Adults don't get put under legal conservatorship just for being dumb. She is mentally ill and a recovering (hopefully) drug addict. There are court records to account for some of this. If anything, it seems like people like you would go to great lengths to deny that she might NOT be just stupid.

Ooh, I am so excited to see the Hertzfeldt.

I came to the comments to talk about Psych, which is like the balm to my seasonal affective disordered soul. I've watched three seasons of it in the past six weeks on Netflix Instant. It's my happy place. Todd nailed it — I just want to hang out there, with those people, for a few hours.

That is absolutely true. I usually start giving the books the side-eye during the big reveal of the supernatural element sections. The inevitably messy wrapping up is almost always the most disappointing part of those books. With IT, I just accepted that I hate the ending of one of my favorite books.

I would modify this a bit. I agree with you when it comes to the King stories with a strong supernatural element. But other than The Shining, my favorite King adaptations are The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, Misery, and Dolores Claiborne. All of those movies manage to capture the tone of King's writing while…

I think you're remembering this one, from February: http://www.avclub.com/artic…

"maybe it's easy to dismiss it all if you haven't been there. but if you have, it's a profoundly meaningful film." And then: "if it doesn't convey that to people who haven't been there,
well that's just something that I can't know first hand."

Rabin's actual statement: The show/Sorkin presented the character as both a knockout sex bomb AND as an improv comedic genius, and Sarah Paulson was unconvincing in that role. It would have required the female Jon Hamm!

I'm not usually a fan of Natalie Portman as an actress, but in Leon, V for Vendetta, and Black Swan, she's so good that it's impossible to picture anyone else doing the job as well. On the other hand, I think Jennifer Lawrence should have taken home the Oscar this year, because I prefer a more naturalistic acting…

Um, me too, see avatar at right.

Rachel's just a major drama queen, and any tiny little thing is blown up into a huge deal. I hated Taylor, so I'm not going to try to defend her, but here's how I imagine the Brad thing went down:

"It's just that Andrew was nothing but a negative character; every conceivable negative character trait that you could think of, he had." …in your opinion. I don't mean to sound bratty, but people's affection for Andrew might be less confusing if you realize that it's not a FACT that his character or actions are…

To answer Noel's question: I think the audience was pretty split on Andrew when the show was airing, and how you felt about Andrew probably directly correlated to how you felt about Storyteller. Me, I like Andrew. He was about the only cheerful thing going that season, and the least-jaded character on the show, and I…

I was coming on just to mention that one, but for me it's a toss-up between that and the Halloween episode, which is also very not good. I just feel like a naturalistic show should not delve into the supernatural.

In the end, David was the only character to whom I was sympathetic throughout the entire run of the series. Not that he was always perfect - he was frequently exasperating - but I always understood him and usually believed he was trying to do the best thing he could. In the first season, Nate was my favorite character…

Franny and Zooey
I was a 20 year old English major when I picked up Franny and Zooey at the University Book Store sale at the end of Sophomore year. I thought it looked cool, with its plain white cover with the rainbow in the corner, and it was important to read Salinger, right? I'd read Catcher in the Rye, and would…