Does It Hold Up?
We discuss older movies from all eras and determine if they still hold up or not. We look at the directing, cinematography, acting, writing, and everything else before making our final decision. Some movies we are watching for the very first time and others we have seen more time than we can count. Join us on our journey to see what does and what doesn’t hold up.
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
December 3rd, 1976 Sylvester Stallone sets the world ablaze with Rocky, the first movie in what would become a franchise spanning 47 years to date. We follow the titular character from being a bum boxer that is struggling to get through life until he gets his shot at the big time. Apollo Creed, the heavyweight boxing champion of the world wants a new opponent and Rocky just happens to be the one he picks. So the Italian Stallion will take on the champ. Can Rocky make good? Can Rocky survive against the undefeated champ? Can Rocky gain the love and respect he has been seeking the entire time? Does Rocky hold up? Come find out with us.
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
July 1st, 1992 women take over the game of baseball on the big screen. The Rockford Peaches are one of 4 teams in the newly made All American Girls Baseball league. A real league that existed for 9 seasons from 1943 to 1954. Geena Davis stars as Dottie Henson, Tom Hanks as Jimmy Duggan, and Lori Petty as Kit Keller. These characters all feel so real and when the side characters are played by Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna, you know you're in for something special. This is one of the sports movies it feels like every single person has seen at least once.
The first year of the AAGBL is historic and although the story in this is movie is fabricated, it doesn't take away from what a moment in history this was. All this story does it give us a wonderful work of non-fiction over some real world events. Is this the best sports movie of all time? Is it your favorite sports movie of all time? Does this movie hold up? Let's find out. Thanks for joining us.
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Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
October 9th, 1987 audiences everywhere were treated to the greatest love story ever told. Westley and Buttercup's love is one for the ages and will go down as all timer, but let's not forget all the wonderful people who helped along the way. Inigo Montoya, Fezzik the Giant, Vizzini, Prince Humperdink, Count Rugen, Valerie, and Miracle Max. Each character played perfectly by the respective actor.
This movie set off to satirize all romance fantasies that had come before it. But in doing so, it might have become the most beloved romance fantasy of all time.
That was then and this is now. And now, we want to know; The Princess Bride...does it hold up?
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
December 19th 1997, the world's largest ship sets sail on screens across the world. James Cameron proves he is yet again a master filmmaker and delivers one of the highest grossing films of all time.
Jack and Rose are opposite sides of the same coin, but nothing can keep them apart after they meet aboard TITANIC. It's love at first sight as their romance blossoms before disaster strikes. Everyone knows how this voyage is going to end, but it doesn't make the journey any less exciting.
The ship couldn't withstand the force of an iceberg, their love couldn't survive the sinking, but can the movie survive time? Join us as we find out if Titanic still holds up.
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Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Hello movie lovers, it's time to find out if one of your favorite movies passes the test. February 15, 1985 was the day we all had a Saturday detention. We joined aa jock, a brain, a princess, a basketcase, and a criminal. Little did we know that day would change us forever. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Aly Sheedy, and Judd Nelson take us on a wild ride of redemption, understanding and love.
Here is the episode we promised. luckily we were able to salvage the original audio. Hope you enjoy as we decide if The Breakfast Club holds up.
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Hello movie lovers, due to catastrophic technical issues (crashed hard drive containing the last 5 years of work and personal photos/videos), we could not bring you the scheduled episode about The Breakfast Club. We promise that episode is coming next week though no matter what Adam has to do to make that happen.
In the meantime, please enjoy an unscheduled episode where Adam predicts the box office success of the some of the most anticipated movies of 2023. Feel free to play along and at the end of the year we will see how well we all did.
Thank you for your understanding and can't wait to get back to our regularly scheduled program next week.
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
September 28, 2012. (linktr.ee/doesitholdup)
Acca believe we are going back to 2012 to get our groove on. Becca (Anna Kendrick) is leading a group of misfit girls as they vie to become champions of collegiate acapella singing. She's joined by Chole, Aubrey, Fat Amy, and more. The only problem is, they aren't a team and going up against the defending champs, the Treblemakers, is not going to be easy. An infectious soundtrack will have you tapping your toes along to each and every beat. We all know the music is still something worth listening to and we remember every beat of the movie, but Does it Hold Up?
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
DISCLAIMER: This episode is more fun than the description will lead you to believe.
Hello movie lovers! We are here with a wrap up of all (most) of the moves released in 2022 that we had the pleasure/displeasure of watching. Give us a listen and we try to glimpse into the future to decide if the movies we saw this year will get a Holds Up or Doesn't Hold Up in 10 years time.
We have no idea if we will still be doing this podcast in 10 years. Adam barely knows what he's doing tomorrow. But what we can do is speculate about where these movies will be in that time. So turn us up real loud and get ready to hear us say Will Hold Up or Won't Hold Up a whole bunch of times!
Thank you all for a first wonderful six months of pods and can't wait to bring you more fun in 2023. Happy New Year Does it Hold Up listeners. Here's to making next year even better than this one.
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Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
For the holiday weekend we bring to you a fun little episode all about some of those magical classics. From 1964 to 1970 there was a string of some very memorable holiday tv specials.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), Frosty the Snowman (1969), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), Santa Claus is Coming To Town (1970), and A Charlie Brown Christmas (1964)
These are some of the most well known holiday themed movies and specials. We all watched them as kids and continued to do so as adults as part of tradition. We never once stopped to think if they were even good or not. We just did it because our parents showed us them as kids and we fell in love. So now, we ask ourselves Do these Hold Up?
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Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
December 18, 2009 James Cameron's Avatar burst onto the scene with what would go on to become the highest grossing film of all time. His first movie in 12 years since 1997's Titanic. Jake Sully joins the military to become an Avatar of the local people, the Na'vi. He was meant to get information for the military, but instead he falls for Neyteri a soon-to-be leader of her tribe. From there he decides to switch sides and become a full time Na'vi and help them fight against oppression. A love story about overcoming overwhelming odds. This movie made all the money in the world when it was released, but we want to know...does it hold up?
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