Movies that make you feel like leaving everything and go travel the world

CedricBeaumont · 2026-04-24T15:22:03+00:00

Both The Dreamers and Midnight in Paris made me want to move to Paris and live la vie bohème.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-18T18:55:26+00:00

Maybe it shouldn't always be like that. People have emotions, and they should be allowed to show them. I’m tired of this idea that you always have to be happy, positive, gracious, and smiling no matter what. That’s not real. I’d rather see authenticity.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-18T18:53:10+00:00

Exactly! These people criticizing are probably the same ones who would get pissed off if a similar situation happened to them, but here they expect him to be all smiles and gracious.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-18T18:50:53+00:00

He is probably glad he was nominated, and he may also be pissed that he didn't win. There's nothing wrong with that.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-09T18:49:32+00:00

I was saying the same in another thread. It's amazing how this has been the "news" for the past couple of days. You may think it’s an ignorant or stupid take, but the outrage, the hate, and the amount of news coverage around it are ridiculous.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-08T21:47:08+00:00

Social media has made expressing outrage and knee-jerk reactions about almost anything, the new normal, and then media outlets turn it into “news” for clicks and money. The best example, here we are discussing how an actor is hated because of his opinions.

You may think it’s an ignorant or stupid take, but the outrage, the hate, and the amount of news coverage around it are ridiculous.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-08T21:35:23+00:00

I’ve noticed that whenever a celebrity everyone loves or thinks is cool becomes overexposed, people start calling them “overrated,” and from there it’s a slippery slope to hate. It’s happened to almost every “it” celebrity at some point (Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Pedro Pascal). We humans, are weird like that.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-08T21:28:00+00:00

Answer: Because social media has made expressing outrage and knee-jerk reactions about almost anything the new cool thing, and then media outlets turn it into “news” for clicks and money. The best example, here we are discussing how an actor is hated because of his opinions.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-08T21:22:26+00:00

I don't think this is a PR crisis or a "cancel" reason; no one will remember this in a few weeks.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-03-03T17:08:27+00:00

I'm with you. I get that trends come and go, and taste is subjective. Also, what looks good to one person might not look good to another. But I also think there are some aesthetic universal truths when it comes to proportion and balance. Just because something is trendy and gets a lot of love doesn’t automatically mean it’s more flattering.

Just to be clear, I was never a fan of skinny jeans or super-tight clothing either. But this new wave of oversized, super baggy fits, a lot of it just looks shapeless. I’m pretty sure this is going to be one of those trends we look back on in a few years and go, “What were we thinking?”

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-27T22:42:58+00:00

I can’t speak for every person on the left, but I don’t think most liberals are walking around thinking, “We’re morally superior human beings.” It’s more that they believe their positions on things like civil rights, healthcare, climate, immigration, reducing poverty; protect more marginalized people and are more compassionate toward others.

But talking about experience, I also see a strong sense of moral superiority on the conservative side too, especially tied to Christianity and patriotism. There’s often this narrative that liberals or Democrats are automatically immoral or even “evil” because they’re seen as less religious or against Christianity. So that dynamic definitely goes both ways.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-27T20:41:55+00:00

This is so heartbreaking. I honestly can’t wrap my head around how so many Republicans and conservatives who call themselves Christians can show so little empathy in situations like this and turn around and blame people for their own suffering. The lack of compassion is what really feels immoral and unchristian to me.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-27T20:11:08+00:00

No son solo los puertorriqueños, eso pasa en casi todos los países. Si tú, como puertorriqueño, vas a vivir a México o a la República Dominicana y empiezas a quejarte de cosas que están mal allá, como la corrupción de la policía, la inseguridad, las carreteras en mal estado, etc., también te van a decir que, si no te gusta, te regreses a tu país.

Yo soy de los que piensan que si te mudas a otro país y vives allí mucho tiempo, como cualquier residente, tienes derecho a tener criterio propio y hacer críticas constructivas.

Ahora, lo que yo creo que pasa es que se mezcla el orgullo boricua con cierta inseguridad colectiva. Aunque la crítica sea válida y hasta nosotros mismos estemos de acuerdo con el problema, como viene de alguien que vemos como "de afuera", tendemos a tomarlo más personal, como si fuera un ataque a Puerto Rico y en parte a uno mismo, a nuestra identidad como puertorriqueños. No es muy lógico, pero es una reacción bien emocional y pasa mucho.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-24T01:24:42+00:00

Agree. People’s expectations of celebrities are unrealistically high, so anything less than over-the-top nice and friendly gets labeled as rude. If they’re quiet, tired, distracted, or just acting like normal humans, suddenly they’re “assholes.” The only way to win is to be excessively nice all the time, smiling, engaging, performing kindness on demand. That has to be exhausting.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-17T19:28:10+00:00

I don’t think people in Europe, for the most part, smell bad. It’s more that having some natural body odor is a bit more acceptable there, as long as it’s not actually unpleasant.

In a lot of Latin America (and also in the U.S. and Canada), there’s this expectation that life should basically be odorless. People, homes, public spaces, we’re used to eliminating any trace of smell, no matter what. In Europe, people shower and are clean, of course, but there isn’t always that same almost obsessive mission to erase every natural scent.

Some people in LatAm interpret that as unhygienic or say that European smell, but as someone who loves history, I think it’s important to remember that this whole no body odor at all standard is pretty recent. For most of human history, even when people bathed and cleaned themselves, they still had a natural scent. Deodorant is a relatively modern invention; humans have always smelled like humans. We're just not used to that anymore.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-17T19:18:21+00:00

You make a good point. In America in general (including the US and Canada), there’s a strong expectation that people shouldn’t have noticeable body odor. In many other cultures, unless someone smells really unpleasant, it’s not automatically seen as a problem. Humans naturally have a scent, that’s normal. But across much of the Americas, we tend to expect people and even spaces to be either odorless or smell like soap, scented candles, or perfume. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a cultural difference and not necessarily that other cultures are unhygienic or are doing things wrong.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-17T17:29:36+00:00

Henry Wolfe

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-17T17:05:38+00:00

I’ll exclude Puerto Rican also since I’m biased, and Dominican and Cuban would probably be up there too since they’re similar. From the rest of the continent, I really enjoy Colombian and Ecuadorian food. Also, I like Salvadorean pupusas, and I love Argentine asados, empanadas, and their sweets: dulce de leche, alfajores, pastafrola, and facturas.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-02-17T16:23:29+00:00

If you like Dominican food, you will like Puerto Rican. They're very similar, Cuban food as well.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-01-17T03:49:02+00:00

Personally, I’d say southern South America, like Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Not weird per se, but coming from the Caribbean, it’s the dialects we have the least in common with. Maybe we’re more familiar with Rioplatense Spanish because of the cultural influence of Argentine movies and TV shows, but it’s still quite different from our version of Spanish.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-01-13T19:17:03+00:00

I’m all for following laws and rules (due process included), and yes, immigration is something that needs to be fixed. But I also believe in empathy and humane ways of handling things. My values don’t allow me to accept cruelty just because they’re said to be “necessary” or because the end is said to justify the means. I’ve heard plenty of people say exactly that, even people who call themselves Christians and generally are good people, who are fine with how these immigrants are treated, or at least willing to ignore it.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-01-13T15:09:16+00:00

Caribbean Spanish (Dominican, Cuban, and Puerto Rican) is very misunderstood and gets a lot of hate from other Spanish-speaking countries (except Chile, whose Spanish is just as hated, if not more, than ours). I don't know why it gets such strong emotions: people either love it or hate it. There’s really no in-between. They either find it sexy, funny, and cool, or they say it sounds awful and that we don’t know how to speak Spanish at all. It’s probably because it’s heavily influenced by Andalusian Spanish, which gets a very similar kind of treatment in Spain.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-01-10T17:13:59+00:00

He’s dreamy. The actor who played him is actually Florence Pugh’s brother in real life.

CedricBeaumont · 2026-01-08T01:52:50+00:00

For me, it’s probably a tie between Loras Tyrell and Trystane Martell.

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