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Rewatchables episodes featuring Charlize Theron’s films
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 film
Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Micah Peters · Jason Concepcion
Aired August 23, 2018
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Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:50:11Read transcript
- 2014 Charlize Theron receives two preferences
- Angelina Jolie is another choice
- Zendaya is considered for physical presence
- 1994 Demi Moore is listed among the options
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Modern action logic makes the crew’s refusal to shoot Steve hard to accept; Charlize Theron mirrors Halle Berry.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:08Read transcript
- John Wick-era action logic makes the refusal to shoot Steve difficult to accept. — Chris Ryan
- Charlize Theron is proposed as a career and cultural mirror of Halle Berry. — Van Lathan
What’s Aged the Best?
Real vehicles and chases; Mini Coopers; cast driving; Los Angeles locations.
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:55:46Read transcript
- The one-last-job setup and Los Angeles River action are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Early-2000s Mini Coopers are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The cast doing its own driving is praised; Charlize is reported best and Mos Def worst.
- Real vehicles doing real chases in real places is proposed. — Van Lathan
- The Korean driving range and Samoan crew are proposed. — Van Lathan
- The shopkeeper predicting financial collapse is selected as the winner. — Van Lathan
Most Rewatchable Scene
Opening Venice heist and escape.
In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 00:41:15Read transcript
- Charlize talking to her dad by phone is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The Venice safe heist and speedboat chase are grouped as a major choice.
- The double cross is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The cable-repair infiltration is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The date and confrontation with Steve are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The Hollywood Boulevard, subway, river, and helicopter chase is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Putting the crew together and explaining their backstories is proposed.
- The driving-rain introduction of Skinny Pete is proposed.
- The opening Venice sequence is the final consensus choice. — Bill Simmons
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Center Jim and Lamar; Wahlberg’s actress collaborators; Larson or Theron chemistry
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:23Read transcript
- Remove the Amy romance and center Jim’s relationship with Lamar, including the ethical conflict of point shaving and the athlete’s exceptional talent. — Bill Simmons
- Wahlberg is credited with repeatedly working opposite attractive actresses at notable career moments: Heather Graham, Diane Lane, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, Amy Adams, Mila Kunis and Brie Larson. — Bill Simmons
- Brie Larson is proposed as Wahlberg’s best chemistry despite the argument for cutting her subplot; Charlize Theron competes. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Satan on film; Roy Jones Jr.; Cullen’s sexual alibi; Charlize Theron eating chicken
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:24:38Read transcript
- No actor is considered at career Apex; Pacino’s Satan is favored over other screen devils.
- Scary rooftop scenes are considered without a firm affirmative answer; Roy Jones Jr. is endorsed at his peak.
- Roy Jones Jr.’s song is raised as a competing memory; the senator and Don King are not endorsed.
- Joking affirmative subjects are the murder-time sexual alibi and Theron eating fried chicken. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:17:42Read transcript
- Craig T. Nelson, the reporter, Reeves and Pacino are offered before Theron receives the emphatic choice. — Bill Simmons
- Her emotionally heightened argument with Kevin is played as illustration. — Isaiah Blakely
What’s Aged the Best?
Charlize Theron’s arrival as a star (performance disputed); the contrast with Connie Nielsen
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:49:01Read transcript
- Theron’s youth and rapid emergence in the mid-1990s are praised.
- The acting divides the panel: one finds Charlize’s dialed-up performance bad, while another says she must be annoying enough for Kevin to prefer his boss’s company. — Chris Ryan
- Nielsen’s seductive New York sophistication contrasts with Mary Ann’s hometown beauty and domestic expectations; her progressive unraveling is praised. — Van Lathan
- Another response finds the sustained distress grating and underdeveloped; others defend the performance as a deliberately difficult character, pitched against Milton’s equally intense seduction.
Most Rewatchable Scene
The final Milton speech; the subway scene; the rooftop meeting
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 00:32:59Read transcript
- The opening cross-examination is gripping but immediately exposes the protagonist’s cruelty toward a child he knows is telling the truth.
- The rooftop meeting is praised as harrowing and visually convincing. — Bill Simmons
- The hair suggestion, Mary Ann’s shopping trip and demonic vision, and Milton speaking Spanish on the subway are nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The subway threat escalates through increasingly specific humiliations, including the victim’s favorite green bedspread; the travel logistics are jokingly questioned.
- Kevin’s concise opening statement undermines his own client while winning the jury’s goodwill. — Bill Simmons
- Eddie Barzoon’s death and Milton’s monologue are praised; jogging is mocked, and the horsemen color symbolism and societal indictment are discussed. — Bill Simmons
- The scene where Charlize kills herself is called intense and great but explicitly not rewatchable. — Bill Simmons
- The final confrontation and speech are praised; the empty street suggests supernatural limbo, and Milton’s gestures and emphases are singled out. Kevin’s ignorance is defended as necessary to the contrast.
- Final preferences include the look-but-don’t-touch speech, the subway and the rooftop meeting.
- The Moyez basement scene is belatedly praised despite the Haitian accent; a longer television version could spend episodes on the case.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Kathy Bates gives the best Best Actress performance from 1990 through the episode’s present
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:07:11Read transcript
- Kathy Bates is argued to have the best Best Actress performance across the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and early 2020s — Bill Simmons
- Frances McDormand in Fargo, Halle Berry in Monster’s Ball, and Emma Stone in La La Land are offered as winning comparators — Bill Simmons
- Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, and Laura Linney in You Can Count on Me are offered as non-winning comparators — Bill Simmons
- Charlize Theron in Monster is raised as another major comparator — Bill Simmons
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Ten-episode series with an Iraq veteran; Michael B. Jordan as Rambo; Russell Crowe as Teasle; Kevin Costner as Trautman
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:10:45Read transcript
- A 2021 version could star an Iraq veteran in a small town, working as a short-order cook who snaps early and drifts town to town like Bruce Banner. — Bill Simmons
- For a 2021 First Blood on Netflix, Michael B. Jordan as Rambo is not even a conversation. — Brian Koppelman
- For Teasle, Vin or the Rock would be amazing if they would do it; John Ham is floated then set aside. — Brian Koppelman
- Russell Crowe is the choice for a 50-to-55-year-old Teasle. — Brian Koppelman
- Ben Affleck could also play Teasle if he wanted to. — Brian Koppelman
- Rambo would have to be Black to give it a 2020s layer, since Vietnam and PTSD would not land the same way. — Brian Koppelman
- Charlize Theron as a female Teasle who fought in the first Iraq war is another option. — Brian Koppelman
- Kevin Costner as Troutman, who trained Jordan's Rambo, is a good call. — Brian Koppelman
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:21Read transcript
- Charlize is the answer with agreement; George Miller is potentially the only alternative as the capper on a fascinating career, and Tom Hardy, Rictus Erectus (with a shout-out to Nathan Jones), the Doof Warrior, Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, Abby Lee, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and the Bullet Farmer are all ruled out before 'It's Charlize' is repeated and the host ratifies Charlize Theron.
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