Hey Frank, do you recommend Mother of Tears
That's a difficult question to answer. There are beyond absurd aspects that I'm not sure were intended to be humorous, but are utterly ridiculous. Contrasted with that, it is EXTREMELY gory, in very nasty ways, especially when it comes to the female victims. I realized thinking about it that all of the deaths are very medieval in the old school sense (which the opening credits hint at): the men get hacked and slashed, and the women suffer more protracted, torturous fates.
It's definitely the liveliest Argento film in a long time, and, if you're a fan, worth watching. I mean, I saw it in the theater, and bought the DVD, but haven't gotten around to a second viewing (I bought it because I'm a completist on certain filmmakers, but I do want to give a second go at least). But I'm still not sure if I'd recommend it to anyone but a hardcore Argento-phile.
I canna stop myself: [link]
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Review of Watchmen in the New Yorker: [link]
The brunt of the criticism is directed at Moore's source material.
I think the writer of that review thinks himself a bit too clever.
I agree with leN's assessment, and it's a pretty meh piece overall -- but I did love the description of Dr. Manhattan:
buff, buck naked, and blue, like a porn star left overnight in a meat locker
The brunt of the criticism is directed at Moore's source material.
This is typical of Anthony Lane. I'm still more or less convinced that he fell asleep halfway through RotK and hasn't actually seen any SFF movie he's reviewed since.
Can't stand Anthony Lane. He's too busy getting the next zinger in to actually review a movie (TITANIC aside, which he adored - talk about a revealing precedent).
Review of Watchmen in the New Yorker
Yeah, that came up on my Google search last night. The movie's been getting mostly good reviews so far on RT; 22 positive and 5 negative (although some of the ones that fall under positive have pull quotes that aren't completely effluvious). I saw the first twenty minutes at WonderCon, and I think it's going to be good and interesting. It's hard to tell until I see the rest, obviously, but I don't think it's going to suck balls. I wasn't too afraid of that, really, but the footage did allay my fears that the trailers weren't representative of the movie.
