Ronny Shade said:
I haven't seen that 80s one. Heard terrible things but I still wanna see it.
LOL... it is... not great. It's not actually as godawful as most people say it is (at least from what I can remember) but it's not that good, either.
And Keyser, I think if they made a Punisher sequel it would pwn. Especially if he moves to NY.
Yeah, I agree. Tom Jane wants it to take place in NY, too. The way they ended the first one, though, that's a possibility. They made him mobile. I liked the Miami idea more than most people did, though. Few people realize how crooked the state of Florida really is, and how much major crime goes down in Miami.
No offense to any of you who are Floridians. (This means you,
Norm...
)
Besides, all the Marvel heroes operate out of NY...
And I think that you need some sort of internal conflict to have a good flick. Thats why I said all the justification stuff, but you understood that.
Word. I just finished my 2nd draft of a novel about a dirty rotten bastard. It was written first-person from said bastard's POV. Without the internal conflict it would probably not be readable.
ultimatefan said:
Well, I´m not into the Peter David version... It´s not that his "bottled up" personality is something that can´t be related to... But I personally like the idea that Bruce is a good, nice man that struggles with that beast-like side of his nature and that, despite his issues, despite even liking it on some level, he´s still someone you care and root for. I get that feeling from Bixby. I don´t get that from Bana.
See, I love the Bixby TV show... I grew up watching that. But when I watch it now, I have a hard time buying that Bixby's Banner has that kind of turmoil inside of himself.
One of my best friends in the whole world, I met in middle school when his father had just walked out on him and his Mom. This guy was the quietest kid... he was brilliant, but socially inept, and related to people very poorly. When he was at home, hanging out with his friends, the tiniest things would make him put his fist through the wall. He'd break his toys and destroy his furniture. He became a totally different guy.
Basically, my friend was, and is, Bruce Banner.
That anger is still in him. He hates the fact that his father is, well, his father. He has trouble facing what's inside of him. In college he tried reinventing himself. He became a social entity but the private side of him hasn't changed. His wife, however, has helped him a great deal. She IS his Betty.
With that in mind, I actually do find Bana's portrayal to be very human and very likeable. I guess because I know him, in real life. Sort of.
Brian2887 said:
The first Spider-Man movie is ok, but it's not worth the hype it gets. I thought the dialogue was, for the most part, terrible. There are quite a few cool moments but not enough to make up for the cheese. A lot of the problems are corrected in 2, which is why I prefer it.
What most people don't get is that Spider-Man is SUPPOSED to be cheesy. I mean, in essence at least. He deals with serious issues sometimes but it's not a very serious world that he operates in. He's a fun-lovin' goofball and his world is colorful and, frankly, weird. But he's a normal guy, a dork, really. I thought Spider-Man was a great movie, and the dialogue was perfect for the story that was being told.
