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The difference being that the Puritans practiced the true doctrines of Christ as outlined by John Calvin, whereas everyone else is a mere heretic. (sarcasm, just in case my last name didn't give it away).

Cameron, you do the film a lot of justice with this description, but I don't think it deserves it. That explanation works in the context of the scene but why invoke the Civil War in the first place? My interpretation is that the book (assuming that it's from the source material) is recycling the same, tired Lost Cause mythology that you still too often encounter in popular culture. This is a lazy movie! I'm assuming it's a lazily written book, too. The literary references alone -- Kurt Vonnegut, Henry Miller, and William Carlos Williams in the first scene alone -- were endlessly irritating.

As grudlian pointed out earlier, the comparison has to be between Die Hard and Die Hard With a Vengeance. Vengeance isn't bad -- it's probably the best of the sequels -- but it's nowhere near the caliber of Die Hard. And Rickman is arguably the best part of that movie. Also, Jeremy Irons is a

Thank God they didn't have a plotline involving the Holy Roman Empire...

All the WWII-era Popeye cartoons that I grew up (in the 80s and 90s) watching, alongside some other stereotype-laden old cartoons (Warners especially but some Disney, too). That's setting aside the censored eleven...

Libby is the best app ever. I've been streaming audiobooks from the library pretty much constantly. Might I recommend The Black Count?

Fuck, Indiana Jones 4 would make a good HDTGM episode. I think it might kill Paul though.

I feel like I haven't seen him since "Fast Food Nation", of which Willis was the only decent part.

People: Wesley Snipes. Post-tax evasion version.

I think people forget because Willis immediately recast himself as an action star in the Stallone/Schwarzenegger mode. In the sequels he becomes increasingly invulnerable/action-star like, which is why they generally got worse and worse.

Was expecting something more like this

Looks like Danny from Bloodline to meL:

The Search Party guys described this movie as "Travel Channel" and, subtracting the annoying overdubs, that feels exactly right. It's the movie version of Chillout Sessions.

I was out sick for a few days last week so I had some time to watch this... and couldn't. Just, blah.

It is actually slightly more clever than that. There are two eyes, "eye and eye". "I and I" is approximately "we" in Rastafarian language (technically "we and God/Jah").

My favorite Batman is Batman Returns.

At least six or seven of those are worthy HDTGM movies (including ones already done).

My mind cannot separate Boss Baby from the actual Boss Baby who is the current president of the United States.

I actually kinda liked Safety Not Guaranteed. But that's probably because he filmed in my old neighborhood (Maple Leaf, Seattle).

Ice-T did some selective rememberin' in that interview that Paul excerpted. He definitely wasn't above the title in his first two movies:

The obvious answer is that they were too lazy to cover Rollins' tattoo. Speaking of which... The reference is too literal, right? Right?

I figured Jason would have mentioned that the Sorbonne is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Coulardeau appears to no longer work there though (looks like he was a lecturer).

Not sure I can relate to a movie about people living in a right-wing populist autocracy.