Talking to itself

Rating: Null/10 (7 March 2009)

A big disappointment that really doesn't make any sense, unless you are a true believer in the religion of graphic novels. To the ordinary nonbeliever this is just plain crap.
First of all, the movie is much too long and often simply boring. In his effort to give the characters some sort of emotional background, the directors bothers us with seemingly endless flashbacks which do very little to advance the plot. In between we get to know a big smurf, who is detached from mankind and 'normality'. In the end he realizes the error of his ways, because some stupid chick got herself pregnant from the guy who tried to rape her some time earlier and this is -in his view- some kind of miracle. Then there is a girl in a yellow latex suit who leaves the smurf for a geeky loser in midlife crisis, who used to work with some poor jerk who saw some strange stuff in his life and consequently feels justified to beat up, abuse and kill anyone coming close to a criminal or simply getting in his way. Then there is 'the smartest man on the planet' who comes up with a brilliant plan to save the world. All it takes is the death of a couple of million people AND he even gets to change the ways of Richard Nixon. Pretty damn cool! Really guys, the whole movie is a patchwork of poor story, brutality often bordering on the revolting, a little porn and dialog that sounds mystic at first, but turns out to be plain nonsense. Even the effects and camera work offer little in terms of new visual design.
As the Comedian says: Life is a joke! This movie certainly is!