Quote: Pariah said: I thought the cinematography would make up for any writing that I didn't care for and I also didn't expect it to be this heavy on the crap he pulls. I figured since it won a bunch of awards and acclaim that it wasn't like his usual stuff....Look, I admit I was wrong, K?
...*a-hem*...
Quote: THE Bastard said: But this film is faithful to the source material in a way I've never seen before.
The screen shots were filmed directly from the pages of the book...same angles, lighting, everything.
The dialouge was word for word from the comic...a few cuts here and there but only where necessary to keep the pace moving.
The casting was perfect. Just about every actor was faithful to the comic version of the character.
As far as being a movie on it's own merits...for those that might not be familiar with the comic...the acting/line delivery would seem to be stunted. Not the greatest performances you've ever seen by the actors involved. But, that's because the comic itself is a stylized version of the classic noir movies of the 40's and 50's. What works on a written page can come across as a little stilted when said out loud. With that in mind, I think the performances were great and, again, very true to the actual books.
^^^ that was in the first post, Pariah.
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