Re: my earlier commentary comment. It's not that I have no interest in commentary at all, it's just that there are plenty of movies I rent where I have no interest in it.
Classic movies? Most movies I own? Sure.
The commentary on many Criterion editions was very useful when I was teaching. My dissertation advisor did the commentary for 1/2 of Criterion's
Les Enfants du paradis.
But I often use my Netflix to quickly catch up on things I haven't seen. Usually I don't want to watch them twice before returning them, so I can see the reasoning behind special "no features" editions. Besides, that is often the edition that first comes out anyway. Most of the movies in my recent Oscar blitz were pretty stripped down feature-wise.
And, remember, many people didn't even care when most movies were pan and scan. I doubt they get into features much.
gah! film broke during the opening credits and they cancelled the show. We're trying again on Wednesday.
the thing that gets me is that those three movies of Baz have nothing in common with each other, except they were directed by him. So to sell them as a trilogy doesn't quite work for me.
Questions for people who have seen Watchmen but not read the book:
1:
Did you understand what the Keene Act was?
2:
What did you think the implications were of Rorschach's journal being published by The New Frontiersman?
I was talking about the movie with a co-worker yesterday and the people who hadn't read the book in the group he saw it with missed the point BIG time on both of those. (Which we both agree was not their fault, since Snyder kind of forgot to put them in the movie.)
I think Baz himself came up with the "Red Curtain Trilogy" thing, but I could be wrong there.
Jess, I know that The Boy totally got #1. I'll have to ask him about #2. I wish Snyder had had the chance to play up the
loony fringe-ness of The New Frontiersman.
(And also, in the book -- I can't remember -- didn't
Rorschach view The New Frontiersman as the only paper that told the truth? Which is why he delivered his journal
there?) Again, I would have liked to see that just a little bit in the movie.
I don't know that Rorschach
viewed the New Frontiersman as the ONLY paper to tell the truth, but he certainly was a devoted reader.
I thought he said something about it was the only
paper
that he trusted to
tell the truth?
eta: or to
get the message out?
Damn, now I wanna see exactly what the book says....
Got it right here.
All I can find is
Rorschach's final entry does say "This last entry. Will shortly mail to only people can trust."
But I think that's about it.
