FMC 018: Sin City Directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-directed by Frank Miller

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This episode of Filmmaker Commentary Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's "Sin City", exploring its groundbreaking visual style, the directors' unique collaboration, and the film's impact on modern cinema.

Opening Discussion and Film Overview
Reginald Titus Jr.: Filmmaker Commentary episode 18. Welcome to Filmmaker Commentary, where we give you insights from our favorite filmmaking commentaries. These commentaries can be heard on your DVD and Blu-rays of your favorite movies. We'll show you how you can use these commentaries and apply them to improve your video production and filmmaking techniques. All of this here on Filmmaker Commentary. I'm your host, Reginald Titus Jr.
Welcome to another episode of Filmmaker Commentary. I'm your host, Reginald Titus Jr. I'm here with...
Casey G. Smith: Casey G. Smith. Welcome back.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Good to be back, sir.
Casey G. Smith: So, we are going over Sin City, directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. And if this is your first time listening to this show, spoiler alerts.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Absolutely spoiler alerts.
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Casey G. Smith.: So, Sin City, it debuted in 2005.
Reginald Titus Jr.: The budget was about $40 million. Domestically, it made 74.1 million, internationally, it made 84.6 million for a worldwide of 158 million. So, Robert Rodriguez made the Weinsteins very happy that year.
Casey G. Smith.: I'm sure that he did. And critically acclaimed as well.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Looking back at this film, Robert Rodriguez is definitely ahead of his time, because you got to keep in mind, this is 2005, so he's producing this thing, what, 2003, 2004, around that era. And even though there was a blue screen and graphics, of course, things like that, CGI, nobody was just just straight up just shooting green screen like that. Like it's like normal now. Of course, you know, you got Frank Miller's 300, you got all these other things that happened since then, but he was pretty much a leader in shooting this way.
Casey G. Smith.: Absolutely. I mean, and and the crazy thing is that it still holds up. And revisiting this film and looking at the effects, you know, a lot of times after even a couple years, a year later, you can go back and see something, okay, I can really kind of tell the CGI aspects. This one, it still, it's it, man, it holds up so well. It really holds up well. And when you see the behind the scenes, some of the featurettes on the Blu-ray, which I highly recommend, is loaded with features. And Rodriguez is such a generous filmmaker, that if you're a filmmaker, you will benefit from this. If you're just a fan of maybe it's the content of Frank Miller, you're going to benefit. But you can see, you can see and actually watch a 10-minute version that Rodriguez has sped up with just the green screen and just the actors performances and it's pretty, it's pretty cool.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, it's pretty awesome. And and when this movie came out, um, I didn't go to the theaters and see it. I was finishing up college at the time. But when the DVD came out, I rented it. And I remember just the story at the time when I watched it, I wasn't really intrigued so much about the story or the graphic novel or anything like that. I was just intrigued by how it looked.
Casey G. Smith.: I think that grabbed a lot of people. The visuals alone.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, I was just like, what is this? Never heard of Sin City or anything like that. And wasn't a fan of Robert Rodriguez at that time, because this, you know, I'm finishing up school, you know, I'm thinking about, you know, getting a job, whatever comes after that. Fast forward, you know, 2007, 2008, graduate during the recession. Get my first, yeah, get my first job. They find ways to let people go, and I fall into filmmaking. Well, like, because I was I was shooting in high school, and I was shooting in the neighborhood, and, you know, in college, I was in the PR department, so I was always around video production, but never really thought about filmmaking as a job, a career or anything like that. It was just something as a hobby, something I always did. Um, but getting the book, um, Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez kind of set me down this road. I read his book, and I was like, oh, how do I not know about this guy? I know of him, but not really. Like, I've seen a couple of his movies, seen Spy Kids and stuff like that, but never really studied the guy. So by him having a book, and there's not that many filmmakers that have books out. Uh, you have Kevin Smith, Spike Lee, they kind of talk about their process, but there's very few filmmakers that have a book about their process.
Casey G. Smith.: Huh.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You have other people that that will do a work about, you know, like the unofficial Steven Spielberg, whatever, or Stanley Kubrick, but very few filmmakers do that. And I grabbed that book, it was just a diary on how he made El Mariachi, and it just opened my eyes up. And so I started studying his films, you know, starting with El Mariachi first. And then that's when I started discovering commentaries and just sitting and listening to them. And this commentary was one of the first ones where I was just like, oh my god. You know, I I'll listen to every single one, you know, the Frank Miller one, the Tarantino one, and, um, just kind of got like, just a film school out of this whole thing.
Casey G. Smith.: It it is, like I said before, he is such a generous filmmaker. When I first came to Sin City, it was, it was later. I didn't I didn't see it in the theaters. Um, I first watched it on Blu-ray. Oh, wow, there you go. I first watched it on Blu-ray. It was one of the first Blu-rays actually that I purchased. That's a treat. And I remember when I put it in and hit play, I was visually just blown away. I mean, stunned. And I I just gotten an HDTV and I'd gotten a a PS3, and I I may have even done a search of like some of the best looking, you know, movies on Blu-ray, and I think it it came up, and so I went and I purchased it, and I put it in, and I was just, it is just visual eye candy. Plus, again, I'm a I'm a nerd, I love graphic novels. Now, while I haven't read Frank Miller's Sin City, always been a fan of Frank Miller, just, I mean, amazing works that he's done. I mean, Frank Miller is a is a legend in the comic book industry and in pop culture in general. I mean, his seminal works like The Dark Knight Returns, um, revitalized Batman and and showed the world that superheroes and comic book characters can be more than just your Saturday morning variety, and these stories can be deep and meaningful and have and, you know, be a commentary on society. So, uh, in watching it, the story also did stand out to me. You know, this anthology working of, um, of these different stories coming together, you know, based obviously in in in in Vegas, uh, or in Nevada, maybe I should say. But it was gripping, and the the actors who were who were in there and now, you know, having done research and and obviously I knew Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba and, um, you know, I'd seen some of the things with Mickey Rourke, but man, there's some great performances in here. Man, they crushed it. Yeah. And so, yeah, but watching it on Blu-ray for the first time, it just, I was, I think once I saw it, I I I actually remember saying, I I remember telling people, I was like, you have got to watch this movie on Blu-ray, this is amazing. And that's a pretty common reaction to this film.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And I've and I had the DVDs when it came out, so it was like two, three disc DVDs, came with the actual graphic novel, so you can like flip through the book as the movie's going on. I'm like, this is the this is the same thing when I'm watching on TV, it's in the graphic novel. And so my first time watching it on Blu-ray was a few hours ago.
Casey G. Smith.: Ah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You know, with the commentary, you know, because I'm I I've watched the movie so much that, you know, I didn't have to watch it again, but watching it on Blu-ray and revisiting the commentary, this holds up.
Casey G. Smith.: You know, one one thing, I think when when the film originally came out, I think it was, no, maybe that's an option on the Blu-ray. I think there's an option where you can actually have it play in sequential order as well. Actually, I'm quite positive. There's actually an option where you can get the whole thing to play in sequential order. It'll it'll actually break up the stories and play everything sequentially, all the scenes.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's true. That's true. And the and each three there's three stories, right? And they are longer. They had to cut it down for theatrical purposes. But if you watch it, it you can watch them like kind of like stand alone or in sequential order, the uncut version. It's a it's a little bit longer.
Casey G. Smith.: Indeed. Still good. Still good.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's still good, but yeah, I I prefer the edit I prefer the theatrical version.

Director's Vision and Technical Innovation
Reginald Titus Jr.: So, , this commentary is definitely more technical, but of course there's two there's two commentaries. So you have the one with Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, and then you have the one with Robert Rodriguez, Tarantino, and Bruce Willis. They all make a guest appearance, but it's it's primarily Robert Rodriguez. I prefer the one with Robert Rodriguez, um, just in general, whenever he's doing the commentary, because he he usually takes notes, and he's kind of doing his flow, but sometimes when somebody else is, he uh, his personality sometimes is entertained, make sure, you know, that person's okay and. Like you can kind of see his personality kind of like kind of cater to the person that's there. That's just his personality, because he grew up in a household of like 10 kids and, you know, it's it's kind of interesting to see. But I like it when he kind of does these things by himself because he's really technical and he makes sure that he's going through everything like that.
Casey G. Smith.: I enjoyed the commentary. It was cool when when then Tarantino came in and was kind of sharing his stuff. I really enjoyed actually when Bruce Willis came in, because there were he he dropped some some really good nuggets and and and pearls of of wisdom in just his his process and his experience and his even interactions with Frank Miller. And uh it's it's it's sometimes fascinating to get into, especially an established actor's head. Man, you can't get any more established than that. Yeah. I mean, he's I mean, he's a he's a legend, an absolute legend, but you could tell that, man, I mean, he's he's obviously worked with Tarantino from with Pulp Fiction and then and then to to be cast in this, um, and of course, you know, we we covered Looper, uh, a couple episodes back and he's, you know, obviously one of the main actors in that. Like people just know when to tap, you know, tap Bruce. And it's fascinating me as as as big of of an action star as he's been, I don't know that I'd call Sin City, I mean, I guess it's not an indie film, but, uh, it seems like it was like shot almost like a an indie film.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Pretty much, it's away from the system, it's away from LA, you gotta fly to Texas.
Casey G. Smith.: 10 days worth of shooting.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: And and yeah, so I enjoyed hearing his comments in in the commentary and interacting with, um, with Mr. Rodriguez.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, so I enjoyed that commentary. For if you're listening to this, definitely check out the one with Frank Miller, and then also look through the special features. You know, the there's a 15-minute film school. That's what Robert Rodriguez is known for. He has a a special features in a majority of his films, and it's called uh the Film School. He coined them the 10-minute Film School, but for this one, it's 15 minutes. The 15-minute Film School. He has an all screen version of the film. That might be something interesting. You can maybe rip it and then try to put your own special effects on top of it.
Casey G. Smith.: Ah. Wow, thanks, Robert Rodriguez. Interesting.
Reginald Titus Jr.: There's something called the long take, which is the scene with, um, Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro. And just and you can see how Tarantino is trying to actually direct them.
Casey G. Smith.: So this time, you just got to be, just cool, man, just just totally cool. Just being cool. Just cool. And you can see like how he's a jerk too. Like Tarantino sometimes could be a jerk. He's like, well, CGI isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Like he's just like he's asking like for smoking stuff and like kind of pissing people off a little bit. You can see how he can be kind of a jerk. Then there's a live concert, Sin City Live Concert.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, I actually I actually watched that. So I didn't either I knew or maybe I had forgotten that Bruce Willis actually has a band. Yeah. And dude can legit sing. And so they held this little small little concert, like a little benefit for some kind of charity. And oh, man, there was another director kind of close by in town who was shooting something as well, and they kind of all came through. And so it's a, yeah, it's a it's a song, uh, one song sung by Bruce Willis and his his band. He's crushing it. I'm like, oh wow, dude has dude has pipes. And Robert Rodriguez, man, he just shows people a good time whenever they come to make movies. He, of course, Robert Rodriguez is also a musician as well, you know, playing the guitar. Um, a lot of his music is on his movies and other people's movies, and he just shows a good time coming to Texas, you know. Like, hey, let's go hang out the bar. Let's go play, let's do this. It's like, you're just going to a playground whenever you come to Austin to hang out with him.
Casey G. Smith.: And probably eat some good food too, because he also, uh, will show you how to to cook as well.
Reginald Titus Jr.: 10-minute cooking school. Yeah, showed how to make some breakfast tacos. I mean, with his grandmother's recipe for homemade tortillas. Que sabroso.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes. So yeah, just I mean, again, such a generous individual. Like I like, you know, we've talked about different directors that we say, oh man, you know, we'd like to maybe meet this this this director in person. Yeah. And Rodriguez is definitely one of those people. He's just an awesome, man. We might have to, you know, make a road trip and see what happens. You know, we're here in the in the in the Dallas area, so why not? He's a fellow Texas native.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm.
Casey G. Smith.: So Rodriguez, if you're out there, holler at us. Filmmaker Commentary.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So there's more special features. I ain't going to go through all of them, but there's quite a few. So pick those pick it up, man. It's definitely worth the purchase.

Robert Rodriguez's Approach to Filmmaking
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay, we're just going to go right into, you know, the points for the day. Make it easy to say yet to say yes. Be a salesman. Robert Rodriguez is like like a true salesman. He he's good at convincing people to do things. And then on top of that, he does all the hard work. So when he is pitching you, it's he already assumes you're going to say yes, because he has all this awesome stuff for you to watch. And he had just a whole pitch for Frank Miller whenever he's he went to meet Frank Miller, meet up with him, he went to talk about the process of what he did. Should. Obviously, number one, he was clearly a fan of Frank Miller and had had read Sin City in different incarnations of Sin City. He said he actually found himself going to the comic book shop, and he'd go and buy uh an issue of Sin City or, you know, a hardback or graphic novel, and then he'd get home and realize he already had the same copy, you know, maybe the cover was different. So he just kept purchasing it and reading it, and finally, you know, he had no idea for it, and before he even had the rights to to to shoot anything, he had already put together some some test footage. And and was reaching out to Frank, reaching out to his lawyer and his agent, and, you know, Frank was really protective of of his property. And, you know, had had maybe some not so good experiences with dealing with people in Hollywood, and so hadn't gotten back to him. And finally, he was able to get a hold of him and said, hey, you know, look, Frank, I've got this concept that that I've I've I've put together. I just want to I'm going to be in New I'm, you know, I'm going to be in New York for like three days. So, uh, man, you know, if you have a, you know, a moment to to to meet up, that that would be great. You know, it's no obligation, but if you like it, then, you know, we can we can chat. And Frank's like, oh, well, if you're going to be in New York, then, um, yeah, maybe we can meet up at a bar or something like that. He said, okay, great, you know, and they set the date, and then Rodriguez tells his wife, honey, we're going to New York. So he didn't even have plans to be there. He wasn't going to be there, but he just set that up and said, he and Frank meet at a bar, he's got a laptop, and, uh, you know, has Frank watch it, and, you know, Frank is is taken by it. Blown away, and that footage is in the first scene of the movie. Yeah. It's the the the same thing, which is amazing. And even kind of pulls pulls out and that's where Frank could see how Rodriguez would take and not only be faithful to the material, but then take and expand on it as needed. And yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: So Robert Rodriguez, you know, talking about this, he says when, you know, they're from Texas, Frank Miller's in New York. So whenever you're coming to LA and you're from out of town, people tend to take your meetings a lot a lot more serious.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Quicker.
Casey G. Smith.: And quicker. They, you know, they makes some calls, and within the a couple of days, they were able to meet with Bruce Willis, meet with Tarantino, I think they met with Clive during that time. They they got quite a few of the actors that he wanted to work with in that short period of time, because they were only going to be there for a while. So, even though Bruce was in the middle of shooting something, he stepped away, made time. He watched just a couple of minutes, or maybe even seconds of of the footage, and, uh, he actually paused it, and said, whatever happens next on this, I'm in. Like, he was sold that quick. Plus, again, Rodriguez just, I mean, man, what a salesman. He actually had Bruce Willis's name in the the opening crawl that he had created. Uh, the opening credits he had created. He put his name in there, and he was like, look, Bruce, your name is already in there, you got it, you got to be in the film. So just helping the actors see the see the vision. And again, he did all of this without the license, um, and he did this because he he knows how to do these things, and has a strong team behind him, and he was able to just be absolutely prepared and do the work up front, even though, you know, he wasn't getting obviously paid for it. But, you know, if you're going to show up to present something to pitch something, you want to be 100% ready, especially at this level, especially approaching these legends, because respectively, these guys are both legends in their in their given fields. So, Rodriguez came correct.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. And Robert Rodriguez, of course, has a background in drawing and he uh had a cartoon that he did a comic strip with, so he was able to build that rapport with Frank Miller, you know, saying. Cause nobody was giving Frank Miller his respect, you know, in regards to like directing and things like that before Robert Rodriguez got to him, but when Robert Rodriguez talked to him, Frank Miller was like, man, you you're telling me the exact opposite that everybody else is saying, and I'm liking what you're saying.
Casey G. Smith.: You know, and so much to the point where, again, Frank Miller not only gave his blessing, but clearly, you know, Rodriguez put him as co-director, not just as a producer or an executive producer on the project, but as a co-director. He respected Frank's work, uh, as a as a writer, because Frank, you know, in in in multiple comics, both wrote the the script and then illustrated. And there can be some problems there. That's amazing. Um, I don't know if this is, again, we listen to the commentary that was Robert Rodriguez, but, um, check out the commentary with Frank Miller. And I remember Robert Rodriguez talking about this. I don't know if it's on that commentary or if it's in the 15-minute Film School. But when you have two directors that are not a bona fide team, uh, like a bona fide team could be like the Wachowski brothers or, um, Coen brothers. Who are some other like bona fide teams?
Reginald Titus Jr.: The Russo brothers.
Casey G. Smith.: Russo brothers. So these are considered bona fide teams according to like the unions, the union standards.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Lorem ipsum.
Casey G. Smith.: And, um, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are not a bona fide team. And because of that, you can't use your director's director guild union thing. Right, right, right, right. So he, in order to make Frank Miller a director on this, he had to put that to the side and kind of like recind that.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So, Rodriguez is a is a rebel.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. You know. And he and he's not afraid to take risks, he's not afraid to push boundaries. So, I respect him for that, you know, beyond, again, I think, you know, guilds do what they do, and that's that's great, but he had a clear vision, he had a chance to work with a a hero, a legend, and he gave him that respect. And it it worked out, you know. It really did work out, because again, technically, a lot of the things that Frank is is doing is is directive in in nature. And so, um, you know, you can have you can have a very experienced director, you could have someone with who was gone to school for specifically directing cinema, and they can make a a bad film.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's very true.
Casey G. Smith.: And you could have someone maybe with very little experience and maybe be able to strike gold. And so, you know, um, again, kudos to Rodriguez for just making that collaboration happen. And and the other big part of that is that the actors, when they were on set, knowing that that Frank was a director, not just a producer, they could then feel comfortable in going up to Frank and asking him questions about their characters, which he just knew through and through and knew so intimately. And so if they were delivering a line a certain way, or they needed to get a little more into the head space of that character, Frank could give them he could give them exactly that to help with their performances.

Frank Miller's Directorial Endeavors and Technical Insights
Reginald Titus Jr.: Also, you know, Robert Rodriguez mentioned that, you know, when you're your own editor, you know, it's a real help to be able to see the vision all the way to the end and kind of know where things are going to go. You know, if you study Robert Rodriguez, he does a lot of jobs. Like he's, you know, the special effects supervisor, director, editor, writer, what are some other jobs, producer?
Casey G. Smith.: Editor, composer.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes. So like all these jobs, and and and then it makes me think about like just Hollywood in general. All these jobs are backed by some union. And the union, basically, they want to make sure that all their people are paid. So these people on a project like this, they want to make sure that, you know, their director's getting a minimum of a quarter million dollars, depending on the budget of the film. And same thing for the writers, and the same thing for that. And so there's like unions attached to each one of these jobs. So just think about the money involved with all these jobs. It it's it's very interesting, but the fact that you can kind of get away with that, it's awesome. And it was because of his, um, situation with, uh, Miramax and what was their their their spin-off company? I can't think of the name of their spin-off company. I think it's Dimension Films.
Casey G. Smith.: Dimension. Okay.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, and, you know, with the success of like Spy Kids and all this other films, he was like the perfect setup to do a film like this. You know, they're like, well, you made us millions of dollars, you know, hey, any they're going to listen anytime he has an idea.
Casey G. Smith.: You go ahead and do your thing.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And so he's like, hey, just give me, don't give me that much money. Give me enough money to do my thing, hire these people, but, um, they kind of leave him alone. And it's just the perfect setup for a film like this. Without without that setup and somebody like Robert Rodriguez, this movie probably would never have happened.
Casey G. Smith.: Well, at least not with, um, Frank Miller, I think as as a co-director. I think I think it would have been fine with him coming on, being a, you know, a producer or something like that, but having him as a a co-director, uh, yeah, I don't think it would have happened that way. And and and him also performing as many jobs as he did, because, you know, he works the camera a lot. And that's that's not always, uh, looked upon favorably in in in within the Hollywood system. But, you know, he was behind the camera, Tarantino was behind the camera on on the scene that that that he directed. Um, and again, like like you said earlier, Rodriguez loves to edit his own films because even as he's shooting and getting the coverage, he already knows how he's going to piece it and composite it. And this thing is a I mean, it's it's an amalgamation of all these different pieces and digital effects and different performances in different times.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's a real life Photoshop, basically. The way that they comp and everything, it's like folder a live Photoshop. It's After Effects.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. And again, it holds up it I can't say it enough how how impressive it is. It still it still holds up.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And so there was this action sequence in, uh, with Eli, Elijah Wood and, um, Mickey Rourke.
Casey G. Smith.: Mickey Rourke.
Reginald Titus Jr.: They had the fighting scene, and they weren't even in the same room when they were throwing these punches and kicks and all this stuff. It's just it's awesome how they were able to make that happen.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, when when they mentioned it, I'm like, oh wow.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And I could see the cuts. I could see exactly how it went down. And, you know, we kind of take that for granted. You need somebody that has vision, because when you watch a movie like the movie 300, which is a Frank Miller, uh, but it was directed by Zack Snyder. Um, they were able to turn it up a level, because Robert Rodriguez already showed the blueprint. So now it's like, okay, we got the blueprint, but how do you turn it up a notch? And I think 300 is a just an example of how you take the Sin City blueprint and just amp it up because it's already been proven. I like that movie. 300 is dope.
Casey G. Smith.: 300. Yeah. It's on my shelf. Yeah. And again, Zack Zack Snyder, uh, kind of similar to Rodriguez. He's a he's a he's a very generous filmmaker. On all any of his Blu-rays, he's he's he's laying out and rolling out the red carpet. He he makes his films with special features in mind. Uh, and I think Rodriguez does the the same thing as well. Just having that extra coverage. And one thing I I like about Rodriguez is that how he has just has the camera going.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, just keeps it rolling.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, just keeps it rolling, because even in rehearsal, you said Clive Owens did something in rehearsal and was kind of just working on the lines, but delivered a line in a certain way, it was like just all right, perfect, we can use that. But yeah, but in relation to just the film itself, being set within a a green screen world, a green screen room, it allowed them to shoot what he needed to shoot, and then take that and composite it and and work with Rourke's stunt double, and then Rourke working with Elijah's stunt double, and just fuse it together, and it's it's seamless. And if if if someone hadn't have told you, oh, they weren't even in the same space, you're like, wait, what? Yeah, it's wild. Like going back and looking at this after, of course, it's 2005. I started looking at this thing back in the day, 2008, 2009. Fast forward 10 years of being in video production, I can actually see how it's done. Like like, yeah, we could pull this off, if we had some money. Something not quite like that, but I'm just saying on the very low budget, you can probably pull some of these scenes off, and you can see how it's done. Yeah. Um, but, uh, to go kind of go with Frank Miller, that allowed him to go and direct some of his own films. So, he, what else did he direct? He directed another one of his graphic novels. I don't remember if I liked that one too much.
Reginald Titus Jr.: He did, um, The Spirit. Yes. Which wasn't his graphic novel. The Spirit is a character. No, the Spirit has been around for a long time. He was an older older character. Uh, but Frank Miller did not create The Spirit. But, um, I think it was, I don't want to.
Casey G. Smith.: No. Billy Zane?
Reginald Titus Jr.: The Latino woman, um, I can't Longoria?
Casey G. Smith.: Eva Longoria. Not Eva Longoria. It's the other lady. The Spirit. I'm right. Samuel Jackson, I'm trying to remember.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Eisner, see, it was Eisner. Yeah. Will Eisner, the famed comic book author. And I think he might draw too. Um, so, yeah, Frank Miller directed it. He and, uh, Eisner both co-wrote it. Billy Pope was the cinematographer. So, Jamie King, who is also in in Sin City. And then Gabrielle, or excuse me, Gabriel Macht. Macht. M A C H T. Uh, he plays The Spirit. And of course, he has Sam Jackson is in it. Um, Ava Mendez, is that her name?
Casey G. Smith.: Eva Mendez. She's in it also. Interesting. I've never I've never seen The Spirit. I I unfortunately heard just not good things, uh, not good things about it when it when it came out. I heard that it didn't go so well. Now I wonder if the difference is because of, you know, The Spirit not being like a an original character close to Frank Miller as far as capturing that voice. Even though he did kind of do what Rodriguez did, he went to Eisner, uh, the source to to help him direct it, but I think it was just something missing. Like, it's like I wasn't really concerned about the Sin City characters until Robert Rodriguez presented it. And it it's missing that factor. The juice that made Sin City what it was is honestly straight up, it's Robert Rodriguez and his passion and what he's trying to do behind it. Frank Miller, of course, you know, you know, cut his teeth, you know, directing co-directing with him, but standalone directing, I don't I don't see it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That was, um, even from his personality. Just looking at his personality when you see the behind the scenes on, you know, he's telling people certain things, and he seems way like in his own world, a little bit more introvert, you know, as a as a cartoonist and things like that. It to me, you know, I'm just from the far outside looking in, it seems like he may not have the skill set to be that kind of director.
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, you know, there's so many different directors out there, you know, whether like a George Lucas, who kind of comes across as a bit introverted, but he didn't even direct all the Star Wars films. Uh, from the original trilogy. So, yeah, um, that yeah, and that movie had a bigger budget too. It was like $60 million. But he earned it. So it it was it was like, okay, Sin City did its thing. Okay, we're going to give it to you. This is the creator, this is that. Like from a studio standpoint, it makes sense. Yeah. But when you're like, if you're following Robert Rodriguez and understand what makes this thing happen, it's like, oh, Robert's not going to be proud of this? Y'all not co-directing, you're not.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I wonder what I wonder what happened there. Why why, uh, Rodriguez wouldn't have been a part of that in some kind of way. I don't know. I have to look into it. Maybe he's one of the producers on the project. I didn't look that deep, but, yeah, I wasn't really drawn. And when I found out Robert wasn't part of it, I wasn't really concerned. Like, nah. I'll wait till DVD comes out.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. I I wish it had gone well for for Frank, but yeah, that one, again, I've I've heard just not kind things about it. But I should see it for myself to be able to form my own opinion. I watched it once, and I was, nah. Yeah. I'm going to revisit it, though, after especially after going back and looking at Sin City. Definitely going to go back, check out this The Spirit. May not make a whole commentary about it, but, uh, you sound very hesitant. The Spirit, man, maybe. Maybe not. That. I I should just check it out. Do you do you do you own it?
Reginald Titus Jr.: I did. Uh, it was on the DVD. It was on like DVD. I don't have it on Blu-ray. I'm getting kind of bougie the more I watch Blu-ray. Like, you know, I'm popping a DVD. I'm like, what is this? What's going on here? Something's wrong with the TV. Poke myself in the eye. Why is it? I'm like, glasses off. Do you know, did Frank Miller, did he direct anything else besides The Spirit and of course Sin City? They had Sin City 2, A Dame to Kill For, right?
Casey G. Smith.: Right. I when I when I see him on on IMDb, uh, you know, I click on his name, and from directing credit wise, they show some things that he produced, but from a directing standpoint, all I saw was, um, he may have, uh, also helped direct the Sin City, the second, the sequel to Sin City.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. I can see that. That I can definitely see. Robert Rodriguez bringing back like, come on, let's do another one. That would make sense. But solo Jackson by himself directing, I just don't see it.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. I think even the the second Sin City, A Dame to Kill For, I don't remember that being received all that well.
Reginald Titus Jr.: No, to me, honestly, I believe that that first one was enough. And so, $65 million dollar budget for part two.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, worldwide gross $39 million. Yeah, studio took a little bit of a bath on that one. So that that one did not, uh, but also, I mean, that one was plagued with, uh, with problems. Because, I mean, it didn't come out until 2014.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's too long.
Casey G. Smith.: That's a long way. But it wasn't, I mean, they I remember they started production on on that one a while. That was I mean, there were there were I think extensive reshoots. I mean, you you talk from 2005 to 2014, almost almost 10 years to to come out.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, that was forced. It was too late. They missed it. The perfect time would have been two years after that first one. Yeah, he didn't have to go back to the well on that one. I think people were beyond that afterwards.

Visual Effects and Collaborations
Reginald Titus Jr.: Another thing, he Robert Rodriguez, he split up the art houses for each story. So there's three stories in this film. And in each one of those sections, Robert Rodriguez hired a separate art house to do the effects for that specific story. This is genius, because this also involves like psychology. It's like, hey, it creates a little bit of competition between the art houses, like, who's going to do the better job? I think that was just genius on on Robert Rodriguez's part by doing that.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, and it worked out in their favor. Not only caused them to create more than they needed to, because he's like, oh, you know, if, uh, you know, if there's some stuff left, you can just, you know, make it a black backdrop, which none of the studios were going to do that. And then he would kind of drop subtle hints, oh, you know, the other studio, they're doing really well with their stuff. And that just, yeah, that pushed the competition, it pushed the the level of excellence, uh, within, you know, within each each of the studios. And it, yeah, man, again, it's just a beautiful film. It it absolutely shows. And it also helped give a different look to each of the stories. Uh, each of them have their has a slightly varied look to it. So, it was it was a it was a great strategy and it worked out.
Reginald Titus Jr.: There's a shot, um, well, we can just talk about networking, like how important it is to network. And Robert Rodriguez seems to be one of those extroverted people, not afraid to talk, you know, make sure everybody feels comfortable. And he talks about, you know, just finding projects for some of his, you know, acting friends, and talk about working with Jessica Alba and how, you know, uh, working with her, and how he wanted to find work for her, but it was just like, uh, one day we'll work together, you know, you got to find a project that makes sense for both of you, and then once y'all finally get to work on that project, it's just like, you know, being part of a family or something like that.
Casey G. Smith.: Absolutely, absolutely. He was finally able to to connect, and she, of course, played the role of Nancy and crushed it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, Robert Rodriguez talks about having an objective eye looking over your shoulder. So, um, once everything was shot, it was in a can, and he was editing, he would bring Frank Miller in to see a new cut every other month. Now, this kind of goes with my other point what I was saying. Like, if you're directing a movie, you're going to be there every single day.
Casey G. Smith.: You sound like you're speaking from experience, Reginald.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Every single day. What kind of director comes in every other month, son?
Casey G. Smith.: Man.
Reginald Titus Jr.: No, I'm just kidding.
Casey G. Smith.: Co-director. He was co-director.
Reginald Titus Jr.: But I think it was important, though, because Robert Rodriguez says that, you know, when when Frank would come in every other month. I'm just giving Frank Miller a hard time. Um, but when he would come into town, he would have the fresh eyes to kind of help Robert Rodriguez out. So, you know, take that as a hint, you know, have somebody that you can trust come in, look over your shoulder, and offer their suggestions on things you need to cut, because when you're the, you know, you've directed the thing, and now you're editing, you're too close to the project, and you need somebody to have the fresh eyes to give you some distance.
Casey G. Smith.: And what's fascinating that that actually worked in, uh, two ways. It it went the other way as well, because when they were were getting set to shoot certain scenes, and again, we know how closely Rodriguez stuck to the graphic novel, and how things were storyboarded and and how things certain scenes looked. And there was there were certain scenes where Frank thought, oh, maybe we should change this for the sake of the of the shot. But there were times where Robert was like, no, we'll keep it exactly like this. And and so they, you know, Frank being so close to the source material, sometimes it's like, oh, maybe I would have done this differently or that differently. And so it kind of helped, uh, have Robert be the objective view. And then, of course, in the editing, Frank was able to be that for for Robert Rodriguez. So, that was that was cool to see the partnership work both ways in that regards.
Reginald Titus Jr.: There there's a scene that uh Tarantino, uh, helped direct. And Robert Rodriguez, of course, convinced everybody to try to work with him. And, you know, him and Tarantino being friends, he was like, you know, come, I'm going to show you how this digital thing how it's working and stuff like that. And Tarantino's like, well, that's almost blasphemy. But, uh, because it it was so difficult to shoot Kill Bill and took so long and all that stuff. He's like, you know, I'm going to halfway listen to you and see what you're talking about. So, there's a portion in this film that's directed by Tarantino. And a lot of people thought it was the scene where Miho's coming in, chopping people's heads off, chopping their heads up. Makes perfect sense. We've seen that in Kill Bill. But it's not that. It's not that scene. It's the scene where Clive Owen and Benicio Tero Benicio Del Toro. Del Toro. They're having their conversation in the vehicle.
Casey G. Smith.: What what I found interesting leading up to Tarantino coming out and working with Rodriguez, while he was working on Kill Bill Volume 2, Rodriguez offered to do some of the the composing. Yeah. For Kill Bill Volume 2, and again, just speaks to the talent of Rodriguez. He's like, hey, I'll I'll I'll do that. And he did it for he did it at no cost. He did it for free. And kind of again, I'm sure he did it at the constant of his heart, but at the same time, he was able to extend an opportunity to Tarantino to say, hey, if you want to come and kind of just test out this digital thing, we're going to be shooting this scene. So, he created an opportunity for friend to kind of just help expose him to something new, made it as easy as possible, because all of Rodriguez's team was there. You know, he has his own digital production company in Austin. Right. When Tarantino had thought about doing things with digital before, you know, there were other hurdles. So, again, it goes back to them to, you know, your network. And he was able to network, able to to do a favor for a friend, and then turn that favor into even an opportunity for a friend. So it was still a win-win for Tarantino to come through, make it easy. And it's great to work with people that you like. It's great to be able to work with with friends. And and you can see you can see actually in the behind the scenes footage, uh, a full, it's a full take. Um, it's about it's about 14 minutes long, but it's it's part of Rodriguez just letting the cameras run, and him and Tarantino both being able to go in, give direction to the to the actors, but also being able to see what each other are both shooting, uh, between the two cameras, which was pretty cool as well. And that scene, man, the scene is pretty awesome. Just the way that it it it plays out, and and the lighting, and Tarantino taking influence from another, um, movie. But the fact that Tarantino says he was actually even a little bit nervous going into it, uh, it's like, wow, why would this guy be nervous? He's he's
Reginald Titus Jr.: He said he was storyboarding and writing all this stuff, and and no and Robert Rodriguez, they're crew, they're no they're nobody storyboard. They're just shooting shooting a lot. And Tarantino was coming in with his storyboards, like, okay, we're going to shoot this. They're like, what? A shot list? What are you doing? Wow. What are we doing today? What are we doing? So, that that's cool. You know, you over prepared for it. But hey, that's what you do as a director. You don't know what's going on, you over prepare.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, sir. And but be ready to be spontaneous. And if you have something that that's going to work better the day of, you know, be flexible and ready to to roll with that. Speaking of which, um, Tarantino talks about like just being inspired. So when inspiration hits. So there was a of course, the same scene that we're talking about, um, Clive Owen, you know, they were in between his monologue, they were going to cut in between. Clive Owen didn't, you know, didn't memorize his whole long couple pages of dialogue. But Tarantino wanted to do it like an all in one shot. And so, you know, he kind of asked, you know, could we do that? Could he could you learn the the lines? And Tarantino was more like, that could be a hit or miss with any actor. You know, it was like, okay, well, it'll take me a day to learn this. So, tomorrow we can do this.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes. And so Clive Owen being trained, what is it? How is he trained? Classically trained. Just takes it, goes with his coach, and in 10, 15 minutes, was it? It wasn't even 10 minutes, was it? Eight minutes. Eight minutes, learns his dialogue and crushes it. And delivers it just like, and again, you can you can literally watch in that in that same behind the scenes footage, you can literally watch Clive delivering the line, the monologue, straight on. Straight, straight on. So clearly, he learned it, and he was ready to go. Can you imagine that? Like, what do you have to what training trains that?
Casey G. Smith.: I'll be honest, it it's it's not it's not a uncommon skill set I think for hopefully for an actor to have. Uh, I remember I I took commercial acting class before. And one of the things we had to do, we we'd get, you know, these little commercials, and then you have to look at the dialogue. And then we would have to go and and get you get a little bit of time to prepare, and then go on camera and and do it. And so, one of the things.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It seems so awesome when you don't know the trick, you know.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, yeah. And so the key thing they would tell you is to try to look for keywords that kind of open up the the dialogue for you. You remember a couple of keywords, uh, it could be an adjective, it could be a noun, it could be a verb, but if you can remember that keyword, then that can kind of boom, all right, as long as I remember this, then I know that the whole sentence is is this. Or this word means all of this. And yeah, that's the perfect explanation for this. Um, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Alfonso, am I saying this name right, the one that played Carlton? Yes. So, he mentioned how they had to memorize lines very quickly. And he would learn like the whole script. Like he would know, um, Will Smith's lines, he would know his lines. And so he visually, he said it looks like this. When you're looking at I'm looking at Will Smith, and as I'm looking at Will Smith, as he's saying his dialogue, imagine like a hologram of a script floating over his head. And you you can kind of see it then when it's your turn, you're like, like a teleprompter, almost like a visual teleprompter. Yeah, exactly. It's like a teleprompter, you can see it. And that's like the just, you know, that's how he explained how it looks to an actor when you're doing this.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Well, quick an addition to that, Will Smith early on, in the early episodes of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, they said that Will Smith, of course, he had like everybody's lines memorized. And they say in some of the earlier episodes, you can actually see him when you have kind of a a a a full shot of of maybe multiple people in in in a scene. If you look at Will Smith, you can almost see his lips moving. He's like mouthing the lines of of the other actors. And they had to kind of say, no, Will, uh, stop, you're moving your mouth, kind of verbalizing or or at least lip syncing to other people's lines. We got to have you not do that, you know. And so he was so dialed in and knew knew the whole script. So that's that's fascinating to to see and hear. But true professionals. Again, not not knocking anybody, if if if your preparation, uh, if your system is to have to take a little bit more time, because you need to get into a certain head space and maybe it takes you a little bit longer, that's fine. And Tarantino even says that. He says, you know, every actor's different. But it's all that more impressive that Clive Owens would say, okay, just give me a little bit of time and come back eight minutes later. There you go. Clive Owen. Every time I see him, there he was in this movie called Shoot 'Em Up. Have you seen this movie called Shoot 'Em Up? I don't, uh, maybe. I don't I don't think so. No, you would know. Um, he's almost like Bugs Bunny in this movie. Like, he has a literally has a carrot in his mouth. And it's like, they're shooting so many people in this movie. It's ridiculous. Like, it's cartoonish how many people they're shooting up in this movie. It's literally called Shoot 'Em Up. And the time it was supposed to come out, I don't it was like one of the school shootings that came out like a like almost like Columbine. I don't know if it what year was Columbine? It was either Columbine or another shooting right after that, but it made like national news, and this movie was in the Hollywood system, but as soon as that hit, they were like, okay, we can't do it. So like years and years later. So anyway, Clive Owen, Shoot 'Em Up, check that movie out, and the director who did that. It might be one worth visiting later on. So, if you want to see Clive Owen's at what I believe is his best. There's a show called The Knick. It was on Cinemax, and it ran for two seasons, just two seasons. It's an American. Yes. Um, Steven Soderbergh directed it. And I heard about it through through another show, Collider TV Talk. They mentioned it, and they were they they they kept mentioning it week after week. And I was like, man, okay, let me check this out. Put in the first episode. And it's a period piece. It's it's based around the the Knickerbocker, um, Hospital in New York. But, man, it's got drama, it's got dynamics, it's got André Holland, uh, who also is a is a great actor. And and, oh man, I can't think of the other actor's name, but he's he's a he's a bigger guy. And he he's also in, um, on the same TV show as Sterling K. Brown. This Is Us. He he's the he's the the bigger guy who's always making jokes, um, with his with his girlfriend, uh, on that show. He does an Irish accent in The Knick. I thought the dude was Irish. And then I hear, I'm like, oh, this dude's American. Impressive. But anyway, Clive Owens in The Knick, yes. You welcome, Clive Owens. Yes. Which has boosted you up. Boom. Hey, that's what happened when you're great, though, right? Indeed. Favorite scenes, you know, just going on a tangent. What's your favorite scene from the film? I like the the joint Brittany Murphy, you know.

Final Thoughts and Outro
Casey G. Smith.: Oh man.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I like the scene introducing Clive Owen. There are so many good scenes. Um, yeah, there's a lot of good scenes. What is the uh the actress who played, she was in Entourage. She played the one of the executives in Entourage. In this movie in, um, Sin City. Sin City. She's she gets her arm cut off and eaten. Oh, that is Miss Carla. So yeah, when when when when she's introduced, she's hardly wearing anything. And it's funny, because Tarantino's like, oh, look at this scene. I like this. I really like this shot. It's like, right, it's like, right as he's coming in.
Casey G. Smith.: He's like, right as he's coming in. Like she's like walking, like a shot on her butt. And it's like, oh, so it's so well lit.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I'm like, oh really? Is it really Tarantino? But, you know, she she is a she's a talented actress. She's, um, you know, she's in she's in Watchmen, uh, also. She's, uh, Silk Spectre's mom. And so she's the she's the younger version of of of she is. Yeah. Sally Jupiter, Sally Jupiter. Uh, wait, I don't hope I'm not getting that that wrong. Um, Sally is the original, the original Silk Spectre. And then the other.
Casey G. Smith.: I don't know her face. Yes. The movie. I totally forgot about that. Yeah, so she's also was in, uh, Sucker Punch. Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch. Yeah. She's in the the cabaret kind of scene. She's one of the main performers in that. Yeah. Definitely like just very, very talented. But, favorite scenes. Man, I like a lot of, man, I like a lot of scenes in the film, clearly. Mickey Rourke, man, he is as Marv, he is just it kills it. Yeah. Um, when he is when he's getting his tools ready, you know, and I like Rodriguez's decision to cut to each each tool, you know, my, you know, you know, this hammer and these these gloves and these tubes, and my mitts, you know.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That makes me laugh every time I see it. I was like, oh. He's like, he's so dialed in. Um, when I I like I like the shot where he is there where him and and and uh Carla's character are, they're they're captured, and she's, you know, without her hand. Honestly, when she even says, you know, he made me watch, he made me watch. I don't know if it's a little cheesy, but I kind of I kind of I kind of. They reminds me of push the highlights down. Yeah. Scott. When you when you repeat yourself like that, it's bigger, it's more more dramatic. But when he's up there like kind of trying to pull the bars, yeah, you know, off off the prison. Even to see the green screen version of that of him like kind of just sitting on a ladder and he has like these little gloves on his hands. I'm like, oh, that's cool. But I just I just I like the look of that scene. And the the fight scene with him and, uh, Kevin, I think is is Elijah's character's name. Oof. Um, yeah, a lot of the Marv stuff stands out. Him under the water. I don't even know if I have a favorite scene, but they those are the ones that stand out. Marv under the water doing his thing, all the blood squirting out. No, okay, my favorite scene is probably when the when they what what's the name of the city when the the name of the town when it's just run by hookers? Basin. But there's a city inside of Sin City, a town in Sin City where it's just run by prostitutes. And they basically have a deal with the police. Like, the police don't go into that town, they don't go into that, they don't mess with each other. It's. They they they the police get a cut of what they make, and in turn provide protection from the pimps and the mobsters to keep them to keep them out or from taking over. This scene when, um, one of the young prostitutes is walking the street, and the the character that's the the boyfriend or ex-boyfriend of Brittany Murphy's character Benicio Del Toro's getting into it. Benicio Del Toro, following her in in the middle of this aisle and she pulls he pulls a gun out, and she was like, this is the worst thing you could have done in your life. Oh, honey, that's the worst mistake you could have made. Then out of nowhere, Miho just throws a a star. Man. At his hand. Hand pops off. Blood gushes out. But it's like white blood. Yeah. So it makes for a very, very awesome effect. And then Miho just jumps onto the hood and just stabs everybody with the swords, cutting people's heads off and all that stuff. Goes to town on them. Then one of my favorite actresses, Rosario Dawson, pops out anywhere. I'm like, oh, well, hello. How are you doing today? How you doing, Rosario? A lot of great shots. A lot of lot of awesome scenes in this in this film. Um, yeah. I think that's probably my favorite sequence. Man, I'm still I'm I don't know. I don't know. There's so many there's so many good ones. Uh, I I like I like a lot of Bruce Bruce Willis's, um, scenes with his character. I do like the shots when they're moving in, and it's uh the rain, the Frank Miller rain is in the background, and then they go in close to the eyes. Like, you can't do that in real life. And so, like, that stylized version of rain is pretty awesome. Gives a the feeling. I don't know what feeling it is, but it's it's cool. Gives a certain tone and texture. Yeah, because the water's not running down into the actor's eyes, into their faces. I really I really like the whole scene and Britney Murphy's performance. Oh, yeah. Just like because I mean because she she kind of goes kind of the over the top kind of classic film noir kind of thing. When when, uh, Del Toro's going to the bathroom, and and and the other and he's like, he's he's he's slapped, uh, Britney Murphy's character. And one of the other guys said something to her, and she's like, she grabs a knife, and she's like, you keep your hands to yourself. I'll cut off your little back. You know, just the way she delivers that line and even after after Clive Owen's jumps off the, you know, off the out of the window and onto the ground, and and she's like, oh yeah, you damn fool, you ruined the whole thing. She's like just this over-the-top just kind of throwback to that noir kind of feel. Uh, I just I know I I just I enjoy her her delivery throughout. And in the in the small amount of time, because she only shot literally for one day. She did all the scenes she's in all that in one day, which again speaks to the beauty of when you're shooting digitally, you aren't you know, it's a weird dynamic because you you aren't pressed for time for the sake of, we're in this location just for this period of time, we got to go. You, but you literally can, you don't have to worry about flipping a a the scenes so much. Um, but you can get all this coverage and all these and all these, let me you can get all these performances, and it's really more so a matter of of of a wardrobe change, really, in in her case. And he then Rodriguez can just composite in whoever he needs to composite in, and not even really have to worry about too much about people coming back and doing pickups. He can get somebody for every scene that he that he needs them for during that period of time. And that's how he was able to do with her. Even her interactions with Bruce Willis's character when he comes into the bar. You know, composited together. So, she was able to knock out all that she needed. And people and Robert Rodriguez said this in some of his other stuff. He's like, people wonder why how I'm able to get all these stars, because people's, you know, schedules are crazy. And it's a good salesman. He's like, hey, you know, all you need to come in is for one day. I just need you for one day. You know, he tell the, um, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Michael Duncan, Dustin Hoffman, Antonio Banderas. So, I remember him telling them that, like, hey, I just need you for like just 10 days, or whatever. Like, you can give me done in that in that amount of time, or whenever he's doing the Spy Kids and he's able to bring everybody in. He's like, hey, I would just shoot today, will be your day. I'm just going to shoot you today. It's all about you and then you're out. Um, and that entices, you know, actors to kind of come in. It's like, you know, they get their rate, whatever that is, you know, $20,000 for a day, okay, let's go. You know.
Casey G. Smith.: And they get to act. They get to spend more time acting versus kind of the sit and wait, which, you know, happens on a on a lot of a lot of sets. But they can just, all right, we're going to boom, set this up. And again, there's less setup because it was all green screen. Yeah. So, it's like, all right, we'll get we're ready to go. And even with that, again, with a lot of the lighting, you know, there there they're using digital lighting in a lot of cases. So it was like, all right, we'll just boom, onto the next scene. Wardrobe change, makeup. Um, speaking of lighting, the thing about green screen is that you have to fully light somebody from behind, from the side, everywhere to be able to comp them and put them on any kind of background that you need them to be on. And when doing that, you can make things super stylized. So there's a shot with Clive Owen when he's on the ledge with Brittany Murphy. And in a realistic setting, light hitting him from the front will spill over onto the background of the building. But because of how he shot it, like, he can just be very well lit, and then behind him, there's no light. But that doesn't happen in real life, but in this world, it does.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You can control it. You can literally control in in in the physics of of it all. And that, yeah, that definitely makes a huge difference. Like we mentioned with the rain, um, same kind of example where you can have that stylized effect. And also with with these characters, just kind of stay true to the graphic novel, they kind of have this like kind of white outline on them, which he was able to incorporate to really make them stand out and truly make truly make this for the most part, aside from some selective coloring, a black and white film. And he says, you know, a lot of films we call black and white are really, uh, are really gray, you know, kind of gray and white films. But this this the contrast, you know, within this film, it's truly black and white. And considering that it's digital, that's pretty amazing. Being informed is the best gift that you can give yourself. Uh, Robert Rodriguez talks about knowing enough about each job so that nothing is a pain in the butt. Using another word, but nothing's a pain in the butt. And and when when you're like that, and you know a little bit about each job, you can be ahead of everybody. And Tarantino kind of talks about how he talks about like in Kill Bill, how, you know, they were using CGI just to kind of get rid of like wires and things like that. But, you know, Tarantino had an idea to actually incorporate some CGI. He's like, hey, what do you think what do y'all think about this? And they give him all reasons why they can't do it or anything like that. Well, well, how long it would take. Yeah, so basically, they're selling Tarantino on the fact that this is going to take a long time. But had Tarantino been informed on like how special effects works and the computer world, he'd be like, no, actually, So let's just go ahead and get this knocked out real quick. Yeah, the the unknown or the fear of the unknown definitely can can hinder and prevent you from taking steps, trying new things. Um, but Rodriguez used his his different films from Once Upon a Time in Mexico to the Spy Kids franchise to really perfect the visual effects aspect of things. The and and various areas. And also even his his just background in music. The kind of the improvisation, the willingness to try new things, and and be able to play all kinds of instruments and know all different kinds of parts. Kind of just that mindset has just fueled him to be able to to be able to do that. And so, again, once again, when Tarantino came through, Rodriguez had it all set up. Had his team ready to go. So that just made it so much easier for, um, for Tarantino to to come in and and give it a shot and do that scene. He had nothing to lose and very little, even though he did some preparation, but very little to stress about.
Casey G. Smith.: Bruce Willis makes a quick guest appearance on the commentary. And he's, you know, talking with Robert Rodriguez and he talks about how like, um, actors don't really view producers as part of the creative team. So like, they were talking in regards to like Frank Miller. And he said, you know, Frank Miller could have very easily just been like, you know, the writer or the person that's the creator, um, or a producer on the project. But Robert Rodriguez asked Bruce Willis, you know, having him as a co-director, I'm wondering for you, that was that was it more helpful. And basically, Bruce Willis, yeah, it was, you know, it was easier him being a co-director, knowing that he was part of the creative team. It it helped tremendously, and I can kind of go to him and ask some kind of like some background information on some of the characters and, you know, Frank Miller would give him like some cryptic stuff to, you know, whatever they were talking about, something real quick and then it it helped out Bruce Willis.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Absolutely. because Frank had such an intimate knowledge of these characters that he had created. Um, all these characters are original characters that came from from Frank. But also Bruce Willis, once he met with Frank, uh, Bruce Willis has a love for film noir. Uh, a genuine love for that. And he he loves pulp, um, and those kind of pulp, uh, books. And so, obviously, he was in Pulp Fiction as well. But then being able to do this kind of film, that just worked out perfect. And having Frank there, he could go and say, well, you know, is is this kind of true to to this character, what they would do? And Frank could give him whatever he needed. And so, with all that, you know, he Bruce was able to shoot, uh, 10 days. And he said, you know, he felt he got done in 10 days, what normally would take five weeks to to accomplish. Again, he said that that the actors gave a lot of respect to to Frank Miller and to his his work, and even the panel. So, like, they they they didn't really have a a script. I mean, they had a a a script, but by and large, the actors used the books that was like the influence of the dialogue for for all of that. Again, Rodriguez did not, uh, take a screen writing credit because, I mean, they were using and adapting the dialogue from the graphic novel. Um, I mean, that's a really being faithful. But again, the actors respected Frank, and and valued his, um, his feedback, his comments, his his notes. Um, again, this thing, again, you see it behind the scenes. This thing is green screen. If you get a chance, I I encourage you to watch the the 10-minute green screen version of the film, where Rodriguez just it's it's it's literally like the same edit. Everything's edited together, but it's just it's on fast forward, like 10 minutes, you're going to go through like the whole film. But you still see the movement of the performances, which is it's it's pretty good. It's pretty cool. It's pretty cool to see.
Casey G. Smith.: All right. That's our episode. Appreciate it. You're welcome. you have a good one. Peace out. You're welcome.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You're welcome. Next week. Question. Do we have a way for our listeners to chime in? So, if you go to facebook.com/filmmakercommentary, there's a fan page specifically for this. And we've had somebody reach out before. Okay. And, um, and I let them know. He he said he enjoyed the Lady Bird, um, episode. And I was like, hey, if you have any suggestions, let them know. And he said, hey, I will. Okay. This is your chance. This is your time. So, how about by, um, by Monday, by Monday. Right, we give you guys a weekend, so by Monday, you let us know whether you want us to, uh, cover either Cadillac Records, or if you want us to cover Monster. We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to. Oh, God. Was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So. We both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie trading company close by where I'm at. I went to the DVD section first, because they normally rent DVDs and they don't rent Blu-rays. Went, found a copy, no commentary. I was like, oh, man. So then I they didn't have a they didn't have a Blu-ray there. And so they directed me to another location. I went out there, they did have only one. So, I went to that location out in Garland. Super friendly, super helpful. They had the Blu-ray. And so I just I just grabbed it and said, all right, cool. Then I I I got home. Now, within that process, Red had reached out to me because he was trying to also track down this coveted Blu-ray of Monster. And turns out that, you know, I got my copy in Garland, and it was only one there. So, he had to go up to Allen. Which is like 35 minutes from where we live. A little bit of a trek. And so, he got his copy. And I hadn't started watching, uh, mine yet. And he reached out to me and was like, hey, man, uh, there's no commentary on this. I don't see it. Have you seen one on yours? I'm like, uh, and I looked on the back, and then I looked on Amazon, and this was a different version of the Blu-ray. Uh, so, yeah, neither of which that that we had purchased had commentary. So, we both made the same mistake. Yes. So, you know, trust but verify. Read the back, uh, every time. So, nonetheless, that's why we didn't do Monster this go around for those of you who are who are astute and and keen. So, we had to call an audible and, uh, take a trip to Sin City. And I was excited to actually talk about Monster. I was like, dear God. Like, I didn't haven't even watched the movie at all. Um, I knew about the movie, but I've never seen it. And so watching it, I was like, what? Yeah. And based on a true story. That's what even worse. Like, my wife, she didn't want to see it. She was like, what is this? Charlie, you know, there's some conspiracy theories about Charlie. We'll get that later in life. But, uh, we, uh, I played the trailer, and it caught her attention like right away. She was like, oh, God, I didn't know this was about that. We got to watch it. The trailer is perfect. The the the trailer is perfect. It it's an old school trailer, too. But it paints it perfectly, you know. Like, what would you do? And it's easy to to to judge people and things like that. But what would you do? And if you grew up under the same circumstances and things like that, it makes you just think a lot. So, I I really wanted to talk about that film, but hey, it's all good. So, you let us know. Um, go ahead at the Facebook fan page for Filmmaker Commentary. Let us know by Monday the 14th, will it be, once again, Cadillac Records, or will it be Monster? We definitely want to cover another film by a woman director. We know originally our plan was to cover Monster. So, a funny thing happened on the way to the movie store. So, um, we both were looking for a copy of Monster. Now, we had seen on Amazon that there was a Blu-ray edition that did have commentary. I went to my local spot by my my my movie