We had a movie night with friends recently and put on La La Land. Everyone else in the room was raving about it but not me. I kept waiting for it to click, but it fell completely flat for me. Am I crazy, or is it heavily overrated?
It may be a reason beyond the understanding of fair-weather-every -4-years-out-of-the- woodworks soccer fans, but it is a reason nonetheless. Anyone who’s been watching the World Cup for a long time now could tell you: You DON’T want to be 4th place.
4th place is the biggest loser of the tournament. To carry the spotlight and attention with 3 with other teams for most of the tournament, only to bow out empty handed with that same spotlight on you is massive insult to injury.
When a dark horse team plays in it, it’s fulfilling to see them walk away with recognizable hardware for their efforts. When two known powerhouses countries face off in it, it’s absolutely a matter of pride.
People act like these games are 1-0 bores- they are not! They are anything but that! We get plenty of chaos and late game heroics in third place matches. The teams historically DO go out and try. It’s a completely false stigma that nobody is actually going to try. Literally go back and watch some of these games. Use your eyes if not your brain.
I’ve seen some terrible takes throughout this entire WC on this subreddit but this takes the cake for me. Some of y’all don’t clap for third place at the Olympics either huh.
I don’t think those are the same thing, and I think a lot of disagreements about the series come from people approaching it with completely different expectations.
I never would have initially expected Ambulance to have a scene I’d revisit from time to time, but the Christopher Cross Sailing scene was so out of left field yet perfectly fitting at the same time that I just admire it.
Another great example for me would be the dance scene in Ex Machina.
She criticized the deaths of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker and argued that the newer films misunderstood the mythic and emotional core of the saga.