It’s taken me a while to publish this.
The Watchmen movie definitely left a lasting impression. Going into it as one of those jackasses who has read the graphic novel (twice now), I faced it with high hopes, but low expectations. Hours after it ended, I’m still giddy over how meticulously detailed it was, and how unbelievably faithful it was to the comic book, minus the ending (despite the fact that Snyder cut out my favorite panel in the book).
Looking at it in the “I’ve never read the book because I’m not a douchebag” perspective, it was all I would’ve wanted in a superhero movie, and more. The fight sequences were some of the best I’ve seen in a movie; visually stunning–they reminded me of Devil May Cry crossed with Oldboy crossed with Sin City. It was well-paced (though, I understand, the movie’s pacing is up for debate…I just think some people really hate flashbacks), and it really didn’t seem like it ran almost three hours.
A word about the ending: I want to say that it was a cop-out, and that I really wanted to see the squid at the end, but in a way, what Snyder did kinda worked better than the weird deus-ex-machina Moore put into the comic. This did, however, cause some major continuity errors.
I’ve been doing a little bit of “cleaning” on the Flickr. I’ve hidden just about every “bad” image from both of my 365 project failures. I figured they wouldn’t be missed (by me, even), and they’ve created too much clutter for my taste. It’s my attempt at creating a better good-bad photo ratio on the ’stream, to make it appear cleaner to visitors. The whole 10 visitors I get daily. I suppose it’s doing better than this blog!
This last batch of color film has been a color correction hell for me. I’m still deciding on whether or not I want to upload them. They’re not horrendous or anything–I kinda just don’t want to see this most recent batch get replaced on the front page by something perhaps a step down from what they are (that roll was truely awesome; the other frames were basically exposure brackets of the ones I used).
I’m on the prowl for a film scanner; if anybody has a CanoScan 8800F they wouldn’t mind letting go of, I’m your man. Or, more ideally, a CoolScan series scanner.
