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Absolutely gut wrenching news, so sorry to hear. I've never had the privilege of meeting Mike, but I've heard his voice in my head for I don't know how many hours, making me laugh and teaching me things about movies with great insight and intelligence. He seems to be such a strong and energetic person. Get well soon Mike, you matter to a lot of people!!

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I love Simon Birch, heart strings successfully tugged.

I re-watched Christmas With The Kranks last night and it came up short for me. It kinda seemed like it was trying to be like Home Alone(in spirit) and fell flat. It's based on John Grishams's Skipping Christmas, which is a great book- very funny. Don't let the film dissuade you from the book, it's one of Grisham's best IMO.

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You had me at TARDIS.

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Yup, I like Bo Knows Bo & Run Rickey Run, too. Looking forward to hearing the episode with Dogtown and Z Boys.

Catching Hell is another one that was really well done, but makes me mad to watch people act like such imbeciles over a game. That Doc really captures so much of the ugly side pf sports.

And you got me interested in Eddie Aikau's story.

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What does everyone think of sports docs? Specifically ESPN's 30 for 30 films. Here's a few of those I like quite a bit:

The Best That Never Was

Pony Excess

Little Big Men

Winning Time: Miller vs. The Knicks

I'd love to hear a sports-centric episode of Documentality.

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Here are some titles I highly recommend, my apologies if this is too long of a list.

NON-FICTION: 

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks(fascinating story of where HeLa cells used for all manner of research came from)

Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (The Pacific was based on this along with another book)

Any Stephen Ambrose

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team(Munich was inspired by this)

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Angela's Ashes

SCIENCE FICTION:

Ender's Game- OSC's controversial politics don't creep into this story at all, a classic.

Armor by John Steakley

Cryptonomicon
and The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, both by Neal Stephenson

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas(Don't assume you know what this is before you read it)

FANTASY:

The Name of the Wind

His Majesty's Dragon

ZOMBIE:

Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

CLASSICS:

A Tale Of Two Cities

Around the World in Eighty Days

The Hound of the Baskervilles

RELIGION:

What's So Amazing about Grace?

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Such a good point about Saruman. Really playing him up as a good guy here would make his heel turn in LOTR have so much more weight to it.

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I think adding Legolas makes more sense than not adding him. His father is featured in the story as the king of the Woodland elves, and all kinds of crazy stuff is going down in Middle Earth. His son, as we all know, is one bad son of a gun. If he wasn't involved, it would be nonsensical. Remember to separate the source material and keep in mind the presentation of the story of Middle Earth is being told in hindsight for film goers, not chronologically like the books.

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The original Total Recall blew me away. It's sort of a landmark in special effects for my film memory.

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I love Zimmer's Gladiator score, and Lisa Gerrard's vocals are gorgeous.

I don't recall Last Of The Mohicans coming up in the episode. I think that was the first score I really fell in love with. The violins are so amazing.

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The funny thing is Brave felt more like a Disney film to me, and I thought Wreck It Ralph had a Pixar feel to it.

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Watched Jiro Dreams Of Sushi on Netflix last night. I have never tried sushi & have no desire to. I also have a pet peeve of watching people eat, it grosses me out. That being said, it was wonderful. It's more about the man than the food, and I really enjoyed the shallow depth of field used so much and the wide shots, really nice scoring as well. Gorgeous is a good word to describe it.

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Another vote for Road To Perdition. I love that movie- the cast, performances, score, and just the basic story of a parent who wants his kid to be a better person than he is. That scene with Hanks and Newman in the rain- wow.

I'm surprised No Country For Old Men isn't already listed, I'm a newb- so am I missing something? I'd like to hear a commentary on that as well.

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In 2012 I only saw The Avengers and The Hobbit in theaters and both experiences were marred by other film goers. I was ready to give up and just wait for dvd/blu-ray releases, then I visited the Alamo Drafthouse. We saw Iron Man 3 and Pacific Rim at the day's first showing and there was a total of 3 other people besides us for the 2 movies. They do have Sing-Along and Quote-Along screenings, but if it's a quiet and peaceful experience you're looking for- it can be found there, even on the weekend.

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25 Reply by Philip

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Hello all, Philip is my actual name. I am a Christian, husband, and father of 2 sons. I work as a Letter Carrier with the US Postal Service. This enables me to listen to podcasts & audiobooks for many hours a day, which is awesome. I found DIF doing an iTunes search for podcasts related to a movie I had recently watched- Raiders Of The Lost Ark, maybe. I tried it out and discovered that WAYDM is a keeper. I love that I can listen to a commentary without having the movie on. I am so not a fan of pretentious film snobbery that seems to suck the fun out of some movies in pursuit of a strange esoteric credibility. I get none of that from these guys. The FIYH crew cracks me up, I love real people who don't take themselves too seriously. If you know yourself at all- how can you, huh?

My favorite movie is the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, which I am incapable of ranking in order. I just see it as one big story broken into 3 parts, all full of awesome.

I love film & TV scores such as Doctor Who, LOTR, Lost, Gladiator, Last Of The Mohicans, Road To Perdition, and Sherlock. The Intermission #58 is AMAZING!

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