FIRST TIME Watching Eyes Wide Shut Was WILD | Nostalgia Check
5/16/20261 hr 9 min
This week on BJ in the Morning Presents: Nostalgia Check, we finally watched and reviewed Eyes Wide Shut for the very first time… and honestly, we’re still trying to process what we saw.
From secret societies and uncomfortable tension to one of the strangest dreamlike movie experiences ever made, we break down the story, themes, performances, and the absolute chaos of trying to understand what Stanley Kubrick was cooking in his final film.
Was it a masterpiece? Was it confusing? Was Tom Cruise just wandering around New York for 3 hours? We debate all of it.
If you love movie reviews, first-time watches, nostalgic film discussions, and chaotic podcast energy, welcome to Nostalgia Check from BJ in the Morning.
Topics Include:
- First reactions to Eyes Wide Shut
- Stanley Kubrick’s directing style
- Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman performances
- Creepy masked party discussion
- The ending explained (or at least attempted)
- Funniest and weirdest moments
- Does the movie still hold up today?
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First 90 secondsBrendan· Host0:00
On this week's episode of BJ in the Morning, we're talking about Stanley Kubrick's last film. Let's go. [rock music] Welcome back to BJ in the Morning, your favorite dirty name podcast, where we put our nostalgia to the test with re-watches, first-time watches, and testing what holds up. My name's Brendan. And I'm Juan. We're talking about Eyes Wide Shut, baby. We are talking about Eyes Wide Shut. Uh, I have my lists and all the goodies pulled up, ready to go. Um- With our eyes wide shut. [laughs] The- I like to cheat on my wife- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ... with eyes wide shut He doesn't, he doesn't cheat on her. She wants to- I almost cheated on my wife. There you go. There you go. That worked. I almost got HIV. [laughs] I think- I think you changed the song- I could keep going ... halfway through it into a different song. It's still a banger, though. [laughs] That could still be a banger. Much like this movie, it was a banger. If we knew how to produce music, which we could probably figure it out, we could make that song. There's AI for everything. [laughs] We... [laughs] Take this clip of my voice and do it. And make a Eyes Wide Shut song to the melody of