You know, it amazes me how egocentric and intolerant some of you people are. So you don't agree with Bob? Fine, but your disagreement in no way invalidates his opinion. At least he presents logical arguments to support his conclusions, while you just try to write off his dislike as 'he bores easily'. (Well, somebody else mentioned that they liked character studies, and I suppose that makes sense, but I'm betting that's the exception, not the rule-- so when considering the majority of the audience for the review itself, maybe it should be mentioned that your average reader of the Escapist might find the movie a little slow, hmm...?)
Look, maybe Bob had a street-vendor double chili dog and the kidney-buster sized soda before he sat down to watch "the Road" and so he was a little more impatient than usual... it doesn't change the fact that he thinks there was not enough going on (which does not necessarily mean that there were not enough loud bangs either) and he fucking explained his thoughts pretty clearly and consicely. Feel free to agree or disagree, but don't try to claim that he is wrong in his subjective assessment-- that's just arrogant to the point of being asinine.
The bottom line is that he didn't care for this movie for reasons X, Y, and Z. I will consider how I feel about reasons X, Y, and Z and make a slightly more informed decision as to whether or not I wish to see the movie. That is the whole point of movie and game reviews. Just like I don't say to myself "Yahtzee didn't like that game so I'm not going to buy it... durdurdur..." I'm not going to decide if I want to see a movie solely on what Mr. Chipman says, either. I'll take Bob's opinion under advisement and make my own decisions. Do the same or start your bleating now.
In re: the cussing. I personally find it hard to express myself without using the word 'fuck'. I understand that some people use it as a schtick to be 'shocking'. It's just my opinion, but that really doesn't seem to be the case here, given that Bob only trots it out when he wants to increase emphasis, and has been fairly consistent in his use in all the reviews that I have seen. But regardless, to the one or two persons who asked that the artist change his thusfar successful formula (of which the complaint of the majority of viewers seems to be with the bleeping of the profanity rather than the profanity itself), get the fuck over yourself. When, exactly, did the universe start to revolve around you?
Myself, I would only ask that Bob consider having the person responsible for the audio mix lower the level on the beeps. They really seem obnoxiously loud in comparison to the rest of the dialog. Otherwise, it's his show, so I guess he can do whatever he feels comfortable with as far as the swearing/no swearing, beeping/no beeping.
PS- In re: Tool. I think you can dislike their music, but if someone tried to deny that they are very talented musicians (and that Maynard James Keenan is a hell of a lyricist), it would make that person look very ignorant on the subject of musical talent.
/endrant
