Completely Conspicuous Episode 106: Blowed Up Real Good
Special guest Matt Phillion and I continue our look at the decade in movies, focusing this time around on action movies.
Topics:
- Comic book movies were good this decade
- Dark Knight was a great film, period
- Ledger put his stamp on the Joker
- Kill Bill saga: A fun combo of Uma, martial arts and violence
- The Departed: Perfect crime film?
- Alec Baldwin, an acting force
- Hey Hollywood, don't even attempt the Boston accent
- Bourne trilogy: Better than Bond movies
- In Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's Bond is true to Fleming's vision
- Children of Men is a post-apocalyptic masterpiece
- The Descent: Best of "hot chicks in danger" movies
- The decade of survival horror
- Saw movies started good, got progressively worse
- Grindhouse: A ton of fun
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- Dios - Stare at the Wheel
- Elliott Smith - Cecilia/Amanda
- Titus Andronicus - Four Score and Seven
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The Dios song is on the band's album We Are Dios on Buddyhead Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/diosmalos and download the track for free at http://www.buddyhead.com.
The Elliott Smith song is a previously unreleased track available from Kill Rock Stars. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/elliottsmithnewmoon and download the song for free at http://www.killrockstars.com.
The Titus Andronicus song is on the album The Monitor on XL Recordings. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/titusandronicus and download the song for free at http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com.
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.net. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/.
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