This cracks me up. I vividly remember how some of these principles were hammered in a few TV reporting classes. I knew it then and I know it now that I should have listened to my gut feeling. But I did not and my reports were just as formulaic as the above.
1. Felix Salmon on the NYT’s paywall
2. Interview with Eugene Fama - how does he believe what he says is a mystery to me.
3. Sergey Brin on witnessing the devastation in Haiti
Honorable mention get Avatar (beautiful effects but terrible script), District 9, The Messenger, Up in the Air, Tyson and Star Treck. I have not seen Fantastic Mr. Fox yet but from what I gather it is great. Let me know about my terrible omissions. Then let me shoot them down.
