Punisher: War Zone, Hulk Vs., and Watchmen

I saw Punisher: War Zone on Wednesday. It was pretty good. Not as great as I expected but pretty good. The story was great. I thought that the guy who played Punisher was excellent. Jigsaw was funny, perhaps too funny. Newman was a perfect fit for the part of Microbe. Everything was great, except for one thing. The violence was ridiculous. I don't mean that there was too much, because I'm perfectly fine with violence. I mean its the Punisher. The violence was just laughable. He blew up a guy with a rocket launcher, punched a guy through the face, everyone bleeds like a fountain, he broke a guys neck with his feet, and chopped off a guy in a wheelchair's head. I found myself laughing at several things that I should not be laughing at. This made it very hard to take this movie seriously. I give it a C+.

Meanwhile, I watched Hulk vs. Wolverine and Hulk vs. Thor. Let me tell you that these movies rocked. They were my first venture into the animated Marvel movies and they made me very excited to see the rest. They were grade A stuff. The Wolverine one was funny. With the event of Deadpool, it had to be. Right? It kept me interested even though most of it was pure fighting. However, Hulk vs. Thor was sheer genious. The story worked. There was fighting but good fighting. Hulk ended up not being the biggest bad guy. It was great. Both of these movies are excellent. Buy them. The Wolverine one gets a B+. Thor earns an A.

I know its not a Marvel movie, but I just couldn't not talk about this movie. It was FANTASTIC. It stayed true to the comic perfectly and even when it didn't it was an improvement. I loved this movie. The gore was a little crazy, but I digged it. The sex scene was a little long, but that's fine too. Everything was great. The opening credits were awesome additions to the story. I don't want to say too much seeing how this is DC, but see this movie NOW. It's possibly the second greatest comic movie ever, but then again the best was DC too. Crap. See this movie. Read this novel. You'll be blown away. A++ on this one.

ASM #587 - part 3 of Character Assassination

So, we left off sooo long ago with Spidey being arrested after Menace beat the crap out of him. And we figured out that Menace is Lily. And Vin had something to do with the Spider-tracer killings. Now your caught up. So, we start with the news anchors interviewing J. Jonah Jameson, who isn't even paying attention because he's so happy that he is humming. It's a great little character moment there. Then, we figure out that it wasn't only Vin who was involved in the spider-tracer killings, but the whole freakin' NYPD. Carlie goes to turn in the whole department only to have the police chief turn it around on her. Now, they are blaming the whole thing on Vin and Carlie. They are arrested. More on that latter. Meanwhile, Matt Murdock is trying his hardest to defend Spidey in court. He has convinced the court to let Peter keep his mask on. Surprise! Seems kinda unrealistic if you ask me. Anywho, Peter sees Vin in jail and tells Matt that he needs to protect him. So, Matt sneaks Spidey a web-shooter in a book. Pretty cool. That night, Spidey sees a bunch of convicts beating up on Vin and busts out to save him. End issue. This issue was really good in my opinon. The reveal of the Spider-tracer killer is greater than I could've ever imagined. And I can't wait for the next issue, which seems like it should've been here by now.