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I don't get it. Final scene in Lethal Weapon, released in 1987:
"How are you?"
"I'm going to be all right. You?"
"Yeah, I'm good."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyQVmzjzXc
Interesting that both of you hate the title. In the movie's defense, that was the book's name. Point still taken, it is confusing.
I always end up seeing a big budget movie in theaters the week before Christmas. Leaning toward this or Bumblebee.
Hey, I like District 9. And because of its small budget, it was a commercial success.
But I worry that you & StarWarsRey are right. What is it about this movie that turns people off? I don't get it.
This show isn't great material for syndication. Too much character development. Skip a few episodes or watch them out of order & you miss a lot of important context. At least that what I told myself during the doldrums of season 4. So I agree, I wasn't excited about season 5.
Just got around to seeing the "Free Churro!" episode. I've never laughed so hard at this show.
The movie makes a joke about a black man eating fried chicken.
The Farrelly Brothers made their opinion on this matter clear, in There's Something About Mary:
"I work with retards."
"Isn't that a bit...politically incorrect?"
"To hell with that. Nobody's going to tell me who I can & can't work with."
Healy's a liar but Mary relents because he has a point. The rules of political correctness are constantly in flux. They can get overwhelming & even self-contradict. So it's OK to say the wrong thing. It might even be necessary. Because the goal is to treat others with dignity. If the goal were avoiding offense, we could all just withdraw & live in isolation.
Not seeing why this matters. Whatever the reason, the bottom line is that he chose against the "heaven a place on earth" mentality. I think drichinnice was just explaining the Christian perspective on that. Lots of atheists think the same way.
Mark Twain quipped that he'd rather go to hell for the company. He was being ironic but the underlying point is clear: it's more important to live with integrity than comfort.
I don't know, man. Most of the hate this movie got was based on a feminist critique. I'm sure there were feminists who stood up for it. The haters/defenders don't fall into the usual partisan camps. It's more interesting than that.
On the other hand, does it really make sense that she was so upset about...butter? Like everything would have been cool if it was KY? Something about that doesn't add up. So I can't blame people for trying to read between the lines.
And I say that as a skeptic of the whole "me too" movement. Hollywood insiders have long circled the wagons & even lied to defend this kind of garbage. Those complicit in it have projected their guilt on to others, which I think explains the ferocity behind the effort to get Edelstein fired.
Interesting point. But penthouses have always been for the extraordinarily wealthy. And Todd & Margo were just yuppies. Back then it wasn't common for upper middle class people to move into the city. Most people were still fleeing inner cities. Especially if they were "bourgeois" status-seekers. Urban life was "bohemian" & considered even more gauche than the suburbs. Americans didn't really develop the idea of a fused "bobo" (bohemian/bourgeois) class until the 90s.
I think this was the root of Hughes contempt for Todd & Margo. They were just passive consumers with zero civic spirit. Meanwhile Clark was pouring his heart into building a family.
"Bill's. Bill's. Bill's. Why do we keep getting Bill's mail?"
Lots of romantic movies set in this time of year. Spring would make more sense. It's probably an aesthetic thing. New fallen snow looks pure/clean & chilly weather affords people a chance to dress up.
A few coming-of-age movies where freshman come home from college. High school movies are about youthful innocence. College is treated more like Rumsrpinga. Both are pretty cartoonish. So I like it when movies deal with this sort of middle ground.
But yeah, I don't know of any movie that better captures the spirit of the holiday.
Good post. I've never thought of South Park as a right wing show. I get why leftists may think it is. But IIRC, Matt said something in the early years like "I hate conservatives but I really, f-ing hate liberals".
So I never really expected them to throw their weight in on the tiring culture wars. Politics has always been kind of a lazy crutch in comedy. It's hard to come up with relatable material. We're all subject to the whims of government, so they're an obvious punching bag. "Looks like those clowns in congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns."
South Park was most interesting when it stepped back & commented on the broader culture. Maybe they poured their creative energy into The Book of Mormon musical & their video games. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, I'm really impressed with the games. Haven't seen the musical, those aren't my thing. Still, even I know it's the hottest ticket in live theater for like 5 years now.
The Hilda books have a similar spirit of youthful exploration. They're set in Scandinavia & weave in local fairy tales. Gives it a little bit of the supernatural unknown, allowing for adventure. Story arc is not quite as satisfying. I hear it's being made into a Netflix series.
Someone earlier mentioned Watership Down. IIRC, the BBC is making its sequel "Tales from Watership Down" into a TV series.
Both of these deal with deeper themes in a kid friendly format. It's not so much that they dumb it down. It's more that they lack the smug, ironic detachment you find in stuff made for adults.
Your world view sounds pretty narrow. Women with agency often prefer that kind of life. Even today, Western churches are filled with lonely, single women who'd love to settle down:
http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/gender-composition/
I hear ya, OP. This was recommended to me as "anime for people who don't like anime" and I just didn't get it. A lot of anime is very nice to look at. Especially the Ghilbi stuff. But the stories never stick with me. It almost feels like reading the sports page in the newspaper.
I'm 90% sure that hot tub clip was a joke but did we ever learn who was behind it?
Oh, cool. I never even knew that was done in live action. Thanks to those who have responded. All excellent suggestions & I've already found most through streaming options.
BTW-does anyone remember animation done in the style of Ed Gorey? He did the PBS Mystery! theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvGKpWhbRIk
Simpsons referenced it with Dark Stanley. But I thought I remembered something else with those visuals. And I'm not finding anything else on Gorey's IMDB page.
I don't get why she does it. It clearly takes a lot of effort.
Maybe it's like Grimes, who doesn't think she'll be taken serious if she dolls herself up. So she intentionally makes herself look like an asexual extraterrestrial.
There are plenty of socially awkward jocks.
But OP has a point about QBs not treating their OL like garbage. It's why team "chemistry" is such a big deal. Football's a team game. One can easily undermine teammates & make them look bad by intentionally blowing assignments. Especially an OL whose job is to protect the QB.
So Angus could have stood up for himself. Why didn't he?
The story was that he didn't want to jeopardize his academic situation by getting into a fight. OK. The passive-aggressive method I described above was at least worth a shot. I appreciate the care that went into this movie. I just wish they had made Angus a little easier to root for.
Larsen is leveraging her status as a millionaire Hollywood celeb to dump on a TSA agent pulling $10/hr. Personally, I'm not all that interested in power dynamics. What's right is right & what's wrong is wrong, no matter who has the upper hand. But I believe this is what they call "punching down".
What's interesting to me is that her effort to shame this type of male behavior will fail. Because the underlying calculus in romantic relationships remains the same. That is, aggressive men will get jilted & occasionally have their noses rubbed in it. But they'll still get dates. Passive men are doomed to solitude.