I'm glad I read the spoiler at the end of Annalee's review. I would have been spitting nails if I had paid money and saw that happen at the very end of the movie.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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Tom Scola - Mar 25, 2011 9:05:49 am PDT #13739 of 30000
hwæt
§ ita § - Mar 25, 2011 9:06:32 am PDT #13740 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently she didn't spoil the ending, as she revealed to some people complaining about it.
THERE'S MORE. And possibly worse.
Polter-Cow - Mar 25, 2011 9:14:35 am PDT #13741 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm off to go see it! Maybe I will be the one person who likes it.
MAYBE.
Steph L. - Mar 25, 2011 9:17:04 am PDT #13742 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm glad I read the spoiler at the end of Annalee's review. I would have been spitting nails if I had paid money and saw that happen at the very end of the movie.
Oh my god, me too. Big time.
Apparently she didn't spoil the ending, as she revealed to some people complaining about it.
THERE'S MORE. And possibly worse.
Oh god damn. Yeah, I'll just stick to the stills of chicks in steampunk gear using big guns.
Amy - Mar 25, 2011 9:27:01 am PDT #13743 of 30000
Because books.
I'm so disappointed. I wanted it to be more, but I had no idea Snyder was going there with the ending. I knew the plot was going to have problems, but blech.
Volans - Mar 25, 2011 9:53:01 am PDT #13744 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Entertainment wEekly had said it was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest + Brazil. That was way more positive than Girl, Interrupted + Burlesque.
Edit after reading the Slant review: or 300 + Gunsmith Cats.
Prediction: it will do just fine at the box.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 25, 2011 9:55:40 am PDT #13745 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My thought upon first seeing the trailers was The Matrix retold starring the hookers from Sin City.
Polter-Cow - Mar 25, 2011 12:36:52 pm PDT #13746 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I skimmed Annalee's review, and I agree with a lot of her criticisms. As awesome as a lot of the genre mash-ups are, there is a surprising dearth of true HOLY SHIT THAT WAS SO BADASS moments. It was still pretty cool, though.
One thing that was amusing to me was that as I was trying to figure out which characters actually had any semblance of character, I thought to myself, "You know, I wish this movie were about Sweetpea and Rocket instead." And then it actually kind of was.
There's definitely no there, there, and it's not as awesome as it really ought to be, but I did enjoy it.
JZ - Mar 25, 2011 1:01:23 pm PDT #13747 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm... it's... Babydoll is played by the girl who played Violet Baudelaire? My heart is breaking into a million little broken bits. God DAMN, Hollywood, you ought to be doing more right by Violet Baudelaire.
Dana - Mar 25, 2011 1:01:50 pm PDT #13748 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Aw, man, that is depressing.