I liked
Watchmen
just fine, though I came at it from the perspective that it was pretty much doomed from the get-go, so there you go.
I saw
This is the End
today and was suitably entertained! It's a pretty awesome premise, everybody does a good job of either playing an exaggerated version of their public persona or doing something COMPLETELY different. Of the smaller roles,
Michael Cera is pretty awesome, as are
Emma Watson and
Mindy Kaling.
(I don't think those are really casting spoiles at this point, but I was pleasantly surprised by their being in the movie so I'll leave that possibility for others).
The actual end-of-the-world stuff is pretty well done as well. It feels like it owes a lot to Shaun of the Dead in its ridiculosity, more so than, say, Zombieland. I liked it. The ending was pretty silly, but it worked for the movie.
All told, solid entertainment. If you detest Seth Rogen, don't see it. If you detest (or often detest) James Franco, you can still see it and probably enjoy it.
Watchmen was a fucking train wreck, but I wasn't bored by it, and I rather enjoyed 300.
Emma Watson is in trailers, Gris.
I made the mistake of reading the graphic novel before seeing The Wathchmen, and the pleasure I derived out of the latter was the way the visuals were woven. I thought the genious wasn't in any sort of good or compelling story, but in the deftness in how the information was laid out, and in what increments, and in the actual layouts of the panels. Its been awhile. So, while I was meh on the story of the graphic novel, I was wowed by the delivery. And since the movie didn't adhere to that, the magic of the experience was negated.
Watchmen was a fucking train wreck, but I wasn't bored by it, and I rather enjoyed 300.
points at what Jessica said, nods emphatically
Hell, we own the Blu-Rays of Watchmen and 300, because they're stupid pretty bombast. But even the visuals couldn't save Suckerpunch, and I now know I don't need to think at all about seeing Man of Steel.
I always forget about 300. It was sort of fun, because it was just so stunning, in all senses of the word.
I watch 300 for Fierce Bitch Xerxes. (The eyebrows! Flawless, flawless eyebrows!) I spend the rest of the movie trying to decide if the gorgeous red cloaks are CG enhanced, or just a really good weave of silk.
Don't get me started on Sucker Punch. I will close the thread with my rage and exasperation.
It had a good soundtrack. I will give it that much.
300
looked like a Frank Frazetta painting come to life, so I consider my three admission prices money well spent for the cinematrography alone.
But even the visuals couldn't save Suckerpunch, and I now know I don't need to think at all about seeing Man of Steel.
The latest trailer I saw featured flames burning Henry Cavill's clothes off. Sold.
