I watch the - Watchemen

I saw it yesterday, and enjoyed it. I am not sure it was either pure and utter bollocks or it was perfect. Yes I would have much rather seen a Terry Gilliam 12 part mini-series for HBO, and I didn't really dig Malin Akermang that much.... however I did think that  Carla Gugino was great, and was reminded that she is a very under rated actress...   

One thing that it reminded me of was just how bleak the 80s were for many people. Where I lived there was always talk about the evil republicans dropping the bomb. I grew up expecting this world to end or radically change and the fears of Watchmen echo that environment. I also thought it was amazing how relevant the themes of the film were today. I did like the changes that were made, I think they were logical made the story more cohesive. 

Over all I want to see it again.

Blankets by Craig Thompson

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Blankets by Craig Thompson

There are some things that I really liked about this book, and some stuff that I really didn't. Over all it's a worthwhile read, it deals with issues that I don't often see in print let alone comics... young adults who have grown up in a world that's sheltered in a way that reality won't acknowledge. I also feel like this addresses the issue of young people how grow up in religious families, and fall away from those values, in large part because they are not the values of the generation, or the society that they are trying to navigate. This falling away isn’t in that pyrotechnic blow out with lots of screaming and yelling, as much as it’s a slow passage of missing church here, stop praying there, seeing rated R movies, drinking a few beers… and once your at college, all bets are off. .. that said I think that Thompson's previous work, Good bye Chunky Rice has a much more emotional core, and while as a reader I don’t really look for a rehash of the previous work, I am still looking for something that touches me in the same way, that give me that same connection, and I really didn’t feel that Blankets did that…