°Amerikkka
Dialogue that made me wince (or, rather, not wince enough), awful sex scenes made that much worse on an imax screen, female superheros as an afterthought, too deferential to the comic book form and not particularly skilled in the cinematic …. But, there were some standout panels/references: Nixon and Kissinger reprising the scenes from Dr Strangelove against the background of The Big Board; a fleeting lesbian rewrite of that iconic V-day kiss; vigilantism depicted as viagra; superhero genealogy as nazi; brutally benevolent utilitarianism (though, what’s not to enjoy about watching oil and car company execs being gunned down?); and, not least, our superheroes conquering Vietnam with gruesome enthusiasm (see above) a la Apocaplypse Now. Think Starship Troopers, but filmically and politically all over the shop.
Watchmen was ace. Starship Troopers was grouse.
I think you must be on the side of the bugs.
@ndy [March 19, 2009 @ 3:25 pm]
We are legion.
(Starship Troopers is on my top10 films list; but not so Watchmen, which I think I’d enjoy more as a series of posters.)
s0metim3s [March 19, 2009 @ 4:15 pm]