I dunno, I think it's a touch more ambiguous than that. I do think we're supposed to think that the kid (for example) is actually being thrown around by the monster, like when it pulls him back up the stairs after the last "you can't get rid" line. I think they left just enough room for either case to be true. Not as…

But it's either that or what? The house was built on an ancient aboriginal burial ground?

But it's either that or what? The house was built on an ancient aboriginal burial ground?

I don't get your beef. For one it's not really about grief. At its core it about the idea that sometimes perfectly good parents hate their kids and wish they'd just fuck off. For one thing, that's pretty bold subject matter that's rarely aired in real life, let alone in a genre movie. And I don't see how its…

I don't think it does blow, but I agree I was surprised by how on-the-nose the underlying meaning was. And then again by people being completely bewildered by it, like it was the fucking Cremaster Cycle or something.

Well, maybe that. I mean, it's the whole point of the movie, and you didn't originally mention anything about that aspect at all, but yeah. Maybe.

Whilst I agree with that in principle, missing the metaphor in The Babadook is like not spotting the pro-American sentiment in Rocky IV. It's not even a metaphor, it's the literal, almost entirely unambiguous, reality of the film.

> Plus that f'ing kid became so insanely obnoxious after the first 5 minutes I was hoping he would be horribly murdered.

> I went over to IMDB to review what they had to say

> The problem with Into Darkness was that it was both overly reverant to old Star Trek, while embodying none of its principles.

I was thinking as this ep was closing out "wow, they actually just took Hurt away from Johnny Cash and gave it back to NIN a little bit". In any case, most powerful use of that song since the JC video.

Yeah, I think people seem to be a little confused about what has happened here. This is an obviously very wealthy person making a sound investment. There's no guarantee they've even seen Star Wars.

This person:

It's only just occurred to me how annoyed Fuel must be about this thing:

Fair play, I haven't actually seen The Master yet so I can't comment on it. TWBB and Inherent Vice though; they felt like PTA was trying to act like narrative was something he was a bit too good for. There are astounding moments in both films but that just makes it all the more frustrating to me that the stories are…

I think there's a difference between creating something with an audience in mind, and creating something from a purely artful place that also happens to fully resonate with an audience.

Maybe, I just find it disingenuous when they act like they suddenly don't care whether or not they do. If you were always like that, then fine. I just think it's suspicious when (for example) a band announces that they're 'finished with the idea of melody', around about the same time in their career when most bands…

> Nerds today are generally split into the 4chan/tumblr camps

> LCD Soundsystem

I reckon there's a strong parallel between Radiohead and Paul Thomas Anderson. They each did their best work early on and - past a certain point - started using obfuscating weirdness to camouflage the fact that they'd used up most of their best ideas. Not that there isn't still genuine brilliance in everything they…