All 24 Pixar Movies Ranked According To Mike + Movie Reviews: Luca (Disney+) and Fatherhood (Netflix)

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Movie mis Movie Podcast, your go to podcasts for all things movies. I'm your host movie Mike, and today I am ranking all twenty four Pixar movies according to me. I just watched the movie which came out on Disney Plus over the weekend. I have the ultimate list. I've seen every single one, and I'll tell you single handedly which one is the best and which one is the worst. And then I'll even break down my full review of Luca. I have another review of Fatherhood, which is out on Netflix with Kevin Hart. A lot to talk about this week. Appreciate you guys for hitting that play button being subscribed to the podcast. Without any further ado, let's get started. In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like never before in a movie podcast. A man with so much movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking on MTV, which classes from the Nashville podcast Networking Movie Mi Movie Pod. I am a huge Pixar fan. I think of any movie studio aside from Marvel, it's the only one that I've watched every single movie they've put out. Because they don't really put out a bad movie except for one once I get to this list. But if you're kind of wondering what's the difference between Disney and Pixar, I'll tell you pretty much simply. Well, back in two thousand and six, Disney bought Pixar, but before that, Pixar was its own animation studio, which was heavily into computer animation before anybody else. Toy Story the very first one. They were the first ones to do it, and really the pioneers with that. When it comes to overall subject matter, I feel like Pixar movies are more than movies that make you feel they're the movies now that we kind of see as kids, movies that adults also enjoy. And Disney has been just around forever. And when you kind of differentiate the two, Disney sometimes would you know, bring to life fairy tales that were stories that already existed, and they were more about you know, heroes and princesses. That's kind of Disney's lane, and Pixar comes in kind of huge, humanizing animation and giving them real life problems, and a lot of the things they encounter are things that we also encounter in our lives and there's not necessarily a villain all the time. I'd say it's more just real life situations that make us feel and kind of giving human elements to things you wouldn't really think that would have human elements, like your emotions have emotions, or toys have emotions. It's giving emotions to things, the things that pull out our hearts during this kind of how pis are differentiated. And also when it comes to the music, a lot of the times, the Disney movies are a lot more music, they'll just burst out into songs randomly, it's a lot less frequent and Pixar movies when really it's more so kind of the basis of a Pixar movie where music is important to them, but they're not always musicals. Although since Disney did by Pixar back in two thousand six, every Pixar movie now that comes out is technically a Disney movie, but they still kind of differentiate the two with the animation studio. So all that to say, I have the list of all the tony four Pixar movies that have come out, and if one movie doesn't make the list for some reason, it's probably because it's just a Disney movie. So let's start at the very bottom. And I said, I think Pixar has only made one bad movie ever, and it came out in called The Good Dinosaur. You probably forgot this movie. It was actually the first box office bomb that Pixar ever had. It's the only time they put out a movie that didn't live up to the expectations. And it's a very forgettable movie. I myself kind of forgot about this movie, even though it wasn't that long ago. There was a lot of problems with production. They changed cast member voices in this, so overall they didn't really get it right here. And I would say out of all the movies, it deserves a very bottom slot because it's not that great of a movie. So that one makes number twenty four, and all the rest of the movies I have put in the bottom seven, I would say they're all good, just not great and not amazing. So coming in at number twenty three, it's Monsters University. I just felt it was very delayed from Monsters in and when I think most people wanted a part two, they gave us this Monsters University. I don't think it was as well received, not a terrible movie, just good. And that's another thing that's different about Pixar is they will come out with sequels. You don't see a whole lot of sequels of Disney movies aside from Frozen two very early in the day. They would kind of just make those the straight to VHS or straight to DVD kind of movies. But Pixar goes all out and they'll give you multiple sequels. And speaking of sequels, I kind of group these two together because I felt a little bit they're a little forgettable and I'm not even a fan of really the first one in this series. But I put at twenty two Cars three, which came out in and then at twenty one I put Cars to which came out inn. I feel like all the Cars movies are basically the exact same kind of movie. But also a little bit for me is kind of when I checked out of Pixars when the first Cars movie came out, I just it was never that interested in them, and I didn't really like the idea of just cars coming to life. I felt like they could have been more creative with that. So I put those at one and twenty two respectively. At number two, I went with Onward, which came out last year and actually the very last movie I saw in theaters. I think I was expecting a lot more from this movie. While it had that kind of magic, the gathering, mystical quest type of vibe, I just think overall the story wasn't as emotional as I was looking for. I didn't really love the characters in this Even though I thought Tom Holland and Chris Pratt were a great pairing, they just didn't really get it to that next level. So it kind of fit in this bottom seven, so I went with Onward at twenty and number nineteen, I went with Toy Story four, which came out back in The reason I put this one so low is because I don't think this movie needed to be made. It kind of felt a little bit tacked on to the Toy Story franchise. They don't really develop anything that makes you want to know more about Toy Story in this one. It was really just that now with an adult, I was able to go watch a Toy Story movie in theaters and experience that again. But man, they should have just left it a trilogy. I think the only thing that was cool to see in Toy Story four is how advanced they were able to get the animation with Woody and with buzz Lightyear, they were able to take it up such a high level from the very first original, so to be able to see the comparison between Toy Story one and Toy Story four was pretty cool. Other than that, didn't really need to see that movie. Rounding out the bottom seven at number eighteen is Brave from I just also felt like this was a little bit of a forgettable Pixar movie. What I did like is it was one of the very first times that Pixar movies and really just animated movies in general, started to not just make the lead a guy. I think Disney did it first with the Frozen movies and now with Brave they kind of were like, Okay, we don't really just need every female lead to be a princess. They can do other things. They can be heroic as well. So on that front, I thought this was a really great direction for Pixar. Overall, the movie just wasn't one of my favorites, so I put that one at number eighteen. Rounding out the bottom seven, let's get into now in the middle seven, So number seventeen through eleven which I feel all of these are great, Like, without a doubt, these movies can all stand on their own. I don't think they're all out classics. I just think these perfectly embody what Pixar movies are when it comes to animation and story and overall, I just don't think these have the longevity that the top ten will have. So at number seventeen, I put Incredibles two, which came out again. I felt a little bit like Pixar was doing the thing where they're like, Okay, all the kids who watched this movie are now adults, and we're going to kind of reintroduce this again. I wanted this one like maybe two years after the original came out, because I feel like that's when this movie needed to be made. But overall, it was a solid addition into the incredible story, but I just couldn't rink it any higher. Kind of along those same lines, at number sixteen, I went with Finding Dory, which came out in which was almost an equally entertaining adventure as Finding Nemo. It was just a lot more Dory than I was wanting, and there was nothing super different between finding Nori and finding Nemo that I don't think when you go back and watch one of those movies, you're gonna pig finding Dori ever over Finding Nemos. So I put that one at number sixteen and number fifteen. You gotta go with Cars that came out in two thousand and six. I felt like Cars really kind of cemented Pixar's name in the game in the mid two thousand's. This is a movie that it did super well, and I felt like without this movie having this hit on their hands, they weren't going to be able to take that next step of like utter dominance when it comes to animation. I think this one really just set them apart from everybody else and they were like, all right, we're Pixar. We've been here over ten years now. I think we're here to stay. And I think Cars did that for them. Personally. Not one of my favorite Pixar movies and one that I really don't go back and watch a whole lot, I think, aside from the first time I watched any of the Cars movies with the last time I watched any of the Cars movies. But for what this one did for them as an animation studio, got to give them credit there at number fifteen. May get a little controversial here on number four teen, but I'm going with Soul. Everybody last year was saying this was the best Pixar movie ever, and I had to disagree. It's not even top ten realistically, when you put this one up with all the other Pixar movies, this is exactly where it should land. It was a great movie for last year, but when it comes to ranking them with all the Pixar movies, I don't really think it stands a chance. And the reason why is because I think Soul was a little bit more I would say pretentious of Pixar to put out because I love Pixar movies that are made four kids and that sometimes adults also enjoy. I really felt like they made this one for adults. The kind of concept in this one was so playing two adults, and some of the key elements I don't even think kids really got from this movie. So when you take that away, they're kind of relying more on the visuals and the characters, and I think even those don't really lend themselves the kids to want to watch. I don't really see any kids running to the store to get a Soul plus toy or anything like that. I thought the story was great, but when it comes to Pixar movies, it wasn't exactly what I was looking for, even though I would still say it was one of my favorite movies of last year in such a weird year to have, you know, movies kind of be all over the place. So it was great at the time that we needed it. It It came out free on Disney Plus. But I just think when you're ranking all these movies, it would be a disservice to you guys to rank this movie any higher than it needs to be. So Soul goes at number fourteen and number thirteen. I'll get into my full review later, but I will with Luca just came out on Disney Plus. I watched it and enjoyed it and will tell you exactly why I think this embodies everything that a new Pixar film should be. So I'll leave it at that for now. Get to my full review later and tell you about that movie and why you should go watch it. So that's number thirteen, and number twelve was Inside Out, which came out in the movie where they gave your emotions emotions, which sounds a little bit like Pixar Jumping the Shark, but it worked. This one had memorable characters that had an overall relatable plot, even had a few sad moments in there. I think this would really had it all and visually, I remember watching this one and being really blown away of the world they were able to create inside of Riley in this I really enjoyed this one. I don't think it got me fully on the verge of tears, but I could see where it could get you a little bit. So number twelve going with inside out and then rounding out in the middle. Seven Again, these were all great movies, but the top ten are going to be, without a doubt, the Pixar classics, So just missing out on that. At number eleven, his Monsters Eating from two thousand and one. I think it's a great movie, but I think it's one and everything below this list. If they were to go away, Pixar would be just fine with their top ten. I don't really think you need the Monsters Inc. Movies if you're taking everything else away, I think you would be fine. I don't think you would miss them a whole lot. They're great for what they are, also have some of the most iconic and just memorable Pixar characters. But if you were going to lose one of the classics, I think it would be Monsters, and it just misses out on the top ten. So I'm gonna take a quick break right now. Coming up, we'll do the final top ten Pixar movies of all time according to me, all right back here at number ten from two thousand and eight, going with Wally. This movie changed me a lot, because I think at the time it came out, it was so different for Pixar, and it really kind of resonated with kids, but I think probably the first one that had an overlying message that resonated with adults more. And I think Wally is a great character. It's a heartwarming story, and maybe sometimes I just felt like I related to Wally a lot. It also had the sci fi futuristic element, which I loved, and I think just the world they created in Wally was just so memorable, and I think it was beloved among critics and among you know, just us watching that movie. So I had to put that one in the all out classics at number ten. At number nine from two thousand and four, We're going with the Incredibles the best animated superhero family and all of Disney and Pixar, and they were really kind of early on the whole superhero trend and they were able to make it a family movie and it really is overall just the perfect movie. You can't really touch the first Incredibles, and for really a superhero movie not being such a novel or new concept, they were able to make it in a way that I was like, Okay, this is amazing and I want to see more. And it was a long time before we got the Incredibles too, But I think without a doubt this one is a classic. So that one's at number nine. At number eight, I gotta put a Bug's Life from this was earlier on one, but I think this was one that really resonated with me as a kid, of of identifying with someone who was completely different and kind of head off the wall kind of idea that other people kind of shook their heads at. And it's also just a full on kids movie. I also like that the story itself got a little bit dark in there, with the grasshoppers wanting to kill the ants. It was a little bit darker of a tone than you were used to seeing in an animated movie. There was very kind of dark parts in the movie where you're like, oh man, it's you're about to kill this an like what's happening here? But I think overall it's still just a movie that was made four kids to learn about sticking up for yourself and not letting people take advantage of you. So that's why I think I've loved A Bug's Life over the years. And if you go watch it on Disney Plus now they have digitally restored it and it looks more amazing than it ever was. So I went with that one at number eight. At number seven, going with Ratitui from two dozen and seven, I think, kind of writing off the heels of the car success, they were able to make Ratitui and put this one out and people like it. Like, think about the concept of this one. It's a mouse that's an amazing cook and uses a human to make these amazing meals. Doesn't seem as grand of a concept as like racing cars. But just a year after to follow it up with such a I feel like kind of a quiet hit like Ratituiti is such a good movie. I feel it's one that gets overlooked just a little bit, so I wanted to give it a spot here. From start to finish, it is undeniably a classic. So number seven goes to Ratitui, and then at number six, from the follow up to Toy Story, I went with Toy Story two, And I think why I put this one further down at number six is because it was hard to live up to the original Toy Story, but I think it did a really great job with this one. It just focuses a lot more on the story of what he his kind of origin story and how he wants to go and be kind of a star again, which I think I kind of had a problem with watching this one is again as an adult, because you could kind of watch this movie and feel a little bit like you don't like what do you times? Which sounds weird to me to have a beef with an animated cartoon character Cowboy Doll, but he was kind of like, oh man, it's not all about me anymore. I could go back and have that life again. And while it's a great movie, I just feel like it's not better than the other Toy Stories which rank higher from me, So I feel comfortable putting that one at number six. Into the top five now the all out best of the best Pixar movies, and at number five I went with up from two thousand and nine. Visually, I think the best Pixar movie, from the animation to just the balloons, to Russell and Carl, who are such an unlikely duo. All the things about this movie you don't think it would work together, but it's just so kind of off the wall and out there that I think it's great. The story is amazing. I don't think the intro to this movie is as emotional and sad as other people have said, but I respect that, and it's one of the only Pixar movies that I've seen multiple times in theaters, so I had to put this one at number five is one of my favorites. Following up that with number four with Coco from I think this one really kind of blended music and animation and a great story together that hadn't been done in a while. And not only that, I think this is when Pisar also, you know, just kind of started to become more diverse as the Mexican American myself, I thought it was really cool to see that represented and have a Pixar character you know, speaking Spanish, but unlike up, this is one that actually got me emotional when if you haven't seen it, well it gets emotional and if you're needing to cry, I would say go watch Coco at number three. From I put Toy Story three, I just thought it was the ultimate ending what should have been a trilogy. Everything about this movie the perfect follow up from part two where I think Toy Story to kind of win a different direction, telling a whole different story. I felt like part three was the continuation of part one, bringing Andy back into play, bringing his mom, sister, and even the dog back into play. And also at a time where all the people who watched the original Toy story as kids, we were now adults and kind of experiencing this with Andy. Everything about this was just perfect timing. It came out at the right time. I thought lots of was a great introduction is a villain, like a lot of these toy stories really haven't had a villain aside from you know, sitting the dog. They also brought a lot more humor into this one. All the original voices were back, and of course the emotional ending, which I don't remember completely crying out, but I definitely had a tear in my eye, So at number three perfectly fitting, it went with Toy Story three, and at number two from two thousand and three, I went with Finding Nemo, one of the biggest adventures in all of Pixar, a movie that I've seen time after time after time again and don't get tired of it. The only hard part about Finding Nemo for me now is that saw this TikTok the other day, and it's that kids now look at Finding Nemo, which came out in two thousand and three, So if this movie came out now, it would be like an eighties movie then, So we look now to Finding Nemo in twenty twenty one, as somebody in two thousand and three looked at a movie like Back to the Future, which I just thought was kind of weird to me because I still think that all these movies like Finding Nemo came out ten years ago, when realistically it's almost twenty years ago. So sorry, if you're listening, I didn't mean to make you feel old, but that is the realization of Finding Nemo. But all that aside, it's a great movie, one of the best, but not the best overall, because at number one. I had to go with the o G the very first Pixar movie, from the first one to use the animated computer technology, the one that started at all, the original Toy Story not only the perfect Pixar movie, but maybe one of the most perfect movies to ever come out, from start to finish, from minute one to minute ninety, it is really just an all out classic. There's nothing wrong about this movie. It's created not one, not two, not three, but multiple iconic characters that we all wanted to go to Walmart immediately and get a toy of You have the best voices with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen and you know countless others who have joined the Toy Story cast. But really in this very first one is when they got it completely right and a movie that really took forever to make. Like I've seen that Tom Hanks was reading woody lines back in the early nineties, and it was really the first Pixar movie that kind of set the bar for how advanced and how much detail they were going to put into all their animation, which is why they stand apart, which is why their movies look so much different, because they not only tell great stories, but they also just use groundbreaking technology to bring these stories to life, and you know, it's such intrigue detail from their hands to the you know, head movements, to the way they walk. There's just so much detail into this that I would love to just talk to somebody who works on Pixar about these movies, which hopefully I can line that up someday. But I just think nothing has really touched the very first Toy Story, even though it was so early on in the technology that they've been able to make everything look better, But I think when it comes to what a movie makes you feel, they haven't really completely matched the magic that was Toy Story one. So I think that is just undeniably, without a doubt, the best Pixar movie of all time. And if you don't believe so, well that's just my opinion. All right. But with all that to say, got a full review of Luca coming up just after this, and then a review of another new Netflix movie called Fatherhood with Kevin Hart, so hang out for that. All right, Let's get into a couple of movie reviews now. First up, let's talk about Luca, which is the brand new Disney movie available on Disney Plus. Not only that they don't charge you that thirty bucks anymore for this one. They're just free if you already subscribe to it. If you haven't seen heard about this movie yet, here's just a little bit of the trailer. Have you ever gone to the Human Town? Yeah? Kind of an expert. Someone got lucky today. So the spoiler free review of this. The movie is about a kid named Luca who is a sea monster. He lives in the sea with his parents and his family, and he's getting very curious that he wants to go above the surface. But his parents, you know, kind of along those same lines of finding Nemo, they want him to stay at home. They don't want him venturing out. And then one day he's kind of exploring and he sees some things that, you know, some fishermen dropped from the surface, fell down. He gets curious about him, and he meets a friend. His friend takes him to the surface and once they come out of the water, they find out that they change from sea monsters to humans. And with his friend Roberto, they go on an adventure in this town nearby. But unfortunately this town has been hunting sea monsters and that's kind of their whole thing. So they're having to disguise themselves while getting into some fun and overall trying to live out their mission above the sea. So it's overall a story about friends and kind of accepting people for being different. And why I think this really kind of embodies everything a Pixar movie should be is one. The animation is amazing. I thought these characters look exactly what you want a Pixar character to look like, and they get into some really intricate details with the underwater stuff, which I think underwater animation just looks amazing like all. I think that's why I love Finding Nemo so much, because it's the world that we ourselves don't really get to discover or explore in any way. And when they kind of show those elements of this, I was full on in that and then kind of blending that from going from under the water to above the surface to on land, I thought visually that was just a great kind of contrast between all the elements in this, and I think they got it all completely well. And it's also just very memorable character I think Luca and Alberto in this are just a really great team and just knowing their friendship as kids, I think if I was watching this as a kid, I would really love that kind of aspect. And also along the same lines is it's kind of diverse here. It takes place in a city in Italy, and you get those kind of aspects of learning a little bit about a different culture, and it just kind of refreshing to see it takes place in somewhere different. And also what I think this is a perfect Pixar movies because you kind of learned a little bit about you know, life in this movie and about why you shouldn't judge people and why you shouldn't be a bully. So I think it's a great message for kids to watch, but as an adult you'll also like it as well. I feel like it's a big adventure with fun animation and really great characters. So overall, I would give this one four out of five Sea Monsters, and the beauty of it is you don't have to pay any more extra to watch it on Disney. Plus, I just think it's one of the more novel things that Pixar's done in a while, So I really enjoyed it. And speaking of things you can watch streaming right now, I want to talk about the new Kevin Hart movie called Fatherhood, which is on Netflix, came out over Father's Day weekend, which I'll explain how I feel about that first of all. But if you haven't heard or seeing this movie yet, here's just a little bit of the trailer. Excuse me, she's been like client for hours. Sorry, but this is a group from New Mothers. On that sign out there says parents, my parent, and I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Girl's got some stuff flying out. I asked. She can either hit you with a streamer or she'll buckshot you. It's a quick wow. I need help. So again, I'll keep this one spoiler free. And this first thing may sound like a spoiler, but it's not because it happens in the trailer, also happens within the first five minutes of the movie, and really what the whole thing is about. But it's about a father played by Kevin Hart, who has to bring up his daughter as a single father after his wife unexpectedly passes away during labor or like right after, and you'll learn about their relationship and how he kind of goes on to live and wants to take care of his daughter on his own while his kind of family is pressuring him to move back home to men Anesota so we can be around family and not have to do it all alone. But he really just wants to prove to himself that he can do it. He also kind of wants to honor his wife and really be the ultimate dad in this movie. And it's a bit of a departure I felt for Kevin Hart, who I like to stand up. I like his movies all right, but I feel like some of his comedies are just kind of so off the wall that you really don't know what you're gonna get when you go to watch a Kevin Hart comedy. It could be great or it could be almost cringe e and just a flop. But with this one, he really kind of played the lines of having a touch of humor but also some a little bit more of a serious side of him. Like he shed some tears in this movie and it was believable, which was cool to see from Kevin Hart and the comedy I would say in This is a lot more subtle. I almost felt like it was a Jutt Apatel style of movie, like Funny People or like This is Forty, kind of along those lines of comedy where it's not all full out jokes, but it's kind of the situations that in and the way Kevin Hart's just just says things that makes it funny. So I think him himself is a really funny person. And while he's not going full out trying to be Kevin Hart the funny stand up guy in this, I think that's why it works so well. And it's also a movie that will make you a little bit emotional, especially from that very opening scene and feeling that way, and I was watching it with my wife like man like, I could only imagine what it would be like to lose somebody in that instance and just be you and the child that you're going to try to, you know, raise now on your own. You had no idea what was going to happen, So I think just that element made it. I felt like something I hadn't seen in a while, but almost like a story that's kind of so simple to tell that I'm surprised somebody has made a movie like this. I think my only issue with it is that it came out over Father's Day weekend, and I have this weird thing of like associating, you know, things to release around like this perfect time and I feel like people now will associate this with like, oh, this came out of a Father's Day weekend, we should watch it now, but maybe like next weekend, you might I want to watch it because you think you missed out on it. I think this movie could have had a bigger chance to be in a little bit more of a staple in his career than to come out now, because I think it's such a kind of departure for him. It's really a great example of how serious of an actor he can be, and now he has kind of more layers and more of a range than you kind of expect from Kevin Hart. That I think it's a little bit overshadow that it came out it's just the Father's Day movie. I think it's more than that. I think he did such a great job in this that it kind of needs to be showcased a little bit more. But if you, you know, click your Netflix on right now, it will be that top movie. So I just hope more people watch this now and even like a week or two you know, down the road from now. That's my only issue with they're coming out right now that I just hope it doesn't deter people away from watching it later, because I know I'm like that, I will not watch a movie that I feel like I missed the train on. I would also say a solid four out of five, let's go Diapers. But if you're looking for a good drama ty to watch, you know, a drama comedy, I would say, just check out Fatherhood on Netflix. I'll get into a little bit of movie news here now. I saw this article come out this week that had me thinking. It was saying that experts think that the quality of movies is diminishing because of streaming. That basically that movies don't have to be as good right now because they're going to streaming services. People are watching them at homes, and the appeal of having a movie to get people out to the theater is kind of going away, therefore just overall making the quality of films worse. And this is according to the Wall Street Journal, which I just don't think it's true. I think the way we kind of take in movies now has changed, but I think the quality is still there. I think really what they kind of missed out on this article is you experience a movie a little bit different at home, which I've kind of come to know, from the past year and a half, I haven't been into a movie theater, So I don't think it's the quality of movies really being less, and I think the experience is a little bit less in watching them at home. And I was one very rely on like I love it. I love watching movies at home and being able to click it and it's there. But I find overall sometimes it's hard to keep that same attention at home. Movies like otherwise would have been completely entertained with and you know, had no distractions in a movie theater. If I get a little bit, you know, it slows down just a little bit, I'll hop on my phone, or I'll kind of get distracted a bit, does off a little bit. I think really that kind of plays into a factor of movies not seeming like they're as great as home. Also, I feel like we have so many choices to pick from at home that sometimes when you click something on within the first twenty minutes, you're wondering, should I be watching this, Should I be watching something else? Should I switch to a TV show, should I, you know, pick a different movie. It's kind of the struggling with all the choices and feeling like, you pick the right thing and you're investing your time the two hours on it. I think that kind of takes into effect a little bit as well. But they also broke down that all the Netflix movies that have come out and having the worst scores among critics on like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. On the other hand, that Disney movies have the best ratings so far, but just overall the less amount of movies. And what they're trying to say is that Netflix is basically just relying that you pay for that subscription fee every single month, and after they get that, they're kind of good, they put out whatever, and it's not so much about, you know, the ticket prices anymore. So I don't completely agree with that. And the thing I am kind of excited about is for my birthday coming up on Friday, I am going to the movie theater for the very first time in over a year and a half. The last movie I saw in theaters was March of and it was onward. After that, I've seen everything at home, and I kind of wanted to make it a big deal. Not because I'm turning thirty. I really don't like birthday parties at all. I don't like any kind of attention on me really whatsoever. When it comes to things like parties, I'm very awkward at opening gifts in front of people. Overall, just having somebody there for me, I find that very awkward. I've never really had a birthday party ever, and I think it comes for me. As a kid, I didn't have a whole lot of friends. Like I would have family over sometimes for like a barbecue, but when it came to like things that like you know, chucky cheese or having you know, a birthday cake out of you know, the park, or going to even like a movie as kids like, I didn't really have that. And I think that it was a combination of being married now and my wife kind of pressuring me, you know, hey, you're turning thirty. We should celebrate you a little bit. And I was like, all right, I kind of want to do something very me. And I've been wanting to go back to the movie theater and the new fast in the Furious nine is coming out, and I was like, I think I have the perfect thing. Let's ran out a movie theater, which isn't as expensive as you think anymore, which I've always wanted to do. Since I was a kid, I was like, that'd be so cool to have an entire movie theater to yourself. And the only thing I've ever come close to you is sometimes I go to watch a movie in the middle of the day when there's maybe one other or two other people there, and that's the closest I've got to. But I thought that would be a cool thing to new to invite all my friends as a thirty year old. It sounds kind of funny. Hey, I'm having a birthday party in a movie theater, but it will just be us in a theater watching The Fast and the Furious. That will be my first time in a movie theater. I feel like that will kind of be a memorable experience, one worth of money, which I think right now, movie theaters are still kind of struggling to get people back. Even me as a big a movie fan as I am, I still haven't been back, And I think for now why you can if you can look into it. You can still run an entire movie theater for a pretty reasonable price under two hund bucks. And if I would have had a birthday anyway, I probably want to spend you know, money anyway, So I thought, when I do something that I've always wanted to do, that's why I did it. So next week there will be a full review of the brand new Fast and the Furious movie, and it'll be the one of the first movies I've actually gone to a theater to see in a very long time. So we'll see if my review changes at all. So that is the movie news and my personal news for this week. And before I hop out of here, I got to get my shout out of the week, which I do every single week, shouting out one of you guys who listen every single week, and you tweet me at Mike Gistro, you send me a d M on Instagram, or comment over on the Facebook page, or send me an email at movie Mike d at gmail dot com. And this one actually comes to us from Twitter from at Stand Eastern a k a. Steve, and he says, every year, my wife, who hates scary movies, takes a spat day with her mom, and I used that time to binge horror films from the last year. What do you think I should have watched that came out in the last eighteen months or so? At Mike Destro. First of all, I love that you do this. Steve, like my wife to hate scary movies, and I think whenever I get a chance to watch something scary by myself, I want to pick the right one because I know I don't get to watch them very often, and I think there have been some great scary movies in the last year. So what I recommended to Steve and anybody else looking for horror movie recommendations that came out recently? At number one, I went with The Invisible Man that came out in a movie I thought was gonna be a little bit cheesy. I thought it was gonna be like Hollow Man essentially, but they actually were able to make this one very convincing and very scary. It's not only like a horror movie, but also like a psychological thriller. So I think that's a really great one to check out. Another one I loved was Hashtag Alive that came out also in twenty on Netflix. I think The Ultimate Zombie Movie one of the best ones I've seen in a while. It is a Korean film, so there is some subtitles, but I think that takes nothing away from this movie. If anything, it kind of makes it more scary because you're paying a lot more attention to that. And then the third one I recommended was Midsummer which actually came out in but I watched it within the last year, and if you haven't seen this one, I think it will really rattle you. It's not overall a horror movie. It's just very disturbing in a movie I felt like I shouldn't be watching at the time because it was so weird and creepy, and the images in this movie kind of stuck with me for probably the last few days after I watched it. So if you haven't seen that one, it's spelled like Midsomer m I D S O M M A R if you're looking for that. But it's a film, and I think you'll watch that movie and then question life after it or question whether going on a sketchy trip. So those are my three recommendations to Steve. I also asked him to follow up on that, so hopefully we'll get some reviews from Steve on whether or not he liked those movies and let me know if you end up watching those or any of the movies I ever talked about on this podcast, because I love that you guys listen and that sometimes take my recommendations. I hope I don't disappoint you in any way or lead you astray on any of my picks, but appreciate you guys for me, subscribe to the podcast. Shout out to the Monday Morning crew who listens on release day when these come out on Mondays, I see your tweets, I see your d m s. Appreciate you guys, and until next week later