Why is this a feature?
Robbie Bruens
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First of all, in parliamentary systems, the parliament chooses the Prime Minister, but the parliament is democratically elected. When people vote for Parliament they know they are voting for Prime Minister. So you're splitting hairs on the democratically elected point. Second of all, the U.S. felt the need to make the…
By calling Argo brainless, I meant a) the movie does little to provoke thought and b) the more you think about the movie, the more you realize how dumb it is. 'Popcorn flicks' (which I take to mean highly entertaining crowd pleasers) can be much more thought provoking and smart than Argo. In fact, some of the other…
Amour is a great movie. And most of the others (with the notable exception of Life of Pi) are a good deal more thoughtful than Argo, and several just as entertaining. But the Academy hasn't given a great movie the Best Picture award since No Country for Old Men.
Most of these movies presented a mostly triumphalist version of US history and current events. There's nothing new about that.
The Shah was a figurehead until the US-backed coup in '53 handed him dictatorial power. In other words, what you're claiming is crap. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…
Really, Argo? I mean it was entertaining and all, but almost completely brainless.
That's a photograph I wish I could unsee.
I think Colbert began to fully eclipse Jon Stewart when Bush left office. His satire is much sharper, and he's much less likely to get the factual premise of his jokes completely wrong (as Stewart did recently with the platinum coin thing). Stewart is also too quick to suggest that extremists on both sides are to…
I think they should call this one "Unprecedented and Brutal Crimes Against Humanity That Did Little to Hasten the War's End." Though that may throw off the whole 'Greatest Generation' theme they were developing
I am disappointed that the AV Club leaned so heavily on recent years, when SNL has confused being edgy with encouraging the cast to break character in every other sketch, while offering little attention to the bizarre and often inspiring 12:50 sketches cooked up in the early years of the Ferrell/McKay partnership.…
I hope Bruce Willis says "Same shit, different day" at some point during this movie because that would be funny
I'd like to see Christopher Nolan branch out and try to direct something outside his comfort zone, like a romcom.
Snakes on a Plan is probably the most fun I've had at a movie.
See below. You are clueless.
No, graffiti can be (and often is) art. There is no art to heckling. It's just interrupting somebody with a microphone.