Speaking of which, when is the superhero movie bubble going to burst? I realize I can easily just ignore the movies (although that means missing out on some outings with friends and pop culture knowledge). But much as I like quieter movies like Woody Allen's, it'd be nice to see the money/creativity dedicated to…

I must be the only one who likes it. Probably because it was actually the first Woody Allen movie I ever saw. My mother was a huge fan and dragged me to see it in theaters. Looking back, it's definitely inessential Allen, but I'll always have a soft spot for it.

Yeah but he wasn't just quickly checking the time and maybe a text or two, it was flipping through Facebook photos. Like, if you can't sit through MI5 then, I dunno, maybe you need start mainlining Vyvanse.

I had half a mind to call a truancy officer. Kids!

I need an Alamo Drafthouse. I was watching MI5 last night and the kid next to me kept checking his phone. Whatever, plenty of people do that, the movie was pretty bright, just gonna suck it up. Can't believe anything on Facebook is that interesting when you're sitting right in front of an IMAX screen playing a brand…

Infinite Jest has felt like sort of a slog, which is a shame because as someone who has struggled a lot with his mental health, and a lot of the other concerns that occupied DFW, there are some real gems in there. I even like the footnotes.

I know! I love Pynchon, but I've been having a lot of trouble getting into any serious reading recently. Call it book ADD. Been really undisciplined in that department in favor of lot of TV and PS4.

Infinite Jest seems to speak to more people. GR is 1000 times trippier.

I think DFW is much more approachable for the "average" casual reader of literature. Only my lit nerd friends were really into Pynchon (or DeLillo, or Barth, or any other authors who are sort of his progenitors). But I know many people who aren't really big fiction readers who read Infinite Jest and loved it.

This is going to sound pretentious, but I've gotten a lot more out of movies and books by changing my approach to them. Instead of looking to only be satisfied by the "whole" and wait for everything to converge perfectly, I've learned to accept that books/films are a series of discrete moments. There are some sections…

I've almost read V. twice. I always get bogged down/bored in that long Africa chapter. I don't even remember what happens or what it's supposed to be about.

What's wrong with being a fan of Peter Sellers?

"But I’ve been stunned over the years since his terribly sad but, it must be said, stagey demise . . ."

I'd put the original above MI3. It confuses me every time I see it, but it's just so much more fun than MI3. There's nothing quite as cool as the exploding gum in any of the other movies, I love the exploding tank, the CIA break in, and the train scene is badass. Does any other gadget have as awesome a payoff as the…

I get the feeling that Cameron and Cruise would clash way too much. Cameron is a guy with a vision, I think he would probably want more creative control than Cruise would be willing to give.

I wonder if those directors would consider doing the sixth MI to be "slumming it."

I used to work down the street from the real IMF (International Monetary Fund) in DC. I always got a kick out of that on my daily walk to/from work. Probably too much of a kick.

Good point.

He's also never been afraid to surround himself with superior actors. I wouldn't say that it makes him humble, necessarily, but…it reflects well on him.

He's definitely had work done. You can tell. So, I am not impressed.