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We saw it with a group of five of us, and we all seemed to be in agreement that for all the talk of the major ending change, the Dr. Manhattan twist made the ending much more 'plausible' and tighter. Hell, it even made his self-imposed exile to another galaxy much easier to sell to the audience. The use of the music selections in the soundtrack were excellent. I'm a sucker for pop-culture tracks in movies, and some of them were even directly out of the last panel quote from the issues themselves (ie All Along the Watchtower). It would have been nice to have some Elvis Costello in there, too (Watching the Detectives), but I was very pleased overall. My high and low points of the movie: Highs The opening montage with Dylan's Time's They Are A-Changin' was perfect, and managed to fill in so many sub-plot threads, even if they were only organzied as tableaus. When the elevator opens on Laurie at Rafael's, and 99 Luftballons is playing, her smile just beams from nowhere. What an amazing shot! It made me smile inside. For the crap that Malin Ackerman has been taking about her acting chops in this film, I believe her choice to play Laurie as less bitchy than the novel really worked better overall. Finally, the scene at the end with her and her mom. The line about forgiving Eddie "because he gave me you". *Sniff* I've got something in my eye... Couldn't help it- I've got a little girl. The casting overall (except Veidt) was spot-on. Low Points: Casting and portrayal of Adrian: meh- weak. Changing Rorshach to kill the kidnapper with the cleaver. Unnecessary. More thoughts later as the discussion ramps up. Patrick ______________________________ [email protected] "You can be the captain, and I will draw the chart..." _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
