There's a saying that whatever your favorite music was at 14 remains the most important music to you for life. I used to think that was bullshit; I like modern music and don't listen to bands like Zeppelin a lot.
A few week ago I did a Zeppelin deep dive and it all came flooding back. I remembered why I loved this band, whose music soundtracked my teen years and was very formative for me. Some very important things happened…
It's a movie about the most disappointing, heartbreaking sports moment in my entire life. Of course I'm not going to watch it. zero stars. negative stars.
I've seen this movie about a hundred times and I never want to stop telling Reggie Dunlop he's an asshole. Still, one of my all time favorite movies. There's a lot more to it than a bunch of dudes fighting on the ice.
Sure, there's the plot about turning to fighting to win games and the Hanson brothers and that's all fun and games, and there's the subplot about selling the Chiefs, which is great and leads to some funny…
It's actually a cute story and as far as romcoms go, it's not horrible. But it is unabashedly, aggressively dumb. Like, I lost brain cells from watching it. Every plot point made me shake my head and I know I shouldn't be taking a fairytale Christmas movie literally, but nothing made sense. It's ok if you want to escape for a little while, though (also the lead is really not that hot).
