"Air"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Lauren Cohen, Will Mavity & Tom O'Brien. Ben Affleck has returned to the director's chair for his fifth feature film, "Air," starring himself, Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker & Viola Davis. The film follows the true story of the historic signing of world-renowned basketball player Michael Jordan to Nike, which changed the world of sports forever. What did we think of the screenplay, the performances, Affleck's direction, and how it told this story that we all know the outcome for? Tune in as we discuss these points, the film's awards potential, and more in our review. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of air.
0:05.2	1984 has been a tough year. Our sales are down. Our growth is down.
0:09.7	Sonny, I brought you in here to grow the basketball business.
0:14.8	People don't know what the hell of Nike is. What's a converse?
0:18.3	NBA All-Star shoes. There's nothing cool about Nike.
0:22.8	You would have to have a pretty compelling pitch.
0:25.8	I can tell them the one thing the other companies can't compete with.
0:28.6	Our basketball division is terrible.
0:31.0	I do not love it.
0:31.9	All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for Air, and the story is as follows.
0:36.8	Sonny Vaccaro and Nike pursue basketball
0:39.3	rookie Michael Jordan, creating a partnership that revolutionizes the world of sports and
0:43.9	contemporary culture. The film is starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon
0:48.6	Waynes, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, and Viola Davis. It is directed by Ben Affleck, written by
0:53.7	Alex Convery. Here to join me today for
0:56.3	this podcast review, I have Lauren Cohen. Hey, everyone. Tom O'Brien. Hi, everybody. And Will Mavity.
1:05.1	Hello, hello. So this is the fifth directorial effort from Ben Affleck. He previously directed
1:10.5	critically acclaimed films such as Gone Baby Gone the Town, the Best Picture winner, Argo.
1:15.6	And then he did live by night, which seemed to be a step up technically and in terms of ambition for him from his previous three films.
1:23.6	And it does seem like with air in a lot of ways he's scaling back, not really so much
1:29.0	going for technical flash and flourishes in terms of the storytelling, but looking to just
1:34.6	simply tell a story that takes place mostly in confined spaces, people walking and talking,
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