This week, Lou is out. I forgot where he was even going. Isn't he in Hawaii or something like that? He is in Hawaii.
Yes. Aloha. Aloha. So hello or goodbye to Lou, wherever he is.
So this week, we have a special guest with us, John. So John, why don't you take a little bit here to introduce yourself and say a few words. Sure. Well, thank you, Adam and Lou, on your wonderful Hawaii vacation.
I happen to know both Mr. Adam and Mr. Lou, and have had the opportunity to work with them. And I would say, when you kind of sum it up, we are a few guys who are very passionate about a lot of things, including technology and the conatorium of ideas.
And I would say, in our many years, we've had a lot of good debates as well. And that continued to strive and push one another. But I work currently still with Lou, and I'm excited for this episode here because I believe we are talking about how whack in his pop culture when it comes to movies. So I know Lou is counting on me.
He texted me and said, he hopes that I do him the honor of giving him some recognition. But other than that, in my free time, I like to watch, ironically, lots of TV and movie shows and spend time with family. And I'm excited to get this show on the road here, Adam. Yeah, we'll get to Lou's inefficiencies here and inadequacies in terms of pop culture reference.
But yeah, John, how long did you and I work together? Like, it's been too long since I've been down there, but I think it was what, like, at least two or three years? Or maybe only two? About three.
I think it was about three years. Wow. Yeah. And I haven't worked with you, or I haven't even seen you in probably, what, two?
Yeah, about two years. That's crazy. So thanks to the magic of the internet, you know, we get to have this conversation. And thanks to Lou for, you know, being kind of that remaining piece of the job that we all kind of shared.
And it's been great. Like, I get to talk to you, all these old people that, like, I remember but either haven't kept in touch with or kind of fell out of touch with. So it's good to you. Good to have people on.
It's definitely good talking to you. I know we've been talking for a little bit before we started the show, and it's been a good time. So I'm looking forward to hashing out these movies. And I know you and I have kind of gone back and forth, you know, before this and kind of mentioned things here and there.
And it'll be a lot of fun going forward. Yeah, absolutely. So I have to ask, because we ask every one of our guests this question, or at least I do. So I need to know your thoughts on Taylor Swift.
Yes. So good old T Swift. I remember the days of us being together and listening to T Swift. I would say I'm probably one of the bigger advocates for T Swift.
Truthfully, in her earlier years, I wasn't really much of like, or I guess I maybe didn't understand, like the country side of T Swift, Taylor Swift. And I don't know if that's because I wasn't really like big in a country, but as she's like gone further and further with her music, I'm not gonna lie. I definitely have all her playlists or all her albums on demand at any moment on Apple Music. And I don't know if you knew this, Adam, this kind of goes back an episode, but apparently she also has a collaboration for Fifty Shades Darker.
Yeah, I already knew that. She is on that soundtrack. And I was like, you know, I might just have to watch the movie and listen to the soundtrack at the same time. You know, I think I saw Fifty Shades Darker on HBO Now.
So I was like, huh, well, I guess I haven't even watched Fifty Shades of Grey, you know, but I was like, well, I guess Fifty Shades Darker is on there. Like, maybe it's time to do that. But yeah, she did that collaboration with what, Zayn or something like that? Yeah, yeah.
I was on Apple Music earlier and I saw that. And I had no clue. I only saw the first one. I never saw anyone beyond that.
But, you know, I really do like her latest album. I know a lot of people were in uproar about like the whole change in music and like what she was trying to get across. But I think like if there's one thing she does really well, it's marketing herself and people behind it. And at the same time, though, like she's herself, like she doesn't care what people think.
And I think even to this day, you know, it was actually funny on her latest album. I was walking through a retail store and her album had just launched. I see like all these young girls running in, but not gonna lie, I saw a lot of a lot of dads running in too. More so probably with their daughters, but picking up.
And she did, I think there was like a dark cover and like a light cover. I don't know the symbolism behind it, but you know, she does a good job at marketing. Her stuff sells. Yeah, for sure.
T-Swift marketing is a cut above the rest, right? She kind of, you know, builds that whole Taylor Swift brand, you know. Cool. So I'm gonna have to start keeping score because like depending on the guests, some people are for T-Swift and some people are totally against.
So it's nice to have another person on the T-Swift side of things. And I don't think we've ever mentioned this, or at least on the show, but Lou's a big Katy Perry fan. He is. Yeah, like a really big Katy Perry fan.
And I think it's funny because, you know, he and I always have the argument like, oh, Katy Perry or T-Swift, right? And it definitely goes kind of back and forth because, you know, if no one knows, they have some beef or some bad blood. Ha, there you go. Nice one.
Yeah. So it's kind of funny. I think that maybe is in part why Lou and I disagree on some things. Maybe it's because, you know, he's a Katy Perry fan.
But I listen to Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. Like I definitely like Taylor Swift more. Her newest album, you know, like I'm still on the fence, but we were talking about this before. It's like change is healthy.
Change is good. You know, like if you do the same thing over and over again, like you're never going to go anywhere, right? You're never going to grow outside of, you know, your own little bubble. So props to her for going forward and trying something new.
So since Lou isn't here, since he took his convenient trip to Hawaii, we decided we would now do the movie list. So let's get into this thing, this movie list for 2018. So a little background on this is we've all poked fun at Lou because he knows nothing about pop culture and he hasn't seen like any movies ever. So it kind of came up with just one time we were talking on the podcast.
It's like, hey, you know, what if we gave you a movie to watch each month? So that would mean 12 movies. You just have to watch one movie a month and just we'll choose the movies for you and see if you like it. And he was like, yeah, sure, we'll do that.
Like, okay, we're really going to do this. So are you really okay with it? And he's like, sure. So the question comes up is like, why are we doing this?
Well, we already said Lou sucks at pop culture. So these movies that we're going to be talking about here, and I kind of put this criteria to you too, John, is they're not necessarily going to be the best movies out there. So these aren't like Oscar nominated movies, not all of them at least, but they're not going to be like the cream of the crop. It's just going to be movies that are accessible for Lou to kind of dip his toe into the water.
And maybe just kind of get interested in these movies. So I kind of want to put that out there, you know, as we start going through these like don't expect to see like just the IMDb top 250, you know, list, like taking, you know, one after the other. There are going to be some of those, but it's going to be more something to try to get him, I don't know, to dip his toes into a lot of different pools is the way that I kind of put it. I don't know if you have any thoughts on that, John.
Yeah, no, I, you know, going, thinking about this when I was tasked, like, it's like, think of one movie per month. And I think I think actually you kind of created like the initial list. And all of them were like great right off the bat to where I just didn't want to change any of them. It's definitely a variety of types of movies.
And I think definitely ones where when you think of references and like pop culture, like these movies definitely, you know, represent that pop culture of how they, you know, came into the mainstream and, you know, since then have always been something that people have like made reference to. So I'm excited to talk about them and the why behind it. Yeah. So, yeah, it's funny too, because we're going to kind of date ourselves.
So Lou, I believe he's in his late twenties. So a lot of, So yeah, so I think let's start him off with that. So Iron Man, I'm assuming you've seen it, John, because if you haven't, you know, you wouldn't be, you know, here with us, right? Yeah, I remember seeing this in theaters when it originally came out.
What Lou was doing at that time, I'm not sure, but I remember, you know, Iron Man, Iron Man was one of those unique ones too, where besides actually, and let me take this back, it was the first original Marvel Studios film. However, they had attempted Spider-Man prior to that with our wonderful Tobey Maguire. I'm just thinking like our current Marvel universe, right? The Marvel Cinematic Universe, right?
Like this was the first film in that. This was the first one, yeah. And they knocked it out of the park. I think it's fun.
It definitely has the tech aspects that I think Lou would like. And I think, like if Lou could somehow at all relate to the Marvel universe and the movies, it would be through Iron Man. Yeah, man, you talk about this movie and it's got tons of action in it, right? It's got lots of, you know, just fun tech and Robert Downey Jr.
as Tony Stark slash Iron Man is perfect. Like I love his performance as that character. Like just super sarcastic, right? But super smart.
Like just, it's great. You know, the billionaire playboy thing, right? Everyone compares Iron Man to Batman, but Iron Man is just not, he's not serious at all, whereas Batman is super serious. But I watched this movie and I didn't even watch it in theaters when this movie came out.
I was kind of late to the party on this one. But when I watched it, like, you know, I just sat down and then two hours go by in the movie. I'm like, that was, that was just good fun, you know? And that's what, you know, the Marvel movies have kind of been known for now, right?
It's just like they're just a good time, right? It's not going to be like the most like engaging or, you know, thought, you know, provoking movie, but it's just going to be a good time. It's going to be a good time at the movies. And so I figured this is going to be the easiest way to get him, like you said, that gateway drug into at least watching like some other Marvel movies.
Right, yeah. And Robert Downey Jr. does kill it. And, you know, I think there's enough humor in it as well that that's what made the movie really good.
And I was going to say the last thing to that is, you know, if Lou likes it, there's two other ones that we could potentially add. Well, my hope is, right, like these are the movies I tasked him with, like, you have to watch this movie. But like, if he likes the movie, yeah, if he wants you to watch the sequels, you know, like, he's got to watch the movie in February that we choose no matter what. But, you know, that one is going to take one night to watch that movie.
The other, you know, 28 to 30 nights, you know, that are there, like he can watch other movies. So cool. So, yeah, I think that wraps it up for January. That's the number one movie that we're going to get him, the first movie we're going to get him to watch is Iron Man.
We're running out of time here too, Adam, so we got to get him to watch that quick. Yeah, so he's got, what, 10 days as of this recording, so I figured what I'm going to do is I'm going to send him this, like, after we're done recording and say, like, all right, here you go. This is the one you have to watch, like, when you get on your plane, you know, back from Hawaii, like, watch it, you know. So, moving on to the second movie.
So the movie for February I chose is Mean Girls. Oh, yeah. So we talk about, like, pop culture references for people in their late 20s. This is definitely full of them.
Like, so many good one-liners in this movie. Yeah, real quick side note. So I came to find out that I was super surprised that Lou, I don't think, has really ever seen this movie. And he was, like, very much kind of, like, involved with the type of what, like, the type of, like, high school student that Mean Girls, like, shows.
Lou lived a pretty crazy high school life. That's for another day. But Mean Girls had probably the most pop culture, like, one-liners or, like, you know, famous lines from that movie. My, I would say, probably my favorite one.
I don't know if you have a favorite one yourself, but was the, you know, I'm so sorry that I'm so popular line. I can't help it. I'm so sorry I'm so popular. I can't help it.
I can't help it. One of my favorite lines is, oh, man, like, there's just so many swarming through your head at the same time. But I'd have to say my favorite character is Gretchen because Gretchen has some of the best quotes, right? So, I don't think my father, the inventor of toaster strudel, would appreciate.
It's one of them. It's like, why is she with you? She doesn't even like you that much. Oh, sorry, forget I said that.
Oh, and that, too. Like, just her character is great. My wife's favorite line in that movie is right after, you know, I think, you know, one of the characters, I always forget her name, but she's talking and she's like, oh, that's a really pretty dress. Like, oh, really?
It was my mom's. She's like, vintage. Nice. And then the girl walks away.
She's like, that was the ugliest effing skirt I've ever seen. And it's just, it's so perfect. So, I wanted to choose something, like, kind of lighthearted, like, even a romantic comedy, right? Just because it's February, you know, Valentine's Day.
I kind of try to keep in some theme here. So, you'll kind of see that as we get into other picks, too, is that, you know, for October, we'll have something that's, you know, it's not a comedy movie. It'll be a horror movie in October. Although, although, you know, Mean Girls is known for October 3rd.
Oh, yeah, that's right. I didn't think about that. Let's rearrange this list. No, I'm just kidding.
Yeah, and talk about, like, Lindsay Lohan. Like, this was, you know, wasn't this kind of one of her breakout, like, movies? Yeah, she had been doing a lot of, like, kind of like kiddie, you know, Parent Trap, Disney sort of finesse movies. And then this was, like, you're like, oh, wow, Lindsay Lohan.
You're, like, older than 18 now. And Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, you know, Saturday Night Live cast, you know. So good. Such a good movie.
So many good one-liners. So that will be the second movie we get him to watch. The third movie, which is in March, we're kind of seeing a turn back to action movies. But the other side of the comic book universe and going into DC.
So we're going to have him watch the original Batman. Not the original, but the Tim Burton Batman. Tim Burton, yeah. It was funny.
I saw you put Batman and I was like, which Batman? And then I paused myself and I said, no, Batman. I know exactly which movie. Right.
Like, there was no, you know, Batman and Robin. There was no, it was just Batman. And you knew exactly what it was. Like, if you're a Batman fan and you've seen all the Batman movies, you know when someone says, hey, you're going to watch one Batman movie and it's going to be Batman.
And they're going to look at you like, oh, oh, I got you. Oh, I got you. Yeah. Oh man.
Batman was, I think my first introduction to Batman, because I think you're a little older than me, Adam, but was watching it. And I remember originally seeing Jack Nicholson dancing to that really, like, ridiculous. Like, was it a Prince song originally? Yup.
Yeah. Prince did that. And when he's, like, painting in the museum or whatever, or I think that was, I think it was like Gotham's Museum or something like that. And it was just like that really like 90s, like, you know, that sound to it.
But, and then, oh man, why am I slipping? What's Batman? Who's the guy that plays Batman again? Michael Keaton, man.
Michael Keaton. There we go. Yeah. Oh man.
Michael Keaton. I think, I think he actually nailed that role pretty well for like the time, the original. He did a really great job. And, and of course the stylistic of Tim Burton just kind of like put it over the top.
But yeah, when you talk about Batman, this was definitely my first introduction to Batman. And this, this kind of incarnation of Batman lasted for a long time. Like if you ever watched Batman the animated series in the nineties, like all based off of, you know, this incarnation of Batman. And I, I was really young when I saw this movie and I, I loved it.
I just loved, you know, just the by the FBI agent and Hannibal Lecter being who he is, is in the mind of essentially uh Clarice and is like telling her everything, but she doesn't want to like believe it to a degree. And like the whole time, like he's actually like leading her by like in a weird way by like kind of manipulating her. Oh yeah, totally manipulating her. Oh man, so good.
Yeah, but it's true. He's not even the main villain in this, in this kind of arc, right? Yeah, they're after someone else. Yeah, exactly.
And that's kind of makes it weird. And let's talk about, I forget the actor's name, but oh man, like it puts the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again. That dude has, has some things that, you know, he has to work out there. And that's where everyone learns to, you know, tuck it between their legs and, you know, do the little dance to uh.
You can't tell me every person who's seen that movie, who's a guy has tried that at one point in time in front of the mirror and been like, ahaha, it's like, so guilty, you know, admission, like I've definitely done that. Wife was horrified. So, uh, any other things on Silence of the Lambs? No, I think, I think, I think it'll be good uh for Lou to watch, uh, just because I don't see much, I've never in all my conversation, I've ever heard of Lou like talk about anything of like, like scary or horror or like psychologicals.
I'm kind of curious to see like what his takeaways are from the movie. Like, I, I can see him watching some of the other things we mentioned so far, but this one would be kind of like that, like, can he do it? Can he, can he make it through it? Yeah, that's a good point, right?
Like we gave him some kind of, you know, like underhand throws, you know, for the first couple of pitches. And I was like, all right, man, like if you really want to like get a taste of what movies are like, like this is the dark side of that. So yeah, like this is the commitment phase. Like, hey man, you're three and that was easy.
Here's the fourth one. You still want to keep going? Yeah, and then, and then we switched to our, our fifth movie here, which is a little more lighthearted again. Yeah.
And that, that was the point. So that's exactly what my thinking was like, hey, you know what, fifth movie, like, let's lighten things up. So we went with Star Wars episode four, A New Hope. So I was gonna put Star Wars here, but that would be too confusing because Star Wars, we can get into the whole thing of, you know, which movie you should consider watching or what order you should watch Star Wars in.
But the way that I consider, you know, Star Wars should be watched is chronologically from their release date, right? So episode four, A New Hope should be the Star Wars that you watch. And it might be confusing, but it's a great little space opera. And talk about just, you know, setting up a franchise, like Star Wars.
I, I saw that movie when I was a kid and that movie came out way before I was born and I still loved that movie. Like there was so much to love about just being in a far off planet or being in a different galaxy where the rules didn't matter. And there was a whole new kind of like environment and, you know, society and just culture that you could like almost adapt to. And, you know, just kind of really get into, right?
And they did such a good job with the sets and the characters. And you talk about the cantina scene. Like I loved that scene as a kid, right? Just all the practical effects that were done.
And when you, especially when you go back and look at it now, right? Like it still stands up. It's still, it's, it's, you're still like, wow, like that's, that's just a set piece. When you, when you look at how old it was, I mean, just even the speeder flying across, you know, the desert and looking like there are no wheels.
Like when you find out how it was done, you're like, man, that's pretty cheap. Like, but it works. It worked, yeah. Yeah.
So for, for our viewers, uh, I, I was shocked. I remember walking in one day, I believe it was when Star Wars episode seven was coming out and, you know, I was all hyped up about it. I'm talking about it. And that was the moment when Lou confessed to me that he had never ever seen one Star Wars movie.
I think in some places they hang you for that, you know. I just remember my heart like dropped like a thousand feet and I was just like, like this poor child, like this poor man baby. This poor man baby hasn't even seen Star Wars. Like who, who, where, where were you in your childhood?
Um, I, uh, I think episode four is a great place for Lou to start off with. It's, it's not over intense with storyline where you have to like try and piece anything together. It's a simple, like, as you said, out of like space opera. Um, I, and I think the biggest thing, obviously that most people took away from it was, um, the, this concept of, you know, the force and, you know, light, uh, lightsabers, um, and, and some sort of uh weapon that, you know, people hadn't really ever thought of um that George Lucas had envisioned in, in the, in the actual movies themselves.
But um uh you know, the introduction of a, of a man all dressed up in black, which I think if Lou can watch at least Star Wars, I think if he can make it through this list, we need to get him to watch Spaceballs for sure. Oh yeah. That's, that's another one that's really good. Yep.
Like then he can at least put the two together, right? Because if you didn't watch Star Wars, you won't even understand Spaceballs whatsoever. No, exactly. But he has to, he has to watch all of Star Wars to really get the most out of Spaceballs too, right?
That's true. That's true. But same thing, uh, you know, watching, watching this, like, this is a great way to just get into another franchise, right? And this is our first kind of foray into, you know, sci-fi and lots of people can debate whether this is actual science fiction or whatever.
I'm going to call it science fiction slash fantasy. Geek come at me, you know, whatever. Um, but can I just talk about something? And this, this kind of relates to a new hope in a way, but you saw Rogue One, right?
I did. Yes. Can I just say how badass the ending of Rogue One is, how it ties right up to the, you know, the beginning seconds of, you know, Episode four and how Darth Vader just straight up goes ham on a bunch of freaking, you know, rebels. Oh, so like, I remember, uh, I had, I like, the one thing with Star Wars movies is like, you know, a lot of information gets out there.
And I, I was fortunate enough not to, like, hear enough of it. Um, and watching that scene like play out, I was just like, I wanted to just, you know, in fact, when the movie came out, that's literally all I did was I skipped all the way to the end of the movie just to watch that scene. Uh, and just Darth Vader just, oh my God, he owned them. And I feel, I feel like that was like some of the stuff they really couldn't, like, either whether it was a choice or if it was just, they couldn't do it.
Like, they couldn't show that back in the original Star Wars movie. No. And that was the cool part, right? Because you talk about the prequels, you know, leading up to Darth Vader and it's not Darth Vader, right?
The only thing you see of Darth Vader is his infamous no, where he crushes a bunch of stuff with the force, which is fucking stupid. Um, and then before that, he's just some whiny little teenager, you know, who's complaining about his life. And he's given all these great things and he just complains about it the whole time. So I hate the prequels if you can't tell, like, and then at the end of Rogue One, you see Darth Vader in the suit, just straight up murdering bitches left and right.
Like no remorse. Like he's, he's force choking people, slamming them against walls. Like he's deflecting blaster shots. He's chopping people in half.
Like, oh, it was just good. That was, yeah. Even the, even, even the scene where he, he was choke holding, um, the general when he was like trying to boast about the, you know, that he, he did this and the Death Star is his project and uh, and just like when he like is walking away and he just starts choking him. Not the dad fun.
Don't say the dad fun. Oh yeah. The dad fun was the dad fun was. I won't, I won't say it, but like, you could like, you can, but in that moment though, like, just like the sound and like, um, you know, with, with how it just kind of goes the really low end, like, yeah, like with modern theaters now where you That I like, you know, this new movie that I wanted to see, that isn't even like, like, I guess not childproof.
Like, kids now would probably be watching this, like, on an everyday basis. But it's also funny, like how society has changed, like what was considered like, you know, oh, don't let your kids watch this, is like, so innocent now, compared to like, half of the stuff kids get access to now. But, oh yeah, I had that all the time. What about yourself?
Yeah, so I always was, you know, censored from an early age. But what's funny is like, they say, cover your eyes, like when a sex scene would come up, or cover your eyes when some gory scene was coming up, but you still hear all of it. Man, my imagination can run wild right now, like, I hear a bunch of gushing and stuff like that. Like, I can just imagine.
And I can remember, like, my dad, like, it's kind of funny too, right? The one time we were watching a movie and he didn't tell me to cover my eyes. Like, oh, I get to watch this part and find out what happens. And then you see it and it's like, what?
My imagination was way better. Yeah, it's like low-level innuendo. You're like, what is this? Yeah, exactly.
They're like, wait, like, they almost, like, touch lips, and then he, like, pulled away. What's going on there? Come on, what's going on? So, anyway, I'll admit this is that Saving Private Ryan isn't even a movie I've seen all the way through.
Really? Yeah. Is that because you can't, like, I would understand this, is it? Because, like, it's a tough movie to watch.
Part of it is that, and I think I've never had the drive to actually watch this movie. It's on my list of things that I should watch at some point in time. But I'm not that into, like, war dramas, right? OK.
I can't even, like, name one that I've actually watched that is an actual drama. Like, all of them have been kind of either, like, satires or, you know, just kind of plays on that, but not an actual, like, war drama in the sense that Saving Private Ryan is a war drama. So I just remember seeing, like, one of the scenes where, and it was a pretty intense scene, but I saw that when I was old enough to, you know, see it. But, like I said, I just never had the drive to see it.
So what I'll do is, in July, I'll try to get together with Lou and T and I will watch this movie together, and that will be a thing that we can share. Yeah, for me, I remember, so like I said, I didn't really, like, see it originally when it came out, and then I finally, like, I definitely love, like, historical pieces, and I also love my good old friend Steven Spielberg and John Williams, who does the soundtrack for the movie. But there's definitely an iconic scene, which is at the end, and it's, you know, supposed to be private Ryan, and he's at the grave of, like, one of the guys who, like, saved him, and, like, it's just very emotional, and they're in Pearl Harbor, and you have John Williams' music playing in the background. And, like, I would say most people, like, like, who have ever served definitely become emotional in that moment, because, you know, like, this is a real thing.
Like, people fought and, like, sacrificed their lives, and when it comes to war, like, you know, you're also there to protect your own civilians, but I would definitely say you and Lou should get together. In fact, let's make this a three-parter, and I'll be there. I'll bring Kleenex. Oh, man.
See, I don't cry. I don't cry much. Well, the Kleenex was for Lou. Oh, the Kleenex was for Lou.
After I have kids, though, like, oh, man, like, there are things that will tear me up pretty quick. But, like, I don't know, it has to be, like, with kids, and maybe that would happen too. But yeah, dude, let's all get together and watch this movie, because, you know, why not? Like, get together, celebrate something, you know, and just kind of pay tribute to, yeah, like, you think about, like you said, it's based on real events, right?
People laid down their lives for, you know, this country and for saving other individuals. Like, it's a pretty heavy thing. So, cool. So that'll take care of July.
So the eighth movie that I chose, and this is one that I don't think he'll like. I don't think he will. Just jumping to conclusions. I know, I know.
Maybe he loves sports film. Maybe this is the one. Yeah, and I mean, it's foreign in the sense that it's going to be on subtitles, but it's Ip Man. So Ip Man with Donnie Yen, which basically follows Bruce Lee's training mentor, correct?
Right, yeah. Yeah, so Ip Man is a foreign film, and basically, it's a martial arts film. So it's got some really great fight sequences in it. I love that movie.
I remember watching it and, like, reading all of the subtitles. And that's another one that there's a series, right, so he can get into. But it's, talk about the silent, you know, protector, like, you know, the guy that no one thinks would, you know, kick a bunch of ass, just kicking ass. Yep.
I think Ip Man also, like, culturally, was one of the, like, at least in American culture, there's always been, like, this, like, sensationalism around, like, martial arts and, you know, you had Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan. And those were definitely more, like, Americanized versions of, like, martial arts. And Ip Man was kind of, like, one of the first ones where you started hearing people where it was completely all in another foreign language, and, like, people were just, like, raving about it. Definitely, like, Watercooler, like, oh man, have you seen Ip Man?
Like, the fight scenes are amazing. But, you know, I will say this, kind of going back, though, I was so sad to see him in Rogue One, and, like, not really, I mean, like, he had some good scenes, but it just, all I could see was Ip Man. Yeah, right, and I mean, I was so let down when, like, he didn't really get to show off any, like, crazy force powers towards the end, right? Because, oh man, yeah, he was so devout to the force, and I just wanted to see, like, just some badass force maneuver happen, just some, almost awakening, you know, with him.
But, yeah, like, it's, this movie, Ip Man, is, it's just a great martial arts film, right? Because the fight sequences are tons of fun to watch, right? And they're just so blazingly fast at times where you're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what is happening? And it's, I guess, like, you could choose a lot of different, you know, martial arts, you know, films to watch, but this one I just, I chose because it had a lot of fight scenes, and the dialogue wasn't too focused around, like, a love story, or, you know, saving a princess, or anything like that.
It was kind of more just, like, protecting yourself, right? And the whole reluctance to actually, like, standing up and fighting for what you believe in, right? I think that kind of plays a big part in it, and that's what I liked about the movie, too. And that's, and I, just recently, I was watching with my dad another movie that had came out called, I think, Birth of the Dragon, that was supposed to be talking about, like, Bruce Lee.
But Ip Man had kind of, like, led Bruce Lee to, like, what his thought process was, which was just like, like, hey, like, we just need to kick ass, like, in the long run. Like, you gotta defend yourself, you gotta fight. Like, does it matter? And a lot of people, like, in different sects of, like, martial arts, just were, like, totally anti-against that.
And that leads into another story, but, hey, I'm all about kicking ass and defending yourself. Yeah, yeah. It's a really good movie to watch. I hope that he likes that, but I think this is gonna be, in my opinion, the one that he may, like, try to turn off halfway through because he's just not into it.
Sorry, I'm just picturing Lou, like, sitting there, like, really struggling to fight his way through this movie. Yeah, yeah. This is the one movie I can kind of see with. But also, I think I can kind of see this with the next one.
So for the ninth movie, I chose Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. And, I mean, you want to talk about people walking for three hours. I mean, there you go. There's your movie.
But I figured, like, I had to throw a fantasy one in there, so that's the one I chose. Yeah, well, you know, This movie is pretty much stationary the whole time. It's not a physical threat. It's just a psychological threat.
Oh man, I don't even know what to say. I tell you, this movie messed me up. This movie definitely messed me up. It's a good movie, I think.
If you get through this, you'll probably have a one-off on me. Because it wasn't that bad, you know? Because I'm assuming Lou won't watch it at the most influential time in his life, you know, like when I watched it. Right, yeah.
Cool. Well, we made it through. We made it through Halloween there. Yeah, we made it through Halloween, so we're on the home stretch.
We only got two more. So for November, I figured, you know, we just made him watch The Exorcist, right? Might as well try to lighten it up a little bit. And this time, I kind of wanted to throw back to a little bit older comedy, not necessarily too pop-culturey, but like a really good John Candy film, which is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Yeah, this is one of those movies where most people, unless you've seen it, have never heard of it. Unless they're a John Candy fan or even a Steve Martin. But yeah, I actually really like this and it definitely gets Lou prepared for the holidays a little bit. There's definitely some great lines in the movie as well.
Yeah, yeah. It's good. I think that he'll kind of like this one because it is funny and it is kind of, you know, at least timely in terms of, you know, traveling for the holidays. And I think it'll kind of just be a light, lighthearted, just a good movie to watch.
And it's one that, you know, like you said, it's a holiday movie that a lot of people watch. And I debated on putting this one in the Christmas time too, right? But I didn't really want to, because I think, you know, it makes sense in November for me. Yeah, there's a, there's a great line where Steve Martin or Neil in the movie is just, just lots of F-bombs about the, the rental car.
I don't know if you remember that. It's been a while, so I probably couldn't quote this one, you know, word for word, but the outbursts, yeah. Yeah, he's just like, your company left me out in the middle of fucking nowhere with no fucking keys and no fucking car. Yes.
It's just like, fuck, fuck, fuck. Anyways. Then they tend to just like, just not having any of it. Can I see your rental agreement?
And he's like, I fucking threw it in the garbage. Yeah. She's like, I can't help you. He's like, oh.
So moving on to the final movie of the year. So I was like, okay, it's Christmas. We have to choose a Christmas movie. So the Christmas movie I chose, which is a Christmas movie everyone should choose, is Die Hard.
Yes, 100%. You know, it's funny, when Christmas comes around, Die Hard gets thrown around and you know the people that have never seen Die Hard when they're like, why would I watch that for Christmas time? And you're like, okay, I can't talk to you. We can't be friends.
That's one of those things where it's like you just have to leave the room. But I think this kind of puts him into that upper echelon, right? Because it's like now he is one of the elite that will know, like, hey, if someone mentions Die Hard for Christmas or if someone says, hey, what Christmas movie should we watch? And you say Die Hard, like, you are now a class above some people, you know?
Like, you've made it through this list. Like, you can now check off this victory, like, hey, like, I can now say something that people, you know, that I understand that some people don't understand, right? Like, I've now kind of, like, edged up a level. I've leveled up, right?
Like, experience points gained, you know? Like, put that towards pop culture knowledge. Yep, I remember, yeah, good old John McClane in the movie. And you even get more bonus points if you choose Die Hard 2.
You see, oh, for Christmas movies? Yeah. Yeah. The original Die Hard is just great because you also get to see some Alan Rickman and, like, big tribute to Alan Rickman, right?
Oh, yeah, Alan Rickman was awesome in that movie. Yep. Hans Gruber. Hans Gruber, yeah.
It's like, now I have a machine gun. Ho, ho, ho. I don't know, this is totally off topic, but it's also Die Hard related. Did you ever play the Die Hard, like, arcade game?
I didn't play the arcade game. I played the game when they released it on PC. Okay, yeah. I think it was, like, very similar.
That was definitely a fun game. You're just fighting terrorists all the way up the building until it explodes. The one I played on PC was a first-person shooter, so it was probably, like, much later. Oh, okay.
It kind of had you go through all of kind of the same things that John McClane did, right? Like, you go up to the roof, you know, for the helicopter, and then you go down, and you're really strapped on, like, ammunition and guns, and, like, they're hard to come by. It did a pretty good job of, you know, kind of recreating that experience. But, yeah, Die Hard, just a movie, you know, cop from New York goes to California for the holidays, and, you know, just normal shit that happens every day.
You know, the tower that he's staying in gets hijacked by terrorists, you know, and they lock down the building, and he's the only cop that's there, and he becomes the hero. He's got to kick some ass to kick out all these terrorists. Yep, and him climbing through, like, the, I think it's the one where he's, like, climbing in the vents and stuff, right? Yeah.
Yeah. Have a good laugh. Have a couple laughs. He's got lighter guys.
It's a good movie. So, well, man, that kind of rounds out the list for Mr. Lou. So, yeah, I think we'll have to hold him accountable to this.
And we'll have to really test his knowledge to see if he gets around to watching them. Yeah. Right, like, give him a test, like a written test afterwards. Like, all right, so in Mean Girls, you know, who said this quote?
It's like the book report, you know, quizzes that they make you do in school to make sure you actually read the book. Like, yeah. He's like, so why were the lambs silent? Yeah, why were the lambs silent?
What was The Silence of the Lambs actually about? What was The Hope in Star Wars? Yeah. And what was so new about it?
Who is Private Ryan and why did he need saving? Why? Yeah, I could make so many good puns with this. Oh, yeah.
I really want to say the Darth Vader one from Rogue One. Yeah, you can say it. Stop choking on your own aspirations. That's so stupid.
Be careful not to choke on your own aspirations, hero. Yeah, be careful not to choke. Yeah. Are you done?
I think we're done. Yeah, I think we're done. I think that's it. And cue the outro music.
It's done. I just want to, like, watch a movie now. Oh, man, it's the last thing I want to do. It's one in the morning.
I don't want to watch anything. I want to go to bed. I'm curious, though, like, I haven't seen much of, like, Tony Stark in Iron Man's suit, so I'm kind of, like, wondering what's going on there. Yeah, I was, he's, he looks like he's just, like, in a track suit.
In a track suit. Yeah, wait a minute. Why is he in a track suit? Every time we see him, he's in an actual suit-suit.
Or, you know, something a little less. He's either in an AC-DC t-shirt or, like, a full-blown, like, suit. And he's in, like, a track suit. I'm like, what's, were you just out jogging when all this went down?
Or, like, what happened?