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However, something is wrong with the comic timing in this venture.
I don't go in for comic books or their hero's, but this is a real early '04 gem.
Comic book movie adaptations have a terrible record overall, and Marvel comics has the worst record of all.
The movie really seems to try to do credit to Peter Parker's comic book origins, but the budget, and effects limitations ensure that the movie looks cheesy and corny.
For decent comic book adaptations look to X-Men, the first Batman movie, and (to a lesser extent), the Superman movies.
That's what I felt after watching that movie, it's really close to the society and the public's pulse, some overestimation is there but through comic frame, you'll enjoy watching that movie Marwan Hamed is not an ordinary director, he is one of the best around.
Also along for the ride, for only the second time, is cab driver Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland)...The noticeable changes from Fox to Monogram, besides more comic relief with both Fong and Moreland, is some more time for the music score to go along with some more action sequences near the end before we hear Charlie's assessment of the case.
Luke (aka death) is an annoying character created to be comic relief (doesn't work) and an excuse for adding computer graphics, but instead becomes an eye sore.
You see a lot of comic slapstick, especially from Bridgette, who kicks major butt.
It's an odyssey, a comic book, a western (in the East), a black comedy, an operatic nightmare, a sci-fi cautionary tale, an "audience movie"... It's a showcase for underutilized talent.
Billy Gray, as Day's younger brother in his pre-Father Knows Best days was a likable and unspoiled child performer, who brought terrific comic timing in the delivery of his misplaced energies.
She is a great comic actress, doing impressions of Hepburn, Garbo, and West while serving snacks at a party and trying to get noticed.
I have to wonder if this was based on a comic (Manga?) because it seems lots of Japanese films are.
And so we turned to science fiction -- Destination Moon, Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth -- and to movies based on comic strips like Li'l Abner.
I've never heard of this comic before and I hate comics in general, but I enjoyed this movie.
Despite being technically proficient and featuring some good performances (notably from comic actor Eddie Izzard) this film is a dud.
It's like reading an adult-horror-funny comic!
This laughable TV pilot features the awesomest of the awesome from the DC comic universe, or it was supposed to anyway.
But in truth 'Risky Business' is not so comic (the pace is too slow), and not even very black: the hookers are so sweet that they don't even ask for the money beforehand, and even their pimp gets up to nothing worse than stealing a bit of furniture.
Director Brian Yuzna's camera angles are inventive at first, but the music-video edits occur so regularly that they become annoying after a while; yet perhaps the one thing "Faust" can hold to its name are the impressive special effects (impressive for such an obviously low-budget production), even though I'm of the opinion that people shouldn't even bother adapting comic books to film.
What is wonderful is Patsy Kelly's inspired comic supporting performance (which should have netted an Oscar nom).
Basically all the elements that make a Scorsese movie great weren't there; The violence was comic book (especially the number of head shots at the end), the film-making is sub-standard.
I blame part of the failed comic attempts on the writing and part on the actors.
Recently, The OC has made comic books cool in the form of Seth Cohen.
Also F. E. Miller appears again as Slim Perkins who with Lucius provides some amusing comic relief that in a white cast movie might have been considered racist.
It is some of Goulet's finest singing, Falk plays the perfect shallow friend, and Howe,the comic female, and the townsfolk tenor are fantastic.They convey all the romance of the musical, sadly lacking in the Gene Kelly version,(hampered by weak vocal performances and eccentric character portrayal, sorry Gene & Van).
Banderas is very good at what he does and this movie is just a laughable comic strip that makes James Bond adventures look like conservative stunts.
As a son who grew up in a family of communists, I found this movie very insightful: the twists and turns of what fervent idealists took to be worker's paradise through the 50s, 60s, 70s and then to the end of the dream in the late 80s/early 90s was very well portrayed, especially with Judy Davis' stalwart commitment, which was portrayed quite sympathetically; the dark side of her family relationships was also poignantly sketched, as were her son's struggles with history: both global and personal; all in all, a superb blend of the comic and the dramatic: a genre it's very easy to screw up and is rarely, if ever, handled as deftly as it was here.
The boys jump right into their comic bits including a crap game, a money change routine and a military rifle drill, all with flawless comic timing.
Gertan Klauber and Stanley Lebor play almost exactly the same characters as they play in Soft Beds, Hard Battles as slightly sinister but ultimately comic heavies.
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