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*nods emphatically*

This movie isn't regarded as highly as some of his others? It was atop more top ten best movies of '00-'09 than any other feature. It has a fanatic fan base and still has a great deal of people arguing over what it means. It's probably his most widely revered movie with only Blue Velvet offering any competition.

I know I've attempted to finish three times over that last four years, and has yet to succeed. Though I did see its final montage youtube.

Once you get on its wave length, are able to view things as metaphors and moods rather than viewing everything literally and don't get distracted by its strange and constant tonal shifts it's a pretty easy movie to figure out. I also believe some people just wish for the mystery to be more complicated than it is. Some

I didn't want it to be season one. I thought season one was a decent, sometimes really good show. But it was held together mostly by the performances and chemistry of its two leads and the mysterious atmosphere. The mystery itself was cliche. The supporting players never got fleshed out. And I thought the final couple

meh. I barely cared about Faith in season three of Buffy.

I don't see it as a Whedon show either, but I was reaching for something I might like less than Angel's fourth season.

Nope. Only maybe AoS's first season and Buffy's seventh are worse. And that's a Maybe. No, thinking over it, Angel's fourth is definitely duller and features less highlights than those two. It's a very focused season, but it's focused on mostly crap.

This show was always a lil too monotone and kinda drab for me to fully embrace. Plus, there wasn't enough arc building. The one season that tried to be more structurally ambitious, season four, was a mess. But it definitely had some pretty good episodes. And seasons five and three are better than at least a few of

The last couple episodes are decent (particularly the finale) but they also contain some unwarranted sentimentality and some moments that feel preachy.

Episodes 8-10 were the peak of the season to me, the place where the dramatic and comedic aspects peaked.

I did think Piper's speech in the previous episode was cornball and cliche in an otherwise pretty good installment. And the Norma cult storyline was in general really unfortunate. However, I don't feel like the show is jumping the shark. As good as 'Orange' can be these types of tonal and focus miscalculations have

While not being invested in her "arc" or in her and Piper's romance I didn't enjoy Alex's paranoia this season. That might be because ultimately, even though this was the most comedic, light season of the series I enjoy this show more when there's tension and dramatic stakes. I also think Prepon was the best she's

No, it's not a flavor. It just represents the color and what should be the texture. I suppose if a cake is merely red and really moist it can be described as "red velvet". But in my estimation (and many others) the flavor should be of bittery buttermilk with a hint of chocolate.

Let me defend red velvet right quick:
It's many things to many people. Some see it as just lite chocolate cake made red. Some see it as vanilla cake turned red. Some don't have any idea as to what it's supposed to taste like, which is why there's so many bad ones. What red velvet should be is a super moist, red tinted

I thought it was pretty silly, clumsy and focused on things I wasn't that interested in. And the closing minutes were kinda dud-y. I did like Brienne and Hound doing their thing.

It's my favorite finale since season one, but that's not really saying much since the finales beyond "Fire and Blood" have all been ho-hum. Despite being an overstuffed mess that left us with too many cliffhangers it did give us a few outstanding moments, which, with the exception of a "Hardhome" here and there, is

I can deal with not liking the acting, but spot-lighting Maslany's looks and highlighting the fact that she's not actually acting with herself (like a-duh) reads as trolling.

Season one remains the best, most consistent and focused season. Every season after is almost a crap shoot. But before this episode this season offered no greatness and very little goodness. This might be the best episode of the series, and therefore it makes this season worthwhile, but it still needs to deliver the

The Sopranos 'ending was borderline perfect in hindsight. It was subversive for its time (it still is). But it's something to re-watch that show and see how it evolved over the seasons and realize that it really couldn't have ended any other way. Mad Men has kinda been doing the same thing for a few seasons now. And