Another point for Way of the Gun
The old gunman James Caan recruits to help them recover the cash. For a relatively minor character, both his introduction (sack of guns, crooning radio) and departure ("I'd kind of like to be alone now. If you don't mind") are touching and hilarious.

Yeah, switch you places
Thanks for the suggestions, Scott. We'll see how it goes. Worst case scenario, it gives me more ammo against Mulholland Dr., cue internet smiley-face.

Strange as this sounds
As of ten minutes ago I would have been a self-described Lynch-hater—I honestly jumped to the comments to grumble about any praise—but after reading this thread, I'm actually interested in queuing up a movie or two and giving him another shot.

Way of the Gun
I was thrown by that inclusion as well. Way of the Gun's definitely influenced by Tarantino, but I think it stands on its own. It's way more subdued than the overstylized ripoffs, not to mention it's actually got a pretty good sense of humor.

That's a bad analogy
By any statistical analysis, Bonds is a better baseball player than McGwire. If he faces fewer obstacles to the Hall than McGwire, it will probably be because he may be the best baseball player ever. Race could be a factor, but it would be insignificant beside the difference in their talents.