This is exactly the right idea. I just re-read the first book again this summer to steel myself against how shitty I knew the movie would turn out to be, and man it is so great. Probably my favorite thing that King's ever written. It's filled with so many awesome moments ready-made for filming: the final…

That harmonica solo in the middle of Stevie Wonder's cover of "We Can Work It Out." I also normally don't like the harmonica much but good lord is that a perfect 30 seconds of music

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Sean, this is just an amazing piece. I've been waiting for you to weigh in since I heard the news this morning, as weird as that feels to say. Soundgarden did fucking rock. It's all just so goddamn sad, and maybe the saddest thing is that it's probably been five or six years since I seriously listened to any of their…

Hoo, boy. The remainder of your journey may get…bumpy.

I'll be interested to hear what you think of YPU. I actually need to re-read K&C soon, as well. Both are masterpieces in my mind. Thinking about the two works side by side, I get the sense that people view YPU as the lesser of the two, which may be more about the smaller scope and ambition of YPU, which is extremely…

Just finished re-reading Chabon's Yiddish Policeman's Union. It's been about ten years since I read it for the first time, and man did it hold up for me. I just love everything about it. Caught a bunch of things that I missed the first time through, mostly because I think I was just so in love with Chabon's…

IMHO, it's most definitely worth sticking with. I just finished it last month, and loved it. But I will say the interlocking narrative thread-structure doesn't change. You'll be jumping back and forth between Shaftoe, Goto Dengo, and the Waterhouses all the way to the end. The elegance of the book, and one of the…

That scene in Bone Tomahawk. If you've seen it, you know the one I mean. I had to turn the movie off and walk around for 10-15 minutes before I could finish it.

Should have come down here to post - I absolutely do too, and said something similar downthread

Why so much disdain for Pitch Black?! I love that movie! Came out of nowhere, this little low-budget stand alone sci-fi movie with a great hook, great performances… Keith David and Cole Hauser are perfect in this thing, for example. Riddick was a great character. Pretend the sequels don't exist and it's even more…

Dear God, I thought I was the only one. I do this all the time.

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Elevator! Take a ride in my elevator! Takes you up and doooooowwwwn!
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This is a very thoughtful, wonderful comment and precisely sums up why this is one of the five greatest television shows ever made.

I'm with you - I'm a big fan of nearly all of the Pixar movies, but I would put Moana up against any of them, honestly. I love the movie to death. Having an almost four year old daughter who is obsessed with it doesn't hurt, either. I've probably seen it three or four times now, and I enjoy it every time. And the…

Just finished the book on the recommendation of one of you fine people and absolutely loved it. Really looking forward to this. I feel like I wind up saying this about a lot of books I read, but goddamnit would this be perfect for the Coens.

Thanks mratfink, I'll definitely let you know.

I'm about 80% of the way through Seveneves right now, and really intrigued to see whether Stephenson can stick the landing. So far it's one of the best things I've read this year. Next up will probably be the final book in Justin Cronin's Passage trilogy - I've been putting it off, as I'd heard people were…

This is absolutely correct. There's no fair reading of that book where we are intended to take a romantic view of that wealthy family that he lives with for a while (their name is escaping me at the moment).