>And, that's a good thing. A documentary that's just a neutral, dry look at facts would bore you to tears.

Errol Morris stuff can be very dry and it remains fairly neutral and is not boring.

>do you notice how no-one is abducted by aliens anymore

Thank you. I used to be of the opinion that documentaries should be films first and docs second I have made a complete turnabout on that front. The former results in usually absolutely "Truthy" documentaries that have very little facts to support them such as Gasland. A documentary that I was excited to watch and…

You are actually factually wrong here. Most Americans believe in at least 1 or more fringe conspiracies. Heck 37% of voters think Global Climate Change is a hoax. We are all susceptible to this type of thinking as every one of us has these deficiencies in our cognition not due to anything in particular other than that…

I wouldn't be surprised if he is a true believer. The ferocity and arguments most align with fundamentalist true believers. I have no doubt he believes what he says deep down to the cockles of his bowels. He isn't mentally ill, evil or a scam artist and the sooner we recognize that we are all susceptible to the…

Oh, no my response is to tell them I read the "evidence" that the conspiracy had and found it unconvincing, slipshod, and the same kind of evidence used to promote prayer healing, and god. That and that conspriacies are often comforting to those who believe them because a hallmark of every conspiracy is the fact that…

This is a pet theory of mine, but I think conspiracy thinking has replaced religious/superstitious explanations for the difficult and troubling situations we face in our time. Conspiracies while themselves can be convoluted and byzantine in the end are comforting because it releases any kind of responsibility of the…

Its actually easy to understand because the alternative is that dozens of kids were murdered and loose gun regulation played a part in that. Both of these are very uncomfortable truths the former being something that should make any human being sick to their stomach its an act so terrible it is far easier to believe a…

>Relying heavily on talking heads is usually the mark of a documentary without much imagination,

They did this not 12 hours later.

The Shining is a horror movie. Shining is an introspective film about a man wrestling with becoming a father and writing a book.

No. This was a good addition to the alternate trailers pantheon but Shining really is the first and best one.

I really enjoyed the movie right up until the big reveal of what The Blind Man was doing. The movie was really balancing a fine knife edge of not being sympathetic to any one side and then becomes silly in the final third.

Please tell me you aren't this dumb. If you go to a stand-up comedy special to have a "dialogue" you are and asshole and a moron.

actually brightfun would be closer and is actually an apt description of a lot of bluckbusters. Or quirkyprecious.

But I really don't think its "geek" culture anymore. When its been appropriated by everyone especially those who would pick on nerds, and geeks, and who use liking it as a beat stick on other people I think its ceased being geek culture.

Maybe its reflective of the relationship DC fans have with the DCFU. Its terrible, awful, reductive, and needlessly grimdark, and they keep fooling fans into going to see it.

"Yet another example of the whitewashing and hollywoodifcation of a movie about asians"

No she's actually accomplished a lot and you can't think outside what FOX news or the GOP party line shovels into your brain.