Ah, the new era's upon us. I hate it already.

How is this type of behaviour being "commemorated"?

I also rewatched Super 8 recently. That movie is such a weird mix of things that really work and things that come across very differently from how the director seems to want them to. On the positive side, the scenes with the kids are pretty much perfectly done. The demerit side would be that every part of the movie…

Insofar as any Faulkner novel can be adapted, I really don't understand the point of adapting that one. The story of As I Lay Dying isn't particularly interesting; what's interesting is how Faulkner tells it, and the POV structure can't be translated to film.

Room 237 is a fascinating expose on how human brains' innate desire to look for patterns leads them to see things that don't actually exist.

Definitely see it in theaters. I would count maybe four movies that have been really worth seeing in 3D (this, Avatar, Hugo, and Life of Pi), and this is arguably the most immersive of them.

War of the Worlds is one of the Spielberg's most overlooked works, in my opinion. Incredibly tense stuff. The ending is kind of off, though — subsequently I read the book, and I understand better what he was going for, but the circumstances under which a thought-dead relative turns out to be alive are so different…

The controversy almost completely engulfs The Satanic Verses, but I think that's a fascinating read.

Funny Face is terrible. The leads have no chemistry, Astaire looks like he should be her dad (admittedly also an issue in a number of Hepburn's other films), and the sexism exceeds even the normal "it was the 50s" allotment.

Anonymous heckling is one of the internet's longest and proudest traditions!

Walt Disney had an animator in his employ who drew a picture of Mickey and Minnie Mouse having sex as just an in-house joke. When he showed Disney, Disney laughed, left the room, and immediately had the dude fired

I'd almost be prepared to accept the 'scheduling conflicts' explanation here, because you would think that Hunnam would have had some idea that being cast in this movie would generate considerable discussion. Or else he really didn't put as much thought into taking this role as one would expect.

My apologies.

Movies:  I saw Gravity again, this time with a friend.  It holds up.

Branagh does a pretty good job of disguising the budget limitations he's working under (the French cavalry charge, for instance, is done as bunch of tight closeups of the faces of the English actors gaping at the sound and presumably fearsome sight of the enormous French host barreling towards them, before the archers…

Heh, I looked on Amazon.com after you said that you want to see the Branagh version; it's got exactly one DVD copy, for $125.79.  I bought the same thing, wow, must be close to a decade ago, obviously for much less.  I hold out hope that Criterion will get their hands on that film at some point.  I'd love to get on…

I really like how Jacobi's Chorus kind of comes across like he's the host of an historical reenactment show on History Television.

Branagh's Henry V is not just my favourite Shakespeare adaptation, it's my favourite film, period, so this part of the Hollow Crown series was always facing a very high bar with me.  It's competent, but not exceptional.

Dianna Agron wanted off the show.  That's pretty clear.  I have no idea where you're getting the idea that Lea Michele wanted her off; they were close friends.  As to them "both wanting to be the star", Lea is the star; that's been clear from the beginning; there was never a competition.  She's been subject to tabloid…

I wouldn't put it past Murphy, but I don't see any basis for connecting Michele to it.  She and Agron were close, traditionally.