Episode #24 - 21 Grams
With special guest Nichole!
Andy: “As with One Hour Photo, I got this as part of a hookup I gave a dude at Anonymous Filmworks. I really don’t know anything about this movie, and the one thing Oscar thought this movie was about is actually wrong. Should be fun.”
Stacey: It passes the 30 second challenge.
Oscar: It could be on Telemundo! (0:00)
Andy: Man, Sean Penn mumbles even in his internal dialogue.
Jackie: Seriously. (0:05)
Andy: This is a movie, yeah? Things should be occurring.
Stacey: You’d think. (0:09)
Oscar: He looks like Jim Henson.
Jackie: Yeah. Or a Muppet. (0:11)
Andy: By the way, settle in, guys. It’s 124 minutes long.
Oscar: Why, that’s over t’ahrs! (0:12)
We’re pretty quiet. I think we’re trying to figure out what’s going on.
Andy: Just to be clear… we’re about to watch Sean Penn… masturbate… wearing a respirator.
Oscar: I feel like that’s what we’ve been watching. (0:29)
Jackie: This is unbelievably depressing. (0:44)
We’re spending some time aligning the timeline of the movie. We have many theories.
…aand still watching without talking.
…aand still debating the finer points of the movie.
Andy: Woops. The foley artist fell asleep at the organ. (1:14)
Nichole: Here comes the “21 grams…” I can feel it. (1:15)
Andy: Alright, this movie has 30 minutes to make sense.
Stacey: I don’t think it’s going to make it.
Andy: I just want a clear understanding of the time line.
Stacey: You may not get that. (1:28)
Andy: (imitating the soundtrack) ooooooooooooooooommmmm
Stacey: It’s like they had a microphone…
Oscar: …and a wine glass.
Jackie: “Okay, we have $10. We need a soundtrack.”
Andy: I shouldn’t knock it. I listen to a lot of music like this.
Jackie: Yeah, but you don’t just listen to the same track over and over again. (1:34)
Jackie: (opens mouth) (1:37)
Andy: …so, Matrix Reloaded after this? (1:40)
Jackie: He’s going to kill himself with a butter knife?
Andy: A heated butter knife.
Stacey: He’s just going to cut butter. It’ll be really easy. (1:44)
We think we’ve pieced it together
Nichole: We should take another picture of me with the movie. Only this time I’m not smiling. (1:59)
Andy: Hey, this is the most melodic motion the soundtrack has had this entire time.
Jackie: Yeah.
Andy: Wait, is this Dave Matthews?
Oscar: Yeah.
Andy: Aw, fuck. (2:04)
Andy: I’m going to sell this movie. It’s way too depressing to watch when you’re sad, and when you’re happy, this movie would totally end that. I can’t think of a mood where I’d want to watch this again, so I probably never will. 5 Nickles.
Oscar: The structure was kinda neat, I guess, but I’ve never had much use for this kind of movie. It reminds me of all the kids I couldn’t stand in film school. 2 Hearts that Hate Sean Penn
Stacey: I’d rather drink a flask of vinegar then watch this movie again. (shakes flask of vinegar) 1 Jesus Truck
Jackie: This movie feels like jumping off the Prudential building, and landing in a manhole full of shit, with an accordion player playing one note on the street above you. 4-5 Dead Characters.
Nichole: The walls came crashing down around us. There was nothing we could do. R, for regret.
