I was surprised by how well he wears the beard.

…forever.

I didn't care that much about Nebula in the first movie but thought she was cool in the sequel, for whatever that's wroth. (I'm not the biggest fan of the original Guardians, though, so my positive feelings about the sequel may not be the majority view.)

I admire that kind of dedication, but at the same time, not everyone's goals in writing are historical and/or current-day accuracy. I don't think it's so galling that Eggers wanted to make stuff up for his fiction book.

I don't choose the photos so I can't say. But maybe because Hanks is super-famous.

I admit I did think, while writing that: "Are the AVC commenters going to think this is about them?!"

Elf, babe, that was a harsher burn than the Human Torch rescuing workers from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Ah cha cha.

It's a pretty small part (not a lot of lines, though he's in several scenes with Hanks) and I forgot to add him to the end of the list. But everyone on the cast list probably has more lines than he does.

And you aaarrrrre…?

I think in terms of pure blood/pain/agony depicted on the screen, yes, it's possible to make him more violent. Or, rather, to make him SEEM more violent, in a way that I felt was more about making him look cool than adding anything to the material. Then again, that's a problem with adapting amazingly great material.

I TRIED YOU WARN YOU ABOUT THE ACCENT!

I think it's the equally insidious Sandler thinking of himself as a pretty great guy (and by a lot of accounts he is! He certainly keeps a lot of people employed and seems to treat them well) and wanting his movies to better reflect that.

I dunno, I think we're meant to assume that The Batman in the Nolan movies leaves a lot of people injured but probably not dead. Captain America also punches people as hard as he can, and he's a supersoldier, but I don't think we're meant to assume that he's leaving a trail of corpses in his wake. I agree that there…

I hated Totally Fucked Up so much that I ignored Araki for years, but I have to admit: Mysterious Skin, Smiley Face, Kaboom, and White Bird in a Blizzard are all worthwhile to various degrees. So I do think he turned a corner, though I missed both End and Doom. (I certainly recall Ebert's blistering pan of the latter,…

Yet it's entirely possible — indeed, I wholly believe — that Snyder thought he was making a subversive statement and could still be guilty of glamorizing the material in a way that helps some audiences, and maybe Snyder himself, miss the point. The way he adds extra violence to the movie, especially with Rorschach,…

I've only seen her in a few movies, but I thought she was actually pretty middling even in Dreamgirls. Her singing was great, and clearly won her the Oscar, but I didn't see much going on in her face/eyes when it wasn't her turn to sing.

Turturro and Reilly are enjoyable in it, and I love Sandler and Nicholson dueting on "I Feel Pretty," but making Sandler's character a misunderstood put-upon shmuck (and the victim of an elaborate scam?!) rather than an actual rage case seemed like a missed opportunity to me. Why have Sander vs. Nicholson and not use…

If you pure straight hate Sandler, I doubt this will be your cup of tea.

Thinks, not thought. But thanks for noticing!!

FWIW, I liked Fate of the Furious more than Ignatiy did, and also more than I liked Sandy Wexler.