Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

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Wikidata Q1423695, film, IMDb tt0373469, TMDB 5236: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Robert Downey Jr. as star (Judging The Judge); 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Robert Downey Jr.: 2 lines career ×2

  1. career (career-turning-point): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Robert Downey Jr.. As a critical hit with Downey leading, it worked as a calling card to prove he could carry a movie.
    “It is a critical hit and it is, yeah, it's basically a calling card.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:19:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Ex Machina: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Ex Machina. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's thing, while Garland came from nowhere and arrived fully formed.
    “Which is whereas whereas Kiss, Kiss, K Bang, Bang, is Shane Black's thing.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:46:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Iron Man: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (snubbed-performance): Iron Man → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Downey deserved nominations for the magnetic performances in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man.
    “Robert Downey Jr. should have been nominated for Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. He should have been nominated for Iron Man.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:25:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Joel Silver: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (producer): Joel Silver → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Silver produced Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, written by his Lethal Weapon writer Shane Black, which became Downey's leading-man calling card.
    “which was produced by Joel Silver, one of by Shane Black, who wrote some of Joel Silver's biggest hits.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:19:37 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Shane Black: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Shane Black → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Black came back from the Last Action Hero/Long Kiss Goodnight flops with a small personal film using two stars on the downslope.
    “It was like the biggest spec script sale of all time, and then it flops, and he kind of goes under until Kiss, kiss, bang, bang, which is like now he's making smaller personal film with 2 movie stars who are on the downslope, like he got them cheap.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:11:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Zodiac: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career-pattern): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Zodiac. Roles like Good Night and Good Luck, A Scanner Darkly and Zodiac cast Downey as weathered men clinging on.
    “these roles of slightly weathered guys who, like, are kind of clinging on a little bit, you know, like rather than sort of breezing through things.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:20:21 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

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career (4)

  1. career (career-turning-point): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Robert Downey Jr.. As a critical hit with Downey leading, it worked as a calling card to prove he could carry a movie.
    “It is a critical hit and it is, yeah, it's basically a calling card.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:19:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career-pattern): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Zodiac. Roles like Good Night and Good Luck, A Scanner Darkly and Zodiac cast Downey as weathered men clinging on.
    “these roles of slightly weathered guys who, like, are kind of clinging on a little bit, you know, like rather than sort of breezing through things.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:20:21 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Shane Black → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Black came back from the Last Action Hero/Long Kiss Goodnight flops with a small personal film using two stars on the downslope.
    “It was like the biggest spec script sale of all time, and then it flops, and he kind of goes under until Kiss, kiss, bang, bang, which is like now he's making smaller personal film with 2 movie stars who are on the downslope, like he got them cheap.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:11:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Robert Downey Jr. → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Downey's performance template and real comeback came in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which made no money.
    “But he'd already given you the template for this performance in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which is his real comeback movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:47:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Ex Machina. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's thing, while Garland came from nowhere and arrived fully formed.
    “Which is whereas whereas Kiss, Kiss, K Bang, Bang, is Shane Black's thing.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:46:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (producer): Joel Silver → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Silver produced Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, written by his Lethal Weapon writer Shane Black, which became Downey's leading-man calling card.
    “which was produced by Joel Silver, one of by Shane Black, who wrote some of Joel Silver's biggest hits.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:19:37 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (snubbed-performance): Iron Man → Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Downey deserved nominations for the magnetic performances in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man.
    “Robert Downey Jr. should have been nominated for Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang. He should have been nominated for Iron Man.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:25:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

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