Amanda Dobbins

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

No film of theirs is counted, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Freaky Friday → Amanda Dobbins. The question of swapping lives; Amanda says Sean's ordered life would be harder to inhabit.
    “I would be way more unhappy being you”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:01:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): The Kissing Booth 2 → Amanda Dobbins. Amanda worries the craft of movies is slipping while a generation makes TV; Kissing Booth 2 as the example of streamer output.
    “the craft of movies is kind of slipping through our fingers”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:32:54 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

programming (8)

  1. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Pretty Woman. Pick 2 (round 1), category Oscar nominee: Perfect romcom, her number-two romantic comedy, launched Julia Roberts.
    “When Harry Met Sally in 1989 is my number one romantic comedy of all time, but I think Pretty Woman might be number two.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → The Hunt for Red October. Pick 5 (round 2), category action/horror/thriller: Loves the submarine movie; a sequel category took away other action picks.
    “So I will be taking in action horror thriller at the Hunt for Red October.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:40:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Presumed Innocent. Pick 8 (round 3), category blockbuster: Wanted Harrison Ford in a legal thriller.
    “In Blockbuster.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:51:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Metropolitan. Pick 11 (round 4), category comedy: Drafting with her heart; Stillman formative for her.
    “So in comedy, I'm going to take metropolitan.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:00:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Die Hard 2. Pick 14 (round 5), category sequel: Takes it off the board and avoids Look Who's Talking Too.
    “And I'm going to take Die Hard 2.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:08:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Postcards from the Edge. Pick 17 (round 6), category drama: Mike Nichols, Carrie Fisher, Streep, mother-daughter story.
    “And in drama, I will take postcards from the edge.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:15:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  7. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Mermaids. Pick 20 (round 7), category wild card: Remembered seeing it in theaters at five or six; her introduction to Cher.
    “So this is mermaids.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:25:34 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  8. programming (programming): No Time to Die → Amanda Dobbins. Amanda wants Bond in a theater with a big crowd.
    “It's very fun to see those with a large group of people, to see them at scale”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:57:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (anecdote): Creed → Amanda Dobbins. Amanda's husband called Creed 'not that fun' and would not see it again with her; she cried alone in a theater.
    “he wants to tell you that Creed isn't that fun”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:16:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Avengers: Endgame → Amanda Dobbins. Seeing Endgame with an audience beat watching alone at home.
    “seeing Endgame with people was really fun”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:56:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Amanda Dobbins: After Chris takes Top Gun first, Amanda announces she needs a meeting with herself, then admits she was being a petulant brat.
    “I had to have a meeting with myself about not being a petulant brat for the rest of the thing”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:25:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Amanda Dobbins: She calls animated movies cartoons and will not watch them.
    “Amanda Dobbins doesn't watch animated movies, she calls them cartoons”
    The Big Picture · ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: One of the Best Superhero Movies Ever | Exit Survey (Ep. 108) · 0:28:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)