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post #1 of 48
9/25/07 at 4:54pm
Thread Starter 
It's official, everybody.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/200...uffpost/065427

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Devin Faraci, maybe the best movie critic on the internet, apparently also loved it so much he's having trouble writing a "review".
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post #2 of 48
9/25/07 at 4:57pm
Well if Nick Antosca says so...
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post #3 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:01pm
Great, kid, don't get penisy.
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post #4 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:01pm
Thread Starter 
I'll take the praise of a published novelist and Pushcart Prize nominee.
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post #5 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:02pm
At least someone is reading the main page. Good job!
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post #6 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:04pm
There's not going to be any room in here, what with Devin's swollen head.



Kidding. Kudos, sir. It's always nice to be recognized.
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post #7 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:04pm
So....about that review, then....
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post #8 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:05pm
Shh! He's riding high! I'm sure he'll write the review soon enough.
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post #9 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:06pm
This deserves a Joe Esposito caliber montage!
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post #10 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:09pm
Congratulations, Devin. Y'know what? It's true - you are a gifted writer.

Now, if only I could fix your politics ...
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post #11 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:11pm
[parsing]But what are we to make of those quotes around the word review?[/parsing]
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post #12 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:15pm
Thread Starter 
It's been bugging the shit out of me too. But the tone of the rest of the piece doesn't indicate that he's being snarky.
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post #13 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:20pm
You're pretty good, but I thought you'd started a different thread to post those Cate Blanchett pics from Indy. What an act of defiance that would have been!

edit: The "review" thing is because he's too flabbergasted about the film himself to write one and suspects Devin's reaction to be the same.
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post #14 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:22pm
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Originally Posted by devincf
It's been bugging the shit out of me too. But the tone of the rest of the piece doesn't indicate that he's being snarky.
I agree. I think maybe he put the quotes around it to differentiate your general praise from an official review. That's my best guess -- I don't think he was trying to be a dick.
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post #15 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:24pm
Good on you, sir! Soon you'll be mentioned in the same breath as Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Gene Shalit, and Rex Reed. Congratulations!
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post #16 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:57pm
Is nuthin' gonna ever keep ya down?
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post #17 of 48
9/25/07 at 5:58pm

You're the best Devin, the best!
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post #18 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:05pm
I noticed the word "maybe" before the words "the best".....

must be some journalistic double-speak. Like..."alleged sandal hater"....legalese to cover his butt.

Congrats on the literary high-five, Devin. He ain't sayin anything we didn't already know.
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post #19 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:10pm
Congrats, now just don't let it go to your aw who am I kidding.


Kidding!
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post #20 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:12pm
I thought the quotes around "review" were just a nod to Devin's earlier sentiment that it might not be possible (or at least advisable) to even try to write a review of something like this movie. Or did I just make that up?

Really hope they bring this movie to D.C. It ain't like I'm living in the sticks.
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post #21 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:20pm
All together now:

Try to be best
‘Cause you're only a man
And a man's gotta learn to take it

Try to believe
Though the going gets rough
That you gotta hang tough to make it

History repeats itself
Try and you'll succeed

Never doubt that you're the one
And you can have your dreams!

You're the best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you down
You're the Best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you down
You're the Best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ow-own

Fight ‘til the end
Cause your life will depend
On the strength that you have inside you

Ah you gotta be proud
starin' out in the cloud
When the odds in the game defy you

Try your best to win them all
and one day time will tell
when you're the one that's standing there
you'll reach the final bell!

You're the best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you down
You're the Best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you down
You're the Best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ho-how-ho-own

INSPIRING GUITAR SOLO

You're the best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you down
You're the Best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you down
You're the Best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ow-own

Fight ‘til you drop
never stop
can't give up
Til you reach the top (FIGHT!)
you're the best in town (FIGHT!)
Listen to that sound
A little bit of all you got
Can never bring you down

You're the best!
Around!
Nothing's gonna ever keep you down
You're the Best!
Around!

repeat to fade, occasional background shouts of “Oh Ye-eah!'
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post #22 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:24pm
I picture Diva's avatar singing that to her bicep.
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post #23 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:25pm
Yeah, based on how I read it, he's having trouble sitting down and writing the standard movie 'review' about it. He can talk about how it made him feel and what a great film it is but he is having trouble boxing it into a typical 'review.'
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post #24 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:26pm
The reviews I take seriously are Drew's, Ebert's, and Devin's. Everyone else, I have to read them through the prism of their personality. But to me, when these three say it's a good movie, it's a fuckin' good movie.
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post #25 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:34pm
It sounds snarky to me. It's as if he's saying something like "being the best internet reviewer is like being the mayor of monkey town." Nobody puts quotes around "review" just for the hell of it. What a jackass.
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post #26 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:35pm
If he really meant it, he would have written "internets".
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post #27 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:42pm
Congratulations!

I am in the camp which read "review" as if he was trying to say that you loved it so much that you would have trouble being critical.
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post #28 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:47pm
*starts slow inspirational clap*
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post #29 of 48
9/25/07 at 6:55pm
Oh yeah, I also should have added Jeremy Smith's name. He's smert.
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post #30 of 48
9/25/07 at 7:18pm
When are you and Jeremy going to write up your reviews?

Just trying to plan my week here. How long do you think I'm going to sit here and watch you not do what you're supposed to?
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post #31 of 48
9/25/07 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by Minsky
It sounds snarky to me. It's as if he's saying something like "being the best internet reviewer is like being the mayor of monkey town." Nobody puts quotes around "review" just for the hell of it. What a jackass.
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Originally Posted by Michael Shaver
How long do you think I'm going to sit here and watch you not do what you're supposed to?
Well, he is running for the Mayor of Monkeytown. Par for the political course.
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post #32 of 48
9/25/07 at 7:41pm
Sweep the leg, Jeremy!

I kid. Like Zooey said, it's great to be recognized. Congratulations on the well-earned good reputation out there.

ETA: Nick, Micah, Russ, your stuff's pretty damn good, too. This is no two-horse town.
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post #33 of 48
9/25/07 at 7:44pm
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Originally Posted by devincf
I'm the best!
I picture you shouting this like Toad in the original Mario Kart.
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post #34 of 48
9/25/07 at 7:46pm
Did you find that during your daily "Devin Faraci" google?
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post #35 of 48
9/25/07 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by Jason P. Thompson
*starts slow inspirational clap*
* sits in corner, waiting for exact right moment to drop stinkeye and join slow applause *
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post #36 of 48
9/25/07 at 7:52pm
And yet Harry Knowles is the one filling in for Roger Ebert.

Maybe if you were a horrific, ginger-haired man-mountain you'd get more respect, Devin.
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post #37 of 48
9/25/07 at 8:01pm
This is pretty deserved.

Devin's one of the few critics I've found to be right virtually all of the time.

(The others being Newman and Bradshaw)
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post #38 of 48
9/25/07 at 8:40pm
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Originally Posted by Trav McGee
ETA: Nick, Micah, Russ, your stuff's pretty damn good, too. This is no two-horse town.
What he said. And don't forget Thor!
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post #39 of 48
9/25/07 at 8:43pm
Congrats Dev. Your reviews for films like this are always a treat, so take your time...but not too much, I'm dying here!
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post #40 of 48
9/25/07 at 8:43pm
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Originally Posted by FrankCobretti
What he said. And don't forget Thor!
Also Beaks! This is Devin's moment though, lets let him bask in his lime-light.We should celebrate, who brought Cookie-Puss?
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post #41 of 48
9/25/07 at 9:04pm
I have some mints in my pocket.

Oh, and congrats to Devin!
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post #42 of 48
9/25/07 at 9:18pm
Congratulations.
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post #43 of 48
9/25/07 at 10:22pm
He's right. You have turned me onto more movies than any other critic.
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post #44 of 48
9/25/07 at 10:31pm
I think he's fucking with you.
You gonna let him?
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post #45 of 48
9/26/07 at 5:33am
He's right.
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post #46 of 48
9/26/07 at 8:01am
(*Proudly bursts into tears and begins singing "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof*)

Congratulations, Devin - ya done good.
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post #47 of 48
9/27/07 at 12:39pm
But I don't know Nick Antosca... I mean, who the fuck is he? How am I to know if Dev really is the best? I don't want to have to actually *read* stuff on the main page...

All joking aside, and without taking anything away from the other excellent writers on the site, congratulations.
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post #48 of 48
9/27/07 at 1:34pm
Oh, sure. We say it all the time and it doesn't matter. But let one internet stranger say it, and it's headline news.

I'm sending you sandals as a congratulatory gift ... delivered by an Armenian scriptwriter.
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