Or at least if their dad could beat up your dad.

Yeah, that's fair.

Infidelity and marijuana (which certainly makes sense).

That's fair, I can definitely separate Clark's infidelity from Danny's. (EDIT: And yes indeed, you do know Clark is a good guy in the end because he comes from off the ledge and really does love his wife and kids.)

At the same time though, infidelity seemed to be a trope of a lot of the movies of that era. (Lots of the same personnel obviously, but) In "Caddyshack" Danny explicitly and shamelessly cheats on Maggie, and it goes almost completely unmentioned the rest of the movie. It's just something that happens.

Christmas is maybe not the original's writing equal, but it's damn funny. The movies that are true "vacations" after the original just seem like rehashes, but Christmas benefits from the fact that they're in fact not going anywhere, and it's "vacation" in a totally different sense of the word.

Since we're on an Amy Schumer-related story here, she did a great job lampooning these types of moms during the party scene in "Trainwreck." Freaking out about letting the kids watch "Glee" (which has homosexual undertones!!!), etc.

Heckuva job, Brownie

You don't want to miss a SECOND of this movie!

Hey, you'd like the beginning of 2001!

That's true. High Fidelity/Grosse Pointe Blank vs. 2012/Serendipity.

Yes, but the version of that movie where the psychiatrist isn't mega-douchy but neurotic would be interesting. Also, the idea that Allen usually plays the recipient of psych care would've made for an interesting dynamic, especially since by the end Bob becomes a psychiatrist and Leo becomes the patient.

My bad. That.

I love Sunny, and will forever admire Danny DeVito for his absolute dedication to being unafraid to look ridiculous.

"There's a lot of bad drivers out there."

I'd argue that the orderly is the in between, with Perkis further out and White Goodman at the very end. Zoolander is probably between Perkis and Goodman.

(I'm not calling you out for not doing this): a quick Wikipedia search tells me that "In February 1996, Kilmer decided not to return for another Batman feature film, feeling that Batman was being marginalized in favor of the villains," he wanted to do a different project, and he didn't really have a good working…

Or that a leather strap keeps both he and Helen Hunt from being lifted from the ground.

I just feel bad for Elwes's assistant, who clearly realizes "Shit, they're right" but can't convince him of it.

Exact right word: "chooses." That's what pisses me off most about Sandler lapsing into this constant "mediocre comedies" state, that he can (and HAS!) done great work beyond it, but for whatever reason decides he doesn't want to.