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“Straws are Great”? What? What’s great about chipping a tooth on a metal straw? What’s great about a completely unnecessary accoutrement that requires a special little brush or squeegee, and _still_ probably isn’t going to come out clean inside?

“Straws are Great”? What? What’s great about chipping a tooth on a metal straw? What’s great about a completely unnec…

The movie lost its nuance and its way from the point where the seance stuff was objectively real (glass moving with no hands touching it, etc). Changes needed to come from that point forward.

I almost agree, but not quite. Change “Rocky movie” to “Rocky sequel”, and I’d agree with it being a “Rocky movie ground down to its most basic, primal elements.”

I feel like Rocky IV is this critical piece of American history. Like, if you can put yourself in a place of being legitimately upset at the Soviets in the film and being legitimately thrilled at Rocky bring Drago, you have a true understanding of what it meant to be an average American in the late Cold War.

Actually, I enjoyed this one. My favorite since OOTP.

Yes, it definitely fits. It was just awkward and ungainly the way Rowling struggled to get the idea out there.

“lol You do. I don’t."

Sorry.

I felt the same as you — hadn’t really enjoyed a HP-universe movie since book 5.

I think you’ll be disappointed if you’re hoping for quality Tina in this one.

Rowling does do a good job of playing with language, most of the time. And she can be fairly clever, such as correcting fans’ pronunciation of Hermione by introducing Krum’s broken English in book 4.

“befuddled, doughy, human audience-surrogate Jacob Kowalski”

Short version: “I owe you $100. You owe me $100. Let’s call it even.”

Found the breeder.

Talk about “sone long pyews, eh?” Heh heh. Heh. 

I see, you’re someone who really knows from full of shit.

It’s an advice column. You take the parameters of the situation as a given.

So the National Guardsmen are going to be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter then, right? Because they are equally culpable as the mom here.

That’s great — I think “The Unmitigated Galls” is my new favorite thing about having followed this series.