Joe & Raanan Talk Movies - Episode 2 - Boston Movies

Joe List & Raanan Hershberg are talking movies again. This time it's all about Beantown (with a few digressions). We trash 'Good Will Hunting' and explain why it's shit. We debate 'Mystic River' and rank our favorite Boston set movies. It's all fun. Raanan's mom interrupts a couple times. Subscribe and enjoy! Farts!

[@dcool2u2]

Love that Raanan's mom is irritating him in the background! Hilarious that he's like 35 yelling "I'll do it later!!"...like she needs him to throw out the trash 😂

[@BrickTop06]

That made it so authentically hilarious.

[@davidperez5089]

King of comedy pt.2! Starring Ranaan and mother.

[@zcallis1]

Joe was exactly right when he said -" you don't like it because you're not good-looking and not a genius"

[@eatmanyzoos]

listened to the whole thing, joe!

[@antwaanrandallel2856]

Damn. Louie straight up got the “how do you like them apples” Good Will Hunting jokes from the boys. You love to see it.

[@TheRealMrWilson]

Love these. Keep them coming. Made me want to go back and watch all these flicks again!

[@nickfascione5241]

Great ep! Will keep watching these if you guys keep making them!

[@WombieFerguson]

This was great. Your different takes made for some really interesting discussion. I also like the super focused topic.

[@brandonkatona7734]

Great episode, cant wait for the next one!

[@dougrobinson1171]

I listened to the whole ep while at work. Good work boys.

[@olliefelicione277]

I watched whole thing!! You guys should go through every year of the 2010s and say which movie should’ve won Best Picture! Keep the vids comin they’re gold, Jerry, gold!

[@sportladladladlad]

This was awesome! A Scorcese episode would be amazing

[@scatman87]

Great listen! Listened to the entirety. Thanks!

[@mitchconnor8764]

Love it! Watched the whole thing

[@obsessivefruit3658]

This was great. Thank you, Joe. Can you also have Bobby Kelly on? I would really appreciate it.

[@willma8989]

Really enjoying these, Joe. I initially bristled at Raanan’s sentiments regarding Good Will Hunting, but then I started to reassess it in ways I hadn’t thought about before. Still love it, but I appreciate challenging my own opinion. Would be interested in hearing you both talk about notable examples of your opinions changing on movies over time, for better or worse. I recently watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for the 4th time. I was crazy about it in the theater, and I’ve enjoyed it less each time since.

[@liljillface123]

You two have very interesting takes on these movies, a lo0t of things I never considered. Love it, huge fan, Tuesgay!

[@Lever-ej6pq]

Great ep! I also made it to the end

[@markmorehouse4552]

My problem with Good Will Hunting was when Matt Damon was on the T to Harvard Square, the train was going in the opposite direction to Dorchester.

[@benkieren5518]

Keep these going guys this is Siskel and ebert just so much funnier

[@eapolosports1953]

This is a great pod but they don't have near the understanding of movies as the avg person let alone Siskel and Ebert

[@rawpower12xu]

@@eapolosports1953 you seriously think the average person, in general has better understanding of movies than these two guys? I mean I’m not saying they are the most proficient but it’s an above average analysis I’d say.

[@biskit8050]

@@rawpower12xu It's way above the average person but way below Siskel and Ebert, even though nobody that isnt a movie critic is above Siskel and Ebert

[@franks7297]

I’m listening at work, and keep hearing Raanan reference a Boston movie called ‘Mr Gribber’. I kept waiting for them to get to that film. 😂

[@jackentwistle1854]

Go on boys 👍💪 keep it coming

[@zachkleinsmith]

Love this! Jon Krakauer’s one of my favorite authors too.

[@zachkleinsmith]

I’m one of Raanan’s old friends. The fact that his mom keeps getting in the way of him doing a podcast is Classic Hershberg.

[@Bedrockbrendan]

Loved listening to this episode. Gone Baby Gone definitely got Boston right. There are things in there that only someone from Massachusetts would think to include. I was a bit late to seeing it, and it is Boston before my time, but The Friends of Eddie Coyle is an outstanding Boston film (requires a little patience though). I love the Departed but it also feels like Boston cranked up to 100 (it is self-consciously Boston, almost a parody of Boston at times), through Martin Scorsese's New York eyes. Agree it is a bit of a comedy. Also some of the accents are outstanding, some are bad but interesting to watch. Shout out to Shutter Island for turning Nahant into an asylum. On the accent, it is a really hard one to do. I grew up here, but spent five years in California as a good and mostly lost my accent. Sometimes it unconsciously slips in. But I can't affect a Boston accent consciously, even though most of my family has heavy Boston accents. Got to the 1:13 minute mark

[@josephmarietta]

I watched till the end!!

[@jesse_t1000]

Excellent pod gays. As a fellow Bostonian I loved this. For me Id rank them Gone Baby Gone, Departed, Mystic River, Good Will Hunting, the Town. Joe how do you feel about Boondock Saints? Set in Boston but mainly filmed in St Louis?

[@joeb588]

I grew up on Good Will Hunting and it was one of my favorite movies, and I still really enjoy it. That being said, I can’t argue with most of their points. And I do wonder what I would think if I saw it for the first time at my current age of 32. Cause how they feel about it is very similar to how I feel about Queen’s Gambit (which everybody seems to love). It was fine and enjoyable enough to watch, but it was a lot of pandering nonsense. Anyway, keep these pods coming!

[@s1me007]

Lol the good will hunting apple scene is a bit in Louis’ new special

[@patrickthomas8890]

My suggestion for an Oscar winning screenplay…that ponytail dude should’ve been eating apple pie in the diner and Matt Damon could’ve said “Apple pie? You like apples huh? Well I got her numba. How ya like them apples?!”

[@thewalkingdunning-krugeref9664]

Should do an ep with this Connor character to get some momentum behind it. Not sure Raanan would subject himself to that, but it's an idea.

[@Maostodon]

Good ep! I’ve only seen the departed and now I wanna see gone baby gone and (kind of) mystic river

[@Maostodon]

Finally got to see gone baby gone, I’m glad I have such bad memory because I was able to enjoy it and not know exactly what was gonna happen (throughout) at the end, it was great 👍

[@FANKANable]

How's the Seinfeld pod coming along Joe Joe?! You guys should do it Talking Sopranos style and cover every ep!

[@ojbudz]

Joe has never watched Sopranos. He thinks its garbage. Which is insane

[@FANKANable]

@@ojbudz ok. I was suggesting that they use a similar format to the podcast entitled Talking Sopranos. It was not a comment regarding Joe List's opinion of the popular American television series.

[@caseybubke4171]

Oh yeah. Talking Seinfeld. That would be tits.

[@alexcoyg3281]

Mighty ducks was a legendary film in Russia, kids loved it, adults loved it, it was a cult classic there

[@brandonkatona7734]

Such a fucking good series!!

[@djstudderz]

Listen all the way

[@MarcelPatillo]

I'm one if the freaks that made it to the end 🤪 ✌

[@bigrfromp7175]

I made the end. Do war movies next time.

[@SiK2712]

I heard this on Patreon and even after the first episode I’ve been looking for the movie “Mr Grimmer” seriously. I listen at night whilst falling asleep so please go easy on me😂

[@croswilliamson7598]

What is the movie? I still can’t here it. Please tell me

[@SiK2712]

@@croswilliamson7598 Mystic River!

[@gourmetghost]

@@SiK2712 thank you this was bothering me so much lmao

[@mantra4612]

The Departed is one of my favorite movies. It's so entertaining.

[@bat1579]

It is deliberately silly though, maybe too silly

[@APAL880]

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is the best Boston movie I've ever seen

[@jasonwalimaki8784]

I would always rush to the Horror section in Blockbuster to rent "Mystic River"....they were always out :(

[@bossHogOG]

Can Raanan hear how bad he sounds on those headphones. If so, then I can assume he’s trying to ruin it.

[@jamesferry1523]

This whole thing with Ranaan and his parents is reminding me so much of King of Comedy. "Ma! I gotta do this now!!!!!!!!!"

[@halbrenner8635]

Remember that movie Sleepers? I feel like thats similar to Mystic River or Gone Baby Gone. Talk about that one!

[@kalmao9131]

I reached the end 😅

[@lindak268]

Really?? Good Will Hunting was about loyalty & friendship & Will trying to find himself. I saw it in the theater after Titanic. I didn't shed one tear for Titanic, but when Sean says "it's not your fault" about the second time, I lost it.

[@alexcoyg3281]

"The Drop" is a great movie

[@FilleIceRises]

lol Tim Robbins in the 90s and 00s was typecasted as an innocent guy who everyone thinks is a murderer

[@j.j.negrontv1111]

Ranaan Pupkin at the beginning 😂

[@markmorehouse4552]

I remember liking the Into The Wild movie fine, but everything that Ranaan said about it was correct.

[@DeepFrigidWinter]

I thought they were saying Mr. Gribber instead of Mystic River

[@gorkmusic]

Mystic River didn't deserve it's oscars. It is heavy handed and overly melodramatic and it's funny to watch Raanan defend it against things he criticizes in other movies.

[@davidperez5089]

In the beginning Ranaan does a king of comedy scene with his mom and doesn't even realize it. LMAO

[@ryanscottadkins]

Still listening at 1:20:00 but I don't have twitter so I ain't tweeting shit.

[@Dynabee]

Laurence Fishburnes name in mystic river is Whitey Powers...

[@joshgraham117]

Anyone know which queef he roasts 3 billboards on?

[@BrickTop06]

Not sure but he's brought it up FREQUENTLY.

[@yocowme]

Your critique of what Robin Williams did during the 'breakthrough' moment is exactly the same as what you did in Fourth of July!

[@blastfiend]

I love this series. But how did you guys completely forget Spotlight?! It won best picture for queef’s sake! I thought for sure the Mystic River pedo talk would be the perfect segue to jog your memories but alas I was mistaken.

[@ryanscottadkins]

Talk about Parasite if you're talking horror comedy. That movie was the funniest movie I saw that year for the first hour and a half and then turned into a horrific thriller.

[@dooglas]

Have you seen Friends of Eddie Coyle?

[@Redclxxd]

Classic. Mitchum is great

[@patrickthomas8890]

40:17 the point was that Robin Williams was able to relate to him since they’re both from neighborhood.

[@jaspberg]

Agree with Joe about 3 Billboards. Hated everything about it except Sam Rockwell who is always great

[@jeffreycoy]

Thank you for articulating better than I ever could my hatred for Good Will Hunting. I saw it opening weekend and it's the most positive audience reaction I've ever experienced, and this was the Midwest. People were falling out of their seats at the Robin Williams farting wife bit. Thank Weinstein for that movie winning a screenplay Oscar.

[@timjones4594]

"MA... THE MEATLOAF !!! ..... FUCK !! "

[@amineljack8075]

Boston movies and no "Spotlight". Didn't it win best movie?

[@leemcqueen500]

Doesn’t mean it’s amazing.

[@amineljack8075]

@@leemcqueen500 not all the movies they mention are amazing. Just thought it fit the category they were discussing

[@jamesferry1523]

There's actually a literary term for the error that Ranaan makes: it's called the "intentional Fallacy." Give it a google.

[@thomasmcguirejr1469]

Please make this a podcast since there are no visual elements needed. And please agree with me that Ranaan sounds like Artie if he stayed clean.

[@patrickthomas8890]

Completely agree with Joe about Sopranos. I’ll take it a step further, most prestige HBO dramas are wildly overrated. To me, they tend to be super cheesy and often dull. I tried The Wire and couldn’t make it past a few episodes. Too many European actors doing bad Baltimore accents, melodrama, and a who-cares plot.

[@iananderson367]

Holiday movies???

[@djstudderz]

35:23 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mjm5081]

👍 👍

[@alexsprouse9778]

Im still watching an hour and 14 minutes in haha i guess im the only one that watches full podcasts

[@ryanmarchese2250]

Tim Robbins in Jacob’s Ladder is amazing and you can’t change my mind. Also, I think Mystic River blows. Clint Eastwood has done much better -> Gran Torino

[@johnr3552]

12:00 This isn't the first movie I've seen where how messed up the body is described as being doesn't match how the body looks. Pretty sure it happens in a Death Wish movie.

[@thomasmcguirejr1469]

If you’re on the fence about “Is Ben Affleck talented?!” Try and get through “Surviving Christmas”. I triple dip dog dare you. It was largely improvised, and had a pretty great cast...but WHOOOO BOY does Benny boy stink it up on an Olympic level.

[@a_badali]

1:14:05 still waiting for his new comedy to be released

[@AvoidRunningAtAllTimes]

Bruh…you like Million Dollar Baby but don’t like Rocky?! I mean…BIG OOF, Raanan.

[@No5elfCTRL]

Idk what movie their talking about, but I just watched the first movie they are talking about. "IS THAT MY DAUGHTER IN THERE?!?!?!" then Sean killing Tim at the end even tho he didnt kill his daughter. Such a bad movie, but was entertaining to watch with the lady!

[@Ledpooplin55]

I agree Rebecca Hall is hotter than Minnie Driver. That said, I was excited to see Mystic River and I was bummed by how bad it was. Just so much cheese and bad acting. It was like an idiot tried to make Oscar bait to me. It was so bad, it never made me feel how it wanted me to feel, that it made me look back other Eastwood movies and wonder if they were actually bad, and I think theyre at least overrated

[@thismothafuckasaid7304]

"Good Will Hunting" original script by Affleck/Damon was NOTHING like actual movie...Originally, Will Hunting works for government and was depressed bc he helping dropped bombs on American soldiers overseas. (It sucks and you can read it online)

[@dyllonroutien3]

You don't like when Actors star In a movie they write. We get it.

[@veddermn8]

Suprised they are onboard with Nicholson in the Departed, he was strange and kinda bad in otherwise a good movie.

[@alexcoyg3281]

People getting together because they are both hot is very unrealistic in Hollywood😄😄😄

[@paulleclaire8252]

Million dollar baby is a garbage movie. Patrice had a great take about how bad that movie was on O&A

[@alexcoyg3281]

American Sniper is another "masterpiece" of Clint Eastwood that is just so bad i went to see it 3 times in theaters

[@Redclxxd]

American sniper was horrible

[@alexcoyg3281]

"Mystic river" was like the best movie of the year when it came out and then when people actually watched it and paid attention, you see that it really is garbage

[@pjganley]

Always looks like Raanan has his lower lip packed with chewing tobacco. Haha he’s cool though! I like him!

[@stardogchampion96]

Watched til the end because... gay

[@erikgil9864]

Safe to say.. raanan thinks Matt Damon is hot.. he referred to him as the hot guy in two separate reviews.

[@the_Rade]

Raanan wouldn't survive in a park let alone in the wild

[@considerthispossibility]

Agree Tim robbins not my cup of tea. Town sucked. Billboards I liked the family dynamic

[@emmetLshavinski]

Gone Baby Gone is terrible and so is Three Billboards.

[@LoloBoing]

Can someone tell Ranaan that there's no such thing as "naturally chubby." No sir, stop eating and workout, biology works that way.

[@LoloBoing]

Btw, Joe, we watch every ep., it's a great podcast. I'm re-watching this months later.

[@lindak268]

Wtf is wrong with Ranaan? Horde shit

[@bizzfpv3984]

lol. Departed is a shit rip off, of Hong Kong film. Infernal Affairs (he don't KILL him, out of respect, cos they have lived the same life but opposite and respect each other cos its been a tough life). Hollywood is shit. just copies and re makes. have not watched a film since 2008 its all shit. just a repeat. watch the trailer and you have seen the film..

[@lukess.s]

Not a ripoff, literally a remake.

[@bizzfpv3984]

@@lukess.s who and or where is that story told. never advertised as a remake. so its a rip off. and they fucked the ending. retards

[@alexcoyg3281]

Million dollar baby is rubbish, worst movie Eastwood made in my opinion

[@lunchbag_larry]

have you seen american sniper that movie is truly awful

[@alexcoyg3281]

@@lunchbag_larry yes that one too, but Baby is The Worst

[@7star7storm7]

Jeez Joe could you get anymore mainstream .. Pearl Jam and Godfather are the greatest .. but Mystic River and Linkin Park are trash 🤣 ok chinless .. these reviews are better than your standup 😋

[@carmichaelk.5214]

your counter to pearl jam and the godfather being mainstream is... mystic river and... linkin park? hahaha

[@7star7storm7]

@@carmichaelk.5214 my counter .. Joe has stated how shit he thinks Mystic River and Linkin Park are .. he talks a heap of shit 😉

[@carmichaelk.5214]

@@7star7storm7 Oh, I get what you're saying. He constantly appeals to authority, so it makes sense that he wouldn't venture too far outside of the mainstream bubble.

[@7star7storm7]

@@carmichaelk.5214 agreed

[@leemcqueen500]

Linkin park are shit.

[@frankslade33]

How can you not mention how bad Ray Winstone's accent was in The Departed? It is the single worst accent in motion picture history.

[@JackReevesdrumandbass]

Love listening to fellow movie dorks and I wanna like raanan but good god his opinions are awful. Mystic river stinks and good will hunting is not a self reflection of matt and ben yikes dude

[@APAL880]

Ranaan's gay, woke, nonsense anti-white interjections are insufferable

[@SurfistaCamad]

This is great content!