stuckintexas

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That's fine, but those things might make more sense to you once you accept that The Paperboy is a really bad movie.

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Look, I watched it because it was recommended on multiple "what to watch" type threads. I'm clearly in the same camp you are. Why not just say "I didn't like it, either," instead of trying to say the movie that prompted the thread doesn't fit an OP's criteria?

Fact is, there are people here that like it. You don't. I don't. If we go off the concept that "Well, I didn't like it so it doesn't fit the criteria," than there would be no movies to discuss. Just back up for a second and remember that OTHER people like it and recommend it. Yeesh. Just discuss the topic instead of being a dick about semantics.

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45% on RT, about a 5/10 average score. Not sure this fits the threads criteria.

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I just mentioned this in my post above, as well. But, it's my thread, so it fits the criteria :lol:

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Not sure if you ever saw me mentioned it on here that mom actually passed away a few years ago

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Yeah, I remember. I've seen you mention your nephew, as well. :wah: On a positive note, I mention him while teaching Fire/EMS classes at a local high school. I take a slight detour to talk about the risks even in social settings, not just on duty. His name was Boston, right? That's what I remember. Hopefully his story can help other kids.

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holy crap this guy is comically bad.

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He's so good in some things, but would have ruined this movie even if I didn't have other problems with it.

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I wonder how true all of this is?

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I watched it a couple of days ago, and wondered the same. I didn't find anything about the friend passport stuff but

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hiding out in a toys r us at night, going to church, the gf house, the pawn shop, etc.

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All of that was true. The movie doesn't even show all of the Toys R Us stuff. In the movie, it's almost unintentional, but that was his target and he thought what better place to case the job than from inside it. He eventually tunneled into a vacant circuit city next door and had a full on apartment with running water. The baby monitor setup was real. Even the Spiderman sheets.

I don't think the gf worked there, they apparently met at the singles event through the church. He did alter employee and security schedules to fit his heist plan.

There is an extended version of the interview with the gf where she says a lot of what Dunst says when she visits him at the end. The real life Leigh is in the movie. She's a crossing guard.

The truck driver in the prison break is the real truck driver. The guy that works the pawn shop is the real pastor. The lady at the singles event that plays the retired cop was the original arresting officer. One of the cops that is checking out his nest behind the bike rack is the arresting swat officer.

Great movie. It gets you emotionally invested hoping for a good outcome even though you know the bubble is gonna burst at some point. Tatum is fantastic. Peter Dinklage plays a great dickhead boss, too.

ETA: he also did burn down the dentist office

I watched The Paperboy last night, and I couldn't really digest enough to make a thread solely about that. So I'm making a thread about movies with great reviews that just don't sit right with you as a viewer.

The Paperboy seemed like it was written as a homosexual fan fiction with the Civil Rights and old south as a cover. Between the Matthew McConaughey handcuffed scene, Zac Effron constantly in tighty whities, and the random black guy nudity, it seemed like the story was nothing but a delivery system for someone to put those things on film.

The Yardley character and his motivations did not add up.

Nicole Kidman with hybristophilia has her heart strings pulled for a kid with mommy issues?

The brother with one eye gets into a machete fight after he can't see the electric fence that wasn't even hidden?

Mommy issues boy dives into the swamp, splashing all around, and doesn't get eaten by gators? Oh no, he not only swims laps, he hides below the guys boat before he sneaks up to it like he's a navy SEAL before getting away with enough time to get both bodies back to a boat.

The fiance/stepmom was only presented as a gold digger racist, which was the most believable character of the entire movie.

ufc ad

That is the link it takes me to

Not a commercial, but the UFC pop-up ad that constantly blocks half my screen on here makes me want to throw my phone across the room. Close it out and it's back in two seconds.

I went to the LSU @ OU game this year, so the game itself probably had a lot to do with this. It only got loud when they scored the go-ahead touchdown and again when LSU was going for it on 4th down on the last drive. After that, the celebration knowing they had a playoff spot was pretty good.

It could also be the stadium itself. I go to the RRS just about every year, and usually sit on the OU side. It seemed like the cotton bowl was louder, but again, that game's against a traditional rival so it could be situational.

I doubt Oklahoma fans could make the TV cameras shake to where it looks like an earthquake in the stadium the way Auburn fans do to Jordan-Hare.

It looks like they're playing in order of seeding.
#8 Friday night
#7 Saturday morning
#6 Saturday afternoon
#5 Saturday night.
JMO, tho.

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The Indy Bowl's real heyday was from 1998-2009, when every matchup was SEC vs. Big XII

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I had two clients that were aTm players in the snow bowl. After a while, I was comfortable enough to give them shite about losing to Miss St.

I also made it on the broadcast at the end of the game and beginning of Sportscenter for having a "Sportscenter is next" sign at the Bama-Colorado game in Saban's first year. It said "Ohio State Tiger Bait" at the bottom of the sign.