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Absolutely.  Any kid who gets laid his freshman year is no wallflower.  It's not made explicit in the movie, but that punk Buddhist girlfriend of his was pretty hot to trot.

Gillian Jacobs gets no love.  She's just as hot, and Brita is a funnier character than Annie.  But she's not perpetuating Pete's genes on Mad Men, so . . . wait, that's another point in her favor.

[werewolf attacks janitor]

My favorite color has always been Werner von Braun.

It can really only disappoint now.  I hate reviews this good.  Average-to-bad reviews are the only way to go.  Why did I read this?  Another notch on the major-life-regrets belt.

Also agreed.  And will add "How to Skin a Cat" from New Day Rising

I'm with idiotking (I think).  Being clinically depressed myself, hearing this song is like hearing my mother say, "You're just feeling blue, you'll get over it."  She's been saying that for 20 years now.  I guess it's like the vets say: if you weren't there, you will never be able to understand.  (yes, I am comparing

Dammit, next freaking thread.  Do I have to read EVERYTHING before I reply to anything?  Apparently.

Another issue with the argument made up there is that it is as much or more of an editing problem as a camera-movement problem (if it really is a problem, which I don't think it is).  We don't know what Redford shot that was cut out of the final edit.  He may have shot both actors the same way not yet knowing how the

My own know-the-history movie is Kingdom of Heaven, mostly because the movie inspired me to read about the Crusades.  It's easier to forgive a movie for it's historical lapses when you know exactly what they are, have a good idea of why the changes were made, and can recognize and appreciate how much the movie gets

Exactly, about the accent.  It's supposed to be bad.  Obviously.  Duh.

It's entire possible that the point of the accent is precisely because it was bad.  You know, because he was the Uncle Tom of the Jews?

Or at all, really.

No PG, you're not wrong.  I love this movie.

Mark Van D: [something like] Next year you're all getting a dirty limerick.

You only say that because you haven't seen Intolerable Cruelty yet.  Makes the Ladykillers look like Burn After Reading.