Word up!  Not enough Wilford Brimley riding a horse and carrying a bow and arrows!

I loved it when it came out.  Unfortunately for very young women it can seem super appealing to have someone be so sexually obsessed with you that it can only end in gory deaths all around.

I loved it when it came out.  Unfortunately for very young women it can seem super appealing to have someone be so sexually obsessed with you that it can only end in gory deaths all around.

Thanks for linking to that.  I love Roger Ebert.

Thanks for linking to that.  I love Roger Ebert.

Plus he's so HOTTTTT.  My friend and I sat at a table near him at a cafe and it was the worst conversation we ever had (me and my friend, that is) because all I wanted to do was stare and try not to get caught staring.

Plus he's so HOTTTTT.  My friend and I sat at a table near him at a cafe and it was the worst conversation we ever had (me and my friend, that is) because all I wanted to do was stare and try not to get caught staring.

I didn't want to "like" this but I did.

I didn't want to "like" this but I did.

BUT: amaaaaazing casting because if you look at pictures of the young Albert Finney he looks exactly like Ewan McGregor.  For what it's worth.

BUT: amaaaaazing casting because if you look at pictures of the young Albert Finney he looks exactly like Ewan McGregor.  For what it's worth.

Yes, I think until I read this article I thought there was only one movie called Reservution Road or something.

Yes, I think until I read this article I thought there was only one movie called Reservution Road or something.

You mean the film with the immortal line "Give us … free!"  (I think that might be the only line.)

You mean the film with the immortal line "Give us … free!"  (I think that might be the only line.)

Presumably Peter Jackson could do anything he wanted at that point, post-LOTR.  Even if she owned the rights to the script, she still would have had to get a studio to fund it.

Presumably Peter Jackson could do anything he wanted at that point, post-LOTR.  Even if she owned the rights to the script, she still would have had to get a studio to fund it.

Totally.  I had an enormous crush on Ralph Fiennes when that came out and even then it was totally laughable.  You just can't play three generations of characters, bro!  It does not work!  Just when you're sad about the one guy getting horribly killed in a concentration camp, there he is again, reincarnated as his own…

Totally.  I had an enormous crush on Ralph Fiennes when that came out and even then it was totally laughable.  You just can't play three generations of characters, bro!  It does not work!  Just when you're sad about the one guy getting horribly killed in a concentration camp, there he is again, reincarnated as his own…

Right, plus Jakob the Liar.  Nothing says Oscar like a smarmy, pat American take on the Holocaust.