oh yeah ..

me too, the 'Raindrops keep falling on my head' montage from Spider-Man 1 earned a lot of praise at the time; I thought that the SM3 effort was an even better sequence and a fun, clever way of depicting Spidey's arrogant hubris.

I dunno, I think it could work well.

I think the key will to cast a diverse bunch of kids; Misfits was never shy about mixing kids from different backgrounds and having them be refreshingly shitty to one another..

There'd be a good opportunity for the US version to periodically make some really fun casting choices with the Probation Officer; which was pretty much the only recurring 'adult' role in the U.K. series (although from memory the parents of Robert Sheahan's character had decent parts) - they were always interesting…

I actually think the pretty-boy handsome-barman character was quite good in the later (last?) season/s, and, as far as the loose seasonal plot-arc approach that Misfits took, the barman-loses-his-dick plot trumped the plot-y and overly serious time-travel stuff which threatened to bog things down in the first 2…

If you don't have some pity (if not actual empathy) for Brent by the time he is made redundant, you haven't watched it right.

how's that controversial?
the US version pales in comparison.

Keep churning 'em out Disney, hopefully everyone will get sick of this shit eventually and filmmakers might be forced to create/adapt original material again!

we read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory already, forgot to mention it in the other comment - the best parts were definitely the Oompa Loompa songs (imo) - we'll probably go with Matilda next on your recommendation - can't wait to get through James and the Giant Peach, it's just soooo dull.

nah, something new - recently watched a few bits of Fry and Laurie doing Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, I found it disappointing - I think Fry was a) too young for the part at the time, and b) played Jeeves with too much of a smirking wink to really pull it off well.

The scene where DeNiro/Bickle is zoned out in his apartment watching some semi-glamorous show on t.v. (I dunno what it is; some dancing show? there are ballgowns I'm pretty sure?) and slowly, agonisingly kicks over the t.v. is so queasily unsettling; it's scarier to me than 100 cheap horror scares

Listen you fuckers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore.

we've started James and the Giant Peach …
although we tend to intersperse the longer kids books with picture books - there's an Australian guy, Aaron Blabey, newish author, who writes and illustrates the most wonderfully bent children's stories, they are a real winner if your kids like a laugh; they're slightly dark…

We finished it two nights ago - my daughter is four, and seemed only intermittently interested in the story, being easily distracted (by me, as my exasperated partner battled on bravely with the actual reading) - I just showed the trailer to my daughter and wondered how quickly she'd catch on as to what she was…

My daughter is inexplicably terrified of E.T.

I've just been revisiting his stuff as my partner and I have been reading him to our 4 year old daughter.
To be honest none of his books are as good as I remember them as a child - just misses that Venn-spot where kids and adults can enjoy it together (and I can find enjoyment in quite a few works nominally…

the Butler was my favourite character, opportunity for a fun bit of casting there ..

agreed, apart from the DotD remake I've found the rest of his work laughably bad - Sucker Punch was easily the worst of those that I've seen too..
it's funny, I find a lot of films I really dislike are burdened with pacing issues; even something like Intolerable Cruelty by my beloved Coens - I remember watching IC at…

I know nothing of Eggers, but I'd agree with his review %100, and I've read and enjoyed IJ - it's a work of genius for sure, but there are certainly aspects of it worthy of criticism (even if I suspect DFW knew exactly what he was doing) - the parallel drawn with Himself is spot-on, too.