Counterpoint: I think this is better than the first and third installments of the Raimi trilogy (2 is still the high-water mark, for sure), and Garfield is a far, far better Spider-Man than Toby Maguire was.  His gawky and gangly take on Peter Parker is much more interesting, and much more convincing in his…

Gawd, that brothel scene is a knockout.  The name of the place - Elysian Fields - might be a little too on-the-nose, but it's easily the most memorable scene in a movie full of them.

Gawd, that brothel scene is a knockout.  The name of the place - Elysian Fields - might be a little too on-the-nose, but it's easily the most memorable scene in a movie full of them.

@avclub-4ffb0d2ba92f664c2281970110a2e071:disqus : I went more into detail above, but also consider the way this film was made.  This was a local community troupe (the writer and director have lived there for six years, the more extended troupe includes born-and-bred) and they built this from the ground up.  And damn,…

@avclub-4ffb0d2ba92f664c2281970110a2e071:disqus : I went more into detail above, but also consider the way this film was made.  This was a local community troupe (the writer and director have lived there for six years, the more extended troupe includes born-and-bred) and they built this from the ground up.  And damn,…

Nah, nothing like that.  For one thing the community is multiethnic (as is the Civilization they're avoiding), so in order to make the black miserable-ism argument, you'd have to read the film way more narrowly than what's on screen.  That being said, there's a lot of ambivalence toward the lifestyle, and that…

Nah, nothing like that.  For one thing the community is multiethnic (as is the Civilization they're avoiding), so in order to make the black miserable-ism argument, you'd have to read the film way more narrowly than what's on screen.  That being said, there's a lot of ambivalence toward the lifestyle, and that…

I think it's the mix.. the chorus sounds pretty rough, too.  Hopefully the actual album mix is a little better balanced.

I think it's the mix.. the chorus sounds pretty rough, too.  Hopefully the actual album mix is a little better balanced.

From the write-up this sounds vaguely like Time of the Gypsies, the Kusturica film.  Anyone who's seen these able to say whether that's a fair comparison?

From the write-up this sounds vaguely like Time of the Gypsies, the Kusturica film.  Anyone who's seen these able to say whether that's a fair comparison?

As expected, it became one of my favorite albums of the year (I could listen to “One Time” on repeat for hours)

As expected, it became one of my favorite albums of the year (I could listen to “One Time” on repeat for hours)

Something else to consider:

Something else to consider:

@avclub-91546109eaf110327d50b0955865712a:disqus : just be warned: some of us have husbands and are dudes.  We're all up in your internet, corrupting your morals.

@avclub-91546109eaf110327d50b0955865712a:disqus : just be warned: some of us have husbands and are dudes.  We're all up in your internet, corrupting your morals.

I do, too.  I was so fascinated by the city dynamics when the show began, and they've barely been addressed since.

I do, too.  I was so fascinated by the city dynamics when the show began, and they've barely been addressed since.

What’s your gender and age? Male, 32