Pan's Labyrinth is full of dull spots; Devil's Backbone is a superior film in every way.

Pan's Labyrinth is full of dull spots; Devil's Backbone is a superior film in every way.

Actually, I've heard he's pretty good in bed.

Actually, I've heard he's pretty good in bed.

Why not Jodorowsky? Because he makes goddamned awful films, that's why. It's like he decided to use Jung's Man and His Symbols to interpret his navel and then share the results with all of us.

Why not Jodorowsky? Because he makes goddamned awful films, that's why. It's like he decided to use Jung's Man and His Symbols to interpret his navel and then share the results with all of us.

Blazing Saddles has so many fart jokes that, methinks, people overlook how subversive it really is. It's not just lampooning the Western genre, it's lampooning the entire Manifest Destiny narrative.

Blazing Saddles has so many fart jokes that, methinks, people overlook how subversive it really is. It's not just lampooning the Western genre, it's lampooning the entire Manifest Destiny narrative.

I've never understood why people continue to consider La Regle a watchable film.

You get points for putting Kubrick at the top, but your overall list fails for the insane decision to put Apocalypse Now below a film with Keanu Reeves. And La Dolce Vita is one of the three greatest films ever made.

I love it.

Ditto. I'm not a big fan of Hitchcock largely for this reason — at some point in most of his films, "The fuck?" runs through my mind, and not in a good way. My suspension of disbelief works just fine, but too often Hitchcock characters make stupid decisions simply to move the plot along or to introduce set pieces. For…

Touche, @olaf78:disqus.

It is shown that some people are so cowed, yes — but there's also tens of thousands who aren't and who join in on the implosion of Gotham. Why do they do this? You're trying to just pick up the Gotham from Batman Begins and drop it into DKR; it do that, you have to ignore that the city has apparently become safer…

It is shown that some people are so cowed, yes — but there's also tens of thousands who aren't and who join in on the implosion of Gotham. Why do they do this? You're trying to just pick up the Gotham from Batman Begins and drop it into DKR; it do that, you have to ignore that the city has apparently become safer…

Three times, actually: the motorcycle chase, the fight with Bane and the climax.

Three times, actually: the motorcycle chase, the fight with Bane and the climax.

(Mental note to self: introduce @olaf78:disqus  to concept of sarcasm.)

@avclub-7159270de715afc57b3c2be1fff3947e:disqus , I don't need everything that happens off-screen to happen on-screen. I need the important things to happen on-screen, or at least the things that make the plot work. Conceptually, yes, having Bane patrolling in Batman's gear is a nice touch, and your answer is…

@avclub-7159270de715afc57b3c2be1fff3947e:disqus , I don't need everything that happens off-screen to happen on-screen. I need the important things to happen on-screen, or at least the things that make the plot work. Conceptually, yes, having Bane patrolling in Batman's gear is a nice touch, and your answer is…