The Halloween episode is 3 hours and 17 minutes long. Great episode. Alex Ross Perry starts off taking the piss out of himself and David, then drives in with a truckload of context, and then they actually talk through the movie in detail. I repeat, great episode.
Luckily Iāve got a 3+ hour drive tomorrow
The most recent Patreon episode, where they talk about great āwalksā in movies and them rank them is an all-timer. 3 hours with the two friends, Ben and JD Admato that perfectly breaks down why I love this podcast. The inherent pointlessness of doing this in the first place is prevalent, the presentation of the cases is full-on film talk, and then the ranking just dives into complete silliness Just perfect entertainment.
Awesome. Am a bit behind on the patreons but really looking forward to this
Some wonderful person has created a wordle-style puzzle-per-day version of the box office game to play online.
Youāre given the weekend date, and other basic info like the weekend gross and gross so far. And the studio.
Youāre also given 200 points if you can guess the film immediately. But you can also āspendā the points on different clues, like the name of the director, the tagline, the budget, the names of the two main actors, the total eventual gross, the genre and the plot synopsis. Obviously different categories cost a different number of points.
Todayās weekend was the weekend of July 28th, 2017. I wasnāt confident enough to guess any of them outright, but I did well with the clues.
I got the number one from the director
I got the number two from the main actor
I got the number three from the plot description (I did alright on the first two so I thought I would indulge. Turns out that was a good idea.
I got the number four from the director
I had an inkling about the number five because of the high gross so far, but again went for the director and knew what it was immediately.
Kind of fun. I think this is a fun game for people who donāt listen to Blank Check, but I thought Iād post it here as us fans would definitely appreciate it.
Also, the Sam Raimi miniseries starts next week, I think(? - I havenāt finished the Power of the Dog episode yet) but the Patreon today said that they werenāt including Oz: The Great and Powerful in the March Madness commentary bracket for the Wizard of Oz because itāll be on the main feed.
benās notes on power of the dog are great āthatās a really cinematic moment of peepingā
sam raimi series will be a lot of fun
I wish theyād hurry up and do Fincher
yes! really want them to do soderbergh as well
Would last three years and be amazing
man, i donāt know how griffin does this
Thatās the exact moment I got home today and paused because I want to go over it again. I think David says something like āI never know what heās going to sayā.
Iāve enjoyed the Jane Campion series. When they announced it, I was bit like āOh, Filmspotting have just done thisā but Blank Check and Filmspotting are so different that it didnāt really matter.
I think the Power of the Dog episode (even if I havenāt finished it) is one of the best recent episodes. The tangent about a multiverse of characters played by Benedict Cumberbatch is hilarious, as they keep remembering different people heās played.
haha yeah, both of their reactions to that were perfect. he has some other funny notes too. good episode, donāt think iāve listened to a lawson one before, thought he was a good guest
iāve only seen the piano and this one of campionās stuff so havenāt listened to most of the episodes in this series. angel at my table is on netflix now i think so iāll try and check that one out too
Neither do I. I think I ādiscoveredā Box Office Mojo in something like 2008 (I think it was the weekend that Speed Racer was released because I remember it kind of tanking and was outgrossed by Whatever Happens in Vegas) and since then, have looked at it every Monday, but I canāt retain everything.
I wish they would do a box office game of the beginning of the Pandemic, because Iāve looked at those box office movies and figures and they are truly nuts.
Managed to get two of the five with no hints and Iām delighted with that.
800 points overall
I got 710 for today. My average score is rubbish because I had to give up on two of yesterdays impossible ones, one of which was a Tyler Perry movie that I couldnāt remember because he makes a lot of movies, and the other was a film I had literally never heard of called āI Can Only Imagineā
Iām looking forward to tomorrow!
I really thought Iād be good at this but Iām terrible. Couldnāt even do the Summer 2003 week and i watched everything that yearā¦
Really enjoyed the Campion series. Top of the Lake (season 1) was my favourite. Then Power of the Doggy, then The Pinanner.
Need to see Bright Star.
Thought Top of the Lake: China Girl was incredible. It was just soooo wild. Puss was such a nightmare
Credit to you for watching them all! It was a great miniseries and the Power of The Dog ep was an all timer but I needed a break after a watching few of them. Campion is an amazing director but some of those film are harrowing!
Theyāve all gone on my to watch list and Iāll get to them eventually.
What was your favourite out of curiosity?