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Release date – 11/21/2012

20^th Century Fox

 

Directed – Ang Lee

Produced by – Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womack

Screenplay by – David Magee

Based on Life of Pi by Yann Martell

 

Cast

Suraj Sharma – Piscine “Pi” Molitor, age 16

Irfan Khan – Pi, adult

Tabu – Gita Patel

 

• The list of upcoming movie reviews… connect the, umm, dots.
• Deuce (via email) – amazing!
• Tony – visuals lacking & animal special effects, not so good.
• Darrell – blown away, stunning visuals.
• David – liked it, but some aspects turned him off.
• A visually well told story.
• This movie damns religion (although not really about religion)… listen to find out why.
• Which story do we want to believe? NOT which story is true?
• Nature or humanity?
• Is human nature inherently good or evil?
• I need more tiger.
• Best scene… pee on the tarp, spray on his face.
• Is Gerard Depardieu the most recognizable name to US audiences?
• A brief trip into Great Gatsby land.
• Bad movie going experiences.

Trivia bits-n-pieces:

• 86% of the tiger shots were CGI, the rest (23 shorts) were real.  Some of the real tiger scenes were when Richard Parker was swimming in the water and couldn’t get back in without Pi’s help, most of the scenes where Pi is training the tiger with a stick and when the tiger scratches his claws on the hatch below.
• Tabu and Irrgan Khan, who played mother and son in  this film, previously played husband and wife in the film The Namesake.

Academy Awards

• Best Director
• Best Cinematography
• Best Visual Effects
• Best Original Score

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• David

This episode was recorded:  5/1/13

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Release date – 11/9/2012

MGM/Columbia Pictures

Directed

• Sam Mendes

Produced by

• Michael G. Wilson
• Barbara Broccoli

Screenplay by

• Neal Purvis
• Robert Wade
• John Logan

Based on James Bond by Ian Fleming

Cast

Daniel Craig

• James Bond

Judi Dench

• M

Javier Bardem

• Raoul Silva

Ralph Fiennes

• Gareth Mallory

 

• Word Association!  Sun… Moon… Skyfall…
• Tony and Darrell saw a sneak preview of Defiance.
• Best parts… Javier Bardem, the opening credits with Adele, and Judi Dench.
• Favorite Bond songs.
• David didn’t like the movie until Bardem.
• Bond… old?
• Sacrificed by M?
• The Shanghai scene was great.
• Q was very cool.
• The set-up of the characters and relationships was handled very well.
• The Komodo Dragon was silly, but fun.
• “Skyfall” was a great turn and end of the movie.
• Shoot up the Aston Martin? Oh hell no!
• Allowing Bond and M to break away from their stoicism lifted their characters.
• “I like you better without your Beretta.”
• Was the rumor of Sean Connery supposed to be Kinkaid?
• Rating this Bond movie with Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale.

Trivia bits-n-pieces:

• It was rumored that Kevin Spacey was considered for the villain, but declined due to scheduling conflicts.
• M’s house is the former house of John Barry, the legendary Bond composer who passed away in 2011.  Both the score for Skyfall and the use of his house were tributes to Barry.

Awards (partial list):

• Academy Awards – Original Song, Sound Editing
• British Academy Film Awards – Outstanding British Film, Original Music
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards – Best Action Movie, Best Song, Best Actor in an Action Movie

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• Tony
• David

This episode was recorded:  4/17/13

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