Next on the slow list? I just started Monster Hunter International. Not very far in but already, well, I sure hope Correia keeps on writing -- and it appears he is.
The further and continuing adventures of the girl who sat in the back of your homeroom, reading and daydreaming.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Not That I'm Like, Slow
...But I just saw Watchmen for the first time last night. Astonishingly well-done; would that any other kind of SF were as well-treated. Sure, this is a comic book graphic novel, so it's a little easier for Hollywood illiterates to puzzle out; I was still impressed. The characters are considerably more three-dimensional than most in the genre and (like Tam) I was singularly impressed by Rorschach, created in homage to the characters of Objectivist comic book artist Steve Ditko.
Next on the slow list? I just started Monster Hunter International. Not very far in but already, well, I sure hope Correia keeps on writing -- and it appears he is.
Next on the slow list? I just started Monster Hunter International. Not very far in but already, well, I sure hope Correia keeps on writing -- and it appears he is.
The graphic novel is, on its own, a serious argument that graphic novels can be literature, and that the art can be just as important as the story. Next to it the movie can be considered a little glib and shallow.
ReplyDeleteThe comic and the movie are both great, but have their own virtues.
I was honestly impressed with how the Watchman movie stayed true to the ending without using Moore's original, baroque, storyline.
ReplyDeleteWith the exception of Rorschach, I didn't really like the movie. Maybe my expectations were too high?
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