She hadn't invited me to a party at her house since the third grade, and here she was, making out like we'd never stopped being friends.

A valley in the moon could scarce have been lonelier , could scarce have suggested more strongly the feeling of preteriteness and extinction

...do you Know Him? / Knowing him is one thing, it does not help the world. That this King died has not helped in any way, look around you - pain, suffering, war... The real question is, are you prepared to sacrifice yourself* for the better of the world like this King did for you? Imagine a world full of jesusses... wow!

What the film rarely does is challenge or interrogate the fan culture to which it plays uncritical tribute. Wade and his friends, including a trigger-happy cyborgian alpha nerd whose offline identity the film handles more tastefully than the book did, are possessive gatekeepers, viciously protective of their pop-culture wheelhouse.