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Oh man, really? Geez. That makes me kind of sad.

Oh man, really? Geez. That makes me kind of sad.

Can we really blame things like Garden State on Harold and Maude? I feel like the new wave of indie quirk-fests are knockoffs of more recent movies - I doubt they're looking back that far.

Can we really blame things like Garden State on Harold and Maude? I feel like the new wave of indie quirk-fests are knockoffs of more recent movies - I doubt they're looking back that far.

Yeah, it's pretty watchable for a lazy weeknight, but then after it's done you're like "hey…she never got her bookstore back. shitty."

Yeah, it's pretty watchable for a lazy weeknight, but then after it's done you're like "hey…she never got her bookstore back. shitty."

100x agreed. Actually, all of Del Toro's creatures look great and I'm sure he doesn't have a tenth of the budget that something like the Star Wars prequels got. He uses CG judiciously to make things look better, but doesn't rely on it to fill in every fantastical element, and it looks so, so much better that way.

100x agreed. Actually, all of Del Toro's creatures look great and I'm sure he doesn't have a tenth of the budget that something like the Star Wars prequels got. He uses CG judiciously to make things look better, but doesn't rely on it to fill in every fantastical element, and it looks so, so much better that way.

I know right? There is no way an orca's head can bend like that. I want a poster of this for my wall.

I know right? There is no way an orca's head can bend like that. I want a poster of this for my wall.

Sometimes I feel like the world is getting worse and worse every year. Then I remember that Meg Ryan is probably too old to be making any more romantic comedies, and I feel better.

Sometimes I feel like the world is getting worse and worse every year. Then I remember that Meg Ryan is probably too old to be making any more romantic comedies, and I feel better.

Fuck When Harry Met Sally.

Fuck When Harry Met Sally.

That last sentence is a little confusing, but are you actually trying to say that The Golden Compass movie was "slavishly faithful to the book"? Because… it was not.

That last sentence is a little confusing, but are you actually trying to say that The Golden Compass movie was "slavishly faithful to the book"? Because… it was not.

Oh, I see - yeah, that makes sense, a lot of the marketing/reviews DID act like it was some kind of crazy miracle that women could make a funny movie.

Oh, I see - yeah, that makes sense, a lot of the marketing/reviews DID act like it was some kind of crazy miracle that women could make a funny movie.

It was annoying, sure, but I don't get how it's counter-sexism?

It was annoying, sure, but I don't get how it's counter-sexism?