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The Movie Proposal

Hosted by Skye Jethani and friend (and former Big Idea employee a long, long time ago) Josh Lindsay, “The Movie Proposal” is a deep dive into movies from two thoughtful Christian guys. Check it out and tell us what you think!

Latest Episodes:

Episode 61: Avengers Endgame May 02, 2019

Show notes

Something Old:

Josh's: Frequency (2000): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186151/

Skye's: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2

Something New: Avengers: Endgames (2019): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154796/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Josh's Proposal: Avengers Endgame has succeed where Star Wars is currently failing: Character Development

Skye's Proposal: Avengers Endgame is a remarkable story about self sacrifice in a culture of self indulgence.

Something Borrowed: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/avengers/avengers_endgame/avengers-endgame-writers-address-all-the-biggest-twists-character-deaths-the-ending-and-more-spoilers-a168052

Something Blew:

Josh's: Nate Bargatze: The Tennessee Kid

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9861504/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_2

Skye's: One Marvelous Scene: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd7v7nQLQGwKQxfPtUPz6i1h3-JVxBx0D

Jason's:

Barry:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5348176/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Sonic (the abomination): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3794354/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Episode 60: The Legend of Cocaine Island Apr 25, 2019

Show notes

Something Old:

Josh's: A Simple Plan (1998): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120324/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: Cliffhanger (1993): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106582/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Something New: The Legend of Cocaine Island (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8106596/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Josh's Proposal: The Legend of Cocaine Island is my kind of True Crime Drama.

How Florida's Proud Open Government Laws Lead to the Shame of "Florida Man" News Stories: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/how-floridas-proud-open-government-laws-lead-to-the-shame-of-florida-man-news-stories-7608595

Something Borrowed:https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/original-content-cocaine-island-interview/

Something Blew:

Skye's: The Americans: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149175/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Josh's: The Highwaymen: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860242/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Jason's: Love, Death & Robots: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

BONUS SEGMENT:

https://www.patreon.com/holypost

Episode 59: Captain Marvel Apr 09, 2019

Show notes

Something Old:

Josh's: Run Lola Run (1998): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

https://www.amazon.com/Just-Mercy-Story-Justice-Redemption/dp/081298496X

Something New: Captain Marvel: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYSbk_tTsjk

Josh's Proposal: Captain marvel demonstrates why film studios are so desperate to create a Cinematic Universe.

Skye's Proposal: Every time Marvel has introduced a new Character, they have done it by introducing a new Genre of film.

Something Borrowed: https://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/anna-boden-ryan-fleck/3913929

Something Blew:

Josh's: Paddleton (2019): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8041276/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2

Skye's: Aquaman (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477834/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Jason's: The Twilight Zone - "The Comedian" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19GO8-Rrn0g

Episode 58: Generation Wealth Mar 22, 2019

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Something Old:

Josh's: Clueless (1995): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: Arthur (1981): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082031/?ref_=nv_sr_7

Something New: Generation Wealth (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5268348/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Josh's Proposal: Generation Wealth paints a compelling picture of why we all need Jesus.

Skye's Proposal: Generation Wealth is not about Wealth as much as it is about Generations and the regrets that parents have valued something more than their kids.

Something Blew:

Josh's: Patriot Season 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4687882/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Skye's: Aladdin (2019): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6139732/?ref_=nv_sr_2

What's That Name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rImxuuD_kwM

Jason's: Alita: Battle Angel https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/?pf_rd_m=A2FGELUUNOQJNL&pf_rd_p=f9f31d04-fc22-4d12-86b4-f46e25aa2f6f&pf_rd_r=Q9HFEEZN2MBF2GT31QP9&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_t=15506&pf_rd_i=boxoffice&ref_=cht_bo_3

Episode 57: Can You Ever Forgive Me? Mar 04, 2019

Show notes

Something Old:

Josh's: Being John Malkovich (1999): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120601/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: Tootsie (1982): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084805/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Something New: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4595882/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Josh's Proposal: I can relate to Melissa McCarthy's character Lee Israel.

Skye's Proposal: Can You Ever Forgive Me? is yet another example of a brilliant comedic actor trying to be taken seriously by doing a dramatic film that doesn't quite work.

Something Borrowed:

How A Successful Biographer Became A Forger

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94461486

Something Blew:

Josh's:

Blew Chunks: The Master (2012): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Blew Mind: Yesterday (2019): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8079248/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: Star Wars Galaxy's Edge:

https://disneyland.disney.go.com/destinations/disneyland/star-wars-galaxys-edge/

Episode 56: The Old Man & the Gun Feb 08, 2019

Show notes

Something Old:

Max Dugan Returns (1983): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085919/?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Something New: The Old Man & the Gun (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2837574/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

Josh's Proposal: The Old Man & the Gun is a welcome break from Hollywood Blockbusters

Skye's Proposal: The Old Man & the Gun affirms how our character is formed by our habits.

The Americans: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149175/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/?ref_=tt_rec_tt

The Sting: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070735/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Something Blew:

Josh's:

Blew Mind: Patriots Day (2016): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4572514/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Blew Chunks: Justice League (2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974015/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's:

Blew Mind: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom https://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-David-W-Blight/dp/1416590315

Blew Chunks: "The Big Game"

Jason's:

Blew Mind: Missing Link(2019) Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8332426/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Episode 55: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse Jan 25, 2019

Show notes

Something Old:

Josh's: Brave Little Toaster (1987): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092695/

Tom's: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679/

Skye's: The Matrix (1999): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/

Something New: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694/

Josh's Proposal: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the best film of 2018

Tom's Proposal: Sony didn't only create the best Spider-man movie ever, but gave CG animation a great leap forward visually. (1;38:50)

Skye's Proposal: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse may represent a kind of comic book representation of what's happening in American culture right now.

Something Borrowed: Interview with Tom Bancroft.

An explanation of 1's and 2's in Spider-verse:

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/3SSSEHN

Something Blew:

Josh's: First Reformed (2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6053438/

Tom's: Aquaman (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477834/

Skye's: The NFL, like, in general.

Jason's: https://twitter.com/DANIELPEMBERTON

Tom's podcast:

https://taughtbyapro.com/category/podcasts/

Episode 54: Mary Poppins Returns Jan 10, 2019

Show notes

Josh's: Little Shop of Horrors (1986): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066817/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Something New: Mary Poppins Returns (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5028340/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Josh's Proposal: Mary Poppins Returns is practically perfect in every way except for one… The songs.

Skye's Proposal: Mary Poppins Returns is a wonderful couple of hours with your family in the theater. But will ultimately be forgotten because it suffers from death of Nostalgia.

Something Borrowed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/agh/mary-poppins-returns-bird-woman-lady-jane-michael

Something Blew:

Josh's:

The Golden Globes

&

The Disaster Artist

Skye's:

Men in Black: International: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2283336/?ref_=nv_sr_1

&

Walmart pick up tv commercial - Movie Cars extended version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcBBHpzKiI

Episode 53: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Jan 03, 2019

Show notes

Something Old:

Josh's: The 'Burbs (1989): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096734/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: Tombstone (1993): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Wyatt Earp (1994): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111756/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Something New: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388771/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Josh's Proposal: Mowgli is an example of how 3D animation/motion capture isn't working for me.

Skye's Proposal: This movie is messed up

Something Borrowed: Josh's game

Something Blew:

Josh's:

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5848272/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Homecoming (2018-): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7008682/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Skye's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-hCcr3EfJg

Jason's:

Score: A Film Music Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4207112/?ref_=nv_sr_5

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Episode 52: Elf Dec 20, 2018

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Its the 15th anniversary of everybody's favorite Christmas movie "Elf"! This week's episode features Todd Komarnicki, the producer of Elf. He's also a screenwriter for films like Tom Hanks' Sully and Bruce Willis' Perfect Stranger. We had a lot of fun talking about how the movie Elf was made, some behind the scenes stories and what it means to be a screenwriter. And do you know what film stars Harrison Ford with Bea Arthur?! And what Tom Hanks film is a lot like Elf?? Check out this episode and if you like it please leave a 5 star review!

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