Christmas with the Joker

tarantino: hey I'm like a marvel

spike lee: and I'm like a dc

tarantino: I cater to the fans

spike lee: I educate the fans on what they should like

tarantino: my movies are two-and-a-half hours long MAXIMUM.

spike lee: my movies are two-and-a-half hours long MINIMUM.

tarantino: x-men origins kind of smacks of my handiwork. I would have totally sacrificed boring crap and plausibility for kick-*** action sequences you pay your hard earned money for, kids.

spike lee: and watchmen kind of smacks of my handiwork. It's three hours long, controversial as hell, and raises alot of intellectual subjects....

They sure do, yo.

Gary "Yeah I Was In That Movie" Oldman is quite a F**KING good actor. And in Tropic Thunder, they do one of the most unique things I've ever seen. Over the last several years we've seen movies attempt ORIGINAL comedy. Sometimes it's something bold like "The Ringer", something in response to criticism such as with the South Park film. While Tropic Thunder features versions of both these elements, they attempt something truly remarkable: They make a comedy device...out of Gary Oldman. Gary "I was Drexl in True Romance For Christ's Sake" Oldman.

They do so in the character of...