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Scrappy - Nov 16, 2016 8:38:55 am PST #355 of 3455
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

The guy who plays wally West is Australian--that was a surprise. And, of course, Idris Elba in The Wire.


Steph L. - Nov 16, 2016 8:49:53 am PST #356 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

The guy who plays wally West is Australian

He is? I had no idea!


DXMachina - Nov 16, 2016 8:56:21 am PST #357 of 3455
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Yeah, I heard him on one of the Flash extras on YouTube, and was stunned.


Dana - Nov 16, 2016 9:46:50 am PST #358 of 3455
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Really! I also had no idea.


Vonnie K - Nov 16, 2016 5:10:06 pm PST #359 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Just came back from seeing Moonlight. Gosh, what a beautiful film. It's sparse yet full of feeling, but without sentimentality. The entire film fairly vibrates with all the things unsaid, with the intensity of inchoate longing. There is a scene in the third act in which a character cooks a meal for another, and it's a simple scene, but I just started to well up, not because it was particularly sad but because all the stuff that had been sitting in my chest had to go somewhere. The performances are just extraordinary.

I've been crying in a lot of movies this fall. Arrival and Moonlight and the mother of all weepers, Manchester by the Sea, hasn't even opened yet.


Jesse - Nov 17, 2016 5:28:45 am PST #360 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm not sure why I didn't cry at Moonlight, but I think it may be because only sentimentality makes me cry, and you're right that Moonlight had none.

On another note: How does this cast end up in a movie with 0% on Rotten Tomatoes? [link] (Actually, isn't there a podcast that explores this exact topic? I should look into that.)


Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2016 5:30:27 am PST #361 of 3455
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

isn't there a podcast that explores this exact topic?

How Did This Get Made?


Jesse - Nov 17, 2016 5:47:53 am PST #362 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's what I was trying to think of!


Toddson - Nov 17, 2016 9:37:36 am PST #363 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

It's really sad when the nasty reviews are more entertaining than the movie.


DXMachina - Nov 18, 2016 12:43:14 am PST #364 of 3455
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Apropos to the accent conversation:

Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down 32 Actors' Accents.