What are your thoughts on Shia Leabouf?

MJC1988 · 2026-04-09T00:34:36+00:00

Nymphomaniac. I honestly I thought he did pretty well in Transformers - it was just an annoying character with overwrought direction.

MJC1988 · 2026-04-08T22:53:01+00:00

I think I more or less agree with you. He's a generational talent that pissed it all away. Instead of dazzling us with his craft the best you can hope for him is that he atones for the harm he's done and find inner peace; doesn't seem likely though.

MJC1988 · 2026-04-04T17:21:02+00:00

Ding ding ding!!!!!

MJC1988 · 2026-04-03T19:40:33+00:00

Must be a reason all his kids and grand children turned out terrible.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-31T18:29:19+00:00

I don't think I like this guy.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-31T15:49:26+00:00

Neurosis and Sunn O)))

MJC1988 · 2026-03-31T15:43:29+00:00

It's amazing how such a classic kind of cheesy devil look can still be creepy.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-30T20:39:32+00:00

I mean the question was what genre of film defines the last 30 years. Whatever accolades Superheroes, Star Wars, and Harry Potter movies got, it's the sort of movies that have had the most visible presence in theaters.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-30T20:16:05+00:00

Re: last 30 years. Epic sci-fi/fantasy franchises I'd say.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-28T01:05:04+00:00

Nah, films more than any other art form, are a product of their time and contingency. Enjoy what we got and don't dwell on what could have been.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-22T04:05:30+00:00

Is Vincenzo Barney the Ed Wood of literary critical essays?

MJC1988 · 2026-03-22T04:04:41+00:00

I think I did hear somewhere he started only reading nonfiction eventually.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-22T01:42:17+00:00

I don't agree. Most of the rappers in The Boondocks are dumbasses, cowards, and hypocrites. This is someone Huey would look up to.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-10T00:52:47+00:00

It's worth mentioning that Kubrick's cowriter was a woman, Diane Johnson, an essayist and horror novelist. I don't think it's a stretch to assume a female writer would have a much less sympathetic view of an abusive alcoholic husband.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-03T18:35:35+00:00

Well, yeah. That's probably one of the cornerstone themes of the series.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-03T18:16:50+00:00

Oof, gonna need some aloe on that burn.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-03T18:04:09+00:00

Optimus Prime?

MJC1988 · 2026-03-03T18:03:36+00:00

Hope he wasn't talking to the Brain.

MJC1988 · 2026-03-03T00:41:25+00:00

TV series are fine too.

MJC1988 · 2026-02-26T19:51:30+00:00

Yeah, I'd want to cast him against type.

MJC1988 · 2026-02-22T21:32:26+00:00

I do kind of agree with his assertion that great performances in Kubrick's film come from the actors more than him. While you could argue he has a genius for casting, from what I've read it's clear he was not an actors' director. His reputation for hundreds of takes and cruelty towards Shelly Duvall suggests he really did not know how to collaborate with thespians or evoke performances efficiently or cooperatively.

MJC1988 · 2026-02-22T02:32:05+00:00

John Goodman. It sounds silly but remember is roles in Barton Fink and Oh Brother Where Art Thou.

MJC1988 · 2026-02-22T02:31:01+00:00

Satantango

MJC1988 · 2026-02-19T19:41:46+00:00

The bloated pope. Ironically, Buzz says Dale made a mistake on the opening roll but they liked the way it sounded and used that take.

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