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I'm rewatching now, and I stand behind my decision. It's not frackin' Cloud Atlas! Just leeeean into it. Surrender to it and go for the ride and the self-conscious Beatleisms. And if you stopped at 8 minutes, Cam, you stopped before I Wanna Hold Your Hand. The exact wrong time to stop!

Cloud Atlas if Cloud Atlas had

I've seen the future, and it's not pretty.

Wait, and this person educates children?

Oh, I barbecue every week of the year regardless of weather. It's just part of the deal of living up here: cold is relative.

Maybe it's a Cincinnati thing, that pratfalls and visual humour is woven into their DNA. The laughter that cruel pranks that would certainly occasion bodily harm seem to be the main source of entertainment in that school. Mitchell could smash his head into the desk behind him, break his coccyx, any number of things, and with all that, you're right, he's not necessarily going to sit in that desk. The setup for the gag seems laboured, too - everyone's being super kind to him so he's comfortable enough to enter the classroom without suspicion, so they've told everyone this is happening. Add to that, someone's spent a good amount of time before school jury-rigging that chair to collapse, so they've carefully sawn it down or removed the bolts, and then balanced it just so. What happens if someone walks in and bumps it with their hip before the prank? This seems a lot of work for a juvenile payoff. While we're on the subject - Cameron H has already masterfully covered the toilet paper prank, but can we just note that such a prank requires 3-4 people to be familiar with Mitchell's after school dump schedule, so they have all met after school with beer cups full of water to play this joke. And WHY are toilet paper rolls hanging so high? That means, after he's done, he has to stand right up to get the paper, which seems unnecessarily gross at the best of times. Someone else rightly pointed out the inefficacy of adult figures in this film: no teacher ever says anything to any of them. Mitchell and Wiley are well within their rights to complain about being victimised (I guess that's not what Pepe would want). Is this school the Lord of the Flies? It seems sanctioned, with a full stadium and working scoreboard, but you're exactly right: there's NO way they play with so few players, much less the full equipment. The average hockey shift is 80 seconds, and then you have to go have a rest. That's what SIDNEY CROSBY can handle. Do we buy that Blaine and Jack are hockey supermen? And there's no umpires, SO WHO DROPS THE PUCK? How can you have a scoreboard but not an umpire? Also - in the ball hockey game, why are they doing full checking? Just asking for spinal injuries, right there. Come on, you're Canadian - you know those bozos in the middle of February in shorts, saying 'it's not that cold, man'. I've seen two this week. Macho dummies.

It's tempting for me to get defensive, but that's the reason I didn't pick a movie that I am fully emotionally invested in. So, no need for apologies: the movie was picked because it's trying to do something that's far beyond anyone's capabilities, and there are major flaws in it, absolutely. But the moments that work are worth the trouble with the rest of it. All I ask is that you watch with the openness of mind that accepts that there are weaknesses right alongside moments of brilliance. And no, it's not the Beatles - who could be! Try more than eight minutes, Cam. You haven't even got to Bono yet! With all that said,

You're on fire this week, dude. No one should be this witty at 5.30 in the morning.

Best til last. C+O of the week, hands down.

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A great read, thanks!

I endorse this theory heartily. And then the mystery of how he's never Airborne is answered. It's in his DNA.

I saw her in concert a few months ago and was a little sad she didn't bust this one out.

Paste Magazine has a list of 50 to peruse... https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2010/11/the-50-best-beatles-covers-of-all-time.html?a=1

Yep, and it's AWESOME. My favourite track in the film.

You guys are harshing my movie picking buzz. I'm going to be over here listening to the soundtrack which I genuinely enjoy. http://imgur.com/a/PKmcJ