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I love all the arcs that these characters go on. It was really well done. And I love how the film starts with the animation. Just we really understand the history and these characters, what they've gone through

and what they're going to go through. There's some really subtle and good foreshadowing in the film as well. But yeah, especially Grugg's arc, I thought it was really well earned with his character, just like, you know, he's very set in his ways. He's got that dad vibe. The Nick Cage's dad vibe. And, yeah, no, and I can understand too and resonate with what his character goes through, like not wanting to change and not wanting to, you know, be uncomfortable or be comfortable with the uncomfortable and just, you know what I mean. And so I really appreciated that.

And also, too, he felt like this guy was really invading on what was his family and taking over and was getting very territorial in that way. So, yeah, that was all great. The voice acting, fantastic. I really liked the story. I thought it was like just the world building here and taking us back to a prehistoric time was fascinating and scary at the same time. I don't know, again, I would assume a lot of these animals that we saw were, I don't know. don't know how authentic it is. Either way, I thought the animation was fantastic. I also felt there was stakes. I mean, I know everyone's going to accuse me. I cry over everything, but I actually

was emotionally invested in the characters. Like, I cry because I actually care. If I didn't care about the characters, I'm not going to cry. So, I got Misty toward the end. Yeah, no. Like, they started faking us out with dad and I was like, are they going to do it? Yeah, I don't know. I can't tell. Yeah, whether, like, yeah, I agree. Like, I wasn't, I was in my had him like are they going to go this dark whether it was happening but the fact that he was in such a perilous situation because like how much he had grown and how much he loved his family and how much I cared for the character because he's in a situation where the stakes are so high and there is a chance he could you know you know pass away that's what got me there that's why I was crying

there because I you know and it's also the fact that the moment that the tender moment he's having with Eap that's what got me emotionally like that's what's getting me to cry you know what I mean the fact that this could happen and that moment he's having with his daughter because again he was so set in his ways throughout the beginning of the film like he was not willing to change he was not willing to let his family kind of live and the fact that he's like now sacrificing himself so that they can live I'm like oh my god this is so damn deep like I appreciate that and that's like that's getting me so yeah so I mean it's all good if you want to accuse me of crying over everything but like when it gets me it gets me and I thought this movie just did a a

phenomenal job and I love the way they came up with his creative ideas too like in terms of like literally coming up with ideas like and how to use your brain into you know be smarter not work harder kind of thing and I thought that was really brilliantly done and again the the cinematography the animation I love that Richard deacons worked on this that was cool the music by alan sylvester phenomenal he's one of my favorite composers of all time from back to the future predator the Avengers films uh for scump and so on I did another fantastic job in this film all the music was really memorable and just elevated all the moments from the tender dramatic moments to the superlative sequences that we were going through with the characters in uh you know with the

wondrous uh moments i also really love i mean i loved all the characters uh but i really loved epe as well um you know she's very standout just you know having this wondrous adventurous side to her like you know she's literally locked into a cave with her and her family so uh to get to see her, you know, want to explore more and to do things and feel locked and trapped. You know, I can understand and, you know, connect with someone like that. And I thought Emma Stone just did a fantastic job. And, you know, everything that she was like learning and seeing for the first time, I love that sense of wonder. And I thought it was just the animation just really like, I could just like was living vicariously through watching her like explore and see things for the first time.

It was like beautifully and brilliantly done. The animation, wonderfully done. so this is your favorite film of the year yeah of all time best movie i've ever seen no i really i really enjoyed it though this is very good sure i appreciated it yes yes yes yes i also really liked it i was surprised i remember when this movie came out and i didn't really know anything about it other than the fact that you know i had nicholas cage and i'm a stone and i was thoroughly surprised it had a lot more heart and creativity and imagination and such a great score uh throughout from start to finish. Yeah, I think that has wonderful lessons about growing, embracing change and allowing your perspective to be challenged in the name of evolution, both, you know, for externally

your surroundings, but also internally. And the way that they were able to illustrate that by having the... Oh, they played Tusk. Oh, that's funny, because they had the marching band. had the marching before anyway but yeah by having them the patriarchy of the family essentially you know not want to he used fear as his foundation of love you know if i keep my family safe if i keep them sheltered away this is an indication of how much i love them but you know oh oh oh after credit scene okay Cute. This is a button.

A little button on. A little sauce in the end. That's what we like to see. But yeah, I like that the perspective change, essentially that, you know, keeping somebody sheltered isn't necessarily the greatest indicator of love, but allowing them to grow, a lot of them to explore, allowing room for individuality for change to occur. You know, I think that finding not only growing. growth within your internal community or your family, but yeah, as an individual and the way that they were able to execute that. Also, just their way that they were able to find this balance between having to be characters that talk and a moat, but a lot of them still feel like

cavemen. I thought that was very impressive as well. Yes, good call. And just all the little nuances that they all had, the different dynamics within their family. I watched this interview recently with Quinta Brunson, I think it's her name, and essentially in that interview she talked about from what it's like to write characters, right? And there's a $5 bill on the floor how each character would pick up the $5 bill differently and how they would each interact with that $5 bill differently. I think this movie is a perfect example of that concept. I feel like each one of these characters are distinct enough where they would have a different way of interacting with something

foreign or something unexpected. I would say probably the least developed or least defined character was probably the mom. But out of all of them, I still really enjoy their dynamic in units. And obviously the focus is the father and the daughter relationship. But yeah, I think all the voices really worked for the most part. It took me a second, I'll be honest, it took me a second

to get used to Nicholas Cage and the format they have put him in because I don't associate Nicholas Cage is being like this big broad kind of figure or in the same I don't I crazy right what a concept I'd that feel like that's what most people associate Nicholas Cage with is like

being crazy and over the top I'm not crazy I'm talking about like his his physical form the fact that he's just like a big burly dude okay yeah yeah more not energetically guy exactly that's the more energetic like outbursts you saw yeah matching the voice to the fig

you're yeah yeah like believing that voice would come out of that body exactly i felt the same thing for uh ryan reynolds at first but then as the movie went on it kind of like fell into it and sunk into it and kind of really worked for me um but yeah i i thoroughly enjoy this and and it's funny because you know we watch a lot of movies here and one of the things that you kind of take into consideration or or you notice when you're watching movies is uh pacing but you know sometimes movies do this thing where I feel like they're going to end a few different times. And I felt a little bit of that here, but it didn't bother me because I felt like they, they earned it because I feel like we, it seemed like, okay, we finally had this thing we're going towards. We're going to go to the

sun. You know, we're going to, we're going to fly. We're going to get to safety. And most of the family did that and it made you really believe that in this kid's movie, they were going to kill the dad. And he was going to be, you know, left behind for the sake of his family. And he said one thing like if you live so do i or something like that i thought that was so deep and so powerful like you know not only you are my heart you are part of me my legacy lives on with you like that was such a like a simple way of saying that or stating that i thought it was great um yeah the fact that he was able to adapt and we got to see like we had to see the full um creation but the full realization of his arc from you know guy who not only was um more

simplistic but a guy who was willing to take risk a guy who was finally willing to accept a life outside of the safety of the cave and watching that was great i i enjoyed it and i would be down and watch a second one yeah i mean i've i came into this with a certain amount of just like general i guess enthusiasm because like i don't know the prospect of like oh animated movie about cavemen And like, I like that setting. I like that, you know, idea. But, yeah, I, too, did not quite know what to expect. And I remember when this came out, but I don't even remember hearing much feedback on it.

And, yeah, I mean, we've watched a number, obviously, of animated films here. And I feel like this one, for me, fell more. Some of the ones you watch will surprise you with how much articulation they're doing in terms of, like, more complex ideas or, you know, greater layers upon layers of things. things and this I found to be relatively um it's very clear in terms of what the themes are um and you know a lot of the dialogue has to do directly with the themes but being that this is you know I feel like on the more youth skewing side of the animated movie spectrum I don't be grudged than that at all um and yeah as like from some of the movies we watch this is one that I would sooner grab and go oh yeah if you got a young kid you could put this on have them get most of it

because it is, again, very clear of theme. And even though, I mean, like the crudes themselves, you're not really, like, diving deep into everybody, but everybody's got their distinct character and it's contained because you only have them and guys. So it's not like you have a million other characters to lose them in, and then you have the benefit of a lot of nice voice performances and people who are cast who have distinct enough vocal timbre

to, you know, bring that extra shade of personality along with everybody's unique animation and their unique garb and stuff like that. And so this felt like kind of a kid's book brought to life in a way I had a lot of fun with and I enjoy it. I think the things that wowed me

the most were some of the, you know, visual, just you know, the shots where you're able to behold, you know, oh, here's a clearing with tons of foliage and brightly colored flowers and plants and like, yeah, some of that stuff's dangerous, but it's also beautiful if you learn how to navigate it

right way and yeah lots of lovely lighting lots of lovely sims like and two this is what 2013 so i mean we're 10 years on from this there there are times i was wondering partly because there are certain aspects of the animation that at times nearly look photo real and look like they're ripped out of a nature documentary there's some really nice reflections and there are some really nice textures here and there occasionally you'll have characters that look a little more of that plasticy you know uh have that kind of sheen on the them but again 10 years removed i feel like this would have looked pretty cutting edge at the time not to say that it doesn't look really lovely in a lot of cases now and you know i'm always a sucker

for like who you get the prolog where it's like 2d and then you get the little animations in the credits um but yeah i mean i really enjoyed caveman nicholas cage i feel like he is the most distinct character in the movie and i feel like in a way the movie is like his as much as it introduces you with Eap and it's like, this is my story. I feel like it's really her spunk and her thirst for adventure that sets things in motion and then the movie turns into like an ensemble piece by the end. Yeah. So it's like, you know, she's not always like the main driver of the story and her arc isn't necessarily like the mainest focal point. Um, but even that I didn't really mind and I thought, yeah, Emma Stone was lovely. Um, you know, all the, you know, the, the brother is

there to be a comedic character and you know the grandma is there to add some wry wit and the mom is there to keep that level of heart consistent so there's a utility in how the characters are drawn and then you have guy who's the free spirit and and yeah i mean like you know as an adult watching this certainly this isn't necessarily the deepest animated movie i've ever seen but i feel like yeah the themes are nice and i had a lot of fun with the growth especially when you really set out on the adventure and you have all these changing scenes and these changing environments and you have all these different

imaginative creatures and stuff like that and the further it went on the more sort of wrapped up in it I got I feel like I got more engaged as it went along and by the end when you get into act three I was like whoa like this is this is getting heavy like this is big peril and this is you know again at least

teasing us I feel like you know once you step outside the movie you're like well of course they weren't going to kill them but at the same time I was like I don't know you know this could be a a moment where they want to teach kids about, yeah, sacrifice and loss. And, you know, obviously you get to confront the prospect of that, but then you're also rewarded because he does figure his way out. But I did think that that was a nice way to complete his arc because, yeah,

he does have to after all is, it's like all is lost and won all at the same time because he gets them to safety. So for him, it's like, I did my job. But for us, it's like, no, dad, like, you can't die. As much as everyone's been, you know, sort of rebelling against your. you know, way of life and your, you know, fearful philosophy, you know, there's still that completion of the arc where he gets real creative and he's like,

what would guy do? What would I do? Yeah, that was a good realization that you came to. Yeah. And I thought it was appropriately handled the way they articulated stuff like that. And then you have all the fun of like, oh, how's he going to MacGyver this in a, you know, prehistoric setting? Reject Nation, it's a new year and we want to start strong, right? And for me, that means finding simple ways to stay on track, especially when it comes to eating well. And that's why I've been loving.

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of guy's backstory uh with his family um because we see the little a little bit of contrast that there is between Eep and Guy, like, you know, Eep is a character that seeks adventure and feels so sheltered, whereas Guy, you know, he has to live in adventure. Yeah, he has to because it was forced upon him. His family, like, you know, passed away tragically in a tar accident or whatever occurred that that was given to us. Yeah, I did not mean to come up with that, but yeah, now it's funny, I guess.

Oh, not, it's funny, but you know what I mean? It's hilarious. Hilarious. Anyways. Their sacrifice for our hours. But point, but point meaning is, like, you know, you mentioned how he's the next, you know, an evolution of human, which makes sense because he was forced to become that. He had no choice. It was survival for him.

Survival of the fittest, as you would say. I don't know if I would attribute it to that. I don't know. The movie doesn't really give you much to extrapolate on from that. I didn't take it so much as, like, circumstance literally changed my physiology, but he did, I don't know. That's something very vague. the movie does he's different not that it's really that big a deal

but either way intellectually he has to evolve and his spirit has to evolve yeah yeah yeah and I liked I mean I liked that they plant the seed of Grugg's arc in the fact that even though again he is enforcing this sheltered lifestyle he's the storyteller you know he's the guy who is

using his imagination even though he's limited it he's placed these blinders on it. And yeah, I thought the slow peeling back. The whole thing with the cat was adorable. Yeah, this was very charming. This was like just enough of what it needed to be and it had just enough really

lovely animation and it had just enough of that, you know, heart from the voice performances and whatnot. And yeah, like, there are timeless themes in a lot of ways. But it is true and it is hard to embrace the idea that like, yeah, sometimes you're going to get scraped up, but it's better than never going

out and never trying anything and never you know seeing the world beyond your doorstep or whatever um so yeah this was a lovely time i very much enjoyed watching this with you guys it was lovely bones hey um all right so a couple of things guys uh what you got lay it on us what do you think the budget of the film was first of all 200 million dollars how much um 60 million okay for 70 million so you were 60 you were 70 65 okay right in the middle right

right box office let's go let's just go worldwide box office they got enough for a sequel I'm gonna say 115 million okay don't go on worldwide worldwide worldwide not domestic

no it would have to be more than that right it would probably have to be more than that oh well are you locked no no no you didn't lock in you thought it was domestic worldwide million dollars. Okay. $350. 587 million. Jesus Christ. Not bad. Well done, Cruz. Last one, then trivia.

Rotten Tomatoes. Critics and audience, don't forget your score. You go first, John. Critics. 66%. Okay. And audience. 79. Okay. Don't forget. Aaron, critics. Critics, I'm going to go 77. Okay. Audience.

Audience. Audience. I'm going to go 89. Critics was 71. Okay. Audience was 77. Oh, okay. Okay. All right. Close.

Close. Close both of you. Therbie. Oh, and what do you think on IMDB got out of ten? Oh. 7.3. What, sick? Five and a half.

7.3. 7.1. Oh, I was close. All right, IMDB. I feel like IMDB often low balls, but that's on the money with the rotten tomatoes. Chucky, Chunky, the mac, mac, macadamianette. Oh, the McConaivore. See, they are cute, poorment, portmanteaus.

Started out as a bit of a joke in the art department. Artists Leighton Hickman was bored with the drab colors intended for creatures in the desert scenes and painted the saber-tooth tiger with bright parrot colors. The filmmakers liked the look for the maconivore so much that it made it to the final film. Well done. A splash of color did this movie good.

There was some really fantastical and visually. just yeah appealing imagery a lot of nice splashes of color yeah and also too you were talking about the cinematography

earlier how good it was I forgot to mention the one shot that really stood out to me when they were jumping in the water and did like that 360 shot it was cool that like hot head style thing

incredible there is much resemblance to Plato's fable of the cave a metaphor of the mental limitations people are burdened by only a few people can learn to think outside the parameters

of convention and see the vast diverse world of possibilities outside of their cave. You think the shadows on the cave wall are all that there is until you venture outside the cave. Over the years, the story transitioned from a buddy comedy featuring the characters of Grug and Guy to a family-themed tale with a host of major characters. That, that, okay, that is a puzzle piece that clicks together. It feels like an intermediate between those two things. For sure, for sure. Dreamwork animations designed Grug specifically with Nicholas Cage in mind for the role.

Interesting. Cage famously turned down the voicing the titular character of DreamWorks animation Shrek in 2001. What? Because he did not like the character's design. I don't like the design, John. Shrekless Cage.

So wait, they got, they went to him before Chris Farley. Mike Myers? No, because Chris Farley was originally supposed to be and then he died. Oh, for Shrek? Oh, for Shrek? Oh, I get, maybe, I guess. Yeah, he recorded lines for it and everything.

Oh, I did that I didn't know. Stop out of my swamp. Almost all the animals depicted in the movie never existed, nor could they even have existed under the basic law of physics and biology. That becomes clearer as things go. The fireworks are accompanied by a musical bit of, I'm not even going to try and pronounce all that. Piotir Ilich, oh, Chikovsky, okay, it's Chikovsky.

1812's overture. Thank you, John. Is that? Maybe, I think. You know, it's funny, as far as fantastical as their animals, I'm surprised that just regular tigers exist here because she had a regular, he had a tiger fit on. They killed off all the regular animals in this universe. Yeah, mutated into freaky hybrids.

Clark Duke named Thunk's ped Douglas, which is the first name of his agent. Fun? Oh, wow. They let him have that? That's funny. Grug's bodyling, which was based on Nicholas Cage's performance and leaving Los Vegas and the family man. There's a moment where he sings, he sings something in an Elvis style thing and, and yeah, I thought

that would be a, some kind of a ref. Oh, there's no spoilers, okay. No spoilers, wow, wow. Good times, good times. Let's do the sequel, because I don't even sound like a cage. It's okay. Yours is better than mine, Andrew. You're killing again.

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be even bigger than it is now? I don't know. I feel like five bucks is like pretty fair. Fiver for the archive I think is like

solid. If I was getting that I would be psyched because I'm like oh dang I can watch I can watch the main meat of the things. You know I can watch

the exclusive highlights and the watch along stuff and whatever esoterica is between all that and like yeah that's a whole content library that's cheaper than a streaming service you know i mean until we start adding an ad supported tier and charging you for password sharing that's what's next that's what's going to make us the next level it's like should we have made i've seen higher on other pages should we have made or is higher. But then I'm like, but are we worthy enough to go high?

Well, yeah, that's the thing is you feel bad. I mean, ever changing the prices from the first time for anything. I wonder how much David has changed since we've met him. I wonder. David, how are you different now? He's offered, he's given us some good gifts. I remember meeting David

and feeling like I wasn't sure if David actually liked us. Yeah. And yet he's made so many sweet and like generous gestures up till that point and past that point and he's like i was just like yeah are you underwhelmed i really don't want you to be i really appreciated what he came out here because i the way how david was coming across i was making it

about me in the first like few minutes because i was concerned like this no like me i'm like oh wait no that david has you know he has i love so i love so seeing courage because he has a really hard time uh sometimes with so with social interactions right i feel that and the social anxiety can kick in the shyness whatever you want to call it right and i and he was really put he drove a long way he really put himself out there to like and i could tell like he's this is not like this is out of his comfort zone and it really meant a lot that someone was willing to go that far and it was really cool to see someone who is really willing to step out of their comfort zone that much is that's it's really not easy you know like i would never want to be single again like i want to know what to do scary you know i want to know i like i suck at small talk i'm a terrible small talk person i'm always like yeah trauma bonnics weren't interesting let's go that way yeah

That's how you... I just get so bored of small talk. And then if I don't get a laugh in the first, like... I'm not really comfortable until you laugh at my stupid joke, right? Sure. And David was not laughing. And I was like, why are you even a fan? You reading for the articles?

Especially, too, because I mean, I feel like we have... There's always been, I think, since the inception. You know, there's been the humor and the silliness and the... and the satire times or where that was more of the thing. But there's always been a certain element of like, but there's going to be an actual breakdown. There's going to be some real thoughts. Sure.

And maybe David is just an internal laughing. Skips the reaction. It goes right to the review. Hey, David is responsible for one of the few, like, react reviews we've done for, or at least we did like a dedicated review for Lost Horizon. Was it? The Shangri-R-La movie. Oh, yeah.

He sends us some classic movies and stuff, which I love. that that movie did stick with me. I learned the word Shangri-Law from it. And that place in a lot of mistake in Lost Rising, it's called Shangri-Law. So does that phrase

originate from that? That's a good question. I think, I guess maybe. Because I imagine what people are saying when people use Shangri-Lah in a, you know,

out of context, they are saying like a hidden magical little, you know, haven, like a, yeah, which is what that is in that story.

So I feel like, either someone heard the term and made a story about it or it comes from that story I would argue it probably does come from that story and yeah like that movie has been one that I have referenced many times since and yeah it stuck with me especially as

one of those again classic movies but that does feel even though it's dated by the standards of modern effects you still feel like the the awe that it is trying to inspire by what it's putting on screen and it's like philosophical too you know that

It is true. It's like a, it's got the movie magic, you know, and I appreciate that. And I appreciate you keeping, again, that's a thoughtful thing. And I feel like, you know, David, David probably, like, laughs a lot on the inside of it. Maniacly. Yeah. That's the secret. He's got big plans.

Same thing we do every night, Pinky. But, uh, are we good to see you again, David? Yeah. It would be. Yeah. I should come out. I'm a big Arizona fan, dude. Nah, that's the next episode of the travel show.

If you've been paying attention to every shoutout, which I know that you have, you know that we want to come out and have you tore us around. I mean, but think of the on-camera possibilities. I mean, you would be busting David's proverbial balls a lot, but that would be the, again, not a Schlansky in vibe with that same straight, No, just a bully. You just bully David on camera. Yeah. It's like, you just made this awkward great. This poor guy.

I was going for the laugh. Come on. Come on. I'm doing anything. You're trying to get that freaking laugh. There's nothing to work off of it, Arizona. That's such a, it's fascinating that they just popped up in my head, you know, like, like, oh, man. I would love to go see you, David, but I really have no interesting going to Arizona because it's

Arizona right and I'm like wow wait a minute though like there's there's times when you travel to to go see someone right yeah you want to just go see someone um you are but but you do have that thing that you're like but I also kind of want to where I'm going I want that to be a little bit of an interesting place yeah you want to yes you want a place that can potentially be a character in your journey yeah yes you're also visiting the place and you want to see what the place is like and if it's yeah even if you're not doing like a full tour or something you know it's just an arizona it fills me with nothing it is like a vacant part of it's just the most boring part of so many other interesting states that are surrounded by like Colorado and Texas are like

right there and California is here the Arizona experiences I've had are very sort of like yes flat and and desert it kind of looks like if you're you know out in a tract house in las vegas or any or any sort of desert flat land so maybe if we went to visit david there's got to be some national parks although if you do some like Arizona stuff if you like go um um can't forget words of so many things uh the you go on the bikes and they're in the the at tv atv a tv yeah doing the atv uh i've done that that was a lot of fun do some at tv and like yeah there's When I would go to Arizona with David. Like, that was fun because we got a lot.

We did like Arizona stuff. I don't see David and I'm doing 18 years. Go to go to national parks. Like, there's got to be some beautiful national parks. Then the Grand Canyon, which is nice. So maybe there's something to Arizona, actually, that I just think like the general. I'm not exactly like a huge LA fan. The local flavor doesn't seem like, and I'm sure there is, and I bet that would be fun to find.

But it doesn't seem like there's local flavor that like feels outside of the realm of some things. I've already experienced and I feel like the most extraordinary things probably would be nature-based. Although it does look clean. Anyway, David, thanks for being your book.