Movie Reviews 2.0
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Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
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I like Snyder - he has at his core an understanding and respect for the source material, both in the story and the visuals. He doesn't screw around with a well known and loved recipe like everyone else in Hollywood does.
He ended up doing Watchmen because of his fear that anyone else would screw it up. The thought of that disappointment made up step up to the plate, and do what I think was not just a good job, but far beyond anything I would have expected rolling off the Hollywood conveyor belt.
So I have high hopes for Man Of Steel. With Nolan involved, I think we're going to see a Superman reboot similar to what Nolan did with Batman. It will be something darker with a more conflicted, grittier Superman as he comes to terms with who he is and what his place is amongst the mortals. I think Snyder will cover that in his usual sumptuous and stylised visuals.
And it will be great. Because I want it to be! <shakes fist at sky>
He ended up doing Watchmen because of his fear that anyone else would screw it up. The thought of that disappointment made up step up to the plate, and do what I think was not just a good job, but far beyond anything I would have expected rolling off the Hollywood conveyor belt.
So I have high hopes for Man Of Steel. With Nolan involved, I think we're going to see a Superman reboot similar to what Nolan did with Batman. It will be something darker with a more conflicted, grittier Superman as he comes to terms with who he is and what his place is amongst the mortals. I think Snyder will cover that in his usual sumptuous and stylised visuals.
And it will be great. Because I want it to be! <shakes fist at sky>
Yeah, Watchmen was probably as good as a movie adaptation of the comic can be, but it wasn't enough. Moore was right, it can't be done right.
Man of Steel however is a much easier subject, and with the Nolans' involvement I have great expectations.
But I still would have changed the costume more radically
Man of Steel however is a much easier subject, and with the Nolans' involvement I have great expectations.
But I still would have changed the costume more radically
It's what Hancock wanted to be in the first script at least... The shit we got? Who knows what it is. It's like three films mixed into one.
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
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Hancock was based around a script called "Tonight, He Comes" which had been knocking around Hollywood for years and was supposed to be un-filmable. And it was, mainly because Hollywood kept frigging about with it instead of using the script substantially as written.
It's like everyone in Hollywood thinks a book or script is just some kind of guide or general recommendation, instead of the blueprint for the project.
It's why that although I'm disappointed that so many of my favourite novels haven't been translated to film, I'm also glad that I won't see them screwed up by Hollywood. You just have to see the abortion that was the Elektra movie, and then read the Elektra Assassin comic book. It will make you weep to think what it could have been, and how Hollywood turned solid gold into solid lead. And does it over and over.
Meh. They lost me when they took the psychic squid out of the equation.
It did have one of the most comical, overblown love scenes I've seen in a while, however. To the strains of 'Hallelujah' as I recall? Not quite in the same class as the Showgirls flipper scene but not far off.
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.
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The love scene was intentionally comical. Dude can only get it right if he's dressed up as an owl running around in the night? How could it be anything but comical??
That's the point of Watchmen. These "heroes" are just as screwed up and broken as everyone else, and often moreso. They are, for the most part, empty without their obsession for running around in hero outfits. The only true superhero is Dr. Manhatten, and he's so far past human that he no longer has any humanity.
Watchmen as a comic was always about lifting the veil on the archetypes especially if they existed in a world not much different from ours.
Billy Idol
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Btw, just watching the BBC Sherlock movies...they are very entertaining
Assuming you mean the TV series?
Best thing about the new Star Trek is that shooting ended and they can start work on the new season of Sherlock.
Billy Idol
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Yeah, I mean the TV series...it is cool! Btw,
are there only two seasons and each only 3 episodes?
They have been shooting the new season of Sherlock for months now
Uh...yeah, like they started when Star Trek wrapped, like, you know, what I said?
Well got to watch it and it was a lot of fun. The narration, as you mentioned, was very enjoyable and different. Had a lot of laughs in Warm Bodies and that is rare for me.
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