Sorry about that, my computer never displays video thumbnails so I hadn't realized I'd made an error. Dammit Flash.

I'm not referring to the Nazi rally at the climax--that part makes complete sense. It's stuff like comparing his anguish at his sexual misfortunes to British soldiers being massacred, his school experience to trains of children being taken to concentration camps, etc. Now, I don't think that's a bad thing in and of itself--Pink very clearly feels this way about things, and the film is trying to communicate his experience. The problem is that we never really get outside of it--never see it balanced by any perspective that doesn't think Pink is the most important person in the world. It makes the movie more harrowing, but it ultimately lacks a certain amount of depth because of that. Not saying it's any less a marvelous film, just that I'm unsure how to feel about that aspect of it.

The Thing

This one starts off a little slow—always a problem when the movie that's being commentated on is particularly good—but picks up just before the fake viscera starts flying. In between bouts of waxing eloquent on the philosophy of horror, it turns into an attempt at an impossible task: deciphering who's assimilated when.

Scary Movie Month continues next time with The Babadook.

Compare that to LotR, which was under $300 million, and it's rather abundantly clear where a lot of the problem came from.

Nah, I'm pretty sure he shouted "Parry!" because he was having a drunken flashback to the Death Star and was trying to tell Ben to save himself.

We've returned!

We were meant to resume regular commentaries with Pulp Fiction, but the recording of that one had numerous technical difficulties that we couldn't justify releasing in a proper episode. I'll be compiling the best bits and pieces of it that were salvageable into a mini-episode, but in its place we have the Jb-curated John Wick!

It was an interesting movie to commentate on, as it's hard to put a finger on its quality; to quote the episode description, it's a mix of awesome and half-baked. We try to keep a balance between applauding the great and calling out the questionable, and a fun time is had by all.

Next we'll be coming at you with Scary Movie Month; current plan is to do The Thing and The Babadook.

Ooh, now that's interesting. I'd say Begins is the better structured film, for sure, but there's just so much more to TDK. To Brian's point, TDK gets 90% of its material but misses the last 10%. But that 90% is so much more interesting and daring than the 100% that Begins plays (relatively) safe that I'd still call TDK the superior film.

I definitely get the nostalgia factor. TDK was one of the first grittier, "grown up" movies I saw, at twelve or thirteen years old. It's definitely left a massive impression on me due to that.

This guy right here. Thanks a ton, man!

My personal fave: Is there a God and why? If any thread could have gone completely to hell it would have been this one, but the conversation remained civil if at times heated throughout, and eventually devolved into dirty limericks.

I second Teague's vertical spacing idea; in addition to that, you may want to move the top margin down a bit. It's a little close to the neck right now IMO.

Doesn't reach the dizzy heights of Ghost Protocol, but a solidly entertaining entry. Some truly death-defying stuff from Cruise yet again (the diving sequence from the trailer is incredibly impressive, and the huge car chase set-piece is deftly handled as well), and the cast are all likable and engaging (this is the first movie I've actually liked Jeremy Renner in). There's a great sense of humor throughout, which is much appreciated. The only major complaints I have are both technical—first, while this isn't color-graded within an inch of its life like most similar movies these days, the orange sheen to everyone's skin is rather offputting. Second, the strobe cutting early on is extremely irritating; one early sequence in particular was bloody impossible to decipher due to the number of cuts per second. This got better as the movie went on, but I was bothered enough by its early appearances to be taken out of the experience.