True True. Per my other statements, I think what saves this trilogy for me is the heart - or at least attempt at having a heart. And the fact that is trying to (arguably) faithfully create the world of Middle-earth (not the story of course). Like, when you see Erebor in the beginning of the first HObbit film, the…

The Star Wars prequels sucked because CGI was in its infancy still, the scripts were horrible, and overall, they had no heart. I think Hobbit gets a pass for me because they are at least attempting to give it a heart - I get murmurs of that throughout. And as a fan of the original book, I was psyched to see Smaug…

you are right - being escapist isn't an excuse for shoddy filmmaking but but I would argue while overstuffed w/ CGI, the Hobbit films are far from shoddy. I think they do suffer from the CGI not translating well to the screen. If anything, it's the story that is overstuffed. I actually really enjoy the core story, the…

I think reviewers are missing the point of these movies. They serve to escape - we need that especially with the horrible things going on right now. So, is the HObbit bloated, yes. But does it successfully make you forget about the shit going in the world for 2.5 hours? Yes.

This half season gets a lot of points from me just for the originality of having continuous threads throughout. In its 18th season, the show is still being innovative. Did everything stick the landing? Not really, but it breathed life into what could have been just a normal humdrum season where about 25% of the…

I think Zoe Kazan is going to be the next breakout actress over the next few years. Her TV body of work is amazing and great to see her continue her family's cinematic tradition.

For what its worth, the snake was about to break his arm off. Secondly, although he didn't get eaten, no man would ever survive 15 minutes of that type of constriction. So, pretty cool to see the anaconda do its thing and illustrate how bad-ass it is. But yeah, definitely some bait and switch.

"I hate the sea and everything in it" (probably misquoted but that's the gist of it)

Yep, first glimpse of actual person under Jost

That pretty much describes Leisure Suit Larry.

I appreciate your notes but I think we're going to go in a different direction

introducing the comedy writing team of SirPounce and Whovian.
Whovian: "Its 'Ser' not 'Sir' "

Walken Hook: "I got a fever, and more tinkerbell is the cure"

A Game of Terminators

The respect is probably for Schrader

Fuckin Schrader

She's the Claire Danes in Igby Goes Down of the Kingkiller word

Well, you know, it should really be referenced as the "Kvothe trilogy." The series is itself a meta-commentary on the practice of storytelling and the term "Kingkiller" is part of the legend around its central character. I can say more to support this but don't want to spoil anything for anyone.

I don't have issue with the thematic criticisms, but the reviewer doesn't even give a sense if the game is fun to play or not. Very few tidbits regarding what is new over FC3 and the series in general. It's 90% "this game is culturally insensitive" and 10% "steps backward/improvements over original (in regards to…

I liked Far Cry 3 because of the gameplay - the plethora of choices you have to achieve a goal. I will say, I didn't finish the game because once you are powered up, it becomes pretty easy, but those first few weeks of me tinkering around and getting better at taking out a base with just knife attacks and stealth was…