WATCHMEN

I saw WATCHMEN Friday afternoon and, well, I'm not sure what to say. I'm pretty neutral on it. It has some great visuals but didn't, to me at least, have the emotion that the story requires. Sure, there are changes but those didn't actually bother me for the most part. It just seems to missing... something.

Zack Snyder

So, with WATCHMEN hitting the theater in a couple days, I'm wondering if Zack Snyder can direct anything other than a remake or adaptation. I'm not saying he's a bad director, I'm just curious.

"OUTRAGEOUS!"

I've been really enjoying the new Batman cartoon, BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD. Each week Batman teams up with different super-hero. Actually there's usually multiple team-ups, a short one before the credits and the one that's most of the episode.

This week's episode is my favorite so far. The Atom and Aquaman shrink down to cure Batman of a parasite that's killing him. The combination of the scientific Atom and the blowhard Aquaman is comedy gold. Aquaman isn't exactly my favorite comic book character but I think this version is awesome. He's a little full of himself and not very bright, but he's still a hero. And he shouts "Outrageous!" a lot. :)

I think DC needs to give this version of Aquaman his own comics ASAP.

Westlake links

Links to some Westlake interviews and tributes

www.sarahweinman.com/confessions/2009/01/donald-westlake-rip.html

Donald Westlake

Donald Westlake, one of my all-time favorite writers, has passed away. I don't have much to say other than I love his Dortmunder series and the Parker books. I've liked just about everything I've read by him. I'll post a couple recommended books later on.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Remember Santa is watching you!

Quantum of Solace

A little bit late in posting these thoughts but here goes. :)

I was a little disappointed in the latest Bond movie, QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Daniel Craig is still very good as James Bond but the rest of the film needs more work. The action scenes used the current 'shaky cam' method and were just hard to follow what was going on. The plot was pretty weak as well. The main villain even died off-screen. That's not very 'Bond.'

Overall not the worst Bond movie ever, but fairly mediocre.