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lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42244

BurtReynolds wrote:

Spoiler: show: I think making him a buffoon in private life could have worked if they also explained why he was so brilliant on the battlefield. Could have been an interesting story to show that contrast. But this is just bad comedy...it all feels so surface level and choppy...no real characters come through.

F stars!

Agreed. I expected much more of the latter. This movie made him seem boring, which I doubt he was.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42244

BurtReynolds wrote:

Doesn't help that I watched Barry Lyndon recently and it's a thousand times better.

I knew little to nothing about this going in, but watched it earlier this year and loved it.

Jorge · **Posted:** Thu November 23, 2023 3:48 am

That's a high bar

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Thu November 23, 2023 3:53 am

Especially if you’re 5’6”

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42244

I am 5'9

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35489

Small man syndrome

And you know where that term originated?

You’re damn right it refers to napoleon

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42244

I believe that was Super Mario.

Mecca · **Joined:** Wed December 19, 2012 7:17 pm **Posts:** 7554

5’9” is slightly above average. Chin up, Lenny

Anders · **Posted:** Fri November 24, 2023 5:17 am

https://www.ranker.com/list/male-celebs-who-are-5-ft-6-in/celebrity-lists

Al Pacino

bart · **Joined:** Tue January 08, 2013 10:23 pm **Posts:** 3237

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47353

More like Napoleain’t amirite

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat November 25, 2023 2:15 am

We would have also accepted Bonafarte

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35489

1 2 3 4 5 against 9

5 against 9

Torched France then took to the seeeeeeeaaaa

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47353

Did i hear correctly that the hunger games prequel beat this out in the box office?

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Sat November 25, 2023 7:24 pm

I have answered this in the appropriate thread.

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35489

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Did i hear correctly that the hunger games prequel beat this out in the box office?

My other half says the new hunger games is truly awful. And he’s a huge fan of the books and films.

Anders · **Posted:** Sun November 26, 2023 4:13 pm

dimejinky99 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Did i hear correctly that the hunger games prequel beat this out in the box office?

My other half says the new hunger games is truly awful. And he’s a huge fan of the books and films.

A lot of people seem to love it. Rated high by the audience on letterboxd, rotten tomatoes and imdb. Big box office success as well.

dimejinky99 · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 12:35 am **Posts:** 35489

Anders wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Did i hear correctly that the hunger games prequel beat this out in the box office?

My other half says the new hunger games is truly awful. And he’s a huge fan of the books and films.

A lot of people seem to love it. Rated high by the audience on letterboxd, rotten tomatoes and imdb. Big box office success as well.

Good stuff. I never got into it at all. Guess himself is just one of them nerdy purists you hear about:p

Anders · **Posted:** Sun November 26, 2023 4:49 pm

dimejinky99 wrote:

Anders wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Did i hear correctly that the hunger games prequel beat this out in the box office?

My other half says the new hunger games is truly awful. And he’s a huge fan of the books and films.

A lot of people seem to love it. Rated high by the audience on letterboxd, rotten tomatoes and imdb. Big box office success as well.

Good stuff. I never got into it at all. Guess himself is just one of them nerdy purists you hear about:p

I enjoyed the original movies, not seen this one yet. But YA movies often feel a bit fake to me, in a way even something like Lord Of The Rings or Star Wars doesn’t. Like those it’s a fantastical setting, but somehow feels a bit less genuine. If Harry Potter can be considered YA, they did it right though.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Sun November 26, 2023 4:57 pm

I wouldn't say it's a huge hit. It underperformed last week, but held pretty strong. But by today's lowered standards I guess it is.

Harry Potter isn't YA, though it did skew a little older as it went.

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