Just to put my two cents in on this one as well: I feel that American Beauty would be a lot of cruelty with no depth, as you’re saying, EXCEPT for the two characters played by Annette Bening and Chris Cooper. Without them, I probably wouldn’t have liked the movie much, but every time I watch it, I’m utterly moved and…

Just out of curiosity, because you were clearly the right age: did Miss Congeniality serve the same purpose for you? I love Miss Congeniality with all my heart and I found it very different from Legally Blonde, but I hear them mentioned together a lot. Did young you feel empowered by Miss Congeniality too?

I’ve probably seen this movie or had it played in the background at least 50 times in the early 00s when I was in college. I recently rewatched it, and many parts do not hold up anymore, it’s true. I still love this movie so much. It’s just such a fun fuck you to the patriarchy. There was so much power and integrity…

You know, reading everyone’s responses here, I’m becoming more and more sure that younger me hated the character simply BECAUSE she was so into fashion and had a tiny dog and all that...not a feminist dislike, per se, just a personal distrust of anything overly flashy. (Even now, I tend to assume people with purse…

LOL I genuinely love American Beauty, and I’m not saying that to sound smart because I’m still not sure I fully understand it. (Or at least, I loved it dearly before we all found out Kevin Spacey was human garbage...now I’m not sure I could watch it and enjoy it).

I won’t come at you because 1) you asked a legitimate question with honest intentions and 2) I’m the only person I know who hated American Beauty. (I suspect it’s one of those movies you claim to love so you’ll sound smart.)

I’m not going to shell you (lol) but I am going to offer a different perspective. I was 10 when this came out and watched it again recently. The ol’ girl holds up mostly because of how women are portrayed in the films you cited. At the time this was released the P!nk “Stupid Girls” vs. Lindsay, Paris, Britney thing…

He’s tracked my phone to make sure I’m not going anywhere “unapproved” and if I don’t tell him everything I’m doing he gets upset.

We made it work, but primarily because a) we only lived ~3 hours apart and visited each other regularly and b) it worked out with our general life plans (I was just out of college, he was finishing his undergrad; then we both moved north and he went to grad school and we lived closer to each other and then we moved in…

Yeah, that’s straight up abusive relationship warning sign #1.  Well, maybe #2.  #1 is finding out they put it on the phone without asking/telling.

The minute someone you are in a relationship with wants to track your phone to know where you are, run as fast as you can.

I like him fine as an actor. I don’t think he’s necessarily that great, but he has an undeniable charm/charisma that lends itself to certain comedic/comedic-action roles.

From all accounts he is not a bad guy, it just seems like he maybe runs with some shitty people(especially his church). He has at least not been one of the vocal Christians celebrities’ claiming he is persecuted in Hollywood for his beliefs but to be fair, that usually only happens when stars fade and I think Pratt…

If you see someone on a flight acting really weird (not violent, but just saying odd things that don’t make sense) they almost certainly took ambien. Often, they took too much or mixed it with alcohol, but sometimes even the normal dose can do it. Don’t worry, it will wear off with no ill effects, but you might be in…

Great points. I love the part about basing it on how likely someone is to change.

Just swap out random words so that you aren’t tempted to think about it.

“Friskiness is one thing, perversion is another.”

Agreed. The LW should mention something around their cousin about how they have no problem with queerness and then butt straight out of their cousin’s business.

I mean, assuming that they are in fact gay and aren’t just incredibly religious, it does suck all kinds that those people in LW1 feel they have to live their lives hiding their true identities and it is good that someone in their family is willing to be supportive.

Thus I mentioned the popsicle, frozen so truly no smell. I did not enjoy that flavor.