Movies you've seen lately.

[unfnknblvbl]

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm giving it oodles of of leeway for only being two films. The story really should have been three films, or at least two films of three hours plus credits. The story really was stripped down to its bones, and where part one was reasonably accurate, part two is more of an impressionistic interpretation. Like, it doesn't take anything away from the book, it doesn't really add anything, it just exists as a separate telling of the story. I definitely didn't get along with the super compressed timeline of the second film. It's supposed to be at least two years, not six months

[Rorschach]

Saw Civil War last night. It was really average and disappointing. I was expecting something on the level of Children of Men, a society in decline, but on steroids. If America ever fell, it would be a bloodbath of apocalyptic proportions - Civil War, everything was just too clean and the story trite. The young female actor, she kept making ridiculous decisions throughout - insulting to the viewer's intelligence. I kept rooting for a sniper to take her out. I was hoping for something more realistic and visceral - in the smaller shots you got a sense society was ripping itself apart but the wide view, the cities looked untouched and there were no disturbances to the grid. Just took me out of it. Alex Garland can do better than this. Wish he'd do Dredd 2 already.

[flipswitch]

Do you think Joker 2 will top the first one?

[Rorschach]

I wasn't initially sold on the musical aspect of it when first announced. However, after seeing the trailer I think it'll be as good, if not better than the original. Lady Gaga makes more sense as a Harley that Margot ever did - Margot just looked too perfect.