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Cold Bishop wrote:Which is why I prefer the Heyvern system: A certain amount of Ernest movies per decade ranked chronologically.

kaujot wrote:I can't take any best-film list seriously, no matter how big, if it contains Juno.

colinr0380 wrote:Since we've poked fun at the Capalert site, perhaps a move to the other end of the spectrum would even things up! The Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics site is wonderful with deserved howls of anguish at the disregard for logic in The Core and Armageddon, though (strangely in a similar manner to Capalert) there does sometimes seem a certain humourless rigid holding to rules at the expense of being caught up with an artistic mood or in the moment the film is creating, however outlandish.

MichaelB wrote:

colinr0380 wrote:Since we've poked fun at the Capalert site, perhaps a move to the other end of the spectrum would even things up! The Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics site is wonderful with deserved howls of anguish at the disregard for logic in The Core and Armageddon, though (strangely in a similar manner to Capalert) there does sometimes seem a certain humourless rigid holding to rules at the expense of being caught up with an artistic mood or in the moment the film is creating, however outlandish.

One of the great things about being married to someone medical is that my wife can generally be relied on to provide an alternative perspective - for instance, she was highly critical of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days because:

(a) there was no way in hell that Gabita was as pregnant as she claimed to be (when she lay down on the bed, her stomach was completely flat!),
(b) aborting a fetus as far advanced as that would be a far bloodier operation than was made out;
(c) there is no way she would be up and walking a few hours later, and even if she'd managed to stagger downstairs she certainly wouldn't be pretending that nothing had happened.

On the other hand, she was extremely impressed with the fetus itself - she said it was worryingly convincing!

I seem to remember that she had nitpicks about Nic Roeg's Puffball too (especially the scene where Liffey goes for her scan), but was prepared to cut it a bit more slack because of the supernatural elements.

KTDevotchka wrote:I give the film a rating of one because of its incapacity of clarity

domino harvey wrote:Not enough hamburger phones

Netflix user agf 1512390 wrote:Lakeview Terrace
3 stars (out of 5)

I thought this movie was going to be great by the previews. When I saw them, I was like "I'm going to see that". But then I saw it. It wasn't a bad movie, but at the same time I can't say it was a good movie either. The worst part was the way it ended... abruptly. Your like "is it over?" but by the prior series of events you know it has to be over.

domino harvey wrote:NetFlix review of McCabe and Mrs Miller

Amazon reviewer A. Sandoval wrote:Problem Child Tantrum Pack, July 30, 2007
By A. Sandoval
this movie is the frickin funny you have to have it in your dvd libery

domino harvey wrote:The best part of Problem Child (and Screwed) is how the screnwriters are the same Oscar-nommed ones behind Ed Wood and the People Vs Larry Flynt-- talk about versatility!