“Raped while dying” … “And still no arrests” … “How come, Chief Willoughby?” A mother’s grief coupled with small-town humor with a little dark comedy mixed in. The CHIEF and Kansas City Bret talk 2017’s THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, written/directed by Martin McDonagh. Is Bret just the token Missouri guy? That was definitely a CGI deer, right? What are the Oscar chances of this witty, daring, and emotionally involved dark comedy? Let’s journey to Ebbing:
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TIMELINE:
- INTRO, BACKGROUND & CHIEF PLOT SUMMARY — (2:05)
- An instant classic?
- “We were all waiting on this type of movie…”
- Where’d this idea come from?
- THOUGHTS BEFORE SEEING THE FLICK — (7:14)
- ONE-SENTENCE NO-CONJUNCTIONS REVIEW — (9:57)
- Bret challenges the process…
- Token Missouri guy….
- Is this the G.O.A.T. Billboard Movie — (13:39)
- Bret brings up a Jason Segal classic…
- NOTABLE THEMES — (16:01)
- People can change…
- Bret doesn’t buy SAM ROCKWELL’S aka DIXON’S ARC
- MOST BUCKETS — (19:40)
- The CHIEF defends Rockwell…
- DEBATE (aka Civil Discourse, cuz that’s a thing that people can actually do)
- Is Dixon too dumb to do the things he does in the movie? Did the script falter a bit?
- WILLOUGHBY’S MID-MOVIE ACT — (39:33)
- SIXTH MAN/WOMAN AWARD — (43:45)
- “This was teed up for her. Like McDonagh walked up and put the golf ball on the tee and [Mcdormand] walked up and hit it 400 yards”…
- LEO DICAPRIO OVERACTING AWARD — (48:04)
- “Oh this is a woman acting like her husband has just died”…
- ISO PLAY — (51:48)
- CGI deer or nah?
- Bret talks about A Knight’s Tale weirdly
- Even more weirdly, the CHIEF goes on a The Departed tangent and talks timeless elements in movies…
- BILLBOARDS BACKLASH — IS THIS FILM AT ALL RACIST? — (1:03:19)
- The CHIEF sort of goes in on the haters…
- Nic Cage Switcheroo — (1:14:44)
- The CHIEF didn’t buy Robbie’s character…
- We talk the daughter scene, the last scene before she disappears…
- OSCAR LIKELIHOOD? — (1:19:32)
- Bret is a COWARD
- More Oscar TALK
- FINAL RATINGS and REWATCHABILITY — (1:26:15)
- Harry Truman Trivia!
- ADAM DRIVER BURNING TAKE
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