I used to cut school when I was 14. Hop on a bus and go to Atlantic City with a $20 voucher and gamble and eat at the buffet! And never got thrown out of a casino! Of course it helps when you're 14 and have a full beard!....Can't say my parents were too pleased when they found out what I was doing!
I'm seeing it for the second time tonight. The first time it was good. But now I've read the graphic novel and I will completely understand everything, it's going to be so much better and I'm so excited.
After I saw the film I was really into Rorschach, and now that I've read the graphic novel my favorite character is the Comedian by a long shot. I'm curious who I will like better this time.
I used to cut school when I was 14. Hop on a bus and go to Atlantic City with a $20 voucher and gamble and eat at the buffet! And never got thrown out of a casino! Of course it helps when you're 14 and have a full beard!....Can't say my parents were too pleased when they found out what I was doing!
Not bad? WB prolly threw 250 mill with advertising at this movie. You don't put that kind of money in something unless you were expecting a big return. $136 isn't very good.
until you show me company invoices that proves this 250 myth, im calling ducktales on it. every source i check says 150 mil, thats what boxoffice mojo says. Now, how do you know for a fact they spent 250?? any reliable links?? or sould we just trust any figure you throw out???because until then its 150 mil....
I read somewhere that Warner Bros. spent 50 million for advertisements. The movie did have bad numbers for its opening but only time will tell as more people catch on with the movie. The movie is not to be blamed sometimes, sometimes its just the amount of audience it appeals to.
I read somewhere that Warner Bros. spent 50 million for advertisements. The movie did have bad numbers for its opening but only time will tell as more people catch on with the movie. The movie is not to be blamed sometimes, sometimes its just the amount of audience it appeals to.
After I saw the film I was really into Rorschach, and now that I've read the graphic novel my favorite character is the Comedian by a long shot. I'm curious who I will like better this time.
I wish I could like the character as well. But I draw the line at shooting a pregnant woman. Just can't feel for anyone that would do that. Rorshach or Dr. Manhattan for the win. I like Dr. Manhattan because he is just so disconnected and is like F everything but what makes me happy.
And it wasn't just the actual act of shooting her that convinced me the guy is slime...it was telling Manhattan afterward that he could've stopped it but didn't...not even taking personal responsibility for shooting her himself.
What I liked about the Comedian is how human he is. All of the main characters are very well-written, but I am attracted to tragedy and the Comedian's life reflects that the most I think. Rorschach had a pretty tough upbringing, and he's a little psychotic, but his story doesn't have the scope that Eddie Blake's has.
What really won me over was Laurie's flashbacks in the graphic novel. One, where he was trying to talk to her and Sally told him off. And the other, where Laurie verbally assaulted him and threw a drink in his face. The hurt expression on his face right before she did it killed me.
It breaks my heart that he died knowing that his own daughter loathed him with a passion.
Also that he died alone. Really he was alone all of his life.
I understand why some people don't like him. Hell, the first thing my boyfriend said when we got out of the theater was "Wow, the Comedian sure was an ^^^^^^^, huh?" But I believe that he shot the pregnant Vietnamese girl because he was so overly stressed from war, and because she attacked him. They're not good excuses. Obviously there is never a good excuse for killing a pregnant woman. But Eddie is not a good example of a mentally stable person. He's very, very flawed.
Also, he loved Sally all his life. But, being the tough guy that he is, he didn't know how to show her. The attempted rape was horrible, but the fact that Sally actually let him into her bed later on, and in the book at the end, she places a kiss over him in a framed photograph, proves that there was more to it than lust.
You make a good argument for Blake there, Cloud6,,,
You're right...he is a very complicated character, but one aspect about him that the movie presents is that this was a strong-minded guy...strong isn't necessarily the same as stable here...but he comes across as a man who is governed by his passions...the "shoot first" (in every sense) kind of man who doesn't have much regard for the consequences...until he is finally in a situation that he has no control over and is overwhelmed by it...."had to happen sometime."
