Hello... the reason why I'm writing this now is cause I wanted to give the movie a second chance, and also because my hair is currently dripping wet and I can't draw without dripping on the paper, and also because I enjoy typing. Trying to get my wpm up. Anyway, everyone who wants to see it probably has by now, but if you haven't, I wouldn't bother reading the rest of this. This is more for anyone to comment whether they agree or disagree or just want to chat. I like chatting about movies.
5 things I didn't like
5. The ending. Not that they changed the squid thing to the presumed Manhattan explosion whatever-you-want-to-call-it, that I thought was an improvement, especially for the movie version. But the plot- pretty much everything after Nite Owl and Rorschach arrive at Adrian's base. I liked them attacking him while he was eating, that would have been cool to see in action, the fight scene instead was okay, but Adrian's reaction to finding out he had won, the fact that Nite Owl was there when Rorschach died and then tried to fight Adrian for it, Silk Spectre kissing Jon and not Jon catching her with Nite Owl, the epilogue at Sally's place.... The ending seemed to have the most endings in it and was definitely the worst part of the plot.
4. Sally Jupiter. Didn't mind her that much as young Sally... but I didn't like the changes they made to her character as old Sally. Instead of being a pathetic lazy and frightened old woman, they made her more of this sophisticated rich woman, possibly still pathetic. Didn't think the acting for her was that great, and the make up looked pretty terrible.
3. The music. There was one part I did like the music, the rest of it was weird. It should have had a traditional soundtrack, instead it was like a music video every ten minutes and in between where these weird ambient music, some of which got reused. I'm actually unfamiliar with a lot of the songs they choose for the movie, but the music I did recognize, such as Flight of the Valkyries, and 99 Red Balloons for example, sounded really out of place and even corny. In some parts it seemed like the musical selection was more emphasized than what was happening in the movie itself.
2. Silk Spectre II/Laurie Jupiter. The character. I won't deny it, the first time I read the comic I thought she was just a whiny, slutty bitch too, but I came to appreciate her a LOT more the second time around. In the comic, she has a lot of really funny, sassy and sarcastic lines. And her emotions are what make her real. I don't know how much of it was poor acting, or the fact that they cut all her good lines and changed her dialog to change her personality in the movie that made the character much more bland. In the comic she was creeped out by Rorschach and didn't buy his mask-killer theory, frustrated with Jon and hysterical when she left him, enraged by the Comedian, and resentful towards her mother for many reasons including being lazy, forgiving the Comedian, making Laurie follow in her footsteps, and even for changing her last name. None of this stuff was in the movie. Some of it was even changed. It wasn't just for time's sake. Even little things like saying "Oh my God, I'm on Mars." Instead of "Oh shit. I'm on Mars." it makes a big difference in personality.
1. The absence of the political party scene where young Laurie accuses the Comedian of trying to rape her mother and throws her drink in this face. The reason this is number one and not some other scenes that should have stayed in the movie is because I have heard a rumor this scene was never even shot, and I'm hoping some of the other scenes I was missing most make it into the director's cut or whatever the longest version to come out on DVD is going to be called. Without this scene, Laurie's reaction to finding out he is her father seems like overkill. Aside from the one emotionless line she has with her mother in the beginning of the movie, we don't see her deep hatred for him ever, we don't see her emotionally react to anything until that point and it seems out of place. But also, the Comedian isn't in the movie at all after about a third of the way into the movie. This scene would have been a good way to bring him back into the story, and even to show another, more human side to him. It's a real shame they cut this!!
5 things I did like about the movie, just to be fair.
5. The costumes. The fact that they made the effort to make the characters look as much like they do in the comic as possible, and the fact that they "upgraded" certain outfits that probably would have looked too cheesy in real life. The first time I saw the movie I remember getting chills at seeing Rorschach the first time he shows up in the movie, it was like the drawings in the comic were moving! And what about Dr. Malcolm Long? I mean that was just funny, they couldn't have casted anyone that looked more like the drawings, heh heh. The only costume I didn't care for was Ozymandias', it looked too dark and sinister, you could feel that he was the "bad guy" just by looking at him.
4. The music during the scene in which Jon retells the story of how he came to be what he is now. That part was the only exception to the music being terrible... well and maybe the opening credits part. Even the stop in music at a certain key line, I really liked that part.
3. The visuals in general. Who can complain? I have a pretty good eye at spotting cgi in live action movies, but even the fact that Jon moved a little differently because he was part/mostly cgi didn't really bother me because he seemed like he ought to have moved differently from everyone else anyway, and the character looked great overall. Only complaint- Bubastis.
2. The rest of the acting. Sure there were some lines here and there that felt funny to me, but maybe that's just because when reading the comic I made up a certain way the lines were said in my head and when that was not the same way they were read in the movie it felt funny, but that's okay. I felt everyone fit their roles really well.
1. The fight scenes. I don't know if this is considered an action movie or what, there weren't that many action scenes (although more than in the book) but when they were fighting it was a treat. I'm super satisfied that they took the characters skills up a notch and had nicely choreographed sequences instead of just a bunch of well, boxing? That always felt a little flat in the comic, I guess that's not what the story is really about anyway, but if they had to have fight scenes, I'm glad they did them the way they did in the movie. I mean you felt each character (even Laurie!) was a threat. Even though they were normal human beings without any superhuman abilities, that they still had an edge over their enemies and you didn't want to mess with them.
Well I guess that's all for now. Time for lunch!
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Bemused - Reading: some novel....
- Watching: Flapjack
- Playing: LittleBigPlanet
- Eating: ham
- Drinking: orange soda
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I creating character pages and putting stats on it, you know, like name, species, occupation, height, weight, abilities, hobbies and personality.........
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