I honestly think it's wonderful that you find so much to admire in Silence. It doesn't hold up as well in my estimation, but hey, that's my subjective opinion. Just as its my subjective opinion that Magnolia offers a deeply moving vision of relationships that rejects facile attitudes about love curing all ills and…

I honestly think it's wonderful that you find so much to admire in Silence. It doesn't hold up as well in my estimation, but hey, that's my subjective opinion. Just as its my subjective opinion that Magnolia offers a deeply moving vision of relationships that rejects facile attitudes about love curing all ills and…

Agreed. I laugh when Bill Murray tries to lunges into the backseat to try to throttle his son, but that's about it. But, Royal Tenenbaums excepted, Wes Anderson's charms are entirely lost on me.

Agreed. I laugh when Bill Murray tries to lunges into the backseat to try to throttle his son, but that's about it. But, Royal Tenenbaums excepted, Wes Anderson's charms are entirely lost on me.

He was a crooner back in the 1970s. Listen to the version of "Immigrant Song" on How the West Was Won: "Vaaalhaller, I am comeee-eng."

He was a crooner back in the 1970s. Listen to the version of "Immigrant Song" on How the West Was Won: "Vaaalhaller, I am comeee-eng."

My bad, @avclub-1f93a5d50953fac07d7e6f54827ce9bc:disqus; I should have written "s/he." Of course, that hasn't stopped me from noticing that you didn't actually explain why your ardent belief that Silence of the Lambs absofuckinglutely had to be on this list is an objective fact, or that this list is could ever be…

My bad, @avclub-1f93a5d50953fac07d7e6f54827ce9bc:disqus; I should have written "s/he." Of course, that hasn't stopped me from noticing that you didn't actually explain why your ardent belief that Silence of the Lambs absofuckinglutely had to be on this list is an objective fact, or that this list is could ever be…

Sorry — meant to list Magnolia, not Memento. But I see @avclub-1f93a5d50953fac07d7e6f54827ce9bc:disqus is determined to troll.

Sorry — meant to list Magnolia, not Memento. But I see @avclub-1f93a5d50953fac07d7e6f54827ce9bc:disqus is determined to troll.

I intensely disliked the film when I saw it and am all sorts of glad that it is not terribly well received. Adams' review is spot-on for me: it's a shallow script, ham-fistedly directed (the irony of the plastic bag is apparently lost on Ball and Mendes as well), and an early example of Spacey's tendency to mistake…

I intensely disliked the film when I saw it and am all sorts of glad that it is not terribly well received. Adams' review is spot-on for me: it's a shallow script, ham-fistedly directed (the irony of the plastic bag is apparently lost on Ball and Mendes as well), and an early example of Spacey's tendency to mistake…

Care to explain how it is objectively better?

Care to explain how it is objectively better?

I suppose that, by this point, it's useless to mention that this list could never be objective. Unless, of course, he wants to tell us why his love of Silence of the Lambs is objectively truthful.

I suppose that, by this point, it's useless to mention that this list could never be objective. Unless, of course, he wants to tell us why his love of Silence of the Lambs is objectively truthful.

"Deliberate pretentiousness"? You're being a troll, @avclub-1f93a5d50953fac07d7e6f54827ce9bc:disqus . If Silence of the Lambs had been on the list anywhere, I'd have no problem — but it's not a film I really think about any more. It's an excellent film, but beyond giving us Hannibal Lecter as a cultural icon, it's not…

"Deliberate pretentiousness"? You're being a troll, @avclub-1f93a5d50953fac07d7e6f54827ce9bc:disqus . If Silence of the Lambs had been on the list anywhere, I'd have no problem — but it's not a film I really think about any more. It's an excellent film, but beyond giving us Hannibal Lecter as a cultural icon, it's not…

@avclub-7e1d54dc51f639d711387188468d01d9:disqus, your attempt to force the issue into a false dichotomy is a little underwhelming, too, especially since you use it to miss my point. I've seen every Tarantino film at least twice (excepting Four Rooms and his episode of E.R., neither of which I've seen). His work is…

@avclub-7e1d54dc51f639d711387188468d01d9:disqus, your attempt to force the issue into a false dichotomy is a little underwhelming, too, especially since you use it to miss my point. I've seen every Tarantino film at least twice (excepting Four Rooms and his episode of E.R., neither of which I've seen). His work is…