The Punisher

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » November 5, 2003, 5:12 am

I think it looks totally fucked. It's a sunny Florida bloodbath with John Travolta trying to act evil (again...bleh).

http://www.apple.com/trailers/artisan/t ... r/trailer/

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » November 5, 2003, 10:26 am

hm. Cool.

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » November 5, 2003, 11:33 am

From the preview I can venture it's going to be worse than the original Punisher movie (Gonna suck beyond all recognition) or it's going to be better (that's not saying a whole lot). It looks like they casted John Travolta in hopes of increasing ticket sales.

The whole "They killed my family and only I lived. Time for revenge!" idea has been old for quite some time. Didn't the original comic book Punisher start off killing a dirty drug-dealing cop or something like that? I wasn't even aware he ever had a family.

Of course it's been quite a while since I've kept with any comic book series, so if I'm wrong feel free to flog me with a splintered chunk of wood

noel · Post by **noel** » November 5, 2003, 12:05 pm

The story from the original Punisher book had had his family being killed by the mob. It's been too long, since I read it but it was something that was explained and re-explained to death.

This movie will suck. I love how Marvel isn't even trying anymore save X-men.

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » November 5, 2003, 11:39 pm

Aranuil's right.

Of course there are many more reasons for me to think this will suck:

Obviously, the revenge thing has been used to death. The Punisher comic was good reading for it's time, but it's way too cliche for a movie - especially now. Didn't we just see this movie last year (A Man Apart)? I mean - I didn't see that one, but it's the same fucking concept, and it's set in Miami or somewhere with nice beaches.

Which brings me to another problem with it: The comic was dark, urban, gritty, violent, vigilante psycho with fun toys, and a cool costume. You read the book, and you were like, "don't ever fuck with this Frank Castle". This one looks like Miami Vice meets A Man Apart meets (insert B-grade action flick here). Thanks so much Avi Arad.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » November 6, 2003, 9:22 am

That guy in the trailer don't look like Punisher to me.

Or as Eddie Murphy in Delirious would say,

That ain't no McDonulds! We want McDonuulds!

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » November 8, 2003, 6:02 pm

Not dark enough. Should have been dark and gritty. This looks pretty cheesy.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » November 8, 2003, 7:20 pm

It's gonna flop so hard my belly is tingling with sympathy pain.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » November 8, 2003, 10:27 pm

The punisher is a hard character to put on film IMO. He has an inhuman, robotic quality to him that's difficult to convey without hearing his thoughts all the time. He's a terrible example of an action hero because he is totally insane. He would have been better off co-starring in a spider-man movie where he fights him at the beginning and ends up teaming up with him or something.

On the outside he is a pretty remorseless murderer. Only the segues where you can read what he thinks does the character make sense.