It's currently being roundly felt up by randy critics wearing the filmic equivalent of beer-goggles, but fools crying "Oscar!" don't detract from what is a very nifty comedy-thriller embodying the higher virtues of 1970s cinema.
The first issue was roundly criticized by management, who felt it was "too technical, too scattering, and wholly lacking in punch" Things did not improve for Benchley and Obiter Dicta, and a failed practical joke at a company banquet further strained the relationship between Benchley and his superiors.
Pixar's most recent hit, Up, was roundly derided by Disney analysts who felt sure that the tale of an old widower setting out on an adventure in a house lifted by balloons would never appeal to children.
"Both President Kennedy and President Reagan were roundly criticized by parts of the foreign-policy establishment that felt they were being weak by engaging our adversaries," he told us.
Others still felt implicated in what had happened that they'd been naive, or somehow complicit, or failed to roundly condemn the behaviour at the time.
While it's true the decision feels like an inevitability, Samsung has roundly mocked Apple's decision for years now.
Although the awkward lesson of Google Glass ("Glassholes") underlines that overtly geeky pairs of glasses will still be roundly rejected — however comfortable they might feel in self-selecting technobubble corners of Silicon Valley….
It was no wonder she had been roundly congratulated, so why didn't it feel quite right?
Couples of course both love their children, but it's mom who is much more likely to feel crushing guilt over missing a piano recital, whereas dad is roundly applauded for coming to a Saturday soccer game.
If you have any energy left yourself, feel free to make sense of the whole selection process, which is being roundly panned as a calamity.
