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The Snyder Cut Will Be Released! But Why? Plus: How to Watch 100 Classic Movies.
May 22, 2020/ 73 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins react to the confirmation of the Snyder Cut, then work through a mailbag on Peacock, HBO Max, and how to start watching classic movies.
46 films across 3 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.
The Snyder Cut Will Be ReleasedHBO Max confirms a 2021 release
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016
Sean: has "a couple of things to recommend," mainly Affleck.
Man of Steel 2013
Sean says he never got it and calls it one of the worst theater experiences he's had.
300 2007
Cited as Snyder doing effective, visceral action filmmaking.
Dawn of the Dead 2004
Snyder's remake, cited alongside 300 as his strongest work.
The Magnificent Ambersons 1942
Orson Welles's lost longer cut is Sean's model for a version worth chasing.
Citizen Kane 1941
Referenced for Welles's post-Kane battles with the studio.
Hard Eight 1996
Paul Thomas Anderson's debut, recut and retitled by the studio from his original "Sydney."
All the Pretty Horses 2000
Amanda's pick: Billy Bob Thornton's cut was taken away and "really butchered."
Apocalypse Now 1979
The "Redux" footage-restored recut is discussed against Coppola's later "Final Cut."
Blade Runner 1982
Cited for its many competing cuts.
Kingdom of Heaven 2005
Ridley Scott's extended cut, a favorite of Chris Ryan and Jason Concepcion.
The Goonies 1985
Amanda's bar for what would make the Snyder Cut worth it.
Cats 2019
Bobby's joke reference to the infamous unfinished-CGI "butthole cut" briefly sent to some theaters.
The Mailbag: Peacock, HBO Max, and What's NextOscars, AMC/Amazon, streaming premieres, and TV shows that could've been movies
Wonder Woman 1984 2020
Debated as a candidate to skip theaters for a VOD release.
Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989
News that Soderbergh wrote a quarantine sequel; Amanda wants the original cast back.
The Maltese Falcon 1941
Sean's pick for the first thing he'll watch on HBO Max.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 2019
The one Breaking Bad entry that actually played in theaters.
Da 5 Bloods 2020
Reacting to the trailer; Sean is in for Delroy Lindo and the Chambers Brothers needle drop.
Little Women 2019
Amanda's example of a movie that deepens on rewatch, via Greta Gerwig's adaptation.
Inception 2010
Amanda's example of the opposite: great on first watch, less rewarding after.
Dunkirk 2017
Sean's Dunkirk rewatchables appearance changed his read on Nolan's strengths and weaknesses.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
Cited by a listener as a favorite anthology film.
Wild Tales 2014
Cited alongside Buster Scruggs as a favorite anthology.
Trick 'r Treat 2007
Sean's anthology-horror recommendation.
Creepshow 1982
George Romero and Stephen King's anthology, called a classic.
V/H/S 2012
Named as the more mumblecore, low-budget end of horror anthologies.
New York Stories 1989
Sean singles out Scorsese's segment, "Life Lessons," as a banger.
Coffee and Cigarettes 2003
Jim Jarmusch's anthology, cited for the RZA/Bill Murray segment.
Fantasia 1940
Sean's pick for a wonderful animated anthology.
The Lovebirds 2020
Sold by Paramount to Netflix; teased as next week's review.
Greyhound 2020
Sony's Tom Hanks naval film, sold to Apple TV+.
West Side Story 2021
Referenced as the higher-profile Spielberg film moved to a streamer, unlike Greyhound.
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Sean wonders aloud whether it marked the end of the mega-event-movie era.
Plus: How to Watch 100 Classic Moviesa listener asks how to start with classic cinema
The Lion in Winter 1968
Sean's pick for an underrated pre-1970 movie, with Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn.
The Big Heat 1953
Amanda just rewatched this Fritz Lang noir on the Criterion Channel.
The 39 Steps 1935
A listener's prompt: the Criterion commentary added a lot to the experience.
Boogie Nights 1997
Sean's favorite commentary track, PT Anderson narrating his Scorsese influences.
Gone Girl 2014
Amanda's favorite commentary, David Fincher on the film and on Affleck.
The Wizard of Oz 1939
Sean's answer for the movie that made him love movies.
Mary Poppins 1964
Amanda's childhood equivalent of The Wizard of Oz.
When Harry Met Sally... 1989
Amanda cites it as showing her how smart a movie's thinking could be.
The Social Network 2010
Amanda's other formative pick, a movie that's "really pop and also excellent."
Reservoir Dogs 1992
Sean on the instant academia that sprang up around Tarantino after this.
In the Soup 1992
Sean's example of a mid-'90s indie he had to hunt down after reading about it.
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
Sean discovered Charles Laughton via the AFI 100 list as a teenager.
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
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