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"From the visionary director of 300"

I'm still not convinced. I liked the comic book, so I really hope the film will be good, but at this moment, I don't think that this will be the case.
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After watching the trailer in HD it looks as though it's going to very good film. We can only hope that now The Dark Knight has been made that comic-book adaptations will be grittier and darker in tone.
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Nice, they used a Smashing Pumpkins song.
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Here's the trailer... it's not bad. I'm willing to give this picture the benefit of the doubt for the time being.

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It makes sense, superheroes evolve in style just like any other human being. Bikini bottoms and felt caps were heroic back in the day.
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It's cheesy in the comic book version, and works perfectly there. But I have trouble seeing such cheesiness being effective on the big screen. I'm not so sure it's sensible to be so slavishly faithful to source material in this case.



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It looks horribly cheesy, imo.
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New picture, this time of the 1940s Minutemen. It actually looks good. I'm just hoping the movie is actually as good as the screenshots...

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V for Vendetta was probably the closest in terms of quality we are likely ever to get to a Best Picture nomination for these types of films.
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Remember when we were discussing this as potentially the first graphic novel-based Best Picture nominee? Sigh...
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OscarGuy wrote:I'm sensing a sequel (in terms of quality) to The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. I'm not really looking forward to it.
There have already been sequels of such, this is just a revamped reboot of a remake.
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I'm sensing a sequel (in terms of quality) to The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. I'm not really looking forward to it.
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Yay! Already shitty.
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It'll be a one-time popcorn flick full of eye-candy.
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The pictures aren't bad. But the film almost certainly will be.
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