Life Changing Movies

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the mirror project.

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We're your hosts,

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Alexandra.

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Christine: And Christine.

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Alexandra: And we're so glad

you're joining us today.

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We're rolling out the red carpet

for the movies that have changed us.

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These are the films that have moved

us, shaped us and left an indelible

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mark on our souls from tearjerkers

that made us rethink our lives to feel

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good flicks that spark new beginnings.

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We're diving deep into the cinematic

experiences that have profoundly

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impacted us in one way or another.

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Join us as we explore the

themes, characters, and

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stories that have inspired us.

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Whether you're a movie buff

or just looking for a good

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recommendation will help you find

something that resonates with you.

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So grab some popcorn, settle in

and let's journey through the

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films that have changed our lives.

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Alexandra: All right, Christine.

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So to kick off this episode, how would

you define a life changing movie for you?

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Christine: That's a good

question to think about.

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I think the first thing that

comes to my mind is anything that

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brings me a sense of nostalgia.

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Like when I look back on it, I

look on it, look back on it fondly.

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Like any films that really I loved as a

kid or as I got older it just, sort of

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struck a chord with me, whether it was the

acting, the cinematography, the storyline.

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So For me, that's sort of how I

sort of define life changing for me.

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How has it become a part of my life story?

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That makes sense.

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How about you?

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Alexandra: No, it does.

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Yeah.

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I would agree with that.

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That, yeah, that feels right to

me in the sense of I'm trying to

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think of life changing moments.

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Did it change my worldview?

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Did it, you know, profoundly impact

me that my whole life has shifted?

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I don't know that I've ever seen

a movie that's done that for me.

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And it could be the movies

that I choose to watch and,

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you know, consume.

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But Yeah, the ones that kind of give

you that you look back on fondly and

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you're like, Oh, when you rewatch

it, you're like, I remember watching

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this as a child and how I felt then

and how I felt, how I feel now.

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And then I would just say some of

these that had a profound impact in

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the sense of it was a really big part

of my life at the time, or just, it

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kind of introduced me to something

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Christine: Mm hmm.

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Alexandra: So I think that's

probably how I would do

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Christine: Yeah.

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I think also when it

comes to film and movies.

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Everybody gets out of it.

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It's everything.

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Everybody gets something

different out of it, right?

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Whether they're coming to a movie

to laugh or escape their life.

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I think ultimately everybody's trying

to escape their own world for a little

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bit and get lost in another one.

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But I think everybody is looking

for a different experience

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when it comes to films.

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And that's why you gravitate

towards certain things.

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So I agree with you.

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I don't know if I necessarily have

any sort of profound life changing.

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Alexandra: Oh my gosh.

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Christine: But yeah,

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Alexandra: They were life changing for

us and how they impacted our lives.

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Whether they're life changing

for everyone will be different.

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I love what you've said about people

don't It's no two people say this,

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see the same movie, even if they're

watching the same movie, I was having

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a conversation, really good friend of

mine who will be back on the podcast

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later this month and has been on the

podcast before, but we were talking about

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books that became films and That I was

rereading something and we were talking

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about perspectives and she's like, well,

this character is, you know, this way.

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And I was like, I don't

see it this way, that way.

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And this is how I, and we were

commenting that no two people

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read the same book or experience

a book movie TV in the same way.

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And yeah, it is kind of interesting.

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Like we can all see something, but we'll

get entirely different things out of it.

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Christine: Totally.

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I mean, this is a perfect this just

popped up, but because you brought

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up books, what are your thoughts?

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Like initially what we could

share, what are your thoughts

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on book to movie adaptations?

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Alexandra: Oh, I feel like we talked

about this in our Words, worlds and

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words episode, I typically think

the books are better than movies.

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Generally, I think there's sometimes

more detail, but then there's, this is

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a loose definition of Movie film, but if

you look at Bridgerton the show I would

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say because I've only read the first

book I preferred the TV show Thinking

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it was I thought the TV show was better.

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The only other show that I can think

of that's the same way is City of

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Bones the movie did a really good job.

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I think of taking the book into movie.

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It was pretty Gosh, from what I remember

reading of the book, the movie was

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pretty accurate, but I actually really

enjoyed what the writers had done with

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the show and how they expanded it.

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And I thought that the TV show was

better than either the movie or the book.

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So

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Christine: Yeah.

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Alexandra: that's that.

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Christine: I think it's to the point

of, to the point that no two people

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experienced the same movie or book,

because it's really how you imagine.

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And I, myself try and like, not

judge movie adaptations of books too

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harshly because that is that person's

interpretation, whether it's the

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writer and then the director interprets

what the writers have written.

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And then the actor interprets

what the director is doing.

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Direction is.

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So it's like a really kind of,

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Alexandra: A huge labor of

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telephone.

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Christine: it's a really

interesting web that is woven.

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But I mean, sometimes

people miss the mark so bad.

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Okay.

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Alexandra: do.

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So I, I know.

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that the movie I feel like it's

called walking chaos or something.

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Maybe one of our listeners have seen the

movie, but it's a movie with Tom Holland

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and I watched it cause I love Tom Holland.

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I watched the movie and I kind

of went, What did I just see?

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What did I just see?

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And then I was looking some stuff up

online and I saw that a lot of, so

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it's based off a book, don't remember

what the book's called, maybe the

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same title, but a lot of people who

had read the book were very unhappy

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because the movie was so different.

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And even I think I'd watched some

of the extended or deleted scenes

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and it was like with those scenes,

it would have made the movie so

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different that I was just so confused.

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I don't know.

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And I was like, you know

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Christine: The power of editing

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is, I know, the power of editing is

wild because you can film a movie

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and then in the editing room, they

can completely change the tone,

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the feeling, the story, just based

on what they choose to take out.

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It's kind of crazy.

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Alexandra: music that you overlay, right?

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Like music for scenes and stuff.

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Okay.

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So before we go too much further

down this rabbit hole, Christine what

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are some movies, a movie, multiple

movies that you would say have been

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the most life changing for you?

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And why?

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Why those movies?

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Christine: Going back to my point about

the movies that I would define as life

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changing when it comes to like that

sense of nostalgia or something that, you

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know, takes me back to a moment in time

where it was simpler and life was great.

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I was a huge fan of The Sound of Music.

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When I was younger, Mary Poppins

you know, when you're little,

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animated movies are really big.

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So Toy Story was probably my favorite.

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My mom will tell you that she would sit

with me countless times and watch that

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film with me because I loved it so much.

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I mean, it's kind of cool to think about

it like, and I think I do remember trying

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to catch my toys moving but anyway and

then maybe more recent, when I moved into

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middle school, high school, I fell in love

with Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice,

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the 2005 film with Keira Knightley.

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I still love that movie so much.

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Alexandra: want to come back to that.

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I thought,

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Christine: Yeah, totally.

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The cinematography, the music,

the, and honestly the character the

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actors that were selected to play

all those different characters.

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So those are just a few.

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I could talk endlessly about films.

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Alexandra knows this.

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I mean, I studied it in school

so, and I consumed so much of it.

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Alexandra: we'll get on the phone.

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It'll be three hours later.

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And half of that conversation will

have at least been about movies or

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something.

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I'm not even joking guys.

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We have been on the phone

for three hours before.

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Christine: But how about you?

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What are some of the most

life changing ones for you?

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Alexandra: I'm going to try to mimic your

progression here going from childhood.

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All right.

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So I think when I, I do also love

Sound of Music and Mary Poppins,

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but I really, apparently for a

while, was on a huge Secret Garden

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kick, but I could honestly not tell you.

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What the general plot of that movie is

but my mom said I watched it on repeat.

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I'd even stand up on my bed and be

like, okay, you can dress me now.

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And I'm like, all right.

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my mom's like, maybe we

should let you watch that.

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Okay.

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Animated films.

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I think I probably have the Disney movies.

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I really gravitated towards Beauty

and the Beast because I really liked

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Belle.

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Mulan and Pocahontas.

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I think those are the ones that I

really probably enjoyed the most.

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I really enjoyed a lot of Disney

movies, but I think those were the three

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that I would watch more frequently.

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And then kind of middle school, junior

high, a little bit before junior high.

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I really liked the movie Sleepover

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with Alexa Vega.

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Christine: Throwback.

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Alexandra: And um, is it Sarah Paxton?

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I think.

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So I really liked that movie.

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It was really good.

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The whole Spice Girls tell me what

you want, what you really want scene.

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And then just that these, this

group of girls went on this, I

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don't know, scavenger hunt to

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Not change who they were, but push

themselves outside their boundaries.

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Which I will revisit that theme

in a little, in a few minutes.

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But, so that was a really big one.

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And every time I watch it, I just kind

of go, Oh my gosh, it makes me so happy.

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Oh, and Steve Carell is in it.

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And he's like the security

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guard.

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Christine: I forgot about that!

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Whoa!

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Alexandra: Yeah,

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Christine: What a cast!

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Alexandra: so right.

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And is it Jamie Lynch?

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I think is the

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Christine: Gene Lynch!

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Yeah!

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Oh

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Alexandra: Jane Lynch.

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Yes.

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It's a right.

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Like maybe we should do an

episode where we watch the movie

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Christine: my god!

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Sure!

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Why not?

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Alexandra: So it's a

good, it's a good film.

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I really enjoy it.

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It's just so fun.

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It's light.

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But also kind of has this theme

of Becoming who you want to be.

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Kind of moving further along, I want

to say two life changing movies for me

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that I was talking about that maybe are

not the most impactful world changing,

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but changed for me was Twilight.

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Let's be honest, I was totally

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obsessed with the series.

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I don't know if I should be ashamed.

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To admit this, but I saw the

first film five times in theaters,

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you could tell how much of a

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fan I was.

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Christine: pretty sure I did too.

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Or I, some, multiple times, I've

seen, I saw on a date or something.

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Alexandra: my opinion is the acting

is not the best in that movie.

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There are some very cringey

moments, and I'm like, is this

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an actor's interpretation cringe?

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Is this the director

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directing that acting to be?

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Like, overacted.

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But I love that whole

series and franchise.

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I was actually talking with my friend

the other night that was part of

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the book conversation that we were

having and that I like the filming

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of the second movie of that series

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a lot.

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I like the general color theme

of the warm, rich browns, how

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they did Kristen Stewart's hair

is like Bella and her outfits.

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Like I just, it had a really warm feel to

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it.

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So I just liked the filming of

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that one very much.

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And then maybe even before Twilight,

Harry Potter, and not the first one,

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I fell in love with a series with the

movies first, and it was the third one.

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Christine: The third move.

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Alexandra: The third movie,

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Prisoner of Azkaban.

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I've seen bits and parts of, I

think the first movie and the second

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movie, and I wasn't really into it.

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And then it was when I sat down

and saw the third one, that's what

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was quote unquote life changing

for me because it got me into all

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of the movies and then the books.

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So yeah, that was probably that.

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And then moving a little bit further

into like college in a similar,

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but not the same vein as sleepover.

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I really loved the movie nerve with

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Christine: Emma Roberts.

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And

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Alexandra: yes.

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And Franco,

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Christine: Ranko.

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Or Dave.

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Dave.

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Alexandra: Dave Franco, it was

like, it's not James Franco.

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I just, I love that movie actually

recently rewatched it a couple of

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weeks ago and it has the same thing of

becoming the person that you want to be.

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Like not afraid to be.

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so

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Anyways, those are just

some of the movies.

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I'm sure there are more like Tomb Raider.

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And as you mentioned, Pride and

Prejudice which I have, I want to, I'm

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going to come back to that thought now.

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I agree with you.

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The 2005 Keira Knightley movie, beautiful.

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Cinematography, great soundtrack.

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I wish it was a mini series

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Christine: Fair.

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Alexandra: because

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like they cut

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some,

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Christine: took, yeah.

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Alexandra: yeah, they had to cut so much

out to fit into a two hour timeframe.

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But I've seen the two other BBC

versions With a cast, one with Colin

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Firth, and then there's

a six part miniseries.

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I can't remember any of the actors names

in that one, but that was the six part

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miniseries was the first interpretation

film, like film interpretation of Pride

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and Prejudice that I had ever seen.

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So it'll always carry a special

place in my heart because it's very

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much almost word for word to the

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book.

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Colin Firth one is really good too.

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But I have seen most of the

interpretations of Bride and

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Prejudice, that I will have to say,

I have seen, I think, by far, the

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worst one, in my opinion, recently.

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Christine: Oh.

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Do tell.

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Alexandra: And I think it was

called Townhouse Confidential,

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for money or for love.

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I think that was An

amalgamation of a title.

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It was downright terrible.

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Christine: Oh goodness.

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Alexandra: Funny, and I was like,

why did I waste time watching that?

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Christine: Oh gosh.

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It's for me, the OG enemies to lovers

trope, you know, so it always cracks

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me up when I watch modern retellings

of Jane Austen's work or Shakespeare,

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like She's the Man and Clueless.

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Alexandra: Oh, I completely

forgot to say She's the Man.

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I loved that movie.

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I still

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Christine: It's a good one.

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Alexandra: That's one of my like,

Shakespeare reinterpretations.

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But Clueless is good,

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Christine: Clueless.

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Alexandra: Wait, Clueless

is a Jane Austen.

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Christine: Yeah, exactly.

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Yeah.

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but to your point about Twilight,

that, that was a big one for me.

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Harry Potter Harry Potter was the

instance where I too watched the films

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before I started reading the books.

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But yeah.

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: 00:15:40

Once I started reading the books,

that's when my love for reading started.

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So really I can thank movies for

my love of reading, which is fun.

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Alexandra: Two, two loves joined

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together.

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Christine: forever one.

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Alexandra: Okay.

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: 00:15:56

So I know we've mentioned rewatching

some of these movies, but is there one

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or two movies in particular that you

have rewatched multiple times throughout

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your life and has your understanding

or interpretation of that movie

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: 00:16:10

changed with you as you've changed?

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Christine: That's a really great question.

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I am a big fan of re watching.

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: 00:16:18

I know that there's people I

know who don't enjoy it as much.

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But I always love re watching stuff

because I discover new things.

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: 00:16:28

And depending on how I'm feeling when I'm

watching it, it can sometimes influence

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what I'm taking away from the film.

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: 00:16:36

Like if I look back, like for

instance, say Sound of Music.

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That to me, fills me with a lot of joy.

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: 00:16:44

It takes me back to a simpler

time when I was younger.

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I wouldn't say my perspective.

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: 00:16:51

Or my perception of it has really

changed because it's sort of like

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: 00:16:55

a little time capsule, right?

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: 00:16:57

Cause I pop that

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: 00:16:58

and it's I'm back.

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: 00:17:00

It takes me back to a

time where, you know.

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: 00:17:03

Life was simple, I was first

discovering my love of films, so

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it sort of encapsulates all of my

love, hopes, and dreams all in one.

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: 00:17:16

But let me see, has my perception

of it changed over time?

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I mean, jokingly Twilight?

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: 00:17:23

I recently watched, Went back and I

watched the whole franchise because I

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: 00:17:29

was feeling very nostalgic and I hadn't

watched any of the films probably in eight

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or eight years or something like that.

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: 00:17:39

It had been a long time

since I've watched them.

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So what,

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Alexandra: I know.

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: 00:17:44

We watched it in college, I think.

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: 00:17:46

Christine: yeah, which was seven

years ago since we graduated.

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: 00:17:51

Alexandra: God.

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: 00:17:53

No.

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: 00:17:54

Christine: yeah,

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: 00:17:54

yeah.

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: 00:17:55

I realized that the other

day I was like, Oh shit.

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: 00:18:00

It does.

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: 00:18:01

But it's so funny to sort of, cause

like when I thought when I first

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: 00:18:04

watched those films, they were like

the greatest thing in the world.

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: 00:18:09

And of course you're a teenager.

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: 00:18:12

I was a teenager when that,

those movies all first came out.

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: 00:18:16

Every, there was like

such a big hype around it.

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: 00:18:18

I mean, they were probably the most

well known recognizable people in the

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: 00:18:23

world at that time because of how big

and successful that film franchise was.

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: 00:18:28

Watching it now, in my late 20s it like,

takes, it took me back to when I was a

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: 00:18:34

teenager and I was like, damn, I'm so

glad I'm not an angsty teenager anymore.

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: 00:18:39

But wow, these movies are a ride and I

appreciated the journey it took me on.

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: 00:18:46

Alexandra: I was, so we were talking

about the, I was talking about the

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: 00:18:48

second one and I do the intro and

some of the filming of the fourth one.

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: 00:18:53

I thought they did some really good,

like scenes, but also just the design

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: 00:18:57

of the sets and stuff was pretty cool.

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: 00:19:00

there were still some awkward

moments throughout that whole series

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: 00:19:02

that I was like, Oh, this could

have been done so much better.

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: 00:19:05

But it was funny that you had previously

mentioned when we were either chatting

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: 00:19:09

on the phone or maybe on the podcast

that you had Rewatch the movies, and

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: 00:19:12

that actually inspired me to go back and

rewatch the movies, but then reread the

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: 00:19:17

book.

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: 00:19:18

So, um, yeah, I finished Twilight again.

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: 00:19:23

And before I hop into New Moon,

I'm reading Midnight Sun, which

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: 00:19:26

Christine: Oh my

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: 00:19:27

Alexandra: Twilight from

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: 00:19:27

Christine: wait, okay,

just a little detour.

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: 00:19:31

How was it?

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: 00:19:32

I haven't read it since high school,

like that was a series I didn't

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: 00:19:35

reread, which is kind of crazy.

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: 00:19:37

Alexandra: I honestly, this may be

an unpopular opinion, but I think

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: 00:19:41

it's worth rereading Twilight.

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: 00:19:44

If you were in love with it

as like, when it came out.

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: 00:19:48

As an adult and just seeing how

it's changed because my perspective

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: 00:19:52

of the book has changed a bit like

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: 00:19:57

what I understood as a Child or

like relatively to now a young

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: 00:20:03

adult and to how I read it now

again with my life experience

418

: 00:20:08

Filtering some of that information.

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: 00:20:10

I'm like, oh this is maybe a bit

more nuanced now to be fair a

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: 00:20:16

listener could be like Okay, I'm

taking Alexandra's recommendation.

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: 00:20:19

I'm rereading and have fun No nuanced

re new perceptions of the book,

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: 00:20:24

and that's totally okay too, But I

would say if you loved it as a kid

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: 00:20:28

that it might be worth a reread.

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: 00:20:30

Christine: Noted.

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: 00:20:31

Okay, cool.

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: 00:20:33

All right.

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: 00:20:33

Let's get back to our regularly

scheduled programming here.

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: 00:20:38

I think.

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: 00:20:39

Alexandra: Thank you

for the detour though,

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: 00:20:40

Christine: Totally.

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: 00:20:41

Thanks for sharing.

432

: 00:20:42

Alexandra: craving more of our company.

433

: 00:20:43

Join the fun over on YouTube at near

project pod, dive deeper into our world,

434

: 00:20:50

engage with us on a whole new level.

435

: 00:20:52

Don't miss out on the excitement

436

: 00:20:53

Christine: Let's move into our

next top or our next section.

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: 00:20:57

So this one, we're going to

talk about themes and messaging.

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: 00:21:00

Alexandra, what themes do you

think are essential in a movie to

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: 00:21:05

make it life changing and how, how

does, how do those themes resonate

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: 00:21:10

with your own life experiences?

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: 00:21:12

I

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: 00:21:13

Alexandra: Okay.

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: 00:21:13

This might be kind of sappy, but

if I'm, I'm focusing on like,

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: 00:21:18

like a romance genre, right?

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: 00:21:21

For things that are movies that are a

bit more life changing for me in that

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: 00:21:24

sense is I like the movie, like the

holiday something from Tiffany's in that

447

: 00:21:32

there is a bit of a interesting setup,

but it's almost chance and potential

448

: 00:21:38

to be more real than some other like

romance where it's like a comedy and

449

: 00:21:42

everything is just Not a comedy of

errors, but like everything is like

450

: 00:21:46

totally out there or not cringey, but

this almost feels a bit more real.

451

: 00:21:51

So to me, just kind of that

level of authenticity, the

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: 00:21:55

characters are experiencing like

in the holiday heartbreak and

453

: 00:21:59

then kind of stumbling into.

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: 00:22:02

Meeting people who become important in

their lives or something from Tiffany's

455

: 00:22:06

where a chance accident and These two

characters have really good conversation

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: 00:22:11

and rapport and then kind of fall in

love even though they're with different

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: 00:22:14

people So they're not like together

and they're like, oh wait, hold on.

458

: 00:22:20

I'm really enjoying this connection

with somebody But here we are.

459

: 00:22:23

So I'm going to try and make that work.

460

: 00:22:24

And those don't work.

461

: 00:22:24

And it was just, I love

that kind of stuff.

462

: 00:22:27

So if it's a romance, something

that I find deeply impactful,

463

: 00:22:31

then I like that sense of

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: 00:22:35

this could happen to me or

this could happen to anyone.

465

: 00:22:40

What, okay.

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: 00:22:40

So how's romance essential

and life changing.

467

: 00:22:43

Well, if I'm looking at things like,

the sleepover or nerve, I don't know,

468

: 00:22:49

seeing like a character's growth, who's

a bit more Introverted, which I very

469

: 00:22:55

much resonate with becoming a bit more

extroverted and actually rewatching nerve.

470

: 00:23:00

I was like, and this reminds me that

there are parts of my life that I can

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: 00:23:05

attempt to push my boundaries a bit more.

472

: 00:23:08

So

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: 00:23:09

Christine: Yeah.

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: 00:23:10

Alexandra: I feel like that's

what it's like a, some, not that

475

: 00:23:13

I hope nerve, is it a real thing?

476

: 00:23:17

But the A sense, a level that

something could be real, but like

477

: 00:23:20

with a sleepover, I mean, that is

something that could be very real

478

: 00:23:24

if it's going to be like deeply life

impactful and in changing for me

479

: 00:23:27

personally, not just that it's influenced

the things that I like and have

480

: 00:23:31

explored.

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: 00:23:33

What about for you, Christine?

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: 00:23:34

What do you say?

483

: 00:23:35

That is the Essentials for movie.

484

: 00:23:39

Christine: Mentioned it a few

times already for me, nostalgia

485

: 00:23:41

is big I think anything that

allows me to completely let go.

486

: 00:23:51

Cause sometimes when I'm watching a

film, I can, I feel like I'm watching a

487

: 00:23:57

film and I'm watching a story unfold and

it's I'm not completely immersed in it.

488

: 00:24:01

So anything that completely pulls me

in, makes me believe what is happening

489

: 00:24:07

and I can suspend my disbelief and

my like, no, my, me knowing what is

490

: 00:24:14

actually real and that this isn't real.

491

: 00:24:16

So for me, those are some big,

foundations for something that's

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: 00:24:21

essential to making a film life changing.

493

: 00:24:24

Alexandra: So what's like a fantasy

or sci fi genre movie that has really

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: 00:24:33

pulled you in that you feel like

you're in the story and not just

495

: 00:24:37

passively watching it or observing.

496

: 00:24:42

Christine: I would say it was similar

to like the twilight time, but when the

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: 00:24:46

dystopian films books, Movies based off

books became a thing like The Hunger

498

: 00:24:52

Games and Divergent and all those.

499

: 00:24:56

I would say The Hunger Games,

like the first one, was one

500

: 00:25:01

that really sticks out, I think.

501

: 00:25:05

But maybe, I'm trying to think of

something a little more recent.

502

: 00:25:09

Yeah, I don't know if anything's maybe

503

: 00:25:14

I haven't watched.

504

: 00:25:15

I've been watching a lot of

TV right now, so films aren't

505

: 00:25:19

coming to my head, but I would.

506

: 00:25:22

Alexandra: we can expand

this topic a little bit.

507

: 00:25:24

Is there a TV show that's really

like you feel very absorbed

508

: 00:25:27

Christine: Yeah.

509

: 00:25:28

Right now I'm rewatching madam secretary.

510

: 00:25:33

And I watched.

511

: 00:25:35

The West Wing for the first time in

full a few months back, and this is my

512

: 00:25:40

second time watching Madden Secretary.

513

: 00:25:42

So this is all, these are fictional

stories, but they're in based in

514

: 00:25:47

reality and based in the world that

we knows because they're following

515

: 00:25:51

the lives of people who work in

the White House or in the highest

516

: 00:25:56

levels of our country's government.

517

: 00:25:58

Madam Secretary is, follows the Secretary

of State and her staff And then West

518

: 00:26:04

Wing follows the staff of the president.

519

: 00:26:08

So those are two things

that I'm watching right now.

520

: 00:26:12

So that's very easy for me to

sort of get easily absorbed into.

521

: 00:26:17

And because I don't have to suspend

my disbelief of Oh, magic isn't

522

: 00:26:22

real or, Oh, the world hasn't ended.

523

: 00:26:26

But.

524

: 00:26:27

Alexandra: I hope not.

525

: 00:26:27

Christine: Exactly, but I would

say Harry Potter, Hunger Games.

526

: 00:26:32

Those were two, two franchises that

I was able to completely get lost in

527

: 00:26:39

and sort of believe that those things

were real, even though the world

528

: 00:26:44

hasn't ended and magic isn't real.

529

: 00:26:47

And at least in the way

that Harry Potter is

530

: 00:26:50

Alexandra: Have you heard rumors that

they're, I think Warner Brothers might do

531

: 00:26:54

a Harry Potter TV show, like a season, a

532

: 00:26:56

Christine: that's what I've heard.

533

: 00:26:58

I think we might've talked about this at

one point on the podcast, but yes I've

534

: 00:27:02

heard that they're remaking Harry Potter.

535

: 00:27:04

It's kind of weird that they're

remaking things that, in my mind,

536

: 00:27:09

didn't happen that long ago.

537

: 00:27:10

I think, what, the last film was 2011?

538

: 00:27:14

Was it?

539

: 00:27:15

It was early 2010s, I think, but I guess

that was over 10 years ago at this point.

540

: 00:27:22

Alexandra: Yeah.

541

: 00:27:22

At least 2011, I think.

542

: 00:27:23

Cause I was, Because I think I came

and saw one of the parts of the seventh

543

: 00:27:29

movie when I'd visited my dad's family.

544

: 00:27:33

So,

545

: 00:27:34

Christine: Yeah, Harry Potter and the

came out in: 2011

546

: 00:27:38

Whoa.

547

: 00:27:40

So I was what?

548

: 00:27:41

2011?

549

: 00:27:43

I was

550

: 00:27:47

a sophomore in high school, so I was 16.

551

: 00:27:51

That's crazy to think that they're

going to be remaking something, but

552

: 00:27:55

cause it doesn't feel like that long

ago, but I mean, it has been over 10

553

: 00:27:58

years since the last film was made.

554

: 00:28:01

But anyway.

555

: 00:28:02

Alexandra: yeah, I don't know.

556

: 00:28:04

I think it could be good because it I

love the movies and the characters and

557

: 00:28:08

the actors were great in the movies.

558

: 00:28:11

But it would be nice to see them

as a season, so maybe more details

559

: 00:28:15

from the books can come through,

560

: 00:28:18

versus, again, being constrained

by the two, two and a half hour

561

: 00:28:22

Christine: Yeah.

562

: 00:28:23

Especially when the

later books were so long.

563

: 00:28:26

So yeah.

564

: 00:28:28

Definitely.

565

: 00:28:28

Mm hmm.

566

: 00:28:30

Alexandra: The fourth book.

567

: 00:28:31

I think we've talked about this.

568

: 00:28:32

I love the fourth book, but the

fourth movie is just, there's not

569

: 00:28:36

enough time for all of the detail and

570

: 00:28:40

intricacies,

571

: 00:28:40

Christine: Yeah.

572

: 00:28:42

I agree.

573

: 00:28:43

I love the fourth book.

574

: 00:28:44

That was, when I was reading

it, the one I loved the most.

575

: 00:28:48

But I think my favorite

movie was the third one.

576

: 00:28:53

Yeah.

577

: 00:28:54

Anyway!

578

: 00:28:55

Let's get back to our questions here.

579

: 00:28:57

Alexandra, can you think of a movie

that challenged your view on a

580

: 00:29:02

particular social or cultural issue?

581

: 00:29:06

Alexandra: I am completely

drawing blanks, to be honest.

582

: 00:29:09

Christine: Yeah,

583

: 00:29:10

Alexandra: Ah, yeah.

584

: 00:29:11

Yeah.

585

: 00:29:11

Christine: think for me as

I've mentioned, I studied

586

: 00:29:14

this in school.

587

: 00:29:15

I took a lot of different film classes

and I took one that was on documentaries.

588

: 00:29:21

And I have since become a big lover

of documentaries and that as a genre

589

: 00:29:26

of film is one that I really do enjoy.

590

: 00:29:28

I mean, there is the question

of is a documentary really

591

: 00:29:32

ever a true unbiased view.

592

: 00:29:35

Because as soon as you enter a

camera into a situation, I think

593

: 00:29:39

it does affect people's behavior.

594

: 00:29:42

But documentary as a genre is

one I've really grown to enjoy.

595

: 00:29:47

And I think that one has changed my

Views on, you know, certain cultural or

596

: 00:29:54

social issues because it's educational.

597

: 00:29:58

I come out of it learning

something I didn't know before.

598

: 00:30:01

It then, you know, inspires me to do

further research so that I can formulate

599

: 00:30:06

my own opinions on different things.

600

: 00:30:08

And then maybe one film that isn't,

This just popped into my head.

601

: 00:30:13

One film that I watched a few

years ago that kind of changed

602

: 00:30:17

my view on a lot of things.

603

: 00:30:19

It's actually a Netflix film.

604

: 00:30:21

I think it's called The Two Popes.

605

: 00:30:23

And it's about the time in the Catholic

Church where Pope Benedict died.

606

: 00:30:28

The 16th decides to step down as Pope,

which I could be wrong, but at least in

607

: 00:30:36

recent modern history, has never happened.

608

: 00:30:40

A Pope has never voluntarily stepped

down, usually they're in that

609

: 00:30:44

post until they leave this earth.

610

: 00:30:47

But it's, follows the journey of the Pope.

611

: 00:30:51

Benedict the 16th, and then Pope Francis,

who is later who becomes the next Pope.

612

: 00:30:57

And I forget the two actors

who are in it, but hang on,

613

: 00:31:01

let me look it up really quick.

614

: 00:31:03

They're amazing.

615

: 00:31:04

Those two actors.

616

: 00:31:06

Anthony Hopkins.

617

: 00:31:07

That's who I couldn't Anthony Hopkins

who plays Pope Benedict and Jonathan

618

: 00:31:11

price who plays Pope Francis.

619

: 00:31:14

And you know, as we, as I mentioned in

the, our woo woo episode grew up in the

620

: 00:31:21

Catholic church and It was just a, I

remember that being such a big moment

621

: 00:31:27

for a lot of people in my life cause I

have a lot of family members who are,

622

: 00:31:33

who still practice and all of that.

623

: 00:31:35

So being able to see that whole

story told in such a beautiful

624

: 00:31:43

way, it was really well done.

625

: 00:31:44

Yeah.

626

: 00:31:45

Was life changing in the sense of it

changed my view on that whole situation.

627

: 00:31:51

So anyway, that was a long

628

: 00:31:53

Alexandra: So, You talking about that?

629

: 00:31:56

No, it wasn't.

630

: 00:31:57

It was perfect.

631

: 00:31:58

I was able to think of a couple things

while you were talking there cause

632

: 00:32:02

I'm not a huge documentary watcher.

633

: 00:32:05

That's not something I go, I'm going to

sit down today and watch a documentary.

634

: 00:32:10

I tend to go towards the

light and fluffy, the

635

: 00:32:12

fantasy as befits my personality,

but something that I'd seen bits of

636

: 00:32:18

because my mom was watching was a

documentary about Anne Boleyn and

637

: 00:32:23

her marriage to Henry the eighth.

638

: 00:32:25

And I don't know, it just made

me think more about that person

639

: 00:32:30

that we've heard about in history.

640

: 00:32:31

Not the butt of the joke, but like in a

sense of she's a one off person as a part

641

: 00:32:38

of larger context of history, but this

documentary kind of explored more about

642

: 00:32:42

her and her sister and kind of that it

was, Slightly a dangerous time for women.

643

: 00:32:51

If

644

: 00:32:51

you weren't,

645

: 00:32:55

I don't say pleasing to a man, but if

you didn't fulfill a duty or a role

646

: 00:33:01

of giving like a male air, which not

that you had that much control over

647

: 00:33:06

it, like you could be quickly brushed

aside or that it's vying for somebody's

648

: 00:33:10

attention in order to gain security, but

that's very tenuous and very fragile.

649

: 00:33:16

Another one that I have seen recently

is The Witches of Hollywood, which is

650

: 00:33:20

from Amazon Prime, and talking about

like the interpretations of witches

651

: 00:33:25

in Hollywood, TV shows and movies,

and that was really interesting.

652

: 00:33:31

I would definitely want to go back

and watch that, paying a bit more

653

: 00:33:34

attention to, again, to see the

different interpretation of witches

654

: 00:33:38

and like what that really means,

655

: 00:33:41

whether it's Powerful female

characters were, you know, a

656

: 00:33:45

hackered looking old woman kind of

657

: 00:33:47

thing.

658

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And the evolution of that through film.

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Christine: Definitely.

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Yeah.

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No, actually, that sounds

really interesting.

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And one that's really up my alley.

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So I'll have to, I'll have

to check that one out.

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All right.

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: 00:33:59

Very cool.

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: 00:34:00

Okay.

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: 00:34:01

Which character's journey has inspired

you the most of all the films that

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: 00:34:06

have impacted you and why tell that's,

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Alexandra: it's going to be so,

so cheesy in the sense of I can't

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: 00:34:15

mainly because I've rewatched

it recently is the, from nerve.

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: 00:34:21

Mostly because I saw things in that.

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: 00:34:22

I was like, I, Need to be more brave.

673

: 00:34:26

There are moments in my life that

I have pushed myself outside of my

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: 00:34:30

boundaries, but I have then just

held comfortable in those spots and I

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: 00:34:35

need to keep pushing myself outside.

676

: 00:34:37

So I think that was a really good

and most inspiring to me right now.

677

: 00:34:41

kick in the butt.

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: 00:34:42

Christine: it's something

you've seen so recently.

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: 00:34:44

I guess let's see.

680

: 00:34:46

, re watching Pride and

Prejudice or reading it.

681

: 00:34:49

So I'm a fan of, let's see.

682

: 00:34:51

Lizzie Bennet's evolution

through that story.

683

: 00:34:54

It's a great reminder to not

judge a book by its cover.

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: 00:34:58

To not be too quick to judge.

685

: 00:35:00

And

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: 00:35:01

sort of

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: 00:35:02

try and open yourself up a little bit more

688

: 00:35:06

Alexandra: We were talking about re

reads or rewatches that, you know, have

689

: 00:35:12

Alternate our perspectives of the story.

690

: 00:35:14

And I would say that rereading Pride and

Prejudice, and I do reread or re listen

691

: 00:35:19

to the audio book typically once a year

I'll watch like the interpretations

692

: 00:35:23

and I do feel as time has changed, like

moved, I like my, Perspective of the

693

: 00:35:29

characters has gotten a bit deeper.

694

: 00:35:31

So to the point that you made.

695

: 00:35:33

Yeah, Lizzie Bennet's character

development is really good in the story.

696

: 00:35:37

But as if you're changing too, then your

interpretation of that is also affected.

697

: 00:35:45

Alrighty.

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: 00:35:46

So moving into our last section

of the day so Christine, what have

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: 00:35:53

you learned about yourself through

the movies that you've watched?

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: 00:35:57

Christine: I've learned that I love,

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: 00:36:01

a character driven story because people's

experiences, journeys how they have

702

: 00:36:10

responded to different situations that

have happened in their life has one that,

703

: 00:36:16

is always very easy for me to relate to.

704

: 00:36:20

I've learned a lot when watching character

driven stories about myself and You

705

: 00:36:29

know, I love a good, I always love a

good movie that allows me to sort of

706

: 00:36:33

get lost in the story that's happening.

707

: 00:36:36

Being able

708

: 00:36:37

to Sort of shut my brain off

for a little bit and just enjoy

709

: 00:36:42

what's happening in front of me.

710

: 00:36:44

It's taught me to be present

in the moment and enjoy what's

711

: 00:36:48

happening in that present moment.

712

: 00:36:50

So yeah, I think those are some

key things that I've learned about

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: 00:36:53

myself through watching movies.

714

: 00:36:56

What about you?

715

: 00:36:57

What have you learned about yourself?

716

: 00:36:59

Alexandra: Thinking about some

other movies that I didn't mention

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: 00:37:01

earlier when Disney started doing the

reinterpretations of classic animated

718

: 00:37:06

films to live action, particularly

with their princess characters.

719

: 00:37:11

I really like the Cinderella live

action Cinderella with Lily James and

720

: 00:37:14

Richard Madden, and then the Mulan.

721

: 00:37:16

I was so excited for that to come out.

722

: 00:37:19

I don't know.

723

: 00:37:19

I think I learned, I mean, thinking

of those two, but any other movies

724

: 00:37:23

learning about the things that inspire,

maybe motivate me or point out things

725

: 00:37:31

or qualities or characteristics of

726

: 00:37:35

that character that I'd like

to see more of in myself.

727

: 00:37:38

You know, whether it's to be brave

and put yourself outside your comfort

728

: 00:37:42

zone or to do something because you

believe so strongly in it, or that you

729

: 00:37:46

are just so kind of a human being that

You know, you would do anything to

730

: 00:37:53

protect somebody you cared about from a

person who's not that great, you know?

731

: 00:37:59

So I think that's kind of the

things I kind of learn more about

732

: 00:38:04

who I want to be and maybe, Yeah, I

want to say more who I want to be.

733

: 00:38:10

You were talking about

shutting off your brain.

734

: 00:38:12

One of my favorite movies to do

that is Spy with Melissa McCarthy.

735

: 00:38:16

Christine: a good one.

736

: 00:38:17

That's funny.

737

: 00:38:20

Alexandra: And there's so many good

little I just can't stop thinking

738

: 00:38:24

of Jason Statham's character.

739

: 00:38:25

And I don't want to call it monologues,

the stories he's telling a sense of What

740

: 00:38:30

have I learned about myself through that

movie is like needing a bit more levity,

741

: 00:38:35

needing to take myself not so seriously.

742

: 00:38:38

So there's the nice balance of

strive for who I want to be,

743

: 00:38:41

but also, Enjoy life be here.

744

: 00:38:44

Like you said, be in the moment.

745

: 00:38:46

Christine: Yeah, definitely.

746

: 00:38:48

I think that also answers the second

question perfectly as well, which was

747

: 00:38:53

how can watching these movies lead to

personal growth and self discovery?

748

: 00:38:56

I think to your point about being able to,

749

: 00:39:01

Having it sort of exemplify

qualities in a person that you want

750

: 00:39:05

to, you, you yourself also have.

751

: 00:39:09

I think that's, that certainly

can lead to personal growth.

752

: 00:39:13

And I will always say film, TV has been

a huge influence on me as a person.

753

: 00:39:20

It's the reason, a big reason

of why I am who I am, so yeah,

754

: 00:39:26

Alexandra: because film is your

755

: 00:39:27

genre and your realm of expertise

here, what movie would you

756

: 00:39:31

recommend for somebody who's

looking for a transformative viewing

757

: 00:39:36

Christine: transformative.

758

: 00:39:38

See, that's a fun word that can

mean so many different things.

759

: 00:39:41

I would say transformative.

760

: 00:39:44

Hey, I don't know if anyone hasn't

watched it, but if you, but Barbie was

761

: 00:39:50

a pretty transformative experience.

762

: 00:39:53

Not only was it so colorful and fun and

the music was great, but the story at

763

: 00:40:00

the heart of it was wonderful as well.

764

: 00:40:02

And I think a lot of people might

be, might've been quick to judge

765

: 00:40:06

a book by its cover, so to speak,

but, It was a beautiful film.

766

: 00:40:11

I mean, America Ferrera's monologue

at the towards the end of the

767

: 00:40:15

film about being a woman was so

beautifully written and also performed.

768

: 00:40:23

She did an amazing

performance of that monologue.

769

: 00:40:26

So I would say that's a.

770

: 00:40:30

That's a pretty recent one.

771

: 00:40:32

Let me think.

772

: 00:40:33

I'll maybe think of one other.

773

: 00:40:36

I'll say another one.

774

: 00:40:38

Mary Poppins.

775

: 00:40:40

That's my second one.

776

: 00:40:42

The original.

777

: 00:40:43

With Julie Andrews.

778

: 00:40:45

I'm a lover of Julie Andrews.

779

: 00:40:47

She's one of my favorite

actresses of all time.

780

: 00:40:52

Thinking about the special effects that

was done to of the movies of that era

781

: 00:41:01

to still hold up in a sense on a practical

level was is really cool to think about.

782

: 00:41:06

But I thought that Disney did a wonderful

job at bringing that story to life.

783

: 00:41:13

And Julie Andrews, I love her.

784

: 00:41:15

And.

785

: 00:41:16

Yeah, those are my recommendations.

786

: 00:41:18

How about you?

787

: 00:41:19

Do you what do you recommend?

788

: 00:41:21

Alexandra: Okay.

789

: 00:41:22

I think we've talked about so many, and

I would strongly recommend any of them,

790

: 00:41:26

but when I haven't mentioned yet, and I

just thought of is the movie, I completely

791

: 00:41:31

forgot to mention Ella Enchanted.

792

: 00:41:32

That was like a childhood favorite.

793

: 00:41:34

I love that one.

794

: 00:41:35

Okay.

795

: 00:41:36

So the movie that I would

possibly recommend is the first

796

: 00:41:39

time with Dylan O'Brien, Britt

Robertson and Victoria Justice.

797

: 00:41:48

I was talking about, you've seen

798

: 00:41:50

Christine: Yeah.

799

: 00:41:51

I have.

800

: 00:41:51

Alexandra: Yeah.

801

: 00:41:52

I like the way that they handle that,

802

: 00:41:54

like talking about having sex for

the first time, but from a teenager's

803

: 00:41:58

perspective, who's, I don't know, thinking

about it a little bit more and how Your

804

: 00:42:05

first time isn't really perfect and

it's kind of awkward and just, that's a

805

: 00:42:10

really interesting movie and I would say

transformative in the sense that it's a

806

: 00:42:16

very good representation of how, I don't

know, sometimes the first time, whether

807

: 00:42:22

it's sex or something else, isn't what

we thought it would be and therefore

808

: 00:42:26

having to figure out how A way after

809

: 00:42:30

Christine: definitely.

810

: 00:42:31

When thing, when you build expectations

in your head and when it finally

811

: 00:42:34

happens and then it doesn't meet those

expectations, figuring out how to be

812

: 00:42:39

okay with that and then learning that

813

: 00:42:44

how it did play out is beautiful

in its own right as well.

814

: 00:42:47

And.

815

: 00:42:48

It's all a learning experience.

816

: 00:42:50

You learn more about

yourself through that.

817

: 00:42:52

So yeah, that's a good, that's a good one.

818

: 00:42:54

I forgot about that film.

819

: 00:42:56

All right, cool.

820

: 00:42:57

Any last films you want to mention?

821

: 00:42:59

Alexandra: I'm sure that there

would be thousands, much like the

822

: 00:43:02

books one, we could go on for hours.

823

: 00:43:04

So to keep it short,

824

: 00:43:06

Christine: To give you a little taste.

825

: 00:43:08

This is like the perfect introductory

to, to the world of films, but That wraps

826

: 00:43:13

up our episode on life changing movies.

827

: 00:43:16

We hope you enjoyed this cinematic journey

with us, reflecting on the films that

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: 00:43:20

have left a lasting impact on our lives.

829

: 00:43:23

Movies have a unique way of touching

our hearts, challenging our minds, and

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: 00:43:28

inspiring us to see the world in new ways.

831

: 00:43:30

Whether it's through powerful

storytelling, characters, or

832

: 00:43:34

thought provoking themes, these

films remind us of the beauty and

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: 00:43:38

complexity of the human experience.

834

: 00:43:41

We'd love to hear about the movies

that have changed your life, so be

835

: 00:43:44

sure to share your thoughts with us

on social media or in the comments.

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: 00:43:48

Thank you for tuning in, and remember,

the magic of cinema comes from within.

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: 00:43:52

It's always just a play button away.

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: 00:43:55

But before we go, here's a little

teaser for our next episode

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: 00:43:58

called Overthinkers Anonymous.

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: 00:44:01

If you've ever found yourself lost

in a maze of your own thoughts,

841

: 00:44:04

or caught up in a loop of endless

what ifs, this one's for you.

842

: 00:44:08

Until next time, keep watching,

keep dreaming, and keep reflecting.

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: 00:44:12

We'll see you soon!

844

: 00:44:13

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: 00:44:16

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: 00:44:29

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