Ep 35 - The Green Knight
This week is we get medieval with THE GREEN KNIGHT. But before we talk about all the reasons why we didn’t like this movie – and there are plenty, trust us – we discuss Scarlett Johanson’s suit against Marvel/Disney. A couple of pro-union film nerds rally around the worker over Boss Mouse. When it comes to GREEN KNIGHT, we agree that it’s a visual beauty. So what happened with the pacing? The disjointed storytelling? The attempts to create a vibe but then jarringly yank you right out of it? What happened here? Why does it feel like a glorified student film even with its gorgeous visuals? This is the 1st movie we both definitely didn’t like, even though we both definitely tried to. Also Raphael tries to explain the A24 hype phenomenon to Raquel and she explains how watching GREEN KNIGHT in the theatre reminded her of going to see HEAVEN’S GATE. The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through & through, & her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky millennial punk rocker/film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a movie to dissect & see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of film. Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at thegenerationsplice@gmail.com or @gensplicepod on Twitter. Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com