What a relief to find out that no hatemongers actually exist! Thanks, pal.

Split the difference: They are not already engaged at the start of the film, but it is more about approval than permission — he wants Cranston's "blessing."

I remember it getting reviews that were positive enough for me to feel baffled when I caught up with it commercially and didn't care for it at all, but yeah, it didn't really wind up being one of the year's big awards favorites, especially after it became clear that it would be the Year of Jeff Bridges for Best Actor.…

I would have upvoted this if you had said "bro" just one additional time. Missed the mark, bro.

Really? You've never noticed how some movies here get positive reviews, yet aren't later included on a list of the year's best movies? I mean if it makes you feel better to think that liking Ghostbusters is inconsistent with liking other movies, have at it.

Well… kinda, yeah.

Aw, thanks very much! I am RIDICULOUSLY impatient to be able to take my daughter to a movie — even a bad one. We're a few years off at least; I'm just hoping the first one can be something good, after which, sure, bring on Rock Dog 3. I hope you all have a good time at Sing if you do wind up going, and a lovely rest…

It's entirely possible, though, that he saw it at a film fest, where I think walkouts are a lot more permissible, because you could be missing something else you might actually like — and if that was the case, that's happening well before a movie's part of the year-end conversation has been determined. But even if…

That is a fair point and I'll say I'm a pretty big Mandy Moore fan; I mostly just want to bag on MacFarlane.

This comment made me extremely happy so the circle of… something?… is complete.

Almost like people can enjoy a movie without calling it one of the best of the year. V. weird, I know.

Maybe! The important thing is to stay angry.

I knew there was a reason I didn't run out on The Horse Whisperer.

It's definitely not misandry although that's also not what Manchester is about (by my reckoning).

Well-shot, not hugely noisy, socially relevant? Yeah, UGH, what bullshit, where's Deadpool.

I dunno, if you want involving narratives, I think Green Room, La La Land, Arrival, Hell or High Water, and The Handmaiden have that going on, and are also extremely entertaining. As @disqus_S8ZNswO3hV:disqus alludes, this was not a great year for blockbusters — and I say that as the person who really liked X-Men:…

I hear you there. I had that complaint to some degree, but in the filmmakers' defense, it is really hard to depict the act of creativity in an interesting way (Begin Again tries, and makes a decent enough effort, but it's still pretty lame and winds up seeming way too easy). Even my beloved God Help the Girl doesn't…

That's fair. I still buy physical albums (sometimes) and some Blu-rays, so the shipping thing was really the main attraction when I signed up. I have yet to watch a single Amazon-original series besides that Woody Allen thing I reviewed (though I really want to watch Red Oaks). And though there are times where its…

I think only if you don't know the definition of clickbait. So, judging by most people who use that term, yes.

Oh, I have my share of disagreeable moments, but thank you. ;)