I guess I didn't feel that it was excessive in a way that did anything with the trope. I see the angle of "this is the subtext of Bond films, can't you see how horrible the thing they're actually hinting at is?" but the laughs just didn't seem to land that way. More of a "I can't believe they went there" guffaw, with…

I'm surprised people are upset because it's anal. The main offensive bit (which, btw, if "offensive" means "people were offended", is pretty inarguable) is the idea of a smart/dignified woman being a sex reward for a teenage hero she's never met. "In my asshole" only makes it worse insomuch as it further reduces her…

What drove me crazy about that scene was the realization that for every other baby on earth, there was no benefit of a locked door. Shit's dark.

I'm going to hazard a guess that you've never met a feminist.

Yeah, I disliked the scene on principle but even if I'd been on board for the premise, tonally it was just jarring.

I say this because I think most of the movie was pretty OK (some of it genuinely great), and if he'd acknowledge the ending as a miscalculation maybe people would look the other way and enjoy the rest for what it was. This sort of defensive argument brings it to the forefront of the conversation, and honestly, I don't…

I get the idea of it being a wacky joke, but I think when your wacky joke fails to have a discerning POV and people think it's meanspirited and shitty, the worst thing you can do is say "lighten up, I'm not trying to be a misogynist." We get it. I don't think anyone wants to crucify the dude. It's possible to be a…

I can grant you #1 (it sounds pretty damning), but Buzz Lightyear was [pretty certainly] named after Buzz Aldrin, so that joke has been in the zeitgeist for years.

You make a fair point, though assuming they're out to make money, rigidly sticking to an (interesting) plan that doesn't succeed is pretty close to an "inability" to do so. I also thought the worst part about Man of Steel was its insisted self-seriousness, though I'm pretty sure any extreme would have been better than…

This seems like an unnecessarily cynical take on what he said. I feel like just about any review of a Marvel movie opens with a similar line: they've cracked some code for populist appeal that DC hasn't been able to crack. The Dark Knight was an outlier in that respect.

And now to prove my insufferable twee-ness, I will list my dream version of this tour (without the aid of the internet, itunes, or anything but memory…OK, so I cheated for the last few, marked as such):

That album "i" is definitely getting the short end of this deal

Everything which passes gets nominated, guaranteeing no more than 5 per year

I think it's more just vague hope that Cotillard has a shot.

I enjoyed this discussion. Of the Best Picture nominees, only Imitation Game, Theory of Everything, and American Sniper wins would disappoint me (and, for what it's worth, I liked IG and ToE). Whiplash was my favorite of the year, Birdman was my 3rd, Boyhood my 4th, Selma my…8th?…and Grand Budapest Hotel somewhere in…

I just saw Irrfan Khan in the charming The Lunchbox last night, and thought "He should be in more movies." Be careful what you wish for.

I've been told he loves the little children, ALL the little children of the world

Oh Dr. Gathers, you Joker you.

I'm imagining some weird B-52's, Counting Crows mashup now

In all seriousness, though, he's pretty famous.