As a longtime reader of AICN, I appreciated Dan & Vince's comments. The one thing that does keep me coming back is Harry's unabashed love for film, and the fact that all he wants is for films - all films - to be good. Yeah, he's made a few mistakes (the Oscar fiasco a couple of years back) and he lapses into bad taste more than occasionally (his current review of Blade II must be read to be believed), but he's a passionate advocate for good movies, he has an enyclopedic knowledge of his subject, and that's good enough for me.
Yeah, his site design sucks. However, I get the impression that he takes a perverse pride in the site's backwardness. And Talkback will never go away; again, he seems to enjoy the free-wheeling nature of the discussions even though most of them degenerate into name-calling. You can read the site's content without ever delving into Talkback, so I don't understand the point of complaining about it. Heck, I've even posted a few rants there (as Morbo) - it's a great place to let off steam!!
Yeah, his site design sucks. However, I get the impression that he takes a perverse pride in the site's backwardness. And Talkback will never go away; again, he seems to enjoy the free-wheeling nature of the discussions even though most of them degenerate into name-calling. You can read the site's content without ever delving into Talkback, so I don't understand the point of complaining about it. Heck, I've even posted a few rants there (as Morbo) - it's a great place to let off steam!!