Just saw The Punisher. Here are some quick thoughts:
The Good
~Thomas Jane pulls it off. Physically, he IS Frank Castle. Very Believable.
~Stylistically, a very cool movie.
~They didn’t hold back on the violence.
~The Skull on the “uniform” is very prominent.
~The Russian.
~Rebecca Romain Stamos looks better than she ever has, in my opinion. (by the way, did you know she just dumped John Stamos? Yeah, super-model/Hollywood starlet dumps actor from Full House and bad long distance commercials. Huh. Didn’t see that coming.)
~The Punisher most definitely punished rather than simply killing. You’ll see. His punishment was very cruel.
The Bad
~Thomas Jane’s “tough guy” voice.
~John Travolta many times sounded like Dr. Evil, to me.
~Too many cutesy one-liners.
~Didn’t care for the brief introduction of alcoholism.
~Frank should have killed more folks than just those he was taking revenge on. Maybe they could have had him come across a guy robbing a 7-11 or something and had him dealt out some punishment there (although I guess that would make him unsympathetic, which is where I’d like them to take the character if there’s a sequel).
Bottom Line
If you're not a fan of the comic, I'm not sure you'll like the movie. It has it's faults as a film...a number of them...but as a fanboy, I liked it.
Best line
“Go with God, Frank.”
“I think God’s sitting this one out.”
Looking Ahead
The villain for the next movie has already been decided upon, appearently. It's Jigsaw.
Misc.
If you haven’t yet, go get the comic “Punisher: The End.” Garth Ennis (the writer) has issues.
The Good
~Thomas Jane pulls it off. Physically, he IS Frank Castle. Very Believable.
~Stylistically, a very cool movie.
~They didn’t hold back on the violence.
~The Skull on the “uniform” is very prominent.
~The Russian.
~Rebecca Romain Stamos looks better than she ever has, in my opinion. (by the way, did you know she just dumped John Stamos? Yeah, super-model/Hollywood starlet dumps actor from Full House and bad long distance commercials. Huh. Didn’t see that coming.)
~The Punisher most definitely punished rather than simply killing. You’ll see. His punishment was very cruel.
The Bad
~Thomas Jane’s “tough guy” voice.
~John Travolta many times sounded like Dr. Evil, to me.
~Too many cutesy one-liners.
~Didn’t care for the brief introduction of alcoholism.
~Frank should have killed more folks than just those he was taking revenge on. Maybe they could have had him come across a guy robbing a 7-11 or something and had him dealt out some punishment there (although I guess that would make him unsympathetic, which is where I’d like them to take the character if there’s a sequel).
Bottom Line
If you're not a fan of the comic, I'm not sure you'll like the movie. It has it's faults as a film...a number of them...but as a fanboy, I liked it.
Best line
“Go with God, Frank.”
“I think God’s sitting this one out.”
Looking Ahead
The villain for the next movie has already been decided upon, appearently. It's Jigsaw.
Misc.
If you haven’t yet, go get the comic “Punisher: The End.” Garth Ennis (the writer) has issues.
