It was explained in the movie (quickly) that the spark isn’t a thing, it’s a passion for living. 22 was afraid of living, so she(?) never got her spark until she experienced life in Joe’s body.

It really is!

I have to agree with this take. Joe needed to experience his life from a secondary viewpoint and realise where his priorities lay and see what he wanted from life. 

For me, I was also discouraged by the way it seemed like they were setting up 22 as having a passion for teaching and being a teacher, but then just sorta dropped the ball at the end in a ham-fisted rush to end the movie

That was how I felt about the movie, too. The movie reminded me of that scene from The Wire when Lester asks Jimmy what he’s doing to do when the case is over. Jimmy says he’ll find another case, and Lester says he needs to find something else outside of the job. “A life. It’s what you do when you’re waiting for the…

HBO was always the last premium channel I would ever consider dropping.

“What was 22's spark anyway? For me, I was also discouraged by the way it seemed like they were setting up 22 as having a passion for teaching and being a teacher...”

Admittedly, I’m not black, but it felt more like Joe’s film than 22's to me, in the same way Toy Story felt more like Woody’s film than Buzz’s.

I should be ok, I am married...meaning I don’t have sex anymore.

I’m REALLY curious what anyone else thinks about this. Most everyone else is for lack of a better term “bashing” this film. What you said actually makes me interested now in watching it.

my biggest bone picking with HBO Max is the mobile app, it allows landscape rotation in only one direction, so that puts the charger port in my right hand, which sucks when lying down in bed. Fuck you HBO Max mobile developer

I agree, HBO Max is a mess. I have it, but Im still confused about what the hell the difference is between hbo on demand and hbo max is. They seem to be intermingled with max sometimes asking me to log in, sometimes not, I have a helluva time finding anything.

You just stated part of the challenge of being black in America. The second we show humanity in response to their constant dehumanizing treatment we’re stereotyped as angry, etc. So the challenge is to find ways to keep on keeping on while not letting this double standard bullshit break you. Its fucking taxing.

I don’t know. Part of my wants to stay “If you let yourself get angry and outraged by this, you’ll spend most of your life angry and outraged because this is the the normal.” Then I think “If you don’t get angry and outraged by this, this will always be the normal.”

And one more thing...she could have just called the fucking phone...

White women’s tears is the most dangerous substance on earth; that shit will get you killed without having been anywhere near it.

Didn’t they just pass “Karen’s Law” in NY state?

The Arlo hotel said the manager on duty “promptly called the police regarding the woman’s conduct.”

Figures. A Karen falsely accuses and even assaults a child, and when proven wrong, just walks away instead of apologizing profusely like she should have. I hope that white cow gets found out and dragged all over social media.

Oh sweet summer child. That’s not how business works. If it makes money, it was a success. If it fails, then people get fired. Everyone thinks that they are the exception to any rule, and, you know what? Videogames make a lot of money, so surely this system must work, right? Right?