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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.
I'm a little shocked people are calling a $56 million opening weekend a failure just because it didn't make as much money as 300. Well 300 was only 2hrs long so that's one extra show per print per day.
I'm gonna go see it again when I go home, to see if I react differently, try and see it as a movie and not a graphic novel turned into a movie.
OK seen the whole thing. Still loved it, flaws and all. I agree the soundtrack is a bit anvil-handed but I will defend the choice of "All Along the Watchtower" as coming directly from the comic.
Here's 4/6th of my contributions to the Screengrab's weekly movie list: [link] I have 2 in part 6, as well, but the whole of the list is worth reading. This week: nonfiction music films (aka documentaries and concerts). Next week: fiction!