Josh

A-Team was great. There were lots of little details changed from the series, but the overall spirit of the show was just the same. Very fun movie.

When I first read this, I thought " . . . for real?" Then I realized I was confusing it with this movie.

For serious? That was my favorite Pixar short by far. It's the Wall-E of Pixar shorts, in that it pushes the modern boundaries of how to tell a story on film.

That's actually pretty awesome.

Just saw it and bloody loved it. To address some discussion points: - Plotholes. Movies in this genre are pretty much guaranteed to have them. It's amazing that there are surprisingly few, once you get past the initial conceit of the film. - "It's his masterpiece!" "No it's not!" Does it really matter? Each film he's made (like most films in general) is an independent work of art that must be judged on it's own merits. The only possible exception I would make here is for the Batman films, as they are telling a continuing story (and in that case I'm more tempted to judge the Batman canon as one single work.) And to jump off of that last point, it seems that shock and surprise were never meant to be this film's calling cards. There were multiple images/story points/questions that came up along the way, and while you were never shocked at their final revelations, you were made to wonder just long enough. Related to this is the ending - it didn't strike me as something meant to be a "twist ending" or anything of the sort. It was merely giving you the ending that the story deserved - while planting a bit of doubt. To paraphrase the film itself (I can't remember the line verbatim), you know where you hope you're going, but you're not exactly sure. So instead of shock/surprise being the calling card, we were given a visually arresting story with themes of "layers", "time", "travel", and "doubt." I simply won't call it Nolan's best film, the best film ever, the worst ever, a middling effort, etc. I judge it on it's own merits and find it to be a damn fine spectacle, coupled with layered, symbolic storytelling.

It's not my aim, it just comes naturally.

I find a lot of use for that phrase.

No! When it comes to the Seinfeld alums, NOTHING beats The Michael Richards Show. The one where he's a detective. Before the racism. Well, before the blatant racism.

Get on that viewing of House season 6. They really played with the whole form in that season. I found it pretty interesting.

His show is near-perfect, but it is hardly the triumph that The Bill Engvall Show is.

3D is to enjoying movies as deafness is to listening comprehension.

Boo 3-D. But otherwise this could still be quite good.

I didn't see a thread for this, or a general film thread (on the first page ), so here goes. Seriously, am I the last to hear about this? It looks GLORIOUS.

I'm just jazzed that the lesser Belushi has started posting on EWB. Seriously, this just became the Greatest Thread in the History of Our Sport. For today, anyway.

What the fuck does "manning up" have to do with it?

I've been watchin' these shows called The A-Team and Batman. Good stuff, and I think both shows are goin' places. Seriously, if you live in the Chicago area, there's a local independent station that shows a two hour block of those shows every weekday. I've been a straight-up A-Team mark for years and I've always liked Batman, but re-watching episodes of Batman all these years later has given me a whole new appreciation for that show.

When I saw this thread title I thought "Jon Stewart Books is to Jon Stewart as George Washington Carver is to George Washington." Anyway, I have America The Book, but not the Teacher's Edition (though I've gotta read that sometime - the concept is hilarious.) I didn't know about the new one coming out, but I'll have to check it out too. But yeah, America the Book is a great, great read. Hilarious stuff. Oddly enough, I also have I Am America And So Can You, but I haven't gotten far. It's a great read so far, but whenever I have the time, I frankly forget. And it's not because I don't like Colbert, because I think he's phenomenal.

UHF is criminally underrated.

Tee hee. Also, if you want to watch a series from the beginning, I suggest Meet the Press.

Gremlins 2.

Anthony Bourdain did an episode of his show in Cleveland and used Harvey and his work as a unifying theme. Fascinating stuff and a fascinating man. RIP.

I haven't seen the other 3 - I have no doubt you're right on those - but Cast Away was awesome.