Episode 123: Ridley Scott Watch Series #21: THE COUNSELOR (2013)

"...when it comes to grief, the normal rules of exchange do not apply, because grief transcends value. A man would give entire nations to lift grief off his heart. And yet, you cannot buy anything with grief, because grief is worthless" This week on the podcast, John and Curtis celebrated Easter Monday by discussing the bleak, Southwestern crime thriller/horror THE COUNSELOR—written by Cormac McCarthy, the late American author of works like 'THE ROAD' and 'NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN'. We ran through the plot, discussed our favourite scenes, and the dark turn this film takes in its final act. Before that, we did our usual discussion of news of the week and what we watched. We also chatted about our recent vacations. Next week, John and Quinn will discuss the next Scott film, EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:37 Trip discussion (Stockholm, Winnipeg) 00:11:27: New teaser trailer for ALIEN: ROMULUS. 00:11:30 New film adaptation of 'THE SIMS' announced. 00:11:50 Cillian Murphy to return for the Peaky Blinders movie 00:12:22 New theatrical trailer for FURIOSA (A MAD MAX SAGA... ugh) 00:13:50 Teaser trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 00:15:50 New Fear Street film in the works 00:15:36 Seat Struck Goes Political: Are Sydney Sweeney's gigantic melons putting an end to "woke" culture? Curtis and John weigh in. 00:20:23 New release run down (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; Immaculate [which Curtis watched]; Road House; Late Night with The Devil; The Truth vs. Alex Jones) What We Watched This Week 00:30:01 The Quarry [Video Game] and Immaculate [see above] (Curtis) 00:31:17 Creation Stories (Curtis) 00:32:33 Midsommar (Curtis) 00:34:07 Cargo [2017] (John) 00:36:21 The Return of Godzilla (John) 00:40:42 Black Bear [2019] (John) 00:42:11 Incendies (John) 00:46:36 THE COUNSELOR Discussion 01:11:14 Our Ratings for THE COUNSELOR 01:16:00 Coming Up Next! CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: "The Hunter" - The Counselor OST Outro: "The Hunted" - The Counselor OST Quinn: @seatstruckreviews https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' https://curtisrunstedler.ca/ John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts