This list is so weird. 

This list is so weird. 

1)  Phyllis Montana LeBlanc is a distant relation of the Montana clan (hence the name), including Tootie, et al.

1)  Phyllis Montana LeBlanc is a distant relation of the Montana clan (hence the name), including Tootie, et al.

Loved Haywire. Nothing ground-breaking, but like the Limey, a great little genre pic. Very cleverly done, I thought.

RE, Tasha's comment on Cabin in the Woods, that "it didn’t find its audience in theaters" — I don't think that's true. I've seen reports that it made about $60 million — not huge, but well beyond (perhaps twice) its budget.

RE, Tasha's comment on Cabin in the Woods, that "it didn’t find its audience in theaters" — I don't think that's true. I've seen reports that it made about $60 million — not huge, but well beyond (perhaps twice) its budget.

I view Cy Tolliver somewhat differently. To me, Deadwood was about relative morality. In the beginning, Swearingen was the villain. Then Tolliver came along and put Swearingen into perspective. He becomes the standard for evil. But then along comes Hearst (well, first his gemologist, then Hearst) and our perspective…

I view Cy Tolliver somewhat differently. To me, Deadwood was about relative morality. In the beginning, Swearingen was the villain. Then Tolliver came along and put Swearingen into perspective. He becomes the standard for evil. But then along comes Hearst (well, first his gemologist, then Hearst) and our perspective…

What I want to know is when can I download the awesome Feist cover of Closing Time from the party scene, dammit!

What I want to know is when can I download the awesome Feist cover of Closing Time from the party scene, dammit!

Oddly enough, what comes to mind is an autumn song with "summer" in its title: Face Like Summer by Gorky's Zycotic Mynci. So bittersweet in that autumnal way.

Oddly enough, what comes to mind is an autumn song with "summer" in its title: Face Like Summer by Gorky's Zycotic Mynci. So bittersweet in that autumnal way.

Really interesting topic. I have friends who consider *anything* about a film they are looking forward to a spoiler — even a single line or plot point that doesn't really reveal anything. I have one friend who even tries to avoid see posters (not sure how successful he could possibly be there).

Really interesting topic. I have friends who consider *anything* about a film they are looking forward to a spoiler — even a single line or plot point that doesn't really reveal anything. I have one friend who even tries to avoid see posters (not sure how successful he could possibly be there).

Nothing was worse than that added weight on Apollo, but otherwise agreed. 

I'm surprised neither of you brought up two movies that successfully adapted books I thought unadaptable, in part by making significant — and smart — changes to the storytelling: Fight Club and American Psycho. The former's plot is pretty radically transformed (most notably the last act) in a way that makes it…

Or, as I call it, "E-dubs." (I don't really call it that.)

The correct answer is "Jesus Christ" by Big Star: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

My issue with the whole "this is thanks to the horrors of what the country has gone through" argument essentially boils down to: then make a movie about those horrors. The metaphorical level adds what exactly?