iTunes Exclusive Episode Love And Mercy

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My name is Rob, I am the executive producer of the Clubhouse podcast.
Normally, I said before we are your one-stop shop for all things sports entertainment,
but for this particular episode, we're going to be more entertainment intensive.
Whenever we do one of these, it's usually to review a film, or something of its ilk, and this is no exception.
I'm not alone for this particular episode, because joining me across the desk is the official fact checker of this show,
and a man whose life is an endless summer.
You may know I'm as fun, don't go, but his mom and even don't want to call him Don Ford.
Welcome sir.
Hello sir.
It's good to see you sir.
Good to see you.
Here for another review.
Yeah, and you're in a driver's seat here, exactly.
We saw this about the...
You did.
Yeah, there's no weed.
You're in a driver's seat here.
Yes, that's about three months ago, and when they did, like, a late early screening.
So, and before we get in, we got to first off think, Carol, like, Caleb or Smith,
for inviting us to this film.
Very sweetly.
Oh, yes.
Thank you for inviting me to this film.
I was very fortunate with the many friends of this show we have.
Yeah, great list.
So, the film we're here that we're here to talk about today is Love and Mercy.
Directed by Bill Polad, who's only directed only one other feature called Old Explorers.
But he's done plenty of producing, a little bit of writing, things of that elk.
This is basically, you could call it the live story of Brian Wilson, but it only takes place
in two different areas in his life.
Correct.
In the 60s and in the 80s.
Of course, played by two different actors.
A Paul Dano, who plays the younger one.
John, the great John Cusack, who plays the older brothers also.
Also in this film, Paul Giamati, Elizabeth Banks, D Wallace.
Looks like a great cast.
Don, tell me about the look of the film first.
There are two different looks in this film.
There is the look of the 80s when they're dealing with the older John Cusack.
I mean, with the older Brian Wilson played by Cusack, and then there's the other look
when Paul Dano plays the younger Brian Wilson when the beach boys are kind of starting off.
In that kind of early look, it has that kind of look of like when you see old film
from the 50s from those old cameras.
It had that kind of gritty look into it.
Then it went to the 1980s when they're dealing with the older Brian Wilson.
It's like a fresh clean look.
So there were two totally different looks.
So you could always tell where you were exactly about what just by the look of the film.
Basically, you do that and see in which person's playing Brian Wilson at the time.
Going from there to the direction of the film, I do have some issues with the direction of the film.
How's up on this?
They tried putting, I think, two movies into one.
And I did not think that they mixed well.
Do you think it was, and this is an odd thing because there are two different storylines going on.
Do you feel like much like the disappearance of Eleanor Rigby this could have been two films?
Exactly.
So it was a person.
Was it two heavy on one or the other or just two heavy overall?
Two heavy overall.
Okay.
Because it showed two different directors did each time period in this.
But it was the same director.
But it was the same director, but it felt like it was two different movies.
Now, into the, into the, the film itself, I really, really enjoyed the story of Brian Wilson at the later years when two seconds playing him.
On that kind of storyline, it's doing where he's being medicated in kind of being basically ran by the guy who,
who Paul G. Amani plays the Doctor Eugene Landy.
And this is based on, you know, true events and stuff like that.
That story where he meets Melinda, who's played by Elizabeth Banks and he starts this relationship.
That story is incredible.
That part of the film, the whole thing is incredible, where you see,
G. Amani at his best, as you know, you know what you're going to get with him and he did not disappoint in his role.
He played this Doctor Landy incredible, where he sees a threat by Melinda or, you know, Lizard Banks saying,
He's going to, she's going to take away my golden goose.
He basically had my cast power of attorney.
He runs his life.
Okay.
And he's like so abusive and controlling.
It's not even funny.
Okay.
And it shows that in that storyline was incredible how they act as flowed,
how they, their chemistry together.
Brian, well, I mean, Paul Germani and upset John, who's acting.
Yeah.
Now let me ask you this.
Was there one storyline you preferred over the other?
Oh, in a heartbeat.
The 1980s.
So you prefer the older?
Yeah.
When I was watching the other storyline,
through about the first third of the one he's younger.
It was kind of interesting.
It was kind of different to see.
But after a while, you hated that storyline.
It got just so weird.
Because they're trying to show this guy going into psychosis and how he's learning about his mental disability
or his brain issues and stuff like that.
But the way he showed it was just horrible.
Now it was your problem more with the story or the performance or both.
I would say the directing and how they tried to portray the story of him as the younger Brian
Wilson.
Now part of the movie after about the first 10 minutes into that.
It's like, what is this guy thinking?
What would this film, this part is horrible?
Please give me back to the other storyline.
I don't care about the storyline because it's so horrible and how he directed it
and how the plot went and how he's trying to show somebody going through this mental issues.
It did not work at all.
How did you feel about Danos performance himself as the young boy?
He attempted.
But I think the director ruined it.
Okay.
Danos done some incredible stuff.
I think he tried doing the best with what he had.
But he overdid the psychotic part way too much.
Because Brian Wilson, not a normal individual.
No, no, no.
But they showed in giving idea when you're watching the film.
It's like, oh no, not back to the old times.
Not back to the 20s.
You know, when he's in 20s, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Go back to you, look.
Hurry up, hurry up.
Get back to the other one.
So any issues with the performances overall?
You feel like it was more on the fault of the film maker.
Totally.
Totally.
Yeah, like I said, Danos did good with what he had.
I don't fault him on that.
Okay.
But for some reason when he get to this new storyline,
it was so incredible.
Chris Pline, it showed how this guy was just so subservient to the doctor.
Okay.
They're chemistry and all of them together weren't credible.
I mean, any standouts for you?
I know you say, you know, you're not, you know, I'm going to say that again.
It's all right.
You know what you're going to get when you deal with Paul Jim on.
Because he's Paul Jim on.
Yeah.
But no, he hit it out of the ballpark on this.
He was just so ruthless on the part of playing this doctor
who is controlling, who is taking every aspect of his life into control.
Taking care of his finances, running his life basically a babysitter and says,
you're not allowed to be with this person.
You're not allowed to be with that person.
You're not allowed to date her and Jim on he saw, like I said earlier,
the threat of trying to, you know, have Paul John,
Jim on he lose the golden egg on this.
So Jim on he played this psychotic doctor just perfectly to a T.
The, I just said, it's like two films in the second film was just totally incredible.
The acting wasn't credible.
No faults in that and that's all.
That's all I care about.
Because the movie's right at two hours.
Yeah.
So you really felt that maybe you could, could this have been better as like a one hour special
on like an HBO or would you like to have seen it go deeper into that story?
I would be honest with you, I would have just loved can see about an hour and a half film
of the later stories of the later years of Brian Wilson because it was just incredibly done.
I love that part.
Okay.
Anything else you want to add?
Um, like I said, this is a really weird film to try to say,
yes or no to because it's two different films in one.
And one failed when it was incredible.
But beyond that, acting was great for the later for all the main characters.
Can't complain on that.
But again, we got to take care of like a were Smith from inviting us and let me see this thing.
Absolutely.
We love our partners and she's one of them.
Oh, yeah, totally.
So the way we do the final analysis on this show, we don't give you greater grades.
Thumbs up thumbs down one to ten, whatever.
Our audience we like to refer to as the empire is better than that.
It's a two question process.
Question number one.
Is would you see this film again?
The answer is no.
Then we're done here.
If the answer is yes, then the question becomes,
how far would you be willing to go to see this film again?
Would you see it in first run?
Would you see it at night,
twilight, daytime, early morning,
second run?
Would you run it from red box?
Would you stream it from Netflix?
Would you wait for it on TV?
So done?
Would you see this film again?
Yes, I would.
Okay.
How before would you be willing to go to do so?
I'm very specific on this.
Something like HBO because I could DVR it.
Okay.
And then that way, is it something that you would DVR and keep around?
Or would you just DVR just to watch it and then delete it?
Maybe keep around for a little bit.
But I would only DVR because then I could fast forward through the younger Brian.
Just a part that you want to see.
Exactly.
I would just okay.
Back to the 20s.
Get ready to pass forward.
Fast forward.
Okay.
Now we're back to the 80s.
Incredible storyline loved it.
That kind of thing.
Anything you want to put on the end of this deal.
Now that's it.
All right.
That's the way I recommend it for the people to see it.
Just like that.
Shall we do the plot?
Totally.
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