Josh Tate

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• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  Please, let it never be said that I don't love a well-made blockbuster. Star Trek blows the doors off of Transformers in terms of genuine thrills and tension. Hell, even Wolverine and Terminator 4 had more of a vicarious punch...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Paper Heart</em>
  I've never seen her shows, but during the Q&A they did mention how different her persona is in this film relative to the comedy and music stuff she does. In the film, everything is very underplayed (Cera, of course, is...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  Uh, LiskaB, that was sort of the fucking point. Cretinous material like Revenge of the Fallen deserves EXACTLY that kind of treatment. And, for the record, I wasn't inventing those things out of whole cloth. Those things I said are...
• Commented on Review: The Cove
  This was my favorite film from this year's Sundance Film Festival. It's really amazing, particularly the ILM stuff and the secret break-in to the actual cove using ex-Special Forces guys and world-class free-divers. I highly recommend everyone see this movie...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  I think that's a false choice, though. I love popcorn blockbusters that are good. For instance, the new Star Trek is an excellent movie. It was as broad and commercially-directed as Revenge of the Fallen. The problem with Revenge of...
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• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  The action is not spectacular. The storyline is not incredible. The movie is not enjoyable. One last thing...it's funny that you say you edited for typos because the word is "you're". It's a contraction of "you are". "Your" is a...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  Oh yeah, Bay loves his stereotypes! As if you needed another reason not to reward this garbage with your money. I would say that the "Twins" were a low-point in the movie, but that would imply there were high-points....
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  I would recommend buying a ticket for a different movie and then sneaking into Transformers...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  You will be disappointed. I like action fluff. I liked an otherwise ordinary movie like Wolverine. This movie does not rise to that admittedly low level....
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  Obviously I didn't expect it to be good. I would have been thrilled with a Terminator: Salvation level of shitty-ness. Think about that for a second: Terminator: Salvation is a much, much, much better movie than Transformers: Revenge of the...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  Tuttle-- I would replace "a long, long, long time" with "forever"....
• Commented on DVD Tuesday: <em>Waltz with Bashir</em>
  Agreed. It's marvelous. How did it not win the Oscar for best Foreign Film? I thought Departures was very good (as was The Baader Meinhof Complex), but Waltz with Bashir was clearly the superior film, both in form and invention....
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</em>
  Reverto -- For virtually any other movie, I would be in 100% agreement with you. With respect to this film, however, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take the Fascist viewpoint and ruin everyone's fun....
• Commented on Box Office Review: A Surprise <em>Proposal!</em>
  Damn! "Immodest Proposal" would have been a better headline!...
• Commented on Box Office Review: A Surprise <em>Proposal!</em>
  Lizriz -- My admittedly cynical response to your comments is that, more often than not, a film's success has less to do with the quality of the film and more to do with the success of the marketing. Good movies...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Passenger Side</em>
  Also -- to all those who enjoyed Passenger Side -- I highly recommend going to see Humpday tomorrow at 4:45 at the Landmark. It's made in a similar vein to Passenger Side (e.g. cheap indie, actors mostly just talking, mumblecore-ish),...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Passenger Side</em>
  Oh, I agree with you about the phone. I just find it a very unimaginative to get the audience on edge. There are all sorts of ways to affect an audience. I prefer a cinematic solution to something as banal...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>It Might Get Loud</em>
  Jimmy Fucking Page indeed! (that was actually my Facebook status after seeing this movie -- "I just saw Jimmy Fucking Page!")...
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>Passenger Side</em>
  Filmcritic1105 -- What can I say? I really wanted to like this movie. I walked into it expecting to like it. It just never felt genuine to me which is a killer in a film like this. It's almost entirely...
• Favorited LAFF Review: <em>It Might Get Loud</em> on LAist
• Commented on LAFF Review: <em>It Might Get Loud</em>
  Boo! Cynic!...
• Favorited Movie Review: <em>Whatever Works</em> on LAist
• Commented on The Los Angeles Film Festival - The Big Preview
  Agreed. The first Muppet Movie is great. You can get the Kermit 50th Anniversary edition for $13.50 at Amazon....
• Commented on The Los Angeles Film Festival - The Big Preview
  I may see you there. I missed that one at Sundance. That guy looks like a total badass....
• Commented on Screening Alert: <em>Food, Inc.</em>
  Eh. It's close enough. :)...
• Commented on Lakers-Magic Match Up Is a Puzzling One
  Magic in 2....
• Commented on DVD Tuesday: <em>He Just Wants to Have Sex with You</em>
  zing?...
• Commented on Movie Review: <em>Up</em>
  Was it Armond White? He's a legendary contrarian....
• Commented on Movie Review: <em>Up</em>
  I'm often wary about raising expectations in others, but I can't imagine anyone not loving Up. I think you'll find it even better than you expect....