Why Did We Watch This

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Why Did We Watch This

Is there such thing as a movie so bad that it's beyond fixing? Leigh, Brendan, and Chris are pretty sure there isn't. Join them as they watch bad movies, talk about what did and didn't work, and try to improve these cinematic messes. Also, they make custom cocktails and drink a lot, too.

  1. OCT 14

    113 – A Haunting in Venice

    October is back and so is our annual Halloween Spooktacular! We’ve previously dealt with a murder AND a death, so it only makes sense that a haunting should follow suit- and this haunting is in VENICE, baby! Kenneth Branagh returns … Continue reading →

  2. SEP 30

    112.5 – Reliable Rewatches (or: The Twin Demons of Capitalism and Nostalgia)

    As we slowly crawl to the end of another excruciating year, the Hallo-Thanks-Mas holiday corridor creeps up along with it. As is often the case with these periods, we sometimes fall back on tried-and-true movies to rewatch (or music to … Continue reading →

  3. SEP 16

    112 – Love’s Labour’s Lost

    Rita Mae Brown’s definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. On an unrelated note, in this episode Leigh, Brendan, and Chris return to the filmography of Kenneth Branagh just to see how we … Continue reading →

  4. SEP 2

    111.5 – Maladapted from a Video Game

    Remember a few weeks ago when the Borderlands movie came out and no one liked it and it flopped and we all agreed that there was no reason to talk about it ever again? Well, we're talking about it briefly. Or to be more specific, we're talking broadly about movies adapted from video games, a much-maligned niche that has only rarely ever resulted in a movie that can actually function on some level. Leigh, Brendan, and Chris muse about the innate difficulties of trying to adapt a video game in the first place, the problems that seem to affect most movie versions, and if there have ever been any successful ones in the first place (there's a few!). Join us again in two weeks when we cover some wildly different territory with a setting-shifted jukebox musical adaptation of a lesser Shakespeare play directed by someone whom we've talked about, uh, quite a bit. Hey nonny nonny! Continue reading →

  5. AUG 19

    111 – Van Helsing

    Our Summer of Failed Franchises (mercifully?) comes to an end with perhaps the most flagrant franchise bait yet, Stephen Sommer's 2004 monster mash up Van Helsing. That's right, at long last you can be chilled by terrifying imagery such as Dracula cosplaying as Gerard Way, Hugh Jackman with nightmarishly bad extensions, and a Frankenstein's monster with a plasma globe jammed into his chest. Listen in as Leigh, Brendan, and Chris try to make sense of these choices, along with topics such as "what the hell is going on with this world building?" and "why do werewolves keeps regenerating tattered modesty pants upon transforming back into humans?" Fittingly, we also enjoy a light summer cocktail as red and bitter as Dracula's heart. (AHHHHHH if only he had one!) Continue reading →

  6. AUG 5

    110.5 – Trailer Trash Talk

    Obviously we’ve got some general movie spoilers to contend with in this episode, so be forewarned! Stemming from a brief digression in our last episode, Leigh, Brendan, and Chris kick around some thoughts on the state of modern movie trailers. How much information is too much information to reveal? What should a movie trailer ideally cover? How are modern tastes and viewing methods affecting how trailers are made? We’re casually dipping into all this and a whole lot of additional stream of consciousness chatter (plus a drink recipe for our final Summer of Failed Franchises episode coming up next)! Continue reading →

  7. JUL 22

    110 – Artemis Fowl

    Our summer miniseries of Failed Franchises continues unabated with a look at an adaptation of a pretty popular children’s book that stagnated for years in development hell, had a wildly troubled production period, was unceremoniously dumped on a streaming service because of a plague, and was then taken off again in exchange for a tax write-off. Almost assuredly, you will not remember that this all describes Kenneth Branagh’s 2020 damp squib, Artemis Fowl! Journey to Ireland (well, mostly just a house) with Leigh, Brendan, and Chris as they discuss the manic attempts to alter this movie in post-production, the vague half-baked world building, and the nightmarish image of Josh Gad unhinging his jaw while devouring dirt and forcefully expelling it from his anus. By necessity, there’s obviously a cocktail involved here too since there’s no way we could sit through this whole drab ordeal while sober. Continue reading →

  8. JUL 8

    109.5 – Problematic Faves

    Whether it's a husky-voiced puppet master creeping on his unrequited love's daughter or a charming '60s romantic comedy that also happens to periodically feature a ghoulish yellow-face caricature of a Japanese man, we've all got faves that simultaneously have some deep-seated issues. Listen in with Leigh, Brendan, and Chris as we discuss some of our own, be they characters with their own gross issues or movies that have aspects which have aged like a fine milk. Also, our summer of Failed Franchises continues unabated with our next episode, a long-gestating adaptation of a middle schooler book that surely seemed like a safe bet at one point, and the accompanying drink that will make the whole ordeal go down (mildly) easier. Continue reading →

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Is there such thing as a movie so bad that it's beyond fixing? Leigh, Brendan, and Chris are pretty sure there isn't. Join them as they watch bad movies, talk about what did and didn't work, and try to improve these cinematic messes. Also, they make custom cocktails and drink a lot, too.

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