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I will admit I loved the Clive Owen story. Mainly for Nicky Katt's extended death by arrow, but also for Owen's VO commentary.
Actually, I enjoyed the whole thing, mainly for the stylization, but OTT doesn't even begin to describe the sensibility behind it.
I was really MEH on Sin City. In fact, it was so Thirteen Year Old Masturbatory that it has tainted other Miller stuff I liked. The Thirteen Year Old Masturbatory was there in the other Miller stuff, but nowhere near as noticeable.
ION, I just watched the two Hellboy 2 trailers in Hi Def on my Hi-Res screen.
WOW! Excited.
Actually, I enjoyed the whole thing, mainly for the stylization, but OTT doesn't even begin to describe the sensibility behind it.
Yeah, I really loved the movie myself.
ION, I just watched the two Hellboy 2 trailers in Hi Def on my Hi-Res screen.
ooooooooooooooooh
SO PRETTY, JESS! Yes, very excited indeed.
I liked Sin City a lot, actually. The style mostly, but I also liked a few of the storylines. I'm very much not a comics person, though, in that I've never read them, so I don't know if that matters.
Miller's OTT, yes, and a whole lot of it is anvilicious, but it sort of seemed intended to me.
I really disliked Sin City, too, for the reasons MM and Sean mentioned. I didn't like Hellboy, either, so it might be possible that I just don't like comic book adaptations that much. I mean, I liked the first two Spiderman movies alright and the first two X-Men movies pretty well. And Persepolis, although I didn't love it. But I can't think of anything else that's been a good movie of itself, rather than a comic-booky movie overly focused on visuals and underconcerned with characters. I didn't even like A History Of Violence all that much. This isn't to say that I don't think comic adaptations could be done well, because I like the medium and think it often lends itself to movies, but I just don't think it has been done well, at least in general.
Corwood, did you like American Splendor or Ghost World?
Jessica, yes! There's two I liked a lot.
That makes me think: you know what would be awesome? A Love & Rockets movie.
I think top of my list for comics movies is Batman Begins. I also loved Hellboy, but I don't know the original to judge it against.
In related news, I read an interview with Mike Minghella, and he wants to find a way to do more Screw-on Head stuff. I could SO get behind that.