 My sincere and heartfelt apologies to all of you beautiful, stupid babies on Patreon. What happened? We're supposed to be a watch-along. Oh. Gotcha. Yeah. My bad. Yeah. Hey, welcome back to your stupid rags of Corbin. I'm Rick. Keep fossing and scratching Twitter for our GC content. They get a bunch of Patreon followers to the accounts. Grab a like button. It would have been a great watch-along. And today we're doing a movie review. Thanks to this... Hold on. I should have had this set up. Yeah. That's all right. We'll wait. Or... Yeah. I need Molly Allen ones in there. Because it's Molly Allen. But hey, we're doing a movie review of the 2023 film, but that just dropped on OTTs. Correct. Cthul the Core. Yes. Which means... Mammoudi. Yes. The Core. Yes. I think so. It's actually his new physical fitness program, where he's doing a lot of planks. Stupid. Obviously, this just came out last year. It's directed by GeoBaby, who is the director of... Great Indian Kitchen. The Great Indian Kitchen. Yep. And some other things produced by Mammoudi, starring Mammoudi and... Geotica. Forgive me if I mispronounced that. And a few other people. But those are your two main leads here. Yep. We wanted to watch this when we saw the trailer of it. We did not get it. Not uncommon for Molly Allen films. We actually currently do not have show times for Captain Miller, Merry Christmas, or Anyan yet. We will see tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the deciding factor. If we actually see it. Wednesday is the day where the theaters have to decide what they're doing for the weekend. And so... But we did not get this at all. We barely got the LGP film from last year. Yeah, in one theater, right? In one theater. And it was about 80-something kilometers. Which in LA, it's like an hour and a half to hour drive. That's five... Sometimes you have to take a tent with you and camp out on the way. True. Yeah. Anyways, but we originally... Because after we did the 12th Veil watch along, Patrons specifically, we're like, oh, we would love some more elevator art. Tom, I'm so sorry. And originally we were going to do a review of this. And then after the 12th Veil, I told Rick, don't do it. We're going to do a watch along. He's old, he forgets stuff. No, here's what happened. He's senile, everybody. He had originally sent me a link because we were just going to review it. That's what I just said. And then I told him, don't. And yeah, probably as I was walking out the door and talking to his kids. That was, it was right there. And so I just being on top of things, I remember seeing the link and so I just... I watched it now. It's fine. Originally we were going to review it anyway. At least we watched it anyways. But we finally got to it guys. We finally got on Amazon Prime. If you haven't seen it, please go watch it. Since it is a smaller one and not everybody's seen it, we will start with non-spoilers. Yeah, we should. Just because it is still new to OTTs and it probably did not get a wide distribution, especially out of Kerala. Yeah. So... But if you can watch it on Amazon right now, you can go watch it right now. Yeah. But Rick, your initial non-spoiler thoughts of Kathar. I had started writing a paragraph, which that will tell you all you need to know. Because if I write a paragraph about something, it means it's more than just whether you should see it or skip it. But what I started to write down after watching it was, why films like this and 12th fail weren't at the top of the list of Oscar submissions for India? This one definitely couldn't have been. Matt, why? I think it came out in late November. It would still qualify as long as it's in November. No, late November, like the 30th. Well, then... Because I thought the thing was at the end of October. The submission list for the foreign films is end of October, correct? Well, irrespective then, it should be at the top of the list for next year. I thought it didn't qualify. Okay, maybe. But, you guys let me know. It's also maddening to know that there aren't at least as many people clamoring to see films of this caliber as they do to go see commercial successes that, you know, the list. But I guess it shouldn't surprise me because elevated quality far too often is ignored by the masses. It takes more time and effort to find and appreciate the facets of a diamond than it does to skip stones. And more people have fun skipping stones than actually looking for the diamonds. This was... This would have been a game changer again for my list of the dummies. This movie is beautiful, immaculate. I want to show it to everybody. Yeah. I would have had a hard time in the dummies specifically picking between this 12th Fail and the Mammoody's other film of the year. Talk about the year of Ashara Khan. It was the year of Mammoody. Anybody... This is one of those things like when I was watching The Globes and there was the category, and it'll be this way for the Sags and the Oscars, specifically the Leading Ladies. I give the edge very clearly to Emma Stone. But every woman performance that I see nominated, it's, yeah, you should get it. Yeah, you should get it. Yeah, you should get it. And that's how I feel about the L.J.P.'s film, 12th Fail and this one. They just are equally wonderful in all the right ways. And this one hit me in the feels. This one just like 12th Fail. I was crying at the end of it. I can't wait to watch it with other people. I have nothing but superlatives to say about this film. This film is as good as moviemaking gets. It's just fantastic. I love this movie. And so important. Yeah. So freaking important. And when I was watching it, I was like, I didn't even know if you could qualify this as an LGBTQ film. It's more just a story that happens to have a LGBTQ character at the forefront. I don't know if you could qualify it as an LGBTQ film. And what are the qualifications of that? I don't know specifically. Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. And I honestly love and look forward to the day. I said this watch on the globes when so many different people of different, you know, we had a Native American, we had eight. I turned to Andrani and I said, I'm looking forward to the day when we are so past the first whatever. Yeah, exactly. And we get rid of all of the labels and just talk about the fact that this is a human. That's what this felt like. A human story. That's what this felt like. It's just a human story. This director, he put out one of the best films we've seen on the channel in Great Indian Kitchen. Great Indian Kitchen. That was a phenomenal film. And then comes... So I want to say everything this director does because he knows how to take a well-crafted, nuanced human story and make it so intimate but so beautiful to watch. I know you haven't seen some of the films I'm about to reference, but they're part of the conversation right now and will be for the Saga Awards and the Oscars. Past lives. Yeah, I want to say that one. Anatomy of a Fall. Yeah, yeah. Those films are just like this in the fact that they are human, slow, dialogue and silence-driven. Especially Moody. Barely a dialogue, man. Yes, where the director and the cast and everybody is not interested in any way shape. This is not about in any way shape or form doing something that's to be performative or entertaining. We're doing our utmost best to make you feel like you're watching potentially a documentary because it's so intimate and so real and everyone is so believable. And more is said with nothing. It's just, this is... I mean we're talking about some of the best films in the world right now. This is one of the best films, as was 12, fail in the world right now. If, I say this all the time with certain films, I think I said it with Great Indian Kitchen. If this was a Hollywood film, it would be nominated for Best Picture. It would have nominations all over the place. I think this would have a great shot at foreign film if it qualifies. 100%. Or, because I don't even understand because I think it was, was it Pebble or was it the cinema, the one about cinema that was technically not of that year. It actually came out the year prior, but they let it go through. Because of COVID. Yeah. It was COVID exceptions. That might be why. But it's one, it's the style that Oscars likes. It's the subject. I don't want to give anything away. If you haven't seen this film. Please. Just don't. Just go and blind. Watch it. And just let the story happen to you. Let's see if... Please watch it. Okay, it doesn't really give anything away. Amazon, by the way. It doesn't really give anything away in the synopsis on... Yeah, just go in and go in. And the trailer did a great job of not giving anything away. Yeah. Everything about it. The performances were great before we get into spoilers. Just for you guys who haven't seen it. It was such a nuanced story that I'd so interested... Because I said right after I watched it, I tweeted it. I was like, okay, every industry is great. Every industry she makes shit. Say that off the bat. But Mali-Alaman, they make such great content-driven films so frequently. And the qualities of what we constantly refer to is when something's elevated and it's reached the categorization of being something of fine artistry, Mali-Alaman is the most consistent in that regard. Yes. Not saying they're the best. No. And it's not that other industries don't. Don't do that as well. There's a consistency with which. And the quality of this film that would garner the attention of the Academy here, which is important for a million reasons, guys. It's not just because we have this hang-up with American cinema. And we don't even need to defend that. If you don't understand it, then you don't understand it. But when you look at the films that have historically been selected as the international films, and the films that get international distribution, the films that are celebrated at film festivals all over the world irrespective of country, it's this kind of film, same with Twelfth Fail, that have all of the technical aspects of elevative artistry and fine artistry, right? But the subject matter has several factors. It's important. Yeah. It's absolutely DNA of the country it's from. Yeah. And it's also absolutely DNA of universal truths that everyone can relate to. Boom. Yeah. If this was qualifying for this past year, you had two that you easily could have sent. Easily could have sent and either one of them. Either one of them. Yeah. You could have sent them three. The other Mahmoudi films. But I think these two. These two have more accessibility. More accessibility. For people that aren't as familiar with Indian cinema. Correct. Though that film I think is equally as brilliant as these, if not even more complex. It's just disappointing because the films that are being appreciated right now like Past Lives and Anatomy of a Fall are these quiet, small, conversation-driven, drama-driven, just letting you watch human beings be human. It's just great. It's such a beautiful story too. It's a tragic, beautiful story, but they don't make it as tragic. Like they don't focus on the tragedy of it. No. As much. Which is something that I think if it was done here you'd have a little more of that. It's very bittersweet. It's a different culture obviously. But like they make you totally understand every single character. You make you like, oh that's awful. Oh that's awful. You believe them. Oh my God. What? No. It's as it goes on. It does take you as well. It doesn't give you it right away. It lets you like, okay what exactly is happening? And there's parts of it we'll get into the spoilers. There's parts of it that I really appreciated in the writing where the kinds of things that happen from an antagonistic point of view towards your protagonist. I'm trying to not give spoilers away. They're much smaller than being big things. And that's what makes them all the more hurtful. Sometimes in storytelling it's far more hurtful to hear a side remark overheard than it is to have somebody slap you and do a huge event kind of thing. And this is loaded with so many beautiful small things that if you're paying attention the smallest of things make the biggest of impressions in this film. And like I said I was like 12 fail. I was crying at the end of this movie. If you haven't seen it please go watch it. It's on Amazon. Just go watch it. Watch it. Don't look up anything about it. No. And it's not even two hours guys. No. If you're into cinema if you're into story driven content driven cinema and great acting great writing please watch it. Please watch it. If there's nothing wrong if you don't like that style of film if you just like wars or that's that's fine. Maybe this is not your cup of tea but if you do like this style please go watch it just go in blind. I think that's your best possibly. So we're going to get into spoilers now. Don't look. We should have one first we need a button for spoiler time. I don't think I can do it while I'm recording. What about that? No I can. Here. What do you want to do for spoilers? Ready? One. Two. Three. Get spoiled bitch. Get spoiled bitch. It's first things came to mind. Okay. Spoiled bitch. You like it? Spoiler button. For now. For now. Anyways go away. Go away. Go away and watch the movie. Spoilers. Now for those of you who've seen it. Remember when he died? Yeah. We really didn't like it we just wanted to say that at the front. Yeah for you. Mammoody paid us. If he paid us and he'd come on the channel I'm offended. Really. Anyways. Yeah there's so much about this movie that was so brilliant. Obviously the performances of Mammoody and I can't say that name. Geotica. Geotica. Beautiful name by the way. It could be Geotica I want to pronounce it. Having a J and a Y right next to each other infuses my brain. I'm loving Mammoody's choices man. I know he's always been that way like he's always been about acting and stuff and we still That compilation video we saw. I want to see so much more of his stuff because he seems to really just care about and I know he's done big films too but he seems to really care especially now at least this year about content driven films I'm loving that there were so many scenes between these two that was so heartbreaking and so believable and so beautiful like I loved their once you actually figured out what exactly what was going on I loved that that you didn't really know they're amicable but they're getting a divorce but they seem to be on good term Is it a real accusation? Yeah I was in the beginning I was like okay I think they're alluding to that he's gay what happened but is it true? Yeah and then obviously when everything came out and but I I love because like if this was a Hollywood film I feel like it wouldn't be as calm as it is like you know like it felt like a very calm film like there would be some like explosions accusatory why did you do this to me? I think it depends on who was helming it it would depend on who's directing it um obviously because he did something awful to her and then she stayed but you in this you have to understand why she stayed she stayed because if I outed you before you would have gone to jail and I was like oh shit that's that's true because obviously it was criminalized and so she stayed because she cares about him 20 years in a relationship she knew that she would never get what she needed from the relationship that's that's such a complex issue in story it is and he he has he has he's a thespian through and through he is just he chooses stories of deep human interest he chooses stories that are um he's such a good this is the highest compliment you can give to actors when you compliment how good of a listener they are and a lot of directors don't know how to do that a lot of directors not all but some they focus they don't focus a lot on watching actors think and watching them respond and you forget with great actors that they've got these scripts memorized and they know exactly what's coming next they should and they but they're listening as if they're hearing for he's as good as it gets in hearing something for the first time speaking something that gets off it's very very different but I I mean the best of the best is Irfan yeah of course and there's a level of that that Mamoudi has yeah absolutely of the listening and the responding the two of them together the dad just it was it's a testament to geobaby's direction because that atmosphere is a direct result of the casting process which the director has the final decision in and then the collaborative nature of what's working and what's not working on set and giving the atmosphere for everybody the whole time that the dad one who did a great job great job I don't know do you remember his name no I just remember him as dad yeah he doesn't have a picture here wait Matthew would be his last no would Matthew be his last name I don't remember I don't remember his last name I would think it's Debussy because they're related but I just don't know it doesn't show when I'm anyways but he did a great job the father but that whole thing that they just unweaved because at first you're like okay they're not talking and then you're like okay he's gay you figured that out and that's why they're not talking because he's upset that his son would ever and then in the court scene I like almost audibly gas I was like oh shit you did what and so he like when you figure you should not be here you should be here when you figured out that he was the one that he knew his son was gay he knew he said I'm his father from a child I knew he was gay I thought I was doing best for him by getting him married right and then to now have this guilt of well not only doing that to your son knowing he is a gay man but then to this woman that you made him marry you've grown to love her and now you've destroyed her life I mean in a way in a way for 20 years in a very real way taking her youth and obviously in certain parts of India obviously what it means to be a way to not a way to a divorcee as a woman and stuff like that there's so such different complicated things going on and he just unweaved it for you like it was an onion and it was beautiful it was a slow unweaving and it was so believable and there's three moments for me that brought me to tears the first moment that brought me to tears is the conversation that they're having on the bed the husband the real the come to Jesus conversation between the two of them where he's admitting and she's and she says sleep in the bed with me yeah would you sleep in the bed with me that killed me I'm getting emotional thinking about that line yeah and then when dad it was I was so invested when dad stands up and the way it's shot is Geobaby's brilliance dad stands up and I said out loud while I'm watching it I said go to him don't leave please don't leave because I was expecting him to walk away and he walks over to him and puts his hand on his shoulder and then Mamoudi melts I melted with Mamoudi I was bawling I was just there a tear stream into my face and I actually I started clapping because the dad came to his son it was a phenomenal scene very organic not over the top nothing like that and then the fact that you pan over and then she's heard this entire thing beautiful just a slow nice reveal the fact that she heard the whole conversation he said this three times that was two times was there the very end you know what else was a really beautiful moment where they don't give a lot away but then in the end you think back upon it and you know what your gut felt when you saw it was when his his lover was in the car and looked at the photo of him and was just looking at it apart you're inside you're thinking he's looking at that because he loves him yeah and they didn't they didn't actually go to into the lover which is why I'm like I don't even know if you could classify this as like an LGBTQ film this is just a story that happens to involve obviously a closeted gay man I personally would categorize it without question in that category because like at the end you can allude that they went together but you don't know you don't know I mean they didn't have the rainbow and that's good because that wouldn't be believable they didn't have the no they had the rainbow no no no I mean if they had done something where they're all you know they're holding hands and walking together that's not a realistic very sad scene at the end when he they were sitting at the table and you're like oh what's going on my wife is like are they going on a double date and then it was even more sad I mean it was good but it was sad because man sat down and you're like oh and then he just left and she watched him the entire time it's such a beautiful story it is tragic it's a beautiful tragic it's a beautiful tragic story it's beautiful because you know these people actually do love each other in terms of as humans right we've been together for 20 years they're not they don't hate each other but it's an awful thing that happened to all of them and it was a bunch of people's faults yeah the dads mamoutis yeah and all that kind of stuff but their faults are all driven by a the real human attribute of I thought I was doing the right thing at the time that was best for everybody else yeah the dad wasn't doing it out of this belligerence he was doing it at the time and looking back upon it because hindsight's 20 all of them had this hindsight thing mamouti didn't want to hurt her he loves her yeah she and divorcing him didn't want to hurt him yeah the dad didn't want to hurt his son when he made him marry the daughter he thought he was doing the right thing yeah and that is often what happens in so many circumstances where you look back on it and say man I wish I would have fill in the blank and that yeah the killer moment for me are those two no yeah her saying would you please sleep with me tonight oh yeah that was ugh she did such a great job she was beautiful I don't so did the the attorneys yeah and the judge she would have been easily up there for actress if not want it in the dummies and I had supporting actor I know you guys were screaming for this and 12th fail and there's another one as well but they just came out so late and it kind of needed to do the dummies I'm glad we got to it um but man was it a great film uh would have easily been in my top five favorites and this should have been in the conversation for India's submissions if it had qualifications for it it should have been in the conversation okay so release November 23 when was the cutoff for Oscars I believe I think that it's October or early November so if it's after that it does not qualify that Oscar so it qualifies for next will India send it though that is a different question international Oscar there it is this may take me a moment okay well that was in 2022 see the deadline for international films was October 3 yeah last year and so it'd be around that time special rules for the international feature film eligibility that's 2022 see see the country it must first be released in the country of origin no earlier than the first of January and no later than November 30th but then you couldn't have submitted it though yeah you can you can still submit the film you can submit the film see there's a difference between the submission deadline and the qualification deadline the submission deadline is in October yeah so you have to say this is the film we're doing right but the film hasn't released it that doesn't matter as long as the film because they're not going to give the nominations until February so you get the submission in because the film if the film has distribution in November you have a film to submit to the Academy in October not always though you should if you don't then we know last minute they do I understand and that may be what happened but the submission deadline was in October qualification deadline is you have to have had a theatrical release between January 1st and November 30th in order to qualify just to be able to qualify for next year yeah regardless if it was the past year you really screwed the pooch with three films that would have you had a shot and sadly while sending another Mali Alam film which was fine I guess but not anywhere near a submission thing ever it should have never been anywhere near the Oscars submission sorry if you are close and anybody who thinks it does has a bias and it's not looking at it just on artistic merit if you just wanted to send a Mali Alam film which I'm fine with there's two there's three films I would have sent two of them would be Mali Alam none of them would have been 2018 well and it also takes you a couple steps back because if I'm in the Academy and I'm not really familiar with Indian cinema and all I get because I'm going to remember what you submitted and think to myself don't you understand the quality of cinema we're looking for internationally yeah it's very very frustrating I don't understand they're submitting their Oscar people they've made dumb decisions for a long time yeah anyways that's the review there you go phenomenal film phenomenal would have changed the dummies yeah 5 out of 5 stars nope yeah let us know what you thought about the film which we are next to yes who played Omana what's her name Geotica I'm pronouncing that correct and Geobaby as well which we are next Mali Alam film we should watch and Mammoudi Mammoudi let us know down below