Why not? It's not like extra boards cost money.* I can post my prequels and finish fixing the Matrix sequels.

(*Do extra boards cost money?)

Yeah, that's the one thing about J.J.'s writing style that gets a little old, and his protege Lindelof took that ball and ran with it hard.

As aggravating as it is to us normals, I think it's actually part of what gets these guys the jobs. The beancounters reading the scripts don't know from story, but the script sure seems EXCITING AS HELL and a skimming executive can catch all the IMPORTANT PARTS because they're RIGHT IN HIS FACE.

I think this is the first movie in a long time where my own reaction is completely mixed. The stuff that's good is really good, and I honestly think this is the best Superman movie yet made. It's not "gritty," but it is serious, removing the irony from all the proceedings and aiming to deal with Superman's internal conflict as much as his external. I don't think it entirely succeeds, but I appreciate the effort.

At the same time, the action, while delivering incredible spectacle, is so monotonous it becomes numbing. I can only watch cartoon people smash into the sides of buildings so many times before I begin to check out, regardless of -- or maybe as a result of? -- the amazing destruction simulations, and that post-9/11 obsession with falling skyscrapers we have often noted was just out of hand here.

I know I'm blaspheming and all to question the master, but... is it just me or is that Being Human poster kind of awful?

I'm seeing it at midnight, so I'll have an opinion around 3AM.

I like what we saw of Smaug. Seeing that massive head come around the corner gave me the bottom-dropped-out-of-my-stomach sense of terror he deserves.

As for the rest, ugh. As Red said, Jackson is actually making the unengaging cartoons the old guard has been accusing genre filmmakers of making for the last few decades. After HOBBIT 1 I wasn't expecting otherwise, though it is gratifying to see I'm not the only one who feels that way among genre fans.