Am I the first one here who watched the Blu-ray?
In any case, I guess I'm not too hard to please. Either that, or I was just thrilled to see a comic I've grown up with made into a movie.
I likes it. The picture was of great quality and the sound sis what it was supposed to. It rumbled when it should and didn't when it wasn't needed.
As for plot, it was mostly an origins story and was a bit heavy on the exposition. That part may have been a bit long-winded but it was well done. Also, itwas f airly faithful to the mythos and captured the visuals of the era covered quite nicely. They did a very, very good job of realizing his GL buddies nd OA as well.
There was some literary license (Heck, it's only a comic book!) in that the bloated, warty, secondary villain was a buddy from his youth, and, IIRC, a totally new villain (I might have missed him when I read the comics) and Parallax, the main baddie, was taken totally out of context from the DC world, but he was put to good use here. IOW, Parallax was a "real" baddie, but not the one portrayed here, nor in the same time frame.
As for that. the CGI for Parallax and Oa was great, INNSHO. As for Ryan Reynolds, you either like him or you don't. I do. I think his inherent mix of charm and chutzpah was perfect for the role of a well-intentioned, but flawed, human with potential who was forced to grow into a super hero.
All in all, a great popcorn muncher.
Oh, I did NOT see this in the movies so I cannot compare it to that. As such, maybe I'm either more biased, or less critical. Who knows?
As time goes on, I find myself more and more forgoing the theaters in favor of waiting for the blu-ray to be released. Even when we do buy something we've seen in the theater, we seem to enjoy these more at home than in the theatres anyway. Lass noise, more comfortable seats, better and cheaper snacks, we can pause for potty breaks, and we can watch it in our undies. ..and the picture and sound is at least as good as the best theatres around here, not counting a "real" IMAX theatre.
Anybody else have any observations?
