Right. It's not so much the dialogue, though, as the monologues, where one character holds forth until he—it's always a man—has espoused his dark philosophy to the fullest. Works much better on paper than on film, but even on paper it can be exasperating. The first time I read The Crossing, and one of the several…

McCarthy's getting up in years, isn't he?
EDIT—According to Wikipedia, he turned 80 in July.

This would also hold true of his novels, where people have conversations in Spanish and you either glean the meaning from context or you run for your Spanish-English dictionary. There are not "huge chunks" in Spanish, but a few sentences at a time, and you'll probably get the gist.

Body double.

My response to violence is unpredictable, too. The violence in The Counselor is cringeworthy/graphic, but afterward it's all I wanted to talk about. The plot wasn't much, but the violence was well-done and I fully engaged with the story for those few moments.

The Counselor is a dark horse, for sure. McCarthy is brilliant but deeply cynical, and takes his characters through the gauntlet—someone earlier said he was "nihilistic"—good word. Also, he writes from a fixedly male POV—he is dated in that he doesn't write women well—they are seldom complex, yet the men are doomed by…

Nah, nah, nah. True Grit does not belong in this genre—it is a western, set in the 19th century—there is no antihero, well, the girl is, kind of—there's no edgy camera work, no femme fatale—I don't think of it as noir.

Agreed, it's the best.

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Oh, that's just too good.

Which one was Christian Bale in?
EDIT OMG! I forgot he was in Velvet Goldmine. So young!

Loved it!! Agree with David's grade at B+.

HADDIE!!!!!!!!

"I think most voters look for concrete answers and not rhetoric…"
I'm not sure that is true, but I think the writers would have us believe that people vote for candidates who cry during debates.

Didn't like the way this was handled, but I live in California where married people are allowed to have friends.

…and remember when her mother was staying with them and both women ganged up on Crosby? There is a history…

…and his squeaky little cart.

I'm for anything that scares big dumb jocks.

Pride and Prejudice scared the shit out of me.

Anderson was forced into a joyless role that lasted for years. She is a versatile actor and I can only imagine how old this must've gotten for her, (it also got old for viewers.) Maybe she spent her free time at Magic Mountain, screaming on the water log ride.