Agreed on that last part, which describes the movie I'm reviewing, not the one I referenced earlier. "Princess Bride" is a really enjoyable, eminently rewatchable movie.

Many of the individual scenes are really great. (That marionette scene is effective and chilling, not unlike the Gingerbread Man sequence in the equally troubled "The Brothers Grimm.") The problem is that they don't work together particularly well.

Actually, Armie Hammer just completely throws himself into this. He's essentially being Cary Elwes from "Princess Bride" in 3/4ths of the movie, except with more shirtlessness, and then utterly embracing the camp in the rest of it. The lengthy section of the movie where he basically has the brain of a dog would be…

It wasn't a diseased cock. He'd basically abraded himself on his own zipper while dry-humping her during the pre-sex make-out. That said, it was still profoundly uncool of him to not point it out and use protection, and the fact that it was incredibly painful for him doesn't make it any more acceptable.

Y'know, I don't think there's anything in this world that's too good to be ruined with overexposure. My general feeling on Kevin Smith is that he's being him 24/7, just like everyone else. He just happens to be broadcasting that being-him via podcasts and Twitter and his website and his various projects. Not even the…

He directly acknowledges that in the book—that he didn't think Willis was a problem at all when he was seeing him as a fellow actor and a fanboy, which is one reason he was excited to work on COP OUT. Then he found out it was an entirely different experience for someone trying to get him to do something, like duck and…

"Absolutely. Even Tasha can't seem to stick by her argument throughout,
bringing up examples like There Will Be Blood and Children of Men."

No, I actually ran across it back in December while looking for something else entirely. Though now I'm wondering if we should just FTTF any and all John Carradine movies available for rental or streaming.

So it is. Netflixed for later FTTFing! Thanks for the rec, @avclub-05504937cdc07f36babc5831fbf2e119:disqus .

Oof, that's tempting, though these days, we generally only do FTTFs that are available on DVD or streaming, so people who are curious about them after these write-ups can look into them. Vampire Men is only available via out-of-print VHS.

Yep. And the end titles feature the same little robot toys, dramatically falling over. You know, to represent the end of the mechanical-man threat. And also to eat up more time.

Exactly. It's a "What happens next?" ending, not a "What just happened?" ending.

It was more inspired by the surprising number of ambiguous-ending films last year alone.

Agreed.

BLADE RUNNER was considered for this list, but ultimately rejected because the question of whether Deckard is a replicant doesn't entirely change the ending — and because there are so many versions that it feels less like the audience is choosing the ending, and more like the studio is choosing one and the director is…

Hm. Mostly a fair cop. I enjoyed this movie a great deal, and it came out in the intro in ways I would probably cut if another writer presented them.

I'm mostly saying I like your username. Clever!

I saw the film beforehand, so the question wasn't really necessary. Unless they edited in a bunch of cheap-shot groin jokes the day after I saw it. I could see that happening. "Whew, the critics are all gone! Now get in there and cut out the subtext and add 20 crotch-shot gags, a laugh track, and a happy ending!"

Insider Trading Lass sez: This would be a good time to challenge Neckbeard to a large cash bet on this subject.

@avclub-d7f43e1fb2d4977c86163d9b0cb07814:disqus Yeah, the "I got an abortion" in the theatrically released cut of MARGARET is absolutely the equivalent of "It's definitely breast cancer" in THE ROOM.