Tin Man

[kickaha]

Queued it all up so I could watch it in a row. Halfway through, and...

Pros: Love the mish-mash of noir and steampunk, and the variations on the characters. Feels like an Elseworlds story. Glitch is great. (Duh, it's Alan Cummings...) FLYING BOOB MONKEYS!

Cons: The acting. Ow. Zooey Deschanel in particular - she has two modes: bored, and mock horror, and her movements are more mechanical than Jack Haley's. It's a little *too* far afield from the source - to the point that, other than the title and a few names, there's really no reason to tie it to the Baum books.

I was hoping for a nice dark adaptation, closer in spirit to the books than most works have been, but... it was not to be. (And what *is* it with every film involving family ending in redemption? I'm only halfway through, and I can see where this is going...)

Comments

[zenhack.livejournal.com]

I agree on mish-mash, glitch and boob monkeys, great stuff. I do wish it was a tad dark, zooey's acting was very lackluster. I really like the concept of the adaptation, but felt there were glaring plot devices that made little sense to the story.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Agreed. If not for the horrible acting on some parts, it could have been quite enticing. (I mean come on, 'Tin Man' as slang for 'copper', *and* a reference to the metal suit he was locked in? Beauty.)