i don't think they're addressing the music specifically, though. i can't speak for everyone, but i think the people whose opinions you claim are "basically worthless" were referring to the entire snl perfomance. i can totally see how theatrics can be distracting during a musical act. a song can be awesome but be…

that's specifically through your eyes, though. LOST may have disappointed you and even a large part of its audience, but for me and many of its viewers, it was engrossing because it invited so much speculation and was provocative. like fringe which you mentioned (another excellent show with a similar focus on…

it sounds more like he's disapproving of her general attitude towards people with different opinions, than of whatever her taste in music is

i agree. i don't actually want to see exaggerated sets or obvious, forrest gump-like interaction with history or anything like that. i think i just wish they'd show more of that setting, however they choose to interpret it.
for example, dazed and confused took place maybe 5-6 years before the americans, and it really…

maybe not politcally. but i don't think the 80's looked like the '90s visually. the '00 and the '90's don't either

i kind of agree. my childhood was in the 80's and I was a teenager in the 90's. i remember the world looked visually different in both decades. even if this is projection or nostalgia, i still don't see why any of the sets on "the americans" should be interchangeable with ones from "law and order." some of them i…

aside from one or two dated jokes about microsoft or the baldwins, most of the jokes are still hilarious to me. the humor is preserved by how surreal it is, and makes as much sense now as it did in 1999 to me. your mileage may vary though

i think it tried to, especially at the end. the lines between troy and abed before they entered the lava really gave the wacky events some emotional purpose. but i also think the episode still felt like a reenactment of the paintball or christmas breakdown premises. no matter how well justified, it still had a kind of…

i enjoyed this episode a lot, and there was definitely more of an emotional motivation for otherwise sensible characters to participate in the wackiness. but i don't think that, just by stating that the characters' actions are the result of repressed sadness, that the floor of lava game was much different than the…

urban dictionary needs your definitions for braff and vine

i know

i don't think he's a god or anything. i think he was a good writer and put thought into things. his descriptions about film, even when people disagreed with him, were still informative and had good observations.
for example, i hated that tin tin film, but he gave it a positive review. his review didn't change my mind…

i get what you're saying. i need to stop interfering so much. at the time i hadn't been commenting enough to realize that you have to negotiate around people like that sometimes. your reaction makes sense. damn internets

roger ebert had the ability to write about his opinions, as well as include a pretty accurate description of the film and how general audiences might respond to it, independent of his opinions. although not ebert, check out the review for "the secret life of walter mitty" by critic glenn kenny on his website. it…

those reasons are about you and your feelings ("the movie is depressing and bores me to tears"). it's not a matter of me being a dumbass because i won't accept your personal preferences about a movie as legitimate criticism; it's that you aren't persuasive enough to change anyone else's mind with actual objective…

i'm glad everything worked out

even in your summary, you don't explain WHY either movie is preachy or annoying, just that they are. show me how they are.
all i know from what you've written is that you think this way about these films. if you tried to explain why you think this way, you'd have less of a negative response

this one of those really loud comments that doesn't provide any explanation behind its arguments and you don't benefit from reading it

what an immature response

true, you make a good point. i dislike kanye west, but you're right, that quote is about him, not necessarily by him, and there's no way i can say it was kanye's intent. in a weird way, kanye west unintentionally reveals things about the public.
i guess i think of him as a real life borat, which is to say that his…