I always forget about Silverchair and I really liked them as a tween (the singer was a pretty-boy).

I totally get your obsession. One thing that bothered me watching GG again last year was how everytime Rory faces a hurdle, Lorelai and pretty much every adult in her life become incensed that anything remotely unpleasant could happen to such a "perfect" young woman.

I started watching GG at the end of the first season. Rory and I were the same age and hit many milestones at the same time (graduating from high school, starting college). It was cool to have a tv character that was my age and also a goody-goody who loved her mom. Most teenage girls on tv back then were portrayed as…

I like "dramedies" also, and tend to see them as dramas that don't take themselves too seriously!

True. I should be careful what I wish for! And comedies are a lot more personal in terms of taste.

It's interesting that many of the movies you and sarccastro listed weren't necessarily advertised as comedies, at least not in the same way as the Incredible Burt Wonderstone. But I clearly have a lot of catching up to do with movies.

I only saw Goon, and enjoyed it ('cause I'm Canadian, eh?), but I wouldn't say it's a *great* comedy. This is obviously very subjective, but to me, great would be something that could hold a candle to a classic like This Is Spinal Tap. Are the others you mention even comedies? Or more, action/horror movies with many…

That's a good point. A great comic actor like Carrell can't hide the flaws in a weak comedic script the same way a Streep can mask them in a weak drama. And I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of comedies are done by committee, so as to please the largest audience possible. But that probably could be said for most movies…

Great comedies should be awared Oscars, because it is obviously much harder to make a good comedy than it is to make a good drama. I can't remember the last comedy that came out that was actually great… probably a Judd Apatow related movie back in his heyday, or Tropic Thunder.

I remember hearing about his speech afterwards and kind of getting second-hand embarrasment. I really don't get why he is treated as a rock elder statesman/quasi rock royalty. I guess being a good guy, writing a few decent pop-rock songs back in the day and being the drummer in Nirvana is enough to make him some sort…

I read his statement more like, if you don't go for a more mass appeal approach with your music, then don't be surprised if you don't make "mass appeal music makers" type of money. The Black Keys changed their formula for that purpose and it paid off. Although personally, I think Two Weeks was a great song with a…

I'll agree with you! Britt Daniel's voice is probably what first caught my attention and got me to like Spoon. I think the first song I heard was "The Way We Get By" in which he has a good rock n' roll rasp to his delivery that I love.

Yes! Dave Gahan is incredibly underrated, not only as a singer, but also as a frontman. When I think of a great baritone voice, I think of Gahan. But I find Depeche Mode in general is often overlooked.

And he actually yells in Dog Day Afternoon (the scene where he is on the phone with his wife), yet it isn't scene chewing, but just plain ol' great acting (especially the look in his eyes).

The music was definitely old-school, in a bad 70's tv movie way. It clashed with the film… an odd choice on the part of Lumet.

Pacino was incredibly handsome in Serpico: those dark brown puppy eyes, thick hair and beard! But Dog Day Afternoon is still the better Pacino/Lumet movie.