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Feb 2014
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Episode 41: Moral Dilemmas at the Movies

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
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Dave keeps trying to explain to Tamler that we're not a movie podcast, but somehow they're doing another podcast about movies. This time they each list their top 5 movies featuring moral dilemmas. Also, Tamler tries to rationalize the Woody Allen controversy, Ozymandias from Watchmen says "screw you Paul Bloom," Dave confuses Maggie Gyllenhaal with Droopy, and for the second time ever we have to censor something one of us (Tamler) says. Put on your astronaut adult diapers, folks, it's a long one. 

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Tamler's Top 5 (links all go to IMDB.com)

  1. The Third Man
  2. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
  3. In Bruges
  4. La Femme du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife)
  5. Gone Baby Gone

David's Top 5 

  1. The Dark Knight
  2. Watchmen
  3. Minority Report
  4. 3:10 to Yuma
  5. Executive Decision

Tamler's Honorable Mentions

Movies that couldn't be talked about without spoilers:

  • Oldboy (Park Chanwook's not fucking Spike Lee's).
  • Mother
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Seven

Movies too close to personal identity

  • Solaris
  • Shutter Island

So close...

  • Beast of the Southern Wild.
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • The Dark Knight
  • Casablanca
  • The Insider
  • Donnie Brasco
  • Maltese Falcon
  • Shane
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Princess Mononoke

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