The Punishment

[Fineous_Reese]

g'day all,

caught a sneak of this last night and really really wanted to enjoy it (and did manage to not hate it) but it had soo much potential it didn't live up to that it soured my stomach.

Thomas Jane definitely has the look and even pulled off some great facial expressions that seemed straight from the books but the script didn't back him up at all. The supporting characters Joan, Dave and Mr. Bumpo are from the "Welcome Home Frank" stories and were the saving grace of the flick (curious that Rebecca Romijn-Stamos has now been in two different Marvel adaptations so i guess there won't be any Mystique/Punisher crossovers any time soon ) as they provided some comic relief (on purpose as opposed to the chuckles in the audience when Jane stands with the setting sun at his back and says "Call me, The Punisher") and an emotional counter to Frank Castle's vendetta.

The bad guys seemed incompetent for some reason, perhaps it's just Travolta but i'm laying more blame again on the script as Travolta put in his usual performance.

In the end, i saw what i wanted to see going in, things blowing up and bad guys getting their just desserts. Maybe that's why i didn't hate it

** of four

-Fin

 

[fields316_2000]

thats a shame to because of all time this is my favorite comic charactor...since i was a lil boy. i was expecting it to at least do a halfway decent job telling a story rather than expecting the skull to carry the movie. hopefully regardless of mixed reviews it'll make the dough needed to carry over into the sequals ALREADY planned - which the villian in 2 is JIGSAW -..hopefully this is NOT this years daredevil..

 

[servantmsn]

hey
well i havent seen the movie yet but from the looks of the trailer it seems to bee a good one yes i know it is kinda hard to amke a marel comic movie right...like "The Hulk" was ok but i am not cutting any down because i guess i like the comic book sort of thing well i guess i will just ahave to try to find the time to go see "The Punisher".

 

[GL2814]

I saw it, and I thought it was great. I might go see it again. Not as great as 'Spider-Man', but great. The ending was intense. The Russian (Kevin Nash aka Big Sexy) was a great scene. Rebecca a babe as always.

 

[garden_gal]

Thought the movie was hot. Good action and better storyline than expected. Had the goofy comic book dialouge, but that was expected. You should go see it.....

 

[VWPETE]

"the Punisher" saw it friday night....couldhave been good but wasn't

 

[rainbowshope]

I want to see it. It looks awesome.

 

[VWPETE]

I want to see it. It looks awesome.

don't expect the greatest movie ever...

 

[tqpix]

The trailers don't look good enough for me to spend $9.00, so I think I'll skip this one.