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Half-Assed Internet Research

Role preparation; barn raising; silo safety; boycott; Kurosawa’s admiration

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Approx. transcript time · 01:31:02Read transcript
  • Ford researched Philadelphia homicide while McGillis lived with an Amish widow and seven children; Ford deliberately avoided Amish research to preserve Book's ignorance. — Bill Simmons
  • Character-based excuses for research are compared with Rupert Grint's homework anecdote, followed by sexual jokes. — Mallory Rubin
  • The barn raising expanded from a paragraph; the silo actor reportedly had a hidden scuba regulator, prompting concern and jokes about danger. — Bill Simmons
  • An Amish religious-freedom organization reportedly urged boycott; Kurosawa's admiration is celebrated. — Bill Simmons
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Apex Mountain

Amish movie characters; corn silos; sponge baths; evil Danny Glover; Lukas Haas

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  • Ford's Apex is tentatively this prestige breakthrough after earlier franchise peaks, because of the Oscar nomination and first-choice status. — Bill Simmons
  • McGillis peaks at Top Gun instead. — Mallory Rubin
  • Amish film characters receive an affirmative Apex; evil Philadelphia police remains uncertain. — Bill Simmons
  • Corn silos and sponge baths receive affirmative Apex support; corn generally is less certain. — Bill Simmons
  • The upper-body-only bath and Book's toileting while injured raise practical questions. — Mallory Rubin
  • Evil Glover receives affirmative Apex with Shooter an alternative; Godunov peaks at Die Hard. — Bill Simmons
  • Haas receives affirmative acting support then a joking later social-life alternative; train-station murder goes to Blow Out and Mortensen to Aragorn. — Mallory Rubin
  • Weir's Apex is Dead Poets Society rather than Witness, given subsequent clout and lasting impact. — Mallory Rubin
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Picking Nits

Gunshot survival and recovery; unheard child; ineffective garage attack; spending criminal proceeds

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  • Whether corn would kill is questioned, with suffocation, debris and inability to escape offered in defense; the greenhouse death in another film is compared. — Mallory Rubin
  • Racial profiling is objectionable, and surviving blood loss and infection with a poultice strains belief. — Bill Simmons
  • Book's rapid recovery to heavy carpentry, lifting and fighting is implausible. — Mallory Rubin
  • The killers should hear Samuel urinating, and his swift evasive instincts are questioned while admired. — Mallory Rubin
  • Samuel's unspoiled instincts could explain his quick response to danger. — Bill Simmons
  • McPhee should bring backup and finish the garage attack given the money at stake. — Mallory Rubin
  • How corrupt officers could spend such a large fortune without attracting attention is unresolved; retirement or hidden investments are suggested. — Bill Simmons
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