Breakfast All Day Podcast 10/31/19
We’re not saying “Hasta la vista” just yet to the “Terminator” franchise. Alonso, Matt and I have a Breakfast All Day review of “Terminator: Dark Fate,” as well as Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic “The Irishman,” which may just be his masterpiece. We also review the Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet,” a movie we wish had taken more chances. And over at our Patreon, we discuss episode 2 of HBO’s “Watchmen,” which we’re loving. It’s all treats and no tricks on this Halloween episode. Hope you enjoy.
This one showed up right on time. Much appreciated. And thanks for throwing an explanation in as to why there wasn’t a show last week in your response to my last post. Also, much appreciated.
And finally, great job on today’s show.
One of the things you people do very well is what Siskel and Ebert also did well. You give us enough information so that if what’s important to us about a particular movie is different than what you used to rate it, we can still figure out what WE would or would not like to see. Thanks!
1. What’s the opening tune, sounds nice?
2. Alonso: “Christy’s the Ghost of the Montreal Expos” Christy: “I’m a goddamn champion!” Gold guys, gold!
3. when I finally got around to watching Termintor Salvation maybe five years ago, I found it much more watchable and well-conceived than I had been lead to believe. But if I never watched it again, I’d be fine with that.
4. Gabriel Luna has a wonderful presence in Dark Fate, I felt. That malevolent hyper-confident expression on his face is a big part of what drew me to the theatre. And in the film itself, his charm and cunning when acquiring intel and assets from third parties is really quite impressive, especially when he requisitions a Comanche helicopter.
5. Glad we’re all in agreement about how terrific the opening car chase is, I just wish the whole movie could sustain that pitch and intensity, more like Fury Road!
6. with regard to this being a feminst film, the thing I was most impressed by was Mackenzie Davis displaying both great resolve, intelligence, and cunning, but also being vulnerable both emotionally and literally, with her dependence on medication to keep up her strength.
7. the indestructability of the Rev-9 had me thinking, every time he was coming close to his quarry, like oh shit, the girl is so freaking dead, there is no way she’ll get out of this one. But the screenwriters pulled it of. In the detention camp, by freeing the other prisoners to block his path, and by the Hoover Dam, by Arnie showing up with the good stuff, the syringe full of restoratives. That was an amazing moment. Clearly Arnie’s Terminator gained an immense amount of tactical wisdom over the past thirty years!
8. The middle act was too talky and meandering for my liking, but I definitely enjoyed the first and third acts.
9. If you want to see Mackenze Davis more, check out Halt and Catch Fire, they did four seasons on AMC. I watched the first three seasons but the last one turned me off and I couldn’t make it more than ten minutes in. I should try again though. It’s about the development of the personal computing business, starting in the early eighties and ending up in the 90s when the internet started taking off. Strong period set design, costuming, manners, consciousness, and every other aspect you could care to name. Anyway I believe it’s on Netflix now. Proud that Mackenzie’s like me, parents from Liverpool but they moved to Vancouver. Same with Kim Cattrall.