FARCE/FILM Episode 52: Eclipse, Despicable Me, Predators

--> Episode 52: 07/12/10 <--

Hosts: Colin George, Brian Crawford, Kevin Mauer, Laura Rachfalski

Intro - 00:00

Top 5 - 00:53

Twilight: Eclipse – 03:46
Despicable Me – 19:17
Predators – 31:53
WMD – 49:32
(Winter's Bone, Dogtooth, Crazy Heart, Moon, North by Northwest, Breathless, Futurama, Youth in Revolt, Batman Returns)
E-mail – 01:07:02
Outro – 01:12:20

"Twilight: Eclipse"

Colin:
Kevin:
Laura:
Crawford:

"Despicable Me"

Colin:
Laura:
Crawford:

"Predators"

Colin:
Kevin:

--Weekly Discussion--

Expectations can dramatically alter the way one watches and interprets a film. This week, Colin is blown away by “Predators” and Kevin is let down. What are some of your most and least pleasant cinematic surprises?

FARCE/FILM Episode 51: The Last Airbender

--> Episode 51: 07/06/10 <--

Hosts: Colin George, Kevin Mauer, Jon Mauer, Suman Allakki

Intro – 00:00

Top 5 - 02:48

The Last Airbender – 05:59

WMD – 34:08

(Restrepo, Red Dawn, Postal, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Rescue Me, Pretty Little Liars, Winter’s Bone, Prince of Darkness, Sunshine, Gasland)

Weekly E-mail - 01:00:28

(What is the worst movie that you’ve seen in recent years?)

Outro - 01:04:14

"The Last Airbender"

Kevin:

Colin:
Kevin:
Jon:
Suman:

--Weekly Discussion--

This week, our hosts bicker over Airbender’s bad writing and cinematography, with Kevin suggesting that one, if competently executed, could outweigh the problems with the other. What are some films that are clumsily executed but saved by a great story? What films suck but look beautiful?

FARCE/FILM Episode 45: Exit Through the Gift Shop

-->Episode 45: 05/24/10<--

Hosts: Colin George, Brian Crawford, Sonic Kim, Maggie Ruder

Intro – 00:00

Top 5 - 02:24
Exit Through the Gift Shop – 14:12
WMD – 40:46
(The Hangover, The Happening, A Beautiful Mind, Winter’s Bone, Lawrence of Arabia, “Firefly”, The Player, The Human Centipede)
Events and Outro – 01:00:06

"Exit Through the Gift Shop"

Colin:
Crawford:
Sonic:
Maggie:

--Weekly Discussion Question--

This week, Colin and co. hypothesize as to why SNL sketch film "MacGruber" performed so poorly at the box office. Why do you think it solicited so little patronage and what can we learn from a bomb?