Just Talking About Movies

Just Talking About Unaccompanied Minors

This week, our sister Astrid joins us again as we talk about a lighthearted Christmas comedy,  "Unaccompanied Minors"🎄✈️🎅✨ This movie is special and nostalgic for us and one of Astrid's favourite movies. In this episode we discuss how 2006 was an iconic year for movies and why this is one of the Christmas classics that we will watch every year✨ Astrid talks about how much she loves the character Charlie Goldfinch played by the great Tyler James Williams, and how his quotes from this movie have become iconic. Meanwhile Lovisa talks about why she loves being at the airport and why having a Christmas movie set there makes a lot of sense to her. In addition, Gustav mentions the number of big comedic actors that were in this movie and how he likes this movie even though it might be a silly, clichéd Christmas movie aimed at a younger audience.

Just Talking About All I Want For Christmas (1991)

This sweet yet forgotten little Christmas movie from 1991 is truly charming and worth watching, and this week we talk about it 🎅🎄🎁🐁🏙 Lovisa vouched for this movie and talks about why she loves it and why she would like to live inside it. She talks about it’s charming locations, the special relationships that play out and this movie’s irresistible 90’s nostalgia✨ Meanwhile Gustav talks about what happens when adults write dialogue for children, how the “stepfather” character was done dirty, and which parts of this movie that he cringed at but also parts he thought were sweet❤️

Just Talking About How the Grinch Stole Christmas

This week we watched the 2000 Jim Carrey classic The Grinch for what feels like the first time✨🎄🎅 We discuss the bizarre and almost “too real” take on Jim Carrey’s costume, his intense and iconic way of acting, and how much we loved the narration by Anthony Hopkins and most of all the character of Cindy Lou💕 Lovisa talks about how much she loved the costume designs for all of the Whos, particularly one scene where Cindy Lou wears a hat that is also a cup of eggnog✨ Meanwhile Gustav talks about how this movie felt a bit like a fever dream to him, the dangers of childhood bullies achieving high positions of power in later life, and which characters in this movie we ultimately think are garbage.

Just Talking About Leo

This week we talk about the newest addition to Adam Sandler’s collection of movies: an animated movie about a lizard named Leo 🦎🚌📚🐢 It is an endearing story about a class pet that, in true Adam Sandler fashion, is both very funny and heartfelt. In this episode we discuss voice acting, animation and reminisce about what it felt like to be humbled by going from being the oldest kid in elementary school to being the youngest kid in middle school. Lovisa talks about how she liked Adam Sandlers voice acting for the lizard Leo and discusses the so called "Adam Sandler formula" where he manages to combine genres to create something that feels very true to his film making style. Meanwhile Gustav talks about the moments that he actually laughed out loud in this movie and some of the movie's more heartfelt moments. We also talk about the funny voice acting of Bill Burr and Gustav expresses his frustration with certain animation franchises choosing the same “big name” actor for their lead roles.

Just Talking About Movies and Catching Up #1

This week we sat down for a casual catch up episode, where we just have an impromptu conversation about what we’ve been watching lately ✨🎥🍿📼 In this episode we discuss whether or not we’ve ever cried while watching a movie on a plane, and if we would ever rewatch the movie Me Before You. Lovisa talks about all of the movies that she watched on her ten hour flight from Beijing and revises her answer from our first introduction episode about the worst movie she’s ever seen. Meanwhile Gustav talks about the movie Gifted and how it made him cry but in a good way. He also talks about recently watching The Truman Show and tries to convince Lovisa to watch one of his all time favourite movies The Shawshank Redemption.