emmy rossum is soooooooooo pretty
who cares what the song is like?

sorry, but 'leaving las vegas' and 'million dollar baby' aren't great films
they're overwrought films.

i always use profanity in the context of the story
where the fuck else would i use it?

"if magic is the ultimate force, why aren't all the magicians in charge?"
that's easy. they have only d4 hit points per level, whereas the fighters all have d10.

Ang Lee's best film
still the Ice Storm in my book, with Crouching Tiger a close second. I actually like Crouching Tiger more, but the Ice Storm still seems like the better film somehow.

sorry but the only good part of titus alone
is the very end of the novel, because it's the only moment of any resonance in the entire book.

Life Aquatic
Miller has it exactly right: the death of Wilson's character in Life Aquatic was lazy and contrived.

speaking of disjointed, shambling wrecks
the final gormenghast book (Titus alone, i think). There's nothing like an incomplete book written during the author's descent into madness to cap a trilogy.

wait, aslan is jesus?
Pullman is upfront about the HDM trilogy being the anti-Narnia. and that's not necessarily a bad thing in my book.

"an expert on shrill, one-dimensional opinions"
hey, if you've got an argument to make that the last HDM book was actually a work of unsung genius, then by all means please go to it.

no country for old men
having read the book, i'm very much looking forward to seeing how the Coens have adapted it.

His Dark Materials trilogy didn't just go downhill
it went off a veritable cliff.

no country for old men a "new, mature aesthetic" for the coen bros
because Fargo was, what? immature?

"the common thread here for people who don't care for Song of Ice and Fire is the lack of patience for the complex story"
no, that isn't my problem with Martin. GRRM may be many things, but Proust he ain't.

great piece, except sorry that i don't completely get the love for song of ice and fire
seriously, after endlessly hearing about how great George R. R. Martin's stuff was, i got A Game of Thrones to see what the fuss was about.

"jovovitch eventually hooks up with ali larter"
anyone looking for an explanation of why this flick was no. 1 at the box office this weekend need look no further.

where's poochie?
I have to go now. My planet needs me.

lowering the discourse?
I mean no disrespect, Mr Murray, when I say that i had no idea that it was otherwise so elevated.

an inadequate response?
to you perhaps.

"How exactly do aspects of a movie strike you as overrated"?
Think of it this way: the movie as a whole was overrated, except for the cinematography. See?