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1:01	Ty Burr - Hello people -- Ty Burr here, or 77% of him.

1:01	Ty Burr - Let's talk about movies and the things they touch upon. Send in your comments, queries, and rants and I'll finesse 'em as best I can.

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[Comment From rubi-kun]
So, what's the deal with Armond White? He hates Pixar, Star Trek, Man on Wire, Milk, Slumdog, The Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood, Sweeney Todd, Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, etc. and actively bashes critics who praise those movies and loves crap like Transporter 3 and Dance Flick. It seems the only good films he likes are always either by Speilberg of the Coen brothers (which might suggest he was a happier person in the '80s when Speilberg was big and the Coens were starting out) or movies about dysfunctional families like Coraline, Rachel Getting Married, W, and Darjeeling Limited (which may suggest the reason why he's so unhappy)

1:02	Ty Burr - Ah, Armond -- the cranky uncle of American film criticism.

1:03	Ty Burr - I'm glad he's there, personally, even though I rarely agree with him. He has strong opinions and backs them up in articulate if aggressive writing.

1:04	Ty Burr - I'm of the mind that you don't have to agree with a critic to be engaged by him or her, and Armond, by virtue of her perverseness, really does make you examine your unexamined assumptions.

1:04	Ty Burr - HIS perverseness

1:05	Ty Burr - At his worst, he comes off as a scold, though -- and no one enjoys being told they shouldn't enjoy something they liked.

1:05	[Comment From Ilsa] Hi Ty - Recommendations on casting for "The Chastity Bono Story"?

1:06	Ty Burr - Well, lessee... Hilary Swank has already been there and done that, more or less...

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