Season Seven Bracket Challenge, Part 1

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Today on the Film and Whiskey
Podcast, we'll be engaging in

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our time honored tradition of
throwing movies into the fiery.

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Furnace Then we'll be trying 3
whiskeys from our friends at

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Barrel Craft Spirits.
This is the Film and Whiskey

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podcast.
Hey everybody, Welcome into the

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Film and Whiskey Podcast.
I'm Bob Book.

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I'm Brad G.
And it is freaking bracket time.

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Brad G, here we are.
Season.

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Seven.
The most wonderful time of the

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year.
It really is.

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And it's coinciding with the
holiday season, yeah.

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Pretty much.
I'm so pumped.

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If this is your first time
listening to a film and Whiskey

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Bracket Challenge episode,
welcome in.

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You're in for a treat because
this is how this is going to go.

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It's the end of Season 7.
Brad and I are feeling a little

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loosey.
Goosey.

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It's 8:30 PM, which is well past
our bedtime as old farts.

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Yes, Sir.
I'm not only drinking whiskey

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tonight, Brad.
I'm like sipping on a beer while

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we do this.
A celebratory end of season ale.

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It's a it's a great way to, you
know, fresh up your palate.

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I just love when you have a
whiskey podcast.

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The way that you like break
tradition is like, I'm going to

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have a beer tonight.
Oh, it's like my special

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occasion alcohol.
It's true, man.

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I have so much whiskey in the
house that I I feel bad buying

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almost any alcohol.
But that leads to a dearth of

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beer in my life.
And every once in a while I'll

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just look at Haley and be like,
babe, I'm going to buy a six

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pack.
She's like, do you really need

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more alcohol in the house?
And I'm like, that's a great

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question and the answer is yes.
Yes, I do.

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Thanks for asking.
Well, we could never get enough

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alcohol on this podcast
apparently, because in addition

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to my beer, we are trying 3
whiskeys today from our friends

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at Barrel Craft Spirits.
We have said time and time again

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that among all whiskey
producers, Barrel might be our

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favorite brand out there.
Brad they just, yeah, I've never

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had a whiskey from them that I
haven't liked and that's really

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saying something.
Yeah, 100% Barrel is a blender

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of whiskeys.
I think we are trying A5 year

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blend from them today.
Now, Bob, do you know if that's

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their whiskey or if it's still
going to be a blend?

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Yeah, So the first one we're
going to be trying today, Brad,

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is their newest release which
they call Barrel Foundation

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Bourbon.
Like you said, this is a 5 year

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age stated bourbon.
It is a blend of straight

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bourbon whiskeys.
It's sourced whiskey that Barrel

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blends.
It's their their standard

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process.
But I think what they're

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intending with this specific
label is for this to be kind of

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their baseline offering moving
forward.

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It's priced I think a little bit
lower than most of their

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whiskeys are which tend to be
kind of in the premium range.

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You know you'll see barrel stuff
in like the 70, eighty, $90.00

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range.
I am.

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I like, don't quote me on this.
I want to say this is only going

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to sell for like 5055 dollars.
The barrel lawyers are on their

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way, Bob.
How dare you undercut our sales

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here?
But yeah, I'm really excited for

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them to have a product like
this, Brad.

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And they sent us some nice
little cards with all the info

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we need on it.
Here's the blend.

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It's Kentucky bourbon that's
eight years old.

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It's Indiana bourbon that is 5-6
and nine years old.

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There's Tennessee bourbon that's
eight years old.

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There's bourbon from Maryland
that's five and six years old.

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Yeah, it's a high rye mashbill
in the blend.

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And while we zip on this one,
Brad, let's let's break down a

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little bit what today's episode
is going to look like.

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So I'm pouring this foundation
out in my glass right now and

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I've been talking too long.
So can you explain to our

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listeners what the bracket
challenge looks like?

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Yeah, So we take the 32 films
that we have just reviewed and

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place them in a March Madness
style bracket.

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We compile the rankings by Bob
and I each take the list of 32

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movies and without looking at
our scores, we gave them the

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IMDb scores, anything.
We just kind of go.

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We follow the the feelings of
our hearts, we go by our guts

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and we rank them one through 32.
We take those two lists and do

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we take AIMDB?
So the third list that we take

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is just.
What's the highest based on the

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rating we gave it in the
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So like at the end of the season
we'll have oh, we had like 4

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movies that scored a 10.
And if there needs to be a

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tiebreaker, I'll tie break it
with the IMDb score.

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So like if there's three movies
that are tied at a 9.5, whatever

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has the highest IMDb score gets
the nod there.

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So we take our, you know, by the
heart lists and we kind of

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moderate them by what we felt in
the moment.

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And what that ends up doing
Brad, is you know we get a nice

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little average that.
Gets all of us angry.

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Like, I think every time I see
the final list of what the seeds

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are going to be, I'm like, this
makes no sense.

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And that's how I know that it's
a good list.

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Exactly.
It's a it's like a good

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compromise.
Nobody's happy.

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So yeah, we take that final list
where we combine all three of

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our rankings and that provides
the seating for our 32 seed

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bracket.
Now we'll walk through each of

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the match ups in this bracket,
so we've got 32 movies squaring

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off against each other.
The criteria is that when we go

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head ahead in a match up, the
loser is the movie that gets

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thrown into the fiery abyss,
never to be seen or heard from

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again.
And so this is serious business,

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Brad, this is not just a game
that we play while we drink.

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You have to really think about
what would the world be like

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without this piece of art in it.
Yeah, I mean, at this point,

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we've done six seasons, so
that's what, 192 films and of

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those 192 films, we are not
allowed to watch 186 of them.

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You know, they not only are we
not allowed to watch them,

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they're just eradicated from the
face.

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I don't even.
I don't even remember them.

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No, no.
And that's the operative

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assumption here.
So, Brad, before we dive into

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the bracket, let's try this
first.

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Whiskey, I've got this barrel
foundation poured out in my

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glass.
I am itching to get into this.

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What are you picking up on the
nose here?

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Dude, This is beautiful.
Like, it's just a really nice

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warm caramel drizzle with a
little bit of orange slice it.

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It almost has a bit of a
marshmallow feel for me.

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I think the longer I've let it
sit in my glass, the more I kind

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of get a a really nice brown
sugar, vanilla classic bourbon

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feel, but with enough nuance to
it to say that this is a really

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nice nose.
Yeah.

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I think the thing that I've
learned about high rye bourbons

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is that I either want it to
smell really like really really

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rye forward, like tons of dill
and that almost like sour rye

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note, or I want it to be almost
indistinguishable from like a

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weeded bourbon.
Like it's either needs to be

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really bold rye or really soft
rye.

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And for me, this one is like, if
you put this in front of me and

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said this was a weeded bourbon,
I probably would have believed

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you.
It's very soft.

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There's a lot of wood character
here, really oaky.

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But the Rye is not aggressive at
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This is clocking in at 100
proof.

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So it's been kind of nicely
moderated.

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Brad, I'm going to take my sip
here, but I I can tell that

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you've already had yours.
What are your tasting notes?

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Incredible.
Yeah.

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Bob, this this is just an
incredible whiskey.

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I think that a lot of the nosing
notes carry through.

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It gets a little bit citrusy for
me.

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The marshmallow comes through
really strong on the palate.

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It's got a nice sugary sweetness
to it.

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The brown sugar is there.
It gets a tiny bit oaky

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throughout.
There's some black pepper.

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I am a big fan of this.
The the spices that are here are

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just enough to let you know
they're present, but not enough

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to overwhelm the the really rich
flavors elsewhere.

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This is interesting for me
because this is the first barrel

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product I've ever had that if.
You asked me like in the blind,

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what brand do you think this is
from?

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I don't think Barrel would even
come up on my radar here.

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Like it's so oaky that it's like
I I've never had a barrel

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product this oaky before.
And again, I will still say I've

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never had a product from Barrel
that I didn't like including

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this one.
But this is much more in the

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realm of like if you are a
Buffalo Trace fan or even if

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you're like an Elijah Craig
Toasted Barrel fan.

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I think this is this is like
right up your alley.

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The flavor really does explode
on your tongue, but you have to

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be in the mood for a really
heavily oaky, almost that

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toasted oak, You know, kind of
bitter, herbal flavor.

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Brad, I'm super excited to get
into the last two that we have

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for the day, but we're going to
get there in a minute because it

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is time to dive into our
bracket.

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Are you ready, dude?
I was born for this.

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Like the fact that you have
invited me on to this podcast,

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what, four or five years ago At
this point, and each and every

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season, every 32 weeks, I get an
opportunity to crush your hopes

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injury.
I was going to say I have never

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except.
A gift.

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Except for the Cleveland Browns.
I don't know that there is an

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entity in my life that I invite
to to hurt me this much.

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Yeah.
Just you.

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You know, you are my Cleveland
Browns.

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You're welcome, man.
I mean, I literally preached

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this morning on how human
suffering is not necessarily

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evil and that actually, like,
good can come from suffering.

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And I'll I'll next time I preach
on it, I will use this as an

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example.
When we enter into this, Brad,

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and we're about to do it now,
are we?

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Do you view us as like in
competition with each other or

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are we like both in pursuit of
the truth?

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Are we?
Are we both working toward the

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same goal?
Well, I I'm in pursuit of the

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truth.
And and my truth is that your

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movie pics are.
Bad.

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All right, so when we come to a
logjam, inevitably what we will

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do is we will flip the coin of
destiny, which I have foolishly

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always allowed Brad to flip.
However, we do now have video

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capabilities when we record.
So I can watch him at least flip

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it and then lie to me about what
he sees off camera.

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So Brad, I love that it's it's
2023 and we just now have.

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Video capabilities.
You know we're working our way

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up in the world, man.
Brad will flip the coin when

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there is a stalemate that will
make the choice as to what moves

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on.
Brad, it is time to get into the

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season seven bracket, Bob,
starting in our NW Quadrant

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which we we probably should name
these.

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We probably, I think we talked
about that.

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Last we did and we were like,
we're totally going to do that

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for season seven.
And then, you know, here we are.

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Yeah, we're going to call this
the cruise bracket.

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You did that last year.
That was your I'm I'm well aware

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about.
It Tom Cruise bracket, Yeah, I'm

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just going with tradition.
In the Tom Cruise area of the

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bracket, we have our number one
overall seed, Ikiru versus our

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#32 seed, Notorious.
All right.

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Now I think these are equally
surprising.

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If you had just like given us
the list of movies at the

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beginning of the season and
said, like, pick your number

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one, pick your 32, what do you
think it's going to be?

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I would have never guessed that
our overall number one seed

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would be this Japanese movie
from over 70 years ago, probably

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like one of our lowest
downloaded episodes of the

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season.
You know what I mean?

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Like.
Because when people hear

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Kurosawa, they're thinking, OK,
maybe Rashaman, maybe 7 Samurai

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Rashman.
Rashman Akiru just seemed to

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really work for you.
Brad, I think this might have

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been your number one seed
overall in your heartfelt

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rankings.
Yeah, it sure was.

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I absolutely loved Akiru.
It just touched something deep

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within my soul about the beauty
of humanity and how important it

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is to not be cynical.
I I think that I've spent

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probably a solid 30 to 40% of my
life in a very cynical state of

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mind and it's really tiring and
and something like Akiru just

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lifts the spirit.
And so I I think it's worthwhile

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to watch films that are
dedicated to this idea of like

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I'm going to spend my life in
service to something greater

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than my own wants and desires.
The.

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The absolute gall of you to have
just finished saying that your

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entire goal here is to crush my
hopes and dreams and then be

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like, you know what this movie
reminds me?

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Not to be cynical, but you are
the epitome of a hypocrite, Sir.

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No, I'm.
I'm not cynical at all.

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I am so hopeful that I will get
to destroy.

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All right, so it's going up
against Notorious, our 32 seed,

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which, let's be frank, Brad,
it's a movie that didn't work

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for us.
But I don't know that I would

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flat out call it a bad movie.
Like, we didn't really watch any

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films that I'm like, that was a
poor movie.

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You know what I mean?
Like it's it's like a 6.57 out

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of 10 But.
Yeah, if that's the worst thing

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we watched all season, we did OK
yeah.

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And I'm never going to think
about it ever again, 'cause it

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is going into the fiery furnace,
my friends.

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Yep, no debate here.
Ikiru is our first entrant into

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the round of 16 and that takes
us to our next match up.

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We're going all Kurosawa
apparently in this bracket

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because we have the 16 seed Ron
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And this really sucked for me.
And the reason that they're both

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at 16 and 17 is because I ranked
them very highly and Brad ranked

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them very lowly.
And when we scored them out in

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the middle of the season, they
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So this this totally makes
sense.

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The problem is that, like in my
personal ranking, Rashaman is my

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highest ranked movie of the
season.

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Brad No.
My highest You went Akiru, I

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went Rashaman.
Yeah, Rashaman, Yeah, out of all

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the films, more than anything.
Else I just, I don't know what

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it was when I watched that movie
this time around, I was I was

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shooketh, as the kids say.
I I could not get over that

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movie.
And it like legit pained me when

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we got on the horn the next day.
And you were like, yeah, this

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didn't work for me at all and I
kind of hated it.

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And now I don't know if I'm ever
going to like Kurosawa.

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Yeah, I was flabbergasted, man.
It was a rough opening.

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And even like to think that like
a year and a half ago, I was

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like, yeah, I think I'm going to
watch The Seven Samurai.

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And you were like, Nah, that's
too long.

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Start with Rashman, that that's
the best film to start Kurosawa

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with.
And I was like, OK, I trust you,

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Bob, you're the expert.
And then here we are where

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Rashman was hot garbage Bob,
I'll make you a deal here.

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Yeah.
Are you ready for this?

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Yeah, let's hear it.
I will go back and give Rashaman

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a second chance if you put Ron
on to the next round.

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I know for a fact that you're
just going to keep picking a

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Kiru to win in the next round,
so it doesn't really matter that

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much, but I'd rather if Ron's
going to go on to the next

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round, I'd rather it be the
result of the Queen of Destiny.

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I believe in Rashaman and I'm
going to move it on here, but if

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you believe in Rashomon then
then you you would think that it

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would work a second time when I
watch it.

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Yeah, but like, why would I?
You were not going to watch it

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because it's not going to exist
anymore by our criteria.

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OK, So I'm assuming you're
moving Ron on to the second

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round.
I am.

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Ron was decent.
I enjoyed it much more than

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Rashaman.
I think that they're both

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masterpieces, so like, I don't
really care, but Rashaman is the

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one I preferred.
So let's freaking flip the coin.

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This might be the earliest coin
of destiny flip we've ever had

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on our second pick, Brad.
I guess we'll go by seeds here.

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16 seed is Ron, so that'll be
heads and Rashaman will be

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tails.
Brad, Flip that coin,

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Robert.
This coin has come up heads.

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All right.
So, Ron, moving on to the next

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round.
All right, so Ron is moving on.

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I am already.
My hopes and dreams are crushed.

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We're moving to the next match
up, which is the #9 seed City

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lights up against the number 24
seed, The Hurt Locker.

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Now, City Lights.
Once again, Brad is a movie that

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underwhelmed you and I I still.
I just don't get it.

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Like, whatever.
However, you weren't really a

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huge Hurt Locker guy either, so
I'm really interested to hear

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what your pick is here.
This was kind of a tough one

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because there's definitely
moments of Hurt Locker that

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you're like, Oh yeah, Bigelow
has a vision and it really works

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in these like 3 or 4 scenes in
that movie.

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City Lights overall, I think
overall was a better film, but

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didn't quite have the highs that
Hurt Locker had.

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Overall though, I I think I am
going to go with City Lights.

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All right, that's.
Listen, man, I know that some of

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your poor taste is going to
catch up to me at some point in

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this bracket, but, like, thank
you for at least moving City

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lights on one route.
Like, I can die happy now, you

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know?
Yeah.

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No.
Hurt Locker.

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I'll say this, the scene of him
pulling up that bomb.

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Oh, it's great.
That is gorgeous.

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It's also like in the 1st 3
minutes of the movie.

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Yep.
You know, it sure is, man.

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Yeah.
So, yeah, I'm.

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I'm down with that.
City Lights is moving on.

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OK, and that takes us to our
last match up in this region,

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the number 8 seed, the Prestige,
up against the number 25 seed,

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Shadow of a Doubt.
I think that I don't really need

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to discuss this that much.
The Prestige is a much better

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film that I remember it being,
and Shadow of a Doubt is a movie

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that a lot of critics
appreciate.

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But I think for more historical
reasons about Hitchcock's

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development than about the movie
itself.

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Yeah, and The Prestige is just
better.

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Yeah, I I will say this in in
shadow of a Doubt's defense.

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It's way more charming than it
has any right to be.

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There is something about Teresa
Wright's performance that's just

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incredible, and she is
wonderful, but she has a really

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weird relationship with her
uncle that if we, as I said in

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the episode, if we held it up to
the book of Leviticus, they

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would probably be cast into the
fiery furnace and we're going to

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get rid of Shadow of a Doubt.
Wow, I have never heard anyone

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defend Leviticus so.
So vehemently, but there you go.

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We all need a reason to get rid
of movies and Brad found his.

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That completes that region.
Brad, let's move down into our,

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I guess, Southwest region here,
which is going to be called

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what, who, who do you want to
name it after?

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This is your choice.
I don't know who reminds you of

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the Southwest.
This is the Tommy Lee Jones

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region.
I want.

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I want this.
I want this to be like the No

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Country for old Men.
Tommy Lee Jones region.

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Are you sure it shouldn't be the
Gary Oldman region?

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No, no, no, no.
All right, we're kicking things

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off with our number four overall
seed rope up against the 29 seed

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Gran Torino.
Gran Torino's a movie, Brad,

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that I like legitimately can't
remember where we shook out on

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that movie because I go back and
forth on like, was it actually

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better than I remember or was it
even worse than I remember?

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Do you know what I mean?
I think the answer is yes, yeah.

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I think it's appropriately
ranked at 29 on the year.

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So the thing The thing is when
we were reviewing Gran Torino, I

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believe that we had a guest on
and unfortunately and

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fortunately we've been going
through and for our patrons,

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we've been redoing some of our
season one episodes and we had

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just watched $1,000,000 Baby.
And somehow in the mix of

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watching those two films, we
were like 10 minutes into the

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Gran Torino episode and I
realized that I was giving all

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my reactions as if I had watched
$1,000,000 Baby.

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And that's what we were
reviewing.

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Because there was so many things
that felt like the same movie

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that I was like I don't, I don't
even know what's going on here.

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So I'm kind of with you Bob.
I don't remember almost anything

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about Gran Torino.
All right.

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Give me just 10 seconds here.
Brad on.

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I'm shocked at at how Rope is #4
because you seem slightly cooler

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on it in our episode.
I mean, it's very highly ranked

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for me, but it's much more
highly ranked on your list than

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I would have expected when it
came time for you to sort these

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movies by heart.
Why is Rope rising higher than

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we would have thought?
Do you remember what where like

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I placed it at I?
Yeah, I have it pulled up.

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Let me see.
I was thinking, I put it around

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the 10 area.
You.

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Have it at #8 on the season 08.
I think that at the end of the

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day, I just love a good theater
movie.

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You know what I mean?
Like the Birdman or The

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Unexpected Ignorance of Virtue.
Whatever that.

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Whatever that one's called.
Like movies like that, I'm just

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like there is something about
taking theatre and putting it on

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film that I I just really enjoy.
So yeah, I I I liked Rope.

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I think you see Hitchcock doing
some really interesting things

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and if not for the strange,
weird Jimmy Stewart ending

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speech, I I think that that
really is a a top tier film.

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All right, rope is moving on
into the the round of 16, but we

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have three more picks to make
here on this side of the

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bracket, and then we'll try our
second whiskey.

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I think we can go pretty quickly
here.

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I'm, I'm assuming that we're in
lockstep here, Brad, the number

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13 overall seed, the Gold Rush
is going up against the number

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20 seed Dunkirk now.
The Gold Rush is, I think that

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was the highest rated Chaplin
movie for you.

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You really liked the Gold Rush.
It is my least favorite of the

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Chaplin movies that we watched,
which is fine because I still

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think it's better than Dunkirk.
Dunkirk is probably my least

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favorite Christopher Nolan
movie.

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And I'm OK with that.
Like are you moving the gold

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rush on here?
I am I I will speak in defensive

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of Dunkirk.
I truly think it is one of the

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better World War 2 films out
there.

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I think it's unique and fun and
interesting and in in the

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cinematic universe of World War
Two I think it's a very it's

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just a really great entry.
So I I'm a big fan of Dunkirk,

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but I'll never watch it again.
All right, that takes us to the

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number 12 seed 7 Samurai up
against the number 21 seed Ben

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Hur 7 Samurai, one of the most
highly regarded films of all

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time.
I like it a lot and I think the

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more the more I think about it
as an achievement in movie

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making, the more I respect it.
Like nobody had made a movie

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like that to that point.
And it precedes Ben Hur by three

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years, and in scope it is as big
as Ben Hur.

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No, it's not my favorite
Kurosawa.

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I don't think it was your
favorite Kurosawa, but I think

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it's leaps and bounds better
than Ben Hur and I'm interested

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to hear what you think.
What I think is does 7 Samurai

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have a chariot race, Bob?
Because I'm pretty.

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I'm pretty sure it doesn't.
And that chariot race freaking

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slaps, bro.
There is no way, Brad.

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That Seven Samurai is a is a
worst movie overall than Ben Hur

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though.
But would I take the 10 minutes

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of some of the best, most
exciting film making of all time

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over 7 hours of Seven Samurai?
I don't know man that that final

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raid on the village is is
gripping movie making.

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It's it's so good.
Did you really move Ben Hur on

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here?
No, I I moved seven.

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Oh, gosh, OK.
I was going to say I was like

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there's no freaking way man.
No, I I love Ben Hur.

444
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:10,080
I enjoy the melodrama of the
majority of the film and I will

445
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,240
once again say that 10 minute
chariot race.

446
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,200
Jeez Louise man, I like, I'm
still at the edge of my seat.

447
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,920
So please, everyone go out and
watch Ben Hur.

448
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,920
It is worth it.
All right, Finally we have the

449
00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,080
number five seed dial M for
murder.

450
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,560
Up against the 28 Seed Memento,
a movie that lots of people who

451
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,160
grew up in the early 2000s love.
A movie that you and I watched

452
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:41,840
together, which is a rarity and
and spent most of the runtime

453
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:45,760
saying like what the F is this
like this is so poorly done.

454
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,120
And then, to his credit,
Christopher Nolan lands the

455
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,800
plane in the final 20 minutes of
that movie.

456
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,360
He sure does.
And I I remember saying to you,

457
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,200
I think I went from like a 4.5
to an 8.5 on this movie.

458
00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:03,160
You were lower, you were like
it, The ending does not a great

459
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,800
movie bake.
And so that I think it's

460
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,640
partially why it's so far down
the list.

461
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,560
Also, you really seemed to love
Dial M for Murder.

462
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,520
Oh dude, the.
And once again, I'll say what I

463
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,000
said in that episode.
Rope was great.

464
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,920
Dial M for Murder was fun.
Like that movie is just

465
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:29,200
delightful and entertaining and
gripping and and honestly at the

466
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:34,760
end of the day like the opening
few minutes of Dial M for Murder

467
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,720
are a little rough and it never
stops from there.

468
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,880
The last few minutes of Rope
don't land the plane very well,

469
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,160
and I think that that is more of
a detriment to that film than

470
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,080
the opening scene is for Dial M
for Murder.

471
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,320
So yeah, I'm.
I'm moving M for Murder on.

472
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,200
All right, so am I I think it's
a pretty pretty much a no

473
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,400
brainer on this podcast based on
our scores here.

474
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,880
So that means that the first
half of our round of 16 consists

475
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:12,440
of Ikiru, Ron, City Lights, The
Prestige, Rope, The Gold Rush, 7

476
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:22,240
Samurai, and Dial M for Murder.
3 Kurosawas, 2 Hitchcocks, 2

477
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,760
Chaplains and a Nolan.
Some heavy hitters here, man.

478
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,040
Yeah, it sure is.
All right, listen, it's time to

479
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,520
drink whiskey.
We've been talking a lot.

480
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:33,920
Let's dive into the next barrel
bourbon that we have for today,

481
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,200
which is called Tale of Two
Islands.

482
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,920
All right, so this next whiskey
is called the Barrel Bourbon

483
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,480
Cask Finish Series Colon Tale of
Two Islands.

484
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,400
Now, apparently a few years ago,
Barrel released a rum that was

485
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:58,840
finished in peated Isla single
malt barrels, and they called it

486
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:03,000
the Tale of Two Islands Rum.
Now they've taken tell me that

487
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,520
doesn't sound incredible.
It does not.

488
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,840
It sounds funky like, I don't
know it like on the top, the top

489
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,400
of my head if I would love that,
but it sounds interesting.

490
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,040
Yes.
Now they've taken those barrels

491
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,080
that are leftover from that
process and then they've now put

492
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,080
bourbon into those barrels to
finish them.

493
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:24,000
So it is a bourbon finished in
Isla Scotch barrels that also

494
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,680
held rum does.
I don't know if that makes any

495
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:32,040
sense, but I will say the one
thing about Barrel is that if

496
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,640
you become an expert in
explaining their finishes,

497
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,160
you'll be the coolest whiskey
guy in the room because they are

498
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:45,320
confusing and delicious.
Once again, this is a 73% corn,

499
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:49,640
23% rye, 4% malted barley
mashbill.

500
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:54,640
It's clocking in at 118.22.
Proof it's five years of age.

501
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,520
Brad, let's dive into this.
What are you picking up on the

502
00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:00,040
nose?
Oh man, dude.

503
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,560
So this one.
You barely get a hint of

504
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,960
smokiness, which is all the
smokiness I want there.

505
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,960
There's not much there beyond
that.

506
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:14,200
I feel like you get really
beautiful notes of vanilla.

507
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,480
I get that little hint of cane
sugar from the rum influence.

508
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:24,840
It gets almost tropical, like a
mango pineapple type of feel to

509
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,720
the nose.
And then there's the longer I

510
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,840
sat with it, the more the
vanilla became pronounced and I

511
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,200
I almost got like a a
butterscotch cheesecake type of

512
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,560
feel.
There's a lot going on here and

513
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,440
I am happy.
I've been learning more about

514
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:43,400
rums.
I like.

515
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,760
I I I knew next to nothing about
rums until the last year or so.

516
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,440
And I know that Jamaican rum in
particular is like known for the

517
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,280
funkiness of the rum.
Like people like to use it in

518
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,120
cocktails a lot because it has
such a funky character to it.

519
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,800
And I think when you really dig
into this one, I'm not sure if

520
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,480
it's the Isla Scotch influence
or the Jamaican rum, but that

521
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,640
like you said, butterscotch.
And I think that's a really good

522
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,640
note because there's definitely
some saline forward notes in

523
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,320
here that's not just
butterscotch but like salted

524
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,640
butter.
And the more I pushed into that,

525
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,320
the more I was like, there's
something behind this sweetness

526
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,880
that's like, I can't tell if
it's like garlicky or oniony or

527
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:21,800
like, like there's a savoury
note here.

528
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,000
Underneath all the layers of
vanilla and I got coconut on

529
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,560
this.
Like it's just really good and

530
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,760
really funky.
And I know I sound like I'm

531
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,440
describing like the worst mashup
of food ever right now, but it's

532
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,200
freaking intriguing, man.
And I'm about to take a sip.

533
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,880
Brad, give your tasting notes
because I'm excited to dive in.

534
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,640
Yeah, man, this is delicious
whiskey.

535
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,600
So the the first offering we had
is like really solid.

536
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,360
I enjoyed it.
This is back to the the barrel

537
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:55,920
that I know and love.
I got all sorts of of

538
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,640
butterscotch buttercream.
I I liked your note of salted

539
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,360
butter that really came through
strong.

540
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:07,080
It's fruity that the smoke kind
of disappears a little bit for

541
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:12,360
me here, but the overall flavour
is just this explosion of

542
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,040
tropical, delicious, sugary
everything.

543
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,680
I have never had this on a a
whiskey before and I'm sure I'm

544
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,360
going to sound like a crazy
person, but it reminds me of

545
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:26,640
eating a salad with like, you
know, craisins or something in

546
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,840
it and a vinaigrette.
But it also has like green onion

547
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,640
or leek or something in it.
Like there is just an oniony

548
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,480
note to this that is freaking
fascinating.

549
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,200
I I can't get over it.
There's a funk to it, and it's

550
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,040
more of like that oniony, you
know gym sock funk than it is

551
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,120
like the the Rose petal funk of
will it?

552
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,480
And Brad, as a guy who does not
like eating onions, I will say I

553
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,800
am here for it.
This is just man, this is what I

554
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,520
love about barrel.
They find flavors to mash

555
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,600
together that you never would
have thought and you come out

556
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,600
the other side being like that
was phenomenal.

557
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,720
Like it.
This is, this is a huge step up

558
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,240
from the foundation.
And I, you know, if I can speak

559
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,440
freely, I liked the foundation.
Fine.

560
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,240
This is like stamp of approval
right here.

561
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,080
Yes, 100% barrel our hats are
off.

562
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,680
My barrel hat that I purchased
at the Kentucky Bourbon

563
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,480
Festival.
I have now taken off due to your

564
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,440
excellence at blending.
Whiskeys, thank you for your

565
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,840
oniony whiskey and Brad, let's
get back into the bracket.

566
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:36,720
What do you say, let's get to it
now we are moving into our

567
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:41,520
Northeast bracket, which I am
going to call the Kiri Grant

568
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,600
bracket that transatlantic.
Thing I feel like if you're

569
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,560
going to have a transatlantic
accent, you have to be from like

570
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:53,480
New Hampshire, the the
Massachusetts, the sure, the

571
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,480
islands.
I I figured it was either going

572
00:32:55,480 --> 00:33:00,400
to be that or like you know like
the Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, SE,

573
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,760
Boston Bracket.
Actually, it could be the mark.

574
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,040
Wahlberg bracket.
There it is.

575
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,040
Let's do that.
The Wahlberg bracket.

576
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,200
All right, so we are up in the
Wahlberg bracket with our number

577
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:17,240
two overall seed.
William Wyler is the best years

578
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:22,400
of our lives going against Billy
Wilder's Sunset Blvd.

579
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:27,480
And The thing is that that seed
is #31 folks.

580
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,720
If you if you didn't realize
that already, Sunset Blvd. is

581
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,560
one of the most acclaimed movies
of all time.

582
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,400
And it is a movie that has just
never fully worked for me.

583
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:40,360
Like, I like it.
It's good.

584
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,560
There are parts of it that are
devastating.

585
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,000
And like that final sequence
with Norma Desmond completely

586
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,840
losing her mind is just very
affecting.

587
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,240
The movie as a whole doesn't
hang together for me the way it

588
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:57,400
apparently does for most people.
And I'm at least very grateful

589
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,760
for you, Brad, that you're
united with me in that opinion,

590
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:04,800
because we both rated it pretty
low among this season's movies.

591
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:10,199
Yeah, I I would say that Sunset
Blvd. might be my lowest ranked

592
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:12,560
movie.
I want to say that I put it at

593
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,760
31 or 32.
I was very unimpressed with

594
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:23,000
Sunset Blvd.
It just felt so mean, without

595
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:29,280
any real reason for the meanness
or anything redeeming.

596
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,120
It just felt caustic.
And I did not like that.

597
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,800
It was not my cup of tea.
Caustic is a good word.

598
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,199
Meanwhile, The Best Years of Our
Lives shines a very harsh light

599
00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:42,480
on the realities of soldiers
returning from war.

600
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,800
But it has a great big old
heart, and Brad and I are

601
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,920
softies.
And so I think Brad, without

602
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,560
much more discussion that is
moving on here, right, 100%.

603
00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:56,120
That takes us to the next match
up, the 15 seed Roman Holiday

604
00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,760
versus the 18 seed Mystic River.
Mystic River being a movie that

605
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:04,840
I remember really loving and.
Coming in being like it's better

606
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,560
than $1,000,000 baby.
And then to your point, earlier

607
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,440
we rewatched $1,000,000 baby and
I was like, oh, absolutely not.

608
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,240
That movie is so much better
than Mystic River.

609
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,240
I'm surprised to see it this
high.

610
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:16,920
Brad, did you have it ranked
highly?

611
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,640
I want to say it was in like the
12 to 15 area.

612
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,320
Yeah, you had it at #11.
OK.

613
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:29,000
You had Roman Holiday at 15, and
I'm wondering because I remember

614
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,320
you really liking Roman Holiday.
Is it just because?

615
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,200
We ended up being big fans of
Sabrina.

616
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:39,640
That Roman Holiday sank in your
estimation, I think so.

617
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:45,080
I think Sabrina was just a
masterpiece of how to bring

618
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,760
Audrey Hepburn to the silver
screen.

619
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,520
I think Roman Holiday was really
fun.

620
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,440
But the, you know, I I need to
watch it again to kind of get

621
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,440
the taste of Cary Grant out of
my mouth.

622
00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,600
But like the whole film, I just
sat there and I was like, oh,

623
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:04,840
this should be Cary Grant.
It'd be so much better with Cary

624
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,000
Grant.
And I think I walked away

625
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,120
thinking like, Yep, really fun,
really nice little romantic

626
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,600
comedy that Cary Grant should
have been in.

627
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,400
I still think it moves on here.
I think it's a better movie than

628
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,560
Mystic River.
I don't know what you picked.

629
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,280
I actually picked Mystic River
on here.

630
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,680
OK, yeah.
And and I will say Audrey

631
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,960
Hepburn's my girl.
Like I have had a crush on her

632
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,360
since I was like 10 years old
watching Charade.

633
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:37,200
So I this is a genuinely was a
difficult pick for me but I just

634
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:41,360
I really liked Mystic River.
The the more we moved on from it

635
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:47,720
the more I think that it was a
really beautifully sad film that

636
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:51,200
I it it worked for me.
So I I did choose for it to go

637
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,800
on here.
I don't really care at all what

638
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,960
wins this match up because I
think it's going to get freaking

639
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,640
slaughtered in the next round.
But for the, you know, for the

640
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,320
clicks, for the the downloads,
let's flip this freaking coin,

641
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,760
man.
Roman Holiday against Mystic

642
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,480
River will do.
Roman Holiday.

643
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,760
Heads.
Mystic River tails.

644
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:19,560
Brad.
Flip that coin, Bob.

645
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:26,760
Roman Holiday is moving on.
All right, Roman Holiday is

646
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,440
awaiting its fate in the next
round as we move on to the next

647
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:36,440
match up the number 10 seed high
and low up against the number 23

648
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:42,520
seed Stalag 17 Stalag.
Stalag 17 Good movie.

649
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,040
Tonally kind of a mess against a
comedy.

650
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:52,080
And then it's really serious.
Like, super serious.

651
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,320
And it's also one of those
movies that, like, I'm looking

652
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,240
at the name of the movie and
every single time I see it,

653
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:03,240
every time I glance over at this
sheet next to us, Brad, I forget

654
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:06,040
that we watched that movie.
Like, it is just, I don't, I

655
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,880
don't want to call it a
forgettable movie because it was

656
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,560
good.
And like, at once I think about

657
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,440
it, there were good scenes I can
remember moments I just like, I

658
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,920
look at it.
And I was like, Oh my gosh, we

659
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,400
watched that this season.
I mean, we did watch it very

660
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,560
early in the season.
And I think there's a few movies

661
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,400
that's kind of like that where
you're like, yeah, you know,

662
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,280
that one didn't stick with me
quite as well.

663
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:32,040
Here's the thing, man.
When I look at at Stalag 17, I

664
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:37,080
think that it, it sounds like a
German impressionistic, like

665
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:41,080
foreign film.
Like for some reason the fact

666
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,720
that there's a number in there
just totally throws me off.

667
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,960
I don't remember a ton about
that movie and I really liked

668
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,920
high and low.
And I will say this Bob, I think

669
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,840
I was a little bit cool on high
and low when we recorded.

670
00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:01,200
But the more I I sit down and
like reflect on the season, I

671
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,920
really liked high and low.
That's.

672
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,640
A damn good movie, dude.
And it's such a good movie.

673
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,400
It's so contemporary too.
Like it.

674
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:13,040
It plays in 2023 so well.
Yeah, it moves on really easily

675
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,720
for me.
Yes, same here.

676
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:19,360
And similarly, our number seven
overall seed, Paths of Glory up

677
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,880
against the 26 Seed Zero Dark
30.

678
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,880
Once again, a movie that I
loved, Zero Dark 30, when it

679
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,040
came out.
And I watched it back again and

680
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,280
I was like, man, this does not
work the way I thought it did 10

681
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,080
years ago.
Yeah, Paths of Glory was also a

682
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,160
movie that like was in my top 50
of all time or something.

683
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:38,320
And I watched it again this
time.

684
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,560
And then I thought, all right,
this might be like a nine and a

685
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,720
half instead of a 10, but it is
still to me.

686
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:46,840
Leaps and bounds better than
Zero Dark 30.

687
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,080
Yeah, yeah, I would not want to
get caught holding the collar

688
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:56,600
for Zero Dark 30 here.
So it's pretty easy for me to

689
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,880
move Paz the Glory on.
And I'm sure we'll talk about

690
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,080
Paz the Glory more because what
a beautiful film.

691
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,280
All right.
That takes us into our SE

692
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,720
quadrants.
Brad, what's the What's the name

693
00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:09,680
here?
I feel like Adam Sandler is the

694
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,160
most Florida man actor that we
have.

695
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,760
The the Bobby Boucher.
The Bobby Boucher bracket.

696
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:19,840
All right.
What's our first match up in the

697
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,560
Boucher region?
Our first match up is the number

698
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:29,120
three seed, the aforementioned
Sabrina versus #30 Point Break.

699
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,440
Bob, you did not remember that
we watched Stalag 17.

700
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,520
I did not remember a thing about
Point Break.

701
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,240
I legitimately had to look it
up.

702
00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:43,120
I am an FBI agent.
Not only.

703
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,920
OK, seriously, Point Break might
be for me the worst movie we

704
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,720
watched this year.
And it's like, it's fine and

705
00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:49,120
it's fun.
Yeah.

706
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,720
What I'm most impressed by is
I'm, I'm going to pat myself on

707
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:55,120
the back a little bit.
When we recorded the Sabrina

708
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,600
episode, I spent the entire
episode trying to convince you,

709
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,360
Brad, this is like a perfect
movie and you were like, yeah,

710
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,800
Bob, this is really, really
good, like and I'm not going to

711
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:07,800
stand in your way because I have
nothing but positive things to

712
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:09,920
say.
It's not a it's not a 10 out of

713
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,800
10.
And then I looked over your your

714
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,120
sheet, Brad, and it is really
highly ranked on your sheet.

715
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,780
So it seems like another one
that crept up on you as you re

716
00:41:19,780 --> 00:41:22,920
evaluated.
Yeah, I think that when I took a

717
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:28,840
full look at the entire list, my
my nostalgia kicked in a little

718
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,280
bit because I've been watching
that movie since I was a kid.

719
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:36,240
And just thinking through all
the performances, I I think

720
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,120
Sabrina holds up incredibly
well.

721
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:43,880
It is such a beautifully
charming and fun movie and it it

722
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:50,440
might be Audrey at her peak.
So I easily this might have been

723
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:55,000
the easiest choice, like even
easier than a a Kiru over

724
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,120
notorious like Point Break.
Is so ridiculous.

725
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,480
Like, I I can't believe we
watched that movie.

726
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,960
I'm glad we did.
It was a fun film to watch.

727
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,160
But man, oh man, it.
I guess I'll say this.

728
00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:16,160
It is the least like all of the
other 31 films of any film in

729
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:17,200
this season.
Oh, for sure.

730
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:19,680
All right, so Sabrina's moving
on.

731
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,360
That takes us to one of the more
challenging matchups for me

732
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:27,080
personally, the 14 seed Doctor
Strangelove up against the 19

733
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:31,320
Seed, The 39 Steps.
Strangelove is a movie that I

734
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:35,240
had, like, moderate respect for.
And then watched it this time.

735
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:38,120
And I was like, oh, this was 50
years ahead of its time.

736
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,160
And it works amazingly until the
last five minutes.

737
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:45,080
And I feel like it kind of falls
apart. 39 Steps is a movie that

738
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,120
I'm like, oh, this was also 50
years ahead of its time, but it

739
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,960
was made in the 1930s, you know
what I mean?

740
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,440
So like, it it does.
It does still feel a little bit

741
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,360
antiquated.
I'm shocked at how quickly it

742
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:56,120
moved.
For me.

743
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:59,680
I know that you were not as high
on 39 Steps as I was.

744
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,400
So I guess I'm asking like, I'm
assuming you moved Strangelove

745
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,840
on here.
Is Strangelove really a

746
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,480
contender for you?
Or like, where are you falling

747
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:13,000
on that movie generally?
Strangelove was fun.

748
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,920
It was entertaining.
It definitely made me laugh.

749
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,000
I I wouldn't call it a
contender.

750
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:23,240
So it seems like it is a lamb to
the slaughter for Sabrina in the

751
00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:24,200
next round.
But.

752
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,080
Yeah, a little bit.
I ultimately went with

753
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,240
Strangelove here, too.
Like, I just think that it for

754
00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:32,080
being it's really hard to make
comedies that are that far ahead

755
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,920
of their time.
I think comedy is like, often a

756
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,680
a prisoner of the moment.
You know, if you go back and

757
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,680
watch some of, like, the teen
comedies from when we were

758
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,360
growing up, you watch them
today, you're like, wow, this

759
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:47,000
aged poorly really quickly.
So to be that far ahead of its

760
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,960
time just by itself, you know,
you take all the Stanley Kubrick

761
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,280
out of it, I think that's
commendable in itself.

762
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,080
So Strangelove moves on for me
here.

763
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,440
Yeah.
And that brings us to the

764
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:03,600
second, the penultimate match up
of our first round Modern Times,

765
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:07,560
our number 11 seed versus The
Shining.

766
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:13,040
Our #22 seed.
I you know, like I respect The

767
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:14,920
Shining.
I don't.

768
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,080
I don't like The Shining, bro.
Like, I just like Bob.

769
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,640
You just.
You just had the snootiest,

770
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:27,400
like, like, nasally voice I've
ever heard you like, it's, you

771
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,680
know, like at the end of the
day, there's certain things that

772
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,320
you.
I realize that I just don't have

773
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:36,400
enough logical reasons to, like,
convince somebody, and I think a

774
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,200
sign of just growing up as being
like, at the end of the day,

775
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:42,680
it's just not my cup of tea.
I know me.

776
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,400
You know what I mean?
Yeah, I know what I like.

777
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:48,000
I know what I know me and I
think it's well made and I I

778
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,120
don't dislike watching it.
It's just like Modern Times is

779
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,080
better and I will pick that 100
times out of 100.

780
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:58,280
Yeah, I mean, Shining was
worthwhile for the fact that I

781
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,920
now understand the Jack
Nicholson freezing meme.

782
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:06,840
It's a it's a great gift of a of
a really terrible practical

783
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,960
effects shot.
I mean, could they have picked

784
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,440
any other facial expression to
have him die in?

785
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:15,840
He has like the underbite that
Leo does in The Wolf of Wall.

786
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:20,280
Street.
That's a good comparison, man.

787
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:23,840
All right, that takes us to our
last match up.

788
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:28,160
The number six seed Unforgiven,
up against the number 27 seed

789
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,680
The Great Dictator.
At the end of last week.

790
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,160
Brad, you said that you thought
Unforgiven would be the dark

791
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,120
horse in this bracket.
Because I am such a champion for

792
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:39,240
it.
I never expected to be and I

793
00:45:39,240 --> 00:45:42,440
think the the most miraculous
thing about Unforgiven as a

794
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:49,240
movie is it has a very slow set
up and when the turn happens

795
00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:54,520
that you know whatever his name
is, Will money decides to re

796
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:59,320
engage in violence and and and
accepts his fate that he can't

797
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:01,600
ever do anything else.
Yep.

798
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:05,920
It's such a mournful, tragic
movie.

799
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,520
Like I I think I said in the
episode, I could have spent the

800
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,240
last hour or 40 minutes or
whatever of that movie just

801
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:16,720
crying because it's like it.
There's nothing to glorify in

802
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:19,560
it.
And it is just, it's just, I

803
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:21,200
think it might be Eastwood's
best movie.

804
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,360
It's so freaking good, dude.
Yeah, yeah.

805
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:28,040
Beautiful film.
Beautifully shot, beautiful

806
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:33,680
acting, beautiful story.
And it's really sad and it it

807
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,520
moves you in an incredible way.
So yeah.

808
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,600
I'm I'm with you man.
Unforgiven moves on.

809
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:43,800
We I mean we have to give Great
Dictator it's due like we just

810
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,840
did an interview with Scott
Ayman who literally wrote the

811
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:51,360
book on Charlie Chaplin and The
Great Dictator plays such an

812
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:54,480
important role in Chaplin's
life.

813
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:58,240
It it really set the stage for a
lot of unfortunate things to

814
00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:01,240
come.
But man, oh man, what a movie.

815
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:06,200
All right, so our last eight
entrance into the round of 16

816
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:10,760
are the Best Years of Our Lives,
Roman Holiday, High and Low,

817
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:17,760
Paths of Glory, Sabrina, Doctor
Strangelove, Modern Times and

818
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:22,080
Unforgiven.
And Brad, that might be the most

819
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:24,920
solid list of eight movies we've
ever had come up.

820
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:29,360
Like really, really good movies.
I'm I'm kind of nervous to see

821
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,920
what happens in the next round.
But before we get there, we have

822
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,680
one more whiskey to try today.
What do you say we get to it?

823
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:42,360
Let's get to it, man.
All right.

824
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,360
So our final whiskey of the day
is the Barrel Cask Finish

825
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:49,840
Series, Amberana.
If you are a whiskey person

826
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:54,400
that's chronically online, then
the Amberana craze has come and

827
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,280
gone for you.
This is a specific type of wood.

828
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,000
I think it's an oak tree that's
grown primarily in Japan.

829
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,120
I should have researched this
before we started recording,

830
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:07,720
Brad, but they've been finishing
barrels in it for a number of

831
00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:10,760
years now, and a lot of
different companies are doing

832
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:12,600
it.
It kind of exploded on the scene

833
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,880
a few years ago.
And you know, as people do when

834
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:19,280
they want the newest, you know,
cutting edge thing, everyone's

835
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:23,840
turned against it now.
Yeah, also, fun fact, native

836
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,080
country of Brazil.
Brazil.

837
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:31,320
Oh wow, I was way off, You know,
don't take my word for anything

838
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:35,320
folks.
So anyway, we had not ever tried

839
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,800
an Amberana product on this show
until.

840
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:40,160
I mean, until today.
I don't think we ever drank an

841
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,920
Amberana, finished anything
together until we went to the

842
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,440
Kentucky Bourbon Festival this
year and we tried two or three

843
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,800
of them.
There was one from Nulu that was

844
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,200
like really heavily Amberana in
flavor.

845
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:55,200
What I love about this is it
reminds me of, I don't know,

846
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,000
like I don't think it's
honeysuckle.

847
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:01,480
There's a very specific plant
that grows wild in in these

848
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:06,240
parts, Brad in the summertime,
and it has that sweet, like it

849
00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:08,440
might be goldenrod.
I'm not sure, like there's just

850
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:13,680
a sweet polony smell to it and
it reminds me of summer and I

851
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:15,400
love it to death.
It's one of my favorite scents

852
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:19,640
in the world, Amberana finishes.
Have it on it in in spades.

853
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,600
And yeah, just getting into the
nose.

854
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:23,440
Here it has it again and I'm in
love.

855
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:29,440
Yeah, 100%, man.
It is a really delicate floral

856
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:33,360
nose.
That has that foundation of like

857
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:38,120
caramel, brown sugar, vanilla
that you want, but all of this,

858
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:42,480
this floral nonsense going on
above it, that's really, really

859
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:43,960
nice.
You know they, they offer

860
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:46,760
tasting notes on these little
cards they provided to us from

861
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:50,120
the manufacturer and they they
mentioned Goldenrod and then

862
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:52,160
Honeycomb.
I don't know that it reminds me

863
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:55,600
of real life Honeycomb so much,
but it does remind me a little

864
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:58,200
bit of do you remember Honeycomb
cereal from when we were kids?

865
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,480
That stuff, first of all,
freaking slapped.

866
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:05,240
But it has that, like almost
like there's a wheat character

867
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:07,880
underneath it as well.
And once again, there's no wheat

868
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,520
in the mash bill here, but it
has that soft floralness to it.

869
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,920
I'm, I'm like, my, I'm
salivating, Brad.

870
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:16,760
I'm going to take a sip while
you give your tasting notes.

871
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:22,000
Yeah, this really does remind me
of like a honey that you buy

872
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,520
locally at like your farmers
market.

873
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:29,800
It's got a really nice.
Floral palette, but the

874
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:34,040
sweetness of that honey flavor
keeps me interested.

875
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:38,680
I will say I wish there was a
little more depth on this.

876
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:42,880
I I think it leans into the
light territory a little too

877
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:47,360
much and there's not that depth
and richness of experience that

878
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,240
I get with a lot of other barrel
products.

879
00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:53,240
It's so heavily floral, like it
has that honey and whatever that

880
00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:55,480
plant is, I'm going to just
assume it's goldenrod at this

881
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:59,000
point.
And it's like it's like inhaling

882
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,560
pollen.
And then the I'm with you though

883
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:06,080
the issue for me is like if I
could draw a horizontal line

884
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:10,120
across the middle of my tongue,
there's like a flavor explosion

885
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:13,320
on the front and mid palate and
then there's like nothing else

886
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:16,600
behind it.
It like, it's a lot of alcohol

887
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,400
and ethanol too.
And it almost like, numbs your

888
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,800
palate a little bit, but there's
nothing on the back end.

889
00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:23,920
And it's just like a very
pleasant floral finish, but

890
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:25,200
there's not a lot of depth to
it.

891
00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:29,440
And yet there's a part of me
that's like, Bob, you know, this

892
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:33,080
is like a 50 out of 50 whiskey.
You know that this is like your

893
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:37,000
ideal whiskey.
I don't know how to explain it.

894
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,920
Dude.
This hits like everything that I

895
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:43,880
wish I could I could put into
like a candle to burn is like

896
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:45,880
here in the flavor of this
whiskey.

897
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:48,320
I freaking love this.
I know it's not going to be for

898
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:50,640
everybody.
I know that objectively, this is

899
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:54,000
not a 50 out of 50W, but there's
a part of me that just wants to

900
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,920
cross my arms and stamp my feet
and be like, yeah, it is, this

901
00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:59,520
is a perfect whiskey.
Does it taste like a father and

902
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:01,720
son restoring a good
relationship at the end of a

903
00:52:01,720 --> 00:52:04,840
movie?
It sure does in In a golden hued

904
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:09,080
sunset.
Are are they in a field full of

905
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:11,560
goldenrod, bro?
It's like, it's like that scene

906
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:14,440
where Russell Crowe is like
touching the tops of the week.

907
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:16,680
Oh, dude.
Yeah, dude.

908
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:20,520
But shot by Terrence Malick, You
know, that's that's where I'm at

909
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:22,000
on this.
It's so good, Brad.

910
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:26,360
Yeah, honestly, Bob, as much as
I complained about the palate,

911
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:32,600
the the flavor that it leaves on
my tongue is so unique in the

912
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:34,960
world of whiskey.
I don't know if I've ever had

913
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:38,280
anything like it.
And let me tell you, I really

914
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,160
like it.
So this is an incredible

915
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:43,320
product.
It's going to take you by

916
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:45,600
surprise.
It's not something that you

917
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,760
would expect out of barrel for
how rich most of their their

918
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,360
whiskeys are.
But I think that alone makes it

919
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,080
worth buying.
All right man, we have ended on

920
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:57,200
a high note.
It's time to get back into this

921
00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:00,560
round of 16 and narrow it down
to 8 before we get out of here

922
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:06,920
for the day.
All right, so back into the

923
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:09,880
Northwest quadrant at the Tom
Cruise quadrant.

924
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:11,080
I don't know.
Obviously.

925
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,080
All right, we've got Akiru up
against Ron now.

926
00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,280
Akiru is our number one overall
seed.

927
00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:19,320
Brad, I don't want to be that
guy, but I am.

928
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:23,040
Probably going to And here's the
only reason why I think that

929
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:26,320
both of these movies are totally
deserving of a spot in the the

930
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:30,280
round of eight.
I have Ron as my 4th ranked

931
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:33,760
movie on the season.
I have Akiru as my 8th ranked

932
00:53:33,760 --> 00:53:36,680
movie of the season.
They're both like, that's The

933
00:53:36,680 --> 00:53:39,400
thing is like it's just a couple
degrees difference.

934
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:42,560
But I didn't even consider
either of these against each

935
00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:45,600
other because I had Rashomon
going all the way to the round

936
00:53:45,600 --> 00:53:48,480
of eight here.
So now that I think about like

937
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,440
Ikiru or Ron, I don't know which
one to pick.

938
00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:55,320
Ikiru, I remember us saying is
like at least 20 minutes too

939
00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:59,040
long and that's the same thing
we said about Ron and.

940
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,720
Bro, Ron's like 45 minutes too
long.

941
00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:03,720
I really.
That's a long man.

942
00:54:03,720 --> 00:54:06,320
That movie worked.
Talk about another tragedy on

943
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,600
the level of, like, Unforgiven,
like this is straight

944
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:12,280
Shakespeare and just the color
and the choreography of the

945
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,920
fights.
And I'm moving Ron on here, man.

946
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:15,920
I am.
Oh.

947
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:18,160
Go go home, Bob.
I am.

948
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:24,280
Ron does not move on over Akiru.
Akiru is the most beautiful

949
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:27,720
movie we've watched all season.
I don't know about that man

950
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:33,200
Rashaman.
The Rash Man how how much am I

951
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,520
going to mess up your personal
bracket?

952
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:37,120
If Akiru gets knocked out?
Here it's.

953
00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:42,280
Not going to get knocked out.
The coin of the destiny is on my

954
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:45,200
side, Bob.
All right, man, let's let's flip

955
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:48,560
that coin.
We've got Akiru as heads, Ron as

956
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,360
tails.
Brad, go ahead, flip the coin.

957
00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:09,080
Bob Ron is not a good movie at
all.

958
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:14,960
It doesn't deserve to move on,
but but, but.

959
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:17,400
But it's moving on.
Oh man.

960
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,760
All right, so now tell me, how
much did I mess up your bracket?

961
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:25,120
Enough that I'm going to pick
against you the rest of the

962
00:55:25,240 --> 00:55:28,360
year.
The rest of the season, All

963
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,080
right, well, that takes us to
our next match up, which is City

964
00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:35,760
Lights up against The Prestige.
I think I'm more interested to

965
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:38,000
hear your pick here because I'm,
I'm kind of like, all right,

966
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,920
City Lights moves on.
But then I forget that you

967
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:41,920
didn't really love City Lights
that much.

968
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:43,400
So did you pick The Prestige
here?

969
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:45,680
Obviously.
Oh, interesting.

970
00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:47,560
No.
Yeah, this isn't me messing with

971
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:50,800
you.
I I very clearly chose prestige

972
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:53,240
over city lights.
The city lights is fine.

973
00:55:53,720 --> 00:55:58,080
It was a decent movie.
Prestige is just awesome.

974
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:02,760
I I think it is one of Nolan's
best films and and like, I know

975
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,280
you're not a Nolan bro, but you
have to agree that Nolan is an

976
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,080
incredible director.
Oh, 100.

977
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:10,240
Percent.
And I think prestige is up

978
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:12,400
there.
So yeah, this was honestly an

979
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:14,840
easy choice for me.
It was an easy choice for me in

980
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:16,440
the complete opposite direction
too.

981
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:20,040
That's that's like, I probably
spent a second and a half

982
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:23,000
thinking about this match up.
And that's what I love about

983
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:25,040
this podcast, because we're
probably going to knock out one

984
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:28,280
of the most highly regarded
movies of all time in favor of

985
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:31,560
the Nolan Bros.
But Brad City Lights is going

986
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:32,920
wait, which one's the higher
ranked?

987
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,880
Let's see.
Prestige is 1 rank higher.

988
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:40,440
Prestige is the eighth seed.
City Lights is the 9 seed.

989
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:44,280
So Prestige will be heads.
City Lights will be tails.

990
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:54,440
Brad, flip the coin.
Which one of those tails city

991
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:56,960
lights?
City Lights moves on, Bob.

992
00:56:57,480 --> 00:57:01,240
Wow.
Now Brad, this has been a rough,

993
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,400
rough round of 16 for you so
far.

994
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:08,080
Which means.
That my bracket winner got

995
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:12,000
knocked out?
Yeah, This is why you don't pick

996
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:15,600
You don't pick Pitt to win in
the in the March Madness every

997
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,240
year.
Pitt is one of those teams that

998
00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:18,840
gets knocked out in the second
round every year.

999
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:22,000
Yeah.
All right, we're down to rope

1000
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,600
versus the Gold Rush.
For me, this was another one

1001
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,280
that was like, a no brainer
because the Gold Rush not my

1002
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,880
favorite chaplain.
So I picked rope to move on.

1003
00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:34,880
Where did you land?
I picked the gold rush to move

1004
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,080
on by.
We might have like 8 consecutive

1005
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:39,480
coin flips here, Brad.
Yeah, we sure might.

1006
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:42,640
I I genuinely picked the gold
rush to move on.

1007
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:47,280
I I think that I just decided I
was like I like Dial M for

1008
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:52,520
Murder more and Charlie Chaplin
is one of the most famous actors

1009
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:56,360
and directors of all time.
I'm going to move the gold rush

1010
00:57:56,360 --> 00:58:00,000
on because it for me it was my
absolute favorite of the

1011
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:08,040
chaplains and it had I would put
a top five seat like still from

1012
00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:10,680
a movie.
That I've ever seen in my life,

1013
00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:14,120
that that was enough for me to
move it on past rope.

1014
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:16,760
You know, I had a similar thing
in later rounds where I was

1015
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:19,960
like, I like rope better than
Dial M and so I picked something

1016
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:21,560
else to move on over Dial M for
murder.

1017
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:26,680
So I understand the the impulse
here, but we are once again at a

1018
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:29,200
standstill until you flip the
coin of destiny.

1019
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:33,640
So rope his heads, the Gold
rush's tails flip the coin.

1020
00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:46,320
Damn it Bob, This is this is a
disappointing turn of events.

1021
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:49,160
Rope is moving on, man.
This is why you don't call

1022
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:51,440
Destiny down on your side, man.
Can't.

1023
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:54,160
This is not Babe Ruth.
You don't get to call your shot

1024
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:58,000
here, man.
Don't worry Bob, your time is

1025
00:58:58,000 --> 00:58:59,640
coming.
I'm I'm sure it is.

1026
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:03,080
And our last match up on this
half of the bracket is the

1027
00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:07,320
number 12 Seed 7 Samurai up
against the number five seed

1028
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:13,120
Dial M for Murder.
Now Brad, this is a hard one for

1029
00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:15,760
me.
I think these are both really

1030
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:18,920
good movies.
I think Dial M for Murder is

1031
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:23,400
obviously like the more fun
movie 7 Samurai has the weight

1032
00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:25,480
of like cinema history on its
side.

1033
00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:28,080
Yep.
Was this a hard pick at all for

1034
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:30,920
you, or was it pretty easy?
It was a difficult pick.

1035
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,640
I really like 7 Samurai Bob.
I think I gave it a nine or a

1036
00:59:34,640 --> 00:59:38,520
nine and a half.
Like I I'm a big Seven Samurai

1037
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:39,880
fan.
That is a movie.

1038
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:44,080
If I wanted to show like certain
friends of mine, I'm like, oh, I

1039
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:46,600
could watch Seven Samurai with
them and I think they'd really

1040
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,160
enjoy it.
The fact that it came out so

1041
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:52,680
long ago is completely in
Japanese and is in black and

1042
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:54,000
white.
And I still am.

1043
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:56,240
Like, yeah, I know people who
would like watching this.

1044
00:59:56,920 --> 01:00:01,680
Is a testament to what a great
movie it is, but I moved Island

1045
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:05,440
for murder on.
And I moved Seven Samurai on and

1046
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:08,280
this.
Is this is the first time in

1047
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:12,000
film and whiskey history that we
have had four consecutive coin

1048
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:14,560
flips?
Like I am shocked dude.

1049
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:17,480
The only, like, the only time
that we've had something even

1050
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:20,360
approaching this is when we had
a coin flip a couple seasons in

1051
01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:24,120
a row for the champion.
Yes, we did.

1052
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:25,840
Yeah.
So, all right.

1053
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:27,920
I I'm also worried that the
listeners are going to be

1054
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:30,400
getting sick of the sound effect
for flip that coin.

1055
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:33,600
Should I just insert like the
Benny Hill theme at this point?

1056
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,760
Like, should we pick something
else for the coin flip?

1057
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:39,080
I think so, yes.
I mean it is working for me so

1058
01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:41,960
far.
Yeah, we'll see, man.

1059
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:47,400
Dial M now that Akiru is out
that that could do some damage

1060
01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:50,400
in my updated bracket.
I'm OK with Dial M moving on if

1061
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:54,400
it does so that will be heads as
the five seed. 7 samurai is

1062
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:58,680
going to be tails as the 12 seed
Brad with a new sound effect.

1063
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:08,040
Flip that coin.
Bob 7 Samurai is moving on.

1064
01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:14,480
Oh my gosh, I have never.
I wow.

1065
01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:17,360
I won't say anything else.
Let's move on.

1066
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:20,840
We're going to the right half of
the bracket now where the number

1067
01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:24,840
two seed, The best Years of our
Lives is going up against Roman

1068
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:31,400
Holiday, the 15 seed.
This was not, this did not take

1069
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:33,480
me very long, Brad.
I think that the Best years of

1070
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:35,320
Our Lives just moves on here.
Yeah.

1071
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:38,680
I think that Roman Holiday has a
lot of merits, Bob.

1072
01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:43,880
I think that it's an easy choice
over best years of our lives,

1073
01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:48,360
obviously.
Well, that didn't take much, did

1074
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:50,880
it?
All right, Yeah.

1075
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:53,720
Best Best Years of Our Lives is
an incredible film.

1076
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:58,920
It's so good, man.
As much as I would like to be

1077
01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:03,560
the spoiler role here, yeah, I I
I moved Best years on I I moved

1078
01:02:03,560 --> 01:02:05,880
it on over Mystic River.
Obviously I'm going to move it

1079
01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:08,840
on over Roman Holiday.
Would you like to take us to our

1080
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:10,920
next match up here?
Yeah.

1081
01:02:10,920 --> 01:02:16,840
So we are moving down to high
and low versus our our number 10

1082
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:19,760
seed versus Paths of Glory, our
number seven seed.

1083
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:22,120
This was a harder one for me
too.

1084
01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:26,160
Paths of Glory, not quite as
great as I remember.

1085
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:29,680
Like I mean really great movie.
I don't know that I give it A10

1086
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,000
anymore, right?
High and low.

1087
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,880
A movie that I had like, pretty
much forgotten about.

1088
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:40,120
Also really solid.
I still think Paths of Glory is

1089
01:02:40,120 --> 01:02:43,080
probably, on the whole, the
better movie.

1090
01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:46,080
But I I could be swayed, You
know what I mean?

1091
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:49,880
Yeah, Bob, I'm just going to be
show my cards here.

1092
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:52,200
I moved high and low on.
Oh, nice.

1093
01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:58,160
I I think that High and Low is
just sneakily one of the best

1094
01:02:58,160 --> 01:03:02,640
films we watched this year.
I think that the initially I

1095
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:07,240
wasn't certain about the setup
of, you know, the 1st. 30-40

1096
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:11,000
minutes of the film being in one
room essentially, and then the

1097
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:15,000
rest of it being a a detective
chase thriller.

1098
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:18,440
But man oh man.
Once the movie was over and I

1099
01:03:18,440 --> 01:03:22,520
really took time to reflect on
it, I really loved High and low.

1100
01:03:23,120 --> 01:03:27,520
I think Pads of Glory is the
best movie to put up against it

1101
01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:31,000
because I loved Pads of Glory as
well.

1102
01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:33,480
So this was over.
This might have been.

1103
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:39,400
The probably 3rd or 4th hardest
decision of my bracket.

1104
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:41,760
Yeah, it was a hard one.
And I'm actually like, I'm

1105
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:44,160
really glad that we get to flip
the coin here because I think

1106
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:47,280
sometimes it's like that's the
best way to honor how good a

1107
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:50,880
movie was, is to put it in
Destiny's hands.

1108
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:55,000
So we're going to say Paths of
Gloria's heads as the seven

1109
01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:57,520
seed.
High and low is tails.

1110
01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:06,680
Brad, flip that coin.
That's that's past the Glory

1111
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:07,480
bomb.
Wow.

1112
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:13,680
OK, so we have had coin flips on
five of our first six picks

1113
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:15,880
here.
That leaves two more.

1114
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:19,240
We're moving down into the lower
right quadrant where we have the

1115
01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:20,560
three seed.
Sabrina.

1116
01:04:20,560 --> 01:04:25,200
Bobby Boucher, The Boucher
region where we have Sabrina,

1117
01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:29,080
the Three Seed up against Doctor
Strangelove, The 14 Seed

1118
01:04:29,360 --> 01:04:32,280
Strangelove.
A movie that I appreciate more

1119
01:04:32,280 --> 01:04:36,080
than I thought I would.
It is no Sabrina.

1120
01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:37,600
Brad.
No.

1121
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:40,000
No, it's not.
Strangelove was a lot of fun.

1122
01:04:40,440 --> 01:04:44,120
Sabrina is incredible.
I'd like there's like sometimes

1123
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:47,040
where I wish that I was like a
more famous movie critic so that

1124
01:04:47,040 --> 01:04:49,160
I could write one of those
pieces that, like, gets people

1125
01:04:49,160 --> 01:04:51,240
starting to to reappraise a
movie.

1126
01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:56,120
I don't know why is it Sabrina
considered one of the best not

1127
01:04:56,120 --> 01:04:59,360
only Billy Wilder movies but
just romantic comedies.

1128
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,080
It's so good.
It's incredible.

1129
01:05:02,080 --> 01:05:04,400
It's a perfect movie.
Yeah.

1130
01:05:04,840 --> 01:05:07,280
Yeah.
Sabrina needs to move on.

1131
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:11,520
My soul needs a little little
clemency.

1132
01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:16,360
I think a salve.
OK, we have one more match up.

1133
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:19,440
It's modern times.
The 11 Seed up against

1134
01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:21,160
Unforgiven.
The six Seed.

1135
01:05:21,640 --> 01:05:24,080
This was really hard for me.
Modern Times is probably my

1136
01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:28,520
personal favorite Chaplin movie.
I think if I was forced at

1137
01:05:28,520 --> 01:05:31,800
gunpoint to choose one Chaplin
movie to put in the vault for

1138
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:34,960
future generations, I'd probably
pick City Lights.

1139
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:38,440
Even over modern times, even
though I like Modern Times more.

1140
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:43,520
And because of that, I picked
Unforgiven to move on here.

1141
01:05:44,560 --> 01:05:49,400
Bob, we are finally in lockstep.
I also picked Unforgiven to move

1142
01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:53,480
on.
Anything you'd like to say to

1143
01:05:53,480 --> 01:05:57,640
modern times as we send it off
into the machinery of doom?

1144
01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:04,240
I don't remember much about it.
Well, I guess that does it then,

1145
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:06,640
huh?
Yeah, that that's it for me,

1146
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:08,720
man.
I I hate to say it.

1147
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:11,240
Bob Chaplin just didn't make
much of an impression on me.

1148
01:06:11,240 --> 01:06:15,680
That's crazy, man.
Yeah, like I yeah, I don't know

1149
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:18,880
what to say.
I I do know that you had a

1150
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:22,280
really rough round of 16, man,
when it comes to your movies

1151
01:06:22,280 --> 01:06:25,560
getting into the next round.
Because here's our final eight

1152
01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:34,560
films Brad, Ron, City Lights,
Rope, 7, Samurai, The Best Years

1153
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:44,000
of Our Lives, Paths of Glory,
Sabrina and Unforgiven. 55 of my

1154
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:46,160
8 have been eliminated.
That's the thing.

1155
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:49,760
And like, you know, when it
comes to Ron, that wasn't my

1156
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:51,720
pick for this.
That wasn't your pick for this.

1157
01:06:51,720 --> 01:06:54,160
So it's like, all right, is it
just going to get annihilated by

1158
01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:56,760
City Lights in the next round?
Because you didn't like City

1159
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:58,800
Lights either.
Like, I think there's a lot of

1160
01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:02,160
intrigue here.
We're not necessarily happy

1161
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:05,400
about some of these picks, but
that's what makes the bracket

1162
01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:10,040
episodes so interesting.
Bob Akira is the best film on

1163
01:07:10,040 --> 01:07:11,800
this bracket.
Why?

1164
01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:13,040
What?
What movie for that movie?

1165
01:07:13,040 --> 01:07:16,880
What movie?
Akira Akira Kurosawa.

1166
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:17,840
I don't know if you've heard of
him.

1167
01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:19,200
I know.
I feel like that movie has been

1168
01:07:19,200 --> 01:07:21,120
thrown into the fire and that it
doesn't.

1169
01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:24,960
Pleasant that you are in the
world of film, you you wouldn't

1170
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:26,640
understand the beauty.
It's OK, Bob.

1171
01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:28,680
You'll you'll reach that level
someday.

1172
01:07:28,680 --> 01:07:32,000
I'll get my comeuppance next
time through Brad, because we're

1173
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:35,240
coming back on our next episode
to finish out this bracket.

1174
01:07:35,560 --> 01:07:38,840
We'll take this all the way down
to the champion of season seven.

1175
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:42,520
And we have a very special
whiskey planned for our last

1176
01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:45,760
episode of Season 7, but that
does it for us today.

1177
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:49,040
So join us next time as we
continue to argue with each

1178
01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:52,000
other and drink great whiskey
for the Film and Whiskey

1179
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:53,440
podcast.
I'm Bob Book.

1180
01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:56,200
I'm Brad G and we'll see you
next time.