Goodbye, Futurama. It's been awesome.

[secondlina]

 

I watched the last movie of Futurama today, Into the Wild Green Yonder. Apparently, unless by some miracles, the DVDs sell like hotcakes, pretty much everybody are sure this is going to be the last animated release of futurama (there might be comics.) The movie wasn't bad. It wasn't great either, it was really more for die-hard fans and tied a few loose ends of the story, mainly concerning Fry and Leela (oh, Fry and Leela fans, let's just say the last 5 minutes will make you VERY happy.) The last minutes of the movie were definitly really good. They made the movie worth watching, even if it lacked a bit of awesome. Goodbye, crazy, zany future. I will miss you. I can't believe the Simpsons outlived you.



I also saw WATCHMEN yesterday. The movie was eyecandy O_O, especially the opening. Wow, the opening was mind-blowing. The rest was very faithful to the original. Almost too much maybe, to a point where the story felt like an animated version of the book and seemed a little long in some parts. But generally a good story, interesting characters and unexpected ending. I do deplore however the gore and graphic sex scenes. Obviously, I went in expecting grittyness, violence and sex. But I really don't need to see bones sticking out of wounds, or 10 minutes of soft core porn. Blah. But I did enjoy Watchmen. A lot. PG13 seems a bit low of a rating for it though, if you ask me.

Next time - comics. I know this is turning into a movie review blog, but it's to be expected... Free time means Isa is seeing movies! :)

Also, I love wonton!

-Isa

Comments

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I'm ashamed to say that, so far, the only Futurama movie I've seen is Bender's Big Score. I've been reluctant to check out The Beast With a Billion Backs because I heard it sucked. But I might go out and buy Green Yonder since it actually does something with the dragged out Fry and Leela "will-they-won't-they" subplot. Is seeing the second movie a requirement to understanding this one?



And some of my friends came back from the theatre last night complaining about the awful sex scene in the Watchmen movie. I hate watching scenes like that when I'm with a bunch of strangers (10 minutes!? Seriously!? O_o) so I guess I'll have to wait for the DVD.
Oh well, I wanted to read at least one of the Watchmen books before seeing the movie anyway. :P

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

You know, I actually liked the beast with a billion backs. Sure, it wasn't great, but I still enjoyed being in Futurama for an extra 2 hours. I think the movies can be seen as bad or not. There's a lot of parts that are good in it. It mostly just lack a dynamic, coherent whole. The movies are episodes put together since comedy central ordered episodes, not movies. So obviously, the slightly woncky format kinda prevents a dynamic movie in a way. The last movie is by far the one that feels the most like episodes put together.

You don't need to watch the other movies to see Into a Wild Green Yonder. Only the two firsts actually follow themselves. The two lasts can be watched as stand-alones. Even if into the Wild Green Yonder wasn't that great either, I found the ending to be AWESOME. The last 10 minutes make it worth it. Especially for Fry and Leela fans.