Scoring Kathryn Bigelow + Two New American Whiskeys
In this episode of Film & Whiskey, Bob and Brad wrap up their series of films directed by Kathryn Bigelow with a special segment focused on scoring her as a director. They use their unique five-category metric to evaluate her prowess behind the camera and discuss her impact on the world of filmmaking. But that's not all—Bob and Brad also take the opportunity to explore two exciting new American whiskeys.
First up is Solum, the new peated single malt introduced in Westland's Outpost Range. They delve into the tasting notes, discussing the complexity and character of this intriguing expression. Next, they turn their attention to Whiskey Jypsi, a blended whiskey created by country music star Eric Church. With their discerning palates, they provide their honest impressions and observations on this unique spirit.Timestamps:
0:00: Scoring Kathryn Bigelow
17:55: Westland Outpost Range Solum Review
23:50: Whiskey Jypsi Review
Bob and Brad celebrate the remarkable talent of director Kathryn Bigelow as they wrap up their series of films directed by her. With their distinct five-category scoring system, the hosts delve into an in-depth evaluation of Bigelow's directorial prowess. They explore her ability to captivate audiences, create compelling narratives, and push boundaries in the world of filmmaking. Their insightful discussion sheds light on the impact and significance of Bigelow's contributions to the industry.
In addition to their exploration of Bigelow's work, Bob and Brad embark on a whiskey tasting adventure, featuring two exciting new American whiskeys. First on the list is Solum, a peated single malt that joins Westland's Outpost Range. With its unique flavor profile, Solum offers a captivating experience that challenges the traditional boundaries of American whiskey. The hosts provide their expert analysis, discussing the intricate tasting notes and overall character of this exceptional expression.
Next, they turn their attention to Whiskey Jypsi, a blended whiskey crafted in collaboration with country music star Eric Church. Drawing inspiration from Church's artistry, this whiskey brings together the passion and creativity of both worlds. Bob and Brad dive into the tasting experience, sharing their thoughts on the flavor profile, craftsmanship, and the overall drinking experience this whiskey offers.
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Today on the filming, whiskey
podcast, we will be scoring out
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our most recent director,
Kathryn Bigelow.
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Then we'll be trying to American
whiskeys from wildly different
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places.
This is the film that whiskey
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podcast.
Hey everybody.
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Welcome into the film and
whiskey podcast.
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I'm Bob book, I'm Brad G.
And today we are coming at you
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with another special bonus.
Episode bonus episode.
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We have finished out another
director Brad in our season.
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Oh, directors.
And that means it's time for us
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to apply this director to our
tried-and-true metric of how
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good or bad are you as a
director?
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And let me tell you what, Bob,
this is the first time we've
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ever scored out a female
directors, so, I feel like we're
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in dangerous territory.
Sure are the entire burden of
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female directors rests on the
shoulders of Kathryn, Bigelow,
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and Brad.
We're going to be measuring
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three films by Kathryn.
Bigelow, The Hurt Locker, Zero
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Dark, Thirty and Point Break on
our five-point metric.
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Brad, can you break down like
the impetus behind Find this
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whole metric thing that we do.
I made it up.
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Yeah, no, I think that it kind
of came out of the the scoring
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of whiskeys, but there is, I
don't know man.
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There's just something fun about
tinkering around with scores and
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trying to say, hey, like as a
director, how good is this
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person at directing actors?
How good are they at editing?
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How Today at like bringing about
unique ideas in the world of
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Cinema.
Hmm.
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And I think that it's fun and if
I'm being honest I feel like our
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scores are beginning to take
shape.
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Now that we've done it for an
entire season's worth of
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directors last season.
And if you miss that, go join
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our patreon.
You can get access to all of
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those.
But I mean, at this point, we're
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probably on our 10th to 12th
director.
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Yeah, at least and it takes a
little bit of time to build the
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body of work of scoring.
And here we are.
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I feel pretty confident in and
where we are scouring our
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directors at this point.
Yeah, absolutely.
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And just, you know, a brief
history of B, not why we do this
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but how we did this, we had a
bonus episode last season and we
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kind of talked about what are
the major categories that if you
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were going to determine what a
good director should be good at,
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what would you call those
categories?
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And we kind of came down on five
categories, the first of which
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is performances So like Brad
said, how good is this person at
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directing their actors?
What kind of performances is he
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or she getting out of the
performers cinematography?
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How did the movies look?
I mean you know, I'm not saying
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that every director has to have
Lawrence of Arabia type
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cinematography, but you gotta
know how to use the camera a
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little bit or it's going to
count against you.
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The third category is editing
this is where we consider, you
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know, basically how does the
movie look, how does the movie
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sound?
How does the movie flow?
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This is where we really get into
the rhythm of the movie.
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I think some directors Brad are
just known for being a little
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bit too self-indulgent, and
their movies runtimes reflect
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that you can have a long movie.
That's still paste.
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Really.
Well, you could have a short
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movie that's based off Lee, and
I think that's the place where
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we would kind of Ding A director
for that.
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The fourth category, we call,
cohesion does everything holds
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together.
Does everything makes sense.
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What kind of world is the
director creating and then
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finally uniqueness and this is
where we measured.
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The director against his, or her
peers, do they have a unique and
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singular voice in cinema?
And so, it's time for us Brad to
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put Kathryn Bigelow through the
wringer here.
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And again, we're only judging
her on the three films that we
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watched this season.
So, let's go ahead and jump in
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with performances.
What did you think of her
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ability to get good bad?
Medium level performances.
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I mean, I think in the three
films, we watched The Hurt
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Locker Zero Dark Thirty and
Point Break.
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I'm struggling with the
performance of Patrick Swayze
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and not in the sense that it
wasn't good.
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We both agreed.
He was incredible in that film.
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Do you think that was Bigelow
directing him or Patrick Swayze?
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Just being Patrick Swayze?
Mmm.
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I think that was the sways
through and through man that
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like, that's kind of what I
think.
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Like, I don't know if I'm
discounting her as a younger
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director, at that point.
But I, you know, I will give her
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credit she directed and that's
the form of performance.
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We got.
But, you know, Patrick Swayze
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was just go and go and full
sways on us and it was
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incredible.
But I think when you go to the
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to Modern films, I think you
have some really solid like B+
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performances out of almost every
single actor we see on screen.
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Now, I may not be entirely fair
for me to be doing this Brad,
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but I have a nice little
spreadsheet in front of me.
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Where I keep score of all these
director metrics were doing and
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the other two directors.
We've done so far this season
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were in order, Clint Eastwood
and Billy Wilder and in the
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performances category we gave
Eastwood a seven because there
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are some actively bad
performances in those movies
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that we watched from him,
especially Gran Torino in Billy
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Wilder's movies.
We really liked most of the
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performances.
We gave him a 9 out of 10.
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I think.
Bigelow, frankly didn't have any
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performances in any of these
movies that I thought were
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nearly as bad as some of the
untrained actors in Eastwood's
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movies.
But I don't think any of them
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really hit the heights of some
of the better performances in
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Wilders movies either.
And so I really feel like I'm
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just going to split the
difference here and give her an
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8 out of 10 dude.
I am in the exact same spot.
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I think that the performances
are solid serviceable.
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A.
Yeah.
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Yeah.
Serviceable really like really
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solid Jeremy.
Renner was pretty good.
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I liked Anthony Mackie.
He was great.
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Or in that room.
Yep.
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You know Jessica Chastain gives
a good performance.
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So yeah, overall I think eight
out of ten is fair.
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All right.
The second category is
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cinematography and this is an
interesting one because Zero
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Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker
have such similar cinematography
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it's that late.
You know, W shaky-cam that we
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know and love and then you get
Point Break, which very much
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looks and feels like a 90s
action movie.
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And they are very very different
and yet I don't think that.
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Hmm, how do I want to say this
Brad?
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I don't think the cinematography
takes away from the movie in any
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of these three instances.
I can't say that it's
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necessarily a strength of any of
these movies either.
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Even though I know some people
to like talk about the hurt
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lockers cinematography, I
thought that Zero Dark Thirty
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had some really great moments of
framing especially and you can
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see that that movie had a much
larger budget than The Hurt
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Locker did.
But again, I think the cinema
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Geography helps tell the story
and doesn't get in the way of
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things more than it's a point of
like we're going to hang our hat
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on how good this movie looks.
So I think I'll give her an 8
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out of 10 again, you know, I'll
say this, I'll give her a seven
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and a half because it's like,
serviceable it serves the plot
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and that's all it needs to be
Baba.
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We're that these episodes are
going to get a little boring
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because I don't have anything
else to say, I'm with you.
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She's good here, not great
similar to her performances.
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I was at an 8 out of 10 the same
as before.
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All right, well why don't you
take us into editing then so I
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can stop yammering on for a
little bit.
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I'm as if I'm being honest I
think editing is probably her
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strongest suit.
I think that both the modern
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films and Point Break move at
just such a nice Pace you know
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the if there's one place to
another Knock it would be Zero,
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Dark Thirty.
I think that film runs about 20
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to 25 minutes, too long, but
other than that, I think that
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The Hurt Locker is the right
length.
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Every scene takes about the
right amount of time.
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I think that point break has a
really fast Fun Pace about it.
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So I, you know, overall and and
as we're going through this, we
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have to remember that editing
also includes the musical score.
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So as you think about these
three, Holmes, Bob, I guess I
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would say that the the music
doesn't stand out for any of
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them but it doesn't detract from
any of them either.
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Yeah.
And and also we're not
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necessarily just talking about
the score but also the entire
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sound design of the movie and I
think that that's a point of
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strong emphasis with Kathryn.
Bigelow, The Hurt Locker is
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especially really really good at
this.
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And some of those tents, you
know, diffusing of the bomb
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scenes Zero Dark Thirty does a
good job in Point.
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Break is an early 90's movie and
it.
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Has these like weird early 90s
sound effects in some spots and
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that's just you know it is what
it is Brad.
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I'm kind of conflicted on the
editing score here because a lot
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of times we try to walk the fine
line between like what should be
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counted in editing and what
should be counted in cohesion?
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I think I'm going to score her
really high in the cohesion.
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The cohesiveness of these movies
but in editing, there were
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actually some moments.
You know, Zero Dark Thirty is
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way too long.
And then in Point Break, the
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very first scene at the
beginning of the movie.
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Introducing the robbery.
It's edited in such a way that
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it's like, it's completely
incoherent.
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It's too fast paced, you don't
get a sense of the interior of
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that bank.
And I think there's a few
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moments across Point Break,
where it's just kind of seems
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like, you know, it's almost like
a Michael Bay movie the way that
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they cut every second before you
really get your bearings.
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So, I'm going to reward it
because The Hurt Locker is
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almost a perfectly edited movie,
but then the other to death.
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We had some flaws.
I think I'll give her an 8 and a
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half in editing.
This for me was her her
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strongest category.
I give her a nine out of ten
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here because I'm with you, I
think that The Hurt Locker is an
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impressive example of how to
edit a very tense war movie and
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the other two are really solid
in the category.
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So so 9 out of 10 here for me.
I don't know you you start us
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off and cohesion here Bob
because you seem to think that
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this is where she's at her best,
you know, I don't think I'd ever
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actually phrased it this way
before today.
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But I think thinking about
world-building is a really good
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way to think about the cohesion
category, like does the movie
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hang together is a kind of
nebulous question, because I
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think that's like a way of
asking.
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Does it just work for you or
does it not work for you?
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And I think a better way of
phrasing, it is like has the
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director done a good job.
Job of building out the world of
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this movie, not that it needs to
be some sort of like high
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fantasy tolkien-esque epic.
But like, you know, does Point
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Break hold together?
And honestly, as as goofy and
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dumb as that movie is, I think
she does a really great job of
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creating this completely insane,
fictional counterculture Surfer,
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Robin Hood world and it totally
works for what she's trying to
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do.
And I think that cohesion is
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definitely the his suit with
Bigelow because the world of The
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Hurt Locker, you know, you and I
talked about some of the logical
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inconsistencies in that movie.
But I think that for what she's
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trying to craft and that that
paranoia and that feeling that
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war is a drug.
The cohesiveness of that movie
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is pretty stellar and I would
say the same for zero-dark
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thirty.
So I'm actually going to give
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her the nine-and-a-half that you
gave in editing.
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I'm going to give it to her here
in cohesion.
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Yeah, I think that cohesion is
solid but not great.
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Now, I would say it's solid.
I am going to give her an 8 and
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a half here.
I think that the world of Zero
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Dark Thirty makes the most sense
to me.
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The, the CIA realm that Chastain
is working within, I think that
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there's too many things that
kind of fall apart and hurt
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locker of him, just randomly
leaving the base.
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And, and the way he gets away
with stuff, just wouldn't really
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happen in the Army from from
what I have heard from a lot of
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my Army.
My friends.
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So, so that one kind of falls
apart for me a little bit.
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I'm with you though, on Point
Break, like when you take away
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the realism of the, the two
later movies and just let them
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be like, hey, this is the FBI in
California, and this is how we
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roll.
Like I I can get down with that
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and the, the World building that
she goes on.
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So, so eight and a half here.
Alright.
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And then our last category is
uniqueness and this is I think
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if any area of this Metric is
going to be kind of a Minefield
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for us to navigate Brad.
It's this one because by virtue
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of her being our first female
director and being one of only
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three female directors to ever
win the Oscar for best director
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and she was the first one to do
it.
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She is unique, right?
She has a singular voice in
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Hollywood, I think aesthetically
artistically.
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There's not a lot that is
singular about the way she makes
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movies.
Do you know what I mean?
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And I would even say if we're
talking about the three, women
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directors, who have won Oscars,
her movies are probably the
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least artistically unique.
I kept comparing her to Ridley
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Scott.
I still think that's a pretty
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good comparison or I wouldn't
have made it.
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However, like, Bob standing on
his Laurels, you know, I was
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reading a really good book about
it was about women directors.
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Hours and Kathryn Bigelow was
such a point of interest in this
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book because she has.
So often actively said, like I
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am not trying to bring a woman's
perspective to these movies.
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I'm just making the movies that
need to be made and by virtue of
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me being a woman like it's a
Woman movie like I'm not trying
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to force some lens upon this
movie and the book was really
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interesting in talking about how
a lot of people say that she is
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anti-feminist.
Then to impose some set of rules
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that you think a female director
should be bringing to a movie is
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kind of anti-feminist and
itself.
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So what do we do with Kathryn
Bigelow?
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And and that's where I think you
just kind of have to come back
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to what's on screen and how
unique is it visually, you know,
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cohesive cohesively even a word
like artistically and I think
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it's just not really there.
The way it is with some of the
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other directors.
We've looked That I'll give her
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a seven and a half because I
think that she's a really great
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director, I just don't know that
there are a lot of Hallmarks of
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her style that you can hang on
to and say yes this is a
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uniquely Kathryn.
Bigelow thing.
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Yeah, this is where I'm going to
ding her the most I you said
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everything perfectly.
Bob I think that we get so
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caught up in the
intersectionality of it all.
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We're like yeah she's a female
and she First Oscar for best
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director, as a female.
And that's a huge
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accomplishment, that's really,
really cool.
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And honestly, it's for a movie
that deserved it that year.
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Like I think that between that
and up in the air like they're
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both really solid movies that
year.
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So sure, I'm glad that she
wanted.
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You're forgetting Avatar but I
the clear and deserving winner
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of the 2009 Oscar am I right?
Yeah.
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Yeah sure, sure thing.
Bob that good.
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Old Avatar.
No.
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But, but Jimmy cam, Jimmy.
So I will say, I'm glad that
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that hurt locker one over that.
Yeah, me too.
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He's to meet soon.
What a percent.
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But I think what I'm trying to
say is when you just look at the
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product on screen, as you said,
Bob it's not the most unique is
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it well made?
Yep.
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Are there Great Performances?
Yep.
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Is the sound design.
Incredibly well done, especially
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in The Hurt Locker heck.
Yeah, but it's not the most
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unique so I'll give her.
Seven out of ten here.
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All right, Brad, that is
bringing me to a 40 1 out of 50
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on our metric.
What are you coming out to a
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40.5.
All right, so that's taken us to
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a forty point seven five out of
50 again, guys, she is like a
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well, above average director.
That's kind of doesn't even need
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to be said she's won an Oscar.
Like you don't typically win
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best director if you're not good
at directing with maybe a few
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notable exceptions.
You know, that one or two the,
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the lowercase Oh, Oscar doing.
Exactly.
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Alright.
So that was Kathryn.
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Bigelow.
We would love to know what you
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think about Kathryn Bigelow,
which of the three movies that
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we did was your favorite, which
is the one that you think she
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should be remembered by, you can
always find us to let us know on
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our social media accounts,
Facebook, Twitter or Instagram
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at film whiskey Brad.
We've got two whiskies to check
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out before we get out of here
today.
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So what do you say?
We try this Westland whiskey and
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whiskey Gypsy.
Hmm.
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Let's get to a man.
I'm excited for this peated.
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American whiskey.
All right, our first whiskey of
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the day is from Westland
whiskey.
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We have tried Westland before on
the podcast.
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You may remember a few seasons
back.
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They are back with a new range
of Whiskey's that they're
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calling the Outpost range and
the first one among them, they
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are calling Solem Sol.
Um, so Loom Saloon, this is an
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American single malt whiskey as
are all of their Whiskey's, but
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this is the first one that's
come out of their Distillery to
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be a peated.
Whiskey.
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They say they've been
experimenting with Pete for a
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long time, but this is the first
one that's actually made it to
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shelves and apparently, to our
glasses as well.
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Brad, this is a single mold
American whiskey, which is aged
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in New American Oak casks.
And then finished in X bourbon
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casks.
It says that there's a minimum
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maturation time of 41 months.
So the youngest whiskey in here
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is about three and a half years
old and the ABV on this 50%.
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So, we're drinking 100 proof or
today.
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Yeah, we sure are.
And I honestly, I really enjoy
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seeing peated whiskies at a
little bit higher of proof.
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Sometimes like, I I love me some
86-82 proof, you know, single
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malts.
They can really hit the spot and
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have so much flavor but every
once in a while it's nice to
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have the option to water it down
yourself, Brad.
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I just poured this out into my
glass and I think the thing
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that's most surprising to me
about this is how bright and
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sweet.
It is on the nose.
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It smells to me like like
strawberry glaze, like it's
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really, really Barry forward.
And I don't think I've ever
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gotten that on a peated whisky
before.
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Yeah.
No.
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That's I wrote down crisp.
Apple.
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There's some honey.
There's some Citrus it gets a
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little bit almost time, like
kind of seasoning ish feel to
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it, but all that being pushed to
the side.
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For the fact that yeah, there's
raspberry, there's blueberry.
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And it has a little bit of sugar
Enos to it.
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That reminds me of like I do
almost like my wife's like
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blueberry cobbler or something.
Yeah.
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Like like, but if you gotta bite
mostly of the blueberries and
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just a tiny bit of the, the
cake, you know, I know that most
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people peated whisky is like the
final frontier for them and they
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really hold off on trying it
because it's just, it doesn't
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sound that appetizing.
You know what I mean?
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You should play the Jurassic
Park theme song, the background.
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The final frontier.
I guess what I want to say is
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this this is the most appetizing
that I've ever had a peated
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whisky smell, it is very
inviting and that peat smoke
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really accentuates.
Those Barry notes really, really
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well, I'm excited to dive into
this man.
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Yeah, I obviously already have,
as I said, there is a lot of
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complexity on the nose as we got
into the palette that continued
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for is for me.
Good.
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Yeah.
Sorry.
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I can't wait anymore, man.
I'm sorry.
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Yeah, man, for me, this was very
herbaceous.
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There is a lot of really, really
cool almost like an herb garden
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notes going on here.
There is some pine needle.
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Yep.
It felt like a really dark honey
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like that.
Like a really light bright
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honey, but like a dark more
aged, honey, it's a little bit
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Smoky and the oak comes through
and just A little bit of a
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seasoning way that kind of
allows it to give some some
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maturity there.
Bob this is a damn good whiskey
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bro.
This is like 45 out of 50 type
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whiskey right now.
This is Stellar.
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I don't know what to say.
I'm so caught off guard by this.
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It has that note that I get on
Craft whiskey a lot which is
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it's not just herbal but it's
almost has that it goes beyond
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pine needle into that kind of
like the smell you get on your
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hands when you're Cutting weeds
like really Woody weeds out of
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like an overgrown area of your
yard or something like that.
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It has that note on it.
But then it's rounded out by
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really sweet apple and Barry and
then that really Pleasant kind
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of subtle Pete like this is the
perfect amount of Pete to
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complement the flavor profile of
this whiskey.
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While you were talking Brad, I
looked up the price on this that
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it's retailing for and it looks
like direct from Westland at
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selling for 145.
Dollars.
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This is an expensive whiskey.
I almost don't have any
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hesitation in still recommending
it like I don't think that I
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would give it a 10 out of 10 on
value, but this is one of the
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best peated whiskies I've ever
had.
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And so if we're just going on
that and especially from the
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American side of things, I don't
know if you have ever had, maybe
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one or two other American single
malts that are peated.
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And if we have, I don't really
remember them because this thing
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just blows everything else out
of the water.
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Yeah.
Bob this Westland Outpost Range
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is truly one of the best peated
whiskies I've had and it's
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because they don't dive too
deeply into the realm of the
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Pete.
They keep it back just enough.
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That it truly enhances the
flavor on everything happening
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around it.
There is just enough smoke that
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it gives it the Savory
charcuterie feel but you don't
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lose sight of all the berry, all
the honey, all of the the herbs
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that are going on here.
So this whiskey is called Solem
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once again, that's the name of
this expression, it was just
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voted as the best American
single malt by the world
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Whiskey's Awards.
And I gotta say, I can't
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disagree like this is just
fantastic.
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And that means that our next
whiskey on the docket, has a lot
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to live up to Brad because this
is a tough act to follow.
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We're going to be looking at
Whiskey Gypsy, this is called
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Legacy volume. 1: the journey,
that's the name of this
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expression, whiskey.
See is a new Venture from
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country music star?
Eric Church?
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He has started up a new Spirits
brand.
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Yeah, they're sourcing this
whiskey.
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It's a blend of different kinds
of whiskey.
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The first of which is a 70% corn
bourbon, which has been aged
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00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,900
seven and eight years from
Indiana 21% of this blend is
430
00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:26,300
Canadian rye whiskey, which has
been aged for 20 years and then
431
00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:30,100
the remaining 9% is American
single malt which was aged for
432
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four years.
So, the youngest whiskey in here
433
00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:36,200
is For years, the oldest whiskey
in this blend is 20 years old.
434
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,000
I'm excited to see what notes
come out on this Brad because
435
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,100
it's mostly bourbon.
But with some really well age
436
00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:45,500
dry in here as well.
I know you've tried this before.
437
00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:47,700
I have not tried it yet.
I'm just pouring it out.
438
00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:49,200
Why don't you give us your
nosing notes?
439
00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:55,200
Yeah, the the nose here there's
a lot of ethanol coming right at
440
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:58,100
the front.
It's very alcohol forward.
441
00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,700
Once you sit with it for a
little bit I got some cherry
442
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:05,500
cordial.
Some Corn caramel vanilla, a lot
443
00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:10,400
of really nice bourbon denotes
but not with a lot of complexity
444
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:15,700
or depth to to underlay them.
I don't know about you, Bob, but
445
00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:18,800
I thought that the nose was
solid decent.
446
00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,200
Yeah, this is pretty subtle
Brad, there's a little bit of
447
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,800
astringency on this.
Like, I'm getting like The
448
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,100
faintest Whisper of almost like
nail polish remover on this.
449
00:25:28,500 --> 00:25:32,400
But underneath that, there's
that kind of like a medicinal
450
00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:35,300
bubblegum sent, you know, like
when you were a kid and they
451
00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,900
gave you that bubble gum
flavored medicine.
452
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,300
I get that a little bit.
It's really Wang zi and I think
453
00:25:41,300 --> 00:25:45,300
that's kind of why it's hard to
find really prominent notes on
454
00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:48,100
this.
Definitely a more subtle scent
455
00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:51,400
than the last whiskey we just
had but I don't think it's bad.
456
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,600
Yeah I think it's a it's a solid
experience.
457
00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,400
There's just something missing
and I feel like it's a little
458
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,100
too potent.
I feel like the alcohol hits.
459
00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:06,900
Real hard on the nose and kind
of prevents you from getting
460
00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:09,400
some of that complexity.
Yeah and I would say that carry
461
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,100
that carries forward into the
flavor as well.
462
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,100
This is a lot more like
immediately sweet on the palate
463
00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:19,300
than that peated.
Whisky was that we just tried.
464
00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:21,900
It's also much more prickly and
it's also a much.
465
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,800
Her mouth feel which I wasn't
expecting with a 20-year whiskey
466
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,100
blended into it.
Yeah, Brad.
467
00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,800
If I'm being honest about this
one, I think that it definitely
468
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:36,100
stays in that kind of alcohol
forward range.
469
00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:39,200
It's not an astringent taste but
there's just not a lot of depth
470
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:43,600
or complexity here for me.
Yeah, that I hate to say it man,
471
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,300
I'm struggling a little bit and
to be clear, like I drink these
472
00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:51,100
whiskies pretty far apart like I
drink the Westland one day.
473
00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:56,300
I drink the Gypsy the Next day,
so there's no hangover from
474
00:26:56,300 --> 00:27:00,300
this, you know, peated whisky.
I just thought that it was a
475
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,000
decent palette.
The sweet corn came through,
476
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,100
there was something that cherry
coming through.
477
00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:09,200
It was kind of like a really
grainy rye and there's almost a
478
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:14,100
little bit of like an orange
juice, citrusy feel to it, but
479
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:19,100
overall it was just very grainy
with a little bit of sweet
480
00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:22,000
tacked on there.
Yeah, this reminds me of some of
481
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,600
The Whiskey's that are blended
with like neutral grain Spirit.
482
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,800
Like a Seagram's 7.
Like, it almost has that
483
00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:34,400
unflavored alcohol with a tinge
of whiskey flavor to it.
484
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:38,300
Hmm, I will say this, this
whiskey is even more expensive
485
00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:41,100
than the Westland was.
This is retailing for 199
486
00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:44,500
dollars, a bottle, it is a very
cool looking bottle, it is
487
00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:47,300
endorsed by a celebrity, so
they're clearly targeting the
488
00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:51,300
premium Market here and Brad,
it's not saying nothing that
489
00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:52,900
we're using an Eight year old
bourbon.
490
00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:56,100
A seven year old bourbon and a
20 year old Canadian rye.
491
00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:59,800
So I expect this to be triple
digits.
492
00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:05,400
I just, I think even then asking
$200 for this is asking quite a
493
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,700
bit.
Yeah, I would say that asking
494
00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:12,000
$100 for this is way too much
bomb that.
495
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,000
Like, for me, this is like a 50
dollar whiskey.
496
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,300
Yeah, it in.
If that, no, I, this is like a
497
00:28:19,308 --> 00:28:21,100
50 dollar whiskey.
It's solid.
498
00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,900
It is a, it's Unique experience,
it's just a little bit too
499
00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:30,100
grainy and to ethanol forward
for me to ever say, spend more
500
00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:33,000
than $50 on this.
I just took a third sip.
501
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:36,300
I think the malt really starts
to come out on the end on the
502
00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:38,900
third sip.
But again, I think I always say
503
00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:40,900
that if it takes you three or
four steps to start, picking
504
00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:43,200
things up on a whiskey than it,
probably just isn't the most
505
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,600
complex whiskey.
So I didn't mean for these two
506
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,300
to go head-to-head today, but
it's just the way things shake
507
00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:50,800
out.
Sometimes when we get samples
508
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,900
sent to us, we got a double up
to get through them all.
509
00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:57,800
And I think the clear winner
today was this Westland solum
510
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:02,500
this stuff Brad is going to be
making my end of the season.
511
00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:04,600
Best whiskies I tried all season
list.
512
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,000
This is fantastic stuff, man,
100%, and I'm thankful that
513
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,600
Gypsy sent us their product.
I will say it came in one of the
514
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:17,200
coolest product Delivery Systems
I've ever seen.
515
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:18,700
Yeah.
Why don't you explain that a
516
00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:19,900
little bit before we get out of
here?
517
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:25,900
Yeah, do the They sent me a book
that was like, completely full
518
00:29:25,900 --> 00:29:29,300
and it had a cutout in it that
you received the sample in.
519
00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:33,900
And it was one of the dopest
whiskey things I've ever seen
520
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:39,000
big big fan of the, the
prohibition level packaging.
521
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,800
I'm just sad that we didn't do
this paired up with Shawshank
522
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,100
Redemption, like this would have
been the perfect carving
523
00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:49,400
something out of a book to
smuggle something in.
524
00:29:49,900 --> 00:29:51,700
Yep.
Really, really cool Packaging.
525
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,500
Yeah, so thank you to both of
these companies.
526
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:55,700
Thank you to Westland.
Thank you to Whiskey Gypsy.
527
00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,100
We're looking forward to seeing
what both of you guys do in the
528
00:29:58,108 --> 00:30:00,900
future.
Brad in our near future.
529
00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:04,800
We are pivoting out of Kathryn
Bigelow territory and throw in
530
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:09,500
at way back to the silent era as
we kick things off on Tuesday,
531
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,400
with the first movie from
Charlie.
532
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,100
Chaplin on our list. 1930.
Ones City Lights.
533
00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,000
Yeah.
Super excited for that.
534
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,500
Baba.
I have never fun.
535
00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:21,200
Fact.
Watched a silent film.
536
00:30:21,500 --> 00:30:24,200
Will you?
We'll now Brad cos it's finally
537
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,500
time so join us Tuesday for
that.
538
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:31,100
But until then I'm Bob book I'm
Reggie and we'll see you next
539
00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:31,500
time.