Okay, the 04 version is definitely my favorite movie of all time, but that is looking at it from a move view, not a "Was it exactly like the comics?" view. Personally, I am fine with the re-adapting of characters and plots if it will give a better feel to the movie. I felt that the changes in the 04 version gave Frank a more human side, even though he tries to convince himself he died with his family, he has problems letting go, and feels guilty for having lived. At least that is how I feel about it. Of course, then plot-changes can go terribly wrong. I can give you one prime example: X-men. Basically, they took some people, gave them some names that just so happened to be comic-character's names, and said have at it. That being said, no one here can say whether a movie is good or bad. Personally, I love Coca-Cola better than Pepsi, but I do not say it is better. I simply prefer it more. Same with movies. Some people may like watching The Punisher put a round in every baddie's head from here to China. More power to ya. Personally, I liked the internal struggle that the 04 portrayed, but that is just my personal taste. Oh, and on the Re-make vs Re-imagining debate, here is one sentence to solve it all: The Punisher was re-made, but it was not a re-make.
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Hauntedknight87
16 years ago
I feel like i'm the only one who understood the 2004 film.
It was Frank Castle's story, not the punisher's. He becomes the punisher at the end, kinda like how Tony Stark becomes Iron Man at the end. They built up the story, it was the origin, Frank castle was out for revenge, not the punisher. He takes on the mantle of the punisher at the end.
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Viltrumite
13 years ago
The 04 movie was much better. I watch the 89 movie if it's on TV. Don't get me wrong, I like mindless violence, but Dolph's techniques where too ham-handed. Anyone who says his methods were better than Tom Jane's is a fool. What will hurt your enemy more, just shooting him, or making him distrust those closest to him, stealing millions of dollars from him, manipuluating him into killing his friends and relatives, mortally wounding him and then telling him that those closest to him were, in fact, loyal, that it it was you who played him for a chump, right before leaving the man to die? There's no contest.
And in the 04 movie, what Jane did was indeed punishment, not vengeance. The authorities had their chance to deal out justice to the guilty, but due to corruption, the criminals were walking around free. THAT is when it's time to take matters into your own hands.
"Why do you say this to me when you know I will kill you for it?"
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