Under the Wheels Episode 45: Gabe's Eternals Struggle

 

Gabe and Matt shoot the breeze about movies. Topics include the Cowboy Bebop Live Action Remake, Netflix and American Anime Live Action Adaptations; Frank Miller’s The Spirit; Gabe’s epic struggle with and Matthew’s horrible plot synopsis of The Eternals; the peculiarities of Wes Anderson’s idiosyncratic style; The French Dispatch in greater detail; the strange discourse around Wes Anderson; Matthew’s critique about people who are “die hard” Ghostbusters fans based off reaction to Ghostbusters Afterlife; the strange experience of Titane; movies where our expectations were dashed for the worst; talk about what kind of future episodes we might do; and some thoughts on The Wind Rises.

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Under the Wheels Episode 44: DUNE

 

Matt works with Gabe to see if Dune is just fine or if it’s a Shiny and Chrome. Topics include adaptations of novels in novel forms; the history and failings of Dune adaptations; relating Kojima to Dune; a case for Dave Bautista as the best wrestler-turned-actor; how Dune takes science fiction and evolves it to Fantasy; why book-to-movie adaptations are not a binary good or bad thing but more of a non-lateral scale; the problem with four-hour movies, strange “director’s cut” and “extended cut” profit releases, and part one-part two pacing issues; the surprising box-office history of Blade Runner and The Thing; some good John Carpenter talk; how actors who ask for certain regards or are critical of work they are in are seen as difficult by Hollywood (and Matt’s) standards somewhat without merit or bad marketing; if Gabe and Matt made Dune; the return of good diffused fog effects; and Martin Scorsese’s take on how to make a proper superhero in New York.

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Under the Wheels Episode 43: The Last Duel

 

Gabe and Matt talk about The Last Duel. Topics include The Limey; Hard Eight; the difficulty of rating The Last Duel; comparisons to Rashomon and why Rashomon is not one of Gabe and Matt’s favorites; how the Criterion Collection knows how to market to their targeted demographic really well (and has some of the best cover art); some divergence to Branded to Kill; the difficulty of talking about truth in film; if The Last Duel is just a movie of the moment or if it can be timeless; the odd conflict between Ridley Scott as a director and as a producer on the same movie; how the movie criticizes common notions of medieval life; Charles VI’s portrayals in movies; how the movie balances its messaging; and the expert filmmaking of Ridley Scott.

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Under the Wheels Episode 42: No Time To Die

Matt and Gabe talk about the latest James Bond epic No Time to Die.

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Under The Wheels Episode 41: The 90-Minute Episode

 

Matt and Gabe try to keep the run time down as they discuss some movies they’ve watched lately. Again. Topics include language changes over time; Taste of Cherry; Roger Ebert’s strange reviewing style; blank-check filmmaking vs. limitation filmmaking; a brief tangent on Alita: Battle Angel;  First Love by Miike; “Visionary” James Wan’s Malignant; No More Heroes 3; Dr. Zhivago; epic-length movies, and some Endgame talk.

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Under the Wheels Episode 40: The Green Knight

Matt and Gabe discuss the new David Lowery epic The Green Knight. Topics include The Piano and Holly Hunter; Sam Neill in the 90's; a few odd comparisons between The Green Knight and Promising Young Woman; how episodic storytelling should not be considered negative criticism; deconstruction of the chivalrous knight; respect for Sean Harris and how he tends to work in roles that he really shouldn't work in; The Green Knight's ties to other classic and not so classic medieval films; strange narrative choices and faltering endings in otherwise great movies; the delicate relationship between what a movie asks of the audience and what the audience will accept; how it is a movie about living life; A24 as a brand; debating whether everything SHOULD be like A24; a brief review of Shang Chi; Matt confuses two fantastic Hong Kong actors; finding the key to open the door to styles not normally traversed; a brief review of Reminiscence; defining "Asian American Representation"; and a small shout-out to Simu Liu and Kumail Nanjiani.

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Under the Wheels Episode 39: The Suicide Squad

Gabe and Matthew discuss DC Comic's James Gunn's The Suicide Squad (redirect from Suicide Squad 2 or Suicide Squad Gaiden). They also talk a lot about media criticism controversies.

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Under the Wheels Episode 38: No Sudden Move

Matt and Gabe closely watch Steven Soderbergh's new HBO Max film No Sudden Move. Topics include Soviet-style pornography; Soderbergh’s strange and brilliant career; Soderbergh’s evolution regarding themes and style; where No Sudden Move falls in the canon of Soderbergh; his increased reliance on political environment and wealth inequality in his filmmaking; the only three movies you’ll ever need to see (instead of going to film school), and an open invitation to Steven Soderbergh to come on the show and tell us all about how the industry works.

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Under The Wheels Episode 37: Black Widow

Gabe and Matt discuss the latest controversial Marvel movie weeks after it has already set COVID box office records.

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Under the Wheels Episode 36: The Ketchup Episode

 

Gabe and Matt recount what they've been watching lately and divert from the main path even more than usual.

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Under The Wheels Episode 35: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Lost Episode)

 

Gabe and Matt discuss why or why not plays should be adapted into movies and how to do it badly and not as badly. Topics include The Elephant Man, Star Wars as failed Dungeons and Dragons characters, what serves as the best introduction to David Lynch movies (hint here), what Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and One Night in Miami do similarly and differently, Matt's odd fascination with Hitchcock movie adaptations of stage plays like "Dial M for Murder", Denzel Washington's desire to make the August Wilson Cinematic Universe, actors as filmmakers, including Mel Gibson, the strange accusations of the film world of culturally appropriating Theater, and H Bomberguy's Youtube Channel.

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Under the Wheels Episode 34: Oscar Preview

 

Gabe and Matt talk about the Academy Awards for the 2nd year in a row and discuss their top ten of the year. Gabe goes on quite a few rants that are well worth hearing, if just for the entertainment value.

Notes:

• How does Oscar Voting Work

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Under the Wheels Episode 33: Zack Snyder's Justice League

Matt, Gabe, and Austin assemble together in the Hall of Justice to discuss the latest Zack Snyder slow-motion-fest Zack Snyder's Justice League.

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Under the Wheels Episode 32: Judas and the Black Messiah

 Matthew and Gabe discuss Judas and the Black Messiah, its merits, the acting, and how it is so much more than just the equivalent to "A Very Special Episode". Later Matt gets flummoxed over the Golden Globe Nominees for 2021 and desperately shills again for HBO Max.

Subjects:

• My Friend Dahmer
• The Rider
• Lost in Translation
• The Little Things
• The Good Liar
• F for Fake
• The 3D Musketeers
• Will Smith in the Matrix
• Fist of Jesus

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Under the Wheels Episode 31: Soul

 

Gabe and Matt discuss Disney/Pixar's Soul.

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Under the Wheels Episode 30: The Midnight Sky

Matt and Gabe try to find the meaning of The Midnight Sky. Other topics include a discussion on difficult videogames, the merits of drinking straight coffee, independent theaters, Neal Breen movies, Jack Kirby's writing abilities, why some Netflix projects look generic and others turn out unique, the bad filmmaking of Robert Rodriguez, George Cloony: The Last Old-School Movie Star (and his somewhat rocky ability to direct movies), the cliche of science fiction movies in space on IMAX, how Anthony Minghella walked so Tom Hooper could ruin movies, Matt SHAMELESSLY shills for HBO Max, the depressing state of "the industry", the rollercoaster that is Azerbaijani television, Brad Pitt's track record as a producer, and Barry Jenkins getting paid.

References

• Dark Souls 3
• Spiderman 2 - The Game
• Funky Flashman - the Mister Miracle Parody of Stan Lee
• Pieces of a Woman
• The American Friend
• Cowboys and Aliens
• Dr. Sleep
• The Raid 2
• The English Patient

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Under the Wheels Episode 29: Wonder Woman 1984 and Invisible Man

Matt and Gabe discuss Wonder Woman 1984 and Invisible Man, both connected by a common thread - invisibility.

References:

• Bronson
• Elf
• The Breadwinner
• The Song of Sparrows
• The Chef Show
• Soul
• Megamind

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Under the Wheels Episode 28: Possessor and VFW

 

Matt, Austin, and Gabe discuss Brandon Cronenberg's new film Possessor, Jeff Bezos's film VFW, and video games. Lots of video games. And Best Damn Root Beer, if you would like to sponsor us please do.

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