Yup. How many years did it take for Leary to turn into the pathetic pandering douche he once made fun of…?

One of my favorite flicks, and I didn't even know that!

To be fair, Jaden probably would be making some awfully profound tweets during the smothering episode.

Funny thing. The AVClub doesn't actually read other AVClub material. Its called plausible deniability, and it makes the art of talking out both sides of your mouth easy.

Oh, well we can't all expect to age nicely, I'm sure he's doing just fine…

Just wait until JJ Abrams' serviceable direction of the new Star Wars becomes interpreted as the second coming of Nolan / Speilberg, and you have to wade through miles of fan-boy blather in the months after this 'event', just to get to the slightest place of reality. What I'm saying is, its only going to get worse… …

"…the money, not the science…"

Well, its double-dumb, too, because one of Blofeld's henchmen was just trying to kill Bond on the train ride there… And then, Blofeld is all, "You finally made it to my secret lair" (literally). There is not even a slight acknowledgement, from either side, what an intentionally ironic or complete contradiction that…

At least the blackmail money probably went into the Cruz campaign fund.

And not a "Merry Christmas" or a picture of Jesus Christ (our lord and savior and birthday boy) in sight… Embargo - On!

My freshman year film major interpretation - The whole movie is about yearning… Jolie's yearning for a sandwich, or perhaps some mashed potatoes…

You beat me to the joke! Jolly good one, at that!

The correct answer is 'nothing!', but the prelude to Der Fliegende Holländer (Wagner again) might have been cool in the same place (but it doesn't sustain the same tone for long enough, so the helicopters would have to be in and out, in like one minute)… https://youtu.be/k7MM1CFUVo4

Great point. It seems the writing has lapsed (a bit) into this lazy cynicism that effects every blockbuster that attempts 'realism': ALL organizations and their political ideology is corrupt, ALL of the motives behind government control are evil, etc. James Bond (like Ethan Hunt, etc.) now ALWAYS has to go 'rogue'…

Hell, the opening scenes with that lonely little VW driving through the mountains and forest, the camera looming behind like a predator ready to strike, the uncomfortable focal distortions of the lens, and the demonic music - with those unearthly 'calls'. If you aren't already getting submerged with that, I very much…

I actually have met in-person(!) a real honest-to-goodness Internet troll. He was my old Saab mechanic, who over the course of several years took on all of the characteristics of your typical late-middle-aged white conservative fucktard. Yes, he once told me during a rant about (literally) "the war on white people"…

Totally agreed. Its as if a generation of filmmakers saw a documentary about George Romero and decided they wanted 'to be that guy', but they completely lack the talent or voice to pull it off… So instead, they double-down on their version of freshman literature symbolism to add "meaning." Or in Roth's case, he…

It just would have been nice (and legal, apparently) if they had included Carpenter, et al. in the process and kicked them some bones.

In Denver, a huge Tower Records moved into a ritzy location (fairly late in the game), and helped drive several independent sellers out of business (stores where you could find enthusiastic, knowledge staff, buy USED CDs, and listen to EVERY available CD if you wanted, rather than a few pre-selected ones). Then a…

I might be old school, but I will never take an actress seriously after she continually pimps herself out to make a few bucks on behalf of crappy beauty care products. Was it Mia Farrow who said true movie stars need to be a little bit untouchable, mysterious and aloof?