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Overboard (2018)


@earfulof.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Many are saying that we're going "overboard" with our deep, incisive film analysis, so we're going to "test the waters" with the 2018 classic "Overboard" (2018)!

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@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Hello, I'm Alan and I'll be commenting on Overboard today. I'm excited to #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Hello, I'm Hervey and I'll also be commenting on Overboard today. I remember liking the original as a kid, and Anna Faris is talented, this is probably fine #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Very nice Pantelion logo hit. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I believe in Pantelion #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

BIG FUN MUSIC HIT. We're in it now! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

So this is co-produced by a telenovela company, and promotes a pro-telenovela worldview? Seems like self-dealing #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The GrubHub song! #GrubHubSong #GrubHubHit #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Mr Boogie dances to this song #greatesthitofalltime #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

"Montenegro Industries" does sound exactly like a soap opera company. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Are those Oregon plates canon? I would have guessed this was Florida #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Wow, a family of displaced Seahawks fans #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Some call Overboard (2018) the ultimate Seahawks fan film. #Seahawks #GoHawks #HawksNest #GoSeahawks #SeahawksNation #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Very neon-red bloody mary #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Bloody Mary with a cucumber garnish? Oof. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I don't like spending time with Leonardo #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Very Jack Black-looking guy here. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I think he looks more like Hurley from Lost #hurleyfromlost #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This is honestly a surprising amount of subtitled content for a movie attempting to be a mass-market comedy in 2018 #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Have we established why this yacht doesn't have onboard cleaning staff? #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

He's not the CEO of Montenegro Industries *yet* #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

It's a party on the bridge!!! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

She refuses to go overboard #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

She has gone overboard! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This actor really sells "an annoying guy you don't want to spend time with", let's see how well he puts over being the opposite of this #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Yessss we've got Norsk Jam on the bridge. Love the bridge music. #BridgeMusic #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I worry Leonardo is in danger of going overboard #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This Norsk Jam is so good. #NorskJam #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Incredible XBOX360 vibe with the exteriors of the yacht, including Leonardo dancing #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Leonardo has gone overboard #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I guess they're not displaced Seahawks fans, they've moved from Seattle to a small town in Oregon where people still root for the Seahawks #importantcorrection #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Oregon is Seahawks country! #HawksNest #SeahawksNation #LetsGoHawks #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Frankie's Tiki Room shirt! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Best jukebox in any tiki bar #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Good refrigerator full of Budweiser and Bud Light. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This does have "the 2018 look" (glowy soft light, soft colors), though maybe that's still the look now #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

GOOD gag with the Speedy Gonzales tattoo. #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Wow, they sent him home with a pair of scrubs from the hospital. Free scrubs! #FreeScrubs #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Nothing really groundbreaking here, but I appreciate that this movie actually moves from gag to gag without getting bogged down with boring shit

A lesser movie would have a *ton* of time for tedious set-up #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I hope they make good cookbooks for amnesiacs #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Massive Bud Light product placement throughout. #BudLight #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I'm not sure his contributed domestic labor is actually in the black so far #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This is a strong incentive scheme for maintaining sobriety, very clever #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This whole film is just one massive Seahawks fan fest. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This appears to be a very inefficient construction crew #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I was just thinking about how good most of these exteriors look, the cinematographer's other films are largely not that impressive, but then I note that he married Anna Faris in 2021, huh #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Some nice shots in this store. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The family needs a new oven mitt #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I forget how much of the original Overboard comprised psychological torture of this level, this guy is really being ground the fuck down #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The construction crew is once again playing it very fast and loose. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Allowing the amnesiac to man the hose seems like it's wasting a lot of material #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This movie is obliquely evoking the same feelings as Mulholland Dr; this scene where he's inarticularly speaking about something in his life just feeling *off* is really wistful and troubling #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

It's legitimately very pleasant to listen to lots of rapid-fire subtitled Spanish. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I know many television stations where you can enjoy that sort of thing #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This shirt he's wearing seems like a much better fit for construction than the Seahawks jersey he originally picked, and it fits better, did he just pick it up? #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Papi's going downhill #papi #hegone #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

When is this Seahawks game happening? It doesn't seem like fall or winter in Oregon. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This feels like a summer vibe, surprised that it's football season (maybe it's an old game on tape) #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

(I had that in the tank, but felt compelled to fire it off instead of eating it) #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

"M. Brody" on the badge of the police officer confirming the lack of shark attack. #JawsReference #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I choose to believe he's canonically Brody #Jaws5 #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Leonardo is possibly dying from this wound #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Very nicely organized spice rack in the kitchen. #NiceSpice #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Why does he keep his urine bottle in the kitchen cabinet instead of simply keeping it in his shack? Doesn't make any sense #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

I can't tell how much of Leonardo's sudden change of heart is coming from him realizing the value of kindness to others vs. him being denied sex for 30 days. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I think it's just him being tired from work and the poor sleep one gets sleeping on a cot

A couple weeks on a cot is rough #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

NFL Play 60 logo on the football. I think the NFL had rather deep involvement in this film. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This bubblegum-jangle indie pop playing during the flag football game absolutely feels like a PSA the NFL would sponsor in the mid-2010s #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This is all getting far too heartwarming. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

This actually reminds me of the beachside Oregon town we had a family reunion at in the mid-1990s, they had an ice cream place that had a really good bubblegum ice cream flavor #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Papi is now thriving #welcomebackpapi #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Welcome back, Papi, to the land of the living! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

She's way too premature to confessing to her brainwashing conspiracy and possible kidnapping, classic mistake #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

She should at least wait until she passes her nursing test, the ostensible goalline that the film set up #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

It's Nephew! #nephewcansing #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Very pleasant marina at night. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The heartwarming sequences are awfully slow

This is basically pleasant, but this isn't earful tempo #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The construction crew continues to be very sloppy. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Wow, they fixed the hole in the roof offscreen at some point, things are really coming together #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Kate is being gaslighted by her damn family #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

The kids have been converted! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

#LeonardoLife #TeamLeonardo #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

It does help the believability that Leonardo is believably gullible and dim. #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

SHE'S A NURSE! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Kate passed; roll the credits #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Still not really sure how anybody would buy the Eva Longoria excuse for the condoms, including how Kate is *covering for her*? Kate confessed to infidelity to cover for their friend putting condoms in the company car to sleep with people who buy pizza? #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

More Bud Light! This film is brought to you by the NFL, the Seattle (and Oregon) Seahawks, and Bud Light. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Good choice by the movie to have the incidental character who shows up every 25 minutes be very recognizable (very fat, huge beard) #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Now they're married for real! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Instant amnesia cure #gottabethedog #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Papi Montenegro looks a lot like Prince Philip #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

This film has taken a dark turn. #DarkTurn #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I hope he doesn't forget the most important thing of all, his newfound love for the Seattle Seahawks #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

He gets to keep the Seahawks shirt! #GoHawks #SeahawksNation #HawksNation #GoSeahawks #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Honestly a bit surprised that Kate doesn't face any criminal cases for her misdeeds, her plan succeeded perfectly #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Look on the bright side: Kate is a nurse now! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Exactly! One month of an extra paycheck and free domestic labor, and now she's accredited #PlanExecutedToAT #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I have a good suggestion for Montenegro Industries: 120 lb bags of cement #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

It was all in service of this incredible theatrical performance. Very nice to see it all pay off. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

The Sullivan family doesn't care for Gilbert and Sullivan, how ironic #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

"Pizza nurse" appears to be a clever pun in Spanish #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

VERY good shot with them all wearing binoculars on the boat. #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

He's gotta goverboard! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

He has gone overboard #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Kate has also gone overboard #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Sofia really coming out on top, huge #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Colin's in the kitchen! Hell yeah! #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

I like how the photoshopped family photos remain hung up even after the scheme has been sunk #goverboard18

@thisisalan.bsky.social May 17, 2025

Very fun, enjoyable film. Probably not an Earful movie, though. #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Yeah, not dense enough and varied enough to be earful imo

Pleasant little movie, though perhaps a little too heavy on the big story beats; but I called it: it's fine #goverboard18

@mgm.ink May 17, 2025

Not nearly as good as Fool's Gold (2008) though #goverboard18