I'm pretty tolerant to short term volatility in my investments, as I’m taking a 20 year long view right now. That said, IMHO bonds are a fantastic way to make your portfolio underperform on your way to retirement....

So you found the “let’s make the deathstar bigger, but this time call it ‘starkiller base’”to be a convincing creative choice?

TECHNICALLY, it’s space opera/fantasy, not science fiction.
*Pushes up glasses*
*Sniffs own fart*

Oh yeah, it was a beautiful movie. The ecology of Pandora felt real. Everything had a consistency to it.

I was bored in the theater watching this. The movie just telegraphed all its moves too clearly. It was like sitting behind someone that's already seen it, and won't shut up about the next scene.

I found Avatar to be a mediocre film with wonderful special effects. I couldn’t stomach a re-watch, however, given the white savior narrative that infuses it. Its biggest sin, though, is stealing the title of a much better show, Avatar: The Last Airbender. I can’t forgive it for the years of having to clarify “No, not…

True, although everyone to whom he would have looked like that jackass would be dead, so...

Good list. I can’t argue with anything at the top; Wedge had such a decorated career, he deserves #1.

if luke would have missed after turning off his targeting computer, he would have looked like the biggest jackass ever.

Raise your hand if you fast-forwarded after #3 looking for Porkins.

Yeah, I loved the Bone Clocks, too. I guess I just took the reincarnation more literally than you, I read the birth mark and memories as an indication that they were all the same soul being reincarnated in perpetuity.

Yeah, they just made that feature up, especially with the entire cast being ‘reincarnated’ instead of just the comet club.

Well, you know my number if you change your mind. Bring your own oils and bath robes!

Cooper has a bad neck too, doesn't he? ;-)

I got it. And it's one of my all time fave films.

Fair point.

Yeah, I have a 45m (one way) commute, so it does drag the hourly rate down, (my part time job (monthly) also has a 9 hour commute via airline) and it’s a huge factor in why my long-term plan is to adjust that.

Personal growth might be achievable outside of work, but experience most certainly is not. :)

I actually like Carson Daly. But when I get to a story relatively quickly on Deadspin, I have to do what I can to get out of the grays. And Carson was the easiest target.

Besides, if you need to explain things via prequel comic book (which will be read by probably less than 10% of movie viewers) you have done something wrong.

I’m giving an honorable mention to Cloud Atlas—which is only left off this list because putting actors in yellow face is something even worse than whitewashing.