I didn’t take offense; I didn’t think they were funny. A celebrity you wouldn’t suspect (or perhaps one you would) taking a large cash payment from a foreign dignitary in return for sexual contact is somewhat amusing; raping under-aged members of a boy band, making them watch, and three of them killing themselves afterward isn’t funny.

My point, however, was that “the rules” for the romantic entanglement elements of this film preclude such offenses from being redeemable (hey, I didn’t make up the BS rom-com rules). I’d have been happier overall if there were no compromises, revelations, or implied romantic entanglements with the character; if that’s who he is, fine, and he’d probably get what he deserves in the end. The script is hamstrung by the “Well, he’s really a good guy deep down underneath all the murderous, self-gratifying parts.” Did they really think more women would flock to see it over this?

Oh, and so far as I can tell, I’m the only one who has spotted that Woola is the prototype for the Luggage in the Discworld books!