10-07-2009, 03:42 AM
Quote: (the extended edition is worse than the theatrical release for this.)
?! Damn, I've seen the theatrical release version, but haven't seen the extended. I was really hoping they added some parts that I felt needed adding, but if its just more of Snyder's slow mo action scene, I'm kinda dissapointed.
Quote:On the whole, it was a remarkable attempt to film the almost unfilmable, and ranks as one of the all-time best superhero movies. (Admittedly, this is a genre that has only blossomed very recently, except for a few classics like the original Superman.)
While I did enjoy it, and I'd certainly classify it as good-very good on it's own. If we're talking about superhero genre in general I still think 'Unbreakable' and 'The Incredibles' are one of the best examples of movies that really 'gets' the superhero myth. The guy who played Rorsharch pretty much nailed the character though, at least IMO. (Though yes, I still catch Superman-1 if it's on TV or something.)
Quote:As to the "you know what", I'm afraid I don't know what. What?
You mentioned it, the different version of the ending. Though I prefer the comic \original version too, I can sorta see Snyder's reasoning. (viewers who didn't read the comic might see the calamari as being too ridicilous, or it simply might not work on screen)
But for me at least, it changes it's ramification. IIRC,in the comics version my take is they already pretty much solved the energy crisis (the spark hydrant doesn't seem to operate like a gas station, maybe it's subsidized in a different way but I don't remember anybody depositing money directly to plug in their electric cars. They just show them plugging it in. Personally I like this a bit more, because it seems to be saying to me that despite the advanced technology Manhattan brings about, the problems of\caused by human nature is still the same. The movie version doesn't quite gel the same way for me. But that might just be my interpretation of it.