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And would you go see it?

So many comedies depend on the main characters being stupid buffoons (The Pink Panther movies, The Naked Gun, Ernest, Dumb & Dumber for example). What are some where they are actually intelligent people? I know people would probably say Ghostbusters and technically yeah I guess, but functionally they still kind of run around acting like idiots, so I don't think that should count.

Office Space is one that comes to mind for me.

I know it isn’t exactly a remake of the original. I’m not even really sure what it is, but is it good?

I kind of get the impression that he had the right instinct basically splitting it up into E.T. and Poltergeist (and also Gremlins to a lesser extent). From what we know of Night Skies, I think it likely would have been a very overstuffed film.

Any thoughts on this remake? Obviously it isn’t as good as the original nor is it as good as Peter Jackson’s version, but it DOES have Jessica Lange, which is a mark in its favor.

Any thoughts on this remake? Obviously it isn’t as good as the original nor is it as good as Peter Jackson’s version, but it DOES have Jessica Lange, which is a mark in its favor.

Looking on Amazon, it looks like there’s a lot of different versions of it.

Obviously we'll never know for sure, but I'd say most likely not, it might have been closer though.

Somehow I literally never noticed this until it was pointed out to me.

Just picked up the new Arrow Video release of this. Love this film, what do you think of it?

The twist is so well-known now that it barely qualifies as a twist anymore, but I don't think that makes it any less effective.

Who is it for you? For me it’s a tie between Uncle Alberto and that waiter from The French Revue.

It could have focused on the various residents of the town and their lives and also incorporated Lynchian mystical elements.

Which film do you like better?

I think Lynch structured them in very similar ways and they follow a similar plot trajectory (or at least what can be made of the plots). I've gotta go with Mulholland Drive though, I think it's much more entertaining and fun to try to piece together. Lost Highway just gets overly depressing with its grim tone and atmosphere, it's a more difficult watch.

Was just watching it again. It's pretty amazing how well-cast it is, Corenswet, Brosnahan and Hoult were all perfect in their roles. Even the more minor characters like Perry White and Jimmy Olsen were perfectly cast. It's just...the movie itself is such a goddamn mess. It's way too long, unfocused and chaotic. I hope the new film they're making tones it down a bit.

It’s not fair.

would you watch it?

I think if anything, those jokes are very respectful to the audience. An actual “screw the audience” joke would be one of those things on Family Guy where they show Conway Twitty singing for like four minutes or something.

The 1974 interpretation as directed by Bob Clark or the 2006 interpretation as directed by Glen Morgan?