Let me put it another way, since I'd guessed that I'd get mostly negative feedback ("philistine," "don't fucking comment if you're not interested, no one's forcing you to read this review"—that sort of thing), but can't shake what I feel to be the central troubling point that I have, at this point of my life, with…

I haven't read anything by Richard Ford, although I have two of his books on a shelf, bought at a library book-sale. This book sounds fine, but I'm sure I won't read it. This is not me bragging, or thinking that my not reading the book is cool; it's just that nothing in the review above convinces me that I need it in…

I haven't read anything by Richard Ford, although I have two of his books on a shelf, bought at a library book-sale. This book sounds fine, but I'm sure I won't read it. This is not me bragging, or thinking that my not reading the book is cool; it's just that nothing in the review above convinces me that I need it in…

I'll admit that I only read halfway through my library copy of The Kindly Ones, but I thought it was fabulous. In fact, the more I consider the sort of stunt that it was trying to pull off, the more I wonder if it's the only way that modern people can begin to think about evil. The rhetorical guise of TKO is basically…

I'll admit that I only read halfway through my library copy of The Kindly Ones, but I thought it was fabulous. In fact, the more I consider the sort of stunt that it was trying to pull off, the more I wonder if it's the only way that modern people can begin to think about evil. The rhetorical guise of TKO is basically…

It that the extent of the gimmick?

I heard from this one guy at the theatre that Peggy's good with her hands, tho.

I believe that the male archeologist's main problem, pre-alien-infection, was a terrible affliction that's commonly known as "douche face". As I see it, everyone in the theatre with sense was just waiting for that guy to die.

I believe that the male archeologist's main problem, pre-alien-infection, was a terrible affliction that's commonly known as "douche face". As I see it, everyone in the theatre with sense was just waiting for that guy to die.

Newton was a Christian, and Heisenberg was a Nazi. Newton wins. Anyone who says otherwise is goddamned unAmerican.

Newton was a Christian, and Heisenberg was a Nazi. Newton wins. Anyone who says otherwise is goddamned unAmerican.

To be fair here, Galois actually did die in a duel. So there.

To be fair here, Galois actually did die in a duel. So there.

What was so disconcerting in the rest of the film was that everyone seemed automatically assured that David wasn't a feeling being. I wondered if this was a point of those other characters being wrong (from the film-maker's POV), but if so, why would they give Lizbeth the final line (something something "coz yer a…

What was so disconcerting in the rest of the film was that everyone seemed automatically assured that David wasn't a feeling being. I wondered if this was a point of those other characters being wrong (from the film-maker's POV), but if so, why would they give Lizbeth the final line (something something "coz yer a…

Despite all the things that people have to hate about this movie, the sequence where David, the robot, trundles around the spaceship spinning a basketball whilst riding a bike and creepily reading others' memories and colouring his hair to look like Lawrence of Arabia's really worked for me. More evocative than…

Despite all the things that people have to hate about this movie, the sequence where David, the robot, trundles around the spaceship spinning a basketball whilst riding a bike and creepily reading others' memories and colouring his hair to look like Lawrence of Arabia's really worked for me. More evocative than…

It made me crazy. I don't think making that sequence paused to consider boring geeky things like "how big are molecules," just for instance.

It made me crazy. I don't think making that sequence paused to consider boring geeky things like "how big are molecules," just for instance.

Legend? Really?