Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 124 – F-Force!

Posted by Kevin Carr (kevin@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 24, 2009

On This Week’s Show: Neil is back from the nation’s capital after an arduous road trip over half the country. Kevin relishes in making fun of the fact that he hasn’t seen any of the major releases this week. Neil prepares to head west, young man, for the San Diego Comic-Con to worship at the Mecca of Geekdom. But before he goes, Neil sits down for one last podcast to talk about Katherine Heigl’s new teeth, Gerard Butler’s sexiness, evil orphans, the Iraq war and 3D secret agent Guinea Pigs.

[Editor's note: This episode of FG@TM was recorded earlier this week before Neil and Cole Abaius embarked on their road trip to San Diego, which inluded an unfortunate pitstop in Pahrump, NV where they await arraignment by a judge who bears an uncanny resemblance to John Goodman.]

Films Reviewed this Week: The Ugly Truth, G-Force, Orphan and The Hurt Locker

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Episode Schedule:

Segment 1 [8:50] – Review of Orphan and G-Force

Segment 2 [10:40] – Review of The Ugly Truth and The Hurt Locker

Segment 3 [12:45] – Box office recap and predictions and the Fat Guy Five: Five Coolest Things to See at Comic-Con

Segment 4 [6:35] – DVD Round-Up: Neil’s pick is Watchmen, Coraline and Pushing Daisies: Season Two; Kevin’s picks include Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods, Prison Break: The Final Break, and 300: The Complete Experience; Review Recap and a look ahead to next week.

Next Week’s Show:

Neil should be out of the Nye County jail and ready to rock on some reviews of Aliens in the Attic, The Collector and Funny People

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FSR’s Weekly Report Card for The Ugly Truth, G-Force and Orphan

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Aleric

Uhh, guys you need to actually talk to a few veterns and people that are serving in Iraq. The Hurt Locker is NOTHING like what it like over there and never has been.

Kevin made a comment about a lot of movies made about Iraq.......where are these movies?? I know of three and they are all anti war movies that failed at the box offices. Could you enlighten me on all these movies that have been shown like they did in the 80's with Vietnam?

KevinCarr

Aleric... thanks for listening to the show, and thanks for your insight.

You're right. I have no idea what it's like over in Iraq, and depending on who you talk to, you'll get very different answers. What I was trying to say about liking the portrayal of Iraq was that it seemed to present the situation as a day-to-day living in the war rather than trying to make a grand statement.

As for movies made about Iraq, there've been a lot, either about the war itself (like In the Valley of Elah, Home of the Brave and Stop-Loss), the general war on terror (like Body of Lies, The Kingdom and Rendition) or the effects on the folks back home (like Grace Is Gone). Granted, I've hated most of these movies because they show all the soldiers as head cases. You are right. Most of them fail at the box office, for good reason. I thought The Hurt Locker portrayed soldiers as regular people, which is rare to see.

Aleric

Freedom for Neil. lol

I agree with the showing soldiers as regular people since that is in effect what they are. Maybe Hollywood will decide to pull some of the great stories out there from the medal of honor winners we now have in Iraq. Then get a person like Dale Dye to head it up and make it right.