Apologies to the author, but I never felt Casino Royale was too long. There are many better movies, but on the Roger Ebert scale, it was 4/4. It was a damn perfect movie, beginning to end.

And somehow, shorter than the original title.

To me, the greatest compliment to a (reasonably appropriate) film is that I want to show it to my mom. And her greatest compliment is an interested
"Huh."

I agree with you more than I agree with whatever counterpoint. The Tarantino/Oliver Stone feud aside, it was the very definition of gratuity. Some people with taste take the opposite stance, but at the very, very least, it's dated (stupid) commentary.

I only saw Natural Born Killers as an adult (as one should, really), and I can say a Tommy Lee Jones decapitated by rioting prisoners is indeed an odd-looking Tommy Lee Jones. I'm as torn on that movie as the people who made it. His scene with Tom Sizemore touring the prison was brilliant, however.

Similar to The Assassination of Jesse James, I love a great piece of dialogue or exposition. I'm Canadian with southern American family, so the wit resonates with me as both familiar and a foreign bit of literature.

"And was it a millionaire who said, 'Imagine no possessions'?"

Not that I'm necessarily siding with this point of view, but Walter White's "That .. is a steaming load of bullshit" counter-argument - character-driven or not - had to have caught the ear of anyone who's ever used that phrase.

Condolences for your mother. Both of my parents have seen No Country For Old Men, on television, with the exceptions of the beginning and the ending. Neither have a stomach for violence, so a rewatch is never on their agenda, though both were intrigued by what they watched. My mother was flabbergasted at the time how…

I wasted my continuity on the other comment. In my defense, these pretzels are making me thirsty!

Agreed. And as per that terrible Batman film, I was placed in time as the perfect demographic for that (10), and then again (22) for The Dark Knight.

I took an entertainment journalism course in school, wherein Tommy Lee Jones was referred to as not only the toughest interviewee, but "an insufferable ass". I've read articles written about trying to interview him. That film and every line of dialogue he has justifies all of that and then some.

Wasn't there an extended take that erased the ambiguity of the man at the counter? I should say that this is coming from someone who's more or less seen the first season and a bit, but maybe they shot it, then dialed back not just the footage but the overall meaning and interpretation?

Counterpoint: It's the perfect ending.

I always thought of the first dream asjust preliminary slice-of-life dialogue, but I think you're right.

Why not? Just curious.

Yeah. The only 'twist' is that Sherriff Bell is obviously the main character.

Ah. "He had his blanket wrapped around him, and his head down." You're right.

I rarely skip past the article before reading it, but want to see if I get this right by heart:

……………………………………………………….. THAT'S IT! THAT'S WHAT I SHOULDA SAID!