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Don't rethink the Travis fondness. Just embrace it and realize that Fran has a much, much, much better voice and writes much, much, much better songs than Mr. Paltrow.

Wow, when Shyamalan learns about his two Razzie nominations, he's going to kill the first critic that crosses his path.

It's not for you!

It saddens me to see the brilliant Ben Kingsley on a Razzie list, but it WAS Bloodrayne. Shudder.

And Rosie, get off your fucking soapbox. You didn't give a shit about anyone gay when you were mooning over Tom Cruise and anyone else who went on your show. Shut up already.

I think M. Night needs to go back to basics. IMO, he's had 3 good ones: The Sixth Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable, which I honestly thought was good. In an interview, M. Night said that Unbreakable was his worst work. Umm...don't forget "The Village." God, that was painful. Still trying to forget it.

Isn't it a bit weird that Rosie complains about the Idol judges insulting people and laughing at them when they aren't in the room, then she basically does the same thing?

.....WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO DIANA ROSS?!!!!

And I thought I asked you to stop with the KSK links. I am actually learning stats and crap now, just so I can enjoy the funny a bit more! You will pay for this, Pajiba!

I forgot to add: I also liked Unbreakable (even got it on DVD) and it is so nice to see a fellow Penny Arcadist on here, MJ.

I have crazy feelings of love for the Penny Arcade. If you admire grandiose invective and withering precision deployment of italics as much as I do, you must check out the verbal stylings of one Tycho Brahe. You don't even have to know anything about gaming. Trust me, because I don't. Know anything about gaming, that is.

Link yourself sick:

www.penny-arcade.com

Gee, Vermillion, we may be the only ones on this board, from what I've read. I don't own Unbreakable but I think it's the one thing DingDong's done that merits any discussion (and okay, Sixth Sense, for spawning a new wave in Hollywood horror--whatever you might make of that wave which at least rose up to challenge the Scream progeny).

I guess I'm just a sucker for a half-decent comicbook/superhero film (one of Hollywood's most disappointing genres these days) that doesn't sag under its own special-effects/studio executive weight. There are so few, after all (here's me counting them on one hand: The Crow, Sin City, Danger:Diabolik, Blade...and then I'm done. Even Batman Begins was...just okay...for me, although I plan to see how well it ages years from now).

PS: I think it says a lot about Ding that he thinks Unbreakable's the least of his oeuvre. Interesting.

By the by, in case my credibility isn't completely shot, I actually saw Basic Instinct 2 last night (come on! a must-see despite everything), and to be honest, the boy and I were both entertained, the way bad glossy movies can sometimes do if you're in the right mood (see Showgirls, Wild Things, Femme Fatale--although unlike those three IMO BS2 won't merit a repeat viewing). Anyone who says BS2--script, actors, direction--took itself serously must necessarily, in turn, lose all credibility with me. You can actually see the glee in Stone's eyes when she's delivering those lines in a way she's never delivered lines before--deliberate self-parody.

That doesn't necessarily make a film watchable, of course--in fact, too often "deliberate" camp is pretty unwatchable--but it seems to me a lot of critics missed the freaking joke with this one. Or at least the freaking tone. I had a gas watching the improbably outrageous action and dialogue unfurl. We're talking Da Vince Code bad--somewhere on the same level as DVC's best worst line: "Your bank account comes with a safe passage clause!"--only of course much more self-aware.

*Sigh.* I liked The Village for what it really was - a quiet, simple love story. I can understand that people didn't like it, but I think that's only because they brought their preconceived notions into the theater with them. Just like the alien invasion in Signs, the truth about when they were living was simply a devise to set up what was ultimately a story about two people falling in love, and the resulting ramifications.

And yes, I know I just spent way too much time trying to justify why I love a movie that no one else on this site can stand, but whatever.

*salutes* I see I'm in even better company than I thought. I think PA has a quote for almost any ocurrence in life, and I don't know much about gaming either!