125: SFFCH – The Last Unicorn

Way before it was cool for celebs to put their voice talents to animation, a whole bunch of them got together to make a film about a unicorn. ‘Sounds cool, right? Now stir it up with some ugly animation, some atrocious singing, lots of melancholy and numerous references to a popular energy drink and you get ‘The Last Unicorn’ from 1982, a weird, mysterious beast all of its own. The whole gang of Ant, Rich, Abi and Jamie have rolled out for this one, but maybe only some can perceive the little magic this movie possesses. There are so many oddities this time around, but pay special attention to: a drugged-up singing butterfly, an alcoholic skeleton, an enigmatic pirate cat and the movie’s obsession with attaching large breasts to things that you really shouldn’t.

 

[Rec. Mar 2016, Ep. 125]

096: SFFCH – The Last Samurai

The ‘Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray’ team verbally take on ‘The Last Samurai’  from 2003. Listen in as Rich, Jamie, Ant and Abi think about Tom Cruise and this epically long film. Yes, it is strange that they got Billy Connolly to play an Irish person, and that anyone likes Tom Cruise, or is it? It’s nice that it’s Ken Watanabe’s first English language performance, but we may have liked a less ambiguous ending, and for it to be slightly less Hollywood-y, oh and it not to have had dragged out in the middle so much. I sure there are more qualms to be had but you’ll need to listen to find out.  It’s Guns Vs Swords time! (Ep 96, Rec 2015)