Great Comic Book; Horrible Movie

Rating: 1/10 (11 December 2005)

John Carpenter must have taken lessons from Frank Miller. Gory-er sex; bloody mess; torture, perpetual killings, decapitation and castration abound in this blood lust movie.
They tried too hard to make this 2D classic turn 3D. They failed miserably. They failed because they didn't succeed to bring the 2D characters into a 3D world - they left them 2D. Don't get me wrong - the whole story is 2D - like the movie/book = all black and white - no grays. But what they should have done is tried to create the story alive. What they did was weak. It was only a translation from one medium (2D comic book) to another (the big screen). It totally failed for me. (NOTE: the average score for this movie is an 8.4 - very high amongst the other IMDb.com movie scores. E.g. Some major classics, which you would think should be a 10, will only have an average score of a 7.0 or less!)
I think it would have worked if they actually included scenes from the comic book - if at least to remind people the origins of this work. But they didn't. Perhaps the Directory of Photography was to blame... but the Director always has the final say. All movies rise or fail with the Directors... i.e. if the Producers don't put any limits on them or on their creativity. 0 out of 10, although the lowest IMDb.com score is a 1.
Directing - OK,
Acting - stiff,
Photography - very good,
Special Effects - excellent
Story - stiff
-Zafoid