Contrary point: I don't think the publication of something like The Original of Laura diminishes an author like Nabokov… Actually, it shows he had the good taste and sense to know when he was working with mediocre material, and to keep it in the desk drawer.  I agree that it's a problem when it's advertised in a…

I dunno…. my husband and I have been together for 9 years (we hit the big ten in September, woo-hoo!), and we're pretty chatty with each other, and it's not uncommon one or the other of us genuinely remembers a story from our childhoods we've never told the other.  You generally forget how much you forget until…

It's not a masterpiece, but holy shit did I laugh more watching this than anything I've seen in years.  My advice: have a few drinks first and go with a group.  It's dumb and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but I laughed my ass off.

So-so movie, great Gandolfini performance: in fact, I'd say its his best big-screen work.

@avclub-d980b15d49101608dc407770f35b1d75:disqus : except when they're fighting in orbit, and suddenly the fact that there's no breathable atmosphere at all, which was a major plot point all along, is no longer relevant.

it’s easy to picture West hearing Pretty Hate Machine for the first time and immediately racing to the studio to tear down his John Mayer posters.

I like it, but it seems a really melancholy song to me.

Aw… I was expecting rhinestone-encrusted dimebags, a week's supply of poppers, and an HIV test kit.  :(

Yeah, I don't understand that.  I mean, I understand it not being to one's taste, but in terms of "grabbing"…"Little One" is so much bolder than the rest of the album - the sliding chromatic progressions, the more complex production, the lyrics themselves…  I think it differentiates itself from the rest of the album…

I haven't seen the doc, but for some context that may help clear up a few things:

Yeah, I have to agree.  I wanted to like this - I think Beck's more talented and diverse than people usually give him credit for, so why not a mostly acoustic album? - but with one exception, the awesome "Little One", I find the rest of the album kind of… monotonous?

@avclub-46936add066bd6422b3ac74a0ccb7174:disqus : those are all good points, and I actually felt a little better about the son's acting the second time I saw the movie.  The only scene I still didn't care for is Jesse's endless description of his terrible new novel (he does this at the beginning of Sunrise, too, but…

Definitely check out Polyester (I really do think it's his best movie) and maybe work backwards to something like Female Trouble?

Go for it!  I hereby declare this thread [SPOILERIFIC]

Agreed.  I thought I couldn't like anything more than the first two, but I think this is the best one.

Cheers to The Last Picture Show: I've evangelized for that movie so much, my friends are sick of it.  "Black and white movie about small town Texas… no thanks!"  No really, you guys, it's amazing! And Cloris Leachman!

You may come around to Pink Flamingos yet.  It's really jarring the first time through (have you seen any of John Waters' other early films?  My favorite is Polyester, right on the cusp of his transition to more mainstream work.) but I guarantee it's a keeper: so quotable, so loony, so much fun.

"Iron Lung" for the win.

Exactly, this:

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