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In line to become the top-selling movie released in 2022, after it led the box office for a third weekend in a row, James Cameron’s latest offering has made more than $1.3 billion worldwide since its release on 16 December. Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water continues the story of the Sully family and chronicles the lengths they will go to keep each other safe, and the battles they fight to stay alive.

But is it worth the 3h 12m runtime?

Join Michael Pisciuneri and special guests Luke Agius and Martin Yeung as we dissect this long-awaited sequel, which treads a fine line between spectacle, storytelling, and tried-and-true tropes. While The Way of Water repurposes themes and ideas from the first Avatar film, it also continues James Cameron’s overt commentary on our own society (and it certainly doesn’t hurt that it’s breathtakingly beautiful to watch). Tune in to hear our insights and hot takes when it comes to the epic visual effects in Avatar: The Way of Water! 

Welcome to our third installment of the Taika Waititi Festival with his cult hit and delightful mockumentary about a group of vampires going about living their everyday lives in Wellington, New Zealand finding victims and doing the dishes.

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Voyage beyond the reef with us as we take on Moana, a combination princess-adventure story that cemented Disney’s Revival as the company’s true new era. 

Don’t miss:

• The strong positives and lesser-publicized negatives of Polynesian and Pacific Islander representation in this film
• How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’i weave their respective styles together to create something incredible
• Our discussion of the treatment of the ocean throughout the film, both visually and in its characterization
• Our final score for the film - it cracks the top 5!

PLUS, we talk through all the thoughts our audience had when they watched the movie, including some Disney-loving dads who also happen to be our Ko-fi members.

Links for you:

• Our website has our ranking graph for all the movies we’ve rated so far
• Become a Ko-fi member for exclusive content and access to your hosts and our team
• Join our ‘Ohana to be among the first to know about new content we’re developing
• Follow us on Twitter @definingdisney and let us know your thoughts on Moana
• Check out the explainer TikTok we reference in our music section
• If you want to learn more about some of the missed opportunities in Maui’s story, here’s the anthropology article Katy references in theming
• We encourage you to do what you can to stop AAPI hate across the world - here's a link to donate to the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, but there are many groups doing great work that are worthy of your donations
• When our transcription is available, we’ll link it here

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Our humble adventurers learn about the scathing rivalry between Australia and New Zealand (by that we mean that every once in a while it is mentioned in a round-and-about way but we don’t take it too seriously and we mostly don’t take sides).

Episode Breakdown:

•  We kick this episode off by celebrating our 20th episode, despite the fact this is episode 21! (The Harry Potter Lockdown Bonus episode we did was not in our plans when we recorded this).
• For our Tavern Talk segment, we’re thinking about a few statistics about our lives that we would be interested in knowing when we die and reach a higher state of being. Or something. (00:03:42).
• We then move on to our main discussion, which is all about Flight of the Conchords!
• We introduce the Flight of the Conchords comedy duo and the TV show (00:15:28).
• We talk about the experience we had watching the show (00:19:35).
• We discuss Flight of the Conchords’ strengths and weaknesses in different types of media (00:21:25).
• We talk about the general feel or atmosphere of the show (00:24:18).
• Ynon brings up how this show reminded him of Tenacious D’s TV show and we briefly compare the two (00:27:49).
• We discuss the music that is in the Flight of the Conchords’ show (00:28:56).
• We talk about our favorite parts from the series (00:29:56).
• We talk about the character of Murray and his part in the show (00:32:14).
• We talk about how this experience compares to other experiences we’ve had on previous episodes (00:36:04).
• We talk about other things that Jemaine and Bret have done in their careers (we had to mention Figwit) (00:37:52).
• We then ask the question that was on everyone’s mind: is Bret that hot? (00:41:59).
• We then mention the Footloose reference in the last episode of the series (00:44:38).
• We summarize our feelings towards Flight of the Conchords (00:45:37).
• Then, Ynon introduces the subject of our next episode - Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (IMDb) (00:47:47).
• Stick around and catch a promo for In Bed with Nikky (@DNikky162), you’ll want to get to know the Lovely Nikky! (00:51:04).

Flight of the Conchords - Jenny

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Flight of the Conchords theme - all lines sung by Ynon Hermon

The episode was recorded on May 15th, and originally released on June 14th, 2020.

Concluding the October Fright Fest Spooktacular festivities FYC brings you the second annual Anthology of Horror episode where your hosts, Mike and Dustin, dole out a handful of great Halloween night movie recommendations.