Episode 552 - A History of Violence
Added 2021-06-11 02:17:52 +0000 UTCOn this month's WLM, the gang is chatting about David Cronenberg's bloody slice of Americana, A History of Violence! How incredible is this Viggo performance? How were he, Maria and Ed not nominated, but Hurt was? And was there no one else to play this son besides "Jesse Ain't-enberg"? PLUS: The guys sound off on cream ales. ::hobbit vomit sound::
A History of Violence stars Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, and Stephen McHattie; directed by David Cronenberg.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
I went into this cold and so was very surprised by the restaurant scene.
Jacob Kay
2021-07-23 19:40:29 +0000 UTCthe way you all describe croenenberg's shazam is exactly how banner changes in "the immortal hulk".
Araña
2021-07-10 01:34:35 +0000 UTCNice ep, bro-heems.
Christopher Preciado
2021-06-19 14:02:03 +0000 UTCI think Jesse Isn't-berg rolls off the tongue better.
Ray
2021-06-18 03:15:21 +0000 UTCHowdya figure
Ray
2021-06-18 00:55:57 +0000 UTCYou're John's sister, Joan, right?
Ray
2021-06-18 00:55:08 +0000 UTCI lost it at “Who’s Joan Cusack?” “You’re Joan Cusack.”
TyrannosaurusRen
2021-06-17 00:04:09 +0000 UTCI’ve been listening since episode four and I love the show, but geez you guys are a bunch of caitiffs.
Ryan j Navarro cote
2021-06-16 19:01:07 +0000 UTCWhat a relief to hear the guys mention how the son resembled Jessie Eisenberg. I kept halfway convincing myself it was him before thinking "no, you fool--you're mixing up actors yet again!" I'm far from a movie buff so I often mix actors up. Case in point, when I saw Ed Harris I thought it was William Hurt for too long of a minute. Honestly, I had just gotten the two of them straight before who should join the movie at the end but William Hurt?? I watch these movies cold so I had no idea he was in this. Oh, boy. They are two sinister-type actors, so I don't think my slight confusion is too off track. This podcast definitely aids me in my continuing movie education. Haha. Thanks as always.
Michi G
2021-06-13 13:02:29 +0000 UTCIt tries so hard to be wacky it shoots past it and circles back into boring
Michael Daniels
2021-06-13 12:37:36 +0000 UTCYeah, not only is it a bad movie but the fact that it's clearly in on the joke should disqualify it from being covered on the show.
profondo robbo
2021-06-13 12:26:00 +0000 UTCI watched it when it came out and I absolutely hated it
Felipe Sobreiro
2021-06-12 10:04:46 +0000 UTCSome would say the WHM gang has “A History of Violence.”
Paul
2021-06-12 06:05:12 +0000 UTCLemme save you 2 hours: Shoot Em Up isn't worth a rewatch
Michael Daniels
2021-06-11 18:23:49 +0000 UTC"A Planet of 69ing" is what in Star Trek they call Risa
Felipe Sobreiro
2021-06-11 16:22:32 +0000 UTCI'm uncomfortable with how hungry the 69-ing conversation made me
Vicky I
2021-06-11 16:01:31 +0000 UTCI adore this movie
Beer City Media
2021-06-11 14:19:08 +0000 UTCI bought this at Walmart in the five dollar bin a long time ago on a whim. That first scene took me for a loop!
Brittany Mitchell
2021-06-11 05:46:29 +0000 UTCMy grandma Betty (maysherestinpeace - channeling Pratchett) loved Viggo Mortenson so much courtesy of LotR she made me buy all his movies for her. Hidalgo was a favorite. She thought Eastern Promises was good if a bit violent. BOY HOWDY was she shocked by this movie. She liked it but “did they really need that sex scene?”
Erica Taylor
2021-06-11 04:35:17 +0000 UTCI went with a friend to see this movie in the theater way back when. During the restaurant scene when Viggo dispatched those baddies, an almost full theater was watching silently, until my friend decided that that was the funniest thing he'd seen all year and started to laugh loudly and uncontrollably. You could feel the shock of the other patrons hang in the air, stunned that somebody would find such a gruesome scene so hilarious. I couldn't get out of the theater fast enough after it was over. Thanks to my jerk friend, that's the only thing I remember from the movie. That, and the sex scene.
Stan Engle
2021-06-11 03:04:30 +0000 UTCNate: it's "Eastern Promises". It shows up every time the guys are on YouTube. In fact, someone complimented the poster in a early pandemic WHM Mailbag.
Cody Downs
2021-06-11 02:37:54 +0000 UTCI can never remember which Viggo movie it is that Cabin has a poster of - A History of Violence or Eastern Promises... or is it LOTR: Return of the King? All three are so similar.
Barnaby Jones
2021-06-11 02:28:09 +0000 UTC
