His recent, rampant assholery aside, I've just never clicked with Ellis' stuff as a reader. I've tried making my way through both Less than Zero and Rules of Attraction (I enjoyed the movie, too) multiple times, and always end up putting it down in favor of something else. And it's not the seediness of the content or…

I agree with this in regard's to Catcher (granted, I haven't reread it since high school, but I never felt the desire to), but Salinger's short stories, especially the ones surrounding the Glass family, have only improved for me as I've grown older.

I agree with this in regard's to Catcher (granted, I haven't reread it since high school, but I never felt the desire to), but Salinger's short stories, especially the ones surrounding the Glass family, have only improved for me as I've grown older.

This shouldn't be as funny as it is.

This shouldn't be as funny as it is.

ToL has been pretty decisive amongst my friends, as well. I, for one, loved it, but have found it to be an extremely frustrating experience trying to defend it to my less-appreciative friends. The problem with a movie like Tree of Life is that it's damn near impossible to talk about without sounding like a douchebag.

ToL has been pretty decisive amongst my friends, as well. I, for one, loved it, but have found it to be an extremely frustrating experience trying to defend it to my less-appreciative friends. The problem with a movie like Tree of Life is that it's damn near impossible to talk about without sounding like a douchebag.

Thank you for this.

Thank you for this.

Oh, good, someone else caught that error.

Oh, good, someone else caught that error.

Well, hell, I'd watch *that*.

Well, hell, I'd watch *that*.

Yep. Hedren had gone on record saying that Hitch was, well, less than a gentleman during the making of The Birds as well as Marnie.

Yep. Hedren had gone on record saying that Hitch was, well, less than a gentleman during the making of The Birds as well as Marnie.

Nice.

Nice.

A cookie wand?

A cookie wand?

One of those moments when I have to fess up to some ignorance - although Stoppard's name rings a bell, I can't mentally place it with any specific film. Educate me, good folks.