More Than One Lesson

Tyler and Josh discuss Robert Wise’s The Sound of Music, Best Picture of 1965.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Podcast Awards, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Andrew Klavan Show
00:06:00- The Lobster
00:43:00- Brazil
00:56:15- Discussion of theme, Josh’s Lobster review
01:15:07- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler and Reed discuss Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie and Disney’s Pinocchio.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Flipped, The Lobster
00:01:55- Chappie
01:03:20- Pinocchio
01:50:00- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler and Robert discuss Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant and Sean Penn’s The Crossing Guard.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Civil War review, Out Now appearance
00:08:50- The Revenant
01:40:45- The Crossing Guard
02:20:00- Episode wrap-up

Tyler recounts his experiences at the 2016 International Christian Film Festival.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro
00:04:40- Day 1, Priceless, human trafficking
00:16:45- Day 2, Tyler’s seminar, Wade Williams
00:26:00- Movie recommendations
00:57:00- Reactions to seminar
01:04:15- Day 3, Alex Kendrick
01:10:00- God using Christian film, “The Dilemma of Christian Film”
01:26:50- Awards, meeting Alex Kendrick, the end of the festival
00:01:35- Episode wrap-up

At this point, the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are fairly easy to make. We know the characters and the world; we just need the new conflict explained efficiently and we’re off to the races. This is not a good thing. Movies should not be by-the-numbers, regardless of how deep into a specific series or franchise they are. In fact, with each new entry, we should see more effort put into the finished product, not less. Rather than simply give us a variation on what we’ve seen before, the filmmakers should at least attempt to present us with something new. By pitting its heroes against each other, Captain America: Civil War had the opportunity to show us something we hadn’t seen before. It could have divided our loyalties and made us question the motivations and philosophies of these characters that we’ve come to know and love over the years. And while it does tease us with that for a few minutes, the film mostly abandons that in order to give us more of the same.

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Tyler and Josh discuss Fred Zinnemann’s A Man for All Seasons, Best Picture of 1966.

In this episode, Tyler and Robert discuss Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Tyler and Josh discuss Norman Jewison’s In the Heat of the Night, the Best Picture of 1967.