Most blockbusters aim to be thoughtful for adults? That's news to me.

Is there a dumber, more poorly thought out analogy than using bloodsucking monsters as a metaphor for oppressed minorities?

Let the Right One In has a monstrous portrayal of vampires, albeit a sympathetic one. And it takes the concept of sexy vampires behind a woodshed and beats it with a lead pipe.

Not only does it feature an amazing portrayal of Chaucer and include some fun in-jokes for fans of the Canterbury Tales, but the story itself is also a clever riff on chivalric romance that Chaucer himself would probably have enjoyed. Why does Heath Ledger keep making the stupid grand romantic gestures to win the…

I enjoyed the more playful tone when it made sense, like during the dwarves' introduction. But the movie continued to use that silly tone at times when it made no sense, like when the dwarves are fighting for their lives against a horde of orcs, and when we first see the necromancer. THAT is what I found grating…

Yep. Logic is but one of many components that goes into making a good scene. The big failing of The Hobbit was one of tone, not logic.

Have we really lowered ourselves to Jar-Jar comparisons in order to justify Peter Jackson's terrible decisions with The Hobbit?

Shrek.

No, but the fates decreed this movie had to happen so that Sam Raimi and Tim Burton could continue their career trajectories toward becoming the same person.

James Franco as a narcissistic wanker, eh? I'm sure audiences will have a tough time buying into that.

Kids also avoid certain cartoons if they think the animation is ugly. Or at least I did. But then again, Ren & Stimpy and Beavis & Butt-head were huge hits, so what do I know?

I saw some sketches that had more of a Lilo and Stitch thing going on. I wish they had stuck with them.

Nah, all those garbage films he does would have been garbage even without him. His presence just makes them become interesting garbage.

Loophole!

Well, they are all kids' films, but that doesn't mean the prequels are just like the original films. In honor of the new overlords of the Star Wars universe, I give you this analogy:

Meh, I'm sick of the Skywalker saga. Disney, you just spent billions on this big, expansive universe. Show us a part of it we haven't seen before.

Ugh, Monster House was a movie that really disturbed me. And not in an "It really messed with my head" sort of way that I like from a horror movie. More like a sickness in my stomach, like I had just watched something incredibly ugly.

Wow, so they're actually going to call him The Mandarin? Didn't expect that.

The special effects budget for a live action series would probably be prohibitively expensive, but an Adult Swim Invincible series would be ridiculously awesome. Now if we can just figure out a plan to threaten, er, convince some tv suits to make it happen...