100 million. And both of them literally like I will say this to every critic. If I get famous, I will say this to everyone ever on the face of the earth. I would rather have my movie be played at a slumber party like four times, just on repeat in the background, because people just love it than to win an Academy Award. I would rather have like people love my movie than to win an Academy Award because that's so much more like to be like a cult favorite, to be like a, like how many people love the Goonies? How many people love like the matrix? Those never won the Academy Award. When I think of like great film, great film, I think of the f**k, cup of water, the good Jurassic Park. Yeah. And hearing that sound of the T-Rex coming for the first time. Yeah, exactly. And it's just like, and then you see it and it's raining and there's like palm trees and this guy's just running for his dear life and it's just so like, I can't even explain it. It's not just cinematic. It's like, it really makes you like feel something. Like, and the end when like the dinosaur is standing in the middle of the lobby entrance or whatever that is. And the when dinosaurs ruled the earth like is falling and this thing is like yelling at the top of its lungs Yeah, it's just like that was a Spielberg. It's an iconic scene. Yeah Yeah, super iconic and like if you went to all these films like spotlight moonlight shape of water like some of these iconic films like you can't really No one knows what you're talking about. In fact, I would actually okay here a little bit of a quiz Yes. Okay, I'm gonna see when's the last time you saw an Academy Award winning film. It's probably the one that I'm talking about being disgusted by. Have you seen Oppenheimer? No. Have you seen everything everywhere all at once? Yes. Huh! You saw that! The one with the sausage fingers? I think so. Okay, that was in 20- 2022. It's like set in like- like an Asian, like, laundromat, right? Yes, yes, you're right. Yes. Okay, I did see that although I fell asleep or I got drunk or something. My ex did not like that part. But I remember watching it with him. Okay, yeah. I'm not sure why he chose that. It's very, uh- Did you? Very progressive of him. Why do you say so? Because it's such a like, I don't know, isn't it? It's out there. It's very out there. It's kind of a mind f***. Very out there, yeah, film. So. And it's not really like, I don't think it's really like action-y. Or is it? It's pretty action-y. They skip dimensions basically in their own little like room. So it's kind of like it's good. It's good. But it's like a Twilight Zone kind of good. It's very mind bendy. Like, I still don't consider that like the best film that the world can come up with in that year. Anyone that says that's the best film that the world can come up with? Yeah, I mean... Really? The world can come up with? I mean, it seemed pretty damn good from what I saw of it. Did you... you fell asleep? I did fall asleep on and off. Okay. But like, it seemed like... Do you know the ending? Do you know what happens? Okay, wow the best film you've totally forgot That's great. Okay. So before that coda we talked about coda You don't have no idea what's going on for that no man land. No for that parasite Okay before you get too far down this line. No, I'm gonna go down this line You told me that you would okay Ryan George You told me or no, I told you to pick to try to guess which film ruined it for me Well, okay, I picked two and you said no What did you pick? I picked moonlight and spotlight. Oh, that's right. Okay. No, okay, uh Argo That's go at the end. Okay Was it Nomad land? No Was it Green book? No. Okay. What was it? I'm like, I'm already half maybe this one didn't win best picture, but I thought it did Oh my gosh, I thought it did it definitely won an award. Okay, but I think it won best picture and I was like really Either way, I was really shocked. Do you remember the year so I can kind of figure this out? I was shocked by this film winning awards period. It was um, The Fish. Oh, um, yeah, the Shape of Water. Yes. The Shape of Water, yeah. That one best picture, right? That one best picture, yeah. A lot of people thought it was very fantastical. It almost got $200 million worldwide. In America it did $63 million? You're just pulling these statistics out of your head. No, I'm looking at all of them right now. Oh, okay. Yeah, right here. I gotta check my phone to see if our sushi is almost here. Oh, we have sushi. We are celebrating you guys full blown because- Yeah, we're having an after party. Yeah, it's our last Oscar party as of right now. And we wanted to celebrate and treat ourselves so we dressed up in our finest clothes. We did, I did. And we- Joshua made us a delicious summer sausage and cheese board. Oh yeah, look at that. And then we went ahead and ordered ourselves some yummy sushi and miso soup. Which is gonna be great. And he is here. Oh my gosh, are we gonna take a little pause? I will be right back. All right, we're gonna take a little pause. But as Erica is getting our sushi, I will just say, to get it out of the way, that- Kidnap, it's your fault. If you're kidnapped, it's my fault? Okay, well, if this is our last podcast guys, thank you so much for joining us throughout these years. Erica was kidnapped, missing persons, could never be found. Uh, Southern California somewhere, probably up in the mountains or probably in the ocean somewhere. But anyway, I, I'm a little disappointed tonight and Nora, I don't even know who I wanted to win, honestly, because, um, This year's films were just kind of like, okay, this, like none of these films are top, the only topical film in culture was Wicked. So, you know, I hate how we got to this point where it's just kind of one film per year that's like pretty topical, everyone's talking about, but it would never win because it's a little too cookie cutter. But something like Koda? which no one's ever gonna watch at a slumber party. No one's ever gonna like pop in and like, you know, just like, oh, let's watch Koda or let's watch Green Book because you know, we're here. Even though honestly Green Book worldwide got $319 million in America. Oh my gosh. Oh no, in America it got 85 million, which is okay. But honestly, it's like, these are not cultural like. So enough about it, Nora. What did you think about the whole ceremony? Why do you suddenly look twice as tired as you did before? Because I am twice as tired as I am before. Sorry, I was busy posting all my Instagram videos from the day. It's OK. Sorry, my bad. Remember, I don't have a late night persona that you do. So getting late for me. Oh, OK. Are you used to waking up early now? Like about eight, so. Oh, OK. Yeah. Well, we need to like eat our dinner and stuff. Yeah, I know. Okay, our sushi has arrived. Yes, it has. About 20 minutes ago. Sorry, okay. So. What'd you think about the ceremony? Or the ceremony that you at least thought. Well, what were we talking about before? The fish, shape of water. Yeah, I have no idea. Okay, anyways, that ruined this whole voting process for me. That's okay. Anyway, so what did you think about the ceremony? It was pretty good. I really liked the duet at the beginning. Yeah, actually, I think the beginning, the first maybe five minutes were the strongest of the entire ceremony. So like when Cynthia and Arianna, they did their whole like two music bit and then, you know, Conan brought, you know, did his little monologue. I think that was the strongest and then it just kind of went downhill from there. That's sad. Uh, but no, I'm not saying it was like a bad thing. Just saying like, like an honest thing. It's just kind of hard to top that. Never. I mean, there was this bond musical that they were doing in the middle that they kind of, um, had a lot of different stars kind of sing different bonds, uh, um, songs during the years. Uh, but it was okay. Like some of those singers were like, who's that? And like, the singing was like, eh, you kind of missed all your notes a little bit. But I mean, that part was okay. Uh, everything else was kind of just. you know, basic, basic tier award season stuff. So yeah, I do have to say, um, you said her name is Cynthia. Yeah. That girl has a voice like to be able to nail that. Um, like in general is hard, but especially live in front of all of your peers. Like to just nail it. Like you've got one shot, right? Because there was a lot of like, um, controversy at the beginning being like, who is this person? Like, why did you pick this person? You know, blah, blah. Um, is this DEI or something like that? But it's like, no, it's actually like, they said we picked the best singer to sing that part, you know? Yeah. Um, so yeah, it seems like they did. Yeah, she's really got a crazy voice. She's got some pipes back there in her throat. It's wild. Yeah. So you like that. That was your favorite part. I wish I was a singer like that. Yeah, I wish I was a singer like that. You were belting out. We were kind of, you know. I was making all kinds of funny noises. You're like, wah, wah. And I was making funny. I was like, Erica, it's a happy birthday party. Jeez, let's chill out. Happy birthday. Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's just like, oh my gosh. Bye! Ha ha. Happy birthday Oh my god, dear Jimmy I kind of wasn't trying but there was a little part of me that was sort of trying to get close To that those notes that she does. Yeah, I don't know you should try one day You should just like belt it out. Yeah, but you should record it. See if you got it Yeah, you have to really be able to belt that one. It's you got to have some strong whatever vocal cords. Yeah, I'm not there yet Although I will say I'm really happy since I stopped thinking. Can you whisper sing? Can you do that? Like the like the girl like Billie Eilish, Billie Eilish. Can you can you whisper? I stepped off the golden. Like that. Yeah, the Oscar party's over. They're having the Oscar party and nobody wants to go home. So dumb. Oh, I guess it's a talent. I don't know. I'm such a b**** right now. Anyways, so how do you feel about- You just hate everybody. How do you feel about the ceremony? I thought the beginning was strong. I thought Conan was, I actually expected more from Conan, to be honest with you. I expected more of his like- Presence? Weirdness and like, yeah, presence and just like, you know, whatever. I liked his little like, we're not gonna waste any time little song. Yeah, I kinda liked that too. I wish there was more of those gags though throughout. You know, like somehow like there's other hosts from other years that just like come out and like a like a like a horribly ugly gown You know, she would be like they said not to do it, but I love this guy You know, it's just like weird stuff like that um You know or just like uh, like you missed it ben stiller um, they had a rising stage and it stopped and it was just his head and he was just like, uh, Here are the nominees and he was trying to climb out of the hole and then went up and then he fell back into the hole and it was just kind of like hilarious just like Trying to get the thing right. That sounds really funny. Yeah, like there I wish there was more of that Yeah, that would have been cool. I like the I like the Theatrics of the opening number they did though. Yeah. No, I'm not gonna waste time. Yeah, that was really cool Always the ending is always rushed. So like the last maybe 30 minutes is always rush So everything's cut but um, yeah Adrian Brody won best actor again Yeah, I thought it would be the guy from the Avengers, but no it was agent Brody So he's a good guy like him his speech went on for like 10 minutes, but you know, whatever Yeah, that was a little awkward. I feel he's like, yeah, I've done this before everyone shut up Yeah, shut your hole like take off the music. All right now. I won't be long and then he's like, um So, uh Yeah. My cat has been really crucial. And he just kind of went off on another tangent. He talked about his mom and his dad. Then he went into. Antisemitism or what? Yeah, he was super anti-Semitic. It was a little like I was shocked at how anti-Semitic he was in his acceptance speech. Oh, I'm sorry. What were you saying? He was against oh for I Wow, I actually didn't keep up with that one for a minute I was like are we talking about you? looking at me like No, I'm pretty sure he's Jewish so Yeah, he did he did many World War two films so yeah, no those were those super good Were you were you shocked by anything? Were you did you like anything else? Being a girl. Did you like any dresses? I really loved Whoopi Goldberg's dress. Oh yeah? Was that like the shimmering silver one or whatever? Yeah. Yeah, that was like really stunning. Yeah. I feel kind of bad because like next to Oprah, like Oprah was just in like kind of a business dress with like a blazer on. Oprah's almost 90, what is she 110? So she can't. What did she, did she not say she's almost 90? I don't know, maybe. I don't know what she is, but she looked fantastic. Yeah, no, she never changes. And Whoopi looked older than her. Yeah, Whoopi Liao is aging horribly, so. Huh. Probably a little too much of grandpa's cough medicine, if you know what I'm saying. OK. Well, let's move this podcast in a more positive direction. OK. Since we've both been unusually critical. And usually, when people listen to this, it's because they want, they kind of like some elements. Oh, like a positive affirmation? Kind of like what they like? They like some element of the Oscars, right? OK, hold on. Let me start over. Hold on, ready? Wow, Anora, I knew it from the beginning. I was crossing my fingers. Anora won Best Picture. Amazing. What did you think of? And Whoopi Goldberg hasn't aged a day. Since that movie with Alfalfa, I don't know. So yeah. This award show, the best, honestly. The last five minutes were my favorite. Win Anora won. So, yeah. Yeah, we're gonna have to watch that now. Yeah, we're gonna have to. We're gonna have to really watch that. We can't knock it. It's probably gonna be on Hulu, actually. That was the joke online. That was gonna be on Hulu. And even though Hulu, we didn't see this, by the way. We did not see this because we were delayed because we were paused for a commercial. But apparently, if you watch the ceremony live on Hulu, right before they announced the winner of Best, it just cut off and said thank you for watching the paid program today. And there's so many people that are mad like on YouTube be like I had to switch over to YouTube to watch the actual like reading of the best picture because hulu just cut us out and That's hilarious So that's so sad Yeah, no, it's it actually happened we paused it and because you know We were doing other things and we were getting ready. I was cutting up my couture. So couture Yeah And yeah, we missed that. But we actually saw the presentation. Maybe not live, but maybe like maybe 10 minutes before everyone was screwed out of watching it live, which is kind of funny to me. I don't actually remember the end of the Oscars. Was there a finale or did they just kind of go away? Usually after like the, Conan O'Brien kind of goes like, okay, we're out of time, okay, good night, bye guys. You know, he kind of just, it's usually that, that's usually what happens because they're super out of time. So it was only supposed to go for two and a half hours. I think it almost went for three hours and 20 minutes. So it was well over their time. Hmm. What happens when they do that? Do they have to pay the network more? Well, it's funny. I'm streaming. Nothing happens. It's streaming, right? But because it's ABC, I think the news has to just like wait, just wait around in their seats and just be like, OK, well, we're going to have to cut our stories like the stories out now. The story is out now. And they get crunched, you know, into like, wow, like maybe 20 minutes of news instead of an hour. Which is which is fine because they're live too, so they get to have that like power. You know it's not like a show that's happening But yeah, I mean it's just the news. I always get so weird when they're like they get like oh my gosh We're over. It's like no one's gonna watch the news. That's fine. Just go over you know Well out of the ten movies which one did you want to see you want to see an aura you want to see wicked right? Do you want to see the Brutalist? No, you don't want to see the Brutalist. I honestly forgot what all of them are about, so... Oh my goodness gracious. Okay, maybe just those two then. You saw Dune, right? Dune Part 2? Did you see Dune Part 1? Mm-mm. Oh my gosh, Erica, why? Why are you in here? Why are you at my party? Right now. Because I like to pretend that I am somebody. And that I know things. Well, I think we both should watch Wicked soon, because I think out of all of them, that's the most fun film. Yes, I definitely want to see Wicked. And the last time I checked, it was still in theaters. Here. Really? I didn't see it in theaters. I saw maybe The Brutalists, and then maybe A Player Unknown. That's not right. Singer Unknown. Whatever the Bob Dylan one was. So. The last... No. What is it called? The last... Not The Last of Us. No, The Last... The Last Tango in Paris. No. The last mushroom on Mars anyways the Bob Dylan one yeah Bob Dylan one okay a complete unknown that was I was alone What yes, yes that one? Do you want sushi now yes, so I think it's time for sushi it's time for sushi it is our last Oscar party oh That makes me sad my sasca party We had a good run started off in like what 2015 2016 2017 I was surprised by I don't know if I was surprised Maybe I was by all your friends But what's happening? What's going on? Cheers to what oh one last Cheers that Plum that plum sake that you've been carrying around for Plum dilly umptious that you've been carrying around for three years all right Yeah, this has been in our fridge for sure for like oh it is plum liqueur. Is it? Yeah, that's what it says My goodness. I hope it has enough alcohol content that it actually kills the bacteria inside Because you're gonna end up dead and Fox is gonna get out both of our inheritances All right, here we go cheers To the last Oscar party. To the last Oscar party that we know of. That we know of in 2025. In 2025. Cheers. Ooh. You know what? It goes down. It goes down medicine, but it actually comes out peach. So I always loved your parties that you threw. Thank you. I just want to say that you were. You are just a naturally good host. I wanted to be for the last time, but it just didn't work out this time. So yeah, but it worked out for us. Yeah, we had a good time. I enjoyed us. Yes, right now. So and right now we're going to enjoy some sushi and maybe sit down and watch some, I don't know, Ryan George or maybe some ant stuff. Ant content or maybe an aura or oh my gosh. No, no, not a Nora. Don't make me cry. Wait, really quick. The last thing I want to ask, what would you have voted for best picture wise? I only seen two out of the 10. Which ones? I saw Wicked and I saw The Substance. I mean, I didn't see I saw The Substance and I saw. Oh, Dune Part Two, so. Oh, I mean, out of those films, I would pick Dune Part Two. Who did you see the substance with? I just thought about myself. You just went to the movies one day? No, I was playing one of those reaction channels where people just watched the movie. And I was like, everyone's watching this. Every YouTube channel is watching this. And I was like, what is this all about? So I just started it and I didn't click out of it. And I was like, oh my gosh! It's pretty gross. So I can't say I saw the whole thing uncut or unrated, but I saw the YouTube version of it. It's kind of, I never thought about that. It's kind of like a way to watch movies. You get reactions, you get people's thoughts about it, and it cuts the film, it's like half the time. Like you don't get that long, like, you know. It's not arts, like if you're artistic, like you don't get that feeling of like, I was gonna say, how dare you. Yeah, yeah, maybe I shouldn't say I watched it. But, but like you get the, you get the entire movie, like you get it, you get it, right? And then people talk about it afterwards, and yeah, so. And you're like, oh my gosh, that's horrible. I wonder what this person thought about it. I wonder what this girl thinks about it. And I wonder what a teenager thinks about it. I wonder what an old man thinks about it. So you keep going down the rabbit hole of people reacting to movies. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And yeah, I have a problem. That's probably why so many projects don't get done because me on YouTube is just watching the substance over and over again. So funny. Okay, so. We are going to wrap this up now. Yes. Sorry guys for joining rambling. Thank you so much for listening to us Part of our last Oscar party. It's kind of like we had more people here. I guess yeah, you guys came All of you guys are here for our party here. It actually would have been fun I don't know. I know it was kind of weird but like every commercial break We should have like jumped on and be like, oh my gosh, that was a surprise Can you believe that? Oh my god, you know, it's like what a ho, you know, she's told her role. Yeah I can't believe okay I don't know, I haven't seen this movie yet, but the girl that was like, shout out to all the sex workers out there. I was just like, wait, are we advocating for that now? I have no idea. I can't keep up with culture. I think it's a... I haven't seen the movie, so maybe it's just like treat them fairly or something. Oh yeah, that's fair. Yeah, that's totally fair. I don't know if there's like a culture of like not treating them fairly. I don't know what, yeah, I don't know where I stand with that, because I do think like it's kind of your right. with your body, but like, at the same time. It's like do you want them? Did you of them? Oh my gosh? I just was canceled just now I said them do you want people to like walk around like the entrance of like Disneyland and be like, you know Hey, honey, you know, like I'll like come ride my Dumbo, I don't know. So That's a horrible There's there's a much better ride to a Nala jate Okay, we need sushi. Oh my goodness. Yeah, I'm so hungry anyway guys Thank you so much for listening to us even though I'm cancelled I'm probably I'm too join us next time when we're talking about probably something else. Okay. All right. Bye guys Bye guys, and hopefully I'll try to get Erica onto the Enora train or wicked train I defying gravity It's you and I defying gravity And to a maximum in return And nobody in all of us No wizard that there is or was Is ever gonna bring me down I'm out.