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While I appreciate the sentiment here, the scary part about this is that I don't agree. I think this election will end up having disastrous long-term consequences on our democracy even with a Trump loss. Our standards have been lowered to an heretofore unseen level. We're pretty much fucked from here on out even if

American Honey. Nice use of music and a great sense of place, with a Southern gothic surrealism kind of like early Harmony Korine. It's too long, but kind of needs to be - as an indulgent hang-out movie of wayward teens, it would not make sense for it to be a tight 86 minutes. Also the LaBeouf was surprisingly good in

It does makes sense that he would see the arrogance of this entire enterprise and smartly opt to playfully undermine it. I want to read his piece but hell if I'm gonna pay for this whole monstrosity.

Even though this list is, as usual, 85% useless post-punk, it's still more diverse than I expected.

2XL was badass.

There is no "off". He's always on.

This is the proper way to raise children.

I was 6 or 7 when I first saw it. My parents let me watch pretty much whatever as a kid, but they were otherwise normally strict about stuff.

Good call. That relationship is central to that show, and perfectly played by both actors.

Not a joke really. It says good, bad, or otherwise, and that relationship is one of the more impactful for me in terms of pop culture I was exposed to at a very early age.

Jack and Danny in The Shining.

I don't think I ever made it through one of the Tami/Julie arguments without getting misty-eyed.

So true - it somehow reveals more to the viewer with each rewatch while still remaining so mysterious.

Blame Marcia.

Too soon.

"…the fact that it more or less opens with a child explaining where crude oil comes from"

This feels like LaBeouf doing his version of Franco's Alien from Spring Breakers. The difference is that Franco can be a very good actor when he puts forth the effort.

I wish he was an actor with a storied career so that we could hope to someday read a Random Roles with Ransom Riggs.

Like Carl's Jr.

Yes, though more so in its day than now. There were definitely guys who modeled themselves after Cagney, both from that and The Public Enemy.