Podcast #378 A Monster Calls
Teaser: Tell him we’re not here. At the 1:01 mark, we begin this week’s 3×3 with a discussion of bad opening shots in movies.
Date: January 16, 2017
Running Time: 02:11:13
Domestic Box Office Take: $3,740,823
Opening and Closing Song: I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder
Tagline: It’s like the BFG only the F stands for photosyhthesis.
2nd Tagline: It’s like Avatar but with Sigourney Weaver in a tree.
3rd Tagline: It’s like if Tony Robbins was an Ent.
4th Tagline: It’s the best feel good movie about dying moms since Doctor Detroit.
5th Tagline: Finally a movie where Felicity Jones dies after making an inspiring speech about blowing up stuff.
Christien: Mukrawski
Response: I’m chaning my name to Finley Jacobson.
Over/Under
Dingus:
Over: Truly Madly Deeply
Under: Dan in Real Life
Kelly:
Over: Terms of Endearment
Under: 13 Ghosts
Tom:
Over: My Neighbor Totoro
Under: Pete’s Dragon (2016)
3x3: “bad opening shots in movies” by Tom starts at 01:01:12.
Tom Chick
3. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
- Jaws
Dingus
3. Clerks
2. House of Games
- Melancholia
Kelly Wand
3. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2. Speed 2: Cruise Control
- Snakes on a Plane