Talking the Walk 2021: Ranking the Walks with J.D. Amato
Added 2021-12-11 17:00:01 +0000 UTCJ.D. Amato returns for Blank Check's annual Talking the Walk ep! For our 2021 edition, the gang is ranking the best walks in film history. What cinematic walks come to mind? Which characters had the coolest walks? What are the best walking movies? Join this 3 hour marathon and find out what makes the top 10!
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How many children must i sacrifice to get Tarkovsky covered in main feed? Short filmography, fascinating story, and truly crazy passion projects
Theo Titus
2025-05-20 20:21:22 +0000 UTCAgreed. One of my favs of all time *walk emoji
Josh McGuire
2024-12-08 05:26:09 +0000 UTCListening 3 years later. But the omission of tombstone is sacrilegious.
Will Gray
2024-08-23 00:12:09 +0000 UTCThe Conversation!
Scott Marshall
2024-06-20 02:20:31 +0000 UTCOh man, the Tarkovsky talk is +
Erick Anderson
2024-03-20 04:29:20 +0000 UTCReally funny to hear them mention the moon walk as a top walk considering what 2022’s talk the walk ended up being
Sean Dudley
2023-01-18 19:43:38 +0000 UTCGladiator! “General” “Spaniard”
Marty McFly Route
2023-01-04 17:54:30 +0000 UTCWas struggling with depression the past few weeks and was truly looking for hidden episodes on blank check and purchasing the patron account. I'm in love with this episode. Was smiling the whole time. Thanks for what you're doing, love this podcast, and this episode is so good!
Storm chaser Jay
2022-10-26 12:51:57 +0000 UTCBen the surprising MVP here! Spinal Tap, Metropolis & Waiting to Exhale were fave pulls.
Joe
2022-06-25 21:54:16 +0000 UTCPassion of the Christ?
Jack
2022-02-03 21:07:01 +0000 UTCThe first one I thought of was The Happening when people start walking backwards
Jack
2022-02-03 20:58:44 +0000 UTCSleepless in Seattle, ending walk back to the elevator at the top of the empire state building. Loved the episode!
Elizabeth
2022-01-26 19:40:40 +0000 UTCI'd like to say the first part of the beach scene was my favorite walk up in that.
Nathan Miller
2022-01-12 04:21:32 +0000 UTCSpecifically the first part of the beach scene
Nathan Miller
2022-01-12 04:19:33 +0000 UTCIt Follows?
Tom Lowery
2022-01-11 01:17:46 +0000 UTCHow was there no ranking of Walken movies?
Geoff Demitz
2022-01-07 15:48:31 +0000 UTCNo where near one of the best movie walks, but ever since I saw Blade Runner 2049, everytime I walk up a set of stairs , I think of Gosling's slow gait through the red Vegas haze and up the stairs in Ford's casino hideout.
Ian Michael Wilson
2021-12-29 06:08:35 +0000 UTCHEAT! Speaking of Jon Voight even if he’s not the one in the Talks I’m thinking of
Bee
2021-12-26 02:10:44 +0000 UTCNot a rom com, but this made me think of romantic walks in general and so of course matthew macfadyen crossing the fields at dawn at the end of pride and prejudice
Bee
2021-12-26 02:08:54 +0000 UTCPopped in to make sure this had been noted for the record.
Dustin W. Hiser
2021-12-24 06:03:26 +0000 UTCLoved the episode but when they bought up No Country For Old Men I thought for sure they'd mention Millers Crossing, it's the location of two great walks.
Tom Brown
2021-12-20 20:00:28 +0000 UTCI know I'm late, but I can't believe no one has mentioned Godzilla/Gojira's walk through Tokyo in 1954. Talk about a genre defining walk.
Chuck Emmett
2021-12-20 16:15:56 +0000 UTCSuch a great episode! Love when JD joins you guys. Also “Da 5 Bloods” needs to be mentioned as one of the greatest walking movies and some of the best walking scenes!
Justin Markey-Thomas
2021-12-19 13:44:34 +0000 UTCMontage of Andie walking in her new outfits in Devil Wears Prada, Joe and Kathleen walking down the same street to The Cranberries at the beginning of You’ve Got Mail, and folks———- Gail the assistant taking Ally on the longest walk in recorded history to the stage in A Star is Born. Bye
MB
2021-12-17 03:25:31 +0000 UTCDax in the trench, Paths of Glory The ceasefire, Children of Men Good ep!
Benedict Paul
2021-12-16 11:47:17 +0000 UTCI loved this episode so much! One thing I noticed about the Carpenter series, is it seemed like the two friends were hobbled a little by how well the material has been covered. To their credit, they didn’t want to just say the same thing that everybody else inside, but sometimes it seemed like there was a little bit of a spark missing. This episode more than made up for that. Not only is JD Amato just the greatest, but this really showed the personalities that we love. 10/10.
Deren Ney
2021-12-16 08:09:00 +0000 UTCI have two proposals of actual, real walks for consideration: 1. My serious proposal is James Bond walking from audience right to center screen into the ubiquitous circle to turn and shoot straight down the barrel of the camera at the beginning of the Bond movies. 2. My joke proposal is 1986 Paul Hogan walking across the tops of peoples' heads in the Subway to get to Linda Kozlowski and profess his undying love at the end of Crocodile Dundee. I have two honorable mention proposals of movement that are walk adjacent, but are not in fact actual, real walks: 1. 1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, when Peter Sellers stands abruptly from the wheelchair to declare, "Mein Führer, I can walk!" 2. 1990 Total Recall, when Marshall Bell is taken over by Quato and he shuffles across the room to Arnold so they can join hands and show Arnold the past. Speaking of Peter Sellers, I had my hand raised for Being There so hard! I had that scene in my mind the entire podcast until Griffin mentioned it like 2 hours 30 minutes in or whatever. Peter Sellers and that moment in cinema are two of my favorites.
Bill Adams
2021-12-16 02:30:29 +0000 UTCI think stair walking might be a whole other category. Otherwise how can Sunset Boulevard not be on the list?!
Nicole Journal
2021-12-15 23:38:41 +0000 UTCYes! I was cheering for Clarice’s walk in Silence!
Maureen Tango
2021-12-15 23:00:25 +0000 UTCCan’t believe they left off Cary Grant walking up the stairs with the glass of milk in Spellbound…and would have added Ringo’s walk along the river in A Hard Days Night.
Jonathan cronin
2021-12-15 21:24:42 +0000 UTCI hate to correct Griffin, but he got young Frankenstein wrong. Marty Feldman says to walk this way and gene wilder starts to follow him normally. Marty then turns around and says no this way this way and gestures to the hunch and hands over the cane that he’s using. Gene starts following the same way then stops stands up and kind of looks to the camera as if to say “you got to be fucking kidding me.”
Corey Ovendale
2021-12-15 18:39:23 +0000 UTCThey had copters in middle earth?
Ray
2021-12-15 02:24:13 +0000 UTCWalking down the stairs in Notorious! That’s the Hitchcock I would have gone for
James Beavis
2021-12-14 22:27:49 +0000 UTCGreat episode! The best bonus feature I've heard so far, really fun. My submission for a walk that didn't get covered: Shaun's walk to work before / after the zombie apocalypse in Shaun of the Dead.
Tom Morton
2021-12-14 19:08:55 +0000 UTCThis was the best Special Features episode you've done alongside the Marvel Acting Revue. I must say that unless you're all super familiar with the movies (like Marvel) the commentaries just don't suit your style as well as episodes like this where you can go in a thousand directions without being encumbered by events on the screen. I fucking loved this thing.
Conor Bresnan
2021-12-14 18:58:30 +0000 UTCI spent 3 hours listening to this the day it came out, and not one person even mentioned the slo-mo walks in THE FAREWELL. Disappointed.
Hunter Plummer
2021-12-14 17:25:21 +0000 UTCKill Bill Vol 2: Bill's last walk. The title of the film comes to life in three steps.
James Hill
2021-12-14 13:51:54 +0000 UTC“They Live”
Eliot Nest
2021-12-14 07:59:40 +0000 UTCEric Idle’s long walk as The French Waiter in Meaning of Life.
Jonathan Popalis
2021-12-14 05:01:56 +0000 UTCI love the inclusion of the Before trilogy and consideration of Margot/"These Days," but what about Kathleen Kelly walking to work in the opening scene of You've Got Mail, woven through with scenes of Joe Fox walking to work? An A+ walking movie imho, and a rare romantic comedy that doesn't rely on running.
Megan Burbank
2021-12-14 04:14:08 +0000 UTCSo yeah we are definitely going to need more cinema ranking episodes.
Charlie
2021-12-14 02:32:23 +0000 UTCMaybe this is a knit-pick, Griffin’s lord of the rings walk is at the end of two towers. End of fellowship is the mountaintop fellowship copter shot. Also a great moment.
Kate
2021-12-14 01:24:35 +0000 UTCWorkers leaving by the Lumiere brothers. Early/first film walks
Jimmy Leavens
2021-12-13 21:43:01 +0000 UTCIndiana Jones getting to the grail room is one long walk in my book. Also hearing Javier walk, stop and unscrew the light bulb in No Country for Old Men. It’s a great walk even when you can’t see it
actionjohnsen
2021-12-13 18:40:32 +0000 UTCThe first person and image that came to my mind when hearing famous walks sadly never came up here, but for me one of the great walkers is Marilyn Monroe. Specifically for Some Like It Hot when she's walking to the train in her intro scene. A walk that inspires two other characters on how to walk. But also honorable mention to her walk in Niagara.
Leah McKibbin
2021-12-13 16:52:14 +0000 UTCI’d submit the famous tracking shot from Children of Men, when Theo and Kee walk through the warring factions with her new baby, and the armies temporarily stop fighting to stand in awe of the child.
William Irvine
2021-12-13 15:30:57 +0000 UTCAt some point in peak pandemic boredom I made a list of TTW suggestions. They get increasingly sweaty as they go. https://boxd.it/8WfMe
Jason Hammons
2021-12-13 11:35:19 +0000 UTCRussian Ark is probably the most impressive walk on film - one continuous shot moving around the Winter Palace in St Petersburg and through History.
D
2021-12-13 09:50:47 +0000 UTCPosting our predictions before we listen, will follow up after: Cool Runnings, The Lion King, Fellowship of the Ring
Karah S & Ralph U
2021-12-13 06:07:05 +0000 UTCDaniel Plainview crawling into town covered in oil. Margot Tenebaum getting off of her bus. The boys walking to a dead body in Stand By Me. Indiana Jones walking the walk of the faithful in Last Crusade. Harry & Sally through Central Park
John Mannella
2021-12-13 05:49:00 +0000 UTCFor a specific walk from the before trilogy, I would say the final walk back to Celine’s apartment is my favorite.
Fastplant64
2021-12-13 05:45:29 +0000 UTCThank you! Same!
Leah McKibbin
2021-12-13 05:30:37 +0000 UTCNot a single Denzel walk?? He's got an iconic gait
rebecca brown
2021-12-13 03:29:09 +0000 UTCI'm not mad I'm just disappointed in you... I can't believe the sad walk in Notting Hill wasn't mentioned. Emotional, significant to the narrative, set to music... first one I thought of. Enjoyed the episode a lot.
David Noone
2021-12-13 00:57:44 +0000 UTCThe lack of rom coms on this list is disappointing :(
Kelly Briscoe
2021-12-13 00:30:38 +0000 UTCDo women not walk? I don't love that there are no named female characters in the top ten. Overall amazing episode - love the length and overall energy, but come on folks let's celebrate the ladies!
Nicole Journal
2021-12-13 00:20:52 +0000 UTCYou couldn't find any Walken walks in the prophecy franchise? Or what about jungle book
Ray
2021-12-12 23:44:48 +0000 UTCPaul Bettany walking across the island in Master and Commander. The crucial sequence of an almost perfect movie. Please do this every month. “Cinema’s best _____s,” for three hours, I’m there.
Riley Johnson
2021-12-12 23:02:33 +0000 UTCI instantly thought of the TRex walk from Jurassic park. It's so iconic with the tension of the approaching sound and ripples in the water.
Nicole Journal
2021-12-12 22:45:52 +0000 UTCThank you for this. I haven’t seen Benedetta, so couldn’t listen to the regular feed today. 😭😂
Chris Fyvie
2021-12-12 20:35:50 +0000 UTCKirk Douglas walking across the ores in da Vikings?
Jack o Diamonds
2021-12-12 20:11:06 +0000 UTCOh man see now we're getting somewhere
Rad Rodge
2021-12-12 18:15:22 +0000 UTCWhen Griffin was talking about the funniest walk I thought someone would mention Catherine O’Hara for a second in Best in Show
Marie
2021-12-12 18:11:04 +0000 UTCLooking forward to Romilly teaching cooking tips for Talking the Wok 2022
Domenic Mezzanotte
2021-12-12 18:06:04 +0000 UTCMost chaotic episode I've heard for a while 😅
Aaron Lohan
2021-12-12 16:45:57 +0000 UTCI'm surprised they did not mention the end of Bridge of Spies, which is a genuinely tense walking scene. The boys normally stand for that movie.
Jeff Brax
2021-12-12 16:03:16 +0000 UTCSurprised to not hear Jack Sparrow’s intro in the first Pirates mentioned! He steps off the mast of his nearly-sunken boat, starts walking without missing a beat, is called back by the harbor master and does a little spin to turn around and walk back. He pays the guy, walks away...and steals his purse on the way out. You see Jack’s overconfidence, failure, and immediate recovery play out all within the same walk.
Allison Hrabar
2021-12-12 15:59:45 +0000 UTCI haven’t finished the episode but I’d be surprised if no one mentions the last scene of On The Waterfront. First thing that came to my mind.
Chris Piazza
2021-12-12 13:41:51 +0000 UTCIt Follows. Pretty much a walking movie.
Steve Nutt
2021-12-12 12:28:50 +0000 UTCLee Marvin in POINT BLANK, walking down the hallway, his steps both sounding like a ticking clock and becoming the drumbeat of the soundtrack. https://youtu.be/qz1328EcZlQ
Kalle Färm
2021-12-12 11:33:47 +0000 UTCPryor and Wilder's attempt at an intimidating initial walk through prison in Stir Crazy. The brontosauri and other herbivores walking during that first majestic wide shot in Jurassic Park.
Mike Ostrov
2021-12-12 11:24:25 +0000 UTCPretty sure both Buried and Locke qualify as no-walk classics.
Charlie
2021-12-12 10:19:39 +0000 UTCCyrus the Virus walking away from the explosion in Con-Air AND Bernie in Weekend at Bernie’s 2
Stephen
2021-12-12 06:00:02 +0000 UTCdon't think there was any walking in The Man From Earth, just pacing at most
MatteeJJ
2021-12-12 03:29:55 +0000 UTCWhat about in 12 angry men, when he recreates the walk of the old man witness so the jury can time it?
Josh Rioux
2021-12-12 03:06:09 +0000 UTCThe duke
Jack o Diamonds
2021-12-12 02:33:26 +0000 UTCJust watched desperado. Theres some walkin in that show.
Jack o Diamonds
2021-12-12 02:31:19 +0000 UTCYou guys are insane. I love you.
Anthony Regina
2021-12-12 01:26:58 +0000 UTCSpacey's walk in The Usual Suspects is surely iconic right?
Daniel Bailey
2021-12-12 01:15:09 +0000 UTCI propose the boys do a “speaking the spread” episode where David presents his choice of spreadsheet for discussion.
Josh Rioux
2021-12-12 00:49:15 +0000 UTCCatherine Ohara and Eugene Levy in Best in Show? He has two left feet!
Peter Angelinas
2021-12-12 00:11:18 +0000 UTCI'm jumping the gun and writing this before I've finished the episode, so I don't know if its mentioned, but Micheal Corleone killing Sollozzo is another of the more obvious, basic person, choices. There are three parts, the walk to the rest room, the walk out, and then the fast but deliberate walk away after he has done the deed.
Casey
2021-12-11 23:55:57 +0000 UTCI'm assuming Reservoir Dogs is mentioned?
aHumanbyMistake
2021-12-11 23:35:23 +0000 UTCHenry Hill walking across the street to pistol whip Karen's neighbour is a pretty intense walk
Former Janitor
2021-12-11 23:35:07 +0000 UTCIf no one says Clueless, I’m going to cry
Britt B
2021-12-11 23:07:47 +0000 UTCI just rewatched Goodfellas...
Patrick Donges
2021-12-11 22:46:14 +0000 UTCI mean, JD should have known that one due to it being a pretty important benchmark in the use of CGI, but to be fair, they usually cut the car smashing part pit.
John Szolscek
2021-12-11 22:32:15 +0000 UTCAlso I'd argue that Chuck Yeager walking away from the crash is the most powerful moment in a movie that also includes the breaking of the sound barrier and the dawn of human spaceflight. For me that is an easy top 10.
Mitch Kapa
2021-12-11 21:50:52 +0000 UTCFor your consideration: Morpheus and Neo walking against the crowd in The Matrix.
Mitch Kapa
2021-12-11 21:41:29 +0000 UTCThe Michael Jackson thing Ben is thinking of with him smashing the car is from the extended version of the "Black or White" video. It's not in "Moonwalker."
KB
2021-12-11 21:40:52 +0000 UTCAriel walking out the water in the sparkly dress
caitlin taylor
2021-12-11 21:27:15 +0000 UTCCannot contain my excitement, will be walking to this for HOURS
Josh Burcham
2021-12-11 19:33:10 +0000 UTCdavid not including the stairwell walk from in the mood for love 😢😢😢
bansheebeat
2021-12-11 19:25:54 +0000 UTCYou fellows and the Action Boyz are 3+ hour podcast titans.
Conor Beales
2021-12-11 18:52:27 +0000 UTCI LOVE MOVIES!
James Cotton
2021-12-11 18:36:27 +0000 UTCSo now I have to wait a whole year before you rank the best talks? I had a lot more opinions on the best talks. Like, Everybody in Midnight Cowboy--some excellent talking there, even if Jon Voight didn't understand it.
Douglas Wykstra
2021-12-11 18:02:47 +0000 UTCIf the granny from It Follows isnt on the list Ill go for a walk
Jack Garlick
2021-12-11 18:00:37 +0000 UTCYiss
Clint Westbrook
2021-12-11 17:50:13 +0000 UTCI thought they were going to be ranking the talking the walks, maybe next year
caitlin taylor
2021-12-11 17:36:18 +0000 UTCIf Jamiroquai doesn’t get number one I’m going back to the dark place
Josh Rioux
2021-12-11 17:14:17 +0000 UTCThe walk ep good
Mattt
2021-12-11 17:06:47 +0000 UTCwhat a gorgeous runtime. saving this to walk the walk on the drive back home after finals
Luke McKay
2021-12-11 17:04:08 +0000 UTCBeen waiting all morning for this. Going to shovel snow and walk the walk!!
Thomas Rude
2021-12-11 17:02:01 +0000 UTCthey gave us all the clues
Sofia Car
2021-12-11 17:01:41 +0000 UTCBlessed be the walk
Justin Davila
2021-12-11 17:00:59 +0000 UTC
