I just saw American Splendor

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

Total genius. I remember the comics - and I remember the MTV commercials with Toby Radloff. Watching Pekar slam General Electric for warmongering and NBC for conflict of interest live on the David Letterman show was awe-inspiring.

All you snobs will love it - the movie and his graphic novels have won awards. Everyone else will love it too - go see it immediately!

[Atman]

1. I bought it without even seeing it...

And wasn't let down. Brilliant, brilliant movie. And the nerd guy actually talks a lot like Bush when he's trying to be elocutional.

[vi5]

2. Great movie...but why did they cop out on the Letterman thing...

I mean they had the rights obviously to all the letterman clips that he did since they showed the originals and not reinactments. So why didnt' they show the original?

I thought it was a great movie and I didn't know anything about Pekar or the comics or anything else.

[girl gone mad]

4. No.

Letterman refused to release that show. Still upset about it, I guess.

[vi5]

7. But he was obviously on good enough terms...

with Pekar and the makers of the movie to release the other clips. Was it that bad?

[afraid_of_the_dark]

3. I wasn't sure what to expect when I rented it...

but after I watched it, I thought it was an excellent movie.

[walkon]

5. Watched it last night.

Very good movie done in a perfect way. Having the real people in the movie as well as the actors playing them was genius. I doubt, however, that everyone would love it. It's too good for that!

[RandomKoolzip]

6. Best movie of last year....

And I was huge Pekar fan for a long time, and worried that they'd butcher his story....No such worries: it was fantastic and definitely on my all-time top ten.

[mark0rama]

8. That Giamatti is one hell of an actor!

I hereby resolve to try to stop referring to him as "Pig Vomit", after his character in "Private Parts."