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^ I think he’s definitely with Maya. You could tell they were a team; they just have that unspoken shorthand between them. 🙂

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It’s kind of weird to me, though—that's the first time I've ever heard someone call a Husky a Malamute. Usually, people get it the other way around.

Sean Phillips76 said:there are actually only two Malamutes in the movie, along with six Huskies.

😬 I was going to say the exact same thing, but I held back.

Personally, I thought the movie was beautiful—I've always had a soft spot for dogs, snow, and ice.



When my sister and I were watching, we kept trying to remember where else she’d been in a film, but nothing was coming to mind. Once we looked it up, we realized she has probably one of the wildest names out there. Seriously, her name is Moon Bloodgood! 😁

Director: Felix van Groeningen
Cinematographer: Ruben Impens
Cast: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert van Rampelberg, Nils de Caster, Robby Cleiren, Bert Huysentruyt, Jan Bijvoet

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Soundtrack😍

Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) couldn't be more different, yet they fall in love at first sight. Despite their clashing worlds—she runs a tattoo parlor while he plays in a bluegrass band—their connection takes off. They get married, fix up a house, and prepare for a baby, only for everything to fall apart completely.

At its core, this is a movie about love, music, happiness, death, and celebration. It’s a celebration of the whole messy spectrum of existence, because that's just how life works.

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The music is stunning, and the chemistry between the two leads is spot on.
I've watched this one a few times now, and I still find myself looping the soundtrack. I'm still pretty captivated by it, so I figured it was finally time to start a thread. 🙂

Noah Ross7 said:I honestly think Eric Roberts is a total lost cause.🤷

Looking at these "new" guys like Shia LaBeouf, I mean, seriously, who the hell pushed him into Hollywood? 🙏
I bet he couldn't even pull off playing a member of the Secret Service. He’d probably just mess something up while trying to stand still.

As for the women, take Jennifer Lopez. She could have had anything with her music career, but having a great body doesn't make you a top-tier actress.

Personally, I think she's decent—honestly, better than some of the "big name" A-list actresses.

As for my pick for a subpar actress, it’s definitely Naomi Watts. She's just irritating, her acting feels off, and I honestly can't wrap my head around how she pulls in a paycheck when it feels like she isn't actually doing anything. 😁

Some threads have been moved over to the Archive, and as soon as they go, all those posts from those specific topics get wiped from your total count.

casualbadger92 said:It runs for 90 minutes 🤷

Olivia Barrett14 said:, though even those 90 minutes felt like too much, so I ended up fast-forwarding.

Actually, it's longer—closer to two hours.

I finally picked it up and was planning on watching it tonight. But now I'm reading all these reviews saying people weren't actually that impressed, and honestly, I'm not really in the mood for a gamble tonight. 😁

I feel like the lead actress was a complete waste of potential.

casualbadger92 said:What exactly is the problem here?

Should I even bother watching tonight?
Reading through these comments right now, and honestly, they aren't exactly glowing...

Raymond Rivera6 said:I’m looking for some advice because I’m honestly so livid right now that I probably can’t think straight or be objective.
So, my son just started 5th grade. He moved from an elementary school to a middle school, which meant new subjects and new teachers, but everything was going fine for the most part. Back in 1st grade, we noticed some issues with his reading and writing—various tests, speech therapists, psychologists—until they finally diagnosed him with dyslexia in 2nd grade. That’s when our real battle began. It’s been constant daily practice and an incredible amount of effort on his part, but I can finally say those hurdles are mostly behind us. He reads technically well; when he writes quickly, he might make a tiny mistake here or there, but it’s negligible.
He came home from school last night and told me his English teacher called him stupid, and now he doesn't even want to talk about it. Now, I don't necessarily assume he's lying, but I suppose there's a possibility he misheard her—maybe she was just reprimanding him and he thought she was questioning his intelligence. I am desperately hoping it was just a misunderstanding. I’ve already reached out to a few parents whose kids he gets along with, asking them to see if their children heard what actually happened. And this is what happened: she called him up to the board to write something, and he swapped the letters 'b' and 'd' in two places. She told him to look closely and correct the error. He looked, didn't catch the mistake, and then she asked him if he was actually stupid or just pretending to be.
I've decided today that I need to go to the school, but I have no idea where to start. Should I go speak to her directly first? Should I go to the homeroom teacher or the principal? Do I actually have the right to make a massive scene over this, or am I overreacting by feeling like she humiliated my child in front of the entire class?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Not many people would step up like this. 👍

Raymond Rivera6 said:I’m looking for some advice because I’m honestly so livid right now that I probably can’t think straight or be objective.
So, my son just started 5th grade. He moved from an elementary school to a middle school, which meant new subjects and new teachers, but everything was going fine for the most part. Back in 1st grade, we noticed some issues with his reading and writing—various tests, speech therapists, psychologists—until they finally diagnosed him with dyslexia in 2nd grade. That’s when our real battle began. It’s been constant daily practice and an incredible amount of effort on his part, but I can finally say those hurdles are mostly behind us. He reads technically well; when he writes quickly, he might make a tiny mistake here or there, but it’s negligible.
He came home from school last night and told me his English teacher called him stupid, and now he doesn't even want to talk about it. Now, I don't necessarily assume he's lying, but I suppose there's a possibility he misheard her—maybe she was just reprimanding him and he thought she was questioning his intelligence. I am desperately hoping it was just a misunderstanding. I’ve already reached out to a few parents whose kids he gets along with, asking them to see if their children heard what actually happened. And this is what happened: she called him up to the board to write something, and he swapped the letters 'b' and 'd' in two places. She told him to look closely and correct the error. He looked, didn't catch the mistake, and then she asked him if he was actually stupid or just pretending to be.
I've decided today that I need to go to the school, but I have no idea where to start. Should I go speak to her directly first? Should I go to the homeroom teacher or the principal? Do I actually have the right to make a massive scene over this, or am I overreacting by feeling like she humiliated my child in front of the entire class?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

If you feel like you've cooled off enough to stay calm, then go.
In my book, there's no point in jumping straight to the principal. It’d be better to talk to the teacher first, and maybe suggest a joint meeting with the teacher later on.

It probably makes more sense to keep the teacher in the loop; if you go in together, it won't look like you're just launching a solo attack.

That's just how I see it, and what I'd personally do. 😉

P.S. Since the school year just kicked off and everyone—both teachers and students—is still getting settled, she really shouldn't have said that.

Peter Doyle2 said:@nosorog, please don't try to lecture me on my own tastes (my current 🤣). I’ve come to the realization that I’m basically just revisiting where I left off as a kid :O My reading level is pretty much stuck in the teenage years—which is probably why most of my Goodreads profile is dominated by YA 🤣
Jokes aside, you made an interesting point... genres, eras, history... sure, I agree, but I have to ask: is it actually necessary to read these works cover-to-cover as required school reading? Is it really insufficient to just analyze them during class? To me, it feels like a high schooler in music class being forced to listen to and memorize an entire Bach concerto in G major (just guessing here), rather than just the most essential movement.
I'm speaking from the perspective of a teenager—or at least, a young person who is constantly "at odds with everyone." Honestly, forcing this stuff on us feels like reading "Evangelion" to five-year-olds in preschool 🤷. A large portion of these books simply wasn't written for kids that age—and we are still talking about children 🤷
And regarding the books themselves—they're supposed to be read with deep understanding. Very few people here mentioned Faust. Luckily, we didn't read it, though I've heard of it; I know there are those for whom it was mandatory, but seriously, is THAT what a high schooler needs? Isn't there a more appropriate way to "introduce" that literary era and teach the facts and significance?

@Daniel Perez6, I'm not nearly as optimistic as you. I'm actually kind of afraid that the book itself might simply—vanish—under the flood of technological advancement. Or perhaps it will become a very, very rare phenomenon—something akin to oral folklore before the invention of the printing press 😉
Maybe it's just inevitable 🤷
So how does high school required reading fit into all this? In my opinion, it doesn't encourage students to read at all; if anything, it pushes them away because of the sheer volume and content.
I'll say it again: we are talking about children (regardless of how much teenagers feel they are adults).
Which books require you to "immerse" yourself in characters who are adulterers, murderers, and so on, living in entirely different eras.

edit: And honestly, in defense of my high school teachers, I have to say they never asked us (or did so extremely, extremely rarely) questions about the color of curtains, wallpaper, or things like that. Our high school reading assignments usually boiled down to discussions during free periods. Sometimes there would be a quick review or even "tests," but generally, they were discussions. It wasn't a bad approach at all. Really. I can't blame my teachers one bit for my aversion to high school reading lists. I blame the content itself. I may have been a high school student, but I was also a teenager—dealing with wild hormones and a desire for something intimate when dealing with something deeply personal, individual, and open to interpretation, like a book.

In American English, we have grammar, literature, workbooks, and all of that (except for grammar) covers almost the exact same thing—the specific period or movement currently being studied. Why does the required reading list—which, realistically, is already becoming an alien concept to an increasing number of kids—have to be tied specifically to that curriculum?

I wouldn't call myself an optimist; I just feel pretty certain that books will change their format, but they won't ever go out of style or become obsolete. People have been reading books for thousands of years; the medium evolves, but the core thing doesn't disappear.

Peter Doyle2 said:@nosorog, please don't try to lecture me on my own tastes (my current 🤣). I’ve come to the realization that I’m basically just revisiting where I left off as a kid :O My reading level is pretty much stuck in the teenage years—which is probably why most of my Goodreads profile is dominated by YA 🤣
Jokes aside, you made an interesting point... genres, eras, history... sure, I agree, but I have to ask: is it actually necessary to read these works cover-to-cover as required school reading? Is it really insufficient to just analyze them during class? To me, it feels like a high schooler in music class being forced to listen to and memorize an entire Bach concerto in G major (just guessing here), rather than just the most essential movement.
I'm speaking from the perspective of a teenager—or at least, a young person who is constantly "at odds with everyone." Honestly, forcing this stuff on us feels like reading "Evangelion" to five-year-olds in preschool 🤷. A large portion of these books simply wasn't written for kids that age—and we are still talking about children 🤷
And regarding the books themselves—they're supposed to be read with deep understanding. Very few people here mentioned Faust. Luckily, we didn't read it, though I've heard of it; I know there are those for whom it was mandatory, but seriously, is THAT what a high schooler needs? Isn't there a more appropriate way to "introduce" that literary era and teach the facts and significance?

@Daniel Perez6, I'm not nearly as optimistic as you. I'm actually kind of afraid that the book itself might simply—vanish—under the flood of technological advancement. Or perhaps it will become a very, very rare phenomenon—something akin to oral folklore before the invention of the printing press 😉
Maybe it's just inevitable 🤷
So how does high school required reading fit into all this? In my opinion, it doesn't encourage students to read at all; if anything, it pushes them away because of the sheer volume and content.
I'll say it again: we are talking about children (regardless of how much teenagers feel they are adults).
Which books require you to "immerse" yourself in characters who are adulterers, murderers, and so on, living in entirely different eras.

edit: And honestly, in defense of my high school teachers, I have to say they never asked us (or did so extremely, extremely rarely) questions about the color of curtains, wallpaper, or things like that. Our high school reading assignments usually boiled down to discussions during free periods. Sometimes there would be a quick review or even "tests," but generally, they were discussions. It wasn't a bad approach at all. Really. I can't blame my teachers one bit for my aversion to high school reading lists. I blame the content itself. I may have been a high school student, but I was also a teenager—dealing with wild hormones and a desire for something intimate when dealing with something deeply personal, individual, and open to interpretation, like a book.

In American English, we have grammar, literature, workbooks, and all of that (except for grammar) covers almost the exact same thing—the specific period or movement currently being studied. Why does the required reading list—which, realistically, is already becoming an alien concept to an increasing number of kids—have to be tied specifically to that curriculum?

I think that’s a bit of an exaggeration.
Authors like Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and a handful of others have works that run well over 500 pages.
Just look at Harry Potter—how long are those?
Or Twilight?

Do you really think teachers couldn't find a way to make those engaging if they actually tried?

Peter Doyle2 said:@nosorog, please don't try to lecture me on my own tastes (my current 🤣). I’ve come to the realization that I’m basically just revisiting where I left off as a kid :O My reading level is pretty much stuck in the teenage years—which is probably why most of my Goodreads profile is dominated by YA 🤣
Jokes aside, you made an interesting point... genres, eras, history... sure, I agree, but I have to ask: is it actually necessary to read these works cover-to-cover as required school reading? Is it really insufficient to just analyze them during class? To me, it feels like a high schooler in music class being forced to listen to and memorize an entire Bach concerto in G major (just guessing here), rather than just the most essential movement.
I'm speaking from the perspective of a teenager—or at least, a young person who is constantly "at odds with everyone." Honestly, forcing this stuff on us feels like reading "Evangelion" to five-year-olds in preschool 🤷. A large portion of these books simply wasn't written for kids that age—and we are still talking about children 🤷
And regarding the books themselves—they're supposed to be read with deep understanding. Very few people here mentioned Faust. Luckily, we didn't read it, though I've heard of it; I know there are those for whom it was mandatory, but seriously, is THAT what a high schooler needs? Isn't there a more appropriate way to "introduce" that literary era and teach the facts and significance?

@Daniel Perez6, I'm not nearly as optimistic as you. I'm actually kind of afraid that the book itself might simply—vanish—under the flood of technological advancement. Or perhaps it will become a very, very rare phenomenon—something akin to oral folklore before the invention of the printing press 😉
Maybe it's just inevitable 🤷
So how does high school required reading fit into all this? In my opinion, it doesn't encourage students to read at all; if anything, it pushes them away because of the sheer volume and content.
I'll say it again: we are talking about children (regardless of how much teenagers feel they are adults).
Which books require you to "immerse" yourself in characters who are adulterers, murderers, and so on, living in entirely different eras.

edit: And honestly, in defense of my high school teachers, I have to say they never asked us (or did so extremely, extremely rarely) questions about the color of curtains, wallpaper, or things like that. Our high school reading assignments usually boiled down to discussions during free periods. Sometimes there would be a quick review or even "tests," but generally, they were discussions. It wasn't a bad approach at all. Really. I can't blame my teachers one bit for my aversion to high school reading lists. I blame the content itself. I may have been a high school student, but I was also a teenager—dealing with wild hormones and a desire for something intimate when dealing with something deeply personal, individual, and open to interpretation, like a book.

In American English, we have grammar, literature, workbooks, and all of that (except for grammar) covers almost the exact same thing—the specific period or movement currently being studied. Why does the required reading list—which, realistically, is already becoming an alien concept to an increasing number of kids—have to be tied specifically to that curriculum?

It’s all about reading, reading, and more reading.
Expanding vocabulary, sparking the imagination, stepping into a different era, and so on.

Standard homework isn't the same thing as literature assignments.

If we follow the logic of cutting things just because they're difficult or boring, we should probably just scrap math altogether. Math is usually the hardest subject for everyone.

... and that clearly makes no sense. 😉

We’re still talking about elementary and high school here; we could probably dive into college life for a bit.

Back when I was in college, our midterms involved reading specific literary works, and then we'd be handed three or four quotes. We had to identify exactly which section of the book they came from and explain how the passage continued.

If the exam focused on poetry, it was mostly fill-in-the-blank style, where you had to supply the missing word for a specific line. 🙂

Peter Doyle2 said:🤣
Don't worry—if my kids ever end up under my roof, they'll have to read Waiting for Godot because it’s just—well, it's just how it is. 🤣 But I'll probably end up treating them with some modern, age-appropriate stuff instead. I have a daughter now. Twilight rules. 🤣 Honestly, I wish I had a mother who treated me with more relevant material when I was 17; the whole process left me pretty traumatized. Or whatever. Ugh, goosebumps. Forget it.
Anyway, it seems equally obvious to me that the curriculum and state testing put an insane amount of pressure on teachers. It's a mess...

But hey, we're on a forum. We aren't in a meeting with the Secretary of Education. Let's just, for a second, talk about what would be "ideal."
What should required reading actually serve in this day and age?
College students can process things at their own pace.
A person's relationship with books and reading is—in my opinion—something built over a lifetime.
And when it comes to high school reading lists, there are way more people who found them revolting than those who actually appreciate them. At least if you try to step into a teenager's shoes (and yeah, even at 30, with all this frustration toward the political establishment, I’d probably value the process more. When I was 17, it just left me with trauma).

Let's talk—even if we're just barking at the moon—about what needs to happen so that the voices of us mere mortals, the students and parents, are actually heard regarding this whole reading list issue.
As a book.
As a medium that is dying out.
As something many of us truly loved, but were taught to hate because of school assignments.
(I'm not the only one—again, Peter Doyle2, look back through the posts).

We live in mediocre times in a mediocre country with mediocre principles that seem stuck in the dark ages. Can we at least talk here about what isn't working? What could be better?
Maybe one day someone from this group will become the Secretary of Education and remember that adding fantasy to the curriculum would be a great idea. 🤣

Btw, my kid is years away from any kind of reading list, let alone high school level. Peace—I hope they don't even have to deal with it in this country this year. But still. This forum is for discussion. Let's talk about what's wrong.
And btw 2, my husband isn't a gas technician, but he is a graphic editor, and he had to wait for Godot 😬 how or why, beats me 🤷

It might change its shape, but it’s never going away.
It’s just not possible.

Peter Doyle2 said:🤣
Don't worry—if my kids ever end up under my roof, they'll have to read Waiting for Godot because it’s just—well, it's just how it is. 🤣 But I'll probably end up treating them with some modern, age-appropriate stuff instead. I have a daughter now. Twilight rules. 🤣 Honestly, I wish I had a mother who treated me with more relevant material when I was 17; the whole process left me pretty traumatized. Or whatever. Ugh, goosebumps. Forget it.
Anyway, it seems equally obvious to me that the curriculum and state testing put an insane amount of pressure on teachers. It's a mess...

But hey, we're on a forum. We aren't in a meeting with the Secretary of Education. Let's just, for a second, talk about what would be "ideal."
What should required reading actually serve in this day and age?
College students can process things at their own pace.
A person's relationship with books and reading is—in my opinion—something built over a lifetime.
And when it comes to high school reading lists, there are way more people who found them revolting than those who actually appreciate them. At least if you try to step into a teenager's shoes (and yeah, even at 30, with all this frustration toward the political establishment, I’d probably value the process more. When I was 17, it just left me with trauma).

Let's talk—even if we're just barking at the moon—about what needs to happen so that the voices of us mere mortals, the students and parents, are actually heard regarding this whole reading list issue.
As a book.
As a medium that is dying out.
As something many of us truly loved, but were taught to hate because of school assignments.
(I'm not the only one—again, Peter Doyle2, look back through the posts).

We live in mediocre times in a mediocre country with mediocre principles that seem stuck in the dark ages. Can we at least talk here about what isn't working? What could be better?
Maybe one day someone from this group will become the Secretary of Education and remember that adding fantasy to the curriculum would be a great idea. 🤣

Btw, my kid is years away from any kind of reading list, let alone high school level. Peace—I hope they don't even have to deal with it in this country this year. But still. This forum is for discussion. Let's talk about what's wrong.
And btw 2, my husband isn't a gas technician, but he is a graphic editor, and he had to wait for Godot 😬 how or why, beats me 🤷

I can't say I agree with this one.
Maybe I’m mixing my metaphors here, but I honestly think the weight falls on the teacher. It’s their job to make a book actually interesting and accessible to a student, not to make them absolutely loathe reading it.

How exactly does reading become such a chore?
Stupid tests where the questions are written for absolute morons:
What color is Anna's dress?
Which side of the room is the voting booth on?
How much of this and that are we looking at? I haven't seen anything yet.

Turning a required reading assignment into a ten-question quiz designed specifically to weed out anyone who didn't finish the book is a massive mistake. Honestly, it’s worse than just being bad teaching. It turns students into little search engines rather than readers. Instead of actually engaging with the story, they’re just hunting for specific traps—memorizing tiny details solely to avoid getting caught by some trick question. They aren't absorbing the narrative; they're just playing a game of "avoid the trap." That's my take on it, anyway.

I don't really see how things would be any better if we were forced to read stuff like Harry Potter or Twilight for school assignments. ☕

Just to be clear, I don't think this is how everyone operates, but I've definitely seen plenty of professors doing it.

crimsoncanyon2 said:Hey 🙂
Is there any way to change my dead-as-a-rock tag to
crimsoncanyon2? Honestly, I feel like everything is just stuck in stone at this point... 😍?

Since we can't add special characters and can only swap out the first word, maybe someone could reach out to Nice about it.

Dennis Davis5 As specified by ironharbor4:
Can we change from... momak_20 u Dennis Davis5You're welcome.

Nope. You can't use special characters like underscores in the corrections.
Sure thing, Dennis Davis5, let's leave some space. If you're down, just give Nice a shout.

So now I just want to hear how the underscore is somehow special, while the hyphen isn't. 🙄
Seriously, you people have absolutely no sense of moderation.

northernpilot2 said:I just hope the remake doesn't completely butcher it and ruin the whole vibe 😁

🙂

Blood Dim said:Since you’re clearly a horror fan, you should probably write up a review of one of your favorites—it doesn't have to be some "cult classic" either 😬

I'll pass, thanks. It's not exactly a prize I'm looking to win. 🥳 😬
Let's steer away from the off-topic stuff now.

northernpilot2 said:Carrie really is one of those absolute horror classics.

I'm not arguing with that. 😁

Blood Dim said:And Portmanica is actually great.

Not at all. 🙂

Wait, you've only seen two out of five and you're actually claiming they aren't bad movies? 😬

^ I didn't mean to come off quite so bitter. 😁

This is a bit of a tangent, but since when did Black Swan become such a cult horror classic? 😕

Joshua Garcia10 said:Exactly. It’s been quite a few years since this Reddit community first started... I’d actually love to dig up some of the very first posts and threads.

You just scroll through a specific PDF by page number. 🤷

granitemason4 said:<<< Just go to your profile

>>> Bureau of Labor Statistics

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He wasn't talking about his own stuff, but rather the old archives from the entire Reddit site in general. At least, that's how I took it. 😁

It’s all gone downhill. 🥳

I see those massive billboards are back in full swing again. 🙄