I believe the preferred jargon is "unhappy straight white male."

rly tho

Let's agree never to speak of that again.

It's easy to forget that art is objective, but you should still feel bad for forgetting it.

I think we can both be right here.

Imagine how Pain and Gain could have been received if Michael Bay's name were nowhere to be found within five miles of it. I'd go so far as to say it's a more enjoyable, efficient version of what Wolf of Wall Street was supposed to be.

Not nearly enough love for Warrior around here. Every star's performance on its own was good enough to lift the story above sports movie cliche. Also, The National.

Sorry you feel that way. I'm sure you like some really shitty movies too.

Such is the curse of being certain you're right when everyone else is wrong.

Even Magnolia?

Yeah, the total disconnect between the way Travis sees himself and the way everyone else sees him is just tragic. My second Taxi Driver viewing did a lot more for me than the first, so I should note that I only saw Nightcrawler once. There's a good chance I'll appreciate it more next time I get around to it. Really…

I haven't seen Taxi Driver in ages and totally missed the things they have in common - glad you mentioned it. But yeah, if you want to look at it as more about Lou than the world around him, I still stand by what I said about the maximum weirdness being an issue. Travis Bickle was similarly damaged, but there was an…

Surprised me too, especially given the love for Boyhood, Whiplash, and the handful of other 2014 releases that made it in.

Attack the Block will get revisited and newly discovered by flocks of people who see John Boyega in Star Wars this fall, and it'll get the credit it deserves then.

Oh. Wow. Well thank you, this is excellent.

Agreed. Still worth it forth the first two-ish hours though, and Gyllenhaal and Jackman were great.

I didn't mind the ending, but I also don't remember it in nearly as much detail as I do the rest of the movie. Could be that it got weak toward the end because it became less about the the sorts of people the characters could be under duress and more about wrapping up a detective story.

Can't tell if the Chemical Brothers inclusion is for the actual music video or just a sneaky way of saying Black Swan. Either way, I like it.

I can't the only one who wants to see a follow up to this with counts for movies that were in the running and didn't make the cut.

I dunno man…Gyllenhaal was great, that much is indisputable. But the movie itself would have been jaw-dropping, say, ten years ago. At this point, no one is under the impression that the 24-hour news cycle is anything but unhealthy, and that seemed like the primary message to me. As a straight up character study, it…