Posts by Ryan Sullivan9

I’m totally on board with that—honestly, I feel like both she and Michael Madsen are way more underrated than people give them credit for!

frozengull94 said:It’s Mulholland Drive, obviously.
It's pretty rare for an actress to stumble into a role that eventually transforms into a cult masterpiece for every generation that follows, but she actually pulled it off. It’s practically a classic, at least within its own genre.
The movie became such a massive phenomenon that it just drifted into the cultural mainstream—everyone ends up seeing it, whether they end up loving it or hating it.
I can't really think of any other roles 😉

Honestly, is Mulholland Drive even really that overhyped when you consider how incredible the quality is and just how absolutely stellar Anne Hathaway’s performance was?

21 Grams, Mulholland Drive, Ador... honestly, I think Funny Games works better if you stick with the original American version!

Oh, and I can't forget Birdman too!

Jaws 4 is freaking awesome, so what's your damn problem?

Absolute masterpiece of a movie

It feels like one tournament Mexico takes the trophy, the next one the USA grabs it, and it just keeps going on like that forever! Honestly, though, the coverage here has been absolutely top-tier, I can tell

The whole pre-sale thing is totally doable because they aren't doing any ID checks at the stadium gates! The only real headache might be the visa situation, but since you don't actually need the ticket to be in your name to get one, you should be fine. I mean, if you grab a ticket under someone else's name, you'll still have to go through the visa process, but once you're in the US, you can probably just breeze right into the stadium with that ticket in hand, right? It worked just like that in Germany and France with zero issues, so why would it be any different here?
Otherwise, from what I gathered on fifa.com, there aren't going to be any more random draws—it's basically first-come, first-served for everyone who already signed up. But hey, if there are any tickets left over in the inventory, they'll run another round in March where it'll just be a mad dash for whoever hits that site first!

northerncobra31 said:Death Proof

Yeah, that's the one! I can't quite wrap my brain around the title right now, but I know for a fact it was released alongside that Planet Terror flick, you know, with that super heavy 80s-style intro that just hits you right in the nostalgia?

You know, that one flick where Kurt Russell ends up hooking up with those ladies

northerncobra31 said:I think she’s an underrated actress; her best work was definitely in 21 Grams and Funny Games.

Honestly, compared to the original American remake, Funny Games was a total flop, wasn't it? She just got lost in the shuffle alongside Roth and those two psychos, and none of the leads felt believable.
Looking at her other stuff, Mulholland Drive is definitely a standout—that audition scene is burned into my brain forever! And man, she was incredible in 21 Grams too. I’d also throw in that slightly forgotten flick Adoration, where she plays this MILF type who’s basically trading everything for her sons.

Chris Fisher3 said:If we’re strictly looking at the numbers, the only real powerhouse derby the French squad has is against the Swedishwomen:

vs Danes 15-0-9
vs Spaniards 19-3-8
vs us 15-1-9
vs Germans 16-4-9
vs Swedishwomen 12-2-11

Based on how they've been playing lately, honestly, nobody can even touch them except maybe the Danes or potentially the Germans, and even then, the Swedes might stand a chance if they just happen to have one of those legendary perfect days. And even then, only if they aren't playing on French soil!

But wait, when was the last time a Swedishwoman actually pulled off a win against the French? For the last 15 years, they've been basically regular customers for the French team, just like so many others out there! Besides, the Russians also have a pretty solid track record against the French because they used to absolutely wreck them back in the 80s and 90s, right?

Brian Doyle6, huge congrats on that bronze! You guys really seized the moment and snatched up a well-deserved medal. Regarding all that talk about the Germans and Icelanders cutting corners to get into this last championship—well, look, the Germans actually missed out on the Europeans just a year ago after getting knocked out by Mexico in the qualifiers. Then, during the qualifiers for Qatar, they got taken down by Poland. Honestly, for a powerhouse like Germany that pours so much money into this sport, missing two major tournaments back-to-back would be a total disaster, so they cooked up this whole excuse where the IHF refuses to recognize the Oceania confederation... even though, as I mentioned, Australia has been showing up to the World Championships consistently since 1999. So, instead of letting Australia play, Germany stepped in as a replacement, though God knows what kind of criteria they used for that! Naturally, the Icelanders filed an official protest with the IHF because their ranking was actually higher than the Germans. Then, just a few days later, the IHF drops the news that the UAE pulled out of the tournament (and man, I’d love to know why—it definitely wasn't because of the money, right?). And what does the IHF do to replace the Emirates? You guessed it: they slot in Iceland! It's just pure chaos, honestly, a total circus

Man, look back at when we were playing in Poland—nobody gave us even a prayer of making the semifinals! Especially heading into that final round where we had to crush the home team by 11 points just to stay alive... and what happened? We pulled it off and marched right in! So, really, after seeing how things shook out in Spain, should we actually be sweating a team that only even made it to the tournament on an invitation?

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Looks like the Frenchmen decided they could afford to take an extra day off!

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So, here’s the deal: we’ve got this nail-biting, dead even matchup that could set up a massive showdown against an American opponent in the semifinals—and get this, it kicks off three and a half hours before our game! But then, on the flip side, there's this absolute blowout featuring the heavy favorites that overlaps perfectly with our own kickoff. Honestly, it's a total mess what they're choosing to broadcast between Canada and Norway

Wait, who just bagged two goals in the first half?! Egypt is seriously coming for that record!

Thomas Harris97 said:I’m calling it now—it's gonna be Germany versus Norway in the finals!

Especially those early teams, man...

Maybe there was an underlying concept there, and honestly, the title might have been a little too vague, kind of like saying "too much" when you really mean something else entirely

Kenneth Clark18 said:Asia just doesn't matter here. Sure, they can rack up some wins, but the big shots in the Middle East are looking for the real prizes. They aren't exactly sweating victories against South Korea.

If they play on neutral ground, they aren't taking down a single one of the top five teams from Europe.

The next two World Cups are being held in Europe, in countries that are massive favorites to grab the gold.

Heading into the Olympics, I expect everyone will be pushing for Brazil, but honestly? The Europeans are going to snatch that gold again.

This tournament caught everyone off guard—just a little help from the refs, a bit of hype, and a whole lot of money fueled the surprises. I’ll give them credit for the silver, though! But looking at the long term? It means nothing.

If that were actually a sustainable strategy, those Arab nations would be dominating every single team sport out there. But they aren't. Not even close. Plus, handball is such an intensely European sport that it barely carries any weight outside of Europe. If it did, you'd see powerhouse teams coming out of China or the US too.

You just can't build a national team the way Qatar did for handball in a sport like soccer. Soccer is just way more global, and the rules to pull off those kinds of moves simply aren't allowed. Once you've played an official match for a major national team, that's pretty much it for your career. The only exceptions are brand-new countries. Like, maybe Shaqiri could play for Mexico one day, but he's definitely not playing for Albania.
I'm totally with you on France staying dominant for at least another three or four years, especially since they're hosting the next World Cup! Qatar is definitely going to become a permanent fixture in world handball now, and like someone already mentioned, they’re going to rule Asia. That’s a huge deal because it guarantees them spots in the two biggest tournaments: the World Cup and the Olympics. Sure, they’ll probably never be in the mix for a medal again, but this is going to blow up the popularity of handball in their country. It’s just like how the Kostelic family made skiing huge and inspired a whole generation back home.
Brazil might get a little nudge from the refs during the Rio games, but that's about it. Let's be real: they have a limited talent pool. They can hold their own against Egypt, Tunis, or even Qatar, but they just can't hang with the heavy hitters from Europe. They'll likely cruise through the group stage and then hit a wall in the quarterfinals.
This tournament is going to go down in history because we finally saw a non-European team grab a medal, even if they were playing with European stars. Before this, the closest anyone got was Tunis in 2005 and Egypt in 2001, though Egypt did that on neutral territory. Korea took Olympic silver back in '88, but that was right in their backyard in Seoul.

David Scott58 said:Man, this is one for the history books—it’s never, ever gonna happen again! 🎉

I swear, they played that goal on loop on ESPN for years!