I really really missed the almost lyrical rhythm of the words and imagery of the graphic novel and now little details were layered in and eventually brought to bearing later on.
There were several moments where they seemed to have a "big reveal" only they tipped their hand way earlier and then realized that they forgot to also share some other pertinent info, and hasten to remedy that. Basically showing scenes in order of 3 1 4 2. Maybe it's the fresh memory of reading forming this opinion, but I really do think it was a failed narrative structure.
I decided that it was Ozy's hair, and not the actor himself that looked like
Dana Carvey.
If I concentrated on his pretty eyes, things were better.
Maybe it's the fresh memory of reading forming this opinion, but I really do think it was a failed narrative structure.
I've been trying to decide if it was a fresh reading being compared in my head or if it failed on its own merits and I think it's a mixture of both. Moore and Gibbons' use of pseudo-cinematic "tricks" with their panels and their application of symmetry would be hard as hell to duplicate effectively on the screen, I would imagine, yet at the same time...I don't think Snyder really got the effective use of non-linear storytelling they employed. I got the feeling he was trying to be Moore/Gibbons level artsy and wound up just muddled.
Speaking of trippy and weird, I caught some of Beetlejuice yesterday. I forgot how bizarre that movie is.
"This thing reads like stereo instructions!"
The commentary on Fellowship of the Ring, with all the hobbits together so Dominic Mongahan and Billy Boyd can jump all over Sean Astin when Astin starts getting preachy are wonderful.
would be hard as hell to duplicate effectively on the screen
I'll adamantly and ignorantly disagree. It's called editing. Using shorter segments. Mixed together.
But I'm sure they figured that the stupid masses couldn't follow something like that, so it all becomes one big huge unedited, overblown scene, losing all it's tantalizing characteristics. It's not that I was head over heels in-awe of the written story, but I did enjoy it, and I did snicker and cringe through most of the movie.
Having a complementary score instead of a blaring, soundtrack that was not at all well integrated might have helped with the tone as well. But they went all ACTION! rather than the hypnotic metronome of the slowly unfurling story of the page.
so Dominic Mongahan and Billy Boyd can jump all over Sean Astin when Astin starts getting preachy are wonderful.
I wished someone had done that to Gimli. Pretentious bore.
Anything with Viggo I of course found absolutely fascinating and helped to raise my loathing of the movies to mild dislike.
ION, saw a trailer for Wolverine: Origins and my gods that looks awful! I hope the CGI wasn't finished, but I think they had every single crazy James Bond/XXX over-the-top stunt they could squeeze in, with lots of silly posing and requisite (and multiple) dying woman flopping deadly in Logan's arms.
I'm so there.
The commentary on Fellowship of the Ring, with all the hobbits together so Dominic Mongahan and Billy Boyd can jump all over Sean Astin when Astin starts getting preachy are wonderful.
God, yes. Fellowship's much more fun - with the others, the contrast between the Dom'n'Billeh bits and the Sean'n'Lijah bits is stark as you like.
The FotR DVD is why I bought a DVD player.
Watchmen question:
Okay, was it supposed to be a surprise that the Comedian was Laurie's dad?
There was a picture of her on his nightstand. It was VERY noticeable. I couldn't believe this was a big reveal. I didn't get it in the context of the movie.
The FotR DVD is why I bought a DVD player.
I sometimes watch it just for that commentary and the Making Of feature with Elijah wandering around being cute.
