Then it's odd how so many of great filmmakers and critics alike disagree with you. The best musicals — The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Meet Me in St. Louis, Love Me Tonight — rank among the best films, period. I guess directors such as Jean-Luc Godard (check out Une femme est une femme) were too dumb to watch a normal…

Have you tried The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or Love Me Tonight? Musicals don't rank among my favorite genres, but those are still some of the best films I've seen. I recommend them at every opportunity. I also really like Meet Me in St. Louis and Godard's offbeat tribute to/deconstruction of the genre Une femme est une…

Ha, as I was checking the comments, I KNEW someone else would reply with Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over the Sea. That album is like an emotional rollercoaster, which probably makes it easily "tainted" if it's mentally associated with negative experiences. Same deal with Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart…

Yeah, and at the time Sega was creating bad faith among consumers as a result of those DOA add-ons, the SNES was still generating a respectable number of impressive titles such as the Donkey Kong Country games, Yoshi's Island, and Super Mario RPG, which led to the system being remembered more fondly.

While the enemies do appear on-screen, Chrono Trigger doesn't really allow you to avoid most battles. I've noticed that lots of people remember that part of the game incorrectly. The game will frequently launch you into battle even if you don't touch the enemies. On the bright side, it's not too hard to flee after the…

Hashino has confirmed that the cat will play a pivotal role in the story like Teddie did in P4, but not much more than that. I'm still not sure if the girl's name is supposed to be Anzu or Anne. If it's the latter, that would imply she's not Japanese. No word about additional party members beyond the ones in the…

For those who might have missed them, a slew of gameplay and rudimentary plot details regarding Persona 5 have been released in the wake of the trailer, courtesy of Famitsu and Dengeki.

Xenogears also had Chu-Chu, one of the lamest mascot characters ever.

1. Persona 4
2. Final Fantasy 6 (the only FF title I'd consider for this question)
3. Digital Devil Saga

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If you understand French, the more terse title Partie de campagne (which leaves off the indefinite article included in Maupassant's title) is even better at immediately conveying the incomplete and abrupt nature of the film than the English translation.

It's certainly one of the better methods for horny teenage boys, but my favorite Shakespeare film is Chimes at Midnight.

As silly as it feels when you're older, it's hard to forget your teacher showing Franco Zeffirelli's version of Romeo and Juliet in class during your freshman year at an all-boys Catholic school. If you've seen that film, you know why.

Woah! Great choice. You must've had some cool teachers.

Sam, does that mean I can't completely trust Boswell's record of your travails and witticisms? Gadzooks! I knew there was something suspicious about the fact that he seemed to follow you around everywhere.

I've put "Alone Again Or" on mixtapes for many girls and it's almost always their favorite song.

I have to disagree there. His readings were perfectly suited to most of the material. How could a poem like Prufrock NOT be read in a fussy and professorial voice? It's from the perspective of someone who is punctilious to a fault.

That probably would have been a lot more entertaining.