Interesting comparison; I hadn't thought about the Trading Places ending being bad, just incomprehensible, not knowing how commodities trading works. Had decent energy, though. Now that I think about it, the Stripes ending did pretty much suck.
And yeah, definitely not much subtlety in the film, but this is probably my favorite moment:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emvySA1-3t8
― hopping and bopping to the krokodil rot (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 29 September 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
This year I've decided to reply "What?" to anyone who wishes me merry Christmas.
― Ste, Monday, 11 December 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
it's funny as shit
not very reassuring
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 11 December 2017 19:33 (six years ago) link
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― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 April 2019 12:26 (five years ago) link
we watched Coming To America last night - it really holds up for an 80s comedy!
― when I come out, can you introduce me as Jagger (imago), Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:15 (four years ago) link
holds up well enough for there to be a 32-years-later sequel out soon, even
― when I come out, can you introduce me as Jagger (imago), Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:16 (four years ago) link
which the still-alive john amos and james earl jones are in*!! wow
*arsenio hall and shari headley too - it really seems to be a genuine gang-back-together sequel
― when I come out, can you introduce me as Jagger (imago), Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:21 (four years ago) link
same original screenwriters too! the only significant difference is that landis is out
― when I come out, can you introduce me as Jagger (imago), Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:25 (four years ago) link