as close to perfect as anything can be

Rating: 8/10 (1 April 2005)

the first thing some of my friends said while coming out of the theaters were their complaints about what was omitted. this is typically EXACTLY what i do at every movie i see based on source material i love. i realized at this point in my life that the movie was so much better than it could have been if anyone else directed it, that it didn't matter what few little chunks they cut from the graphic novels. it was so good. the digital backgrounds looked seamlessly real unless rodriguez wanted them not to (i.e everything that was shot could have passed for a real location unless rodriguez and co wanted them to stand out stylistically). The acting and the characters were perfect; every one of them. the score and the use of color was excellent. they way they split up the stories was awesome (in a way i definitely didn't predict). the bits of humor were great (*SPOILER?* - nicky katt after being shot with the arrow - *END OF SPOILER?*). to sum it up, i cant think of a single worthwhile complaint about this movie, and I'm done thinking about it. there were no omissions that i truly missed and i loved everything they added (very few things if any). long story short, this was the best midnight showing i have ever been to, and that includes star wars episode 1 (no contest), two towers, return of the king (i thought this would never be beaten), and spider-man 2. go see this movie, it is amazing and it is everything i could have ever dreamed it could be.