Punisher: War Zone (Spoilers)

[Dr.Strangefate]

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Ray Stevenson would make a better Asgardian than he does The Punisher... Meh. Probably won't see this in theaters. Too much good stuff to see.

 

[Victor Von Doom]

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I feel so....so....so......so raped.

 

[moonmaster]

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Sorry about that.

 

[thee great one]

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This looks so bad.

 

[Gothamite]

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Ehh...

The thing that annoyed me the most was the 'comic-book-come-to-life' lighting all over the place. It didn't work in the Joel Schumacher Batman movies and it's not going to work here.

Also, the skull is too faded.

 

[the watcher]

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See SD Comic-Con footage here: http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/382367/punisher-war-zone/videos/punisher_warzone_072308.html

 

[bluebeast]

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I saw the trailer to this at Wanted. It looked completely underwhelming.

 

[the watcher]

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New trailer: http://www.spike.com/presents/punisher

 

[Langsta]

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Why is Jigsaw called Billy Russoti instead of Billy Russo?

And why is this only 87 minutes long? The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie was a minute shorter!

 

[Thor]

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Why is Jigsaw called Billy Russoti instead of Billy Russo?

And why is this only 87 minutes long? The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie was a minute shorter!

Better question: Who is going to see this?

 

[Bass]

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87 minutes means it's succinct. Means it's not bloated. Means it might be honest. (Why am I talking like Rorschach?)

On that front, cool. Also, Ray Stevenson is a terrific choice (I want to get my hands around God...).

Problems I have is this: 1) Visually, it looks like it was made in the 90s trying to ride the wave of the first Burton Batman. I would prefer it if this was trying to ride the wave of THE DARK KNIGHT. It looks very poor, visually. Very, very dated. Hasn't come out, and it already looks generic and boring. 2) The plot seems to make all the mistakes that kept Punisher so poor - has to have a large comic book threat (terrorists with biological weapons) and outrageous action scenes (spinning around a chandelier or lighting pyrotechnics at a meal). Punisher doesn't need that. Or outrageous body armour.

It looks fake and old. So... not good so far at all. And I think that's because it's going to be a PG-13 movie when really, if you want it to be astounding, make it R and just let it go the **** loose.

But... THE INCREDIBLE HULK didn't suck. And neither did IRON MAN. Marvel's on a roll, and THE INCRDDIBLE HULK looked just as bad gearing up. So this may yet still prove to be one of those movies where the advertising almost killed a pretty good film.

I'm doing my best to remain optimistic. I'd really like to enjoy this one.

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

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When they fire the director a few months before the release, I tend to lose all faith in a film.

 

[Ice]

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When they fire the director a few months before the release, I tend to lose all faith in a film.

Wait, what? Why?

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

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The film is shot, done, they are simply in editing phases, and yet they've fired Lexi Alexander from any further involvement. Now while it could be better than what it would have been had they not fired her, it certainly says a lot about Marvel's faith in them. They could get a great editor, but if what's been filmed is ****, it's not going to matter how they put it all together.

I'll see it on DVD. Maybe.

 

[Langsta]

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The film is shot, done, they are simply in editing phases, and yet they've fired Lexi Alexander from any further involvement. Now while it could be better than what it would have been had they not fired her, it certainly says a lot about Marvel's faith in them. They could get a great editor, but if what's been filmed is ****, it's not going to matter how they put it all together.

I'll see it on DVD. Maybe.

OMIGOSH the director is a GIRL?!:shock:

 

[ultimatedjf]

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OMIGOSH the director is a GIRL?!:shock:

What a Langsta thing to say. :lol:

 

[Gemini]

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87 minutes means it's succinct. Means it's not bloated. Means it might be honest. (Why am I talking like Rorschach?)

remember, Shoot 'Em Up was only 88 minutes long, and (IMO) that was a great deal of fun

 

[Bass]

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The film is shot, done, they are simply in editing phases, and yet they've fired Lexi Alexander from any further involvement. Now while it could be better than what it would have been had they not fired her, it certainly says a lot about Marvel's faith in them. They could get a great editor, but if what's been filmed is ****, it's not going to matter how they put it all together.

I'll see it on DVD. Maybe.

Christ.

Maybe Marvel thinks a movie needs to have behind-the-scenes hassle in order to be successful. See THE INCREDIBLE HULK...

 

[Ice]

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Christ.

Maybe Marvel thinks a movie needs to have behind-the-scenes hassle in order to be successful. See THE INCREDIBLE HULK...

But wasn't this handled by Lionsgate?

 

[moonmaster]

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OMIGOSH the director is a GIRL?!:shock:

how will sh3 evr direkt teh mayle karacters????11

 

[Langsta]

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I think this is a newer trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkxLWWiz5O8

Also, it looks like they're doing the origin where his family (just his wife and kid) dies during a picnic. Which is like the comic.

 

[Langsta]

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Sorry to double-post, but this is the first post since the beginning of, like, August. I just re-watched the trailer. This movie looks excessively violent. There are brief glimpses of Jigsaw in the trailer; I'm glad he doesn't look like Two-Face from The Dark Knight (he actually looks more like Mason Verger from Hannibal, or Arseface from the canceled View Askew Preacher movie). I don't think this movie will have much depth, but oh well. Ray Stevenson looks exactly like how Tim Bradstreet draws the Punisher. I don't like the way his armor looks though.

1) Why has Jigsaw's civilian name been changed from Billy Russo to Billy Russoti?

 

[Void.M]

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But wasn't this handled by Lionsgate?

That's what i heard too.

 

[ourchair]

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OMIGOSH the director is a GIRL?!:shock:

I have two responses to this one, and I can't decide which one to use, so I'll use both.

OMIGOSH the director is a GIRL?!:shock:

I knoes, how can a girl direct guys! She doesn't even have a penis!!!

OMIGOSH the director is a GIRL?!:shock:

I find the notion of a girl telling men how to shoot their fake guns at each other extremely hot.

 

[The Overlord]

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1) Why has Jigsaw's civilian name been changed from Billy Russo to Billy Russoti?

Because its more Italian sounding.

 

[Void.M]

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Because its more Italian sounding.

But Russo IS an italian last name.

 

[Ice]

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The film is shot, done, they are simply in editing phases, and yet they've fired Lexi Alexander from any further involvement. Now while it could be better than what it would have been had they not fired her, it certainly says a lot about Marvel's faith in them. They could get a great editor, but if what's been filmed is ****, it's not going to matter how they put it all together.

I'll see it on DVD. Maybe.

Turns out the director isn't fired after all. At least, that what IGN qoutes Lionsgate officially saying in an article.

 

[Random]

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So I finally saw a tv spot the other day. I find pretty odd that I personally have not see one piece of footage till. And I did not like what I see. It was way too much of the "OMG action with a cold "bad ***" character in a grimly-neon lit set." I really love the last movie, it reminded me of classic action films and we could really use more of that, rather than cgi though impressive offers not real thrill due to a low grasp of reality

 

[SSJmole]

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now this is out anyone seen it seen it yet? if so how was it compared to the last one?

 

[J. Agamemnon]

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now this is out anyone seen it seen it yet? if so how was it compared to the last one?

Punisher hanging from a chandelier was probably the most retarded part of the movie.