What the corpus says about Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

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What was said about it (21)

[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:27:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Rocketman ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Rocketman was paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons but has faded from conversation. · "Obviously, it's Rocket Man has been paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons, but Rocket Man just doesn't come up."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ The Pianist · theme · Rami Malek's win reminds the speaker of Adrien Brody's win for The Pianist, a film by a controversial filmmaker with a sordid past. · "I thought a bit of Adrian Brody winning for the pianist, which was also made by a controversial controversial filmmaker with a sordid past."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality. · "feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:51 · unknown (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Argues Green Book's editing is better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, which won film editing. · "I think, honestly, the editing and green book is better than the editing in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:09:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Ferrari ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · contrast · Ferrari is a man of contradictions, not a flawless-icon biopic like Bohemian Rhapsody. · "this isn't Bohemian Rhapsody, you know, it's not just like, God, Freddie Mercury is perfect."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:48:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Mary Queen of Scots · contrast · Makeup category: no chance Mary Queen of Scots or Border would win; Vice locked it up. · "there was no chance that Mary Queen of Scots or border was going to win in this category."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:29:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · contrast · A Star Is Born came out in October and Bohemian Rhapsody in November and stayed in theaters, so civilians saw one and not the other. · "And Bohemian Rhapsody came out in November and has just been in theaters."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:13:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · verdict · Okay for flawed movies to be nominated; it would have felt different had Bohemian Rhapsody gone zero for seven. · "I think it's okay for flawed movies to be nominated for awards."
[The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:26:44 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Mamma Mia! ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · industry · Both succeed because audiences want to hear beloved band songs in a theater, but Mamma Mia has a sense of humor a biopic lacks. · "Bohemian Rhapsody was so successful because of the songs and because of this, you know, portrayal of this band who we have a big relationship to."
[The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:42:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Black Panther ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · industry · Last year's Oscar movies were mega hits; this year only Joker is. · "Last year, Bohemian Rhapsody, Star Is Born, Black Panther, that's as big as Oscar movies get."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:12:41 · unknown (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · industry · Bohemian Rhapsody's swamping of the telecast is tied to its box office, with only Black Panther earning more. · "the only movie that made any money, except for Black Panther, which made more money"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:16:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ First Man · industry · Bohemian Rhapsody on the PGA list comes at the expense of films like First Man, which is gone. · "Like 1st man is gone."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:16:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ If Beale Street Could Talk · industry · PGA nominating Bohemian Rhapsody while omitting Beale Street worries the speakers for Beale Street's Oscar chances. · "What does this do for Beale Street?"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Rami Malek ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Notes the clip shown for Malek's win was him lip-syncing, undercutting the acting case. · "the clip they used to show us was him lip syncing"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:13:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Bryan Singer · people · The film's winner status ignores that Singer, now a pariah, shot about 60% of it. · "There's no mention of Brian Singer, during this telecast, he filmed approximately 60% of this film."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.30)] Hank Corwin ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · verdict · The speaker expected Corwin to be honored for editing Vice, but Bohemian Rhapsody won the editing award. · "I thought that he was going to be honored here. And I should have known all along that Bohemian Rhapsody was going to win."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:13:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Rami Malek ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · verdict · The reason the movie works at all is Malek's all-in performance. · "the reason this movie works at all is because he obviously gave everything he had to it"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:15:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Graham King · industry · Producer Graham King fought for years, got a real budget, a big director and the right star, a good story for the studio system. · "he got it done at a studio with a real budget and they did it big."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:20:28 · David Sims (0.35)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Bryan Singer · industry · The speakers say Bohemian Rhapsody's critics are partly about its director, and joke about Singer becoming president. · "maybe because it was directed by a rapist?"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:24:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Brian May · fun · Queen's presence dominated the room, including May behind Malek. · "And silver maneed Brian May sitting behind Ramy Molik."

Films put beside it more than once (3)

[pairs] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Green Book · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Black Panther · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ A Star Is Born · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (4)

[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:12:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · Queen's opening felt like a Jones Beach concert you'd see with your mom; and there were as many cutaways to Brian May in the show as in the film. · "It was just sort of like a concert you'd see at Jones Beach, like with your mom."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · Cutaways to Brian May in the telecast were as superfluous as in the movie. · "There were just as many superfluous cutaways to Brian May in this show as there were in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:14:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · Verdict: fun and enjoyable is not the same as good. · "to tell the difference between movies that are fun and enjoyable and movies that are good."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:24:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · The room only woke up for Queen mentions in Malek's speech. · "People just want to cheer for Queen."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (27)

[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War. · "Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:07:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Green Book ↔ Driving Miss Daisy · lineage · Notes that the Green Book win lands exactly 30 years after Driving Miss Daisy's win, with the same conversation roiling. · "we're 30 years exactly since driving Miss Daisy one, and that the conversation around this sort of thing was roiling back then"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:37:27 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Ferrari ↔ The Martian · programming · Ferrari feels like a late-summer release that should have had The Martian's slot, not Christmas. · "This felt like it should have had the Martian spot."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:59:49 · unknown (0.30)] Damien Chazelle ↔ First Man · theme · Chazelle's recurring theme of people who touch greatness and then lose it runs through La La Land and First Man as well as Babylon. · "That's what La La Land is about. If you look at the end of that movie, that's what 1st man is about."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:54:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Mean Girls ↔ A Star Is Born · lineage · The speaker is fine with a new auteur remaking a beloved thing every 20 years, as with Star Is Born / Star Wars-style retellings, here giving the social-media generation its own Mean Girls. · "every 20 years another Otour comes along and is like, I've got a take on this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big. · "Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this."
[The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · 0:06:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] My Cousin Vinny ↔ Green Book · theme · Italians-versus-the-South culture clash; Green Book is the only comparable one anyone can think of. · "I mean, green book's the only thing I can think of."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:05:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Brock Yates ⇒ Ferrari (the host's read) · lineage · Ferrari adapts the Brock Yates book on Enzo Ferrari. · "by Brock Yates"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side. · "I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born"
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:17:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ↔ Black Panther · lineage · The first film's theme was isolation versus justice (Killmonger vs. T'Challa); the sequel has a real-world theme too, about allyship between Latinx and Black communities, but is not done as well. · "his movies always have a big dynamic real world theme in them in a way that I don't think many Marvel movies do."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:22:24 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] Downton Abbey ↔ Green Book · theme · After Green Book, Amanda thinks voters just want to be happy, which could help a crowd-pleaser. · "man, people just want to be happy."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:10:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Ferrari ↔ Heat · theme · Ferrari carries Mann's themes of men pushing themselves to greatness with their obsessions. · "men pushing themselves as hard as they can with the tools that they are obsessed with to achieve greatness"
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:27:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Black Panther (the host's read) · lineage · Vibranium, the shield metal, leads to Wakanda; adamantium is the X-Men analogue the MCU couldn't use. · "So instead they use vibranium as their super metal."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ romantic comedy · theme · Green Book was earlier compared to a platonic rom-com, a nice friendship that voters enjoyed. · "I compared it to a rom-com, a platonic rom-com."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:17:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Michael Mann ↔ Ferrari · theme · Enzo Ferrari, with his department heads and team who report to him, reads as a stand-in for Michael Mann the filmmaker. · "Enzo Ferrari is Michael Mann."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ · 1:35:07 · Van Lathan (0.35)] Black Panther ↔ Internal Affairs · theme · Peck is the man compared to Garcia, like a Killmonger thing: he talks shit to the very end. · "It's kind of like a whole, like, Black Panther, Killmonger thing, where you leave."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:12:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Ferrari ↔ The Insider · craft · Ferrari has the best script Mann has worked with since The Insider. · "this has the best script he's worked with since insider"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:28:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Bradley Cooper ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Says Cooper performed as himself rather than as Jackson Maine, which is a mistake because the character's voice is indelible. · "Bradley Cooper, very notably, did not perform as Jackson Maine."
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:32:14 · Van Lathan (0.85)] Black Panther ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read) · theme · Van explains that in the first film T'Challa saw his father on the ancestral plane because he had questions for him, while Shuri saw Killmonger because she wanted revenge, the same motive Killmonger had. · "Shuri did not want to be the Black Panther to protect Wakanda."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:06:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Green Book ↔ Viggo Mortensen · craft · The script brings out the best in Ali and Mortensen, whose pairing is the film's pleasure. · "the script is written in a way that it kind of brings out the best of both of them"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:15:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Ferrari ↔ Steve Jobs · craft · Steve Jobs did the compression idea best among recent biopics, and Mann's compressed 1957 setting for Ferrari is ingenious. · "Steve Jobs obviously had, maybe, maybe did the best job of this by kind of splitting the, the atom"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Matthew Libatique ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Argues Libatique's cinematography on A Star Is Born deserved more conversation. · "I really think it's weird how little conversation there was from Matthew Liboutique for a Star is Born."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"

Who said it, by their latest sketch (3)

[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'

The shows' running bits (2)

[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:27:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Rocketman ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Rocketman was paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons but has faded from conversation. · "Obviously, it's Rocket Man has been paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons, but Rocket Man just doesn't come up."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ The Pianist · theme · Rami Malek's win reminds the speaker of Adrien Brody's win for The Pianist, a film by a controversial filmmaker with a sordid past. · "I thought a bit of Adrian Brody winning for the pianist, which was also made by a controversial controversial filmmaker with a sordid past."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality. · "feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:51 · unknown (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Argues Green Book's editing is better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, which won film editing. · "I think, honestly, the editing and green book is better than the editing in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:09:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Ferrari ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · contrast · Ferrari is a man of contradictions, not a flawless-icon biopic like Bohemian Rhapsody. · "this isn't Bohemian Rhapsody, you know, it's not just like, God, Freddie Mercury is perfect."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:48:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Mary Queen of Scots · contrast · Makeup category: no chance Mary Queen of Scots or Border would win; Vice locked it up. · "there was no chance that Mary Queen of Scots or border was going to win in this category."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:29:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · contrast · A Star Is Born came out in October and Bohemian Rhapsody in November and stayed in theaters, so civilians saw one and not the other. · "And Bohemian Rhapsody came out in November and has just been in theaters."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:13:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · verdict · Okay for flawed movies to be nominated; it would have felt different had Bohemian Rhapsody gone zero for seven. · "I think it's okay for flawed movies to be nominated for awards."
[The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:26:44 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Mamma Mia! ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · industry · Both succeed because audiences want to hear beloved band songs in a theater, but Mamma Mia has a sense of humor a biopic lacks. · "Bohemian Rhapsody was so successful because of the songs and because of this, you know, portrayal of this band who we have a big relationship to."
[The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:42:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Black Panther ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · industry · Last year's Oscar movies were mega hits; this year only Joker is. · "Last year, Bohemian Rhapsody, Star Is Born, Black Panther, that's as big as Oscar movies get."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:12:41 · unknown (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · industry · Bohemian Rhapsody's swamping of the telecast is tied to its box office, with only Black Panther earning more. · "the only movie that made any money, except for Black Panther, which made more money"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:16:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ First Man · industry · Bohemian Rhapsody on the PGA list comes at the expense of films like First Man, which is gone. · "Like 1st man is gone."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:16:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ If Beale Street Could Talk · industry · PGA nominating Bohemian Rhapsody while omitting Beale Street worries the speakers for Beale Street's Oscar chances. · "What does this do for Beale Street?"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Rami Malek ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Notes the clip shown for Malek's win was him lip-syncing, undercutting the acting case. · "the clip they used to show us was him lip syncing"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:13:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Bryan Singer · people · The film's winner status ignores that Singer, now a pariah, shot about 60% of it. · "There's no mention of Brian Singer, during this telecast, he filmed approximately 60% of this film."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.30)] Hank Corwin ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · verdict · The speaker expected Corwin to be honored for editing Vice, but Bohemian Rhapsody won the editing award. · "I thought that he was going to be honored here. And I should have known all along that Bohemian Rhapsody was going to win."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:13:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Rami Malek ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · verdict · The reason the movie works at all is Malek's all-in performance. · "the reason this movie works at all is because he obviously gave everything he had to it"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:15:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Graham King · industry · Producer Graham King fought for years, got a real budget, a big director and the right star, a good story for the studio system. · "he got it done at a studio with a real budget and they did it big."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:20:28 · David Sims (0.35)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Bryan Singer · industry · The speakers say Bohemian Rhapsody's critics are partly about its director, and joke about Singer becoming president. · "maybe because it was directed by a rapist?"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:24:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Brian May · fun · Queen's presence dominated the room, including May behind Malek. · "And silver maneed Brian May sitting behind Ramy Molik."
[pairs] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Green Book · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ Black Panther · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ A Star Is Born · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:12:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · Queen's opening felt like a Jones Beach concert you'd see with your mom; and there were as many cutaways to Brian May in the show as in the film. · "It was just sort of like a concert you'd see at Jones Beach, like with your mom."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.40)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · Cutaways to Brian May in the telecast were as superfluous as in the movie. · "There were just as many superfluous cutaways to Brian May in this show as there were in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:14:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · Verdict: fun and enjoyable is not the same as good. · "to tell the difference between movies that are fun and enjoyable and movies that are good."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:24:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody · fun · The room only woke up for Queen mentions in Malek's speech. · "People just want to cheer for Queen."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War. · "Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:07:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Green Book ↔ Driving Miss Daisy · lineage · Notes that the Green Book win lands exactly 30 years after Driving Miss Daisy's win, with the same conversation roiling. · "we're 30 years exactly since driving Miss Daisy one, and that the conversation around this sort of thing was roiling back then"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:37:27 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Ferrari ↔ The Martian · programming · Ferrari feels like a late-summer release that should have had The Martian's slot, not Christmas. · "This felt like it should have had the Martian spot."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:59:49 · unknown (0.30)] Damien Chazelle ↔ First Man · theme · Chazelle's recurring theme of people who touch greatness and then lose it runs through La La Land and First Man as well as Babylon. · "That's what La La Land is about. If you look at the end of that movie, that's what 1st man is about."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:54:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Mean Girls ↔ A Star Is Born · lineage · The speaker is fine with a new auteur remaking a beloved thing every 20 years, as with Star Is Born / Star Wars-style retellings, here giving the social-media generation its own Mean Girls. · "every 20 years another Otour comes along and is like, I've got a take on this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big. · "Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this."
[The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · 0:06:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] My Cousin Vinny ↔ Green Book · theme · Italians-versus-the-South culture clash; Green Book is the only comparable one anyone can think of. · "I mean, green book's the only thing I can think of."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:05:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Brock Yates ⇒ Ferrari (the host's read) · lineage · Ferrari adapts the Brock Yates book on Enzo Ferrari. · "by Brock Yates"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side. · "I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born"
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:17:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ↔ Black Panther · lineage · The first film's theme was isolation versus justice (Killmonger vs. T'Challa); the sequel has a real-world theme too, about allyship between Latinx and Black communities, but is not done as well. · "his movies always have a big dynamic real world theme in them in a way that I don't think many Marvel movies do."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:22:24 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] Downton Abbey ↔ Green Book · theme · After Green Book, Amanda thinks voters just want to be happy, which could help a crowd-pleaser. · "man, people just want to be happy."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:10:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Ferrari ↔ Heat · theme · Ferrari carries Mann's themes of men pushing themselves to greatness with their obsessions. · "men pushing themselves as hard as they can with the tools that they are obsessed with to achieve greatness"
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:27:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Black Panther (the host's read) · lineage · Vibranium, the shield metal, leads to Wakanda; adamantium is the X-Men analogue the MCU couldn't use. · "So instead they use vibranium as their super metal."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ romantic comedy · theme · Green Book was earlier compared to a platonic rom-com, a nice friendship that voters enjoyed. · "I compared it to a rom-com, a platonic rom-com."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:17:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Michael Mann ↔ Ferrari · theme · Enzo Ferrari, with his department heads and team who report to him, reads as a stand-in for Michael Mann the filmmaker. · "Enzo Ferrari is Michael Mann."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ · 1:35:07 · Van Lathan (0.35)] Black Panther ↔ Internal Affairs · theme · Peck is the man compared to Garcia, like a Killmonger thing: he talks shit to the very end. · "It's kind of like a whole, like, Black Panther, Killmonger thing, where you leave."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:12:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Ferrari ↔ The Insider · craft · Ferrari has the best script Mann has worked with since The Insider. · "this has the best script he's worked with since insider"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:28:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Bradley Cooper ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Says Cooper performed as himself rather than as Jackson Maine, which is a mistake because the character's voice is indelible. · "Bradley Cooper, very notably, did not perform as Jackson Maine."
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:32:14 · Van Lathan (0.85)] Black Panther ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read) · theme · Van explains that in the first film T'Challa saw his father on the ancestral plane because he had questions for him, while Shuri saw Killmonger because she wanted revenge, the same motive Killmonger had. · "Shuri did not want to be the Black Panther to protect Wakanda."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:06:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Green Book ↔ Viggo Mortensen · craft · The script brings out the best in Ali and Mortensen, whose pairing is the film's pleasure. · "the script is written in a way that it kind of brings out the best of both of them"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:15:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Ferrari ↔ Steve Jobs · craft · Steve Jobs did the compression idea best among recent biopics, and Mann's compressed 1957 setting for Ferrari is ingenious. · "Steve Jobs obviously had, maybe, maybe did the best job of this by kind of splitting the, the atom"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Matthew Libatique ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Argues Libatique's cinematography on A Star Is Born deserved more conversation. · "I really think it's weird how little conversation there was from Matthew Liboutique for a Star is Born."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Bohemian Rhapsody (2018); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.