OK, I am a twit. I said "Gareth" but my comments were directed at Jett. Duh.

Jett, here's the stuff I meant for you, reposted for your convenience: I'm hereby staging an intervention: if you don't like a film, give a BAD REVIEW of it! Please! Give your reasons and live your life a free man!

For at least two straight podcasts you've been recoiling over whatever was so upsetting to people in your review of Zombieland.

Be honest. Give reasons. Be fair. If people can't handle what comes out of that, then THEY have a problem.

I say this as a caring person and as a paid subscriber (so you have to heed my words).

;-)

Seriously. If people want boosterism and happy-talk about movies, there's no shortage of that. TFT should aim higher than that.

Thanks!

Note to self: Jett is the American-sounding one. Gareth is the Irish-sounding one. Repeat.

Cheers for the thoughts Dale - if you go back and listen to the Bucket of Urine mea culpa episode you'll notice that i lament my tone - but not my opinion - re: 'Be Honest' = always - cause as you say there's plenty of 'happy-talk' about movies where reviewers/viewers of pics treat their picked films as sports team - and therefore have to defend whether the film is dire or not.

+ who should be flattered, Gareth or I that you got us mixed up? ;)

Gareth, I'm hereby staging an intervention: if you don't like a film, give a BAD REVIEW of it! Please! Give your reasons and live your life a free man!

For at least two straight podcasts you've been recoiling over whatever was so upsetting to people in your review of Zombieland.

Be honest. Give reasons. Be fair. If people can't handle what comes out of that, then THEY have a problem.

I say this as a caring person and as a paid subscriber (so you have to heed my words).

;-)

Seriously. If people want boosterism and happy-talk about movies, there's no shortage of that. TFT should aim higher than that.

Thanks!

I'm confused, Dale - I'm grateful for your desire that I be a free man - I'll take all the anti-repressants (sic) I can get; but I'm not sure what you mean. I loved Zombieland and believe I said so; I really liked 'Where the Wild Things Are' and said so too - If you're suggesting that I didn't actually like them and pretended that I did because I'm afraid to give bad reviews, I'm afraid that is also a misdiagnosis. What I do think about negative criticism is that it serves nothing good to personalise the review, and I'm not remotely interested in snark for its own sake, but I'm not reluctant to give bad reviews to films I didn't like. Trust me, just wait til you hear what I thought of 'Amelia', reviewed on the next episode.

Actually, when Gareth dislikes a movie, it becomes a 10 minute soliloquy on the fall of mankind and the end of cinema as we know it. If you don't believe me, go back and listen to the Transformers 2 episode. Holy crapbutt, it was amazing!

By the way, Professor Dr. Higgins, when are you going to attach a picture to that moniker of yours?

Ah, The_Baron, what you don't realise is I use that avatar to represent the deadened soul of the culture of head shots, disaster capitalism, and the rise of the machines.

Sort of like "The Son of Man" except with a critic instead of an unknown businessman?

I'm just glad I'm a paid up member - Telford's warehouse in Chester where Juan is playing is only 30mins away!!

I think you may just have to attend...

This was only my third episode of yours I listened to, but I think I can already say it would be my favorite of the whole lot. Juan was great! The polar bear was strange, but then it hits you that he thinks Jett Loe is Jet Li. Nunchucks?

Instant classic.

Next week on 'Rattle the Cup & Pass the Bucket', Juan Pablo reviews 'Men who Stare at Goats' and 'Pirate Radio'.

Oh my god, I want to comment on the Juan Pablo interview, but I can't see through the tears (good, bad, or made of urine, it's up to you to decide :P). But, seriously, great episode. I laughed, I cried, and the rest of the show besides the guest reviewer was pretty good too.

Juan seems to understand that threats of violence are really what the show needs to gain more support - Gareth is way too passive, and Jett seems to have been hiding his nun-chuck skills for some reason.

I am glad I am already a supporter, but I will be removing myself from the phonebook, just in case.

I had heard rumors of a re-shoot with regards to Where The Wild Things Are, so I've been hesitant to go see it, though I am generally a fan of Spike Jonze.

Awesome. I vote for regular appearances from Juan Pablo :)

Great show guys!

Awesome show as usual guys! That interview with Pablo was one of the funniest things I've heard in a podcast in months. By the way, Jett, you can easily decode you DVD player if you want to play films from other countries. It doesn't involve modifying hardware or anything like that; rather it's just a matter of pushing a combination of buttons on your remote. Here's a site with instructions: http://www.dvdexploder.com/. And Gareth, if you enjoyed Mary and Max, you should definantly check out Harvey Krumpet.