Yeah, she really went Method for that one.

… where she adds nothing. 

While this is the ideal, the real world has a lot of loopholes - as one of three children to a single mother, I generally ate whatever the hell I wanted to, because she just didn't have the energy to fight all of us on her own every day. I was also given a lot of responsibility to feed myself pretty early on, and…

I thought The Pineapple Express was a bit mediocre, especially considering the fawning press it got. But 'hate' is a strong word for it.

Off topic, but Jesus, the American health care system is terrifying. I don't understand why people would be willing to live like that.

@avclub-7840431e46f0ebd7b683f39c36d78436:disqus  I never got the impression that Jane and Trent were meant to be lower class - Jane never wants for money, and like you said, their house is huge. When their dad turns up for an episode, he appears to be a pretty successful photographer.

Muriel's Wedding! I really cannot overstate how much I love that movie.

I loved that one! And then she convinced the cops into eating the murder weapon!

Wow, that really does prove his point.

… And we have a winner!

Wait, he gets paid for this stuff? I thought he just showed up on set and had his way with whatever project happened to be at hand.

Why'd you have to remind me of the saddest scene in The Royal Tenenbaums?

Ooh, are we casting off the shackles of our indie cred now?

Thank you for being more rational and polite than I could have managed.

I think Sweeney Todd is one of the few musicals where you can get away with really weak voices for the leads. It kind of works, since Sweeney and Mrs Lovett are both supposed to quite coarse characters, who are getting old and who've lead rough lives. The comparable purity of Johanna and Antony's voices then serve as…

I'm very liberal as well, and didn't really think the film advocated torture. It explicitly showed that information from detainees was unreliable, and that inflicting torture on other human beings caused significant psychological stress for the CIA agents. Not to mention providing a vivid illustration of how cruel…

I love the way you hate.

Was the singing in Sweeney Todd such a problem? Depp was a bit weak, I guess, but it sort of worked for his character to sound gruff and flat. And I loved Helena Bonham Carter's songs, I actually prefer her versions to Angela Lansbury's on the original cast recording. Johanna, what's-his-name, and the boy were all…

I think @avclub-b9b2fd077b3fcd0a14cc60d8addb5a68:disqus hits the nail on the head - all of Burton's shit movies are adaptations, and that goes all the way back to the 90s. Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows. I will admit that Sleepy Hollow and Sweeney Todd are…

If it's a guy, he'd be a shoe-in for the lead in L’après-midi d’un faun. Or, er, hoof-in.