Lenticular Punisher | Movie News

Whoa, gotta mention this, just 'cause I love this sorta thing. MrPink, you said you and your friends had a revenge night at the movies, seeing "The Punisher" followed by "Kill Bill, Vol. 2"; my bro and I did the same thing, watched both the same day (matinee) and in that same order. (personally, I like "Punisher", but love "K.B.") Only ever done two movies in a row at the theater about twice, and that was the most recent.



Had to mention that, 'cause as I said, I find that kinda thing interesting. I often wonder "who else in the world watched 'The Killing Fields' last night, like I did?" I'd love to be able to find out stuff like that.

Lexi Alexander can't compare to Jonathan Hensleigh. But I'm a huge fan of Sergio Leone which that was Hensleigh's template for his Punisher. This new one is being directed by a chick and it's not Penny Marshall. Has a female ever directed a movie geared towards males and been successful? (excluding Penny if you liked Big) Lexi wrote and directed Green Street Hooligans, whatever, so-so. I could live with out it. My prediction; two - three weeks in theaters, two months later, the DVD release.

I still have doubts about this movie. I liked the 2004 version with Thomas Jane (thought he did an excellent job with Frank Castle), though Ray Stevenson does look like the Garth Ennis Punisher MAX series covers. I know Lexi was very passionate about "giving the fans what they want" but I have to have some reservations when an actor like Thomas Jane walks away due to script issues. I wouldn't consider myself a "fan boy", but I would say I was a happy movie-goer/comic fan after seeing this movie. I also remember it was a REVENGE night at the movies when my friends and I all saw 'The Punisher' followed by 'Kill Bill: Vol. 2' back to back at the local cinema. We saw Punisher first (not expecting much) but were thoroughly entertained after it was over. MUCH BETTER than KB:V2... just because I felt it didn't live up to the awesomeness that was KB:V1. To each their own, I'll see this new Punisher movie anyway... because I am a SUCKA for comic movies!

i enjoyed the nod to "the boondock saints" with the spinning around upside down shooting sequence (the same kind of shot is in the 007 trailer near the end), that looks cool.



as for what ive read about the rest of it, im not expecting oscars, and hoping for blood and guts galore.

i like the gun boarders but everything below his neck looks completely photoshopped on. i think the movie looks good but the red band footage they showed at comic con looked extremely corny, some of it looked like a bad low budget horror flick, i think what made me upset was when he punches through some guys face, not because it was violent (because i love violence) but because it looked incredibly fake. i've got high hopes for this though, i really want to like it.

My only concern about the movie is that Ray Stevenson... and the movie... looks somehow... European. And, I mean, he is from the UK, which is fine; but The Punisher is an American character. (The whole world knows, of course, that we love our guns, right? Don't ya, world? Yeah, we're all a bunch of gun crazy loons, right, world? Yeah.)



Anyway, I think the movie looks pretty decent, but somehow it just doesn't look like it takes place in New York, or even in the US, which I think could be off-putting.