MOVIE MIKE: Kelsey Forced Mike to Watch a Disney Movie, Controversial Endings, and Good Movie with a BAD Poster + Movie Review: Zootopia 2 + Trailer Park: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

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The Bobby Bones Show: MOVIE MIKE – Kelsey Forced Mike to Watch a Disney Movie, Controversial Endings, and Good Movie with a BAD Poster + Movie Review: Zootopia 2 + Trailer Park: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Date: December 7, 2025
Host: Movie Mike (Premiere Networks)
Co-Host: Kelsey

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Movie Mike and Kelsey dive into their best and worst movies of November, review Zootopia 2 (spoiler-free), and break down the new trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Additional highlights include lively discussion on moviegoing habits, memorable performances, the value of family-friendly sequels, and reflections on TV and books that colored their month.

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Main Segments & Key Topics

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Holiday Movie Rituals & Best/Worst of November

[02:43 – 14:29]

Opening Banter & Holiday Prep

• Mike and Kelsey share holiday shopping tips and the tradition of putting together a snack basket for delivery drivers.
• Kelsey: “Honestly, I got to say, I told my younger brothers what’s in it, and they were like, it’s better than a hotel snack bar.” (03:16)

Best Movies of November

• Kelsey’s Pick: Wicked for Good

  • Loved costume, set design, and acting—especially Ariana and Cynthia.
  • Noted original songs added for the movie didn't resonate as much as the classics.
  • Kelsey: “I still loved it… I thought Ariana and Cynthia did a great job.” (06:15)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 Bubbles

• Mike’s Pick: Frankenstein

  • Praised Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi’s performances.
  • Emotional depth, unique perspectives, and “in contention for Best Picture.”
  • Mike: “I wasn’t expecting to be as moved by this movie as I was.” (07:24)
  • Rating: Not explicitly stated, but highly recommended.

Worst Movies of November

• Kelsey’s Pick: House of Dynamite

  • Disliked the lack of resolution at the ending; found multiple vantage points repetitive.
  • Kelsey: “I just wanted more story. It could’ve had the worst ending ever... but I just needed an ending.” (10:52)
  • Rating: 2.5 out of 5

• Mike’s Pick: Sentimental Value

  • Found it a slow burn; felt it wasn’t the right time of day to view such a methodical family drama.
  • Mike: “I just couldn’t sit still in this because it’s a very slow burn. It is half in one language, half in English, Norwegian.” (12:04)
  • Rating: 2.5 out of 5; Kelsey gives it a 3.75.

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Quick Hits: More of November's Movie Lineup

[14:29 – 24:39]

• Predator: Badlands

  • Both hosts praised Elle Fanning’s performance.
  • Mike: “I gave Badlands a 4 out of 5… highly recommend.” (14:48)

• Nuremberg

  • Stellar acting from Russell Crowe, Rami Malek. Eloquent history lessons on the aftermath of WWII and the Nuremberg trials.
  • Kelsey: “So many great actors just acting their faces off the entire time.” (15:48)
  • Mike: “Poster looks boring… but about 10 minutes in, I was like, this is great.” (16:14)

• Die My Love

  • Strange drama starring Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence; said to “stick with you” even if it feels odd at first.
  • Kelsey: “You have to be a real movie buff to want to see this.” (19:18)

• Running Man

  • Both agreed the movie missed something essential as a remake, but Glenn Powell’s performance was a highlight.

• Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

  • A return to form for the franchise; cheesy, crowd-pleasing magic with fun use of pop music.
  • Kelsey: “I loved the camp of using Abracadabra by Lady Gaga.” (22:25)
  • Mike: “A surprising three out of five for me. Maybe even a little bit higher.” (22:17)

• Selena Documentary

  • Mike's favorite Netflix doc of the month – “As a family, they were grinding and hustling… I never saw all of what went into that.” (23:51)

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The Jonas Brothers' Christmas Movie & Thanksgiving Traditions

[24:35 – 29:05]

• Watched the new Jonas Brothers’ Christmas movie—“fun, like a foray into the Christmas season.”
• Both reflect on nostalgia for 90s-style holiday comedies, Christmas parade, and themed mugs.

Memorable Quote:
Kelsey: “It kind of reminded me of those dumb 90s Christmas movies that we don’t really get anymore.” (28:42)

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November’s Favorite TV & Books

[29:05 – 34:08]

• TV Pick: All Her Fault (Peacock)

  • Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning headline a twisty, over-the-top missing child drama.
  • Mike: “It’s a show that hooks you in. Episode one, scene one.” (29:56)
  • Kelsey: “Multiple Emmy nominated actors and actresses. Watch yourself.” (30:51)

• Book Pick: Heart the Lover by Lily King

  • Kelsey’s best read of the month; literary fiction about friendship and adulthood.
  • No November books made her top 10 of the year.

• Excitement for upcoming annual book-buying birthday challenge.

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Zootopia 2: Spoiler-Free Review

[37:25 – 47:04]

Mike’s Perspective

• Movie picks up a week after Zootopia 1.
• Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are partners, struggling to work as equals.
• Themes of partnership, fairness, teamwork—“an important lesson for me to learn... shows you how a dynamic like this works when you both are trying to achieve a goal.” (38:50)
• Less adult political content than the first, more focus on fun and world-building.
• Introduction of new animal characters—Gary the Snake (Kehui Kwan) joins, Nibbles Maple Stick (beaver, Fortune Feimster) as standout comic relief.
• Noted clever background jokes and world details: Zoogle, Bug Light, animal Hulu.
• Differences from original:
  • First film’s satirical writing and adult themes more pronounced.
  • Sequel target skewed younger; more physical comedy, lighter messaging.
• Other notable voice cameos include Andy Samberg (lynx), Roman Reigns and CM Punk (zebra cops).
• Final verdict: “I give it 4 out of 5 beavers. If you have kids, they will love it even more; adults will enjoy the ride.” (46:44)

Memorable Quotes

• “There’s nothing I love doing more than talking about a movie meant for kids as a 34-year-old man.” (37:25)
• “When it comes to what I think adults would still enjoy more: definitely Zootopia 1.” (42:38)

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Trailer Park: The Hunger Games—Sunrise on the Reaping

[50:15 – 57:29]

• Prequel set 24 years before the first movie, focusing on the 50th “Quarter Quell” (double tributes, 48 contestants).
• Chronicling Haymitch’s story; features Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Jesse Plemons, Maya Hawke, and more.
• Praise for Francis Lawrence’s direction and a distinct, “brighter, more colorful” visual style compared to earlier installments.
• Mike theorizes the franchise’s flexibility—room for endless prequels and spin-offs focusing on different years/games.
• Squid Game comparison for possible tonal/musical influences.
• Fan hopes for surprise cameos by Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson.
• Mike: “Can you imagine the pop in the theater of seeing Katniss again on screen?” (56:56)
• Release date: November 20, 2026.

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Overall Vibe & Memorable Moments

• Playful marital banter—Kelsey and Mike often tease each other and disagree, creating a casual, relatable tone.
• Movie reviews are honest, sometimes critical but always rooted in genuine enthusiasm.
• Frequent asides about movie snacks, streaming services, and pop culture draw listeners into a cozy, conversational world.
• Running jokes about SNL sleep habits, elf mugs, and Christmas traditions heighten the at-home feeling.

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Key Quotes (Speaker Attribution & Timestamps)

• “I think part one is just a stronger part. Even in the Broadway show, I liked part one the best.”
  – Kelsey, on Wicked for Good (05:13)

• “This movie wasn’t meant to... here’s a beginning, middle and end, and here’s a resolution. I think it was to show you how many people go into making these types of decisions and how stressful it is.”
  – Mike, on House of Dynamite's controversial ending (09:41)

• “It was like the equivalent of when I read like literary fiction... just like a slice of life, family story. And that’s what I love in books.”
  – Kelsey, on Sentimental Value (13:49)

• “I think if you have younger kids, they are going to love this one way more than they love part one.”
  – Mike, Zootopia 2 review (45:38)

• “What I love about this franchise is it has the ability to renew itself... I would like to go back to the very first Hunger Games. What was that like?”
  – Mike, on Hunger Games prequels potential (51:13)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:43] Holiday talk, snack baskets for delivery drivers
• [04:36] Best movies of November
• [08:42] Worst movies of November
• [14:29] Additional movies reviewed
• [24:35] Jonas Brothers Christmas movie & Thanksgiving
• [29:05] TV & book picks of the month
• [37:25] Zootopia 2 (Spoiler-Free Review)
• [50:15] Trailer Park: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

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Summary:
A rich, banter-filled episode where Movie Mike and Kelsey unpack a wide array of November releases, with special focus on Zootopia 2 and the new Hunger Games prequel. Their unscripted chemistry, honest critiques, and deep dives on everything from movie posters to theatrical experiences and streaming made this episode a lively, relatable round-up for film buffs and casual moviegoers alike.

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[Movie Mike]

Hello and welcome back to movie Mike's movie podcast. I am your host, Movie Mike, joined by my wife and co host Kelsey. How are you I'm great. At the time of recording this, I am all done with my Christmas shopping.

[Kelsey]

I was gonna.

[Movie Mike]

At least for you, the fact that.

[Kelsey]

You were like an elf this morning.

[Movie Mike]

Once we went to go see Zootopia 2, I was full Christmas mode.

[Kelsey]

The deals were good. Deals are pretty good this year.

[Movie Mike]

But you didn't even have to go into stores anymore. Like, this year, it was like, really? You didn't have to go to stores?

[Kelsey]

Yeah, no. All of yours has been online.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah.

[Kelsey]

That's why I put out a snack basket for our delivery drivers. It's loaded up with so many packages with what it's. Honestly, I got to say, I told my younger brothers what's in it, and they were like, it's better than, like, a hotel snack bar. So let's see. We have Celsius, because that's, like, always one of the first to go. Water. I do some cold brew. I do Diet Coke. And then as far as snacks, we have Oreos, which are a real crowd pleaser. I'm already on my second box of those Goldfish. I found that Pringles were a hit. Found some, like, individual packages of Muddy Buddies at Target, which is like, Muddy Buddies? Yeah, it's like the Chex Mix with peanut butter and chocolate.

[Movie Mike]

Oh, I thought you said Nutty Buddies earlier.

[Kelsey]

No, Muddy Buddies.

[Movie Mike]

Got it.

[Kelsey]

My Amazon guy's really been liking those. I think he took all my bags, which was great. I have the sign says take whatever you want.

[Movie Mike]

So, yeah, great thing if you can put together a little basket, help out your delivery drivers if you get a bunch of stuff during the holidays. I like seeing them.

[Kelsey]

I was just about to camera the ring camera. It's so funny. They get so excited. They're like, ooh.

[Movie Mike]

But we are here to talk about our best and worst movies of November. A pretty stacked month. A lot of good stuff in November. We were like, man, there's so many movies to go see in theaters right now.

[Kelsey]

I don't know how we saw this many movies. And also, we went out of town two weekends in November.

[Movie Mike]

I don't know how we did it.

[Kelsey]

How did we accomplish all of this?

[Movie Mike]

In the movie review, I'll be talking about Zootopia 2. And in the trailer park, we'll be talking about the new Hunger Games movie, where I think some of the old people are going to come back. But thank you for being here. Thank you for being subscribed. Shout out to the Monday Morning Movie Crew. And now, let's talk movies.

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[Movie Mike]

Movie Mike's movie podcast. Kelsey, kick us off. What was the best thing you saw in November?

[Kelsey]

I'm going to go Wicked for Good.

[Movie Mike]

When I reviewed that, I got a lot of hate saying that, that I. I gave it a raw deal in my review, but I still gave it a four out of five. I just had high expectations going into it because one was so good.

[Kelsey]

I mean, I will say it was my favorite of the month, but I still like, it didn't meet all my expectations, but it was still best one I saw this month. But that's like based on the whole thing of like costume, set design, songs, acting. But yeah, I. I think part one is just a stronger part. Even in the Broadway show, I liked part one the best.

[Movie Mike]

Your favorite song from Wicked for Good.

[Kelsey]

Oh, it's a toss up between no Good Deed and for Good. I love no Good Deed.

[Movie Mike]

Do you think it kind of messed us up seeing it on Broadway before we saw the second part of the movie?

[Kelsey]

I don't think it did for me.

[Movie Mike]

I think it kind of messed me. I think it set my expectations higher.

[Kelsey]

I could have gone without you. No, I left you behind.

[Movie Mike]

I just think I would have been more surprised, more entertained by Wicked for Good if I didn't know what was going to happen, which I initially didn't want to know. But I couldn't really pass up the opportunity of us being in New York City and going to see it on Broadway.

[Kelsey]

But they change stuff. They added plot lines to the movie to make it more like. Cuz I mean the musical is two and a half hours. Each movie was two and a half hours. So they added stuff to like beef up the storyline. I will say the like new original songs didn't do as much for me.

[Movie Mike]

The Ariana song.

[Kelsey]

Yeah. But again, like, I think that's just because we saw it on Broadway and I have those songs stuck in my head, so. But yeah, I still loved it. I was very excited to see it. I thought Ariana and Cynthia did a great job.

[Movie Mike]

But that's your best of the month. What do you give it?

[Kelsey]

I also give it a four out of five. Bubbles.

[Movie Mike]

I think that's as. That's as good as it is. Yeah, I think the first, not a bad rating. I want to see. I want to watch them now whenever they go to streaming the first one right into the second one and see how it feels. Okay, but we'll do that. My favorite for November, best of the month. I'm gonna go with Frankenstein, which we were gonna watch together. And you were like, that Movie's too long and too weird. I can't commit myself to it.

[Kelsey]

We were gonna watch it on a Sunday night and then we weren't going to start it till like 7:30. And it's over two hours. And you're like these days, hard. Bedtime of nine.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah. Got to go to sleep.

[Kelsey]

Bed tucked in, like rolled over.

[Movie Mike]

My matching pajamas on my little hat. Yeah. And we were like, how we can't commit. I can't start a movie past seven if it's two hours. But I watched it on a Saturday morning and I really loved it. I think Oscar Isaac is a really good actor. And Jacob Elordi of the Kissing booth fame, which he doesn't claim anymore, has now come. He is such a good actor.

[Kelsey]

He really is.

[Movie Mike]

And he just looks so different than everybody else because he's so tall and, like, strikingly good looking. But here he is, the creature. I guess I wasn't expecting to be as moved by this movie that I was because it was really emotional. It was not just a story about a crazy doctor giving birth to this creature, but it was like a story about how we treat monsters and how in this one they actually give the creature a personality where he's thinking and has his own character story and how it's all kind of broken up into chapters where you get all these different perspectives. I wasn't expecting it to be so in depth in such a movie to just kind of move me where now I think this could be in contention for best Picture. It is so good. All the performances are so good. And I think when it comes to Netflix Original movies, this is the best thing. They put out easily all year. Maybe in the last five years.

[Kelsey]

I was going to say they try to put out like at least one really strong one for Oscar contenders.

[Movie Mike]

If you haven't seen it yet, I. I think you would have been, I don't know, because it is a little weird, it is a little dark. It starts out at the ending, which I enjoyed, but I still think you would have liked it. What about your worst?

[Kelsey]

Oh, House of Dynamite.

[Movie Mike]

Speaking of Netflix, why didn't you like this was a pretty controversial movie? Because I think I just didn't like the ending, which is, I think, what a lot of people didn't enjoy. Kind of like Frankenstein, you get all the. Well, not in the same way, but you get a lot of different vantage points of one situation where there's a crisis going on in the United States kind of across the entire world, and you get all these different people in powers Perspectives on what is happening from the people at the beginning who are like, what's that? What were they in the beginning? Like the war room or something like that?

[Kelsey]

Situation room.

[Movie Mike]

Situation room. That's what it is. All the way up to the president. I enjoy the ending because I think this movie was. I knew you were meant to make a statement that danger like this could be looming at any time, which I think freaked me out, where something like this could happen every single day. There are things we do not know about that are going on that they keep from us because every time we.

[Kelsey]

Watch, like, a political movie or TV show or I.

[Movie Mike]

It would cause chaos. So I think I left satisfied because I don't think this movie was meant to. Here's a beginning, middle and end, and here's a resolution. I think it was to show you how many people go into making these types of decisions and how stressful it is where you saw all these people freaking out and trying to remain cool and showing you how they're kind of human, too, which we forget. We think these people at the top are, like, super human.

[Kelsey]

No, I constantly remember they're human. That's why I'm stressed.

[Movie Mike]

I think I enjoyed seeing that, seeing them kind of crack under the pressure of.

[Kelsey]

You want to think about the people in leadership cracking under pressure?

[Movie Mike]

Well, you think about those things and you see them in a professional setting, how they try to remain cool, but you see them crack when they, like, kind of go away and they, like, talk to their families. And you're like, oh, you're a human.

[Kelsey]

We took very different things away from this movie.

[Movie Mike]

I know, but I enjoy. I enjoy any type of movie that makes me ask questions about the world and makes me feel a certain way. And I think that's what the ending was supposed to do. It was supposed to make you feel decisive about it. Because if it was just wrapped up in a nice little package, by the end of it, we would not be talking about it.

[Kelsey]

But I just wanted more story. I didn't need it to be wrapped up. It could have had, like, the worst ending ever, like, in terms of, like, the outcome for people. But I just needed an ending.

[Movie Mike]

You're not a fan of cinematic blue balls or just kind of leaves you.

[Kelsey]

And you're like, no, I'm. I'm. I understand the reference.

[Movie Mike]

Well, you didn't look like you understood.

[Kelsey]

Confused as to why you just used that reference on a podcast.

[Movie Mike]

Because that's what the. This movie does is family friendly.

[Kelsey]

That was not. And I'm not allowed to Curse on here.

[Movie Mike]

Okay, I didn't curse. I didn't say a curse word.

[Kelsey]

Okay.

[Movie Mike]

But I really enjoyed that. What did you rate it being your worst of the month?

[Kelsey]

2.5 out of 5. Bonkers.

[Movie Mike]

I would give it a 3.5 out of 5. Where. Mainly because I think whenever you have a lot of different perspectives and it's kind of going over the same thing again, it gets a little bit repetitive. So I feel like the story itself was only probably 25 minutes and then you see it in all different perspectives.

[Kelsey]

Yeah, it was just different vantage points.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah. But that is your worst of the month. For me, my worst of the month, sadly, was the movie you really wanted to see. Sentimental value. And I think it's just because we.

[Kelsey]

Didn'T go at the right time of day.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah, that's the big thing. I will say that I felt like.

[Kelsey]

I was taking a toddler to a movie that they couldn't sit through.

[Movie Mike]

I think when we went to go see this, which was. Was the night before Thanksgiving, I was not in a position to sit and watch a movie like this. That's over two. Two hours.

[Kelsey]

Yes.

[Movie Mike]

Probably like 2 10ish. And I just couldn't sit still in this because it's a very slow burn. It is half in one language, half in English, Norwegian.

[Kelsey]

Norwegian, the other language.

[Movie Mike]

I kind of forgot what language it was in because it was a lot of reading. And I was into it for about the first 30 minutes and then I just got so restless.

[Kelsey]

Where I almost made you get up and move away from. Because you were so distracting. You needed like a fidget spinner.

[Movie Mike]

It's because it was such a slow burn. Which is. It's a movie about a daughter and father. Really at the core of it, where.

[Kelsey]

They have a really contentious relationship and.

[Movie Mike]

There'S a lot of family drama. The father is a director, which I thought I was going to lean into a lot. Because it's a movie about making a movie where he's trying to make what is probably going to be his masterpiece. And he wants his daughter to be a part of the movie. She's an actor as well, acting on a. In a play. And she does not want to be a part of it because she's like, how is he just going to come out of nowhere and then want me to be a part of his movie? And it's about her and her sister and her family in this house that they lived in, his kids. I just think I wasn't prepared for such a slow burn of a movie. And I love Foreign films. Because I feel like you really get to understand the emotion of it because you're paying so much more attention by reading it. But I think because the acting wasn't as dynamic as it has been in some of the foreign films we have seen that it was hard for me to get into it. I loved it because the overall emotion was just very somber the entire time. Really emotional. I just think part of it was I was not in the place to watch a movie at this level. At the day we went on.

[Kelsey]

It was like the equivalent of when I read like literary fiction. That's what it felt like to me. Just like a slice of life, family story. And that's what I love in books.

[Movie Mike]

I love the coziness of it. Where it felt like just from the trailer, I was like, that is a movie. Like we've been seeing this trailer for like a month.

[Kelsey]

Trailer for. And we're like a thousand times.

[Movie Mike]

That is gonna be a movie like right up my alley. I just could not quite get into this one. I would probably give it a 2.5 out of 5% of mental value. What would you give it?

[Kelsey]

That's low. That's what I gave House.

[Movie Mike]

I probably feel. How about this one that you did about that movie?

[Kelsey]

I would probably give it a 3. 7 5.

[Movie Mike]

That's pretty good. What about your. Well, let's run through all the other movies we saw this year.

[Kelsey]

This year. Doing a year long recap.

[Movie Mike]

We'll do that next month. This month in November. Started it with House of Dynamite, which we talked about. Predator, Badlands. Almost made my top of the list, which Elle Fanning was also in sentimental value.

[Kelsey]

Big month for the Fannings.

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[Movie Mike]

She is gonna be in what I'll talk about later. The new Hunger Games movie I gave.

[Kelsey]

Dakota was in a show that we watched this month.

[Movie Mike]

Oh yeah, we'll talk about that. So a lot of Fannings. In the month of November, I gave Badlands a 4 out of 5. If you can still find a theater showing that movie, highly recommend. That one, Nuremberg, which just kind of came out of nowhere, deserved way more hype.

[Kelsey]

So good was almost my best of the month.

[Movie Mike]

Tell us what this movie was about.

[Kelsey]

It is about the psychologist that tended to did interviews with Hermann Goring who was Hitler's second in command while he's awaiting trial at Nuremberg. And so it was about like the Nuremberg trials as a whole and how they were the first trial for like war crimes against humanity and like how it couldn't be done or it hadn't been. Done before. And so it was the proceeding up to the trial, trying to get as much out of them that they could use in the trial to make a case against them.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah. Because Remy Malik goes in to try to keep him healthy because he's in such bad shape. He's just trying to make sure he doesn't have a heart attack and makes it to the trial. And he's played by Russell Crowe. And then you also have Michael Shannon in this.

[Kelsey]

Michael Shannon. Thank you. I couldn't think.

[Movie Mike]

There were so many great actors just acting their faces off the entire time.

[Kelsey]

And then Leo Woodle from White Lotus, he was phenomenal in it. I was excited about this movie from the minute that I saw the trailer, because World War II.

[Movie Mike]

I think the poster does this movie a bad. Gives it a raw deal. Because the poster looks boring. It is like that greenish, almost black and white. Color doesn't really tell you a whole lot of it.

[Kelsey]

How do you. How do you make the Nuremberg trials, like, exciting, though?

[Movie Mike]

I don't know how you do it, but the poster alone didn't make it look enticing to me. And about 10 minutes into the movie, I was like, this is great. Like, it's fantastic.

[Kelsey]

There's phenomenal acting from Russell Crowe and Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, who was a. Was he a Supreme Court justice, or.

[Movie Mike]

Was that what he was trying to be?

[Kelsey]

That's what he was trying to be.

[Movie Mike]

Trying to be. Yeah, that's what he was trying to be. But all the way leading up to the actual trial, like, all these things, I wasn't. I didn't know the timeline of all these things, which after World War II ended, I think we're just like, oh, we won. We all go back to normal. But you think about all the fallout that happens after that. Not me.

[Kelsey]

I've read enough books.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah.

[Kelsey]

What happened?

[Movie Mike]

But I think for me, who doesn't have as much knowledge about World War II as you do, this was also a great history lesson for me. And a lot of it was historically accurate. So I felt like I actually learned things and kind of blew my mind. Will make you angry at times. There are some parts that are so moving because they actually show some footage that is hard to watch.

[Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Movie Mike]

But they do it in the trial to really get their point across because it was so crazy to me to see how. Again, I don't think it's spoiling it because it's history. How he could have got away with some of this stuff. Even though you think there's no way that he could not be let go from this. You kind of see, like, how it could have happened.

[Kelsey]

Yeah. How hard they had to work to build a case. And just I think it was so interesting too, was seeing how they brought the court together and that it was a trial of like all of the countries and just against like the first trial of its kind was interesting.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah.

[Kelsey]

They were like, there's no precedent for this. Like, we are creating the precedent. And as far as, like the footage that's hard to watch, I also take the stance of like, I think it's so important that even when things like that are hard to watch, so we don't look away. Like. Yeah, that's how. That's how you. And that's how we keep history from repeating itself, is that we look at the hard stuff and we say, oh, God, we can never let this happen again. I feel like Russell Crowe could be Oscar nominated for that.

[Movie Mike]

I would think so.

[Kelsey]

That was a really good portrayal of such an evil person.

[Movie Mike]

I think if this movie gets enough attention, if they do the whole campaigning for it, I think he could. He is that powerful in this. And I think it's a movie that just kind of went under the radar because even though you have all these fantastic Oscar level actors in it, it just didn't really get the much, like, publicity. Yeah, there's a lot going on around it. And like I said, boring poster. Great movie.

[Kelsey]

Sometimes those are the best movies, though. Like, they spent more money on the.

[Movie Mike]

Actors story itself in the poster and the set design, all those things. We also saw Die My Love, which was the Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence. I was gonna say Katniss Everdeen.

[Kelsey]

I was gonna say it's all weird seeing Edward, Colin and Katniss Everdeen in the woods.

[Movie Mike]

I didn't love this when we went to go see it, but I thought about it so much the week after it and it kind of had an impact on me that even though I wouldn't recommend anybody to go see it just because it's really weird.

[Kelsey]

It's really weird. You have to be like a real movie buff to want to see this.

[Movie Mike]

One because it's about them too. They get married, they have a kid, they live out in the middle of nowhere. And a lot of the struggles of having a kid.

[Kelsey]

Yeah, it's like postpartum, the issues that came up for her. I don't want to spoil anything.

[Movie Mike]

And if it was just a cut and dry drama like that, it would have been great. But then you have all these things that Just make it really weird. And each of their characters are bizarre, but somehow not bizarre enough.

[Kelsey]

Oh, yeah, that's right. You said it was weird, not weird.

[Movie Mike]

It's weird. Not weird enough where if you're going to go full weird, full meta. I kind of wanted it to go to 100. It's right around, like, 60% on the weird. I couldn't stop thinking about it, but in the moment, I was like, I thought I was going to enjoy this more, but that was die, my love. Surprised the Running man didn't get up in your best of the month?

[Kelsey]

I mean, if Glenn Powell wasn't in it, I wouldn't have been.

[Movie Mike]

I would have enjoyed it at all. That was.

[Kelsey]

Not that I wouldn't have enjoyed it at all, but I wouldn't have been like, oh, my God, have to see this. Like, wicked for good was something I was excited about. And then Nuremberg is my, like, hyper fixation of World War II things. So those were gonna take the top spots.

[Movie Mike]

I thought it was gonna be my best of the month. And I think there was just something lacking in the overall story to make it worthy of a remake that did not deliver for me because I thought Glen Powell was great.

[Kelsey]

I still think it's a good movie to like. I feel like we're in, like, movie season when it's cold or you have family in town with the holidays and you're like, can't sit around and stare at each other any longer. Like, great time to go see movies.

[Movie Mike]

I think it came out at the wrong time.

[Kelsey]

I think it should have been in December.

[Movie Mike]

Oh, December. I think this would have been great. Like the start of the summer. Oh, this movie feels hot to me.

[Kelsey]

You're right.

[Movie Mike]

It feels like summer. And we saw it in November. It just.

[Kelsey]

I was just thinking December for. Again, the, like, holidays. The holiday when people get bored or people have time off.

[Movie Mike]

You're kind of right there. If it would have came out in December, it could have been like the counter programing to all the, like, the Avatars coming out later of the month. We don't want to go watch Avatar. Let's go watch this action movie. Dang. This probably would have done better in December because right now it's kind of a flop as far as how much they spent on it. And did not really make a whole lot opening weekend or the second weekend.

[Kelsey]

Listen, Glen, Pal and snl, though that weekend I enjoyed that more. I haven't watched a full episode of SNL in so long because I usually fall asleep. I was awake. I was up till 12:15 watching it. I made it funny.

[Movie Mike]

I made it to the musical guest.

[Kelsey]

Which is about what you usually do. No, you made it. I feel like you made it longer actually.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah, I think I watched the sketch after the musical guest and then I didn't make it to Weekend Update.

[Kelsey]

That's correct. You never do.

[Movie Mike]

But still a good movie. Just when it comes to Edgar Wright's movies. Not his best either.

[Kelsey]

Coleman Domingo was great.

[Movie Mike]

He was. It was like stole the show.

[Kelsey]

Glenn Powell and Coleman Domingo.

[Movie Mike]

Josh Brolin too.

[Kelsey]

But their press tour has been so funny. I love watching them on Coleman and Glenn depressed together.

[Movie Mike]

They should do another movie together. A non action movie.

[Kelsey]

I agree.

[Movie Mike]

We also saw now you see me, now you don't which came out the same week.

[Kelsey]

Pretty enjoyable.

[Movie Mike]

That was good.

[Kelsey]

Didn't expect to like it so much after.

[Movie Mike]

I pretty much hated the second one. This one kind of got back on track. A surprising three out of five for me. Maybe even a little bit higher than that.

[Kelsey]

I loved the the camp of using Abracadabra by Lady Gaga.

[Movie Mike]

Oh yeah.

[Kelsey]

And there's a lot of little on the nose. I enjoyed it.

[Movie Mike]

That' kind of the essence of these movies.

[Kelsey]

But I feel like they've taken more of an on the nose approach which makes it more self aware and like more enjoyable.

[Movie Mike]

It's very cheesy. It's very lowest common denominator a little bit. But it's crowd pleasing. It's magic. Magic is supposed to be a little bit cheesy and over the top. You look at any magician, you're like, I would not be friends with that person. But they are great at what they do. That is how I feel about now you see me, now you don't.

[Kelsey]

When you say lowest common denominator, I actually go to like the process and math of finding the love.

[Movie Mike]

You're like, how you going to find that? You take one tutor. The numerator. The denominator lives in my brain. I also watched the Selena documentary on Netflix, Bias alert because I love Selena. I gave that 1A 4.5 out of 5. Also on our trips in November, I watched the original Selena movie with Jennifer Lopez. Man, that's good stuff. I forgot how good that movie is.

[Kelsey]

Yeah, that was like. Because then you watched this one.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah.

[Kelsey]

On the plane. So every time I'd like wake up, it's you watching us.

[Movie Mike]

What I learned that the documentary. I did not realize how much she grind in the 80s because she started when she was a kid and they toured so much through Texas is grind the correct grind on the road.

[Kelsey]

Yeah, I don't feel like that sentence. How much she grind ground.

[Movie Mike]

How much of a grind it was.

[Kelsey]

There we go. I just don't feel like that sentence.

[Movie Mike]

As a family, they were grinding and hustling as far as trying to make it because they were broke. They started a restaurant that didn't pan out. They had to go live with their uncles in Corpus Christi. And then music was the only thing their dad knew. And they were like, let's try to make money at this. And from the time they were kids to where she really struck it big in the 90s, they were just touring like crazy. I never really saw all of what went into that. I kind of just remember as a kid her being famous and then her being gone. So if you are a fan of Selena and you don't know her entire story, really great documentary to watch on Netflix. Wicked for good. I gave a four out of five. We talked about sentimental value. And then we closed out the month with a very Jonas Christmas movie, which you were like, we got to watch this.

[Kelsey]

Okay. I asked if you wanted to watch it because I said, I'll watch it by myself.

[Movie Mike]

Okay.

[Kelsey]

And you said, we can watch that over, like, Thanksgiving break or something. It's a fun, like, foray into the Christmas season. And you didn't hate it.

[Movie Mike]

I enjoyed this movie, sat there and.

[Kelsey]

You laughed a couple times and didn't even mind them breaking out into song.

[Movie Mike]

Because I remember watching the Jonas Brothers TV show on Disney Channel where it was kind of a sitcom. I think it was just called Jonas.

[Kelsey]

It was. I feel like that was a little past your Disney Channel age.

[Movie Mike]

I dip back into Disney Channel later whenever I had cable. Like I watch anything. I'm just teasing, but I remember liking that show. I think it got canceled after like a season or two. Two seasons.

[Kelsey]

Yeah.

[Movie Mike]

And I enjoy them as actors probably more than I do musicians.

[Kelsey]

You have been. I've been rewatching their documentary on Amazon prime. And you've been in the room and like, I'll look over. You're watching it.

[Movie Mike]

I've always just fascinated with people who get famous when they're really young and how it affects them and they even.

[Kelsey]

In the family dynamic at all.

[Movie Mike]

And I think that's also what you got to see in this movie about. You think a lot of that stuff is real about how they feel about each other.

[Kelsey]

You need to watch Chasing Happiness.

[Movie Mike]

Okay. So that's all in there?

[Kelsey]

Yes.

[Movie Mike]

I'm new to this.

[Kelsey]

Yes.

[Movie Mike]

Okay. Well, I didn't really know that dynamic and how upfront they are about it. So I'm fascinated by people who have been famous basically their entire lives where they talk about in this movie.

[Kelsey]

They have to be more upfront about it. After the band broke up and got back together. So they got back together was all the therapy. I forgot about that. Got to watch Chasing Happiness.

[Movie Mike]

But then you had a Chloe Bennett in it, who I liked. And Dave.

[Kelsey]

I saw her in person one time. How I was at Walton's, which I don't know if it's still open in Austin. It was a Sandra Bullock owned restaurant. I was there on my 20th birthday having lunch with my mom. And she was dating Austin Nichols at the time, who was in One Tree Hill. And he's from Austin. Austin from Austin. And they were dating and they came in and I geeked a little inside, but, you know, left him alone.

[Movie Mike]

She was really good in this.

[Kelsey]

She was great in this.

[Movie Mike]

You were like, this is a little scandalous for Disney plus, but I think it's a Hulu okay.

[Kelsey]

At one point she's in her bra and underwear, swimming.

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[Kelsey]

And I was like, I didn't know Disney plus went that far. But we couldn't get the Lizzie McGuire reboot.

[Movie Mike]

That is wild.

[Kelsey]

Make it make sense.

[Movie Mike]

And now that the two have merged, it's going to be interesting to see how they filter some of the content. Because I think some of the appeal of Disney plus was like, it's all family friendly.

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[Kelsey]

But a lot of stuff that they put on Hulu isn't.

[Movie Mike]

And then I think that started whenever they got the Netflix Marvel shows, which are really bloody and violent. And then they had. That was a big controversy. And now you have people in their underwear. It's all welcome.

[Kelsey]

But it was a great movie. I enjoyed it. We watched it after the parade because.

[Movie Mike]

Which was great. This year.

[Kelsey]

The parade was so good this year.

[Movie Mike]

We watched all three hours of the Macy's day.

[Kelsey]

Three and a half.

[Movie Mike]

Three and a half hours.

[Kelsey]

I think they said millennials, because if you think about it, millennials are the largest. I was actually just reading an academic journal about, like, millennials and Gen Z.

[Movie Mike]

And how it was cringeworthy. We are.

[Kelsey]

No, I was talking about how, like, millennials are the largest group of parents now. So I was thinking along that line of like, yeah, the kids want to watch the parade. But they were like, how do we get the millennials? And they said, we're gonna have Busta Rhymes and the Ninja Turtles.

[Movie Mike]

Best collab of the entire.

[Kelsey]

Shaggy singing. Wasn't me on A float. Not a single child knows about that song. And then we're gonna get Lil John doing turn down for what? On the Toys R Us float with Jeffrey the Giraffe up top djing.

[Movie Mike]

I love how they were the entire time teasing the K pop demon hunters because they knew how big that was. That's kind of how they entice the younger audience.

[Kelsey]

Don't forget Chris Jackson from Hamilton on the Sesame street float. Oh, yeah. I mean, it was full of bangers. It was great. Loved it. Love the parade. So then I was in the spirit. We got new Christmas mugs which I wouldn't allow us to use until yesterday with the parade. They are elf. Mine says world, congratulations. World's best cup of coffee. And then yours says the best way to spread Christmas cheer. Singing loud for all to hear. I. I can't stop buying from the elf and Pottery Barn club.

[Movie Mike]

Best Thanksgiving in a while, I think, since the last time we went to New York and saw the parade in person.

[Kelsey]

It was so nice. We watched the parade, watched the Jonas movie. Then we got lunch ready. We watched the Cowboys game. I took a little nap. And then we went to Zootopia.

[Movie Mike]

Back to the Jonas Brothers movie. I think why I enjoyed it so much is that it kind of reminded me of those dumb 90s Christmas movies that we don't really get anymore.

[Kelsey]

Yes.

[Movie Mike]

Where the whole thing is them just trying to get home and now they can't get home.

[Kelsey]

That's every Hallmark movie. But the acting was better with the.

[Movie Mike]

Jonas Brothers and better songs. The songs are good.

[Kelsey]

Songs were good. And I think the fact that, yeah, they've done acting before made it. My favorite part was the candle bit. Makes me laugh every time.

[Movie Mike]

Glow by Joe.

[Kelsey]

Glow by Joe. And he's like, you're just mad because your candle. Candlelight didn't take off. The world wasn't ready for Wick by Nick.

[Movie Mike]

All right. Our TV show for the month. We both watched the same thing.

[Kelsey]

Are we talking about Zootopia?

[Movie Mike]

I'm doing it in the full review, but if you want to give your thoughts on it.

[Kelsey]

So good. I didn't want to have to get up to go pee.

[Movie Mike]

Didn't expect that from Zootopia, did you?

[Kelsey]

I didn't. I really didn't.

[Movie Mike]

But I dialed in.

[Kelsey]

I was so dialed in at one point I was like, I should go to the bathroom. I can't make it. But yeah, it was great. I loved the vibe of everyone in there. Post Thanksgiving comfies Thanksgiving. There were blankets, there were pajamas. Everyone, like, reclined watching Zootopia.

[Movie Mike]

That felt like a big living room. Like we all were hanging out in the same.

[Kelsey]

It felt like a big sleepover at Regal. Okay. TV show we watched All Her Fault.

[Movie Mike]

Only TV show I watched this month.

[Kelsey]

On Peacock with Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning. It was great. We watched like a couple episodes and then we binged the whole thing. It's a showing, but the rest of.

[Movie Mike]

It, it's a show that hooks you in. Episode one, scene one.

[Kelsey]

Yes.

[Movie Mike]

Where her kid goes missing. They have to find out where the kid is. And then it gets crazier and crazier. It got a little bit more unbelievable as it went along where it takes you on all these different turns and ups and downs and twists where I thought it was a little bit much, that it got away from the purpose and the initial reason the show started, but highly entertaining because it got to a point that we had to just finish it. We're like, we can't go another day without figuring out how this thing ends.

[Kelsey]

Yeah. Without knowing what happens.

[Movie Mike]

But a little bit. A little over the top. Right. Where the drama wasn't as.

[Kelsey]

I mean. Yeah. That's any TV show, though.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah. But I feel like some of these dramas can be like, a little bit more like, refined, like a task or like a mayor of Easttown where can have some similar vibes. But the acting is a little bit stronger here. It was a little bit more.

[Kelsey]

Okay.

[Movie Mike]

I see why this is on Peacock.

[Kelsey]

Multiple Emmy nominated actors and actresses. Watch yourself.

[Movie Mike]

I know, but just because they're great actors doesn't mean that the interaction, the.

[Kelsey]

Writing has to be good for them to act it.

[Movie Mike]

Well, maybe it was the overall story was a little bit too over the top.

[Kelsey]

Let's not put it on the actress.

[Movie Mike]

And they were just putting it on themselves.

[Kelsey]

I mean, Sarah Snook, Abby Elliott, Dakota Fanning.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah.

[Kelsey]

Incredible lineup.

[Movie Mike]

Overall, I enjoyed it, but it was. It kind of lost me as it went along as far as, like, how good I thought it was going to be.

[Kelsey]

Yes. There were some parts where it fell.

[Movie Mike]

Off and now makes me not angry that we have Peacock now for another year. I'm like, okay, if they can give us another one of those. I mean, there have been some solid shows on Peacock.

[Kelsey]

There was that show we. I like when we just get so bored at Christmas break that we just start watching random things. We watched that one show. They did cancel it Laid. Yeah. That was good.

[Movie Mike]

That was good. Was gone. Nothing gets a second season on Peacock, apparently, that we like.

[Kelsey]

Well, maybe there'll be Some other one season one hit wonders we can watch.

[Movie Mike]

What about your book of the month? We're getting close to your I know. Month in or year in review.

[Kelsey]

I know I was going through the other cuz I've read 83 now so I'm over my goal of 75. So I was going through and trying to pick my top 10 of the year. This month was a a bit of a sleeper month. There weren't as many good ones. I would say the best one was one called Heart the Lover by Lily King. Again, kind of literary fiction. It's about these college students and their friendship and then later on in adulthood. It's good. I don't want to give too much away. Starts as them like meeting each other in class and kind of like a little love triangle and then them in adulthood and just life. And yeah, it was really good.

[Movie Mike]

So probably nothing from November going to make your top 10 of the year?

[Kelsey]

I don't think so. Unless I read anything really good in the first few weeks of December, which my book of the month is on the way and that's like one of the most anticipated of December. So I may have to speed read that one because it might make my list.

[Movie Mike]

All right, well everybody has that to look forward to next month. Anything else you got?

[Kelsey]

Do we get to do my book challenge again this year on my birthday?

[Movie Mike]

Oh, yeah. That is the interesting thing about your birthday is it's right around Christmas.

[Kelsey]

I know our bank account loves that. It's kind of like when you're a kid and your parents are buying your presence, you like don't feel as bad. I mean, I did feel bad, but it's kind of like not my problem not being an adult. You're like, oh, that's also my money.

[Movie Mike]

I realize this year though why I love it is because I get to take advantage of all the sales that are happening right now, which if you had a birthday at any other time of the year, there wouldn't be this many sales.

[Kelsey]

It's true.

[Movie Mike]

And I tried to make sure that both things get an equal amount of attention. Where it's not like here's all your Christmas presents and then here's your birthday stuff.

[Kelsey]

I wouldn't mind either way. It's kind of like at this point I just. Although you said you did some surprises, I tried to like not just send you a full list of links this year.

[Movie Mike]

But yeah, we can do the thing where we go to the bookstore and you have well decide on how much time you get. You'll get more time than last time because it was a little bit harder than we thought.

[Kelsey]

Yeah, that was not a lot of time because it's also hard when the books are like arranged by spine because you're not seeing the COVID Like I'm trying to find things.

[Movie Mike]

Yeah, because the challenge is was last time, was it 90 seconds?

[Kelsey]

90 seconds. That was not a lot.

[Movie Mike]

Grab as many books as you can and whatever you get, you get to watch.

[Kelsey]

But I also had a list because I didn't want to just get whatever because then what if I don't like the book?

[Movie Mike]

Part of the challenge. Different approach this year.

[Kelsey]

Yeah. I'm gonna start game planning it. I got about five weeks.

[Movie Mike]

Well, all right, we'll come back and give my spoiler free review of Zootopia 2.

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[Movie Mike]

Let'S get into it now. A Spoiler Free Movie review of Zootopia 2 There's nothing I love doing more than talking about a movie meant for kids as a 34 year old man. But when Zootopia 1 came out back in 2016, that was lifechanging for me because I believe at that time Zootopia really bridged the gap of a movie that was appealing to kids because you had these fun animated critters doing a lot of ridiculous things, saying a bunch of funny witty lines with a message that not only kids needed to learn, but also adults. Because at that time I just remember it hitting so hard and bridging this gap of like this movie goes beyond just a family friendly movie. It is teaching you about prejudice and about all these injustices in the world and how we perceive people and how we can treat people differently just because how they are perceived in society. In this case you have animals who are seen as predators as being the bad guy now in Zootopia. And there's also a lot of corruption in the city. So it's teaching kids a lot of things about how the world works without being a little bit too much and too overwhelming. Although at times Zootopia was just on that next level of like oh man, I can't believe they really put that in there. I do think, however, in Zootopia 2 I don't feel like those political themes are at the forefront as much as they were in Part one. They are still there because it's still talking about the big city. Still talking about the corruption and the people in power. And I just think they leaned a little bit more into the fun aspect of it. And the dynamic between Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde and how they work together. So what Zootopia 2 is about. It actually takes place a week after Zootopia 1. Which I thought was a really interesting time for this movie to take place. Because not a whole lot of time has passed. Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde have just completed their first case. They are now working together because Nick is now an officer. So they are still at the point where they need to prove themselves. They don't want to be a one hit wonder. They want to continue to show people that they are meant to be together. But the problem is is Judy and Nick are not really getting along. Where Judy really doesn't value the things that Nick is telling her and everything they do as a unit. It is really what Judy is saying and that is what they are doing. He doesn't really have a whole lot of input. So there is this struggle between their dynamic and they have to learn how to work together better. And because one of them is a bunny and one of them is a fox. They almost have to prove it to a point where it's undeniable. Where all these people are telling them this is never going to work. Neither of you should be here. There's never been a bunny cop. There's never been a fox cop. You guys are going to fail. That last case that you cracked was a fluke. So they are already working at a disadvantage of having to prove to people that okay, we can do this. We, we can be good cops. We have to go so over the top to prove it to these people. And that is going to cause a lot of friction. Proving to people that they can work together. And the message here, more to kids, is how can you work with somebody and be fair? Which I thought was an interesting concept to really play out throughout this entire movie. Where I felt like even me as an adult, as somebody who has been married now for almost five years. That was an important lesson for me to learn. Because it shows you how a dynamic like this works when you are both trying to achieve a goal. It could just be in a marriage trying to do things that feel fair to everybody. Where everybody is having their voice heard and you were doing things that are better for you as a unit. And not just for the one person. Not just the one person saying okay, this is what we do. We're going to do this no matter what. Even though this is what I think is best, it has to be what both of you think is best. Where Nick is a little bit more relaxed, he's always cracking jokes. It probably seems to others like he doesn't care as much, although he really does. That is just all those defense mechanisms are really coming from his trauma that he faced as a kid. So now he is having to show, like, I do care about this stuff. I just care about it differently. And he wants his voice heard in this partnership. So that is the big struggle throughout this movie. Can they work together or will their differences be so great that they have to hang it up? They have to say, okay, maybe this wasn't supposed to really happen. Everybody else was right, and we are not supposed to be together as a team. Now, when you talk about the comedic aspects of Zootopia 2, this is where I feel it pales in comparison to the original. Because I rewatched the original going into this one and it just has such better writing. And maybe it's just because when that movie came out, it was a little bit more novel when you're just opening yourself up to Zootopia, which is this world where every animal can coexist for the most part. But now in Zootopia 2, you have a snake that enters the picture. And there hasn't been a snake in Zootopia for over a hundred years. And they're having to crack this case. While this snake, played by Kehui Kwan in the movie called Gary the Snake, comes to town, causes a massive uproar. And then Nick and Judy actually side with the snake. And everybody thinks they've gone rogue. And now they have to clear their name and also help out their new snake friend. So you have that same city here with all the animals that you saw in Part one. But because they have to go on the run, it expands itself up to seeing all these other animals that we haven't seen before. That I thought that was a really fun way to expand this world and kind of show you the different classes inside of this world where it's almost all the cute, fun, furry animals get to live in the city. And then when you open up the city to the outskirts where you see probably where I would have lived as an animal, you get to see all these more unique creatures. And that just made it a lot of fun and showed me that this didn't feel like a 4 sequel. That there was actually world building in this movie. Character development and showing us something that we didn't see in the original. Where sometimes when it comes to animated sequels, they kind of just do the same thing over and over again, don't really give you a whole lot more. Maybe try to cram in some new characters in there to just sell some more tickets to Disney World or sell some more merch. But in this case, I felt like all the new pieces were there for a reason. My new favorite character in Zootopia 2 was voiced by Fortune Feimster. And Nibbles Maple Stick, who is a beaver and conspiracy theorist, has a podcast. That character was really funny, ended up being a key player and also a big part of the comedic relief. And I think when it came to most of the laughs In Zootopia 2, it came from Nibbles. And that is something that I was looking a little bit more from in this movie because Zootopia 1 did it so well. Was just the writing, the clever puns. I would say the comedy in Zootopia 2 came much more from the physical things and the chases. When it comes to what I think adults would still enjoy more. Definitely Zootopia 1. Zootopia 2 definitely leans more into creating a family friendly movie for the younger kids who maybe the first one went over their heads when they watched it for the first time. You also had Andy Samberg as a lynx character because the lynx family is a pretty big part of this movie as well. And then my favorite cameo was probably Roman Reigns and CM Punk, who. CM Punk is my favorite WWE wrestler right now. They played two cops known as the Zebros. They weren't a big part of the movie, but the times they were kind of sprinkled in there I really enjoyed. So I think if you have younger kids, they are going to love this one way more than they love part one. I think as an adult you might be the only one to understand some of the references to 80s movies. There are back to the future references. At one point there's a Shining reference where I thought, are they really doing the Shining right now? I thought that was really cool. I also just love how they expanded on the world more, including things that we have in our world like Google. But instead in Zootopia, it's Zoogle. Or they have bug light whenever they go to a bar or their version of Hulu. It's just kind of funny to see those little details in there, which is something that Zootopia always does really well. There might be a joke in the background. There might be something that's a little one second throwaway. But it allows you to think maybe somewhere in this world that Zootopia actually exists and there are animals walking around in full suits. I also do think it is worth seeing in theaters right now, mainly because with such a big movie like this from Disney, they are going to wait until the very last minute to put it on Disney plus, especially now around the holidays. So you probably wouldn't see it on Disney plus until like mid March. And I think that is another thing that is just really exciting to me, feeling like the holiday season has now kicked off a good Thanksgiving movie. We went to a pack showing a lot of people just there, really excited, laughing the entire time. That starts to feel like, okay, I'm ready to go into holiday mode. If you have been kind of waiting because it is expensive to go to the movies. I know that the lines were long and I saw a lot of parents just like, oh my gosh, we're dropping so much money right now on popcorn and snacks. If you've kind of been waiting to pick the right movie to take the entire family to, I think this is one where the price will be worth it. Your kids will remember this movie and you as an adult will also enjoy it. Because me, I had fun from beginning to end. It was right around an hour and 36 minutes from the opening to the closing credits. So I do think it is great all around for Zootopia 2. I give it 4 out of 5 beavers.

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Mike's Trailer park and it is also time to go Back to to Panam. The Hunger Games Sunrise on the Reaping takes place 24 years before the events of the first Hunger Games movie that we saw with Jennifer Lawrence.

During this movie we are going to get to know and see what happened to a young haymitch. This takes place at the 50th Hunger Games which is known as the second quarter quell. What makes this Hunger Games different Sprint is they have twice the number of tributes. So it's 48 tributes competing in this Hunger Games. And what I love about this franchise is it has the ability to renew itself because I know A lot of these have focused on different points of the Hunger Games that are really impactful. Like the first movie we saw with Jennifer Lawrence, that was the 74th. They followed up with the 75th Hunger Games. That was a big deal. When we went back in the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, that was the prequel. That movie focused on Cornelius Snow and why he is the way that he is. Eventually became the biggest villain that we had as him and Katniss Everneen went back and forth against each other. But that was focused on the 10th Hunger Games. This one is the 50th. You can really do every single year of the Hunger Games because how these movies work is Suzanne Collins, the author and creator of this series, writes a book, they turn it into a movie. She could focus on all these different time periods that are significant. I would like to go back to the very first Hunger Games. What was that like? How did that impact all these citizens of all these different districts? So it has the ability to renew itself because you can get to a point where you don't have to focus on the same characters. Even though I think the reason I am so excited about this one is because we start to see some connections with the characters that we know from those original movies. But what I love the most about this trailer is it looks so much different than everything we've seen before. It's brighter, it is more colorful. In this book, which I haven't read, which I read all the original series, that is one that I can say I read the books before seeing all those movies. But the way in the books the arena is described, it's called a poison paradise. And that's the vibe I get from this trailer. It reminded me of one of my favorite horror movies that I can't recommend to anybody because a lot of people hate this movie. But mid summer, it reminds me of Florence Pugh's Crown of Flowers and that cult like vibe surrounding people. And I love that juxtaposition of you see this beautiful hillside, all this green grass and these bright and colorful flowers. But then you see these 48 tributes who are all about to run into the middle to grab all these things to kill each other with. So I love seeing the contrast of a beautiful landscape with something so tragic and horrific happening. But what this movie is about, like I said, it follows young Haymitch Abernathy after he is chosen. Joseph Zada is playing Haymitch. The movie also features Ralph fiennes, Whitney Peak, McKenna Grace, Jesse Plemons. I was so excited to see Jesse Plemons in this trailer, Maya Hawke, Lily Taylor, Ben Wang and more. It is directed by Francis Lawrence. Before I get into more, here is just a little bit of the Hunger Games sunrise on the Reaping trailer.

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Welcome Panem to the glorious reaping of District 12.

[Movie Mike]

Twice the number of tributes.

Twice the glory.

It's time.

For the second quarter.

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Well.

[Movie Mike]

This movie is directed by Francis Lawrence, who also did the last Song Birds and Snakes. But not only that, he did every Hunger Games movie from Catching Fire to Mockingjay Part two. So pretty much every Hunger Games movie except for the first one earlier this year. He also did the Stephen King adaptation, the Long Walk, which is why I see a couple of actors from that movie also being featured in this. So Francis Lawrence is somebody who knows how to make these movies interesting, how to make them work, because he has a great track record with all of these, which to me, there really isn't a bad Hunger Games movie. Do I wish they wouldn't have split Mockingjay into Part one and Part two? Yes. But that is something that I will just scream from the hilltops until I lose my voice that I hate it when one story gets split into two movies. But aside from that, in that franchise, there is not a bad movie. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is pretty forgettable, but still wasn't a bad movie. It really kicked up in the third act of that, but I just don't think, for me, the story was strong enough. And I just didn't think that President Snow was that interesting a character. I think my theory earlier that I was talking about of this being such a renewable franchise, it has this different color grading that makes it a little bit more cinematic. From the opening of the trailer that feels the most familiar at the Reaping, that, to me, looks the exact same way it has looked every time. But it's once you open it up to this world, wherever the games actually take place, that I think you could make every single Hunger Games installment feel completely different and almost like it's in an entirely different genre. So that is why this franchise is exciting to me. And I love that this one looks nothing like the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which really just looked like the previous films. So I think if this works and they can make something that feels different but also feels connected to the original movies, that could be great. Otherwise, you just have to make it completely separate and not connect it with any other characters that we know. And maybe even though these books came before it. But I kind of get Squid Game vibes. Even in some of the sound effects used in the trailer where that show kind of has a similar concept of of the Hunger Games people competing to win a big prize to be the one remaining victor. Maybe the way you go next level is take away that PG13 rating. Even though I know they would never do this. And even in the books, it doesn't describe all of the blood and mayhem in great detail. It's not really as focused on it depicting these things in such a disgusting and bloody way. That's really not the point and the overall story and the message of these movies. It's more about reminding you who is really the bad guy here. How the powers that be are always the ones watching and those are the people who are always going to end up winning and all the people who play the games. Whether you are crowned the victor at the end of the Hunger Games, you are still a loser because they are just putting all these pieces where they want them and operating things in a way that the capital always wins. But maybe with the success of Hunger Games and making something a little bit darker when it comes to how these games are played, maybe they drew some inspiration from that. And maybe I'm only basing that a little bit on a sound effect that you hear in this trailer that kind of sounds like the Squid Game theme. I think the cast looks fantastic in this. Ben Wang, I remember from the Long Walk. He is one of the tributes from District 12. He was also in the Karate Kid movie most recently. Jesse Plemons is a cameraman for the Hunger Games. Ralph Fiennes plays President Snow in this movie. Kieran Culkin plays Caesar Flickerman. Elle Fanning is Effie Trinket, who is the stylist. Elle Fanning is just crushing it right now. We also have a couple of Nepo babies in the cast with Iris Apatow, who is Judd Apatow's daughter. And and Maya Hawke, who is both Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman's daughter. Maya Hawke is playing Wyrus. Iris Apatow is playing a character named Prospera Trinket, who is Effie's younger sister. We are also getting younger versions of BT and Mags in this movie. So we are seeing some of the characters that we get to see later in the original Hunger Games movies. And why I think this has potential to be great and give us one of the best post credit scenes of all time in the Hunger Games franchise is because in the book there is an epilogue that takes place after the events of the original trilogy that ended the entire Hunger Games series. And it features Haymitch, who is reflecting on his past and his promise to Lenore Dove. And this scene also includes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Malark, who are now a support system. And the only thing that I'm kind of holding on to, which Josh Hutcherson is out right now doing press for five nights at Freddy's, he was asked about if he would ever return to the Hunger Games. And he said in 2015, he walked away and was like, I'm not doing any more Hunger Games movies. Those movies elevated me to a level of fame that I didn't really want. It took away his privacy. So at that time, when he was done with Hunger Games, he would have said, no, there's no way I'm going back to do another movie. And it also didn't really make sense now, over a decade later, which is wild because they ended in 2015, 2025. This one's coming out in 26. So it'd be 11 years. He said he would be open to it. And I think him saying that is indication to me that maybe he. I don't want to fully say that he's not in it because I've been tricked in the past. And I think if you were in it, he wouldn't have said as much as he did did. But I am holding on to hope that secretly, him, Woody Harrelson and Jennifer Lawrence. This is only a rumor, but some people are saying maybe early next year, in 2026, they get a couple of days and they go film a scene for this. Again, this is totally just a rumor. But if you think about the director here, Francis Lawrence, who basically did every Hunger Games movie, he also did a movie with Jennifer Lawrence post Hunger Games called Red Sparrow. So they have a great working relationship. That is a big deal when it comes to trying to get your star to come back to a franchise. Then it's more likely that she comes back to do this. And really, it wouldn't take that long. It's not like they're asking her to come back and compete again and run the gamut, go back to the Hunger Games, because that story just doesn't exist yet. But to come back for this cameo, I think would be amazing. And aside from Josh talking about it in an interview, also at the end of this trailer, I'm pretty sure this is Woody Harrelson's voice saying this line. I think these games are going to be different. He's in the trailer. They're queuing us up for it. Can you imagine the pop in the theater of seeing Katniss again on screen? That would be a great way to to take in a November movie. That's all I'm saying. But again, Hunger Games Sunrise on the Reaping is coming out next year on November 20th, and hopefully we see the return of Katniss Everdeen. And that was this week's edition of Movie M Trailer Park. And that is gonna do it for another episode here of the podcast. But before I go, I gotta give my listener shout out of the week. This week, I'm going over to YouTube. You can follow me over there and subscribe YouTube.com mikedistro not only do I post my individual movie reviews there, but I also post all my interviews from the show. So if maybe you miss one, you just want to go see me talk with the guests. You can go check out all the individual movie reviews. And every now and then, an old interview will just pop off for some reason. So I always go back and make sure I check the comments on those. So this week's listener shout out actually comes from my interview that I did with the director of Weapons, Zach Kreger. And this week's listener shout out goes to Daniel, 23, who simply said, great interview, man. Bless you. That's the best compliment you can give me because I think if there's one thing that I'm the least comfortable with, it is interviews. I don't do a whole lot of them. I have to really love the project or be a fan of the person. And in that case, it checked both of those boxes because I loved Weapons. And I also think Zach Kreger is somebody that I would just hang out with and enjoy. So thank you, Daniel. It's comments like that, they make me not quit doing this whole thing. So appreciate you for watching over there on YouTube. Appreciate you now wherever you are listening with earbuds in the car at the gym, or you're like the person who emailed me the other day saying that they got forced to listen to this podcast with their partner. And I'm not sure if I should feel insulted by that. I don't want to be the podcast that you are forced to listen to. But still, anyway, you listen. It's all good to me. So thank you for being here. And until next time, go out and watch good movies and I will talk to you later.

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