Panic Room · The Rewatchables ·March 29, 2022 Panic Room Who Won the Movie? David Fincher, after a tentative Jared Leto suggestion In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:38:30Read transcript Jared Leto is raised tentatively before David Fincher is selected Fincher is credited with making a version of the premise that would otherwise be forgettable
Panic Room · The Rewatchables ·March 29, 2022 Panic Room The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award The panic room should have contained diabetes supplies In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:39:38Read transcript The room should have been stocked with a needle, orange juice, and an extra phone for Sarah
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino Roger Ebert's review ☆★☆★☆★☆★ Ebert’s four-star review is discussed alongside Siskel’s disagreement. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 00:26:41Read transcript Ebert awarded Casino four stars. Siskel’s less enthusiastic response is contrasted.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson The hosts enumerate ten lessons using movie lines and their own addenda. In the discussion (10) Approx. transcript time · 00:31:53Read transcript When you love someone, you have to trust them and give them the key to everything, though the hosts dispute the advice. Have the hole dug before arriving in the desert with a body. For gangsters, Vegas washes away sins like a morality car wash. Casinos are the only winners; players do not stand a chance. In Vegas, everyone watches everyone else. Keep players playing and returning because the longer they play, the more they lose. There is the right way, the wrong way, and Ace’s way. A control freak should avoid dating an attractive grifter who does not love him. Do not give one partner sole access to a two-million-dollar security deposit. Avoid dating someone with an ex named Lester.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino Most Rewatchable Scene The cheater punishment and count-room system lead a huge scene field including the whale, Nicky’s arrival, arguments, murders, and old-Vegas ending. In the discussion (17) Approx. transcript time · 00:36:29Read transcript The casino surveillance and count-room explanation is nominated. The Ichikawa whale sequence is nominated. Ginger’s entrance is nominated. The card-counter and cheater punishment is a leading choice. Nicky’s arrival and ban montage are nominated. Ace confronting Ginger about Lester in the diner is nominated. Ace and Nicky’s argument about lost control is nominated. Catherine Scorsese in the wiretap scene is nominated. The desert argument is nominated. The Lester finger-snapping confrontation is nominated. Nicky and Ginger’s affair material is nominated. The murder montage and cornfield killing are nominated. The old-Vegas ending is nominated. The sports-book operations are nominated. Ginger’s wedding phone call to Lester is nominated. Ace giving Ginger the fur coat is nominated. The film’s opening fifteen minutes are nominated as a run.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino What’s Aged the Best? Sharon Stone, old Las Vegas, casino systems, music, costumes, and supporting performances dominate aged-best. In the discussion (23) Approx. transcript time · 01:00:03Read transcript Sharon Stone’s performance is praised. De Niro and Pesci’s improvisation is praised. Pesci becoming violent in bars is praised. Ginger tipping service workers is praised. The head-vice sequence and its ratings history are discussed. The old Strip and real locations are praised. James Woods is praised. Ginger’s scenes with her daughter are discussed. Nicky’s recurring oral-sex behavior is treated as a darkly comic character detail. Frank Vincent and Pesci reversing power from Goodfellas is praised. Ginger’s beehive and diamonds are praised. The golf-course airplane landing is praised. The casting of old-Vegas personalities is praised. Aces High is praised. The music choices are praised. The count room is praised. The blueberry-muffin complaint is praised. The explosive opening is praised. The Rain Man dealer is praised. Scorsese’s inventive cocaine imagery is praised. The aged hitmen are praised. Ace’s house is praised. James Woods’s Lester is ultimately offered as another leading aged-best answer.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino What’s Aged the Worst? The runtime, narrator structure, mannequin explosion, ethnicity, Gimme Shelter, shootings, and childcare draw objections. In the discussion (9) Approx. transcript time · 01:24:13Read transcript The three-hour runtime is questioned. Repeated Ace–Ginger fights may be redundant. The use of three narrators is debated but defended. The mannequin in the car explosion is visible. De Niro playing a Jewish real-life figure is discussed. The repeated use of Gimme Shelter is noted. Pesci’s physical dominance is sometimes hard to accept. The staging of repeated shootings is questioned. The treatment of Ginger’s child is criticized.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino Casting What-Ifs Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Melanie Griffith, Traci Lords, and Sharon Stone’s audition history are discussed. In the discussion (6) Approx. transcript time · 01:27:25Read transcript Madonna says the role came down to her and Sharon Stone. Nicole Kidman was considered. Melanie Griffith was considered. Traci Lords reportedly gave an impressive audition. Sharon Stone’s repeatedly canceled auditions and Scorsese’s personal appeal are recounted. The panel prefers Stone to the alternatives.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award Nick Mazzola and John Mankiewicz split the That Guy discussion. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:30:42Read transcript Nick Mazzola, the blackjack dealer, is nominated. John Mankiewicz, identified as Nicky Eyes from Goodfellas, is nominated. No unambiguous final winner is stated.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award De Niro’s commission hearing and Donnie, played by Joe Bob Briggs, are the main overacting candidates. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:33:44Read transcript De Niro’s gaming-commission scene is nominated. Donnie, played by Joe Bob Briggs, is criticized as conspicuously broad.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance James Woods wins over Don Rickles and Catherine Scorsese. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:34:40Read transcript James Woods is selected. Don Rickles is nominated. Catherine Scorsese is nominated.
Casino · The Rewatchables ·January 25, 2022 Casino Recasting Couch Diane Lane, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Scarlett Johansson are proposed around Nicky’s wife and Ginger. In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:34:51Read transcript Diane Lane is proposed for Nicky’s wife. Madonna is proposed for Nicky’s wife after losing the Ginger role. Lady Gaga is proposed for Ginger. Match Point-era Scarlett Johansson is proposed for Ginger.
