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it's not an accurate adaptation of the comic. so don't go in expecting one.

on the other hand, i rather enjoyed it. it was more of a standard hero-storyline plot than the comic, but i'm not sure that's not a good thing for a the motion picture format.

the wachowskis wrote it -- i thought they'd directed it, but apparently not. however, their touch is evident -- some of the fight scenes were totally matrix-style. and one scene with rain falling reminded me of the shot in "the matrix" where bullet casings are falling like rain.

so, yeah, the plot is substantially different, but i think many of the important parts are still there, shaped into a more movie-ish thing that is enjoyable.


in other, completely unrelated news, the spammers finally found a subject line for mail that i'd actually open at work. "VNC installed". i'm expecting to start getting spam with subject lines like "Quarterly Solaris patching update" or something.

Date: 2006-03-17 02:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] johnromkey.livejournal.com
I've become excited to see it. Fortunately, it's been long enough since I've read the comic that I'll probably forget a lot of the differences. And I like Hugo Weaving a lot. I'm willing to give it a chance and let it be its own thing.

Date: 2006-03-17 02:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com
yeah -- i haven't read the original in probably 8 or 10 years, so i didn't do a lot of "hey, wait, that's not right".

i didn't actually look at a cast list, so i didn't know going in that weaving was in it. and then he started talking and i figured it was either weaving or someone doing the same "i'm going to talk like a wachowski and overenunciate" thing. then i was sure it was hugo.

(there was some directors commentary i listened to - maybe for bound? - that had one of the wachowskis talking and sounding *just* like agent smith.)

Date: 2006-03-17 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tactical-grace.livejournal.com
So...Natalie Portman: Hot or Not?

And, perhaps more important: Actress or Not?

Date: 2006-03-17 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tactical-grace.livejournal.com
ah. good. always liked her, but my faith has been shaken by that Clone thing.

Date: 2006-03-17 08:13 pm (UTC)
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Ooh, that was on last night's list but everywhere I looked it was opening today instead. Glad to hear the reviews. I still want to see it.

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