Posts by Khaunshar

Good point. I think a movie like Avatar can be hurt a lot, much like the prequel Star Wars movies, by excessive exposure to bits and pieces before. It takes away the awe, it never lets you connect with the movie, but at the same time...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ratty Let's go down the alternate-history route for kicks: would President Hilary have fought harder for a better, more progressive bill than Obama is now? I think she would. I suspect she...

Ok, I just got out of this movie here in Vienna, 3D, big screen, and loved it. I can be fickle when it comes to movies, but some movies manage to draw me in in a way where I dont really notice flaws (unless jarring), dont care about...

Actually, to get it out at the start, I throw the Pirates Movies, in particular Part 2 and Part 3, into the ring. No Jack Sparrow, and these would be unbearable. Dont get me wrong, there are a few solid supporting performances (Barbossa...

Which will have what kind of consequences? Voting default? (ie Republican out of spite)? Mind you, this whole mess isnt really to be laid at Obamas front door, even though certain media outlets work REALLY hard at making you believe it....

Lem's Death in the Shield really REALLY kicked it up several notches. Up until then, the entire show was basically about the Strike Team getting, somehow, out of their mess more or less scarred but intact. Killing Lem, for me, was a big...

Quote: Originally Posted by Anyawatchin Angel Obama's Big Sellout Matt Taibbi rips Obama and his economic team. Add this to thebank friendly Democrats and it makes you sick. All the talk about how evil the...

I second the Gladiator love. While Hans Zimmer has a tendency to be pretty fucking boring, in Gladiator there is a level of sophistication and care that is sadly absent from virtually all other late Zimmer scores, who just pound you into...

Hahaha, this is the perfect example of people inside an ideological bubble not being able to function outside it. This is so atrociously idiotic, its just going to get traction in a community that opposes the health care, and the...

Another one for Rome "Thirteen!"