The Flop House Movie Minute #1

[0:00] And now, the Flophouse Movie Minute!

[0:10] Hello and welcome to the very first Flophouse Movie Minute,

[0:13] the all-new, ultra-brief, Flophouse supplement,

[0:16] released in weeks without full-length episodes,

[0:18] in a desperate bid to keep your fickle attention.

[0:21] Since we lost the audio file containing the second half of the

[0:24] Flophouse Awards Floptacular and Year in Review,

[0:27] I thought I'd use this inaugural movie minute

[0:30] to tie up some loose ends from that lost episode.

[0:33] First, let me give our top overlooked picks for 2007,

[0:37] which were referenced in the episode but never discussed.

[0:40] All of these films were well-received by critics,

[0:43] but were ignored by audiences, by award ceremonies, or by both.

[0:47] Stewart's pick was Hot Fuzz,

[0:49] Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's follow-up to Shaun of the Dead,

[0:52] and his favorite comedy of the year.

[0:55] Dan's pick was Grindhouse,

[0:57] Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's love letter to exploitation films.

[1:01] And Elliot's pick was Zodiac,

[1:03] David Fincher's obsessive and inconclusive chronicle

[1:06] of the Zodiac killer investigations.

[1:09] All of these films are available on DVD,

[1:11] but if you watch the individual halves of Grindhouse,

[1:14] do yourself a favor and YouTube the fake trailers in between,

[1:17] since they aren't on either of the DVD releases.

[1:20] Maybe someday those Weinstein bastards will release a DVD

[1:23] in its intended double-feature form.

[1:25] And now, because we know you don't listen to us for our serious film insights,

[1:29] here are a few of the awards that we gave out

[1:31] during that mysterious lost episode.

[1:33] We now give you America's most prestigious film podcast awards,

[1:37] The Floppies.

[1:49] Black Book wins for

[1:51] best movie about the Holocaust that you get the sneaking feeling

[1:54] was just an excuse to show a woman dying her pubic hair.

[1:57] Dead Silence wins for

[1:59] horror movie making the least convincing argument

[2:01] that ventriloquist dummies are scary,

[2:03] while the Nicholas Cage-iest performance goes to Ghost Rider.

[2:07] The Godzilla Award for the best personification

[2:10] of destructive American influence in the form of a giant monster

[2:13] goes to The Host.

[2:15] And lastly, the probably shitty movie that I didn't see,

[2:18] but kind of wish I had,

[2:19] just because Rachel Nichols has a tremendous rap award,

[2:22] goes to P2,

[2:24] which also won the Typography Award

[2:26] for fewest characters used in a 2007 film title.

[2:30] Finally, we leave you with this look at the year of film that was,

[2:33] with a list of terrible 2007 releases

[2:36] that just might end up on a future episode.

[2:41] The Alvin and the Chipmunks movie.

[2:43] Alien vs. Predator 2.

[2:45] The Bratz movie.

[2:47] Fantastic Four 2.

[2:49] Fred Claus.

[2:51] Georgia Rule.

[2:52] Hannibal Rising.

[2:54] Hitman.

[2:55] I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry.

[2:57] The Invasion.

[2:59] Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.

[3:01] National Treasure 2.

[3:03] Primeval.

[3:04] The Reaping.

[3:06] Resident Evil 3 Extinction.

[3:08] The Seeker Dark is Rising.

[3:10] Skinwalkers.

[3:12] Stomp the Yard.

[3:14] War.

[3:15] And Wild Hogs.

[3:17] As long as they keep making them, so will we.

[3:19] That's it until next time.

[3:21] We'll see you at the Flophouse.

The Flop House Movie Minute #1

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