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 +3Posted on Sep 27th, 2011 | re: Disney World Dance-y Marriage Proposal Is I GUESS Not That Bad (54 comments)

I don’t get it, you guys. Public proposals are great! Love! Marriage!

Put it on the record: one vote PRO public marriage proposals.

This show is really really terrible and I just cannot stop watching it ever.

 +1Posted on Feb 3rd, 2011 | re: Bridesmaids Trailer, You Guys (82 comments)

I wake up early every Groundhog’s Day to watch this movie. it is the best. I learned to love it because my Dad loves it, but somehow none of my friends or co-workers have ever really heard of it.

Anyway, it made me so happy to see this is all.

 +13Posted on Jan 29th, 2011 | re: Monsters' Ball: The Week's Best Comments (144 comments)

We should all go spend some time at Stereogum and realize how fortunate we really are.

 +2Posted on Jan 26th, 2011 | re: Best New Party Game 45: Warmer Movies (179 comments)

The King’s Slanket

 +16Posted on Jan 26th, 2011 | re: That's Your Picnic: Albanian Picnic (69 comments)

Did anyone else watch the whole thing just to make sure no one died?

 +6Posted on Jan 25th, 2011 | re: Why We Need A Christian Dictator (123 comments)

I watched a few more of this guy’s videos and they are INCREDIBLE. Like, they’re too ridiculous to even be upset about. I just want to kiss his mouth for being so silly.

 +3Posted on Dec 9th, 2010 | re: You Can Make It Up: John Waters And Justin Bieber Play Air Hockey (62 comments)

Okay, since you made a Community-Oriented comment, maybe this is the place to say this:

I used to comment semi-frequently a while back. But when the site updated and integrated Facebook’s services, I couldn’t be simultaneously logged into VGum AND Facebook. If I had used Facebook recently, I would be logged off of Videogum, and logging onto Videogum automatically logged me OUT of Facebook. I got tired of logging in and out all day, and eventually just let my participation peter off.

But I like the comment threads here. They’re funny! I want to be part of the funny threads! Is there a way to stay logged into both Videogum and Facebook accounts?

 +35Posted on Dec 8th, 2010 | re: Let's Fix Another Movie Poster For Mel Gibson's The Beaver (79 comments)
 +10Posted on Nov 8th, 2010 | re: The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: A History Of Violence (236 comments)

So, I was one of the people who nominated the movie! It’s honestly one of the worst movie-viewing experiences I can remember. Sorry!

In the same way that Gabe is sort of flaberghasted that anyone would reccomend this movie for the Hunt, I’ve always struggled to understand why people love it so much.

Tonally, the whole thing is very confusing to me. Actually, Glee is kind of a weirdly similar example. (I do loves me some Glee, though!) I can never tell how closely the writers on Glee intend their world to fit our own, and the ways in which it diverges aren’t always consistent.

This is something that REALLY bugs me about that show, and I think it was true of AHOV for me, too. The mix of the not-quite-realistic (but deadly serious nevertheless) small town with the absurd premise and characters just… feels like a WEIRD cocktail to me.

And… I guess I’m just not sure what the movie is even trying to SAY about violence. The characters are all so polarly drawn, that there’s never any ambiguity to the violence on screen, as far as I remember. Good guys brutally kill really bad guys. Is the message that violence exists in some form everywhere in our society, and everyone has a capacity for it? That’s not particularly interesting!

In any case, I saw the movie 5 years ago. So maybe I don’t really know what I’m talking about. Anyway, “Boo!” A History of Violence! Thanks for giving it a fair shot, anyway, Gabe.