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It’s finally Friday on Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush. So I tell him I’m a pro jack. And who do you think they give you? The Dalai Lama himself. So we finish 18, and he’s going to sniff me. And I say, hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know? And he says, oh, it won’t be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So I got that going. And movie reviews with Andy Payne.
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I think that you got the wrong impression about me. I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do.
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What I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
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Jim Ray, what do you want to do tonight?
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The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. Stick a fork in me, Jerry. I’m done.
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Now, here is your host of Rush to Reason, John Rush.
SPEAKER 11 :
John Rush.
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And I’m your host, Andy Pate, filling in for John Rush today. I’m joined again by Luke Cash and Tanner Cole. That’s right, more man than anybody can possibly handle. It’s overwhelming. Charlie looks intimidated. Yeah, I can tell. Talk about being intimidated. How about Zelensky?
SPEAKER 08 :
Was he intimidated?
SPEAKER 04 :
I think so. I don’t know. I don’t know what happened today. I cannot believe that there was this kind of a blow-up. I mean, can you, Tanner, did you actually see any of this?
SPEAKER 07 :
I saw the clip. Apparently there was already problems before because Zelensky didn’t want to sign giving the U.S. minerals without protection was his big stipulation.
SPEAKER 04 :
Really? Because I had thought that we were going to give protection for minerals. It’s just that he didn’t want a… What was it? Ceasefire.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. I mean, Trump even said, like, if we weren’t helping you with our dumb former presidents, this war would have been over in two weeks and you guys would have been taken over by Russia. So, like… We’ve been protecting you, but I think Putin wants to cease fire just as much as Zelensky. Actually, probably more than Zelensky. I just don’t think he wants to give it up because we’ve given him so much money and they can’t even find half of it and wonder where that went.
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Okay, well, let me draw a couple conclusions. First of all, I can’t draw any major conclusions. I really don’t know where the deal is, right? Because a lot of that’s been behind the scenes. The blowup was out front, but a lot of what’s been negotiated is behind the scenes. Let me just say this. For all those out there who are freaking out and saying, oh, no, oh, no, oh, no, it’s not going to happen. It’s going to happen, okay? At least I’m very confident. We’re going to have a deal. This is how Trump negotiates, okay? He always, you know, it’s always big, bold, big, bold, hardcore, and push, push, push, push, push. And that is how you negotiate when you want to get the best deal. Now, does that mean that I agree with 100% of the way Trump is handling this? Okay, no. I agree with about 99% of the way Trump is handling this. The way he’s pushing for a very hard deal, absolutely. The way he’s pushing to get mineral rights and so forth, absolutely. A lot of people are angry at him for that. I’ll get to that in a moment. But I’m not. I think it’s a great idea. Here’s what I don’t understand. It’s too emotional. Now, there are going to be those people I know. I’m a Trump supporter, as you guys know this. But there are certain Trump supporters who see him as a god. And they believe that at all times he’s playing four-dimensional chess and he’s five steps ahead every time. Okay? And even these emotional outbursts are all perfectly timed and perfectly whatever. It’s like, guys, you know, at that point you’re describing a deity, right? When you’re describing somebody who cannot possibly ever overstep a little or overreach a little or get a little too emotional in a situation, you’re describing God. And that’s a bit much. Okay. I don’t believe any person is God. I’m not God. Okay. I mean, Charlie has his moments, but even he’s not God. Okay. Look. I don’t care if Zelensky is grateful to the United States. See, that’s where the emotional speak comes in. Why haven’t you been more grateful? Why haven’t you been more thankful and all this? I don’t care about his thankfulness. I only care about the deal. Okay? Drive the hard bargain. Be the businessman. This is what we elected you for. Just… Get the deal. I couldn’t care less about, you know, Zelensky’s emotional state. It means nothing to me. I only want to know how many mineral deals are we going to get? How many rare earth minerals? Which rare earth minerals? For how long? How will the businesses line up? That’s all I care about, okay? What kind of protection do you want going forward with Russia being on your doorstep? That’s all I care about. I care about the deal. I don’t care about the gratefulness. Really quick, Luke, what do you think?
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Yeah, I mean, I agree. I think the focus should be on solving the problem at hand, right? Put everything else aside, you know, put pen to paper and get things done. And I think that’s really the only thing people should be worrying about in this. At the very least, it’s the only thing the big players should be worrying about is solving the problem.
SPEAKER 04 :
I agree. Get the chip off the shoulder. By the way, not just him, Zelensky, too. OK, Zelensky was way too emotional, too. And I thought he came in with the wrong approach altogether. So don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying Trump wasn’t provoked. He was. I totally don’t agree with Zelensky’s approach coming into this. It’s like, look, man. You do understand you’ve been propped up this entire time, and we’re simply asking for us to end this. And now you’re saying you don’t want a ceasefire? No, no, no, no, no. There isn’t any peace without a ceasefire.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, go ahead, Tim.
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Even pro-Ukraine funder Lindsey Graham, the senator, he even was appalled by Zelensky’s behavior and thinks he should resign. Or they should send someone else that’s better, which I was stunned by. And he was watching the whole thing unfold.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I don’t really think that – I understand Lindsey’s feelings there, and he’s probably right, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. Look, what they all need to do is take a step back, chill out, and then hammer out a deal, and I think that’s what’s going to happen. Now, that’s the 1% where I disagree with Trump. I just think he took it a little too personally. Chip off shoulder. You’re right about Zelensky. You’re right about how he handled it. You’re right about all this. But I don’t care if he’s thankful. I’m not looking for thankfulness on the world stage. I want the bullets to stop flying. All right. But. For all those people, because now I’m going to tell you the greatness of Trump. For all those people who are upset because there are a lot of liberals online who have been saying, it is so selfish of us to get these mineral rights. It’s so selfish of us to try to turn their war into our advantage. Let me tell you all something. This is Joe Biden’s war. entirely, and I’m not saying because it happened on his watch. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Wars happen, okay? I’m saying because he made it happen. Trump, I’m sorry, Trump, Putin, Russia, I’ll get to Trump in a moment. If it hadn’t been for Joe Biden doubling the price of oil and doubling the price of gasoline and driving up the price of oil, because that’s their number one export, Putin would not have been able to invade Utah, right? OK, and he wouldn’t have been able to invade Utah if he had a running start from Grand Junction. OK, he was broke. All right. Joe Biden made it possible for Russia to invade Ukraine. They couldn’t do it if it weren’t for Joe Biden. Joe Biden is the one who came in and said all of our future investments that we were doing in oil. Oh, we’re going to cut it down. We’re going to overregulate. We’re going to do it. Look, he made oil much more expensive. He made the lifeblood of the Russian economy take off. He enabled this. And on the other side, if it hadn’t been for hundreds of billions in money and weapons that we’ve been throwing at Ukraine, that side couldn’t have fought back. All these hundreds of thousands of dead young men, mostly young men over there, are dead because of one guy. Joe Biden, now obviously also because Putin invaded and Zelensky made bad decisions. I get all that. But folks, none of this happens without Joe Biden. And so it really gets me when you have people on the left now saying they’re complaining that Trump, because he will get a deal, that Trump is going to get us this deal, that it’s so selfish for America to get this deal. where we’re going to get hundreds of billions of dollars worth back on our investment in rare earth minerals, right? And they’re complaining about this. All I can do is say this. Guys, message to Democrats out there. I’m being serious here. Do you ever want to win again?
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 04 :
Do you ever want to win again? The previous president enabled one side to invade and the other side to fight back. The previous president propped up two sides of a war. This president wants to end a war and, by the way, get a bunch of our profits back. And you could say, well, that’s so selfish. No. that’s actually great for us, and also it’ll be great for them. We’ll have a foothold militarily in Ukraine. Russia’s not going to mess with them again. It’s a wonderful thing. Why would you complain about this? And we need rare earth minerals because China has cornered the world market. It’s a phenomenal thing. It’s a win-win. What are you complaining about? And meanwhile, Russia gets to back out of a war that has become far too expensive for them. Why would we complain about this? Another memo to Democrats. Do you understand that the Ukrainians don’t vote in our elections? OK, Russians don’t vote in our elections. Americans vote in our elections. And the guy that you hate so much is making deals that bring back a lot to America. Because here’s what happened. Well, here’s how I’m going to end this. Here’s what happened when they ran up the price of oil and gasoline. Americans were having to pay twice as much for gas, and they were having to max out their credit cards and go way into debt, right, to survive so that Biden could do something stupid and make Russia back into a world power so they could invade. So, first of all, we were suffering because of what he did to help Russia, and then we have to pay all our tax dollars so he can send hundreds of billions over to Ukraine. Why do you think that would be popular with the American people? What makes you think the American people like that? Paying way more for gas and way more in taxes or having their taxes wasted overseas like this in a war that Biden made possible. Trump comes in and is going to get us a bunch back and end the war. Tanner, are they insane? Why would anyone complain about this?
SPEAKER 07 :
I think they just want to keep waving those Ukrainian flags. I don’t see a reason how you cannot think this is for the benefit of the country. They’re out of so much money just for a war that should have never started.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. They’re out of their minds. And while I look at Trump today, I was kind of like, you know, a little too much chip on the shoulder.
SPEAKER 07 :
I liked it.
SPEAKER 04 :
I know you did. I know. And the Trumpers, and you are a Trumper. I’m a Trumper. But I don’t think it sells beyond our base. And that’s the 1%. But the 99% of what he’s doing with this deal, the whole thing has been spectacularly brilliant. I don’t know why they’re doing it. Luke, do you think the Democrats are playing a winning hand here? What are they doing?
SPEAKER 08 :
I don’t know. I don’t know. I think it’s got to be somewhere between some sort of like savior complex and this illusion of how things should work versus how they do in reality. It’s like the reality is we’re running a country, right? And you have to make certain things happen when running a country. But a lot of people have kind of like the blinders up. They want to be this kind of like holier than thou in their ivory tower savior of all things. And when that’s not the reality, they get on the back foot and don’t know how to deal with it. It’s kind of my…
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impression of the situation basically they’re on their heels yeah i think so yeah and they really don’t know what to say because once again folks what we had before trump came is an endless war fueled by high gas prices funnel you know helping one side and our tax dollars helping the other i don’t see where the win is yeah Okay, I think Trump’s going to get us a win. Folks, don’t freak out about what happened today. I know it seems big and bold and all this. It’s going to pass. We’re not going to be even thinking about this in a few days, and he’ll probably get a deal. Sound good? Sounds good. Okay, after the break, we are going to do some movie reviews. Up first is Dr. Scott Faulkner. When you’re not owned by insurance companies, you can innovate and put the patient first. For you, first medicine on the cutting edge, call Dr. Scott at 303-663-6990.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver’s Afternoon Rush. KLZ 560. Andy Pate filling in for John Rush along with Tanner Cole. Man. And Luke Cash. Man. And Luke.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Hey, what’s going on?
SPEAKER 04 :
Hey, buddy. Question. We haven’t connected in a while. I got a question for you.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, it’s been a minute. What do you got? Are you ready for a movie? I was ready. All right. I was ready.
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Yes.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, Luke. Can a toy kill?
SPEAKER 08 :
I hope so.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 08 :
Otherwise, this movie wouldn’t work.
SPEAKER 04 :
Exactly. Well, they can in the movies. Let’s see the latest example in The Monkey.
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For the longest time, there was nothing. But then it appeared. A beast not from this earth. Smiting the ones who deserved it. The ones who didn’t.
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And everyone in between.
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Whoever controls it controls life and death. And those deaths are really messed up.
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Oh! Everybody dies. And that’s life.
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It’s a damn mess in there. Have you been up there? It’s like that restaurant. Spaghetti City.
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Everything okay up there? Yeah, everything’s fine.
SPEAKER 04 :
Everything is not fine, Luke.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, it doesn’t look fine.
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No, I just want to tell you it’s not fine. Okay, here we go. Bill and Hal, they’re twin boys played by Christian Convery, and they’re very different. Bill is aggressive, confident, while Hal is shy and careful. So, alpha meet beta, right? Well, Dad has disappeared, and ominously, there’s a box in his room with a toy monkey inside. Just turn the key in the back, and it smiles and drums. But before long, the boys realize this monkey is demonic, causing freak deaths. And also before long, they wind up having to live with their aunt and uncle, where they throw the monkey down a well. All right, fast forward. 25 years and more deaths later, the twins, played by one actor, Theo James, they have deepened in their personalities. Bill is downright obsessive, while Hal is so terrified of the monkey’s curse that he stays away from his own son and his ex-wife. He doesn’t want anybody close to him because he doesn’t want the curse killing them. Well, needless to say, the monkey shows up again and shocking deaths ensue. Now it becomes a race against time. Can they somehow destroy this toy before the killing rages out of control? Or can they figure out how to control it? That is the story of the monkey. What do you think, Luke?
SPEAKER 08 :
I don’t think I’ve… I mean, very interesting. I don’t think I’ve heard this plot before.
SPEAKER 04 :
It is very different. Okay, what works in the monkey? Well, first of all, it was interesting watching the development of the boys. I like that. There were touching moments with their very rather morbid mom. And it was just a lot of times when you have developmental times with little kids, it doesn’t come across real. It doesn’t come across interesting. It did here. They did that well. Next, you have truly shocking deaths for the gore crowd. OK, very shocking. And the gore crowd will love that. Finally, you have some very funny dialogue. There’s some funny side characters like a pastor and a saleswoman. I think the pastor was the funniest guy in the movie. He shouldn’t have been a pastor. He’s this young guy who got stuck in the job. And it was pretty funny. Oh, also excellent performances by Christian Convery as the young twins and Theo James as the old twins. Both showed real range and interesting quirks. I would like to see more of these people. And there was also an interesting message. Evil doesn’t take orders. It kills randomly. So don’t blame yourself. You know, a lot of people blame themselves. I brought about this person’s death. I shouldn’t have wished evil. You know how I wished bad on them. And then, you know, within the week, something terrible happens to them. And this movie is saying, guys, evil is chaotic and it has a mind of its own. And bad things just happen also. Don’t blame yourself when you wish bad upon someone and then something bad happens. Get out of that mold. Things just happen. It’s life. And also, evil is evil. All right. What doesn’t work in The Monkey? Well, first of all, that’s a pretty good message, isn’t it?
SPEAKER 08 :
I think so.
SPEAKER 04 :
I think so, too. Yeah. What doesn’t work? Well, too bizarre and corny. It’s just way too bizarre and corny to maintain any realism. Realism is key to horror movies, even horror comedies like this, except extremes like Scary Movie. I get that. But when you’re not doing the extreme, which is comedy, comedy, comedy like Scary Movie, you do something like this, you have to have some realism. You have to be able to buy into the characters, and I couldn’t. I don’t think anybody could. Outside of the boys, each character is just a sketch, not developed at all. You ever see Raising Arizona? No. Okay, a lot of characters like that, but it worked there because it was a great comedy. By the way, it’s an old comedy with Nicolas Cage. For those who haven’t seen Raising Arizona, I recommend it. Moving on. I’ve never cared so little about the victims in a movie as I did in this movie. Since there’s no time or development with any of them, they’re almost cardboard cutouts before they’re killed, right? You don’t care. There’s too much time building up several kills, which drags the pace. Got to nail that. Got to have enough time to build up the tension. But if you take too long, you’re going to kill the pace. That’s what they did here. And then the most unrealistic deaths ever. I mean, that’s fine for an all-out comedy, right? That works. But this isn’t trying to be that. For instance, I’m going to give one away. A girl, you’ve got a pool, a swimming pool, and it’s got an electric current going through it because a line went down. When she hits the water, she’s not going to explode.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay?
SPEAKER 04 :
Do you see what I’m saying?
SPEAKER 08 :
Does she explode, Andy?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I’m giving that away, folks. The girl explodes. Like a balloon, huh? I’ve never seen a model explode before. So there you go. Oh, boy. Yeah, and it was just over the top crazy. There was zero explanation for how or why the monkey is evil. Wouldn’t you like a little background? They could have done it. This was not a very long movie, okay? They had time. They could have given a little background, let us know, why is this monkey evil? There’s no explanation for how it moves around or reconstitutes itself. You know, you cut it up and everything, and there it is again, right? Or it’s in this room, then it’s in that room. How’d it get there? You have nothing. There were no answers or explanations anywhere. The answer always just appears to be, well, it just does. Well, okay then.
SPEAKER 08 :
Riveting.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, riveting. There’s not nearly enough funny humor for a horror comedy. There were several good moments. There were several moments where I laughed out loud, where I was enjoying the dialogue. Yeah, because you’ve got these extreme characters. I laughed out loud at the preacher. I thought he was funny. But there wasn’t nearly enough of that. And then you’d have long, draggy scenes building up to the kills that was just taking way too long. This movie, it was just off. And I guess maybe the art crowd liked it because, here we go, Rotten Tomatoes gave this 79%. And as you know, the reviewers are pretty arty, right? So I’m just assuming that maybe the art crowd likes this. You’re in the art crowd.
SPEAKER 08 :
I’m in the art crowd. I am the art crowd.
SPEAKER 04 :
So maybe you’d like this, maybe not. However, and this is very unusual, the viewer reviews dropped 20 points all the way down to 59. Now, the reason that’s so substantial is who’s going to go to these movies?
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, anyone, I don’t know.
SPEAKER 04 :
Horror fans.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, I guess so.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, it’s going to be fans of this kind of movie. So when you look at all the reviewers, these are reviewers who review all kinds of movies everywhere, right? They review everything, and the audience is going to be people who want to go into this kind of a horror movie, and they already know there’s some comedy in it. This should be right up their alley, and they gave it a much lower score. I agree with them. I think they’re right, and I give this quality one and a half stars.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oof, rough.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I’m nailing this one, folks. It’s not a good movie. I was bored. I was really bored. I didn’t care about any of the characters. Kill them all. Who cares? At one point, you’ve got a bunch of cheerleaders cheering for deaths and so forth. Yeah, it’s just bizarro, which is, I guess, okay, but it wasn’t entertaining. I can enjoy bizarro, but you’ve got to tie it together somehow. They didn’t. Political three, more religious two. And for obvious reasons.
SPEAKER 01 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 04 :
This was just not nearly as good a movie as I expected. The monkey. There are people, there are reviewers out there saying best horror film of the year. Guys, it’s not even the best horror film of the month.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s February.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
The Oval Office was more of a horror film than this.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, that was actually a lot more entertaining. I would like to go back and just watch that with Trump and Zelensky. But this movie, The Monkey, do I recommend going to see The Monkey? No, I don’t. I think you’re going to be bored, folks. I think you’re going to be bored. You might walk out early. It just doesn’t go anywhere, and it doesn’t say that much that you really care about. This is just not a good movie. It was a big letdown, maybe my biggest letdown of the year so far. unfortunate that is the monkey okay up next is veteran windows and doors they often beat national retailers by 30 to 50 percent for great windows and doors call veteran at 303-529-0720
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The best export we have is Common Sense. You’re listening to Rush to Reason.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, Andy Pate filling in for John Rush, along with Luke Cash and Tanner Cole. All right, Tanner, got a question for you.
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Yeah?
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Are you ready for a movie? I’m ready for a movie! Okay, Tanner. Tanner, do you want an action movie no one’s talking about? Not a… You know what, actually? That’s being too harsh. I think some people are starting to talk about this movie, and it’s much more of a tense movie than an action movie. Here we go. We have one in Last Breath.
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Okay. In you go. Stay safe, brother.
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Divert in the water at 300 feet. Bell, do you copy? Coms check. Coms check.
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Slow your breathing down for me, okay? You’re pushing too hard. Copy. On the job now. Keep the focus where it needs to be. Diver one, begin equalization. Try one of my magic.
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The thrusters have gone offline.
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How many?
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All of them.
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The ship’s moving. Get out of there. Right now. Copy that. I’m smacked. There is no more slack. That’s everything I’ve got. The ship’s not drifting. Chris has become our anchor.
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That’s never gonna hold. Chris, on me! What happens now? You’re umbilical. It’s gonna snap. I will come back for you, but you have to get yourself back to the top. I can’t rescue you if I can’t find you. Understand? Just make sure I’m all right, though! Where’s our power?
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Dead in the water. We’re drifting out of control.
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How much gas does he have left? not enough we’re gonna be too late it’s a body recovery now no it’s not i’m not losing a diver today all right what do you think tanners that sound intense anything with woody harrelson i feel obligated to see
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I like Woody Harrelson. I really do. Okay, let’s dive in. Undersea pipelines, they require fixing, right?
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As one would imagine.
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Yeah, and working on them is very dangerous, as one would also imagine. A routine mission goes wrong in the North Sea off Scotland. This is a true story. It’s based on a true story. I really enjoyed that. The support ship is above in a storm. while the divers are lowered in this deep-sea unit from which they venture out into the freezing water that’s 1,000 feet down. So this is incredibly tense. And this is what they do in real life. This is how they take care of these pipelines. I didn’t know this. I’d never really thought about how you take care of those pipelines. Got to fix this section. Here’s how. These are the guys you got to send down to do it. Well, they have backup air tanks, but nearly all their air is regulated through these umbilical cables that go out after them. So if you lose the cable, you’re in bad shape. Disaster strikes. The storm knocks out the ship’s support system, and so the ship rapidly drifts. All right, so it’s being driven away by the storm. Well, who’s connected to the ship? The pod. And who’s connected to the pod? The divers, right? And so suddenly their cables are being dragged away. The divers are being dragged away. The problem is one of them has this cord caught on a platform. It snaps. He’s trapped. He’s only got his air tanks. He’s only got 10 minutes of air. Think about that. Roll your ship and the pod. Everything is being dragged away to sea. And you got 10 minutes of air and you are stuck down there. His name is Chris. He’s played by Finn Cole. And he’s not that experienced. His fellow diver is extremely experienced. And he’s played by Simu Liu. And I just love this actor. He’s wonderful. But unfortunately, he can’t rescue him because he’s pulled away by the cable. He’s being taken out to sea. Meanwhile, back in the deep sea unit, you know, down in the pod, their team leader, who’s played by Woody Harrelson, is watching helplessly. There’s nothing he can do. So obviously this is terrifying. They’re watching a guy. There’s no way they’re going to get back in 10 minutes. What are they going to do? Meanwhile, up above, they are having a terrible time because all their systems have been knocked out. So this is going to be an historic rescue attempt. You’ve got this massive challenge that’s facing the ship crew above and the dive team below. The ship crew above, they’ve got to get all their systems back online or they are pretty much hosed. There’s just no way that they’re going to be able to get down to this guy. Meanwhile, the crew down at the bottom, what are they going to do? How are they going to reach him? and if they do reach him how are they going to bring him back he’s hooked in okay he’s stuck and oh by the way uh no air that’s that’s kind of a bad thing too that’s why they call it a big deal yes so you have all these massive challenges that really happened in this true story who will live and who will draw their last breath that’s the story of last breath what do you think tanner
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I don’t like deep water movies because I’m scared of them, but it sounds like I might have to watch it.
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Drowning is terrifying, isn’t it?
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I know how to swim, but being out in the ocean with the sharks and everything else, that’s scary.
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Really quick, did you ever see The Abyss? Best drowning scene ever.
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Oh, great.
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Yeah, I mean, it was incredible.
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I’m with Tanner. I hate the deep ocean. It scares me. What fall was to you, this is to me. Right, because I don’t do heights. Put me as high as you want. I don’t care. The second I touch the water, I’m panicking.
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Okay, so I don’t do heights. You guys don’t do depths.
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I don’t do both. I’m a sissy.
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See, I’m deeper. That’s all there is to it. Okay. What works in last breath? Well, first of all, there’s lots of interesting detail setting the mood. It’s very technical, but very realistic. So you’re really seeing each step that they do. And you feel that you’re not just in a movie, but that you’ve been drawn into a video of people actually doing this, actually working at this job. Because of the technical realism, you really feel the tension, right? Because it’s real. This is really happening. All the acting is spot on. It’s not pumped up. It’s very real and very honest. Notice how I keep saying real. I like that in this. Another thing, it’s only 93 minutes long. Think about that.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I mean, so the story keeps moving for the most part. It doesn’t take shots at oil and gas. I like that, right? I mean, it just explains the mission. No agenda, not pro, not against, nothing. This is our job. We’ve got to go do our job. You have a nice blend of heroism and decision making going on throughout it. Very tense. They have to take some leaps and make some very risky decisions. That’s all I’ll say. All right. Very, very difficult, high risk decisions. And finally, it’s just an amazing story. This is an amazing story to watch. Now, what doesn’t work in last breath? Well, it’s high intention, but low on action. There is some action. Don’t get me wrong, but it’s low on action. Most of this is you’re trying to figure out what to do. It’s more strategic. It’s more desperation than hardline action. A lot of these undersea movies, action, action, action. This isn’t like that, but it’s still a very good movie. Next, could have used a little more humor. Especially when you’ve got somebody like Woody Harrelson. And I know you’re thinking, Andy, it’s a tense movie. Yeah, but humor, what it does is it breaks up a movie and keeps it moving. It speeds it up. If you watch Apollo 13, same kind of thing, right? Did they have humor throughout it? Yes, they did. And that works. They could have used a little more here. Next, while they explained each step in last breath, it was still hard to follow what was happening at times, especially up on the ship. I guess if you’re an IT guy, you could follow much more easily some of the challenges that they were facing. They explained it, but I’m an idiot. And being an idiot, I had an idiotic time trying to idiotically figure out in my idiot way what they were doing. So that was a bit of a, okay, I was the problem, not them. All right, next. Ending. The ending is definitely too drawn out. They use several scenes instead of one or two. And that was a problem because, look, when you hit the climax of a movie, right? Know when to leave. Know when to get off stage. And they take, don’t get me wrong, it’s not like 30 minutes, but they take too long to get off stage. Remember Return of the King with Lord of the Rings Return of the King? It ended 75 times.
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I mean, it was just, right. Very long ending.
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Exactly, and that was kind of the feeling here. It wasn’t nearly that bad, but you just had a little too many endings, a little too many things that they’re having to tie up and explain to you. I wouldn’t have gone that far. Okay, Rotten Tomatoes liked this movie. They gave it 80%. I agree with them, although I couldn’t quite go four stars because four stars to me is going to have a little bit more of the heart-pounding action to go with it. It had some good action.
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Maybe a shark or something.
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Throw in a shark. Lie about the story. Put sharks in it with freaking laser beams on their heads. No, but it could have had a little bit more action. I’m going to give it three and a half stars. This is a strong movie. It’s worth seeing. Political three, moral religious three, doesn’t say a thing. Thank you for not preaching at us. I like it. Just tell the story. All right. Do I recommend going to Last Breath? Yes, I do. Last Breath, it’s only just over an hour and a half. It is really, I’m going to say it’s inspirational and heartwarming and really hard. to watch, you’re not going to believe what happens. Okay, you’re not going to believe what happens and what really happened in this story. It’s incredible, and they do a very good job of making you feel like you are really there. And that’s Last Breath, and I think it’s definitely worth seeing. What do you think, Tanner?
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Let’s go, Woody.
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Let’s go, Woody. Luke?
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Yeah, sounds good.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560. And welcome back to Rush to Reason. Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Andy Peet filling in for John Rush. Okay, Luke, really quick here. What are you hearing about Brave New World?
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It just feels, I don’t know, like a big obligation. People are so sunk into this Marvel framework that it’s like, I have to go see it. I’m 30 movies deep now. I have to.
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Right. It’s like the sixth movie in Harry Potter. You don’t want to miss it because you want to know what’s going on when you get to the seventh movie. Maybe the next one will be good. Yeah, exactly. The first week actually did a little better than people expected. It did $88 million. And people were thinking more down around 80, maybe even high 70s. And the reason it did better, I think, is what you’re talking about. Really two things. First of all, obligation. Right. People were thinking they got to go to this. And I did review this movie, Captain America Brave New World. I didn’t give it a terrible review. I gave it a it’s a very average movie. OK, it’s got some good stuff. It’s got some weak stuff. It’s not something that sticks with you. You forget it all the moment you walk out the door. You just don’t care. Okay. Harrison Ford did well. But it wasn’t really that great of a movie. You’re not missing anything if you don’t see this movie.
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Right.
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Okay. Here’s the big news. In week two, it fell off a cliff. It had the third, by percentage, the third biggest drop in Marvel history. Now… Not good. Yeah, because, right, I mean, from week one to week two, I mean, the Marvels dropped magnificently by about 70%. This dropped by 68%. That’s pretty bad. Yeah, and what that means is two things. First of all, the obligation crowd went to it in week one. Also, you’ve got the niche crowd. Just being honest, you’re going to have more people of color who are going to go because it’s the Captain America person of color. By the way, he’s a great actor. I love him. Well, they’re going to go in week one, and that’s going to pump up the initial numbers. And if they have strong word of mouth, then it’ll keep going. It did not. So what happens in week two is the obligation and niche crowd is already gone. Plus, word of mouth is not good. What happens? It plummets.
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Yeah. It makes sense. Yeah. It makes sense.
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Yeah. Do I recommend going to Captain America Brave New World? Not really. Like I said, if you feel obligated and you want to make sure that you maintain the string, at least it’s not a terrible movie. It’s fine. It’s a movie.
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Yeah. It feels like a lot of the Marvel movies have been kind of fallen off a cliff recently. I mean, the ones I can name offhand that I really haven’t cared for.
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Well, yeah, it’s not horrible like Quantumania. Quantumania, by the way, had their number one drop from week one to two ever.
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Good.
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That was like 73% or something crazy. Yeah, I mean, it was just absolutely awful. I came out of that movie and I came on here and did a review that was very angry. And I think I saved a lot of people a lot of money. But this movie dropped fast and it’s going to keep dropping. And here’s the sad thing. It’s dropping at a time of year when it should be propped up because there’s nothing else out of any real consequence. And it didn’t hold up. Okay. And our number two, what are you talking about? Stand-up comics. If you have a favorite stand-up comic, give us a call. 303-477-5600. We’ll play a few clips, obviously. This will be kind of fun, don’t you think? Do you guys like stand-up? Do you watch a lot of stand-up?
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It’s all I listen to and watch the stand-up comedians doing podcasts or stand-up specials. That’s why you have such a big list. That’s why I’m such a comedian myself.
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If he weren’t president, could Trump be stand-up?
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Yeah, I have him on the list.
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I kind of think so, too. Okay, folks, that’s it for our number one. Once again, in our two, it’s the best stand-up comics. Call in with your favorite 303-477-5600. Until then, keep it right here on Rush to Reason, KLZ 560.
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I’m a rich guy.
