en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/495141 Comments by AtheistCon http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/01/27/bh-interview-james-badge-dale-of-the-grey-talks-the-pacific-fassbenders-oscar-snub/#IDComment276445814 I feel bad, because I _hated_ Chase, and that has influenced my acceptance of this guy as an actor. But he was good in The Pacific. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:22:23 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/01/27/bh-interview-james-badge-dale-of-the-grey-talks-the-pacific-fassbenders-oscar-snub/#IDComment276445814 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/25/comedy-central-comics-champion-obamas-state-of-the-union-on-twitter/#IDComment274413299 That's supposed to be funny? Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:49:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/25/comedy-central-comics-champion-obamas-state-of-the-union-on-twitter/#IDComment274413299 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/17/secrets-out-why-letterman-show-didnt-book-many-female-comics/#IDComment267036832 The thing is, I agree with him and Hitchens. Most comic scouts agree with the viewpoint. They just can't say it. If you've ever watched something like "Last Comic Standing" (terrible show, but bear with me) you know two things comic scouts hate: mixed people making dumb "I'm half X and half Y, so I Z!" jokes ... and women complaining about their boyfriends. Yes, there have been funny female comedians. But they are very, very few and far between. And the Apatow thing really just proves the point: if you find Apatow's movies funny, which I don't, you find women ACTING LIKE MEN funny. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:28:28 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/17/secrets-out-why-letterman-show-didnt-book-many-female-comics/#IDComment267036832 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/11/found-footage-fever-studios-find-their-reality-tv-model/#IDComment261880928 I don't get all the Apollo 18 hate. For me, it was the best found-footage movie as far as being mostly believable (except for the terrible ending, the way it was filmed and the non-pandering dialog were amazing). Cloverfield is a close second but it's a bit too schlocky. The rest are just ... meh. Blair Witch was the original disappointment, Paranormal Activity was kind of fun once (and never needed a sequel) and I don't have the requisite belief structure to enjoy a 'posession' story :-P Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:51:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/11/found-footage-fever-studios-find-their-reality-tv-model/#IDComment261880928 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sschochet/2011/12/25/its-a-wonderful-life-the-stories-behind-the-yuletide-classic-part-2/#IDComment247355079 I have to say I find it greatly disappointing that anyone would say Donna Reed "wasn't a strong lead", and shocking that Stewart would pin the movie's failure on her. Maybe I'm biased because as a kid I had the biggest crush on Reed, but she was great in IAWL. Her character was strong and supportive and key to several scenes. Look to how she offers up their money in the building and loan, or takes the initiative to start wiring people when she knows George is in trouble. And as for acting, the scene where Stewart is knocking things over and screaming, where she just looks at him, always strikes me as very effective. Stewart and Reed were both critical to this movie. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:02:32 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sschochet/2011/12/25/its-a-wonderful-life-the-stories-behind-the-yuletide-classic-part-2/#IDComment247355079 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/12/14/adam-carolla-defends-mitt-romney-against-occupy-style-groupthink/#IDComment237524326 When people describe O'Reilly like that, it just reinforces my opinion that left-wingers form their opinions of anyone with whom they disagree entirely from left-wing narratives. Have you ever watched Bill O'Reilly? I'm not a fan, but I'm not a fan because he's nothing like people claim. He is too 'reasonable', too 'nice'. He may have started out yelling and screaming, but now he is almost mouse-like, particularly when he has some left-wing nutjob on his show. Jon Stewart screams and acts like a jerk more than O'Reilly does, because O'Reilly realized that 'softening' was the best way to stay on the air, while Stewart realized yelling was the best way for him to keep his fan base of constant, purposeless outrage. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:44:43 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/12/14/adam-carolla-defends-mitt-romney-against-occupy-style-groupthink/#IDComment237524326 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/06/fox-business-left-wing-messaging-in-the-muppets/#IDComment233789689 Just a note, because someone will point it out snidely rather than helpfully: I frequently see people correctly move the preposition to the front of a phrase, but then bizarrely add a second preposition to the end ("with which to communicate with", like McCartney's "in this ever changing world in which we live in"). Pick one! :-P Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:32:02 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/06/fox-business-left-wing-messaging-in-the-muppets/#IDComment233789689 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/12/03/what-shoulda-won-1998-academy-awards/#IDComment232507277 "The Thin Red Line" isn't just bad. It's atrocious. It's pretentious nonsense ("What is war?") compounded by ham-fisted stunt casting. Had he picked one or the other it might have worked, but the two do not work well together. You can't convince me you mean all those goofy 'poetic' observations while simultaneously expecting me to go "ooh, George Clooney!". Sun, 4 Dec 2011 07:57:19 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/12/03/what-shoulda-won-1998-academy-awards/#IDComment232507277 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cjohnson/2011/12/01/why-conservatives-need-patience-and-the-writers-need-help-with-the-walking-dead/#IDComment231203348 "Indeed, there are whole comedies that play with this ridiculous aspect of zombie films, like 'Zombieland'" Zombieland ... was ... not ... funny. It wasn't even a mediocre Zombie film. And I imagine the star only got the job because Michael Cera wasn't around to mope his way through another movie. Thu, 1 Dec 2011 18:40:28 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cjohnson/2011/12/01/why-conservatives-need-patience-and-the-writers-need-help-with-the-walking-dead/#IDComment231203348 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment227878621 What if you hate American Beauty because it was trite, pretentious, and over-hyped? The plastic bag scene alone was face-palmingly bad. It's a pretty rote 'the suburbs are evil' story. And 'The Matrix' was completely ripped off from the comic book 'The Invisibles'. Other than the obvious similiarities, the comic book was passed around on set as reference. Plus, the sequels were terrible ... like the author of 'The Invisibles' said, the Wachowski's should have kept stealing from him. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:00:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ccannon/2011/11/26/what-shoulda-won-1999-academy-awards/#IDComment227878621 http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2011/11/22/reason-tv-judge-napolitano-taxation-is-theft-abortion-is-murder-its-dangerous-to-be-right-when-the-govt-is-wrong/#IDComment226078924 I realize I'll tick off some die-hard libertarians ... but taxation is not theft. Taxation can be theft, and I'm not a fan of progressive taxation ... but the federal government would not function in modern society without some form of funding. Even if the federal government were just an Army and a few rules to enforce someone would have to pay for it. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:27:40 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2011/11/22/reason-tv-judge-napolitano-taxation-is-theft-abortion-is-murder-its-dangerous-to-be-right-when-the-govt-is-wrong/#IDComment226078924 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/20/nothing-god-awful-about-loders-new-movie-tome/#IDComment224963087 ... but why would he praise "In Bruges"? Even disregarding the cheap, lame, and unoriginal anti-American jokes ("Americans are fat! Americans are stupid!"), it was still terrible and consisted entirely of cliches: the hit men trying to find themselves, the dumb jokes about dreams and midgets ... it's just a bad movie. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:21:33 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/20/nothing-god-awful-about-loders-new-movie-tome/#IDComment224963087 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/17/daily-show-lands-comedy-death-blow-to-occupy-wall-street/#IDComment223556890 Well, sure, but obviously Stewart & Co. are just reacting to this because it's potentially harmful to the Obama administration. These things should be called 'Obamavilles', not 'Occupy'. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:23:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/17/daily-show-lands-comedy-death-blow-to-occupy-wall-street/#IDComment223556890 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/16/daily-call-sheet-tom-hanks-action-president-why-leo-didnt-have-to-die-and-liberty-valance/#IDComment223031523 I really dislike it when someone claims their product isn't successful because "people are stupid". As a big Community fan, I think he's closer to the mark with the 'spiritual' bit. Community is a positive show. We live in an almost incessantly negative culture. Being positive is difficult. The negative shows will always attract more viewers. The recently-canceled "Men of a Certain Age" was a victim of the same problem. I'd love to see both of them find an 'angel' who would allow them to continue. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:34:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/16/daily-call-sheet-tom-hanks-action-president-why-leo-didnt-have-to-die-and-liberty-valance/#IDComment223031523 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/09/actress-elizabeth-olsen-ready-for-fame/#IDComment219716935 People really like this movie? I honestly can't get past the clunky title. It's like "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" in its awfulness. Sounds like a Troy McClure vehicle. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:09:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/09/actress-elizabeth-olsen-ready-for-fame/#IDComment219716935 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/09/actress-elizabeth-olsen-ready-for-fame/#IDComment219716761 Well, that's the direct result of feminization. We've lost the idea of masculinity, therefore nobody can project it on screen. I don't actually think we're in some glowing age of actresses, it's just that the actors are so bad that the actresses look better by comparison. Some of the attempts to push actresses to the fore have just been so embarrassing, like the constant attempts to 'shake up' all the terrible remakes by making the woman the action hero ('The Hitcher', 'The Thing', etc). Frankly, I'm more than a bit sick of seeing women leading stories. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:08:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2011/11/09/actress-elizabeth-olsen-ready-for-fame/#IDComment219716761 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/09/your-obama-apologist-of-the-day-chris-rock/#IDComment219595791 Chris Rock is RICH. He brags openly about it. He got rich by telling jokes. So what, exactly, is the massive 'change' he wants to see to the society that made him a success? Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:58:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/11/09/your-obama-apologist-of-the-day-chris-rock/#IDComment219595791 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/07/top-one-percenter-roger-waters-trashes-the-top-one-percent/#IDComment218252747 I've always had a love/hate relationship with Waters. He has some great songs, but he's such a jackass. If you think about "When the Tygers Broke Free", it's basically a song about how he'd rather Britain have lost WWII just so he could have his daddy alive. Kind of sums him all up right there. Mon, 7 Nov 2011 18:38:29 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/07/top-one-percenter-roger-waters-trashes-the-top-one-percent/#IDComment218252747 http://bigjournalism.com/driehl/2011/11/04/media-matters-jumps-on-pelosi-video-falls-flat-on-face/#IDComment216878052 And all you need to know about the 'regulatory reform' of credit cards is that it caused global credit card interest rates to skyrocket, lowered the availability of credit cards to underqualified/first-time applicants (such as college students) and caused higher purchase point fees. What, precisely, is wrong with charging higher fees for delinquent account holders, or people with no or bad credit history? What, precisely, is wrong is using the imbalance to reward your 'good' customers with low rates? Because that's how it was done before the 'regulators' saved us. Now everything sucks. Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:33:05 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/driehl/2011/11/04/media-matters-jumps-on-pelosi-video-falls-flat-on-face/#IDComment216878052 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/02/morning-call-sheet-malick-news-and-reviews-american-reunion-trailer-and-my-shining-heresy/#IDComment215930933 Umm ... okay? And my local high school production of 'Hamlet' puts that hack Olivier to shame. At his best, Kubrick didn't make movie versions of books. He made movies that were their own entity. Kubrick's 'The Shining' is its own entity. Certainly it has some flaws (the acting does feel a bit wooden and stagey at times precisely because they went through each scene over and over) but its best parts are better than just about any other horror movie. That scene on the stairs alone is so well-done ("Gimme the bat! Gimme the bat!"). Steven 'Wings' Weber and TV-movie quality simply cannot hold a candle to that. But I have a friend who honestly thinks the Star Wars prequels are good. So there's no accounting for taste. Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:23:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/11/02/morning-call-sheet-malick-news-and-reviews-american-reunion-trailer-and-my-shining-heresy/#IDComment215930933