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<v Speaker 1>What's up, listeners. So when I recorded this week's episode,

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<v Speaker 1>I was in the basement of a parking garage with

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<v Speaker 1>zero reception, which means I didn't have my phone to

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<v Speaker 1>look at my notes like I usually do, which means

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<v Speaker 1>I need to tell you the cast and the writer

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<v Speaker 1>and the director of the movie right up top. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a few details about the movie that I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to share, so I'm going to say all of that

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<v Speaker 1>right now. This week's movie is Bogonia. Bogonia, written by

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<v Speaker 1>Will Tracy, directed by your Ghost Lantemos, starring im A Stone,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesse Plemons, Aiden Delvis Stavros Halkius, and Alicia Silverstone. This

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<v Speaker 1>movie is an English language remake of the two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and three South Korean film Save the Green Planet. It's

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<v Speaker 1>about two young men who kidnap a powerful CEO because

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<v Speaker 1>they suspect that she's secretly an alien who wants to

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<v Speaker 1>destroy Earth. All right, I'm Ronald Young Junior, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>leaving the theater. Where have young girls thinking them? When

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<v Speaker 1>will they have? When will they am? Now? All right?

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<v Speaker 1>This is Ronald, and I am leaving the theater after

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<v Speaker 1>seeing Bogonia. So I'm in a basement with no service.

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<v Speaker 1>As I recapped at the top of the episode, let's

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<v Speaker 1>get into the film itself. I don't I there are

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<v Speaker 1>so many things about this film that were fine. It

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<v Speaker 1>made me lean in, it made me watch it. Jesse

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<v Speaker 1>Plemon's performance is great. I do not know the actor's

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<v Speaker 1>name who played Don. His performance is also great. And

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<v Speaker 1>Emma Stone's performance is great. Performances are great. The actors

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<v Speaker 1>all clocked in. I have no quibbles with the actors.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even think I have any quibbles with Yrgos

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<v Speaker 1>Lanthemos and his directing style. He shot this on film,

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<v Speaker 1>it looked good. I believed the set pieces very believable,

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<v Speaker 1>like it made sense. I felt like I was in

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<v Speaker 1>that world. I have issues with the story. I have

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<v Speaker 1>issues with watching as much movie as I just watched,

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<v Speaker 1>only for it to end the way that it did.

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<v Speaker 1>And when it ended, I was in a press screening.

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<v Speaker 1>Every now and then you'll get some sort of titter

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<v Speaker 1>or some sort of clap or something from the audience

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<v Speaker 1>that will indicate how they felt about this movie. And

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<v Speaker 1>it was silence for me. It was stunned silence, as in,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe what I just watched. I might have

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<v Speaker 1>wasted my time here. The reason why that's important and

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<v Speaker 1>is that important, I don't know. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it's important that I wasted time or not. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying is watching the movie, getting to the

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<v Speaker 1>end and feeling like it fell flat. Really, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to walk out of a movie wondering if I

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<v Speaker 1>liked it or not, because for me, that's a clear

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<v Speaker 1>indication that I don't like it. Because movies that I

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<v Speaker 1>like and movies that make me think, will often make

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<v Speaker 1>me think about the parts that I do want to

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<v Speaker 1>rewatch again, whereas this one, I don't want to watch

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<v Speaker 1>it again. It was frustrating. It's a captive movie, and

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<v Speaker 1>captive movies are always frustrating to me. I am always thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>just get out of there, just run right now, just

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<v Speaker 1>stab them now, just get on out of there. And

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<v Speaker 1>this movie it's not necessarily filled with that, but the approach,

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<v Speaker 1>the dialogue between Stone and Jesse Plemans felt sometimes excruciating,

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<v Speaker 1>but not again because of the way they performed it,

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<v Speaker 1>but because of the way it was written. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know exactly what the messaging is here. I just

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<v Speaker 1>feel like at twenty twenty five to have to watch

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<v Speaker 1>what I just watched. I would like some messaging. I

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<v Speaker 1>would like you to tell me something. I would like

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<v Speaker 1>you to peel back the curtain a little bit and

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<v Speaker 1>tell me what exactly were you thinking here, because what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to get from the actors is a press tour.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to go around and say, oh, it's brilliant

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<v Speaker 1>and it means this and that, and it's a commentary

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<v Speaker 1>on this. But they're just trying to sell me the movie.

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen it now and I'm not going to buy

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<v Speaker 1>another ticket, and I don't want to see it again,

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<v Speaker 1>but I do want to kind of digest what I

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<v Speaker 1>just saw and maybe you'll get point zero one star back.

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<v Speaker 1>But other than that, I just yeah, this was hard, y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>This was hard, man. It was even for me painful

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<v Speaker 1>at times because and I think for me, when it

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<v Speaker 1>stopped being painful and I leaned all the way in,

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<v Speaker 1>I felt like it then kind of spat in my

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<v Speaker 1>face and then kind of rubbed my face in it

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<v Speaker 1>for a while in a way that felt extremely frustrating.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's really no way for me to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>what happened without spoiling the movie, so I almost want

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<v Speaker 1>to just and even if I tell you, I just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's gonna be I think if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to see this, go see it, but just know

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<v Speaker 1>that it's possible you might leave pretty frustrated with it.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, I think it's a short review today, y'all.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I that's all I really have? Is that all

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<v Speaker 1>I have? Yeah? Wow that I'm sorry y'all like this one.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have much more than that. I just i'd

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like one two three Cloverfield Lane. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's called another frustrating movie for me because I really

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<v Speaker 1>liked Cloverfield and I feel like each entry in the

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<v Speaker 1>Cloverfield franchise is more frustrating than the last. But X

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<v Speaker 1>Machina X Bachina one two three Cloverfield Lane are two

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<v Speaker 1>mysterious kind of captor movies. If you will. X Machina

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty good. It does a pretty good job. One

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<v Speaker 1>two three Cloverfield Lane does an okay job. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>they gave me more. I wish you would get me

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<v Speaker 1>into the fight like I want to be. I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to be in the fight. When it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>the Cloverfield movies, they keep taking me away from the fight,

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<v Speaker 1>put me in the fight, coach, and then this get

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<v Speaker 1>a captive movie where I I just don't know why

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<v Speaker 1>I had to watch it. And the way that you

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<v Speaker 1>scoring to indicate fear in this film is sometimes jarring.

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<v Speaker 1>It's effective at times, but I don't love it. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's some acts of violence here that don't feel fun

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<v Speaker 1>to watch. And I know that's probably a weird sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you mean by that? I mean you watch

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<v Speaker 1>some movies and they're like, oh, man, he beat that

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<v Speaker 1>dude up and threw them off a building, and you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to like it, doesn't really hold it up

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<v Speaker 1>close to you, whereas this one is the type of

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<v Speaker 1>violence that feels visceral and bothersome. There's one point where

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<v Speaker 1>a person does self harm and I knew it was

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<v Speaker 1>coming so immediately covered my eyes from the way that

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<v Speaker 1>the character was talking. And I didn't like that and

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<v Speaker 1>did't make me feel good. This movie just it's a

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<v Speaker 1>feel bad movie. I don't feel good after watching this.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to go think about some stuff and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, you to comfort food or so. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, Man, this is I have to cleanse my

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<v Speaker 1>body of this movie. I just y'all. Please. With all

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<v Speaker 1>that being said, I give it a two point nine

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<v Speaker 1>to nine of five stars. It's the story that's bad.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not really the construction of the film itself that's bad.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't want to watch it again. I still

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<v Speaker 1>liked it better than The Long Walk, which I did

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<v Speaker 1>not like, So hopefully that gives you some indication there,

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<v Speaker 1>and with that, Leaving the Theater is a production of

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<v Speaker 1>set this and forget it and not have to worry

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