UPDATE: Watched MAGIC MIKE today....much, much better than I always assumed. Excellent acting and good story, even if the obvious tropes. Cody Horn as Brooke? Lots of great acting in the supporting roles. Agree completely on the discussion regarding how Hollywood invests its dollars ... I'd much rather watch a $7 million movie like this than a $100 million effects-laden quote-unquote blockbuster.
It's such a simple and clear movie, yet totally entertaining and satisfying, and I don't know who does that better than Soderbergh. I can watch this movie any day of the week, easily.
Magic Mike is a great example of how films don't have to have a high-concept or breathtakingly original idea to succeed. Casting the story correctly and telling it well can be enough.
Have yet to finish this episode but....three things: 1. EXOTICA is a great movie. Saw it twice. Watch it. 2. Hard not to note the long review in new New Yorker of yet another stripper movie, ANORA. 3. And I am one of the few who has never seen MAGIC MIKE, though that will change.
UPDATE: Watched MAGIC MIKE today....much, much better than I always assumed. Excellent acting and good story, even if the obvious tropes. Cody Horn as Brooke? Lots of great acting in the supporting roles. Agree completely on the discussion regarding how Hollywood invests its dollars ... I'd much rather watch a $7 million movie like this than a $100 million effects-laden quote-unquote blockbuster.
It's such a simple and clear movie, yet totally entertaining and satisfying, and I don't know who does that better than Soderbergh. I can watch this movie any day of the week, easily.
Magic Mike is a great example of how films don't have to have a high-concept or breathtakingly original idea to succeed. Casting the story correctly and telling it well can be enough.
Have yet to finish this episode but....three things: 1. EXOTICA is a great movie. Saw it twice. Watch it. 2. Hard not to note the long review in new New Yorker of yet another stripper movie, ANORA. 3. And I am one of the few who has never seen MAGIC MIKE, though that will change.
Need to see Anora!
I was wrong about Anora! Thought it was about a prostitute, not a stripper. Sheesh.
@@KeirGraff Sheesh indeed, Keir 😆
@@TheFilmographersPodcast I'm here both to educate and to learn