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The Aviator (2004)

While it garnered almost $200 million at the box office, as well as ten Oscar nominations, Gangs Of New York received zero Academy Awards. Still, the film was looked at as a success for the Marty and Leo Connection. After years of looking for his new DeNiro, Martin Scorsese seemed to of accomplished this very goal with Leonardo DiCaprio, his hot new star. So of course, it was inevitable that they would team up again.

But while Gangs of New York was a long sought-after passion project for the journeyman director, his next film, The Aviator, was one that had sat on top of many peoples’ desks before landing on his. Everyone from Christopher Nolan to Michael Mann had at one point or another been attached to the troubled story of eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes. But after those directors left the project, DiCaprio himself brought Scorsese on, some say hoping he would get an Oscar as a result. But does the film work? We feel safe in saying this is one of the most confrontational shows the boys have ever done. One of them hates The Aviator with a passion, while another holds it in very high regard. As for the third? Well, he would seem to be wearing a referee shirt. Too bad no one locked on a sharpshooter.

Join Garrett, Matt, and Michael as they review the 2004 film The Aviator, the second collaboration of director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio. And be sure to check out this week’s Gang Green and Goudreau as Matt brings Garrett on to talk about their assessment of the NFL on this, the midway point of the season.

Weeks 8/9: Jets vs. Patriots and Jets vs. Bills

Gangs of New York (2002)

After going through the entire Batman retrospective, the boys were looking for a different kind of retro for a follow-up. With no Scorsese and only a few DiCaprio films in their resume from the Aftertaste years, it was decided that their next venture would be the film team-ups of Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese.

Much like the boys were at the end of last year, the careers of Scorsese and DiCaprio were at a crossroads in the early 2000s. The veteran director was in dire need of a hit, and the superstar actor was trying hard to shed the sheen of Titanic and move on with his career. So, Scorsese dusted off a script he had been working on called Gangs of New York, and the Weinsteins were happy to finance it, as long as DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz were cast. But were those the only compromises the director needed to make?

Join Garrett, Matt, and the returning (Jeopardy contestant) Michael Guarnieri as they start their look at the five films in this retrospective, and answer the question of whether Gangs of New York was worth Scorsese’s nearly 30 year wait to get it made.

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The Batman (2022)

The time has come. After going through four decades and fifteen films, the boys have come to the impasse of this retrospective. Welcome to the Three Men And A Retrospective Podcast’s review of The Batman!

There is zero doubt that director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) had a massive task on his hands. Not only was he following the more down than up legacy of the Snyder-verse, he had to somehow once again try and make a movie starring the man in the cape and cowl that stood on its own. But between Burton, Schumacher, Nolan, and the previously mentioned Snyder, Reeves faced making a unique vision while also pleasing a restless set of fans who just want to see their Caped Crusader in a film that they can all be proud of. Reeves cast Twilight’s Robert Pattinson in the title role (already proving he had no fear), and once again a film in this retrospective is made in the midst of Covid. Can Reeves defy odds, and make a great movie with huge numbers?

Listen to Garrett, Adam, and Matt as they conclude their very first full retrospective as a site, and look ahead to say what’s next. We’d also like to once again thank all the people who have followed us into the abyss known as Percolated Media. Stand by, for more fun (and fights)!

Week 7: Jets at Broncos

The Suicide Squad (2021)

After the disaster that was 2016’s Suicide Squad defied odds and made almost $750 million at the box office, execs at Warner Brothers knew they wanted to return to the property. What they weren’t so sure of is if they wanted to bring original director David Ayer back to fulfill his vision.

Then, the gold nugget known as James Gunn became available after an old tasteless tweet he made resurfaced and he was fired from the Mouse House before he could complete his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. So, seeing a scenario where grabbing a Marvel guy could result in golden box office, DC nabbed him to do their new Suicide Squad film. Though even if the cast was excited about what Gunn could bring, there were more hurdles to clear. Disney wanted him back, and a little thing called the corona virus caused a pandemic that put the film’s release date in jeopardy. What do the guys think of the result?

Join Garrett, Adam, and Matt as they indulge their completionist ways and talk The Suicide Squad, resulting in perhaps the most combative podcast they’ve done so far for their new site.

Week 6: Jets at Packers

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

Almost immediately after Justice League came out and underperformed in 2017, there were already rumblings that there was another, alternative cut that was more in the vision of director Zack Snyder. As we already discussed on that podcast, Snyder had completed a depending on who you ask amount of the film before family tragedy took him away from the production. What new director Joss Whedon eventually churned out was enough to have co-writer Chris Terrio want his name taken off the credits, and for producer Chris Nolan take Snyder aside to convince him not to watch the film because it would ‘break (his) heart.

Flash forward to a pandemic ravaged time in 2020. Snyder leaked some photos of his original vision on his Twitter account and his fans took a stance that would lead to amongst the most controversial movements in film fan history.

Listen in as the boys once again review Justice League. Although this time, it’s more than double the length and ohhh, would you get a load of that slo-mo.

Keep in mind. We are only two weeks away from a review of the film this retrospective has led up to. That of this year’s Robert Pattinson starring The Batman!

Transformers (2007)

Week 5: Jets vs. Dolphins

Birds of Prey (2020)

After the disaster of 2016’s Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie was ready to make Harley Quinn a staple of positive DC Cinema. She took it upon herself to start her own production company, and subsequently produce Birds of Prey. Or as one host of this podcast likes to call it, Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.

But between more behind the scenes controversy -what else is new- and being released right before a massive pandemic, Birds of Prey had a lot to stand up against. Does it succeed?

Join Garrett, Matt and Adam as they continue their look at the DC Cinematic Universe, inching their way closer to their long awaited review of this year’s The Batman.

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