@avclub-80b912d8d81919969ccab0080ddd8e2f:disqus, you're projecting a modern sense of the word that wasn't intended by the original writer or speaker.

@avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus :

A little conspiratorial, aren't we?  Why don't you just come out and say that the AV Club writers don't mean a word that they write and that they're all cynically serving the business interests of the advertisers?

My balls are already very clean, thank you. 

Theoretically yes.  But until recently, there was no such thing as a handsome man, because all men allowed their appearances to go to shit at all times.  The sudden arrival of men who are somewhat decent to look at has thrown the language a little out of whack.

Movie science doesn't have to make sense.  It just has to sound like something the average audience member wouldn't understand, so they don't ever question it.

I'd rather play Battleship with Chris Brown than see this movie.  Hell, I'd rather have an actual conversation with Chris Brown that went beyond the names of grid squares and "hit" or "miss" than see this movie.  But honestly, I'd rather just do something fun.

Does everyone who writes for this site aspire to be compared to Sean O'Neil?

I believe it's some sort of bowel irritation.

@avclub-54d29188fe85ae6a66b5ffaa043f799f:disqus is the king of this thread. 

It's hilariously sad how that works.

There ought to be a public whipping of people like Peter Berg. 

Kind of both at the same time.  Anti-semites have the magical ability to believe that the Jews got exactly what they deserved while denying that anyone did anything bad to them.

Have a gold star, friend.

I like that one line in there, "Because that's the thing critics were supposed to say about an artist who once made an album their mothers liked…"  It made me think about my own relationship with media that my mom likes.  Not to say she has immaculate taste or anything, but we actually have a lot of common ground on…

My girlfriend and I saw someone sing it for Karaoke once.  She was not exactly impressed that I knew all the words.

It's very distinctly "ball."

Huh.  So it is.

Hey, I see what you did there!  I see it!

If it's so damned vital, get on the horn with EMI and tell them not to be dicks about copyright.