Movie-a-week: 47 to go

Watchmen (imdb)

This flick’s more Seth’s area. I missed it in theaters. Wanted to see it right when it came out on DVD. Just never did.

I liked it. I’ve read the graphic novel and it’s paint-by-numbers of that. But it looks and sounds amazing. It plays strange these days – both the movie and book, actually – since it’s so straight-forward and genuine. Not an ounce of irony throughout. Which is fine, but I’m just wired to notice (if not mock) that. Anyway, there’s not a single original thing I can say about a film that’s been out over a year (which is 31 years in Hollywood-time).

I watched this while home sick the other day. Stacey came home for lunch about forty minutes into it. We had a brief “what are you watching?” exchange.

Silence for another fifteen minutes. Stacey’s sitting at the coffee table, eating her lunch. And watching the screen with marginal interest on her face.

Scene with Dr. Manhattan. She asks: “Is that his penis?”

Two minutes pass.

Stacey: “I might have to watch this some time.”

3 out of 5 ice cream sandwiches