I re-read it every four years, and every four years it reads differently to me, but not because the world seems particularly different, just because I'm in a different place in my life.

"I … remember calling the film “a comedic masterstroke.” … “See this movie!”… "genius""

I think True Detective gets extra criticism because their first response was, "No, the show is totally *about* how women are marginalized in these sorts of stories." So when that gradually became more and more obviously untrue, people were quick to judge. The lesson is, as Adam Sandler does, never respond, never…

Wouldn't you think that the distributor would say, "Hey, maybe shoot another take on that part?"

Talking to people who work in Hollywood, I am sometimes completely stunned by the people that they think have vision, craft, or any of that.

Thanks, I was just wondering "Why am I confusing Fuqua with David Ayer?"

I like the idea of a rage-monster who is controlled enough that he only gets angry when physically provoked, otherwise he just can't get all that angry. "Why don't you go into the ring angry?"
"I don't know, I'd feel bad if I did that and then it turned out the guy wasn't planning on hitting me."

I thought this guy was the poor man's Josh Gad, kind of like that bit in "Multiplicity" with the clone of the clone.

I don't think Anything Else worked, but I loved Woody's performance in it. It's as far afield from the usual Woody Allen character as I've ever seen him go, and the movie really perks up when he's around.

To Rome With Love I gave a pass to because, honestly, the thing I like most about Woody Allen movies is (well, was, but I don't want to get into that) Woody Allen the comic performer, so it was just nice to go see that movie and see him onscreen for a little while (and still funny).

If you look at Whatever Works as a movie, it's a failure, but if you look at it as just a vehicle for Larry David, it's fun.

It's way weirder than you can imagine.

Do you know the story of how a studio bought that script to make it into a "Twilight Zone" movie, but they wanted a happy ending, which Steve De Jarnatt (the writer/director) refused to give them. Eventually, he held out long enough that they weren't doing a "Twilight Zone" movie, at which point Spielberg said he…

See, I can't tell whether this is actual reading comprehension or if it's just a coincidence that he is spouting nonsense while also correctly noticing that nobody understands it.

You're five posts into a conversation, doctor, don't you think it's time you starting displaying even a modicum of reading comprehension?

"it's not nonstop A+ material to me like it is to everyone else."

First off, you need to learn the basics of grammar, such as the difference between a "noun" and an "adjective".

I can't believe the guy on the other end of the phone in "Miracle Mile" has a face now! And it's the dude from "The Guardian"!

I think, with a network show, you're not going to be able to entirely avoid soap opera shenanigans; in this case, I would say, the ratio of good-to-crap is surprisingly strong for a CBS show. You'd expect it to be a straight soap opera, from the premise.

I remember it being a lot like if "Pirates of the Carribean" had been only about Orlando Bloom and Kate Beckinsale.