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May 17 beatjunkie commented on Much Ado About Nothing: Whedon's Shakespeare Is Horny, Cute, and Affable.

Shot in cheap black and white digital? Because color digital is so much more expensive?

Dec 19, 2012 beatjunkie commented on Django Unchained: The World's First Western Blaxploitation Revenge Buddy Comedy!.

Tired of Tarantino hanging stories on the revenge plot and all his characters talking like mouthpieces for him. He'll never do better than Jackie Brown unless he enlists someone who can craft plot and character like Elmore Leonard again. At least Paul Constant didn't review it, but still a crappy review.

Dec 12, 2012 beatjunkie commented on The Conservative Backlash Against Django Unchained Began Today.

Can't we just be pissed that Tarantino wrote ANOTHER revenge flick with characters who are nothing more than mouthpieces for him?

Nov 9, 2012 beatjunkie commented on What Do You Think of the World War Z Trailer?.

The book's biggest flaw was it's oral history idea. There is no peril because you knew the storytellers lived. I was hoping the movie would eliminate that by showing things as they happened. I liked some of the idea in the book--like the samurai sword stuff and how the plague spread, but who really cares about a horror story told after the fact from the survivor's POV?

Jul 23, 2012 beatjunkie commented on End Game.

Feels like Paul wrote this before he saw it. Wish The Stranger would have had someone else review it.
"Batman Begins" is Nolan's best Batman, hands down. The Saw-esque "Dark Knight" and way-over-infalted "Rises" had little character development (apparently most of the development between "Knight" and "Rises" happened off screen), and all also have the thinnest of plots. As Jim Emerson has stated "Good vs. Evil" is not a theme.
I hate these movies where the ending is decided first and they write backwards to make the first 2 acts lead to (a ridiculous) climax. It's like the opposite of JJ Abrams who writes a good setup but doesn't know how to pay off.
And don't even get me started on the janky-ass setups and poor editing. What's the point of $3mil set piece that isn't filmed so you know what's going on.
Gimme Whedon's brainless yet cohesive Avengers over Nolan's disjointed, overblown, proseltyzing mess.

Jun 5, 2012 beatjunkie commented on The Dark Knight Rises Is Almost Three Hours Long: What Do You Think?.

Nolan sucks. Hopefully he learned how to set up a shot since his last 5 efforts.

May 7, 2012 beatjunkie commented on It's Too Soon to Discuss Last Night's Mad Men...

The Megan character is awful and I side w/ Michael Ausiello that Weiner's obsession w/ Pare will be the main reason "Mad Men" doesn't win best drama this year. This whole season is pretty bad, actually. Pete and the chick from Gilmore Girls, the new Long Island pitch kid, Peggy's relationship. There was promise the first couple eps. w/ the subtle racism themes and Joan and the bad guy from Fringe, but this season doesn't have it, as far as I'm concerned.