idiotking, the reason it turns into such a mess is because the film expects us to believe not only that Gervais wants to bed Garner, but that he LOVES her. You may be right that many people "pursue beyond the point of reason a horrible person who's a bad match for you because you find them physically attractive," but…

As the review notes, there are similarities between Marina Diamandis and Regina Spektor in their penchant for interesting vocals, though the music and lyrics surrounding Diamandis aren't a fraction as interesting as Spektor's. Still:

Don't forget about Arcade Fire. I don't know if they have as many as 9 people, but whenever I see a live performance I just have to laugh at the one guy whose sole job seems to be thumping a single bass drum to keep the beat.

I was scanning the comments, looking for a mention of Double Indemnity. Glad to have found it.

True dat. I never understood why people talk about that ending as if it's terrible. That whole scene inside the house at the end made my skin crawl. And the final shot of that guy facing the corner makes me shudder just to think of it.

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@Herne: Glad someone else is giving Monsters Inc. some love. I feel like that one always gets lost in the shuffle whenever people talk about Pixar's best movies. It may not be on the same level as WALL-E, but those final seconds are handled perfectly. I remember seeing it in the theater, hearing the "Kitty …" by an…

Wow, I'd almost forgotten how awesome the final act of "Unforgiven" is. Thanks for reminding me.

I agree, that final scene is glorious. Plainview's rant just crescendoes, and crescendoes, and crescendoes. By the time he's chasing Eli down the bowling lane, bellowing I AM THE THIRD REVELATION!!, towering over the camera (and by extension the people in the audience), he's the devil incarnate. I literally felt like…

Whoever brought up the final two minutes of "Heat" is correct. Damn, but that movie is incredible. It's probably the music that puts it over the top, though the editing deserves special mention too. That cut to black is absolute perfection.

You don't have to do that! I'm still seduced from before.

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Favorite characters to use in Super Mario Crossover
Just curious: which characters do people favor in that game? I generally stuck with Mega Man and Samus for the entire time, with an occasional switch to Mario for the levels where you just want to sprint through the whole thing (the Cheep-Cheep bridge levels, some…

Really? I thought his greatest talent was clenching his jaw and looking stoic/half-asleep.

Yeah, Watts, no question. It also helps that Andrew Dominik is directing; The Assassination of Jesse James was awesome.

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I thought his Irish accent was FUCKING DISTRACTING!

Also, Turin Turambar in "The Silmarillion." I didn't tear up at it as I did with Theoden—I think I was too shocked by its bleakness. Anyone who likes to make fun of Tolkien for stuff like all the singing and Tom Bombadil and hobbits needs to read that story. It's almost unbelievably dark and hopeless.

I just watched "The Wild Bunch" last night (probably why I'm feeling sleepy at work today, only got five hours of sleep), and yes that is quite a death scene. Even though I'd heard a lot about it, I was really surprised at just how ugly it was. The part where Pike gets shot by that woman, then whirls around and hisses…

Holy crap, jonnieboy, I thought I was the only one who still remembers that part. It's short, just a couple of sentences, but it's absolutely heartbreaking, and one of the only moments of real, honest-to-goodness tragedy in the entire series.

I'm with Zack on this, though not so much because the deaths were arbitrary. I could understand Rowling heartlessly offing a few beloved characters, if only to keep the stakes high. What bothered me was that a lot of the deaths were simply underwritten. Wormtail and Snape, in particular. Those were practically…