speechless

Rating: Null/10 (3 April 2005)

Ummm...I just saw it tonight, and to say I am disappointed is an understatement. I have read all the graphic novels, and when I saw the first preview a few months ago I nearly wet my pants. Maybe it was the anticipation, or maybe I went in with unreasonable expectations, but this flick blew me away with how incredibly horrible it was. Lets make a list: bad acting? check. repetitive scenes? check. long spells of mind-numbing boredom? of course. The worst part was the thing I was most looking forward to: the narration. After about a half-hour I was wishing Bruce, Mickey and Clive would shut up. Lastly, for some reason I didn't have a problem with it in the graphic novel, but in the movie every scene with the 11 year-old Nancy Callahan made me want to get up and leave the theater. I felt like I was watching kiddie-porn. Overall, this was probably the worst experience I have had at the movies since my sister made me watch Hairspray(it's not my fault, I was 10). All the fanboys out there may crucify me, but I call em like I see em.