Tobar said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
The Punisher (2004)
I really liked this film, and I wish more comic books films were made this way. The character development was well done, and I loved how Castle manipulated the Saints and their people into doing his job for him. It's a shame Thomas Jane never got to reprise his role in a sequel; I'd definately would have loved to see where they would have gone with his story.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpK0wsnitc">Dirty Laundry</a>
That's a short film, though.
Bingowings said:
DuracellEnergizer
Did I read this right?
Did you actually say the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is rather weak and less than the second sequel?
Please, please tell me I got that wrong.
Weaker than I expected, at any rate. If it's any consolation, I give both movies the same rating (albeit for different reasons).
SilverWook said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
*sigh* ... yet another movie that doesn't live up to the appreciations of youth. Roger is definately more annoying to me now as an adult, and I finally understand why Eddie couldn't stand the spastic twerp. Another aspect of the film that doesn't jive with me anymore is the live action-animation combo - it's all so unsettingly surreal. On the upside, though, I still find the performances of Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd strong (Judge Doom isn't as menacing to me as he used to be, though, unfortunately).
Spaceballs (1987)
I really don't see why so many people like this parody. I find stuff like "Barf", "Yogurt", and "the Schwartz" far from funny - it's either juvenilely stupid or just plain unfunny. Pizza the Hutt was amusing, though, I'll give it that.
It's a world where cartoon characters are as real as anyone else in Hollywood, (more or less) it's supposed to be surreal! As Roger may be a murderer, his being a bit annoying serves to cast doubt on his innocence. Eddie already doesn't like toons anyway. ;)
I'm not really criticizing the movie for the surreal aspect - it's probably unavoidable when combining animation with live-action on such a large scale. Consider my comment more of an observation of a personal reaction more than anything else.
And when it comes to Roger, yeah, I know Roger was meant to be annoying, that it serves a purpose. Still, 104 minutes of his antics makes the urge to kill inevitable.