The characterization is obviously the biggest reason those scenes were so hard to watch, but also from a technical standpoint, just that we saw everyone else's reactions long before we actually saw Lane made it all the worse.

REGION 1 DVDs COMING SOON?

REGION 1 DVDs COMING SOON?

"This is like a clown running across a minefield."

"This is like a clown running across a minefield."

Seconded, Baking, with a fucking vengeance.

Usual Suspects is totally telegrpahed: Spacey's initial scene tried very hard to disprove him - the line about the piss, fumbling with the lighter, and his gimpy gait, all of which were stark contrasts to the initial boat-burning scene. On first viewing, I actually said out loud, "why are they trying so hard to prove…

Yeah, I felt bad to see her name attached to this.

QUICK! EVERYONE PIRATE A COPY OF "HOWARD THE DUCK"!

Oh, and just for the record, whenever the first three seasons get a US DVD release, buy copies for you and your friends.

As a public service announcement to all my fellow Yanks on this board - get yourselves a copy of THE THICK OF IT by any means possible. It makes IN THE LOOP seem like Two and a Half Men by comparison.

I'll second that - if the directing or acting was half as good in Watchmen it would've been a decent flick.

You know what was great? The middle section with 30 minutes of Tim Robbins talking.

That adaptation was out of control, but at least there was some good Mike Nichols cinematography/editing.

True, although the miniseries was better, and the radio show was fantastic.

Didn't see this before I posted my own thoughts - but I agree the new ending fit much better, and didn't come out of fucking nowhere.

Also, am I the only person that thought the revised Watchmen ending with Dr. Manhattan taking the blame was a huge improvement on the source material? That space squid thing was such a random non-sequitur.

Watchmen would've been a decent movie if it was 25 minutes shorter and with a cast as good as Jackie Earle Haley, but it was a totally wooden exercise. Also - Fast Food Nation belongs on this list instead of yesterday's.

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EXACTLY. For a lot of the series Ann reacts to everything around her instead of having her own agenda and goals. I thought ever since she landed the part time job, she'd get wrapped up in some public initiative that would have her fighting for something. How great would it be if there was an arc where she was pushing…