Episode 19: Let’s Talk Movies (with special guest Jack!)
Jack, our resident movie expert, joins the podcast for this special episode. Rian picks Jack’s brain about favourite and underrated movies, filmmakers, adaptations, and what makes storytelling in films so unique, followed by a lightning round of questions just for fun.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:18 Jack’s introduction
03:19 Read Watch Play
15:36 Topic intro: Let’s talk movies
16:41 Jack’s movie-a-day project
21:08 Why movies?
26:03 Favourite movies?
30:16 Favourite filmmakers/actors?
34:00 What are some characters that resonate with you?
38:00 Thoughts on film adaptations?
54:17 Underrated and lesser known films?
59:04 A story you would like adapted to film?
1:04:10 Lightning round!
1:11:26 Outro and links
Books/Comics
- Ironheart (Marvel) https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/26172/ironheart_2018_2019
- Butter - Asako Yuzuki https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f742c402-0d52-41b3-b5db-4071c103295d
- Outline - Rachel Cusk https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1b115ada-898c-4c4a-ae05-3b9dcc5b6146
- Dungeon Crawler Carl https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/25876d4a-055a-4baf-947f-b2c480293555
- Foundations (Tower of Somnus) https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5a6c98a8-eaea-4737-8118-92eecac9604e
- A Psalm for the Wild-Build - Becky Chambers https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/558447b4-d2ce-4d28-8e1c-0ab459e6aa38
- A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/33b2f7d2-82ee-4a0a-8519-71e1d988f378
- Eight Billion Genies https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/eight-billion-genies
TV
- Hysteria! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21493708/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
- Brilliant Minds https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/237748-brilliant-minds
Films
- The Accountant² https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/870028-the-accountant
- Sinners https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1233413-sinners
- Until Dawn https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1232546-until-dawn
- Snow White https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/447273-snow-white?language=en-AU
- 10 Things I Hate About You https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/17507-10-things-i-hate-about-you
- Baby Driver https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/339403-baby-driver
- Pitch Perfect https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/114150-pitch-perfect
- The Gentlemen https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/522627-the-gentlemen
- Seven Psychopaths https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/86838-seven-psychopaths
- Serenity https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/16320-serenity
- Harvey https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11787-harvey
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/274857-king-arthur-legend-of-the-sword
- Aladdin https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/420817-aladdin
- Shaun of the Dead https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/747-shaun-of-the-dead
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/22538-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world
- Clerks https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2292-clerks
- Get Out https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/419430-get-out
- Us https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/458723-us
- Nope https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/762504-nope
- John Wick https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/245891-john-wick
- Law Abiding Citizen https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/22803-law-abiding-citizen
- Adaptation https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2757-adaptation
- Sin City https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/187-sin-city
- Ready Player One https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/333339-ready-player-one
- The Chipmunk Adventure https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/21793-the-chipmunk-adventure
- The Lord of the Rings https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/283850-the-lord-of-the-rings
- Dune https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/438631-dune
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1498-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles
- Phoebe in Wonderland https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19079-phoebe-in-wonderland
- The Boondock Saints https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/8374-the-boondock-saints
- Civil War https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/929590-civil-war
- The Green Mile https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/497-the-green-mile
- Thunderbolts* https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/986056-thunderbolts
- Bridge to Terabithia https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1265-bridge-to-terabithia
- Paprika https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4977
- Perfect Blue https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10494-perfect-blue
- Oldboy https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/670
Games
- Murdered: Soul Suspect https://store.steampowered.com/app/233290/Murdered_Soul_Suspect/
- The Bazaar https://playthebazaar.com
- Growing Up https://store.steampowered.com/app/1191120/Growing_Up/
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/
YouTube Channels Mentioned
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