36 thoughts on “Movie Podcast Weekly Ep. 115: The Pyramid (2014) and Comet (2014) and The Babadook (2014) and St. Vincent (2014) and Seven More Feature Reviews!”

1. The Josh and Andy Get Eaten Alive Movie Podcast Weekly Christmas Special! Josh please make this happen. It’s all I want for Christmas.

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   • It’s on! Now, where do we find an Anaconda?

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     • I couldn’t find anything on craigslist, but I found this:

       http://www.backwaterreptiles.com/snakes/green-anaconda-for-sale.html

       I suggest going for the 8 footer and just do one at a time 🙂

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       • Ball’s on your court, Josh.

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         • Hmmm … I’m going to have to talk with my lawyer (Andy) about this one.

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2. MPW out of context:

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   Andy: Here’s the crazy thing, Karl, he didn’t actually need to take a dump.
   Josh: NOW what do you think of his performance?

   Just one of the many, many reasons to treasure this podcast.

   Also, all of the recent discussion of “Force Majeure” reminded me of an incident I was involved in a couple of years ago. I was taking a Varsity Scout team through Burro Wash in the backcountry of Capitol Reef National Park. There’s an awesome less-than-shoulder-width slot several miles in, with knee-to-waist deep water in its gullet. I was already having a tough time getting everyone through: It’s fairly claustrophobic if you aren’t accustomed to that sort of thing. Then, quite literally out of a clear blue sky, we start to hear a dull rumble, gradually increasing in volume until the canyon walls are actually vibrating. (This all happened in the space of maybe 15 seconds; it was definitely a “time slows down” moment.) The weather had been sunny for days, without a hint of rain. Logically, it made zero sense to panic. Only I’m standing there knee deep in cold water with three scouts (two of them already jumpy) and one other adult and only a thin ribbon of pale blue sky visible overhead. All I could think was, “Flash flood.” So, doing my best to remain calm, I tell them, “We’ve got to get out of here, guys, fast. Everybody get moving.” And right about that time, a low-flying helicopter (who knows from where, or en route to what; we were probably at least an hour’s flight from the nearest helipad) goes roaring by overhead. In addition to feeling super silly, I remember thinking at least once, “Well, it could have been worse. At least you didn’t shove anyone out of the way, or say something like, ‘Every man for himself!’ “

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   • Hahaha. Wow! Great story, Cody. Congratulations on not being a Costanza-type.

     I probably would have passed out from claustrophobic fright immediately because shoulder-width for you is about one arm for me. I’d be wedged in there for eternity like Aron Ralston, but the boulder is my own bulk.

     On a really tangential note, is it in any way physically possible to swim out of a slot canyon flash flood? I’ve always wondered.

     And yes, our potty humor is top notch.

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     • I’ve only observed small flash floods first hand, and never in an area anywhere close to what could be considered a slot canyon. Based on everything that I’ve read and been told, however, as well as on repeated inspection of debris jams in tight places, we’d have been dead more or less instantly in a space that small. There are comparatively wide spaces on either end of that particular slot where we could maybe have gotten above flood level, but we were only about two-thirds through it at the time. You can climb above a flood if you’re not in a slot, but as far as I know, being in a slot canyon (particularly a body-width slot) when just about any size flood passes through is essentially a death sentence.

       Even in a more open canyon, the problem is not really keeping your head above water, so much as keeping it above your shoulders. The amount of debris that gets carried through by floods is staggering. I saw footage of a flood that came out of the Zion Narrows this summer, and the river, from bank to bank, was seething with large (arm- and leg-sized) jagged pieces of wood. And the boulders that get pushed along below the surface can weigh hundreds of pounds.

       There probably wouldn’t have been a Virgin River-sized volume of water pouring through Burro Wash under just about any but the most extreme circumstances, but it doesn’t take much. And there’d have been debris for certain. There are a couple of impressive boulder jams right where we were, and I’ve seen logs and boulders jammed 20 feet overhead in canyons ten times as wide as that slot.

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   • You chaps over there have the coolest scout activities. All I remember from my brief tenure was sitting in a moldy basement under a church sewing up wallets while it rained outside.

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     • The cool stuff is what keeps them coming back. (Well, that and their parents.) Last night we went to the firing range at the local community fitness center and they plowed through 150 .22 rounds in an hour of target shooting. It’s funny: I don’t even own a gun, myself, but being a Scout leader means that I probably shoot shotguns and rifles 5 or 6 times a year (and I don’t even shoot every time there’s a shooting activity).

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3. Is it just me or does Jape Man sound kind of like Woody Allen doing an impression of Willis Wheeler?

   This is meant as an amazing compliment.

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   • That’s the full package!

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     • That’s what she said.

       Too much Office.

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       • Haha

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   • What’s funny is I contemplated doing my impersonations of Woody and Willis on the show. Opted not to but I’m glad people saw the comparisons I guess lol

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     • Which brings me to the fact that a podcast should exist on which you, Willis and Woody Allen discuss movies together.

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4. And if Mark Wahlberg really wanted to set a good example for his kids then he’d just accept his status as it is defined by his previous felonies and show his kids that horrible actions have lasting consequences. Or is the example he wants to set for them: violently assault and blind someone in a racist attack and then become rich and famous and you can get pardoned?

   Jay I honestly admire how compassionate, forgiving and non-judgemental you are but really hasn’t Mark Wahlberg done well enough for himself considering that he pretty much permanently ruined another humans life? Is this “pardon” something that he really needs or deserves? Don’t forget he was in The Happening as well.

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   • Hahahaha. Nailed it with your final point.

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     • The poor blinded Vietnamese guys one consolation was that he never had to see The Happening.

       Too far?

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       • Oh, wow. You’ve reached Andy levels here. Haha.

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         • Then I can die a happily snoring man.

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5. I’d like to set up a poll amongst our listeners whether they support the addition of a “MARRY IT” ranking to our movie rating scale. Can we announce that poll on the next episode and get it up on the site?

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   • Josh, I’m a supporter of gay marriage and I’m even starting to come around to the idea of humans marrying robots but I’m really not sure how I feel about this suggestion.

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     • If I learned anything from Futurama, it’s that robosexuals are ok!

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       • But what about cinesexuals?

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         • Wait, are we allowed to marry more than one movie, or is polygamy allowed?

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         • Hey, we’re Mormon. Sorry, Jason. He’s going to be really annoyed that I said that. Let me preempt him: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not practice polygamy.

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         • One wife is plenty for me… And Josh. He nags me like a wife… So, one and a half wives are plenty for me.

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6. There was most definitely a disturbance in the force in this episode!!!

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   • Just sayin…

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     • You know, when you swing for the fences, you occasionally strikeout.

       How can we make it up to you, Shannon?

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       • You don’t have to make anything up to me…I love you guys…through thick and thin…till death do us part…I’d marry you guys…well except Andy…I’d settle for a one night stand…:)

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     • We need like buttons, Jay!

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   • “… as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced … “

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7. Guys, have any of you seen a film called OXV: The Manual (Frequencies in the U.S.)? It’s a really interesting indie sci-fi romance film that I think falls in that weird and rare zone where Josh and Jay actually agree. The film’s about an alternate universe where humans’ frequencies determine luck, love, destiny, and basically one’s quality of life. It’s a pretty low budget film, so there are problems that it can’t overcome probably because of its budget—most notably, the acting. The main actor and even the child actors are very solid, the rest of the cast not so much. The way the story is structured works really well, but I feel like the last “point of view” is a little weak and the story becomes kind of contrived towards the end. Still, it’s a very good little film and one that’s going to end up on my 2014 honorable mentions. It’s an 8 and it’s streaming on Netflix, so give it try!

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   • Thanks, Juan. It’s now on my list.

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