Tenet 2020
The bomb that, per Sean and Amanda, helped trigger the whole HBO Max decision. Nolan's public statements dominate the fight; they're rewatching it with Chris Ryan later in the week, this time with closed captions.
The Big Picture · Discussion
Hollywood Is at War with Itself. Plus: The Inaugural “You Blew It!” Movie Awards.
December 15, 2020/ 87 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda work through the Warner Bros. HBO Max fallout and Disney's firehose of streaming announcements, then hand out the first “You Blew It!” awards for takes they got wrong.
13 films across 4 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Hollywood Is at War with Itselfthe Warner Bros. HBO Max fallout and Disney's investor-day deluge
Wonder Woman 1984 2020
The first Warner title to go day-and-date on HBO Max. Sean notes Warner reportedly paid Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot upwards of $10M each to cover the back end, and Jenkins promptly signed on for a Star Wars movie.
Dune 2021
Villeneuve's Variety op-ed decried the move; Amanda found it got closer to mourning the theatrical experience than Nolan did, while noting the back-end math clearly stung.
Soul 2020
Cited among the Pixar titles going straight to Disney+ on Christmas rather than theaters.
Raya and the Last Dragon 2021
Announced for Disney+ Premier Access, the paid-tier release model Disney used for Mulan.
Lightyear 2022
The Buzz origin story. Chris Evans's tweet clarifying this is 'the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy is based on' was, per Sean, the single best thing to come out of the whole Disney presentation.
Toy Story 1995
Sean was 13 when it came out; he credits it with keeping him on the hook for animated movies into adulthood, 25 years before he'd sit through a Disney investor call about its IP.
The 'You Blew It!' Awards: Reappraisalseach host revisits a movie they were too hard on
Birds of Prey 2020
Sean's mea culpa. He'd found Cathy Yan's film ugly and boring on first watch (sick, two days before the Oscars); on rewatch he came around to its aggression, its cast going for it, and Chad Stahelski's fight choreography.
Emma 2020
Amanda's mea culpa. Autumn de Wilde's adaptation (Eleanor Catton screenplay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Josh O'Connor) lost her to Clueless comparisons in February; she now calls it delightful and blames pandemic-adjacent PVOD zoning-out.
The 'You Blew It!' Awards: How You Blew Iteach host names a film the other person got wrong
Miss Americana 2020
Amanda's charge against Sean, a decade-long Taylor Swift skeptic. She reads Lana Wilson's doc as a selectively revealing, managed 'documercial' that still works; Sean holds firm that it's persona-management he finds distasteful.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020
Sean's charge against Amanda. He loved Charlie Kaufman's Ian Reid adaptation; Amanda stands by disliking it, arguing a cool idea isn't the same as an execution that lands emotionally.
The 'You Blew It!' Awards: The Filmmakers Blew Itmovies that should have worked on paper
The Last Thing He Wanted 2020
Sean's pick: Dee Rees directing a Joan Didion adaptation with Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe. They turned to each other 10 minutes in at Sundance; it came and went with no conversation despite the pedigree.
Irresistible 2020
Amanda's pick: Jon Stewart's political comedy with Steve Carell and Chris Cooper. In an election year it made no sense and wasn't funny; its politics seemed borrowed from 2006.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Disney's announced slate Black WidowBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverAnt-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessEncantoIndiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyLucaTurning RedRogue SquadronSister Act 3Big Hero 6Zootopia
In the reappraisals Suicide SquadSonic the HedgehogCatsJohn WickCluelessAquamanFord v FerrariTo All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Where 'You Blew It' comes from Cop LandEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Around the filmmakers-blew-it round The WitchesMoonlightThe Last Black Man in San FranciscoMinari12 Years a SlaveSelmaThe Big ShortSister ActSister Act 2: Back in the Habit
The Siskel & Ebert send-off MankCitizen KaneField of DreamsBlue Velvet
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV The MandalorianWandaVisionIronheartArmor WarsMoon KnightShe-HulkMs. MarvelAndorAhsokaAlien (Noah Hawley series)Harley QuinnThe CrownSiskel & Ebert
Games FIFA World Cup Launch Edition
Music EvermoreReputation
Podcasts The RewatchablesThe Deakins Podcast
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