Thanks. I will buy one of these tomorrow. What brand of car should I drive in to get it?

Neither Salva nor Polanski's films were anywhere near worth their crimes, and this doesn't change depending on the quality of the art produced. We should feel no differently about Salva if he directed something on par with Chinatown. I think we're all in agreement there. But if they "should not be working" what should…

Both Jeepers Creepers are above average horror films. They're not shy about their subtext, and are clearly a way for Salva to deal with his issues through unstoppable-monster metaphor.

On the script issue, I think this is in part because Snyder (like Tim Burton) doesn't know how to identify what's good about a script. I think his movies have often been interesting, but I'm not convinced Snyder is aware about what makes them interesting, and I'm not sure to what degree that matters.

Whedon's occasional De Palma longtakes were groundbreaking for television in the late '90s/early '00s. He's a good TV director, but he doesn't compose as striking big screen images as Snyder can. Buffy is my fave TV show of all time, but it's the truth. For the most part, though, yeah, Whedon has worked with better…

Where is this universe where Snyder's visuals are praised? All I read is people saying his movies look like video games, without A) defining that aesthetic (under the premise that video games all look the same) and B) explaining why that's bad.

I'm not saying "fuck the script," but the point remains that most recent comic book movies have no visual style, and most comic book loyalists (like loyalists of any work being adapted) couldn't give a shit so long as they "get it right." The second Captain America movie had isolated moments of visual invention, but…

The term is never used at face value. It's like calling someone "edgy," where if you're trying to be edgy you're automatically not.

Sometimes you know a movie is going to be big, and want to be part of the cultural conversation. It's like watching the news. It's good to know it.

Snyder is actually the most talented visual director handling any of these superhero tentpoles right now, but comic fans seem to care more about allegiance to the characters and material. Batman V Superman at least HAS character.

The "woo" part ruins it.

I don't think Maher is very funny or endearing, but he's no more smug than John Oliver is, and he doesn't tow the line for easy leftwing applause either.

He's not bad, but he isn't interesting. Once you get used to the formula of his joke delivery ("It would be like if your cousin Ralph believes [this random thing]. "No Ralph you may not [thing connected to this random thing]!!'"), as well as the morally righteous inability to laugh at one's own views that infects most…

I liked the score simply on the grounds that it's hummable, which is something I miss about modern scores. But, yeah, Elfman's is a masterpiece.

Yup.
A) Nobody says "aboot," unless they're making reference to the delusion that Canadians say "aboot."
B) Toronto has what's most stereotypically associated as a "Canadian accent" of anywhere in the country, yet are too metropolitan to admit it.

Ontarians can have a more distinct (ie. distinct from American television) accent than a lot of other parts of Canada. But it is nothing like Americans think it is; whenever the USA attempts Canadian, it succeeds only at mocking its own stereotypical Minnesota accent. Nobody in Canadian history has ever unknowingly…

Exactly. The 2015 stuff (the whole advertising hook of the movie) is the weakest stretch of it. It was annoying to audiences in 1989 that the full movie wasn't spent in the future, but it's only when they leave that it starts to become an interesting sequel. In terms of how it plays with time-travel theory, it's the…

What's with the top photo? Why did Stallone do a painting of Freddy Krueger?

I think that's true much of the time, but many of The Smiths sadder songs provide no catharsis. "Suffer Little Children" being one example that just drags you down deeper. But, yes, "depressing" is a simplification.

If we're inclined to break Burton into Good and Bad Periods, doesn't SLEEPY HOLLOW at least earn a place in the former? I mean, one could say the old Burton died with ED WOOD (and if so, you'd be crazy for omitting MARS ATTACKS!), but SH is a great-looking movie told through an artist's distinctive vision. These last…