No, it was a less memorable screen name. Also, I was taken aback because he was so super-serious in his hatred of it, like no one else should ever like it because it was that bad. I remember him going on about Kubrick being a genius (no argument there), but pretty much every other film sucked.

And Beyoncé as Ilsa.

Disclosure was kind of fun and gets points for getting Virtual Reality totally wrong in a way that was obviously wrong when the movie came out.

I agree with virtually everything you said. The Sure Thing was a classic road movie and romantic comedy at the same time, and he did it better than the film he was re-making (It Happened One Night). I do think Reiner was a better director than Coppola (although I like The Conversation better than anything Reiner's…

I'd also like to point out that This is Spinal Tap is not universally loved. It is revered by anyone with a true appreciation for film, but I know plenty of people (that I try not to hang out with) who do not like the film at all. The Princess Bride, on the other hand, is truly one of those universally loved films…

I've had many conversations with friends on this exact topic. None of us can think of a greater downfall. Possibly Francis Ford Coppola, but his "great" run was arguably just four films: Godfather I and II, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now. He did have some success and some nice films following those (and as a…

Interesting. I always think of Season 2 of The Wire as its best. And the single greatest season of TV is Band of Brothers.

Or a The Shield ending, where we don't know his ultimate fate, but he's stuck in whatever his personal Hell would be.

@Dijonase:disqus "Is it because it's too soon? Is it because it hasn't finished yet?"

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That was my point. Later in the series, Chandler asks Monica what kind of sex Erica was having (that couldn't cause pregnancy), "The thing we hardly ever do, or the thing we never do?" That's a clear sign to me that they're pretty vanilla when it comes to sex (giving only two options and Monica immediately knows which…

The Dee joke was pretty damned funny at that time. I remember it as a highlight of the first season's setup/punchline jokes. It's not that it was especially clever, but few sitcoms were doing pop-culture humor, and I related to the joke because I was (am) pretty much the same age as The Friends and I had watched…

Even then it was old. It wasn't big on TV yet, but most of the casinos that I played in at the time were mostly Hold 'em.

@avclub-56dfc41867dc4d05e285222c24c4e7c2:disqus It was just poorly written and badly acted with all the fake crying. Plus, there was never any real jeopardy - there was no way these two weren't getting married. You couldn't have them break up and still have a funny show, so guaranteed proposal and acceptance.

I agree - there are few better sitcom couples than Chandler/Joey.

I'm not saying they didn't make sense or didn't serve a purpose, but they were just kind of blah together, and sometimes just plain uncomfortable. Their proposal scene was easily the worst scene in the history of the show - I just skip it on every re-watch. I would rather watch the "New York Minute/Monkey" scene 100…

"Monica and Chandler, I argue, fit better into the pantheon of all-time greatest sitcom relationships."
Does anyone else agree with this? I certainly don't. I think the funniest part of their relationship (by far) was when they tried to hide their seeing each other, which was situational humor, not how great their…

Because he could just eat them.

That's just your ignorance speaking. The 1000th most exciting football match is still more exciting than any American football game. It's one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S. because people are actually watching it now and seeing how much better it is than any other team sport.

@TheTuckPendletonMachine:disqus I don't think I'd have to ask "nicely".