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Things you didn't like about SBM...



No movie is perfect so I thought it would be fun to hear what everybody disliked about the film.

There are two lines that I absolutely hate.
1. "STOP IT!" After the leeches. Gordie looks like a demon child
2. "That's it you're ass is grass" Not really sure why but it just makes me cringe. I don't think his acting was very good. Charlie Hogan I think it was.

Anyone else?

Snarf

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I usually fast-forward the pie-eating contest. It's amusing the first time, doesn't add anything during subsequent viewings.

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The puking scene! That part is so nasty! I always fast forward it through that part. Also, that fat bitch in the crowd saying "lard ass". She should talk!! Lol

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I was a bit annoyed with the kids picking on Vern all the time and I'm born in 1980 (I have Autism), I think it's because I was always sensitive to other people's feelings and would gladly apologize if I unintentionally made someone upset.

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A train that short could have easily stopped. It needed to be a longer train with a shorter length until impact.

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I thought the boys should have been in much worse shape after what they’d been through.

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River's forced crying...yikes. Cringe o rama.

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It sure ked how they grew apart from Vern and Teddy, and Chris died, but it was realistic. A lot of childhood friends grow apart and I know several people from grade school who turned out to be white trash junkies and/or died.

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Lard-ass and the ... was it pie-eating contest?
Seems like it did not fit into the movie, and dragged it down.

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