A lot of the groan-worthy dialogue came straight out of the GN. Some of the gronaier lines were clumsy inserts to explain something -- like Rorschach's ramble about what happened to the first Minutemen.
Part of the problem with the women in the film is that they're not playing strong enough to carry what they need to -- Laurie's bit about her life essentially being stage-managed by her mother just sort of floated by like fairy dust. I'm also annoyed that Dan's character beats changed so much -- it isn't about his need to beat people up, it's about his sense of self-esteem. Dan Dreiberg is half-a-man, the pudgy, balding nebbish who can't get it up; as Nite Owl he's whole and confident and sexual -- not because of violence, but because he has that confidence there in costume; he resolves that in the sex scene after the fire -- he gradually sheds every last bit of his costume, so by the finish it's Dan & Laurie humping away, not Nite Owl & Silk Spectre.
Speaking of that scene...they really had to duplicate Moore's gag with the flamethrower didn't they? Augh.
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Date: 2009-03-09 06:43 am (UTC)Part of the problem with the women in the film is that they're not playing strong enough to carry what they need to -- Laurie's bit about her life essentially being stage-managed by her mother just sort of floated by like fairy dust. I'm also annoyed that Dan's character beats changed so much -- it isn't about his need to beat people up, it's about his sense of self-esteem. Dan Dreiberg is half-a-man, the pudgy, balding nebbish who can't get it up; as Nite Owl he's whole and confident and sexual -- not because of violence, but because he has that confidence there in costume; he resolves that in the sex scene after the fire -- he gradually sheds every last bit of his costume, so by the finish it's Dan & Laurie humping away, not Nite Owl & Silk Spectre.
Speaking of that scene...they really had to duplicate Moore's gag with the flamethrower didn't they? Augh.