Oh, I didn't know that.  Maybe you should've just said it like 50 times.

I don't think there is any subtext in this movie.  At all.

Well, obviously the opinion of noted tastemaker Chris Conley is going to turn the tide here so I'll just slink off in shame.

No, DREDD was great. 

Yeah, I don't get it.  Enjoyed Pitch Black.  This review got me excited, thinking I was going to see a pretty good action movie.  Walked out thinking it was one of the most generic things I've ever experienced.  The story is weak (what little there is).  I don't see why anyone would care about any of the characters…

"Oh no!  Commissioner David Stern's coming over and I've burned the pot roast!  Plus I have to have a date with both my mistress and baby momma at neighboring restaurants at the same time!  And stumbling sidekick Dwyane Wade accidentally  replaced my steroids with sleeping medication just before an important game! …

I guess I'm going by faded memories of the time, but I recall Funny Games as being better reviewed than that.  In fact, (being from a Midwestern town), the only way I even heard about the film was the raves going on in various publications.  I think it is even listed in one of those 1001 Movies You Must See Before You…

But I don't think the thesis of the film is that all film violence isn't important.  His own filmography doesn't bear that out as true.  Cache, for example, has one of the most disturbing bits of gore that I can remember in a movie.  I don't think Haenke would argue against the use of violence to convey a point like…

One of the things that fascinated me is that the original Funny Games was very well reviewed. But when they announced they were remaking it, I was pretty sure it would get panned because very few critics would put their name on the piece of work and endorse it.  Fast-forward and that's exactly what happened.   I think…

How does it instantly unravel it?

I don't really understand it.  Are we not able to take a step back and look at ourselves without getting upset at any negative criticism about what we might like?   I  love violent entertainment…the shoot-out in Django was probably my favorite moment of the year.  That doesn't mean that every once in a while, it's not…

What?  I'm pretty sure it was self-defense.  The criticism is not the use of the gun, but on the fact the audience was expecting a moment where the heroine would break free and get revenge and make everybody feel better.

I was kind of excited about Marvel's minority characters getting the spotlight until I found out who was drawing the series.  There is nothing on Earth that would get me to spend money on Greg Land comic books.  I've picked enough up by mistake already.  I feel bad for the people scripting those books. 

And the VMA for trying too hard goes to…

After all the work he had to do to find someplace called the Feldmansion?  Life is just so cruel.  i hope Corporal Feldstein enjoys it.

Well, that first tweet summed up A.A. Dowd for me. Completely dismissive and not engaged in the work at all.

There is an attempt in the first group action sequence to mirror the Banana Splits scene with a punk version of when the Saints Come Marching In, but it doesn't match up.  I don't think it is bad choice per se, but I do believe the weakness of the action makes the song choice less enjoyable compared to that original.…

No, you're thinking of the classic "every action movie ever made".

OK.  I saw this last night and have some thoughts for everybody.  First, let me note two things:  I am not a fan of the source material.  Either the original Kick-Ass or the sequel.  I do not think Millar is a writer that I enjoy for the most part though I do admire him for having some success outside of doing the…

Zoe Saldana talking about skipping meals kind of freaked me out.  Since she weighs about as much as a paper clip.  Which is about a gram.  They taught me that in school.