Mike Dadural

Movies You Love To Hate (Cross Talk Ep. 27)

Posted on by Tim Kuefler

We all struggle with things in life. Things that we hate and which everyone else seems to love. It can be summed up in word – inexplicable.

I don’t really know why this happens, but there are a few camps on the matter. The most common belief being that over-saturation of something can lead to hatred of that same thing. We see pictures, memes, and discussions of something that we don’t know much about, nor do we really care for it, and the repetition grows and grows over time. To the point where resentment begins to set in.

It is especially true of very popular characters like the Minions, Harry Potter or Batman. When this content shows up in your social media feed over and over again, but you have no love for it, you slowly grow to hate it because others glorify it and raise it on a pedestal which doesn’t agree with your sensibilities.

Now psychology might say something completely different about this matter, telling us that hatred is often tied with difference. Difference being things which are separate from our own identities, and that when we hate something because it is different it says a lot more about us then the thing.

But I’m going to urge you to ignore logic today and look at the facts; Chris, Mike, and I all have a huge hate-on for some select movies and we are going to make some excellent points to justify for ourselves we why love to hate popular movies. And of course, we each bring an example that burns close to the home fires.

Yes hating things is usually bad, but sometimes its fun to hate something too, and if you aren’t directly hurting anyone, then it might even be cathartic to let it all out, dear readers. So this one is for the haters, to all you haters reading this post, take a minute and watch this video. This one is for you. And me. And Mike. And Chris.

And it just might awaken something in Andre leading to a contribution or too! This is Cross Talk episode number 27.

That was probably one of my favourite episodes to record creative cuties. Andre implemented the sliding camera in the wideshot, AND we had a four person conversation going at a couple of different moments. But what did you think? Do you agree that Meet The Parents is the worst? Or Unbreakable? How about Pirates of the Caribbean? Maybe you hate all of them equally…

Please let us know what you think? And if you liked this video, please share, comment, and subscribe! I’m out of theories for the day, but this has been Cross Talk and timotheories has even more in store for July!

Tim!

Loss Of Innocence In Movies (Cross Talk Ep. 22)

Posted on by Tim Kuefler

 

It’s been theorized before that all youth are supposed to grow out of adolescent thoughts and enter into the realm of adulthood between eighteen to twenty one years of age, depending where you live in the world.

I’m not sure how true that is.

And because all great art imitates life in a broad range of expressions, film is no stranger to the concept of coming of age themes. Or to put it in a more mature way, the period of which a child’s life is altered so that they are more aware of the world around them – evil, disease, pain, death, and the seemingly random nature of the world.

Sometimes a coming of age happens after adolescence though.

That’s where the tie-in to my birthday month series of April posts happens. Because my birthday is so strongly tuned into the changeable schedule of the Easter holiday, I would say that this even had even more of an impact on me growing up then Christmas, and all it’s trappings, ever did.

While finding out that Santa wasn’t real was tough in my primary school year(s), what was more difficult to beat was the ensuing destruction of myths that followed – like The Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost, etc.

That house of cards was delicate, but in one full swoop it tumbled.

Yes, innocence was lost for me in that way, though I am willing to bet that we all experience our own awakenings. Some of us go through this stuff in out teenage years, and others much later on in life.

It can be heart-wrenching, beautiful, painful, and even hilarious to have this happen, but it’s necessary in life to progress forward.

 

Bye Bye Baby Goodbye

 

This is why this week’s episode of Cross Talk is a further exploration into how innocence is lost in different films. Chris and I believe that a loss of innocence is necessary to become adults, but not all awakenings are healthy either. This is where our guest Mike Dadural comes in. He’s cross-section pick the topic is going to effect you…

And that’s okay.

The first episode of a series exploring the role film takes in tackling themes which often transcend a particular genre, this was a fun one for us.

The energy on this one was off the charts creative cuties, and I’m glad that Chris and I had time to bring Mike in. Maybe he’ll become a cast regular!

That mentioned – what did you think of the episode? Did you enjoy the deep-dive discussions on three specific films?Would you have suggested something different? We want you to join in on the conversation and let us know what you thought!

Please comment, subscribe, and share this video with friends. As always, be excellent to one another!

Tim!