MOUTH OF MADNESS is great, the only movie I've seen so far to really capture Lovecraft's vibe.

PRINCE OF DARKNESS feels a little like a Lovecraft short story, too -- though that's damning it with faint praise, as Lovecraft's stories are meandering weirdnesses that don't lend themselves well to movies in themselves. They can form the seeds of inspiration for more developed stuff, though. They should've left THE THING alone and seen what they could make of POD instead.

Although come to think of it, I think the good modern version of POD might be CONSTANTINE.

THEY LIVE is mostly just silly.

So it's essentially circular reasoning, begging the question, and related fallacies. The movie isn't stupid, and anything that appears stupid is therefore not stupid, because if it were stupid the movie would be stupid, and the movie isn't stupid. Using the conclusion he's trying to argue as a premise in the argument itself.

FACEBOOK DOWN?! O NOES!!

HIDE YOUR KIDS HIDE YOUR WIFE THEY BE RAPIN ERRBODY OUT THERE

I classify sci-fi/fantasy as a common genre.

SATOSHI KON WAS DEAD THE WHOLE TIME

...no but seriously, that's sad to hear. I just watched PAPRIKA at around Xmas time and really liked it, and in the behind the scenes stuff Kon seemed like a really interesting guy.

Blech, TANGLED. Did not care for that one.

I think it was the smirking postmodern attitude that marred it for me -- it was like watching Dreamworks trying to do old-school Disney rather than Disney stretching its arms to embrace a new medium.

The animation work overall was stellar and the animal characters were quite funny -- although Pascal ran out of things to do between midpoint and climax -- but aside from "When Will My Life Begin," the songs fell flat for me ("Mother Knows Best" pales beside "Poor Unfortunate Souls") and the dialogue was almost physically painful at times.

I didn't know how else to tell you about this Nigerian prince I know. He's trapped in the UK and powerfully convinced that your penis could stand to be larger.