Yup, the critical response to this flick was pretty tepid. As a side note, The Washington Post review reads like a parody of an actual review, with lame middle-aged suburbanite analogies (did you know the actual people under the stairs look like 'Cure fans'? - groan…) and also includes angry-little-man slams against…

See also, examples of rich white trash: Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Donald Sterling, Paula Deen…

Indeed. I never gave a moment's thought about this guy (other than when a song of his plays) but now, I'm gonna be - "That Rick Springfield, he's allright…!"

Indeed… If I may, the more in-character joke would have been: "But I'm not Russian," or something puny: "But what if I was a Ro-woman," etc.

The original Vacation is like The Breakfast Club for a different sort of animal - if you're that animal, it's really worth the time!

I don't think I've ever quoted movie so much - ever - as the original. Even driving my car yesterday, I'm all "Roll 'em up….!" *furiously mock-rolling up the windows when entering into a 'bad part' of town*

Yes… Especially when the talking heads are sitting in front of a bunch of books.

The headline calls it a 'shitty' movie, but he still gave it a 'C-' in his review… That's a 'crappy' movie grade, NOT shitty! Let's get our toilet analogies right, people.

We played a version of this song in Marching Band. The arrangement placed the brass front in center in the "histrionics" mentioned above. We also performed the 'Top Gun' medley, which didn't help the trombones' hallway credibility either…

This definitely is the ideal business model, I just wish there were also some corporate BS about how she's helping to save the environment by using CFC-free, bio-compostable, locally-sourced, gluten-free child labor.

Agreed. Peak superhero, however, is a time to celebrate, as movie studios can start transferring some of that superhero-budget and talent over to gritty 1970's-ish crime movies and espionage thrillers (a la The French Connection, Marathon Man, and The Odessa File). It's gonna happen… don't tell me otherwise!

Didn't Looper open with - like - 28 minutes of narration and a deluge of plot points, thus violating the cardinal movie rule of 'show, don't tell'…? My memory is a little foggy, as I was also making the world's largest ham sandwich at the time.

General Motors is still sponsoring Kid Rock concerts, and I think we can all be happy that a company - which is in business only due to one of the largest federal government bailouts in history - actively supports the iconography of people that would prefer the federal government just go away… And, in fact, consider…

I want to buy the guy (or gal) who took the time to actually read that idiotic NYT profile and excerpt it for this article (I'm assuming interns do that sort of thing at the AV Club) a seriously large beer. Meanwhile, can I send the Times publishers a smelly dead fish for everyone of their pathetic attempts to kiss…

From the first few minutes, it is painfully obvious just how bad the film is… The director, John Woo, always struck me as a second unit director who got lucky and was handed the keys to something he didn't deserve.

This list missed a thought about music or sound affects, both of which Aliens does perfectly. In the final scene - when Ripley et al. are escaping the nuclear explosion- the rhythmic punches of the music are just awesome. I concur with your Mad Max and Aliens endorsements!

Seriously! And how the hell were the police not involved in this investigation - Isn't this a theft? Doesn't California have, like, robbery investigators and stuff? Maybe people that are state employees and thus already on the payroll? Here's an idea: Maybe one of the police officers somewhere nearby could have…

This story is a great example of why people have zero faith in their public institutions: The state catches (at great expense) the perpetrator of this effrontery, and the 'justice' sought for the crime amounts to a timid cash settlement.

That's pretty funny, actually…

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