'Jaynestown'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Sean, I thank you for your post.
I had a weird feeling watching Munich. I was very uncomfortable with the movie; I barely remember any of it now. I do recall frequently thinking "oh my god. They've only killed ___ people; I still have to sit through the assasinations of _____ more people." And then, literally, the movie just takes you to each planned killing, one by one. And that's the movie. I still don't know why it was made.
Kick-Ass the movie just wants you to laugh and cheer at grizzly murder.
No bears were harmed in the movie, Sean.
I was bored by Munich, I think. I also barely remember any of it.
I suspect I would react like you did, Sean. I don't think I'll be seeing that movie.
I don't know. I kind of wanted to, but now I'm not sure...the previews are misleadingly cheerful. I foresee many cheesed-off movie goers. But I am a sick puppy who might be amused.
Forrest Gump = The Sarah Palin Story.
Forrest Gump = The Sarah Palin Story.
Sarah Palin isn't that smart. She is more calculated, though.
Sean,
I don't think the movie unabashedly wants you to cheer at the heroes' actions. Did you think the same of "A Clockwork Orange?" Although I hated ACO and I'm on record here saying this several, I think both movies could be read in similar ways.
I also think your complaints about the film make it seem like the characters in question faced no consequences for their actions - which isn't the case.
Heh. John Rogers's review of Kick-Ass. I've requested the comic from the library, but it will be at least a month before I get a hold of it, I'm sure. I'm hoping I like the comic more than I liked Wanted, which was very cool and had its moments but had, like, the worst last panel of a comic ever.
Wrod, Corwood. But I liked it a lot when I watched it the first time. It's kind of an ugly tale when you look at it more closely and aren't wowed by the effects.
Right. I will say that some deaths made me a bit uncomfortable, but overall, besides the fact that there was rampant, bloody violence committed by a child, the violence itself wasn't that different from other movies of its ilk.
How does the violence compare to that in Watchmen (the movie)? Because some of that made me cringe, but I wasn't horrified.
That said, I knew what to expect going in to Watchmen (mostly Giant! Blue! Penis!), but I don't think I knew that Kick-Ass was so grizzlybloodygory. (I didn't read it.)