I'm really confused as to why this movie is on the best of the decade lists.

It's not just on the list, it's atop them. When Gawker did their summary of the decade lists (eta: [link] it won everything. I have still to see it.

TWBB absolutely wrecked me when I saw it. To the point where I was (irrationally, obviously) furious with DH for showing it to me - in retrospect, not a reaction that makes any sense, but I was so emotionally raw by the end of that film that I needed someone to vent it at. I can't think of another movie that's left me that broken. It took a couple of weeks to fully digest and get the distance I needed to start actually thinking about it.

Still haven't managed work myself up to seeing it again. Way too intense.

I thought TWBB was long as hell, but it was strangely compelling. I preferred No Country for Old Men, but I didn't feel like I'd wasted my time.

Fantastic Mr. Fox was as fantastic as people said! It would take the Oscar in a non-Pixar year.

The Royal Tenenbaums was good. I think I liked it more than Rushmore, but I kind of want to watch that again to see what I really think of it. Also, Olivia Williams.

An Education was great. Nice and funny and sweet and just on the line of icky.

It would take the Oscar in a non-Pixar year.

Is there a non-Pixar year? Don't they have a release every year now?

I find TWBB strangely compelling, mainly due to DDL. DH loves it and will watch it repeatedly but I get tired of it after a while. I think it's fascinating but slow.

I'm still dying to see Holmes.

Not that anyone's officially come out and said it, but I think the real reason behind the cocaine-free Holmes is that RDJ is a much better actor when he's not high.

Yes. This.

I want to see Young Victoria, too, but I'm not sure if it will make it to my town.

Is there a non-Pixar year? Don't they have a release every year now?

Now, I think so. There used to be non-Pixar years. Point is, it's a great animated flick, and there rarely seem to be any truly strong contenders besides the Pixar movies.

My main issue with the movie was that there was really no mystery for Holmes to solve

Right. And there's a villain running about, but given that all he's doing is killing other bad guys and we don't know what his endgame is anyway until the end, why should we care if he's caught?

Because he wasn't killing just bad guys before, and there's nothing to say he won't go back to innocent girls.

Re Jessica's complaint:

I don't think she was a moron or being a bitch. I think she had a strong image in her mind of someone with zero chance of attachment, and could not read the signals however strong they were because they were drowned out by her image of him. You don't have to be stupid to make that sort of mistake even though it leads to deeply stupid behavior. And he was just as delusional in his own way.

Holmes: I think the reason we should care if he's caught is that he's working against Holmes. I think the movie had pretty much gained that--however, there was no investigation of him outright, just tangentially. The movie meandered a bit towards the latter half, where I think we knew why we were there, but the characters didn't, but I didn't mind.