benoit vanasse

@JanuaryMovie @rachel_reviews Catcher was once controversial for its profanity, sexuality, and rebellion. Now it's controversial for its suicide-adjacent material, emotional distress, and portrayal of alienation without resolution.

@rachel_reviews I think it used to be very popular in high school but (teacher talking) people are getting away from it. Schools are shying away from books that deal with mental illness.

doesn't everyone read this in high school?

@BrambleJim @ATRightMovies

@ATRightMovies So many. I’ll start with demolition man

@Fcsnva @stonegasman In his whole career, Steven and I have rarely seen eye to eye on his accomplishments; fortunately for him, I am in the minority. However, I do appreciate his technical mastery over the medium.

@vanasbj @stonegasman I actually liked both of them, especially Tintin.

#MayRankingChallenge2026 @stonegasman May 24: The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Technically clever, emotionally distant. & War Horse (2011) Earnest to a fault, emotionally prepackaged.

@JanuaryMovie @ithrah69 @VaderJaws @WiseguySix @ihateclaims @fredforthemets that's a nice pick!

curiosity leading to chaos #Bales2026FilmChallenge Stir of Echoes @ithrah69 @VaderJaws @WiseguySix @ihateclaims @fredforthemets

#MayRankingChallenge2026 @stonegasman May 25: Lincoln (2012) top ten Spielberg for me, process over pagentry

#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge — May @midgetmoxie May 26 Apology scene The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): Boromir's (Sean Bean) dying apology to Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) for trying to take the One Ring is a heartbreaking moment of redemption.

#MayMovieChallenge @omacolt May 26 John Wayne The Searchers (1956) Ford is interrogating heroism, racism and obsession

#Bales2026FilmChallenge @ironicteachings May 26 Surprised You liked it The Aura (2005) Epileptic taxidermist dreams of the perfect crime and stumbles onto it. Part Mamet, part Antonioni, all great.

#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge — May @midgetmoxie May 25 Geek character Pi (1998) A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

#MayMovieChallenge @omacolt May 25 Missing person notice The Vanishing (1988, dir. George Sluizer) A man searches obsessively for his girlfriend after she vanishes at a rest stop. The ending is unforgettable and horrifying.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge @ironicteachings May 25 Truly Unexpected Hero Harold and Maude (1971): An unlikely protagonist finds meaning.

#MayRankingChallenge2026 @stonegasman May 23: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) All I see is self-parody, bottom tier for me

#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge — May @midgetmoxie May 24 John C. Reilly We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Reilly against type, chilling

#MayMovieChallenge @omacolt May 24 Brooklyn Bridge Once Upon a Time in America (1984) A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge @ironicteachings May 24 Curiosity Leading to Chaos Blow-up (1966) Obsession with truth spirals out of control.

#MayRankingChallenge2026 @stonegasman May 22: Munich (2005) Ambiguous, adult, ethically unresolved. Spielberg refusing comfort is top-tier Spielberg for me

#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge — May @midgetmoxie May 23 Turtle scene Cool Hand Luke (1967) A guard shoots a snapping turtle, and Paul Newman brings it back for dinner.

#MayMovieChallenge @omacolt May 23 Male & female outlaws Natural Born Killers (1994) a road movie about two victims of traumatized childhoods who become lovers and serial murderers, irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

#Bales2026FilmChallenge @ironicteachings May 23 Feels Like Flying The Red Shoes (1948) Movement and emotion achieve weightlessness.