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Man is it comforting seeing this coming from someone else! This is totally me as well. Except, I will be fine while I am watching the movie and then I will literally lie awake at night terrified for a week after. It's a bit embarrasing to say that but I can't help it. Not since the original The Ring have I given into the temptation of an intriguing horror movie. I just can't justify losing all that precious sleep these days. I rue the day that every A list actors suddenly decided to start making horror films. Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain AND Charlie Hunnam....that is just totally unfair and it looks so beautiful and mysterious. I can't wait until this is out so someone will hopefully give us a good review here. Then I will have to decide whether I can suffer thru a couple days of sleeping with the lights on.....

I'm completely with you here I think I expected something so amazing that I set myself up for some disappointment. Yes it was a wonderful movie and I loved it but it was no where near what I had built up in my mind. My daugther is 7 and loves hockey so she was in awe the entire movie. I asked her after if she has a "Hockey Island" in her head and she said she thinks she definitely does, which was really cute. My 4 year old I think was more mesmorized by all the bright colors, I don't think he really understood the movie but he seemed to enjoy it either way. A couple of my favorite parts: "The subconscious, its where they put the trouble-makers," and the boys control center going crazy when he bumps into Riley. I'm probably a terrible person but I have to say that I was getting really annoyed with Sadness throughout the whole movie. Yeah yeah, I get the whole idea that sadness sometimes comes with happiness and that it is a healthy thing. But when Sadness kept touching those already happy memories and turning them sad, I think I was right there with Joy in trying to find a way to get rid of her. I think I idenified greatly with Joy as a parent with three children, you wan't them to be so many things but right up there at number one is happy and sometimes there are so many outside things that can get in the way of that. It's a full time job....I only wish I could always approach it with the positivity and cheerfulness that Joy did. I'm more of an Anger, even on my good days :) The beginning was so on point as well, with Joy being there all alone. I remember when all of my kids were born I always thought "thank goodness they are such happy babies," and then there came Sadness to change all that, haha. Either these Pixar movies sure hit close to home sometimes or I need to get out more.

I finally got around to watching this episode on my DVR and my husband walks in and says "hey that kid is that doucey one from that Cutthroat Kitchen show." Can't believe I hadn't recognized him, or that my husband remembered him from the one episode of CK that we have ever watched (sorry Alton, I love you so much but I just can't watch that mess). He was a total tool there too, so I don't think this was an act at all to give this show a villan unless he's playing the lonnnnggg con. One thing that made me cringe was watching all those pastry chefs take one bite of food and then pass the plates back to the contestants. I just kept thinking "what happens to all that food now?!" "Are they just going to toss that?" I know you can't expect these people to eat multiple plates full of food, but in that case, they should make the portions smaller....they better not be wasting all that!! And by the way....how do I get a job as a background person on this show....I'd be willing to do menial work as long as it meant I get to partake in any food tasting/leftover disposing.

I may be alone in this but I thought the whole drama class scene was terrible. I was rolling my eyes so hard at Alex and Piper...of course they would use their acting out a scene to take care of their personal problems. It was so cliched. And frustrating as hell with these two, one confession of "I missed you," and its suddenly ok that Piper screwed Alex into being back in jail. And I know that Alex did it to Piper first, but that is exactly my point. The initial offense would have been a complete deal breaker for me (prison loneliness or not) but to have the same bs occuring over and over again is grating. And worse still is this whole, I hate you-i forgive you -i love you, until one of them does something stupid -I hate you again endless spiral that they subject us to. I can't stand either one of them. I also can't stand those annoying junkies in the laundry room. I think everyone else I can take except for these four.

Yeah that was a huge question I had too. What if you got lost driving one of those things....it sounds like it would take a lot of effort to get you back. I thought the movie was good for what it was. I have to say that when the music first started, I could honestly recall the very moment that I first watched Jurassic Park and how much I loved it. It was pretty powerful, to this day anytime it is on tv I will watch it, and my kids are just at the age where they are taking notice of it and enjoying it. I think the worst part of the movie for me where the kids, I kept wanting to skip over their scenes and move on. While I can agree that I don't think the older boy was the worst brother ever, he was so annoying. And I don't get what the point was of showing him with a girl at the start of the movie (that I interpreted as being his girlfriend) and then having him stare at every other girl that crossed his path. While I am sure that is supposed to be realistic boy behaviour it seemed like such a pointless waste of time. And of course the younger one had to be a genius....not sure why it would make things less believable if he was just a regular kid who loves dinosaurs. Also for a genius he seemed to act way younger than he looked like he should be. I think I would take Lex and Tim back over these too. I have a major crush on Chris Pratt right now so I loved his character. His relationship with the raptors was one of my favorite parts of the movie, it was awesome to see them sticking up for him against the Indominus Rex. The other characters were ok as well, although Vincent D's character just seemed to scream over the top bad guy right from the start....no subtlety there at all. It really is too bad that they didn't have even one small scene with an original character...that would have been a treat to see. And wow, could you just imagine if a park like that existed! Every ride they showed just seemed to be cooler than the next. The one with the canoes going down the river with all the dinosaurs around....fantastic. My husband and I were just looking at some of the additional backstage stuff they have at Disneyworld and commenting on how expensive it is, I'm guessing you would probably have to sell some vital organs and then some to get into Jurassic World.

Great episode but the whole birthing thing was really annoying to me. I had natural childbirth twice and on my third we found out my son was breeched after I had already gone into labor and my water had broken. I was immediately wheeled into the operating room for an emergency c-section (I was progressing really quickly), but Claire somehow is able to deliver a breeched baby with absolutely no issues. Wow she must be one helluva nurse! I know it's a bit of petty nitpick and it's not like I wanted Jenny to die or anything, and they had no other options but the whole thing was just too easy-peasy.

Tonya exudes a lot of confidence but is the kind of person that doesn't know how to handle any situation except by being aggressive and physical. Her talking head stating that it was a good thing her daughter was there to hold her back or else she would be kicking someone's butt was just one example. It's the same way she got with Elena during the inappropriate ex-boyfriend talk and on the reunion show where there was the whole debate about whether or not Elena could take her. I really used to like her but now she's at the top of the my dislike list. And I love Terra calling Lila a "Ho," while she's sitting there with her boobies practically poppin out of her shirt. I was so angry at the end of that scene when Lila ended up apologizing to Terra...WHAT!!! Regardless of why Christy brought her to the get together, or what that represented, Joe was the number one instigator in that situation. Terra should be apologizing for his behavior as well. And to my absolute top peeve here....why is it that the number one thing that almost every single person in the world will always resort to when verbally attacking someone is weight! I can absolutely not stand Joe after listening to him basically tear into Todd and Christy by calling them Rhino, Mrs. Piggy, Hippo, etc. It was so unbelievable immature and cruel. I don't understand how a group of people who are extremely passionate about the way they are discriminated against for the way they look could so quickly resort to name calling based on someone's physical appearance. Maybe I'm just overly sensitive about that kind of thing but I just find it so mean when anyone does that.

Totally agree with Crucial. Todd was calmly trying to confirm the sentiments that Christy was trying to express - be they real, fake, whatever and Terra and Eric started attacking him for it. Whether Christy is wrong or right, Todd is her husband and it may just be that he feels protective of her and wanted to help her explain. And again right or wrong it was several people vs Christy and maybe Todd just wanted to support her. Isn't that the same thing Terra was crying about Joe not doing last season. Once Terra and Eric started insulting Todd, all bets are off, why shouldn't he lash back at that point? Christy may be a bitch but Terra, Tonya, and Tracy (the Triple T's) are a bunch of hypocritical bullies. First with the three of them plus Elena attacking Brianna for not showing at Tracy's wedding. Then they have no problem turning against eachother at the drop of a hat, as shown when Tracy and Tonya attacked Terra over not being told she was pregnant first. They are the worst. The only one I can root for right now is Brianna. I too know a couple who met online and are still happily married after several years. Hopefully this works out for her.

I'm the oldest of three sisters and anytime I watch or even just discuss this movie with the other two, one of us will always look at another and say, "I love you but there is no way I would throw a game that important for you." Atonement was just the worst - I almost wish I could unwatch it and wipe it completely out of my head. I don't think I have ever encountered more deplorable characters. And worst yet, the jerks get married (Paul and Lola) and no one pays for the horrible deaths of two innocent people! GRRRRRR!

I don't read many YA novels....I'm kind of out of the age range, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that. My younger sister was my birthing coach when I had my second child, she brought a copy of the Hunger Games into my delivery room and I read it to distract myself. Otherwise I would never have bothered with the series. So I had no desire to read the Divergent series or watch the movie, but it was on HBO the other night and there was nothing on so I gave it a chance. And surprise, surprise, it wasn't so bad. So I decided to read the book, which I just finished today....and I'm a bit confused. When I was watching the movie I kind of forgot that Tris is supposed to be 16, because Four looked so old....I had to imagine her in her twenties to understand the attraction. Then I read the books and it turns out Four is supposed to be 18!!! And the actor playing him is in his 30's or close to it?! What the.....of all the young male talent out there they couldn't find someone closer to book age? I'm a bit on the fence here, regarding the other books and movies. I bought the package on my nook but now reading some of the spoilers here, I don't know if I should waste my time. I also have the very unpopular opinion that a movie based on a book is not an opportunity to change the flaws in the book. If the book meritted a movie then the movie should follow the book.....ridiculous plot, ending, pairing, etc...be damned.

I've been watching these this weekend as well. And I just want to echo that my dream pairing for Harry would have been Luna. I just found her so deliciously kooky and I think that Harry mostly appreciated her personality and was amused by it. And I think she knew how to get thru to him and despite her hippie way, had a profound insight into things, especially when it came to Harry. I loathe book and movie Ginny. I fully believe she was just a device for Harry to become an official part of the Weasley family. Something completely unnecessary in my opinion and the whole group treated him like family regardless. I'm actually watching DH1 right now and the whole "zip up my dress" thing still makes me roll my eyes. Switching gears from the "ship" discussion. I really love the HP series, both the films and the movies, but I always end up upset when watching or re-reading them. I understand that JKR wanted to end everything on a realistically somber note, and that war is gruesome and there are casualties. But it always seemed to me that she caused so many unnecessary deaths on the good side, while letting the baddies get off way to easily. Did she really need to kill off Dobby, a Weasley twin, and Remus and Tonks (they just had a baby for crying out loud). Yet somehow ALL the Malfoys escape unscathed (I mean, Lucius at least should have been offed - he deserved it). That always gets me riled up!

About 2 years ago, my siblings and I found out that my mother was cheating on my father with a man she had known in high school and suddenly reconnected with on Facebook. This man was also married at the time. My parents like Noah and Helen also married young, my mother was only 18. When she finally came clean to us she told us that she had been unhappy for years, but in order to spare us she had stuck around until she tought we were all in a place where it would not affect us (my youngest sister was 21 at the time). She also told us she had finally met the love of her life and realized she never really loved my father. I don't disbelieve that she may have been unhappy but like Noah my mother complained all the time, my parents would go at it one day and then the next night their bedroom door would be locked just after bedtime (hint, hint). I think just like Noah she wanted a soft landing, she wasn't prepared to start over by herself (also in her late forties!) so she latched on to this new possibility. It feels sometimes like she used my father and the comfort and security of our home until something better came along. I can see that in Noah and Helen's relationship as well. I was going to completely avoid this show when I first heard about it, just the word "affair," makes my stomach churn. But my relationship with my mother was so irreparably damaged by this situation that I was hoping maybe this would help me understand how this kind of thing happens. Since then my parents divorced and my mother and the man she cheated with are now married. I think this show has only convinced me more of what selfish assholes my mother and her new husband were. Hearing the advice that Noah's friend gave really hit home for me. About two seconds after the ink was signed on the divorce my mother was already getting remarried, and now almost a year later, is she happier? Was it all worth it? I can honestly say that I don't think it was. I'd love to ask her that someday. I'd be interested to see what life would be like for Noah and Allison if they stayed together for the long run, if they would be happy with their choices in the future.

That was beyond stupid....I'm actually quite pissed at this ending. All that trouble to have the first Darly and Carol go try and save Beth, Carol gets hit by a car, the whole group then has to go in for round 2 to now try and save both of them and then stupid Beth gets herself killed! That was just beyond dumb....what did she think she was going to do to Dawn with those stupid little scissors.....now I'm going to be pissed until February....and then I'll get pissed all over again.

Love Kate Walsh, loved this. Will probably hang in there regardless and I hope it sticks around.

I'm a horrible person I guess....because everytime someone says "this is the hardest decision ever," it makes me want to scream! Really??!! The hardest?!! It's not like you came on the show knowing how it works and at least hoping a certain artist would turn around. I'm guessing they mostly want to sound grateful....or at least I hope that's it. I'm confused but was boy band like kid (Joe?) that picked Adam, really that good? He sounded absolutely ordinary to me, I was shocked that he got a chair turn let alone more than one. I felt bad for the guy that sang "Everybody Wants To Rule The World," the judges were so hyped to hear the song and then you could just feel the disappointment when he didnt pull it off. I was all kinds of awkward and uncomfortable to watch. Sugar Joans....oh brother. I could not like her if I tried! Voice aside, she was super annoying!!! I kind of hate that she ended up on Gwen's team. I can't dislike Blake, he's so funny and has some great comebacks.....Adam on the other hand is so tiresome. Not blown away by anyone yet, if I had to pick a favorite so far it would be Taylor, but mostly just because of his performance, which seemed really genuine and entertaining.

Ditto on everyones comments about the sob stories. They spend 5 mins telling you about their terrible situation and then sing for 90 seconds...it's grating. I wasn't sure if I would watch this season.....I lost interest last go around before they even got to live votes. But the new judges drew me back in. I discovered No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom when I was in my teens, I still remember the first time I saw the "Spiderwebs" video, and I was in love. So Gwen can do no wrong in my eyes and I absolutely will tune in just for her. And did someone above say Gavin will be mentoring with her?!!! There's another band of my youth, when they got married my heart pretty much exploded. I'm not sure I'll be able to handle this season :) I also love Pharrell, he's mind blowingly talented, like anything he touches is pretty much a hit. So it would be hard to pick anyone else if he turned a chair. Hopefully Gwen or Pharell pull off a win this season.

My six year old daughter has started calling my 10 month old son "Waddles." It may be his new official nickname!

I just finished marathoning the entire series, it took almost a month....but it was definitely worth it. What an amazing series this was, I am almost sad that it is over but I am relieved that unlike a lot of tv shows these days this one had an actual ending, and one that made sense and wrapped everything up leaving you fullfilled. One thing that is still bothering me though that I was hoping someone could help with.....I must have missed this somewhere. Do they ever explain the reason for the fallout Walt had with the Gray Matter folks? I always got the sense that perhaps Walt and Gretchen were involved at one point and then maybe she left him for the other guy....but I'm not sure. And I feel like I might not get closer from the show until I find out....

BBB Food Truck comes around once a month to a Food Truck event in my area and never once have I been enticed to try them....there are usually just more delicious sounding things. Or maybe I'm just not that into gourmet burgers. BUT.....I'm not going to lie, watching them on the show made me really want to try out the food. Hopefully that won't be disappointing, because their performance on this show was just sad. I was uncomfortable watching Tim get so upset at them during the service, and we seriously betting they would not get any deals. And yes, the outfits were horrible....they would have actually been really cute if they decided not to have those awful hooker leggings. On a side note, Cousin's Maine Lobster (who did get a deal on Shark Tank) is also always at this same Food Truck event, and they are one of my favorite trucks. Their food is super yummy, or maybe I'm just really into Lobster. Its interesting seeing the comparison between the two.

YES! Especially after Selina's "Now we have to kill him!" in the car. My husband, a total tech nerd, was dying when Johan was threatning to distribute The White House's wifi password. Jonah's entire exit was hilarious! I kind of wish we could have seen everyone reacting to the news of Jonah getting fired, that would have been fantastic.

I don't really enjoy reliving this bleak period of our history, so many injustices, so little freedom. I love Jaime Bell though and was on board as soon as I saw him in the first trailers so I'm giving this a shot. It looks like I will also be introduced to a lot of new acting talent, as I did not recongnize a single actor other than Jamie and the man that plays Abraham's father (and he is just the guy who played Gibbs in the Pirates movies to me right now). I found the pilot to be interesting, although I have to echo everyone elses comments about the mumbling. This is the kind of show that you will really need to follow the dialogue on and I already have hearing issues as it is, so the mumbling did not help at all. I missed the whole part about why exactly not wife broke the engagement with Abraham. And what is the deal with Abraham's father.....how is he so chummy with the Red Coats? Will need to rewatch!