That sound means it's another game for a movie!
It's the end of the year, boys! It is? It is!
It is the end of the year. And end of the decade.
And end of the decade as well. But somebody did
want to do their favorite movies of the decade,
and it almost fell off his bar stool. Because
there's just so many good movies to choose from.
It's a lot of work, too. Like, you know, I barely
can pick three at night. Alright, fine, whatever.
I am your host, Mikey Tank. I am joined by...
Mitchell Clements. Ooh, a little spicy on the
intro. And we're missing Andre. Where could Andre
be this week? Ooh, my favorite game, my favorite
game. Typically, T -Dog, like, we are thinking
to ourselves, did T -Dog murder someone? Is he
hiding the body? Our friend Dan wants to know,
our friend T -Dog was going to be here tonight
because he was supposedly holding someone hostage
last time. Oh, yeah. Well, I think he did a good
job because the hostage now is sedated. So you
sit out, keep that person quiet, and then come
out, have fun with the boys. I think honestly
for you, it's more of a work -life balance thing,
and I'm really happy that you found that. But
where's Andre, then? Alright, so before he, the
last time I saw him, before he left, he wanted
to go play some cornhole. And how I registered
out was, I think he's going to put some corn
in a hole. So that could either be sexual, that
could be farming. I don't understand what this
activity is. I think it could be really, really
sexy, or just farming. It cannot be any other
thing. So cornhole is what Andre is doing. T
-Dog, where do you think Andre might be? I mean,
after that exclamation, I don't have other options.
He probably is just putting some corn in the
hole somewhere, whether or not that's, you know,
factual or sexual. I don't know. Okay. No matter
what, always husk your corn. Well, all right.
Jesus. I think he set up his Christmas tree,
and it toppled over and fell on him, and now
he's stuck under his tree. No, I think he fell
over on the tree, and then, you know. I think
T -Dog pushed the tree onto Andre. Oh, shit.
All right. So now that we think we know where
Andre is, we're going to jump right into it.
It is the end of the year, as I said earlier.
So we're going to do our best movies of 2019.
Everybody's list is going to be different. If
you would like us to be on our Facebook page
or Instagram, GameForAMovie, hashtag G4AM. There
it is. Let us know your favorite movies of 2019.
The stipulation is it needed to come out in 2019.
It's not a 2018 movie that just got a... bigger
release in 2019 it is not a as much as we wanted
to be super broly whatever it was whatever it
was whatever it was you mean the fantastic piece
of cinema yeah okay yeah sure let's go with that
so who would like to start us off i can okay
I feel like my list will be very different. I
will try to be as light as possible. This is
the caveat. Everyone at the table will agree.
There are a ton of movies that either we haven't
seen yet. Those are all Netflix movies. Cats,
for my part, is very except for that. Yes, I
lost the challenge. I need to see Cats for our
next podcast. It looks terrible, everyone. With
that said, it's my top five. It was a document
that came out about Apollo 11 and it was like
right when the big summer movies are starting
to come out. There's this like fun doc about
Apollo 11 and it came out. It was beautiful in
IMAX. Obviously unseen footage and everything.
Beautiful stuff and I love it when movies like
that get a wide release. Avengers Endgame, you
can't say the biggest movie of all time. This
was a top 10, number 10 for me. So definitely
a high honorable mention. And then Joker, effective,
as I said before, but it's tough for me to recommend.
So it doesn't crack my tongue as well. Anyway,
here we go. Okay. Basically steal from the rich.
And I think that's a common theme, at least in
other movies. Sorry, I haven't seen Rick and
Morty. Oh, God. The new season, yeah. I think
it's pretty hot there. They have a joke about...
heists yeah and how like this movie is them trying
to convene to get anyway hustler's great at the
back of the 2008 financial which is that i'm
very and so hustler's number five number four
four is a vacation coming artist to get shine
on um and this is a very poignant movie on a
wealth or it's distributing the wealth in a very
specific way heartbreaking it's funny inside
the mind of the filmmakers i think is like the
highest praise that you could offer movie, Last
Black Man. Number four. Number three, The Farewell.
They know her from her internet rap. She's a
very charming actor, if you've seen any of her
stuff before. And it's about in China. An American
Indian worker from China. She's first generation.
There's nothing about it. No, really. They are
sick. You just want to live out the rest of your
lives as if nothing is wrong. Anyway, it's a,
it's a cold clash. Grandmother. I think it is.
And guys, I cannot recommend Parasite. I have
heard of it. I have not seen it. It is. Oh, here,
here's the log line. Okay. I like Hitchcock movies,
so all right, I'm in. Directed by Bong Joon -ho.
You son of a bitch. The guy who brought you Snowpiercer,
among other movies, Snowpiercer star Chris Evans
from 2014. It's a horror South Korean family.
who swindles their way in getting jobs for like
working in the house of a big and that's where
the title comes from parasite okay all the twists
and turns that this i say about class divide
and all that those things were oh yeah so for
example uh bang joon -ho is nominated for best
director for paris and paris i got a couple of
other nominations as well i could not qualify
for best picture in either category um so I would
expect that to be a big contender at the Oscars.
So be on the lookout for that. I'm sure it's
going to get an extended release if it be an
Oscar. Cool. Parasite. Parasite. Number one in
Hollywood. All right. He let you live in a world
for minutes with no plot, and he has the confidence
to pull that off. But when the plot is going.
I'm working with the quote -unquote sponsor of
St. Brad Pitt. It really starts out. It's like,
a lot of people like it. A lot of people really
enjoyed it. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has
some of the best performances this year with
a lot of side characters. The Bruce Lee scene
featuring Brad Pitt as well. A lot of people
found that troubling. Attaining 10 minutes in
movies this year. I didn't find it troubling.
I just found it funny. It's about living in the
world. And Brad Pitt takes his shirt off on top
of the roof. And as a straight 28 -year -old
male, I'm here for it. So once upon a time in
Hollywood list, the caveat, having not seen Knives
Out and a ton of other great flicks. Okay. That
is. All right. Um, we go with the list, but then
I would say that I probably have seen the least
number of movies between the four, you know,
or, you know, in theaters. Uh, but I would say,
um, honorable mention. It gave, you know, uh,
friendly to the D. I really like, um, what's,
uh, Zachary Levi. Yeah. It was really good. Love
his workout plans. It's amazing. Mainly from
Chuck. I don't know if you guys watch that. Oh,
yeah. That's all I know, bro. Yeah, exactly.
Let's see. Let's see. Come on. Toy Story 4. Toy
Story 4. Great. But, yeah. I wish the movie theater
didn't ruin my Toy Story experience. I think
it would be a list if not for that. Or at least
honorable. We talked about this in episode one.
It's a good guess. Yeah. I thought it was a good
installment to the franchise. It's just I was
probably following Into the Spider -Verse and
I liked that movie so much. And then, you know,
it just didn't quite come. Before Into the Spider
-Verse would have been on your list, but it is
a 2018 movie. It would be on my top five. Technically,
it's within the 2019. Those are the rules. Those
are the rules. Alright, so let's start off with
top three. Okay. There's more John Wick. Exactly.
Alright, so for my number three, that was How
to Train Your Dragon. How to Train Your Dragon.
It's a hidden world. I think mainly the visuals
of it. Okay. And the storyline, um, I probably
could have found a better three, a little more.
It was, oh, uh, I guess I was, um, let's go top
four. Top four. Top four, okay. We're going to
put Detective Pikachu and, you know, How to Train
Your Dragon in that. I like Detective Pikachu
just, um, in the fact that it brought this, um,
I guess, strictly, um, cartoon -y slash animated
short story. Yeah. It's not the best film, certainly.
No. I just enjoyed watching it. They got all
those people together by going... And then, of
course, my number one is Time in Hollywood. Time
in Hollywood is one of the best films. It really
stood out. I mean, it's still got to be. I just
feel like I'm not as married. Did you have to
do that sometime? We can talk about it in the
podcast, though. I'm excited to hear your thoughts
on it. Yeah. We'll hold off on it. It's for next
time. Yeah. When I have to see cats. Yes! No
next masterpiece. And then cats. And then cats.
All right. I have a few honorable mentions. Detective
Pikachu falls into my honorable mentions. Another
fun one that I have on my list is Ready or Not.
The trailer was awesome. Wow. Wow. I didn't even
first saw it. Oh, it's not even close. Right.
Get Out was first. have to not do. Yeah, and
it's hard. But it's, you know, like, it really
is. But I did enjoy it. Honorable mention. So,
my list. Here we go. Endgame. Yay! Biggest action
movie ever. Get that money! So much money. Endgame
is, Endgame is just the way it was. It was good
to see everything culminate. You know, it was,
it's that movie. And after that list, I feel
like it's, again, like, kind of hard to leave
the biggest movie of all time off your list.
And, I think it does succeed from a story level.
I don't think it's a big job of centralizing
the story around Steve Rogers. With as big of
a cast that was, they still succeed. I applaud
them. Ford vs. Ferrari. I really enjoyed that
movie. It's such a good movie. Christian Bale
is awesome in it. I wanted a little more of the
Iacocca. What's his name? uh the punisher the
he's uh shane in the water yeah yes spider -man
far from home i'm not shocked because i know
it's you i knew you had it it's literally my
favorite live it's just so good you know so later
man movie i don't i twisted the end got me it's
a it's the most successful spider -man movie
of all time And, oh, and he's still in the MCU!
Yes! I really want to say, I think the best thing
that came out of Infinity War was the memes that,
um, he was fading away. Okay. Yes, agreed. I
suspect I get around to that, that it'll be,
like, my top pick. Yeah. Within the two. Yeah.
It's a very good film. Really, that's... What
are you for DC, by the way? Justice League and
Joker, which is its biggest movie ever on the
DC label. And then Shazam got favorable reviews
by those who saw it. And it made pretty good
business. So those are two good movies. Is the
next one coming? Yeah, 94. I love the first one.
The trailer looked great, because when the trailer
just came out, it looks like it's going to be
more of one. Yeah, the birds of prey one caught
on the fence. And, of course... Suicide Squad,
which is coming up. I think one of the problems
that came with it at the time was that it was
a one -off. But we'll see. I mean, it could be
wrong. Not yet. I think they saw how well it
did and then made a decision after. Just like,
hey, Todd Phillips, this was great. Do it again.
So you can't not have them do it again. Right.
And that's exactly it. And at the end of the
day... To T -Dog's point, Marvel wants to fuck
each other for years. And T -Dog's gonna fuck
them while everyone else is zagging by doing
bops. I mean, it doesn't mean that they're, you
know, not workable, but... Then, one, I don't
really think it's gonna be much of a surprise,
because they're fucking a lot. It's just such
a fun time at the movies. It literally was well
-directed. You know, because he's kind of pushed
off. That's really bad. Actually, so far as I
can think, the majority voted for Chris Hedlund.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Appropriate response from T -Dog.
Thanks, buddy. Really appreciate it. He's one
of those artists that likes to separate himself
from his work after putting out. So I posted
a picture and I said, I was close, but who wore
it better? Chris Evans and Knives Out or Mike?
Who would you vote for? It's a very tough one.
For those wondering, follow us, like every photo.
Make a decision. Put it on there so you can like
it. You can comment on it after the fact. If
you had one, I would put it on Instagram. Wow.
Now, unless I were to say Mike Botanic pulls
that off so much better than Captain America,
then Mike, that has to be him. Yeah, but everybody
says that's America's sweater. Very good. Maybe
we'll do lookalikes. Does it seem to get a lot
of people that like interaction, use engagement?
Yeah. You know, T -Dog, we could do your lookalike
as somebody wearing a mask. Like one of the Joker
characters at the end where they're all wearing
masks? You could be Guy Fawkes. Ooh, Guy Fawkes.
Or you could be... I was also thinking somebody
from The Purge. Like, you know, that mask. Let
me rewatch this. I really like the first one.
I like those. I think they were near. I think
I've only ever seen the first one. I watched...
There's four of them. I think I watched three
of them. To be fair, The Purge went out of news
if it came out this year. Purge, no. No, unfortunately.
Purge is decent, but... Mike, what movie are
you looking forward to? Not Cats. Before the
end of the year, there's a few things. Star Wars,
Jumanji. They're all coming out. I like the first
Jumanji. I still need to watch the first one.
Robin Williams is in it as well. Well, that one
too. That one's great. The first Jumanji was
pretty good. Maybe. It has my attention. I've
already said this before, but I am so damn curious
about Uncut Gems, which comes out wide release
on Christmas, which I think is odd. It is strange
that it comes out then. Right? So it might be
counter -programming to all the more family -oriented
movies, but Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler, Kevin Garnett,
who plays a pretty sizable role. You put the
second name on that list. Yeah, so that's pretty
wild. And from what I've heard, when it went
through the film festivals, a lot of it was Garnett
versus performance. And The Weeknd. And The Weeknd.
And this movie was filmed a while back because
you could tell by The Weeknd's hair. Okay, there
you go. The four top movies are Julia Fox, Evan
Garnett, The Weeknd. Jeez. Idina Menzel's in
it. Yeah, I think she plays Adam Sandler's wife.
Makes sense. I'm pretty... Look, I'm all in on
this movie. Lakeith Stanfield. Another A24. Oh,
my God. He was just in Knives Out, right? He
was great in that, too. So, you know, see you,
Knives Out. Anyway. This is a shorter podcast
this week. We've got a bit of a time crunch.
We'll blame Mitchell. Sorry. You guys can talk.
Mitchell! I've heard that before, T -Dog. Thank
you very much. You son of a mish. How dare you.
There we go. That'll do it for Mike. Mitchell.
Thank you guys for listening to Game for a Movie.
We'll see you in the new year, probably. Bring
in the new year, baby. Have a good holiday season.
Bye.