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      <title>Film:As Good As It Gets</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> As Good As It Gets<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1997<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> James L. Brooks<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> James L. Brooks (<a href=/films/34475/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Terms of Endearment</a>,  <a href=/films/4501/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Broadcast News</a>) directed this $50 million-plus romantic comedy, set in Manhattan. Dysfunctional, acid-tongued romance novelist Melvin Udall (<a href="/players/P___104455/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jack Nicholson</a>), who suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, takes pride in his ability to offend. At a nearby cafe, the only waitress willing to stand up to his sarcastic tirades is Carol Connelly (<a href="/players/P____33968/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Helen Hunt</a>), a single mother struggling to raise her chronically asthmatic son. In Melvin's West Village apartment building, talented contemporary artist Simon Nye (<a href="/players/P___200274/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Greg Kinnear</a>) lives across the hall from Melvin. Simon is the current darling of the New York art world, reason enough to draw Melvin's verbal fire, but Simon's gay lifestyle is further grist for the novelist's malicious mill. These three New Yorkers, none of whom appears to have a chance in hell at finding true happiness, discover their fates intertwined because of the fourth complicated character in the piece, Verdell, a tiny Brussels Griffon dog (played by newcomer Jill, after a 15-week training program). Melvin seems to have no friends or family, and he lives alone, working on his 62nd book. 

When Simon goes into the hospital after a brutal mugging, Melvin has to take care of Verdell, and the dog actually warms Melvin's cold heart -- to the degree that he sets up unsolicited medical care for Carol's son. Eventually, Melvin is cornered into driving Simon and Carol to Baltimore, and during a hotel stopover, Melvin confesses to Carol, "You make me want to be a better man." The trip becomes an odyssey of self-realization for all three. Locations included Brooklyn's Prospect Park (Carol's neighborhood) and Greenwich Village (where Melvin's building is on 12th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). Other exteriors were shot in downtown Los Angeles, where a dilapidated transient hotel at the corner of 4th Street and Main was transformed into the chic cafe where Carol works. Sets for the Simon/Melvin apartment interiors were erected on a soundstage at the Sony Pictures lot. Simon's paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan, whose work is part of the modern art collection at NYC's Metropolitian Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 108<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 72<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 3<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 6<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:57:02 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>As Good As It Gets</spout:Title><spout:Year>1997</spout:Year><spout:Director>James L. Brooks</spout:Director><spout:Plot>James L. Brooks (&lt;a href=/films/34475/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Terms of Endearment&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=/films/4501/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Broadcast News&lt;/a&gt;) directed this $50 million-plus romantic comedy, set in Manhattan. Dysfunctional, acid-tongued romance novelist Melvin Udall (&lt;a href="/players/P___104455/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jack Nicholson&lt;/a&gt;), who suffers from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, takes pride in his ability to offend. At a nearby cafe, the only waitress willing to stand up to his sarcastic tirades is Carol Connelly (&lt;a href="/players/P____33968/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Helen Hunt&lt;/a&gt;), a single mother struggling to raise her chronically asthmatic son. In Melvin's West Village apartment building, talented contemporary artist Simon Nye (&lt;a href="/players/P___200274/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Greg Kinnear&lt;/a&gt;) lives across the hall from Melvin. Simon is the current darling of the New York art world, reason enough to draw Melvin's verbal fire, but Simon's gay lifestyle is further grist for the novelist's malicious mill. These three New Yorkers, none of whom appears to have a chance in hell at finding true happiness, discover their fates intertwined because of the fourth complicated character in the piece, Verdell, a tiny Brussels Griffon dog (played by newcomer Jill, after a 15-week training program). Melvin seems to have no friends or family, and he lives alone, working on his 62nd book. 

When Simon goes into the hospital after a brutal mugging, Melvin has to take care of Verdell, and the dog actually warms Melvin's cold heart -- to the degree that he sets up unsolicited medical care for Carol's son. Eventually, Melvin is cornered into driving Simon and Carol to Baltimore, and during a hotel stopover, Melvin confesses to Carol, "You make me want to be a better man." The trip becomes an odyssey of self-realization for all three. Locations included Brooklyn's Prospect Park (Carol's neighborhood) and Greenwich Village (where Melvin's building is on 12th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). Other exteriors were shot in downtown Los Angeles, where a dilapidated transient hotel at the corner of 4th Street and Main was transformed into the chic cafe where Carol works. Sets for the Simon/Melvin apartment interiors were erected on a soundstage at the Sony Pictures lot. Simon's paintings were created for the film by New York artist Billy Sullivan, whose work is part of the modern art collection at NYC's Metropolitian Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>108</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>72</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>3</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>6</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/As_Good_As_It_Gets/114670/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for January 19: Neighborhood Watch</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_January_19_Neighborhood_Watch/625/39691/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5711/default.aspx'>Dr_Gor</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/20/2009 12:36:40 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="mercurial"] Nowadays, the American Dream is tough. Finding a decent paying job. Looking for love. Buying a house. Mowing your lawn. And just when you think you've got it, some jerk has to move into your perfect little neighborhood and ruin it all. You know who I'm talking about. The pyscho mass murderers, the pedophiles, or worse, one of those weird French guys with their creepy accent and stupid looking berets. Whether you're looking out for the safety of your kids (like Sarah Pierce and Brad Adamson in Little Children), suffering from OCD (like Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets), or just plain racist and homophobic (like Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino and Col. Frank Fitts in American Beauty), there is always some reason to take an overactive interest in your neighbors and plot to drive them out of their homes (or kill them). So with that said, what are your favorite Neighborhood Watch films? [/quote]     Just because you are paranoid does not mean that they are not out to get you!   Try watching  The Marathon Man  one more time and you might get it...   The Neighbors is a good example of this kind of movie...<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:36:40 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Dr_Gor</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/20/2009 12:36:40 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="mercurial"] Nowadays, the American Dream is tough. Finding a decent paying job. Looking for love. Buying a house. Mowing your lawn. And just when you think you've got it, some jerk has to move into your perfect little neighborhood and ruin it all. You know who I'm talking about. The pyscho mass murderers, the pedophiles, or worse, one of those weird French guys with their creepy accent and stupid looking berets. Whether you're looking out for the safety of your kids (like Sarah Pierce and Brad Adamson in Little Children), suffering from OCD (like Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets), or just plain racist and homophobic (like Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino and Col. Frank Fitts in American Beauty), there is always some reason to take an overactive interest in your neighbors and plot to drive them out of their homes (or kill them). So with that said, what are your favorite Neighborhood Watch films? [/quote]     Just because you are paranoid does not mean that they are not out to get you!   Try watching  The Marathon Man  one more time and you might get it...   The Neighbors is a good example of this kind of movie...</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for January 19: Neighborhood Watch</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_January_19_Neighborhood_Watch/625/39687/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/19/2009 9:26:53 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="mercurial"] Nowadays, the American Dream is tough. Finding a decent paying job. Looking for love. Buying a house. Mowing your lawn. And just when you think you've got it, some jerk has to move into your perfect little neighborhood and ruin it all. You know who I'm talking about. The pyscho mass murderers, the pedophiles, or worse, one of those weird French guys with their creepy accent and stupid looking berets. Whether you're looking out for the safety of your kids (like Sarah Pierce and Brad Adamson in Little Children), suffering from OCD (like Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets), or just plain racist and homophobic (like Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino and Col. Frank Fitts in American Beauty), there is always some reason to take an overactive interest in your neighbors and plot to drive them out of their homes (or kill them). So with that said, what are your favorite Neighborhood Watch films? [/quote] Now this is a kick-ass theme.How could anyone forget Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window. I just bought Brian DePalma's Sisters to add to my Criterion Collection umm collection. Anyways it too is about a reporter who witness a murder in a window across the street. Than it just gets more twisted from there. And for some reason, I'm reminded of the neighborhood community feel of Stir of Echos. Kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:26:53 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/19/2009 9:26:53 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="mercurial"] Nowadays, the American Dream is tough. Finding a decent paying job. Looking for love. Buying a house. Mowing your lawn. And just when you think you've got it, some jerk has to move into your perfect little neighborhood and ruin it all. You know who I'm talking about. The pyscho mass murderers, the pedophiles, or worse, one of those weird French guys with their creepy accent and stupid looking berets. Whether you're looking out for the safety of your kids (like Sarah Pierce and Brad Adamson in Little Children), suffering from OCD (like Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets), or just plain racist and homophobic (like Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino and Col. Frank Fitts in American Beauty), there is always some reason to take an overactive interest in your neighbors and plot to drive them out of their homes (or kill them). So with that said, what are your favorite Neighborhood Watch films? [/quote] Now this is a kick-ass theme.How could anyone forget Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window. I just bought Brian DePalma's Sisters to add to my Criterion Collection umm collection. Anyways it too is about a reporter who witness a murder in a window across the street. Than it just gets more twisted from there. And for some reason, I'm reminded of the neighborhood community feel of Stir of Echos. Kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Weekly Theme for January 19: Neighborhood Watch</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Weekly_Theme_for_January_19_Neighborhood_Watch/625/39682/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/19/2009 8:37:32 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Nowadays, the American Dream is tough. Finding a decent paying job. Looking for love. Buying a house. Mowing your lawn. And just when you think you've got it, some jerk has to move into your perfect little neighborhood and ruin it all. You know who I'm talking about. The pyscho mass murderers, the pedophiles, or worse, one of those weird French guys with their creepy accent and stupid looking berets. Whether you're looking out for the safety of your kids (like Sarah Pierce and Brad Adamson in Little Children), suffering from OCD (like Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets), or just plain racist and homophobic (like Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino and Col. Frank Fitts in American Beauty), there is always some reason to take an overactive interest in your neighbors and plot to drive them out of their homes (or kill them). So with that said, what are your favorite Neighborhood Watch films?<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:37:32 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/19/2009 8:37:32 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Nowadays, the American Dream is tough. Finding a decent paying job. Looking for love. Buying a house. Mowing your lawn. And just when you think you've got it, some jerk has to move into your perfect little neighborhood and ruin it all. You know who I'm talking about. The pyscho mass murderers, the pedophiles, or worse, one of those weird French guys with their creepy accent and stupid looking berets. Whether you're looking out for the safety of your kids (like Sarah Pierce and Brad Adamson in Little Children), suffering from OCD (like Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets), or just plain racist and homophobic (like Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino and Col. Frank Fitts in American Beauty), there is always some reason to take an overactive interest in your neighbors and plot to drive them out of their homes (or kill them). So with that said, what are your favorite Neighborhood Watch films?</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 5 Lovable Movie Racists</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/12/18/38568.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/18/2008 5:00:50 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Don’t you just hate when the movies make you care about a bigot? Sure, racists are technically humans, but that doesn’t mean we need to sympathize with them, right? No matter how great the film, it should be very difficult to accept the softening of intolerant people.
Yet the lovable racist is not uncommon in cinema. In fact, out in theaters right now are two films dealing with this type of character. The Reader presents a cold Concentration Camp guard (Kate Winslet) for whom we’re meant to shed a tear, and Gran Torino focuses on a War Veteran stereotype (Clint Eastwood) who may evoke from the audience as much amusement as disgust.
Maybe it’s like picking a scab, watching these kinds of movies. Some great films, such as Downfall, may only welcome an understanding of someone so heinous as Adolph Hitler, but other films have allowed us to totally enjoy racist protagonists of lesser offense. Check out the following examples to see some of the many intolerant heroes we’ve easily tolerated.

Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in The Searchers (1956)
Compared to many classic westerns, John Ford’s The Searchers is not necessarily racist towards Native Americans. Yet it does feature one of the most unapologetically racist characters in film history, one who influenced many subsequent intolerants like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver and Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones. Ethan is such a badass bigot that he’d even kill his own niece for mating with a Commanche. Despite all his racism, though, audiences can’t help but like Ethan throughout much of The Searchers, because although Ford clearly looks down upon his hatred, the film also treats the character as a heroic man of his time. It’s a love him and hate him at the same time sort of thing.
Pino (John Turturro) in Do the Right Thing (1989)
In a way, almost everyone in Spike Lee’s classic is at least a little bit racist, evident in the famous slur montage. But it’s Pino who is the most ignorant, calling black people “the N word” on a regular basis. Yet we may forgive him, just as Mookie (Lee) does, because his bigotry is brought about through a combo of stupidity and culture. After all, if he’s a fan of Magic Johnson and Eddie Murphy, he can’t be a true racist. Right?
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) in As Good as It Gets (1997)
He’s portrayed as mostly hateful towards gays and women, but Melvin is also plenty racist. He tells Frank (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to “think white” and earlier, when yelling for police, he shouts, “Assault and battery! And you’re black!” But who can resist Jack? He may be a total bigot, but it’s okay, because he’s got OCD and he’s ultimately good to a sick little boy and his mother (Helen Hunt). He even reluctantly bonds with the gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear). What’s not to love about this Oscar-winning character?
Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Whether you’re Rob Corddry in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay or Billy Bob Thornton in any number of films, it’s okay to be a bigot if you’re hilariously extreme in your intolerance. Sacha Baron Cohen takes the cake with his Borat character, though, when it comes to loveable racists. Hey, it’s satire! He holds up a mirror to explore our own racism, displayed best in a pre-film scene from Da Ali G Show, in which an audience of rednecks joins him in singing, “Throw the Jew Down the Well.” In the movie, he similarly gets applause at a rodeo for suggesting America kills all Iraqi men, women and children.
Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) in This Is England (2006)
He’s the most adorable little skinhead ever, so how can we stop loving Shaun when he ignorantly joins up with the Nationalist ex-con Combo (Stephen Graham)? Isn’t it cute when Shaun is being racist towards the Pakistani shopkeeper? It’s not like he’s the real bigot; that’s Combo. Shaun is just too young to understand at age 12 that losing his father to the Falkland War is not an excuse for racism. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:00:50 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/18/2008 5:00:50 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Don’t you just hate when the movies make you care about a bigot? Sure, racists are technically humans, but that doesn’t mean we need to sympathize with them, right? No matter how great the film, it should be very difficult to accept the softening of intolerant people.
Yet the lovable racist is not uncommon in cinema. In fact, out in theaters right now are two films dealing with this type of character. The Reader presents a cold Concentration Camp guard (Kate Winslet) for whom we’re meant to shed a tear, and Gran Torino focuses on a War Veteran stereotype (Clint Eastwood) who may evoke from the audience as much amusement as disgust.
Maybe it’s like picking a scab, watching these kinds of movies. Some great films, such as Downfall, may only welcome an understanding of someone so heinous as Adolph Hitler, but other films have allowed us to totally enjoy racist protagonists of lesser offense. Check out the following examples to see some of the many intolerant heroes we’ve easily tolerated.

Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in The Searchers (1956)
Compared to many classic westerns, John Ford’s The Searchers is not necessarily racist towards Native Americans. Yet it does feature one of the most unapologetically racist characters in film history, one who influenced many subsequent intolerants like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver and Anakin Skywalker in Attack of the Clones. Ethan is such a badass bigot that he’d even kill his own niece for mating with a Commanche. Despite all his racism, though, audiences can’t help but like Ethan throughout much of The Searchers, because although Ford clearly looks down upon his hatred, the film also treats the character as a heroic man of his time. It’s a love him and hate him at the same time sort of thing.
Pino (John Turturro) in Do the Right Thing (1989)
In a way, almost everyone in Spike Lee’s classic is at least a little bit racist, evident in the famous slur montage. But it’s Pino who is the most ignorant, calling black people “the N word” on a regular basis. Yet we may forgive him, just as Mookie (Lee) does, because his bigotry is brought about through a combo of stupidity and culture. After all, if he’s a fan of Magic Johnson and Eddie Murphy, he can’t be a true racist. Right?
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) in As Good as It Gets (1997)
He’s portrayed as mostly hateful towards gays and women, but Melvin is also plenty racist. He tells Frank (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to “think white” and earlier, when yelling for police, he shouts, “Assault and battery! And you’re black!” But who can resist Jack? He may be a total bigot, but it’s okay, because he’s got OCD and he’s ultimately good to a sick little boy and his mother (Helen Hunt). He even reluctantly bonds with the gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear). What’s not to love about this Oscar-winning character?
Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Whether you’re Rob Corddry in Harold &amp; Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay or Billy Bob Thornton in any number of films, it’s okay to be a bigot if you’re hilariously extreme in your intolerance. Sacha Baron Cohen takes the cake with his Borat character, though, when it comes to loveable racists. Hey, it’s satire! He holds up a mirror to explore our own racism, displayed best in a pre-film scene from Da Ali G Show, in which an audience of rednecks joins him in singing, “Throw the Jew Down the Well.” In the movie, he similarly gets applause at a rodeo for suggesting America kills all Iraqi men, women and children.
Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) in This Is England (2006)
He’s the most adorable little skinhead ever, so how can we stop loving Shaun when he ignorantly joins up with the Nationalist ex-con Combo (Stephen Graham)? Isn’t it cute when Shaun is being racist towards the Pakistani shopkeeper? It’s not like he’s the real bigot; that’s Combo. Shaun is just too young to understand at age 12 that losing his father to the Falkland War is not an excuse for racism. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Uwe Boll</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Re_Uwe_Boll/222/27270/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/222/discussions.aspx'>HORROR MOVIES 101</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/14/2008 4:19:03 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="TheWorkingDead"]/quote]...but it is STILL a Horror Movie and it is better than the best romantic comedy...  So where does that leave us...   I hate it because it is terrible and yet I still love it...[/quote] I have to say something here, because I seriously don&#39;t think it&#39;s fair to say Alone in the Dark is better than, say, It Happened One Night, or As Good As It Gets, or any Billy Wilder film. [/quote] To you though. Everything is relative. It&#39;s undoubtedly my education getting in the way but who&#39;s to say anything is better than something else. Gor loves his gore and that is awesome. Not to dissuade further discussion because I think it&#39;s fundamental to this site and everything, but blanket statements like that are rather inconsequential since everyone has their own independent thoughts about movies. Obviously As Good As It Gets is a pile of shit to some portion of the population compared to Alone In The Dark. It&#39;s completely unfair to question anything that says otherwise.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:19:03 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>HORROR MOVIES 101</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/14/2008 4:19:03 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="TheWorkingDead"]/quote]...but it is STILL a Horror Movie and it is better than the best romantic comedy...  So where does that leave us...   I hate it because it is terrible and yet I still love it...[/quote] I have to say something here, because I seriously don&amp;#39;t think it&amp;#39;s fair to say Alone in the Dark is better than, say, It Happened One Night, or As Good As It Gets, or any Billy Wilder film. [/quote] To you though. Everything is relative. It&amp;#39;s undoubtedly my education getting in the way but who&amp;#39;s to say anything is better than something else. Gor loves his gore and that is awesome. Not to dissuade further discussion because I think it&amp;#39;s fundamental to this site and everything, but blanket statements like that are rather inconsequential since everyone has their own independent thoughts about movies. Obviously As Good As It Gets is a pile of shit to some portion of the population compared to Alone In The Dark. It&amp;#39;s completely unfair to question anything that says otherwise.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Uwe Boll</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Re_Uwe_Boll/222/27269/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/68202/default.aspx'>TheWorkingDead</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/222/discussions.aspx'>HORROR MOVIES 101</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/14/2008 2:04:50 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> /quote]...but it is STILL a Horror Movie and it is better than the best romantic comedy...  So where does that leave us...   I hate it because it is terrible and yet I still love it...[/quote] I have to say something here, because I seriously don&#39;t think it&#39;s fair to say Alone in the Dark is better than, say, It Happened One Night, or As Good As It Gets, or any Billy Wilder film. <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:04:50 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>TheWorkingDead</spout:postby><spout:postto>HORROR MOVIES 101</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/14/2008 2:04:50 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>/quote]...but it is STILL a Horror Movie and it is better than the best romantic comedy...  So where does that leave us...   I hate it because it is terrible and yet I still love it...[/quote] I have to say something here, because I seriously don&amp;#39;t think it&amp;#39;s fair to say Alone in the Dark is better than, say, It Happened One Night, or As Good As It Gets, or any Billy Wilder film. </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: "Experts Are Neutral About It"</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/archive/2007/12/3/22521.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/98071/default.aspx'>JakeStevens</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/default.aspx'>JakeStevens Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/3/2007 7:58:06 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> What a load of crap that is. This movie sparked a newfound interest for me in Jack Nicholson and Greg Kinnear. Nicholson&#39;s Melvin Udall is as lovably loathsome as they get, Greg Kinnear is believably gay without reigning in a flamboyant performance, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. is fantastic as his lover and the catalyst for Nicholson and Kinnear&#39;s characters to unwillingly interact with one another. The script is filled with some of the most quotably funny lines from the &#39;90&#39;s, and the story is just plausible enough to make you feel warm and fuzzy in the warm and fuzzy parts. Only gripe: The friggin&#39; previews ruined one of the best lines in this film (&quot;You make me want to be a better man&quot;). It&#39;s the damned climax of the film!!! Hmph...trailer makers - who needs &#39;em? In any case, this FILM is as good as it gets.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:58:06 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JakeStevens</spout:postby><spout:postto>JakeStevens Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/3/2007 7:58:06 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>What a load of crap that is. This movie sparked a newfound interest for me in Jack Nicholson and Greg Kinnear. Nicholson&amp;#39;s Melvin Udall is as lovably loathsome as they get, Greg Kinnear is believably gay without reigning in a flamboyant performance, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. is fantastic as his lover and the catalyst for Nicholson and Kinnear&amp;#39;s characters to unwillingly interact with one another. The script is filled with some of the most quotably funny lines from the &amp;#39;90&amp;#39;s, and the story is just plausible enough to make you feel warm and fuzzy in the warm and fuzzy parts. Only gripe: The friggin&amp;#39; previews ruined one of the best lines in this film (&amp;quot;You make me want to be a better man&amp;quot;). It&amp;#39;s the damned climax of the film!!! Hmph...trailer makers - who needs &amp;#39;em? In any case, this FILM is as good as it gets.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Top 5 Opposites Attract Movies</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmspotting/Re_Top_5_Opposites_Attract_Movies/304/9920/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t54025qn8hk.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmspotting/304/discussions.aspx'>Filmspotting</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/1/2007 2:40:44 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I think As Good As It Gets goes in this direction in many different parts of this movie.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:40:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Filmspotting</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/1/2007 2:40:44 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I think As Good As It Gets goes in this direction in many different parts of this movie.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:love</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:comedy</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:romance</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Quirky</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:overrated</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:drama</title>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 525</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Crazy</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:cute</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:gay</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:dog</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:hotel</title>
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      <title>Spout Tag:lovetriangle</title>
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