3.08.2009

Great bad review

Because sometimes it's extremely gratifying to read a merciless takedown:
New Yorker Movie Review: The Watchmen

“Watchmen,” like “V for Vendetta,” harbors ambitions of political satire, and, to be fair, it should meet the needs of any leering nineteen-year-old who believes that America is ruled by the military-industrial complex, and whose deepest fear—deeper even than that of meeting a woman who requests intelligent conversation—is that the Warren Commission may have been right all along.

-dr-

2 Comments:

Blogger Alison said...

Oh I LOVE Anthony Lane's reviews. I always read them if they're his, no matter whether or not I think I will be interested in the film. Can't wait to get to this one!

Sun Mar 08, 09:18:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Aras said...

I just read his review of Star Wars III, where he complains about Yoda's syntax. I had a friend who was a fan of Yoda, and so in his senior quote in the yearbook he "Mind what you've learned, save you it can!"

And everybody thought it was a typo...

Mon Mar 09, 09:06:00 AM EDT  

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