Who won the movie
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Just one Oscar
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“That Guy” Award
The unnamed church-parking-lot man
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:36:27
Bill Simmons: Dirk prosthetic size/girth questioned, others find right proportion; final reveal defended as essential and funny.
About 80 percent conviction Wahlberg should win 1997 actor over Nicholson; another agrees on redo.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 2:43:13
Bill Simmons: Everyone blessed with one special thing; avoid cocaine/drugs alternative with agreement.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
The opening Hot Traxx tracking shot (one preference); Floyd’s entrance through Little Bill’s murder; Little Bill through the Colonel’s overdose, Scotty’s arrival, and the Colonel’s advice to Eddie
The Colonel, Floyd, Scotty J., and Todd Parker’s arrivals; the repeated cutting pattern and music
“Spill the Wine” during the pool dive
Dracula the Musical award goes to the first fictional Brock Landers movie; Angels Live in My Town admired, with actual filming unresolved.
Dirk avoiding cocaine for his first 18–24 months in the industry (natural highs and exercise offered in reply)
Soundtrack, quotable lines, ironic wonderful-mother remark, Scotty outfits and exceptional early-DVD presentation.
Split: “Spill the Wine”; “Best of My Love”
Donut-shop donuts versus Reed margarita; one currently prefers margarita.
Hot Tracks versus Jack house; serious former Ringer headquarters idea remained hypothetical.
Amber looking up from cocaine after her son’s call as Dirk cannonballs into the pool
Reed
Jessie St. Vincent/Malora Walters (one choice, disputed); no weak link (others)
Original surprise impact of Wahlberg/Reynolds diminished; characters 17 at start; PTA commentary both aged best and worst for intoxicated-sounding candor, inference not audio assessment by extractor.
Buck’s bank-loan negotiation; Dirk’s assault and Roller Girl’s limo sequence (another skipped stretch, disputed)
“Oh, you think so, doctor?”
The prosthetic’s size is disputed; the final reveal is essential and funny
The doughnut-shop robber (one final winner); Moore (another preference); Molina, Johnny Doe, and Roller Girl’s limo attack (also offered)
The unnamed church-parking-lot man
New award substantial supporting player below four leads, distinct brief heat check. Initial nominees Roller Girl/Scotty J/Becky/Todd/Buck/Maurice; Little Bill added, Reed excluded as lead, Colonel reserved heat check.
The Colonel; Floyd Gondolli
Barrymore as Jessie
Hullabaloo Midwest warehouse 35000 square feet clothes reported; Ron Jeremy deleted prison scene explicitly doubted.
Fourth awards and New Year Dirk/Jessie scenes should stay; adds third Becky sequence.
Cinema doughnut shops; Ridgely; Hartley’s mainstream acting; Hoffman’s background acting; “The Touch” in movies; movies about porn; movie parties (possible); “Sister Christian” in movies; Hall
Wahlberg: yes
The Colonel; Spanish Pantalones
No — Boogie Nights
Torrance-Reseda 33-mile commute implausible vs defense Eddie ambitious and trying to be discovered, Tarzana suggested.
No clear additional casting choice
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Jack sexuality, impotence/recovering alcoholism speculative; drink-making counterevidence and scout/artistic excitement analogy, no settled orientation.
Dirk future referred earlier to Sean; Buck streaming, Amber damaged nasal cavity, Roller Girl three children hypothetical.
Prosthetic; precrash Corvette in an explicitly addressed reply; dojo, first group outfits; house ranked number one.
Everyone is blessed with one special thing; avoid cocaine and drugs
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The producer is directly invited, likes LA ensemble striving and asks old-versus-new adult film depiction; hosts see nostalgia and filmmaking ambition versus meaner video.
A company should recreate movie houses for paid parties
The panel proposes a new category here.
