S6E33: Simply The Best
Added 2023-01-10 01:50:28 +0000 UTCBret Easton Ellis dissects a tortured ghost of grunge, a Miracle of Romanian cinema and a genius filmmaker's relatable vision of every viewer's ultimate fate as he presents his twelve best movies of 2022.
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Bret did you watch ACTORS by Betsey Brown?
Nicole Snyder
2023-01-22 22:34:52 +0000 UTCBret + Atum -- I'm feeling this new suggestion on spelling your, man. Are you into it as much as I am? Speaking of humorous branding, i've been listening to movie reviewer, the Critical Drinker (aka Manchester based novelist Will Jordan). I resisted the guy bc it appeard to court man children and nervous women waiting to be told who to hate by a boozy, non-threatening avatar who eventually comes off as a kind off like Henry Winkler's Fonzi from 70s TV sitcom Happy DYs. Only here urs Fonzi by way of a mam you imagine living off Big Gulps, beef jerky and an intravenous injection port of all things WWE. The Drinker is also a white bloke slowly drowning in despair of a pop culture that has abandoned him for his crime of i'm maleness. Drinker is based in Scotland but jumps the puddle to come over to the U.S. seemingly a lot. One of those times maybe Drinker could be a BEE Podcast guest. What gets lost when the Drinker gets discussedmi he's solid gold as a writer. I'd guess that he's one of the most trusted taste makers in western culture. Drinker isn't political. I have a feeling we'll get there anyway. https://youtu.be/tUWe11I_7Oo
bpvalentine
2023-01-15 08:55:56 +0000 UTCEps like this is why I love this podcast. Thank you, Bret.
Matt
2023-01-15 07:16:03 +0000 UTCI don't know if you are getting this north of the border, but down here in Mexico they have put <i>JAWS</i> (1975) back in cinemas...and in 3D if you want it. Not that I had anything to do with this, but I wrote to the theaters. I said, "Look! Film is turning to shit! So why not play older films that people love and would come to see? The cost would be much less than a new-release and people will come." Well, it's happening. We also got <i>The Godfather I and II.</i>
Antonio Primavera
2023-01-14 02:58:56 +0000 UTC<i>Moonage Daydream</i> was an artsy wank! I wanted reportage, not bricolage!
Antonio Primavera
2023-01-14 02:52:13 +0000 UTCAnd the actor that played Elvis was fucking ugly compared to the real fucking ELVIS! THE KING! TCB!
Antonio Primavera
2023-01-14 02:50:24 +0000 UTCI wanted to hear more of your rant about Pfizer, et al. I wrote this before, Adam. You are a much better sidekick than Ed McMahon and I would like to hear more from you. Of course, Bret is a diva and can't deal with the attention going to someone else (Larry Clark episode that I wish I could hear <i>en toto</i>). He should realize that it's nothing bad for him, just less work for him.
Antonio Primavera
2023-01-14 02:43:58 +0000 UTCYES! Vortex!
Normaling
2023-01-13 16:58:15 +0000 UTCCan we please have more of this content. I want banal factoids
Tom
2023-01-13 08:39:14 +0000 UTCTriangle of Sadness was one of the most enjoyable cinema experiences I’ve ever had. Easily my favourite film of 2022.
Christopher Ward
2023-01-12 12:59:56 +0000 UTCAnd Sandler gets a Best Actor SAG nom this morning for HUSTLE. WOW. 👏🏼👏🏼
Justin Ketrinchek
2023-01-12 08:12:22 +0000 UTCRAIDERS!!!!
Justin Ketrinchek
2023-01-12 08:11:26 +0000 UTCThe Philadelphia raiders lmao I love you
Jonathan Anoj
2023-01-12 06:33:42 +0000 UTCBEE Top 12 of 2022, Alphabetical Order: Batman - Reeves, Dano, of our time Benediction - Historic, Gay, England Blonde - Marilyn, Hollywood Horror Happening - Abortion, France Hustle - Sandler, Basketball, Netflix The Innocents - Norwegian, lofi sci fi, Lost Illusions - Balzac, Adaptation Miracle - Romanian, Slow Burn Tar - Blanchette, EU, metoo Top Gun Maverick - Movie Hope Triangle of Sadness - Gender Roles, Island, Socialism The Vortex - French, Split Screen, Old Age
Jim Smith
2023-01-12 01:42:17 +0000 UTCThe ending was nuts, death ☠️ yet hopeful
Fernando
2023-01-11 23:29:52 +0000 UTCI visited various theaters over 50 times this year in a small midwest city. I saw a lot of good films, several great films, lots of films that weren't released this year, several great classics for the first time. I think it's a matter of getting up and going, doing the thing, that holds a lot of people back. Would love to hear Bret discuss Moonage Daydream, my favorite film of the year.
Tommy
2023-01-11 21:33:39 +0000 UTCWith regards to 'Blonde', clearly the haters wanted something akin to Elvis, where it is a completely glorified and celebratory rendition of the respective protagonist, it works as a business decision to attract the masses but Dominik had way more balls that Luhrman to portray her as a victim of the Hollywood system which she was where as in Elvis's bio pic Luhrman completely brushes off any of Elvis' flaws and projects them on to other characters as a "bad influence"
Keagan Afonso
2023-01-11 20:13:20 +0000 UTCBLONDE - The problem with asking audiences to FEEL like Marilyn Monroe, is that she had a very shitty life, so it comes as no surprise that audiences had that reaction. Dominik wanted to punish audiences, and he got exactly the result he was after, so they of course turned on him. He can't possibly be surprised by the reaction. I absolutely hated Blonde, not because it "disrespected" her memory, but because it was too on the nose. Like an actor trying make a joke funny instead of just acting the lines. You don't need to make a joke funny, it already is, just perform with earnestness. Monroe's life was already tragic, we get it, it doesn't need to be more tragic. Like a cake with too much frosting, it was ruined by a filmmaker trying to make a statement rather than just tell a story.
Cine-Mechanic
2023-01-11 19:13:12 +0000 UTCKidder is great but honestly no one skips a beat. Staggering how good it is and staggering that I’d never quite seen its brilliance before the way I did this time
Dan
2023-01-11 19:08:24 +0000 UTCHahah!
Patrick
2023-01-11 18:45:51 +0000 UTCam going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.
richard owain roberts
2023-01-11 17:28:12 +0000 UTCI really liked Hustle. Who knew the trajectory of the Herlihy Boy would be this path. I enjoy Sandler, even in the bad movies. I watched Miracle after listening to this, it was as good as described. Excellent episode
Kerry
2023-01-11 13:34:17 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the reviews very much. Great podcast
Jorge Espinha
2023-01-11 08:35:29 +0000 UTCDid Bret watch X and Pearl?
Mr.Pink1996
2023-01-11 07:14:37 +0000 UTCThis was a blah episode because of the general decline of contemporary cinema. But congrats, Bret, on the excellent early reviews of the novel version of The Shards. I'm probably in the minority here but I say let's hear more about books and music and a bit less about film.
Steve
2023-01-11 03:15:23 +0000 UTCThat’s very Tony Robbins of Bret.
Pp358
2023-01-10 19:14:48 +0000 UTCfactoid: bret hypes himself up for movie reviews jumping rope to his favorite fugees cd before we start recording... clearly his warmup routine seeped into his performance this week and brought about this unfortunate slip of the tongue -adam
The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
2023-01-10 16:17:40 +0000 UTCThank you for a great episode
PETER GREER
2023-01-10 11:37:48 +0000 UTCGood list Bret. I agree with your choices here and a few I still need to check out. White Lotus season 2 felt like the best extended movie I saw this year, tv once again trumping the movies (yet to see Tar and Vortex though). Like most years now, I find my most pleasurable movie experiences take place at home watching older movies. The highlight this year was rewatching Bob Clark’s Black Christmas in 4k. It gets better with age and not only did it seem superior to Halloween this time but it played like one of the greatest horror films ever made. I highly recommend going back to it.
Dan
2023-01-10 08:20:51 +0000 UTCKilling THEM Softly, Bret. 😉
N.M. Janice.
2023-01-10 05:34:10 +0000 UTCSo good!
David Noble
2023-01-10 05:06:10 +0000 UTCSame
Zach
2023-01-10 03:39:07 +0000 UTCYay! I can finally stop pacing around waiting for this week’s episode and start pacing around listening to this week’s episode! 🙃
Patrick
2023-01-10 02:03:01 +0000 UTC
