Brian (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} gnomatron) wrote,@ 2009-03-16 17:31:00 |
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Adelaide is pretty damn dull other than the festival, i'm going a bit stir crazy today.
Saw Watchmen yesterday, very good overall. I kinda like the villain's evil plan better in the movie, it makes a little more sense in some ways, though not completely - dr. manhattan would surely have figured out what he was going to do, or at any rate what he could do. It also suffered from the loss of the ancillary characters, the news vendor et al; I understand they needed to be cut for time but it weakens the emotional impact of the ending massively. Some of the hollywood gleam was annoying too, the fight sequences were silly after a while, and the twin towers motif can fuck right off - this is sure as shit not an american parable and making a point that the towers still stand at the end of the film is hollywood wiping it's ass on moore's book. Still, overall it was pretty much true to the book, certainly had respect for it and did what it could within the time and glamour restraints set by hollywood money.
Oh, and on another note - fuck the merchandise, too. Special editions of the book I can stomach, action figures ok, but fridge magnets? piss off... and if you're going to do a set of badges, there's one that needs to be in there, and if you don't include it you're a clueless idiot.
anyway, meme time;
"Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember. Don't send a message, leave a comment on here. Next, re-post this (or don't, i don't care) and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses..."
Saw Watchmen yesterday, very good overall. I kinda like the villain's evil plan better in the movie, it makes a little more sense in some ways, though not completely - dr. manhattan would surely have figured out what he was going to do, or at any rate what he could do. It also suffered from the loss of the ancillary characters, the news vendor et al; I understand they needed to be cut for time but it weakens the emotional impact of the ending massively. Some of the hollywood gleam was annoying too, the fight sequences were silly after a while, and the twin towers motif can fuck right off - this is sure as shit not an american parable and making a point that the towers still stand at the end of the film is hollywood wiping it's ass on moore's book. Still, overall it was pretty much true to the book, certainly had respect for it and did what it could within the time and glamour restraints set by hollywood money.
Oh, and on another note - fuck the merchandise, too. Special editions of the book I can stomach, action figures ok, but fridge magnets? piss off... and if you're going to do a set of badges, there's one that needs to be in there, and if you don't include it you're a clueless idiot.
anyway, meme time;
"Leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember. Don't send a message, leave a comment on here. Next, re-post this (or don't, i don't care) and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses..."
