Am I to understand that you all think that this movie will be all neon? I too am starting to wonder what people want. Supposedly THE PUNISHER wasn't faithful enough, and didn't have enough action.
So Marvel/the filmmakers go "You're right, some things were off", and fans are presented with a movie that obviously is more faithful than it's predecessor with a ton of not only action, but violent action...and there's too much neon, too much action...it would appear some people just hate damn near everything they see.
Directorwise, Lexi Alexander may well be C-list, but she also WANTED to direct The Punisher. She's all but proved she understands (and has reverence for) the character and his world, and she's passionate about it, and to me, that means something. Not everything, as I haven't seen the actual FILM yet. But something, definitely.
Oh, some of it too over the top? I see some have never read a Punisher comic. Ever. And I mean ever. We're talking about a man who tooled around in a freaking battle van fighting supervillains and far-out mobsters for most of his existence.
I also don't get the venom for the script, which was, as we know, an early draft. It's not GREAT, but it's not anything resembling bad, either. It hits all the right character and story points, raises some interesting issues about The Punisher's life and work, and presents The Punisher as he generally should be, a conflict-ridden, and very "gray", one man war on crime.
As for The Punisher taking too much time, killing with things that aren't guns, and not being enough of a soldier...
Well, he's not a soldier. He was one, but now he operates outside the law, and outside society. He is now The Punisher. Lost on people is that this is a man who doesn't just do. He often ENJOYS what he's doing. You think he's doing the chandelier thing because he HAS to? No. He's doing it because he gets a kick out of it, and because it's the kind of thing The Punisher used to do. Kill people in unique ways.
To me, this movie seems like a decent blend of realism and comic book excess. I see both "looking cool with guns" AND straightforward soldier elements married together, which is the right approach, in my mind. And I see a script that takes the idea of Frank Castle seriously.
But hey, there's neon in part of the film. It MUST be awful.
But if Watchmen can pull off making their movie counterparts look just like the comic, I dare say that yellow suits could work for the X-men.
The only thing that bothers me a little, is the big purple background behind Ray.
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