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Damn, I should have thought of that one! I don't like having jokes I should have said being stolen from me...

Didn't you notice his name? He's biased!

Rottentomatoes can be very misleading and the percentage thing tends to hurt more divisive movies, that get very high and very low grades. A movie can get mostly average reviews and still have a very high tomatometer. And also movies get reviewed in relation to what preceded them, that's why lackluster (IMH) blockbusters like Star Trek and Avengers get such high ratings.

Um, does your uncle have any plans on Friday night?

Moving away from the typical, dull, boring garbage the usual suspects engage in. Jim Emerson has done a really neat analysis of The Dark Knight's action set piece. You can watch it here, it touches on some of what I talked about, and misses out on plenty more errors and opportunities to criticize but for those who don't generally go into movies thinking about scenes like this it might really get you into that mindset. http://vimeo.com/28792404 After you watch that, be sure to watch his analysis of Salt's set piece, so you can see how an at least functionally well done action sequence compares. I think it's really important that you see the comparison to really appreciate the difference. http://vimeo.com/28957441 In the Salt one he briefly touches on one of my biggest complaints with Nolan, which is logically *layering* and composing shots to help convey meaning and location. This is why I say Nolan is a 2D linear thinker. Finally, if you're still interested and want to continue learning how to look at the scenes analytically here's another one, again use it to compare with Nolan's truck chase. http://vimeo.com/29129274 And if at the end of all that you're still interested check out Emerson's companion writing for the videos, which provide some interesting nuggets of analysis: http://blogs.indiewi...ristopher_Nolan http://blogs.indiewi..._Phillip_Noyce_ http://blogs.suntime...bullitt_th.html Again, there's so much more he could go into, but I think he does a good job of explaining some of the important stuff. To quote a YouTube commenter on The Dark Knight analysis:

Play nice Lee.

I really like the release. Im really happy to have "The Ultimate War" in full now. It's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right, because winning two Oscars prior doesn't make you a superstar. :yes: :yes: :yes: Just ask Gustavo Santaolalla.

I've said many times, and been argued against, but TOD sits at the top or near the top of the most perfectly shot/photographed SS films. It's unmatched by anything Janus Kaminski has shot IMHO(and I do appreciate SL, and WH greatly). Slocumbe gave Steven cinematography of the highest quality.