my theatre was the most packed i've ever seen it. of course, i bought my tickets on fandango. apparently it wasn't necessary though because a guy behind me asked for tickets to the same show, which was in about a half an hour, and had no problem.
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I'm halfway through Watchmen, and now I am remembering why this is supposed to be unfilmable. It's not the type of storytelling that lends itself to a straightforward movie narrative.
They'll be including Tales of the Black Freighter as a DVD extra. I think "Under the Hood" gets a nod on a bookshelf or two.
That'll be a documentary on the DVD, they say.
When I saw TDK, there was a new trailer for The Spirit.
It's good to see that Frank Miller is sticking close to the source material, and not letting his own personal issues get in the way. @@
It's good to see that Frank Miller is sticking close to the source material, and not letting his own personal issues get in the way. @@
Right with you there, Tom. We saw the preview and Aims asked why I was rolling my eyes and growling.
My only answer was "Because they gave Will Eisner's brilliant character to Frank Fuck-it-up Miller."
Ha! That was pretty much my response, too!
It's a damn shame that Eisner isn't alive to have his name pulled from the credits.
It's a damn shame that Eisner isn't alive to have his name pulled from the credits.
Or just pummel the shit out of Frank Miller.
The mental image that I always get of Frank Miller is -- remember the Simpsons episode where Stan Lee went to the comic shop and kept doing completely unhinged stuff, like shoving a figure of the Hulk into the Batmobile, etc? Like, his whackaloon actions were a caricature of himself?
Yeah. That's pretty much how I view Frank Miller now -- just a caricature of himself -- which pretty much started with All-Star Batman and Robin and the immortal line, "I'm the GODDAMN Batman."
(Although I kind of wanted Christian Bale to say that line in TDK.)