lol I know, I'm just messing with you because you're old and probably letting little things like that slip by you now.

I'm too ****ing old.

It beats the alternative! I think.

Enough with this peeing nonsense. John did you like it?

If I was a sports fan, I would be very upset with the Astros for taking out the Indians.

Oh well... go Dodgers and Red Sox?

I did. But I also yearn for happy endings, even though the film doesn't need one or merit one. I liked the contemporary feel of the film--of course we know that a Grammy nomination, never mind three, is the kiss of death.

But, damnit, I want love to conquer all. And perhaps it does in a strange way. I'm thinking of the closing moments of the film, that brief flashback. It's how memory works, and is there really anything better than music and film to trigger our memories, to relive all we thought gone in an instant?

I'm never the best person to review films. I can provide an adequate plot summary, perhaps some analysis, but I also know how films must end. I don't want a tacked on happy ending, but I hope for the best. Continue to hope for the best.

Would I have been happier with a different ending? Sure. Would it have fit the entire trajectory of the film? Of course not. But the heart wants what it wants. For Ally, what she wanted was to be seen and loved. So, for her, it's a love story. A sad one, but, in the end, aren't they all?

Go Sox. And go Dodgers. Why not?

very well said, John.

Well said. Glad you liked it.

I like how at the end:

I liked that, too.

screw them both. Go Astros. Go Brewers.

Yeah, that's a real marquee matchup. Besides, the two best teams are meeting in the American League.

I’m diabetic, so it’s hard for me to make it through a 2+ hour movie w/out having to get up and use the restroom.

I was 4-handed at a WSOP final table in 2016 and drank a Red Bull (dumb) and I had to pee and there was like 90+ minutes until the next break. Meanwhile, I have like 8-12 big blinds the whole time and we are 4-handed so it’s not like I can afford to run to the bathroom. They aren’t all that close anyway. I asked the TD if we could take a break and my table mates showed me mercy but the TD didn’t because they were live streaming.

So I was in pure misery for the last 45 minutes or so. With a short stack. Playing short-handed. For life-changing money. I was literally jumping around the Thunderdome holding my crotch and trying to stay busy in between hands. It was outrageous.

Indians deserve their ouster. Played the whole season never having to go full throttle in that pathetic division of theirs.

Camilla is a ****ing witch.

Something tells me you never set foot in Milwaukee or Houston.

So... Are people in Vegas excited about having a football team?

Rumor has it they're going to change their name to the Showgirls and have rainbow colored jerseys.

You should have used the Niven method, which is to get hold of an empty wine bottle and remain seated.

Let us know when you are going... I’m sure I’ll see the film a few more times.

Re: bathroom breaks... Is Vegas unique in having bars at the theaters? If not, do you lunatics watch movies without drinking? For the second viewing we brought flasks and did a shot of bourbon every time Jack had a drink.

Indeed.

And I think we need a theme song for the Astros-Red Sox death match. And I have the perfect song (recently posted in the Blues thread):

Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom --- Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang

Hanging in a bar in Newport where I was encouraged to sing. I did Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love." Ha.

Man, I hope you can sing, or else you should arrested for attempting that

I was a big hit.

Dom, pianist wants me to come back to do "My One and Only Love."

Didn't think I was going to like A Star Is Born based off the trailers but was blown away by how crazy talented Bradley Cooper and Gaga are, The movie has some pacing issues, moves from point A to B to C way too fast which kind of makes some of the emotional scenes in the middle portion of f of the movie seem shallow. The concert scenes are absolutely electric though and make up for whatever shortcomings the movie has.

Also Sam Elliott is goddamn national treasure