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Michael Mann had the bright idea of taking a true psychopath in Tom Cruise and allowing him to be a psychopath on screen instead of forcing him to be a good guy is one of the most brilliant moves of his career.

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I saw one of those "making of..." videos on Collateral and apparently Mann wrote this entire backstory of Vincent and how he became a sociopathic contract killer. It was like a book and included stuff like his second grade teacher ignoring other kids bullying him and all kinds of weird stuff. And Cruise had to learn all of it even though absolutely nothing about his character's past is in the actual movie. Mann apparently does this a lot and feels that it adds depth to the acting performance and character development.

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You can make 500k/yr with a terrible quality of life and unable to spend that money. Or you can make 120k/yr with plenty of time off and good slate of vacation days.

Which would you choose?

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The guy making 500k a year can retire young if he hates his job and do whatever he wants. The person living their best life now is going to have to keep the hustle into old age. To be honest, I would probably trade 10-15 years of misery for 30-40 years of financial security.

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Surprised anyone was worse than Peyton that year

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Manning's body was shot but he still had a lot of football IQ and experience crammed into that helmet. Maye lacked experience and got zero help from his teammates.

I remember it being a mess. It's hard to make good movies about mental illness because people don't want to sit through that crap.

I do remember the pointless full nude scene with Ricci right out of the gate. She had previously plumped up and played awkward characters in her early adult roles. Then she dropped a bunch of weight and went full throttle for this movie.

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I was looking at something like Blue Fox Travel out of Paris. They take you on a 12 hour day trip in a minivan from Paris that includes Chenoneau, Chambord and Amboise.

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I wouldn't do that. You're going to spend 8 hours in a cramped minivan just to spend one hour each at a couple of mansions with a stop at some crappy restaurant that gives a kickback to the operator. The chateaux are impressive but it's not worth that. The Loire Valley is a destination, not a sight. You go there to explore at a leisurely pace.

The problem with France is that a lot of the tourist stuff is just out of reach from Paris and spread out. So you have to commit to multi-day regional stayovers or renting a car. Normandy, Brittany, Loire Valley, Alsace, Provence, Burgundy, The Alps, the Riveira, etc... all need at least three days and two nights to properly enjoy.

Overlord Tours is a popular guided tour company that covers the D-Day beaches. People generally stay in Bayeux (or Caen) and allow one or two full days for the experience.

The museum in Bastogne is good too.

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Once she has graduated what is his power over her?

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It's to prevent grooming so a legal savvy teacher doesn't lay the foundation for a sexual relationship and cash in the day after graduation. Is a three month buffer arbitrary? Yeah, I guess so but you have to draw a line somewhere in that muddy sand and I guess they figured three months was a proper freeze out to hinder the typical human libido.

But in this case the guy wasn't even her teacher - he was a wrestling coach at the high school but a 6th grade teacher at a different school, so it's not like he had some type of custodial relationship with her unless there's something more in the article I didn't bother to read.

But I do sorta feel bad for young single dudes in rural communities. The decent girls either marry up fast or split for college/big city. When you're left with a dry dating pool, the 18-20 girls become more enticing out of desperation. I'm not saying it's right just that circumstances can be different.

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Seeing so many people on here fantasizing about illegals getting her

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Dude, it's Pima County, AZ. Your perp choices are: another 80 year old retiree, a Univ of Arizona student or an illegal alien. People aren't just jumping to that conclusion based on current political propaganda.

I'm from the Silent Generation and members of the Lost Generation told me to inject mercury into my penis after I slept with prostitutes so I wouldn't get a venereal disease. That was terrible advice!

It was pretty bold of Spielberg to cast him in Jurassic Park considering that was one of the most expensive and biggest movie productions up to that point and he was relatively unknown.

I took a little over two weeks to go to New Zealand. Some destinations can't be done as normal vacations.

My friend has a wife who likes long vacations. He joins her for half the trip and then she has a friend or relative join in for the other half.