They will see us waving from such great heights

I am watching a blog debate over the movie Garden State and am wondering why there are movie critics at all.

Here are a few examples. Recently, Punky and I watched the new King Kong. While I will admit there are some amazing moments and touching scenes and the whole girl/gorilla story is well-played, there was way too much melodramatic slop in the middle. Peter Jackson is a genius, but that's no excuse for locking up your editor.

And I love rom-coms. Lets face it: Falling madly in love only happens a handful of times in one life. Thus, I must see it on screen between two people faking it. Well, usually faking it.

I watched Tristan and Isolde last night (not really a romcom) and felt my heart lurch around watching this sad romance. Was it an amazing movie? Nah. But I will watch it again. And again. And probably again.