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Blue Chips The Rewatchables
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Blue Chips

Producer review

Enthusiastic first viewing; nostalgia, basketball, pace and ending

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 02:00:39Read transcript
  • The first-time response is enthusiastic, calling it an early top-five Rewatchables contender for nostalgia, ambition, romanticism, opening scene, pace, Happy’s speech and basketball.
  • The casual real-player and coach cameos are praised as a refreshing snapshot of an era, compared with an imagined contemporary football film.
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jenny as a great ex-wife and Cousy’s natural acting are praised; Cousy’s shooting form receives a Stanley-from-The-Office joke.
  • The ending works because the film does not culminate in the decisive big game and the games matter less to the drama than usual; its conclusion follows the first game of a season.
Blue Chips The Rewatchables
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Blue Chips

Is There a Better Title for This Movie?

Friends of the Program; The Recruits; retain Blue Chips

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 02:02:17Read transcript
  • Friends of the Program is proposed, but the objection is that it shifts focus from the players toward boosters.
  • Where the Dolphins Swim is joked about; Blue Chips is defended as teaching the term, though the title should perhaps have been spoken in the film.
  • The Recruits and a setup using top-ten blue-chippers are proposed; Friends of the Program might instead work for a separate Happy-centered film.
Days of Thunder The Rewatchables
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Days of Thunder

Dr. Claire Lewicki Award for Worst Character Name

Dr. Claire Lewicki

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:47:01Read transcript
  • Dr. Claire Lewicki is selected as the worst character name, which the participants find ill-matched to the Australian character.
  • Dr. Claire Sanders is offered as an alternative after casting Nicole Kidman.
  • A phone-book name choice is jokingly suggested as an explanation.
  • Cole Trickle and Russ Wheeler are praised as stronger names by comparison.
  • A hypothetical wedding announcement and Lewicki-Trickle surname extend the joke.
Days of Thunder The Rewatchables
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Days of Thunder

Most Rewatchable Scene

Wheelchair race; Give Me Some Lovin montage; Rowdy meets Cole

In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 00:48:24Read transcript
  • Cole's motorcycle entrance, test-drive challenge, and status contest with Rowdy are proposed.
  • Cole's disastrous first races and the Give Me Some Lovin montage are proposed.
  • Cole's first win, Harry's tire deception, and the low-side pass are proposed.
  • The staged police stop and its sexual joke are proposed, alongside questions about what happens after the scene.
  • Cole mistaking Dr. Lewicki for another stripper and the hospital wheelchair race are proposed.
  • The beach rental-car race and valet exchange are proposed.
  • Cole ruining Russ Wheeler's victory lap is proposed.
  • Cole and Harry's confrontation over driving Rowdy's car is praised as the principal acting scene, with objections to the abruptly revived backstory.
  • Cole's Daytona comeback through the smoke and the final high-versus-low pass are proposed.
  • The wheelchair race is a final selection for one participant.
  • The Give Me Some Lovin montage is a separate final selection.
  • Rowdy's first encounter with Cole is a separate final selection.
Days of Thunder The Rewatchables
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Days of Thunder

The most "year the movie came out" thing

David Coverdale sings the theme at Tom Cruise’s request

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:01:17Read transcript
  • Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman falling in love during the production is proposed.
  • The Tide, Snickers, Skoal, Exxon, and Mello Yello sponsorships are proposed.
  • Russ Wheeler's girlfriend, her hair, and her boxy blazer are proposed as distinctly 1990.
  • The winning choice is Tom Cruise requesting Whitesnake singer David Coverdale for the film's theme song.
Days of Thunder The Rewatchables
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Days of Thunder

What’s Aged the Best?

Robert Duvall, craft, cast, and racing lessons

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:42Read transcript
  • Robert Duvall's committed crew-chief performance is praised and argued to hold the movie together.
  • Tom Cruise's hair and Nicole Kidman's curly hair are praised.
  • Nicole Kidman and Robert Duvall sharing serious scenes is praised in light of their later careers.
  • John C. Reilly's Bucky is praised as an early version of Reed Rothchild.
  • Cary Elwes is praised for reliably playing an antagonist.
  • Tom Cruise's unconvincing drunk acting is enjoyed as comedy.
  • The movie's racing lessons about crew-chief trust, tires, team ownership, and driver temperament are praised.
  • The wheelchair race is praised as more entertaining than the car races, including Rowdy batting away a nurse’s assistance.
Days of Thunder The Rewatchables
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Days of Thunder

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The post-crash middle section

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:14:48Read transcript
  • Rowdy never receiving a full-intensity Michael Rooker scene is identified as a small weakness.
  • Too much talking and too little racing in the second half is the principal weakness.
  • The crash is argued to occur too early, leaving too little of Cole racing at his peak.
  • Rowdy's injury subplot and Cole and Claire's conflict are criticized; killing Rowdy or giving Harry an illness subplot are proposed alternatives.
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