Wow, ShyVi, your assessment of the "darkness" of Nolan's films vs. Burton's is spot on. I personally like both pairs of Batman films, but to characterize Burton's films as camp is nonsense. I liked The Dark Knight, but it's biggest flaws were its pacing (as Ben noted) and the music. There also was n...

Gah! I just read a review for Ratatouille on Blu-Ray and I cannot believe all the stuff I'm missing!

It makes sense that Doug Sweetland would direct such a frenetic short, given that he was the go-to guy for animating someone who "flips out and goes bananas" (from the book Infinity and Beyond). Nice to see that Pixar didn't shy away from cartoon violence. As for Wall-E... watching it was an out-of-...

I remember I was watching the Reservoir Dogs 15th Anniversary DVD bonus features with my family and Knowles kept popping up. We were, "Who the heck is this guy? Where the heck is Tarantino?" If I recall correctly, he also managed to find his way onto the Animatrix bonuses. Probably bummed that he di...

I could've done without that slow-mo butt shot of Po, and the middle of the film seemed to be a bit rushed. Other problems that I had with the film have already been stated. Otherwise, an entertaining film with an absolutely stellar opening sequence. I agree with K3vin: "great but not awesome." It's...

Re: AICN. They have a big influence because they use capitals and lots of exclamation points.

Sorry, can't agree with the Fifth Element / Lost World bits. As far as Bruce Willis is concerned, I love the first Die Hard and think the others are pretty neat. Anyway, I think Spielberg's mistake was when he said something to the effect of "I'm making this film for the fans," noting that most of h...

I think once you get to a certain high level of quality, you cannot argue that one film (or work of art) is better than another absolutely. It may be for an individual, but people are different. The very things that one may like about a film may not be palatable to others. Although "good story" and ...

I'm surprised Incredibles and Ratatouille got such high marks (I love both) since it has lately become "cool" in other online communities to bash them. Then again, Yahoo users seem to give every single movie that comes out today a B+. As an aside, Brad Bird has become my favorite living filmmaker, a...

Why should Jolie pick on Disney in particular? Because they're an easy target? Because they haven't cast her in any of their animated films?

Anyway, good points made by all. Disney is going to get criticized no matter what they do.

I just got The Complete Making of Indiana Jones book, and there are some pretty revealing comments that Lucas, Spielberg, and Ford make about Crystal Skull. Lucas says that he saw no point in making the film if it didn't have aliens. He says, "My God, it can't miss." When he asked Ford if he wanted ...

Jabba the Hutt (all 500 versions) jumped the Ewok.

Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor does not look promising, especially coming from Rob Cohen. What's really amazing about it, though, is the ridiculously butt-kissing comments on Cohen's official site. In a tribute to Jaws, I suspect that most sane people will react to these comments in one of three ...

Yeah, Williams definitely seems more inspired by more serious films these days (years). Though, as I said, the more I'm listening to the Crystal Skull score, the more I'm finding to like. As long as we're playing "favorite Indy films," I'm going to go with Raiders. Though, in my opinion, you can't r...

If Lucas and Spielberg really want to continue, I would find it more interesting to see a "prequel" that takes place before Crystal Skull--but only a little (after all, it's hard to deny that Ford is getting older.) Personally, I thought the film was a bit too much like National Treasure, with Indy ...