Bird Box podcast movie review. The Mule movie review. Happy New Year 2019

Bird Box on Netflix ends 2018 in the meme hall of fame 

Did we watch this movie because you the fact that it dominated the “meme” scene on instagram between Christmas and New Year’s

Did we like a Sandra Bullock’s performance? What’d we like about it. 

What happened to the Police academy recruit and her Tall blond junkie paramour? Where’d they go? why? did they make it? why no closure? And here’s why I ask, “The OB/Gyn lady from the beginning of the movie came back at the end, so if we’re randomly closing that loop, i feel like we should’ve closed the one of the police girl and her junkie BF.”

Why were certain people “immune to the mass suicides”? The only quasi-explanation we got was “people who aren’t right mentally” are totally fine. But they also think that 1) whatever they’re seeing is beautiful, and they're compelled to show everybody "the beauty”. But, they are somehow cunning enough to fein victimhood even though they know they are making people kill themselves, and seem lustfully determined to let them kill themselves. 

They never really explained “what the evil spirits were”. They essentially used “sound, wind effects, and creepy music” in place of a true villain or monster (which is creative). 

The spirits not being able to “come inside the houses” also seemed a little flimsy… but I get it. 

John Malkovich was being John Malkovich 

using the car to go to the grocery store — the most far fetched thing — that “GPS NAVIGATION” works well enough to drive you to your destination while you’re blinded. 

The Birds “knowing people were good ad bad” i guess we needed that part. Since it’s the name of the movie 

Was this movie short on explanations because it was haphazardly created, or were they “crazy like a fox” in knowing that they’ll likely make a sequel? 

The Mule review: Had an interesting premise, had a strong cast, and somehow it never quite became the movie we hoped.

Seemed heavy handed in the plot twist movements. Clint missed his daughters wedding for a flower convention. wouldn’t you choose a wedding day that is mutually agreeable for the parents of the bride? Wouldn’t you do so out of “season” especially since they lived in Peoria, Illinois and therefore have a winter/ no growing season. 

The relationship between Clint and Bradley Cooper was really “Chummy” and his relationship with the Cartel prior to Andy Garcia’s character getting murdered was really chummy. 

The grand daughter’s relationship with Clint’s character was way too manufactured and the way in which she called him to say that his ex-wfie was sick and her acting in that scene, not strong. Felt like a Lifetime TV movie in terms of quality. But, somehow Clint and Bradley Cooper and Lawrence Fishburn and Andy Garcia are in the cast. 

I’m not sure I buy the whole “started muling” in 2017 after he lost his business… would have been more interesting if he’d been  mule the whole time and that’s why his family life was garbage. The fact that he put family over business and somehow was still Broke at between 2005 and 2017 because the “Internet” killed the mom and pop flower business… that took my interest level down a few pegs for sure 

Clint confessing to everything at the end - seems like the right move to save his family. If he gets off on probation that Cartel definitely comes after him.

The overly stereotyped messaging in this film was basically, if old white men wanted to be mules and the Cartel would just let them meander around at their own pace, then they’d be #1, also seems like wild hyperbole. 


Rank the places listening in terms of where you’d like to visit next: Ashburn, VA / Atlanta/ Toronto / London / Angeles City Philippines/ Willemstad Curacao / Athens / Cape Town / Christchurch NZ / Orebro Sweden / Schwabisch Hall Germany / Sao Paulo  

Red Sox Dodgers World Series 2018

Red Sox vs Dodgers world series 2019 

Places listening - Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Jawalakhel Nepal, Cape Town South Africa, Budapest, Los Angeles 

Top Nations listening The Phillippines, UK, Netherlands, Czech Republic 

Chappelle show had a skit in which Dave shared his views on the world at 18, 24 and 30

Pats have essentially been great in the regular season this whole 17 year period 

But with the Sox it’s more of a “check in” when they’re really good. They have the highest payroll or a top 3 payroll each year... but baseball is so random it doesn’t always work. 

So if I look at where I was when Sox clinched ALCS in ‘04, ‘07 and ‘13 it’s a very interesting  look at the past 14 or so years 

‘04 - living in Worcester Ma. Working 3 part time jobs. Sting of 03 Brett Boone homer still fresh. Sox still viewed as cursed. 

The come back in the series from Down 0-3 to the Yankees. Winning in yankee stadium. 

Francona bringing out Pedro for no reason and yankee stadium and the ghost of babe Ruth rising one last time to chant who’s your daddy as 56,000 people with one voice. 

The World Series sweep being an epilogue, as opposed to the climax - dude to the yankee history. 

Andrew Patterson walking down Lexington ave in head to toe Sox gear and spike lee acknowledging it, without saying a word

The idiots concept. The Red Sox needed a team of utter free spirits and irrational confidence guys - in order to escape the baggage of the curse 

2007 proved that the Sox could win as front runners, but not without drama. 
The JD Drew grand slam. Josh Beckett being a stud before he was acting like an entitled turf 

I was in philly - I was 28. I was in a new job, in a new city, more playing a the role of a “grown up” than actually being one at the time. This title gave me the ability to “breathe easy” for a bit, especially now knowing some very tough sledding that was about to occur. 

2013 - 34 years old - living at walnut academy - working in NH

Tigers series. Rosco and I were playing a show in Northampton Ma. David Ortiz hit that famous homer. With the cop in the bullpen

Changing the words of Daft Punks “get lucky” on stage as an homage to big papi. 

This was the marathon bombing year 

Celebrating with my brother and my cousin Doug - reminded me of the 1999 alcs when the Sox lost, but we were in college, so the fun of just having beers and screaming at the tv with friends. 

This was “The beards/ facial hair” team - a facial hair zenith. A perfect blend of youth, veterans having career years and health. Team came out of nowhere. 

The bridge title between the bruins and the pats 4th Super Bowl win

2018 - 39 years old. Living in charlotte, NC.  Best regular season team in sox history. An amazing outfield. David Price getting “over the hump” to win a series clincher. 

Cindy Harrington narrating the end of game 5 as I drove home from Winston-Salem a bullpen that is still a nightly adventure. Dustin Pedroia in the final days of a career that’s already ended, but thinking how vital he was to the 07 and 13 teams and thinking of the full circle journey. 

I have no idea what will happen- I can’t believe that two former Sox world champs Alex Cora and Dave Roberts are the managers. 

Imagine rooting against Dave Roberts ??  Only in baseball 

You’ve celebrated all but 1 of Boston’s 21st century championships in LA. The only real comparison to this would be the 2008 and 2010 NBA Finals — what’s it like to live the Boston/LA rivalry in LA?

If it wasn’t the red sox - would you be pulling for dodgers under every other circumstance? 

what’s your best guest on the ratio of Sox fans to Dodgers fans in Dodger Stadium?

What do the Dodgers do better than the Yankees or Astros that has you worried? 

You know how our grand parents had to live through the depression, and that period of time really shaped their sense of always conserving resources? To me that’s a little like sports. I can’t shake the feels that this run will end at one point, almost to the point of being too nervous to fully embrace it. 

Name that tune of the dodgers organ player during world series