Oh man I was really disappointed in that list, particularly given that I think they're both great critics.

I watched the first Cars again recently and liked it quite a bit. I hadn't really noticed how great the animation was. Of course, I also enjoyed Cars 2. I only saw it once, but I thought it was fun and funny. I'm disappointed to hear this one isn't very good. My son is looking forward to seeing it; it's his first trip…

I don't think either of those were Oscar-bait either. Crash was released in May without much hype. The Help was a summer movie based on a pretty popular book. And neither was released by Miramax. Haha

She's good, though. And I enjoyed the oddness in her character, like the off hand or non-sequitur remarks she'd throw out in conversations. She felt different than other characters on the show.

"Do you know the French film, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie? When I first heard that title, I thought finally someone's gonna tell the truth about the bourgeoisie. What a disappointment. It would be hard to imagine a less fair or accurate portrait."

I don't think I made it to Season 6, but that sound like pretty much every season of Mad Men I did watch.

Fair enough. I found it pretty interminable. I actually kind of like middle chapters because they can build up a lot of interesting ideas without actually having to pay off on them. I remember thinking if you dropped the way-too-long time on the island in #2 you'd have a really good movie.

Did you see At World's End?

Yeah, but Subaru's "lifestyle" is presented as being pretty basic/boring. You like a utilitarian vehicle that is particularly useful for trips and the outdoors and it will last long enough that you can pass it on to your kids. That seems alright to me.

A family friend met Jay Leno in one of his (I think it was called) Jaywalking segments where he's out among people in public. He wasn't even a Leno fan or anything, but he was sort of entranced the whole time and had trouble remembering basic things like where he worked or his birthday. Made for a good segment that…

Ah, good point.

I think even the loosest definition of "press" should be granted credentials - Infowars, TMZ, National Enquirer. I'm a big fan of free press, even if I find their opinions or methods odious.

Counterpoint, instead of Interstellar watch 2001 (again, I presume).

He wrote Training Day. He also wrote U-571 and the first Fast and the Furious. None of them are Citizen Kane, but neither is Scarface.

Agreed. This is a terribly disingenuous article, as if Ayer had only written or directed one movie in his life.

A similar speech someone could've given Clinton about 20 years earlier. haha

Her hair stylist too.

Yeah. Looks like it was Feb 2002 vs. late 2001 for Training Day. I must have just seen them in quick succession.

I think Hot Fuzz might be one of the greatest movies of all time in the sense that it works as being both an excellent action movie and also a mockery of action movies. And it does both almost perfectly.

I remember thinking that he was actually better in John Q, which I believe was the same year. It's not a good movie, but he's really good in it.