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Did anyone else find the singing to be particularly...not good? There were some songs where I was just like, “no.” Of course, this goes back to the idea that everything was kind of half-assed. Had even one of the elements been better, I think the movie would have been more enjoyable.

John Goodman and the Coen Brothers. Always a welcome addition!

It’s not their best (not even the best song on this album), but here’s Rancid’s “Travis Bickle:”

Pierce Brosnan's run as 007 just bums me out. I think he's one of the better actors to play Bond. But his movies were all terribly made aside from GoldenEye.

Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune

6-8 seems accurate to me. (I have nieces age 6 and 8. She seemed similar to me.) 6 seems a little young though, so I'd put her around 7 or 8.

Did Meatloaf sing his big "I had this idea" song at the beginning of each camp season? If so did he change the lyrics? Otherwise (paraphrasing) "Everyone laughed at me but look at this success story" sounds silly at Year 2.

Okay, just so I'm not being completely negative, I did have a little chuckle when the little camper girl asks, "Isn't it wrong to sing and dance when someone just died?"

1st rule of book club, tell all your friends

I went to Camp Wannaslaya

What boring camp did you go to? My camps were getting 1-2 murders a day.

And fewer murders.

That adds to my question about how the camp works. How did Meatloaf get guardianship in the first place? Also that means the sister and brother grew up at the camp or at least had to spend each summer there. In a normal camp (even one like Meatballs) they would be running the place by then, not stuck in the kitchen.

It's not as magical as they portray in the movies

This also shows how bad this movie is if none of us can agree how old these fucking characters are lol

That’s true, but I feel like if he’s the director at that type of camp, he’s at least a counselor - which makes him an adult for sure. (Not to mention he has alcohol. Not saying underage people don’t/can’t drink, but I’d guess he’s at least 21) Honestly, I’m not even that concerned with the main girl since she’s certainly over 18 if she and her brother are thinking of starting their own restaurant. It’s the other campers I’m worried about. It’s heavily implied that he is pulling this with a few of the actual campers.

Wes Anderson / Bill Murray

I'm afraid I don't really have an answer for this just yet (except anything with Jimmy Stewart is going to be tops in my book). That being said, I've been giving it some thought, and while my gut reaction was "No, let's free up the list for new blood," I've come around. What made me change my mind is I thought about the greatest songs of the 20th Century and a lot of them are done by collaborators. If I were looking at a list of the top 100 songs of the 20th Century and five of them were Lennon/McCartney, compositions, I wouldn't be calling for one of them to be removed. I would be like, "That's all?" So, yeah, I agree. If two people find themselves to be effective collaborators and bring out the best in each other, then absolutely let them stay on the list. My only caveat would be if the movies/songs were too alike. Then I would say lump them all together like Star Wars and LotR. However, I think Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, and Goodfellas are dissimilar enough that that's not really an issue here.

So with the creepy director kid, I think since he's in the beginning "We're Gay!" song we're to assume he's like the oldest possible age you can be to go to this camp? He seems like 18 tops and the main girl looks 16 (???) Obviously still creepy af but probably not the kind of creepy that we all got from it.

Thank you

Yes. And their first album should be called Tales from Blockbuster and the lead single should be "Mom (Let's French Kiss)" with the B-Side "It's Not Making Love (It's Called Fuckin')." What are some other possible tracks on the album?

One of the live shows next Saturday!

Pure Guava, best Ween album ever!

One time I made this gif of the two worst moments in James Bond history.