My fuck-you-very-much trigger:

Right!? And regardless of that insult, what a stupid thing to say. Of course on of the series’ entries would be considered the best. “We’ve yet to see its best” is just a dumb way to phrase it. It’s like they’re saying “We’ve yet to have a good movie” and I’d tell them to fuck right off for that, too.

It is genuinely one of the best movies of the ‘80s. I mean, in terms of “crowd-pleasing” and “fun.” And it is legitimately one of the best action-comedies ever made.

“...but we’ve yet to see its best.”

Yeah, can you imagine something crazy, like having Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro playing old and young versions of the some character? It would never work!

“I just read the greatest screenplay ever written!”
“Oh yeah? Who wrote it?”
“I did!”

“True but November 15th is a bit early.”

The tone of this piece is bleak. And accurate. 

2025, 2026, whatever it takes.

Except that Courtney Cox wouldn’t be Monica Geller for several years yet.

this is so refreshing to see, a classic av club piece. keep em coming.

Yeah. I’ll be different and say I enjoyed the hell out of reading this review. Frankly, from what I have heard about the film, this review captures the tone and content of its subject far better than any AVC piece since Dowd was still writing here. It’s hella more entertaining than the soulless recaps I’ve resigned…

something being ‘more popular’ doesn’t automatically make the other thing obscure or that noone gave a shit about them. banks don’t give you 140 million dollar budget for an obscure character noone had heard of.

There’s very little a person can do that won’t come across as narcissistic and self-serving when others are determined to view a person’s action that way.

She was a great host. (Ken is good too.) But unlike him, too bad she had to deal with a lot more criticism that seemed to be based on her gender and Ken’s cult of personality.

Didn’t we say all we needed to say in the first Beetlejuice? Must we go tropical? 

People do all sorts of stupid shit and justify it by “being comfortable in my own mind/body.” Wearing a see-through dress is not a personal comfort thing - it’s a provocateur action, like Sacha Baron Cohen wearing that neon green mankini was.

Daffy > Bugs

“The Tolkien estate has never been a fan of Jackson’s version of Middle-earth and allegedly rejected him coming onboard.”

There’s plenty of story to tell. Two big ones, in fact: the dissatisfaction among the elves about their impending decline that allows for Sauron to seduce them into learning from him and creating the Rings of Power with his aid. And the dissatisfaction of the Men of Númenor of their elevated position among mortals…