Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Okay, have just popped in the movie and am watching through the previews and wating for the sisters to amble off to bed. I'm in the basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 And... go! Having sat through the shitty tie in videogame promotions and the trailer for the Seth Rogen mall cop thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 There already seems to be a lot more Nixon and talking heads in this. DOOMSDAY CLOCK! Im already remembering how much of a close adaptation this was watching this... and so painfully brutal. If some crucial lines are misplaced. Over the couch and through the window to our death we go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 CREDITS SEQUENCE <3. Cop: Ooh, boobies. I love how they've tied them in with the pop culture and all the appendices. The Last Dinner, the VDay kiss, the Kennedy assassination... Hoshit Moscow. And all da hippies getting shot up. AND DAVID BOWIE! (and hinted bisexuality) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Ah, here we are. The greatest five minutes cinema has ever produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 This made me love the film from the get-go, as it was the first time in cinema we got acknowledgement of a Golden Age of super-heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 And now its blowy up riots time. KASPLODEY! I remember this being a problem. Too much variety in volume. And all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, "Save us!" And I'll whisper, "No." JEH's Batman growl is kinda hard to understand at first, but, to some degree, fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 There are some places in Rorschach's dialogue that stuck out as wonky to me. Not sure they worked in film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Picture of Silk Spectre I methinks? And there's Laurie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Tonight, a Comedian died in New York. Someone knows why. Huh. First real bit of difference that I can remember, besides changed TV footage. Rorschach getting seen by the police. Which seems careless. And Hollis Mason continues to be awesome. Most of the footage change seems to be little, subtle things that I would've appreciated seeing in the movie, really, but it can still live without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 People seemed to not be a big fan of Wilson's Dan. I thought he did a great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Snyder seems to be really heavy on the foreshadowing in some places (see: The Veitdt Hammer of EVIL), yet really subtle in others at first (Laurie and Silk Spectre I). Also, they switched a lot of the important dialogue around to kind of make it more accessible, but... eh. Bubastis plz? He did a decent enough job to me. It's Ozymandias' actor I had an issue with. ...Twin Towers in background. This is not ominous at all, especially with this dialogue. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Beans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Agreed on Ozy. My main issue with the movie is how much they beat you over the head that Veidt is the villain. They should have just given him a mustache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Information dump! And kind of misplaced with the extra footage. Possible homosexual. Must investigate further. Giant blue dick, away! And Manhattan's acting just seems more passive and accepting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 On a second pass through, Malin Ackerman's dialogue doesn't seem so godawful. Halfway decent, even THE SOUND OF SILENCE. God, this is such a good scene and a good choice of music. And the little nuggets with Rorschach walking along are a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 And Carla Gugino still manages to look as young as her daughter. Huh I feel really sorry for the people who went into this not knowing what they were going to see, or who didn't have people to warn 'em. Especially with the rape scene, here. Because, really, for those who've gone through it... well, this scene is a TRIGGER. Fuck, it even makes my ovaries curl up in sympathy wathcing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 THE SOUND OF SILENCE. God, this is such a good scene and a good choice of music. Agreed. Like the opening credits it was a perfect fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 ...Why do I feel like singing "Memory" as I'm watching the funeral scene? Gorezilla to "Flight of the Valkyries", whee! God, though, I love the Comedian in here. Why, yes, I am so badass that I light my cigar with a flamethrower. Which I really shouldn't, as he's a goddamn bastard. "You're turning into a goddamn flake. God help us all." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 I feel really sorry for the people who went into this not knowing what they were going to see, or who didn't have people to warn 'em. Especially with the rape scene, here. Because, really, for those who've gone through it... well, this scene is a TRIGGER. Fuck, it even makes my ovaries curl up in sympathy wathcing it. Comedian laughing makes it even more stomach twisting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Hehe. "I'm Your Boogie Man" to the riots. Fits so well, as with most of the music choice here. Huh. There seems to be a lot more homosexual/phobic references added in here. Which, most of it was in the film, but still. Homophobic, much? "What happened to the American Dream? It came true! You're looking at it." Behind you. WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 "This is getting heavy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Also, super slo-mo continues to be getting annoying. Really, really goddamn annoying. I know it's your trademark, Snyder, but plz, lay off. Blake in Moloch's room. This scene really seemed to lose the impact without the "it's a joke, it's all a goddamn joke" line, and the "what's the joke? I DON'T GET IT" Moloch's still a solid, powerful character, though, for such little screen time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 "But doctor, I AM Pagliacci" And awkward Laurie/Jon sexing times. "Are you working in here while we're in bed together?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Ka-CANCER! BERNIE and BERNIE! (And Walter). They don't seem to be tying in Tales of the Black Freighter, which I don't mind so much, but it does help. Because walking into a side alley in NYC is such a brilliant idea. Laurie was so looking to beat the shit out of something. OW BONE THROUGH ARM OW. And broken shin. And general pain. Also, the easter eggs with Veidt are decent. And kind of reinforce the HEY HEY I'M EVIL. Le gasp! It's a wig! And clearly I have been intentionally giving you all cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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