Death Proof is a thousand times better than Planet Terror.

We are living in the best time in history for movie lovers, bar none.*

Handicapping for Sturgeon's Law, ever-evolving technology is allowing filmmakers across the spectrum to conceive and create more engaging, imaginative films than ever before, and opening up new avenues for them to distribute them. Costs of production are dropping and the studio stranglehold on distribution is largely broken.

Add to that the fact that pretty much every worthwhile film made up to this point is at our fingertips -- most of them immediately available on demand, many in higher quality than anyone ever saw them even in their own time -- and it's hard to feel nostalgic for any "good old days" or Golden Ages.

(*Not the best time to WORK in movies, but that's something else.)

The greatest actor of the 70's by a clear margin was John Cazale.  Their is not another actor in history who can make the claim that every movie they were ever in was nominated for Best Picture.  This is not a coincidence.  He was attracted to strong material, other actors were attracted to working with him, and he made everyone step their fucking game up.  Pound for Pound, he may be the greatest actor ever.

I agree. Office UK is just too mean-spirited, and David Brent is actively nasty. Michael's insecurities may have made him nasty sometimes, but at his core he was a decent person. David never was.

And if you do and genuinely mean it I shall hunt you down and destroy you. Just putting that out there.

I don't think the UK Office is too mean-spirited. David Brent does find some sort of redemption in the final episode (the second Christmas special) when he finds a woman who likes him for who he is. And him telling Finchy to 'fuck off' was a great piece of TV. He was sticking up for the woman and it was a side to Brent we hadn't seen before. Plus, he finally gets his co-workers to genuinely laugh at a joke of his, it was a lovely ending. Sod that Tim and Dawn kiss scene, Brent's ending was more satisfying for me.

I'm glad it didn't, it knew not to outstay its welcome.

I can stand the US version of the Office at a rate of about 1 episode every 3 years. And I tried watching the UK version once, I think I got about 10 minutes inbefore I was like KNOPEBYETHEN.

If the US version didn't have Michael I think I'd probably enjoy most of it, but as it is, trying to watch it, is like being forced to spend the weekend at your one really really annoying, but weirdly popular at school, half cousins house, the one that just found out about the "I'm not touching you" game that morning and does it CONSTANTLY, and who's mom just stands in the background going "Oh now that's cute." As she takes pictures and puts them on the fridge as your blood slowly boils because you can't punch him in the gut because then YOU'RE the dick you punched the popular kid.

I think my metaphor started to get a little confused there... but I think it get's my feelings across.

TL;DR...not a fan. Probably the reason I have a reactionary flight response for Steve Carrell despite the other stuff I do like him in.

But like I said, if it weren't for Michael there's stuff I do like. John Krasinski and Jenna Fisher are consistently the best parts about it...oddly they are also the straight men, so take that for what it's worth.