Who won the movie
Gosling
Just one Oscar
Gosling’s performance
Cruise or Hanks
Hanks
Scorsese or Spielberg
Scorsese
Most Rewatchable Scene · 25:42
Bill Simmons: The helicopter view and car tumbling through the house launch the movie effectively; the crash visible behind the child is admired.
Chris Ryan: Jackson beating up March, the shut-up game and failed cookie-jar gun retrieval are an early personal favorite.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:20:06
Bill Simmons: Both lines are offered as life lessons under the expanded best/worst cue.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
No final choice; Rice was ruled too young
Opening crash, the first confrontation and bathroom comedy are nominated.
The porn party is the final shared scene choice.
The child on the bicycle
The elevator retreat is the most GIFable moment.
John Boy is the1977 choice; R-rated comedies evoke2016.
Action comedy is beloved but exceptionally hard to make well.
Organic endings that invite another adventure are enjoyed.
Alcoholic detectives and accidental gunshots are additional pleasures.
Seedy seventies Los Angeles, running jokes and the actors endure.
Gosling’s inability to speak recalls Lou Costello.
The overhead pool-deck fall and spreading blood.
Misty Mountains, John Boy and Pornucchio.
Sid’s house and March’s home.
Several party and closing songs are nominated without one final choice.
The clean-air-protest question is the flex quote choice.
Flex pick · Bill Simmons
Flex pick · Bill Simmons
Disputed: Holly’s familiar child role or Basinger
Basinger seems to be acting in a different movie.
Basinger’s tone and Atlanta standing in for Los Angeles.
Andie MacDowell is the enthusiastically received Basinger replacement.
Blueface gets nine; John Boy at least seven-and-a-half.
Blueface or Qualley’s shouting monologue.
The tree performer at the party.
Flex pick · Rob Mahoney
Sequels should exist; Crowe’s peak and unrealized career
Proof of Life is offered as Crowe’s apex.
No additional casting what-ifs
Keith David, Bo Knapp and Lois Smith.
The child on the bicycle is the final heat-check preference.
Openings with characters outside the remaining story.
Sequel wishes, Holly’s book and Gosling’s comedy influences.
Gosling’s2016 case leads a broad set of qualified apex arguments.
Hanks
Scorsese
Best: Holly, March, and Amelia; worst: Blueface and Chet
Driving, evidence handling and detective luck
Wet cigarettes should not light after the pool fall.
The original partnership should return in Mexico or periodic television adventures.
Zane Lowe interviewing John Boy.
Gosling’s performance
How long does the agency last?
Secret-handshake props include the hat, cow notes and agency ad.
Sometimes you just win; sometimes there are two ways to see something.
The reel’s public impact is questioned.
Why communicate the conspiracy through a porn film?
