Is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a perfect movie?
What about the best action movie of all time?
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Posts by The Desert of the Reel Podcast
It’s for the love of the movies, not the likes
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No Time To Die (2021)
We ask:
Is Bond finally alive… or just reacting?
Is comfort better than freedom?
And what does it actually mean to live, not just exist?
Also:
Jason nearly threw up during the ending
All this and more!
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Man Skyfall (2012) is easily the best Craig Bond and maybe my favorite of all of them. Just gorgeous. And a real supporting cast that plays against him rather than orbiting around him.
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Skyfall (2012) best villain, most thoughtful, best BOND movie ever?
• Revenge and suffering
• How trauma shapes who we become
• The philosophy behind Silva’s character
• Why Bond chooses duty instead of bitterness
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🎡 The figures on the Siena Wheel of Fortune are drawn in a particularly compelling way, clutching onto the wheel for dear life while the spokes take the form of pillars.
Check out this fascinating essay!👇
🗃️ #arthistory #art #skystorians 🏺 #mosaicmonday
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People don’t want the Hays come back, they are realizing just don’t need or even want sex scenes.
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There’s a moment in Diamonds are Forever where an elephant pulls a slot machine lever and wins. It shakes its head and trumpets
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Is James Bond actually a moral hero… or just the least bad person in the room?
Quantum of Solace (2008) we ask:
• Is revenge driving Bond?
• Why do people crave power?
• Are ordinary people more moral than Bond?
Listen now 🎙️
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I remember the day I learned that the Mighty Joe Young from the 90s was a remake
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Jason LOVED the Jack White theme for Quantum of Solace.
The rest of the movie? Not so much
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Casino Royale (2206) Jason hates action movies and especially hates James Bond
But we still dive deep on topics like trust, free will, and why treating women as 'disposable pleasures' is straight-up unethical. New ep out now!
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“Must a man be broken to be made whole?”
In our latest episode on Stonehearst Asylum, we debate whether suffering:
• Refines us
• Radicalizes us
• Or simply damages us
Does misery clarify conviction — or distort it?
Listen now and tell us where you land.
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Fantastic Beasts (2016)! aka Jason Forgot the Whole Movie (But We Found Philosophy Anyway)
“Worrying means you suffer twice.”
Is Newt Scamander secretly an absurdist philosopher?
Empathy over power
And why the world doesn’t need another macho hero
Animal rights
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It never came to my hometown :(
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There's a reason this movie is forgotten about
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Deathly Hallows Pt 2 is a rare thing: a franchise ending that actually means something.
This movie isn’t about spells.
It’s about karma, care, and how to handle when devastation hits.
Endings aren’t about winning.
They’re about what kind of person survives
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Jason wanted to know why the characters don’t use House Elves to solve all their problems. Finding people, aperating, and elf magic
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Want to see this one!
Didn’t know about it until the Corridor Crew talked about it
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Deathly Hallows part 1!
Is it only good for fans that have read the book?
We explore Brechtian distancing, the philosophy of sacrifice, whether it is better to die or lose your memory, and many other elements of the film.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The worst one? This one feels different than the rest.
We examine its structure, ethical choices characters make, and how evil, fear, and self-confidence originate within us.
What are your thoughts?
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Jason decided to watch Interstellar after years of students asking him
We discuss love, death, sacrifice, good, evil, free will, lying, time, gravity, the nature of knowledge, auteur theory, and a bunch of other stuff in one of our longest episodes ever!
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
We discuss: The importance of asking WHY? Defending our brains, look at the dangers of bureaucracy, the power of fear, go over some of the differences from the book, and use the Mind-Body theory (posthuman) lens!
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Jason's next "Jason's Choice" is going to be Interstellar!
He has told students for years that he "refuses to watch it" because they can't believe he's never seen it.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!
We discuss rule-bound ethics, rebellion against unjust or illogical laws, death studies, and the need for us to be aware of our strengths and weaknesses, effective in life, and have the power to attack the injustice in the world.
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We are on Christmas break as teachers, but we will still get out our next episode (back to Harry Potter) next week!
Merry Christmas!
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