omg are you serious?
Citizen Kane is the probably the best movie of all time
omg why are you all such morons?
My entire skins started to vomit after reading some of your review
I had to stop in order for myself to survive
I hate you and your family and anyones that even been in contact with you. Which probably includes me now but its worth it.

someonewhounderstandsgoodmovies on REVIEW: Citizen Kane…which sucked, by the way

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It has been a bit on the slower the side the past week or so, but there have still been some great comments from our always excellent readers. A smattering of them are below. Note that the first two are simply selections (the actual comments are quite long) and worth reading in their entirety.

Interesting, wide-ranging discussion, but it’s cheapened severely by your subsequent proclamation that SIN CITY is “the best noir ever made.”

That’s just silly. It’s not even that great a film, never mind a great film noir. And I’m not even convinced it’s actually noir. Mostly it’s a bunch of expensive, visually stunning trickery using a series of noir (or noirish) tropes and peep show shots aimed at horny adolescents — an emotionally and narratively shallow exercise at best, lacking the dark existential angst that lies at the heart of all the best noir films.

Kevin Burton Smith on Rain, Guns & Cigarettes – Noir’s Past and Present

“Sin City.” My word, what an experience that was. To actually see the pages of a comic filmed for the first time was a real kick. Is it noir? Sure. Is it great noir? Mebbeso. Was it at the time the best film adaptation of a literary work ever filmed? Absolutely and it still is to this day. I am going to state my reasons but first want to point out that Marv is a buddy of mine and I cry every time I watch or read the ending to his story. Marv is the, without a doubt, the greatest anti-hero ever conceived. His demise is both a relief and a heartbreak that brings a tear to the eye while the mind says “I’ll sleep better at night from now on.”

“Sin City” is the perfect film adaptation of Fran Miller’s graphic novel. Here are the two best reasons why:

1. Every single word that Miller wrote is the script.
2. The film contains every single panel that Miller drew.

Maurice on Rain, Guns & Cigarettes – Noir’s Past and Present

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It’s that time again where we feature the most informative and entertaining comments of the week. The first one is a bit of a doozy, and I even truncated it some, but it’s just so dang good that you owe it to yourself to read the entire thing. As always, our readership is 100% solid gold bling-bling.
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It’s time to once again salute you, the wonderful readers of MovieZeal and your colorful opinions. It’s a pleasure to troll through our comment logs and see just how intelligent, thoughtful, and humorous all of you are (I realize the picture above somewhat contradicts that last statement, but I just thought it was funny. Don’t go reading into it too much). Go ahead, get yourself that tall glass of ice-cold pink lemonade. You deserve it,
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We’re debuting a new feature this week (what with all the ‘new’ things of late – new retrospectives, new writers, etc. – I hope y’all don’t burn out on us) where we highlight the eloquence, brilliance, and wit of you, our loyal readers and commenters. Quite frankly, you guys rock, and the site would not function without all of you tossing your opinions into the mix. Seriously. We would likely just give up if we thought no one cared.

So each week we’re going to feature some of the best, brightest, funniest, and oddest comments that you guys have left on the pages of MovieZeal. I fully realize that no one can read everything that pops up here, so hopefully this will give many of you a chance to see some of the highlights you may have missed.

So without further ado…
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