From the article:
in a scene that seems like it was stolen from Oldboy.
DH made the exact same comment about that scene.
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From the article:
in a scene that seems like it was stolen from Oldboy.
DH made the exact same comment about that scene.
Completely agree with this:
I get why Snyder did it. It just makes me tired, like all his super-slo-mo sequences. It’s so easy, making superhero characters who casually take mere mortals apart with their bare hands. What’s hard is making them human.
Super cool and fascinating Cindy Sherman film short from 1975 Doll Clothes. (Not exactly safe for work, though she is dressed in her underwear.)
I get why Snyder did it. It just makes me tired, like all his super-slo-mo sequences.
I'd add, I found Rorshach to be much more believably dangerous when he won his prison fights through, as he put it, 'his perspective' than through simply being a harder hitter. It fits his character much better.
answering the questions above re: watchmen
yes I think #2 was somewhat lost on me. I didn't think it was a Weekly World News, but I didn't think it was a legit news organization either running out of a storefront. I didn't know what it was.
#1: I'm not sure what the name of the Act was, but Nite Owl repeatedly talked about being arrested when he was in his mask and suit with Laurie, so it was pretty damn clear that superhero actions in capes and masks were outlawed.
I wouldn't read too much into walk outs. People walk out of Slumdog Millionaire all the time.
edit: OK, not 25% of the audience. We haven't had anybody walk out of Watchmen yet (that I'm aware of.)
People walk out of Slumdog Millionaire all the time.
I wish I'd walked out of that one. I kept hoping for a scene that would redeem the rest of it...oh well.
:: Shakes head sadly at Jessica ::
should I be impressed or concerned by my taste paralleling Oswalt's so much? Because I guess he was really good as The King Of Queens' fanboy geek, so it's hard to be all "Ooh! What Patton Said!" Except I really hate "Subway", but I like Patton's shout-out anyway because, by mentioning something other than "Subway", Mr. Oswalt has shown himself to be a true H:LOTS fan. Subway, is like, the easy choice to reference because it got a lot of ink...documentary on PBS, Emmy noms, etc.