Thursday night I went and saw The International. Clive Owen, Naomi Watts? Snooze-fucking-fest. I mean, true, I was already tired as fuck and I couldn't hear shit -- something was up with the speakers and/or my hearing aid that night -- so the flick already had two strikes. But I basically saw the movie by watching the trailer. Don't waste money on it. Wait for it to come on TV or pirate it if you absolutely must see it. But even then you'll wish you got those hours of your life back.
Funny thing though was we saw it on Thursday and there was a line forming for the 12:01 showing of Watchmen. The line had two people in it at 7pm. They'd been waiting two hours already. I felt so sorry for them; had I been less tired and not working the next day, I would totally have joined them. When we came out of our movie, the line was a whopping 7 people long.
It wasn't like that in Burbank. Went to see Watchmen on Saturday evening on IMAX. Forty-five minutes before the show time, the line stretched from the doors almost halfway around the building. I was glad I got there early so I could save seats for all my amigos who came to watch it with me.
Watchmen was a terrific movie. It was long and involved (and unless you've read the book you probably won't realize just how involved) but absolutely great to see. I don't think there's really a whole lot else I can say about it other than see it -- but don't expect it to be anything like the other comic book movies you may have seen. It's rated R for a reason. Some critics made pooh-pooh about "campy" elements. To them I say psh. It's a movie about people dressing up in weird outfits and wearing domino masks to fight crime. Yeah, there's gonna be some camp vibes. But you can't deny the movie has style. Some others have made noises about the fact that some elements are different from the book. I think it worked, and there's no call for disappointment on anyone's part.
Tonight I went to see Slumdog Millionaire. Having seen it, I can totally understand why it won Best Picture. It's very artistically done, as well as having a good message, good acting, and also opening your eyes to the realities of life in some parts of the world. Rare these days in that while it's intense, dramatic and has very serious themes, it's also not afraid to have a little fun here and there, particularly in the closing credits. It was brilliant, and I'm glad I saw it.
Okay, that's the movie review for now. Cheers.
Ha, well with your opinion on Slum Dog and the fact that I wanted to see it anyways I will likely see it now. Alot of my other friends had given it bad reviews, but ah well.
ReplyDeleteAnd ya, Watchmen, definitely R for a reason, twill be along time before my kids will be watching that one! I loved it though, I just want to pat Rorshach on the head and make him cocoa and tell him not all the world is rotten X-D