Holy shit, ZMF made a good point.

See, if you look at films like Star Wars or Titanic or even all the Disney movies back in the day, there was exactly thematic complexity involved. I think when you make a $250 million movie with a marketing and distribution budget to match, you kind of have to make something that will resonate with the lowest common…

@Goon: thankfully I'm not a fan of Coldplay and am wholly ignorant of Snow Patrol, save being aware they exist. Either way, I try not to be concerned over what people think I like/do not like. That mentality ruined a lot of things for me as an adolescent that I have since come to appreciate upon further review (the…

I don't know, I just saw it and I thought it was pretty amazing. It got a little clunky between the second and third act with the speech about pre-emptive warfare and the shock and awe line, but still, awesome. I thought Sam Worthington was perfect in his role. Arnold Schwarzenegger, for all of his charms would…

Hmm, I think you read more into it than what I meant, but I get what you're saying and I agree. I'm not sure that there lies, at the heart of artistic criticism at least, a desire to tear down the art to rebuild it in a better form. That being said, often when criticizing something, especially something that I…

Yo
This movie is baller as fuck. There are some problems with it, but seriously, there is SO much in this movie. The only thing there is time for in this movie is one-liners as far as dialogue goes. However, I do admit that I think part of that choice was concerned with easily dubbing for foreign languages. This…

Ah, 3d has satisfied my vulgar proletariat desires.

But I think if it isn't cliche-ridden and retarded, it's probably going to take away from the action element, no? I mean, I still haven't seen it yet, but would the movie have been better if the marines just went in there and fuck-started everyone's heads for two hours and then Sam Worthington as a blue guy banged…

Haven't seen it yet, but will…
I used to kind of revere the AV club's reviews as being closest to my own tastes, but I kind of have to question it now. Lately I've been noticing some pre-dispositions on the part of the reviewers. And I think this stems from their review of GI Joe, which had been universally panned,…

Yeah, I was going to point this out later, about GI Joe's review here.

I think the meme "FAIL" fucking fails.

Whatever, the original Alien is a cool movie - but as a horror movie it isn't particularly scary or horrifying. Aliens is a fucking awesome action movie that has a lot of fucking awesome action in it.

Yes!

Yeah, me too. I watched it again recently and was hyping that part up to my friend like: this is the funniest shit coming up, and then it happened and you know, it was only mildly amusing at best.

http://vodpod.com/watch/515…

Sorry, here's that tip drill link: my bad.

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You know something, you guys missed the worst, most awesome video:

Doubt anyone's going to read this, but:
I read a book when I was a kid, but it definitely wasn't a children's book. I believe it was set in New England. It involved some Madison Ave guy going to this old house up in New England that his dead friend willed to him and living there for some reason. He has this local…

Alright there, Asperger.

Rose Madder's good if you're a dark tower fan, but yeah I could see it being one of his weaker books. Secret favorite King book: Insomnia. Best one though is Pet Sematary.