January 23, 2024 • 48 mins
My father was an exceptional man… Join the procession for uncomfortable silences, extremely British humor, and Si(mon). The person most confused by the film this week was: the overbooked priest.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Toss Popcorn is a production of iHeartRadio. Hi.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm Sienna Jacob and I'm Leanna Holston, and welcome to
Tossed Popcorn.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
The podcast where two idiots watch every film on the
AFI's one hundred Greatest American Movies of All Time. Nope,
the podcast where two idiots watched every film on the
AFI's one hundred Greatest American Movies of All Time, the
very slightly less racist tenth Anniversary edition, and are now
watching films of our own choosing.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This podcast is a safe gathering for people who don't
know anything about movies. Today we're watching Death at a Funeral.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I'm so sorry about.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
The British version. A Leana selection warning there will be
spoilers about this semi fatal old film.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I'm really excited to do our predictions. Okay, great, wait,
let's just do it. Let's just go ahead and start
with mine, shall we?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Oh my god, hey, Leanna, wow, oh oh, this is
in a bathroom.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I was to watch Death at a Funeral. I assume
it'll have as many farcical, funny happenstances. It just has
just happened to me. I'm in an open mic. It's
been going on for a long time and you're an
old just flushed near me. I'm sorry. Okay. So I
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saw like one second of this movie once and I
remember him saying my father was an exceptional Yeah, and
so it's a funeral, yeah, and the guy from Pridon
prejudice and uh and I got a succession. We'll be
there and I bet some crazy things will happen and
(02:14):
maybe someone will die there, which would be crazy. But
I'm looking forward to watching this. I Love you and goodbye.
So yeah, what happens? Where?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Where do you watch these movies? Because you can just
do the prediction from from there.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
So I was at My friend asked me to go
to an open mic with her and I was like,
totally fine this first stand up or music music music, okay,
and I'm just trying to it's it's definitely a new year,
a new Year's thing that I was like, sure, why
not even year? I don't really particularly I have a
bit of a distaste for live music, particularly live music
that has sprung on me and you do not like that? Yeah, yeah,
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having to suddenly attend to live music event is kind
of terrifying to me. But I was like, you know what,
I'll branch out, and I love this friend and she
might perform and I like her music. So so I
ran off to the bathroom, which was a wonderful escape
from these people I did not know nor care about.
And I went in and it was just so chaotic
the way. I don't know why my voice sounded like that,
And then there was a toilet that went off automatically
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near me, and it was so I was just I
didn't want to be where I was, So anyway, a
good way to started off, because that was a lot
like what the movie was like.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
To be honest, absolutely, it was a method prediction.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Okay, well, Leanna, I'd love to hear your prediction for
Death at a Funeral.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Hello, Siena, it's Leanna. I am about to watch Death
at a Funeral. I haven't seen this movie since like
freshman year of college, so I I don't know how
it has aged, but I remember laughing a lot at it,
and I think it was very foundational for my love
of the breed sense of humor.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I predict Kookie.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Characters accidentally on drugs, Peter Dinklice, that line, Everything's so
fucking green, and you know, a bit of a romp
as well as some crass material.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I hope it's still fun. Love you bye bye. Well
that was basically a summary of the film, So thank
you very much. Would you like to hate girl now
or would you like to go to the summary? Or
how do you feeling today? Oh, let's do a little
(04:41):
hay girl, let's do all right, Hey girl, I'd like
to hear how you were doing. So you recently went
to your friend or another friend with my name was
visiting you. Mm hmm. You mentioned seeing a show with
Corgi's in it. Did that occur?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yes, we we got to it gets to a play
simply because there were Corgis on the poster. And honestly
it turned out to be a little bit of a
royalist piece. Interesting actually that kind of makes it like
a monarchist and you know, the audience reflected that the
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diversity level of the audience reflected sort of the diversity
level of the monarchy. I would say, right, there were
many moments of it that were very funny, but it
also was like, all right, this is a little bit
why are we doing this? And I must say, not
nearly enough Corgi as to what I was hoping for.
So It started with the opening moment of the play
(05:45):
is the curtain lifts to reveal a very, very, of
course gorgeous set and it's like the garden room or
the flower room or something at Clarence House, which is
where the Queen Mother lived after George the Fifth died,
and two Corgis run across the stage and that's the
first moment of the play, and I was like, good,
(06:06):
this is gonna be huh, this is gonna be the
best theater I've ever seen. And then the corgis are
seen running back across the stage at the beginning of
the beginning of another scene, and then one more time
the direction they ran the first time at the beginning
of a third scene, and I was like, now, hang on,
are the corgies only going to be running across.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
The stage the whole play?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah, paid to see a corky. And finally, during one
of the later scenes of the show, one of the
corgis came out and sat on the couch okay, next
to the Queen Mother, and it was so fucking cute,
and we were so far we were pretty far back
in the theater and I was staring right at that
Corki and It was meant to be like a serious scene,
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and I was like, listen, I'm not listening to anything
the people are saying, because this Corgi is slaying on
stage right now. I also think the Corgi's real name
is Pumpkin. The actor playing the Corki is called Pumpkin.
He was so so cute. At one point he put
his little chin down on her knees because he was
a little bit sleepy.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
It's very funny that those corkies were mostly seen transitions.
They really got you. Also, that's really smart. If they're
trying to get people to sort of like get on
board with the royal family. Bringing them to the dogs,
like making the dogs vocal point is really smart. Love that.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I love them so much. When I see a corky,
I just feel Did I tell you that? At Christmas
I was holding my cousin's dog and my brother took
a photo and he said, I've never seen you look
at a person like that.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Oh wow, it's true. Wow, how'd you feel about that?
That's just a big thing in fairness.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
None of my family looks at anybody that way. I
will say, It's like, how often are you going to
look at people that way like gazing with love.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Ye, I'm not doing that.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Hey girl, Well I mostly told you to tell me
about that soup. Yeah, I mostly told you where I'm
at because of the thing I attended last night. But
one thing that I want to spread I want to
spread the word about something because I woke up hungry
and I had some wonderful leftovers on the fridge that
i got, which is from a little restaurant I've never
been to before until this very weekend, and it was
called Islands.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Have you ever been to Island?
Speaker 2 (08:24):
No, I've been to Islands with your brother. Really, wait,
what I've never been Beforeland's Weekend in Los Angeles. The
one closest to him was closing. And it was a
very la moment where I was like, oh, it's a
fifteen minute walk, Like should we just walk there? And
they were like, no, we're gonna drive. And it was
on the drive I realized why And it's because it
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went like under an underpass, yeah, and next to a
highway like it would be a horrible walk. But that
one I think closed unless did it reopen?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
No? This was in Orange County.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Oh oh yeah, do you get a cocktail? Freddy fruity bev.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
You know what I got? You know, I did get
a bit of a fruity bev. It was not alcoholic.
I got like a it's not called a frosted lemonade there,
but it was like lemonade with milkshake in it.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Okay, is this like a bit of a dull whip?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Texture kind of texture was different, but it's that sames
kind of vibe, like a creamy fruity thing. And it
was delicious. And I got the tortilla soup, which is
what I'm sipping on right now. It was endless. The
two sizes are small or endless.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
And as we were leave, my love, my amount of
love for people, small amount of love for dogs endless.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And when I was leaving, we were like, do you
think that I can get a bowl to go? I said,
I asked to the waitress. I was like, well, this
is endless. Could I get one of my endless bowls?
Is a to go bowl? And she was like, I
don't think I can, or technically we're not supposed to
do that, but I'll see what I can do. And
you know what, she was a girl's girl. She was
a girl girl. She was a girl's girl, and she
got me. She got me a big old thing to
(10:00):
take home and I'm eating it now. Boards and I love.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Also, like, if somebody in the service industry is not
able to do something for you to be like they
were not a girl's girl, it's like, okay, so they're
forbidden from doing that at their job. That policy. No, no,
they don't support when it's not a girl's girl. She
was closing, she was gatekeeping soup. Let's just think about Leanna.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Hey, should we do an episode on the movie. Yeah,
I'm gonna give that synopsis. So Death at a Funeral
two thousand and seven the UK. This movie delivers us
more British humor tm aka bums. A family gathers for
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the funeral of our protagonist's father. The protagonist is played
by mister Darcy and Tom from Succession aka Matthew. What's
his name mcmovie, mickwa, I can never remember it? Mc
what now? Wow?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
You do not get hit by Limerens. You really don't,
because you love mister Darcy and you could not give
a shit like that guy's name. That's powerful, honestly, good
for you.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
His face was enough. I don't even know more. Mick
what now, mcfaddy mcfaddian, what's going on? The fuck? The
movie is a comedy of errors, complete with pissed off
great uncles, accidental acid trips, sibling rivalry, and an extremely
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exasperated priest. Oh yeah, and the almost murder of their
father's apparent lover who is a tempting to blackmail the
boys and just played by Peter Danklide. This movie will
make you say ah ew and ha ha ha the end.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yeah, that's right, good job, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
I will say my take on this movie is it
could have been a lot more offensive for coming out
to them being a comedy that's like gross and crass.
It could have been a lot of on many fronts,
on many fronts, And I was like, I just uh.
I found myself realizing early on, Like almost as soon
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as I pressed play, I was like, wait, why did
I put this on the list? Ha? But I do.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
I think it's because it was a formative one.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
It really was.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
I'm glad you said watched it all the way through.
I've heard of it, I think for a long time.
I said it was my favorite movie. So oh, let's
there you go.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
I got gotcha. Well, Leana should we get into a
little thing called our phone notes, where we talk about
the notes you took while watching the movie.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Yeah, baby, we sure should.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
I barely wrote anything down. I know me too well.
The thing is these cookies that are more oh good,
these movies that we're watching now that are sorry, chiller,
keep going. I find myself just kind of like sitting
there watching them.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Yeah, so yeah, you don't have to keep writing down,
like okay, So the reason that this was bad for
women's rights is this, you know, mm hmm, okay, so
you knew right off the bat. You see on your
first note is frank Oz. Okay, so this is literally
a muppet movie. Gotam so excited. I was like, okay,
compromise British and a puppet.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Mm hmmm, the two things you've been doing.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
You know, just seeing the name frank Oz, you knew,
Oh yeah, who that was.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely keep going, absolutely and absolutely I know
about frank Oz, and I was happy to see him
go off king. He's not in the movie, right, he
just directed it, I believe. Yeah. I actually don't know
(14:33):
what it looks like. I assume it's a puppet Gono,
assuming he's gonso uh Leonna. You also said Matthew mcfatty,
and so actually, you're welcome, Sienna. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
I didn't know at all how you were going to
feel about this movie, and I was like, I feel
kind of bad for like making her watch this, and
then I remember that mister Darcy is the lead, and
I was like, nope, you know what, never mind, Yeah,
she's fine, She's welcome.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
I'm gonna say this in my badges, but one thing
I'll say right off the bat, this movie did awkward silences,
like better than I've seen in like it's some of
the best awkward silence moments that you will ever find.
And that was very entertaining. Yeah, I appreciated.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
It when you were while you were watching it and
you were like, oh maybe I have seen this before.
Did you remember the gags and the punchlines or okay,
so those felt like news.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, yeah, it was all It was all fresh to me. Yeah, okay, great,
it was so good. This will be a good great perspective.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
It was funny, yeah, right, funny movie. Watching it today,
I was like, I think this is funny. It's just
one of those things, like you know when you've heard
something a million times, and you're like, no, I think
that really is great, totally, totally, but this is a
very funny perspective you're coming at it with, which is
just completely uncertain. And maybe I was really sleepy when
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I was watching it, and I knew that the poo
scene was coming, and I was like, oh, yeah, wow,
what if none of it's funny? And then there's pooda.
Did you just realize that the pill you took to
calm down a little.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Bit was actually an extremely potent hallucinogenic Take three minutes
to just sink into that vibe for.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
The rest of the episode. We'll be right back, Leanna.
One of your first notes is this is very British,
and please tell me when you notice that, because that's
extremely true. This is one of the most British films
I've seen.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Yeah, I think kind of from the start, but particularly
the mother's slights at her daughter in law played the
Kili Hawes, where it's so quiet and biting and vicious
but also polite, yes, and everybody like the extras being
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really politely concerned about there being like a nude man
on the roof all that stuff. It's just all and
they're just being a nude man, like all of it
is such key, like a pinnacle of British, like shitting oneself.
That's very British. Yeah, that's so British. And jokes about it.
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Close ups on bumbs, close ups on bums, a bum
crack Leanna, you said, oh my god, it's shitty Colin,
And you said, hey, the ugly guy, oh ugle Colin,
our crass friend from Love Actually yeah, enters this crass
(17:44):
film as a training pharmacist and drug Oh my gosh.
And we have to talk a bit about him in
a minute. But you asked a really good question, which is,
is this what's studying to be a pharmacist?
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Looks like that can't be right. No, I thought this.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
I had the same thought because he was all the
chemicals in his home and then a molecule sculpture.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Of him. He was funny. Okay, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
I liked him so much more in this than I
did in Love Action.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
And I don't know if it was just the five
years between the films really helped him grow. I think
he also like actually did a good job in this movie. Yeah,
and his role his stuff in Love actually was funny.
It was just like, oh, bailliing, Yeah, that was it exactly.
And this, yeah, it actually was like a funny. It
was a situational funny situation. And every time he went
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to pat his pockets and looked for the bottle of
pills and made that face started looking for them.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I thought that was really funny. That was so me
reaching in your pocket and it's always gone. It's like,
how is it gone again? God? What did I do?
How did I do it? I will say one thing
that's very satisfying about a movie like this, since it's
just pure comedy of errors, what do you call? Is
(19:08):
it a farce? Like whatever it technically is, they really
just are setting up. It felt like a one act
play or something where oh yeah, they set up really
strong characters that all have really specific I guess wants,
but like really specific concerns at this particular event, is
(19:33):
I need to make sure I keep an eye on
his bottle and he keeps Their objectives were so good,
really strong objectives, and like the priest being like I
have to go with three, and they keep saying minutes
so you can see as the priest gets more and
more upset, you know, like everything keeps building for that reason,
because they all have their strong objectives and it's really
satisfying and fun to watch. You're like, oh, the priest
(19:53):
is gonna be something, and now the princess are rushed
through it, and oh my god, he was so funny.
Every place that could have been neutral, they gave somebody
a strong opinion and feeling on what was happening.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
And it was a really great observation.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Thank you. Oh my god, I did yeah what, Oh, nothing.
It's just it's kind of disappointing and devastating when I
find that we're like media literate now, Oh I know,
I know.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
When we say we know nothing about movies and then
say something that portrays that we don't we do know
about movies, It's like, wow, I.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Don't know if I like who I am? Anyway, go on, Leanna,
you've said Alan is me on my first day of work,
which one was Alan?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Again?
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Is it the stressed out one? Oh my god?
Speaker 2 (20:36):
So Alan is Alan Tudic who plays Simon. Oh, when
he accidentally gets high because they give him what which
what they think is a valuume and it turns out
is an insane hallucinogenic and he gets out of the
car to go into the funeral and just stares at
a hedge. My first day of work as a personal assistant,
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I got in there. I was so nervous, and the
woman of the couple that I worked for was showing
me around the house. So she says, Okay, welcome in,
come in to the home.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Follow me.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
She starts walking, says something I mishear it. She keeps walking.
I stop walking. I turn I stare at the wall
very still. Oh you thought she said wait here, but
it wasn't waiting. I thought she said wait here. She
did not at all. Maybe she said right I. Oh,
So it was just a very cursed role from then on.
(21:35):
Within sixty seconds, I made it incredibly weird. And so
that really resonated with me.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
So funny, that does make it weird. That's one of
the weirder things you could do.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
I'm it's one of the weirdest things I've ever done.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
And I understand your confusion and and and that's one
of those situations where you're like, I can't really explain
this to you. We're gonna have to just move on.
We're gonna have to just move on. I have a
lot of my being an adult is me making a
horrendous mistake that I think we've recently made a meme
about it, where I'm like, where it's just like devastatingly
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humiliating deep inside. But I'm like, I don't have time
to address this. I can't explain myself to you. We're
gonna have to just move on. And that's what it is.
You swallow that and you go, well, show me the office.
Then you can't say to her, this is exactly what
I thought. You could send her in the podcast years
later and maybe it'll clear everything up. But yes, no,
(22:31):
it's not really how life works.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Unfortunately, No, nope, So I think she thought I was
real strange for pretty.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Much the duration of the funny. It's really cool, Well
you survived, thank you.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
The character I relate to the most this is sad.
It's gotta be that guy who's just following Martha around
like he went to an event just to talk to
his crush and he's like, oh, really you're engaged to
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that person, Like what do you see in them?
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Why not me? And it completely backfires. That's so funny.
How about and they're engaged? I probably the drug dealer
in really well, just like what I said, like in
that he keeps losing something and being like, oh, for
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who you relate to the most, And then I'm.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Like, I crap crap. Crap is also a scene in
the film, also.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Crap.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
I'm assuring it like an iPad, Like that's how it's spelled,
a lowercase I capital C crap crap.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
He's basically like, the worst thing I could possibly do
is make this same mistake again, and that's my whole life.
I just keep doing it. Yesterday I went to a
coffee shop and I forgot my laptop and my AirPods
and a pen.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Oh my god, what did you do?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
I did end up procuring a pen and I was
able to write things out and then do work on
my phone, which I need to do anyway.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
But I was just like, what did you write things
down on? It's wrong with me?
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I had a notebook fortunately, okay, wait yeah, coffee uh huh?
Only a notebook yeah, uh huh. And everything else that
was in my bag, which was a full bag of makeup, napkins, utensils.
Things they did not need. Chips they have that coffee
shops they have those, a.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Coffee shol I brought my own. It was horrible. It
was so disappointing. I'm like, why do why so? Oh man?
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Mm hmmm, god, that's funny. Favorite character A favorite character,
I don't know. I mean, I loved Simon and I
liked what was her name, Simon's fiance. I enjoyed Martha.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I loved how much she hated the guy who wanted
to talk to her the whole time. I think that
was an early example of women's rights in film, to
openly hate a man who's being creepy at you and
threaten him. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
She was very strong to me, and I loved her. Yeah,
this movie was definitely one of those that's like getting
there in terms of women's rights, which is to say,
there was no honk honk boy boob boob in this movie.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Yeah. Is one thing if you're gonna do amazing comedy,
sort of gross out comedy, like I'm kind of like, well,
thank you a little bit wow, yeah, a little bit wow.
But then they're you know, like the closest they get
is like the women are just taking care of the
men the whole time, and then at one point when
it's like ug men and they're like boy men.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
However, I still like both the characters, and you know,
it wasn't offensive or anything, but it just it feels
like on the road to women's rights in the movie Yes, yeah, yeah, uh, Leanna,
you said this quote. I was drunk out of my mind.
You could have been a donkey. Oh that's exactly that's right,
talking about having hooked up with them. I think about
(26:40):
that all the time. I think it's one of the
meanest things.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
You can say to someone. I didn't care.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
When I hooked up with you. I was in such
a state that I would have hooked up with a donkey. Oh, God,
hooked up with the donkey.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
I think the phrasing that you use for that a
person can use for hooking up for different scenarios is
so funny. For some reason, the idea of quote unquote
hooking up with the donkeys reminds me of when my
friend told me he was asking, we're talking about Club Penguin,
and he's like, yeah, did you ever did you ever
sleep with anyone in Club Penguin? What are you talking about?
(27:29):
And I guess it was like kids would like, you know,
go put their penguins together and then mash the heart
button and that was them. Like long but the idea
of that being sleeping together. It's so funny.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
That's what sex is, right, you put your penguins together
and you mash the heart button. I mean pretty much
I've been doing it wrong. Oh no, I need to.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Make some calls.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I need to contact some people, mainly my attorney.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Of hooked up with a donkey.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
With the donkey, Oh yes, okay, you wrote this is
actually so terrifying. Oh are those about two different things?
Speaker 1 (28:15):
I think so. I think so.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
This is just when the movie kind of took a
turn for the Oh my god, which is uh yeah,
I mean when he gets poop on his hand, it
was very it was very upset, but it's quite visceral.
I actually, I have to be honest, skipped that scene
this time around.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
You did the right thing, You did the right thing.
It sent a chill, sent a chill. And yeah, it's
what it is is. It's it's climactic.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
They they they really raised the state it reaches boiling point. Sure, yeah,
they really raised the stakes in terms of everything that.
It's like this guy has been a thorn in his side.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
The whole time, the old man has been It's like, well,
he's gonna poop on his hand, all right, and we're
gonna see it. Okay, that.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
They are right, Like, what is the most annoying thing
someone could do to you?
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Like, shit on me, shit on your hand?
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Yeah, and that would be the most inconvenient thing a
person could do, is an angry old man continuously jabbing
you with his cane. I'm sorry about that. We'll be
right back, Leonna.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
You said Simon is hot. Sorry, sorry, that man. He's
fit as hell. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
They really show us his entire physique and it's good.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Yeah, he's keeping it tight.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
It's interesting, well done, well done, a slave Si. Yeah,
Simon the Solicitor, Simon Simon Smith the Solicitor. Your last
note is Brits love bums.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
There's a shot in this movie where half the screen
is his right ass cheek and the other half is
like the people seeing him. That same shot, but mirrored,
happens in a movie called A Guide to Second Date Sex,
where it's George McKay's left ass cheek and then the
person that he's talking to. That's really funny. He'll just
(30:18):
do that.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
They love that, They really love that, Yeah, Leanna. Sort
of juxtaposed to my very first note, One of your
last notes is, Sienna, did you know this movie was
directed by Miss Piggy.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
I love thinking about it that way.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
I love thinking about it that way, and it kind
of makes the movie make sense.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Yeah, this is sort of Miss Piggy's as an a
tour vision. Yeah, he was the voice of Miss Piggy
as well as a couple other muppets and also the
voice of Yoda. Oh so just Piggy and Yoda co directed.
(31:04):
This movie explains everything directed by this.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Piggy and Yoda both kind of pervs. You think Yoda's
a perv?
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Definitely, he just gotta be a per kidding he does
make Luke train like upside down and shirtlets. You're right,
even like a swamp. It's an old PERV, one thousand
year old perv.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Ah and Leanna, your last note is this note, this
quote that you remember that seems to have stuck with you.
Everything's so fucking green. I sounded like, uh Logan Roy,
Logan Roy.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, you did. God, there's just some like.
I thought the opening line of this movie was perfect,
and I thought the ending line this movie was perfect.
The opening one is when they opened the coffin and
the first thing that anybody says is Matthew mcfatty and
looks down and then looks back up.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
And says, who's this. I love when movies start off strong.
I love when anything starts up that it's like, this
is what we're gonna be doing here. Nothing's gonna be regular,
which which you know that says to me, here's why
you'll learn that I don't hate this film. Is that
what it says to me right off the bat is
We're not gonna let you be bored during this movie.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yeah, it's very heightened, very out there, outrageous.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
It's outrageous. I really want to watch Simon again.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Oh my god, I love him. Well really, I think
he's it's like an Oscar worthy performance.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
It's amazing. It must have been such a blast to
be in. Well, this is maybe a good time to
perhaps move on to our next segment. Dully. Yeah. The dirt,
which is of course badges and tragis where we get
badges for British acting, Yeah, yeah, and tradges for turd
(33:08):
based comedy. Perfect.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
I have a badge for the coffin bit during the
opening credits. Yeah, where it'll like take a wrong turn
or it goes through the roundabout all the way before
making the correct turn. It has to reverse because it
went the wrong direction. Again, just setting you up for
what to expect.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
That's very clever. Yeah, yeah, mistake after mistake. I have
a badge for incredible awkward silences. Truly next level. There
were a few where I was like something about it
being two thousand and seven and British it was primetime,
prime time. They do an amazing time job. Mm hmm,
it's unmatched. It really is. Badge for Alan Tudic. God,
(33:50):
he's good in this movie. My next badge is for
Simon so good.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Bless Our sweet boy. A badge for whisper act. There's
a lot of whisper acting in the movie. Ah and
I actually it seems believable to me that they're actually
like whispering to each other and inaudible to the other
people in the room.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
Well, I have a badge for just regular acting acting.
How about that? So he was that real good? And
a badge for sheep.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
I'd never noticed this before, but on the in the
scenes on the roof, you can see in the background
there's a field with some sheep in it.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
I did not notice that. Yeah, but I'm so happy
about it.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
She took me four watches in sixteen years.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
So four watches in a funeral. I have a badge
for Uncle Alfie is actually really funny, even though he
stresses me out beyond belief. Uh huh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
He looks like an old, angry like goblin like creature
from Labyrinth. He is a goblin. He is a goblin
so angry. A badge for brothers repairing their relationship. I
(35:15):
really liked You by the end because there, yes, it
was absurd a lot of it, but then there also
were very real things and like conflicts between some of
the characters, and again it kept it very grounded and
it felt like we were able to connect with it
(35:36):
and it led us in on a certain level, which
was nice. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Yeah, the end was pretty sweet. Oh this is gonna
be hard to explain. But one thing I really appreciated
about this film. Maybe it was that it was satisfying
in this way, which is that the things that needed
to be said were always said. For example, like when
the other guy takes credit for what's his pushing Uncle
Alfie up the hill. Later he ends up being like,
(36:04):
you took the credit, I did it yeah, you took
the credit, and it just it's like, oh good, I'm
glad somebody said something. And then when he takes too
many pills, I'm like, that's way too many pills, and
I'm glad that the characters talk about it and they're like,
you gave him how much? That's way too many. I
think it makes me feel it's again like the crazy
stuff is somewhat grounded in that way, and I appreciated
that very much because it feels it can be really
(36:24):
stressful otherwise.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
Yeah. Yeah, my final badge is a badge for bloopers
during the credits. It's always nice to see the actors
break and laugh with each other because it's like, oh,
they also were having a good time. I felt exactly
the same way.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
So cute. My final badge was for honestly, could have
been a lot grosser. It's mostly the one poop thing
and bums, Like it's kind of a gross out movie.
But I've seen a real gross out movie before and
it was so awful that I'm like, thank you for
keeping it a little bit chill. Yeah, it really it's
(37:03):
like that one scene and there's no sexual humor, yeah,
which I do if I'm gonna like, I appreciate that.
It's kind of amazing in that way. Yeah, trages, trages.
My first trage is I'm stressed.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Yeah, trage for justin getting the credit for Howard pushing
Uncle Alvie up the hill. I know he like lets
it out later, but it always made me so sad
for Howard. And it felt very much like when somebody
repeats your joke but louder in class and they get
the laugh. Totally, totally, It just it resonated. I have
(37:48):
a trage for all those drugs feel like a horror film.
When they feed him all those drugs, it felt truly
like a horror movie. Oh, a trage for is it
gay or is it home of phobic? I saw this
in your notes and I was like, that is exactly
putting it. That is a great way of articulating the
discomfort I phone as well, just a little yeah, and
(38:11):
it's like, you know, it's two thousand and seven and
I just what, ah, No, it wasn't quite there. Yeah
you know again, it was like, yeah, it's hard to tell.
It was definitely part of the like he he crazy
crazy huh yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, Yeah, it was
(38:35):
used as a punchline too much for it too, But
also they made.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
Me feel like they also Peter Dingle's character was like
pretty chill despite like blackmailing them, you know, like he
wasn't I don't know, Yeah, he wasn't.
Speaker 2 (38:46):
Like an offensive stereotype of gay person. He was just
it seemed like they actually were just like really in
love with each other and also had a gay sexual relationship.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
Yeah, but it's interesting.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Everybody's reaction to it, I think, is what made it
feel all right. This isn't just finding out about an affair.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
This is it's more than that. Yeah, I don't know.
I have a trage for ew yep ew the Pooh pooh. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
Yeah, my next trage is for the Pooh scene. It's
a trage every time.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
I guess those are all my trages that I wrote down.
Oh wonderful.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Yeah. My final trage is just trage for white. It's yeah,
it's a white movie.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
Shall we move on to our next segment, Leonna y'all,
which of course is how to pretend you've seen this film? Yes,
this is for you are at a funeral. You're at
a funeral, and.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
You know.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Simon, who's a British. A britto file is their term
for that an angle file who's an anglophile. It's like, oh,
I come to every funeral I can attend, particularly because
(40:15):
I love British movies. And one of my favorites that
I saw, particularly because I loved that poop scene was
The UK. Like, Hey, I'm just trying to mourn, oh no,
but I'm here for the vibes, which reminds me of
one of my favorite films, Death at a Funeral, And
I'm gonna tell you all about it and talk about poop.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
And in order to close the coffin on that conversation,
we're gonna give you a few sentences you can say
to pretend you've seen the film Death at a Funeral. Gosh, Simon,
I've seen Death at a Funeral. Please don't speak to
me about films. I can tell that you're a film bro.
And it's as Howard says, I'd really rather not get
(40:57):
your cancer.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
Yes, Simon, I've seen the film Death at a Funeral.
It's a perfect sort of British movie to watch when
you want to see a bunch of actors that you
just can't quite place where you've seen them before. It's
like a game the whole time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (41:17):
This is I'm at the food area of the room,
putting things on my plate, and he's come up to
me and has spoken to me, and I haven't responded yet.
So he's just finished talking and I look up and
I go, was.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
There a dog in here? Just now? I'm sure there
was a dog in here? Then I go stare at
a hedge. I love when he puts his head in
that hedge. Oh there are many comes in and there's
a little like leaf in his hair. I rewind it,
watch it again. It was so funny.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
Oh, so he's just following his dreams. Some of the
things he did. I was like, as somebody who's now
done edibles, this is all making so much sense, not
even like a hallucinogenic drug, but just they elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Wait, was there a dog in here? Yes, Simon, I
have seen death at a funeral. Despite being full of goofs,
there are also some real sentimental moments in the film,
particularly those moments about sibling rivalry and getting your family
(42:31):
to respect you. Yes, yeah, when Martha's like, you're being
mean and this is the man I'm gonna marry and
that's that.
Speaker 2 (42:43):
Oh yeah, when she stands up to her dad. It's
so good, Simon. I just saw you speaking with somebody
else at this funeral about the film Death at a Funeral.
You've spoken with so many people about it, and now
you've come to me to talk about it again. How
does that make you me feel? I'll tell you how
to makes me feel cheap, like a cheap slut. I
(43:05):
love the way Peter Dnklin says cheap slut.
Speaker 1 (43:08):
He's really good slut. Yes, Simon, I have seen Death
at a Funeral. Even though that you're being annoying talking
about it to me, I will say that movie is
a great example of a film where it's clear that
the people working on it really liked working on it,
and hey, let's have more of that. Yeah, yeah, I
(43:28):
loved in.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
The scene where Peter Dinkline is knocked out unconscious and
then the guy who played Colin in Love actually is
trying to revive him, but none of them know his name,
so he just keeps going.
Speaker 1 (43:41):
You're right, mate, mate, mate, and he's like, what's his name?
Speaker 2 (43:48):
The other guy's like, try Philip, you Philip's funny.
Speaker 1 (44:00):
Well, perhaps it's time for a little something called should
you watch this or where we tell you if you
should watch this film or if you should do something
else with your time. Leanna, Yeah, what do you think?
Speaker 2 (44:10):
I think discussing it has helped me remember that this
film is very funny. I was, I was sleepy when
I watched it. I think you know you could watch
this movie. It's a fun, extraordinarily British humor film. The
home in it is very gorgeous, so it feels slightly
(44:31):
like escapism while you're watching it.
Speaker 1 (44:33):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
And it's a fun way to see mister Darcy slash
Tom woms gans uh do something a little different?
Speaker 1 (44:41):
Love it, love it? Seanna, what would you say You're
gonna love and hate my recommendation because oh no, no,
it's a great recommendation. But much like that one guy
took credit for the other guys thing, Yeah, I will
be taking the credit for your great recommendation, which is
you could instead watch Miranda.
Speaker 2 (45:04):
Oh my god, what a wonderful recommendation.
Speaker 1 (45:09):
That's so good if you want to watch something British
and silly, adults being silly. Ah, this movie is fun.
But also if you want to watch a TV show, Leanna,
put me onto the show Miranda years ago, and it
is so funny and goofy and Miranda heart is a treasure.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (45:32):
And there are many gags and characters with strong objectives
doing silly things, and many many mistakes made along the way.
It's such such a good show. It's such a good show.
Another very British thing. Recommended by our British British a correspondent,
Our British correspondent, Our British correspondent, Leona Holston. Yeah, we'll see.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
What would you rate the film Death at a Funeral? Hmmm?
Speaker 1 (46:06):
I thought it was well written. I liked the characters.
Didn't have a lot of problems with the film. Uh,
mainly I'd watch it again. For Simon, I think i'd
give it like a three out of five. Yeah, three, uh,
(46:28):
extremely forced smiles while walking through a crowd of people.
Out of five it was funny, Leanna, what about yourself?
Speaker 2 (46:37):
So funny in that seed. I'm gonna give Death at
a Funeral four bums out of five. I think the
actors in it are so good. Yeah, and they do
really good acting as well.
Speaker 1 (46:49):
It's really good acting. Yeah, it was kind of astonishing.
Speaker 2 (46:52):
I went back and just rewatched some of their performances
because it was like, boy, they're they're they're just good.
Speaker 1 (46:58):
Yeah, and Alan is he's like a god in this movie.
He's so good.
Speaker 2 (47:05):
He's perfect, Like he's perfect, he is, He's perfect. To me,
he is perfect. The poo stuff grosses me out so much.
And it's definitely a very like white male movie, but
not in the way that so many white man comedies are. Yeah,
it feels refreshingly different for the lads to have done.
Speaker 1 (47:27):
I agree.
Speaker 2 (47:29):
Well, there you go, everybody. We have reviewed Death at
a Funeral the UK version. Thank you so much for listening.
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Speaker 1 (48:05):
Ah Pork Pork Canadians. Oh yeah, thank you, We love you.
Speaker 2 (48:19):
Bye b.
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(48:44):
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Toss Popcorn is a production of iHeartRadio. Hi.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I'm Sienna Jacob and I'm Leanna Holston, and welcome to
Tossed Popcorn.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
The podcast where two idiots watch every film on the
AFI's one hundred Greatest American Movies of All Time. Nope,
the podcast where two idiots watched every film on the
AFI's one hundred Greatest American Movies of All Time, the
very slightly less racist tenth Anniversary edition, and are now
watching films of our own choosing.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This podcast is a safe gathering for people who don't
know anything about movies. Today we're watching Death at a Funeral.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I'm so sorry about.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
The British version. A Leana selection warning there will be
spoilers about this semi fatal old film.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I'm really excited to do our predictions. Okay, great, wait,
let's just do it. Let's just go ahead and start
with mine, shall we?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Oh my god, hey, Leanna, wow, oh oh, this is
in a bathroom.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
I was to watch Death at a Funeral. I assume
it'll have as many farcical, funny happenstances. It just has
just happened to me. I'm in an open mic. It's
been going on for a long time and you're an
old just flushed near me. I'm sorry. Okay. So I
(01:53):
saw like one second of this movie once and I
remember him saying my father was an exceptional Yeah, and
so it's a funeral, yeah, and the guy from Pridon
prejudice and uh and I got a succession. We'll be
there and I bet some crazy things will happen and
(02:14):
maybe someone will die there, which would be crazy. But
I'm looking forward to watching this. I Love you and goodbye.
So yeah, what happens? Where?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Where do you watch these movies? Because you can just
do the prediction from from there.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
So I was at My friend asked me to go
to an open mic with her and I was like,
totally fine this first stand up or music music music, okay,
and I'm just trying to it's it's definitely a new year,
a new Year's thing that I was like, sure, why
not even year? I don't really particularly I have a
bit of a distaste for live music, particularly live music
that has sprung on me and you do not like that? Yeah, yeah,
(02:59):
having to suddenly attend to live music event is kind
of terrifying to me. But I was like, you know what,
I'll branch out, and I love this friend and she
might perform and I like her music. So so I
ran off to the bathroom, which was a wonderful escape
from these people I did not know nor care about.
And I went in and it was just so chaotic
the way. I don't know why my voice sounded like that,
And then there was a toilet that went off automatically
(03:20):
near me, and it was so I was just I
didn't want to be where I was, So anyway, a
good way to started off, because that was a lot
like what the movie was like.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
To be honest, absolutely, it was a method prediction.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Okay, well, Leanna, I'd love to hear your prediction for
Death at a Funeral.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Hello, Siena, it's Leanna. I am about to watch Death
at a Funeral. I haven't seen this movie since like
freshman year of college, so I I don't know how
it has aged, but I remember laughing a lot at it,
and I think it was very foundational for my love
of the breed sense of humor.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I predict Kookie.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Characters accidentally on drugs, Peter Dinklice, that line, Everything's so
fucking green, and you know, a bit of a romp
as well as some crass material.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I hope it's still fun. Love you bye bye. Well
that was basically a summary of the film, So thank
you very much. Would you like to hate girl now
or would you like to go to the summary? Or
how do you feeling today? Oh, let's do a little
(04:41):
hay girl, let's do all right, Hey girl, I'd like
to hear how you were doing. So you recently went
to your friend or another friend with my name was
visiting you. Mm hmm. You mentioned seeing a show with
Corgi's in it. Did that occur?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Yes, we we got to it gets to a play
simply because there were Corgis on the poster. And honestly
it turned out to be a little bit of a
royalist piece. Interesting actually that kind of makes it like
a monarchist and you know, the audience reflected that the
(05:22):
diversity level of the audience reflected sort of the diversity
level of the monarchy. I would say, right, there were
many moments of it that were very funny, but it
also was like, all right, this is a little bit
why are we doing this? And I must say, not
nearly enough Corgi as to what I was hoping for.
So It started with the opening moment of the play
(05:45):
is the curtain lifts to reveal a very, very, of
course gorgeous set and it's like the garden room or
the flower room or something at Clarence House, which is
where the Queen Mother lived after George the Fifth died,
and two Corgis run across the stage and that's the
first moment of the play, and I was like, good,
(06:06):
this is gonna be huh, this is gonna be the
best theater I've ever seen. And then the corgis are
seen running back across the stage at the beginning of
the beginning of another scene, and then one more time
the direction they ran the first time at the beginning
of a third scene, and I was like, now, hang on,
are the corgies only going to be running across.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
The stage the whole play?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah, paid to see a corky. And finally, during one
of the later scenes of the show, one of the
corgis came out and sat on the couch okay, next
to the Queen Mother, and it was so fucking cute,
and we were so far we were pretty far back
in the theater and I was staring right at that
Corki and It was meant to be like a serious scene,
(06:51):
and I was like, listen, I'm not listening to anything
the people are saying, because this Corgi is slaying on
stage right now. I also think the Corgi's real name
is Pumpkin. The actor playing the Corki is called Pumpkin.
He was so so cute. At one point he put
his little chin down on her knees because he was
a little bit sleepy.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
It's very funny that those corkies were mostly seen transitions.
They really got you. Also, that's really smart. If they're
trying to get people to sort of like get on
board with the royal family. Bringing them to the dogs,
like making the dogs vocal point is really smart. Love that.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
I love them so much. When I see a corky,
I just feel Did I tell you that? At Christmas
I was holding my cousin's dog and my brother took
a photo and he said, I've never seen you look
at a person like that.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Oh wow, it's true. Wow, how'd you feel about that?
That's just a big thing in fairness.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
None of my family looks at anybody that way. I
will say, It's like, how often are you going to
look at people that way like gazing with love.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Ye, I'm not doing that.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Hey girl, Well I mostly told you to tell me
about that soup. Yeah, I mostly told you where I'm
at because of the thing I attended last night. But
one thing that I want to spread I want to
spread the word about something because I woke up hungry
and I had some wonderful leftovers on the fridge that
i got, which is from a little restaurant I've never
been to before until this very weekend, and it was
called Islands.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Have you ever been to Island?
Speaker 2 (08:24):
No, I've been to Islands with your brother. Really, wait,
what I've never been Beforeland's Weekend in Los Angeles. The
one closest to him was closing. And it was a
very la moment where I was like, oh, it's a
fifteen minute walk, Like should we just walk there? And
they were like, no, we're gonna drive. And it was
on the drive I realized why And it's because it
(08:46):
went like under an underpass, yeah, and next to a
highway like it would be a horrible walk. But that
one I think closed unless did it reopen?
Speaker 1 (08:55):
No? This was in Orange County.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Oh oh yeah, do you get a cocktail? Freddy fruity bev.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
You know what I got? You know, I did get
a bit of a fruity bev. It was not alcoholic.
I got like a it's not called a frosted lemonade there,
but it was like lemonade with milkshake in it.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Okay, is this like a bit of a dull whip?
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Texture kind of texture was different, but it's that sames
kind of vibe, like a creamy fruity thing. And it
was delicious. And I got the tortilla soup, which is
what I'm sipping on right now. It was endless. The
two sizes are small or endless.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
And as we were leave, my love, my amount of
love for people, small amount of love for dogs endless.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
And when I was leaving, we were like, do you
think that I can get a bowl to go? I said,
I asked to the waitress. I was like, well, this
is endless. Could I get one of my endless bowls?
Is a to go bowl? And she was like, I
don't think I can, or technically we're not supposed to
do that, but I'll see what I can do. And
you know what, she was a girl's girl. She was
a girl girl. She was a girl's girl, and she
got me. She got me a big old thing to
(10:00):
take home and I'm eating it now. Boards and I love.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Also, like, if somebody in the service industry is not
able to do something for you to be like they
were not a girl's girl, it's like, okay, so they're
forbidden from doing that at their job. That policy. No, no,
they don't support when it's not a girl's girl. She
was closing, she was gatekeeping soup. Let's just think about Leanna.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Hey, should we do an episode on the movie. Yeah,
I'm gonna give that synopsis. So Death at a Funeral
two thousand and seven the UK. This movie delivers us
more British humor tm aka bums. A family gathers for
(10:57):
the funeral of our protagonist's father. The protagonist is played
by mister Darcy and Tom from Succession aka Matthew. What's
his name mcmovie, mickwa, I can never remember it? Mc
what now? Wow?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
You do not get hit by Limerens. You really don't,
because you love mister Darcy and you could not give
a shit like that guy's name. That's powerful, honestly, good
for you.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
His face was enough. I don't even know more. Mick
what now, mcfaddy mcfaddian, what's going on? The fuck? The
movie is a comedy of errors, complete with pissed off
great uncles, accidental acid trips, sibling rivalry, and an extremely
(11:52):
exasperated priest. Oh yeah, and the almost murder of their
father's apparent lover who is a tempting to blackmail the
boys and just played by Peter Danklide. This movie will
make you say ah ew and ha ha ha the end.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yeah, that's right, good job, thank you.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
I will say my take on this movie is it
could have been a lot more offensive for coming out
to them being a comedy that's like gross and crass.
It could have been a lot of on many fronts,
on many fronts, And I was like, I just uh.
I found myself realizing early on, Like almost as soon
(12:56):
as I pressed play, I was like, wait, why did
I put this on the list? Ha? But I do.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
I think it's because it was a formative one.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
It really was.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
I'm glad you said watched it all the way through.
I've heard of it, I think for a long time.
I said it was my favorite movie. So oh, let's
there you go.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
I got gotcha. Well, Leana should we get into a
little thing called our phone notes, where we talk about
the notes you took while watching the movie.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Yeah, baby, we sure should.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
I barely wrote anything down. I know me too well.
The thing is these cookies that are more oh good,
these movies that we're watching now that are sorry, chiller,
keep going. I find myself just kind of like sitting
there watching them.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Yeah, so yeah, you don't have to keep writing down,
like okay, So the reason that this was bad for
women's rights is this, you know, mm hmm, okay, so
you knew right off the bat. You see on your
first note is frank Oz. Okay, so this is literally
a muppet movie. Gotam so excited. I was like, okay,
compromise British and a puppet.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Mm hmmm, the two things you've been doing.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
You know, just seeing the name frank Oz, you knew,
Oh yeah, who that was.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely keep going, absolutely and absolutely I know
about frank Oz, and I was happy to see him
go off king. He's not in the movie, right, he
just directed it, I believe. Yeah. I actually don't know
(14:33):
what it looks like. I assume it's a puppet Gono,
assuming he's gonso uh Leonna. You also said Matthew mcfatty,
and so actually, you're welcome, Sienna. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
I didn't know at all how you were going to
feel about this movie, and I was like, I feel
kind of bad for like making her watch this, and
then I remember that mister Darcy is the lead, and
I was like, nope, you know what, never mind, Yeah,
she's fine, She's welcome.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
I'm gonna say this in my badges, but one thing
I'll say right off the bat, this movie did awkward silences,
like better than I've seen in like it's some of
the best awkward silence moments that you will ever find.
And that was very entertaining. Yeah, I appreciated.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
It when you were while you were watching it and
you were like, oh maybe I have seen this before.
Did you remember the gags and the punchlines or okay,
so those felt like news.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Yeah, yeah, it was all It was all fresh to me. Yeah, okay, great,
it was so good. This will be a good great perspective.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
It was funny, yeah, right, funny movie. Watching it today,
I was like, I think this is funny. It's just
one of those things, like you know when you've heard
something a million times, and you're like, no, I think
that really is great, totally, totally, but this is a
very funny perspective you're coming at it with, which is
just completely uncertain. And maybe I was really sleepy when
(15:55):
I was watching it, and I knew that the poo
scene was coming, and I was like, oh, yeah, wow,
what if none of it's funny? And then there's pooda.
Did you just realize that the pill you took to
calm down a little.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Bit was actually an extremely potent hallucinogenic Take three minutes
to just sink into that vibe for.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
The rest of the episode. We'll be right back, Leanna.
One of your first notes is this is very British,
and please tell me when you notice that, because that's
extremely true. This is one of the most British films
I've seen.
Speaker 2 (16:40):
Yeah, I think kind of from the start, but particularly
the mother's slights at her daughter in law played the
Kili Hawes, where it's so quiet and biting and vicious
but also polite, yes, and everybody like the extras being
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really politely concerned about there being like a nude man
on the roof all that stuff. It's just all and
they're just being a nude man, like all of it
is such key, like a pinnacle of British, like shitting oneself.
That's very British. Yeah, that's so British. And jokes about it.
(17:23):
Close ups on bumbs, close ups on bums, a bum
crack Leanna, you said, oh my god, it's shitty Colin,
And you said, hey, the ugly guy, oh ugle Colin,
our crass friend from Love Actually yeah, enters this crass
(17:44):
film as a training pharmacist and drug Oh my gosh.
And we have to talk a bit about him in
a minute. But you asked a really good question, which is,
is this what's studying to be a pharmacist?
Speaker 1 (17:58):
Looks like that can't be right. No, I thought this.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
I had the same thought because he was all the
chemicals in his home and then a molecule sculpture.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Of him. He was funny. Okay, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
I liked him so much more in this than I
did in Love Action.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
And I don't know if it was just the five
years between the films really helped him grow. I think
he also like actually did a good job in this movie. Yeah,
and his role his stuff in Love actually was funny.
It was just like, oh, bailliing, Yeah, that was it exactly.
And this, yeah, it actually was like a funny. It
was a situational funny situation. And every time he went
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to pat his pockets and looked for the bottle of
pills and made that face started looking for them.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I thought that was really funny. That was so me
reaching in your pocket and it's always gone. It's like,
how is it gone again? God? What did I do?
How did I do it? I will say one thing
that's very satisfying about a movie like this, since it's
just pure comedy of errors, what do you call? Is
(19:08):
it a farce? Like whatever it technically is, they really
just are setting up. It felt like a one act
play or something where oh yeah, they set up really
strong characters that all have really specific I guess wants,
but like really specific concerns at this particular event, is
(19:33):
I need to make sure I keep an eye on
his bottle and he keeps Their objectives were so good,
really strong objectives, and like the priest being like I
have to go with three, and they keep saying minutes
so you can see as the priest gets more and
more upset, you know, like everything keeps building for that reason,
because they all have their strong objectives and it's really
satisfying and fun to watch. You're like, oh, the priest
(19:53):
is gonna be something, and now the princess are rushed
through it, and oh my god, he was so funny.
Every place that could have been neutral, they gave somebody
a strong opinion and feeling on what was happening.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
And it was a really great observation.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Thank you. Oh my god, I did yeah what, Oh, nothing.
It's just it's kind of disappointing and devastating when I
find that we're like media literate now, Oh I know,
I know.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
When we say we know nothing about movies and then
say something that portrays that we don't we do know
about movies, It's like, wow, I.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Don't know if I like who I am? Anyway, go on, Leanna,
you've said Alan is me on my first day of work,
which one was Alan?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Again?
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Is it the stressed out one? Oh my god?
Speaker 2 (20:36):
So Alan is Alan Tudic who plays Simon. Oh, when
he accidentally gets high because they give him what which
what they think is a valuume and it turns out
is an insane hallucinogenic and he gets out of the
car to go into the funeral and just stares at
a hedge. My first day of work as a personal assistant,
(21:01):
I got in there. I was so nervous, and the
woman of the couple that I worked for was showing
me around the house. So she says, Okay, welcome in,
come in to the home.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Follow me.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
She starts walking, says something I mishear it. She keeps walking.
I stop walking. I turn I stare at the wall
very still. Oh you thought she said wait here, but
it wasn't waiting. I thought she said wait here. She
did not at all. Maybe she said right I. Oh,
So it was just a very cursed role from then on.
(21:35):
Within sixty seconds, I made it incredibly weird. And so
that really resonated with me.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
So funny, that does make it weird. That's one of
the weirder things you could do.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
I'm it's one of the weirdest things I've ever done.
Speaker 1 (21:49):
And I understand your confusion and and and that's one
of those situations where you're like, I can't really explain
this to you. We're gonna have to just move on.
We're gonna have to just move on. I have a
lot of my being an adult is me making a
horrendous mistake that I think we've recently made a meme
about it, where I'm like, where it's just like devastatingly
(22:10):
humiliating deep inside. But I'm like, I don't have time
to address this. I can't explain myself to you. We're
gonna have to just move on. And that's what it is.
You swallow that and you go, well, show me the office.
Then you can't say to her, this is exactly what
I thought. You could send her in the podcast years
later and maybe it'll clear everything up. But yes, no,
(22:31):
it's not really how life works.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
Unfortunately, No, nope, So I think she thought I was
real strange for pretty.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Much the duration of the funny. It's really cool, Well
you survived, thank you.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
The character I relate to the most this is sad.
It's gotta be that guy who's just following Martha around
like he went to an event just to talk to
his crush and he's like, oh, really you're engaged to
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that person, Like what do you see in them?
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Why not me? And it completely backfires. That's so funny.
How about and they're engaged? I probably the drug dealer
in really well, just like what I said, like in
that he keeps losing something and being like, oh, for
(23:33):
who you relate to the most, And then I'm.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Like, I crap crap. Crap is also a scene in
the film, also.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Crap.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
I'm assuring it like an iPad, Like that's how it's spelled,
a lowercase I capital C crap crap.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
He's basically like, the worst thing I could possibly do
is make this same mistake again, and that's my whole life.
I just keep doing it. Yesterday I went to a
coffee shop and I forgot my laptop and my AirPods
and a pen.
Speaker 2 (24:14):
Oh my god, what did you do?
Speaker 1 (24:20):
I did end up procuring a pen and I was
able to write things out and then do work on
my phone, which I need to do anyway.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
But I was just like, what did you write things
down on? It's wrong with me?
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I had a notebook fortunately, okay, wait yeah, coffee uh huh?
Only a notebook yeah, uh huh. And everything else that
was in my bag, which was a full bag of makeup, napkins, utensils.
Things they did not need. Chips they have that coffee
shops they have those, a.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
Coffee shol I brought my own. It was horrible. It
was so disappointing. I'm like, why do why so? Oh man?
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Mm hmmm, god, that's funny. Favorite character A favorite character,
I don't know. I mean, I loved Simon and I
liked what was her name, Simon's fiance. I enjoyed Martha.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
I loved how much she hated the guy who wanted
to talk to her the whole time. I think that
was an early example of women's rights in film, to
openly hate a man who's being creepy at you and
threaten him. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:39):
She was very strong to me, and I loved her. Yeah,
this movie was definitely one of those that's like getting
there in terms of women's rights, which is to say,
there was no honk honk boy boob boob in this movie.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Yeah. Is one thing if you're gonna do amazing comedy,
sort of gross out comedy, like I'm kind of like, well,
thank you a little bit wow, yeah, a little bit wow.
But then they're you know, like the closest they get
is like the women are just taking care of the
men the whole time, and then at one point when
it's like ug men and they're like boy men.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
However, I still like both the characters, and you know,
it wasn't offensive or anything, but it just it feels
like on the road to women's rights in the movie Yes, yeah, yeah, uh, Leanna,
you said this quote. I was drunk out of my mind.
You could have been a donkey. Oh that's exactly that's right,
talking about having hooked up with them. I think about
(26:40):
that all the time. I think it's one of the
meanest things.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
You can say to someone. I didn't care.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
When I hooked up with you. I was in such
a state that I would have hooked up with a donkey. Oh, God,
hooked up with the donkey.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
I think the phrasing that you use for that a
person can use for hooking up for different scenarios is
so funny. For some reason, the idea of quote unquote
hooking up with the donkeys reminds me of when my
friend told me he was asking, we're talking about Club Penguin,
and he's like, yeah, did you ever did you ever
sleep with anyone in Club Penguin? What are you talking about?
(27:29):
And I guess it was like kids would like, you know,
go put their penguins together and then mash the heart
button and that was them. Like long but the idea
of that being sleeping together. It's so funny.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
That's what sex is, right, you put your penguins together
and you mash the heart button. I mean pretty much
I've been doing it wrong. Oh no, I need to.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
Make some calls.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I need to contact some people, mainly my attorney.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Of hooked up with a donkey.
Speaker 2 (28:03):
With the donkey, Oh yes, okay, you wrote this is
actually so terrifying. Oh are those about two different things?
Speaker 1 (28:15):
I think so. I think so.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
This is just when the movie kind of took a
turn for the Oh my god, which is uh yeah,
I mean when he gets poop on his hand, it
was very it was very upset, but it's quite visceral.
I actually, I have to be honest, skipped that scene
this time around.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
You did the right thing, You did the right thing.
It sent a chill, sent a chill. And yeah, it's
what it is is. It's it's climactic.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
They they they really raised the state it reaches boiling point. Sure, yeah,
they really raised the stakes in terms of everything that.
It's like this guy has been a thorn in his side.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
The whole time, the old man has been It's like, well,
he's gonna poop on his hand, all right, and we're
gonna see it. Okay, that.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
They are right, Like, what is the most annoying thing
someone could do to you?
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Like, shit on me, shit on your hand?
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Yeah, and that would be the most inconvenient thing a
person could do, is an angry old man continuously jabbing
you with his cane. I'm sorry about that. We'll be
right back, Leonna.
Speaker 1 (29:33):
You said Simon is hot. Sorry, sorry, that man. He's
fit as hell. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
They really show us his entire physique and it's good.
Speaker 1 (29:43):
Yeah, he's keeping it tight.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
It's interesting, well done, well done, a slave Si. Yeah,
Simon the Solicitor, Simon Simon Smith the Solicitor. Your last
note is Brits love bums.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:58):
There's a shot in this movie where half the screen
is his right ass cheek and the other half is
like the people seeing him. That same shot, but mirrored,
happens in a movie called A Guide to Second Date Sex,
where it's George McKay's left ass cheek and then the
person that he's talking to. That's really funny. He'll just
(30:18):
do that.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
They love that, They really love that, Yeah, Leanna. Sort
of juxtaposed to my very first note, One of your
last notes is, Sienna, did you know this movie was
directed by Miss Piggy.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
I love thinking about it that way.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
I love thinking about it that way, and it kind
of makes the movie make sense.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Yeah, this is sort of Miss Piggy's as an a
tour vision. Yeah, he was the voice of Miss Piggy
as well as a couple other muppets and also the
voice of Yoda. Oh so just Piggy and Yoda co directed.
(31:04):
This movie explains everything directed by this.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
Piggy and Yoda both kind of pervs. You think Yoda's
a perv?
Speaker 2 (31:18):
Definitely, he just gotta be a per kidding he does
make Luke train like upside down and shirtlets. You're right,
even like a swamp. It's an old PERV, one thousand
year old perv.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Ah and Leanna, your last note is this note, this
quote that you remember that seems to have stuck with you.
Everything's so fucking green. I sounded like, uh Logan Roy,
Logan Roy.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, you did. God, there's just some like.
I thought the opening line of this movie was perfect,
and I thought the ending line this movie was perfect.
The opening one is when they opened the coffin and
the first thing that anybody says is Matthew mcfatty and
looks down and then looks back up.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
And says, who's this. I love when movies start off strong.
I love when anything starts up that it's like, this
is what we're gonna be doing here. Nothing's gonna be regular,
which which you know that says to me, here's why
you'll learn that I don't hate this film. Is that
what it says to me right off the bat is
We're not gonna let you be bored during this movie.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yeah, it's very heightened, very out there, outrageous.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
It's outrageous. I really want to watch Simon again.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Oh my god, I love him. Well really, I think
he's it's like an Oscar worthy performance.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
It's amazing. It must have been such a blast to
be in. Well, this is maybe a good time to
perhaps move on to our next segment. Dully. Yeah. The dirt,
which is of course badges and tragis where we get
badges for British acting, Yeah, yeah, and tradges for turd
(33:08):
based comedy. Perfect.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
I have a badge for the coffin bit during the
opening credits. Yeah, where it'll like take a wrong turn
or it goes through the roundabout all the way before
making the correct turn. It has to reverse because it
went the wrong direction. Again, just setting you up for
what to expect.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
That's very clever. Yeah, yeah, mistake after mistake. I have
a badge for incredible awkward silences. Truly next level. There
were a few where I was like something about it
being two thousand and seven and British it was primetime,
prime time. They do an amazing time job. Mm hmm,
it's unmatched. It really is. Badge for Alan Tudic. God,
(33:50):
he's good in this movie. My next badge is for
Simon so good.
Speaker 2 (33:55):
Bless Our sweet boy. A badge for whisper act. There's
a lot of whisper acting in the movie. Ah and
I actually it seems believable to me that they're actually
like whispering to each other and inaudible to the other
people in the room.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
Well, I have a badge for just regular acting acting.
How about that? So he was that real good? And
a badge for sheep.
Speaker 2 (34:23):
I'd never noticed this before, but on the in the
scenes on the roof, you can see in the background
there's a field with some sheep in it.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
I did not notice that. Yeah, but I'm so happy
about it.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
She took me four watches in sixteen years.
Speaker 1 (34:38):
So four watches in a funeral. I have a badge
for Uncle Alfie is actually really funny, even though he
stresses me out beyond belief. Uh huh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
He looks like an old, angry like goblin like creature
from Labyrinth. He is a goblin. He is a goblin
so angry. A badge for brothers repairing their relationship. I
(35:15):
really liked You by the end because there, yes, it
was absurd a lot of it, but then there also
were very real things and like conflicts between some of
the characters, and again it kept it very grounded and
it felt like we were able to connect with it
(35:36):
and it led us in on a certain level, which
was nice. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Yeah, the end was pretty sweet. Oh this is gonna
be hard to explain. But one thing I really appreciated
about this film. Maybe it was that it was satisfying
in this way, which is that the things that needed
to be said were always said. For example, like when
the other guy takes credit for what's his pushing Uncle
Alfie up the hill. Later he ends up being like,
(36:04):
you took the credit, I did it yeah, you took
the credit, and it just it's like, oh good, I'm
glad somebody said something. And then when he takes too
many pills, I'm like, that's way too many pills, and
I'm glad that the characters talk about it and they're like,
you gave him how much? That's way too many. I
think it makes me feel it's again like the crazy
stuff is somewhat grounded in that way, and I appreciated
that very much because it feels it can be really
(36:24):
stressful otherwise.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
Yeah. Yeah, my final badge is a badge for bloopers
during the credits. It's always nice to see the actors
break and laugh with each other because it's like, oh,
they also were having a good time. I felt exactly
the same way.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
So cute. My final badge was for honestly, could have
been a lot grosser. It's mostly the one poop thing
and bums, Like it's kind of a gross out movie.
But I've seen a real gross out movie before and
it was so awful that I'm like, thank you for
keeping it a little bit chill. Yeah, it really it's
(37:03):
like that one scene and there's no sexual humor, yeah,
which I do if I'm gonna like, I appreciate that.
It's kind of amazing in that way. Yeah, trages, trages.
My first trage is I'm stressed.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Yeah, trage for justin getting the credit for Howard pushing
Uncle Alvie up the hill. I know he like lets
it out later, but it always made me so sad
for Howard. And it felt very much like when somebody
repeats your joke but louder in class and they get
the laugh. Totally, totally, It just it resonated. I have
(37:48):
a trage for all those drugs feel like a horror film.
When they feed him all those drugs, it felt truly
like a horror movie. Oh, a trage for is it
gay or is it home of phobic? I saw this
in your notes and I was like, that is exactly
putting it. That is a great way of articulating the
discomfort I phone as well, just a little yeah, and
(38:11):
it's like, you know, it's two thousand and seven and
I just what, ah, No, it wasn't quite there. Yeah
you know again, it was like, yeah, it's hard to tell.
It was definitely part of the like he he crazy
crazy huh yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, Yeah, it was
(38:35):
used as a punchline too much for it too, But
also they made.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
Me feel like they also Peter Dingle's character was like
pretty chill despite like blackmailing them, you know, like he
wasn't I don't know, Yeah, he wasn't.
Speaker 2 (38:46):
Like an offensive stereotype of gay person. He was just
it seemed like they actually were just like really in
love with each other and also had a gay sexual relationship.
Speaker 1 (38:55):
Yeah, but it's interesting.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Everybody's reaction to it, I think, is what made it
feel all right. This isn't just finding out about an affair.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
This is it's more than that. Yeah, I don't know.
I have a trage for ew yep ew the Pooh pooh. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:16):
Yeah, my next trage is for the Pooh scene. It's
a trage every time.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
I guess those are all my trages that I wrote down.
Oh wonderful.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Yeah. My final trage is just trage for white. It's yeah,
it's a white movie.
Speaker 1 (39:32):
Shall we move on to our next segment, Leonna y'all,
which of course is how to pretend you've seen this film? Yes,
this is for you are at a funeral. You're at
a funeral, and.
Speaker 2 (39:49):
You know.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
Simon, who's a British. A britto file is their term
for that an angle file who's an anglophile. It's like, oh,
I come to every funeral I can attend, particularly because
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I love British movies. And one of my favorites that
I saw, particularly because I loved that poop scene was
The UK. Like, Hey, I'm just trying to mourn, oh no,
but I'm here for the vibes, which reminds me of
one of my favorite films, Death at a Funeral, And
I'm gonna tell you all about it and talk about poop.
Speaker 2 (40:36):
And in order to close the coffin on that conversation,
we're gonna give you a few sentences you can say
to pretend you've seen the film Death at a Funeral. Gosh, Simon,
I've seen Death at a Funeral. Please don't speak to
me about films. I can tell that you're a film bro.
And it's as Howard says, I'd really rather not get
(40:57):
your cancer.
Speaker 1 (41:01):
Yes, Simon, I've seen the film Death at a Funeral.
It's a perfect sort of British movie to watch when
you want to see a bunch of actors that you
just can't quite place where you've seen them before. It's
like a game the whole time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is.
Speaker 2 (41:17):
This is I'm at the food area of the room,
putting things on my plate, and he's come up to
me and has spoken to me, and I haven't responded yet.
So he's just finished talking and I look up and
I go, was.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
There a dog in here? Just now? I'm sure there
was a dog in here? Then I go stare at
a hedge. I love when he puts his head in
that hedge. Oh there are many comes in and there's
a little like leaf in his hair. I rewind it,
watch it again. It was so funny.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
Oh, so he's just following his dreams. Some of the
things he did. I was like, as somebody who's now
done edibles, this is all making so much sense, not
even like a hallucinogenic drug, but just they elsewhere.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Wait, was there a dog in here? Yes, Simon, I
have seen death at a funeral. Despite being full of goofs,
there are also some real sentimental moments in the film,
particularly those moments about sibling rivalry and getting your family
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to respect you. Yes, yeah, when Martha's like, you're being
mean and this is the man I'm gonna marry and
that's that.
Speaker 2 (42:43):
Oh yeah, when she stands up to her dad. It's
so good, Simon. I just saw you speaking with somebody
else at this funeral about the film Death at a Funeral.
You've spoken with so many people about it, and now
you've come to me to talk about it again. How
does that make you me feel? I'll tell you how
to makes me feel cheap, like a cheap slut. I
(43:05):
love the way Peter Dnklin says cheap slut.
Speaker 1 (43:08):
He's really good slut. Yes, Simon, I have seen Death
at a Funeral. Even though that you're being annoying talking
about it to me, I will say that movie is
a great example of a film where it's clear that
the people working on it really liked working on it,
and hey, let's have more of that. Yeah, yeah, I
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loved in.
Speaker 2 (43:29):
The scene where Peter Dinkline is knocked out unconscious and
then the guy who played Colin in Love actually is
trying to revive him, but none of them know his name,
so he just keeps going.
Speaker 1 (43:41):
You're right, mate, mate, mate, and he's like, what's his name?
Speaker 2 (43:48):
The other guy's like, try Philip, you Philip's funny.
Speaker 1 (44:00):
Well, perhaps it's time for a little something called should
you watch this or where we tell you if you
should watch this film or if you should do something
else with your time. Leanna, Yeah, what do you think?
Speaker 2 (44:10):
I think discussing it has helped me remember that this
film is very funny. I was, I was sleepy when
I watched it. I think you know you could watch
this movie. It's a fun, extraordinarily British humor film. The
home in it is very gorgeous, so it feels slightly
(44:31):
like escapism while you're watching it.
Speaker 1 (44:33):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (44:34):
And it's a fun way to see mister Darcy slash
Tom woms gans uh do something a little different?
Speaker 1 (44:41):
Love it, love it? Seanna, what would you say You're
gonna love and hate my recommendation because oh no, no,
it's a great recommendation. But much like that one guy
took credit for the other guys thing, Yeah, I will
be taking the credit for your great recommendation, which is
you could instead watch Miranda.
Speaker 2 (45:04):
Oh my god, what a wonderful recommendation.
Speaker 1 (45:09):
That's so good if you want to watch something British
and silly, adults being silly. Ah, this movie is fun.
But also if you want to watch a TV show, Leanna,
put me onto the show Miranda years ago, and it
is so funny and goofy and Miranda heart is a treasure.
Speaker 2 (45:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (45:32):
And there are many gags and characters with strong objectives
doing silly things, and many many mistakes made along the way.
It's such such a good show. It's such a good show.
Another very British thing. Recommended by our British British a correspondent,
Our British correspondent, Our British correspondent, Leona Holston. Yeah, we'll see.
Speaker 2 (46:00):
What would you rate the film Death at a Funeral? Hmmm?
Speaker 1 (46:06):
I thought it was well written. I liked the characters.
Didn't have a lot of problems with the film. Uh,
mainly I'd watch it again. For Simon, I think i'd
give it like a three out of five. Yeah, three, uh,
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extremely forced smiles while walking through a crowd of people.
Out of five it was funny, Leanna, what about yourself?
Speaker 2 (46:37):
So funny in that seed. I'm gonna give Death at
a Funeral four bums out of five. I think the
actors in it are so good. Yeah, and they do
really good acting as well.
Speaker 1 (46:49):
It's really good acting. Yeah, it was kind of astonishing.
Speaker 2 (46:52):
I went back and just rewatched some of their performances
because it was like, boy, they're they're they're just good.
Speaker 1 (46:58):
Yeah, and Alan is he's like a god in this movie.
He's so good.
Speaker 2 (47:05):
He's perfect, Like he's perfect, he is, He's perfect. To me,
he is perfect. The poo stuff grosses me out so much.
And it's definitely a very like white male movie, but
not in the way that so many white man comedies are. Yeah,
it feels refreshingly different for the lads to have done.
Speaker 1 (47:27):
I agree.
Speaker 2 (47:29):
Well, there you go, everybody. We have reviewed Death at
a Funeral the UK version. Thank you so much for listening.
We are Tossed Popcorn. You can find us on social
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and we'll see you next week when we'll be watching
Best in Show.
Speaker 1 (48:05):
Ah Pork Pork Canadians. Oh yeah, thank you, We love you.
Speaker 2 (48:19):
Bye b.
Speaker 1 (48:23):
The coffin is moving. You can find us on Instagram
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