I know you're making fun of this dude, but I have to say it's one of my favorite episodes. It should have been obvious from the time it aired that it was written by Critic writers. BuT I loved The Critic, and damned if the final gag didn't make me laugh for like a straight ten minutes afterward.

Ha. I was saying elsewhere on this very thread that I disliked, well, let's just call him by his nickname Joe (way easier to spell), so I might concede that point. HOWEVER, I'm probably more likely to give Uncle Boonmee, which I did hate, a second chance just to see if I can make heads or tails of it (I do LOVE the…

I'm glad to see some love for Medulla. It's a great record.

I hated her last album so much, and Volta I thought was fairly mediocre. I think I'll still buy this, though, because she has a lot of goodwill built up from everything she's done before those two.

And I'm perfectly fine with that.

I like to think I know enough about the art to say he just isn't for me. But, yeah, kind of agree. It just feels like I'm missing something.

Oldboy is kind of a poster child for style over substance, is it not?

Apitchatpong is a director I just do not get. I find his work sloppy, uninteresting and downright boring.

Nobody Knows is my favorite by far, but Oldboy would be a good choice, too. Seriously, though, Shrek 2 was in competition???

This is pretty much the only Palm d'or winner in history that's now completely unwatchable - though Dowd has definitely made me somewhat curious about giving it a second go. I don't think I saw any of Moore's subsequent films, though, nor have I rewatched any of his earlier films (Roger and Me was a revelation when I…

I'm enjoying a wank to your avatar at this very moment!

I couldn't remember whether or not The White Ribbon took place in Germany or Austria.

A kid who was running toward American soldiers with a grenade in hand. If he had radioed down to the other soldiers, what were they going to do? Run away from the kid and hope he'd tire out? Where the fuck are your brains, dude?

Look, I totally agree that we should never have been there. That doesn't mean that a sniper who's shooting people targeting US soldiers who, by no choice of their own, were sent there, is murdering people.

Father rapers!

Haneke is Austrian. He's made films in the US and France, but I don't think he's ever made one in Germany.

They were definitely presenting a threat to US soldiers. He was specifically targeting people who were trying to kill them.

Yeah, it's not the kind of thing one should question with this show.

Oh, God, him pouring the popcorn seeds in the bowl kills me.

A pretty good episode, honestly. The 400th, IIRC.