question of the day: Is “Like our Facebook page” the new “Visit the official movie site”?
Does it even matter if official movie sites go away? Who actually used them, anyway?
talk amongst yourselves
question of the weekend: Is the Olympics relevant anymore?
If it isn’t, is there any possibility that the tradition of the modern Games would end, and if so, what might make that happen?
question of the day: Will you watch the Olympics opening ceremony?
If so, what do you expect to see? Will you watch out of genuine interest, or in a roadside-accident-rubbernecking sort of way? (I confess that this is mostly my motivation for watching.)
question of the day: Why are we debating the violence that fills movies when we should be debating their despair?
I am not suggesting that we should ban or censor movies full of despair! I’m suggesting that these despairing movies are doing too good a job of reflecting our society, and it’s our society we should be concerned with, not the messengers who deliver this news.
question of the day: What films offer the best life lessons to little kids?
And what lessons do your choices teach?
question of the day: What visual motif or imagery must you always look away from onscreen?
Blood? Corpses? Bugs? Bones? Guts? Guns? Maybe it’s something other people don’t find particularly disgusting or unwatchable…
question of the day: Would it be a good idea for Christian Bale to visit young Aurora shooting victims dressed as Batman?
I’m not sure I can think of a worse idea than this. I can well imagine being retraumatized by seeing a big guy in black body armor and a mask coming at you, no matter who is wearing it…
question of the weekend: What’s the trashiest book you’ve ever read?
Feel free to define trashy however you want.
question of the day: What phrases or expressions do you wish critics — including me! — did not use in our reviews?
No one presumes that film critics are above criticism ourselves, and I’m sure there are things that critics do that bug even our biggest fans. So here’s your chance to sound off…
question of the day: Is Hollywood afraid of fanboys?
I don’t think we need to worry that Hollywood will stop pandering to fanboys, but how might its approach change when it fears their wrath?
