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  3. @IambicAdmonit Sorry, I'm not paying attention to SIFF this year, so I don't know anything about most of the movies. (No money, no time.)
  4. Palm d'Sydow theotherjournal.com/filmwell/2012/…
  5. Thrilled to see Michael Haneke win his 2nd Palme d'Or in 3 years. His CODE UNKNOWN is in my all-time top 10. Can't wait to see AMOUR.
  6. @elijahdavidson ... And the finale: They couldn't come up with anything more than a variation on the finales of MEN IN BLACK and HELLBOY?
  7. @elijahdavidson Plus, characterization in C&A dwindles. The rough, mean Harrison Ford evaporates into a blandly likeable guy. ...
  8. @DavidRoark Well, "liked" ... as in @DecentFilms gives it a C+. I don't spend money on a C+.
  9. ... In short, each ALIEN film has been a lesser thing than its predecessor, an exemplary trajectory for how to spoil a good thing.
  10. ... The fourth ALIEN film had a few notable moments, but the conclusion was laughably bad. And since then, garbage upon garbage.
  11. ... And while ALIEN 3 was admirably ambitious, I can't forgive the prologue's slaughter, which effectually makes ALIENS a pointless sequel.
  12. ... I admire ALIENS as an action film, but ALIEN remains thrilling, thoughtful, suspenseful, original. ...
  13. Dear, PROMETHEUS. Doesn't matter how awesome your teasers are. You'll have to be *profound* to make me care about ALIEN's cosmos again. ...
  14. @andersjb @davidroark MIB 3's 68% on Rotten Tomatoes says "Wait for the $3 bargain theater or Netflix" to me.
  15. @DavidRoark Dude, MOONRISE doesn't open in Seattle for two weeks. And I'll be astonished if MIB 3 proves to be worth the ticket price.
  16. I'm trying to remember a Memorial Day weekend that offered so little in the way of big-screen films worth watching.
  17. Chad Thomas Johnston finds new perspective on the life &work of Jim Henson. shar.es/qc0mS (Great to see Good Letters at Patheos!)