2008-12-09 
 

book vs. movie

Hero sounded like a wonderful book: a coming of age story about a gay superhero. Unfortunately, the writing was a bit choppy and at some points even had me flipping back a page to see if I'd missed something. (I had missed something, but it was nowhere to be found in the text.)

The setting lacked any specific year though it was obviously written in a post 9-11 world where most teens have cell phones. Not a problem in itself, but somehow the coming to terms with sexuality story read a bit more Edge of 17 than edge of the century.

That said, it'll make a really great movie if anyone with a big enough budget bothers to pick it up. Since that's a bit unlikely given that it's a double sub genre, maybe animated is the way to go. Ooooh, yes! I nominate Joe Phillips. His style is perfect for the slightly divorced-from-reality physicality of the characters...though the story may seem a bit tame compared to some of his more recent work. (See: Stonewall and Riot, but not if you're at work and/or offended by explicit, animated gay sex.)

As for Twilight...go ahead, snicker away, I've both read the book AND seen the movie. The book was wonderful reading, albeit a bit angst ridden and generally aimed at a teen girl market. (Anyone who complains about those facts as being detrimental to their enjoyment of the book really should do some research before buying something new. I mean c'mon, what did they expect?)

The movie wasn't as good as the book by a long shot, but having read the book, I found it to be passable entertainment with various bits of eye candy to suit a number of different tastes and mildly interesting action sequences. (And for those complaining that it was angst ridden and generally aimed at a teen girl market, I ask again, how did they avoid those facts before going in to see it? I mean c'mon!)

I am excited to see what a different director does with the sequel. The worst thing about the movie was that bits of it felt rushed and unpolished. Carlisle's bad makeup job in that first hospital scene should never have made it to screen. I took special exception to this as Peter Facinelli is my favorite flavor of eye candy in the whole film.

Labels: random review

* posted by me at 5:07 PM

Comments:

It's Superman!
http://www.amazon.com/Its-Superman-Novel-Tom-Haven/dp/0345493923/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229118706&sr=8-1

# posted by  Michael : 4:53 PM, December 12, 2008

 

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