That's ridiculous, you're not a bad person for not wanting to watch The Wire.

It is so, so easy to read that in your voice, Mr. Oates.

I grew up on Star Wars— I remember how excited I was to see 'Jedi' in the theater in 1983— and now I've come to loathe the brand because it sums up how creatively bankrupt Hollywood has become, constantly repackaging our nostalgia and selling it back to us in ever crappier forms. Lucas drove the franchise into the…

Jennifer Garner was facepalm-level casting. Worked out in the end for Affleck, though.

To be fair to Erik Adams, I don't think his main flaw as a reviewer is his sensitivity to gender and race issues.

To be fair— He is The Living Tribunal. At least he's sensitive enough to refer to us by continent, rather than just 'Milky-Wayers'.

It's easy to look sexy when you're sandwiched between two Bushes.

Last time I checked, Jodie Foster was still really attractive (I checked around the time 'Inside Man' was released on DVD).

Part of my problem with Del Toro is EXACTLY that I think he's a better effects guy than he is a director. Read any interview with him— His love of movies proceeds directly out of his obsession with creature effects.

'Brazil' is a weird one for me— It's visually brilliant, and obviously influential, but I dont' think that it's his most satisfying movie from a storytelling perspective. So while it's considered a seminal Gilliam movie, I tend to put it on the second tier.

Terrence Stamp would be amazing… but now that I'm thinking of English actors with resonant voices…

I know what you mean, but no way do I put Del Toro in the same league as Gilliam. Gilliam's recent track record has been iffy, but the man made 'Time Bandits'. And 'Twelve Monkeys'. And 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. And that's before you even get into all the excellent second-tier movies in his filmography…

Guillermo Del Toro has a great sense of visual design and is the sole heir to the classic monster creators like Stan Winston. However, he is a middling director. There, I said it.

Marvel's movies certainly aren't flawless, but they always get the important stuff right— Kevin Feige has an unerring feel for the core appeal of his stable of characters, and the studio casts them to perfection. So I'm hopeful. But Marvel, please oh please KEEP STRANGE PSYCHEDELIC. Ditko's art is as much a part of…

Diamonds Are Bleeeaarrgghhh

God, who stupid is Dan Snyder? He must have had some warning from his lawyers that this could happen. He had the opportunity to get in front of the name change and treat it as a positive opportunity to market his team. Now no matter what they call themselves, it will be a joke because everyone knows it was chosen…

I might have to agree. When Mattie looks back and sees that shot of the dead horse beneath the stars— There's just no movie without that shot.

After largely ignoring the content of the review and reading all the comments about how dense the reviewer is, I had to scroll back up to confirm—- yup, my old nemesis, Erik Adams. He really is THE WORST.

I saw the assault as an example of the heightened reality that 'Louie' slips into. In this case, it was meant to be a dark bit of physical humor to illustrate the way that men are often trying to force a square peg into a… er, round hole when they attempt to take a relationship to the next (physical) level. The way…

I was kind of disappointed that one of the characters pointed it out, because I thought Caputo's 'edge hat' was such a great unspoken joke.