Josh and Alex revisit the high-octane, action-packed, Ang Lee directed... 'Sense and Sensibility'..?
Okay. This is different. Let's see what they have in store for us this week.
- Intro (0:00)
- The Movie Wire promo (3:09)
- Sense and Sensibility discussion (3:25)
- Directed by Ang Lee, but doesn't feel like an Ang Lee movie (6:58)
- Emma Thompson's script/plot of the movie (9:49)
- Jane Austen making high-class seem approachable (11:20)
- Josh's biggest issue with Jane Austen stories (17:09)
- Josh's first exposure to the film (18:30)
- God bless Kate Winslet (22:01)
- Hugh Laurie steals the show (26:57)
- Ang Lee nails the posh humor of the script (28:46)
- Jena Malone is not in this movie (31:10)
- Alex's take on the emotional resolution of the story (31:57)
- The Alan Rickman "problem" (36:53)
- Three Amigos tangent (37:35)
- 1995 is a problematic year for award winners not named Emma Thompson (40:53)
- Final thoughts on the film (43:42)
- The "British" invasion of Talking SMAC begins (50:29)
- Goodbyes and social media plugs (52:17)
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