I feel like IV (I might be wrong on this, it's just my impression) is kinda new to appreciating genre movies, though he's certainly going all in. Scarface can be confusing to some because it's a pulp movie dressed as a prestige one. Maybe he hasn't seen it in a while?

It's not too uncommon an opinion, in my opinion. A lot of De Palma fans seem to not connect with Scarface (I suspect because they're a bit put-off by its fanbase's literal reading of it, so that they themselves miss why it's so satiric and funny), and De Palma even thinks Carlito's Way is his best movie.

Same with me. I reserved this from the library because the content is something I'd like to learn about, even though I have no patience for Gaiman's writing style.

I bet it was an angry crewmember. You'd be surprised how much bitterness accrues over a several month film shoot, especially with the level of egos involved.

I'll add to this that while a lot of leftists argue that they're not actually against "free-speech" (because the definition of free-speech has to do with the government placing restrictions on what's said), a lot of them are CENSORIOUS, and this is a problem. So I agree with Maher on that. We have to promote the…

I believe you THINK you're making a point.

Funny, it was him relentlessly picking on Mos Def that episode that made me dislike Hitchens. Anyone who worships their own intellect to that degree is also missing intelligence in some vital areas.

Some more qualifiers: He's not funny and he thinks mentioning that he smokes weed on every episode is somehow interesting and edgy. BUT he has some opinions and doesn't completely kowtow to the party line (as every other left-leaning political comedy host does) and his show is good, and brings in people from both…

Practically, yes.

I can spot what differences there are and they're negligible/mostly superficial within this current wave, because the directors are locked down (and some have complained about this) compared to the imprint Sam Raimi was permitted on his Spider-Mans or Del Toro was allowed on Blade II.

So Shane Black is allowed a couple Christmas references and Branagh gets to transplant his royalty interests to another planet. These movies don't give filmmakers much breathing room.

But how quickly they turn on their hero is another part of celebrity culture. Snyder is examining the separation of celebrities and gods in a couple of his movies. I actually found the first 300 movie quite boring.

Well, that depends on who we define as the audience. Snyder's best movies (Legend of the Guardians, the first half of BvS) have genuine emotional pull (a lot of it visual) and are true examinations of the responsibility of the left on issues such as celebrity worship and cultural militarism. (The Marvel movies are by…

Snappy comeback.

Because most people don't understand visual filmmaking, and mistake the safe centre-leftist politics of Captain America movies for thoughtfulness.

Legend of the Guardians is his best movie. You should check it out.

Yep. I have no brand-loyalty either way, and I know very little about comic books. But it seems to me most Marvel movie fans know very little about movies. Civil War was episode 25 in a TV series that leaves no impression. BvS was a mess, but an auteurist one.

"Sin City, a film that helped revolutionize the look of contemporary film by using green screens to create entire fantastical universes"

I can't decide what I like more, tone poems or fever dreams…

Yup. And you're gonna realize there's no cutoff age for stupid mistakes. Growing up is simply a process of making less of them.