It's a terrible Christmas movie but a genuinely really good movie and it's aged well (as someone who was obsessed with Epstein starting in like 2005, this movie has always resonated with me).
Yeah, I watched this randomly about six months ago and thought it was significantly better than I remembered (I don't think I'd seen it since I saw it in the theater). I think I actually fired it up because Todd Field is in it and I had just seen Tar.
Simmons did an intro that said as much. Not so much to get to NBA/NFL but to cover his "vacation" time. His regular pod just started back up after a hiatus, so I assume new Rewatchables aren't too far off.
Simmons saying that Cruel Intentions was Sarah Michelle Gellar's apex mountain over Buffy is certainly a take.
“Are we sure Christmas Vacation a Christmas movie?” -Bill Simmons probably
I got the impression that Christmas Vacation may be coming in December. Christmas movie month? Elf. A Christmas Story. Re-Die Hard. Plenty of options.
Yeah - I believe Bill said they were doing Christmas Vacation this December during the Vacation pod.
He's only said that Christmas Vacation is the best Christmas movie ever about a hundred times on the Pod. Maybe we can stick to his actual shitty takes (which he has a lot of, as much as I love the Rewatchables) and not invent shitty ones he's not going to make.
Lol at the diary comment. He has some sense of what the movie was based on, right?
He has a lot of these moments. I would say this though -- until about 2022 or so, Simmons would sometimes self correct on a shitty Neanderthal take in a way that gave off a "wait, I'm not supposed to say that vibe." I think more recently when these issues come up, he sounds a bit more genuine in his attempts, such as they are, to actually try to be a better person despite some of his impulses. This could all be imagination, but, anyway, that's the vibe I get from the guy -- which is not that dissimilar to the vibe that I get from a lot guys watching their daughters turn into teenagers and finally waking up and having a bit of an epiphany about what the world holds in store for them.
His worse moment in that is when he brought up the possibility of a remake and he said something like he could see her in the Lauren Holly role, and she countered that she would play Harry (or maybe Lloyd, I forget). Because she's a woman and he has a limited imagination, it never occurred to Simmons that an A-Lister like Lawrence would only participate in a remake if she were cast as one of the two leads. (Not to mention that she was there to promote her new comedy, in which she played the leading role!)
I'm glad I live in a somewhat small town, because I was smirking and/or legit laughing listening to this podcast during my walk yesterday. I cant imagine anyone who knows the movie would listen to this pod and not enjoy the hell out of it.
I almost swerved off the road.
Kyle Brandt is on TV every day. I think it would take a lot to get stale. He's hilarious on the RW and on Good Morning Football.
I get that. I'm just likening the pods with Brandt to junk food - I love it, but I don't want to eat it every day.
They Live is a great choice but they didn't include Rowdy Roddy Superfan Cousin Sal?? Terrible job.
Haven't listened yet, but bracing myself for Bill recasting Michelle Pfeiffer as Mike Myers' mom.
This is the greatest podcast of all time and this is one of the greatest episodes
Yeah, Rewatchables 99 on Luminary. They're not on the main feed, but they're out there on the Internet. I'm sure the plan is to scatter them back in here and there to cover vacations or illnesses like here.
