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INTRO - The cinephile duo is back with a new episode to give the elite actress Rachel McAdams her flowers. First, they catch up by debating the Top 5 best NBA jerseys of all time. DuuNo discusses his experience watching Steph Curry's new animated family sports comedy film 'Goat'. Merv gives his opinion on the masterpiece 'Sinners' (2025), breaking the academy record for the most nominations in Oscar history. Before taking a quick media timeout, they debate why Rachel McAdams is so slept on.
ACT ONE - The guys declare where she ranks among other 2000s actresses that came out during her era. Then they craft a Hall of Fame Top 10 of Rachel McAdams best movies from her illustrious filmography.
ACT TWO - They talk about her strengths as an actor before finishing off the list of her 10 best films.
ACT THREE - The guys list her best performances and reminisce over their favourite Rachel McAdams scenes. DuuNo and Merv discuss what's next for her career.
QT HATERADE - Merv speaks on what grinds his gears in this weeks cinema news.
HEAT CHECK - SceneDMs trivia game based on the episode’s topic.
LEMME PUT YOU ON SEGMENT - Movie recommendations
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All things cinema, theater etiquette, scripts, top fives, favorite actors and directors, and a variety of other categories that cross our minds while watching some of our favorite movies and TV shows. I'm locked in. Are you lights? Camera, come vibe with us. Issue 69. The one with the meme girl. Yuri, what's going on? It's your boy Deuce Wayne.
SPEAKER_08What's good? What's good? What's good? It's Big Merv in the building. What's going on with you?
SPEAKER_07Yes, sir, and we are back. Issue 69. It's an intentional number. It's an intentional topic. Finally back. Lately, I've been thinking about longevity Murph in sports and cinema and culture. Like who lasts, who adapts, who evolves, who's fading, all that kind of good stuff. And that kind of brings forth why I think we should be talking about Rachel McAdams, aka the one with the Mean Girl, because Mean Girls is one of her best movies, man. And she's one of the better stars in the industry. And some stars burn bright, but she's one of those stars that burn for a very, very long time. But before we get into that, how have you been, brother? It's been a minute since we've had an episode, but again, obviously we've both been busy playing basketball in our respective countries, doing our thing, holding it down. First of all, you need to let me know what type of Lazarus pit that you uh uh drank from. Fountain of youth, whatever, bounce, whatever. Because I saw a video of you. I saw a video of you, and hopefully Marley could clip that. Shout out to Marley on the edit. But you caught a body, man. Like, what? Drops that came here. Ah, body. I'm like, nah, this is vintage bird. This is crazy. Um but man, uh uh like like as a as a Batman, as a guy who thinks I'm Batman, you gotta lead me to the Lazarus Pit, man. Cause I haven't dunked in a minute. But man, talk about your basketball stuff.
SPEAKER_08What's been going on? I wish, bro, like I used all the juice that I had left in that dunk. My knees are cooked, though, dog. Um but nah, fam. I just uh heat of the moment kind of situation. You know how it be. You're in the heat of the moment you try something and it worked, you're like, oh shoot. I I didn't expect for it to go in. I was just trying, you know what I mean? And it I was like, oh shoot. Still got a little juice in them legs, you feel me? So um, but no, man, it's just good to be healthy uh playing again, um, back in the court doing that, dude. But you know, I mean it's nice to turn back the clock sometimes, even Brom B, you know what I mean, doing some.
SPEAKER_07Hey, we're we're gonna be talking about Rachel McAdams. We're gonna be building a top 10 for CN DMs of like the best movies. Does that does that body fall under the top 10 of Merv Dunks? Like the the bodies that you've caught in the basketball court when it comes to posters.
SPEAKER_08Ooh, that's a good question. Um I think it I think it might be top ten. Okay. I think it might be top ten. I think so. I think so. No dribble, no dribble drop step. Yeah, it might it might have to be one. Might have to be, might have to be still. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Nah, this guy climbed the ladder for sure. That's crazy. Uh, but speaking about basketball, man, I wanted to ask you, we haven't really had this conversation before, and as everybody knows if they listen to season one and seeing the as we we explicitly talked about our journey to our friendship and our brotherhood. Prior to us being brothers, we did have a little op situation. You know, he played for an opposite team. I played for a rivalry team. The cheaters, yeah. We will say we did BTA, belt of ass all the time. No, I'm playing. But um, we never really knew each other then as kids, so I didn't really get to see you in middle school in terms of like what your drip was. And I'm bringing that up because I want to talk about what are the best NBA jerseys of all time. Because growing up, especially in the early 2000s, I was a kid that definitely took pride in wearing different NBA jerseys to school, uh, especially during the fabulous rapping era, you know what I'm saying? The the the the big football jersey wearing era, just it being such a cultural thing for everybody, especially in the urban community. But what are the top five jerseys of all time? Um, if you have to build a list right now, we have to pick a five.
SPEAKER_08Well, number one, I didn't have any drip, still don't have drip. Um drip at my time. Um uh I'm I'm more of like an Adam Sandler type of bruh. You know what I mean? I just pull up in whatever I pull up in. Um but I would say, man, for top five NBA jerseys of all time, bro. Obviously, we gotta go with the classic MJ. Uh probably I don't know which one of the MJ ones. It might be the one. Red might be the one. Um might go MJ. I'm gonna go uh AI for sure. Which one though? Not the not the blue sixer joint. You know the one I'm talking about? I'm talking about like the black one? The black sixers. Yeah, that's fine. I'll go with that one too. I would say AI. Uh number eight, Cole, yellow. I would say eight beans. I like that. That's a great choice. Bro, it's such a weird time because when we grew up, you know what I mean? Like we kind of grew up in a time where it was like I would even say like Braun, because back in the day, like, you know what I mean? He was still young when we were like in middle school and high school and stuff like that. So he was still young. So for sure.
SPEAKER_07Can I throw a a Denver mellow um on the list personally? Yes, sir. And I'm gonna go with the the the the era when he had AI and J.R. Smith was on. So I think that was the the navy blue.
SPEAKER_08Oh, that one with the baby. I don't know if that one's top out time, but that one's good though. I don't know if it's all time, but I I do agree with mellow joint. I think of mellow joint because of the blue, because of the blue specifically, just because of the blue specifically.
SPEAKER_07What about our hometown hero, Vince Carter? Like, does the Raptors have one?
SPEAKER_08Oh, VC has one. VC has one. VC has one. Uh that Toronto Raptor is purple. Uh that purple Raptor's Dino. Um, nah, definitely. I would say because it because of all the flavors of the colors, like uh MJ with the red, AI with the black, Kobe with the yellow, um, uh Vince with the purple, and uh and Mello with the blue. I think that kind of fits all the colors. Nobody really wore like a Boston joint. You never see nobody really wearing green. Um unfortunately, because of the Cavaliers colors, like nobody really wore like a burgundy, you know what I mean? That burnt red, like Cavaliers joint, because they were just like, if I'm gonna wear red, I'm gonna wear like a Chicago red. You know what I mean? Um I don't know if it's like burnt red or more of a maroon. I don't even know what the hell the color is, but but yeah, I think that's a good list, man. I think uh MJ MJ Red, AI black, uh Sixers jersey, uh Kobe 8, yellow jersey, um Vince, purple, Raptors jersey, you know, the old joints. Mellow blue, I think I would be I'll let that shit I'll let that one rock. I'll let that one rock.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I was like the jersey came back in the day. You know what's crazy? I had a Carmelo Anthony Syracuse jersey, and I played in one of those Las Vegas tournaments. Yeah. My dad was outside talking to one of the other parents. He put the bag down. A man ran up to my pops, took the bag full of my jersey and new PS2 video games, and sprinted around the corner and ran. Pops tried to chase him, but he only took him so far because he was like, Yeah, this ain't my city, my town. I don't know. It's around that corner. But yeah, he ran off of that Carmelo Anthony, the gray-orange jawn. And we all know that Carmelo Anthony was a champion, national champion uh in university. So, man, that definitely hurt. But it's all good. I got it back in other ways. Um, for sure, for sure, for sure. But speak speaking about basketball, yo, I recently saw the GOAT movie, not the GOATs movie. LeBron hasn't had a movie that has come out yet uh this this past year. They jumped to but no, no, but farewell tour. Let's talk about it, man. That's gonna be incredible, man. I don't know who's gonna be.
SPEAKER_08He said he's gonna make hundreds of bills, fam. When I seen that, I said, oh yeah.
SPEAKER_07What what are your expectations? Do you want like a save the last dance type of uh like do you want like an in Do you want him to go back in time and talk to different players? Do you want it to be like more of a live thing? Do you want it to be a crossover, a blint?
SPEAKER_08I think a crossover. Um I think a crossover would be nice. Uh the only thing with me, man, like there's I think there's this one debate that was that was on um uh Jeff Teague's uh uh podcast, um uh the 520 podcast. And they spoke about like what they would rather LeBron to have at the end of his career, right? They're like, yo, they would rather have him have like a Kobe send off where it was like they knew they were gonna make the playoffs and he gets like one actual last game of his career. Or like, would you rather him make the playoffs and then they lose in the playoffs? And he, you know what I mean, he plays, but you don't know if it's last game or not, because he was just hooping. See what I'm saying? And somebody was just like, uh Jeff T was saying, like, I'd rather have a Kobe send off. And I was just like, honestly, bro, because of I don't trust the Lakers and I don't trust like the teams that he's on, I honestly would would think the same way. Like I think that like him trying to go for a championship, like I'd be like, yeah, bro, like let me give it up, kind of thing. Like, I don't think not even in a bad way, like I don't think that like I just think that like maybe just like chill. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I think that your bro, you're gonna be 42. Yep. Um, I think that maybe maybe it's just like, you know what I mean? You go out on like even like I would say he could go out this year, but obviously he he needs that fairwheel too.
SPEAKER_07I desperately want to get that fifth ring, man. I I I def I I definitely but it is I I think what I was trying to allude to is the GOAT movie came out, which is an animated basketball film, and I wanted to ask you, I've seen it before I give you my little brief review. Um, and we're gonna post a review on CDNs, and before you see it, no spoilers, but do you think that this has the capability of being one of the better basketball movies, especially that it's being one of the newer newer ones in recent years? We haven't really seen a lot of good or a lot of basketball movies. There was a time where it used to be coming out every couple years. You had the Airbuds, you had the loving basketballs, you had different types of movies that were releasing, you know, the white man can't jumps. I felt like back to back to back every single year there was two to three basketball movies, whether they were good or not. That's objective. But there were a lot of basketball uh films to choose from nowadays, it seems so you know, rare in between. So, what do you what are your expectations for the movie Goat and Steph Curry's involvement in it? He plays the character Melania Giraffe, he also produced it. You know, Gabrielle Union Wade is one of the main characters in the film. Uh Jennifer Lewis is in it. It's like a really good stellar cast, but uh I wanted to ask you your thoughts on that.
SPEAKER_08Um I think it's a it's a it's a cool concept. I didn't really get it. Obviously, you probably have to watch the movie to get the I never watched it. I know you watched it. Um but from what I've seen, bro, I think that the idea of the film is um it's such a it's such a cool way to like tell a Steph Curry kind of story, you know what I mean? Like you want to give him like it's a story about his life, but like through like an animated, like funny like twist, you know what I mean? Like having a ch a kid that's smaller than everybody that's you know I mean not able to like be as big or is not like the usual size of a player in that league. And like for him to be able to like make a difference and you know I mean be that person. I think that's such a cool concept because it's like obviously it's a retelling of of Steph's life, um, in a way, um, and how you revolutionize the game with like doing different things. Um so I think that the concept of the movie is really great. Um again, I never watched it yet, uh, haven't watched it yet, need to watch it. But um, but seeing how the rules of everything work, I think it'll be pretty cool to check out. But me personally, I think that um it's a good film. I don't know if it's gonna be the best best basketball movie ever. I don't know if I can consider it a basketball movie because the rules are a little different. Right from what I've seen at least. Um But I think that it's uh from a from an executive producer and the acting, the the the the star started affair, like I think it's like a a pretty good film, man. Like a pretty good uh put-together film.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, and worldwide it's already amassed over 100 million, man. It's at 105 and counting, I think domestically, it's done 61 million, internationally 44 million. So it's doing pretty well at the box office. Again, Steph Curry having a major impact on that. We all know he wasn't a five-star cute recruit, but he ended up being, you know, a Hall of Fame player. And this film really does explore the psychological aspect, the disrespect of having to prove yourself, the discipline behind, you know, the shooting and and how it kind of just surpassed the typical sports biopics. And I think that it's uh a really good movie. It kind of reminds me if I had to put two movies together, I would say it reminds me of like a Zootopia mixed.
SPEAKER_08That's the kind of vibe I got from it as well.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, with like a Space Jam. So, you know, I I actually got to go take my kids that I coached out to the storm out here in Sudbury. Uh, the you the U10, my my guys, we took them to the theater. We saw the film, some of them liked it, loved it. It was probably like their version of Space Jam. But for me personally, I thought it was solid. Animation was cool, like you said, great story. Thought it was funny in parts, but it it wasn't mind-blowing. It wasn't like it didn't have me feeling like when I watched the Incredibles and I left the theater, like, nah, this is different. Like, what do we mom?
SPEAKER_08Man, obviously, our age might our age might play a part in that too. Now that we're older.
SPEAKER_07You know what? I'll give it some grace for sure. But again, I I don't know. It didn't give me that feeling, but it was definitely a good film. Definitely a good film, funny, entertaining. And like you said, it had a great message, so definitely happy about that. Before we get into some more Rachel McAdams news, because we're talking about Rachel McAdams, I wanted to ask you about this Sinners news. It's been a while since we talked, so again, Sinners has amassed, I think, the the record-breaking amount of nominations for the Oscars coming up in March, which is going to be happening in a couple weeks. But what are your thoughts on Sinners leading the Oscars with what 16 nominations? And I mean, that's bold, man. I think uh they get their just due. They won a couple awards at the BAFTAs, they won a couple uh you know, shout outs at the Golden Globes, and I think that you know this is just a certification because you know they had the box office achievement. We talked about it just for you guys if you want to go see on C and DM's our YouTube page. We talked about a breakdown of centers and the success and everything, but it already reached so much, you know, over a hundred million dollars. Box office you know, the performance was amazing, the sets were incredible. We already broke down just the meaning and the complexity of how the film really, really just represents so much in history and culture and in time and in music. But what what are your thoughts on it getting it's just due now? Because I think before we spoke it, we we were kind of skeptical, obviously, because we know how systematic plays the race game, and we know how sometimes people won't even get the like remember the article that came out the first week where it said, Yeah, made so much money, yes. It's like why would you use that type of context and language? So again, we know that the chips are rooted against them. So for the fact that the academy has you know allowed them to get 16 you know nominations, what do you think that is? You think it's like okay, we're we're allowing them to get this prestigious amount of awards, nominations to break the record, but we're not gonna win as many, or do you think it's like a legit uh uh uh uh handout for them?
SPEAKER_08Alright, well a lot of things here. I think that number one, I think that the movie deserves it for a lot of different reasons. Um, not only because it's a great film, obviously it's a great film, but I think that it touches a lot of different genres. That's what people are forgetting. Like, you know what I mean? That's why you get a lot more a lot more shit. Like, you know what I mean? You get a lot more nominations. Like, yeah, the story's great, so you're gonna get a right original, original screenplay, number one, of course. Then obviously, because the original screenplay and it did really well, it's gonna get best director. Obviously, it's gonna get a nomination for that. And obviously, if the movie did really well, you're obviously gonna assume that either one, the actor, is gonna be up for best actor, or the actress is gonna be up for best actress, for sure. At least one or the other. And thanks, you know what I mean? Knock those off. So that's four right there. And then obviously they did their own score. Yep. So boom, boom. And then technically the movie's a musical, so it could even be in that category of a mu um a musical genre, then it's gonna be in the action genre genre, bro, and then and then hair, and then makeup, hair and makeup, makeup and hairstyling for sure. Make and hairstyle because of the because of what they had to do and when it was set and how they had to incorporate vampires. Then the then the special effects on top of it.
SPEAKER_07Special effects, they definitely got the effect.
SPEAKER_08I mean, like, bro, and I like that those right there is is is enough for you to like divvy up in between everything to find a bunch of different nominations. It's not hard to understand why they did that because again, because of the type of film, what it kind of entailed, everything that that happened in the film, like that makes sense. Like the nominations are like people are over-exaggerating to it because they're like, yo, the movie's not that great, which they're on crack, obviously. The movie is great. Uh the movie's a five out of five. Uh no hands. Like, one of the one of the rare movies where I've seen after the first watch, I was like, This is a five out of five movie. Five out of five. You know what I mean? Usually movies after watching a second time, you know what I mean? A lot of the movies that I have in my five out of five are movies that I watched the first time and it was a five out of five. You know what I mean? Um like a prestige um kind of vibe, you know what I mean? But but people are on crack to think that this movie doesn't deserve 16, 16 nominations, specifically because of the genres it hits. It hits so many different genres. Obviously, because of different different things that happen, screenplay and everything, the director has to be up. Then if it's the best director, and obviously the movie did well, you're gonna have to have an actor, actress, supporting actor, actress. You know what I mean? You have to have those things. You have to, you have to. You have to. Like, you know, I mean, it's not crazy, it's not crazy to have like if if one battle after another had more musical musical numbers in it, it'd probably have 16 nominations as well. Because it what it has like 13 or something like that. You know what I mean? It would add three more simply because of that. Right. And on top of that, they they had better hair and makeup and they had better special effects. Well, special effects people will argue, but I would say special effects because of what they had to incorporate with the uh I mean that and that end scene uh with the guitar when he smashed in the vampire's head again.
SPEAKER_07I mean no spoiler, man. If y'all haven't seen it, you haven't seen the movie already, bro. So I don't care what I said now. But just having like how he's like, oh Sami and how he was at with the guitar in his head, that's that that would that looked incredible, man.
SPEAKER_08Yeah. Um so no, so anyways, my whole point of is saying is that that's not an overreaction. Um, do I think that the the committee will actually give him those awards? Hell no. I think they're doing it just to shut everybody up, which which makes sense, obviously. You know what I mean? Because if they don't win any awards, which there's a high possibility they're not, then they might win one. Then everybody they they people are gonna be like, all right, well, you know, I mean the Academy's not racist. They they gave them 60 nominations. How could they be racist? They got 60 nominations.
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SPEAKER_08And it's just like, fam, like they didn't win any. Like, yeah, of course they got a nominated, but they didn't win any. So and people are gonna give one battle after another, uh, probably the best director um for PTA, for PTA. And it's not even one of PTAs, it's not even PTA's best movie that he's ever made. You know what I mean? And it's just like, I feel like at this point, like what what are we doing? Like, like, how do we do it? How do we what's the criteria? Because I feel like the criteria sometimes changes where it's like, yeah, um, this movie was really good, but because this director is like a first-time director or he's young, or you know what I mean? Like somebody else is in here that hasn't gotten it yet, we're gonna put him in there. And it's just like, what? Like, what are we talking about? You know what I mean? Like, it doesn't make any sense. Like, I don't I don't really get that. So that's why I think he's gonna get it, because like everybody said, like he is PTA, he hasn't got one yet, he deserves it, blah blah. And it's up going up against like sinners. So I think 110% that that PTA is gonna win it.
SPEAKER_07So man, I cannot wait to do that episode when she was just reviewing uh the Oscars, it's gonna be like the most tuned-in I've ever been to one of those shows. Uh, it's like an NBA draft. Nah, for sure. Gonna be locked in. But just to give some more clarification, the previous record holders was 14 nominations at the Oscars, and that was all about Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. And Center succeeded that. And I'm just gonna run through them really quickly. So the key nominations for 2026 Oscars are Best Picture, which Merv mentioned, best director, which Ryan Kugler, best actor, Michael B. Jordan, best supporting actor, which Del Ray Linda did his thing. Except that beer, he said, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, no, no. Best supporting actress, Womney, did her thing, Masaku. Uh best original screenplay, Ryan Kugler. Best cinematography, best original score, Ludwig. And we know there's like a cool kind of synergy between Ryan Kugler and Ludwig, how they were called classmates or something like that, which was so cool. Uh best original song, I lied to you, which was amazingly performed to the same. Uh best production design, best costume design, best film editing, best makeup and hairstyling, best sound, best visual effects, and best casting. So again, they they have a chance to do something special, and they deserve it. Like Merce said.
SPEAKER_11I thought you said he was dead. He was. I checked his post.
SPEAKER_12Then what the f is he doing talking to us? But this is good, right?
SPEAKER_13He goes, hey.
SPEAKER_01Smoke. That ain't your brother. Smoke, what that witch out there talking about? You won't let her get in between us again? What we've been through. German trenches, nigga. Chicago gangways.
SPEAKER_07Hopefully they went and when they went, it's not no pity thing. It's an actual like give them the flowers to deserve it. And hopefully they went, because like I said, it'll bring it'll be a huge statement. But it'll also be just an opportunity to show other people that they can, you know, achieve the same kind of thing as Ryan Cougar did, which is just structure similar deals, believe in yourself, better, uh, take creative risks, but also like pay homage to other films, but then still be creatively new, like be innovative. And like I said, just be fearless in your style of filmmaking and and rely on your people, man. Like it's okay to you know have frequent collaborators. That's your community. Like continue to feed them. Um so I think that was kind of cool that everybody got to win. Like, you know, the kind of coolest story between him and his wife. I think it's so cool that you know he talks about being broke at the beginning of his career and her just took him down. Yeah. And she's damn near the business partner with him and on set with him and helps him edit and it shares the same type of love for his his affinity for film. So we definitely, definitely love that. But great conversation. All right. Last thing I wanted to ask you because you brought this point up. It came to Bone Temple, uh, the 28th Temple, Nia DeCosta's version of hers that came out recently. And man, you told me you were weren't able to see it. It got you know removed from theaters real quickly. So I don't know if I should have saved this for the QT Hate Ray part, but what is the point?
SPEAKER_08I was just about to say that I'll I will speak on that a little bit more later.
SPEAKER_07You know what? All right, let's let's put a pen in it and we'll we'll save it for the QT Hater part because as I was saying, I'm like, you know what? I'm actually hating on that for sure. Like, what are we doing?
SPEAKER_08It grinds my gears this week, so it's a real Macau cheeser this week.
SPEAKER_07So most definitely. So we'll get back to it. But all right, before we get into act one, we're gonna finish off this intro by talking about Rachel McAdams, because that's why we're here.
SPEAKER_11Why don't I know you? I'm new. I just moved here from Africa. What? I used to be homeschooled. Wait, what?
SPEAKER_07Why is Rachel McAdams slept on? That's the major question. Like, why is she slept on? Because I feel like she's one of those quietly uh I think she's quietly one of the most versatile actors, especially in the generation of the class of women and actors in general that she's in. And I think she doesn't get the same status, acclaim, recognition. But when it comes to checking off the status, the categories, whether it's the statistics for the box office, whether it's the different you know films that she's covered in the different genres and subgenres that she's able to reach, whether it's the different style of performances that she's had, I feel like she just she's just accomplished so much and she's not talked about enough. Why is that?
SPEAKER_08Uh you know, one of the things I realized as re-watching some of her films, um I think the reason that she's not looked at as like somebody different, one, she doesn't have a lot. She's only been in 46 different um different, and it's not even just straight films, there's some TV shows in there too. So 46 different acting um um gigs. Um, and number two, I think the main thing, the main thing after watching a lot of re-watching a lot of her movies, is that she is always, most always a supporting actor. She's never the lead. She's never the lead. And I was I was watching, as I told you, I was watching some films, like her name was second on the list. So I was like, okay, so she's not so she obviously she's not the lead, but she's you know I mean one of the main points. And I watched some movies. I watched like I never watched Sherlock Holmes before. I watched Sherlock Holmes, I watched the first one. Fam, she's in it, but she's you know I mean, it's not her movie. You know what I mean? It's not like I'm really watching it for her, I'm watching it for Robert Downey Jr. And then they put her again second on the list for the second one, and she's in it for two seconds. She's in the movie for two seconds. So I had to finish watching the movie, obviously. Quick sub, quick sup. But uh, but essentially, bro, I think that that's what she I think she's she she she can be a lead. I'm not saying she's not, I can't be, but I think that she does take a lot of roles where she's supporting. I don't know if that's on purpose or if that's just how they typecast her in Hollywood, but I think that that's what was one of the interesting things. Because I don't think that um I don't think she has a lot of leads, man. I was trying to go through her filmography and and I think she's more supporting than she is a leader in um in some of the most of these films. So that's why I think she slept on um because of that.
SPEAKER_07I think that's a great point, bro, because I don't know if it's is it she's super intentional because she's the type of actor that doesn't demand the spotlight. Like you can see that she's not the kind of person that's always popping out, she doesn't manufacture headlines, she's not the kind of person, yeah. You know what I mean? She's not into that algorithm-driven fame cycle that people are right now into. And I think that she just pops out with her material, which makes her so iconic. And when she even shows up on those, you know, red carpet events or even talk shows, when she's like talking to Jimmy or talking on these night late night talk shows, I think she's just like one of those Adam Sandler type versions of just like being herself so you so unique because she's just like one of the the people. She's like she's she's super capable of being famous, but it's like nah, that's Rachel McAdam, man. She's just from the block. So it's kind of cool. Obviously, her being Canadian, take pride in that. But I think it's just she's one of those rare actors that could be the villain, right? She could be the sweetheart, she could be the journalist, she could be the Marvel love interest, and she could all make them look believable. And she's also been in a whole bunch of films that have you know amassed over a hundred million dollars worldwide, right? So that's insane. But in terms of why she's been slept on, like you said, I think it's just like she likes to play the background a lot. But also, yeah, how come a cool, you know, legendary or you know iconic director hasn't just said, hey, let me put you in a movie and made you star or something. I don't know, bro. But I will say this.
SPEAKER_08She said a couple, don't get me wrong, she's had a couple.
SPEAKER_07No, I will say this though. The recent film sent help. I mean, you could argue that Dylan O'Brien is also, you know, a co-star in a main lead, but this is really Rachel McAdam's movie, and she really carries it. I thought it was an immaculate film. Obviously, same Rami, Sam Raimi is you know the guy. We know what he's done with the Spider-Man series, the different films and horror and thoroughly that he's dabbled in in his career. So we know what he's capable of, and he's one of them, and we're definitely gonna talk about him in the future because he's not done spitting out these fire films. But at the same time, him giving this caveat for Rachel McAdams to kind of show her different skill set is like when you watch the film, I know you haven't seen it yet, but she's able to dibble and dabble into so many different personas inside of her character that I really haven't seen before, and it kind of encompasses like the complete Rachel McAdams experience. And I think she's so capable, like you said, it's just one of those things where it's like she's always been the number two on a team, and it's like if you were able to trade for her and make her a franchise player, I think she really could get the job done.
SPEAKER_08She's James Harden. She was James Harden, man, when he was on OKC. Right. And it's like she's a superstar, she's a Lamborghini and I mean in a in a in a in a junkyard, you know what I mean, just ready to ready to go. And I I and it's not maybe she because of the art form, like you know, I mean, some people just love the art form and they don't need a lot of money, don't need a lot of fame, like we talked about. Like I think she just maybe picks things that she just thinks she actually really likes. She doesn't care about, oh, like let me be a lead. Maybe she does, maybe she doesn't. We don't know, but I'm just going off what she does, and um and it doesn't diminish her her career at all. Um it's just uh obviously out of curiosity, out of us being film lovers and filmgoers, um, if it's like a thing where she does that on purpose or she or or because of how Hollywood treats her. But I think that man, she she's one talented uh uh woman, so I think that she deserves to be in that limelight, to be in that conversation with a lot of different women, uh actresses uh that are um killing it. And she's been killing it for years, too. That's the difference. Like she's been killing it for a minute. So I know, and we're gonna talk about some of these films.
SPEAKER_07We're gonna talk about some of these films, but when you speak about Doctor Strange,$675 million plus worldwide, Sherlock Holmes, 520 million M's worldwide. The notebook became a cultural phenomenon and a long-term streaming staple. And then Wedding Crasher is amassed 280 million plus worldwide, so it's not that she's just in good movies, but she's in profitable ones, so you can rely on her. But I like her because like I think she's very subtle. She's one of those beautiful actresses that are like subtle but not overcommanding, she doesn't overreact. She, you know, she could be in a movie like Spotlight, where she plays a real-life reporter, but at the same time, she has restraint and integrity, no theatric. She's just like very quiet with your intensity, but then she could also, you know, be uh a villain in Mean Girls and be quirky and be upbeat and be more cynical and sinister. So uh I I I love that. But we're gonna take a quick time out. We'll be back with some more CDMs, and we'll have act one on the other side of this. Don't go anywhere. We'll be back with CDM.
SPEAKER_01Rachel, they gonna call me Mr. McAdams. I take your name, girl facts. It's insanely far fetched. I ain't playing.
SPEAKER_07You're what's going on. Issue 69, the one with the mean girl. And man, we are back CDMs. It's so good to be back talking films with my brother. And it's only right we're talking about Rachel McAdams. One, shout out to her, she's Canadian, but two, Sun Help recently came out and she killed that role. I I advised y'all to go see that at theaters, and if not, it'll be on streaming soon. I know it'll be a great watch for the people at the crib. But man, you spoke about her among her class of other actresses, and I wanted to ask you where does she rank among these 2,000 actresses? Because in this era, we're talking the Anne Hathaways, the Zoe Zaldanias, the Natalie Portman's, the Kieran Knightley's, Scarlett Johansson's, the Reese Witherspoons, the Jessica Chastines, the Amy Adams, the Kate Winsley. I mean, a little bit older, but she's a bridge, you know, generation, but she's still active, and then Michelle Williams. So that's a lot of competition. I mean, if we're talking about a draft class, you know, they talk about 96 NBA draft class, they talk about 2004 draft class. Like, this is this is one of them, man. I ain't gonna lie. Most of these actors are still active doing their thing. Like, we just recently saw the news on the recent episode of the Pandora issue 69, 68. Everybody's gotta check that out. We broke down Avatar, but we spoke about Zoe Stania becoming one of the most profitable actors ever. Of all time, yeah. Of all time, being a part of so many different franchises. You know, Natalie Portman, Scar Joe. We just saw her in the Jurassic World Series. Like, come on, man. Like these people are holding it down. So where does she rank among these these actresses?
SPEAKER_08Yeah, man. Um, that's uh it's a heavy one, man. Because a lot of these they they've had like incredible runs as well. Like, you know, I mean Anne Hathaway has had an incre incredible run. Incredible run. Um still going, like you talked about. Natalie Portman, um, incredible run. Um Kira Knightley, incredible run. Um, bro, like it I think it's man, I think it's hard, bro. I think it's hard to kind of come up with that. Like, uh number one, Cameron Diaz during that time, too. Um Angelina was it Angelina Jolie, honestly, was that was her time too as well. Yeah. Um dang. Um, I think man, it just because oh, that's a hard one. I think because of her I think because of her range, um, i I would put her top five. But I think it's hard because of the movies, you know what I mean? Like um, what was it called? Uh I'm forgetting the name right now, but like with um Scarjill's. She has Black Swan. Like, you know what I mean? Like that and she's the lead. You know what I mean? Like, I I can't put you ahead of that because I don't know when a lead movie where a lead movie where you're uh do something better than Black Swan. You've done supporting movies that I would maybe put above Black Swan, like you know what I mean? Be for Vendetta, another one. You know what I mean? She's supporting, but it's a really good, it's a really good, like high level supporting for beef for Vendetta, you know what I mean? But then at the same time, she has a lot of misses as well. Like a lot of misses as well. And then she has Star Wars and shit like that, of course. But um Angelina Jolie, top tier. You can't go wrong, Angelina Jolie, 2000s, um, well, that's Tomb Raiders, the you know what I mean, like all those different ones that she did during those early two uh early uh early 2000s, which we talked about before an Angelina Jolie episode. Um, Cura Knightly, Pirates, the the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy alone. You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I was gonna say, man, uh Scarlet she's she's not above Scarlet Joe on this list for me. I'm sorry. Scar Joe is up the list. Austin Translation, like she killed that, you know, acting with a young bro Murray, and then obviously we know her in the Avengers. Come on, man.
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SPEAKER_08Avengers is cheating, though. Avengers is cheating. Like, that's what that's that's why when you talked about Richmond Adams and uh Doctor Strange, I was like, uh, it's kind of highly underused, by the way, in Doctor Strange. She was highly underused. Um it actually came you know what's crazy is that I was done watching all my films and uh all her films, and I have like the box. So you know I have uh I have a superhero movies uh channel where it just shows like random superhero movies and Doctor Stranger's on. So I obviously put I I already watched it long, like I watched it bare time, so I didn't need to watch it, but I was like, yo, we're doing the episode today. Let me let me let me watch this real quick. I was like, bro, they underusalize her crazy dog. Crazy.
SPEAKER_12This isn't the end. There are other things that can give your life meaning.
SPEAKER_08Like, what?
SPEAKER_12You this is the part where you apologize.
SPEAKER_09This is the part where you leave.
SPEAKER_12Fine. I can't watch you do this to yourself anymore.
SPEAKER_08Like she wasn't, bro, like she don't like like and not even not because of her, like it's not because of her at all, but she's gonna be a big thing. No, she killed her season, but she doesn't need to be in like the she doesn't need to be second on the list of like in the movie. You know what I mean? Like it shouldn't be on her list of best movies of all time.
SPEAKER_07What player equivalent is that to uh the NBA situation? Uh someone on the team would be a killer and not getting no PT, like the team, like y'all don't even need to have him on the team, it's just successful.
SPEAKER_08Bro, like I feel like uh I feel like that's how it was with Boston when uh when they had Kyrie, they had Kyrie, Jason Tatum, and Jalen Brown. I'm like, alright, bro, you guys you guys are just too talented. Like that's that's just too much, bro. That's just too much. Like, you know what I mean? Kyrie had to dip because he's like, yeah, this is too much for me. You know what I mean? Like, but I don't I don't know if that's what she wants. You know what I mean? I don't know if she she she wants like what we want from her. Maybe she just wants to be that show like supporting actor that's what maybe less stress, you know. I mean, still good money because it's Rachel McAdams. She respected her, you know what I mean, and stuff like that. But yeah, bro, that's tough. That's that's a really tough one. But yeah, I'll say I'll still put her top five, though. I'll still put her top five. Because I was just looking at her run. We're gonna go through her movies, but there was one run, four movies in a row, elite.
SPEAKER_07Four movies in a row where she was elite, so I have to put her top five. I have to put it. Okay, bad. We're gonna get to that run in a second, but you already mentioned it. If she's not the number one, she's definitely the number two in a film. She's Hollywood's most versatile supporting lead, and I think she's one of those in almost every movie. You talk about Spotlight, you talk about Doctor Strange, yeah, talk about all the different movies where she's able to, you know, bring so much value to her character and she enhances films without overpowering it. I think that's a strong skill set that not a lot of actors are capable of doing because most actors try to come onto the screen, try to dominate the frame. Bro, you don't have to be doing too much, yeah, and and and demand so much attention to deliver a great performance. You could be subtle, you can be someone that is just playing, you know, the innocent nuances of just regular behavior, and it'll come off way more genuine and it'll elevate the character way much more. And I think that is what she is very talented at. But when it's time for her to be big, like you know, one of my favorite movies, which we'll talk about a little bit later, I feel bad, keep going in the movies we're gonna talk about. But you know, I'm a sucker for game night, man. That's like one of my classics that you know when I have kids, I'm gonna be like, you have to watch this. And if you don't like it, you're not my kids. Like, whatever we're doing. That's one of those type of movies. But when it calls for her to be sarcastic or or be big, I think she's very capable of doing that. I think that's like one of her talents, too. Is that she could be the smartest person in the room, you know what I'm saying? Like she could she could be the smartest person in the room and red eyes, she could be you know thinking ahead of situations, playing shit, but then she could also be kind of ditzy, but like still also be in on the joke, and I think that's what her character was in game night a little bit. Yeah, so I love that she's able to make a fool of herself.
SPEAKER_08She can she's does really good comedy, bro. She does really good comedy. Like, obviously, we saw Wedding Crashers, she's good in comedy. Yes, like she's really good, and I think that it's funny because Patrick Bateman and her are kind of all alike, like in a way where like like we're you know what I mean, they don't need to be big. They you know what I mean? Even if they're even when Jason Bateman's a lead, like he doesn't need to be big, he just needs to be like himself, and he's hilarious. And I feel like in game night they were perfect, like a perfect duo in that sense because both of them are both them, both of them were were like kind of like you know what I mean? Like they weren't like overly, overly doing something, both of them on the same level. Like that's why I think it was like hilarious, like how they were acting and stuff like that, and and shit like that. Like when the guy's like, she's like, I'm 40, and he's like, Not with that ass, you're not just like oh well and then he goes, You guys, you guys sucked in by the plate.
SPEAKER_07This is I was like, oh no.
SPEAKER_10I mean wait, wait, um, you don't have to do this. I I have kids at home.
SPEAKER_00Not with that ass, you don't.
SPEAKER_10Oh.
SPEAKER_02Well, thank you.
SPEAKER_00You're welcome.
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SPEAKER_10Oh no, he died.
SPEAKER_08No, but I think that I think that like um that's why I think that movie uh they they bounce uh off each other so well because like I think that that's like how they are. Like I don't think that they're trying to hog the the light from anybody.
SPEAKER_07Like I think that was a good comp, bro. I like that. Jason Bateman is like the female version of Rachel McAdams and vice versa. Yeah. I mean, no, Jason Bateman has more movies and has more TV shows, obviously. Uh Black Rabbit and Ozark, etc. But at the same time, you know, Rachel McAdam did do the second season True Detective, which was tough. Uh, but yeah, let's get into it. Let's try and build a top 10, you know, scene DM. So the best of our collaborations and our process, thought thinking, uh what we what we think about just building a top 10 for Rachel McAdams, you know, we'll we'll debate and defend if certain movies have to be in. Because there are some classics that I know are going to be indisputable between us, but then I'm sure there's some that we're gonna have to kind of fend for and go to court for and see which one deserves to be in there. But can we try to build a top 10? And if y'all disagree with us, comment, hit us up, let us know. But man, what do you think should be? And actually, this is no particular order, this is just 10 movies that we think should be in the holy grail.
SPEAKER_08Okay, I was about to say I was about to say this is very important if it's uh in order. Um, all right, so you want me to go one and you go another? Yeah. Okay, one of my favorites of all time, wedding crashers. Top ten. Top ten. Top ten. Is that is that debated?
SPEAKER_07No, not debated.
SPEAKER_08Luke Olson. I mean Luke, Owen Wilson. Uh I don't know why I said Luke. Um uh Owen Wilson, Vince Bond, her in a supporting role, again, like I said we talked about. But her being the the main love interest uh of the film, the main actress of the film. Um I think that she she adds such a charm, she adds such a charm to that character, uh such a charm where it's like we understand what she's kind of like trying to decide, um, because we see both sides were uh random. Bradley Cooper, this is Bradley. I didn't even know who he was at the time, like when I first watched the movie. Obviously, we know who Bradley Cooper is now, but like that was just me young. Um but like Bradley Cooper being in that m movie, being like a terrible guy and also doing all this stuff, like, and then and Owen like being like this terrible guy too that just goes to weddings and claps things, but at the same time, like he finally found somebody where he doesn't want to, you know what I mean? He he actually wants to get married to, he actually feels like this this connection to where it's like different than just having sex with her. Um and I think that like Rachel McAdams plays that character so well where it's like yeah, like that's kind of the person you want to have, that's kind of the person you want to be with, and stuff like that. So I think that she just played that character so well, um, even with like a small little comedic role in it. Um obviously it was carried by Vince. Vince Vaughn carried, obviously, carried the film, obviously, carried.
SPEAKER_07Um but I think that scene where he gets violated, and then he's at the breakfast table, he's talking about he wants to go.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, bro. When he's talking to the the the pastor, and he's like, bro, like I'm just like, he's like he's like, be a man. He's like, I got groped underneath the table. Like I have an ice pack of my nuts. Like, and you worried because she she wants to have a little sex with you? He's like, be a man, bro.
SPEAKER_07Nah, I ain't gonna lie. He was he was proud, he was like, that was that was like when Kobe had the the 40, the 50, the 60s. He just was on a run, he was just on a run right there.
SPEAKER_08He just was going crazy in that movie. He was actually going crazy in that movie. So that's what Will Farrow.
SPEAKER_07Ma, the meatloaf.
SPEAKER_08Like going to funerals, clapping. Like that movie was like, oh dee, bro. That movie is so funny. But I think, like I said, like she did a great job with that one.
SPEAKER_07For sure.$40 million budget made$288 million birthday. It was the sixth highest grossing film in 2005, and it was also the first R-rated comedy to go$200 million plus domestically. Oh, really? Yeah, obviously, you know, hangover and other films like that, probably. 2005. Wow. That's the first oh wow. First time, man. That's why everybody in America said, all right, F it. We laughing, bro. This is we this is hilarious. It is what it is. Uh but Rachel McCabb, like you said, playing Claire Clearly. Um, clearly was one of those, you know, great females that characters that melted our harshness because she was able, like you said, to withstand the banter. She also could, you know, take button. She gave it. She gave it back, bro. She was able to hang with the guys and give jokes and also like just also be the adorable character. And I mean, who among us, right? You know, you talk about Wilson's character. I'm not mad at him for giving up the him and him and Vince Vaughn had a great thing going the whole movie. Uh and Rachel McCannas was the one that pulled them out the game. And like I said, Who Among Us, man? I can't. I had no debates. I wasn't like, what are you doing? Why'd you why'd you give up this life? I yeah, if anything, I was telling Vince Vaughn you're tripping, bro. If you met if you met Rachel McCann's too, you would have been the same thing. You would have said, I actually Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_08I think he's wild for doing that. Like, you're what do you say? You're not wild for saying that, brother. You're not wild for saying that.
SPEAKER_07Exactly, exactly. I like that. That's a great pick. Um I think if you're gonna go with must-haves, for me, I'm gonna have to go with Mean Girls, right? I think Mean Girls 2004, she killed that film. I think that's a Rachel McAdams staple. Her playing.
SPEAKER_08Sorry.
SPEAKER_07Shout out to that. She didn't have to travel far, I imagine. Regina George as the character, and it really works because Rachel McAdams never really plays her as a cartoon villain. I think she plays her more like a Politician. She's controlled. We talked about like a controlled voice, even her at like the the lunch table and how like her demeanor is and confident it is and cocky, but at the same time, it's like menacing with like an undertone. I think that she really made Regina dangerous, man, because she understood social power. And it's not because she was yelling, it's just because she was manipulative, yeah, and she was just really, really that evil. And it's crazy because I went to a private high school, Catholic high school, so I didn't really have the same experiences as like the best films I would watch in those coming to A stories of public high schools. So I can't completely say I relate to all the things going on. But at the same time, I do I have heard the different hierarchies of like just the popularity and the bullying and her the different social systems. Obviously, I experienced the same thing to a different level. But I I just think that movie represents so much like the quotes. I think the hilarious scene of her obviously stepping into the street, talking her ish and getting hit by the bus is just iconic. I mean, man, shout out to Rachel McAdown. I think she did a great, incredible job with that character. I don't know if there's many women who have uh who could have played that character like that. Like even Lindsay Lohan, who was like at the peak of her powers at that time, I don't know if she could have played Regina and I would have been as like believable as as as I was as Rachel McAllen doing the justice. So what do you think about that film?
SPEAKER_08Nah man, I think that that I think that uh she played Regina so well. Um I think that she and she encompassed what like like I know like you said uh private school, like public schools, like especially in like America, when there's like that one Queen B where everybody's just like yo, she runs everything. You know what I mean? Like she's supposed to be the best athlete in school, she's supposed to be like either a cheerleader or something like that, and she like encompassed all that like perfectly and like had her own clique where she was like the popular girl that ran everything, you know what I mean? And on top of that, she had a rich family, uh, had a car, had all this stuff. Her mom was like, you know what I mean? Her mom was just uh was just trying to be a tryhard, trying to still live her high school dreams too, um, and things like that. Like I think that man, that film is just like encompasses kind of like in a high school experience, especially like I went to Pickering High, like you know what I mean. I I I we experienced that a little bit. Like you couldn't definitively say one girl like Regina George, but you can see how people could turn into that or be that um that kind of vibe. So um I think that it was so cool that she talked about that and she said how it was in an abandoned high school, yeah, and how she she lived like behind it. So like she would like but like ten minutes before she was supposed to be there, she would just get out of bed and you know what I mean, brush her teeth real quick and just walk over. She said it was like so easy and light, obviously, because she's from Canada and they're filming in Canada.
SPEAKER_03So I don't know.
SPEAKER_08I just think that um that film was so iconic. Uh so many iconic lines, so many iconic scenes, so many stuff that like her staples in our childhood, um, especially from 2004. So um classic film, classic film.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, banger, you know, budgeted at$18 million and made over$130 million. So again, as one of them, she's definitely uh uh someone you could bet on. Like you want to make some money, you put Rachel McAllen's in your movie, it's gonna sell, it's gonna do his thing.
SPEAKER_11We have to talk to you. Is butter a curb? Yes. Gina, you're wearing sweatpants. It's Monday. So? So that's against the rules, and you can't sit with us. Whatever. Those rules aren't real. They were real that day I wore a vest. Because that vest was disgusting. You can't sit with us.
SPEAKER_07But shout out to her for being into Mean Girls. Before we move on to the next pick, and I want you to tell me what you think the next selection should be. What do you think is the equivalent to the Mean Girls comp when it comes to like a male film? Would it be like a super bad or would it be uh okay? You think super bad? What are you gonna say? What are you just gonna say? Nah, I was trying to think of some other ones. Um, you know, I I guess the Breakfast Club is men and women, so not the same.
SPEAKER_08I was gonna say, like, Ferris Bueller is not, it's more about him being like a, you know what I mean, like a popular boy, but like not in the way where it's like he's shitting on anybody. He was actually really nice to like everybody for the most part.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I'm trying to think of like high school films, you know. I I I don't know. Obviously, juice, but even then, no, it's not like predominantly in the school, so not really.
SPEAKER_08Uh and like it's such a unique story of like how Lindsay Lohan, she's from like Africa, he her family lived in Africa, and then she came and she like sees how like high school is just like being in the wild and stuff like that, and how everybody treats each other and shit like that. Like it was just like a it was just such a unique film that I don't know like if we can really compare it. What about Project X? Or you think nah? Because it had to do with like the social hierarchies, but but it's it's about the social hierarchies, but it's about navigating that and maybe infiltrating it for at least a little bit. So I guess Project X could be that, but that just takes place in one night. Yeah. So like it's kind of like a one night thing that more than it is like a full-time a whole arc of a high school sports together. And I think it's a little it's a little different, obviously. Um I guess it could be like nah, it couldn't even be like I guess it could be like John Tucker must die, kind of. Because he was he it was a guy, like for him, it was like a guy version, but it's not like a male movie, it's more about the women. Right. Um, but it's just like more like he was the he was the guy, and no matter what you did to him, like you could he was doing everything, and everybody still treated him like a god, like at that student. Where he was like the hierarchy of everything, like the niggas are wearing thongs, and they were like, Yeah, that's it, that's it, that's it. You know what I mean? He was like the hierarchy of everything.
SPEAKER_07He took that to a fascist statement, but he was bugging.
SPEAKER_08Like he had he had he had a girlfriend in every sector of the school, like every different, like a black girl, uh like a smart girl, like a cheerleader girl. Bro, like he just had everything. So, like, I don't know. I think that like in a way, in a way, in a way, but I still don't think it was about the hierarchy because he was able to get out or get away with whatever he wanted, but it was like more about like cheating and him having like just like this ultimate power kind of thing. But I don't know, I don't know, maybe, maybe it kind of does. It kind of I don't know. Let me know what you think. I don't know.
SPEAKER_07We gotta think about let's brainstorm that that's a good question. Uh, what do you think is next? What should we put into the holy grail? So we have obviously mean girls and the first pick that we have, or obviously we're not going by.
SPEAKER_08Obviously, brother. Obviously, brother, if you have to have one, if I'm gonna have to pick one, obviously, obviously, we're gonna have to go to the notebook. Like, that's the one. By the way, that's what I was saying. The run. The run is Mean Girls, the notebook. There's one movie in between that and then Wedding Crashers. Like, fam, that's three out of four films. Obviously, the fourth film is another good one.
SPEAKER_07That's a Jim Carrey-esque Eddie Murphy, like 3-4 movie run that is like, yo, hit, hit, hit, hit. That's probably.
SPEAKER_08Two movies 2004, two movies 2005 hits. Because the the next movie that I I skipped over because I think we're gonna talk about it later is Red Eye.
SPEAKER_07But but then you know what's crazy? After that type of film, she takes a hiatus. So again, it's like, is that intentional? Is she spending time with family? Is she just wanting to be out the limelight? Because most people would have probably After Wedding Crashers. After Wedding Crashers, yeah, around middle.
SPEAKER_08She did Family Stone and then she was out for two years, like just dark.
SPEAKER_07And most people probably would have been like Electra, it would have been a Mr. Mrs. Smith, would have been like had like her superhero moment earlier, trying to be Mary Jane in the Spider-Man movie. But nah, she she chilled, and I wonder why, like you mentioned uh in the intro. But man, you have to put notebook on there, man. I think that her playing Allie was you know a layer performance, but talk about it.
SPEAKER_08Nah, notebook is like uh is like the epitome of like every single uh woman's fantasy of uh of uh love um in a sense. You know what I mean? Obviously, I can't speak for women, obviously I take that back. I'm not speaking for women, I don't know, whatever. But but every single person I spoke speaking spoken to, um woman, um I've spoken to uh for the most part has notebook as one of the best romantic films of all time. Um obviously it's kind of shitty in a way because it has like both of them going their separate ways, a nigga cheating, cheat cheating and going away from each other, or I don't even think he cheated. I don't know, I don't remember, but like it's just like it pretty much they just go their separate ways and get back together, get they go their separate ways, go back together like multiple times. And it's just like such a weird like but then the ending being the twist of I mean the ending being that twist, I think that that's what makes it great, but I don't know, man. I I I just think that uh it's just a classic film that that's what makes it that's what makes it more like kissing in the rain, like running at running to each other, kissing in the rain, like what do you want? What do you want? I don't know, like you know I mean like kind of just trying to find like it's just like it went through the stages of of relationships, um and like how you try to navigate everything, um whether when you love somebody, and that's uh when you love somebody for a very long time. So I don't know. I think that that that was just and I guess that one was a lead. I mean, I guess that one was a lead. Like I I I would say like yeah, like that would like like w obviously two different genres, but would you put that over like Black Swan? I don't know, blasphemy. Impact impact, impact notebook, yeah. Notebook is better, but like I yeah, obviously if you go like best movie, that's kind of more opinion-based. But yeah, bro. So uh like I said, notebook, classic film, um, classic story. Uh so many different iconic lines, so many different iconic scenes.
SPEAKER_07I waited seven years.
SPEAKER_08So many, so many, it's two goaded actor uh actor, uh, actor and actresses. Um so like I feel like this is just like I waited for seven years.
SPEAKER_13I wrote you three hundred and fifty-five letters. I wrote you every day for a year.
SPEAKER_10Still isn't over.
SPEAKER_08Man, this is this is has to be on her uh uh top ten for sure. Some people would put at her number one, obviously, but I would say it's just a top ten.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, it's definitely one of them. We talk about how much money it's made, budgeted at$29 million, made$118 million. So again, she's like the$100 million kid for sure at this point. But you talk about notebook coming out in 2004, I think it's uh a great performance from her because she's stubborn, she's romantic, she's conflicted. It shows a lot of emotional athleticism, and I mean that when you say one of the best scenes is an explosive, emotional scene in the rain. And that sequence, that argument, the longing, it's heightened, it's romantic, it's dramatic, and it really shows that she's capable of being vulnerable, but also being powerful to the point where when she's broken, she can, you know, really let go of herself and deliver a performance and a and a scene like that. So Rachel McAdams is super memorable in that movie. She's beautiful, she's honest, and uh my mom loves that movie, man. So shout out to that for being one of those like genre-defying modern day rom-coms that kind of change the way that we approach romantic comedies or not romantic comedy, romantic dramedies. It's funny in times, yeah. But romantic dramas, I think. Um, and like you said, it's one of those memorable ones. For me, I think I have to contrast that with Spotlight. It came out in 2000 uh uh 2015.
SPEAKER_08Watch that for this part. For this part, I never watched it before.
SPEAKER_07Well, I wonder what your opinions are, man, but it's pretty much about journalists that expose the church abuses and the cover-ups and the restraint and and all that's going on. It's it's definitely a drag. Like, is this if you're into true crime, if you're into those type of films or a documentary, I think you'll you'll like it. But if you're someone that's into upbeat stuff, like this is definitely not for you. But I think that if there was ever a doubt in Rachel McAllen's performance and her ability to handle very serious subjects, I think this is where she kind of lays that to rest, and all those concerns and worries can all be gone, man. Because in this movie, she really takes on, like I said, the the child molestation crisis, the Catholic Church, the the working with the dramatic leads of Michael Keaton, man. He's a beast on screen. Obviously, Mark Ruffalo, who man, shout out to Mark Ruffalo, by the way. I just watched Crime Before.
SPEAKER_08When I was watching that film, I was like, God, this nigga look yo, this nigga was insane, bro. This man's been in like a 3,000 movies, bro.
SPEAKER_07He's been doing it for a long time. I yo, Loki, I want to ask him if he's been a cop because he's been in so many cop films, like the Grizzly cop guy that like makes his own coffee in the morning is kind of out of shape. And like, man, but he's also been in 13 going on 30 and been the the You know what I mean? And then he's been the Hulk.
SPEAKER_08And I'm like, what's going on, bro? The man's ranges OD.
SPEAKER_07OD, nah. Mark is definitely tough, I'm not gonna lie. RDJ or Mark Ruffalo, I ain't gonna lie, they ever talked about RDJ, but people Mark Ruffalo is up there in that conversation when it comes to one of the best actors, uh, career-wise, filmography-wise, just talent-wise, among the superhero kind of, I guess, the Avengers click, right? Yeah. But uh we talk about just her being a bona fide actress in this film, and she was, you know, rewarded by her peers for an Oscar nomination. This is like the closest she's ever got to getting an Oscar. And I think Spotlight, what backs it up even more about her performance is that the movie itself is actually a spectacular movie. It's really excellent film. Yeah. And it's proof that made Rachel McAdams can do it all. And I think that it's one of those films that I think what kind of sparked this episode. I know my boy, my guy Ray is gonna be listening, but he when Sent Help came out last month and he was like, yo, we gotta check this movie out. And I'm like, for sure, I'm already there. I already have my tickets bought, I'm gonna see it the day before it comes out. And he was like, you know, we could we could go watch it like the Saturday, Sunday. I said, gang, why are we delaying the process? And he said, because you know it's Rachel McAdams. And I said, What does that mean? Like you like, why yeah, why do you say that, like that? And he he told me, you know, uh she's not for me. And I said, not for you, as in like like a black olives or or pickles, or like, you know what I'm saying? Like savior, savory versus sweet taste. Like, what do you mean not for you? Like, I don't understand. Like, she's for everybody, she's for the people. Rachel McAdams, how can you not like her? She embodies so many. So then when I started running down films for him, like, yo, because she was like, he was like, yo, he she always plays the helpless, romantic love lead. I'm like, have you seen Spotlight? Have have you seen when she's in Doctor Strange? Have you seen when she's in Red Eye? Have you seen when she's in different movies? She's not just the same person in Notebook or Mean Girls. She's she's able to, you know, become different roles and embody different genres, and I think that's what makes her special. But yeah, this is one of the reasons why I wanted to kind of give her her flowers because I think this is one of those movies that people are like, oh, she only does this and does that. You're like, nah, watch Spotlight. Look at this performance and look at what she did with this role. I think that's the bigger story.
SPEAKER_12But the numbers clearly indicate that there were senior clergy involved.
SPEAKER_07That's all they do.
SPEAKER_04Indicate. Are you telling me that that if we want to start with 50 pedophile priests in Boston? We'll get into the same cat fight you got into on Porter, which made a lot of noise, but changed things not one bit.
SPEAKER_08Nah, facts, man. Like I think I think Spotlight's such an interesting film because it it like so many it pulls you in so many different directions because of so many different uh people's perspective um of like their part of like doing the investigation of the story. Um so it was just very interesting that that she got a nominated for this. I don't think that it was like one of her best, like we talked about. Um but um but I do I do appreciate uh how she dove into the role, how she attacked the role, and like even honestly, Mark Ruffalo really killed it in that one, bro. Like the way he was like running around, like running around towns, just like trying to get all the information, and like he like I felt like he was a real journalist, you know what I mean? Like I felt like both of them like did their thing, both of them respectfully did their thing in the movie. So great film. Um story was messed up, obviously, based on a true story. Um it was messed up story. Um and it was kind of different. It was different. It wasn't like uh obviously there's no action or nothing, it was just more of like a journalistic story um in that sense. Like kind of like a zodiac um kind of it felt like a kind of zodiac. I don't know if because Mark Ruffle was in both of them, but it kind of felt like a zodiac type of vibe. But uh good film though, good film.
SPEAKER_07Alright, so what's the last pick for the end of this act before we get to act two? So we have four films so far. We have Wedding Crashers, Notebooks, Mean Girls, and Spotlight. I think that's a beautiful four for any team if we're gonna go Rachel McAdams versus your top ten movies against Rachel McAdams. But what is gonna fill out that fifth spot before we take a quick comment?
SPEAKER_08Ooh, man. Um so there's two movies that are kind of the same, but one's better. Um so I don't know. I'm gonna go with the better one because that's like I really love that movie as a rom com. Um as more of a romantic, it's not really comedy, uh not that much comedy. Um it has a young Margaret about time. Ah, Christ. I know. I know I just re-watched it for the pod. Um starring Dom Dom Nels uh uh Gleason. Um and that was when I realized I was like, yo, I I watched the film, I was like, yo, this yo, she's barely in the movie, huh? Like she's in the movie the second half. Like this man, like, you know what I mean? Like it I was like, oh shoot, like this is this this is his movie. Um she's real supporting, but um this follows uh um a guy that has the ability to time travel. All the men in his family are able to time travel um and change uh things in the past uh that they've done, and then it kind of affects the future um in that sense and and and has different outcomes. And Rach McAdam comes shows up as his love interest later on in the film, and he just tries to navigate life by trying to change different things, like proposing to her differently. Uh the first time they have sex, he tries to like go back in time to make it better so that she remembers it better. Like he does all his things. Um and it was funny because when his dad told him about the ability of all these men um in their family, like that was the first thing he said. Like his like he's like, I want to find love. That was like the first thing he said um through disability. And I'm like, nigga, you don't wanna and then he did say at first, he's like, Oh, like get wealthy. And he's like, uh, that that kind of doesn't like, you know what I mean? Like my grandfather tried to do it and he lost on a love. Like you can't pick both, kind of thing. Um, and I'm like, nigga, you tripping. Uh I would have got the numbers for the lotto, played them, I would have got all the money I wanted, and and then I would have gone after the love, you know what I mean? Like that that obviously was is gonna be there. Um but nah classic film, I think Rach McAdam really uh plays that cute uh vibe of like kind of that matches him in this film. Like it like I that's what I feel like she always does. Like I don't feel like she tries to outshine, I feel like she tries to match. Like in like we spotlight, she tried to I feel like she matched Mark Ruffalo. Like I feel like she matched his energy in the female version um of his of his energy. And I feel like she matched uh Gleason's energy in this, Tim, uh energy in this. And I feel like the like he like was this awkward, lanky, like like not like loser, obviously not like a loser, but like he was kind of like a nerdy guy. And I feel like she she kind of played that exact same role, like where she was nerdy and and like and like she was just like, oh shoot, like I don't know if like I'm good enough for you, like I don't know if you'll like my bangs, I don't know if you whatever. And it's just like fam, like what? Like, you know what I mean? Like you're Rachel McGatops. What are you talking about? Like this man's Merc, respectfully. Obviously he's not Merc, but you know what I mean? But like yeah, like comparable in the movie. And um, I feel like she just played it so well that you're actually believing it. Like she actually felt that way. She really wanted like loved him, want to have this life with him, and everything like that. So I think I really love that film. Um love it, and then the concept of it, like the concept's super dope, like such a dope concept.
SPEAKER_07Um, yeah, everybody wishes they could, you know, have a chance to go back in time, right? And be a little bit more charming or say the right thing and and kind of you know right their wrongs. Obviously, a lot of people are like, I live with no regrets because you know, certain moments built me for this. But I'm pretty sure if there was a time machine or a pill that you could take on some matrix stuff that people would pinpoint to a certain relationship with a whether it's a family member or it's a love romantic relationship that you'd want to take back some decisions or take back some things or you know what I'm saying, just and and show your different ways of affection and appreciation for that person that you may have taken for granted. But I think that Rachel McGann's performance is incredible, right? Because it's like emotional realism inside of a fantasy. Obviously, like the time traveling stuff, like on some back to the future stuff is not real. So, of course, it's like a fantasy, and that's what kind of makes the movie special. I think it's magical in a sense. But I think the reason why it's incredible, like you mentioned, is her chemistry with the lead, man. I think is is is really really well done between them. Like you really believe them and and their and their relationship, and I think that she has that ability to go from the first date to being a believable mother of three.
SPEAKER_06I I'm sorry. Um let's talk about Kate Moss.
SPEAKER_12I love Kate Moss.
SPEAKER_06I always think the key thing with her is the history. Yes, the informality of her early shots compared to high fashion stuff. So you always know that underneath, she's still just the same cheeky, normal girl naked on the beach.
SPEAKER_13I agree with you completely.
SPEAKER_07I think she's able to kind of embody that natural warmth, that that warmness, that that embrace that kind of that sense of being grounded and and being relatable because she's super charming. So again, that was just one of those top-tier performances for me personally, and then obviously as like a emotional dramatic focal point in the second half of the film. I think she really did her job in carrying the load and doing that. Yeah. And so she deserved all the credit for that, man. But I think that's a great five. So again, we have the notebook, the wedding crashers, we have spotlight, we have uh about time and I'm missing one. And we have me and girls.
SPEAKER_08So me and girls me and girls wedding uh me and girls wedding crashers, uh, spotlight about time. A notebook.
SPEAKER_07In notebook, yeah. Yeah. So that's a great five. Stay tuned because we're going to come back with act two and talk about the next five to see if we can round up this top ten of Rachel McAdams movies. But don't go anywhere. We'll be back with more scene DMs after this. What's going on? We are back. CDMs, issue 69, the one with the mean girl. We're talking about Rachel McAdams, big Rachel McAdams. Put respect on her name. Canadian, a boss, a box, box office tyrant. Could be a mean girl, but can also be in about time. So she's one of those people that has the versatility, has the success, has the filmography, has the doesn't have the accolades, but we know on the streets, she's like future. Future ain't got no Grammys, but you know what I'm saying? We know what's up with Future. He's one of them. So I think Rachel McAdams is well respected amongst her peers and also just from fans worldwide. Doesn't matter with the Academy things. But let's continue to round out these top 10 Rachel McAdams movies. Before we do that, I wanted to ask you a really quick question. I think uh man, I think I don't know if I want to ask you what the most iconic scene is yet. Because I don't know if that's gonna give away some films.
SPEAKER_08No, I think it would already be in one of the films we said personally. Okay.
SPEAKER_07Alright, so what's the most iconic scene you think?
SPEAKER_08I think her Ryan Goslin kissing in the rain. I think that's one of her most iconic. Yeah? Iconic. Remember, iconic. Iconic. Not like best, but I think iconic films, like iconic ones. If not that one, I would say uh when she's writing in her uh in the in the what is it called again? The diary thing. When she's writing in her diary, and then she makes it seem like it's her that that that scene where she twists it and makes it seem like it's uh Lindsay Lohan's book. Um she writes in, I think that's iconic because she's writing a bunch of nasty shit, and you're like, oh, she's probably talking about Lindsay Lohan's character, and then it's just like Regina George, and it's like, oh shit, like she twists. So I think that's um uh I think those those two would be up there for me is one of her iconic ones.
SPEAKER_09This girl is the nastiest skank bitch I've ever met. Do not trust her. She is a ugly slut.
SPEAKER_07Yo, that is crazy. I I like that, man, but I'm cynical, man. I'm I'm a little bit sick in the head. So I'm definitely gonna go when Regina gets hit by that bus. I yo, I'm I'm just I'm trying to tell you. That was one of those moments that like when I say as a kid, I was crying with laughter. Like, bro, that might have that might have started everyone's always like, yo, sometimes when you laugh so hard, you're crying tears. I think that might have started that for me. That like that might have popped cherry in me as cool. Because it was so unexpected, and and I guess now that I know movies, you can kind of expect the tension of her like backpedaling into the street. You're like, why would you do that? But as a kid, like I said, it came out of nowhere. It wasn't a jump scare, it was just darkly hilarious. It wasn't like it was like a jump scare, like I was scared. It was just like I I didn't know what to do but just laugh and feel like a whole sense of like sensation of emotion that came over my body as a kid that I'm just like, bro, this is a hilariously staged scene. And as a director, I bet he had so much fun just like doing different takes of just filming this scene and getting it to be believable and pull it off. And I think it's just like hilarious. It's like karma in real time. Like you're talking big, big cash money-ish, and then get licked off by a bus. Lick by a bus, but it doesn't kill you. It's crazy, like it's crazy, man.
SPEAKER_11Yeah. So don't try to act so innocent. You can take that fake apology and shove it right up your hairy. And that's how Regina George died. No, I'm totally kidding. But she did get hurt.
SPEAKER_07I uh I love that, but I think um that that's those are two good choices. Uh is her is her versatility, her versatility underrated because she doesn't chase celebrity? Is that what it is, or what do you think? Is it because she's selective? You think it's you think less exposure means more mystique? Is that what it is? Uh like a canoe reuse type of energy.
SPEAKER_08I I think that adds a level of mystique. I think that the fact that she kind of stays out the way and does these like sporadic little um like these random little uh uh roles, I think that that adds to her mystique. And because of such a it's just like uh in anything, when you do all these iconic roles at the beginning, you're still known for being that iconic person. You know what I mean? Like it's still you're you're still that person. And then when you get to the point of um when you get to the point where you're able to do all these different films, it's like damn, like we haven't seen you since since mean girls are like you said, like her last film was um Family Stone before she took a two-year hiatus. It's just like, oh, like you know what I mean. We haven't seen you since uh Wedding Crashers or Family Stone, and it's like yo, how is she doing? And then like even if you look at her her um her formography, like from Send Help, let's see, from Send Help, she hasn't done a movie in three years. Like she hasn't acted in a movie in three years, right? And it's just like, but because we know Rachel McAdams from all these different movies, it's just like, oh yeah, we're excited. Like, you know what I mean? She still got it. And and that Mystique is like, yeah, we gotta see a Rachel McAdams movie because of how how well she's done in the past. Like we know that she's still a great actor. And she and she takes movies, like obviously very randomly. So you know that that means that she she actually really likes the movie to actually get out of her house and do a meaning and do a movie. So I think that's what it is because now, bro, she went from doing like just looking at this, bro. She did three uh three movies in 2002. She did two movies in 2004, she did three movies in 2005, and every year after that, oh actually, except for 2009, she did three movies in 2009. Um but every year pretty much after that, she did one movie a year. Except for 2012. Damn, she actually I was like, okay, how about after Jesus Christ? Oh my gosh, she did five movies in 2015? You know, I take that back still. She was she was like, she she would leave, come back, do a couple movies, do a couple more movies.
SPEAKER_07Kawhi Leonard. Not playing. I'm playing mirror games, and when I come in, I'll put up numbers, let you guys know, reminding you. This is what I do. Alright, alright, I'll meet y'all. Let me cut for a little bit, let me hibernate, come back, let me know.
SPEAKER_08She did five movies 2015, one movie 2016, then then and it's just one movie after one movie after one movie. That's it. Wow. And then and then in 2018, she took two years off, did two did a movie 2020, took two years off, did uh Dr. Shanks in the multiverse, and then took uh and then took a year off, did another movie, and then took three years off. Yeah, she just does what she wants. I respect it. She does I love it.
SPEAKER_07All right, so listen, man, let's continue building this list. I have to add, I mean, I can't believe it's been off the table for so long. Game night 2018. I'm going with Game Night, it's one of my favorite comedies ever, especially the most modern and recent comedies. I think it's hilarious. I'm a lot by heart. I love everybody in the movie from Jason Bateman to Kyle Chandler to obviously Jesse Plummins playing the disgruntled divorcey cop neighbor that Lamar's in it too. Lamar is in it.
SPEAKER_08He's just like Denzel and his when his shorty said she slept with Denzel. And niggas said, That's not no Denzel.
SPEAKER_07Never have I ever, man. They always get people in trouble playing those games in social settings. But it's about a group of friends who meet regularly for game nights and find themselves and strangled, I mean entangled in a real life mystery when essentially the shady brother is one of them who's seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters. Even Jeffrey Wright, our guy from James Bond, and and obviously all the great movies he's a part of is in the film as well. But man, such a comedic film. Um I love that film, man. I think it's so funny, so quotable. Rachel McAllen's brings so much to the film. I love when she sticks up everybody and she she tries to quote the scene from Pulp Fiction, which is like, if anyone y'all booze okay, everybody's funny, uh Jason Babin's like, yo, chill out, honey. You're gonna relax. I love when she accidentally shoots him in the arm.
SPEAKER_08And then they're trying to like get all these, they're trying to get all these tools, they're trying to get all these duels, and then literally threw his arm and oh.
SPEAKER_07He's like, You're not, you're not, you're not this boo. And then he's trying to use the phone adjustment. He's like, just she's trying to use her nose. I don't want the screen to lock. I'm like, yo, that was real problems back then. You know what? Passcoded, like, man, she killed that scene. Talking about the plane scene already, obviously. Um, you know, Jason Bateman going crazy, uh the Hulk, uh, Lou Frigno.
SPEAKER_08Bro, the movie was actually so stupid, bro. It actually had me.
SPEAKER_07Yo, Rachel McCallow's killing.
SPEAKER_08Jesse Pillman's uh uh uh scene in that one where he's just like that doesn't seem like uh that doesn't seem uh that doesn't seem like what is he thinking about fritos? He doesn't seem very profitable, profitable for furritos.
SPEAKER_07Two bags of tostitos free lay I noticed. Yeah, I didn't say that.
SPEAKER_08That doesn't seem very profitable for uh Fritos, uh okay. Uh Debbie.
SPEAKER_00Don't mention game night, okay?
SPEAKER_04Good evening, Max. Gary, Annie, hello there.
SPEAKER_02Hi, Gary.
SPEAKER_04Just checking the mail. Oh, yeah? Some people check it earlier in the day, but there's always a risk that the mail carrier hasn't come yet. This spares me the chance of a futile trip to the mailbox.
SPEAKER_02Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_07Oh man, what a what a what a film, man. I I can't say too much about it or enough about it. Um and it was one of them, but it obviously did his thing and made a lot of money, budgeted at$37 million, and it made$117 million. Again, every movie we've talked about so far has made over$100 million. So when you talk about Rachel McAdams, bring your bag and also speak with her with your chest out because you have to put respect on her name. But again, game night is definitely in there for the sixth film. What do you have next?
SPEAKER_08Okay, so next on the thing I'm looking right now, um, would have to be the classic, classic movie that came out in 2012. The Val. Um with uh starring uh Channing Tatum and Rich McAdams, which this one again is kind of still like a channing movie where she's supporting, but it's a it's a it was actually a very interesting watch. I actually never saw it before. Um and I had to watch it for the for the episode. Um very interesting watch. Uh the reason I say that because you are out of your mind. You're out here moving like this with next friends, and you want me to, yeah, all right, bro. You forgot? Say less. I didn't forget. But um, but the way she the way she encompasses uh um the love and how she like uh and the character of of like trying to figure out like what she wants to do and not be a bad person and and then forgetting everything and how she starts to remember everything, and I'm just like bro, like even at the end of the film where they said obviously it's based on a true story that she actually never got her her her memory back, like never ever got it back. And I'm just like, bro, like imagine having just like a crazy gap in your life that you don't remember, and you changed like completely in that time frame. Like it's so crazy that she was an artist, and before that she wanted to be a lawyer, and and I'm just like, yo, fam, like that's crazy that all of a sudden now you want to do this with your hair, you want to be a lawyer. And I'm like, bro, the when I met you, you were like this person, but now you're reverting back to this old person. I'm like, bro, that'd have been so difficult to try to deal with. Obviously, with love, obviously you try to deal with a lot of different things and trying to get people to remember. Um, and he was just like, Let me try to get you to remember to love me again and all that stuff. And I'm like, bro, it's just like such another, like we talked about, romantic film. Um, she obviously kills romances, like it's not that's too easy for her. Um just like her memory loss and the uncomfortability with uh the fact that he would like see her naked or she would see him naked, not trusting him because she doesn't really know him like that, and I wanted to stay with him. Um there's just so many different parts where I was like, man, like she really acted her ass off in this one. Like Channel Tatum did his thing, but she like really sold it um in every different way. So yeah, um she really brings it together.
SPEAKER_07I mean, hers she has that like sweetness, right? Like, I don't want to be typical or stereotypical, but she's just that that kind of sweetness that like yeah, it just just jumps off the screen, it grabs you the charisma, but it's also authentic. We keep talking about that word, but it's because she's so real in what she does, like she's able to hold the center of a frame again by just being herself and being true to her character. And I think it was a very good performance by her because it was emotional, but like I said, it was one of those movies that was just very sweet. So I I appreciate you putting that one on there. I don't I don't think it was like it wasn't one of the better movies for me. Like the Val's not one of those movies I run back all the time.
SPEAKER_08Well, so you don't agree? Because you gotta come to a full agreement, agreement. No, I I I but but because of her performance, I put it in there. Um as a top top remember, top ten of her performances. So I don't know. We could we could also revisit this one.
SPEAKER_07Um we could maybe put it on the So we'll put this one on the back burner, I guess. Um, um But definitely, like you said, she brought her A game to that performance. Uh man, if I had to uh throw one out the hat, bro, I'm probably gonna go with Midnight in Paris. Uh I think that one was a solid flick, a solid uh Roncom, and she plays like a modern disfaction bridge. Like she she's so disheartening in this film. You it makes you hate her and she's so annoying. But I think that just means that she's doing a great job with her character and it's a testament to her ability to make us not like her because she's unbearable in this film and playing the love interest to again Wilson, and just like the way she's always complaining and just intolerable, I think is just super, super uh effective of her. Um just playing that character. But man, I think that her performance in that movie was really good. But I think that Midnight in Paris is one of those sneaky good films around that time where rom-coms were again, we had the null strings attached, you had the the Just Friends, you had all those type of films coming out. But I think Midnight in Paris is one of those elite kind of ones that flew under the radar. So I would I would I would lobby for it to be in there, but again, it could be put on the Batburner because obviously when you think about the notebook or you think about even other rom coms that she's been in or rom dramas that she's been in, it may not you know hold up to that level.
SPEAKER_08But I honestly do like it I don't think it's better than the vow, personally. That's my personal opinion, though.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, but I honestly do think I it's a solid watch, so again, we could put that one on the back burner as well, maybe have two of them on the back burner and see what's what's cooking for the next one.
SPEAKER_08Nah, facts. I uh I don't have that one on, man. Um but the next one, I don't think we've said it yet. I said it a little bit when I was talking about in the role what she had, but Red Eye. Ooh, Killian Murphy. Uh yeah, so um movie is literally only an hour 20 minutes, very small film. Um came out in 2005, uh starring Killian Murphy, Cillian Murphy, I don't know Killian Murphy, whatever. Killian, yeah. Um Killian Murphy um and Rachel McAdams as she's held hostage on a red-eye flight home with some people at her family house saying they're gonna kill her family, uh, and stuff like that. And it's just like the tension of her being on a plane trying to figure out all this stuff. Um, I think that the film is is is really well put together. Um, I think that it's it's a very slept on film. I think it's the concept of the film is is very interesting and um that damn zone distress kind of vibe, but then Rich McAdams, you know what I mean, put that dog and figures everything out. You know what I mean? Put that dog on her and and plays a strong character lead in this one. So I don't know. I think that um I think I would put this on the top ten, Red Eye. Um and and she's like more of a lead in this one, you know what I mean? She's like the lead lead in this one. So I have to obviously put that on top ten because she does a great job, and on top of that, she is like the lead, I would say, in this one.
SPEAKER_07So and man, directed by Wes Craven. We know Wes Craven is the director of a nightmare on Elm Street. We know we directed the screen movie, screen two, screen three, so obviously, and obviously screen four, but um he's done some things. Vampire in Brooklyn, forgettable. But Eddie Murphy's in it, so shout out to that. Uh, but but Wes Craven, man, hooking up with Killian and obviously Rachel McAdams. We talked about this film in depth in our airplane episode. We talked about films on a flight that have to involve, you know, films uh that have to involve, you know, aviation. And I think that she was incredible in this film, man, because she was able to really show that she could be in a thriller. And she had that sense of paranoia. I think I recall that scene of her being in the the bathroom of the plane, her kind of breaking down when she comes to the realization of anything happening. I think that that that scene was just a good example of how great of an actress she is, man. Like what she's willing to put herself through and just the pain that she's able to display on her face without having to cry big tears and do all these things, just she's able to provoke so many different thoughts.
SPEAKER_09Please stop whoever's at my dad's house.
SPEAKER_00I already have by twice accepting these little communiques. You know, if they'd have fallen into the hands of a buy the book stewardess, she'd gone straight to the carpet and we landed somewhere else. If that happens, please, our guy in BMW is gonna know about it. So do dad a favor and stop gambling with his life.
unknownYou don't have to do this.
SPEAKER_07Like, oh, I'm figuring this out, I'm collecting the dogs, but at the same time, like, why is this happening to me? Like, is my dad okay? He's being blackmailed, like, is this really happening? Is it true? Like, what should I do? How am I gonna get out of this situation? And I think that I don't know when I think about characters who have been in similar situations, like Halle Berry's character in the movie with uh Wesley Snipes. Um I uh I just think of just different, different like scenarios where that could end up. So I like how it ends up, even her just getting back to the crib and fighting for herself and just being that female heroine. I think it's just another example of her just being able to showcase her ability to be in thrillers, action thrillers. Obviously, it's not like a super action film, but her just fending off uh Killian Murphy at the end was so cool. And again, Wes Craven, man, he's really good at just showing the deterioration of a relationship, and it's like to kill or be killed. And I think that Wes Craven is really good at doing that kind of stuff. So I definitely think that should be in there without a doubt.
SPEAKER_08Bet, bet. So we haven't agreed. So we at least have seven that are on there. We have two spots that are kind of up in the air. Um, correct? Yes. Uh, because we're not sure about the vow and uh Midnight in Paris. Uh, so you're next up. You're next up.
SPEAKER_07I don't know how you're gonna feel about this one, brother, but Southpaw. I know it's similar.
SPEAKER_08Yes, brother. I was just about to put that on the list, but I know it's similar.
SPEAKER_07Exactly. I know it's very similar to the other movie that you spoke about where it's like she's buried in this film, but the reason why I think there should be a loophole to this scenario is because she serves as the inspiration for Billy and their precious daughter Layla in the second half of the film. So even though she only appears in the first hour of the film, she still makes an enormous impression on the story to the point where her memory resonates throughout the rest of the movie and serves as the motivation for the story with Jake Jillian Hall's character. And like we talk about the movie being about the boxing tale of the street tough middleweight champion, Billy Hope was played by Jillian Hall, Jake Gillian Hall, and uh, you know, he had Rachel McAllen's playing his wife as Marine Hope. And added that tender touch, that morally squared away wife feel. Kind of kind of what uh Creed's wife ended ended up kind of being in those Creed movies with Michael B. Jordan, um, with that character, and just being like a foundation, a rock. Like seeing such a different of uh evolution from a character like Adrian, who was like Rocky's wife, and how she was holding him down in those fights and the battles they went through, and then seeing just the calmness, the ocean waves that she provided for for Jake Dylan Hall. And again, I said it before on this pod, I'll say it again. I hadn't cried at a theater in a minute, and I'll never forget watching this in South Carolina in the Met Columbia, watching this film. I was on a date and seeing this scene, and obviously, again, I'm not trying to spoil it, but she ends up taking a bullet.
SPEAKER_13The more you get hit, the harder you fight. I get it.
SPEAKER_06I don't want to hear this right now.
SPEAKER_13Only now you're taking way too many hits before you get off.
SPEAKER_06Listen to me. This is a good night. I love you.
SPEAKER_13You are all I care about. The three of us. That's it. That's all that matters. So I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're gonna be punch drunk in two years if you keep this up. Think about her. When she graduates, what do you want to look like?
SPEAKER_07Unknowingly, and and and she wasn't even a part of the drama. Or the beef, and she ends up getting taken out early in the movie, and I cried real tears. I'm like, What are you serious? Like, she's gone? Nah, nah, badly trolling. Uh, but what do you think about that film being in there?
SPEAKER_08Man, it's very hard. Um, I don't know if she ends up being an hour in the film, bro. I think it's even shorter than that. I feel like it's the first like 30 minutes, so it's kind of hard to kind of put that as her movie. Um, obviously she's she's second in command um of the movie. Right. Um, but man, like her impact and just like the fact of like the the like where they come from, you know what I mean? As they were being foster kids, living in a foster home, and that's where they fell in love and and grew up, and and now they're like one to have their own family, have like all this money. Um he's a like an all-time boxer, have a daughter, like you know what I mean, all this stuff, like have a big ass house, have a big ass like life, and like the impact of him talking to her and her saying, like, yo, they gotta do this, they gotta do that, and like just their life together, and you can see how much like because of somebody that obviously came from foster care, um, he you can see that he like she's his everything. You know what I mean? And you can see that dynamic where he like lets her make the decisions, he lets her do all the stuff. Like, she it's not even like where his heck he's arguing with her, like everything she says, like he's like, Yeah, I agree. I agree. Like, yeah, great dynamic, yeah. And like, and you can see the impact that she made on his life before she passed away. So that's why I think that it's important to put her in here because she actually shows like a big role in the lead character's life before you know I mean even passing away. Um, and I think that's really important to note. So that's why I would say, like, yeah, like nah, that's that's Militia right there, personally.
SPEAKER_07Um good, good movie. And she linked up with Antoine Fouquet. So I'm always a fan of when our favorite kind of actors and actresses link up with our favorite filmmakers. So seeing her link up with him was cool. It made 94 million dollars. So after a budget of 30 million, it definitely was profitable. Again, wasn't over a hundred million, but I think probably over time, obviously. Over a hundred, but it definitely did its thing. So, what is that? What are we at now?
SPEAKER_08Yeah, me and Girls, Notebook, Wedding Crashers, Red Eye, which is four. Um, because you agree, we agreed on Red Eye, right?
SPEAKER_07Yeah, Red Eye's in there for sure.
SPEAKER_08Uh uh about time agreed upon, so that's five. Southpaw makes it six, seven, spotlight, um, eight, game night. So the last two spots are up for debate, man. Because we you put uh you put midnight in Paris, I put the vow, and then I don't know if you wanted to put something else in the last spot.
SPEAKER_07Ah man, this one's tough again because we spoke about it briefly. I think she was severely underused. Doctor Strange? Doctor Strange, listen.
SPEAKER_08I don't know if I'm gonna agree with that one still.
SPEAKER_07Oh, wow. Okay, I my argument for it is man, to be able to love Rachel McAdams in every multi-dimension. Wow. Uh to go through that that problem that the lover I think is a lead. Nah, but and all jokes aside, I think that she was severely underused, and I think she was severely underused for sure. Being a part of the Marvel universe, I expected there to have a bigger role, a bigger part. Um, I'm not I'm not saying she has to have the same role as a black widow or anything like that, but I do think that her storyline could have been way more impactful, and it obviously wasn't an issue of like schedule issues, so I don't know why. Um so again, actually, I might reevaluate that. What do you what do else do you think should be in there for the last two spots?
SPEAKER_08Um I still think the Val, I think because of the storyline. Okay, um, I think how she acted, um, the concept of it. I think that it's uh it's one of those ones where it's like it's a special rom-com. I mean, not even rom com, special romance. Yeah. Um and it's just so interesting like having to go through that and adjust to that. And obviously that being a based on a true story, number one, and number two, just like how everything played out. I I definitely have to I feel like the vow has to be in there.
SPEAKER_07So for the record, are you saying are you saying the vowel is is better than Sherlock Holmes?
SPEAKER_08I'm not saying it takes the last spot, I'm saying that it should be on there, but I do think that Sherlock Holmes, her performance in Sherlock Holmes and the film as a whole is better than the vow. But that's also because that's kind of our genre. Like, you know, I mean it's more after that.
SPEAKER_07What what do you feel about this one's tough because you never saw Scent Help? I I personally think Sent Help should be on there because again, she dominates it's one of those like Timothy Chalamet, uh Marty Capreen type films where you know she dominates the whole film, she's in every frame. So to it kind of adds solutions to what we were kind of curious about earlier in the episode about can she carry a film? Can she start in a film? Again, Dylan O'Brien definitely is a co-star and he is in some of the film, but she is like the catalyst, she controls what happens, she's the puppeteer, she is the master, she is the story's about her, it's her work revenge corporate story, gender revenge story, um, survivalist story. It has so many intricate plot twists, and I think as like a thriller and a horror thriller, because it's so riveting and disgusting. Like Sam Raimi has a scene where Dylan O'Brien's eating a uh a cockaroach, and and there's scene where where Rachel McAdam's killing a boar, and there's like all these things where I think it's just like so devious but also nasty. But it's like kind of reminds me of Castaway mixed with like this is the end type of film, uh, or horrible bosses, I would even say. Uh so I I really I really enjoyed it, and I personally will put it on the list. I just don't know if that's fair because like you've seen it, but I I I'm I'm I'm standing up for Send Help.
SPEAKER_08I could I could I could put it on the list. I could put it on the list. Um, just based on me respecting the fact that obviously I love Dylan O'Brien number one. So that's that's that's that's that's the reason. Um excuse me, but also um understanding the reception it's gotten um from a whole, obviously, I'm not like a person that cares about that too much, but I do want to still say like uh one, you've talked about it, I've seen a lot of different things about it. I'm obviously super excited to see it. Um so I'm I'm alright with doing that prematurely. I'll come back on the pod the next time and be like, yeah, I was wrong or something like that. But I I can say that send help can be on there.
SPEAKER_07But then now So we have one?
SPEAKER_08No. So the problem is that we were trying to toss up who the last two spots should get. Yeah. Because we have eight, right? Yeah, so I'm saying you don't want the vowel on there, you want send help on there. So you're saying you're trying to take the vowel. No, no, well, well, I there's one. You're saying send help is better than than Sherlock, or no? Yeah.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_08You say send up is better than Sherlock? Yes. Ooh, that's aggressive. I don't know. That is aggressive. Yeah. Checkmate.
SPEAKER_07Not checking. No, yeah. Better than Sherlock, huh? I do. I do. I had a really good time with that film, man. I watched it twice in theaters and at the crib, but I I really do think that Rachel McAdams, they tried to dress her down. That wasn't believable. I think remember when Jenny Foxx tried to play Electro in uh and it's like, bro, Janie Foxx is not like it to make him a nerd, it's just not even believable. It doesn't even look realistic. Um, I tried to do the same thing here with Rachel McAdams uh in the earlier part of the film and then before she became, but I think what also draws me to her performance is the fact that my mom was a big Survivor TV watcher, uh a fan of the show Survivor. And so like just coming home from St. David's basketball practice and seeing my mom just watch The Survivor and be locked in watching that show with her. And that was kind of like our first foray foray into reality TV, bro, to be honest. And after that it was like College Hill and all that stuff. But uh being able to like just bet with my mom and have a friendly competition about which couple or which friends or which group of or pairing is gonna win. I think it was so cool how like they integrated that like meta aspect into the film and the fact that Rachel McAdams' character was like a survivor, kind of like uh uh how bro loved the running man, then he ended up being on the running man. Rachel McAdam's character loves Survivor to the point where she like kind of like uh white man can't jump when Rosie Perez's character was like loving Jeopardy. She loves Survivor and then it ended up being in a situation where the plane crashed and she's on the island now. She has to survive, and she's able to use these tactics because she was like a fan of the show. I love that, like the connectivity of it because I learned things. Like I I now know how to like spew water, clean water from the rainfall, and use like a different mechanism. I now know how to like start a fire. Hopefully, I don't have to be in a situation where I have to learn how to do that. But it's like I've already walked away from the film learning than things, learning some things outside of her performance that I think was so challenging because she had to play like a dressed-down character that turned into like the more controlling, powerful character at the end of it. So it's like her arc was like really, really good as a performance.
SPEAKER_02We need more sustaining food.
SPEAKER_05Are you gonna hunt a board? Linda from accounting.
SPEAKER_02Strategy and planning, actually.
SPEAKER_05Whatever.
SPEAKER_07I mean, there's not many other films to kind of choose from, so it kind of gets thin air up here when it comes to rounding out the final, I guess, two spots.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, because I'm trying to give you Sun help, but then then we're only leaving one spot left, and then that is where it gets Sherlock Holmes. You know what?
SPEAKER_07If you give me, if you allow me to have Send help, then I'm not mad at the vow. But nigga, Sherlock Holmes has to. I know. Sherlock Holmes has to.
SPEAKER_08One second, I'm about to do a little, see if I can do a little substitution.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I don't know, man. Send help, I think Send Help should be on there.
SPEAKER_08I don't think Minnet and Paris should be on there, so I'm taking that off.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, take that off. Take that off. Um can I can I give a uh a shout out to Are You There God, it's me, Margaret? I think that was a really, really good film. Um, I don't think it's everybody's cup of tea, but obviously rated 99% on tomatoes. Murp made it a point earlier. We don't really care about the ratings, but watching it and seeing it myself, I really do think it was a really good movie and her performance, and it was really, really good. And I think again, it's one of those underrated, sneakily, really, really well done films, man. And she performed it like sincerely. And I think that um that that even deserves like a conversation, but I'm not mad at for not being in it.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, no, we're good. Um alright, so I don't want to do this, and I don't think we should, but the question the question is, man, she was in the movie longer in Sherlock than she was in Southpaw.
SPEAKER_07You know what? We're talking business. I'm not mad at it. When you when you break it down like that, I'm not I'm not mad at it, bro. And you know what?
SPEAKER_08I don't think it was her movie with Southpaw. It wasn't her movie, more of a bigger role than Sherlock, I think.
SPEAKER_07She was she was she was Chris Boss from the Miami Heat, for sure. I I get it. I get it. She she wasn't she wasn't D Wade or or LeBron, for sure. Um I'm not mad at her.
SPEAKER_08She was like the main reason for everything.
SPEAKER_07She was, and and it was a little bit different, you know, one battle after another came out and perfidia Beverly Hills passed away also in the beginning of the film, kind of like in the prelude or the epilogue of the film. But at the same time, it's like that was like damn near an hour, because it was a three-hour movie. So she still had way more screen time than we could credit, let's just say, Rachel McAllen's for. So I'm not mad at that. No, no, no, no. I think that's that that's a that's a that's a bold move, but it's a move that has to be done, bro. Like it's it's one of those things where it's like if you were the top man CEO in this position, you gotta you gotta call a spade a spade, bro. And I think that as much as we love the film, Rachel McAllen's was not like she was not the she was not the triangle in the triangle offense, gang.
SPEAKER_08She was she Yeah, she you have to take her out. Okay, you know how much minutes she was in the movie? How many?
SPEAKER_07Under 20?
SPEAKER_0815 minutes, yeah. She's out. South Paul's out. Southpaw's out.
SPEAKER_07They think I'm not a betting man. Yeah, South Powell is out for sure.
SPEAKER_08Uh well Sherlock, Sherlock's in there.
SPEAKER_03Okay.
SPEAKER_08Sherlock's in there. Um, take South Paul out. Sherlock's in there, put send help, and then last spot, uh, I'll give a vow. Me personally.
SPEAKER_07All right. I'm not mad at that, bro. I like that. Alright, so that's a that's another lead top 10 of Rachel McAllen's films, and she's not done, she's not slowing down anytime soon. I wonder what is gonna be next for her in her career after a film like Send Help. It's obviously doing well in the box office, and I think that, like you said, it's getting critical, and it's getting just audience acclaim where people are loving it, but also the critics are too. And obviously, being attached to people like Dylan O'Brien and also Sam Raimi, you can't go wrong, right? So again, the list that we have is Wedding Crashers, Notebook, Mean Girls, Spotlight, About Time, Game Night, Val, Red Eye, Sherlock Holmes, and Send Help. That is our scene DM's top 10 Rachel McAdams Hall of Fame, man. And we will post a graphic so that you guys can see it as well. Let us know, man. Do you think that we're tripping? What should be taken off? What should be removed, or what should be replaced? And before we go, Merv, I just wanted to ask you some more questions, man. We're obviously gonna round it off with uh with the third act really quickly, have a quick little conversation in the third act, but before we do that, we're gonna take a quick timeout. Don't go to your bet. We'll be back more scene here after this. Your what's going on? We are finally here. Act three. It's issue 69, the one with the mean girl. We've been talking on Rachel McAdams. If you haven't, you know, been paying attention and you missed out, then rewind and figure out what we just did because we went through the filmography of the great Rachel McAdams and we built a nice top 10. A CDM's top. Solid solid top 10. And and who's to say that some stuff is not going to be interchangeable? Because, like I said, she is still going and she still has the star power to be a supporting actor on a big movie in a big movie. And I think that uh the sky is the limit for her and her career. I'm excited to see what happens next after this Senate help era. But yo, what do you think is a role that's missing for Rachel McAdams? Like, we talked about her playing so many different roles, but what do you think is like like you mentioned the black swan? Like, what's the black swan level of commitment? Is she missing like a true descent role like that?
SPEAKER_08Is she like a psychological thriller kind of bar?
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Because Red Eye was a thriller, but I won't say it was like a psychological thriller. Yes, you're getting blackmail, but it's not like a, you know what I mean? Yeah, like I think like a like does she have to be a full psychological villain, a satire vision villain?
SPEAKER_08Like, no, I don't know about her being a villain, because I feel like she played that villain role already. And mean girls obviously is like more comedic, uh comedic drama kind of vibe. Um, uh teenage coming to coming of age kind of vibes.
SPEAKER_07Um does she need a does she need a gone girl?
SPEAKER_08I was yo, bro, I was actually thinking, bro, about a gone girl. Like a little like villain, but not like villain, you know what I mean? Like where you're like you're a psychological villain where it's like uh we're not sure if we're on your side or not, kind of vibe. Like, you know what I mean? Anti, kind of anti-hero, but like people can go both ways on if they like you or don't like you.
SPEAKER_07And and like you said, she played uh a sim or like you know, a malevolent or like a malicious role in mean girls, but just being an adult, I want to see how she's able to handle that material as an adult. So I think that would be cool if she was able to lean into what you just talked about. But obviously, being older, it's like more adult themes, right? So it's like cooler to see her uh do that. Yo, top five Canadian actors of all time. Rachel McAdam has to be in that list, but who are the other four that you're gonna add in there?
SPEAKER_08Jim Carrey, uh Mike Myers. I mean, he has to be on there. Okay, that's three. Uh uh, we did this already. Uh Keanu Reeves. Even though he's a technical, he's a technical. He's a technical. But Keanu Reeves.
SPEAKER_07Now you're leaving out the Ryan Square. Which one are you gonna choose?
SPEAKER_08Ryan Reynolds? Uh Ryan Gosling? Ryan Gosling. No, no disrespect to Ryan Reynolds. I just think that, you know what I mean? Ryan Gosling is it's more range why I do this. It's not because I don't like them. I love Ryan Reynolds. I love watching his movies, but I think from a range perspective, Rachel McAdams has more range. We've obviously seen Michael Myers have more range. Um you don't agree? You're laughing.
SPEAKER_07No, I agree, but I have a different top five. But it's similar.
SPEAKER_08Oh, I just said off the top of my head, I didn't have it on my I didn't have it on my phone.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I don't have it either, but I just know Seth Rogan is in there for me personally.
SPEAKER_08Over over Jim or who? Jim or Jim or Mike?
SPEAKER_07No, not over Jim or Mike. Uh Ryan, then, obviously. Probably over Ryan, yeah. Uh Rachel Bigger. Concrete. Yo, Seth Rogan is in there for me.
SPEAKER_08Brother, you're actually tripping. I I love Seth Rogan. I'm not gonna lie. Seth Rogan is. I'm not gonna lie, you're tripping.
SPEAKER_07Seth Rogan is not top five Canadian actors of all time?
SPEAKER_08Over Ryan Gosling? Over Ryan Gosling, you're on crack. If you think he's better than Ryan Gosling as an actor.
SPEAKER_07The studio, he does TV shows and movies.
SPEAKER_08He also has he also writes that he's not better than Ryan Gosling.
SPEAKER_07Super bad? Pineapple Express?
SPEAKER_08Do you want me to do it? Zach and Ryan make a portal? Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it. You want to do it, let's do it.
SPEAKER_07Zach and Ryan make a portal?
SPEAKER_08No, no, no, let's do it. Let's do it. Freaks and geeks? Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it. You wanna do it? Let's do it. Just for you, just for you, by the way. Night before Christmas. La La Land. Drive. The notebook. Let me keep going. Don't worry, I'll keep going. Don't worry about it. I'm gonna make sure. Movie. Blade Runner. 2040 49. La La Land, the nice, the The Nice Guys, The Big Short, The Plays Beyond the Pines, Crazy Stupid Love, Blue Valentine.
SPEAKER_07That's tough, man. That's tough.
SPEAKER_08It's not tough. Remember the Titan? You know what? Don't get me started. Don't get me started. Don't get me wrong. I love Sub Rogan, but he's not better than Jim Carrey. He's not better than Jim Carrey.
SPEAKER_07Lion King. Long shot, Lion King, Sasha the Party, Neighbors. No. 22 Jump Street. 22 Jump Street? 5050? This is the end. Observe and Report? No. Bunny people?
unknownNo.
SPEAKER_07Alright, man. Step Brothers? No. I would hire you, but okay.
SPEAKER_08No. I'm sorry, bro. Like, I don't I don't agree, but no, but we're we're doing our respective. 40 old version? Alright, bet. Fine. But yeah, I'll put Seth in mind for sure.
SPEAKER_07That's Steve Carrels. That's Steve Carrell's, bro. Come on, no. But he's funny in there. Um, who else do we leave off there? Who could be on Roman? Um is who Jackman Canadian?
SPEAKER_08Nah, he's Australian, I think. Okay. Donald Sutherland? Is it is Canadian? Oh damn, I don't know. John Candy. Ooh.
SPEAKER_07Legend. Comedic legend.
SPEAKER_08Oh, Michael J. Fox is Canadian? I don't know. Yeah, he is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, he is. Martin Schwartz, Canadian. I know Elliot Page. I know Evangeline Lilly. I forget. I always forget how I say her name.
SPEAKER_07Um I'm not mad at it. I'm not mad. I think you can't go wrong. It's kind of like 1A, 1B. But that's a great conversation, man. Who do y'all think? Oh, Catherine O'Hara?
SPEAKER_08Niggas are tripping. Niggas are tripping. I'm not going to think Richard McCams out. Just rehearsed the ugly eyes, though.
SPEAKER_07Nah, Catherine O'Hara is like, is like the Bill Russell. You know what I mean? Like, it's people don't be, when you talk about the greatest ever, people don't be saying it, but it's like it was understood it doesn't have to be explained. You know, like people are like, yo, who's a GOAT? Major is Braun, Jordan, whatever. But like, you know what I mean? Catherine O'Hara, she's respected. It's a different tier. She's already submitted to the show.
SPEAKER_08She's just saying, no, she doesn't. All right, bet. Alright, cool. But RP.
SPEAKER_07RIP for sure. Alright, now we're at the QT hater rate of the week, man. Um, what what what is what is the things that grind your gears as of uh as of late?
SPEAKER_08Uh yes, yes. Finally we can talk about this. What grinds my gears is movie theaters and production and all that shit. All the people, marketers, all that shit. I understand. Netflix is actually probably the person I beef with the most. I understand you guys want your money, like I get it. But I want to see movies in theaters more often. I don't want there to be a run of two weeks of movies in theater. Like, come on, my nigga. Like, niggas didn't get paid yet. Give a nigga a chance, bro. Buy a weekly pay. Like, can a nigga get a paycheck first before he can go to the movie so he can I mean it's not like the theater's prices are cheap. Nigga gotta go get popcorn, get a drink. God forbid I get some candy. And I mean, nigga can't do shit.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, as up.
SPEAKER_08So, I'd up. That's what I'm saying. Like, can I can I can I get paid? Can I can I get a couple dollars so I can go to so I can go to the the movie theater and and and enjoy it, not keep checking my bank account every s every two seconds for refreshing just to make sure everything's alright. Like, come on now, let me let me let me enjoy the film, bro. I feel like they don't appreciate that and they don't think about the economy right now. They're just like, ah, well, we want to make more money from different sales. Streaming. I'm like my nickname. Come on now.
SPEAKER_07Hey man, I I agree. I'm Quinn Tarantito hater of the week, man, for sure. I don't like that the movie theaters, the theatrical releases are getting pulled too quickly. One whistle. Whistle came out, uh a movie that I was fortunate to be a part of it. Yeah, shout out, shout out, but but but but at the same time, I never got to see it yet because it took it out of theaters already. Well, it's been out of theaters for for a week and a day, I think. Maybe what? Maybe eight days? Like, what are we what are we doing? What are we doing? I don't know. I hate when they be like it performed. Dang, you ever heard of a slow burn? You ever heard of the word of mouth? We ever heard of like the the word spreading and people like coming out after weeks of like hearing how good something is and showing up a little bit later? Like, things take time, bro. But everyone's so impatient. And that reminds me, 28 years later, the Bone Temple, I thought it was an excellent movie. It didn't perform well at the box office, but I was excited to talk about it, review it, I've seen the ends with my brother Merv. And he was unable to because they removed it from theaters out there, and I'm just like it's already on my box. It's already on my box. How are we complaining that cinema is this and that? But then we're also deriving, depriving the good people, Cenophiles out there of material at the box office. Like, I I I I granted there's a lot of good movies coming out the next couple months, so I'm excited. But at the same time, like that, that really I was that irked me. Because you know, we we play balls, and sometimes we're busy. And you know, a couple days went by, I wasn't able to head to the theaters like I usually do on an everyday basis for the most part. And I'm like, you know what? I have a day out today. Let me go see what's poppin'. Whistle, gone. I say, yo, this is crazy. This is foul. This is insane. Now it's a purgatory. Now it's a purgatory. I can't watch the movie until it shows up on the box.
SPEAKER_08So now I've been hated it, especially especially when we're in the summertime in Vancouver, bro. Like, we like we were obviously on our A game, but you had to be on your A game. Because if you weren't on your A game, bro, the movies would be gone. Gone. How many teams do we have in the game? Playing basketball so I can get it, so I can get some bread.
SPEAKER_07How many times I man like Samara someone be like, yo, let's go watch the movie by Family. It's not in the theaters no more.
SPEAKER_08It's not in the theaters anymore. They're like, yo, family just came out. And I was like, fam, we're trying to tell you it's not in theaters no more.
SPEAKER_07It's gone. Uh, but that's a valid hate check. Uh hopefully they change that and they changes for the better for sure. But yo, let's get to the heat check part of the episode. It's the CNDM's heat check, which is a trivia. And man, I got some I got some questions, bro. I got some questions. Oh, you got some questions? No, I got some questions. I'm prepared. You know what I'm saying? I reviewed the game footage, reviewed the tape. I'm tired of always deucing. Uh, I want to have the ball be in my court. Um, so we're we're gonna we're gonna go see what's going on. All right, so question number one. Question number one. In the movie Mean Girls, what subject does Regina fail leading her to join the group at the end of the film? Math. You know, we started off with format shooting first, so yeah, yeah, yeah. It'll get harder. What if we're talking? All right. Number two. In this film, what kind of house does Noah restore in an attempt to win Allie back? What movie? Sorry? In the notebook. I said this film, I was trying to make it hard uh difficult. In the movie The Notebook, what kind of house does Noah restore in an attempt to win Allie back? It's a specific type of home.
SPEAKER_08Like a farmhouse? Is that your kind of home? Is that your pathalizer? No, I don't I don't know what you mean by what kind of house. Like, what what do you mean by like you have to like you don't have to help me at all, actually, because I don't help you.
SPEAKER_07Um Yeah, but I say what? It's home, brother. You have real estate friends.
SPEAKER_08Yeah, I guess like a farmhouse or something. I don't know.
SPEAKER_07Incorrect. Woof. Waiting a long time to do that one. Um It is a historic plantation style waterfront home. The old winds are plantation.
SPEAKER_08Oh no, no, no, no. Plantation. Oh, my fault, brother. During Black History Month too? All right, niggas is niggas is chilling.
SPEAKER_07Those are the best trick. Uh all right. Question number three. So you're going for two, by the way. Um, 50% from the feet of line, that's horrible. Uh question number three. Class half full, class half empty. And question number three in wedding crashers, what is the name of the politically powerful family that Claire belongs to?
SPEAKER_08Ooh, I do not remember this. Um he said it earlier, too. Yeah, Claire Carney, Carney, canny, canny, canny, can, canny, carney, can you know what I'm trying to say. Their last day, you know what I'm trying to say. You know what their last day are. You know what I'm trying to say. Like, it starts with are you saying Davis Karnick? No, the thing said Carnick. No, it starts with it starts Claire Ski. It's it's Kirsty, Curry Carr. It starts with C. I don't remember.
SPEAKER_07Bro, it's on an Outtime's prime. Yes, you're right. It does start with a C. Uh, it's the Clearly family.
SPEAKER_08The Clearly. Claire Clearly. All right, bet. So I got that right. Thanks.
SPEAKER_07No, no, you didn't.
SPEAKER_08You said I started with a C. You said you're right. I started with a C. You said right. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_07One for three. Uh, next question. In Doctor Strange, what city does Christine Palmer work in as a surgeon? New York City. Is that your final answer? That's yeah, what? Is that your final answer? Yeah. Remember, remember, remember where the new Avengers location is located at.
SPEAKER_08Upstate.
SPEAKER_07It's New York City. All right, so okay, what's it rattled? Okay. Two for four. All right, last question. In about time. What is the name of Rachel McAdam's character?
SPEAKER_08Don't say nothing. Don't say anything. Just don't talk. Don't talk. Don't talk. Mary. Is that your final answer?
SPEAKER_07Is that your final answer? Yes. Okay. Yes. Three for three for three for five. Well that way, way to shake back. Now runs, I guess.
SPEAKER_08Yes, sir. Yes. Yes, I remember it. 60% from the field? 60% from three? That's not bad. Not bad. What is what is it? But on a test.
SPEAKER_0760 C plus?
SPEAKER_08That's best for me. That's a D. It's all it. That's a C, probably.
SPEAKER_07Get the belt. Now it's time for the movie recommendation. Let me push you on segment. Again, we kind of changed the format a little bit. If there's a movie that's similar to or an actress that's similar to Rachel McAdams, but I'll probably just keep it simple and suggest two films from Rachel McAdams. What are the two movies that you would recommend from this episode?
SPEAKER_08Um Rachel McAdams, I want to recommend uh for the fact of uh the thing about it is that like I want people to see her acting, but I also want them to see like a good movie. Um I don't wanna I think I'm gonna go with I'm gonna try to change it up, put something else on here. Um I think I'm gonna go with State of Play. Oh, okay, nice. Uh Philip Seymour Hoppin. I I said that wrong. Sorry. That was a that's wrong movie, wrong movie, wrong movie. But with Russell Crowe. Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck. State of play. Um I think I'm gonna pick that one. And I think for number two, kind of similar, kind of similar to one of the movies we talked about earlier. Um and we couldn't add it to the top ten, but uh Time Traveler's Wife. Um I think that one's an interesting as well. Um, a different perspective on about time. Um, your wife actually knowingly knowing that you're a time traveler, so that's a little different. Um, and I think that's an interesting take on relationship and trying to figure that out. So and both of those movies came out in 2009, so it's uh it's a good recommendation for me.
SPEAKER_07Elite Picks, Elite Picks. I'll probably go with The Wanted Man. That's the one that has Philip Seymour Hoffman in it. That's what it was. Oh yeah, yeah, I got it wrong, yeah. William Defoe's in that one as well, Robin Rice in that joint, but incredible film um about an escaped militants attempt to claim of inheritance, and that gives a German agent just more uh chance to lay a trap and basically go after the Mozart Scholar, who's suspected of being a financial terrorist, so it's definitely one of those kind of again sleeper films that are really good. I suggest people watch that. Uh I mean I'd be remiss not to mention Game Knight. I I don't know if I spoke about how much I loved it already. But similar to you, I kind of want to pick a movie that we hadn't really talked about.
SPEAKER_08So I didn't do those, yeah.
SPEAKER_07I think man, it's kinda it kind of gets sticky. Yeah, because some of the movies like she was good in, but they weren't the best movies, and I think that's that's the tough, the tough one. The tough one, the tough one, the tough one. I'm kind of debating between the morning glory. You know what? We're just gonna go with I think we're gonna have to go with Are You Their God? It's me, Margaret. We're gonna go with that one. I could have went Eurovision. Uh you know what? Actually, nah. Sorry. Sorry. I'm gonna go with Disobedience. Disobedience is actually a good film. I remember that. Disobedience. Yeah, solid film. It was all right, I guess. Solid film. I liked it in that. Rachel Wise is in that, Elliot Alderman, uh, Aaron Isaac. So solid film. I'd probably go with that one. Uh, but those are my recommendations for Rachel McAdam. But man, it's been a great episode. Uh been a minute since we spoke, so you know, a longer episode, but we have to catch up on a whole bunch of topics. Like you're busy again. Hopefully, we will have a great episode for y'all coming next week in a timely fashion. But man, it's been fun always talking woozy, my brother, and uplifting the queen of Rachel McAdams.
SPEAKER_08Nah, we have to give her a respect, man.
SPEAKER_07She deserves a two-hour episode. I don't care. For sure. Flower is definitely one because she's an elite actress, but two, an amazing person, and also she's Canadian. So we gotta show love to the homegrown talent. But man, stay tuned, man. We got CN DMs everywhere. We got a new short film popping. So if you subscribe to our CNDMs page on YouTube, you can check it out. Because releasing tomorrow, by the time this episode drops, it'll be out. We want to see your comments, hear your feedback, see the love, the support, and also all the feedback. And then also, you can look to find us on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, and man, we're doing big things. Linktree is out there. Look for us on CNDMs underscore on Instagram and hit us up if you have any questions, man.