‹ All people

Referenced person

Kanye West

Also referred to as Kanye

Reference source

Stats

Episodes featuring their films
0
Movies in this archive
0

Rewatchables episodes featuring Kanye West’s films

No episode credits in the archive yet.

No episodes found

Mentioned in discussions

Blood Diamond The Rewatchables
Blood Diamond

Producer review

Producer Craig praises lab-grown diamonds, the movie’s educational action form, and DiCaprio’s issue-driven stardom, while noting that similar stories have moved away from theatrical stars.

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:35Read transcript
  • Lab-grown diamonds are added as the clearest thing that aged well. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The producer had not seen the film and responds positively to its mix of action and difficult subject matter. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Modern difficult-topic awards movies are contrasted as smaller and sadder rather than large star vehicles. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Kanye West’s Diamonds from Sierra Leone was the producer’s first exposure to conflict diamonds. — Craig Horlbeck
  • A modern Zwick might make a documentary because a hundred-million-dollar studio feature is hard to greenlight. — Chris Ryan
  • DiCaprio is praised for still using stardom to mount expensive issue-oriented films. — Chris Ryan
  • The Siege is used to show how quickly current-affairs films can be overtaken by history. — Chris Ryan
  • Global studios’ need for broadly marketable antagonists is cited as another constraint. — Chris Ryan
Parenthood The Rewatchables
Parenthood

What’s Aged the Best?

Joaquin Phoenix; Kanye West lyric; Keanu Reeves; overlapping young cast; thumb trick; helium grandmother; Phoenix and DiCaprio rivalry; Garry’s room; the boyfriend’s arc; Grazer nude-photo backstory; Cure poster; Kevin’s tense face; Harley Jane Kozak; money realism

In the discussion (16)
Approx. transcript time · 00:53:29Read transcript
  • Joaquin Phoenix, then credited as Leaf, gives a performance that forecasts an Oscar winner, especially when his face breaks while asking his father if he can live with him. — Bill Simmons
  • One participant did not realize the actor was the boy from Parenthood until after Gladiator, when a sister pointed it out. — Van Lathan
  • A Kanye West lyric from Gone about a new wife and “now you’re Jennifer Aniston” is said to borrow from the film’s line about a new wife and family. — Van Lathan
  • Keanu Reeves in his pre-Speed, Bill and Ted phase is fun and owns the boyfriend role, compared with David Arquette taking it in the TV series. — Bill Simmons
  • The cast captures an era of overlapping young actors, with Reeves and River Phoenix making a Gus Van Sant film and Martha Plimpton dating River Phoenix; Plimpton is also praised. — Bill Simmons
  • Gil’s thumb trick still delights small children. — Bill Simmons
  • The grandmother inhaling helium is favored, as any helium scene is funny. — Bill Simmons
  • Per the research, there was a rivalry in which DiCaprio sought the Garry role, Phoenix got it, and the two competed for parts, with Phoenix measuring himself against DiCaprio. — Bill Simmons
  • Garry’s chaotic room is praised as a horror show compared with a real teenager’s room. — Bill Simmons
  • The boyfriend character as every parent’s nightmare who turns out decent is a favored concept. — Bill Simmons
  • The nude-photo discovery reportedly happened to producer Brian Grazer; developing such photos in the 1980s is joked about. — Bill Simmons
  • The Cure's Boys Don't Cry poster in Julie's room is appreciated. — Bill Simmons
  • Kevin’s tense face became a recurring reference in an early sports column, seen in a head coach during the Super Bowl and in LeBron James. — Bill Simmons
  • Harley Jane Kozak, also Helen in When Harry Met Sally, is appreciated as an actor who never quite broke through. — Bill Simmons
  • The film’s candid treatment of money, including Larry’s debts, Gil’s worries about private school, and summer-school pay funding a vacation, is more relatable than shows where money is no object. — Chris Ryan
  • The car sex-act gag is raised but deferred to Apex Mountain.
Coming to America The Rewatchables
Coming to America

What’s Aged the Best?

Mortimer and Randolph crossover; barbershop Joe Louis bit; Darryl and Soul Glo; "The royal penis is clean"; McDowell's versus McDonald's; Louie Anderson's cameo; Eddie's Jewish comedian makeup; engagement-announcement trope; the women in the cast; the Waldorf Astoria; Queens and New York as themselves

In the discussion (14)
Approx. transcript time · 00:57:14Read transcript
  • Mortimer and Randolph crossing over is mentioned again, along with the barbershop bit about Joe Louis's age and Frank Sinatra saying he was 137.
  • A barbershop take starts with Kobe being better than Jordan and escalates; the lines are sneaky funny and well written. — Van Lathan
  • As personal trauma, avoiding barbershops where the average age is 75 after bad shape-ups. — Wesley Morris
  • Darryl and Soul Glo helped end the Jheri curl, making it mainstream to mock; West Coast rap briefly kept curls and N.W.A was the last gasp.
  • The Soul Glo commercial is a tour de force that feels like real TV, one of the funniest, most devastating Black culture jokes. — Wesley Morris
  • "The royal penis is clean, your highness" always kills. — Bill Simmons
  • John Amos explaining the difference between McDowell's and McDonald's is enjoyed. — Bill Simmons
  • Louie Anderson's McDowell's monologue gained a second life through Kanye West's Gold Digger. — Bill Simmons
  • It was reportedly Landis's idea for Eddie to play the Jewish comedian, and visiting Paramount executives didn't recognize him in the makeup. — Bill Simmons
  • The 80s-90s trope of a father announcing his daughter's engagement to an annoying boyfriend without her knowing is a favorite gimmick. — Bill Simmons
  • Every Black woman in the movie has aged well, including Vanessa Bell Calloway, Garcelle Beauvais, Shari Headley and Madge Sinclair. — Wesley Morris
  • Jody Watley's sister, who went by Midori, plays one of the rose bearers. — Van Lathan
  • The Waldorf Astoria became the benchmark for an amazing hotel; the Plaza plays that role through Home Alone.
  • Queens and New York look like themselves, without the snow plowed for the king's arrival. — Wesley Morris
Displaying all 3 discussions