Ain't gonna see it. Uh uh. Ain't gonna see it. Mickey Roarke as Marv? Middleweight, shorter than me, and almost as skinny, freakin' Mickey Roarke as seven foot plus man-mountain Marv, who takes on entire armed compounds of highly trained bodyguards barehanded?
Elija Wood as Kevin? That'll rock, wonderful casting. If I were to actually see it. Which I won't cuz Mickey Roarke as Marv, as my favorite comic character of all time, as the toughest tough guy in the history of comics, ain't cutting it.
Aw, who am I kidding. I'm seeing it tomorrow, and probably again Sunday. I'd have seen it tonight if I wasn't taking my sister to treatment.
I love that they kept it in black and white. Take a good look at the comics. Look carefully. Notice that these are true black and white comics. No half tones, no grays, no shading, all just line art and solid blacks on a white background. Look at all the use of negative imagery, and how sometimes the same image seamlessly uses positive and negative space effectively. Frank Miller's art work works perfectly in this format, and the trailers look excellent.
I'm just wondering if the humor will translate. There are a good half dozen laugh out loud moments in A Dame to Kill For that work because they are way, way over the top ridiculous in their depiction of violence.
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