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The Town

What’s Aged the Best?

The Town The Rewatchables

Charlestown detail, accents, Lively, the theatrical ending, Renner, the cop looking away, and local texture lead aged-best.

In the discussion (13)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:09Read transcript
  • The Jack Clark Red Sox line is praised as specific local humor.
  • Affleck’s Boston accent is praised.
  • Blake Lively’s “why am I always the one getting used?” delivery is praised.
  • Lively’s performance is defended.
  • The decision not to use the ending where Doug dies is praised.
  • The Old Sully’s and New Sully’s locations are praised.
  • The “not fucking around crew” phrase is praised.
  • Hamm’s “national organization” intimidation is praised.
  • The Boston dating scene is judged accurately captured.
  • Fergie’s bodyguard’s 02129 tattoo is praised.
  • Doug watching Bones is praised as character detail.
  • Pete Postlethwaite’s Fergie speech is praised.
  • Jeremy Renner’s performance is selected as the overall aged-best answer.
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When Harry Met Sally...

Half-Assed Internet Research

When Harry Met Sally... The Rewatchables

Research covers rejected titles, Crystal isolating himself, real-couple interludes, Gerald Ford’s son, the original platonic ending, Reiner’s changed outlook, and improvised material.

In the discussion (8)
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  • Ephron reportedly proposed “How They Met,” and a crew contest considered Just Friends, Playing Melancholy Baby, Boy Meets Girl, Blue Moon, Words of Love, It Had to Be You, Harry, This Is Sally, and How They Met.
  • Billy Crystal reportedly stayed apart from the cast and crew in another hotel to find Harry’s lonely mindset.
  • The interlude couples are reported as real people rather than actors.
  • Gerald Ford’s son Jack played Joe.
  • The script initially kept Harry and Sally platonic; Reiner changed the ending after meeting his future wife during production.
  • A 2004 stage adaptation starred Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan.
  • Reiner and Crystal met playing best friends on All in the Family, and Carrie Fisher knew Reiner through Penny Marshall.
  • Harry and Sally’s final interview was reportedly improvised from a much longer filmed exchange.
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The Godfather

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

The Godfather The Rewatchables

Talia Shire’s confrontations lead a disputed field with Carlo, McCluskey, Jack Woltz, Pacino, and Caan.

In the discussion (7)
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  • Talia Shire confronting Michael is nominated.
  • Talia Shire confronting Carlo and smashing plates is nominated.
  • Carlo’s crying during Michael’s interrogation is nominated.
  • McCluskey’s restaurant behavior is nominated and defended.
  • Jack Woltz is also mentioned.
  • Pacino’s reconciliation scene with Kay is nominated and disputed as bad acting rather than overacting.
  • James Caan’s knuckle bite is debated as either overacting or authentic behavior.
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The Godfather

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

The Godfather The Rewatchables

Jack Woltz wins the majority choice over Moe Greene, Clemenza, Sollozzo, and Luca Brasi.

In the discussion (6)
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  • Clemenza is nominated.
  • Sollozzo is nominated.
  • Moe Greene is nominated and receives Chris’s vote.
  • Jack Woltz is nominated and receives the other two votes.
  • Luca Brasi is nominated but not considered a heat check.
  • Richard Castellano’s unusually brief film career and impact are discussed.
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The Godfather

What’s Aged the Best?

The Godfather The Rewatchables

The wedding, family politics, food, moral complexity, performances, and precise lines dominate aged-best.

In the discussion (21)
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  • The wedding world-building is praised.
  • The Woltz-house sequence and its later appearance in Fletch are praised.
  • The family structure remains legible and rich.
  • The use of the word consigliere is praised.
  • “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes” and the newspaper-wrapped fish are called a great one that went into the lexicon; a participant only now noticed it was rolled in the bulletproof vest.
  • Mama Corleone warning Sonny not to interfere in Connie and Carlo’s argument is praised.
  • The movie’s eating and food-preparation scenes are praised.
  • Michael’s face before the restaurant shooting is praised.
  • Tom delivering news of Sonny’s death is praised.
  • Vito’s prediction about narcotics reshaping organized crime is praised.
  • The story’s shades of moral compromise are praised.
  • The Mafia’s role beside failures of formal government is discussed.
  • Clemenza’s Hitler-at-Munich line is praised.
  • Jack Woltz’s ethnic insults remain memorably performed.
  • Pacino’s controlled performance grows in stature when viewed with Part II.
  • Michael’s presidents-and-senators line remains resonant.
  • Every Fredo scene is praised, including his Vegas outfit.
  • Clemenza’s sauce recipe remains memorable.
  • The “Tattaglia’s a pimp” line is praised.
  • Tessio asking to be spared for old times’ sake is praised.
  • Vito’s garden death is praised.
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The Godfather

Most Rewatchable Scene

The Godfather The Rewatchables

The garden conversation and christening lead a field including the Sollozzo meeting, Louis restaurant, tollbooth, Five Families, wedding, and Hollywood scenes.

In the discussion (13)
Approx. transcript time · 00:31:47Read transcript
  • Sollozzo’s pitch to the family is nominated.
  • Clemenza’s meatball lesson is nominated.
  • Michael deciding to kill Sollozzo and McCluskey is nominated.
  • The Louis restaurant assassination is nominated.
  • Sonny’s tollbooth murder is nominated and debated.
  • The Five Families meeting is nominated.
  • Michael and Vito in the garden receives two votes.
  • The christening murders receive Chris’s vote.
  • The Las Vegas confrontation with Moe Greene is nominated.
  • The opening undertaker audience is nominated.
  • Sonny beating Carlo is nominated.
  • Tom Hagen visiting Jack Woltz is nominated.
  • The wedding is praised as an extended sequence.
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Jurassic Park

Half-Assed Internet Research

Jurassic Park The Rewatchables

Research covers the rights auction, production history, scientific details, sound and practical effects, finances, cultural influence, and unused material.

In the discussion (10)
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  • Warner Bros./Tim Burton, Columbia/Richard Donner, Fox/Joe Dante, and possibly Paul Verhoeven were competing studio-director combinations before Universal and Spielberg secured the property.
  • Universal leadership reportedly conditioned approval of Schindler’s List on Spielberg making Jurassic Park first; he later called it an effort to make Jaws on land.
  • The movie reportedly increased interest in paleontology, and the discussion connects Spielberg and Michael Crichton’s relationship to ER.
  • Several dinosaurs are said not to belong to the Jurassic period, turning the title into an admitted branding choice rather than a precise scientific label.
  • Universal paid Michael Crichton about $2 million before publication, divided between rights and a screenplay draft later replaced by David Koepp’s work.
  • The T. rex roar combined dog, penguin, tiger, alligator, and elephant sounds, while the water-glass ripple came from a guitar string under the dashboard.
  • The hosts credit the film with accelerating franchise-oriented blockbuster competition and discuss Chip Kidd’s influential skeletal T. rex book cover.
  • An abandoned sequence would have had the children ride a young dinosaur, but the effect was judged unconvincing.
  • Alan Grant is said to be modeled on Montana paleontologist and technical adviser Jack Horner.
  • Spielberg reportedly earned about $250 million from the film, which the hosts still call underpayment given the billion-dollar gross and franchise created.
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Speed

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Speed The Rewatchables

Freeways, Nicolas Cage and action-movie titles

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:51:48Read transcript
  • Was 1994 the greatest summer for Los Angeles freeways because of Speed and the O.J. chase?
  • Nicolas Cage as Jack would be more erratic and less reassuring
  • The panel prefers Reeves in Speed and Cage in Con Air or Face/Off
  • Which action movie has the greatest title?
  • Die Hard, The Terminator and Speed are defended, with Cliffhanger and First Blood also nominated
  • Minimum Speed is reported as an earlier title
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Speed

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

Speed The Rewatchables

Pop quiz, hotshot

In the discussion (6)
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  • The panel settles on Hopper’s pop-quiz phrase as the most memorable
  • The stay-on-or-get-off exchange is nominated
  • The warning against getting killed is nominated
  • Annie’s suggestion to base the relationship on sex is nominated
  • Harry’s caution about guts getting someone killed is nominated
  • Jack’s basement answer to what stops a falling elevator is nominated
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Speed

Unintentional Comedy Award

Speed The Rewatchables

Helen’s escape, Hopper running and Reeves’s reactions

In the discussion (7)
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  • Helen’s attempted transfer and the agent encouraging her are mocked
  • Sam continuing to drive after being shot is mentioned
  • The possibility of sustained freeway speed is funny to locals
  • Hopper’s running is nominated
  • Failure to verify Hopper’s death is nominated
  • Reeves’s Wildcat and cans reactions are cited
  • Jack’s distraught reaction to Harry’s death is finally floated as the winner
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Speed

Picking Nits

Speed The Rewatchables

The tires, surveillance camera, gasoline and bus-jump physics

In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 00:30:38Read transcript
  • Could Jack shoot the tires before the bus reaches fifty?
  • Others counter that Hopper would have blown up the bus if the tires had been shot out, since he had a camera inside
  • Would Jack answer the payphone immediately after his friend’s bus explodes?
  • Why puncture a fuel tank to hold onto the bus, and why does the gasoline smell never matter?
  • A participant defends the bus stopping for a regular passenger, comparing it to his own father's habits as a driver
  • Would the blast killing Helen also destroy a tire?
  • The airport tire spikes appear to have little lasting effect
  • Hopper’s repeated Wildcat clue is interpreted as taunting
  • The uninterrupted 1994 video feed is questioned, while onboard cameras are defended as possible
  • Harry entering a bomber’s home without anticipating a trap is criticized
  • The bus could not survive either the jump or the landing
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Speed

What’s Aged the Worst?

Speed The Rewatchables

Stereotyped passengers and implausible Los Angeles driving

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:25:33Read transcript
  • The lack of cell phones is raised
  • The bus jump’s physics are criticized
  • The panel rejects criticism of Hopper’s broad performance
  • Sustaining fifty miles per hour in Los Angeles feels implausible
  • Passengers are reduced to ethnic and personality stereotypes
  • The gun-carrying passenger’s panic and Jack putting down his badge are questioned
  • An oral history reportedly describes passenger backstories removed from the film
  • The panel also defends Jack’s de-escalation and notes that realistic frightened people can seem annoying onscreen
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