Pc Movie Club

Continuing with the vampire genre after Let The Right One In, which brought us closer to our home environment and culture, we explore the spiritual and social concepts in the 2013 drama Only Lovers Left Alive and why exactly this movie sparked my mothers mind. We get to analyze the movie from its characters, themes, locations, music and even its name to the unique filmmaker behind the wheel. Also my mother reveals a surprising history between Finland and Tangier. For people who have not seen the movie yet, rest assured with this movie we don't give away any crucial plot details, just so you know.

Liisa has never been really into the classic horror genre and least of all into such a ridiculous theme as vampires. So I was kind of shocked when I heard that my mother is suddenly really into these gothic nightcrawlers. I gave her a list of all the vampire films I could think of and she watched all of them. Understandably I could not wait to hear what she got out it. From all them we chose four that stood out to her to discuss on the podcast. So this will be a short series of four episodes concentrating on the vampire genre. The first of them being about the 2008 Swedish bully movie Let The Right One In. Most notably we include the American remake Let Me In for comparison, but also we talk about the Swedish setting and how it relates to our home environment, memories related to vampires and bullying and not to mention of course the usual break down of the film's thematic concepts. Even thou we will not go into details about the events of the story, we do talk about the ending in overall. So if you are su

Continuing our small break from Part 1, we spent some more time to explore thoughts about the cinematic ingredients of Bond (including the possibility of example Idris Elba playing Bond), how Bond movies reflect their release time period and get a closer to our analysis with Spectre involving the symbolism of women in Daniel Graig's portrayal of the character. Spoiler warning: Again, we do talk openly about the new movie, so beware. In this episode we also talk about the female relations in all Graig's Bond movies, so we will spoil them if you have not seen them yet.

In the honor of Daniel Graig supposedly concluding his Bond arc with Spectre I dived deep into his characters story in the previous three movies in order to prepare myself with the emotional package which was to come. I was fortunate to have in the family a very dear friend who happened to be a huge Bond fan. With Vincent the whole experience of watching Bond movies had an extra level of fascination. It wasn't a hard decision to ask if he would like to do a podcast related to watching Spectre and amazingly he agreed. We recorded our discussion about a week after seeing the movie in theaters when it came out (that being in November) at his apartment. Because of the environment has a lot of everyday noises and music in the background. As you might have known from the title, we had so many things to talk about that the conversation went on for around three hours. It has so many interesting topics and ideas we touch on that I separated it into to parts, instead of cutting it into a short one episode. Because

We always have a lot of fun talking about the Oscars. The anticipation and the inevitable final disappointment when that one movie didn't get that price. On top of this the ceremony is filled with real problems that tend to come up every year, this year the concerns being wrapped in #whiteoscars. For our discussion we managed to avoid reading who the winners were and saved the reveal for our discussion. So you can hear our reactions as we predict and analyse the resulting list of winners. We wanted to tackle as many categories and movies as possible so the podcast blew up into two hour spectacle. At least we got to speak our minds about certain issues and movies.

Just like we mention in the intro, originally we intended to talk more about The Hateful Eight and just a little bit about The Revenant. But as it usually goes, our plans don't stick around and the discussion quickly folds into a lengthy exploration about racism, realism in film making, how certain movies speaks to certain people and what is the entertainment value of watching movies in the end. And even thou it does not necessarily come out that clear, Aharon (for reason unmentioned here) had a rough time coming into the podcast so his approach takes a more confronting attitude. Because of this you might find this episode to have a more dramatic atmosphere. But rest assured the podcast escalates in good health. I think we might talk some small details about both The Hateful Eight and The Revenant, so maybe it is not a safe podcast for those who want to see these films with clear mind.

This discussion was recorded in the beginning of February and we had the fortunate circumstance to be able to go and see the movie in the middle of a snow blizzard and sit in a cold theater for three hours. Rarely we have had such a relatable experience in cinema. We talked about it the next morning at Liisa's apartment and the only way of recording the talk was with a headset in the middle. Despite of this the quality is relatively good. Actually if you listen close enough you can hear in the beginning our cat, Avi, purring on Liisa's lap. Individually bot Aharon and Liisa have started to have different kind relation with Tarantino's movies, the other starting to more and more love them, and the other getting more and more distant. By the time of Django Unchained we already had a completely opposite opinions. So understandably we have waited a long time to see how Tarantino does western again. We avoid surprisingly well spoilers, expect around 53:28 when Aharon explains his opinion about a certain week mo

Now after long passed its theatrical lifespan and even the Oscar spotlight, our podcast about Ridley Scott's sci-fi adventure is finally edited and online. Our discussion was recorder in November when the movie was in the theaters just after Aharon saw the movie and was excited to share his thoughts about it. In the podcast we talk about survival (or "fiasko") movies and how The Martian seems to take a different kind of look at it. There is also a personal connection with the movie so the reasons why Aharon saw this movie and how it affected him will take a major role in the discussion. We also go deeper into the origin of the movie and talk also about all the scientifically impossible circumstances, as if we would understand anything of it. This time our goal was to keep it short, so we don't get to end it properly and the talk might close up suddenly. At least we still don't have a intro music and we don't know how to start or end our conversation anyway.

Needless to say this episode is going to be a baffling topic at first glance, but hopefully something that becomes more and more clarifying towards the end. At better yet, something that will give a new perspective to all three movies. Our podcast starts as Liisa reveals her intentions with compiling these specific movies for our discussion after which we go into all three films separately. In the end we go more deeply into the overall theme that combines these movies. For example in relation to the latest Bond we discuss such highly sophisticated topics as comparing Bond with MacGyver, how Buster Keaton's slapstick legacy continues in modern Bond films and all the necessary issues we have with Daniel Craig's looks now that he is getting older. With Hugo we go all out expressing our love for that movie, but get also into thinking about different aspects of the film such as the relationship between fantasy and realism, it being a children movie suitable for adults just as well and why the hell does Salvador

"Why the young terminator did not act like a terminator and instead acted like a hulk?" While anticipating the new Terminator movie we realized that we had the amazing opportunity to actually talk about Arnold with someone to whom he has been an idol in the fields of bodybuilding and business, not to mention growing up with all his movies. Aharons brother and Liisa's first born son Olli is our families full blown Arnold fan who has always seen the best in him. When he is not in the gym himself he spends his time working on cool award winning games like Legend Of Grimrock. Thanks to him we get to have an unseasoned flavor to our podcast with some great insight into why we love Arnold so much. Not to mention his brilliant contribution with his digital painting (you heard me right, it is a painting!) of the terminator in action! For example we dwell quite a bit into Arnold's career like for example how he acts with his body and muscles and how he got guided by a certain gun slider legend. Among our other top

"If you can't stand excitement, don't go and see this film, because it is pure excitement." Liisa's words couldn't describe this movie better. From beginning to finish the movie takes the viewer through the war driven border with the most intense energy we have seen in a while on the silver screen. There wasn't any question for us about it and this much we did agree on themovie. Apart from this we venture towards the possible disagreements and confront each other with loaded opinions. We circle around the usual premises like cinematography, music, actors, screenwriting and float along analyzing the story, concept and execution in overall. We also compare the movie with others that come into our minds and give our final thoughts on the fact that Villeneuve is inevitably going to direct the feared Blade Runner sequel. We talk about the plots of Sicario and Enemy from front to end, so there are spoilers all around the podcast. Because of this you might consider to watch these movies first. Also it is useful t

Timing, in many ways, is an essential part of influence. It is quite simple to think how much it has meant that we have had an experience on the doorstep of another. When an experience is compared with another. It is a basic equation that has it's role in constructing our complex mental web that is personality. This in mind it was an exquisite chance that Aharon happened to watch Ida and Gloria one after the other (two movies that coincidentally have their lead characters names as the main title ) and to feel how much the lives of the characters felt weirdly connected, despite both stories being separated by continent and time period. Adding to this comparison Liisa, who have been waiting for a while to talk about the two movies, happened to see Being john Malkovich for the first time and realized how much seeing especially Gloria and experiencing her life resembled the themes discussed in Charlie Kaufman's and Spike Jonze's first collabration. And while in the subject it is hard to step aside an not talk

It's time to take a car flipping sidetrack and deviate from the family podcasting and discuss George Miller's fourth Mad Max with the company of good friends Dimitri 'Jangojim' Sakelaropolus and Anneke Caramin. Being also a film enthusiast, it was only natural for Dimitri to sit down at some point with the recorder and share his thoughts on movies. Luckily we were accompanied with Anneke who gave some hard hitting points and in overall kept a rational mind among the adrenal filled drooling men. We recorded the podcast at their apartment and you might hear some city ambient in the background due to the fact that we were recording with an open window. All thou this is not as distracting as the quality with our voices. The podcast might start in a somewhat strange fade, which is a result of general incompetence in quality podcasting (basically the recorder didn't have the recording volume set up when we started). Despite all these technicalities we had a lot of fun and the talk lasted until late night. This i

Staying still in 2014 for a while it's time to float with Michael Keaton from scene to scene and discuss Iñárritu's existentialist comedy and it's absurd name. In our most (over-exaggerated) dramatic podcast to date, we find ourselves arguing quite a lot about the movie. We didn't seem to find a common ground at all among the subjects such as the latino influence of Iñárritu, whether Birdman is "man movie" or not, and how much Naomi Watts talked dirty in her scenes. How thrilling! But despite all this commotion between us we dive also deeper into the subject, comparing Iñárritu's previous films and explaining how much we like Edward Norton. Next to us talking about how old Micheal Keaton looks, Liisa does not forget to mention again how much she hates Emma Stone. As a surprising twist, Aharon also makes a conceptual comparison to Ricky Gervais' tv series Extras. Traditional spoiler warning: We talk little bit about the ending of Birdman and Amores Perros. With Amores Perros it a vague description and shoul

After learning about the young musicians at the Shaffer Conservatory we had quite a lot of thoughts about the whiplashing teacher responsible for the pupils, the idea of torturing yourself for art, and how this ties in with the Cypriot figure of Pygmalion. Next to the concept of art and the character of Fletcher it is also interesting to mention that we talk about the similarities to the life story of David Helfgott and the story of My Fair Lady. We do talk about the story in whole and don't really care to hide the ending, so technically there are spoilers. Just for you to know.

In this podcast we find ourselves having quite an alternative perspective on the morality of Dan Gilroy's debut film Nightcrawler and it's antihero protagonist. We talk about the background of Louis Bloom and why he is the way he is and who are the real double faced people in the story. Next to that we don't forget to use our ability to associate and find a connection to Odyssey. It is very likely that we mention some minor details about the ending and stuff that could possibly be spoiling to see the film with fresh eyes. Nothing dramatic, but we like to be clear about these kind of things.

We have been dying to talk about (wow, that came out heavier than meant) the latest and last animated feature movie by Hayao Miyazaki and the documentary that followed it, The Kingdom Of Dreams and Madness. We talk about the beloved Isao Takahata, "animated realism" (whatever that means), and how Miyazaki changed Liisa's life. Oh, and of course about what a great movie Kikujiro was.

For once we let ourselves be relevant and talk about the Cannes Film Festival 2015 just before they give away the awards. A timing that does not happen often. Aharon has a cold so you don't hear him that much, and when you do it's mostly sneezing. Nevertheless topics were discussed and the Cannes catalogue looked trough thoroughly. Considering the podcast, we still have not learned how to begin and end our conversations, so the podcast will just end at some point. Sorry about that.

So you went and spend almost 3 hours to see a film that does not seem to have any point in it? Well how about spending 2 hours more listening two people talk endlessly about it. This is our breakdown of the Thomas Pynchon adaptation, fresh out of the premiere (which was two months ago). We talk about the movie in detail, so you could consider it to give away a lot about the movie. But considering the complexity of the actual narration in the movie and our inability to have coherent podcast, I think the movie will be still quite fresh if you see it afterwards.

While recording our first podcast we realized that both of us had watched La Grande Bellezza already and that we were finally able to share our thoughts on it. I think we can admit for sure that there are no spoilers in this podcast, except for the core meaning of the movie (if in case you are that kind of person who likes to find these things by yourself).