best.

i think it helps if you think of varga not as a human, but more as a primal or supernatural force — a kind of "devil" (with leland palmer being the benevolent "god" as a counterbalance). characters who personify or embody good and evil is a VERY coen bros thing to do.

i think it's pretty clear at this point in his career that QT is very much a fan of using cinema as a mechanism for the oppressed to take sweet vengeance upon their oppressors. movies are uniquely able to portray these wish fulfillment fantasies. i think tarantino gets great satisfaction playing god and dispensing…

revenue is a son of a bitch

this is a great metaphor! and it especially fits the kill bill films.

you seem like a friendly person.

plus a remarkable original morricone score that rivals the best work he's ever done. which is insane — the guy still has enough creative juice to light up an entire city grid.

floating somewhere in the creative nebula of unrealized potential and alternate timelines is a two hour cut of hateful eight that is one of the greatest films of all time. but in this, the realest and cruelest of real, cruel worlds, we'll just have to settle for it being a fascinating, gorgeous, self-indulgent, and…

i really enjoy trying to follow along and unpack the meaning of the architect scene.

but you're cool with mother's being murdered in front of their daughters? accountants having their arms chopped off? endless scores of brutal deaths, dismemberments, and geysers of human blood?

i saw it in a packed theater on opening weekend, and i remember almost passing out with joy just from seeing that opening 'wrath of khan' title card. then the movie actually starts, and somehow just keeps topping itself; scene after scene, after scene, after scene. it was like having jumper cables attached directly…

bong bong

even with subtitles, the percentage of sense that akira makes does not go much further than zero. this is not a bad thing. but it is a thing.

counter-counterpoint: a hot take opinion shared without critical insight or explanation is just boorish trolling.

it's pretty amazing the level of engagement that vince gilligan can inspire with these radically different shows and protagonists. he creates these vivid characters, plunges them into brutal and amoral circumstances, and then lets the audience draw their own conclusions.

it takes a lot of hoop jumping for jimmy's actions to be thought of as outright evil, but it also requires some fancy footwork to believe that jimmy has the moral high ground. this show and this episode in particular seems to be bringing out lots of strong and conflicting opinions along the spectrum between those two…

walter white made meth and killed people.

drown your sorrows in cinnabons.

this week on better call saul; kim is working too hard, jimmy is an asshole. nacho won't drink his milk, chuck purees howard's confidence, mall walking is exercise, and mike is skeptical of german multinationals.

yes this. jimmy needed to make irene feel like it was her decision. he was creating a circumstance where he can claim plausible deniability for his involvement in her choice. there's probably legal reasons for this, but there's also the broader better call saul theme of slippin jimmy slipping into saul goodman, one…