Glad commenters like yourself are attempting to talk instead of calling for a ban on someone for expressing a differing point of view. I don't find that helpful, and it's dispiriting to see how quick many commenters are to jump on the "never let them comment again!" train. Thanks for being reasonable.

If it's a gimmick, it's not amusing.

I'd wager Obama is going to wait to speak out again until there's some serious momentum against Trump. If he says anything this soon, the right is going to chalk it up to sour grapes. (Also, if he gave a statement every time Trump did something horrifying, he might as well get a job at CNN.

It's going to go toward a bunch of advanced tech, planes and guns and tanks and such. The good news is, our police departments can pick up the older models for cheap at auctions.

I like them both.

Executive Decision is solid. It even manages to actually catch you off guard near the beginning, in a manner similar to Deep Blue Sea. I still prefer Air Force One, though.

The effects in the crash scene were lousy, sure, but that's a tiny part in what was otherwise a very tense and enjoyable thriller. I like both Face/Off and Con Air, but Air Force One might be the best of those three (it's definitely better than Con Air, anyway, which is really only enjoyable as cheese; if you're able…

He also directed Holes with Shia LaBeouf, which is a really underrated movie.

The Fugitive is what I would call a "chase movie," which is a subset of the action genre, if a bit more subtle than a Schwarzenegger film. And this was a great piece; I'm definitely happy with his choice.

You're forgetting Air Force One, which is a pretty damn entertaining action flick. Also, not sure if you're only referring to action movies, but if not, Witness is great, too.

"But it's legal in this state!"
"Not anymore. Do you know who the Attorney General is?"
"But I thought they supported states' rights-"
[gets tazed]

I do think the film is on Team Seb in regards to his views toward jazz (hence why in the end he opens the very traditional jazz club he'd been talking about opening since the beginning). But yeah, we'll have to agree to disagree. I appreciate the discussion either way.

Your ending actually would've been really awesome. But the one it had still worked for me.

She was unlikable for the bulk of the series, but that was more a fault with the writing than Gunn, who was very good in a two-dimensional role. It started to get better when after four seasons the writers finally had the realization that her character was capable of doing things other than yelling at her husband.

I guess we'll have to chalk it up to different interpretations. I very much got the impression that the audience wasn't supposed to cheer Seb on when he gives in and joins a popular R&B act, and Legend is the catalyst for that development, which puts him in the position of antagonist. You could be generous and say…

That scene didn't do a whole lot for me. I appreciated that for the first time in the whole film there was actually conflict, but it just felt too contrived for me to care. Mia, in my estimation, was being completely unreasonable, though the movie seemed to be on her side, and Seb, for his part, responded like a…

The thing is, I'm not sure Chazelle does know that. I think he's self-aware enough to get ahead of the criticisms, which is why that speech is in there, but I got the impression that Chazelle's sympathies are still very much with Seb and "purists" in general.

I thought Seb was well-developed (possibly because he was a stand-in for the director). Mia really didn't have any traits besides "charming" and "dreamer." Chazelle definitely seemed less interested in her aspirations than Seb's - and in fact at one point, even insults her for being "just an actor."

Isn't there a small subgenre of musical where the song performances occur organically? I'd say if the songs are written for the movie, and the characters sing them, then it's probably a musical. (Then again, by this definition Magnolia is also a musical, so who knows.)

Oh, I'm quite sure it was unintentional. But while Legend's character's rebuke to Seb is entirely reasonable in theory, his speech is not exactly portrayed in a sympathetic light, and the character overall is viewed with a skeptical eye. The film wasn't even subtle in this regard. The concert where Mia looks…