@avclub-943bed14192fee046510105155dd9073:disqus @avclub-5eed6c6e569d984796ebca9c1169451e:disqus I actually went and saw The Conjuring last night in a full theater during a late show and had a real blast.  The audience was participating in a way that heightened the experience.

I've definitely noticed that before.  Not sure if it bothers me much, unless of course the audience is openly mocking the movie.  If it's merely nervous laughter, I'm totally fine with it.

Saw this tonight and agree with you.  I had a blast watching a late show with a packed house.  To me, it was like Pacific Rim - a blast and filled with what felt like nods to established genre tropes.

My first run through this show I actually found Casey fairly unlikeable for those reasons/moments you cite.  In S1, he tells Dana if they could not have their fight "in front of the help" and, man, it just sounds so douchey.  My second run through the show humanized his character for me somewhat: I feel like Casey's…

Krause and Charles are fantastic on this show.  I haven't seen much else of Charles, who is SO great on Sports Night, but Krause is a strong part of a strong cast on Parenthood.  Parenthood's Krause and Potter aren't quite FNL's Chandler and Britton, but they aren't slouches either.

For someone who allegedly hates sports but created this show, I feel like Sorkin really nailed the early Sportscenter vibe in an impressive way.  I don't think that happens unless you at least like or respect sports culture.  "Hate" is kind of a strong word to use here.

I can't remember but I want to say that Jim Rome has a similar take to Dan on soccer?

Are you forgetting what Tecumseh said?

Haha it is definitely over the top and hammy.  I think someone else already said it already but some of the best parts were the scenes between the Price character and his scheming wife, and how pointed the dialog between the two is.  Honestly, I was probably just in the mood for something else, particularly when I…

I kinda liked it?  Didn't think it was as overtly dumb and stupid as most horror releases.  Maybe I need to see it again …

I'm with you.  The Exorcist is easily top 5 horror for me.  I really love the build and atmosphere of the first half and don't really have any issues with anything once things get cracking in the back half.  The scene that I find most disturbing on rewatches now are the hospital testing scenes and the scenes set in…

Two weekends ago, I was visiting my brother in LA and we got a chance to watch a print of The Shining out at a theater in Santa Monica.  I really just LOVE that movie - I think it's a masterpiece, so seeing it on a big screen finally was a real treat (and goodness the sound and scoring of that movie is meant to be…

I tried watching it last night on Netflix and it's very much of it's time.  I'd seen it before as a child and revisiting it now many many years later …. I just couldn't bring myself to finish it.

@avclub-7d1b5eadf3d0b75e1c4b55880ef5ac96:disqus @avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus Agree with both of y'all.  It wasn't perfect but I didn't walk away disappointed and I definitely had a blast watching it.  My inner ten year old was happy that this was made with an abundance of love, which counts for…

Curb stomp would have been tremendous!

Agree.  I wasn't familiar with him going into this, so to me he was just a bland action movie dude. EDIT: Ok, not worst of blockbuster era, but definitely a performance that wasn't memorable in any good way.

Agree with his spanish language stuff being the best written.  Cronos, The Devil's Backbone, and Pan's were all filled with interesting story ideas.  His movies aren't perfect but the conceit in those movies at least were refreshingly different.  I am a big fan.

I thought he was pretty good in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.  Do I wish his role was even bigger?  Sure. 

I'll second the love for CoT and 25th Hour.  It's really great stuff.  And while I'm glad that Benioff's associated with a largely great show like GoT, it makes me sad that he's spent time on projects like the Wolverine screenplay instead of writing another killer novel.

I make inventory-style lists compulsively whenever I'm bored or too tired from working and I need to take a break and think about something else before I get back on task.  There's something strangely therapeutic about the exercise.