“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (2013 version) is beautiful and thoughtful. Completely unlike any other Ben Stiller movie that I know of.

“The Fountain” (2006) might qualify too, though it’s a lot heavier.

“Amélie” (2001)

“Hector and the Search for Happiness” (2014) is decent too, though I’m a Simon Pegg fan so it gets extra points for that

The guys who came along years later and were (more) openly about drugs and sex (instead of semi-covertly about it)

The Rolling Stones were always the spoiled rich kids pretending to be tough. The Beatles were poor kids pretending to be posh. There are whole books written about that dynamic.

The color or the fruit?

The color or the fruit?

ISO dates, 100%.

Time zones…I could see arguing to rework them, but abolish them? How would that even work?

Looking at you, Google Play Library.

That’s an argument against an executive branch of government, not an argument against a constitutional monarchy.

You could have (and many countries do) a parliamentary system like you describe without having a monarch figurehead.

The question I think OP is asking is: why have the monarch figurehead.

There’s a kid who calls her father dada (dadda?..sp?) throughout the movie

Titanic was a hit, but in retrospect, horribly overrated and IMHO absolutely cliche, disrespectful, sacrilegious garbage.

Ah, I’ve even seen that one! Good call

Agree he had a very high hit rate, and personal life aside, I enjoy most of his movies.

But MI:2 and MI:3 are mediocre at best, and Knight and Day and Rock of Ages were massive flops (I haven’t seen either, but i they look horrible). Cocktail earned him a razzie nomination.

Saving Private Ryan is at least “very good” if not one of the greatest war movies of all time.

And The Burbs is classic 80s screwball comedy simmered to perfection (even if it isn’t a 'high art ’ genre)

Ah yes. “If you’re rich, nothing is illegal, there’s just a fee”

That’s definitely a thing, but something different.

I don’t think you get what I was saying. I’m not debating the definition of the word “fee.”

I’m saying that in most states in the USA, there’s often a fee for many things that can get gotten completely for free if you prove your income is low enough.

So I guess you could say you “pay a fee” of the extra time and hassle to prove your low income. But for something like a state ID, for instance, you can get one absolutely free (no money paid) if your income is low enough.

One small point to correct/adjust is the idea that these sites were “ignored.”

The pyramids have been a tourist attraction for thousands of years. The Romans talked about visiting them. I’m guessing there was never a time when they weren’t of interest to people in the area. Same for something like the Colosseum, Parthenon, or Pantheon. They might not have always prioritized preservation, but they certainly didn’t forget they existed.

Reverse. It’s only a fee if you can afford it. If you can’t afford it, it’s free.

The trope (with some truth) is that men tend to be more attracted to physical appearance while women are attracted to stability (aka power and wealth). That means men tend to be attracted to those younger than themselves and women tend to be attracted to those older. And hey, generally that lines up so everyone’s happy, right?

Old guys liking teenage girls is more the rare exception that has become the stereotype. Creepy old guys who want to prey on emotionally immature but physically adult young women because they are easy to manipulate.

A viable protest of decent size in my city that I can join. Even a few hundred people would be enough. Organized enough that I hear about it a week out and can shift my plans to be there.

I live in Nashville (and my sister lives in Germany). You should be fine. It’s a great place to visit.

Any place in the world has the small chance of a drunken idiot making a fool of themselves by revealing themselves to be racist. We’re no different. But you’re not going to be harassed by police officers or anything like that (unless you’re doing something worthy of their attention anyway).

The only places where I’d be the slightest bit concerned would be in the small town rural areas between Nashville and the national park. Even then you should be fine, but the odds of running into a racist idiot will go up from like 1% to 3%. And even if you do, it’s not like you’ll be in danger. They’ll just do their best to make you uncomfortable by saying something nasty. They won’t refuse you service or anything crazy like that.

Honestly, even in those areas you’re likely to be looked at suspiciously because of your foreign accent more than the color of your skin.