The Confused Breakfast

American Beauty came out in 1999 and clearly struck a chord with filmgoers. It became the talk of the nation and ended up winning 5 Oscars including best picture. 25 years later, do we all still feel the same way about it?  Are we still inspired by Ricky’s story about the plastic bag? Are we making mental notes about our own meaningless lives because of Lester’s commentary on suburbia and middle age? Or are we feeling slightly confused and wondering what we ever saw in this flick? Regardless, it’s still the 77th highest rated movie on IMDB, so it has to have something special going on, right?  •0:00:00 - Introductions•0:03:30 - Memories of first viewing•0:08:00 - Pertinent movie details •0:14:00- Critical and fan reviews•0:22:00 - Scene by scene breakdown •1:49:30 - Modern day ratings——————————————————————SPONSORS:****EveryPlate- Join EveryPlate today and pay only $2.99 per meal, PLUS get50% off your first box, for all box sizes! Go to http://EveryPlate.com/podcast and enteringcode confused299 ****Shopify- Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at http://shopify.com/confused——————————————————————**Support us at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast for bonus weekly episodes, voting on upcoming movies, giving your modern-day ratings on our movies and much more.Special thanks to our executive producers- Josh Miller, Starling, Bud Larsen and Michael Guiliano.Welcome to our newest members - David Strecker, Sam, Trubraj, Michael Bowcock, Kameron Mickels, Nathan Tolley, Kerrie Parker, Michael Mayeux, DonR22, Jnathan Hamrick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We decided to take some time to read reviews and messages as well as listen to voicemails. Thank you so much to everyone who takes the time to send us this stuff. Means the world. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On our 200th episode, we decided to review one of the best movies ever made about the ups and downs of being in a band. It’s Tom Hanks’ writer/directorial debut and there are plenty of punchable faces here, great quotes, amazing behind-the-scenes tibbits and most importantly- Steve Zahn is in it and he is fantastic. Join us as we review 1996’s That Thing You Do with a modern eye!•0:00:00 - Introductions•0:02:30 - Memories of first viewing•0:08:30 - Pertinent movie details •0:12:15- Critical and fan reviews•0:24:00 - Scene by scene breakdown •1:44:00 - Modern day ratings——————————————————————SPONSORS:****Shopify- Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at http://shopify.com/confused——————————————————————**Support us at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast for bonus weekly episodes, voting on upcoming movies, giving your modern-day ratings on our movies and much more.Special thanks to our executive producers- Josh Miller, Starling, Bud Larsen and Michael Guiliano.Welcome to our newest members - David Strecker, Sam, Trubraj, Michael Bowcock, Kameron Mickels, Nathan Tolley, Kerrie Parker, Michael Mayeux, DonR22, Jnathan Hamrick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Sherry joins us to discuss 'Snack Shack' which came out in 2024 and is collectively our favorite movie of the year. It's out on Amazon Prime now, so you should 100% go check out this movie and listen to our interview.  Conor is a really cool dude and incredible actor. His co-star Gabe LaBelle calls in the middle and we chat with him for a bit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The original Alien movie is easily explained by saying that it is Star Wars meets 2001 A Space Odyssey meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Basically, Jaws but in Space. And when you can garner comparisons of all of those movies, then it is no wonder why it won an Oscar and is the 51st highest rated movie on IMDB. The movie that made us all afraid of stomach aches. Does it still hold up? Does AJ think it is too spooky? Do we think about this movie every time we have a bad stomach ache? All this and more!•0:00:00 - Introductions•0:03:15 - Memories of first viewing•0:06:30 - Pertinent movie details •0:13:15- Critical and fan reviews•0:21:30 - Scene by scene breakdown •1:44:00- Modern day ratings——————————————————————SPONSORS:****Draft Kings- Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code CONFUSED to get $250 in bonus bets when you bet just five bucks AND get one month of NFL+ Premium on us! Only on DraftKings - The Crown Is Yours.——————————————————————**Support us at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast for bonus weekly episodes, voting on upcoming movies, giving your modern-day ratings on our movies and much more.Special thanks to our executive producers- Josh Miller, Starling, Bud Larsen and Michael Guiliano.Welcome to our newest members - David Strecker, Sam, Trubraj, Michael Bowcock, Kameron Mickels, Nathan Tolley, Kerrie Parker, Michael Mayeux, DonR22, Jnathan Hamrick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Very mild spoilers after the first 10-15ish minutes.We went and saw Beetlejuice 2 on opening night and decided to record our review as a brunch. This is coming out on Friday, instead of Monday, due to the timeliness of it. Enjoy!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, we discuss the ninth highest grossing movie of 2000. All X-men fans couldn’t wait to see this movie when it came out and it arguably started the comic book movie revolution. Who were the best and worst castings for these iconic characters? Was this one of the best X-Men movies? How does it hold up almost 25 years later?  Join us as we talk 2000’s X-Men.•0:00:00 - Introductions•0:03:00 - Memories of first viewing•0:07:00 - Pertinent movie details •0:10:15- Critical and fan reviews•0:19:30 - Scene by scene breakdown •1:36:00 - Modern day ratings——————————————————————SPONSORS:****Draft Kings- Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code CONFUSED to get $250 in bonus bets when you bet just five bucks AND get one month of NFL+ Premium on us! Only on DraftKings - The Crown Is Yours.——————————————————————**Support us at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast for bonus weekly episodes, voting on upcoming movies, giving your modern-day ratings on our movies and much more.Special thanks to our executive producers- Josh Miller, Starling, Bud Larsen and Michael Guiliano.Welcome to our newest members - David Strecker, Sam, Trubraj, Michael Bowcock, Kameron Mickels, Nathan Tolley, Kerrie Parker, Michael Mayeux, DonR22, Jnathan Hamrick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**This is a re-release from February 3, 2021.COME ON DOWN! You're the next contestant on the PRICE IS RIIIGGGHHHT! This weeks mini-byte is everyones favorite sick day TV show. From the humble beginnings to the elaborate suits of Rod Roddy, the pretty ladies and the fixed pets. There's one thing that will always remain true. It's impossible to hate that Bob Barker.Episode timeline:0:00:00- Introduction 0:06:30- History of the show 0:10:50- Hosts of the show0:19:00- Interesting tidbits 0:28:45- Famous contestants 0:37:15- Pop culture references 0:45:00- Funny and ridiculous Sean story time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of the release of Beetlejuice 2, we decided to re-release our original movie review from October 21, 2020. Hey! Nobody says the B word! Audiences and critics agree, life after death ain't all it's cracked up to be.——————————————————————**Also, we have a Patreon. If you are enjoying the podcast, want to support us and enjoy some extra perks and bonus content, check it out at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast——————————————————————**Every link you could need from us. Http://confusedbreakfast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, we discuss a movie that EVERYONE knows. Perhaps a candidate for the most quoted movie of the last 20 years. You either love it or you hate it. There is no in between.  Even if you hate it, you can’t deny the part that it played in the pop culture of the mid 2000s. On it’s 20th anniversary, we get to review 2004’s Napoleon Dynamite. •0:00:00 - Introductions•0:03:30 - Memories of first viewing•0:09:00 - Pertinent movie details •0:12:30- Critical and fan reviews•0:21:00 - Scene by scene breakdown •1:39:00 - Modern day ratings——————————————————————SPONSORS:****Hello Fresh- Get FREE appetizers for life! One appetizer item per box while subscription is active Http://HelloFresh.com/confusedbreakfastapps****Greenlight-  Sign up for Greenlight today and get your first month free when you go to http://GREENLIGHT.com/confused ****Liquid I.V. - Get 20% off your first order when you shop better hydration today using promo code CONFUSED at http://LIQUIDIV.COM ****SHOPIFY- Go to http://shopify.com/confused for a $1 per month trial period——————————————————————**Support us at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast for bonus weekly episodes, voting on upcoming movies, giving your modern-day ratings on our movies and much more.Special thanks to our executive producers- Josh Miller, Starling, Bud Larsen and Michael Guiliano.Welcome to our newest members - David Strecker, Sam, Trubraj, Michael Bowcock, Kameron Mickels, Nathan Tolley, Kerrie Parker, Michael Mayeux, DonR22, Jnathan Hamrick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices