must reads: “‘New Year’s Eve’: 10 Things That Could Never Happen as They Happened”

Lest today’s QOTD be misinterpreted as any sort of defense of New Year’s Eve, I invite you to join me in guffawing along with Mandi Bierly at PopWatch at the movie’s ridiculous mala-Big Apple-isms (may contain spoilers, if you have some intention of actually seeing this flick, which I do not recommend):

3. No way does a straggly haired guy (Ashton Kutcher) without a pass and wearing pajama bottoms talk his way to the stage area of the Times Square ball drop by saying he’s a drummer for the headliner (Jon Bon Jovi’s Jensen). This is post- 9/11 New York, on New Year’s Eve, with a million people near that stage and the world’s eyes watching.

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10. A million people in Times Square, drunk and armed with noisemakers, would be quiet enough that you could hear a pin drop — or Hilary Swank’s character, Vice President of the Times Square Alliance, giving an inspirational speech about how the ball being stuck on its ascension to its perch reminds us all to take time to reflect.