The Departed is marky-markedly inferior to Infernal Affairs.

The only time it drags for me is the scenes with Farmiga. I don’t feel her involvement or storyline added anything much to the proceedings, and it frankly felt off that a police therapist with a live-in boyfriend would start sleeping with a patient she barely knows.

The movie sizzles, playing out across a lean two-and-a-half hours

Let Me In actually followed the book a little more closely than the original film, which I appreciated as a fan of the book. But Let the Right One In is a much tighter movie. I think they both have their merits for those different reasons.

And Let the Right One Is is a masterpiece. The remake is ok but completely unnecessary.

I think the problem Let Me In had is that we all saw Let the Right One In a mere two years earlier.

Honestly, I’ve been waiting for it too. But all the tokenism and dragging him out for speeches makes me think it wasn’t sleazy, just super-racist. The same way a lot of evangelicals adopt babies from third-world countries in order to Christianize and save them, I’m guessing Mike here “adopted” a black kid in the hopes…

Yeah, this is bullshit, he’s hiding his money.  There’s no way to get buy, pay your bills, etc. these days without one.  Also, I’m still sitting here waiting for the story about the “adopted” 14 year old.  There’s some shit in there too, let’s go get it.  

Yes, he’s existing in 2023 without a checking or savings account. <massive eyeroll>

Makes the fact that his first big act is to push for defunding the IRS that much more understandable.

Putin, the Saudis and the gazillionaires that want to strangle the IRS will get him money real soon. It’s the Republican way.

Exactly! Which, by comparison, just makes it all the more disappointing when it’s Noah Taylor and not the Mad Hatter explaining everything at the end.

Oh man that Batman:TAS episode is SO GOOD! “Perchance to Dream”

I really wonder how this reboot is going to handle Johnny Hardwick’s death. I think dealing with Luanne is a bit easier since she wasn’t as much of a core character. The best course of action may be using a different voice actor. While this sort of feels wrong, I can’t imagine the show being nearly as good without…

So they’re still going forward with the reboot?  Without Dale, or will he be recast?  I have trouble imagining either one.

What’s weird about Vanilla Sky is how close to the original it is. It’s like someone hit Copy/Paste and put a shiny tom Cruise filter on it.

I really like the US Dark Water. Just as effective and it looks beautifully grimy.

The Grudge was a pretty good remake of Ju-On; The Eye remake should be in this list. It was terrible and probably ended the idea of Jessica Alba being a leading lady.

Not gonna lie, to me it’s hard not to enjoy a film in which someone runs around screaming “TECH SUPPOOOOOORT!!!” We had a very good time, but probably not for the reasons the movie wanted us to. Or maybe it did, we’re not sure.

Vanilla Sky just never feels quite right.  It’s not terrible but at the end, my reaction was just kind of “huh. okay.”