The last thing the comic-book adaptation genre needs is another botched Moore project.
I didn't hate League that much (though I haven't read the comic), but Watchmen at least has both a better writer and director attached, which bodes well.
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2004 9:37:36 am PDT #1240 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Calli - Jul 23, 2004 9:38:47 am PDT #1241 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I can't think of ANY actress who could play Didi
Halle Berry?
Wow. I can hear the various Buffista heads exploding in unison.
P.M. Marc - Jul 23, 2004 9:40:29 am PDT #1242 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I didn't hate League that much (though I haven't read the comic),
See, if you'd read the comic, you'd have been in foaming-at-mouth fury like I was.
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 9:47:23 am PDT #1243 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Looking at his resume on IMDB, all of Hayter's writing credits are from projects with at least 4 writers. Has he written anything on his own that I might know?
And Aronofsky...I don't know. I like him, but I don't think he's right for this material.
And even if those two are good, and treat the material with the respect it deserves, there's no way to make Watchmen a 2-hour movie without losing a ton. It's just too packed with detail. Half the plot will have to go.
DavidS - Jul 23, 2004 9:47:35 am PDT #1244 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oddly enough, Mick LaSalle, the SF Chronicle movie guy, liked Catwoman. Huh.
Yeah, but he's a total idiot when it comes to pretty women. Also, he didn't like The Bourne Supremacy.
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 9:49:54 am PDT #1245 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
See, if you'd read the comic, you'd have been in foaming-at-mouth fury like I was.
Not that I can say for sure, but I'm pretty sure I'd still have had this reaction even if I hadn't read the original comic. There was just nothing good about that film on any level. rassenfrassencarchaseinfuckingnineteenthcenturyvenice
sumi - Jul 23, 2004 9:50:54 am PDT #1246 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Oh god, Jim! That was the best spoiler ever!
I think the $1.50 theater would be the best place to see this movie -- if it doesn't show up at a Brew & View.
beekaytee - Jul 23, 2004 10:04:08 am PDT #1247 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Cereal:
Nutty-YES! Rebecca (Susan Lynch) completely wins the day and, frankly, wipes up the screen with the collective remaining cast. Netflix can't have the second disc back yet because I keep rewatching her scenes with de Bois-Guilbert. (Ciaran) He's a bastaaad, but he's very pretty in his pain.
Jim-THANKS for the excellent spoilage. Somehow, without reading or hearing anything about the Village, I knew the twist. It just seemed so obvious. Now, I can so comfortably wait for the dvd, since Night's extras are generally more interesting than the movies! (although, I have to confess to loving the 'we are all superheroes' theme in Unbreakable.)
Hayden-I already had a big grin on my face from all the fun Village banter but your comment about Charlton Heston sent me over the gigglefalls. Ha!
Zenkitty - Jul 23, 2004 10:21:19 am PDT #1248 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Mick LaSalle says that Catwoman's "unintended message is that independence is great, so long as women don't take it too far."
Aw hell. Now I have to go skin him.
Would that be taking it too far?
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 10:22:38 am PDT #1249 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Eh, he's wrong anyway. Catwoman's actual unintended message is that clear skin is a cause worthy of coming back from the dead for.