I agree. I think a lot of the hatred towards Brooks comes from not so much what he did as what he started.

The "Standing Outside the Fire" music video
is really the worst: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

or the SNL sketch "Tiny Elvis." Sweet Jebus, that needs to be on YouTube.

The voice of dissent
I think you're right about the film's goals and subversive nature but the bottom line for me is this: I found it stupid and unfunny. I can't move past that fact. Then I think about the other films these people are responsible for: The Flinstones in Viva Las Vegas, Surviving Christmas, and Made of…

Desert-loving English
This probably started with my favorite movie of all time, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, but I have a real soft spot for films set in desolate and/or treacherous regions from the Victorian age to just after the first World War. Although they need not be exclusively colonial, they often are. Or anything…

Another good starting point
is Joel Demott and Jeff Kreines' SEVENTEEN from 1983. It is relatively easy to track down on the internet. (It was part of a planned 6 part series for PBS which never aired when its corporate sponsor Xerox discovered the first installment featured interracial relationships and naughty…

Gabe & Andrew
Honestly, the AV Club, Videogum, and the Daily Dish make up about 75% of my web-at-work surfing.

This interview kicked ass
How long was the conversation and how much did have to you cut out?

"HD" channels that aren't
Its infuriating.

Love her films
If only Daguerreotypes was available on DVD.

Why So Serious?
The first Monday after its opening weekend, I procured a copy of TDK score. Its VERY fulfilling to blast that track while speeding down the freeway.

I concur with the B+
My only beef is that there's a whole chunk in the middle of the film without any real conflict. I think this touches on what Tasha was saying about the meandering. But once conflict reappears towards the end, it goes from good to great.

What the fuck is wrong with you pussies?

I have not read Ulysses. But I have read The Dubliners and Finnegans Wake and really disliked both.

Its like reading Joyce
Nobody does it because its exciting or enjoyable. You do it because you feel you have to in order to be taken seriously as a pop-culture junky (or academic/lit major)

My favorite Moz article:
A guy was inexplicably let go after being his roadie for only 24 hrs: http://tinyurl.com/yrsea3

My Father the Hero
For some reason, I will never be able to erase Depardieu's "I AM DYING NOW?!!?" out of my head. It is there forever. Damn you Heigl.

My Father the Hero
For some reason, I will never be able to erase Depardieu's "I AM DYING NOW?!!?" out of my head. It is there forever. Damn you Heigl.

Heartworn Highways
Not sure where it would fit in here, but its worth watching if you've not seen it. Its available on Netflix.

Humpday
Everyone seems to like this movie significantly more than I. At my screening, the audience was guffawing constantly but I had trouble finding most of it funny. I found it more depressing than amusing. It seemed to me a sad movie about cowardice, jealousy, self-delusion and regret. Though I will say the acting…