Who ever told you you could post with men?

Firstie doesn't live here anymore.

I kind of read the book's final chapter as Burgess' opinion on the whole thing. For the first part of the book he illustrated the horror inherent in a psychopath operating with relative impunity. When he's undergoing the treatment and is released as a conditioned person, he's explaining that strong-arming people…

The Iron Giant was a long time ago, huh?

"…One gift certificate…"

Or, more likely, it's just a quote in the actual movie.

Please tell me that's a dirty work reference.

Scott Tobias NPR Review
Uses essentially the same line about the film's message being "when life gives you razor blades, make a baseball bat covered in razor blades." I just found that odd, can reviewers compare and work on reviews together, even if they appear in separate publications, or is that a coincidence?

@C.C.

@ Laterite: Yes, I knew there was another I was thinking of. That's such a tough close up too, the movie really hinges on it, he has to exhibit shock, sorrow, having an epiphany and rage in rapid succession and you said it, the mental wheels are turning.

so-so hipster pop-rock is an awful description for the band. their first 3 LP's (tennessee fire,at dawn and it still moves) are straightforward alt-country with alot of reverb on the vocals. Z and Evil Urges branched out into more psychedelic arena rock type stuff (I'm guessing you bought one of those?).

@Tristiac

Rosario Dawson in Death Proof when the tables turn, and her face goes from panic to acceptance to unhindered joy.

Haha, true. Although I think at this point if he's writing a movie at a time, he's gonna be the one directing it, as opposed to his early days when he had several completed ones and could only cherry pick the ones he'd direct.

Good thing all his title cards are typed
If he tried an Almost Famous type credit sequence I think people would find the movie hard to take seriously, what with the switching between red and black crayola's.

See theirs goes "Ding Ding Ding dudda Ding Ding"
But mine's all "Ding Ding Ding dudda ding Ding Ding".

Reap it, Murphy
You son of a bitch.

I liked the Wackness overall. It stumbles here and there, but the acting is all solid, especially Kingsley who chews his scenery. I didn't give it too much thought afterwards, but it was pleasant.

The entire movie isn't about it, so it'd be more of a stretch, but the second story of Chungking Express is pretty dedicated to the policeman's apartment. Even the first story has important scenes in the detective's apartment and the hotel room.

Heath Ledger
I myself get kind of sick of hearing about the dark knight and the joker after awhile, like it's the end all be all of scren performances. But coverage aside, it was a head scratcher of a casting decision at the beginning, and up until that point Ledger had played mostly heart-throb or angsty roles, so…