Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
49:41 – 52:33… they're going to put him in a sanitarium tomorrow. And it just doesn't seem like, I can't believe this happened. Everything about him is off. I had this in Apex Mountain, but this character is also, is definitely Apex Mountain for calling your father-in-law a dad. And it's really confusing through the movie. I'm like, wait, is that his father? Because if I was Charles Bronson, he would be like, I'm not your dad. I had that in What's Age the Worse? Son-in-laws who call their father-in-law dad. Yeah. I don't understand. Craig, do you do this? Absolutely not. Yeah. I don't think anyone does this anymore. I …
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like obviously his father-in-law is losing his mind. Yes. And he can see it. Doesn't seem concerned about that. Doesn't even really seem that concerned about his wife. Dad, they're going to put him in a sanitarium tomorrow. And it just doesn't seem like, I can't believe this happened. Everything about him is off. I had this in Apex Mountain, but this character is also, is definitely Apex Mountain for calling your father-in-law a dad. And it's really confusing through the movie. I'm like, wait, is that his father? Because if I was Charles Bronson, he would be like, I'm not your dad. I had that in What's Age the Worse? Son-in-laws who call their father-in-law dad. Yeah. I don't understand. Craig, do you do this? Absolutely not. Yeah. I don't think anyone does this anymore. I think it's a 70s thing though. It's like calling your wife the old lady. Yeah. Certain things that went sideways. He seems so eager to call him dad. He's like, yes, got it. Yeah. Charles Bronson's my dad. We rarely get to give this out, but the Steven Seagal Hard to Kill Award for Did This Movie Need a Better Intimacy Coordinator? Yes. The answer is yes. And then the Elizabeth Shue is an Oxford Electrochemist Award for Most Ridiculous Casting. Charles Bronson as an architect? Charles Bronson architect? Yeah. The way that they depict Charles Bronson's architecture skills is him sitting at blueprints for a while, seemingly drawing circles. Yeah. And then later he's just like, here's your development. And it's like a fucking monopoly board with a bunch of little houses. And they're like, this is going to lose a lot of money, but it's beautiful. Look at all these. I put some olive trees right there. Everybody has a hill and a backyard. This episode is brought to you by Loom by Atlassian. Who missed out on Star Wars by one week. I'm sure it was frustrating for them. You know what else is frustrating? Even more frustrating than being a week late when you could have been in the Star Wars episode and instead you're in Death Wish. It's really frustrating when you start feeling stuck at work with too many unnecessary meetings. Luckily, there's a simple solution for that. Use Loom Video Messaging. It can simultaneously record both your screen and yourself. You should use this. It's actually good. Okay. I've used this. Share a quick update. Provide feedback. Train a colleague. Everything in between. I'm just going to start Looming, Craig. I think you'd love that. Craig, have some thoughts about your edit at 58 minutes. Looming me sounds like an HR violation. Yeah. Plus, add Loom AI to your meetings for instant written notes and recordings. Try Loom today at loom.com. That is L-O-O-M.com. Let's go to what's age the worst other than the terrible assault scene. Yeah, sure. Graphic nature of the rape murder scene. The legal apartment search I had some issues with. Not positive. Oh, there's not a single warrant in this movie. Not sure that was legal just to kind of waltz in with a locksmith. I've all heard this by the same token that crime was out of control
65:22 – 70:09… Yeah. Fishburne's in two, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, yeah, he's in the scene that somehow is a hundred times worse than the Death Wish one scene. Apex Mountain. Bronson, I think yes. I think it's Apex Charlie. Yeah, but it's not my personal Apex for him. No, but for him, this leads to hard times and he's like a massive star after this movie. I mean, no question. Vigilantes? Maybe. It turned into a phenomenon in the mid-70s. Yeah. What would you go for scary New York City movies? Warriors. Yeah, me too. Right there. Vincent Gardenia? I guess he was in Moonstruck? Yeah, I feel like he's, this is …
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But he was mad that it was added to his IMDb page. That's funny. Yeah. Fishburne's in two, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And, yeah, he's in the scene that somehow is a hundred times worse than the Death Wish one scene. Apex Mountain. Bronson, I think yes. I think it's Apex Charlie. Yeah, but it's not my personal Apex for him. No, but for him, this leads to hard times and he's like a massive star after this movie. I mean, no question. Vigilantes? Maybe. It turned into a phenomenon in the mid-70s. Yeah. What would you go for scary New York City movies? Warriors. Yeah, me too. Right there. Vincent Gardenia? I guess he was in Moonstruck? Yeah, I feel like he's, this is probably, I mean, he takes up most of the second half of this film. They bring him back for two. Yeah. He goes, he sees some killings that are going on in LA and decides to take a little Axel Foley-esque cross-country trip to make sure what's going on. Vigilante movies, I think yes. Unless you want to qualify John Wick because they killed his dog. That's a really good example of like, basically, John Wick is Death Wish, but then taken in an entirely different direction. But the first John Wick is essentially Death Wish. Yeah, I feel like when it's, is taking a Vigilante movie because he's specifically just killing those guys. Yeah, and it's his, and it's, she's not killed. It's just a kidnapping. I feel like this one stands apart. Wick and Paul can't come back. Like, that's the whole point. Taken, he's still got to maintain some semblance of assault. Yeah. Yeah, Death Wish 1, he's basically like, this broke my brain. I'm going to now solve crime by myself. Yeah, and eat liver. I didn't listen to game show music. Cruise or Hanks? Oh no, I didn't finish. Sorry. Apex Mountain, uh, did, no, I did, I guess I didn't finish. I have a couple of Apex Mountains. This is Apex Mountain for switchblades in movies. Wow, there was a great switchblade era. Yeah. Just guys getting knives pulled on them. It's a great movie setup because you're like, it's dangerous, but it might not be that dangerous. Yeah, but you can, I can trump this. Painting your apartment orange two weeks after your wife is murdered there. Yeah. Apex Mountain for that. I'd probably move. And guys calling their father-in-law's dad. No question. Cruise or Hanks? I have Hanks. I think it's Hanks. Yeah, I think it's Hanks. Craig, who'd you have? Hanks. Okay. Yeah. You need the softness. The turn needs to be the most shocking. Hanks? So, it would be cool though if we had Vince, Vincent from Collateral as Paul. Oh God. He's like, hey homie, is that my briefcase? Um, I think this is the movie I wanted Hanks to make in the 2000s or 2010s. Yeah. Yeah. He's not. We needed, let's get a little dark here. Yeah. Yeah. He just never wanted to. He always wanted to do Jimmy Stewart. Scorsese or Spielberg? It's obviously Scorsese. Although Spielberg's version would have been quite different. What role would Philip Seymour Hoffman have played? I think he could have done a lot of things. Very young, he could have been one of the thugs. I think around the master and like later in life, he could have done, he could have done the main role. He could have been Paul in a different version of this film. And I think he would have made a cool Ochoa. I had, I had Kersi, but I think he would have been a good Ochoa. Craig, you're up with the flex category. I'm going to go with the Dan Campbell scale for holy shit, are they really going for this right now? And I'm going to compare the muggers in the apartment was like a flea flicker. Yeah. Where I didn't, I wasn't really aware of how intense this was going to be. And the one guy walks in with the paint can and the first thing he does is he just spray paints a line over the, a painting on the wall. I'm like, okay. And then he, Vandalism. And that's like Jared Goff handing it off to David Montgomery. I'm like, oh, it's a run. And then he goes to the other wall and it's a swastika and you're like, oh no, he's flipping it back to Jared Goff. And then, it's a 50-year. That's a good one. And you don't ever want to see a swastika. The second you see a swastika, you know, things are turning. Brought to you by loom. Picky nits. The doctor just delivers the your wife did a make it news so abruptly. I mean, the entire movie is a nitpick, but the way that he's like, oh, your wife's dead. But his wife's okay. The son-in-law first is like, your wife's going to make it and, and Bratzel. But there's almost like this weird vibe to the doctor where it's like, he's like, oh yeah, your wife's going to make it. You got to see the Mets. You know, he's like the literal doctor from the rest of the moment. They're like grinding out wins.
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