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"Sure, I mean, what are friends for?"

Polvo kicks ass. "Feather of Forgiveness" bitches.

"I Know it's Over" is one of the ultimate wallow songs, and should have made the list.

Oliver Stone's W was embarrassing in a lot of respects.

I feel like Pan's Labyrinth effectively subverted that a bit, though, with it's general tone of darkness and SPOILER the kid's death at the end.

Best ambiguous downer ending to a horror film:

Too often meta-horror seems like it's being apologetic for working within the horror genre. Shaun of the Dead is a notable exception, but the highly self-referential strategy usually ends up making the story seem trivial and weak. It's a copout.

Especially in trailers…

There's too often no middle ground. The small town is either an idyllic paradise, or a front for a tangled web of dark secrets.

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And now a man who's a real Po-theed…
I'm sorry, Pot-HEAD.

Sounds right. I was just remembering his lab setup and I haven't seen that movie in a while so you may well be correct.

Sorry, "psuedo-profound" absolutely nails the Wall. To the wall. It's a bunch of Freudian cliches and Roger Waters navel-gazing, inflated to the mock-operatic scale.

I've grown to loathe his standup as well for the most part. He has some funny ideas, but his whole shtick is ultimately too manic and stereotype-driven.

@ Shaggydog

A fair argument, I think, but regardless of the scene's psychiatric realism, on a purely dramatic level it doesn't work because the breakdown/purgation or whatever is so quick and unearned. It just happens, and then "boy, that felt good. All better!"

I think it wasn't just ground up caffeine pills, but ghetto-ass speed made from ground up caffeine pills and chemicals pinched from the science room at school. As I remember Josh Hartnett had a rather extensive laboratory in his basement.

I've definitely seen that one.

I thought you preferred cigars, Dr.

Zombies? Vietnam? Sold!