Looking at the above review, I can't imagine critics would praise a movie that actually contains the line "If you have wings, why not fly" if they weren't intimidated by von Trier's reputation.

What truths would you say his films highlight? I've seen a few and haven't found a single authentic, intelligent, believable moment yet.

I've got to admit, I'd be frightened to watch a porn film starring someone primarily famous for public excretion.

Loved the first one, but something about this seemed... off. Too hectic, too bright, too choppily-edited - am I alone here? Has the world changed, or have I changed?

Watching Fight Club with people who haven't seen it before is one of the great pleasures of life. [SPOILERS] A friend of mine laughed so hard at the controlled demolition at the end - I think he really wasn't expecting them to follow through with it - that he's probably been put on some sort of terrorist watch list.

What sort of a person is so insecure in their opinions that they stop being excited about something once they know someone else disagrees with them? It's a big wide world full of people with lots of different opinions - you're going to have to get used to that sometimes.

What about that owl movie he did? And Watchmen under performed - though, in fairness, that was probably more to do with unrealistic studio expectations than anything else. It did probably as well as a movie based on culty, adults-only subject matter could.

Oh god, that lip gif is harrowing. It's like something you'd see in the Mariana Trench.

It feels like it's been up and down. When 12YAS showed at some film festivals around September-October time, it was widely considered to be the frontrunner - a few Oscar hopefuls like The Wolf of Wall Street and The Monuments Men were moved away from its release date in anticipation of how well it would do. Then Grav…

My granddad came up with an interesting take on that; after seeing it he said something like "Fassbender [he never remembers character names] has an excuse for behaving like that - he was probably mentally ill. But his wife, and Paul Dano... they're all sane, and they're no better." It's a terrifying thought.

Duct tape is what you need.

Radiohead aren't downtempo enough for you? The same Radiohead who did 'Kid A', 'Codex' and 'We Suck Young Blood'? Man, your tempo must be pretty far down.

It's funny, after years of hearing "Oh, you couldn't possibly fit all of Watchmen into even a three-hour movie, there's just so much there", Snyder's movie persuaded me that actually, you could. Not through its virtues, but through the persistent feeling that if he'd just lay off the fucking slo-mo and play…

Oh, now you mention it, that would make a lot of sense. McQueen's said in a lot of interviews that he was working himself on a story about slavery before he discovered Solomon Northrup's book and realised it hit all of the notes he wanted. Both of his previous films have both been written in close collaboration with…

It's got to the point where it actually ruined my happiness for Lupita last night, just thinking about how much we're all going to have to pretend to hate her next year. Culture is just fucking awful sometimes.

Ah yes, the famous film director William Shakespeare.

Because the uvula is not in the crotch?

Less action, but lots more stuttering!

You need some Bilderbergs, they run everything now.

If I didn't know it was Woody Allen, I'd never have guessed.