Okay.

Seems a bit reductive. The special effects in POTA? Tim Roth's performance? Set design in Sweeney Todd? Costume design in Wonka and Alice? Elfman's themes? NONE OF IT IS GOOD?

Same thought.

Ha! I often forget to check the dates on articles. In that case, glad you came back! Enjoy.

Mountaining our molehills, as ya do — the whole concept of the term has been because of your coined usage of it. "I avoid melancholly these days," [sic] was your quote. I don't know if it's a predetermined clause for you or an off-the-cuff usage that has become embroiled with all this debate-baggage, but by this point…

No, I got it. And I was exaggerating, but the tone of "I grew up. That's why I showed you a picture of a mopey teenager, so you would see what it looks like before I grew up," did kind of smack of superiority. I get that you've lost a taste for certain things, we all do that. I don't watch anime anymore, like at all.…

There's a film made by cutting together all the Apollo missions (if memory serves) as though they were all one long journey — very little or no commentary that doesn't come directly from NASA footage. It's 80 minutes long, and utterly gorgeous. Takes you through prep, staging, launch, journey, the Moon, return trip,…

Haha. I'm bored. I've made my points. I think you've made yours. Repeating your opinion with fervor in a public forum is speaking with an implied authority. Strictly speaking, you were the author of an idea. There's not a drastic difference between that and writing a review. Both are subjective, but the general…

Paul Giamatti, Clive Owen, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Anna Torv, Michael Keaton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Uma Thurman, John C. Reilly, Daniel Day Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Anjelica Huston, Johnny Depp, Jack Black, ...heck, even Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill!

You're right about one thing, and I'll own up to it. I may be a little slippery and jabby in my phrasing. It just boggles me that you would try to speak from authority on the subject even after not just confessing ignorance but willful ignorance to the subject you're speaking from authority on. That's really great…

On the one hand, "subtle acting" and "under acting" are not the same thing. There is nothing underacted about Gosling's performance in Drive, for example, or in Keanu's performance in the first Matrix, say. But both are toned down performances, layered but quiet.

How on Earth do you know what Blue Valentine does with anything? Did you see the movie today?

I can't believe when you were doing Star Wars dick quotes you missed:

"I avoid melancholy" is the kind of statement that probably disqualifies you from rating actors on their "ability to emote."

Agreed. My first thought was, "What? Blue Valentines, dude."

Isn't this like, the 90th time Latino Review has "scooped" very specific utterly bullshit reports about the future of Star Wars? If it weren't for these outlandish claims, I'd never have even heard of Latino Review. Do they do anything else?

I'm not a huge anime nerd, but I like the good stuff, and the only film on this list I've seen and loved and recommended to people was Perfect Blue. Is it really the least unknown?! Seems wrong.

But for the record: I wouldn't call it "good." More like, an interesting failure? A poorly judged but competently executed misstep?

Yeah, between Alice and Charlie and Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie...

Actually, that was a surprisingly good movie (in some ways) except that it was a Planet of the Apes movie. It took everything good about POTA (which I love... I will never get tired of Heston's Taylor/Bright Eyes) and removed it and in its place put... a mishmash of weirdly quality ingredients — that just don't tell a…