It might not come to anything, but I'd love it if the address of the security guard's "son" turned out to be important.

It might not come to anything, but I'd love it if the address of the security guard's "son" turned out to be important.

I think she's fantastic in JUNO, and in fact is the reason that movie works at all. Remove that character and it's as insufferably smug as its critics claim.

I think she's fantastic in JUNO, and in fact is the reason that movie works at all. Remove that character and it's as insufferably smug as its critics claim.

"Effective" if I was trying to help the filmmakers figure out where they went wrong, maybe, but not in attempting to convey the depth (for me, obvs) of the film's loathesomeness. I went the latter course.

"Effective" if I was trying to help the filmmakers figure out where they went wrong, maybe, but not in attempting to convey the depth (for me, obvs) of the film's loathesomeness. I went the latter course.

I actually saw the last October (or September) version and don't recall any cuts—it looked pretty worked over at that point as it was.

I actually saw the last October (or September) version and don't recall any cuts—it looked pretty worked over at that point as it was.

"stripper who never actually removes her clothes." Does that help?

"stripper who never actually removes her clothes." Does that help?

I think the last 15 minutes were written by a computer.

I think the last 15 minutes were written by a computer.

Y'all are killers.

Y'all are killers.

I think the difference is that the dorky-looking character is the love object and not the hero—it's not "dorky boy wins pretty girl." And for a cartoon character, Mavis is fairly normal-looking as well.

I think the difference is that the dorky-looking character is the love object and not the hero—it's not "dorky boy wins pretty girl." And for a cartoon character, Mavis is fairly normal-looking as well.

The timing is one of things I most value in Hotel Transylvania. I can't think of a recent animated movie, or almost any movie, that executes the comic beats—including the pulse of dead air after a joke lands—as well.

The timing is one of things I most value in Hotel Transylvania. I can't think of a recent animated movie, or almost any movie, that executes the comic beats—including the pulse of dead air after a joke lands—as well.

Between Sandler haters and Tartakovsky fans, I think the movie is getting hit with confirmation bias from both ends. I think it's incredibly funny much of the time, although Tahsa is correct that  the sub-Madagascar ending totally blows.

Between Sandler haters and Tartakovsky fans, I think the movie is getting hit with confirmation bias from both ends. I think it's incredibly funny much of the time, although Tahsa is correct that  the sub-Madagascar ending totally blows.