The Offical Punisher: War Zone Critics Review Thread

[DACMAN]

Just a short time away and we'll start seeing reviews. As soon as you see one post it here.

 

[webhead731]

I suggest staying away from IMDB reviews, because those people are ******ed most of the time.

 

[DACMAN]

http://www.newsarama.com/film/081125-punisher-war-zone-review.html

 

[S.A.A.D.]

^Um,that review has been looked at and it turned out to be a fake.
So discard it.

 

[Nivek]

http://www.newsarama.com/film/081125-punisher-war-zone-review.html

Everything points to it being fake and there is a thread about it.

 

[Bubonic]

Today is the day of the official screenings right?
Hope at least one of the reviewers will be so impressed or disappointed with the movie he/she will write one up as soon as they get home.

 

[Nivek]

We will see, they will more than likely be up tomorrow.

 

[screams]

I usually ignore reviews, especially for these kinds of movies.

 

[ObakeTora]

Well thanks for this thread but I do have a few issues with the script namely Maginty's treatment.

Spoiler

I don't know but in the script it's like she's comparing him to a monkey, I think thats a little racist. In Kitchen Irish Ennis portrayed something rare yet overlooked in our society; the fact that alot of us brothers are mixed with Irish. And since Im half Irish and I can relate somewhat to the Maginty character, I feel she really underused him to the point of (dare I say) either racist or just not aware. I got the vibe because for some reason she chose to have him being aided by white Irish parkour experts, and somewhere in the script she used Maginty and "monkey" in the same sentence. I really have a problem with that. Maginty's character was unique being that he was born and raised in Dublin, a facet rarely touched upon by media. Maginty deserved a faithful adaptation to his character, however he's just a meth addict aided by an acrobatic duo. Thats where it gets Joel Shumacher and doesnt really fit in the story. As a black person with Irish roots I am really mad at her for overlooking the uniqueness of this character, I really wish if she needed to go the parkour routine she would use somebody else and save Maginty for a different story or not use him at all. Thats one of my many gripes about this film.

Secondly we all know Frank was a parent, why in God's name would he be giving a child bacon and egg Military meal replacements? I bet alot of Marvel superheroes could benefit from Frank's advice about raising their children. Maybe Fat freddy can agree with me but I always thought of Frank as that Dad everyone wish they could have. So why would the Frank in this film give nasty military food to a little girl in trouble? Why couldnt he raid Micro's fridge for all his junk food?

Also I have an issue with he sewers, wouldn't it have been cheaper (and more faithful) to just have used the van? C'mon, it's like we are going back to the 89 film!!!!

All in all there are some good elements in this film namely the over the top fight sequences, but the film is more faithful to earlier Punisher comic books and not the Max series, this is just Max in name only! I wish Punisher got the faithful Harry potter treatment, the Max told faithfully through Lexi's eye would look incredible, but it just plays as a fun weekend action flick youd have to argue with your girlfriend to go see.

 

[S. Grundy]

Yeah, Maginty was just there, he served no real narrative purpose.

 

[T.Bickle]

Its a damn shame!

Just like Nicky...why would you waste such great villains?

 

[T.Bickle]

Double post!

 

[Microchip]

I don't know but in the script it's like she's comparing him to a monkey, I think thats a little racist. In Kitchen Irish Ennis portrayed something rare yet overlooked in our society; the fact that alot of us brothers are mixed with Irish. And since Im half Irish and I can relate somewhat to the Maginty character, I feel she really underused him to the point of (dare I say) either racist or just not aware.

I haven't read the script, so I can't comment on the whole monkey thing. But maybe it's just because Parkour has you jumping around and swinging on stuff like a monkey? I think she just wanted someone to lead the Irish guys that people would recognize, and since Maginty was one of the main baddies in Kitchen Irish, she picked him?

Secondly we all know Frank was a parent, why in God's name would he be giving a child bacon and egg Military meal replacements?

You're right. He should have taken her to Denny's. Frank, you're a horrible father!

wouldn't it have been cheaper (and more faithful) to just have used the van?

The Battle Van could have been cool if done well. Even so, I'm not too bothered with him having a place to crash. And it'd have to be somewhere you wouldn't be able to find easy, so we get the sewers.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Im just waiting for Rotten Tomatoes to start bringing them in, then Ill read some reviews.

 

[Microchip]

Premiere is tonight, and I believe Nomad is going, so hopefully she'll post her impressions when she gets home. Plus, tomorrow we'll see a few come up.

 

[liquidssh]

there's a bunch of midnight showings in LA!!!!! The Grove theatre in Hollywood son! I'm there!

 

[S. Grundy]

I haven't read the script, so I can't comment on the whole monkey thing. But maybe it's just because Parkour has you jumping around and swinging on stuff like a monkey? I think she just wanted someone to lead the Irish guys that people would recognize, and since Maginty was one of the main baddies in Kitchen Irish, she picked him?

The character in the film is so disassociated from how the character is in the comic, it's just pointless.

 

[The Guard]

don't know but in the script it's like she's comparing him to a monkey, I think thats a little racist.

Are you serious? It's not just him. Everyone in his gang is called "monkeys" because they climb, leap around rooftops, etc. If there are racist overtones to that, it's not Lexi Alexander, it's a character saying it.

 

[citizenpain]

i love how people are still complaining about a minor character like maginty being changed around. who cares about ****in magnity as long as they at least get frank castle right.

 

[Chewy]

Today is the day of the official screenings right?
Hope at least one of the reviewers will be so impressed or disappointed with the movie he/she will write one up as soon as they get home.

Here you go. Take it for what it's worth.

It's safe to say that this Punisher will be the LAST!

SOURCE

I think someone didn't like what he saw He'll probably post a review sometime soon.

 

[Compi716]

Here you go. Take it for what it's worth.

SOURCE

I think someone didn't like what he saw He'll probably post a review sometime soon.

Yikes.

 

[Octoberist]

damn...with that twitter page, what does that exactly mean? (Gasp)

 

[Nivek]

All I got to say is...

where is the Dark Knight script review? That blew whatever credibility they had left.

 

[[A]]

F**kin' Devin Faraci is gonna post something about it soon.

 

[citizenpain]

damn...with that twitter page, what does that exactly mean? (Gasp)

it doesn't mean anything, it's just a quote from a person who just saw the film. twitter is for little blurbs to update people with short bits of information. if you look at the previous updates, it says "off to see the punisher" and then the last update is "this punisher will be the last," which clearly means he didn't like it.

it's okay. latinoreview is pretty lame anyway.