Bad education in censored phrases

The phrase, "It wasn't as good as Talk To Her," has been officially banned. Whenever we see an Almodovar film the first thing Eli says is the aforementioned infuriating sentence. It's like seeing Sunset Boulevard and saying, "It wasn't as good as Double Indemnity." Or listening to the White Album and complaining that it's no St. Pepper's. If you're comparing films within Almodovar's oeuvre, then it is a valid statement, but not as the first thing out of your mouth when the credits roll. He has admitted to his errant ways and repented.

That written, Bad Education is the best film I have seen that was released in 2004. This year I have only seen one of the Oscar nominees thus far (Sideways), but I seriously doubt that any of those studio produced monoliths can even compare to the potent images of an Almodovar film. The man is like Picasso, he is creating his own iconography. He is the true inheritor of the French new wave.