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Oh totally. Now you've got it. Shrimp tacos. Blech. Fat free milk. I mean, please. Veggie burgers. Come ON people.

In fact, I think the term "Hawaiian Pizza" is an oxyidiot. It's self contradictory. If it's Hawaiian, it's not a pizza, period. You could have all the right ingredients, leave off the ham and pineapple, have Original Ray make it in a brick oven, and if he serves it in Hawaii, it's not a pizza, just by virtue of location. The idea of exporting something that doesn't exist in the first place... Only in America.

I mean, I totally rest my case. Thanks excy.

Blasphemy! Idolatrous heretic!

A damn travesty is what I call it. Crime against the palate.

Surely this thread has achieved Just Plain Silly status by now, no?

I have no problem whatsoever with pineapples. I think pineapples are God's gift to Dole. I loves me some pineapples. It's just that the moment you put it on a piece of bread with cheese and tomato sauce, that piece of bread with cheese and tomato sauce ceases to be a pizza. A little pineapple pineappleth the whole slice. Alls I'm saying is, you may think it tastes great, and I may even agree with you. It just ain't a pizza.

Why does Dominoes sell pizza? I can't get dominoes from Original Ray's on Lexington Ave., can I? So why can I get a pizza from Dominoes? Answer: I can't. Especially if there's pineapple on it.

Great. And I'll order a black coffee with milk. Besides, anyone who orders "pizza" from "Pizza Hut" has already, de facto, forfeited his right to judge what is and what is not a pizza.

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No, you love ham and pineapple on flatbread with tomato sauce. Which is fine. But it ain't a pizza. :)-->

Ahem. If it's got a pineapple on it, it's not a pizza!!! Oh, and Frankee...

Yes, I saw it. Leo did do a terrific job (especially at the Congressional hearing). There are two plane "crash" sequences, one of which is phenomenal and scary as hell. The women were... not so good. Cate Blanchett parodies rather than captures Kate Hepburn (although there are moments of absolute brilliance in her portrayal). And I will be in love with Kate (what the hell) Beckinsale as long as I live, but she made a lousy Ava Gardner.

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The swordfight was stuck in (no pun intended) at the scene where Christine visits her father's grave. In the stage production it's when the Phantom starts shooting cheesy looking fireballs at Christine and Raoul. The swordfight replaced that. It's not a great swordfight, but not an awful one either (my standards are low). It's just that the ending of the swordfight is utterly unforgivable. I mean, it's "I'm a-fixin' to walk out on this movie" bad.

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I second that. Thank you see me, for this thread and your courage for facing your convictions, and following through with them. Well, I guess I'll have to be third then, or fourth, or... See Me: you're an inspiration. Thank you for posting.

Oh my, I almost forgot! WordWolf and I (and three others) saw the stage production once from the front row! You could actually see the Phantom spit as he sang (ewwww). But there was no swordfight. The Scarlet Pimpernel had a swordfight. Dang cool one, too. Now THAT musical should be made into a movie.

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I believe someone requested this. I swiped it from a web site, but I've gotten it by e-mail many times too...

It's not even good enough to be on THAT list. I exaggerate. Its one redeeming quality is the guy who plays Raoul. He's very good, very charismatic. Raoul, and Christine... Its TWO redeeming qualities are Raoul and Christine, or more to the point, Christine's legs, which are cute. They would be more than cute, but she was underage at the time. The Phantom himself, get this, could not sing. By this I mean he wasn't very good. The score had to be dropped an octave at certain points to accomodate his low voice: if you're going to immortalize Phantom of the Opera on film, for Pete's sake get someone who can sing the part! There's a not-half-bad sword fight that ends SO RIDICULOUSLY that you want to just walk out on the movie right then and there.

Oh... my... God... I liked the stage production. Didn't LOVE it. Just LIKED it. It was okay. Very, very classy ending. This movie... how do I put this delicately? ... SUCKED!

Even if she had shot everyone and then herself, no one would have gotten hurt. Has to actually have happened to hurt someone. This, alas, is an urban legend. And if, like me, you've seen a few episodes of Judging Amy, you might recognize this as something that happened to Tyne Daly's character.

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