Hearts Beat Loud is a great comparison. Definitely of the same ilk, but yeah, the music in this definitely isn't on the same level (or featured as prominently) as in HBL. Still, both movies are close to the top of my summer '18 list.

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In general, people don't have strong, gut reactions to things like budget, cast, sequel potential, etc (unless we're talking Star Wars, of course). They do when it comes to politics, which can derail a thread in a heartbeat. Talk of budget, cast, sequel potential, etc, by its very nature, is staying on topic.

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Being on or off topic has nothing to do with whether or not people have strong, gut reactions. People had PLENTY of strong, gut reactions regarding the last Star Wars movie, but they were clearly on topic. You and others think that the political activism of actors, directors, and producers is off topic, while I and others think it is on topic. You and my opinion on that doesn't matter. Only that of TexAgs staff matters in that context, and they have rebuked you in the past when you tried to declare such things as off topic.

People are going to talk about Scientology in every thread about Tom Cruise. People are going to bring up the #metoo movement when one of those actors/actresses gets work again. If people don't like it, or think it's "off topic" then they need to get used to the real world. Opinions happen and not everybody likes every opinion. We all need to be adults about it rather than try to squash opinions we don't like. I hate the Eagles. But I have not posted any Eagles hate on the Eagles thread. I let the people who disagree with me express their opinions and enjoy the Eagles with other Eagles fans.

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And yes, I'm fully aware that I'm responsible for this thread being derailed more than it otherwise would have. Again, at this point, I'm making a conscious choice to do so here in order to address the fact that unwelcomed political crop dusting is increasingly happening in myriad other threads as well. Again, I might add, by just a handful of stubborn posters who are feeding off each other. You guys can keep talking free speech all you want, but the vast majority of posters on this board don't want political talk constantly popping up in the most random places.

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It's only unwelcome to you and your like minded posters. It is welcome to me and my like minded posters. And my opinion is not merely held by a "handful of stubborn posters". About half of America is tired of political activism in entertainment media. That's a lot of people.

I'm not talking "free speech". This is a privately owned board. They can allow or disallow whatever they want. My point is that if TexAgs started squashing posts just because enough loud people didn't like a particular (popular) opinion, then this place would go down the tubes quick. TexAgs wants this board to be high quality and to attract lots of (good) customers and advertisers. It's one thing to ban anti-semites or racists who scare good posters and advertisers away. It's another thing to to squash any discussion of politics as it pertains to a particular movie, song, or whatever. Those are valid opinions just like the soundtrack, acting abilities, etc. of the people on screen and in songs.

You keep trying to make it an issue of me (and others) wanting to stomp out your opinion or your political leanings. This isn't a conservative/liberal thing. For the hundredth time, it's not about being on opposing sides of the isle. I'm not saying "Don't post that because I disagree with you." I'm literally saying that I don't give a sh*t which side you're on, let's leave ALL political talk out of a thread about a romantic comedy. It's just astounding how you KEEP putting words in my mouth and making these broad generalizations.

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You keep trying to make it an issue of me (and others) wanting to stomp out your opinion or your political leanings. This isn't a conservative/liberal thing. For the hundredth time, it's not about being on opposing sides of the isle. I'm not saying "Don't post that because I disagree with you." I'm literally saying that I don't give a sh*t which side you're on, let's leave ALL political talk out of a thread about a romantic comedy. It's just astounding how you KEEP putting words in my mouth and making these broad generalizations.

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Didn't read the whole thread but I can state that your request is impossible for some people. It's probably always been this way and only seems worse now, but there are some people that are so wrapped up in a political identity that everything in their world view is flavored by politics. Nothing can be separated from politics, and everything can be framed with a political slant - to them.

So no, not everyone will be able to leave political talk out of entertainment discussions, or off the basketball board, or off the Houston board. They've let that stuff get to their core, and while I think it is unfortunate it can't be changed.

And that ******* sucks. It used to be easy to ignore, but it's become so prominent here, and is infesting seemingly every last thread, that's it's just not even remotely fun anymore. I guess it's worth it for those who feel it imperative to continue to ruin innocuous conversation with their incessant need for everyone to know not only where they stand politically, but where everyone else does as well.

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You keep trying to make it an issue of me (and others) wanting to stomp out your opinion or your political leanings. This isn't a conservative/liberal thing. For the hundredth time, it's not about being on opposing sides of the isle. I'm not saying "Don't post that because I disagree with you." I'm literally saying that I don't give a sh*t which side you're on, let's leave ALL political talk out of a thread about a romantic comedy. It's just astounding how you KEEP putting words in my mouth and making these broad generalizations.

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You are not understanding.......

The disagreement I am referring to is not conservative/liberal. It's whether politics in entertainment is on topic or off topic for the entertainment board. We think it is on topic. You think it's off topic.

Only TexAgs staff is the arbiter on that for this board. Not you or me. I suggest you do what I do and just ignore what you think is off topic. If something truly is off topic, then staff will take care of it for us. Don't just yell at everybody. Life is too short to give yourself high blood pressure over that.

Has chris o'dowd been in anything good?

Hey TCTTS, there's an ignore function for a reason. If someone is annoying you by speaking their mind or going off your script, put 'em on ignore. Go ahead and try it out on me.

Edit: And I can ignore you and we can live happily ever after!

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Has chris o'dowd been in anything good?

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He was the boyfriend interest in one of the Thor movies, and I thought he was really good in Bridesmaids.

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Hey TCTTS, there's an ignore function for a reason. If someone is annoying you by speaking their mind or going off your script, put 'em on ignore. Go ahead and try it out on me.

Edit: And I can ignore you and we can live happily ever after!

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What an excellent contribution to a thread about a movie.

Yeah, I tried that, but it's too tempting to look, because it still shows that the person posted, and you just click a button to reveal what they said. If they truly didn't show up at all, I'd be all over it.

Btw, I have absolutely no issue with you. Frankly, I don't even know what you've said / haven't said. But you're probably not seeing this anyway, so who cares.

a tv show called The IT Crowd

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Has chris o'dowd been in anything good?

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Bridesmaids, Pirate Radio, and a movie called Juliet, Naked.

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Btw, I have absolutely no issue with you. Frankly, I don't even know what you've said / haven't said. But you're probably not seeing this anyway, so who cares.

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I'm just looking out for you health TCTTS. You seem to have spent more time in this thread about a movie, shouting at people to talk about the movie only, than actually spent watching the movie.

Guilty as charged. And I've explained at length why.

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a tv show called The IT Crowd

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I tried watching this but I kept turning it off and on again.

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Have fun missing a great movie with absolutely nothing "injected" into it, save for heartwarming laughs, interesting character dynamics, good music, and a fun, unique plot featuring a great cast.

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Judd Apatow hates you and thinks you and your family are stupid, but you should stand in line to give him money because he financed a nice little playful rom-com.

I do not inject politics into every thread. That's just the only time you notice my posts I guess. Have a good day.

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You guys do realize that by this logic, you should be avoiding 95% of all movies/TV?

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LET ME SPEAK REALLY SLOWLY YET AGAIN...

We all KNOW that every cast and staff (from top to bottom) of every movie and show is almost entirely liberal. When the left decided to get militant and personal with the preaching and talking down to their target market and decided they would go full ESPN and just start injecting politics into almost everything...I decided I was going to start boycotting those people.

I also wanted to let a few potential like minded people know. You could have just ignored it.

Every thread on Texags has mini tangents and anecdotes. EVERY THREAD.

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And that ******* sucks. It used to be easy to ignore, but it's become so prominent here, and is infesting seemingly every last thread, that's it's just not even remotely fun anymore. I guess it's worth it for those who feel it imperative to continue to ruin innocuous conversation with their incessant need for everyone to know not only where they stand politically, but where everyone else does as well.

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If you change like 2-3 words, it seriously sounds like you're talking about Hollywood, the NFL, ESPN etc.

Places that used to be escapes for everyone and bring people together. Sad that these hateful self-righteous drama majors are ruining it for a lot of people. When someone all but announces that they despise you and everything you believe...kind of makes you not want to line up to give them money.

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Have fun missing a great movie with absolutely nothing "injected" into it, save for heartwarming laughs, interesting character dynamics, good music, and a fun, unique plot featuring a great cast.

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Judd Apatow hates you and thinks you and your family are stupid, but you should stand in line to give him money because he financed a nice little playful rom-com.

I do not inject politics into every thread. That's just the only time you notice my posts I guess. Have a good day.

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- Chris Evans despises Trump with a passion and is extremely vocal about that fact on Twitter. He can't fathom how anyone voted for the man, and would likely tell that to your face.

- Mark Ruffalo is one of the most vocal liberals in Hollywood, and is an anti-fracking activist to boot. I'm sure he hates my father, and any others who frack for a living as well.

- Scarlett Johansson constantly attends feminist rallies and is known to despise the right. That, and she's also an annoying vegan who judges people who eat meat.

And yet, I bet you paid to see Avengers: Infinity War. Or any other number of Marvel movies, for that matter. What about movies in general, where most people of influence share the exact same thoughts as Apatow or the above? Never mind the myriad other stars of Marvel movies who have been outspoken in the same regard.

My point is, it's pure hypocrisy to pick and choose which movies you do and don't see based on this ridiculous rule of yours. That, and again, you'd literally be boycotting most Hollywood content if you were actually acting with any kind of true conviction.

In other words, your grand statements like this are nothing more than message board fodder for you to spout off a political opinion out of some misguided sense of identity.

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And that ******* sucks. It used to be easy to ignore, but it's become so prominent here, and is infesting seemingly every last thread, that's it's just not even remotely fun anymore. I guess it's worth it for those who feel it imperative to continue to ruin innocuous conversation with their incessant need for everyone to know not only where they stand politically, but where everyone else does as well.

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If you change like 2-3 words, it seriously sounds like you're talking about Hollywood, the NFL, ESPN etc.

Places that used to be escapes for everyone and bring people together. Sad that these hateful self-righteous drama majors are ruining it for a lot of people. When someone all but announces that they despise you and everything you believe...kind of makes you not want to line up to give them money.

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You say this as if I or anyone else has any control over that. Or as if their actions are FORCING you to retort on a message board. Still, post all you want about it on this board. Just keep it out of thread where it clearly doesn't belong. That's all I'm asking.

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Have fun missing a great movie with absolutely nothing "injected" into it, save for heartwarming laughs, interesting character dynamics, good music, and a fun, unique plot featuring a great cast.

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Judd Apatow hates you and thinks you and your family are stupid, but you should stand in line to give him money because he financed a nice little playful rom-com.

I do not inject politics into every thread. That's just the only time you notice my posts I guess. Have a good day.

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- Chris Evans despises Trump with a passion and is extremely vocal about that fact on Twitter. He can't fathom how anyone voted for the man, and would likely tell that to your face.

- Mark Ruffalo is one of the most vocal liberals in Hollywood, and is an anti-fracking activist to boot. I'm sure he hates my father, and any others who frack for a living as well.

- Scarlett Johansson constantly attends feminist rallies and is known to despise the right. That, and she's also an annoying vegan who judges people who eat meat.

And yet, I bet you paid to see Avengers: Infinity War. Or any other number of Marvel movies, for that matter. What about movies in general, where most people of influence share the exact same thoughts as Apatow or the above? Never mind the myriad other stars of Marvel movies who have been outspoken in the same regard.

My point is, it's pure hypocrisy to pick and choose which movies you do and don't see based on this ridiculous rule of yours. That, and again, you'd literally be boycotting most Hollywood content if you were actually acting with any kind of true conviction.

In other words, your grand statements like this are nothing more than message board fodder for you to spout off a political opinion out of some misguided sense of identity.

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Thanks for the heads up. I will skip further Avenger movies.

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And that ******* sucks. It used to be easy to ignore, but it's become so prominent here, and is infesting seemingly every last thread, that's it's just not even remotely fun anymore. I guess it's worth it for those who feel it imperative to continue to ruin innocuous conversation with their incessant need for everyone to know not only where they stand politically, but where everyone else does as well.

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If you change like 2-3 words, it seriously sounds like you're talking about Hollywood, the NFL, ESPN etc.

Places that used to be escapes for everyone and bring people together. Sad that these hateful self-righteous drama majors are ruining it for a lot of people. When someone all but announces that they despise you and everything you believe...kind of makes you not want to line up to give them money.

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You say this as if I or anyone else has any control over that. Or as if their actions are FORCING you to retort on a message board. Still, post all you want about it on this board. Just keep it out of thread where it clearly doesn't belong. That's all I'm asking.

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That's where the disagreement lies. You think that it "clearly doesn't belong". We think it "clearly belongs". That's the whole point.

At least you're standing by what you say.

And I'd bet if you polled the board, at least 75% of them would say it doesn't belong, as evident by the general reaction over the years to random political posts in random, non-dedicated threads.

So glad I saw this and did really enjoy it, but don't know if I enjoyed it as much as recent rom coms Crazy, Rich, Asians or To All The Boys I've Loved Before.

Performances were all fantastic. O Dowd plays such a great media professor ******bag.

I'd recommend this to people who don't like the cheesy rom coms, but enjoy the darker ones (500 Days of Summer comes to mind)

From now on I will only see movies staring Kevin sorbo and Mike seaver.

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And I'd bet if you polled the board, at least 75% of them would say it doesn't belong, as evident by the general reaction over the years to random political posts in random, non-dedicated threads.

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Most of us will check out on a thread, like this one, when it turns to the politics BS that has nothing to do with the actual movie. It's a damn shame as I find a lot of good movies suggested on here that I probably would've missed otherwise but I can't stomach the useless back & forth like what has destroyed this thread.

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And I'd bet if you polled the board, at least 75% of them would say it doesn't belong, as evident by the general reaction over the years to random political posts in random, non-dedicated threads.

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Most of us will check out on a thread, like this one, when it turns to the politics BS that has nothing to do with the actual movie. It's a damn shame as I find a lot of good movies suggested on here that I probably would've missed otherwise but I can't stomach the useless back & forth like what has destroyed this thread.

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You've turned into an old man, Dr. Cub.

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And I'd bet if you polled the board, at least 75% of them would say it doesn't belong, as evident by the general reaction over the years to random political posts in random, non-dedicated threads.

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Most of us will check out on a thread, like this one, when it turns to the politics BS that has nothing to do with the actual movie. It's a damn shame as I find a lot of good movies suggested on here that I probably would've missed otherwise but I can't stomach the useless back & forth like what has destroyed this thread.

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You've turned into an old man, Dr. Cub.

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Yep. I want to be entertained, not beat over the head with closed minded political opinions on EITHER side of the aisle.

My point exactly. I don't feel like I'm acting selfishly here. What you just expressed, in so many words, is what I've seen expressed on this board more times than I can count. The only reason I'm being so passionate about it is because of that general response time and again over the years.

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And I'd bet if you polled the board, at least 75% of them would say it doesn't belong, as evident by the general reaction over the years to random political posts in random, non-dedicated threads.

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Most of us will check out on a thread, like this one, when it turns to the politics BS that has nothing to do with the actual movie. It's a damn shame as I find a lot of good movies suggested on here that I probably would've missed otherwise but I can't stomach the useless back & forth like what has destroyed this thread.

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You've turned into an old man, Dr. Cub.

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Yep. I want to be entertained, not beat over the head with closed minded political opinions on EITHER side of the aisle.

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I just remember all your trolling threads on the original general board ( when that was all there was), and now you lament a thread with useless back and forth destroying a thread.

Some people just can't let things go and chill. You guys all need to hit up a Colorado bar and relax...

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I think what those 75% really hate is the back and forth like this that makes it go on for 5 pages. If there were a couple posts here and there warning about some BS political angle and that were it, then almost nobody would care. But it's when you guys start arguments about "go back to the political board with the rest of your fellow whack jobs" or whatever that it turns into something like this thread.

There are things in movies that people discuss in posts that I don't care about. I just ignore those posts and move on to the posts I find interesting. It's not that hard. If you don't care about politics in movies, then ignore those posts. Don't turn those 3-4 posts into 40 and a locked thread.