In a way, this post is basically the movie version of shower thoughts. Bear with me. After Twitter user @jazz_inmypants asked people to share bothering movie details that aren't common knowledge, his thread received quite a few interesting insights. For example, Grease (1978) might be described as a story that teaches you to change yourself until other people like you. And Belle's (Beuty and the Beast (1991)) neighbors are probably doing something shady if the village can support such an extensive bookstore when she's the only reader and doesn't even pay. The tweet by @jazz_inmypants has already received over 30K likes and 1K comments, many of which filmmaking students could definitely rework into term papers.
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OMG This is so mine.... and the fact that Charlie PREFERRED to take Grandpa Joe rather than his Mum whose life was a depressing painful prison.... It just made me want to smack that kid.
Altogether, a film can seem incredibly complicated, but the reasoning behind every decision nearly always comes down to how it is working with the story and how it is affecting the viewer. With that in mind, the New York Film Academy has prepared some tips for reviewing a film and coming up with your own insights.
Watch it. "Once is necessary twice is preferable," the academy wrote. "Taking notes is also a good idea and will help the writing process by making it easy to refer to your in-the-moment thoughts and reactions."
Because he wanted to look deferent than his foster apes. He shave his beard with his deceased father's knife every day.
Express your initial thoughts and support your criticism. "Professional reviewers do not shy away from telling their readers whether they thought the movie was good bad or indifferent, and in fact readers come to rely on those reviewers whose tastes reflect their own when deciding whether or not to spend their time and money. Professional reviewers also have watched a lot of movies and can express why and how they came to their criticism. Be sure to back up your thoughts with specifics–a disappointing performance, a ridiculous plot, beautiful cinematography, difficult material that leaves you thinking, and so on."
Well, Santa does seem to only give expensive presents to rich kids, doesn't he? XD
3. Or his parents always take the gifts before he finds them and they resell them to make some extra money
But you can get free delivery if you have Christmas Prime.
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It's both didn't you know? If you're poor, even if you're a kid, and it isn't your fault, you're a naughty blight on society.
as a kid i always thought santa loved other kids more because i got cheap c**p compared to other children in my class.
But probably because he was poor. Santa don't go to the other side of the tracks.
Poor kids don’t get get presents. That was my reality as a kid, no christmas many times.
And why is he the only kid given an actual name? Why didn't the kids introduce themselves?
Also... if Santa delivered the presents and not the parents, where did the parents think the presents were coming from!?
Wow! Good point! And if he still believes in Santa after all of that, he’s very delusional!
Evaluate the acting. "Many casual filmgoers will be inspired to see a movie if a favorite actor is in it, so you should probably spend a little space talking about the performances: seasoned actor in a new kind of role, brilliant performance from a rising star, excellence despite a lackluster script, dynamics in an ensemble, and so much more can be said about the actors in any given film."
Directing, cinematography, special effects... This is where your inner film geek can really shine. Consider the highlights or missteps of directors, cinematographers, costume designers and CGI magicians. What worked, what surprised, what fell short of expectations, are all great questions to address.
It's also important to look at a film’s story from a structural viewpoint. Try to to keep in mind that the vast majority of films fall into the three-act structure: a beginning, middle, and end. It's not because the screenwriters are lazy, but because the formula simply works. In screenplays, the first thing you should look out for is the inciting incident. Generally, about 10 minutes into the film, there will be a moment that forces the protagonist to exit their comfort zone and start their journey towards a new goal. Around the thirty-minute mark, there is usually a major turning point. At this moment, the hero can't go back, that signals the beginning of the second act where the majority of the film will take place. Finally, around the ninety-minute mark, the second turning point will signal the film’s drive towards both its conclusion and resolution.
Of course, some films don’t fit perfectly into the three-act structure, but the vast majority of films do and you can start to get a sense of when important moments or changes will occur when you know the general format.
Did you know that this movie is based on the German book "Das doppelte Lottchen" from Erich Kästner? The girls are Luise and Lotte from Vienna and Munich respectively. The book was written around 1945 so the story makes much more sense regarding the timeframe. Today its stupid of course but back then it wasn't that easy to keep in contact when miles apart.
They also don't tell you that Hera drove Hercules insane so that he kills his wife Megara and his 5 children
Yeah, but he is supposed to be only 18 I think. Swayze is not 18, but neither is Jennifer Gray. 18 and 16 is not too bad.
And no one ever has a password on their phone. Anyone can just pick it up and see what they've been texting.
To be fair, the size of houses in most American movies and TV series' is ridiculous. A teacher and a nurse living in a massive house? No wonder immigrants think it's the place to be.
Well everyone knows men can't be raped... Yes, that is sarcasm...
It was to keep his mind relaxed and clear so he wouldn’t be in a panic when they arrived and instead could go full send on the booby traps
Jenny was broken from childhood. This may bother you but it happens a lot in real life so it's not unrealistic.
Disagree. The point of the whole movie was Bueller getting Frye to live beyond his fears.
I still can't handle how so many of the retired Bella's could afford to just jet off to Denmark
There are actually a few good reasons why the eagle plan would have been a lot riskier. 1) The Ring has a will of its own and often drops from the grasp of whomever holds it. If, during flight, the Ring fell, the heroes would most likely never find it again before Sauron did -- especially if it fell over Mordor or the Dead Marshes. 2) While maybe not as strong as the Eagles in the air, the Ringwraiths are quite comfortable in the skies and I'm certain the Ringbearer would be less safe aloft than on the ground, where there are hiding places and escape routes. 3) As an intelligent race of Middle-Earth, the Eagles are as susceptible to the corrupting influence of the One Ring as any other. Discord would have been sown in the ranks of the Eagles and the Heroes, and that is another complication that Gandalf probably wouldn't have risked.
He was acting like the natives. When a King Kong-sized child enters the room, you better believe you'll play dead like everyone else.
In the books he has to go back home and wait for fall, so this is why everyone should read the books if they're able, so much better
I hate any 'size difference' movie, the characters wouldn't be able to absorb food or oxygen !
That was the point of the movie. She was trying to resist because he was her step-brother. But they aren't committing incest because they are not blood related. Only a piece of paper makes them brother and sister and, since the stepfather never formally adopts Cher, there is no legal or moral line being crossed.
my parents are still alive and I just saw my brother for the first time in 12 years....it happens more than you might think
Yeah, that one picked up several times. The explanation is that the T-Rex pushed their cars not into her own cage but the next one, which was the brontosaurus's and that one had that cliff. There are some illustration and early sketches on the net which explains that but it come throught as a plothole in the movie.
It's explained at various points in the movie, The MCU doesn't work on standard time travel rules, every change in the time line simply creates an alternative universe and there is not butterfly effect, if the change is small enaugh it will not create a different universe/time line. This means that there is an universe/time line where Thanos, Nebula and Gamora disappeared in 2014 without leaving trace.
THAT'S what you found improbable in a movie about an ogre and a talking donkey? :D
In NZ the age of consent is 16, so it wouldn't seem that odd. I assume he's meant to be early 20s. I've never seen the movie so don't know.
The whole movie is a complete b******t genetically. There are only female worker bees, who are 0,75% alike genetically (more than siblings, but less than twins). The male bees don't work, the fly out soon to another colony. The queen female bee is the only one who reproduces, with a male from another colony. So a) if you want to seriously learn about bees, don't rely on movies and b) real life bees don't engage in incest. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
It bothers me that we don't have a grasp on the fact that flawed characters are what make good fiction......or that human beings ARE "problematic" sometimes.....or that we are now expecting fictional characters to only represent the best, most 100% socially acceptable versions of mankind to the point where it borders on limiting creative freedom because we have a meltdown when someone makes a deeply flawed character.....or that we are living in a society where we are no longer able to appreciate true depth of character because we have drawn such hard lines of social acceptability......
This is a good point. On the other hand, writers slot charts with hyper-annoying traits to satisfy formulae. Consider Matt Groenig whose formula requires a Bender. Outrageous and in your face, doing outrageous and implausible things just to satisfy plot points and comedy beats... and nobody would tolerate his presence if it were real. One could make the argument you just made about soap opera characters too. But I knew a couple of girls who were soap opera addicts, and they acted exactly like the characters on TV, neither better nor worse, and in real life no one could stand being around them.
Load More Replies... In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The Wizarding Community were absolutely fine with sending Newt and Tina to their deaths for almost outing them, but when they catch Grindelwald whose sole purpose was to expose the wizards and witches they just send him back to Azkaban?!
Well, it was Grindelwald (pretending to be Percival Graves) who ordered them to be killed...
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How about 'Revenge of the nerds' where a guy pretends to be someone else to have sex with a girl (rape), or even 'Sixteen candles' where Jake "gives away" his almost-passed-out-drunk girlfriend to another guy, who then sleeps with her. Really. The 80's were awful.
What is wrong with sleeping with someone? It's the sexual intercourse that can be problematic.
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Any movie where the main character's family works too much and never has time for family annoy me because the family in question are always well-off and it never seems to occur to them that the REASON they are well-off is because the main character is always working. If said character lost their job and they lost their standard of living, they'd still end up blaming main character.
and the second part of what you said being 'Mrs Doubtfire'
Load More Replies... Does anyone remember that movie "Christmas with the Kranks"? Good LORD, all the Kranks wanted to do was go on a freaking cruise and the whole neighborhood turned against them.
At the same time, it always bothered me that he couldn't buy a calendar or donate to the church because he wasn't going to celebrate Christmas.
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I get super rage everytime I think about Independance Day the first movie....the Dad that was treated like c**p by people, gives his life to save the world leaving three kids behind and the President does NOTHING. One line at the end of it of him saying "you kids come live with us at the White House" would have wrapped up a great movie, but nope they ruined it.
The White House was destroyed. Maybe they should have invited the president to live with them in their trailer😉
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It used to really annoy me that in American films,people talking on the phone never said "Goodbye" ,they just said wheatever they had to say and hung up.
Lol I just commented that on the one about the text messages.
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#027 Mel Brooks played in Lethal Weapon? I guess you mean Mel Gibson :-)
Ok, I've always taken a huge issue with how absurdly nonchalant EVERYONE in the weirdo pastel neighborhood in Edward Scissorhands was about inviting essentially a handsome mutant into their lives and homes. Seriously, it BARELY gets addressed, and then yeah sure, let's get him drunk, let him hang with our children and cut our hair... what the honest hell??
I believe it's a genre called "magical realisim". (Someone correct me if I'm wrong.) A magical thing happens, but no one really takes it as being magical. Very popular in Spanish literature of some countries, to my limited knowledge.
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The number one thing that bothers me about many films is that a character will use the excuse “I had no choice” (or some varriation of it)as an excuse for what they did. Once you notice it you’ll hear it in most films.
In The School of rock when the kids didn't win and the crowd boo-ed the winners, when the winners song was a lot better.
You know what bothers me? That david yates directed the second four Harry Potter movies. I can only pray they will be remade within my lifetime.
They should remake them starting with movie 3, imo. The first two movies might not have been as flashy as the rest, but they were much closer to the spirit and atmosphere of the books. Also Ron wasn't a comic relief moron.
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That's why i don't watch American films....they are sooooo unrealistic!
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Just saw Uncharted. Fun movie. But the first time the cat's sex is referenced, it's called 'her' and then in the end credits scene, 'she' is called 'Mister Whiskers'. Did the writers just not give a damn about continuity? Also, any movie that refers to a calico cat as male (Big Hero Six, Home)
I don't like the responses of "That's what you found wrong with a movie with etc.?" It's the small things, guys.
In general any movie in a midieval/history/fantasy setting: there are often a lack of agricultural areas around towns, castles etcetera. Cause people in towns yesteryear got their food from trucks? And somehow, armour are absolutley useless against swords. Oh... and there are a lot of arrows that goes thru plate armour like it were paper. Etcetera etcetera.
As a little kid, I asked; "Why does there always have to be a witch?" (somebody to mess things up) I was told "If there wasn't a witch thee wouldn't be any story"
I am bothered by Disney's Little Mermaid. When she has to give up her voice and still get the Prince to love her-what is left? Just her looks and body? What?!
And we know Ariel can write because she signed a contract with Ursula. So, why didn't she just write Prince Eric a note to explain what happened?
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc..... Indy did nothing. He was supposed to stop the Nazi's from getting and opening the Arc..... he fails and the Nazi's get the Arc and open it. They could have eliminated Indy from the movie and it would have had the same ending.
Apparently he didn't stop the Nazi's from getting their apostrophe.
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In the Incredibles 2 then they need to do all this work to turn the ship when Void could have easily made a portal and turned it. I know it's just a kids movie but it still bothers me.
Right, everybody here, go on Youtube and search for CinemaSins. You're welcome.
What I don't understand is in Avenger's: End Game...Thor is a recluse whose fat and depressed from drinking beer all the time. But he's a god..so would he really look fat from drinking too much beer? And if he's fat because he wants to be because of his depression..then wouldn't he go back to being trim and fit when he gets his mojo back?
I just notice that people doesn't know how to use their imagination, its entertainment, relax and enjoy!
Little Women is supposed to be a feminist movie but its really about sisters who are not fulfilled until they meet or marry men. But the one who doesn't dies. What does this tell us?
...you do know that this was a book written during the American Civil War, right?
Load More Replies... Little Women - all the girls are unhappy until they get men and the one who doesn't dies. How is that feminist?
Any movie where the end titles credit somebody with Costume Design but the entire cast wore only jeans and Tshirts or other mass produced garments.
In Pixar's Inside Out - the little girl has blue eyes.....both her parents have brown eyes.....either she is super recessive, or adopted.
It also matters what color eyes the grandparents have. Both my parents are brown eyed, I have blue and my brother - green eyes. Nearly all our grandparents have light-colored eyes.
Load More Replies... I always thought "Unfaithful" is horrible movie with horrible message. How can ever in any universe be justified to kill someone as "revenge" because your wife had an affair. And not only that psycho husband got away with murder but he also practically enslaved his wife, trapped her in that horrible marriage with killer, and you can see at the end how miserable and horrified she is. And we are supposed to feel "good" because she is "punished"? On the other hand, maybe I missed the point, maybe the movie point is "don't marry a psycho, they can look normal and cute too". If this is not the message, movie is mysogynistic pease of c**p.
My main problems with Disney movies is the sexual assault that just casually happens. Believe it or not, but you are not supposed to break into a girl's house and kiss her while she's sleeping. If she has actually been sleeping for years, go in and shake her awake or carry her out to a doctor. You do not need to kiss her!
In the original story she literally gets raped and impregnated while sleeping. She wakes up in labour IIRC. Disney definitely toned it down.
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In Deep Throat, are we *really* to believe her clitoris is in her throat? She would have had to absorb her twin in the uterus, and even then the clit isn't what would likely get left over and it's even more doubtful it would be located in her throat. Also, she would have known about it being there simply by eating something and swallowing, as she would have had to her entire life.
Think vitamins -- it's an old story and people had different health kicks back then. Something like 'cod-liver oil' was loaded with healthy vitamins but tasted awful. So, a spoonful of sugar would have helped...
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It bothers me that we don't have a grasp on the fact that flawed characters are what make good fiction......or that human beings ARE "problematic" sometimes.....or that we are now expecting fictional characters to only represent the best, most 100% socially acceptable versions of mankind to the point where it borders on limiting creative freedom because we have a meltdown when someone makes a deeply flawed character.....or that we are living in a society where we are no longer able to appreciate true depth of character because we have drawn such hard lines of social acceptability......
This is a good point. On the other hand, writers slot charts with hyper-annoying traits to satisfy formulae. Consider Matt Groenig whose formula requires a Bender. Outrageous and in your face, doing outrageous and implausible things just to satisfy plot points and comedy beats... and nobody would tolerate his presence if it were real. One could make the argument you just made about soap opera characters too. But I knew a couple of girls who were soap opera addicts, and they acted exactly like the characters on TV, neither better nor worse, and in real life no one could stand being around them.
Load More Replies... In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The Wizarding Community were absolutely fine with sending Newt and Tina to their deaths for almost outing them, but when they catch Grindelwald whose sole purpose was to expose the wizards and witches they just send him back to Azkaban?!
Well, it was Grindelwald (pretending to be Percival Graves) who ordered them to be killed...
Load More Replies... How about 'Revenge of the nerds' where a guy pretends to be someone else to have sex with a girl (rape), or even 'Sixteen candles' where Jake "gives away" his almost-passed-out-drunk girlfriend to another guy, who then sleeps with her. Really. The 80's were awful.
What is wrong with sleeping with someone? It's the sexual intercourse that can be problematic.
Load More Replies... Any movie where the main character's family works too much and never has time for family annoy me because the family in question are always well-off and it never seems to occur to them that the REASON they are well-off is because the main character is always working. If said character lost their job and they lost their standard of living, they'd still end up blaming main character.
and the second part of what you said being 'Mrs Doubtfire'
Load More Replies... Does anyone remember that movie "Christmas with the Kranks"? Good LORD, all the Kranks wanted to do was go on a freaking cruise and the whole neighborhood turned against them.
At the same time, it always bothered me that he couldn't buy a calendar or donate to the church because he wasn't going to celebrate Christmas.
Load More Replies... I get super rage everytime I think about Independance Day the first movie....the Dad that was treated like c**p by people, gives his life to save the world leaving three kids behind and the President does NOTHING. One line at the end of it of him saying "you kids come live with us at the White House" would have wrapped up a great movie, but nope they ruined it.
The White House was destroyed. Maybe they should have invited the president to live with them in their trailer😉
Load More Replies... It used to really annoy me that in American films,people talking on the phone never said "Goodbye" ,they just said wheatever they had to say and hung up.
Lol I just commented that on the one about the text messages.
Load More Replies... #027 Mel Brooks played in Lethal Weapon? I guess you mean Mel Gibson :-)
Ok, I've always taken a huge issue with how absurdly nonchalant EVERYONE in the weirdo pastel neighborhood in Edward Scissorhands was about inviting essentially a handsome mutant into their lives and homes. Seriously, it BARELY gets addressed, and then yeah sure, let's get him drunk, let him hang with our children and cut our hair... what the honest hell??
I believe it's a genre called "magical realisim". (Someone correct me if I'm wrong.) A magical thing happens, but no one really takes it as being magical. Very popular in Spanish literature of some countries, to my limited knowledge.
Load More Replies... The number one thing that bothers me about many films is that a character will use the excuse “I had no choice” (or some varriation of it)as an excuse for what they did. Once you notice it you’ll hear it in most films.
In The School of rock when the kids didn't win and the crowd boo-ed the winners, when the winners song was a lot better.
You know what bothers me? That david yates directed the second four Harry Potter movies. I can only pray they will be remade within my lifetime.
They should remake them starting with movie 3, imo. The first two movies might not have been as flashy as the rest, but they were much closer to the spirit and atmosphere of the books. Also Ron wasn't a comic relief moron.
Load More Replies... That's why i don't watch American films....they are sooooo unrealistic!
Great information!!! Thanks for your wonderful informative blog. Village Talkies a top-quality professional corporate video production company in Bangalore and also best explainer video company in Bangalore & animation video makers in Bangalore, Chennai, India & Maryland, Baltimore, USA provides Corporate & Brand films, Promotional, Marketing videos & Training videos, Product demo videos, Employee videos, Product video explainers, eLearning videos, 2d Animation, 3d Animation, Motion Graphics, Whiteboard Explainer videos Client Testimonial Videos, Video Presentation and more for all start-ups, industries, and corporate companies. From scripting to corporate video production services, explainer & 3d, 2d animation video production , our solutions are customized to your budget, timeline, and to meet the company goals and objectives. As a best video production company in Bangalore, we produce quality and creative videos to our clients.
Just saw Uncharted. Fun movie. But the first time the cat's sex is referenced, it's called 'her' and then in the end credits scene, 'she' is called 'Mister Whiskers'. Did the writers just not give a damn about continuity? Also, any movie that refers to a calico cat as male (Big Hero Six, Home)
I don't like the responses of "That's what you found wrong with a movie with etc.?" It's the small things, guys.
In general any movie in a midieval/history/fantasy setting: there are often a lack of agricultural areas around towns, castles etcetera. Cause people in towns yesteryear got their food from trucks? And somehow, armour are absolutley useless against swords. Oh... and there are a lot of arrows that goes thru plate armour like it were paper. Etcetera etcetera.
As a little kid, I asked; "Why does there always have to be a witch?" (somebody to mess things up) I was told "If there wasn't a witch thee wouldn't be any story"
I am bothered by Disney's Little Mermaid. When she has to give up her voice and still get the Prince to love her-what is left? Just her looks and body? What?!
And we know Ariel can write because she signed a contract with Ursula. So, why didn't she just write Prince Eric a note to explain what happened?
Load More Replies... Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc..... Indy did nothing. He was supposed to stop the Nazi's from getting and opening the Arc..... he fails and the Nazi's get the Arc and open it. They could have eliminated Indy from the movie and it would have had the same ending.
Apparently he didn't stop the Nazi's from getting their apostrophe.
Load More Replies... In the Incredibles 2 then they need to do all this work to turn the ship when Void could have easily made a portal and turned it. I know it's just a kids movie but it still bothers me.
Right, everybody here, go on Youtube and search for CinemaSins. You're welcome.
What I don't understand is in Avenger's: End Game...Thor is a recluse whose fat and depressed from drinking beer all the time. But he's a god..so would he really look fat from drinking too much beer? And if he's fat because he wants to be because of his depression..then wouldn't he go back to being trim and fit when he gets his mojo back?
I just notice that people doesn't know how to use their imagination, its entertainment, relax and enjoy!
Little Women is supposed to be a feminist movie but its really about sisters who are not fulfilled until they meet or marry men. But the one who doesn't dies. What does this tell us?
...you do know that this was a book written during the American Civil War, right?
Load More Replies... Little Women - all the girls are unhappy until they get men and the one who doesn't dies. How is that feminist?
Any movie where the end titles credit somebody with Costume Design but the entire cast wore only jeans and Tshirts or other mass produced garments.
In Pixar's Inside Out - the little girl has blue eyes.....both her parents have brown eyes.....either she is super recessive, or adopted.
It also matters what color eyes the grandparents have. Both my parents are brown eyed, I have blue and my brother - green eyes. Nearly all our grandparents have light-colored eyes.
Load More Replies... I always thought "Unfaithful" is horrible movie with horrible message. How can ever in any universe be justified to kill someone as "revenge" because your wife had an affair. And not only that psycho husband got away with murder but he also practically enslaved his wife, trapped her in that horrible marriage with killer, and you can see at the end how miserable and horrified she is. And we are supposed to feel "good" because she is "punished"? On the other hand, maybe I missed the point, maybe the movie point is "don't marry a psycho, they can look normal and cute too". If this is not the message, movie is mysogynistic pease of c**p.
My main problems with Disney movies is the sexual assault that just casually happens. Believe it or not, but you are not supposed to break into a girl's house and kiss her while she's sleeping. If she has actually been sleeping for years, go in and shake her awake or carry her out to a doctor. You do not need to kiss her!
In the original story she literally gets raped and impregnated while sleeping. She wakes up in labour IIRC. Disney definitely toned it down.
Load More Replies... In Deep Throat, are we *really* to believe her clitoris is in her throat? She would have had to absorb her twin in the uterus, and even then the clit isn't what would likely get left over and it's even more doubtful it would be located in her throat. Also, she would have known about it being there simply by eating something and swallowing, as she would have had to her entire life.
Think vitamins -- it's an old story and people had different health kicks back then. Something like 'cod-liver oil' was loaded with healthy vitamins but tasted awful. So, a spoonful of sugar would have helped...
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