See, there's no way in hell I'm seeing the Punisher movie in theaters, but based on reviews like this (http://chud.com/articles/articles/17245/1/REVIEW-PUNISHER---WAR-ZONE/Page1.html) I might torrent it at some point just because of the level of over the top absurdity.
I've always loved the Punisher - the gleeful 13-year-old boy inside me who wants to shoot all the motherfuckers (oh, Wanted, I am going to be quoting "Shoot this motherfucker" for weeks) is probably to blame - and this looks like it's at least trying to live up to the dark, ridiculous humor that Ennis sometimes infused his comics with (the gritty narration as Frank punches a polar bear in the face so it will eat some mobsters, for example). I don't think it's really going for the Max feel, in the sense that Ennis wasn't really playing Max for over the top laughs much of the time (The Slavers is one of the darkest comic arcs I've ever read). But as an exercise in "Frank did what now?" it looks like it might be worth watching if you can turn your brain off.
On the other hand, I'm not a fan of slasher films, so I'm not sure if all the on-screen face explody will bother me more than it did on the comics page.
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Date: 2008-12-06 02:15 am (UTC)I've always loved the Punisher - the gleeful 13-year-old boy inside me who wants to shoot all the motherfuckers (oh, Wanted, I am going to be quoting "Shoot this motherfucker" for weeks) is probably to blame - and this looks like it's at least trying to live up to the dark, ridiculous humor that Ennis sometimes infused his comics with (the gritty narration as Frank punches a polar bear in the face so it will eat some mobsters, for example). I don't think it's really going for the Max feel, in the sense that Ennis wasn't really playing Max for over the top laughs much of the time (The Slavers is one of the darkest comic arcs I've ever read). But as an exercise in "Frank did what now?" it looks like it might be worth watching if you can turn your brain off.
On the other hand, I'm not a fan of slasher films, so I'm not sure if all the on-screen face explody will bother me more than it did on the comics page.