So, I'm still not a fan of the movie in the entertainment sense...
But I just had to add that I was able to flip through a friend's copy of the graphic novel this past weekend. And I have to say that just skimming through it for about 15 mins, I was surprised at how many dead on scenes I was able to recognize. So for the fan of the book, this is probably a great movie for them. I was even shocked at how well they cast the movie, especially Rorschach and The Comedian. Great job they did there.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Watchmen Review
So I'm prefacing this with saying I haven't read the graphic novel, nor had I heard of it, and I'm not a fan of this genre of movie in general. But I went with someone who wanted to see it, so here is my opinion anyway...
It was WAY long to start. It's like they had to give each character their own 30 minute bio or something. The intro, although a bit long, was pretty cool in the way they did the snapshots of history. I liked that a lot. Having no prior knowledge of the story, to me the story was all over the place. While the back and forth of present to past wasn't necessarily hard to follow in the time sense, it was more of the jump from character to character. It wasn't until the end of the movie that all the characters seemed to come together in a single storyline. The gore however was over the top. I mean you can only see so many arms broken, bodies exploding and blood oozing in one movie. My personal opinion. I know that this was in no way a realistic storyline, in the sense that it could never happen in real life. But that kind of gore is why I shy away from Freddy and Jason movies... it just makes me roll my eyes at the unbelievability of it all. Again, I know it's a comic book movie and completely fictional. But I like gore when it comes with the suspense of a real life situational movie. That get's me going.
On the bright side... the costumes were amazing, the action in general kept you interested, the acting was pretty good, and all the computer technology that went into this was outstanding.
So this is an opinion of someone who would never choose on their own to go see this movie. I can however see how anyone who was a fan of the graphic novel would like it.
It was WAY long to start. It's like they had to give each character their own 30 minute bio or something. The intro, although a bit long, was pretty cool in the way they did the snapshots of history. I liked that a lot. Having no prior knowledge of the story, to me the story was all over the place. While the back and forth of present to past wasn't necessarily hard to follow in the time sense, it was more of the jump from character to character. It wasn't until the end of the movie that all the characters seemed to come together in a single storyline. The gore however was over the top. I mean you can only see so many arms broken, bodies exploding and blood oozing in one movie. My personal opinion. I know that this was in no way a realistic storyline, in the sense that it could never happen in real life. But that kind of gore is why I shy away from Freddy and Jason movies... it just makes me roll my eyes at the unbelievability of it all. Again, I know it's a comic book movie and completely fictional. But I like gore when it comes with the suspense of a real life situational movie. That get's me going.
On the bright side... the costumes were amazing, the action in general kept you interested, the acting was pretty good, and all the computer technology that went into this was outstanding.
So this is an opinion of someone who would never choose on their own to go see this movie. I can however see how anyone who was a fan of the graphic novel would like it.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Dance and Celts and Music and stuff....
So, I Tivo'd 'Superstars of Dance' a while back, but tonight was the first night I caught it. Not sure how many episodes I missed.... 1, 2, 3, 4? Anyway, it rocked!! I know many people aren't into reality shows, but this is 90% dance, 10% reality. I love that it's the dances of the cultures of Ireland, India, USA, Argentina, China, Russia, South Africa and Australia. Some traditional, and some just creative. But all awesome!!
I didn't realize until tonight that Michael Flatley was the primary host. LOVE HIM!! Sure, many years ago I thought he was an arrogant ass. But that didn't diminish his talent in my mind. I have watched Riverdance and Lord of the Dance probably 15 times each. I'm addicted to it. It almost makes me teary (in a good way) watching it because I would kill to see the show in Ireland. Not sure why, but I always found fascination with Scotland, Ireland and the Celtic culture. Whether it be the knot design work, the landscapes and sites, the people, dance or the music. I've been to England, Scotland and Wales, but never to Ireland, and that remains one of my top 2 places to visit (there and Egypt).
Well anyway, this all prompted me to put on my DVD of Lord of the Dance to cap off the night before heading to bed. I can watch it over and over again.as I love it so much.
I didn't realize until tonight that Michael Flatley was the primary host. LOVE HIM!! Sure, many years ago I thought he was an arrogant ass. But that didn't diminish his talent in my mind. I have watched Riverdance and Lord of the Dance probably 15 times each. I'm addicted to it. It almost makes me teary (in a good way) watching it because I would kill to see the show in Ireland. Not sure why, but I always found fascination with Scotland, Ireland and the Celtic culture. Whether it be the knot design work, the landscapes and sites, the people, dance or the music. I've been to England, Scotland and Wales, but never to Ireland, and that remains one of my top 2 places to visit (there and Egypt).
Well anyway, this all prompted me to put on my DVD of Lord of the Dance to cap off the night before heading to bed. I can watch it over and over again.as I love it so much.
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