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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Why do you think the Vendetta flick is going to suck?
Well, I had a vibe from the get-go that this wasn't going to be stellar in spite of every attempt to the contrary. First off, Hollywood so far has a great track record of adapting Alan Moore novels into crappy movies. From Hell was adequate at best, with Heather Graham's performance making you wish she'd return to fare like Boogie Nights and Austin Powers where her, ummm, talents are best put to use. LXG needs no further explanation. Hollywood just doesn't know how to adapt Alan Moore's graphic novels into watchable movies.
Second, Natalie went cueball for the role, and audiences are not kind to films where a popular actress goes bald for the part (unless she's playing a cancer victim). Look at Sigourney in Alien3 and Demi in G.I. Jane (from other acclaimed directors, to boot) for evidence to this. They shave for a noble reason, but it just turns the mainstream off.
Third and most revealing, moving a release date from a high-profile holiday release (November or December) to March (the month I've always referred to as "where bad movies go to die") smacks that all isn't well with this film. This was done in recent memory with The Time Machine, and (though, like "V" it is too soon to judge) the new version of The Pink Panther. Move a film from a high-profile month to a low-profile month means the writing is on the wall already and you're just trying to shift bad press to a quarter when it won't matter so much.
I could be totally wrong and time will tell, but my gut tells me they've screwed the pooch on this film.