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No matter how one feels about ranylt's review, I think we can all come together over the warm, just glow of Lions for Lambs plunging into the fucking ocean.

If we're lucky, it'll disappear without a trace or ripple. None of these movies look the slightest bit interesting enough to put up with the theatre crowd, and the majority don't even look worth a Netflix rental. Oh well, hopefully something good comes out soon...I've almost forgotten what the theatre looks like inside.

I don't see why the Ridley Scott thing is so hard to believe. Whether or not you like them, Alien and Blade Runner are two of the most influential movies ever made in terms of visual style and Alien created the most iconic female action lead I can think of.

Curses! I was away this weekend and I missed a Pajiba bitchfest. What with that and missing the book diversion last week, I'm slipping into Pajiba oblivion. Can we synch up our Blackberries from now on?

"...I understand that several Salvation Army Santas standing outside of suburban multiplexes had their bells shoved into various orifices and, in several instances, theatergoers pilfered refunds from their change buckets..."

*wipes tear*

That was.... beautiful.

Amen to that socalled, the closer we get to the Crazy Eyed Midget Man no longer being offered work the better in my view. It gives me a very pleasant tingly feeling just thinking about it. The Lions for Lambs comments thread did kind of make me want to cry though. The last place I would expect demands for dumbing down is my beloved Pajiba.

I'm loving these box-office round ups by the way, it's nice to see what the masses are watching these days. The meta commentary on the site as a whole is a nice touch too.

"...the closer we get to the Crazy Eyed Midget Man no longer being offered work..."

Hehe...Crazy Eyed Midget Man...I like that. I may have to steal that, Alex the Odd...it sums him up perfectly.

I can personally testify to Ridley Scott's impact on how I visualize the world. He made me realize most people are, in fact, Replicants.

While I don't like to be one of "those" people who look for mistakes--but, isn't "a quarter of a million dollars" like $250,000 and not $25m?

I'm slightly math deficient, but that's what I thought.

And don't get me started about the Salvation Army--I'll be here all day. Just please don't give them your money. Find another smaller organization that is actually providing services to people and send them a check. The $ you put in the buckets goes to the regional hq and most of it gets eaten up in overhead.

Clearly, I'm no math guru. Noted and corrected. Thanks. -- DR

You gotta admit Seinfield deserves what he got for the amount of promotion he put in it. Plus Shrek totally deserve it three spots. Although I thought Madagascar was qute good as wel. I love me some Shrek.

I never did trust those salvation army santas....

I'm always leary of sweeping generalizations about charitable organizations not using their donations in the way the public intends them. I'm too lazy to do a little online research on it though, so I'll think of it as a wash.

As for Ranylt's review, stepping away from the bitchfest fray that I chose not to take part in, it might be a little harsh to blame so many of wanting to dumb this site down. Not that all of the masses on the web, and this site in particular, are brilliant specimens of man, but maybe it was a context issue. For me personally, reading Ranylt's writing takes the attention span I usually reserve for my class readings, but I come here for a break from that. One chapter on hospital admission consent laws, then one Pajiba review. It keeps me sane.

Where's the "No Country for Old Men" review already?

Urban audiences? Weekend: $24 million; Total: $80 million. You mean to tell me the brothas and I spent $80 million over the span of two weekends?

I can't complain about the "Lambs for Lions" review after reading content like this brilliant little monologue from a certain celebrity gossip site (guilty pleasure, don't judge).

"This is redickulis! Brit is a windrfull young woman and its not fair that she be chased and who cares what the light is doing and stuff like thta. I for one am a supporting of Brit and her too suns and that kFed is a money hungering jerk. and I mean it to."

Yeah...keep that thesaurus open please. Or better yet, set it on fire and throw it at my eyes.

Well played Pookie! Well played!

Yeah, anyone having trouble with the vocab in the Lions for Lambs review should check out FreeRice.com. That sounds like a non-sequitor, but just trust me.

And yet another weekend passes during which Hollywood got none of my money. Wake me up with No Country For Old Men goes into wide release (damn Miami never gets limited release).

Waitafugginminnit ... that Mike Myers shitfest and Despoiler of Children's Literature was one of the top-grossing Xmas films? Sweet Zombie Jesus, I'd rather sit thrugh the MST3K version of "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians."

Waitafugginminnit ... that Mike Myers shitfest and Despoiler of Children's Literature was one of the top-grossing Xmas films? Sweet Zombie Jesus, I'd rather sit through the MST3K version of "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians."

Well Pook, it was all your brothas and these two honkies here (The Mr. Pink and I) that apparently spent $80 million over two weekends.

FreeRice.com is cool and addictive. My husband racked up 10K grains of rice yesterday. It's nice to know that a hungry person will benefit from his vocabulary addiction.

Now if there's a way to help fight world hunger using my Diet Coke or magazine addiction, someone please let me know. It would help assuage my guilt.

Waiting with hushed anticipation for "No Country" and Javier Bardem's psychopathic Prince Valiant.

Sorry, this movie suckd, if you want to see something funny: Ryan Seacrest Antichrist on youtube!

"Unbelievably, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is the top Christmas-themed grosser of all time. I'll give you a moment to collect yourself."

At first I thought you meant the classic animated version and I was appalled at your criticism. After all who doesn't have childhood Christmas forever entangled in their memories with the deep throated "You're a mean one Mr. Grinch...". And then I realized you meant the Jim Carrey debacle and I started to cry, hid under the public service desk in the children's section of the library I'm currently staffing, and tried to compose myself before preschool storytime.

And apropos of nothing, also a Christmas favorite, Rudolph (the classic claymation with Herbit the dental loving elf).

Oops, Herbie, not Herbit. And I'm clearly too distraught over the though of the top grossing Grinch and Shrek to type.

Holy cow, FreeRice is the best. website. EVER! I am addicted after thirty seconds.

Down with the Batshit crazy closeted midget dwarf!!

Oh I feel so much better now. I just want He-who-shall-not-be-named to go away and never get any more work.

Oh dear.

Between FreeRice.com and Pajiba, I may never get any work done.

OMG, thanks for noting FreeRice.com, Rusty.
I love it so much I played till I donated 2000 grains of rice. It is so addictive, fun, and I can feel good about wasting time and not getting any work done.

And to all my fellow Pajibans, I love you guys.
You're smart and dense, loving and bitchy, you fight about things big (misogyny, racism) and small (grammar), and everything in between.
*Misting up*
Just like a real family.

I knew FreeRice.com would be popular with this crowd. And if I'm addicted, you all will be too, damnit. I don't even feel bad, because there are far worse things to do with free time on the internet, this way I can be a word nerd and be satisfied that I'm making some kind of meager impact somewhere in the world.

Ms.Pink--You can cash in "Coke Rewards" points (www.mycokerewards.com) for toys for tots. My diet coke addiction has netted me a few thousand points. I'll throw a few to the kiddies. It's the least I can do for all the joy that diet coke brings me every single morning.

the polysyllabism isn't what made that review so awful. god knows we're all a bunch of wordy nerd jerks up in here. but come on, enough is enough sometimes -- there's a huge gap between erudite and douchebaggy.

p.s. since when do we root against robert redford? i saw lions for lambs and, yes, enjoyed it. well worth the $6.50 matinee.

I spit on Shrek 3.

This Free Rice website would have come in handy yesterday when I was studying for my English exam. Ah well, it's nice to know my brain still works even though it feels like mush. No more exams until Friday :D

Does anyone want to discuss America between the wars?

ooh, FreeRice is FUN. Thanks!

And I agree with the general sentiments above: Pajiba may border on pretentious at times, but it's a helluva lot better than all the other inane bullshit out there. I feel I actually am among people who have something to offer intelligence-wise. When you feel the need to grab a dictionary or thesaurus to better a web post, by God, what could be wrong with bettering yourself in that way? This site rocks. I rarely comment, but I often get lost in these threads, just learning from everyone.

It's good to see that others share my FreeRice addiction. I have to compulsively play for at least half an hour a day (again I raise my glass and tip my hat to having the world's most boring job).

Great... now all the work I WAS going to get done today will be abandoned for vocabulary. Seriously though, I now have something to stimulate my brain to combat the recent atrophying due to the incredible stupidity of the people I deal with on a daily basis.

I am now hopelessly addicted to FreeRice. Thank you.

DARN YOU FREERICE.COM! DARN YOU ALL TO HECK!

I love Freerice!! I doubt I'll have time for both these sites anymore. :)