It's A Good Comic Book Movie.... So What??!

Rating: 5/10 (10 July 2005)

Listen, I was never into comic books, so maybe I just don't understand this like I should. People say this movie is so good because it "captures the feel of a comic book". SO WHAT?!! I could capture the feel of garbage on film, but I don't think that many people would be running to the box-office (except maybe garbage-men). The only reason this film is rated so high is because people that are OBSESSED with comic books WORSHIP it. It pulls it off so well because it is so unbelievable corny. Last time I checked "X-Men" wasn't up for a Pulitzer Prize. The funny thing is, the only people that respect comic books are the people that read them. Everyone else views them as juvenile. I mean come on! Can't you people strive for something a little deeper! Why not praise a film for trying to capture the "feel" of a "book"? I know that they don't have all the cool pictures in them, but they are still pretty good. Stand back and look at it. What kind of emotions did the stories in this film try to evoke? What "hard hitting" topics did it tackle? What "undisputable truths" did it state? If your having trouble finding them, it's because they don't exist. The only thing this film was trying to do is look "cool" and give some nerdy comic book teenagers new catch-phrases to spew at each other.