Light Fluffy Popcorn..mmmmm

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2011)

I saw this movie with a friend of mine. And I will admit the preview looked promising. The film was OK but I'm wondering if I'm just becoming more discerning or jilted in my older age (this film is certainly no 8 rating), granted I'm only 25. For the film tried to move way too fast since it is covering so much material in two hours. In that sense I felt like more could have been done on character development and background but due to the massive amount of material it decided to go the typical Hollywood comic book adaption route, lets cram it all in! That aside the story was fairly cohesive and there didn't seem to be any glaring gaps or horribly inexplicable scenes, some small things perhaps but nothing were I felt it was just an atrocity. The actors were all solid. Which was one of the things that drew me. All of them performed the roles well but once again the largest failing was the writing. Sadly I feel people who adapt these films by and large, although there are exceptions (iron man, x men, watchmen), are trying to appeal to a lowest common denominator. Which financially is sound but for people who like good movies it is a bit of a let down. I'm no comic geek but I know that most comic geeks have very mixed feelings on most of these films. They are happy they came to light and brought new fans but are also disappointed about the loss of nuance. Ultimately after all is said and done it was good light fun for an afternoon but I doubt I'll ever see it again. I'm more looking forward to Captain America, Avengers, and Green Hornet. Hopefully these will be less disappointing.