I agree 100% that I thought it was the best of both worlds between prequel and reboot. I felt the 2 (only 2 to the best of my knowledge?) continuity errors — paralysis and Emma Frost, the latter of which is so minor and also not even with the original trilogy — were played so well in the movie to make up for the…

I agree that I'd rather hear about the specific ways in which the movie succeeds and/or fails to be entertaining or interesting or insightful than the ways in which it hits what we could envision are its benchmarks. But I differ from Tasha Robinson in that I really didn't find the movie formulaic. You honestly could…

I didn't really like the Emma Frost role in this movie but I thought that it wasn't written very well so I'm not sure it's January Jones's fault. I guess because she is a big name they up-fronted her in the trailers as I expected her to have a bigger role in the movie than she did. I think January Jones is a really…

I thought that this movie's timeline is having him be Scott Summers's father rather than younger brother. Where was the Cyclops cameo? I must have blinked.

I know what you mean. At first I thought you were complaining about the movie on this basis and was going to disagree with you that it was good anyway. But now I see what you mean. The first other movie that springs to my mind that, similarly, doesn't have a particularly distinctive visual style is White Dog, but…

I just saw the original not the remake but I too really liked the "everyman" creepiness of Raymonde. And I like how you see the buildup after the disappearance.

I'm not trying to be overly insulting but I really did feel like this was mostly just a recounting with comparatively little "arguments, points and observations" actually made about the episode. I sort of expected some new and insightful comments, because it is being written as a professional review. Oh well, I should…

The style of this review
I like the idea of doing Classic TV Club for Arrested Development (especially because I only saw it for the first time relatively recently) but I hope that future reviews will be less like a recap of the episodes. Especially this show which everyone has seen like eight times. Can't we all say…

When forced to choose, I do slightly prefer the dry tone of the narration in the first half of the show to the more colloquial, jokier tone in the second half of the show. But I feel like both have their own merits.

I know several gay people who like Arrested Development?

I believe that he was just reciting the alphabet during the famous bleeped rant. But I may have just read that here in AVC comments.

I think a lot of Freudian theory works and is compelling as theory for use in literary analysis.

*which most people probably aren't

I also was under the impression that they started making the movie with its standing concept before she killed herself and the kid, but I can't remember why I think this so I could be wrong. If I'm not wrong, though, I have a hard time blaming them, although I'm not crazy about the movie or anything. The thing is…

I think clapping at the end of a movie is nice. It's a moment of shared appreciation and commonality with your fellow movie-goers and everyone clapping is happy about having seen a good movie. It's just nice!

He's in Win Win.

I think that all the egregious incidents you mention (the bridal shower scene, insulting customers at the jewelry store) were mostly for the sake of humor, and not so reflective of the character as the less rambunctious moments. That's an un-provable argument though. The thing with the bridal shower is, it was so…

I'm not into standup but I think there are a lot of actresses who can be really funny. Rose Byrne IS really funny in the movie and she's done mostly only dramatic acting before, so I was impressed. But guys, don't you know any funny women in real life? Or funny female writers, like Carrie Fisher and Alison Arngrim…

I really like this piece - I agree with Koski and I don't think that she's saying that we SHOULDN'T think about or discuss these categories or terms, but rather, she's adding something to that discussion.

I think Kristen Wiig's character was likable. At least, I liked her. Yes, she acts like a lunatic at times, but I think the film explains why she feels the way she does pretty well.