Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
90:18 – 98:43… of Bass is fairly grating. So they did at least make it work. They did ruin the song. Yes. Yeah. I didn't know it could be done. All right. Let's move on to Apex Mountain. And just to be clear, this is who was at the peak of their powers when this movie came out. I think it's undeniable that Anna Kendrick was at the peak of what she would be right at, like in the year following this movie. I mean, I think this was the top of the mountain for her. Like literally Apex Mountain. Is there any case being made that she had more more juice at a different time in her career? I don't think so. No. I don't either. The …
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So that's ridiculous, but I had to share it. The way they ultimately use the Ace of Bass is fairly grating. So they did at least make it work. They did ruin the song. Yes. Yeah. I didn't know it could be done. All right. Let's move on to Apex Mountain. And just to be clear, this is who was at the peak of their powers when this movie came out. I think it's undeniable that Anna Kendrick was at the peak of what she would be right at, like in the year following this movie. I mean, I think this was the top of the mountain for her. Like literally Apex Mountain. Is there any case being made that she had more more juice at a different time in her career? I don't think so. No. I don't either. The juice created from this went a little ways and then was, you know, I think slowly evaporated from a couple of bombs. Yes. But at this time from Twilight to Up in the Air to Pitch Perfect, like there was, she was one of the hottest, like let's get this, well, should have been one of the hottest let's get this woman in the lead of our movies. I think a lot of people just didn't really know like what was the right role for her. And maybe it's because she's meant to be a stage actress. But, you know, I really liked the movie Drinking Buddies which was like, it was like her foray into the mumblecore movement. But like it just like wasn't the right role. It wasn't her fault but she just like didn't like fit in that movie. I will say I love the television show Love Life on HBO Max which I definitely recommend. She is the star of season one and that's like a really good role for her. But I just feel like her type of talent wasn't actually like a great fit for the movies that have come out in the last 10 years. And what I felt about Love Life is that season one of Love Life is that it was like a movie from 2012. Like it was not a very modern take and so it fit because it was kind of like a rewind to this time. But I still feel like she's really talented and I'm pushing for a kind a kind a kind I'm gonna have to work on the wording but an anna she also was like very online in like the years 2012 2016 very active on Instagram and Twitter which I think was like a good fit as a celebrity but like maybe just like again didn't translate to like the acting roles in a way but I also don't know if you guys ever followed the Tumblr Anna Kendrick Lamar but like that provided a lot of laughs for me in 2014-ish. The big JL crossover for sure. Yeah, exactly. I have another just proposal for Apex Mountain. Sure. I think you could make a case for Elizabeth Banks. She was between the first and the second Hunger Games movies which were like the biggest moment for the Hunger Games. She directed the second Pitch Perfect movie. She was still I think tail end of 30 Rock was like in her like producer director I'm multi-talented I'm not just an actress moment I think. And then I think when the sequels got bad that's when she kind of started to go downhill a little bit. I think that's a good case. I like that. Also she did a lot of comedies around this time and she was just like really that was a good lane for her like kind of like wry humor really worked well. Yeah. Yeah. I also thought of Elizabeth Banks. I mean I think the only thing is like she does get significantly more famous after this because of this like it kind of launches her directing and producing and like maybe still is I don't know it's I think it's been a quiet few years but she had a couple flops I think she had a couple brought her down. Yeah. This is when it was all still possible. I think similarly this was when it was all still possible like this is kind of a peak for Rebel Wilson. I mean I think she this was a breakout role I guess Bridesmaids was her breakout role which I love her in and this was like a cementing of her as like a comedy you know icon with like such a strange and rare gift that then nothing ever really nailed again. Like she completely nails Bridesmaids completely nails Pitch Perfect and then she has a lot of other stuff. She gets her own TV show. She's in like How to Be Single and Isn't It Romantic and Cats but nothing ever really like hits again in that Rebel Wilson-y way. I agree with that. I agree. I also think Skylar Aston this is probably his Apex Mountain like he kind of you think he's going to be going like you would buy all the stock just to like do like a musical movie around Skylar Aston. So I think for him as well I have a curveball It might be Oh go ahead. The Tufts Beelzebubbs the Tufts Acapella Group they are the basis for the Troublemakers they had just become like quasi famous in the acapella world because they had been on the sing-off which Jodi mentioned Ding ding and the guy who like the guy who started the Tufts Beelzebubbs his name I believe is John Deacon or John Deeks and he was like a consultant for this film so there's a lot of Tufts Tufts Acapella DNA in this movie and I don't know that anyone's really cared about Tufts Acapella as much since. It's true. It was a very big time for the Beelzebubbs and I do remember that I believe I was recapping the sing-off as an Entertainment Weekly intern at the time and so I really had my thumb on the pulse of acapella. It honestly might be easier to ask and we don't have to do this but like who is this not the Apex Mountain for? I mean this is really I don't mean that in a rude way it's just like this is really the peak for a lot of these actors who have gone on to have careers like a lot of them have gone on to have careers it's just this was such a big movie and a big franchise that it's kind of harder to get to get bigger than this I guess. It's true. It's true. The Tufts guy's name is actually Deke Sharon but I think you're right which leads us to what's this anyone's Hall of Fame plaque movie and I think it's a lot of people's Hall of Fame plaque movie. It's definitely Skylar Astin's. Yeah. Rebel Wilson. Rebel Wilson. Is Rebel Wilson's that or Bridesmaids? She is such a small role in Bridesmaids. Yeah. Yeah. And also I want to say she's a good singer. Like her actual performance like when she does turn the beat around in this movie like when they're not making fun of her she's actually like really good and fun to watch on stage. It's true. She is really good. So I would be proud of this if I was her. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think it like shows the full array of what she could do. I don't imagine she would want to put this as her Hall of Fame because it might suggest that like things didn't you know continue to escalate but it does and like it's not you know Anna Kendrick has other things that she but like Skylar Astin Anna Camp. I don't know if they'd want it though because of their divorce but yes I agree that she's a good they don't have to share the plaque. I'm sure but maybe just you know of a certain era. Right. Best racehorse name from the movie. I mean I want to throw out Saka Pella. I just thought that was really funny and I could see that going for a horse as well. I this is probably cheating but I have two song titles. Okay. One No Diggity. I bet on No Diggity. Absolutely. And then I think Blame It on the Boogie is a great racehorse name. Blame It on the Boogie pulling into the lead. Y'all are great at naming horses. I got nothing. I was like I don't know. The Beelzebub's like I can't I got nothing. On the Saka Pella topic the for me the action is the juice award for best quote I think it's got to go John Michael Higgins saying it doesn't get better for everyone after high school. I really enjoyed that. I think it's the best standalone piece of of nugget that anyone gives. Anything else you guys want to mention in this category? Likewise I have a Gail quote
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