Comments on: Movie Update http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/movie-update The life and thoughts of Ryan McElroy Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/movie-update/comment-page-1#comment-7550 Ryan Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:45:00 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/movie-update#comment-7550 The movie isn't doing spetacularly well in the box office -- "only" 66 million. So any going over the top to try to convince people (ie, "for the masses") was pretty much a lost cause anyway. I think it would have been a stronger movie with more subtle hints. Certainly, things like the Koran, the "Coalition of the Willing" flag... these things were over the top without really adding to the theme. At any rate, this weakness was really part of the addendum I threw in just now -- the one-dimensionalness of the villains. Very few people are pure evil -- at least most people have their self-justification. This is the one thing that I think the comic (which I skimmed through, mostly) did better than the movie. Otherwise, I liked the story the movie stuck to somewhat more interesting than the comic's. The movie isn’t doing spetacularly well in the box office — “only” 66 million. So any going over the top to try to convince people (ie, “for the masses”) was pretty much a lost cause anyway. I think it would have been a stronger movie with more subtle hints. Certainly, things like the Koran, the “Coalition of the Willing” flag… these things were over the top without really adding to the theme.

At any rate, this weakness was really part of the addendum I threw in just now — the one-dimensionalness of the villains. Very few people are pure evil — at least most people have their self-justification. This is the one thing that I think the comic (which I skimmed through, mostly) did better than the movie. Otherwise, I liked the story the movie stuck to somewhat more interesting than the comic’s.

]]> By: nordsieck http://arcanius.silverfir.net/blog/movie-update/comment-page-1#comment-7431 nordsieck Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:28:55 +0000 http://arcanius.silverfir.net/wp/movie-update#comment-7431 The only one that I have seen out of the bunch was V for Vendetta. I loved it. As for your comment, about the parallels not being as strong as they are presented in the movie, I don't know - I think that they are perhaps stronger than I want to admit. Also, I think that they needed to be a bit over the top to convince most people that a permission-based society is a bad thing (ie: "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you don't have to worry" is a bunch of BS). The only one that I have seen out of the bunch was V for Vendetta. I loved it.

As for your comment, about the parallels not being as strong as they are presented in the movie, I don’t know - I think that they are perhaps stronger than I want to admit. Also, I think that they needed to be a bit over the top to convince most people that a permission-based society is a bad thing (ie: “if you aren’t doing anything wrong, you don’t have to worry” is a bunch of BS).

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