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Dan: On this episode we discuss Collateral Beauty. Stuart: So if this was a X-rated movie, it would be called Collateral Booty, right? Elliott: And if kids made it, it'd be called Collateral Dooty.
Official Show Notes[]
- "We discuss Will Smith's spiritual sequel to Seven Pounds, Collateral Beauty. Meanwhile, Stu unveils his hot new nickname, Elliott tries to get Keira Knightly's attention, and the less said about Dan in this episode, the better."
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Story[]
When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy, he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. When his notes bring unexpected personal responses, he begins to understand how these constants interlock in a life fully lived and how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Final Judgments[]
- Bad-Bad Movie (Dan) @44:00
- Bad-Bad Movie (Stuart) @44:30
- Bad-Bad Movie (Elliott) @45:30
Episode Highlights[]
Tangents[]
- Mrs. Doubtfire @08:30
- Large Marge @11:20
- "Smell Yo Dick" @15:10, 57:20
- Elliott's kidney stones @20:55
- Innerspace @21:05
- Weird Science @21:30
- Losin' It (1983) by Curtis Hanson @23:05
- Slylock Fox @23:55
- Ghouls @24:00
- The Aristocats @29:20
- Sperm @32:20
- Central Park @33:00
- Freddy Krueger @34:40
- Jurassic Park @35:00
- Jeff Goldblum @35:15
- Samuel L. Jackson @35:30
- The Teen Wolf Paradox @36:35
- David Kalan @37:20
- Groundhog Day @38:50
- Seven Pounds (Batman Villain) @39:40
- Condiment King @40:55
- Seven Pounds @41:45
- After Earth @42:10
- Amélie (2001) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet @44:50
- American Beauty (1999) by Sam Mendes @45:40
- Nudity @46:00
- Spider-Ham @53:40
- Howard the Duck @55:35
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off @1:04:20
Movie Pitches[]
- Too Many Dudes
- Demolition Man+Judge Dredd vs. Dredd @02:30
- Tragedy on 34th Street
- @14:35
Quotes[]
Elliott: If werewolves are real, what about vampires? What about mummies? What about gill men? What about ghosts? What about Frankenstein monsters? What about dybbuks? What— Dan: Ghoulies. Elliott: …about banshees? Ghoulies? Critters? Munchies? Gremlins? (And I can't believe that gremlins were the last of that list, after munchies!)
- @37:45
- “What's his dick like?”
—Stuart @46:20
- “What's his dick like?”
Listener Mail[]
Mailbag Song[]
- @56:10
Letters[]
- "Mail Title" from Graham Lastnamewithheld @57:25
- Blade Runner
- Dingdonggate @58:55
- Aliens @1:01:15
- Dead Alive @1:04:45
- "Filler Words" from Joseph Lastnamewithheld @1:05:30
- "Mail Title" from Listener Lastnamewithheld @Time
Recommendations[]
- Wonder Boys (2000) by Curtis Hanson (Dan) @Time
- Get Out (2017) by Jordan Peele (Stuart) @Time
- Promise (1986) by Glenn Jordan (Elliott) @Time