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This is touched upon a little in the film. Even Margaret Keane admits at one point that Walter Keane is a talented salesman. You have the usual critics lambasting Keane, but they aren't all made out to be buffoons. I wish the film had explored these issues a little more, but there are present. I actually agree

Maybe Samsung will send out a few bomb threats and we can avoid this damn Jobs movie.

So not only is this Lynton guy a coward, but he's also a flip-flopper!

I saw this last night, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It's not so much a full film as it is the third act in the story. I was taken aback a little at how emotionally affecting the ending was. In some ways, it makes me appreciate the first two movies even more.

I hope this remake gets people to go and watch the original James Caan version (which is streaming on Netflix now!).

I think most people are saying it with a dash of irony. But at the same time, fear of terrorism has made Americans do incredible stupid things over the last thirteen years. We invaded a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, and we enacted a secret torture regime, we increased surveillance on our own citizens.

When did Americans become such wimps? (Or is it just Georgians?) Prove me wrong, fellow citizens. Don't give in to terrorism!

Yoda is modeled off of Japanese martial arts sensei and Zen masters. They were kind of dicks in general, but they acted this way in order to prove a point. There are plenty of stories about Zen masters who slap and abuse their students in order to open up their students to enlightenment. (In the great Jack Kerouac

Not to nitpick, but he was on the winning side of that war. It just so happens that the government he was fighting for had been secretly taken over by an evil Sith. One of the more clever parts of the prequels is that no matter who wins the war, the galaxy loses.

My problem is that it's kind of a lazy review. I understand that if you're writing about movies for a living, then it's going to become difficult to say something original or interesting for each review. Still, I could have called every single point Dowd was going to make before I even read the first sentence. This

I do think the negative reviews are really overreacting to the flaws in these movies. There are flaws certainly. The subplots can feel like padding in ways that they didn't in the first trilogy (i.e. Radagast and the interspecies love triangle). The movies are also tonally a little off. They don't know whether

In the above picture, he looks very confused by that sword.

You don't think he was just born with a last name that ridiculous, do you?

Well, then you're not getting an invite to join the Karl Urban Fan Club! (We call ourselves Urbaniacs).

I'm generally inclined to agree, but I honestly can't think of anyone who would be capable of pulling off the role. The Bradley Cooper casting rumor sounds like they just picked the guy who has been in a lot of movies recently and said, "How about him?" (Granted, this is probably how most casting decisions are made).

He can certainly pull off the stunts, and that robot cop partner show he was in showed that he was capable of pulling off comedy. I think he's an actor who hasn't really gotten the chance to show audiences what he's capable of.

I'm generally against the idea of recasting Indy, but if it has to be done, I think I would prefer Karl Urban.

Me too! But I'd say the same thing about just about anyone on the planet. If I'm trapped in a burning building or facing down an angry cyborg, I'm not going to be all that picky.

Hate to break it to you, but I think Americans just couldn't handle Jonathan Rhys Meyers's acting.

Finally Netflix is bringing back casual orientalism to our sources of entertainment.