Spoilers likely to riddle this thread.
I just wanted to know Althanas' opinions on the movie. I have read the graphic novel and enjoyed it quite a bit. I also enjoyed the movie, but have a couple gripes here and there. Has anybody else seen it?
Spoilers likely to riddle this thread.
I just wanted to know Althanas' opinions on the movie. I have read the graphic novel and enjoyed it quite a bit. I also enjoyed the movie, but have a couple gripes here and there. Has anybody else seen it?
Sketches
I choose to live and to lie. Kill and give and to die.
War in Corone:
*A Name With No Weight*
*A Scarlet Mystery*
I read the graphic novel back in August for the first time. Enjoyed it greatly.
I made the 2:55 showing at one of the local malls yesterday. I enjoyed the movie as well. I'd give it a solid 4 out of a 5, if I have to quantify my opinion with a number.
My biggest complaint was with the music selection. Bob Dylan for the opening montage = win. Everything else... Not so much (Sex scene inside Archie: I'm looking at you).
Going in, I was quite worried about the changes they made to the ending, but after thinking about it for a good fifteen seconds, I have to say I like the movie's ending just a wee bit more than, say, teleporting a giant squid into Madison Square Garden like in some versions of the story.
I also dug the swinging door shots when Rorschach went into the men's room. Poor Big Figure.
The thing about the music selection is that most the songs used were straight out of the graphic novel. So while they seemed so out of place in some of the scenes, I almost can't be angry at them for being there.
The sex scene was long and awkward, in part because of the music. I would have much rather they cut some of the action scenes to make them shorter and make the sex scene almost go away in favor of adding a few other scenes. In particular, I would have liked to see some other characters fleshed out just a bit more. Nite Owl I's death scene would have been completely fine to squeeze in and would have helped bookend the movie a bit better.
Swinging door scene was pretty pimp.
Sketches
I choose to live and to lie. Kill and give and to die.
War in Corone:
*A Name With No Weight*
*A Scarlet Mystery*
"Nite Owl I's death scene would have been completely fine to squeeze in and would have helped bookend the movie a bit better. "
It's probably going to be in the four-hour director's cut, so I'm not terribly worried.
Again on the intro, the Minutemen montage is probably the greatest opening four minutes I've ever seen on film.
Fuckin' A. However, I think it was lost on people who haven't read the book. My buddy understood it was the past and whatnot but had no idea who any of the characters were really. Kind of a bummer.Originally Posted by BlackAndBlueEyes
Sketches
I choose to live and to lie. Kill and give and to die.
War in Corone:
*A Name With No Weight*
*A Scarlet Mystery*
I liked the movie, but I felt it would have been a lot better if they hadn't killed off the best character right at the start. And then at the end they take out the second best character, so it was like someone took a shit in my cereal bowl and I went to rinse out my mouth with a water bottle but WHOOPS they took a shit in that, too.
Last edited by Godhand; 03-07-09 at 10:27 PM.
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I've never read the graphic novel although I do plan to. I saw the movie thinking I probably would not like it, but I did like it (although I had some problems with it.) The writing seemed clunky in a lot of places and ultimately I think it tried to accomplish too many different things. The general presentation of the movie and the themes it explored were pretty excellent, though. I agree that the whole opening credits sequence with Bob Dylan was amazing. I also agree that they did their best to ruin Hallelujah with that creepy, bizarre sex scene.
Also, clear something up for me: The Comedian tried to rape Silk Specter I, but was Silk Specter II the product of The Comedian successfully raping Silk Specter I at some other time or was it just that they had consensual sex later?
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They had consensual sex later.
I'm seeing this today with a girl, ha. Probably not the best movie choice, but hot damn, I need to see this movie. That's dedication.
Cold, jade eyes that liquify
eyes that are merciless,
staring in mute mockery
and in mockery of the muteness
Yeah, the creepy sex scene is not so creepy in the book.
Sketches
I choose to live and to lie. Kill and give and to die.
War in Corone:
*A Name With No Weight*
*A Scarlet Mystery*
Having that music playing during the sex scene just made it fucking hilarious (no pun intended).
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