Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wish I Had Not...
...Watchmen-ed.
It was loooong (and worse, it felt even longer).
It was overly self-involved (It reminded of the first Star-Trek movie where 3/4 of it was spent oohhing and ahhing over the ***New*** USS Enterprise).
Dr. Manhattan sounded awfully like this "guy".
The most interesting characters (The Comedian and Rorschach were short-shrifted on screen time.
And...
...worst of all, this was a truly boring movie.
Forget my money, I want my 2 hrs and 45 minutes back.
It was loooong (and worse, it felt even longer).
It was overly self-involved (It reminded of the first Star-Trek movie where 3/4 of it was spent oohhing and ahhing over the ***New*** USS Enterprise).
Dr. Manhattan sounded awfully like this "guy".
The most interesting characters (The Comedian and Rorschach were short-shrifted on screen time.
And...
...worst of all, this was a truly boring movie.
Forget my money, I want my 2 hrs and 45 minutes back.
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Having been underwhelmed by the comic back in the day, there was nothing in its transition to the silver screen that could have drawn me into the theatre. All I can say is, I'm sorry for your loss of over three hours (including driving, parking, etc.).
WP, slowly, but surely, I'm somehow "regaining" my 2 Hrs and 45 minutes by engaging in other equally stupid activities. The negative of a negative is a....
Ivan,
Expostulate on your enjoyment. Simple statement of perception without excessive verbiage is no proof of your enjoyment. Words! Words, I say! Throw them in a pile in my general direction.
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Ivan,
Expostulate on your enjoyment. Simple statement of perception without excessive verbiage is no proof of your enjoyment. Words! Words, I say! Throw them in a pile in my general direction.
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