Aaron Hartung, friend and (literal) neighbor of Rowthree, joins the cinecast as we discuss Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. After basking in the warm gloss of Anderson’s 1965 New England island adventure, Aaron cannot help himself (like Donnie in The Big Lebowski) and asks a few more plot questions regarding Prometheus before Gamble gives a middling summary of Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The Watchlist varies from pleasant if forgettable Dreamworks Animation, political backroom strategy, Ben Kingsley’s libido, The Rock’s ukulele skillz and from Technicolor meta-westerns to Danny Boyle’s resume for the London Olympic Ceremonies. Important questions such as who has a sexier voice (Aaron vs. Andrew) are addressed, as well as when is a fish hook simply a fish hook, or a shoe just a shoe. Riveting stuff folks and it is all here.
As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!
http://rowthree.com/audio/cinecast_12/episode_262.mp3
Full show notes are under the seats…
IN-HOUSE BUSINESS:
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MAIN REVIEW:
– Moonrise Kingdom
OTHER REVIEW:
– Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
THE WATCH LIST:
Kurt
– Madagascar 3D
– Blazing Saddles
– Sunshine
Andrew
– Journey 2 The Mysterious Island
– Elegy
Aaron
– The War Room
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Nice – 2 1/2 more hours. Way to churn out the content guys!
Good job gentlemen. You sure know how to do this podcast thing! Do more. Happy thoughts.
Thanks for the feedback.
I would say that it took a little time in particular episode to get the timing/rhythm down with 4 people on the podcast.
You guys got Steven Wright to guest on the show! He sounds lively! AWESOME!!!
Aaron was a nice addition to the podcast. Please have him on again.
aaron sounds hot.
The staff of the Row3 Cinecast approves of your homoeroticism.
By ‘hot’ do you mean self-satisfied, smug etc?
If so, yes.
OUCH!
I was going to re-watch Sunshine the other day, but couldn’t find my copy and instead re-watched Event Horizon. My eyes hurt now.
Great show, I especially liked the Sunshine discussion. Also Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter sounds awesome.
I read the Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter book and loved it, but the trailer for the movie does nothing for me. I’m tired of watching the trailer and can’t wait for it to come out so I don’t have to watch it and listen to people boo it. Unless reviews for this turn out to be amazing I’m just going to wait for Netflix/Redbox to check it out.
Yeah I’ll probably do the same. I just think it looks like a lot of fun. I think it would good to watch it with a group of friends and have a good laugh.
I’d argue if you are going to see it you should see it in the theatre. It’s so shameless with its 3D that it really should be seen on the big screen.
Hmmm…I might have to pull a Kurt
That’s what she said.
Yeah you mentioned that in the episode. I might have to round some guys to go see it in 3D then. I just think the concept is hilarious for some reason. A similar film came out before I thought that pitted Bonnie and Clyde against some kind of monsters or maybe they were vampires. I don’t know remember now.
Cody: If you go back thru the Cinecast history, you’ll find at least half a dozen extended discussions on SUNSHINE. We love talking about that film.
Andrew, Kurt & Matt have decent voices but Aaron sounds like he came out the womb and was immediately thrust in front of a mic and told “You will be a late night radio DJ for the rest of your life”
If Frances McDormand didn’t do accents before, what the hell is she speaking with in Fargo?
Funny that I think of Marge Gundersson as a character, not so much a funny accent. Everything is in there mannerisms, humanity, and accent. I guess I see that a lot different than simply ‘Goofy Accent’ on display in Madagascar3
While most Minnesotans won’t admit it, most of the characters in Fargo are doing spot-on (okay, maybe a little exaggerated) versions of people in certain parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
The best interaction in the movie is between the Sheriff’s deputy and Mr. Maura (the guy shoveling his driveway). That is a Minnesota conversation to the fucking tee!
“Looks like she’s gonna turn cold tomorra.”
“Yyyyup. Front’s movin in.”
“You got that right.”
I love, love, love that scene, and it features no main characters in the film.
Seriously, you need to sort out your recording levels.
When getting Andrew’s soft voice to a level I could hear over passing traffic it sounded like Kurt Halfmetre had taken a dislike to me and was trying to kick my eardrums in.
I’m sure Sean or Jay of Filmjunk could help you out with equalisation advice.
That was totally my fault and it won’t happen again. If you want the technical reason why it happened…
Because Aaron was on the show, this is the first time I’ve used the new mic for two people at the same time. I forgot to flip the little switch on the mic so that it is dual-directional. In other words, Aaron was talking directly into the front of the mic and I was talking to the back of the mic. Since I didn’t turn on the “receptors” on the back of the mic, I was basically just blocking the sound of my voice with an “off” microphone.
Sorry about that. Tried to increase volume in post, but it made it get very static-y. Like I said, next week the problem will be fixed.
Okay Kurt dropped it I need him to fill out the rest of his top 10 Science Fiction
Because personally when my mind goes to that the films that come up first are.
2001, Blade Runner, Alien, Clockwork Orange, Predator, Terminator, Robocop, Total Recall, Videodrome, Scanners, Children of Men, Primer, THX 1138, AKIRA, The Thing.
Well, I’d certainly lose Total Recall (as much as I like that film) and Scanners and Akira, but our lists are in the same ballpark.
I don’t really consider A CLOCKWORK ORANGE sci-fi. More like alternate universe drama.
Clockwork is a dark comedy.
So is Brazil, but they are still both syfy.
I think Gamble undersold Abe Lincoln: Vampire Killer just a bit. It is a helluva lot of fun and I never thought it slowed down at all.
A couple of those action sequences were loads of awesome. The horse stampede might be one of my favorite things I’ve seen all year.
PS: a shout out to 3D
I plan to squeeze it in sometime during the week. Might be the final film I see at the downtown Toronto AMC before it’s rebranded under the Cineplex banner.
I hated the first half of Abe Lincoln, but really liked the second half. Everything from the plantation scene forward I really enjoyed (I especially liked the sideways doorway shot), so I guess I’m the opposite of Gamble.
Maybe the 3D help a lot, because the first half looked so ugly and monotone and literally flat – there was no depth to the image in 2D.That said, the horse scene was different and memorable, I must admit.
One bit I forgot to mention, I loved the “Dukes of Hazzard-like” skid out the one guy does in a horse and carriage after he gets the horses to miraculously crash through a wall to save Lincoln. Brilliant scene.
I loved this movie for its zaniness and would happily watch it again one day (in 3D no less)!
I liked the quote “This ain’t the only Railroad.”
I finally watched Moonrise Kingdom and found it fairly devoid of the charm I come to expect from Wes Anderson. I think Andrew was right before, this does feel like someone else doing an excessive job of being like Wes Anderson and by overcompensating not getting any kind of heart or sentiment. I like the two main kids a lot, but they maybe converse in the film like 30% of the film run time, outside of posturing, and plotting, and everything to do with the adult characters that are just dull, I got about 30% enjoyment. 35% because Balaban was fun. Give me the Max Fischer version of this, where Sam is in virtually every scene, and has lengthy back and forths with characters, and where Sally gets to be more than an object of desire.
I kind of agree with you on Sally’s character; not enough going on there in my opinion – partly because of character and partly because of acting. But on the whole I feel like the whole movie is chock full of heart and charm. Not to mention it’s pretty comical.
And Aaron mentioned the adult sub-plots to the movie and he didn’t think they were very necessary or all that interesting either. I also kind of agree with that as well. Like I said, Bill Murray was sort of wasted and it kind of could’ve been anyone in that role. So yeah there’s some nit-picky stuff that isn’t great, but on the whole it is pretty great. A giant smile of a film if you will.
just to be clear, I didn’t hate the film, just found it on the whole kinda meh. There are some very funny bits, but few and far between.
Watch it again.
I will. I also think the Scotiabank projection was shit, unfocused and seemed drab, or maybe that was the aesthetic throughout.
Ever since someone pointed out that Suzy is Lil’ Lana del Rey it’s all I can see.