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I do love Canada's love of Beavers! In any case, I thought the two kids in the film's prologue were really cute, and far more charismatic than the actual leads they would grow up into. So this movie should have been ALL flashback to their childhoods, maybe adjusting the actual time the movie takes place back a few years/decades to make the lack of technology and presence of so many antiquated Italian tropes somewhat more applicable. The plot of the film could have been the kids PREVENTING the feud from even forming, making the dads realize how fucking stupid their feud is and how only together does their pizza become the Best in Canada. They could conspire during the Toronto Little Italy Pizza Festival to combine their respective shops' elements (sauce, crust, etc.), only to reveal their deeds afterwards. The movie could end with an epilogue about how "I [Nikki] would eventually go to Europe to learn to make food OTHER than pizza" "and I [Leo] would stay in Toronto to run the pizza shop, but I wouldn't stay in Toronto forever..." and then maybe one last shot in a cosmopolitan European city in which Leo is opening his own pizza shop and, on opening day, Nikki walks in, they lock eyes and smile. Roll credits. No decades of bitterness. No bullshit soccer in the rain. Just madcap kids making pizza and fighting their parents' petty bullshit to preserve adult friendship via the power of childhood optimism and goodness. And I realize the reason this movie ISN'T a period film might be budget as much as anything, but I am just spitballing ideas here.

This is the official banner of Toronto, adorned with its official motto, "Diversity Our Strength," which is one of the many reasons why I love both Canada and its most populous city: So this makes Little Italy's Italian buffoonery and lack of use of ACTUAL Toronto spaces even more egregiously stupid. Fuck this movie.

The obliteration of Toronto 100% has to do with the producers feeling as though if people say 'Canada' or, worse, 'Toronto', that will turn off American viewers (and maybe overseas markets, I don't know), but honestly, if you've paid ten bucks to sit through this pile of shit, do you think it's going to be a reference to Toronto that's going to make you stand up and say 'what the hell? This isn't New York? I'm out!'? Add to that Lei-O's heavy-handed Toronto Blue Jays jacket with 'TORONTO' in giant letters on the back, and the establishing shots of the CN Tower, I don't think not mentioning Toronto unTorontofies this script. I fully agree with you that TO should have had more love in this, but I'd suggest that it almost certainly was more of a Toronto story in the first draft. It's kind of like in 'Episodes', where 'Lyman's Boys' in England becomes 'Pucks!' in the US. Executives have a lot to answer for! I think your version of the film is much better.

Don't forget the happy bear, monster beaver, stuffed eagle and super subtle T that makes our coat of arms all the crazier... At least it's an upgrade on our old coat of arms which featured jolly native Canadian, Mera from Aquaman, attack beaver and surprisingly cocky old slogan...

Yea this movie would be great because theres no way they wouldn't all walk away from a viewing of this movie absolutely furious. Rashomon style storytelling can be very fun when done well. The Halloween episode of It's Always Sunny is a standout for me. This movie however is not effective. It just feels like the movie is actively lying to you throughout, and when the final twist hits they've already gone in so many different directions and it just feels like a giant fuck you to everyone watching.

Got it!

I'm really looking forward to this one

Looking forward to a (second) Spike Lee musical joint! I was snowed-in and caught in a winter weather/FAA/shutdown loop of doom for the film and didn't have a chance to watch or participate. This is a good one to jump back in with!

Second! We also did School Daze

You've got red on you

Sweet! I'm off the hook! Sort your fuckin selves out!

Hello for now I'm back and I'm gonna watch this Spike Lee musical and share my thought with you guys. END OF LINE

Hi folks! Sorry about the delay, I was driving down to Oswego this morning and just got in. Re: CaleBug: the pair of pants I just failed to fit into might agree that switching from Cale to Cake might be the way to go. Okay! This week's pick! I had a lot of thoughts, and very nearly made you all watch the Sharpay movie, just so we could go back to HSM, or 'Descendants', because why should I be the only one to have suffered, but I know there's also a really good chance that everyone would just take a pass on contributing this week. My last three picks were Across the Universe (arguably the best pick yet, still), Guys and Dolls (meh) and La La Land (the film that killed Fister). This time, I thought I'd go a bit off the beaten path with a film I haven't yet seen myself but which comes highly recommended by a playwright I greatly respect, who without question calls this his favorite musical of all time. So, no pressure. I have a DVD copy that that playwright sent to me, so I might be able to do some rabb.it screenings, or it's available for rent on Amazon and Apple. So what is it? Not sure yet! Folks, let's watch our first musical Spike Lee joint! Let's watch... Are there still spoiler tags?

The only laughs this film received.

I’m keeping that shit

You might be watching it backwards

Calebug

Depends on whether you're pulling for Jamie or Cathy. Also, 45 minutes left is halfway through. It's a short movie.

I've got about 45 mins left on The Last Five Years, but I'm predicting an extremely happy ending. I'm not wrong, right?

After last week's emotion-fest I bet he'll pick something upbeat like Sweeney Todd to lighten the mood.

41. Spider-Man 3 - It's actually Harry having the JLS when he crashes on his glider. 42. Batman & Robin - Robin freezes to death at the start of the movie when he's shot by Mr. Freeze. 43. Wild Wild West - Jim West is blown up when in the carriage with the Nitro. 44. Jaws: the Revenge - The whole film is Sean Brody's final thoughts as he is killed by the shark near the buoy at the start of the movie. 45. Road House - Dalton is actually stabbed in the neck in the opening fight, leading to the whole moving being a JLS. 46. Barb Wire - Barb died during the flashback where she loses touch with Axel. 47. Super Mario Bros. - The Mario Brothers die by jumping towards what they think is a portal to Dinotopia, when it's actually a hallucination brought on by a gas leak by the mobsters ruining the dig site. 48. Sleepaway Camp - Peter/Angela dies in the boat crash in the opening scene, causing her to think of her revenge on summer camps. 49. Cobra - Cobra is killed by the killer in the opening hostage situation. 50. Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 - Same as Part 1.

21. I Know Who Killed Me - Aubrey dies inside the glass coffin when abducted by her piano teacher. 22. Leprechaun: In the Hood - The Leprechaun was never released from the prison Ice-T locked him in. 23. The Room - The whole movie is actually the whole JLS as Johnny lies dying from shooting himself. 24. Superman 3 - The black kryptonite kills Superman rather than turning him evil. The last half of the movie is just his hallucination as he dies from advanced kryptonite poisoning. 25. Catwoman - Halle Berry dies when she's drowned by the goons in the beginning, never actually being revived by the cat's kiss. 26. Jingle All the Way - Arnold dies in the opening traffic scene, his car accident is what was causing the traffic. 27. Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1 - Bella dies in childbirth. 28. Crank - Chev died in the first hour after waking up, the poison working its magic. 29. Trespass - Didn't see 30. Cool as Ice - Ice dies jumping his bike near Kathy when she was riding her horse. 31. Birdemic - Nathalie is murdered by Rob after their date. 32. 88 Minutes - Pacino is killed when his car explodes. 33. Abduction - Taylor Lautner is killed when his house explodes in the beginning. 34. Adventures of Pluto Nash - Pluto is killed in prison when his operation to remove his appendix is botched. 35. Tiptoes - Oldman dies after getting beat up by the angry boyfriend. 36. On the Line - Didn't see 37. Speed 2: Cruise Control - Jason Patrick and Sandra Bullock die by crashing into each other, a rare shared JLS. 38. Bad Ass - Didn't see 39. Godzilla - Broderick is killed by the baby Godzilla's in Madison Square Garden. 40. Judge Dredd - Dredd is actually the guy killed by James Remar in the opening gunfight, not the rookie Judge.