Man, I have been there, you guys. Few years ago, watched Back Door Sluts 9 with the family, and it was a very awkward Thanksgiving.

Maybe OWNAGE?

ZMF is still around and posts a lot on The Shield reviews.

It's been that way for years, which has always made it extra, extra hilarious when the AV Club has complained about trolls and general mean comments.

LOL, wut? That sounds unnecessary.

I love Shelby Foote.
That's all.

It's all these new fangled Dickenson dude's fault.

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh

Wait, Promised Land has a twist?

It's my favorite too.

This is my favorite comment.

See also, the sci fi concept work of Syd Mead: http://bit.ly/1cGFURD

Elaborating on your second point, I'd say Blomkamp fits in with the likes of Paul Verhoeven where, yeah, he's still making an action flick but it's peppered with some smart, crunchy bits to help it stick to your stomach.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the term "high concept" is supposed to be ironic because what you're describing is, basically, the tagline for a poster.

Ugh to all of you.

I don't disagree with Dowd's reviews, particularly the grades—because, duh, that's dumb. I disagree with the tone of a lot of his reviews though, which sound like he's looking down his glasses at the film, anyone who would want to see it, and, why the fuck not, anyone who liked the previous work of those involved. He…

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus Yeah, but the author's dead and all that, so he can still be doing what @Scrawler2:disqus said, even if it's not necessarily intentional. I mean, regardless of what bullshit he says, it's clear that he is synthesizing issues in his native country into the language of…

@avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus Pretty much all of his reviews have that. See also his Wolverine review where he shits on 3:10 to Yuma for no discernible reason.

I knew it was coming, and still I said, "Goddamn it."

I really hope it does, but most of the reviews I've seen said the story is little more than "Rich are bad, poor are good, things go boom."