For some reason the pro-movie line on the Shining book-versus-movie debate often becomes "Kubrick made movie gold from a book turd," which always annoys me. I liked both the book and the movie on their own terms. The movie is super creepy mostly through atmosphere alone, and excises a lot of things I found tiresome…

Sounds familiar
Unnecessarily publishing private materials from a dead Kurt? It's "Journals" all over again. At least Courtney Love can't make any money from this… can she?

So this is what it feels like… when doves cry!

Also, on the main point of contention, I'm not taking any sides, but here's a blog post from an indie bookstore that just announced they're going out of business, and touches on Amazon at a couple points: http://vertigobooks.blogsom…
I just think it's interesting.

I know a lot of people are annoyed with the complaints about "the Kindle destroying books," and I can sympathize, especially with the Kindle specifically, which I think is ultimately going to prove too odd of a hybrid to possibly replace books- how many people that are big book lovers are really going to want an…

Kennywood
Soooo, am I the only western Pennsylvanian on the AV Club who spent his young summers growing up on the set of this movie? It's kind of got me excited to see this.

Kevin Eubanks is a talented enough guitar player, sure, but that band overall has somehow approximated the mediocrity of Jay's comedy in music form. Ugh. The Roots have been fantastic so far, and have already managed to put out a really exciting performance backing Ludacris when he guested. It reminded me of past…

Lilli Carre
I will probably have to pick up this issue of Mome for the Lilli Carre piece, especially if it is long. Her work is always great and she's always one of the friendliest, least pretentious people you can talk to at conventions.
I think you have a valid criticism of Mome's ability to become a little ivory…

I actually kind of agree. To argue that we should be happy with this movie version of "Watchmen" because a movie version was inevitable (no, it wasn't- likely, maybe, but inevitable, no) and because he tried really hard? What, suddenly we're judging movies like kindergartener's paintings? I went in to the movie…

I thought that was one of the huge problems with the movie. I know that cartoonish superviolence is basically Snyder's stock in trade, and I was prepared for it going in, but having Lori STAB A MAN IN THE NECK for an attempting mugging really dilutes the idea that Rorschach is an exceptionally disturbed person whose…

danrimage- I totally agree with you on Duvall in theory, but in practice, it just doesn't square for me. When I saw The Shining I just could not conceive how her performance was meant to make any sense in the picture. I don't have any big problem in the latter half of the movie- while at times she looks almost silly…

Blah Blah Blah
Does anyone know if any of Murphy's claims are bona fide, or how much they might lean towards misinformation? Because several of them are distinctly different from things I've heard in the past (Moore giving film money to Gibbons/Higgins, for example) or sound like half truths (Moore has always had…

Black Hole

My boss let her 6-year-old go see The Dark Knight- it's all relative.

Yes, very good. You have successfully argued that an attempt to solve a specific case of inequity does not solve all other cases of inequity along with it. Therefore, obviously, that specific effort is completely without merit.

You say, "have the need to continually tell me how clever it is," I say, "evince some degree of intelligence on the part of its author." Tomayto, tomahto.

Sorry, no dice.

The first time I heard Vowell on TAL, I was like, "Jesus Christ, how could someone put this voice on the radio??" It didn't help that it wasn't her best work- some 'boy, families are dysfunctional' piece for a Thanksgiving show- but I eventually heard some of her better stories, and was won over a little. Then I…

There didn't "need" to be an AD series in the first place, but Fox decided it was worth their airtime for several seasons, and now years later we're still all talking about it. So why not a movie too?

Hey Josh
"why would I want to read this animated script instead of just watching a great movie?"